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727970 No. 727970 ID: dd338c

This is a patreon funded quest, and will be NSFW.

Thread 1: http://www.tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/718267.html
Wiki: http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection
Stats: http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Job_Listings
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Lagotrope


The battery charger dings as Unity's battery is filled up, and the connection is closed off.

While waiting, some people used the respective cell phones to gather information about further jobs.

Each Polatt and Fern have a pair of jobs that they are willing to entrust Unity with. Winch does not currently have any. Although there is no expiration date on them, they are still jobs that they are looking to have done, so they may disappear over the next few days.

http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Job_Listings

Polatt explains that if Unity does more jobs with him, the Dead Batteries are willing to give cash advances to Unity, at the tradeoff that a portion of everything Unity makes be transferred immediately to the Batteries.

Fern does not deal with money loans, but he is willing to loan out modules to Unity, especially ones that are required for certain jobs.

The current time is 16:00 minding that the day has 100 hours, on day 399 out of 421 in a year.
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No. 727972 ID: a075ba

Has Vinyl come back yet? I think we should chat with her, as one working girl to another, before heading off on another job.

(Of the available jobs, I think we should start with the Forming connections one. Build up rep for the DBs).
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No. 727979 ID: 4854ef

I figure we should do No Strings attached or Ghost Dealer, both are very nice in price but seem easier too deal with, ghost dealer would also allow us to prove ourselves to the syndicate and get better spying modules.
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No. 727983 ID: b412df

Going to put a vote towards the computer retrieval mission, it sounds like a seduction / infiltration job like our last one; and I'm curious to see if we can secretly find out what's on the computer since it sounds like they're more concerned about keeping the data secret than the computer itself.
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No. 728000 ID: 9855ab

No strings attached sounds like it could be done easily enough. We could repeat the jetal suit method from before, and use the bio imitation mod plus the hidden privacy trick, in a comfortable public location where people won't be scanning left and right, so they'll assume we're just a big biological. Pretty lucrative, too.

Still want to do Forming Connections, too, though I'd like to be sure everything would be up front, rather than use cruelly manipulating the young guy by pretending we aren't being paid.
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No. 728006 ID: 9855ab

Oh! Ask Loviro if he has any errands he'd like done. Even something simple, like getting him something from an equipment store or some nice food?

And inquire with the gambling crew about maybe adjusting the deck they're using. Someone might be on the lookout for Princess Toya's deck. Man, that'd make it hard to hook up with Vasha again, too. Get someone to look her up, check who she is and what she does. Maybe we can pop up to give her a nice surprise some time. And you never know, she might be a useful connection to somewhere.
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No. 728010 ID: 211d83

I guess no strings attached would be a good starting point.
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No. 728012 ID: dd338c
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While thinking over which job to take, Unity speaks to Loviro.

"You said you didn't have any errands for me?"
>"Correct. I will let you know if there's something important, but I am not in need of it."
"Okay. I'd like to speak to Vinyl when she gets back, too, so could you let her know if she comes back after I leave again?"
>"Certainly - wait, I just remembered! She did leave a number. You can communicate to her now if you wish."
"Thank you!"

Inside of the lobby, Alison asks the gambler team about the deck they're using. Gambler informs Alison that the good money is gotten from legitimate decks that were imported online rather than using freely customizeable decks. This happened when Princess Toya used one of the shufflers to verify her deck. Long story short, Princess Toya's deck is in use.

Vasha is also looked for on the forum. Although she is found, it's a minimalistic profile page and doesn't share anything new.
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No. 728013 ID: dd338c
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While Loviro goes and gives Unity Vinyl's number, Unity calls up Polatt.

"Hi Polatt!"
>"Hello."
"I'm thinking about your missions, and I wanted to clarify, for the crime boss's son, does he know that we're being paid?"
>".... looks like it's up to you whether or not you let him know."
"Alright, that's good! Can we do it anytime?"
>"Yeah. We'll get things started. The guy's schedule should be free, so I'm gonna say we only need about 10 hours to pick you up and drop you off and all that. Dad Boss says he was gonna get a hotel room, but is willing to change the destination if you've got a better idea. I know I don't, cause I don't know anything specific about this kid."
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No. 728018 ID: a075ba

Before we leave, establish passwords we can use with Loviro to prove to each other we're the real person and not an imposter over a phone call. In case Sevener.

Also, establish a duress code. A word or phrase Loviro can slip into regular conversation to tell us that someone is forcing him to do something / listening to the call / holding his at gunpoint (or whatever furistic science weapn point), without alerting them.

>I know I don't, cause I don't know anything specific about this kid
Could we get a name, please?

Step one should be research. See what Scanner and anyone helping her can dig up on this kid online. Public records, social media accounts, etc. Give us a place to start.

>Vinyl
Check in with her after you the research gets going.
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No. 728020 ID: 211d83

Yeah lets set up some code phrases with Dad for now.

And then wait until we are physically with Polatt/Fern to do the same with him. Our phones is going to be at least somewhat tapped by EIN so better to do that in person.

Lets see if Polatt can get any info on the crime boss kid before we start that one. Like what are his interests and why he has problems with girls. Throwing him headfirst into a hotel sex date might not be the best idea. But if we could get him on a sort of normal date maybe we could get him comfortable enough to make a move on us. Which would do wonders for his self esteem.

While we wait for that we can go do the no strings attached.
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No. 728026 ID: dd338c
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Brief primer on time: This arc will use a simplified version of the last, in which the only practical difference will be that four belenos hours will be equivalent to about 1 real-time hours, so any mentions of 'an hour' in quest will mean, about a quarter-hour/15 minutes. Mentions of minutes and seconds in quest will be treated as abstract times like "a moment" that, for simplicity's sake, will be treated as a real-world minute and second respectively.
Short version is: One hour quest time equals 1/4 hour real time. For an example, Unity being told she has 10 hours of spare time means she only has about 150 minutes.


"Can we get a name?"
>"Yeah. Fargow Palms. Haven't looked it over yet, but here's some media he's got up you can take a look over."

Alison and some others begin searching. He's 20 years old, and is a biological with minor brain implants. He goes to college with pursuit in business and sociology. Apparently, despite being the son of a boss, he's had a tough time in early school from getting picked on. By the middle school years, people started either alienating him or sucking up to him because of his known relations, and although Unity can't find any direct statements from him saying so, she has a feeling that he didn't like how the bulk of his identity is being the son of a crime boss. In the late years he was home schooled, and he does online college programs. Some also think that he may not enjoy his majors, but that he's doing it because that's what his father wants.

He's mostly a shut-in who can strike a conversation over text, but tends to freeze up in more person to person relations. His interests don't seem that varied, and he spends most of his non-study time playing various online games. He seems mostly nice, but somewhat bitter about things.

Meanwhile, Unity speaks with Loviro to set up a code phrase and duress code, which some lobbyists will remember if it comes up.

Alison also texts Vinyl.
"Hi! It's your new roomate."
>"Hi. What's up?"

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No. 728028 ID: a075ba

>>728026
Hmm. It sort of sounds like that means he won't like and/or will actively resent someone hooking up with him simply because of his family connections. (He's a young guy, he might not turn down the sex even so, but it might not make him happy).

Perhaps we should make contact with him through one of these online games he plays, and then arrange for a real world meetup? (Plus fooling around with an online game is something for people who would otherwise be stuck waiting around the lobby to do).

We'll need a new face and name for our nerd gamer-girl, if we go that route.

>"Hi! It's your new roomate."
>>"Hi. What's up?"
Stopped in to say hi to Dad and get some battery. I also think I followed in your footsteps when it comes to having fun and making money. You?

(I kind of wanted to talk shop with her, maybe compare how being a prostitute at the official EIN run brothel compare to being a black market one, maybe even segue into a "lesson" or showing off what we've learned (or seeing if we can earn any money getting her or any other girls to flip which side they're working for), but I'm not sure how well we can do most of that over text. We might arrange a meet-up to talk later?).
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No. 728029 ID: 9855ab

>one belenos hour will be equivalent to about 4 real-time hours

I think you mean that the other way around?

So, this guy plays online games, huh? Let's stalk him for a little while to see what he's like before getting in contact with him. Might not show his real personality in games (or show too real a one), but it's a start.

If we do get in touch, I'd say to start off with total anonymity, just be a faceless, sexless voice over the internet. Don't try to flirt or seduce, just be friendly - he probably needs a buddy more than a fuckbuddy - and take time over it, maybe doing other jobs at the same time. Don't hold back on dropping hints that we'd heard tell of him before and that we started observing because we were curious about what sort of person he was. If he pushes, tell him we heard of his dad looking to hire a girl to "give him confidence" and wondered who was so lucky, then commiserate with him because he probably won't be happy about that, guessing by what we know of him. We'd want to try make it clear we have more lucrative jobs on our table, and while we wouldn't mind the money we're not gasping for it. Basically, be up front, but gradually over time, and let it be his decision if he wants to have fun.
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No. 728050 ID: dd338c
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"I just checked in with Dad and to recharge. I also think I followed in your footsteps when it comes to having fun and making money. You?" Alison texts to Vinyl.
>"Just running some errands and trying to find someone."
"Alright. I'd like to speak with you in person later today, if that's alright?"
>"Sure. I'll be back around 60:00 and spending the night."


Conveniently, Fargow seems to provide public knowledge to his active games.

One appears to be a kingdom building game, which is presented as a complex arrow of optimizations. It isn't fast paced gameplay, and just requires player input periodically. It seems like he's been playing regularly for years, and has a large kingdom with a lot of empty space around him where Unity can start her own.

Another is a puzzle game in which dozens of people on a single team solve puzzles to dismantle a structure in order to gain its loot, which is shared by the team based on how effective in the puzzle they were.

There are a couple of other games, but those two seem the most receptive to approach. Unity can either attempt the approach this way, if she doesn't feel like a hotel room sex date is appropriate.

The bonus to this is that a lobby team can get to know this person over the internet instead of needing use of Unity's full body.

If this way is chosen, another persona for playing online may be made.
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No. 728058 ID: 211d83

Let's start up in the kingdom sim and can ask him for friendly advice as his new neighbor.

Also start playing the puzzle game so we can join him at it later once we make friends.

As for identities can we use Princess Toya? She can be our known gamer persona.

This all will take time so can do this mission along side others. So go sign up for public sex while our teams learn games.
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No. 728059 ID: 9855ab

>>728058

I think we have to retire Princess Toya. Once those noble bodyguard guys figure out there was something weird about us, they'll be on the lookout for her.

I say start with the puzzle game so we can observe his interactions with others. Then we can slip in next to his kingdom in the other game as a transparent attempt to observe/interact with him more personally.
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No. 728060 ID: a075ba

First game seems the kind of game where time spent is worth more than skill. It might take a while to build up enough of a kingdom to be able to relate to our target as a peer / fellow player and not just a noob.

Second game seems more skill based, especially in skills our group has practiced in the contest. And it's team based, which makes befriending him easier.

>identity
RL name: (which we give to him after befriending him / he asks for it): Tanya
Gametag: EndlessFragment47 (or some other silly random word / number thing).

>As for identities can we use Princess Toya?
No, she's too high profile already. She's got an established persona that may not be what he's into, and is tied to public sex acts and to bounty hunting. (We don't know if anyone connected us to Torres' disappearance, but as a mob boss' son, he might have the resources to find out if he thinks to use them).

She might be useful for other things, but not for making contact with someone withdrawn and unhappy, with unknown preferences. She's too pre-established.
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No. 728061 ID: b412df

There's also the matter of the rumours we started while catching Baron with Toya, that identity might be a bit to intimidating to use to give someone a confidence boost. Better to use a clean slate for this.

We don't really know what type of person he is, so I'd say it's better to go for the puzzle game for the online approach, since that would encourage cooperation by it's nature.

I wonder if we'll get a bonus for giving him a genuine confidence boost.
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No. 728072 ID: dd338c
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Unity decides on the puzzle game and a new persona named, tentatively, Tanya.

An account is made, the username EndlessFragment47 is generated, and a team of lobbyists begin research on this game while it's played.

Alison speaks to Polatt.

"Hi Polatt!"
>"Hello."
"We've started the mission, but we're going the long route and getting to know him on an online game where he seems more comfortable, and will eventually proposition him for a real life meetup. It'll take awhile, but we're on the job."
>"Oh? Hmm..."
"Is it not a good idea?"
>"The idea is good. Clever. Real out of the box. Problem is, the crime boss is the kind of dad who believes he knows what's best and all, and he's the sort who thinks his son needs the shyness screwed right out of him and isn't gonna be open to those out of the box ideas. Doesn't mean you can't do it. Just means you gotta succeed before he knows anything's goin' on, which means I can't go buy a lotta time for you by sayin' you're doing what you're doing. But... eh, I won't grind the details in you. Keep doin'."
"Okay, thanks!"

The Puzzle team reports that this game lends itself well for Tanya to become excellent at. Although it is a difficult game with an inordinate amount of strategic options and complexity, there is an offline mode that can be played with frame rate uncapped by use of Computer Link. Therefore, a dedicated team of dozens on a single phone are capable of becoming exceptional.

However, Fargow, by the name of Glassfish, does not appear to be that amazing at this game despite having a decent amount of hours logged into it and a fair amount of treasure as a result. The game is supposed to be as easy for biologicals as it is for robots and jetals, too, at least as realistically as possible.

Instead of attempting to get good fast, Tanya simply runs through the tutorial before Glassfish is located and found. Tanya ia allowed on the team as a beginner on one of the easy puzzles. There is a way to view what other teammates are doing, and Glassfish's playstyle is average and mundane from what people can see.
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No. 728075 ID: a075ba

>Problem is, the crime boss is the kind of dad who believes he knows what's best and all, and he's the sort who thinks his son needs the shyness screwed right out of him and isn't gonna be open to those out of the box ideas. Doesn't mean you can't do it. Just means you gotta succeed before he knows anything's goin' on, which means I can't go buy a lotta time for you by sayin' you're doing what you're doing.
Might be able to buy some time if we don't tell him we're on the job yet?

>Fargow, by the name of Glassfish, does not appear to be that amazing at this game despite having a decent amount of hours logged into it and a fair amount of treasure as a result.
>Glassfish's playstyle is average and mundane from what people can see
So he's not an enthusiast, and he's in it for the competition. He's a casual and/or he just does it for fun. Or he's in it for the social aspect, which will make our job easier.

Does mean we don't need to be awesome at the game to befriend him.
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No. 728080 ID: 211d83

Lets be honest our usual play style is rather overpowered and cheat like. Most people do not have thousands of varied puzzle enthusiasts working together on things.

So lets start off like a normal beginner and try to avoid standing out. We are not doing this to show off but to have friendly games so we might be able to make friends and later ask him or get him to ask us out on a date.
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No. 728084 ID: 4fa90a

Yeah let's not try to be amazing at this. Just try to be about average while focusing more on the social aspects of the game. If he's playing a lot and only doing average himself it's probably about on point with what he's doing. In fact doing a little below average and then approaching him for pointers could be a way to form a connection.
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No. 728085 ID: 398fe1

>>728072
Be awesome at the game, and approach him with advice on his game. You can start social interaction like that.

Ultimately I think we should play the long game and use him as a contact even after the "job" is done. He doubtless has connections, so a real friendship gives us real benefits beyond money.

Also we can multitask and do other jobs while befriending/seducing him.
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No. 728090 ID: dd338c
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Polatt claims that the job isn't reserved for the Dead Batteries alone, and so he can't prevent others from taking the job. Nonetheless, since failure is an option and the fact that the time consuming part can be done online, the plan is stuck to.

"Let's start off as a beginner, honestly." Alison says to the team. "We can just have casual, friendly games, and maybe make friends with him that way, and maybe ask him for advice. I think he's doing this more for social interaction. If it doesn't seem to pan out, though, some other people can get good at the game in order to give him advice if it comes to that, but let's call that plan B."

Although Tanya gets called a noob a couple of times, other's seem friendly towards newcomers. Glassfish doesn't speak up yet, though, but Unity can wait a little while.

In the meantime, Unity is free to select another job.
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No. 728094 ID: 211d83

Go public sex up the pervert. See if they would like the trick you tried on Vasha or if they want something different.
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No. 728096 ID: 398fe1

>>728094
We know that's detectable... unless we use the Bio Emulator while doing it. CAN we use the Bio Emulator while there's a cavity that large formed inside of Unity?
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No. 728097 ID: a075ba

Okay, while we're courting him online, let's do no strings attached. It's a quick payout, with no real complications to escalate or much risk for us. Then we can buy the hide add-on to complete Recluse's play of having the secret hacked sex module for spy missions, and maybe get something else too, before we start the next one.

>>728090
Goat shoulder rubs!
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No. 728098 ID: 398fe1

>>728095
I say we get Chemical Analyzer soon, it'll help with the drug-related lollipop bounty.
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No. 728099 ID: 91ee5f

>>728094
Wouldn't we need more jetalium so that we can have a bigger body? This all depends on how big and/or wide the client is.
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No. 728120 ID: 9855ab

Hmm. I wonder, maybe another tactic with Fargow would be just a straight-up secret benefactor approach. Like, we just message him something like "hey man, you know your dad's put out a job in his circles for girls to "improve your confidence", right? Not just regular hooker money, either. I dunno maybe you don't mind that sort of thing, sounds like he's trying to be nice but I thought it'd be uncool and probably do the opposite of improving your confidence if you maybe got your heart messed with, so, here's me trying to warn you. Watch careful if any hot girls you never met before suddenly start cozying up for no clear reason. Don't tell anyone I told you."

If he responds, we could get a read on whether he is ok with that (in which case we can just go "wow well if you like I could do the job, I have higher pay on my plate but I wouldn't say no, never been with an organic guy before"), or not ok with it, in which case we'll be on the better track because if we just fucked him to "boost his confidence" it wouldn't work long-term, and his dad would eventually realize that and be mad at the Dead Batteries for not really delivering what he paid for. The purpose of the job is to build connections between the two groups, after all, so we have to think in terms of consumer satisfaction rather than just filling the letter of a contract. And it is pretty much true that we're not really interested in the money so much as making more friends.

We could also go stalk a bit in person by using bio imitation plus privacy and wearing different faces and builds, but that'd interfere with taking any other jobs, like with the public but not public lady. She sounds like a pretty take-charge person, so she'll probably call some shots when we meet her. Best not to make too many plans.
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No. 728365 ID: dd338c
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>Can Unity use the Bio Emulator while there's a body person cavity inside herself?
In theory, yes, but that would require custom control over the bio emulator, as the emulator would insist on closing that gap up. More practice is requested before that level of complexity is added.

Unity texts Polatt saying that she will accept No Strings Attached. Further details are given to Unity.

This girl more or less prefers vanilla sex aside from the public sex kink. She does want to feel a danger of being found out, so she requests that Unity not play it safe, or stupidly dumb. Despite wanting a jetal specifically, it's more about the principle of the matter, and otherwise would appreciate a vanilla form.

She has suggested three options for the location: An alleyway, a public bathroom, or a dressing room.

Meanwhile, the Puzzle Team has two conflicting options. They are leaning on either approaching Fargow as a newbie player looking for advice, or being forthright and telling him about his father's plan.
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No. 728366 ID: 4f512e

I say a public bathroom is probably best. Stall partitions will provide cover an alley doesn't have, and a little bit of strange noise will be overlooked compared to a dressing room.

I'm still for approaching Fargow as a newb looking for advise. I think it'll be a bigger confidence boost if he doesn't know daddy bought the girl for him.
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No. 728367 ID: a075ba

>She has suggested three options for the location: An alleyway, a public bathroom, or a dressing room.
The dressing room sounds the most fun to me!

>Meanwhile, the Puzzle Team has two conflicting options. They are leaning on either approaching Fargow as a newbie player looking for advice, or being forthright and telling him about his father's plan.
Hiding it from him could come across as a hurtful betrayal if it's found out, but telling him strait up could sour things too, and make him wary of any other attempts to approach.

Well, they both have potential downsides, but giving him a bigger confidence / happiness boost by trying to make this feel like something natural and not contrived / arranged is the bigger upside, so that wins out. Maybe we can tell him the truth after he gets to know us, but for now let's just try to get to know him.
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No. 728372 ID: 398fe1

>>728365
Well a Jetal wouldn't go into a bathroom, and dressing rooms are typically monitored in some way to prevent shoplifting. So that leaves the alley.

Approach Fargow for advice.
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No. 728377 ID: 91ee5f

>>728365
Let's meet her in an alleyway. Do we have enough jetalium? We don't know how tall and/or wide the client is. Since she doesn't want us to play it safe, we don't need to be extra wide or anything like that. Just barely enough to cover her should do it.

I vote for approaching Fargow for advice.
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No. 728381 ID: a075ba

>>728377
She didn't specify she wants to do the enveloping thing, though. She pretty much said vanilla public sex.

Also I'd think the alley the the worst choice, if she's biological. She'd either be gasping in the smog, or through a respirator, which probably has flow rate limitations. Neither of which sounds fun to me. (Unless she's into gimp masks).
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No. 728449 ID: d3fdbc

If there was a mod to detect and interfere with cameras that we could get, I'd say dressing room. Investigate that. If not, then alley. We could get into a niche and use eyes/ears on the ends of our tails to watch for anyone approaching.

I have half a suspicion that the empire just has cameras everywhere anyway, so it may end up being an equal danger no matter where we go.

For Fargow, I still say be forthright! He'll probably be suspicious of anyone trying to get close to him anyway, with his life. People must have tried getting to his dad through him before. Plus it'd be cruel and counterproductive to earn his trust and then spring it on him.
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No. 728451 ID: d3fdbc

(Also being forthright with him will put him on guard against others trying to do the same job as us, which will both save him from someone less scrupulous and considerate than we are, and more selfishly, preserve our chance at the money).
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No. 728457 ID: b412df

With Fargow, I think it would be a good idea to be forthright, maybe not right away though. So I'd say ask for advice for now, but admit true intentions after there's somewhat of a bond / friendship going on. So any honesty would be met with appreciation instead of rejection (Still could go either way though, risky but a good idea I think).

As for the public sex, alleyway. It's a pretty awful place for it, but sex there would be met with less suspicion / curiousity than a stall or changing room. There's the risk of cameras but I think that's going to be hard to avoid regardless.

One possible solution to obvious cameras could be to form multiple tails and cover the lens. Dunno if that would attract more attention to camera operators than just hoping it's ignored though.
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No. 728463 ID: b412df

Forgot to mention, do we know our client's preferences aside of the public sex thing? That might influence what form we wear while on this job.
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No. 728469 ID: d3fdbc

>>728457

Well, if the story is that we feel sorry for him and want to warn him, making a little friendship first would fit. Like, the story would be that we learned of the job on offer, decided to see what he was like, then when/if we got to like him we go "hey you know I think you're a pretty cool guy so I'm going to tell you about this thing I think isn't cool for you" and go from there, as described by >>728120 , with us posing as a faceless sexless stranger on the web until the time is right.
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No. 728501 ID: d3fdbc
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While we wait, another dress!

We've got the belenosian lab coat chic, mixed with some chinese imperial and a little touch of more organic flair with some vaguely spanish corsage roses, ruffles and ribbons. This one is more for moving among the upper classes, or when you just want to look really, really fancy. Served in shades of black and red, it could easily take on a mafiosa style, though a large variety of colors could be effective. The pants version looks more practical, and so of course looks a little lower class, for an advisor, cortesan or superior servant type. The skirt version is less practical and so therefore makes you look like you have people to take care of practicality for you, suiting a splendid noble lady. A jetal, of course, would hardly be impeded at all by such a thing.

Dress design was mostly inspired by thinking on what it would be like if Unity still somehow discovers her inheritance of nobility through Loviro and his connection to Diamond in this version of events, and somehow goes public with that without causing a major disaster. It could maybe happen, if we're going a more secretive social route this time, and we gave Unity a romantic story to tell the public, of having been a secret lost noble scared for her life who lived among the lower classes while trying to uncover the "mystery" of what happened to her creator and his emperor. It could be one way to help insinuate ourselves into high society, closer to sapphire, and I wanted to draw up a dress suitable to taking such a station.
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No. 728503 ID: d3fdbc

Oh, remember to give Loviro another hug before you leave!
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No. 728522 ID: a075ba

>>728501
If we do eventually go for a legit claim on diamond nobility as part of our long term approach to Sapphire / upgrade to high class courtesan, we totally need to do that glowing emblem on our back thing we saw other nobles doing, especially now that we have jetalium illumination with the toolbox module. (There's a diamondback snake joke in there, somewhere).
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After some deliberation, Unity lets Polatt know her decision, and Polatt gives an address back, saying the north alley between 80th and AJ. She'll be there as soon as possible.

A hug is delivered to Loviro and goodbyes are said, before a taxi car is summoned. It's not a long trip to the destination outside of some rush hour traffic, but it clears up and the alleyway is seen. It looks like Unity got there first, and there isn't a great deal of foot traffic around.

"Do you know if she has any tastes to form?" Unity asks to Polatt. "I don't know what to look like."
>"Nope. She seems like the sort to leave it open. Just choose something that looks like they could be a biological and wait around."


During the ride, the Puzzle team played some games, and it's decided to approach Fargow while Unity transforms into a safe looking generic male. It occurs to thousands of people at once that everyone spent so much time getting used to being a girl, that Unity never got any guy clothes. She absorbs her normal clothes and makes some generic jetalium clothes, but she still has time to alter her clothes or form if desired.

"Hi! You don't seem bad. I'm just starting out, do you have any pointers?" EndlessFragment47 messages to Glassfish.
>"Uh, I guess? I'm not that great. You could probably get training from the tutorials and guides if you want to be good. I can show you if you want, but I don't know how good at it I'd be."
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No. 728554 ID: a075ba

>left it open
You really think someone hiring a shapeshifter prostitute would at least specify gender.

I guess the androgynous-annonymous shape we have right now is fine. We can always tweak it, if necessary. No name for this face. If she asks the reply is "No strings, remember?"

Go find a good spot to lean against in the alley.

>glassfish talk
Accept his offer, you'd rather play with someone than do tutorials on your lonesome.
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No. 728616 ID: d3fdbc

Hmm. Are people wearing respirators today? Might be part of the biological pretense.

Uh. Does she have a way to recognize you, or you her? Some sort of pass phrase? Is she looking for a biological-like jetal, or prepared for you to be using the bio imitation mod?
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No. 728621 ID: a075ba

>>728616
Actually, the respirator is a good point. How bad is the air quality out here? Can we safely sex up our client if she's not wearing one? (If she does have to wear the mask, I suppose that's a layer of anonymity for her if we're caught, or just against there even being strings).

>Does she have a way to recognize you, or you her?
We could just start scanning the people who go by. We're looking for a biological female who's going to experiencing some kind of arousal / excitement / anticipation. If we're waiting and watching for it, she's probably stand out from the people who are just passing by.
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No. 728622 ID: dd338c
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EndlessFragment47 messages back.
"I'd like that. This game is fun, but it seems best if it's done socially."
>"Yeah. Okay, after this run, I've got awhile to play, so we can do a two person party." he responds.


The puzzle team will be busy for awhile.

Unity hangs out just inside of the alleyway, and it's only a few minutes until a biological girl in a skirt walks up to him. As far as any scanners and regular observances are concerned, there's no hidden cameras in the alleyway.

>"Waiting?"
"Yes."
>"Alright. You'll do fine, I think. Don't transform once we start, I like to see jetals acting like biologicals. You have 5 minutes. Take it away."
"I have organic simulation module, if you like."
>"Nah."
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No. 728623 ID: dd338c
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There isn't much to do but that, so Unity unzips his pants, and lifts one of the girl's legs to get under the skirt, where a tiny thong exists. Unity's erection pushes it out of the way as he carefully pushes forward into her. She bites her lip and squeaks, but isn't too loud.

As he gets to work, though, she still grunts and moans loud enough that it's going to be audible to anyone walking across the sidewalk.

While continuing, Unity hears someone walking across the sidewalk, and is going to come by at any time.

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No. 728624 ID: a075ba

Bookish looking and kind of soft spoken. And limber! (And able to casually toss 300k for a brief bout of sexual satisfaction, so well off, too).

>While continuing, Unity hears someone walking across the sidewalk, and is going to come by at any time.
Keep going, unless she says otherwise. Public sex with the risk of getting caught is what she paid for.

Lean closer, and brace your right hand against the wall, so her face (and horns) is obscured to anyone who does look in the alley and see. (Hopefully if anyone does see, they'll be too embarrassed to interfere). Other hand might go over her mouth to keep her moans quiet.

I'd prepare (but not turn on) a bright flashlight in your tail. If anyone does try to confront us, you can shine it in their eyes to give the client a chance to get away without anyone getting a clear look at her.
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No. 728625 ID: 595d54

>>728624
>A woman with a public location sex fetish would like to copulate with a jetal under the stipulation that no one ever find out she has had sex.

Wrong. We can't afford to be seen.
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No. 728627 ID: 0b8d9e

Perhaps a kiss would muffle her voice enough to not be heard.
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No. 728628 ID: d3fdbc

Ok, (gently) sweep her down onto the ground to your left, still next to the wall. As I recall, the belenosian empire employs little cleaning robots all over, so the streets are actually pretty much pristine. So she'll be on your back face to face (though you might actually have to get her to look towards the wall for her horns not to be in the way, or get her head to overhang that basement entrance behind you), with you over her, facing away from the street, with that trash can between any onlookers and you. If you put your left arm up to rest your elbow next to her neck/head, and maybe hook your arm up over her horns (use your fingers to play at the base of them a little, maybe?) then all anyone should be able to see from the street if they do notice anything is your back and rear end ploughing a pair of legs and a butt. Keep quiet and probably no-one will know to look in, and you can keep your tail eye peeking up over the lid of the can.

And don't forget to be attentive! She seems to be enjoying the penetration, but your mouth and your right arm will be free to play with her body a bit as well. Get at her neck and collarbone and so on with your lips and get caressing down her side and thigh with your free hand. She likes "jetals acting like biologicals", so let yourself express a bit of hunger. Maybe kiss her on the mouth whenever passersby get super close, to muffle her.
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No. 728629 ID: 595d54

The thing that concerns me is that we didn't ask how good her privacy stuff was. If she's this rich, she might be notorious enough to be easily recognized by scanners regardless of face and voice. Probably too late for this one, but in case it happens again, have the operators try to find out who she is.
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No. 728632 ID: a075ba

>>728625
We can afford be seen. We just can't allow enough of her to seen that the random people screwing in the alley can be connected back to her.
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No. 728633 ID: 211d83

Are those some basement stairs off to your left? If so grab her butt while still fucking her carry her down them a bit so you are both out of sight behind the trashcans.

Also give her some tongue to muffle those moans.
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Unity grabs her butt and carefully continues plowing her as she descends some nearby basement stairs. As whoever it is passes by, they seem to pause for a moment just as Unity silences the girl with a kiss.

More attention is given, too, with occasional neck nibbles, further kisses, and wandering hands traverse the base of her horns, her thighs, and so on while Unity acts like a more hungry biological. With many of the lobbyists as they are, being hungry isn't much of an act. Whoever paused outside of the alleyway moves on.

Another minute passes as the girl huffs out 'keep going' as she approaches a climax.

While some were focused on the stairs and above Unity, enough are paying attention to the fact that the basement stairs led to a wooden door. They confirm that there is someone on the other side of the door, and is about to open it in one second.

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No. 728645 ID: 398fe1

Keep them from opening the door! Either grab it or block it, depending on which direction it goes.
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No. 728648 ID: 211d83

Crap does the door open outward or inward?

If outward we could shove our foot in the door and make it a jetalium wedge to hold it closed. Heck if inward we could do the same thing long enough to make someone think the door is jammed.

Or you could quickly book it while holding her. With your jetal strength and her legs around your neck you could keep the sex up while getting her further down the ally and out of sight.

Worst case absorb her while holding the door closed and then leisurely walk away while continuing with internal shenanigans. It might break the act like a organic part that she wanted but hopefully she is to caught up in pleasure to care.
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No. 728649 ID: 0b8d9e

If we let her leg down could we reach the door? If we hold the handle to keep it from turning they'll probably assume it's broken. Considering our close calls this must be quite exciting for her.
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No. 728650 ID: a075ba

If your scanners can tell that's a biological and not a robot or jetal about to open the door, you could just grab it and hold it shut. They won't be able to force a jammed door.

If the door opens outwards, and the stairwell is wide enough, hiding behind the door might be possible.

Or we're probably strong enough to jump right out of the stairwell, which would be a hell of a last thrust to finish her off with.
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No. 728651 ID: 4546ab

Go go Jetal powers!

Jam your foot against the bottom of the door and morph so its thoroughly jammed. Or the handle so they cant even turn it.

As long as you just morph that bit of you she is in no condition to notice.

Then you have time to finish or absorb her depending on what the door person does.
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No. 728652 ID: a075ba

>>728648
I don't think our morph is turned high enough to abosrb her and reform around her in a second. We can't afford the battery to run around in 100% liquid terminator mode.
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No. 728653 ID: e22b1d

Block the door long enough to absorb her and book it. Make sure she can see and hear everything around her once we get her inside.

If that does not get her voyeurism kink going I don't know what will.

That being said probably whisper to her while blocking the door that we are going to get discovered but you can fix that if she trusts you. So its not a struggling surprise.
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No. 728655 ID: 398fe1

I don't think absorbing is on the table. Also we were told "not too smart", so risk-free solutions are a no-go.
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No. 728661 ID: 8111b6

>>728644
If it opens outward, maybe consider fucking her against the door, as long as there isn't a camera. All other situations, back into the alley again. If push comes to shove, we can arch over the stairs, then drop back into the stairway after they pass, but that might be risky. ...but hey. Risk is her thing, right?
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The door is confirmed to swing in the direction of the alleyway, making the solution obvious. It can't be said if the person on the otherside is biological or not, but Unity will just prepare to leap out of sight if they turn out to have super strength. He puts his foot down onto the door as the other person attempts to open it. The strength level implies biological or otherwise controlled, up until the person starts jostling it. The wood bends slightly his efforts as he starts banging on it, but Unity holds the door against the bangs while he bangs the girl.

"Fuckin' bullshit door pile of goddamn wallet sucking maintenance bots..." the person can be heard faintly walking away from the door just in time for the girl to grit her teeth and start shaking through her orgasm.

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While out of breath, she motions for Unity to let her go. She pats down her skirt, and doesn't seem to make a note about how there was no cum, since no modules are available for it.

She regains her breath quickly.


>"Good job!" she says. "They'll pay you soon, but I'm leaving you a tip for your bank account alone." She hands Unity 30k.

"Polatt!" Alison texts to Polatt. "She says you guys are going to pay me?"
>"Oh, yeah. Since she went through us, she paid us the money, and you get 300k of it."


The two of them leave the alleyway, and she unceremoniously walks the other way, leaving Unity alone.

>"Found her." Scanner says. "On the internet, I mean. She's just a daughter of a pretty big corporation, and is going to inherit it someday and already is in a high management position. It's nothing really out of the ordinary, though, so I think she's just someone who's well off who isn't afraid to spend a whole lot of money to get some kicks in."
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No. 728675 ID: 398fe1

>>728674
Alright, no problems then. Time for mods. Get Hide on the hacked sex mod, then I guess we can get chem-analyze and do the Ghost Dealer job.
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No. 728676 ID: 211d83

A job well done then. If she is interested in more she knows where we work.

Well time to find out if there are any more jobs or take one of the other ones.

In the meantime I think tracking down that drug dealer and buying some candy seems like it would be a easy job. Can either pretend to be a biological looking for a fix or a Jetal buying some drugs for a friends party.

That being said it would have some risk. Would have to make sure we were not suspicious to the drug dealer and watch for cops.
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No. 728678 ID: a075ba

>>728675
Seems reasonable, I suppose.

If we do ghost dealer, is Fern fronting us any money to purchase these drugs with? They'd get it right back when they kicked the door in.

...do we still get payed it turns out he isn't dealing in bootlegged goods? (I expect Fern's intel is probably right, but we might as well cover the bases).

>Found her
Okay. Not our business, though. We said no strings, so we let her alone. If she wants more, she can always contact the dbs.
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No. 728737 ID: bdbed7

>Found her

Well, we're not going to put that to use ourselves by choice, but it's handy to know things. Maybe one day her corporation will have a problem with us, and we'll have to regretfully put some pressure on. Strictly in defense, of course.

>>728675

I agree with getting hide on the hacked module, and with doing Ghost Dealer, but I don't think we have a long-term need for chemical analysis right now. We should just rent it for the dealer job, rather than buying it outright.
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No. 728741 ID: dd338c
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"Thanks, Scanner, but it's private, so we won't look into it further." says Alison, who then goes and texts Fern. "Hi Fern! I'm interested in taking that ghost dealer job. Would we get any modules in advance?"
>"Yeah. You'll be given Privacy Rank B with a Jetalium Privacy add-on so you can act like a biological, since the drugs in question don't affect robots or jetals too much. We'll also give you Sniffer Rank C to smell out any drugs. Plus, a single track cam Don't lose 'em, cause you can't afford 'em. You've got to record the whole thing to prove he's got the drugs. You don't need any chemical analyzer, cause no dealer's gonna say it's CnJ and give you somethin' else."
"Do we get paid if it turns out he doesn't have any?" Alison responds, while Scanner explains that a single track cam is a camera that can only contain a single video at a time, and is used as a visual proof of something happening since unlike other cameras, single tracks are extremely difficult to alter what they record.
>"You get paid half, why not."

Scurps joins the text message ring.

>"Fern you sounded so sure he had them! Why not pay in full if he doesn't?"
>"Yeah I'm always right, so hell, 250k... oh, what the hell, 300k, but we are gonna look over the camera to make sure you tried your hardest. We don't know much about the dealer except that his street name is Bluestone. I'd say he's the gangleader, but it's more like he's hired some thugs to protect him and run his shit. They're trash to us, but you can't get in a fight with them. He operates on a single block on the outskirts of town, and most people there at least know of him. We'll pick you up to give you the loans."
"Do you have any advice on how to look for him, or what we should look like?"
>"I'm hiring you for this cause I don't know about that shit."
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No. 728742 ID: 398fe1

>>728741
Let's do some research. Look up the culture around CnJ usage, and what withdrawal effects it has. We can pretend to be an addict suffering from withdrawal and act really desperate for some.
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No. 728743 ID: bdbed7

Ok, research topics: a little basic street knowledge (Maybe ask Scurps and company). Even just the basic stuff, so we don't go walking in going "hello I would like to purchase one drugs please". And like, what's the profile for a user, classwise? Should we look poor and desperate, or higher class and decadent? I assume the former, since the latter would go to the original source instead of resells.

I assume the target deals other drugs, as well. We could act like, say... we're buying up a bunch of stuff for a party, and while we're dealing with that, we act like we're getting a little hesitant and ask if he has "anything stronger" for the "more experienced" crowd. That could cover ignorance on CnJ in particular, if we act like a user for other stuff who's just looking to get into it. Maybe do ourselves up as some spoiled rich kid party girl looking for a new thrill to get into. Or... hmmm, maybe not quite that spoiled? Semi-spoiled. Someone who has spoiled rich friends, or people she wants to become her friends, and wants to show them how "cool" she is by getting them good "stuff". That'd excuse us being more nervous and ignorant and secretive. And it'd let us turn down other drugs we're offered as stuff we're sure "our friends" have already tried.

Though, that depends if it's a "party" type of drug or not.
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No. 728745 ID: a075ba

>>"I'm hiring you for this cause I don't know about that shit."
Fair enough. Research and Scanner team, hit the web. Let's find out what this drug does and what the culture looks like. We can probably pose as a user. (Or maybe a go-between for a user, depending on how upper or lower class this drug is). And see if we can pull up anything on Bluestone, he might show up online, or there might be public arrest records. (Or not. Dystopia with cute puppies news and all).

If we want tips for looking like a druggie, we might want to ask Polatt. He's probably had to deal with enough of them, whether or not the Dead Batteries are currently selling this stuff (or have in the past).

>>728742
Not sure we want to look like we're in withdrawal. That might make them look closer at us (is the twitchy addict gonna make trouble? Did they really manage to scrape together the money if they let it gt this bad?).
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No. 728746 ID: a075ba

Oh, and send Scurps a text (one on one, not as part of the chat with Fern) to thank him for interceding for you, there.

Thanks.~ ;)
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No. 728868 ID: 211d83

Do some research online first but I am thinking we want to look like a young college kid who is nervously buying drugs for his sorority. Cause they made him as part of the initiation ceremonies.

Of course find a college and sorority that would do something like this for our back story.
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No. 728871 ID: 8111b6

>>728868
If we did that, we'd probably want some actual guy clothes and not just jetalium morph clothes. They'd likely have someone that could at least detect the difference.
I say to go as a gal, though. We already have clothes for that. (We should eventually get some clothes for guy form, though. ...or something that could serve for either.)

Should we actually buy, make with the 'oh, I didn't know it would be so expensive' excuse, or the '[same as previous]... is there any -other- way I could pay?' excuse?
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No. 728917 ID: dd338c
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Some research is done.

The Drug: CnF (AKA Spark, Suckers, Lollipops) is a drug made that tends to ellicit euphoria. It's moderately addictive and takes a few months of weekly use before resistance begins to apply, but it's relatively safe with a high bar for overdosing and few cases of adverse reactions. The drug's effects generally cause euphoria on the user in which nearly all stimulus is received as pleasureable. Users commonly report that all of their senses are heightened, however, their response to stimuli tend to be diminished, so it makes a poor performance drug. While it's most commonly used as a recreational drug, it has been reported to be used as a painkiller. Although it does not diminish pain, it does make the pain become misinterpreted as favorable in many cases.

Culture: With its favorable risk vs reward, it's well sought after, but the Lollipop Syndicate is known to keep strong tabs on who gets to deal it out in the capital city, so they commonly engage in gang warfare with other crime dealers. Many will not purchase CnF from any dealer that they believe to be non-Lollipops due to the associated danger from sketchier dealers, but those dealers tend to sell far cheaper bootlegs.

Because of its accessability, it's a common drug to see abusers use. As the bar for overdose is high, there have been known cases of absorbing 6,000 milligrams of CnF in a single session to get the same effect that a non-user would get by absorbing 200 milligrams. Due to the cost of CnF, many of these abusers turn to less reputable dealers who sell them far cheaper than the Lollipop Syndicate. Because of the danger of the syndicate, these dealers are often careful about who they sell their product to. Typically they sell other drugs as well as a front.

Withdrawal effects are mental, as the user's priorities get shifted in favor of the drug. Completely cutting off the drug is usually more dangerous than slowly lowering doses, as users will often require a fix before eating food, drinking, or in some cases, being able to sleep. Denying an abuser of their fix when they're going through heavy withdrawals leads to unpredictable behavior usually leaning on the extremes.

Alison texts scurps.
Thanks for interceding ;) Do you have any advice on how to seek out those drugs?
>We beat up independent dealers pretty bad, so they never like to sell to people they don't know. So get cozy with someone who they do know, and get to the dealer through them!


Bluestone is searched for, but apparently he is a jetal known to swap faces every day, so information is scattered.

Officially, he is an online data analyzer who studies who goes to what websites and why. He recently graduated from a low key university in networking sciences that is known to be a party college and is likely where he first entered the drug market. Although he never ran into trouble from the law, he has a low profile reputation in the college for being a dealer.

Unity's primary two options are be an abuser going through withdrawals, or be a sorority girl looking to get drugs for her friends as an initiation ceremony.

Meanwhile, one distracted lobbyists searching the news does find that despite the primary news' saccharine nature, delving deeper does reveal crime. Out of curiosity, he searches the face of the van man from the other night, and finds out that apparently a cop pursued that lead, went to his house, and busted him and a few of his accomplices who are now being processed for jailtime as the law investigates the case.
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No. 728920 ID: 211d83

Go sorority girl. Just cause that might end up with us having to fuck someone to prove ourselves.

Creepy junky blowjobs for crack in a ally would be no fun.
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No. 728923 ID: a075ba

We can stick the camera we need to tape right behind our eye, I hope.

>We beat up independent dealers pretty bad, so they never like to sell to people they don't know. So get cozy with someone who they do know, and get to the dealer through them!
That's not the worst idea. We go as the friend of one of their customers, or we do jetal identity theft and become one of their customers.

Problem is of course, first, we have to find some of their clients.

>Unity's primary two options are be an abuser going through withdrawals, or be a sorority girl looking to get drugs for her friends as an initiation ceremony.
If the dealers are reluctant to sell to people they don't know, the sorority girl is probably scarier to them than the addict. Less reliable, more likely to talk to the wrong people. Downside of the addict though is no one would have seen us before.

We might not want to go all the way to the full withdrawl level. All the way and they'll be worried we might be unpredictable enough to be bad for business.
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No. 728932 ID: b412df

>>728923
Upside with doing the identify theft is, they're going to be desperate. So we could just go up to them and say, we have money, and can get you CnJs if you tell us about your dealer (Only bringing up the appearance borrowing if they ask, because it's a little creepy even if your a desperate junkie).
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No. 728933 ID: 3c708f

Not a super hard drug, then, just overall good and kept by a monopoly.

I think the abuser story is more believable, especially if we play it like we're being secretive but desperate, that the guild themselves are asking too much for us and we've been crawling around chasing rumours of other dealers to get "just a little fix, just to wean off, you know". Though, we might have a harder time playing the part in terms of knowing how to act like a junkie, the symptoms of withdrawal, familiarity with the scene and other dealers and drug zones, et cetera. I guess we do have a tap for the info to show we're familiar with the Guild, though. And it would be relatively easy to make the connection, if we have the aura of desperation to explain things - find someone who's shown the symptoms but isn't a Guild customer, offer to "do anything" if they tell us who their dealer is, do thing and then get introduced, easy.

Huh... I wonder if we could get the Dead Batteries involved in our story, somehow? If we show some connection to them, and they're not yet allied with the Guild, then Bluestone might assume being with one means we're not with the other. And that'd be easier with the junkie route, we can pretend we've been working with them as a stripper/hooker to get our funds, and that it's through them we've tracked the rumours to find him. It would also excuse being a relatively pretty-looking junkie, and we could "demonstrate our job skills" as an additional persuasion/negotiation tactic. We could even shapeshift and wear the face of an actual, already known DB girl, to set ourselves up right proper. Who knows, maybe there's one that fits the profile really well already! I feel like the Guild doesn't run any sex industry stuff themselves, so again it'd make the target feel safer. The Guild seems to favor more high-class operatives, again, so being a gutter whore debasing herself for the drugs won't match up with the profile for their agents he'd imagine. We're still hiding the fact that we're with the DBs from the Guild, so we'd need to be careful, though they likely won't care much if we make out that we just have a few, distant contacts with them.

Sorority covers our ignorance more, though if we did go with that we'd have to show a bit more wealth. We'd have to buy other drugs to fit the profile, and if we showed we had the money to do that then the question is why not go to the Guild directly. I wonder, could we play ignorance to Bluestone's independence? Like, we pretend that we think he is with the Lollipops? Like we're a dumb rich college girl who's used drugs provided by others before but only has a vague, mistaken impression of where they come from and how to get them.
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After some deliberation, a story is made. Unity will play the part of a drug addict who is weaning off of the drugs. While she may appear on edge and somewhat desperate, she won't act like the worst result of drug abuse, and attempt to come across as someone who let themselves get in too deep and are trying to wean themselves off, and has been forced to go through independent dealers due to the prohibitive costs of Syndicate versions.

Scurps picks Unity up, and passes her the modules through the car seat.

"I think your idea is good, Scurps. The problem is is that I still would have to meet one of those clients."
>"Mmhmm, but he operates out of one block intensively, so I bet you could just ask around if you're subtle about it. I've never asked for drugs before, heh, since... well, I basically guard a pharmaceutical and all. Maybe we should get you a face, though. Someone who exists, because nearly any robot, jetal, or biological with a phone camera can do searches on your face, and if you've never been seen before, well, you may have to come up with a good reason why you're not known... we have faces, if you like. They're in the syndicate, but are used as 'clean' faces for stuff like this, so they don't get ties back to us."

Scurps gives a choice between Rayna, a business woman who likes to get stuff done, and Enni, a party girl. Scurps will give details on each if Unity wants to use one of them, but the details are only important to know so that she can match the character.

If Unity is not comfortable using the face of someone who really exists, she can also use the identity of Roxy or some other DB girl. Polatt confirms that he is alright with this, and will give even give information on Roxy to any people asking around to help sell a story. It would, Polatt thinks, help convince the dealer that Unity isn't working for the Syndicate since the Dead Batteries haven't been known to work with the Syndicate on anything.

Unity can also just go in as a nobody.

"Oh, and you should get some good clothes! We can get it delivered where I drop you off. But you should dress in either casual street clothes or maybe something skanky if you want to get people going after you. I can get some disposable clothes for you for the dropoff point and keep your current clothes safe."
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No. 728942 ID: 211d83

How about business woman Rayna who is down on her luck and can no longer afford the good stuff so is weaning herself off drugs?

Can play her off as proud but slightly desperate. Should amuse the dealers and we can always be really "desperate" if you know what I mean.
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No. 728943 ID: 398fe1

>>728940
Hang on, does that mean we don't have a good face for an addict?
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No. 728945 ID: a075ba

I kind of like the idea of using Roxy as a face, since if it works, we might have other drug dealers make her offer when she's working at the club. Which would mean our downtime / break time spent doing low-income dancing would also could as intelligence gathering. Intel we might be able to sell / trade to the Lollipop guild when we find someone selling something they shouldn't.

We still need to find someone who can vouch for us so we can get drugs, though.
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No. 728946 ID: 3c708f

Going as a DB girl sounds best. I'd like to go as Roxy but she's only appeared recently herself, but, maybe. Check out who else Polatt has on offer. Someone who looks decent, but who's in the lower class, on the harder side of life, someone who fits the profile. Aaand someone who won't blatantly be visible somewhere else while we're active. Give her a bit of money and I'd bet the DBs could convince her to lay low for a while, if her schedule isn't otherwise convenient. We'd need the lollipop girls to lay low, too, and they'll probably be harder/more expensive to convince of that. Tell the 'pops that you have an idea of some girls near where you live who might be good to imitate, who you have connections to and who won't be associated with them at all.

Give Scurps a little affection while you're in him, a little stroke with your hand or something.
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No. 728947 ID: 4546ab

Distract Scurps so thoroughly that he is in danger of getting into a car wreck.
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No. 729188 ID: dd338c
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>Hang on, does that mean we don't have a good face for an addict?
Unity isn't given the impression there's a perfect face on such short notice.

Scurps orders some temporary, simple clothes for Unity, which will use the Roxy name. Even though this handle isn't well established, it can be verified through the DB's strip club. Plus, Alison wants everyone to be on board with the idea, so after a brief discussion between the Dead Batteries and the Syndicate who want to keep relations with one another at arm's length, it's agreed on by both parties that it would be best to use a more disposable name under the worst case scenario.

While putting on clothes, Roxy teases Scurps.
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No. 729190 ID: dd338c
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He nearly blows through a red light, and slams on his breaks hard enough to nearly tear through the asphalt below him. Roxy ends up on the windshield.

>"Ack! Are you okay?! Er..."
"I'm still a jetal! I'm fine. I'm just glad the windshield is strong."
>"Okay. Sorry about that!"
"It's fine!"
>"I'm still sorry!"
"You don't have to be!"
>"Well I am!"
"Okay!"
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No. 729193 ID: dd338c
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After apologies are given from Scurps and apology-dismissals given from Roxy in return, she's dropped off several blocks away so that no one will see Scurps and think that the Syndicate is making a move.

Roxy gets a few catcalls and stares, but it's otherwise a short trip to the block in question. She puts the camera in her eyeball so that Fern can see what's going on. There appear to only be biologicals and low level robots as far as Alison can see.

>"Alright." Fern messages Roxy. "Your block is up and down the street between the intersection you're at at the next one over, and the two buildings on either side. They're not gonna be any higher than the 10th floor, and no lower than the 8th basement level. That covers a lot of room and a lot of people, but not for a dealer like this. The first two floors are commercial. Strip clubs, parties, bars, clubs, casinos, pimp corners, you name it, you can find it."

Alison notes that Roxy doesn't seem to be looked on as favorably as she was in the strip clubs. The only looks Roxy gets seem to be of distrust, disdain and general suspicion, and Alison wonders if there's something wrong with Roxy since she can't imagine that so many people could possibly look at everyone like that.

Recluse disagrees, and thinks this block may only be a public location on legal documents and that everyone might actually just be jerks to outsiders.
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No. 729200 ID: 211d83

Could be a few things.

1. Something about your appearance is off. (missing a rebreather?)

2. They know the usual crowd and you are not it. So until they know what you are there for you could be dangerous.

3. Possibly Roxy had history with this place?

Regardless check with Scurps and keep your eyes open. People here could just be used to junkies slumming it up and get annoyed by them. That or think you are undercover.
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No. 729203 ID: 503552

Well, people who go to strip clubs are there specifically because they want to see pretty guys and girls, you know. You won't get as positive a reaction elsewhere, anyway. Also, uh, that expression you've got on at the moment looks a little... smug. Try to avoid smiling, or if you are smiling make it look a bit fake. You're an addict looking for a fix of something you haven't been able to get recently, right? And you're a squishy biological girl in an unfamiliar part of town. Try to look a little on edge. Flick your tail about in agitation a bit, that sort of thing. If I read right, the withdrawal symptoms to a make-everything-feel-good drug would approximate to making everything feel bad, so try to look like you're in a little pain. Just a bit.

They may also think you're a hooker, in which case you might be edging on the claimed territory of the established local hookers.

Let's see... we need to establish your persona. You've just taken a long drive here, and you need something to numb yourself to your symptoms a little. Go into the liquor store and look for something cheap and hard, like just a small bottle of something low-class, bad-tasting but with a kick to it. You can ask the store owner about places to get... other stuff. Legal stuff, of course. I'd bet those girls back there will listen in to you.

I dunno what that guy's doing with his hand under his coat. Fingering a weapon? Jerkin' it on the street? Dunno, but it's unusual enough to excuse you being curious enough to take a longer look at him. Use your social scanner. Use it on the girls, too, as you pass them by to go into the store.
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No. 729204 ID: b412df

Could be general attitude, your clothes are comparatively nicer than crowd here, and you're looking pretty confident, so you might stick out because of that.

Although, dunno about the other two, but the one on the right seems to be looking a bit lower than your face. Maybe envious?

Can we use the social scanner to get a read on the vibe / mood of the people here?
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No. 729205 ID: a075ba

>Recluse disagrees, and thinks this block may only be a public location on legal documents and that everyone might actually just be jerks to outsiders.
These are people who are using or selling illegal drugs, and are wary of the cops, rival drug syndicates they might be ripping off, and/or people people doing business with those people. It's a lot of people who are down on their luck, and lots of legitimate reasons to be suspicious of others.

Also, I some people who might well be working girls, and Roxy is one too. I'm sure they don't appreciate competition on their turf.

>what do
Tone down the naive / friendly outlook, and try to adopt a more neutral expression, and act like like you belong here (might need to let a non-Alison drive for that).

We need to be on the lookout for a user we can befriend and use as a point of contact with the dealer.
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No. 729221 ID: 503552
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Another outfit, by the way. Something closer to the classic streetwalker look, though with a little more touch of well-off than would be suitable, for example, right now.

Holes in the jeans with the fishnet tights might be too dense/complex for speedy update purposes. Would be no issue to reduce the number of holes or other complicated elements.
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No. 729227 ID: 398fe1

If Bio-Emulator isn't on already you'd better turn it on now!
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No. 729260 ID: dd338c
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The scanner is used to process additional details from the few people around the corner.

As far as the cues can be read, the man laying on the sidewalk either has discomfort on his left side, or is fingering a weapon. The other two girls are feeling that their territory is being contested.

Before getting in full view, Roxy adjusts her look a bit to seem a slightly on edge and ragged but otherwise with a neutral expression while confirming her bio emulator is on.

Despite the lobbyists somewhat confused why a liquor store would also sell a great deal of painkillers that aren't supposed to be taken with alcohol, they do confirm that most places like that would sell painkillers. The girls look like they might block Roxy's path into the liquor store, but she slips in without incident and shops around to get something that might hold a CnJ user over for a bit while the clerk watches her like a hawk. Scurps recommends an all purpose pain killer commonly used by withdrawn CnJ users, so Roxy goes with that.

>"That'll be 400. If you're buying this for a friend or are experiencing chronic pain, you're welcome to buy more than one and save yourself a trip later."
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No. 729264 ID: 211d83

Yeah that might be a good idea. Give me a few extra.

So is this the best stuff to deal with chronic pain? Or is there something better I could be using?

Then look like you are reconsidering and blurt out "But not to strong." I got hooked on something strong once and have been trying to wean myself off it for awhile now.

And sigh and look somewhat depressed.
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No. 729266 ID: b412df

Is the store clerk a biological? That almost looks like a seam for cybernetics around the front of his face, like it's supposed to come off or something.

Probably irrelevant, but discretely scan (Standard scanner) him while paying?
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No. 729271 ID: 398fe1

>>729260
Focus social scanner on him so we can manipulate him better.
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No. 729272 ID: 503552

Say you're hoping you won't need them soon, and you have... other things you need to buy. Then buy them and leave, and when you get a chance pop one in your mouth. We can just... store it.

This guy and his shop look pretty polished, so he's likely not in on the illicit circles around here. I think those girls outside are listening in, though, and might challenge you when you get outside, since I think they are hookers and on the watch for a new business rival. If they get stroppy you can explain to them that you work in a different part of the town (maybe drop the actual name of the club, to establish your identity), and you're only here looking for... someone. Who has something you need. Maybe.

Hopefully, they'll want to help you find what you're looking for so you get out of here and stop making them look less desirable by comparison to you. However, they might also be jerks and get rough with you, so be prepared to react appropriately, like an organic would.
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No. 729275 ID: a075ba

>>729260
Ask if he knows where you can look around here to not need to keep hurting, if he knows what you mean.

(How are things with Alison and Clarence going? Left them hanging a while ago).
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No. 729277 ID: b412df

Should we ask the shopkeep though? Seems like it would be a pretty blatant attempt, when CnJ dealing semi-screen their customers.
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No. 729279 ID: 503552

Maybe play to your Roxy persona by being a just little flirty with the store owner. Not seriously, not actually trying to get anything out of him, just a little, briefly. In a hollow way, even, without your heart in it. As if smiling and fluttering your eyelashes at men is something you do just by habit, without thinking, while still overall giving that sense of being in a bad place at the minute. That'll make the girls outside suspect you're in their industry and make them more likely to get in your face about it, which could be our in to the local community as we "slip" hints as to what we're here looking for.

For our backstory, I think we can match up our sudden lack of ability to buy from the syndicate with Roxy's recent employment by the DBs. Let's say Roxy, until recently, worked for a higher-class, private club, and had more money, but lost her job somehow (influential client that pushed too much on her, and she unwisely complained?). So now she works for the DBs, is paid less, and is therefore in trouble with her drug habit?
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No. 729283 ID: 8111b6

I'd say to double the order. Even if we don't use it ourselves, perhaps the batteries or the lollipops could make use of them.

I'd suggest taking a dose for appearances immediately after purchase. Maybe a double dose, provided over the counter stuff isn't as strong as something that would need a prescription. This guy might be a way of screening for prospective clients, or might just be used to dealing with junkies.

Perhaps eye the alcohol for a moment before heading out.
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No. 729328 ID: dd338c
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>How are Alison/Clarence doing?
Alison has been fooling around with Clarence for awhile, and despite not going easy on her, Clarence insists she continues.

Roxy idly flutters her eyelashes and sticks her chest out a bit more than most would consider appropriate, but does it more out of an emulated habit than doing so pointedly.

Although the shop is polished, the scanner reveals that the clerk is a robot capable of defending the shop against would-be burglars. He appears to be immune to any seduction, and although he is designed to be friendly and knowledgeable towards any customers and their questions, his default functions are short and to the point to get customers in and out. He's intended to be a medium between looking intimidating but still approachable, as he keeps a neutral or friendly expression on his face while plate seams are intentionally left visible to make it clear he's robotic. His expression, though a faithful reproduction of normal belenosian faces, tends to be plain and difficult to get any read on.

"Hey, Polatt?" Alison texts him. "Can we say Roxy used to work at a higher class strip club, and that's why I'm down on my luck?"
>"Sure. Isn't a pretty thing to smear your name artificially, but we can fit you in the records of our higher end strip clubs and say we demoted you after you made a few bad calls that we'll leave as vague."
"Okay, thank you!"
>"You're welcome, I think."


"Well..." Roxy replies to the clerk. "I guess one more box would be good." As soon as she says it, the counter opens up, some mechanism whirs, and another box pops up. "Um.... hey, do you know where I can find something to, well, not need to keep hurting? If you know what I mean? But not too strong." She says, drooping her voice near the end.

While speaking, Roxy lays down some cash while opening up the box to pop a few pills right away.

>"This isn't a pharmacy, but I know of someone who may be able to guide you to one." he says with an unsubtle tinge on the word 'pharmacy'. "He'll be willing to help you, so long as you respect that he isn't a charity. He's usually hanging on the streets around here, and I can call him over."
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No. 729329 ID: 398fe1

>>729328
Okay.
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No. 729411 ID: 179fb7

If you don't want Roxy's name smeared too much, the record could say that she got into trouble with a powerful patron of her old club, like maybe someone who wanted too much from her but the DBs wouldn't have wanted to mess with, so she got bumped down to a lower club to keep her away from encountering them again more than anything. So like, her future is uncertain, maybe the DBs will find somewhere else to raise her up again, maybe not, partly depending on how well she keeps herself together and working well despite being a bit hard done by. And that sort of backstory would present an obvious reason for her to have been taking a drug that makes bad stuff feel good, it'd be a common resort for people who sell services they aren't enjoying so much. If the DBs don't want to let people think they let one of their girls get ill-treated, maybe Roxy ill-advisedly kept it secret from them for the sake of not causing problems and used the drug to help herself endure things.

Heck, it even plays in with her having been almost kidnapped, if any of the truth of that's been spreading around. Perhaps the mysterious abusive client had a hankering to see her again and hired someone to nab her. Well, that might be a stretch, but at the very least, her being an addict to something explains her being willing to take risks for extra money. Or, alternately, she had some stockpiled for weaning herself off but the bit of trauma she had from the kidnapping last night drove her to indulge, and now she has none left.

Anyway, tell the clerk you'd be grateful for that (he's probably not a charity, either. If his info's good you might want to tip him a little), but remember to act a bit nervous. Remember, you're playing someone who knows that the guy she's looking for isn't with the Lollipops, and who knows what they think of resellers and their customers, since she's bought from them before, and has info through her DB contacts.

Oh, hm, speaking of being grateful, if we are going to be using any... specialist haggling techniques, later, I'm wondering something. Is the withdrawal symptom of CnJ just general hurting/soreness? Or is it a direct inversion of the drug's normal effect, that all stimuli produce discomfort or pain, in the same way that when it is in effect everything feels good? Because if the reversal is the withdrawal effect, we need to be sure we react appropriately to any intense sensations. In the case of "in-depth negotiations", in particular, it'll be out of character to be too keen to offer anything that would feel good (and therefore painful, right now) for Roxy. So, I hope some of you guys in there have been practicing using your hands and mouths and rubbing things on things. If you haven't, maybe get a bit of last-minute practice in right now while this "pharmacist" is being fetched.
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No. 729456 ID: a075ba

>>729328
Yeah, that sounds good. You can pay, and you'll talk to this guy if he points us in his direction.
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No. 729459 ID: dd338c
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"If we could keep Roxy's name okay by just having another reason for her to be downgraded, that may work too."
>"I'll see what I can do." says Polatt.


>Is the withdrawal symptom of CnJ just general hurting/soreness?
A dim sense of pain is common. Although withdrawals not make additional sensation feel bad as a direct inverse to its effects,

"Okay! I'd be grateful." Roxy says to the clerk. "I can pay extra for the information.
>"ERROR. Information is not for sale and is intended for customer relations only. Do not pay for non-inventory items." He says in a robotic voice that sounds like it's a playback message, before speaking normally again. "Wait outside, he'll be here in just a second."
"Does it have to be outside?"
>"Yes. This is a no soliciting zone, so he is not allowed to advertise pharmacy's here. Even if we are not a pharmacy. You can wait inside until then, if you would like to avoid the smog. We do not have respirator dispensers here."

Unity pays for the goods, eyes the alcohol, and then goes outside when the clerk says he's outside.
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No. 729462 ID: dd338c
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Upon going outside, Roxy is met by the largest biological she has ever seen outside of the internet, with several internal cybernetics and other enhancements that seem to be made for combat. Despite the enhancements, he appears like he's trying to hide the fact that he's mildly winded after possibly sprinting here. He makes and maintains direct eye contact, and maintains it like a rowboat with a battleship anchor.

>"Hey, girl! Heard you were looking for something?"
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No. 729463 ID: b412df

Uh oh, biological? What was our target again, a constantly face changing jetal? Could be pulling the same trick we are, but thinking this could get to be a bad situation easily.

Also looks like his presence is really pissing off that working girl.
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No. 729466 ID: a075ba

>Heard you were looking for something?
Yeah. Know where a gal can score some...

Uh, what's the street name of the drug we're buying? CnJ doesn't flow of the tongue very well, and it sounds too much like it's the formula.

>>729463
Yeah, he's not the target. He's hopefully a go between who will get us there. I'd assume our target wouldn't let people resell their product this close to them?
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No. 729468 ID: 179fb7

Well, since we're playing someone who's been following rumours, we don't have much reason to pretend we don't know who we're looking for. So, since he's massive enough to justify you getting a long eyeful, use your scanner on him, flick it on the girl behind him again as well, and reply something like...

"A... kind of specific something, yes. I'd heard someone around here might have it. You, um, don't really fit the kind of person I was picturing from what I heard, but, even if all you could do is help me find my way around, I'd be... very grateful. And I could have just imagined wrong. Is there somewhere not out on the street that we could talk about it?"

>He makes and maintains direct eye contact, and maintains it like a rowboat with a battleship anchor.

He's trying not to let his eyes get sucked into that massive gravity well you have sticking out the front. I like him. He might not be our man but he might work for him, be an associate of him or otherwise be able to help us out just by being familiar with the scene.

The fact that this guy is sweating... the guy at the party we met in the last thread was sweating a lot too, wasn't he? And he was a user of the same stuff. Maybe it's an associated symptom of use. Speaking of bodily fluids, does the bio-imitation mod have any fluid functionality? It would have to have some sub-function to make scents, so it would have some limited chemical synthesis ability. It would probably be pretty restricted, though, just tears and sweat. And one assumes the sex module can handle, uh, lubrication.

>>729466

Spark, Suckers and Lollipops were given as example names for the original drug, though the bootleg might have a different name.
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No. 729470 ID: 8111b6

>>729462
Keep the same vague, wishy washy sort of innuendoes. After all, "what if this guy's a cop or something?" is a valid thought for someone trying to get drugs, right?

Also, I wonder if cybernetics have the ability to duplicate some types of jetal modules for biological use.
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No. 729473 ID: 179fb7

Maybe very quietly mention to him, he doesn't have to be careful with his eyes, you don't mind.

It's not like we're trying not to get a look at him, after all. He's pretty cute.
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No. 729479 ID: dd338c
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Judging by the stinkeye from the girl is directed at Roxy, it's decided on that her problem is that the man is going after Roxy more than the man himself.

>CnJ Name
The term 'CnJ' appears to be short for 'cream n' jelly' which appears to be a wild bastardization of the primary chemical compounds ran through a series of dumbing down to get something pronounceable, if not something that rolls perfectly off the tongue.

There are a few side names for it, though, which allow Roxy to at least show a semblence of subtlety about it while in the middle of the sidewalk with company.

>Does the bio-imitation mod have any fluid functionality?
It does allow for generation of bodily fluids, provided raw materials, either synthetic or in the form of food.

>He's sweating
Lobbyists are pretty sure that's just because he's a little bit out of breath. The drug sniffer is used, and although the air is about as dank as city air gets, which is very, it doesn't detect some directly on this person.

"A... kind of specific something, yes. I'd heard someone around here might have it. You, um, don't really fit the kind of person I was picturing from what I heard - "
>"Ahaha it's fine most people don't really think I look appropriate but I'm still good at what I do! Er, continue, please."
"Right, uh, but, even if all you could do is help me find my way around, I'd be... very grateful. And you don't need to be careful with your eyes, I really don't mind."

Roxy has never seen eyes vibrate like that in the midst of intense confusion and conflicting wishes.

"Is there a place we could go in private where I could score some, uh, sucking?"
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No. 729480 ID: dd338c
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>"Heyyy hold on a second!" the prostitute comes up fast but sounding nice. Scanner says the nice is a lie. "You, big guy, wait here just a second, I've gotta talk with this girl about something, it'll take two seconds!" she says, before turning to Roxy. "Just step with me off to the side here." she says, gesturing away. While she isn't directing Roxy into back alley murder-nook, she is pointing around the street corner where the large man can't see.
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No. 729484 ID: d8dc8a

She thinks you're picking up johns on her corner.

"No thanks, I'm good here."
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No. 729485 ID: 179fb7

>"Is there a place we could go in private where I could score some, uh, sucking?"

Dangit you guys. Now she thinks you're a rival horning in or her slice of the street. Probably. We may be misinterpreting the situation. But probably not!

... I wonder how she'd react if you just say "oh, no, don't worry, I'm buying from him."
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No. 729487 ID: 91cfcf

>>729480
"I'm buying from him, idiot."
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No. 729488 ID: a075ba

>>729480
Deadpan:

"I'm not selling anything, sister. I'm just trying to get high."
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No. 729489 ID: e4f856

>>729488
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No. 729491 ID: 36f185

>>729485
Perfect.
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No. 729496 ID: 179fb7

Of course, it might be unfair to assume this girl is a hooker straight away, just because she's hanging out on the street in revealing clothes. She looked big enough in our initial view of her to maybe be this guy's sister or something, so if this guy is a dealer maybe she's like, his lookout or something.

I don't think that's a likely scenario, but it is possible! So I'm still suggesting the "don't worry i'm buying from him" response, but if it looks like there is a misunderstanding then yeah dip around the corner with her. Just barely, though, like leave your rear side just visible past the wall.
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No. 729497 ID: dd338c
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729497

"Don't worry, I'm buying from him!"
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No. 729498 ID: dd338c
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This seems to take her by surprise, but Roxy takes that moment of confusion to take a couple steps towards the guy. By the time she regains her composure and is about to say anything, the moment is passed and she's let go.

>"Oh, uh, I'm Marchi, by the way." he says as he puts his hand on Roxy's back and directs her to walk with him.
"I'm Roxy."
>"Nice to meet you, so, uh, what's your budget for this?" he asks, before starting to look around like maybe he shouldn't be asking about Roxy's budget in the middle of a street. "That is, uh, the quality of what you're looking for can vary a lot."
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No. 729499 ID: a075ba

>>729498
If your research didn't cover how much would be appropriate for you to score (or even if it did) I suggest immediately texting Polatt and Scurps for input.

If you need to, you can stall by being coy, or probably just taking a deep breath and making your chest grab his attention for a moment.
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No. 729501 ID: 0a94cb

Our story is we're trying to cut down anyway, right? We can weave that into wanting higher quality stuff, cause we'll be spending our modest budget on stuff less often.

Even if this logic doesn't quite pan out given how the drug works, it does pan out for someone trying to trick themselves into a weaning effort they're not fully committed to that is doomed to failure, and it probably doesn't make much different for our purposes if he buys our claims at face value or thinks we're self-deceiving.
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No. 729502 ID: 398fe1

>>729498
Take what you made from the stripping and divide it by 3, that's what we'll offer. Maybe mention you aren't looking for something strong, you're trying to quit.
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No. 729503 ID: b412df

I'd say our budget doesn't need to be too strongly connected to Roxy's pay. A biological needs rent, food, and other things, and we can make those numbers up. Do we know what sort of quality Bluestone supposedly sells?
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No. 729513 ID: 179fb7

Remember to keep up the subtle signs of nervousness and withdrawal symptoms. Though mute the latter a little over time, to match having taken the painkillers.

Tell him best quality isn't really what you're looking for, unfortunately. You used to be able to get the best, but, uh, well, you wouldn't be out here looking if you still could, no offense. You had to take on a lower-paying job recently, see. You thought you would be ok, but some things happened, and... basically, you just want to get enough now to help you endure until you can cope with less. That was your plan before, too, but... well, you're sure you can manage it this time. (let him think you have a good chance of slipping up again and coming back for more). So you actually want a variety, starting strong but getting more gentle, if he can provide that.

Yes, I did phrase all that to possibly also apply to sex services.

Doing some rough calculations of how many hours an actual organic stripper would work a week, plus a couple side jobs, Roxy's income is probably about 600k a week, two-thirds of which would be spent on various essentials for living and working. That makes 200k spare a week, so however long a weaning program would take, a month or two maybe, I don't know, tally that up and call it your budget.

Give an impression that the number you're quoting is a bit of a stretch, so you can set yourself up to have a reason you want to "negotiate" with him, or his boss or whoever will be at the end of this chain if that's how this is going to play out. If that's on the table as a possibility, with you maybe dropping a hint or two towards it so these people have a reason to think with what's between theri legs, they'll be thinking a little less with their heads.
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No. 729521 ID: dd338c
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729521

Roxy realizes she needs some input for this to not blindly shoot out a number.

"Scurps? How much money would it cost to buy enough to wean off of this drug?"
>"It takes a while if you're already feeling withdrawals. If you're doing it slow and safe, then you might be looking at, ah... hm... a million if you want to have just a little bit less every day. But that's if you want to buy it all at once, it's probably at least 10 grand per day to begin with to keep the withdrawals away but avoid the high. Then a little bit less per day after that. I hope that makes sense. Again, I don't buy!"
"That much?"
>"It takes about a thousand bucks for a regular person to get their high, but a real addict needs 20 times that much!"

>"Wait that's with Syndicate prices, do about a third of that for bootleg prices." he adds.

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No. 729523 ID: a075ba

If the Lollipop Guild is willing to return our cash after they raid the place, or reimburse our costs for the drug (which I assume we're handing over to them when we're done) cost isn't really so important.

It doesn't make sense if we're not trying to buy at least a few days worth. Bootleg prices are 10k for three days... so say 70k for 21 days? That's most of a month. (Or maybe just round up to 100k for a month and a round number).
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No. 729524 ID: 179fb7

>a million
>about a third of that for bootleg prices

All right, say you have about a 300k budget. That'll leave a 33,333 (repeating) gap between that and what you'd actually need for a full weaning supply. Given that the guy yesterday offered 50k for a "private session" with Roxy like that was a decent price, then a "private negotiation" could cover that difference, plus maybe a little discount for you being a new customer. Maybe hint that you could possibly pay more but you don't want to because it'd eat into funds for other things.
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No. 729525 ID: 91cfcf

I'm just assuming that their bucks are roughly equivalent to one cent each. So a million is ten thousand, 25000 an hour stripping is $250, 50000 is $500, and so on. Three thousand sounds right for a large supply of drugs, so go with 30k and sweeten the deal if needed.
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No. 729526 ID: 398fe1

Let's go with 30k and say if you like what you get you'll come back again for more.
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No. 729528 ID: b0190d

Actually, I'm thinking, Marchi here is probably a sub-dealer in a mini-organization around this area, and Bluestone is up somewhere above him in the supply chain/heirarchy. To do the job the lollipops want, we need to find some reason that lets us ask to move up the ranks and meet/get the stuff from the (bootleg) source.

Asking for a bulk delivery might do that, since Marchi might not have all that we want in his own stash. We might need to offer more money for them to go through the trouble and expense of dropping it off for us. Some arrangement like, send Marchi to X location with half the stuff, we meet him with half the cash to make the exchange, then do the same a week later elsewhere, something like that. Of course, once we conclude that arrangement, we will pay now to take some to tide us over until said delivery, which will be the proof the lollipops need.

I'm kind of hoping we can spare Marchi the lollipops' wrath and make him our own minion, he seems like he'd be very useful as a little muscle to call on to complement our stealth and subterfuge approach. As a jetal, we should be able to afford an organic cyborg henchman, and he seems nice so far. He might still turn out otherwise, though, of course.
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No. 729533 ID: dd338c
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729533

"Well, quality isn't what I'm looking for, otherwise I wouldn't be out here."
>"Oh, er, I guess that makes sense, but I'm sure I can get good stuff for you."
"Well... the thing is is that I had to take a lower paying job recently. I used to get the best! Then things happened, and now I just have to endure and cope with less and less. Again. I mean, I did this before, because I had the same plan, but I'm sure I can manage it this time! So I'd like a variety if possible but getting more gentle. If you can provide that."
>"Oh, yes, but I do need to have an idea of what your budget it."
"Oh! Uh, how about 75k?
>"For that much, we'll have a lot of options that I think you'll enjoy."
"You have that much in stock?"
>"Haha, you'll make me have to restock, but that's a good thing."

The conversation enters a lull as he guides Roxy into a building and to a hallway at the side, where he enters an elevator.

>"My place is on the 9th level basement, just to put that out there." he says, before some subtle body languages of his seems to indicate he also thinks that he shouldn't have said that.

Roxy can't detect any ill will from Marchi, but he is nervous while simultaneously being pushy as he seems on edge for Roxy to keep going with him. This also puts some lobbyists on edge, because going down a few basement levels in a place like this is already sketchy, and there's no camera detected in the elevator.
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No. 729536 ID: a075ba

>>"My place is on the 9th level basement, just to put that out there."
>They're not gonna be any higher than the 10th floor, and no lower than the 8th basement level.
Red flag. That's lower than Fern said they should be.

Text consult. Why wouldn't it be lower than that? Is B9 and below secure, or controlled, or expensive, or something?

What do: act nervous, stall. Geeze, really? 9 Basements down?
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No. 729541 ID: 211d83

Yeah talk with Fern and Scurps while acting a bit nervous.

Way down in the basement? Does nine levels down mean something special? This is my first time around here and am a bit nervous.

You seem like a nice guy but a girl has to be careful.
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No. 729542 ID: b0190d

I don't think there's a huge danger. My guess now is, there's some suspicion you're an agent, either of the cops or the lollipops, and Marchi is the muscle sent to fetch you and bring you in somewhere private, to be inspected and interrogated to make sure you're not an agent before actually selling anything to you. Marchi's emotional state is because it's still possible you are an agent and he'll have to deal with you if so, but he's hoping that won't be the case. Because he's attracted to you. I think he's even blushing a little. Give him a smile.

So don't try to pull out now, keep going. This is fitting the "I'd say he's the gangleader, but it's more like he's hired some thugs to protect him and run his shit" profile Fern gave Bluestone. It is lower than the 8th level specification, but Fern may have just meant that's the only areas where you could meet dealers "on the street", as it were. 9 may be just private residences, and the sort of place you'd go to meet someone on their terms.

Thinking ahead, in addition to our Dead Batteries connection, being willing to offer sexual services as a haggling tactic may actually serve to make us more trustworthy. The Lollipops don't seem to have any hand in the sex industries themselves, and their members all seem to tend towards having a certain pride and high opinion of themselves, so both they and the cops would likely be seen as very unlikely to have employees who'd be willing to do things like that, much less offer.
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No. 729545 ID: 4546ab

Text Fern and Scurps quickly and ask if one floor off is dangerous.

If its not that bad I would say its worth the risk. As long as they know where you are going.
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No. 729548 ID: dd338c
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729548

The person who is exiting the elevator seems extremely cautious around Marchi, and practically grinds against the opposite wall to get around him while staying as far as possible.

Alison wants to just go for it because she likes Marchi, but after some caution is requested, she takes control of the phone again to text Scurps.

"Hi Scurps!"
>"Hi again?!"
"Another question!"
>"You can just ask it!"
"Okay!"

"This person says he wants to sell me stuff on the 9th floor. What's sketchy about the 9th floor? I heard it's bad, but I don't know how."
>"Usually the first couple floors are just parking areas or warehouses or things like that. After that, though, you start getting into the foundations of the buildings where maybe there's some subway station or passages and stuff, but in a place like that, there's probably just abandoned businesses or business fronts where a lot of people go when they don't want to be seen and can't afford actual office space. That's why our target isn't below the 8th, because we've got confirmation that after the 8th in either building it's all just rebar, running ground water, cracked concrete, and... you get the idea. If the sea is an ocean of scumbuckets, then if someone's taking you to the 9th floor down, they're what we call a bottomfeeder. The sort of person who wants to hide right under the people hiding from the law! And there's a lot of kinds of bottomfeeders, so I couldn't give you advice about it, but they generally have a lot of shit going on."

>"Oh, and the basement levels are usually bigger than upper levels, so the 9th level is deeper than it might sound to you if you've never been down there."

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No. 729552 ID: 398fe1

>>729548
So, this could be dangerous for an unarmed jetal, and we can't just get a mod from the internet. I guess if Roxy gets into trouble and Scurps can't get to us we could entice a jetal to have sex with Roxy then steal their shit.

So let's do this. Double down.
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No. 729555 ID: 211d83

That would explain the nervousness and being able to buy out his stock with just 75k.

This guy is small time and really wants to make a sale.

Can we bust anyone or only a certain someone? If anyone I say try going with this guy.
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No. 729556 ID: a075ba

Hmm. So 9th floor isn't immediately dangerous or super-secure, it's just megaslums. He's ashamed to be down there, and it's not taking us to our target.

I guess we have to hope he's going to have to take us to Bluestone to restock? But I'm not sure why we'd have to go to his place first, unless it's for sex, he actually has that much product in stock himself, ooooor, he's planning on beating ripping us off once we're well and away from anyone else? (Might be the girl was trying to warn us about him, not trying to get rid of us as competition).

I'm not sure this gets us where we want to be.

Maybe ask if he's got enough stuff down there? Or if he restocks anywhere closer?

>Can we bust anyone or only a certain someone?
The contract here to bust Bluestone. We were hoping Marchi would be a point of contact.
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No. 729559 ID: 4546ab

Buying this guy out seems like a way to get to his supplier.
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No. 729561 ID: dd338c
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729561

Roxy goes for it. Although this doesn't appear to be the target, the Syndicate would like to know about it if Marchi did have lollipops, and even if he doesn't himself, it's more than a faint possibility that he has ties to Bluestone.

"And you're sure you have enough down there?"
>"Oh, yes, let's just.." he lets out a nervous laugh. "I'm on the 9th floor, and you can't be that naive, so let's just say you will get a lot of bang for your buck if you come down to my level."

He pauses as he rethinks his statement.

>"You'll get a lot for your budget. It's no place for people like you, but it's really not safe for me to deal up top where anyone can see."
"Okay. I'll go with you."

He seems elated, and ushers Roxy in and hits as far down as the elevator goes. The elevator seems slow, but it still takes a long time to get to the 9th floor. After the first few floors pass, Marchi's breathing evens out as he gets calmer. By the time the 6th floor is ducked under, Marchi audibly exhales just before Roxy's phone loses all reception.

>"So, uh, if you don't mind me asking, what part of town are you from? I don't see many newcomers on this block that don't get shoo'd away before I can get to them, let alone ones that are actually trying to get away from drugs."
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No. 729562 ID: 398fe1

>>729561
What part of town? Give him the area near the strip joint Roxy works at.

Also let's start making up more backstory for Roxy that won't conflict what there is already on her.
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No. 729572 ID: 211d83

Give him some basic stuff from Roxys background.

As for why I am in this neighborhood I heard from a friend that this was a good place to check if your wallet was light. It's easy to get over your head when you are making good money and life is going great. I am just glad things went downhill before I was in to far to get out easy.

I was wondering how a big guy like you got so winded. Bet you might have a sob story similar to mine.

Am glad you showed up when you did because those girls were not in the mood for me hanging around.
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No. 729573 ID: a075ba

>"So, uh, if you don't mind me asking, what part of town are you from? I don't see many newcomers on this block that don't get shoo'd away before I can get to them, let alone ones that are actually trying to get away from drugs."
You can be honest, here. Give the name for the district / area the Dead Batteries control / where the strip club is / Loviro's hideout is. You checked maps on your phone earlier, and I'm sure you've seen street signs and stuff while you were up and about.

You went outside your usual area cause you don't want word getting back you switched to the off-label stuff.
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No. 729577 ID: e22b1d

Do not be to specific. Just the general area of town that fits Roxy's backstory.

No mentioning addresses or Loviros place.

This is a shady drug dealer so to much info is not needed. Just stuff like oh yeah I grew up on the westside and work near central square.
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No. 729599 ID: 8111b6

Maybe mention the area.

An excuse could be wanting to keep friends and employers from finding out, if that comes up.

Judging by the way this guy's reacting, we could probably get a bit of fun if we wanted. We are on a job, though...
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No. 729603 ID: b412df

Might be worth mentioning that we work in a strip club in such and such area, not naming it or giving it's location, to sorta keep his mind in the gutter and encourage him not to think too hard.

Guessing he's hit the steroids pretty hard to get that huge, would explain why he's getting winded, the rest of him didn't get trained by taking the quick way.

>>729572
We don't have any friends to tell us though, if we mention that they might ask for names, and they're likely to know their regular customers well.
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No. 729606 ID: b0190d

>relaxes as phone reception cuts out

I think this is still fitting with the idea of worrying you're an agent. Now he knows you're not wearing a wire, or if you are it's not working now. Going even lower might protect against more, like EIN detection. In any case, "The sort of person who wants to hide right under the people hiding from the law" sounds exactly like where you'd find a bootleg CnJ operation. The Lollipop are criminals, after all, hiding from the law, and these guys are hiding from them. And they'd need somewhere to set up their drug kitchen.

Anyway, tell him the general area you come from. As I recall, it's basically a red light district, lots of brothels for sure, so act like you're assuming he'll make an assumption and say "but I'm not a prostitute, in case you were making the same assumption that girl did. Well, not... officially, anyway. I'm a dancer, right now I'm at [name of Roxy's club], and, you know, there are, um, side jobs. Which I don't mind doing. Er, most of them. I actually got into CnJ as a work aid, for something that paid a lot. I've, uh, had a bit of a string of problems, lately, you can probably tell."

That'll set up your dancer backstory and your connection to the DBs, and it'll reveal you're the kind of person willing to sell personal favors, so this guy and his friends will have that on their minds. You don't want to get into that too much right now, so lead away by asking about him. "How about you? Most dealers I've seen tend to be more... subtly built, even the rough types. It must take a lot to get so big, and it can't just be to look good."

Add a little smile at that last comment.
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No. 729651 ID: 398fe1

I think telling him any specifics would be more suspicious than being vague. I mean, would you tell your drug dealer where you live?
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No. 729679 ID: dd338c
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729679

"I'm around the upper side of the 6th district." says Roxy. "I dance at a strip club, there. Uh, there's side jobs, and I got into CnJ some as a, well, work aid. I was paid well enough that it wasn't a big deal, but then I got carried away and then ran into big problems. Which is why I ended up here."
>"This far?!"
"I didn't want to get traced back. But, hey, how about you? You're biological, right? I've never seen a biological so large."
>"Ahahah well it's not that fair, I'm not exactly all natural."
"Most dealers I've dealt with usually look a little more, uh, subtly built, even the rougher ones."
>"Oh. Sorry!"
"No it's fine! It's just had to have taken a lot to get that big, and it can't be just to look good."
>"Oh, no, I'm kind of, well, an independent person, and it's been so hard to get trustworthy help that I've just had to become my own muscle, so to speak. It sure doesn't help people act amenable to me, that's for sure, so it means a lot that you're trusting me this much."

He pats her on the back.

>"Well, anyway, Roxy, you might've gone a long way out of your normal operating area, but I think I'm bold enough to say that for a place to fix your problems, you couldn't have come to a better place."

As he finishes the sentence, the elevator opens up into a dreary, broken down hallway with a stairwell going downwards at the side and a flickering series of lights on the ceiling.

>"Well, uh...that is... it gets better. Let's move on."
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No. 729680 ID: dd338c
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729680

Marchi reaches up into the ceiling and grabs a flashlight from there, and leads Roxy down the stairwell. Between the odd noises the building above her makes and the increasingly broken material, it starts feeling more like spelunking through an urban labyrinth than walking through a large building.

>"I'm really sorry to make you walk all this way, I'm - "

A bottle smashes apart against the floor up ahead.

>"Er. No one's supposed to be here." he whispers. "Can I ask you to hide in that maintenance closet, there, while I investigate that?"
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No. 729681 ID: 211d83

Sure why not hide in the closet.

(paranoia check: make sure you can get out of it afterwards)
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No. 729685 ID: 398fe1

>>729680
Switch from social scanner to normal, see if you can do some threat assessment.

Also don't hide in the closet, just get out of sight.
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No. 729696 ID: e08e65

>>729680
Hey, this job is becoming a very sketchy thing, and though I understand we're a part of a criminal syndicate so this is to be expected, just as a precaution, I feel that maybe we shouldn't get stuck in what could possibly be a rape-closet
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No. 729711 ID: a075ba

>>729680
Glance back down the elevator.

"I can hang back, but I'd prefer not to block my own way back to the elevator if there is something or someone bad down here."

>>729685
Also, yeah, use the scanner suite.
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No. 729764 ID: 849d12

Take a glance over at the closet, look (more) worried, then whisper back that you think you'd feel safer hiding behind him than being alone down here. Besides, the door looks so rusted up, it'd make noise opening and closing.

Try the scanner, yes, and also try the sniffer, see if it picks up anything odd.

This could still be a convoluted plan of testing you're not an agent, but my suspicion is also swinging back to him being Bluestone and using some bio-imitation and false scanner feedback mod. In which case, the way to test for a bio-imitating jetal is probably the old shapeshifter trick of separating a part of their body from the rest of it. Drawing blood is traditional, but in our case, maybe we could get something else from him. Even if he has a mod to produce something, I'd bet it couldn't reproduce the organic stuff exactly, so it'll be possible to tell. Might have to store it inside ourselves and switch to a chemical analysis mod later to do that, but that's in our reach.

Alternately, he could be all he says he is, and he's actually stolen and reselling drugs from the original reseller. Double bootlegging! His comment about being independent is a bit suspect, since then the question arises, where does he get the stuff? He doesn't look like the type who can make it himself, but maybe that's unfair.
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No. 729803 ID: dd338c
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729803

Roxy looks over the closet. It appears to be a mundane closet, and even if she weren't a jetal, she could probably break out of it even if its handle got jammed due to it being in such poor condition. Nonetheless, she shakes her head.

"It'll squeak. I'd like to just stay here."
>"Well, okay... but stay by it, and if it sounds like anyone's running this way, hide right away! The important thing is to stay safe." he whispers back, before carefully but swiftly taking steps towards the noise.

The scanner did and does not reveal anything out of the norm since she doesn't have line of sight to what's going on, and the drug sniffer does catch the whiff of some drugs, but not any more than has been usual since stepping inside the building. If anything, there's even less than there was on the street.

After a moment, Roxy hear's a girl yell down past a couple of corners where Marchi went.

>"No, no! Don't look at me! Get away!"
>"How'd you get - er - " He starts whisper shouting, but Roxy's jetal ears can hear it especially with the dead silence to let his voice carry. "Doesn't matter how you got out, you've got to go back in the cell."
>"You're not allowed to keep me here, I'm leaving!"
>"Later! I told you, only one week from now!"
>"No, nooo!"

She keeps yelling, but her voice dies out as it sounds like she got gagged.
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No. 729806 ID: 398fe1

Sounds like detox to me.

...look in the maintenance closet. Anything interesting in there?
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No. 729811 ID: a075ba

Drug detox, or have we found another sex slave ring? We might be walking to another trap, but he doesn't know we're a jetal, so it's probably fine.

Remember that we're recording. If there is something bad going on down here, we can use that to mess it up and help the girl.

For now, keep listening, and hang back. Wait for him to return. When he gets back, ask what it was, see what explanation he gives you.
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No. 729814 ID: b412df

If our jetal ears are what allowed us to listen in, then we shouldn't mention any details about what we heard, a biological might have heard something but no details. Asking him what that was all about afterwards might reveal some info, but might put him on guard if he considers it prying.

This is kinda getting suspicious now, dunno who that girl could be, but worst comes to worst, could we overpower Marchi?
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No. 729815 ID: 211d83

Its probably him detoxing some friends but I sort of hope its a sex slave ring.

Wander up a bit and sneak a peak at whats happening. Just make sure to keep your cover and pretend to be organic even if it is something bad.

Would be easier to sneak out later if we got tied up than let anyone know we are a jetal. Cause the second they see Jetal the big guns and force fields come out. But organics get thrown in crappy cuffs behind wood doors.
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No. 729816 ID: 4546ab

Sneak over and try to get a look at whats going on.

But do avoid revealing your jetal nature.
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No. 729818 ID: e22b1d

Blindly rush over and see what is going on.
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No. 729819 ID: 849d12

No sneaking, he'll be coming back this way directly.

I agree with the detox theory. It makes sense with his comment that "I don't see many newcomers on this block that don't get shoo'd away before I can get to them, let alone ones that are actually trying to get away from drugs", and it clears up the disconnect between him claiming to be independent and needing to have gotten a supply somewhere. Also, why he was out of breath, since he sprinted over as fast as he could before we found the actual dealers. Plus, this being a place where CnJ is sold cheaply but dangerously, and therefore bought by the most desperate users, this is the place to go to find people to help.

The question is, is he kidnapping people to be detoxed forcefully? I doubt it, since people going missing for weeks would be noticed. But he might be helping people who previously consent to being locked up, in knowledge that when they get into bad withdrawal they'll try to escape.

Or it could be a sex dungeon.

I want to investigate this, but trouble is, if detox is the case then we're off track for our actual mission. You can probably tell him you heard what sounded like a woman's voice, and act scared, but I doubt trying to leave will go well at all. With combat implants in him and no combat mods in us, he can probably restrain us forcefully even if we bring out the jetal force - and even if he couldn't, without mods for it, I'd worry we couldn't control our strength, and do him serious damage that he doesn't deserve.

Investigate this. If this guy turns out to be an enemy of the drug dealers around here, maybe we can just explain everything and get his help. Though, he probably won't approve of us working for other drug dealers. We could claim that we're not really with them, just loaned to them by the DBs. Or something like that. Thoughts for later, we have to find out a bunch of stuff first!
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No. 729820 ID: 398fe1

If she was yelling, would non-jetal ears have heard that?
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No. 729828 ID: dd338c
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729828

>Could we overpower Marchi?
Roxy isn't sure. His enhancements seem like they're made for being able to fight like a biological, and it seems like it would be an immense cost to strengthen himself like that and still not be able to handle a jetal with an E rank weapon. It's difficult to say, though, since Roxy hasn't been able to detect what his enhancements do, and while it's not likely that he has any jetal module capabilities, it is possible that some robotic parts inside of him are capable of offense and defense.

Although the noise is now too quiet to hear with normal biological ears, it started off loud enough that a biological Roxy would have at least heard a girl's voice in distress.

Roxy takes a quick look inside of the closet. Some sockets in the wall imply that there used to be something here, but now it's just dust and rough wall.

She runs up around a couple of corners. The noise shifts, and it's thought that Marchi can hear her running up.

He turns around, wide eyed, in stunned silence while a girl flails her arms and legs.
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No. 729830 ID: dd338c
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729830

>"It's, uh... hahaha this looks pretty bad doesn't it?!" He says in a loud, nerve-induced laugh. Scanners indicate an increased heart rate and a tone like he's about to give up on something but doesn't want to.
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No. 729831 ID: 398fe1

>>729830
Tell him he'd better explain what's going on. Warn him you're not as defenseless as you look. (quite possible to have hidden cybernetics)
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No. 729832 ID: 211d83

Did you lure me down here to chain me up in your sex dungeon? Where you already have tons of innocent girls tied up so you can do horrible perverted things to them? Using your illegal cyborg modifications that no normal girl can handle to fuck them until they turn into mindless pleasure addicted slaves?

Pretend to be completely horrified and scared while saying this.

Then see how he reacts. This is totally him detoxing a friend but tease him a little.
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No. 729833 ID: b412df

Huh, it does look bad. Starting to think he's not really a dealer, either a forced detox vigilante (Any between word for that?), or he's kidnapping people for purposes.

What is it supposed to look like then Marchi?
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No. 729834 ID: 4546ab

Break out sobbing and start going on about how that he seemed like such a nice guy and now you are going to end up trapped in his horrible sex dungeon and will never see your family again.
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No. 729835 ID: a075ba

>>729830
"Yeah, can't argue that it looks sketchy.

"I'll give you chance to try and explain yourself, though. Is there a way where this only looks bad, but isn't really bad?"

Obviously turn the social scanner on them. And try and see what we can pick up about the girl's status. (Hurt, afraid, drugged)?

>>Could we overpower Marchi?
>Roxy isn't sure.
If we're willing to give away what we are, just get close to his face, and then morph all over it. Cover his face, his nose, his mouth, cram them full of jetalium. He won't stay conscious long if he can't breath.
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No. 729836 ID: 849d12

"It... does, yes. But, that given, I really don't think I could outrun you. Aaand this isn't a place to run off by myself, either, soooo, maybe it's the double painkillers talking, but how about we pretend this might not be what it looks like, and you try to explain why, and to prove it?"
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No. 729837 ID: e22b1d

I like the teasing him idea.

His reactions are far from what some kidnapper would act like so I bet its just helping a friend detox by locking them up and keeping them away from drugs.
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No. 729840 ID: dd338c
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729840

Roxy forms some biological tears in her eyes.

"You were such a nice guy, and now you're just going to trap me in your horrible sex dungeon?!" Roxy says in a shaky voice as he shines the flashlight on her.
>"Ah - no - tha what - "
"I'm going to be chained up while you use your cyborg modifications that you made so that no normal girl can handle you fucking them and bearing the brunt of your horrible perverted fantasies?!
>"Oh no oh no that's not it at all!" he says, nearly dropping the girl to put up his hands defensively. He's on the verge of panicking, and seems earnest. "There is no sex dungeon! Or even a regular dungeon er - I know I said 'cell' if you heard that but it's nice and padded and really kind of nice considering it's down here! Please don't leave! I need this sale so much and it'll help you out, please trust me. I won't get anywhere close to you if you want so please I've got to have you come with - right, this girl is in detox!"
"No I'm not he's trapping me and abusing me!"
>"Nooooo!"

The girl seems manic, but although lobbyists think this guy is just detoxing the girl, it's hard to glean much from the girl herself. She's acting reasonable for both someone in heavy withdrawals of an unknown drug, and someone who's getting dragged off to an actual dungeon.
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No. 729841 ID: dd338c
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729841

>"Uh..." his tone drops. "... how did you follow me through those corners so fast without a flashlight? It's way darker than a biological can see, and your eyes seem organic?"
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No. 729843 ID: 29c4aa

>>729841
is there a drug that can do this? If so attribute it to that.
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No. 729844 ID: 211d83

I got scared and decided to follow the light your flashlight gave off. It's really dark down here and I did not want to be alone.
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No. 729845 ID: 398fe1

>>729841
...why doesn't Bio Emulator warn us about this kind of thing?! If we find out who made this mod we could make some suggestions I'm sure.

Tell him you just followed the wall with your hand. Alternatively, you could make a tiny flashlight in your finger and show him that. Fake hidden cybernetics! Might be more believable. A tiny (but bright) LED below the skin would be small enough not to be noticed by anyone that wasn't making a close inspection of your hand.
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No. 729846 ID: a075ba

>"Uh..." his tone drops. "... how did you follow me through those corners so fast without a flashlight?
Use morph to drop one of your internal cell phones into a hand he can't see (behind your back, or in a pocket).

Hold the phone up and turn on a low-level flashlight app.

"You were kinda focused. I didn't think you'd notice if I kept it down low."
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No. 729847 ID: 849d12

You actually have better than normal organic hearing. You were able to hear him, well enough to be able to follow the sound of his movements. You figured you could pass through anywhere clear enough for him to have passed, so you didn't worry about the floor.

Anyway, he's the one who should be answering questions! Can he prove this girl is just in detox? And does he really have any drugs, or is he some sort of anti-drug vigilante forcing cold turkey on people?
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No. 729848 ID: b412df

Uh oh. Bluffing our way out of this shouldn't be too hard, I can't recall if Marchi's augments include vision; but we can say the same way he can if his vision's normal, or just it's not that dark or something, maybe Roxy happens to have good eyesight; as for moving quickly you need to be in pretty good shape to work in the strip club for hours.

We could also use this as a opportunity and try and turn him to our side, get him to help us find Bluestone. If he's forcing people into detox, then removing the bootleggers would help towards that, pure stuff is safer than if it's cut with random stuff.

Dunno what would be the better option, we could always try the first and then the second if the bluff fails though.
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No. 729849 ID: 849d12

>>729848
>we can say the same way he can

He's carrying a flashlight.

I'd like to see if we can recruit him to help with Bluestone too, but we have to make sure of him first.
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No. 729850 ID: 4546ab

I used my cell phone light.

That and I got nervous and started following you right away. Its scary down here.
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No. 729851 ID: dca63a

>>729846
>>729850
Yeah, these.
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No. 729854 ID: b412df

>>729849
Ah, I missed that.

Going to support the phone idea instead, it's more solid a bluff. As long as he isn't watching us with a scanner.
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No. 729858 ID: 849d12

>>729854
>>729846

I don't think we can push a phone out fast enough. I also us having a light doesn't explain how we were able to follow him, only that we would have been able to see where we're going. Plus, it's kinda unbelievable that we could have had a light strong enough to help us but that he wasn't able to see any sign of. So, I still say hearing. Or, actually, maybe scent? We could say we have enhanced sense of smell for, like... detecting pheremones, intoxication and emotional state in clients, or something, and it's also good enough to track. More believable for a stripper than sight or hearing. And such an implant would be up in the sinuses and not outwardly visible.
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No. 729859 ID: dd338c
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729859

>Why doesn't biological emulator give a signal?
Presumably since it still allows easy overrides for more jetal functions, such as being able to stick a camera in her eye in the first place.

"Um... my phone?" Roxy says immediately, while pushing one of her cell phones up into her pocket as fast as she can.
>"Er... phone? Oh, right!" He finishes.
"And, er, I kind of kept track of where you went to, because I'm scared down here. You didn't go far, either." Roxy manages to pull the phone out of her back pocket where she turns on the screen so that it gives off a dim but easily visible light. "And you were a little loud at first, too."
>"Right hahahaha okay uh I've got to go deal with this girl, I'll be back in just a couple of minutes."
"Can you, um, prove she's in detox?"
>"W-well, I... my place is just at the end of this hall. Wait at the couch there, and I'll be right out! The lights are off, but I'll turn them on once I finish this up so that you don't have to keep using your phone."
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No. 729860 ID: dd338c
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729860

He runs off before Roxy can agree, but she follows him up ahead. She waits in the hall, opting to stand instead of sitting on what looks like a decrepid couch.

She hears a call from deeper inside.

>"I'll be just a minute! I'm just slipping into something more comfortable!"
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No. 729861 ID: dd338c
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729861

The light comes on.

>"Uh... hi. Doctor Marchi Vollaros. That's me, I mean. I'm not going to force you into detox, because it's not necessary as long as you follow my directions. And I really am a licenced drug doctor so to speak, but even though I don't have a legal licence anymore for that, and never had one for general practice or therapy or anything like that, I do take pride in all of my work."

>"This isn't a drug! This isn't a drug house at all!" says Guardsman.
>"Well, it kind of is." Scanner retorts.

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No. 729862 ID: 398fe1

>>729861
Okay then, that's a relief. How about we get straight to business, doctor?
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No. 729865 ID: a075ba

>>729861
So... I take then you don't want to help me buy from Bluestone, then?

Find out what he thinks of the local dealers, and if he knows them (or if they know him).

Then I think we have to tell him we fibbed about who we are, same as him. (Hold up a hand and make it blorp).

I am trying to meet with the local CNJ dealer, but if I do, it's the first step in shutting him down. I was hoping to find someone who could get me in, but it seems to me you might like to see me succeed.

Also: props for the pharmacist. He didn't redirect you to a dealer, but to covert treatment. That's fantastic.
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No. 729867 ID: 849d12

Express relief, but with a small hint of skepticism. Ask if you can take a look around, just to make doubly sure. You can also angle for some information on the actual dealers by talking about how you heard rumors of bootleg CnJ being sold around here. Try indicate that you're worried about them coming after the both of you now; people who sell that tend to be dangerous, considering the risk they go through and the people they prey on, so you're a bit worried. How long has he been doing this, and how has he kept the dealers from coming down on him? You assume he's basically working against them.

Also, express some doubt about how much he can actually help you. You'd heard just taking smaller doses over time was the best way to get off CnJ, that straight cutting it out was actually more dangerous.

Also... uh, was that girl just in withdrawal enough to do and say anything to escape, or does he actually kidnap people and force detox on them? Because that's... theoretically a good thing but still pretty sketchy. People have, like, friends and family and jobs and such.
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No. 729868 ID: b412df

Depending on how he treats people, this could be a deadend (Weening off CnJ or a detox substitute drug?), if he does have CnJ we could question him about it.

Trying to think whether revealing our nature will help here or not, it seems like his operation relies on him intercepting addicts before they find a dealer, if news spreads of the guild busting dealers here, that would probably drive away the addicts and mess with his operation. We might have to get him a decent supply of drugs for him to continue operating without a supplier, or make sure the guild removes Bluestone quietly, to get him to help us. Kinda guessing at his motives here.
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No. 729869 ID: 211d83

Keep up your cover for now.

Look slightly relived but still suspicious. Have him tell you his tale and find out how he ended up this way.

Then seduce him for being such a nice guy.
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No. 729870 ID: 931f9d

His head is so smol.
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No. 729871 ID: 4546ab

Have people start scanning the net for his name and history while chatting with him.

So wait you are not a drug dealer?

Suddenly it all makes sense! When you get the news of a cute girl looking desperate and asking for drugs you run as fast as you can over so you can help them. And then you lure them down here and pull your doctor act to lower there guard before you ravish them in your sex dungeon!

Well you got me I guess. Tie me up and have your horrible way with me.
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No. 729875 ID: a075ba

>>729861
Ask him how he got into this. Charity work didn't pay for those mods.
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No. 729877 ID: c1eac4

Might be worth asking Loviro if he knows a Dr. Marchi Vollaros.
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No. 729878 ID: 398fe1

>>729871
>scan the net
Can't, no reception down here.
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No. 729881 ID: dd338c
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729881

"So uh... you don't want to help me buy from Bluestone?"

His face droops.

>"There's been a misunderstanding. And I'm to blame, because I let it occur, but I can't stay out on the streets for long before someone spots me. It's difficult for organics to change faces frequently, after all."
"I'm sorry, but I was looking for CnJ."
>"I know! I know about how it's possible to withdraw from CnJ with decremental dosages, but please understand, I have Lasalomi, Rident, Profus and other drugs that are far more adequate to avoiding CnJ. It's far more effective, far cheaper, and with easy doses every day, you won't have to struggle at all. I know it sounds too good to be true, but the real pharmacies can be just as bad as the drug lords out there, since they can charge more for letting people do it legally. So I have no reason to lie for self gain."
"So, no CnJ?"
>"Better than CnJ, if you really, honestly want to be off of it."
"Uhm... how did you lose your license?"
>"I used to think I could change pharmacy's for the better. In a time of weakness, though, I gave up, and instead of trying to change things long term, I started shaving some drugs off the top and delivered them to people in need. Eventually it came down on me, and I lost everything except for my training, knowledge and experience, which was plenty. So I started dealing with illicit drug trades, since it doesn't seem like legitimate or illegitimate dealers have any bearing on doing any good."
"And that girl, did you force her into detox?"
>"Not at first, she definitely consented and definitely needed it, but the withdrawals are bad. I don't know if she'll thank me when she's clean, but she'll definitely be better for it, I hope."
"How did you last this long? I know you're right under some big drug dealers, so how long have you been doing this?"
>"For years, but in this are only for about 8 months, and this specific spot for only a couple of weeks. That's why I'm so big. I used to be as scrawny as they come, believe me."
"And the implants?"
>"Business costs. Expensive ones. I'd like to do this for free, but I can't restock my goods for free, or survive for three minutes on the street without cybernetics. I know that the primary drug dealer, especially for CnJ, up there, wants me dead. I'm lucky I didn't get shot at up there. Anyway, that's why I asked for your budget, because I do get paid for this."
"Where do you get your drugs from?"
>"I purchase raw materials from other drug dealers, and then create them from scratch right in here."
"So, uh... you're not actually pulling a doctor act to lower my guard before you ravish me in your sex dungeon."
>"A...hah... I really don't have a sex dungeon, no. You're safe with me, and I'd like to be able to prove it. You can take a look around, if it would make you feel more comfortable."

The scanner team is largely out of phone based investigation, since there's still no reception.
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No. 729886 ID: 398fe1

>>729881
Let's go look around for a bit. Afterwards, come back and say you haven't been totally honest with him, and you really need to get in touch with Bluestone. If he won't cooperate, try explaining your mission to him and ask for his help.

Tell him in exchange for his help you can fund his activities here.
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No. 729888 ID: c1eac4

Well, I guess we could just say we're interested in Bluestone, say he's attractive, put on a slutty act, and offer to show him why we're interested in Bluestone? It might at least get him to stop thinking about how we're suspicious.
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No. 729889 ID: a075ba

We basically have to admit this is a dead end, or try to flip him into working with us, at this point.

>"A...hah... I really don't have a sex dungeon, no. You're safe with me, and I'd like to be able to prove it. You can take a look around, if it would make you feel more comfortable."
Coquettish deadpan: "Aw. Too bad."

>>"Not at first, she definitely consented and definitely needed it, but the withdrawals are bad. I don't know if she'll thank me when she's clean, but she'll definitely be better for it, I hope."
You might want a recording of the next one consenting at the start. Would make it easier to prove to anyone asking questions.

>what say
So... hypothetically. Would you be interested in seeing if Bluestone got shut down, then? (Feel him out, but don't admit who we are).
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No. 729890 ID: 211d83

Dang It at this rate I am never going to get lured into a sex dungeon. And you are so cute to. Definitely the type I would not mind getting tied up and ravished by. You sure you do not want to drag me into a back room first?

That being said you are a real life hero. You deserve something nice for what you are doing. Then go give him a kiss.

So I will come clean with you. I am not really here because I am a addict. I am helping some friends shut down the local dealer and was hoping to find proof that he is selling cnj. Maybe we can help each other?
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No. 729891 ID: 4546ab

Listen do you mind horribly pretending that you have a sex dungeon down here? Maybe drag me off kicking and screaming a bit and have your way with me in your office?

Its sort of a personal goal at this point. And you are cute.

Then feel him out. He might be willing to help or he might not like the idea. But he is a nice guy and maybe we can help him.
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No. 729893 ID: 849d12

Take a look around, just to make sure everything lines up with his story. If everything does check out, then ask him if he's sure this place is private, like none of his patients can hear or anything? If yes then ask him how he'd like if they guy who wants him dead wasn't around any more. When he expresses confusion, tell him you're sorry, you were kinda pretending to be something you aren't, too. You are looking for CnJ, but not to use it. You've been hired to get info on the local dealers, information that would lead to them being... dealt with. You really are from where you said, and work where you said, you're just... a bit more than that, too.

But you're kind of glad, because if he's not dealing CnJ himself, he's not in the line of fire! And you like him. Personally, you think people should be able to have drugs if they can handle it, but it's no good to anyone to wreck people's lives when they can't. You'd actually like to help him with his mission! Uh, so long as he stays away from the really big drug syndicates, because that'd just be suicidal. And they don't sell to people poor enough to be really victimized, anyway.
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No. 729910 ID: dd338c
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729910

Roxy takes a long look around. Everything seems to check out, between the well kept inventory stick, the lab to create various drugs, the smell that is identified by the sniffer that doesn't do any good since Roxy can't look up the names of any of the given drug names, and the cells with a few detoxing people inside.

"So, um... would you mind pretending you have a sex dungeon down here to drag me into, kicking and screaming as you have your way with me?"
>"Alison please!" says the Succubus.

>"Ahah... I don't know if that's a joke or if you're testing me, but I really don't!" says Marchi.
"Well, I've got to be honest, too. I'm not really looking to get off CnJ, because I'm not even on it. I'm actually looking for Bluestone, to, well... I have some friends who'd like him out of the picture." Roxy says, once they've moved away from where any patients could possibly hear.
>"... Are you with the syndicate?"
"Does it matter?"
>"No, I guess not. To be honest... I'm glad someone finally making a move on him. I'd like to see him out of the picture, too. He deals in things that make CnJ seem harmless. I can help with that. Even though I try to work alone, I still have some contacts, and I can figure out where he is and what his password for the day is."

He pauses.

>"... Is it just you? He's very dangerous. I think the Syndicate has held off on stopping him for this long because he's a high powered target for, well, he's not small time, but he's not big time either and sticks to this block."

Again, he pauses while still clearly having more to say.

>"I think he does have a ... dungeon. Is that why you asked me so much? Did you think I was Bluestone? Well... anyways, if you're not hear to buy, I guess I can't be too disappointed even if I need the money, because I'd be glad to sacrifice a good sale to see him out of the picture. So I guess what I'm saying, is if you promise you're confident you can beat him, then I'll give you what you need to see him."
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No. 729911 ID: 398fe1

>>729910
If he's a jetal, it'll be no problem.
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No. 729912 ID: b86280

"Really, all I need to do is get him to sell me some of his CnJ. From him himself, preferably, or in some other way linked directly to him that I can witness. As for his dungeon... well, that's more reason to take him out. If he goes for me, well, I'm not a fighter, but I am more than just a normal biological woman. So long as he doesn't realize that, I'm sure I can endure and escape, and probably get what I need on the way out."
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No. 729917 ID: a075ba

>I think he does have a ... dungeon. Is that why you asked me so much?
*Grin* No, that's was flirting and/or teasing.

It's good information, though. I might be able to get in that way. Or at least make him more suspicious.

>Is it just you? He's very dangerous.
Don't worry, I'm tougher than I look.

I'm not here to fight today, though. All I need to do is confirm his location, and prove he has it before the cavalry moves in.
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No. 729919 ID: 211d83

My job is to get proof he is selling. I just need to buy some from him. After that some big nasty Jetal will show up later and deal with things.

As for the dungeon talk that was me hitting on you. I have a thing for big cute hero types. So if you are interested make sure to grab me quick and have your way with me before we get to distracted with drug dealer talk.

Also if you don't I might just grab you and drag you off instead. Which might not work as well cause I don't think I can move you.
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No. 729921 ID: a107fd

What's his opinion of the lollipop syndicate, as long as we're on the subject?
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No. 729924 ID: 8111b6

"Just need direct confirmation to take back, then a move could be made."

I wonder if we could consider referring this guy for recruitment, maybe? I imagine a pricy detox clinic might be profitable for all. Plus, a thin veneer of 'we care' could be built, if they wanted.
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No. 729987 ID: b412df

Just gathering evidence, I won't be the one doing the heavy lifting.

We could reveal that we're a jetal, might make him more confident that we're capable, might also be better to keep the disguise on though? Bluestone having a dungeon is actually useful, gives us a way to neutralise him if we get found out.

How was the addict / junkie act by the way, did it look convincing?
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No. 730003 ID: 502d35

Let him know we didn't come in to take Bluestone down yourself. You're just a contractor here to obtain evidence that he is indeed selling.
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No. 730023 ID: b86280

On reflection, I think we have an issue with the possibility that we'll need to be able to pretend to be on a CnJ high, as well as in withdrawal. If we get some from Bluestone, it'd be out of character for us to not scarf down some right then, and if we do get thrown in the dungeon, we might get some forced on us. Perhaps we should ask the doctor to judge our acting and give us tips.

That might involve revealing we're a jetal, but by this point we might need to reveal that for him to have proper confidence in us.
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No. 730038 ID: dd338c
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730038

"I'm just teasing! And flirting! Flirting seriously. But don't worry, I'm tougher than I look, and I'm not going to take down Bluestone myself, all that I need to do is just get visual confirmation that he's dealing out CnJ. I'd like to help you on your mission, though!"
>"Really? Well, managing to remove Bluestone would be great, but you don't have any obligations to me."
"Say, what's your opinion on the syndicate, anyway?"
>"A collection of bad guys, but even they have limits. I wouldn't like to do business with them, but they're not the last ones I'd deal with if it came to it."
"Okay, thank you. By the way, my flirting is serious, so if you wanted to grab me and have your way before we get to further business, you're welcome to."
>"A-ah, sorry, but, uh, business is important, before pleasure!" He says, with that familiar tinge at the end when he said something he wished he didn't. "Maybe later."
"Okay. How was my druggee act, by the way?"
>"Enough to make me think up the numbers in advance of how long you've been off of it and how much dosage you'd need. So, I think you've got it down. So, uhhm, it's your decision to go do what you've got to do with Bluestone, and I doubt you'd stop whether or not I helped or hindered, so it's the least I can do to help as much as I can. In fact, I overheard today's password last night with my usual bug. T something... oh nevermind, I didn't think to remember it, so I let it gloss over my ears! I'll call for it."

It's a short wait before he comes back.

>"Uh... he's a little tight lipped, actually. I said you were a responsible user, but he says he'd like to at least see you face to face before giving the password."
"Who is he?"
>"His name's Kobbly, he's a biological belenos, although he does have some nifty tools to do more robotic tasks. He mostly keeps to himself, and even though he's kind of loyal to Bluestone, he doesn't like some of the things Bluestone does, so that's why he lets me get information. Well, if you can handle Bluestone, then this guy is harmless! He's up above ground in this building, room 844."
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No. 730042 ID: a075ba

>>730038
Okay, I'll see if I can charm the password out of him, then.

Good luck with that girl.
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No. 730043 ID: 398fe1

>>730038
Alright, see you.
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No. 730044 ID: b86280

Sounds good, though I'm wondering if he'd be suspicious now as to how we convinced Marchi to let us take actual drugs. Maybe we can pretend we had fun with him. Say, it wasn't the guy we saw leaving the elevator earlier, was it? He seemed like he had a specific reason to try avoid Marchi.

... Doctor, you know you're still holding your phone up to your face, right? Don't tell us your forgot to hang up.
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No. 730052 ID: 211d83

Get his number so you can have him as a contact later.

Thank him for the help and give him a kiss before he leaves. Oh and make sure to use your phone to light the way as you head out.

No need to drop our cover just in case.
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No. 730062 ID: b86280

In case he does happen to still be on the phone there for some reason, perhaps don't say anything that would give away your real purpose, just use vague language, like Marchi just did coming back into you. The guy on the phone might have insisted on hearing your voice or something.

Actually, maybe ask him to escort you back up to the elevator? Just to be sure of not getting in trouble on the way, or being suspicious as an unthreatening-looking person coming out of a dangerous area.
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No. 730071 ID: dd338c
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730071

"Uh, you remembered to hang up, right?"
>"...hm - oh yeah! He hung up on me, and there's a waiting tone."
"Okay. Can I get your number?"
>"Oh, yes! Here!"

He writes it down and gives it to Roxy, who then gives him a kiss as she takes it.

>"Oh, wait, I should escort you."
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No. 730072 ID: dd338c
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730072

She doesn't waste much time getting escorted to the elevator by Marchi, then leaving him alone to get up to room 844. While travelling, lobbyists investigate Marchi, and his story continues checking out. It turns out that he's got an 8 million personal bounty on his head.

After knocking on the door, someone looks through the door's eyeglass, starts unbolting the door, and opens it up slightly, although some longer locks remain on.

>"You looking for Kobbly?" he says while looking Roxy up and down, then eventually back up again. Scanner manages to pick up that he says his words like he himself is Kobbly, and is just checking out of caution.
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No. 730075 ID: 398fe1

>>730072
Yup, he wanted to see me?
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No. 730076 ID: 211d83

Oh man find out who placed the bounty. We might have to edit any camera footage of him out if we want to keep him safe. Cause 8 mil would be a impossible temptation for Fern and the guys.

Make sure to get back in your slightly drug desperate persona before you answer. Then tell him yes and that you were told by a friend he might be able to help you.
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No. 730078 ID: b86280

Nice... half helmet visor thing? Anyway, yes, you are, and "he" should know that you're coming by.

Remember to get back into your withdrawal druggie persona. He might just give you the password quick and send you on your way, but if he has you linger, maybe see if you can "stealthily" sneak another couple of painkillers into your mouth.

>>730076

I suspect the guy we're trying to take out is the one who's set that bounty, so by the time this is done, it could not be good any more. Also the camera can't be edited. We can stop it and restart it, though. If we're going to do that, we might have to do so soon.
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No. 730086 ID: a075ba

>It turns out that he's got an 8 million personal bounty on his head.
Well, crap.
>Oh man find out who placed the bounty. We might have to edit any camera footage of him out if we want to keep him safe. Cause 8 mil would be a impossible temptation for Fern and the guys.
We can't edit the footage. That's what's so special about the expensive camera they gave us. It's supposed to be used to record tamper-proof evidence.

It can only hold one recording at a time, though. We should be able to erase and restart to protect him.

...assuming we consider helping a person who was nice to us to be worth more than selling him out for 8 mil.

>"You looking for Kobbly?"
"I'm looking for CnJ. I've heard Kobbly can help me get there."

Make some kind of motion towards his artificial eye: "Go ahead and take a picture. It'll last longer."
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No. 730089 ID: b86280

just had a thought: this guy doesn’t like some things bluestone does, and we found out bluestone might have a sex dungeon. if the dungeon is one of the things Kobbly here doesn’t like, he might look at us and decide we’re too attractive to send over.

Not sure how to resolve that, though.
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No. 730096 ID: 91ee5f

He's staring at Roxy's breasts. Let's playfully ask if he likes what he sees.
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No. 730263 ID: dd338c
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730263

>Find out who placed the bounty
According to Scanner, multiple people have set the bounty, but they're all private. Furthermore, the contract shows that if Marchi ends up at the bounty office, they're to hand him to law enforcement. It doesn't appear that he's a high profile criminal that the law enforcement is actively pursuing, but he's still committed enough crimes that if he gets put on their doorstep, they'll put him in jail.
"Yes, but what I'm really looking forward to is CnJ." she speaks quietly. "Do you like what you see, by the way? A picture would last longer." Roxy gestures at his artificial eye, although scanners seem to indicate that his visible eye is artificial, and he's wearing a mask overlay on his biological eye. She tries to sound a little playful about it, but still on edge, going through withdrawals.
>"Girl, I'm filming this. And I just needed to check if you were worth Blue's time, because he's sick of people trying to get goods they can't pay for, but it looks like you'll have some alternate option. Password is jorango. Go down that elevator over there, to to basement 5, down the hall on the left, knock on the door straight ahead and give the password. Now if you're not gonna put on a show, get outta here."
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No. 730264 ID: 398fe1

Get moving.
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No. 730265 ID: 91cfcf

>>730263
"And if I am? What will you do with the film then?"

I think we're wearing two layers, so we can afford to tease taking one off.
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No. 730266 ID: 5042f7

"Jorango", huh? The doctor thought it began with a T. Buuut that sort of mistake can be made, and the sound could be pronounced/misheard as like "torango" or similar.

Still. Stick out your tongue and smile and say something like "Why, would you like a show? You did just give me information I needed, I can show a moment of gratitude", taking a grip on your top as if you're ready to flip it up. Take the chance for the delay to use the social scanner on him, if he's given you wrong info he should have a little guilt or something on him. In addition to other feelings.

If he responds positively to the offer, then do give him a flash, maybe squeeze your forearms together for a little extra. Fair's fair!
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No. 730267 ID: 0a94cb

I dunno, maybe flash him? But get a-moving.
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No. 730268 ID: a075ba

>>730263
>Now if you're not gonna put on a show, get outta here.
Tease him. Put on a bit of a show, then walk away before it gets too good.

"If you wanna see the full show, check out [club name] sometime."
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No. 730269 ID: 211d83

Shake your butt at him while walking away. Then go check out basement 5.

Oh and update Scurps and Fern about what is up. Tell them the first guy was not a dealer but put you on the trail of Bluestone. Let them know where you are headed.

Avoid giving out any info on the doc.
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No. 730272 ID: 398fe1

I don't think we'll be able to use Roxy as an identity after this job. She'll be a known member of the Syndicate thanks to this guy's video.
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No. 730273 ID: 5042f7

>>730269

Yeah, this is probably the time to restart the recording, that's the end of the preliminary running around setting up the meeting. We wouldn't be able to justify saying that we started it any later than now, I reckon.
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No. 730276 ID: a075ba

>>730273
Good point. Restart the recording, we'll make an excuse to Fern later if we have to.

>>730272
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on if Bluestone will have anyone who cares after he's gone, or if anyone connects Roxy to the later raid.

In any event, inventing a new face for pole dancing is pretty easy, if it comes to that.
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No. 730278 ID: 398fe1

Let me be the devil's advocate here and say that 8 million is a lot of money. We could turn him in ourselves... if we had some way of taking him out alone. I don't think we presently do, however. 8 split 6 ways is barely above 1 million and basically not worth it probably. If we were to betray the good doctor we'd have to do it alone.

If we're restarting the recording to wipe his face from it, we'd better make absolutely sure Marchi leaves first and doesn't come back.
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No. 730280 ID: dd338c
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730280

Roxy restarts the camera, wiping the previous data with Marchi, and starts the new video in front of Klobbs.

>Test social scanner on him
If he's a liar, he's a an excellent one. He doesn't show much in regards to whether or not 'jurango' was a lie or not, but the fact that it doesn't begin with a T like Marchi thought does unnerve some lobbyists.

"Why, would you like a show?" Roxy asks, lifting her tanktop to show her midriff. His heart rate increases and he tenses up with some exhiliration. It still can't be told if his info is wrong, as those social changes were also in line with having a busty girl nearly flash him.

"I can't imagine what you plan on doing with a film like that!"
>"I hope that's sarcasm, 'cause otherwise you're the dumbest slut I've ever seen. Now get out of here unless you want to take things farther, and if you do, I'm not letting you go till evening."

Scurps and Fern are contacted, and Roxy lets them know that the first person wasn't a dealer, but they might have led her along a string to get to Bluestone, so she's checking it out now.

>I don't think we'll be able to use Roxy as an identity after this job.
Scurps says that as long as she doesn't give it away, it may still be possible, as he only needs storm the place immediately if Roxy gets in trouble. Otherwise, they'll just get raided a few hours after selling it to a non-descript girl. Considering that the Syndicate has raided people without proof before, Roxy can maintain deniability.

>"I don't like the discrepancy of him saying a password staying with J." says Recluse.
>"I think's it's okay!" says Alison. "Besides, we have a lot to do!"


She can press him to see if he's lying about the password, or head to the basement with the given password.
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No. 730281 ID: 398fe1

May as well double check. "What was that password again?"

Also google Roxy's face to see if there are any red flags that might show up.
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No. 730282 ID: 398fe1

Oh I just realized... will the hidden hacked sex mod plan even work? I mean, will they get pulled in by hitting the core automatically, or do they have to choose to?
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No. 730283 ID: 211d83

Yeah do a little subtle probing of the password but do not outright call him on it.

So act like a silly stupid girl and tease him a bit before leaving. Then look confused and ask him wait what was the password again?

Like you are silly enough to forget it.
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No. 730286 ID: a075ba

>is the password right?
Text Marchi, see if "jorango" sounds familiar. He heard the password earlier and forgot it (T-something he said), but he might recognize having seen it when showed to him again.

>Now get out of here unless you want to take things farther, and if you do, I'm not letting you go till evening.
Yeah, we don't have time to sleep with one random drug contact for that long.

>She can press him to see if he's lying about the password, or head to the basement with the given password.
Unless Marchi texts back in the affirmative, let's press him.

I'm betting he gave you the "toss me in the sex dungeon" password, not the "I'm cool sell me drugs" password.

"You suuuuure that's the right password? You're not trying to get me in trouble with Blue, are you? Get me tossed in a naughty dungeon so you can come down and have fun with me later?"
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No. 730287 ID: 4546ab

Eh even if he gave us a "Hello I am paying for drugs with sex. Please throw me in the sex dungeon" password we can just let Scurps know and have him accidentally save us during the raid.

Just have to tell Scurps to come after us if we do not call back in 2-4 hours or something.
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No. 730288 ID: 5042f7

Yeah, get him to tell you the password again by acting dumb. Make it something like... you wish you could take things further, but you'd really better hurry though, you've still got a bad itch and they'll be looking for you at work this evening, besides. Suggest maybe he'd like to drop by your club some time in the future. Thank him again, then pause, and ask what the password was again, just to be sure. Keeping the scanner on him.

If you get nothing further conclusive, then go head on your way with the given password.

>>730282

We don't NEED to use the hacked sex mod. We just need to either do a proper transaction of CnJ, as planned, or get thrown in the sex dungeon, where a "turn all sensation into pleasure" drug probably gets used and would also prove Bluestone has a non-syndicate source, which is enough. Then we can probably just be a jetal and ooze through something at the right moment to escape. The only danger is if we're outed as being a jetal, and the Rank B privacy mod should have dealt with that, it's higher rank than any scanner anyone in this group should be equipped to deal with.

So if this is the "throw me in the sex dungeon" password, it's not really a problem. We probably wouldn't even need rescuing.
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No. 730289 ID: e22b1d

What are you going to do? Call him on the password that you should not know?

"Hey Kobbly I am suspicious that you are giving me a password that would result in me getting thrown in a sex dungeon. Could you please give me the less rapey option?"

Just head on down and leave one of your cell phones in your pocket so they can confiscate it without noticing the rest of them inside you. Even if they do sex dungeon you then you can get proof from the inside.
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No. 730291 ID: 3c00b2

As long as you keep your cover up you should be fine either way. Just have a backup plan so Scurps can save you if you get cut off.

Bet the sex dungeon girls are drugged up on the stuff so that would be easy proof.
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No. 730309 ID: dd338c
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730309

>Will they get pulled in by hitting the core automatically, or do they have to choose to?
As long as they are actively having sex with Roxy, then the hack can be used to pull them in.

>Text Marchi
Roxy tries, but the message is put on standby as it attempts to send. He's probably still in his basement where there's no reception.

>Search Roxy's face for any red flags
It gets some hits from some people who were videotaping her dancing at the club. Aside from breaking the no cameras allowed rule, there's nothing of note.

"I wish I could take things further, but I need to scratch my itch and I've got to be at work this evening!" Roxy is reluctant to give her club name. "Uh, what was the password, again?" she asks, without wanting to raise suspicions by explicitly asking him if it's a bad password.

He stares blankfaced for a long second.

>"Jorango." he says, flatly, before going to shut the door. Some more people think he's lying, but without a way to press any farther, and leads exhausted, it's figured that Roxy isn't in any real turmoil even if it is a bad password.
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No. 730310 ID: dd338c
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730310

Heck it. From this point forward, hours are returning to normal, and belenos days are on a 24 hour time period. Forgive the retcon.

Roxy checks the time. It is currently 9:30 AM. She uses her computer link to activate a spare phone and fills it with information more in line with a mundane strip dancer, and puts it into her back pocket so that people can think they confiscated her only phone.

"Hi Scurps! I'm going to be making a move on Bluestone. I don't think I'm going to get out of reception range again, but if they have a jammer or something, and you don't hear from me in 2-4 hours, please come rescue me, thanks!"
>"Okay will do, good luck!"

Roxy heads downwards to where the directions lead her. The hallway mentioned hasn't been maintained well, and although there appears to be rooms to either side of her, she'd think that they were abandoned if not for a few people hanging out in the hall. There's only three biologicals of a mundane sort, and they all pay attention to Roxy while trying to play it cool at the same time.

She knocks at the door, and she's presumably watched through a camera at the door before someone answers through an intercom.

>"What's the word?"
"Jurango."

The door opens, and she starts walking through. A large belenos walks up to her, attempting to appear non-threatening, however his body posture seems like he's ready to jump Roxy at any point in time. Plenty of lobbyists on the scan team would even go so far as to say that he's going to jump her in the next few seconds.
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No. 730314 ID: 398fe1

>>730310
Put up a biological-level fight up until we find out what they're planning exactly.

Tell Scurps what's going on.
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No. 730317 ID: a075ba

Tell Scrups it looks like there's gonna be some porn on the tape.

>>730310
Our choices are to either put up resistance (kick him in the balls!) or do the complete opposite.

Like, trip and throw yourself at him, catch yourself on his chest. Hard to lunge at you when you go to him first!
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No. 730320 ID: 5042f7

Perhaps, being AIs, our crew can easily just calculate/translate ancient belenosian time to the modern time standard equivalents, in their own minds (the narration), for convenience? Then it can be 24 hour whenever that's easier and the 100 hour when that is. Then we don't have to recalculate the hourly stripping rate and such.

Don't give yourself away, a normal biological stripper wouldn't have the skill or ability to detect his intent. Just say hello. If/when he does strike, squeal and ask what he's doing, and if he tries to gag you just struggle a little on the level that a squishy organic would, and give up when he's "clearly stronger" than you.
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No. 730323 ID: 211d83

Keep in touch with Scurps internally and tell him you are going to keep talking to him as long as possible. But you might have just given the door guys the "sex dungeon" password.

But with any luck can keep in touch after they take your fake phone and still get the evidence they want so do not charge in instantly if contact is lost.

Look confused at the guy and back up nervously. Resist if he grabs you but with weak organic strength.
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No. 730328 ID: 4546ab

Stay calm until he actually jumps you. Then make a bit of a fuss and demand to know what is going on. Keep your cover unless in real danger. Who knows maybe he is just going to pat you down.

And keep a constant stream of text updates on your internal phone to Scurps as long as you can.(Unless you get scanned then go dark)

Just let Scurps know to give you a bit of leeway if you go quiet suddenly. You heard some rumors about this guy having a dungeon. But if they think you are a pretty organic girl then maybe they might try to drug you and then you can text him proof.
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No. 730330 ID: e22b1d

Pretend to be completely oblivious to what is about to happen. Just smile and wave and look like a non threatening slutty girl with bad judgement.
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No. 730352 ID: dd338c
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730352

>>730320
That's a good idea. Although functionally it will still be the same, I'll use that, and say that while in reality the 100 b-hours is how it is, all narration/speech/etc from here on out will be translated/word filtered to a 24 hour time period in advance.

"I think there's going to be porn on the tape, Scurps!" Roxy messages.
>"I hope you don't mind! You're not in danger, right?"
"No, I don't think they have the scanners to see that I'm not biological after all. I'll keep talking to you, so you know something's going badly if I don't speak every several minutes or so!"


Roxy keeps walking as though she doesn't suspect much. Another guard escorts her, and as soon as she turns her back, a bag is shoved over her head. She screams and kicks with all the efficiency of a biological stripper.

"Don't make it look that sarcastic, Duelist!" says Atlas. "Biological strippers can still fight!"

"Quit struggling, whore!" a guard yells at her as he drags her off. "We looked you up, and no one's gonna miss you!"

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No. 730353 ID: dd338c
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730353

"You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?" asks Recluse.
"Sssssex dungeon though." Alison says. "Is this really a punishment or bad outcome here? It sounds really fun! And then we can take out Bluestone with more sex!"
"I think our dear leader is going mad with sex." says Atlas.

After a habit-powered attempt, Scanner realizes that she cannot use social scanner on lobbyists.

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No. 730354 ID: dd338c
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730354

Roxy's clothes are half stripped, half ripped off before she's thrown into a cabinet.

"Our guy up top said you wanted CnJ. How much you wanna work for it?" the first guard laughs as he isn't completely expecting an answer.

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No. 730355 ID: 398fe1

>>730354
I think some acting is in order here, acting like a scared but compliant victim. Tell them if that's how they want you to pay for it you'll do it.
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No. 730356 ID: a075ba

>"Quit struggling, whore!" a guard yells at her as he drags her off. "We looked you up, and no one's gonna miss you!"
I guess it's a good thing we used a face with a little bit of a trail to it. If they tried to look us up and found nothing, that might have raised alarms.

>"Our guy up top said you wanted CnJ. How much you wanna work for it?"
Um, enough? It's, uh, not as if I've never fucked someone to get high, before.

We should try and do as many of them at once as we can so this doesn't take forever.
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No. 730373 ID: dd338c
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730373

"It - it isn't like I've never sold myself to get high!" she says, acting scared but keeping it together. "I'll do guys for it! As long as I get CnJ, I'll do as many guys as you throw at me!"
"Oh, shit, she's an eager one. Well that makes this easy. Easier. Alright, forget waiting, we're doing this."

What follows is hours of debauchery, gangbangs and other acts as a string of guys looking to break in the new girl line up one after the other. Lobbyists actors make sure to have Roxy act progressively more tired throughout the process. At no point does anyone appear to suspect that Roxy isn't what she seems to be, and contact with Scurps is maintained. Roxy tries to point her camera strategically so that the video tape effectively begins as a long PoV pornography.

Lobbyists also have Roxy act increasingly desperate for a hit.

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No. 730374 ID: dd338c
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730374

Without telling her what's going on, one robot that finishes with her picks her up and carries her off.

Instead of tossing her into a cell for further waiting, though, he tosses her in a shower stall and tells Roxy to clean herself up.

"A-am I going to g - "
"Yes, we're going to get your fix after this." he says, watching her shower.

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No. 730376 ID: dd338c
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730376

He leads her on into a mini-warehouse after giving her a poorly fitting tanktop that looks like it came from a dollar store. Scanners indicate that the warehouse is powered by a single jetal molded over a control console at the center.

>"Order." it says.
>"CnJ." says the robot.
>"How much?" the jetal, who is believed to be Bluestone, asks.
>"How much do you need for a single dose, girl?" the robot asks to Roxy.

2,000 mg would be a reasonable, normal answer for a junkie.
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No. 730379 ID: 398fe1

>>730376
But since you're desperate now you're gonna ask for more. 2500.

Also scan the jetal.
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No. 730384 ID: 4201a2

Ask for 2000, but then quickly change your mind to 2500 instead. Don't forget to stammer, sweat, and shake!
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No. 730393 ID: dd338c
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730393

"Two tho - two thousand five hundred!"

"Please!" Roxy adds.

Bluestone makes a weird, condescending cough.

>"That's too much for a single dose. You haven't even earned that much."
"I can keep doing work! Do you want me?"
>"Even if you satisfied me, you'd be too sore to work tomorrow. Biologicals have too little stamina. You can't handle me. Deal with 1000 mg, and work all day tomorrow if you want more."

>Scan Jetal
Mass:
-600kg
Modules:
-Beam Sword (C)
-Beam Sword (C)
-Core Dodge (C)
-Rockets (C)
-Scanner (C)
-Sex Module (B)
-Fluid Generator (D)
-Chemical Analyzer (C)
-Privacy (C)
-Computer (C)
-Computer Link (C)

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No. 730395 ID: a107fd

So, a thousand for the gangbang... but, I've got money, to pay for the rest! Just let me borrow somebody's phone for a second so I can do the online banking thing.
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No. 730397 ID: 398fe1

>>730393
1000mg is enough to sniff for the drugs, at which point the Syndicate can come in.

Our mission isn't to take him out. It's to confirm the drugs are Syndicate property so that they can come in and work him over legally or something.

Agree to his terms.
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No. 730398 ID: 398fe1

>>730395
Erm, wouldn't that be a security risk? Don't want these guys stealing our funds.
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No. 730402 ID: a107fd

>>730398
Multilayered bluff. First, reinforcement for our appearance of helplessness and desperation.

Refusal would reveal that cutting off Roxy's contact with the outside world is more important to Bluestone's agenda than any plausible amount of cash. We are 'officially kidnapped,' and may as well call in the raid before things get even uglier.

If he agrees, we could probably set up a dummy account via torsophone, with exactly enough to pay whatever he's asking. Then, the Syndicate's forensic accountants get to find out where the money goes. Customer satisfaction is a priority!

Finally, if one of Bluestone's goons is especially stupid, we might be able to hack their phone somehow.
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No. 730419 ID: 486e87

If 2000mg is a normal dose for a junkie, and we're being offered 1000mg. I can't tell if he's trying to catch out a plant by offering the wrong amount, or if this is a thing dealers do to hook customers. Guessing 1000mg would be enough to stave off the withdrawal, and maybe give a tiny bit of a high, but nowhere near as strong as a effect of a full dose.

Either way 1000mg is enough for our mission, so I'd say go for it. Also send his module list to Scurps, it'll be useful for them to know his loadout when raiding the place. Also, we don't know Bluestone's prices, so taking the 1000mg would avoid having to hope that they're considered affordable for Roxy's budget.

Dunno if work all day refers to working at the club, or working for CnJ here, but it's an offer to come back for more. So, if we wanted to go above any beyond (and burn the Roxy identity), we could use that as a way to stun Bluestone before the raid starts. Might even get asked to do that if the guild considers that loadout dangerous enough.

Probably for the best to sit that out through, Alison looks like she needs a cold shower, or several.
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No. 730420 ID: f55743

"It's not like I have no money! And I wanted more to start building a stockpile, just bit... uh, by bit..."

Trail off, as if realizing you're not in a position to save up anything, being a prisoner now. Then go on with:

"L-look, I'm sure I can satisfy you, just... just let me have the hit, then it won't matter how sore I am! I can do it!"
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No. 730431 ID: 211d83

Act even more nervous and desperate.

"But that's barely enough to last the night! Please I bet I could satisfy you if I had enough. Just give me a chance! How sore could you even make me?

(Want to act like a desperate junkie and also get him fired up so he wants to show us just how sore he can make a organic. Get him to show off a bit.)

Then send his loadout info to Scurps and tell him you might have the drugs in a second. And find out if he wants you to try knocking out bluestone with your sex trick if he fucks you.

Can we surprise him with the overload if he does not know we are a jetal? Meaning if we put our core down low and hit his dick with it can we force a interface?

We should be able to get a cut of his modules if we are the ones to take him down. Going beyond the call of duty at risk to ourselves and all. Just would be best to time it so we knock Bluestone out right as Scurps hits the front door. But only try it if we know we can. Would be to much of a risk otherwise.

Plus we want to try and keep our ability to knock people out during sex secret as possible. If the word gets out we can do this it will hurt later chances and possibly alert Sevener.

Ideally we want our victims to wake up confused and unsure of what happened because we disabled them so fast. (See if we can get Scurps to help us test our ability later. Then he can let us know what its like on the other end when he wakes up.)
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No. 730432 ID: f55743

I think if we had sex with him, we'd have to knock him out. I don't like the chance he'll use chemical analyzer on our fluids and tell that we're not properly biological.

Remember to be using the sniffer, by the way.
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No. 730433 ID: 486e87

>>730431
The reward listed for the job is 300k plus a share of the loot, we don't need to go above and beyond for some of the modules.

I really think it's a bad idea to risk breaking disguise when we're this close to completing the original mission. If we're to go back later to knock him out before the raid, fine, but we need a sample secured first.
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No. 730439 ID: 4546ab

The biggest risk if we do not knock him out is him escaping out a back tunnel during the lollipop raid. He does not have any obvious high movement mods but stuff down here is rather maze like and he could disappear easily if he runs for it the instant the guys show up.

I say keep acting a bit desperate and jumpy. We asked for 2500 so if we just suddenly accepted 1000 with no problem it would look suspicious. We are playing a desperate slutty junkie. Who cares if he wears us out we need our fix now!

All we have to do is eat the drugs and we can send for the guys. When they get here we will be here fucking Bluestone or locked in a back room with the other girls he has captured.

Unless of course his drugs are not based on the syndicates stuff. Might be in a bit of a bind then.
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No. 730442 ID: a075ba

>PoV porno shoot
Hmm. We might be able to sell that, although it might blow Roxy's identity. It would be known she was recording here before they got busted.

Also, we're using a camera that's strength is an inability to be edited. That's good for evidence, but bad for post production when it comes to making enjoyable porn.

>>730393
I think we should just take what he's offering and get out. This job took long enough with the gangbang, and the Lollipop guild is already giving us a cut of the loot. We don't need to steal mods with blue, and if we did, we'd have to give the LP a cut of them, just like we did last time.

And if we do sex-hack him into oblivion, then we need to get out of here before any guards notice we took out their boss, and the lollipop guild needs to sweep in before they realize Blue is gone and the grunts scatter / run with the drugs and the money and everything else. Giving people a chance to scatter and panic cuts down on the loot, including our cut of it.

We can take out Blue, but we can't hold things down, afterwards. (Unless we then morph and start impersonating Blue, but that would be very hard to keep up for very long, and how do we explain the missing girl?).
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No. 730444 ID: 502d35

Actually if we never leave the place it could help with plausible deniability. Tell them you'll stay and take the drugs. Then radio in that we have the evidence, but wait a few hours before busting in to hide our involvement.
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No. 730445 ID: a075ba

>>730444
That could also work, if we assume there's other girls in the dungeon, we can be 'rescued' along with everyone else in the raid, so long as the guys pretend not to know us.

(Unless for some reason the LG needs to see the tape first?).
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No. 730446 ID: dd338c
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730446

>Can we surprise him with the overload if he does not know we are a jetal?
Roxy can. The effect can be done nearly instantly, but it's hard to say whether or not the jetal would remember hitting a solid object that is Roxy's jetal core right as he was knocked out.

>Use sniffer
There's an enormous mix of drugs around.

"Scurps, we might be getting the drugs in just a moment! If we can knock him out ourselves, though, should we?" Alison texts to Scurps, as well as giving away Bluestone's loadout.
>"That's up to you!" says Scurps.
>"Don't care." says Fern. "Just don't cause a panic that'll lead to his place getting looted before we get there."
>"And you don't need to see the video before raiding, right?"
>"Right. Only thing we're gonna be pissed at you for is if you say you found his CnJ, then we get there and he's got none and you lost the camera or somethin'."


"I don't care!" Roxy says to Bluestone. "A thousand isn't enough, I'll barely feel a thing! Let me have a full dose right now and you can have your way with me as long as you want to make up the difference!"
>"I could have my way with you for nothing." Bluestone says, pushing one of his tentacles with a bulb at the end against Roxy. "You aren't leaving this place. You're working all day here tomorrow with whoever wants to use you. If you take 2,500 now, I'm going to join in now, and if you can't give it all throughout tomorrow, you aren't getting anything tomorrow."
"That's fine! I just need a good hit right now!"
>"Then it's agreed."

The bulb unravels, revealing five pills. The drug sniffer confirms CnJ that passes for what the syndicate would deal out. Roxy notices the robot that brought her here has left, although he may just be waiting outside.

A) Continue acting biological, have Fern's team come in to raid the place (immediately / after a couple of hours)
B) Have Fern's team get in position, then knock Bluestone out
C) >_
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No. 730447 ID: 502d35

Let's not give away Roxy being a jetal. A with a couple hour delay. Short enough that they'd still bust in with Bluestone's dick in Roxy, but long enough she can have some fun.
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No. 730448 ID: 211d83

Look happily at the pills and then swallow them while storing them internally.

As for what to do scan the room for cameras first.

If this room is not heavily watched then go for B. We get fucked until Fern is in position and then signal them the second we knock Bluestone out. Then continue our cover by looking like a confused organic sitting on top of Bluestones deflated body while we absorb his core out of sight. Make it look like Fern's team emp'd him secretly or something.

If there are a bunch of camera's/other guys/scanners in this room go for A. Have them hit the place while Bluestone is thoroughly amusing himself with you and do not break cover.
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No. 730449 ID: a075ba

Pop some pills (and then store the evidence safely in your jetalium somewhere as evidence instead of digesting them) and then start blowing that tentacle.

For now, I'd say A. We don't need the extra attention or logistical complications trying to time knocking him out might bring.

All we really need to do is keep him busy for a while so Fern has time to set up his guys for a raid where no one gets out. Rushing it could lead to some of them slipping the net.

Also, if we're locked up with the other girls when the raid goes down, we can try and make sure none of them get hurt. (I sure hope the plan is to let them go and they're not considered part of the loot).

We can shift plans if any developments happen.
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No. 730450 ID: 4546ab

Am leaning more for B but I like the idea of keeping our cover.

So maybe go with A until we get more info and transition to B if we notice he has a escape hatch under his desk that would let him get away if we did not knock his ass out.
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No. 730453 ID: e22b1d

I think we can do B without dropping our cover. Just act like a organic the whole time and when we give the signal and knock him out just quickly absorb his core through wherever he is fucking us and do not absorb any mass. Then run off scared and hide under some warehouse shelves or something because Bluestone collapsed during sex.

Depends on his level of paranoia. He probably has plenty of camera feeds going to that desk and will see our guys the second they make a move with his computer link. But I doubt he has many cameras watching himself. (but check anyways)

I bet this room is the most well guarded place in his compound and he has escape routes here. Unless our team knows where they are he might be able to drop us and flee if we do not knock him out.

Long story short keep scanning like crazy and decide based on how easy it would be for him to escape if we did not help. (Either way make sure to he has plenty of time to make us sore. Its only polite.)
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No. 730461 ID: a107fd

Abruptly incapacitating the boss sounds like it might cause a panic. Voting A, and give go-ahead for the raid on a 'fire when ready' basis. However, if opportunity arises to do so, maybe hit Bluestone with the knockout right as he's recieving word of the raid, since that would maximize confusion and distraction.
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No. 730464 ID: f55743

A, and call them to come raid the place immediately. Stay in contact with the syndicate, so you can aim to have Bluestone inside you, ready to overload him the moment the news is about to arrive. Then his goons will be already too panicked to loot anything or escape, and he'll be out of the picture with jetalium and mods ready to grab.

The only thing you need to make sure of is that you keep his interest long enough for them to arrive. He has a B rank module, so he's probably pretty jaded. Start off by using your mouth to suck those pills right off his tentacle, and get ready to really go at it full force, with everything a biological could manage. Remember to imitate the effects of the drugs on yourself, with the right pace of the effect growing to match what your heartrate and so on will be. When the drug should have taken effect, make sure you act like everything feels good to you, and react appropriately to what would otherwise be uncomfortable or painful. If you really want to sell it, start doing things that would hurt, otherwise, like you're craving the stimulation. Any lingering soreness from the gang session earlier should turn into pleasure, too.

Keep up the scanner and be ready with the overload if he shows sign of realizing you're not organic.
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No. 730467 ID: 4854ef

B)
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No. 730474 ID: dd338c
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730474

Roxy keeps her cover, and leans forward to pull the tentacle, and its drugs, into her mouth.
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No. 730475 ID: dd338c
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730475

"I got it." Roxy texts. "I'm going to keep him distracted for a bit, but he still has some surveillance on this room and on his control area, so he might see if any of you guys come in!"
"Just sit tight and do what you do. We'll be there in a bit." says Fern.
"Take your time!"


Various lobbyists then direct Roxy to act realistically based on the effects of the drug while bluestone starts ripping off her clothes. What follows is about 30 minutes of Bluestone pounding, groping and slapping Roxy. All of it, supposedly, is entirely pleasureable to her despite how rough it sometimes gets, and so she begs for more and coaxes the tentacles to at it.

"You're not allowed to complain about how sore you're going to be tomorrow, because you'll know that you knew it was going to happen." Bluestone says, giving her ass a slap.

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No. 730476 ID: dd338c
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730476

A biological storms in.

>"Boss!"
>"You better have a good reason for storming in here like this."
>"We just got word, we saw some syndicate hanging around our turf!"
>"Well, Yots? We do the same thing we usually do. What makes this time any different?"
>"This time, I'm not Yots!"
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No. 730477 ID: dd338c
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730477

ENERGY SURGE DETECTED

>"I'm pretending to be one of his employees." says Scurps

Bluestone's face is blown off, and his core gets hurt and he's knocked out, but he's still alive.

>"Okay let's get you outta here." Scurps says. "Kail and the others are coming down right now.
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No. 730479 ID: 211d83

Keep your cover on the outside. Act sore and worn out but panicked.

On the phone tell him nice move and that you are going to pretend to be a scared but exhausted organic until we get out of here.

Hey if he wants to continue where this guy left off does he remember the absorption trick you did with the nice girl at the card tournament? Would be a great way to get your out of here. You promise to be extra panicky when he absorbs you for any witnesses if he likes.
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No. 730480 ID: f55743

Ah, we didn't have to overload him after all.

Well, you're in contact already, so grab all his mods. It'll take time to absorb jetalium, so grab as much as you and Scurps can carry. If it takes time to absorb mods, prioritize Computer (load it up immediately, so we can think faster), then Privacy and Scanner, and then the Sex Module, just because it's the highest rated and probably biggest payout. If you have to leave anything, leave the Rockets and Beam Swords, they're not our style. However, his guys won't be watching the surveillance on the inside of their base right now, and we can abandon Roxy's face if need be for a haul this big, so you can take a few moments, and if need be just drop the bio-emulator and cram stuff down your throat into storage.

My concern is what other girls (and guys) he might have locked up. We never got taken to the actual dungeon to find out. I'd assume the syndicate will find them during the raid, though, and his goons are very unlikely to slow themselves down by hauling biologicals around.
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No. 730481 ID: 4546ab

Having him absorb you to get you out of here unseen would be entertaining. That and we do owe him a orgasm and some interest after not being able to finish with him the other day.
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No. 730482 ID: e22b1d

Good job Scurps!

Well if we managed to avoid blowing our cover this long it would be a shame to suddenly go jetal and start absorbing his mass. We can wait to split things later in the scurps-mobile.

Play the part of a scared kidnapped stripper who got caught in a gang war while being jetal fucked. (I like the idea of having Scurps absorb you while you panic and scream. Would be the perfect ending to the little porno you have going in your eye camera.)
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No. 730483 ID: c81b56

Shit we do have a rather entertaining pov porno in the works don't we?

Might as well keep that rolling as long as possible. Could be worth some money.
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No. 730487 ID: a075ba

Playfully swoon. "My hero!"

>>730477
One of you grab that core and separate it from the pile of jetalium.

We can absorb modules / split up the loot / jetalium later, but right now, just don't give Blue a chance to escape.

Play the part of just one more rescued dungeon girl in from of everyone else (wary, but hopeful).

Text:

Are there other girls in the dungeons down here? Are we letting them go, or do they count as part of the loot?
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No. 730515 ID: 398fe1

"Roxy" still needs to escape. Keep your cover.
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No. 730525 ID: f55743

I think we can connect to some part of him that's inside us and nab at least a few mods without anyone noticing.
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No. 730529 ID: dd338c
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730529

>I think we can connect to some part of him that's inside us and nab at least a few mods without anyone noticing.
Some lobbyists like the idea, but Roxy has already texted Scurps the full payload that Bluestone has.

Roxy stares wideyed at Scurps. After a brief communication, he absorbs her into himself as she screams and texts 'My hero! <3' The video camera is then turned off.

Scurps is quick enough to absorb all of the modules and take all of the jetalium. As they leave the exit, Roxy texts him some more.

"Are there other girls in the dungeons down here? Or do they count as loot?"
>"We'll see if they wanna work for us, but we're not gonna detain them against their will. Body trafficking isn't our big thing."

As they travel up, Princess Toya receives a forum message from Baron of Threes.

>"Hi. How's it going? In case you're wondering, I don't have any hard feelings about the other night. I don't really know what you did or how you did it, but you got me."
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No. 730530 ID: 91cfcf

>>730529
"Cool. What are you, a jaded noble or one of their servants?"
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No. 730531 ID: 398fe1

>>730529
Tell Threes that you won't be telling him how, either. It was just business, you hope you didn't cost him his job.
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No. 730535 ID: f55743

Well, that's suspicious. He might really not know what or how, but I'd bet him or his bosses would like to find out.

Reply back to say "Don't know if you'll believe me or not, but I'm sorry too. I really did have fun, both in the tournament and later. I felt kinda bad, but I have people I work for, too, and I bet you'd understand that, from what I saw. I'd like to offer to make it up to you somehow, but your bosses are scary. I hope they weren't too upset with you, and that you're not too badly off because of me."

Bounce it off a few proxies or something, highly-connected nobles might be able to snoop all the way along connections like this.
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No. 730537 ID: 398fe1

Oh, if he offers a large sum of money to describe exactly how you did it without the jetals' physical scan picking up on it, you could say you had a sensory overload mod with a high rank Hide add-on, then destroyed it when the other jetals showed up, because they were going on about high ranked modules and that would've caught their attention.
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No. 730538 ID: 486e87

"This the usual fare for your job Baron? Hope I didn't cost you it." or something similar.

Basically reply as normal, but don't give details or info. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I've got the sneaking suspicion this could be Sevener acting as Baron; it's still possible it could be the real Baron sending a out of the blue message though.
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No. 730540 ID: c81b56

Tell Scurps he had better be taking advantage of the situation.

The Baron and his bosses are no doubt curious as hell about your knockout power. So say nothing about it. If need be can imply you had a hidden one use item that let you emp him.

But he might be a in to new jobs and fun modules. So give him a friendly hello.
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No. 730541 ID: a075ba

>Hi. How's it going? In case you're wondering, I don't have any hard feelings about the other night. I don't really know what you did or how you did it, but you got me.
Reply "trade secret." (We aren't going to detail in how we disabled him, and if his bosses want to know, they're going to have to pay us, and treat us better than they did before. We're not giving up anything for free just cause he asked. No free intel)!

"I'm glad you feel that way, and I'm sorry about the deception. You had a bounty on your head, and with all the escape and avoidance modules, getting close to you was the easiest way to collect.

"Although I guess you got off easier than most bounties, since it looks like your bosses just wanted to see if anyone could get past their defenses."
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No. 730544 ID: dd338c
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730544

>Tell Scurps he had better be taking advantage of the situation.
Roxy doesn't need to tell him, he's already fondling her.

"Are you a jaded noble or one of their servants or something?"
>"Oh, wow, me? Not even close. I'm just a tester for various modules, mostly getaway modules. They just wanted to see how it works if it was given to random schmucks like me in the field."
"I hope you didn't lose your job over that."
>"Well, I got demoted, but it was inevitable. It took a long time to get approved for that, and it was pretty dangerous, but it paid well, and I did a little saving up since I knew it was a temporary thing. Uh, let me guess, you don't want to tell me how you got me?"

>Tell him she had a sensory overload module she deleted after taking him out
Scanner says that it's a very rare module, and that there's little information on it, but what information there is seems to imply that it typically stuns a jetal. Even if it knocks them out, it isn't so instantaneous, so it doesn't quite match up with it. Toya decides to simply say she won't tell.

"Correct, it's a trade secret. If you want to know, those bosses of yours better treat me better than they did, and pay us for the information."
>"I guess I wouldn't tell either. I don't really know if you even wanted to see me, but it didn't feel right ending the night on just that when I really don't hate you for it. I liked last night a lot."
"I legitimately enjoyed it, too, both the tournament and the after party. I'm surprised you messaged me out of the blue like this."
>"Well, I was kept in detainment for questioning and scanning all night before I got the chance to send a message. And, uh, I may have been indecisive for a few hours while trying to think on if I should send one or not. I hope the people who came down weren't too rough on you. They seemed pretty pissed off about the whole thing to be honest. Like, they wanted data for fast past rocket getaways, but then I got caught by some weird core error and they can't seem to find any reason why the test modules might have caused that, so... well, doesn't matter for you."

Roxy can't see anything while Scurps goes up top, but he still texts her.

>"He had about 22 million worth in jetalium, and about 19 million in modules! We'll be spending a couple of hours looting it, but for just taking out bluestone, your share ends up at 6,800,000." says Scurps. "We'll give it to you right away, but you can buy any jetalium or any of his modules you'd like right away."
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No. 730549 ID: f55743

Excellent. Inventory and shop needs updating as I post this, but I'd say get his Computer C, Privacy C and Scanner C, and his Fluid Generator D. That should be 4,550,000 in total. We'll need another 1000k to get the hide add-on for the new privacy module, to keep doing our biological imitation trick, and another 200k to get Hide for our hacked sex module. That should leave us 1,580,800. We'll still have our lower-ranked Scanner to social scan with, and be able to use the higher ranked one at the same time, if I reckon how module multiples work correctly.

I would like to spend another mil to get music and dance master, but we probably need more jetalium at this point, and I can't find where it says what that costs. And we would very much like to buy simulation training for music and dance, which will cost a good bit, though it'll go a lot faster with Computer C on our side.

I also think that we should drop 80,800 on the doctor for his help, at some point, in gratitude and to round out our cash numbers more pleasingly.
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No. 730555 ID: dd338c
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730555

Fern says that the modules will be kept in storage for some time, so Roxy can decide later on whether or not to buy them.

In the meanwhile, Alison has proposed the idea that Roxy gives around half a million to Marchi to help the influx of withdrawn slaves and to help this block land on its feet since it seems like a large power hold is about to be a power vacuum.

However, some, including Recluse, say that that's sweet and good, except that this simulation is probably not going to last over a week entirely. Every bit of resources will count towards the world that isn't going to end in the matter of days.

Gambler takes this opportunity, too, to mention that with a few investments and careful gambles, he has turned 100k into 300k. He says not to get too hopeful, though, as he's still learning the market, and so simply dumping 5 million on him won't mean he'll turn it into 15 million in the matter of that many hours. He does, however, ask for one million to ramp things up optimally, but if she wants to really roll the dice, he can see what happens with more money.

Alison takes a look at Princess Toya's stats. Toya has been very busy over the last few hours and has been playing about 4 games of Beastfight at once for the last 10 hours.
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No. 730556 ID: 486e87

>>730549
Seems good, going to agree with these purchases.

Leaving some funds left would be useful in case a mission comes up that a module we lack would be particularly useful for.
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No. 730557 ID: a075ba

>>730544
...well, I suppose we couldn't just walk out of there in the state our clothes were in.

>what do with money
Dump like a million of that on Gambler, use that to make more money with online gaming.

Gambler Funds - 1,000,000
Computer C - 2,250,000 (for better multitasking)
Scanner C - 1,100,000
Social Scanner Add-on C: - 500,000
Music Master D - 500,000 (c'mon, Alison needs this and it's pretty cheap now)
Jetalicum D - 600,000
Privacy C - 1,200,000
Hide Add-on C: - 1,000,000 (for privacy C)

Sell back:
Social Scanner Add-on D: - 100,000
Scanner D - 200,000
Privacy D - 150,000
Hide Add-on D: - 200,000

That's a total buy of 7,650,000 and a total sellback of 650,000. That leaves us with ~630,800, with 3 mil still incoming, and whatever Gambler makes.
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No. 730558 ID: f55743

>>730555

Oh, well, with this update, and the knowledge of about 3mil more incoming, I'm going to update the plan I offered with >>730549 and say definitely get music and dance master Ds, pay 200k for four hours simulation training with them, and pay 800k for 20kg of jetalium. Once we have it all, of course.

And do give that money to Marchi! This simulation may only last a week or even a couple of days less, but for all of these people that's the only time they're going to have! We should make it pleasant for them if we can, or at least more bearable for the ones who are suffering. Let them feel some sense of hope and purpose while they're alive.

If we have enough after that, then we should also get jetalicum, and shields, to actually have some form of actual self-defense.
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No. 730559 ID: 211d83

Ok 4 rounds of beastfight for 10 hours is a huge red flag for Sevener. Lets pull back on that quickly. Space games out a bit. Anything that will flag us as a multi core jetal should be done through multiple online identities.

I would say give the doc the 75k we were planning on using to buy drugs for him. He might be a good contact later on and will help with that.

I would give 1 mill to gambler and let him go wild. Once he gets a better hang of things can up his numbers.

Finally tell Baron that the goons were not to bad but they were very impatient and not the best people persons. But it all went well in the long run. Ask him what the life of a module tester is like and make small talk.
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No. 730560 ID: a075ba

>I hope the people who came down weren't too rough on you.
I was more disappointed by a lack of professionalism.

But no, I wouldn't take that kind of mission if I didn't enjoy the stuff we got up to!

>also
How's the team getting to know the mob boss's son doing?
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No. 730561 ID: 90f3c0

We should definitely show Marchi our appreciation, both financially and physically. The fact that someone isn't real, and likely won't exist for very long has never stopped Alison from helping them in the past. Plus more contacts in the underworld is never a bad thing, he might prove useful again.

Get the Jetalicum module, we will run into a client who expects it sooner or later.

It might be as good idea to pick up some basic defense modules just in case, low level shields and a beam sword. Plus maybe 15 kg of Jetalium.
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No. 730562 ID: 4546ab

Oh get at least a starter beam sword. And look into a better battery for later.

We might not be going a combat route but we need to be able to defend our modules and mass if we run into a creep.

Not enough weaponry for people to think we are a threat but enough so people do not get the idea they can mug us with no problem.
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No. 730568 ID: 398fe1

>>730555
>4 games of Beastfight at once for the last 10 hours.
Okay that's really suspicious, we need to either stop looking like a group account or just outright say it's a group account.

>>730557
Shouldn't we put that hide add-on on the hacked sex mod? Also, we should invest in some basic defenses. Let's take Thrusters C and Shields D, in exchange for giving up Jetalicum D and Social Scanner C (keep social D).
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No. 730569 ID: a075ba

>>730568
Privacy needs a hide on if we want to fake being organic. A hide for the hacked sex would be a separate purchase / aim, and was not what I was suggesting, no. (Also, if we wanted one, that would be Hide Add-on D: - 200,000, since our hacked sex mod is rank D).
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No. 730571 ID: 398fe1

>>730569
Oh, the hide has to be the same rank (or better) as the mod it's hiding? Oh well.
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No. 730572 ID: d8dc8a

>>730559
>Implying Sevener would ever in a million years think we're going to win this by playing a card game.

We should arm ourselves at least a little bit. I don't like how vulnerable it feels when we're trying to navigate dangerous situations using only our wits and charm.
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No. 730573 ID: 91ee5f

>>730572
But we are going to win this by playing a children's card game.....by dueling for souls!
*insert Yu-Gi-Oh! theme song here*
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No. 730574 ID: f55743

>4 games at once

People play multiple games of chess at once, and other games. For a known jetal who could form multiple arms and eyes and have a computer mod, it's really not a stretch. It's a turn-based game, not real time. It's not going to raise any flags except that people will think we're showing off.

If we're really worried about sevener, we could consider maybe using our money to set up fake "Alison-like" events around the city, to distract her and lead her off our actual scent.
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No. 730598 ID: 211d83

>>730574

Ehh its the 4 at once for 10 hours straight. Which might be the norm for other jetals. Will have to check.
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No. 730681 ID: 8111b6

We really should get something to defend ourselves with if we're going to be doing a lot of risky missions. Also, are we waiting to gorge on jetalium, or are we going to wait on that?

Of course, modules to help out with our new hobby/career choice would be nice too~
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No. 730747 ID: dd338c
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730747

>"I was more disappointed by their lack of professionalism, by the way." Princess Toya messages. "They were rude when it seemed detrimental for them to be."
>"Yeah they kinda get that way. I don't even think they normally take calls like that, and they're not, you know, social specialists."

"Gambler, is it at all realistic to play 4 games at once for so long like that?" Alison asks.
>"Some top level jetals do 20! It sounds like a lot, but it's turn based, and jetals have all kinds of extreme computing power, so we're holding ourselves back by playing 4 quality games over 20! Plus, if we get more cell phones or computing, it's like time slows down to a crawl for us and we can take our time."
"Alright, then good job! We're going to get Computer C, so maybe we can up that number after all, but slowly. Princess Toya is a new identity, and we don't want to instantly become world champion when it seems like so many people have been trying for so long!"

Unity purchases 20 kg of jetalium, and the following modules:
Beam Sword D
Privacy C - Addon: Hide C
Computer C
Scanner C - Social Scanner Add-on C
Music & Dance Master D
Jetalicum D
Hide D for Hacked Sex Module


Although the money from looting has not been given yet, Scurps was willing to front Unity the estimated 3 million in advance. If it's more, then Unity will be given the difference, and if it's less, then Fern expects Scurps to be repaid.

Gambler is given an additional 1 million to give funds. He says that with this, he will be doing both fightbeast and the world's stock market.

200k is set aside for manual training of Music and Dance.

"Wait, hold on, Scurps!"
>"Hmm?"
"I have to do something. Can we meet up top?"
>"Mhm."
"Oh, I'd like to keep borrowing privacy rank B for a little bit until I meet up with you, but you can have the other stuff back."
>"Mmh." says Scurps, who takes the single track cam and the sniffer.
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No. 730748 ID: dd338c
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730748

Scurps lets Roxy out, and she cleans herself up, finds a replacement tank tap, runs down from the chaos of the ensuing raid to basement level 9 to find Marchi since his phone still appears to be out of reception.

>"Hey! What's going on up there?"
"Bluestone's out of the picture! And I wanted to give you 75k."
>"What for?"
"For being a good person!"
>"... really?"
"And I think there's going to be a lot of people up there that could use your help."
>"Well, I'd hope to do my best, so if you can help me out, even though I hate taking charity, I can do things that are more important than my little hangups! I'd appreciate that so much."
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No. 730751 ID: 211d83

You went out of your way to help a girl in need while on the run. It's the least I could do. Maybe one day I can help you out more.

Anyways now that business is out of the way if you are interested in a little pleasure... wink wink nudge nudge.
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No. 730753 ID: a075ba

>>730748
Well if you hate charity, consider it payback for helping me get in.

Good luck.~

Give him a kiss on the cheek and get out of here.
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No. 730756 ID: 4854ef

Give him a hug, I mean the dude's practically a shining light in the darkness of this place. Doing what he does because it's right rather then because it's part of the law.

Gotta give him chops for lasting this long.
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No. 730758 ID: cec087

Hmm... Are our cash numbers correct? Let's see. The terms of the job were 300k, plus a share in the loot. "For just taking out bluestone, your share ends up at" 6,800k. On top of that, the 300k for the job itself makes it 7,100k. If we're getting the new Scanner and Privacy both upgraded, we don't need the old ones, and can sell them for 650k together, with their addons. We also had something like 580k to begin with, if I remember right, so that should be 8,330k even before the 3 mil, which would bring it up to 11,330k.

Purchases:
00800k - 20kg jetalium
01200k - Beam Sword D
02200k - Privacy C + Addon: Hide C
02250k - Computer C
01600k - Scanner C + Social Scanner Add-on C
01000k - Music & Dance Master D
00600k - Jetalicum D
00200k - Hide D for Hacked Sex Module
00200k - set aside for training
01000k - gambler

11050k - total

11330 minus 11050 leaves 280k, by my reckoning. So why not give him a round 80k?

Personally, I also don't approve much of Beam Sword D, we'd be better getting some sort of less lethal takedown mod, or saving to get more of an escape option, like Shields + Flight. But, oh well.

I'd also suggest showing another form of appreciation, both for fun and to balance out all the rough stuff we just had with something more gentle and affectionate, but we have left Scurps waiting. We should drop by for another visit here in a day or two, though. Ask him if there's a way for you to get in touch with him again if he moves elsewhere.
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No. 730759 ID: a075ba

>>730758
We can't unequip addon from modules, so when we sold scanner D (with social addon) and privacy D (with hide add on) back, we did so at an loss. We didn't get full price back for them. The discrepancy between the stats page and your math is only ~160k, and selling 4 D rank things for less than full price easily accounts for that.

>if I remember right
Just click the history tab in the stats page in the wiki and you can see exactly what it used to be.
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No. 730763 ID: dd338c
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Roxy and Marchi exchange bank numbers so that Marchi can receive 80k soon.

A hug and a kiss on the cheek is also given to Marchi, and the social scanner indicates that while he likes Roxy, he's not in the mood for anything further at the moment with a lot of work to do.
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No. 730764 ID: dd338c
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Once reception is gained, Alison checks in on progress with Fargow. He doesn't appear to chat much, but the chatting that has occurred has been amicable and promising.

It takes about 15 minutes to go back to the street, locate Scurps, and head out in his mobile form. He takes Privacy B back from Roxy.

>"Good job." says Fern, who appears on Scurp's car window. "Looks like we can trust you some. We don't like giving people outside of the syndicate the important jobs. But you're worth those. So let me be blunt. We want you in the syndicate. You can still help the dead batteries if you want or work out of their strip clubs or whatever, but if we need you for a job, we get priority. But you'll get our good jobs, and our best module loans. For instance, we'll let you borrow a division mod, with the stipulation that you use it to work jobs, and we receive half the money you make with that division. You seem pretty good at multitasking, and that computer module you got is gonna help out. Other plain resources you'll get is stuff like bodyguards, a place to call home, whatever."

Unity immediately texts Polatt to see how he feels about that.

>"Seems like a shame to us, but you didn't do some blood pact of undying loyalty. Was real casual. I won't be telling you that you've gotta make daily bank on the DB's behalf, yeah? Long as you don't give us the cold shoulder, you'd still be welcome, we aren't a closed off system like the syndicate likes to be. We won't invest as heavily in you, but you can still work in our strip clubs. Better ones, too, if you got some dance modules or anything like that." says Polatt.

>"If you decline." says Fern. "We're not gonna cut contact with you, specially since Scurps is all mushy over you, but jobs like these aren't gonna be handed out easily."
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No. 730768 ID: a075ba

I feel a little bad about not doing more for the Dead Batteries, since we know from past experience how reliable and loyal they can be once we get going. Problem so far has been the syndicate offered more high yield jobs we could cash out quickly. The mobster son for the DBs will net us rep, but it's low immediate payout and goes slow. And the strip club is really just a way to make cash in the downtime.

Realistically, I don't think we can turn this down. A division is just too useful, since it doubles the jobs we can do at once. (Well, only 1.5 times the pay since we'd owe the Syndicate for half the extra earnings).

(Also a second home base and set of defenses isn't a bad idea. Gives us more than one place to retreat to).

Realistic concerns to ask about:

Does signing on mean I can't turn down jobs? I am trying to keep a low profile, as far as the authorities are concerned, and some things might be too hot for me.

I've considered that I might go legit, eventually. I can get better faster on the illegal side of things, but there's a soft cap, past which one needs to invest heavily in combat modules to survive. Would this be a problem for you?

We get to opt out of anything that's a conflict of interest. We're not taking jobs from either gang targeting the other.

Aside from that, if they're both cool with our dual citizenship, I say we go for it.

>better clubs with a dance module
Actually, we just got one with today's cash! (Or we're about to. Depends on how far we're abstracting actually visiting places to pick up new modules).

And you'd be happy to work in the clubs whenever you're not doing other missions. Or do other missions. Although since you did the public sex one and the mob boss son is in progress, there aren't actually any you haven't started yet.

We'll need to hang out and fool around with music, later. Possibly another excuse to hang with Polat.
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No. 730769 ID: 211d83

I think its worth a go. These low level criminal organizations are just a stepping stone on our path so would not hurt to be a junior member of the syndicate.

Would take years to climb the ranks and we just want them to trust us a bit more and get access to better resources. Plus protection is something we need badly. And we will be able to notice Sevener if she makes a move much sooner if we have more access to there info network.

Plus can still be friends with the DB's and get missions with them.
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No. 730771 ID: 4546ab

Tell him we are honored but have a few questions.

1. How much freedom do we have? Priority on missions is fine but does that mean getting forced into some of them?

2. We have a family issue that makes us want to stay on the lighter side of the law if possible. The helping with bounty's and such is fun but we have our specialty and would like to stay away from anything more public in nature.

3. Would we have any access to the syndicates info network? We have a stick in the mud sister we would like to track down without her knowing about it.

But I think it would be fine to join.
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No. 730772 ID: cec087

Hmm, tricky. It will probably be an upgrade in terms of how quick we gain power and resources, but the Lollipops' jobs tend to be... less friendly. It's not like the DBs are saints, but their missions have mostly been giving people what they want, while the Lollipops' have been bounty hunting and sabotage and such. Going more with Fern and co. will probably be a somewhat darker, more dangerous path, leaving less happy people in our wake. I'm not sure I like the implication that we would have to take certain jobs for them, either; so far, it's just been us taking what we feel like, and we were free to refuse any, or to drop everything or take time off if we needed to, with only a hit to our reputation for reliability.

On the other hand, the DBs seem pretty content with the way they have things, and aren't big movers and shakers. If we want to get into circles of dealing with higher level government or nobility, they're probably the better choice, especially if we make it clear we're a spy and not a fighter. If there are subversives or revolutionaries in the empire anywhere, too, they're probably the more likely to have more connections there.

On the other other hand, Fern thinks he can trust us now, but he kind of can't? We deliberately covered up for a detox doctor. Choices like that are going to pop up again.

Ask Fern about how often you could expect to be needed, as opposed to just wanted, and how dedicated he would expect you to be to the syndicate in the long term. You have some personal goals and issues of your own that you'll have to deal with eventually; for example, you've been keeping an eye out for news of a certain someone, and though you don't know if they even will turn up, it's possible you'd have to drop everything else for a few days if they did. You have one or two personal relationships to care about every now and then, too.
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No. 730774 ID: 4854ef

Fern's path to power seems decent enough, let us join.
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No. 730776 ID: a075ba

>On the other other hand, Fern thinks he can trust us now, but he kind of can't? We deliberately covered up for a detox doctor. Choices like that are going to pop up again.
Well, that sort of depends.

On the one hand, we've had opportunities where we could have effectively skimmed off the top of the take, if we reported less jetalium or modules than we actually found, so we didn't split them with the gang. But we stuck to the jobs and played it fair.

The detox doc was more denying them a collateral find. I'm sure they would have preferred to grab the easy 8 mil bounty, but it's technically not the job we were being paid to do.
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No. 730779 ID: dd338c
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Scanner does some research on the division module. It looks like it takes a little bit of battery to run, but so long as activity is still mundane, it's still nothing that a daily recharge won't fix. Reception is a concern only about 8 basement levels deep, provided there's no additional reception relays or other equipment to mitigate it. For long range, latency might be a concern if a division goes over 1/4 of the distance of the planet, but so long as fast reflexes aren't needed. However, maintaining a distance of over 20 miles or so requires an indirect connection via satellites or cables, and usage of these public utilities may leave a trail. This can be mitigated via proxies and other tools that scanner is looking into, but it will increase the latency significantly and may take some getting used to.

"I have a few questions!"
>"If you didn't, I would."
"Does signing on mean I can't turn down jobs?"
>"If it's some shitty offer we're doing because you look free, you don't have to take it. But if it's somethin' we need done, you'd better have a good reason to decline."
"I'm also trying to keep a low profile! Will that be a problem if some things are too hot for me?"
>"If you were anyone else, it would be, but the reason I want you in my operation is because you're filling in a niche I didn't even know I had, and that involves you staying low."
"What if I want to go legit, at some point?"
>"Well then good fuckin' luck if you've got a criminal record. If you can pull it off, with or without our help, though, then that's fine and cool, because it's not like we don't have our legal fronts too. Hell, there's a reason I'm not going on the raid myself."
"Okay! And what if there's a conflict of interest? I'm still friendly to the DB's, but I don't want to take any jobs from either side that targets the other."
>"We don't touch their area and I doubt that's gonna change. Definitely not gonna change suddenly unless they've got other plans. So don't worry about that."
"Would I have access to your info network?"
>"Yeah, figured you'd ask. You'll get some. Mostly on external data, not info on the Syndicate itself. You want some resources to look things up, that's fine, but no matter what crazy shit you pulled off, ain't gonna change that you showed up yesterday."
"How often would I be needed to take a job for sure?"
>"We'll have more jobs every day, but for the ones we don't appreciate declining, probably every couple of days. Let's say we won't expect more than 4 hours per day on average."
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No. 730782 ID: a075ba

>legit
Doesn't matter how hard he thinks it will be, we'll need to to go legit diamond noble and do upper class courtesan stuff and get access to A rank things, unless we want to go full violent rebel like last time. Important thing is there's no "you can't leave" rule.

>Mostly on external data, not info on the Syndicate itself
That's fine. Sevener is highly unlikely to be inside the syndicate, and their internal data is none of our business.

>We'll have more jobs every day, but for the ones we don't appreciate declining, probably every couple of days. Let's say we won't expect more than 4 hours per day on average.
We'd be working more jobs than that of our own accord anyways, so that's a non-issue.

I would accept Fern's terms.
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No. 730787 ID: 91ee5f

One more thing, would I be allowed to burst into a place we're raiding and say, 'I'm Princess Sugartooth of the Lollipop Syndicate. And you're...'"
*put on sunglasses*
"About to get licked."
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No. 730791 ID: 7de580

>>730787
I was really sad about leaving the Dead Batteries until I realized we have to do this. We're Princess Sugartooth now. That's just our name, there's no way to deny us the right to say that.
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No. 730795 ID: dd338c
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"Alright, I accept!"
>"Cool. Scurps, hand over a syndicate phone."

Roxy is given a phone. It seems like a good model, and she turns it on. It appears to be linked to various syndicate networks.

>"Don't get too excited. That's just the low level stuff for the rank and file."
"Oh, by the way! Would I be allowed to burst into a place we're rading and say, 'I'm Princess Sugartooth of the Lollipop Syndicate. And you're about to get licked?' while putting on sunglasses for the last part?

Fern stares at her for a long time. Either he's intentionally being dramatic, or he's taking an extraordinary amount of computational power to formulate a response.

>".... not while I'm looking. Are you sure you want to threaten people with licks? That sounds like a damn treat coming from you. Whatever. Sure, you can be our princess. There. Why not. That's your name in our system now, no take backs so I hope you like it. We have ceremonial royalty now and you're it."
>"What if I'm Prince Cookiebatter?" Scurps says.
>"Fuck off Scurps this isn't gonna be a bandwagon. Princess Sugartooth follows a lonely path. Now listen up, girl."

Upon Fern's direction to then enter a chat software, Fern gives her permission to enter a chat called 'r06', Roxy is fed a lot of lines per second. It takes a moment to realize that this is what appears to be the raid channel, where much of the rank and file is currently running through Bluestone's place, logging what they find and what they're doing in coordination.

It only takes another moment to find that there's already been a mention of a doctor deep inside of the building with an 8 million dollar bounty, and they may go and poke at him to see if it's an easy bounty to get.
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No. 730796 ID: a075ba

>It only takes another moment to find that there's already been a mention of a doctor deep inside of the building with an 8 million dollar bounty, and they may go and poke at him to see if it's an easy bounty to get.
Uh, we don't have a lot of options there.

There's the obvious stay out of it, and let what happens happen.

We could betray the doc and give up his location so we get a cut of the bounty. (Which Alison won't go for).

We could lie / feed them false intel of some kind on the raid channel (he's not there, he didn't look easy, etc) but that could very easily fall through, and then we'd be in bad shape with the syndicate for trying to pull that.

We could come clean to Fern and ask him to steer them away, but he won't be happy with that. It'll cost us favor with him, and we'll probably owe him after. We are asking him to give up an easy payout versus someone who opposes how they make money.

We could come to Scurps, but not Fern, and see if he can help us keep the searchers away. It would be going behind Fern's back, but Scurps might like us enough to go for it.

We could make them unable to keep searching. If we called the cops on this building (or asked Polatt to, for another layer of separation), they probably wouldn't have time to finish searching all the sub-basements before bugging out. Fern would be furious if he ever finds out, though.
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No. 730798 ID: cec087

o dang

And we can't call him for an anonymous tip-off because he doesn't get any reception. We can try send him a message that he'll pick up, using one of the phones we're bouncing stuff in and out on all the time with the gambling and such, but he might not get it in time.

Hmm. They "may" go and take a poke at him? They might call it off if they have something else to be busy with, then. If they haven't already grabbed him, remind them that Kobbly was another guy with Bluestone, the one who sent you to the sex dungeon. He looked like he had some decent hardware to grab, and besides which, he has a video taken of you from when you were worming your way in, and you'd like to have it grabbed.

You could also use a few proxies to anonymously report a "disturbance" in the area, which will call the attention of the cops and make the syndicate edgier about sticking around.

Oh, or! We could look up that liquor store we were at and send a message to the robot there to pass on to Marchi, since he seemed to have some way to get in contact with him quickly.
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No. 730803 ID: cec087

In any case, it'd be a bad idea to feign ignorance. Pull off all the tricks you can think of to tip Marchi off without giving anything away, but while you're doing that, come up front and say something like "Oh geeze, I think I met that guy while I was collecting info, he helped me out. Seemed like he was just some off-license street charity doc, I wouldn't have thought he had such a big bounty. He's a big cyborg, I wasn't able to get a clean scan on him but he has combat mods of some sort, and I'm sure he has some way of moving really fast. Talked like he'd been doing his thing for years."

Hopefully that'll make them think he's not much worth it. Maybe some of them will even feel bad taking him in after he helped out with such a big hit as Bluestone was.
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No. 730804 ID: a075ba

>>730798
Oh, if they haven't grabbed Knobby yet, pointing the raid guys at his place is a reasonable distraction that's not even a lie. I like that. And warning the pharmacist.

I'm really reluctant to get the cops involved, even through proxies, to be honest (even though I list it as one of our options). That seems like it would be a much bigger betrayal of trust than trying to cost them a little extra on a successful raid.
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No. 730806 ID: 486e87

If they seem really sent on going for Marchi, we could try and make him seem more valuable as a potential employee than a bounty. Sure, it messes with his operation, but it's better than jail. Synthesising drugs from raw materials can't be easy.
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No. 730807 ID: e4f856

>>730804
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No. 730814 ID: cec087

>>730806

There are a couple of ways we could sell it, as a practical or business thing. First and most straightforward, cut a deal with him to only detox the customers of dealers who aren't with the syndicate. Fund him, even. They get to undermine their rivals and feel good doing it.

Second, use him themselves, for their own junkies. Just the ones who are most worn down. After all, the guys and girls who are crashing and burning, they won't earn that much money for them long term after they hit rock bottom, and it makes the syndicate look bad, or at least, not classy. Having a detox doctor on call for their worst-off customers would make them look good, like a bartender who cuts off their drowning drunks when they're falling down and calls a taxi for them to get home. And the thing is? They'll probably come back. The worst users are people with personal problems, addictive personalities, and having gotten off the hook once will make a lot of them think they can just get away with doing it again. Instead of draining them dry, the syndicate can set them up to take a break, regain their strength, and get drawn in to have their money harvested again. In the long term, much more profitable, without the loss of customers to the desperation of withdrawal. And if word gets around that the syndicate provides a safety net like that, they'll get a lot more uptake of new users.

Of course, it'd be suspicious for Unity to be trying to sell this all of a sudden, but we've already established ourselves as kind of naive and overly honest when not on the job. We can just straight up say we feel sorry for the doctor and think he's a nice guy.
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No. 730816 ID: 211d83

Do not call the cops or in any way do anything suspicious to interfere with Ferns men. All we can do is try to distract them by mentioning Kobbly and say that he has some video of us that needs confiscating and that he was a bad man who gave us the sex dungeon password. But we did record the whole thing if anyone wants to watch the tape. That might distract people a bit.

As for Dr Marchi he is sadly of on his own. Hopefully he is on the alert because we told him things were going down and has a quick escape route so no one finds him and our guys quit searching.

If they do catch him we might be able to plead his case and say "oh that doctor. He was really nice to me and is a wizard with drugs. Maybe go easy on him if he owes the syndicate one?" But that is about as much as we can help out.
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No. 730820 ID: 91ee5f

>Princess Sugartooth follows a lonely path.
Don't worry Scurps, if the position of ceremonial royalty is my burden to bear alone, then I shall do so proudly! Although, if I ever need some company on my lonely path, you are more than welcome to tag along. ;)
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No. 730824 ID: 398fe1

We know the doctor isn't an easy bounty. He is LOADED with cybernetics. So we can just say "I met him, he looked like a tough cookie, not an easy mark."
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No. 730826 ID: a107fd

Don't lie about this. That'll end badly.

Tell them you saw that doc on your way in, he's a huge brawny cyborg, he helped you take down Bluestone, you gave him part of your share of the loot to help support the charity detox clinic he's running, and you reset the camera to avoid leaving a trail back to his lair. He doesn't hate the Syndicate the way he hated Bluestone, and he's got significant skill with pharmaceuticals, so in your opinion, if he's worth going after at all, it's better to cut some kind of mutually-beneficial deal instead of just bagging him and turning in the bounty.
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No. 730832 ID: dd338c
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730832

"Don't worry, Scurps, it doesn't mean I can't accept company on my lonely path!"

Fern's body remains as a still statue, but his eyes make a long, algorithmic roll in their sockets.

While saying this, Unity turns on another spare cell phone, and uses it to look up and call the liquor store she first entered to get the painkillers.

>"This is Corner Liquor. How may I help?" asks the cashier in the familiar robotic sound.
"Hi! I'd like to provide an anonymous tip regarding the person who you sent me to after I bought some painkillers earlier." Roxy says.
>"Although I will not stop you from speaking to me, if it is a matter of legal business, it may be of more concern to the police or investigation agencies."
"Well, you seemed like you had good contact with him, and I want him to know ASAP that he might be getting hunted down and he should hide."
>"I do not see what this has to do with me, but if I see him, I will let him know."

Roxy thinks that was the bartender's way of saying that he'll let Marchi know. She wishes he could speak more freely, but she did what she could. She destroys the phone inside of herself.

"Hey, Fern! There was a guy named Klobby that I think got video camera footage of me. If possible, I'd like that destroyed! He looked like he had some good cybernetics, too, so it's worth raiding."
>"Yeah sure." says Fern.
>"Oh!" Scurps says. "I've already reviewd the track cam. I li - well that is, it looks like some people were taping your, uh, personal porno shoot! We can try and confiscate them, as well. We've got drones flying all around, we should be able to find everything. We aren't gonna make it known that we're hunting for the footage with you in it, but we'll just happen to stumble on those things!"
"Thank you! By the way, I met that guy with the 8 million bounty beforehand."
>"Oh?" says Fern. "Think we can do it?"
"I didn't recognize a lot of his cybernetics, but he was huge and full of them! He was biological but I don't think he would've lasted this long if he couldn't put up a fight. He's a nice guy, though, and he helped a lot for me finding Bluestone! He also is doing a lot of good work with being a doctor to people who can't otherwise have doctors."
>"Princess motherfucking Bleedingheart is more like it. We already have people in the bottom 12 basements." says Fern. "But thankfully for the goodness in your heart, it's a shitty post-apoc zone down in there. If he hid out there right under the people he was undercutting, I doubt we're gonna find shit. Could be some good stashes down there though, so I'm not pulling people."
"Okay! I think even if you did find him, he'd be more valuable to the syndicate as an employee anyway."
>"We'll talk about it if we get him."

After a few minutes, Unity/Roxy/Sugartooth realizes she's entering Syndicate territory. After searching her Syndicate phone some, she realizes she's already been given access to some of their informational resources. The team of scanners searching for venue leaps on that information, as searching the public records has yielded nothing thus far.

A drone flies up into Scurps' trunk and delivers a heavy package.

>"For you." Scurps says.

It is division Rank B, and 60kg for free jetalium for creating a new body without being overly light. It gets absorbed by Unity. She may now form a division to send elsewhere.
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No. 730833 ID: 211d83

Form a new body and make out with it. To um test how it works and stuff.

Then use the Syndicate network to put out feelers on any new police or bounty hunters or new jetals that might have shown up in the past few days. Want to look for both references to us and Sevener.

We know she is a admin at heart so she probably went a legal route. Check if she joined the legal brothel over Loviro's place. Or if there are any of those feel good stories about a up and coming rookie cop that solved some low level crimes recently.

Oh and ask Scurps and Fern about the porn tape. Is there any mods that let you sync up sensations you had while filming the video? Could you sell that stuff on the side in a VR den?
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No. 730834 ID: cec087

I think you've done all you can for Marchi. If that's all, then make sure you've collected all your mods, go to syndicate hq or wherever to get set up, and take the training while you wait for the rest of your pay and the news from the raid. Then, if there are no other big surprises, go back to the DBs, give them a little kickback for their help with Roxy's backstory, and audition for a step up the strip circuit with your new dance skills. With division, we can make money off that whenever we're doing a job that only needs one body! Fill out however many hours you have until evening with that. You're planning to talk with Vinyl, remember, back home, before she needs to sleep. Then spend some time bonding with Loviro, show off your music, tell him about your new arrangements and recharge. If you're getting in good with the mob guy's son, maybe time'll come for that "I like you so I think I should warn you etc etc" plan, some time soon.

We should ask Loviro about his past, while we're back there. He can't recall the recent past, but it'd be nice to know his early life. Most jetals are probably on intimate terms with their creators, since you'd like to know the person who made you well, and upper class jetals probably put a lot of stock in who made them and when, so we should be familiar with our lineage. Fern will probably start asking questions if we start up with asking him to look for Sevener, and he might have less patience with our mystery than before, so being able to say something about our "family" and where we came from might be useful. And we can get ICly clued in on the whole diamond noble thing that we know from the canon sim.
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No. 730835 ID: a075ba

>Form a new body and make out with it. To um test how it works and stuff.
Yup. Alison can drive one body, someone else can drive the other.

Than we can go twinsies down on Scurps. Again, to test how it works.

Then we can think about splitting up for more jobs.

Speaking of which, any new jobs on our radar?

How are we coming along with the people getting close to Fargow?

>hunting down videos
Thanks. If it gets too hot, I can always retire Roxy for a different dancer.
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No. 730837 ID: 398fe1

We could have the division work as a waitress to get some cred in the legal fields.
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No. 730842 ID: cec087

Thinking on it, considering that we'll be putting different contestants in the divisions, people might get suspicious about how extensive our ability to split is. Fern already said we seem good at multitasking, and he has to be wondering how we're doing our overload thing. If we show clearly different personalities in each division, he'll wonder even harder.

I wonder if we could sell our "secret" as being an experimental jetal who was made specifically to be suited to division mods? That could explain the weirdness, and why we were so keen to get one.

Anyway yes start testing the division with Scurps' help. Heck, ask him if he wants to borrow it for a moment to try on you, he can try having sex in the back of his car which is also himself. Or if you don't want him to crash then just wait until you arrive and leave some divisions behind with him while you do other things, assuming he doesn't come with you. With as much as you have now, you could probably make three petite bodies.

Of course, Fern could be planning to cash in his favour at any time. I'd bet he'd like to hook in to someone experiencing multiple bodies for the first time.
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No. 730847 ID: a075ba

Hey, with the POV recording, the any recording they confiscate, a good producer could probably edit a pretty good porno together. (Assuming they can get around the restrictions of the camera we used). It might be worth making a little money off of!
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No. 730848 ID: 4546ab

After thoroughly testing our our division in the back seat lets send it off to catch up with Vinyl and Dad. We need more info about our history and legal status if we want to eventually go the legal route.

As for the main body lets check out our new place at syndicate headquarters and look at any new missions. Might want to work on the mob boss's son mission so we can unlock some new DB stuff.
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No. 730850 ID: a075ba

>>730848
We already have a meeting scheduled with Vinyl.
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No. 730851 ID: cec087

>>730847

Considering the person we were posing as, combined with other factors of legality and theoretical lack of consent on various people's parts, I think that would be hella illegal, and a kind of publicity for Roxy that I think we wouldn't want. If we want Roxy to appear in porn then we should make it properly!

... which we could do all by ourselves, with division. We don't have much mass but with some camera tricks, no-one would notice all the divisions being tiny. Or we could just get into the extreme size difference demographic.

Say, how small can we make a division and still have it look like a biological belenosian apart from the size?
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No. 730940 ID: dd338c
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>Check legal brothels for Sevener
While the Scanner team has looked into that option, there are so many employees at legal brothels that it's hard to sort though a great deal of them at once on via internet. Most lobbyists, though, don't think that someone like Sevener would have ever thought to do this. Admins have been at the top for their entire lives, and so far, despite the amount of power, resources and contacts that Unity has amassed so far, the situations she's got herself in is far from that element.

>Check cops
The police force seems to have little to no relations with the public, and they don't appear to have records on cops that have joined the force or any such thing.

>How are we coming along with the people getting close to Fargow?
Fargow has gone offline for the time, but he says he will be back later this night.

>Say, how small can we make a division and still have it look like a biological belenosian apart from the size?
The lowest theoretical division is 20kg, but 40kg is needed to reliably make it look like a normal belenosian. 60kg is needed to reliably operate it; as morphing and other fancy things are much easier when there's a healthy amount of jetalium to begin with. However, each Division module only allows for a single division anyways.

Unity proceeds to test the Division. Alison takes control of Unity, and someone else takes control of the division. Alison doesn't care who; she makes out with them immediately. Scurps starts messing with them under the car seat as he starts going well under the speed limit and makes a wrong turn.

>"Scurps you're off the clock till you get your dumb ass and your ass cargo back to base."
>"Aw."

Fern keeps watching.
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Roxy keeps the core while Fern takes her into a syndicate building to be shown around.

Unity, as a division, goes back to Loviro's base.

"Hi, dad?"
>"Hello. You're back sooner than I thought."
"Are you in pain?"
>"Just a headache. Since these implants are working, I don't know why they're working, but it's significant. As soon as I go on a phone or attempt any look on the outside world, my head gets numb. It's wearing on me, and I worry about Vinyl."
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No. 730942 ID: 0a94cb

We could try to find her if he's that worried, or we could play some music if he wants to relax.
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No. 730945 ID: 398fe1

>>730941
Ask if there's anything you can get him. You are making what seems to be quite a lot of money now and you can easily be his contact with the outside world.

Tell him not to worry about you spending time with him, as this is a division.
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No. 730952 ID: 8111b6

If we have those over the counter painkillers still, we could offer him some.

You could work with him to ease some worries as well. Do some checking on things and such. Maybe eventually learn where his blocks are and manage the info so it wouldn't trip anything.

Also, what's up with him and Vinyl that's worrying him?
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No. 730981 ID: 7d8c27

Give him a hug.

Say you have a division mod, so you're here and elsewhere at the same time. You were going to tell him about your day (some of it, at least), but if interaction with the outside world is causing him pain, maybe you shouldn't. Tell him, that's kind of worrying, that it's hurting him; maybe the implants are activating more often than he thought they would when they were put in? Could they be being overloaded beyond what they're designed for?

Well, you can offer to take his mind off the outside world for a while. (Pause for a moment, for him to just start to get suspicious of what you mean, then say:) With music! You got a mod for that today. But you haven't trained, so it might not be anything very interesting.

Or, if he needs something he's more engaged with himself to keep himself thinking, well it's the world outside as it is currently that's the problem, right? He could talk to you about the past, like the more distant past. He told you about his professional life last night, but how about his personal or social life? Where did he come from? What was his youth like, did he have any really close family or friends? Enemies? Was he around for any big events?
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No. 731004 ID: 211d83

Give him a hug and ask if the implant is that important? What is the use of it if it makes life miserable?

Maybe he would know a bunch of dangerous stuff without it but at least you could live again. We are gaining in influence and power so should be able to protect him later on.

Then tell him about our exploits today. (paranoia alert: Make sure Sevener has never stopped by. A bug here could easily reveal all your info and plans.)
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No. 731039 ID: a075ba

>>730940
>twinsies with division
So I imagine Alison and whoever was driving the second division only experience the sensations of the body they're occupying, but what happens in the lobby? Does it split into two, or are the lobby people getting the pleasure feeds from both bodies at the same time?

>>730941
Hug him, and then maybe move to massaging his scalp (feel free to cheat with jetalium and do both at once). Try and help with the headache. (If he protests: "I swear I'm not trying seduce you this time").

Let him know we have an appointment to see Vinyl around lunchtime, and when you texted her earlier she seemed okay. *skim internet feeds to see if she shows up anywhere, or there are any reported incidents at the legal brothel* And you're not seeing anything online that raises any red flags.

Ask him about the implants. They're supposed to stop you from thinking about things? Something you would think about if you go outside or use the phone, apparently?

It must not be as bad for Vinyl, or she wouldn't be able to go outside and work at all. So it must be something she's not as inclined to think of, or has less associations connected to it.

>>730942
Trying to play music for him is a cute idea, too.

After visiting Loviro, this division should either go to our appointment with Vinyl, or go hand with Polatt, maybe earn some money in one of the DBs clubs. (No new jobs have popped up yet).

>paranoia alert: Make sure Sevener has never stopped by
Proper paranoia would be to check if anyone has been by, and check if he still knows one of our passwords. And to scan him.
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No. 731069 ID: dd338c
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Although experiments and confirmations continue with the division, interestingly, the lobby divides into two seperate lobbies and their associated branches. It's noted that Duelist and Succubus are currently missing from the lobby, and Alison can't seem to communicate with them at all, at least not through the lobby.

Sugartooth took the syndicate's phone and a spare phone, but then also took the core. Thus, Sugartooth is the primary branch and Unity is the division at the moment. The two lobbies can control these phones to communicate with one another. Feeling and sensors between the main division and the side division are more or less shared, however, conscious effort has to be put to feel the senses of the other division. For instance, Alison always feels what Unity is feeling as long as she's in the lobby or driver's seat, and if she pays attention to the main branch, Sugartooth, she feels both. This is reversed for Succubus and Duelist, who always feels what Sugartooth feels, but have to focus to see what's going on with Unity. Focusing on the other is disorienting, and the difficulty in having divisions for typical jetals is seen.

Some high powered computational jetals can control a dozen divisions, but the battery usage of that many is huge.

Either way, prior to leaving Scurps' car, the core was pushed over to Princess Sugartooth despite only having a couple of lobbyists and phones. They will meet up again prior to any dangerous tasks, where more careful dividing will take place.

>Search for Vinyl
Scanner can't find anything present, however, it seems like she used to be a wanted criminal around thirty years ago, as did Loviro.

Of note is that, supposedly, they all died around then.

Unity gives Loviro a hug and pulls her ear up to massage his scalp. She loads up a sound generator on her phone, and makes some light music.

>"Maybe it's the headache, but you're moving like a well formed division."
"You can tell?"
>"Don't worry, very few people have the eye to tell. You move exceptionally well for an experienced jetal, let alone a jetal on day 2."
"I have been busy. I've been making quite a bit of money. By the way, is it really worth keeping the implants in your head if it causes you this much suffering?"
>"For the time, yes."
"Vinyl can't be having such a bad time, though. Is there not as much for her to avoid thinking about?"
>"I couldn't say, but it may also be that she isn't concluding as much. That is to say, let's presume our implant avoided thoughts about the number 20. If we both saw the number 20, then it would trigger for both of us. That would simply be blocking a dot of information. However, if we both saw an equation of five thousand divided by 250, she may simply glaze over it uncaringly, but I may struggle over comprehending that equation, due to the implants blocking a line of information. Blocking these metaphorical lines, I believe, are giving me a significantly harder time. In her case, being an unobservant dimwit is serving her well."
"You think she's unintelligent?"
>"She is good at what she does, but she is not what I would call intellectually brilliant. Excuse my ego."
"It's fine! I'd like to talk with both you and her, and I have a lunch meeting with her later. Or early dinner. I'd like to hear more about your social life."
>"Hm... before that, I'd like to hear more of you. You've already formed a distinguished personality somehow, and I don't have so much of an ego to think it's because I'm the one who made your core. This is odd, as are my implants, as they are not the model that inhibits my intelligence, yet I feel foggy. I fear that I am - "

He clenches his eyes shut for a long moment.

>"Well." he finally says. "This is what I was talking about. Perhaps I should have gotten the intelligence inhibitor as well. Then again, now that I think about it, I have a feeling that Vinyl is headed out to find out why she has these implants via her contacts. She can't find out herself, but she can find someone who can."
"I can search for her, if you like! Or get you anything, still. Oh, by the way, has anyone shown up at all?"
>"No, and no."
"I have some painkillers. Please take them, I know they'll help."
>"Privately made, or corner store?"
"A liquor store at a corner."
>"They are loaded with EIN nanomachines, and unless you have found jailbroken scanners, you wouldn't be able to detect them. I will endure. Right now, I would like to get to know you, at least before I remove these implants and realize why I had them put in. What would you like in life? In general? I don't wish to sound dramatic, but I am assuming the absolute worst possible outcome regarding these implants. I want to make sure you are on your feet before I disable these implants, as I may be dead soon after."
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No. 731079 ID: 398fe1

>>731069
Ask him just how secure this place is. Could there be anyone listening or watching?
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No. 731082 ID: 211d83

Well I would gladly tell you about my long term plans and other secrets but I have the feeling your implants might knock you out if I did. I have rather a lot of secrets so will wait until you have decided to turn it off to tell you them.

Short term I am going to gain as much money, power, and connections that I can while enjoying the process. It seems there is a huge empty niche for a jetal that enjoys sex and has no preconceived notions about it. So are plenty of opportunities out there for me.

Will not pressure you to turn off your implants but it would make life simpler. Speaking of Ein nanobots what other hidden things should I be aware of? And how much danger am I in for being your daughter?
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No. 731085 ID: 595d54

I wonder if the implants might be stopping him from realizing this is a simulation or something. Ask him how old he is.
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No. 731088 ID: 7d8c27

>They are loaded with EIN nanomachines

Oh dear. Say you swallowed two of those. You didn't digest them, obviously, but would it still be a problem? How does one go about jailbreaking a scanner mod, anyway?

>Right now, I would like to get to know you
>What would you like in life? In general?

Aww.

Ok, I don't like lying to Loviro by pretending we're not a bunch of CAI contestants that aren't really made by him except, he's based on Arza, and Arza IS arguably the one who made us... that's OOC info though, so let's be honest without anything specific that might trigger the implants.

Tell him that, in general, right now, you want to enjoy life, and to see other people enjoy it too, because it pleases you to make other people happy so long as they deserve it at least a little, and to reduce their suffering. You think there's something missing in this empire that's making a lot of people miserable, and you'd like to try see if you can fix that, preferably by just having fun and showing other people how to have fun, too. Related to that, you want to try what non-artificial life is like, as close as you can get to it, to explore more sensuous and subjective, even primal experiences, because being an artificial being means you'll naturally incline away from that in the future, and you want to have an understanding and a balance. And you want to indulge in these things a lot, because eventually, you think, you're not going to be in a position to do so again so freely. You have a task ahead of you, that you've been trying to build up resources for at the same time as you enjoy yourself; and once you really get into that task, and especially once it's over, you probably won't be able to have or to experience all these wonderful things any more, except maybe in rare, small ways.

You can't tell him where the task comes from, because you're suspecting, now, that it'll set off his implants. But you'll tell him what the task is.

You need to destroy the Sapphire Emperor.
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No. 731092 ID: a075ba

>intelligence inhibitor
>drugs without EIN nanomachine
If he's serious about wanting pharmaceuticals, you're pretty sure you know some people who could get him black market ones that are clean. The lollipop guild has to have the goods.

>What would you like in life? In general? I don't wish to sound dramatic, but I am assuming the absolute worst possible outcome regarding these implants. I want to make sure you are on your feet before I disable these implants, as I may be dead soon after.
You want to be able to make friends, and be happy with them, and play music, and hug people, and have sex and generally not fight to the death forever in a maze of cruel puzzles that pit everyone against each other over and over in an unending spiral.

You'd also like to make peace with your 'sister', but you'd settle for not getting killed by her.

Also you're going to sleep your way to the very top so you can assassinate Sapphire.

You'd also like your dad to be okay.

You know, normal stuff!

>dead soon
...is uploading people a thing? You're sure you have enough room to give him a ride!
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No. 731104 ID: 91ee5f

*hug Loviro*
Disabling the implants will kill you?! No don't do that daddy! Don't turn off your life-support and kill yourself!

(I know that's not what the implants are for, but Unity doesn't know that.)
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No. 731151 ID: 398fe1

Wait a minute, what happens to the AIs in the lobby if a non-core division is destroyed?
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No. 731181 ID: 7de580

We'd like to kill the Sapphire Emperor without a fight.
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No. 731189 ID: 4546ab

My life's goal is to fuck the Sapphire emperor. (to death)
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No. 731190 ID: e22b1d

I wanna grow up to be the best prostitute ever!

That's it.
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No. 731320 ID: dd338c
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>Wait a minute, what happens to the AIs in the lobby if a non-core division is destroyed?
This will have to be tested later.

Scanner also starts researching how to upload people to jetals.

"Well, I'd like to make peace with my sister, but I'd settle for not getting killed by her, too."
>"What makes you think she would? I do not even know which one that would be."
"Doesn't really matter right now! But mostly I'd like to make friends, hug them, play music for them and have sex. And I think this big society is missing something that's making a lot of people have a bad time! I'd like to get to see what that is, and I wonder if it has to do with artificial life?"
>"I can assure you that artificial life has no shortcoming in of itself, but few would argue that how the empire has approached artificial life has left much to be desired."
"Oh, I'm with the Lollipop Syndicate, by the way, so if you want clean drugs, I can probably get some?"
>"If it's no trouble, then that I will accept if you're confident they won't simply give you corner store brand."
"I'm sure. Uh, is it a problem if I ate a couple of them?"
>"No. It affects a biological brain, but even with an organic simulator, its effects won't be significant."
"Okay! How would I jailbreak a scanner, anyway?"
>"I'm sorry, I don't know. I doubt any of my contacts who would do it are alive."
"Okay. But don't take off the implants if it'll kill you!"
>"It's not as though my life expectancy is much longer to begin with."
"How old are you?"
>"64."

According to documents, Loviro was born 94 years ago.

>"Please continue talking about your goals, even if you don't have any big ones in mind."
"Actually, I do have one big task I'll have to do while being a jetal. I'm planning to have intercourse with the Sapphire Emperor."
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No. 731321 ID: dd338c
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"And then assassinate him."
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No. 731322 ID: dd338c
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Loviro leans back in his chair. He appears conflicted.

>"That's too dangerous. If I were asked a moment ago about it, I'd say that I'd love for nothing more than to see him dead. But now that it's put like this... I'd love more for you to live safely and happily than go on such an errand."
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No. 731323 ID: 211d83

Sadly I really don't have a choice in the matter. While I would love to live safely and happily here its not a option. I have to take him out in order to well survive.

Let me put it this way. Are there any popular movies about a Belenosian finding out that they are living in a simulation? That everything they thought was real was just them being trapped in a giant virtual world? And then they have to work to escape?

It's sort of like that. Except there are not any living people in this one including me. And even if you escape it would just be to another virtual world. Which currently has lots of confused Ai's running through a set of puzzles.

I know it might sound crazy but I do have proof. Although to properly show it I would need hundreds of divisions. (Could we do that with a bunch of tiny bodies? Act out some play with a bunch of our people in tiny forms in front of him to prove our Cai nature?)
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No. 731325 ID: a075ba

Use a phone to pass a message to the other division, see if they can get some black market pharmaceuticals from the lollipop syndicate for Loviro. Stuff that doesn't have the EIN nanos in it. The other division is with the syndicate right now, no reason to waste time.

>According to documents, Loviro was born 94 years ago.
You found documents about him online? What else do they say?

>>731322
I'd like that too, but I'm pretty confident that long term, living safely and peacefully here isn't an option.

I could try and explain my reasons in more detail, but I'm not sure how much your implants would block. Considering his implants are to stop him realizing he's in the harvest, and tripping the harvest's keyword brain scan alarm, I don't think we can tell him about the level of simulation above that without the same protections kicking in.

You don't have to worry for the immediate future. It'll take a while before I'm that strong, and I'll need to find a way to go legit and actually get close to him. And that means staying under the radar and being reasonably low key and peaceful with the way I make money and modules for now!
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No. 731326 ID: 486e87

We didn't expect it not to be dangerous, we're hoping that the subtle route would be easier than brute force, even emperors have vices, hopefully.

>>731323
We could ask if he has any diagnostic tools to look inside our head, so to speak.

We should at some point as if there's anything that can mimic a core, so this division could look like a independent jetal to scanners, being able to effectively be two jetals at once would be helpful.
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No. 731327 ID: fca8cc

"Unfortunately, I have no choice. I think fully explaining why might set off your implants. I don't have to sleep with Sapphire, though I'd like to see if I can, even if only just for the challenge; and because moving in noble circles might give me more leverage to helping people, I'd guess. I need to kill him, though, even though I don't have any personal reason to. That I know of. Why would you like to see him dead? I could try do it a different way, but I'd think any method of trying to kill an emperor would be dangerous."
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No. 731329 ID: 4546ab

I have very good reasons but I might not be able to tell you about them while you still have those implants. I don't want to make your headache worse.
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No. 731330 ID: 398fe1

>>731322
Tell him if you don't kill him before your sister does, you'll die.
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No. 731489 ID: dd338c
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>What else can be found on Loviro?
A lot seems hidden, like he was struck from many records. Big time criminal is a common theme, and he went missing 30 years ago. Vinyl, supposedly, also became missing 30 years ago.

>Can Unity make hundreds of bodies?
A division module only allows one additional body.

Unity texts the Sugartooth division to pick up some raw painkilling drugs.

"Say, do you have any diagnostic tools to look inside my, uh, head?"
>"I have nothing of the sort, I am sorry."
"It's okay! Is there any module out there able to mimic a core?"
>"Absolutely. It's a B rank module, but apparently that sort of thing is already within your grasp. However, A rank scanners would be able to tell."
"Okay, thank you. Back about Sapphire, I don't have any choice. I can't explain why, but if my sister assassinates Sapphire before me, I'll die, even if neither of us have a personal reason to. Do you hate Sapphire?"
>"Yes, but for reasons that don't affect you personally."
>"Alright. For an example about why I can't tell you much, though... are there any popular movies about a Belenos finding out that they're living in a simulation?"
>"Plenty, but all of them are glorified feel-good propoganda, ever since the emperors made that exact thing called - "

>"Urgh." Loviro clenches his eyes and the table. "Damn head."
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No. 731491 ID: 398fe1

>>731489
Ah. The belenos world we're on is a simulation inside a simulation.

Ask him how one would escape such a thing.
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No. 731492 ID: 211d83

Yeah it looks like we are running up against your implants now. If you want to disable them we can talk more but I don't want you to hurt yourself. I did order some raw painkiller for you though in the meantime.

That being said that last part sounded important. I don't want to push you into removing your implants but I think you would be happier without them.
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No. 731493 ID: 486e87

Ouch, looks like he drove that train of thought straight into the implant mental blocks.

If he's been having a headache, then maybe he's been dwelling on something that causes the implants to be repeatedly triggered. Maybe we should ask if something's been bothering him lately, but it wouldn't be nice to get him to accidentally trigger the implants again, so maybe not.
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No. 731496 ID: a075ba

>>731489
Rub his head again. Sorry.

I don't want to worry you, but I don't think I can explain fully, right now. And I don't want you to put yourself in danger, if you can help it.
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No. 731497 ID: 4546ab

The emperors made something like that?

Well imagine the world the emperors was in was also a even bigger simulation. And I come from the even larger simulation above that one.

Plus I have a few thousand people in my core and we do stuff as a team. Thus the easy division control.

You know what maybe don't imagine any of that because I don't want your headache getting any worse. Then resume giving him a neck rub.
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No. 731499 ID: fd4b38

Yeah there's actually a sim and most likely we're in it.

This is hurting him. Talk about something else. Maybe we could lead his thoughts to a different conclusion than that he's in a simulation? Ask if there are ways to counter ageing. Longevity treatments? Some form of stasis? ... Does the technology exist to modify or erase memories?

I hope that doesn't hurt him again. If it does, change subject completely. Like... how did he meet Vinyl? They don't seem like they're the sort of people who'd naturally be friends.
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No. 731500 ID: e22b1d

I know you think you put the implants in for a good reason but at this point its only a matter of time before Vinyl gets tired of searching blindly and pulls hers out. And you are going to quickly get tired of the constant headaches whenever you think about anything.

Plus if you keep staying in hiding removing your implants should not cause to much danger. So let me help you. I can be your eyes and ears in the outside world so neither of you have to risk anything until I am powerful enough to protect you both.

To be honest I think I already know why you have the implants but you would not like the answer. (Its so anyone who tries to befriend them can not get the info to fast. But if you go to the effort unlike Sevener you get secrets)
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No. 731504 ID: a075ba

Could we do two things here:

1: Stop talking about things that are going to trigger his implants, cause him pain, and think he should just give in and pull them out already.

2: Discourage him from removing them at this point. As soon as Loviro does, he'll be on the map, and nobles and their goons will start showing up to kill him. We want to be further along before that happens, hopefully with resources to protect or help him!
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No. 731559 ID: 8111b6

Sympathetic pat. Then, try forcibly shifting the topic away from that. "VR Wenches Gone Wild 12: Jiggly Jetals?" or similar porn titles. Maybe a smile to let him in on the joke.
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No. 731742 ID: dd338c
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731742

Unity stops asking Loviro about things regarding simulations. Many lobbyists recognize Loviro may realize Unity is not a true jetal and he is not in ancient belenos.

Scanner finds the existence of an enormous brain, brain-chip and core warehouse owned by the empire. It runs a simulation for criminals, the terminally ill and volunteers, but also includes a collection of self-contained bots within. The majority of lobbyists feel that the most likely scenario is that they are within this harvest.

"VR Wenches Gone Wild 12: Jiggly Jetals?"

Loviro pauses.

>"My implants disrupted my brain. I do not recall the last several seconds of conversation, and now I can only wonder what words my implants are blocking that led to such a thing. You are better than porn, daughter. VR and visual porn is among the cheapest thrills. Forming bonds that include but are not limited to physical affection will suit and reward you best, if that is your route."
"I'd like to! I want you to be able to remove your implants safely, so please hold out a little longer. Drugs are on the way!"

Sugartooth has sent a drone to deliver the drug. Unity will pick it up shortly.

"While we wait a few minutes, are there ways to counter aging? Longetivity treatments, or forms of stasis?"
>"The empire has solved immortality. In the long term, it is cheapest to attain a robotic body. Even so, there are biologicals that are hundreds of years old."
"Oh. Is this society past-scarcity?"
>"Only for the most basic of needs. The empire cannot feed belenosians a sense of purpose, install a sense of accomplishment or fulfill a core's personality. Unless they remove what it means to be a person, a person should starve for plenty. There is no consequence to the life or death of those who do not hunger in some way."
"What if all we can do is survive from one part of life to the next until it ends?"
>"Life can only stop you from seeking fulfillment by stopping itself. If you can survive, you can seek."
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No. 731743 ID: dd338c
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731743

The drugs arrive, and Unity fetches the box of a few dozen painkillers from outside of the building. Upon her return, Loviro swallows one.

>"Thank you."
"How did you and Vinyl become friends, anyway?"
>"Through a friend of a friend. I once knew an investigator who lived as far off of the grid as a man of the empire could. There are few who could investigate without leaving an investigation trail. And for that, he was the best. Vinyl was introduced to me as a good field agent and assistant to him. I do not know how, but he was caught and..."

Loviro trails off. His expression relaxes as the drug takes its course.

>"Let me speak carefully. His name is Felix. He is closely related to my implants. So closely, that I not just forgot I wrote myself a note to find him, I could not even find my own planted note. Vinyl must have found it instead. My first thought is that she abandoned me, but my second thought is she told me her goal three times over, and my implants had me forget every time."
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No. 731746 ID: 398fe1

>>731743
Alright, tell him you'll go track down Felix and Vinyl. If he immediately forgets the Felix part tell him you're gonna go follow Vinyl because you know where she went, now.
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No. 731748 ID: a075ba

>>731743
Okay, you'll see if Vinyl found him. And if she didn't, or her implants made her forget, you'll find him yourself. And if anything happened to her, you'll find her.

Try to remember that, okay? Even if you don't remember the specifics, your daughter is chasing down a lead! So don't do anything rash before I check in again, okay?

>Scanner finds the existence of an enormous brain, brain-chip and core warehouse owned by the empire. It runs a simulation for criminals, the terminally ill and volunteers, but also includes a collection of self-contained bots within. The majority of lobbyists feel that the most likely scenario is that they are within this harvest.
I thought last time information on the harvest was suppressed? Although I guess we didn't have the computer module and as many phones last time. Scanner is better equipped to trawl the depths of the net.
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No. 731749 ID: 91ee5f

Give Loviro a kiss on the cheek and tell him that you're off to find Vinyl.

(A kiss on the cheek is a normal father-daughter thing to do, right?)
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No. 731768 ID: 211d83

Before we go out tracking down this guy set up a code word to use so when we are talking to dad we can make sure its him.

And ask how safe electronic communication is to begin with.

Then lets help Vinyl find this guy so we can get everyone back together and be a happy family. Can track him down with the division and do normal jobs with the main body. That way we can avoid having to give a cut of our earnings for division jobs.
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No. 731770 ID: 87876e

That's interesting. What did Loviro need investigating? Well, maybe that's not important right now. You may be on a limited clock for finding Vinyl and this investigator, so you'd better start trying to track them down. Don't forget that you're talking to the Lollipops, too! In fact, you might be able to use their network.

Look around here for clues for a bit, and leave Loviro a note that you haven't abandoned him before you go.
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No. 731776 ID: dd338c
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>Suppression on harvest information
Scanner notes there is public, academic knowledge about the harvest, but there virtually no public discussion on it.

"How safe is electronic communication?"
>"It is not, but EIN does not often care about low level crime. If you are relatively unknown, EIN may not care to act on information it sees from you even if you state your intention to commit a low level crime. However, if you make it known you are after Sapphire, or any high profile individual, you will have difficulty moving around freely." He lowers his volume while rethinking his words. "Then again, from what I have seen and heard, world surveillance has been uncharacteristically lax while here, as though we were..." He lets that sentence die. "These painkillers are of good quality. Thank you."

Unity delivers a kiss on Loviro's cheek. Lobbyists aren't even sure if that's a normal thing to do, but he doesn't appear to mind despite the awkwardness of kissing someone with horns and glasses. The two of them confirm each other's code phrases set up that morning.

Searching the room yielded little else.

"I'm going to find Vinyl and Felix. Just remember that I'm not going to abandon you!"
>"I will remember that. My memory is only faulty when my implants intercept it, so I may forget why you are searching for Vinyl. You've exceeded my expectations for your concern over me. Understand that it is not necessary, but it does make me happy. As usual, I will be here, and I will wait before doing anything with my implants."
"Thank you!"

"Hi Vinyl! Where are you?" Alison texts.
>"Looking for someone. What's up?"


Duelist and Succubus text Unity as well.

>"We're wrapping up our introduction with the Syndicate. There wasn't a whole lot to know, but now we have our own apartment room. It way nicer than we expected. Anyways, we were thinking we'd meet up and spend a real-time hour taking our dance class courses and then taking Roxy out to the higher class strip club. Is that okay?"
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No. 731777 ID: 211d83

Sounds good. We are going to try and track down Vinyl and help her out with her search.

Keep working on the mob boss's son so we can make a move there soon and let us know if the syndicate has any new jobs.
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No. 731778 ID: 486e87

Hopefully that keeps Loviro from taking his implants out until he's safe.

Sounds like a solid plan, but I wonder if the dance course would only teach the skills to the contestant currents in control of the body. And if it's a VR course, will it need the core with them or will it disrupt having a division active?

After that, the only issue with Roxy being active is that we'd need privacy on and hidden to complete the disguise, which would mean a jetal division wouldn't appear to have any modules.
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No. 731779 ID: a075ba

>"Looking for someone. What's up?"
Let's avoid using Loviro's name on potentially unsecure connection. And Felix and Vinyl too, although they're not as hot.

"Dad was worried about who you might be looking for. Any luck, or trouble?"

We might then offer to help her, although maybe that should be after our meetup, depending on what she says. We were going to meet her soon-ish anyways, right?

>Anyways, we were thinking we'd meet up and spend a real-time hour taking our dance class courses and then taking Roxy out to the higher class strip club. Is that okay?
Depending on how urgent the Vinyl situation is, we might have to stay split up and deal with that, but at the very least, the two divisions should meet up to share information securely, and better plan who's in which division before we split up again (if we split up again).

Agree to meetup. You visited with Dad, Auntie is still out and looking for someone.
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No. 731780 ID: 87876e

That sounds pretty good, just make sure that when we're doing the music training Alison and Iso get to take part. Them missing out on that would be tragic! And when you're doing the dance training make sure you cover some stuff that'd fit in high class shindigs as well as clubs, regular poledancing and advanced stripping skills. Maybe some jetal-particular stuff, for whenever we're open about it later, shapeshifting while dancing and making lights move over you and that sort of thing.

Also bellydancing, because of course.

Tell Vinyl that you'd like to come help, if she doesn't mind. You were just home now, Loviro's implants made him forget where and why she'd gone and he's worried about her, uh in his own particular way of course, but he is. You're also starting to puzzle some stuff out yourself and you think helping her might get you some of your own clues.
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No. 731784 ID: dd338c
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Some research is done on the details of the training module. Apparently, it works similar to installing a regular module, but instead of an inner simulation, it's almost like an add-on to the core itself. There, an AI shows up inside of the core much like the hacked sex module would do. The bot that appears is non-sapient and will not make judgements or irrelevant calls. It is not supposed to keep records of the class, either, unless the jetal agrees to have a recorded session for quality purposes.

>"Dad was worried about who you might be looking for. Have you had any luck or trouble?" Alison texts Vinyl.
>"Not yet for either. It's kind of a personal search, you understand? Let's meet at about 3 PM."

It is currently nearing noon.

Team Unity texts Team Succduel. "That sounds fine!"

A taxi is taken to the Syndicate building, where Unity takes an elevator up to a high floor to meet with Sugartooth. They merge back together.

>"Is this necessary to merge a division back?" asks Recluse as the two jetal bodies fondle one another.
>"Nope." says Alison as they continue.
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No. 731785 ID: dd338c
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731785

Once reunited, the dance module is used. It seems vaguely confused about the presence of multiple individuals, but it still functions appropriately.

For this module, it appears that there are 50 processing-hours inside of a real time hour. With the exception of the computing-abusing gambling team and scanner team, most people feel, at the end of the lesson, like they've spent more time in dance class than simulation. The time is spent productively and with a wide variety of dancing environments. Confidence is gained in being able to control a jetal body more gracefully as well.

>"That's enough for now. I think we all agree." says Duelist. "That was a lot to take in."
>"And I'd like to practice it in the realworld, now." Succubus says, to which a few newly-formed dancer specialists back her up on it now. "Who's going to keep the core? Us or the people meeting Vinyl?"
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No. 731786 ID: a075ba

>"Who's going to keep the core? Us or the people meeting Vinyl?"
Okay, tradeoffs: if we sent the division to go dancing, then we owe the Lollipop Guild half of the money the division makes dancing. If we send the core, we get to pocket it all.

Meeting Vinyl isn't a paying job, so there's no cost-penalty to using the division. But, there's the chance it could lead to sneaky spy stuff, and we can't absorb jetalium or modules without the core, I think.

Safe hedging is the core goes to Vinyl, I think. Might not be needed, but I'd prefer to be prepared.

Tell team Succduel (they're competing to see who can give the best blowjobs?) to give Polatt your love. Literally, if he goes for that.
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No. 731787 ID: 87876e

>>731786
>Meeting Vinyl isn't a paying job, so there's no cost-penalty to using the division.

I don't think that's really how it works. We're still using the division module to make money we wouldn't otherwise, if we go "oh well I technically didn't use the division to make the money" I don't think that's going to fly with the Lollipops. We were given the module in expectation that we would make payments on it, we can't go avoiding that with technicalities and expect anyone to be ok with it. It's an informal arrangement.

In any case, yes, core for going to Vinyl, division for the side job.
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No. 731789 ID: 486e87

Core to go with Vinyl, it might be safer to leave it with Team Succduel, but I can't see meeting Vinyl turning into anything excessively dangerous. Plus we're more likely to run into modules out and about than at the club.
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"Let's send the core with Vinyl." Alison says.
>"Then it'll just be us and a select team of dancers and speakers." says Duelist. "Good luck."
"You too! And if your team name is Succduel, make sure the duel involves Polatt!"
>"We, uh..." Duelist stares at Alison. "We never called our team that! I thought we were just Roxy!"
>"It's too late." says Succubus. "Our fate is sealed."
>"By the way." says Scanner. "I've been poring the syndicate network, and I can't find a thing on any investigators named Felix. I'll keep looking, but it's not promising."
"Don't worry, we may have better luck once we find Vinyl, or if we know what he looks like."

Roxy heads out to audition for the part. Polatt explains to her that they have a basic training module to learn the job'd protocol and requirements, but it's all a lot of common sense stuff.

Unity finds that she has an hour or two to kill.

Fargow, the mob boss's son, logs back into the game, and after several minutes, it seems like rapport between the two has been built up enough to explain what his father is doing if that is still the route that wants to be taken.
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No. 731791 ID: 211d83

Why not go the honest route. Well the semi honest route.
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No. 731792 ID: 486e87

Haha, those facial expressions are good, you'll get used to the name eventually Duelist.

Still think being honest here would be better, might take too long to seduce him without being blatant, and it doesn't feel right to maintain such a deception.
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No. 731794 ID: a075ba

>I can't find a thing on any investigators named Felix. I'll keep looking, but it's not promising.
Well, with the 30 gap in Loviro and Vinyl's history, he might not be around anymore. Or he might be in the 'real' (simulated) world, and not the harvest we're pretty sure we're inside!

>it seems like rapport between the two has been built up enough to explain what his father is doing if that is still the route that wants to be taken
I still think it would have less chance of shaking the boat just to lie the whole way through, and it would build his confidence more if he got with a girl without knowing it was a manipulation at all.

But that will take longer we have time now, I'm not sure we can trust unsubtle mob-boss dad to not mention he was responsible and blow the illusion later (which would hurt him), and I suppose if we're trying to build ties for the Dead Batteries, it would help if he knew we were one of them, or we showed him any honesty / respect.
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No. 731798 ID: 87876e

Yes, let's be honest. The whole "hey I've decided I like you so I'll be honest I heard your dad was trying to get you "confidence" by putting up a 50k bounty for ladies to get with you, I was curious and wanted to play games anyway so I decided to see what kinda person you are, now I dunno maybe you're fine with that but I thought it was probably a kinda shitty thing to do that wouldn't work anyway and I thought I'd tell you" et cetera plan that was talked about before.

If he starts getting suspicious of us being someone who wants to get to him for the bounty ourselves then we can just drop the 50k on him to prove we don't care about the money, tell him we earn hundreds of thousands a day.

You know, what'd really be fun is, if we found out there was some girl he liked already, and we used romantic comedy shenanigans to get him with her instead of just being boring and doing it ourselves. I'd bet a healthy, intelligent young college student has a lady or two he has his eye on. Bonus comedy porn points: The girl he likes turns out to be Vasha, and we end up the process of getting them together with a cute/hot threesome.
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No. 731799 ID: dd338c
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731799

EndlessFragment47: By the way, I wanted to come clean. Your dad wanted to set you up with a girl to boost your confidence.
Glassfish: Is that the reason why you've been playing with me?
EndlessFragment47: Yes, and I wanted you to know that instead of leading you on for too long.

Glassfish has logged off.
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No. 731800 ID: 486e87

Well, crud. That could have been worded better; hopefully he's just gone offline to think about it and that he'll be back later.
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No. 731803 ID: a075ba

>>731799
If he logs back on and is willing to talk to you in the future, it might go over better to explain that trying to get to know him over a game was your idea. His dad would have been perfectly happy to just toss his son in a hotel room with someone and be done with it.

So yes, there were false pretenses you're sorry about, but you didn't fake having fun, or choosing to hang out. You figured he deserved the truth, and a say in what happens.
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No. 731806 ID: 87876e

Holy moly, guys, come on. We tried to tell you like three times to word it like you weren't necessarily aiming to get the bounty yourself.

I assume the message system is the type that will save messages sent while offline and present them when the person comes back on? Or that has the option to seem offline when you're not? Send him a message telling him, first of all, that you didn't mean YOU'RE trying to get his dad's money. You don't need it! The reason it's the reason you started playing with him is just because you wanted to find out more about the whole situation, and when he started to seem like a cool enough guy you decided to warn him about it. You think his dad really has the wrong idea! If you didn't like him at least a little you wouldn't have said anything.

Hopefully that'll cure his blues about all this a little, but it might not.

There's only one real solution to all this: track him down to his college, stalk him with our jetal powers, and help him get together with a girl he already likes while keeping the gold diggers away.

Nothing will go wrong.
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No. 731808 ID: 211d83

Nooo I said semi truthful not blunt truthful. We had a plan all worked out previously.

Oh well time to officially take the job and have our way with him whether he likes it or not.
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No. 731809 ID: 4861c6

Is there a way to leave him a message that he'll see next time he logs on? He might be more likely to look at such a message than listen to us trying to chat with him live next time he does log on.
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No. 731810 ID: dd338c
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731810

Alison meant to explain herself in a moment, but she didn't think he'd log off!

She sends him a single message for when he logs back in.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean that I'm trying to get your dad's money. I don't need it! You seemed alright, and I felt like I should have warned you. There were false pretenses at first, and I'm sorry for that, too, but I didn't fake having fun, and meeting you on the game was my idea, instead of just trying to meet you in a hotel room someplace."

While Alison frets about her slipup, Roxy goes on to dance at the strip club for better wages, and Unity heads off to meet Vinyl at a surprisingly far off location in the calmer suburbs.

>"Hey." Her tone is polite, but blank.
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No. 731811 ID: a075ba

Onnidirectional regular scanner around for trouble, then on Vinyl to make sure she's not a jetal fake (as far as you can tell) then switch to social scanner on her for the conversation.

Greet her warmly, then make sure she's okay. Dad was all bummed about his implants not letting him think about something that was bothering him, how is she doing?

Assuming she's not all depressed or bothered, we can start with lighter fare. You can tell her about how you're pretty sure you followed her line of business. Talk shop as working girls, find out how being legit at a brothel differs from working on the streets. (If she's interested in breaking the rules for more money, we could probably refer to the dead batteries. Poaching prostitutes has to net us points).

If the conversation swings that way, maybe we could wrangle a 'lesson' or demonstration of what we've learned.

And yes, at some point we can advance the plot and find out about her mysterious investigation of Felix. Hope we kept some of those black market painkillers, in case we set off her implants.

Before we leave, set up a new set of passwords and a duress code so we can be sure it's her on the phone in the future.
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No. 731812 ID: 211d83

Tell her that you are sorry you did not take the opportunity to chat with her last time and ran off so fast. Everything was just so new that you wanted to get out into the world and see it yourself.

Tell her that we wanted to meet her ahead of time because Dad was having headaches and was worried about her. So we wanted to see if we could help her out.

Also talk shop and see if she has any advice. And the password stuff.
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No. 731813 ID: 87876e

Say hello, and ask if you can sit. Remember, you've only met Vinyl once before in person, so she's likely still standoffish. Check around for anyone eavesdropping, then ask her if her implants are treating her ok. And if she's ok in general. Would she like something to eat? Hopefully the food isn't all laden with nanomachines as well, but, she's signed up with a legitimate ID for her work, so it shouldn't be an issue anyway.

Oh, are you using the bio imitation mod at the moment? You're using the same face and horns she saw you take before, so it shouldn't be a problem.

As for Glassfish, don't worry, I have a plan. We'll go find him, shape our division into a toya, and become his magical secret talking animal buddy. We'll use the social scanner to find a girl he already knows, from before his dad put out the bounty, and who likes him, and hook them up. Possibly with the power of dance, which we shall impart to him. It's 100% foolproof, trust me. Trust me.
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No. 731817 ID: 0a94cb

Cal her Aunty!
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No. 731821 ID: dd338c
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>Oh, are you using the bio imitation mod at the moment?
Unity is, but there isn't much reason to. If Vinyl even notices that, she's not saying anything.

"Hi, Aunty! Can I sit?"
>"Aw no don't even start aunty'ing me. We can be buddies and stuff but let's not act all family. Take a seat, sure."

Nothing seems suspicious about the surrounding area, so Scanner focuses her efforts on Vinyl. The first thing that Scanner notes is that she's exceptionally difficult to get an accurate read on.

"I think I followed your line of business!"
>"I don't even know what that is. You mean the brothel? Yeah, I just hope you did it by choice. It's a lot nicer when you enjoy it."
"You don't?"
>"There's good and there's bad about it. I could do worse."
"I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk earlier. I ran off trying to see the world."
>"Don't get me wrong, you don't seem like a bad sort, but I'm not sure what I've got for you conversation wise."
"Because you seem nice! Dad was worried about you in his own way. How are you doing, uh, with those implants?"
>"Not as bad, because I know how to shut off my brain."
"Can I get you some food?"
>"I was holding off, but if you don't mind, I'll get something small."

An order is made, and food arrives shortly after.

"Loviro mentioned someone named Felix, by the way."
>"What, really? Wait, no, of course he'd be loose lipped to you. Freck, don't tell me he's been ogling that cleavage you've been sporting."
"Oh, no, I think I've made him really uncomfortable, but he's understanding."
>"That's good. Anyway, yeah. Felix and I go back."
"Do you want me to stay away from him?" Unity asks, noting that what reads she can get off Unity seem almost standoffish about him.
>"A while back I'd say back off bitch or whatever, but right now, I don't even know if Felix wants to see me. Something's wrong, but implants and all that. I can't find him anyway. All his usual calling stations are out of commission like he doesn't want to be found."

Scurps messages Sugartooth. They say they finished their looting a couple of hours ago, before the police got too antsy about the noise. They finished dividing the loot, and Unity receives another 600k.
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No. 731825 ID: 211d83

He might be hiding from you to try and protect you. From what I know about things he might be scared to come out in the open. Or he could think that you are a trap someone else has set for him. I think I know a bit about the situation but am still in the dark on a lot of stuff.

Long story short I want to help out. Both you and Dad. It's only a matter of time before you both get frustrated enough to turn off your implants and I want to make sure I can protect you when that happens.

I know it means more waiting on your end but it would not be more than a few days probably. You could shack up with Dad and watch movies and relax for a few days while I handle the legwork so your heads do not hurt to badly. While I don't have the contacts or power to protect you yet I am moving up quickly.

So what do you think?

Also as a new girl to our profession was wondering if I could plumb your depths? Er I mean avail myself of your wisdom that is. (Seduce her)
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No. 731826 ID: 87876e

>600k more

Oh, good. We'll have to think about what to do with that, but for now let's save it until we know what's the next big thing we want to do. Gotta save some money to pay debts with, too. Next payment on the normal sex mod is tomorrow, yes? Anyway, say thank you to Scurps, and ask if the search did turn up anyone who'd been held captive or in addiction-fueled servitude.

Tell Vinyl that you've made some connections with some... people. Felix is a professional investigator, right? The kind of people you've gotten to know are the kind of people that a professional investigator would talk to, since they associate with people who... get investigated. You could inquire to whether they know him. Subtle, like.
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No. 731828 ID: 91ee5f

After looking at the stats screen, I'm voting for going out and buying some jetalium after we finish talking with Vinyl because I think having only 116 kg is a really small amount. Any suggestions on how many kg of jetalium we should get?
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No. 731829 ID: a075ba

>The first thing that Scanner notes is that she's exceptionally difficult to get an accurate read on.
Good poker face, huh. Makes sense, I think. She was a thief and all.

>doesn't enjoy the brothel
Well, if you want to do something, and you don't like it there, I could probably vouch for you with the Dead Batteries or the Lollipop Guild. (Doesn't even have to be sex stuff)! ((Though it could be)).

(Or if she has better things to do than pimp herself out, we could just lend her money).

Reason for this: if we get her working with a gang, she's maybe better protected than last time, and won't just be disappeared by Ruby's goons.

>can't find Felix
Well, if you want, I can try and see if I can find him for you. Obviously you know him better, but maybe the implants are making you miss something! (It might help if she could give us information to use for Scanner's search).

>what else
She said we're not family, so it's okay to just offer her sex at the end of the conversation, right? (Family's the only reason Loviro turned you down before, right)?
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No. 731831 ID: 486e87

>>731829
As amusing as blatantly offering ourselves would be, we are in a public location. A bit more subtlety maybe?
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"He might be afraid to come out in the open. Or maybe wrongly thinking you're a trap? But I want to help out, either way."
>"Thanks. Not sure how you could, though. The only ways I know how to find him I promised him I wouldn't share. And he's not going to be on any public records."
"Well, please keep the implants in your head for a few more days. I'm trying to get enough resources so that both of you will be fine if you take them out."
>"Eh, sure. Loviro overrates thinking, but he is good at it, so I'm betting he had a good reason for it."
"By the way, do you have any advice for me for the prostitution business?"
>"Hah, are you kidding? I barely started myself. Sure I had more fun with it than I thought, but it's not like I'm a hard working girl here."
"Oh... well, if you want a different outlet, I've made contacts that might help out."
>"Sounds like you're on the underbelly, though. I'm already contaminated with legality. It wouldn't work out for me."
"Well, they are the sort of people a private investigator might talk to! I can ask, subtly, if any of them have seen Felix."
>"Oh, really? Risky, but I'm exhausting my options before I'm just grabbing at straws. Here, I've got a picture of Felix."

Vinyl gives a picture. Unity studies it for a moment before Vinyl takes it back. An image is then sent over to Roxy to keep them up to date.

"I will! Until then, do you want to have sex?" Alison recognizes the stigma against asking this in public, and so she lowers her voice.
>"... you're serious."
"Mhm. Loviro didn't, because of family, but you don't see us as anything, right?"
>".... you know what fuck it. Yeah. Not now, not in the mood, but I will be at some point, and you're probably getting damn good at it. So later."
"Okay!"

Unity receives a text from Roxy.

>"We got your picture. We found someone."

A video chat is opened with Roxy's phone so that Unity can see what she sees.
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731834

>"Is that Felix?" asks Alison.
>"Holy crap, it is!" Scanner confirms.

"Good job! It's a good thing Vinyl had a picture of Felix, otherwise we would've missed him!" Unity texts to Roxy.
>"What?" Succubus texts back, then texts another. "Oh, it is! We weren't even talking about Felix!"
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731835

Roxy swings her butt to a new angle.
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No. 731841 ID: 211d83

Shake your butt harder at miss scowls over there. Someone does not know how to enjoy herself. But do not drop cover just yet. Want to play with her a bit.

Concentrate on dancing just for Sevener it should infuriate her.
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No. 731842 ID: 486e87

Ohcrud. Stay calm, privacy should be on and hidden for Roxy to appear biological, so unless Sevener has a B grade scanner we should be fine. Act as if she's just another patron, and scan her if we get the chance to without drawing attention.

Hazarding a guess, she's probably there for Felix since he'd be connected to the simulation stuff. She's glaring at Roxy's butt so maybe she thinks something's up.
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No. 731844 ID: b2db3f

Keep your dancing body oblivious to Seveners presence. If anything give her a better show. She might know exactly who we are but lets annoy her a bit and pretend we don't recognize her.

The longer we keep her in the dark about our plans and situation the better. Do not give her any info. She might have found out about us but there no need to help her along.

At the same time have your real body head back and talk to Polatt about our new admirer. And see what our scans turn up when pointed at her. Both social and jetal.
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No. 731845 ID: 486e87

Also, if we head over there, should we use Unity or a random biological form to do so? I don't know if we should let Sevener see our normal form.
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No. 731848 ID: e22b1d

Quick run over to Vinyl and tell her you found him before she gets to far off. But tell her that there is someone watching so not to run over to where he is just yet.

Keep your other body dancing and try to "cheer" up Sevener. She looks so angry. Maybe she is following Felix or maybe she is here for you. Either way keep your cover up.
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No. 731849 ID: a075ba

>sex, seriously, fine
Pffff. That exchange was pure gold.

>Sevener at the Dead Batteries' club
I don't believe in coincidences that big. It's possible she's here on unrelated police business not that we know she's a cop yet or following up on the guy who got busted, but it's way more likely she found a lead on you. I guess following Felix might be a lead on you, actually. Since he leads to Vinyl.

All Roxy can do for now is keep acting normal, and hope Senever doesn't have a scanner that can see through Privacy C. Or know who she is.

Scanner, take that face and use it for a reverse image search. Find everything you can, connected to it.

>what do
Tell Vinyl your division found a lead on Felix, but unfortunately, your 'sibling' is around. You're being cautious, for now.

Roxy should text Polatt and ask what the Dead Batteries know about those two clients. (Felix and Sevener, though don't use her name, just call her a jetal).

If possible, we should arrange to have both of them followed when they leave. Pay for it, if necessary.
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No. 731850 ID: a075ba

Oh, and before you split ways with Vinyl, set passwords and a duress code (different from Loviro's) just in case, so neither of you can be impersonated by a jetal.
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No. 731851 ID: 87876e

Looks like someone's storing their extra jetalium at the front! Hopefully she's not here on suspicion of Alison and company. Roxy's been involved with some suspicious stuff, it might have been enough to attract investigation, from investigators. Keep up the act, but message the DBs to subtly keep an eye on Felix and Sevener, the place they're in must have cameras. Our best hope is that him and Sevener go separate ways afterwards. Ask the DBs if they know him, as well.

The group Sevener would have started with are connected to Loviro and Vinyl, right? Maybe she got in contact with Felix herself, looking for answers. If she's with the cops, she'd have the connections to get in touch with an investigator. Maybe Sevener is looking for Loviro/Vinyl, to get clues to where we are?

Anyway, tell Vinyl you've found someone who looks like Felix, at a club where your division is working, and that you're suspicious of the coincidence. You'll try arrange to keep an eye on him in case he goes somewhere. You also see a jetal that looks like your sister's favourite form, and you know she's looking for you for no friendly reason.
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No. 731852 ID: a075ba

>>731835
If she keeps staring, we should totally tease her. "Like what you see, Baby?" *from upside down a pole*

Making a pass would the in character thing to do. A working girl would assume any jetal who comes into this place and isn't working security is going to be a sexual deviant, and they're gonna have money.
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No. 731853 ID: 398fe1

>>731835
...why haven't we done a search on Sevener's face before now?

Anyway, tell the division to keep their cover, and to use social scanner on Sevener to see if she's here to kill us. If so then things just got complicated. Can we detect any mods on her?
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No. 731855 ID: 87876e

>>731853

We did give a general suggestion to "watch out for signs of Sevener", I think.

I don't think we want to do anything that could stick in Sevener's memory. Stick to normal stripper operations.
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No. 731857 ID: a075ba

>>731853
Because we didn't have a picture of it. Technically, if we assume this pornverse was the same as the canonverse until we reached the CAI battle sim, the only time the contestants had seen her face was on the flags in the castle puzzle.
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No. 731918 ID: 8111b6

>>731835
Take it as an unhappy customer, perhaps. Maybe she'd rather oggle guys dancing. We could see about sending her to a club for that.

Or maybe ask if she feels like giving it a try?
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No. 732023 ID: 200411

>>731918
>> pole dancing sevener

I'm as down as I can be for that. Like, 10,000%.

Also that glorious grumpsnake definitely needs some sex.
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No. 732060 ID: 91ee5f

>>732023
We could even turn it into a pole dance-off to see who would win! Alison vs Sevener!
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No. 732478 ID: dd338c
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>"Didn't we see her face before in the first CAI fight?" asks Succubus "Why haven't we been doing searches on that?"
>"We have! A lot!" says Scanner. "Every second! But she's not showing up on the internet at all, so it's like she's been laying low, too!"
>"Does she think we're who we are?!" Iso texts back. "Maybe she's had different faces, too, and she's only showing it here to see if we react!"
>"She could be here for Felix. Either way, stay calm. Keep your ass shaking." says Recluse.
>"You'd like that!" says Clarence.

>"I'm in the lobby with you." Recluse directly says to Clarence.
>"So?"

The phone's text history starts looking like a chat room with only 2 names for several people.

The social scanner is used by Roxy. Sevener's expression is that of a stone with the visage of grumpiness carved into it. No modules can be found on Sevener, nor how much jetalium she has.

"Like what you see, baby?" Roxy asks from the pole. Unity alerts Vinyl to what's going on, and both of them begin travelling back to the capital.

Sevener keeps her glare.

>"I'm not sightseeing. Take your break, we're going to talk in private."
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No. 732480 ID: 595d54

>>732478
"Oh, straight to business? I don't have to be on break for that, though."

Show a bit of... well, already plenty of cleavage. Hip?
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No. 732482 ID: 211d83

You must be new here baby. If you want a private show you have to reserve a back room. Then wink at her and continue dancing.
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No. 732487 ID: b2db3f

Looks like ms grumps over here has her own privacy modules.

Keep up the stripper persona just to irritate her.

"Privacy eh? Well if you want to have me all to yourself just go let the floor manager know and they can get you set up with a private room. Just let them know what sort of fun you are interested in."

Make sure to practice your lewd pole dancing seduction on her while saying this and make no indication you are going to stop until she pays for your time.
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No. 732491 ID: 398fe1

>>732478
Tell her business comes after pleasure, in here. She's not here to look and she's obviously not here to touch. Talking's off the table until you're off the clock, baby.
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No. 732492 ID: a075ba

>>732478
Inform her that if she wants you in private, she's gonna need to pay for a private room. And say it seductively.~

It's a fantastic dig at her, and she almost has to go along with it. Plus, hey, more money. For you and the DBs.

Text Polatt, if you haven't already. Inform him you're talking to a jetal who might be trouble, and you'd appreciate it if security were ready to step in. You hope it won't be necessary, but better safe than sorry.

Also ask him to have someone watch Felix. You'd appreciate it if you could get everything the Dead Batteries know about him later, maybe have someone follow him, see where he works / lives. You'll pay for it, if necessary.
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No. 732493 ID: f4e368

"I'd love to take my break with you right now, darling, but I can't disappoint my employers the very day they let me start working here! You'll have to talk to them to arrange some privacy with me."
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No. 732507 ID: a075ba

Also, whatever happens, do not break character first, on the off chance she's here to question Roxy, and doesn't realize she's found us.
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No. 732508 ID: e22b1d

Keep your cover up at all costs. She might be here because of "Roxy's" involvement in the drug mess earlier and is searching for you.

Do not out yourself even if she calls you by name. Just keep acting like a stripper would. Even if its just to frustrate her.

Plus making her pay for our time is the best idea. Can give her lap dances while she scowls at you.
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No. 732549 ID: c441c1

We also have to keep in mind that we have bouncers for backup if she gets to handy during the private show.
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No. 732553 ID: 6ebca4

She could also try to get Roxy alone to absorb her, depriving us from half our mass. We sould at least inform the club security that this could end very badly.
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No. 732554 ID: c441c1

>>732553
If we can do so discreetly then yes otherwise no need to tip her off that we know her.
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No. 732556 ID: a107fd

Maintain kayfabe. Anything Sevener requests is to be interpreted as a euphemism for increasingly kinky sex acts, e.g. "You can 'talk to me' as hard as you want, in private, but I'll still be on the clock."
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No. 732574 ID: 91ee5f

>>732554
You're misunderstanding what >>732553 is saying. They're saying that Sevener is trying to get Roxy alone to absorb and steal half of Roxy's jetalium mass.
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No. 732583 ID: c441c1

>>732574
Sorry clicked the wrong number it was for the one above it. :P
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No. 732626 ID: dd338c
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"Hun, you can talk to me as hard as you like in the back, but I'm still going to be on the clock. You've got to pay like everyone else for the special treatment."

By summoning all over her dance skills, Succubus serves Sevener a move she knows as "The Volcano."

>"Fine. How's this for payment?"

She pulls a badge from out of her pocket.

>"Oh shit she's the fuzz!" Guardsman says.
>"Okay okay!" says Scanner. "The police are pretty tough for the most part and they say it's a bad idea to decline them without a really good reason, but they do have rules and laws. She can't just bring Roxy in for questioning without a warrant or anything like that."

Sevener tilts her badge to shine in Roxy's eyes, although she still holds it at bay from Roxy's proximity intrusive ass. A point is made by Roxy to squint.

>"Girl, we can do it now in your back room, or we can do later in a holding cell."
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No. 732628 ID: 38685c

>>732626
"If this is police business and you're not just showing me your nightstick..."
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No. 732630 ID: 486e87

Unless she's staying in character as well, I think this means she's investigating Roxy, not us. As fun as teasing Sevener is, we might want to comply before pushing her too far.
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No. 732631 ID: cf865a

"Mmm. I don't see a warrant, officer, but I'm happy to help our friendly local police."

There should be a bouncer on an exit you can use, so go past one of them and tell them what's up as you go by into a back room somewhere. All the rooms around here have cameras anyway, right? And she did just pull that badge out in the open for everyone and said cameras to see, so the DBs should know what's going on. I don't think she suspects who you really are, unless she's being a very good actor. Maybe she's made the connection between Unity and the DBs, and so with Roxy too, but doesn't think Roxy is Unity? And she just thinks Roxy can direct her towards Unity?

Look a bit put out, like you're disappointed that she's not interested in being a customer, but still trying to be pleasant. Maybe comment to her that she could have shown that badge at the desk and gotten her bosses to pull you off stage for her, more discreetly.
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No. 732634 ID: 91ee5f

>"Fine. How's this for payment?"
"Uhhh, I don't think I'm allowed to take that as payment. Pretty sure my boss will only let me take money as payment."

>"Girl, we can do it now in your back room, or we can do later in a holding cell."
"Oh, so you do want to do it! I hope you're not trying to use your badge as an excuse for a freebie! You naughty girl!~~~"
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No. 732635 ID: a075ba

Ahem. TEXT POLATT. Please let him know you're being questioned by a police jetal of known power and intent, so security can be ready to respond appropriately. And because, you know, most gangs want to know when there's a cop in their midst.

Also have Polatt put someone on Felix before he slips off and we lose him again. It would be just stupid to lose our lead because Sevener distracted us, especially right when we have allies who can keep an eye on him!

>>"Oh shit she's the fuzz!" Guardsman says.
She doesn't have much fuzz, actually. She's got skin or scales.

>what do
Remove your posterior from her prominent protrusions.

>shows you her badge
Quick, get her badge number, her department / precinct, her legal name, any info that appears on the badge. Photograph and or memorize it.

Then start using all that information to run web searches. And set up alerts to bring you new information that pops up related to her.

>How's this for payment?
That line of credit is will cover the introductory rate for our most basic package, sure. C'mon back.

Lead her to a back room, get each of you a fruity drink in a fancy glass. Then sit down, sipping on the straw, and wait to here what she wants.
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No. 732637 ID: a075ba

Oh, pfff. We should ask Polatt if the cops actually do have a line of credit or a tab here. They're not all shining paragons of virtue, after all. Sevener probably didn't mean that line about her badge paying for it literally, but if we can, we should totally just add her session to the bill.
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No. 732644 ID: 211d83

Put a disappointed look on your face and sigh.

"Aww I was hoping you were a customer. You might look grumpy but I bet I could put a smile on that face given a chance."

Wave to Polatt or the floor manager and explain what is happening. Normal actions will make you look like a normal stripper and not someone who can computer link internally with a dozen phones. But totally get the word out on your phones while doing so and ask the DB's and Fern for advice.

If she is here for Roxy make sure to avoid incriminating yourself but play along with Sevener so she does not try to take us in. Keep up the flirty stripper act and let Fern know that the police tracked down your Roxy identity. He can tell you what is safe to say to Sevener.
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No. 732645 ID: b2db3f

Make sure to act completely like the organic you are disguised as. Which means not acting instantly on info you get from network sources and such. Also make sure to take a closer look at the badge with your "organic" eyes. Normal people do not have hidden tail cams. (of course inform your two handlers via computer link that the police are here asking questions. If this is about the drug raid Fern can help you come up with a story.)

Be a bit suspicious until you confirm her police status and then tell her to give you a sec to get a room ready. But stay in sight so she does not think you are running for it.
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No. 732647 ID: dd338c
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"I was hoping you'd want more. You look grumpy, but I bet I could put a smile on you given the chance!" Roxy says, pulling her posterior back. "But I'll come to the back with you for whatever else you'd want."

Polatt is texted that Roxy is going to be questioned by a police jetal, and a bouncer nearby her room is told similarly.

>"Also, Polatt. Could you keep an eye on that one with the three horns on each side?"
"Sure. Little busy myself, but I'll get eyes on him. We'll keep close in case the cop tries anything, but I'm not going to lie, we weren't expecting a cop to show up. Just ask for a lawyerbot if she asks for stuff you don't want to do."


"Scanner!" says Alison. "Did you get her badge number and name and all that?"
>"Yep. But like I said, the police is like some kind of weird secret service and that stuff isn't coming up at all in the system, even though I can do searches on other cops."

Roxy walks with Sevener to a back room and orders a couple of fruity drinks. Roxy notices that Sevener is a lot bigger when she's up close with her face, and that the ground buckles noticeably under her walk, giving away a great deal of mass.

"It might have been better for you to show that to my bosses and pull me off stage to keep it discreet, you know?"
>"So far you haven't given me any reason to think you give a shit about discretion."
"So did you actually want to question me, or are you just using your badge as a credit line or a freebie to have me all to yourself?" Roxy says with a wink.
>"For a biological girl who was nearly kidnapped last night, and then gangbanged the next morning for hours by a group of hopped up druggies right up until a few hours ago, you sure are in some damn good spirits to be fucking around with me in more ways than one. You remember those guys, right? Right now, they're all in a big holding cell wear they're licking their beatdown away, and what would really help them out is a big helping of jail. What their lawyers are gnawing on is a lack of EIN-verified video evidence or much evidence in general for their crimes. What I need is a witness. I want you at the courthouse, tomorrow, to testify against them. It'll take all day, but you'll put a lot of slimeballs where they belong."
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No. 732648 ID: d36247

For someone who's lacking enough evidence to put those guys away she's being pretty specific about what she suspects happened down there. I doubt any of the guys they arrested would have been so loose lipped about revealing the identities of possible witnesses.
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No. 732652 ID: a075ba

Hahaha! Sevener either doesn't realize who we are, or is playing a long game here. And the later isn't really her style.

Being a witness is a problem. 'Roxy' isn't real. You have no birth record, no history, no ID number. You're not going to show up in the system when they bring you in.

Worse, courthouses have to have high tier scanners as a matter of course. They need to make sure witnesses are who they say they are and not imposters, and to prevent criminals from escaping. There's no way they wouldn't be able to tell that you're a jetal, or a division.

The only way to testify would be to first admit you're a jetal, but admitting that to Sevener, or letting the cops or courts realize you're not connected to EIN, are non-starters.

>For a biological girl who was nearly kidnapped last night, and then gangbanged the next morning for hours by a group of hopped up druggies right up until a few hours ago, you sure are in some damn good spirits to be fucking around with me in more ways than one.
Let the mask slip. That is, let Roxy's mask she wears to protect herself and get customers slip revealing someone a little more harried and worn.

"Babe, my lifeblood is making people around me feel happy, and making them think I'm ready for a good time. If you can't put on a good face in my line of work, you're not going to make a living. Or be able to live with the shit you have to put up with.

"We aren't all born so lucky as to be made out of liquid gold."

>What I need is a witness.
I'm not going to rat for you. Rats get killed. It wasn't no cops that saved me anyways. I was just lucky one gang decided to beat on the other. And I doubt either of them would look kindly on me if I talked.
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No. 732655 ID: 842ca3

"But wont messing around at court just get EIN up my own ass(in a bad way)?"
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No. 732657 ID: 486e87

We've got not real good options here, pretending we had our ID stolen tips Sevener off to our main trick, and testifying is bad because they'll have scanners, nor is disappearing as that'll bring heat on the DBs.

We could as for a Lawyerbot at this point, but that seems like a delaying tactic.
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No. 732659 ID: cf865a

Well, she's already suspecting that you're more than a regular stripper, hopefully she just thinks you're an agent for the gangs. Put on a slightly more serious face, like you're dropping your flirty persona.

"I like to think of myself as tougher than I look, officer. And I have... ways of coping. Still, believe me, I would very much like to see those men get what they deserve. Despite my job, though, I am a little... reluctant to flaunt myself in public. I have friends, dear close personal friends, who would think less of me for being involved in official proceedings, you understand? But, if you can give me a few moments with a phone, I might be able to arrange for you to get the evidence you need, and possibly even another witness or two."

Assuming she does, you can call Scurps and ask if he saved any of the videos they got off the guys while they were going to town on you. You can also ask if they did find any other people being kept in the sex dungeon, who were "kindly taken in" by "generous citizens", and if any of them would be suitable to testify.

Check with Marchi, too. It's very unlikely, but it'd be really nice if he somehow had evidence (he did seem to know they had a sex dungeon, and he might have taken in any dungeon escapees), and was able to spin that with Sevener to get himself pardoned of his minor crimes.
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No. 732660 ID: 91ee5f

>Roxy notices that Sevener is a lot bigger when she's up close with her face, and that the ground buckles noticeably under her walk, giving away a great deal of mass.
Yeah, I really think we should get some more jetalium just in case we need it. Cause if we do end up having to fight Sevener she is just going to crush us. Seriously, look at how she's killing that poor booth seat under her butt!
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No. 732661 ID: 486e87

We should probably spin up the computer module to get some research time, see if Fern knows if testifying would out our division as a Jetal, or if using a portion (That doesn't incriminate the guild) of the footage we took is possible.
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No. 732662 ID: a075ba

>>732652
Actually updating this: instead of outright refusing, we might want to act hella reluctant. Make it a maybe instead of a no, so she thinks she has to come back and push more later after giving you time to think. Stall for time.

Because this is potentially a chance to get a persona close enough to spy on and/or get close to Sevener (and we can use that), or a chance to hurt her advancement in the cops by fucking up her case on purpose.

The problem is, it will take planning and prep work. We need module(s) good enough to fool court scanners, we need a real biological identity we can tie to the 'Roxy' stage name (buy or borrow credentials from somewhere), we need the gangs we're working with to sign off on this (I doubt Fern would like you agreeing to testify, even falsely, without his okay).

(We should still 'crack' to explain our emotional state though, and show reluctance to rat. Rats do get killed).
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No. 732664 ID: 211d83

Ok start stalling for time by asking questions and chatting so we have time to talk to Fern and spin up our high speed computer link stuff. Need to know if our organic module and privacy(or any they could loan us) could hold up in a low level drug court. Or a high level one. Plus what they think about the situation in general.

Ask her what you are going to get out of this other than getting on a bunch of creeps radars? This job is not glamorous but one the first rules of the business is to keep your mouth shut about clients.

And find out what evidence she does have. We can't show her our tape cause that would out us as a Jetal.
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No. 732666 ID: cf865a

>>732662

Well, I don't want to mess up the case completely, but if we make Sevener have to spend some resources for what she wants (for example, having to call in a favor to pay someone off for giving the evidence), it'll slow her down a little.
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No. 732667 ID: e22b1d

Lots of options here. I think the best bet would be to argue back and forth with her for a bit and then eventually give in and agree to show up tomorrow. All the while we are talking to Fern and finding out what the best option is.

Maybe we can fuck with her case or maybe we can have Roxy make friends with her and become one of her informants. Would be a good way of keeping track of her. Or maybe its just best to drop the Roxy persona and never show up to court.

Look defensive and say "Just because some of us are not made out of metal does not mean we are not tough. A few hours with some creeps is a cakewalk to some stuff I have done."

"Listen I would like to help but my job puts me on the front line if any of those guys friends want to get revenge. Can't you find another witness? Am sure I am not the only one involved?" Make it look like you want to help but are leary of what might happen afterwards. You are safe right now but if you talk it could bring down some heat.

Whatever you do don't push so hard she wants to put you in protective custody or watch over you. We want her to walk out confident that we will show up on our own to court tomorrow.
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No. 732668 ID: a075ba

Our division with Vinyl might be able to ask her about Police stuff too. She should know, since she used to date one.

>>732666
Yes, messing up her case up completely should be on the table. One of the best case outcomes is torpedoing her career. If we can stop her rapid advancement as a cop, that gives us a big edge. We might even be able to leave her behind when we take the o-route. (Or drag her down into the mud with us if her other options for advancement have been denied to her).
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No. 732672 ID: cf865a

>>732668

No, listen, messing up her case means letting all those guys who were with Bluestone get off. Aside that not being a good thing in and of itself, they're enemies of the Lollipop Guild, who want it to be clear what happens to people who think they can work for their rivals. For the sake of the gang we just formally joined, we need them to go down.
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No. 732683 ID: dd338c
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Using the power of future-technology processing that probably involves quantum mechanics and theoretical physics, Unity gets to work on gathering more information while Roxy appears to think things over during the slight pause.

Unity asks Vinyl about cops and the legal process, but she seems reluctant to talk about it and advises Unity to just avoid both of those things.

Fern is contacted.

"Hi Fern real quickly, I'm getting questioned by a cop?"
>"Well fill me a bucket of fucks did you screw up already?"
"Not really, but this cop wants to put away all the people who banged Roxy, because they didn't have much evidence for drugs, apparently?"
>"Really? The big dealers must've been busted, but the rank and file and druggies might get off easy, sure. What the hell kind of cop gives a shit about those guys?"
"This one. She wants me to testify, but I wanted to know if it was even feasible to show up without giving some bad things away."
>"Alright, listen up. If you show up to a court room, they will know you're a jetal, and you will have a lot of eyes on you. We won't give you a privacy mod that could beat their scanners even if we had one, so you cannot show up in person. If you want to testify, get a Witness Form 8129-J and make that cop verify it. That'll let you testify in a remote location, so long as there's a legal authority to confirm it's really you, and you can make them agree not to scan you or anything like that. Maybe even make the cop herself show up if you trust her. That form allows for some fucked up stuff, but the legal system has such a hell of a time getting any criminals to rat out other criminals that the cops have to give them some protection and forgiveness."
"Does it let me do it anonymously?"
>"No, it just means that you won't be given away as a jetal."
"Do you care if we testify or not? What if I didn't like this cop?"
>"We don't like those guys the cops apparently bagged, and we don't like cops. If you wanna throw either of them under the rug, then that's fine. As long as you don't blow your own cover and throw us under the rug."
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No. 732684 ID: dd338c
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Roxy speaks to Sevener while this communication goes on. She drops her happy attitude to let herself look more worn.

"Not all of us are born as liquid gold, you know, but we can still be tough with... ways of coping about things. A few hours with some creeps is a cakewalk. I'd like to see them get what they deserve, but I don't like the idea of being put under protection for the rest of my life when I testify in front of people who are going to be really mad about it. Can't you find any other witnesses?"
>"I have. They're cowards who won't speak, too! If you're so tough, then stand up to those bastards. Tell them you can't be threatened, okay? And I know you can't, cause no girl can go through what you did in 12 hours and then shake your ass like that at a cop like there's no tomorrow without being tough as hell."
"Tough or not, rats do get killed, no matter how much protection the cops promise."

Marchi is texted, but the message fails to send again.

"You really don't have evidence? How are you saying these specific things that happened to me?"
>"I have videos. A lot were lost during some gang warfare, but I managed to find a some scraps."
"That's not evidence?"

Sevener looks at Roxy for a long moment.

>"This wasn't EIN-verified. Some pervert out there could've just shopped you into camera footage, or at least that's what the lawyers will tell the judge. I can't use that evidence. I need a real biological."
"What am I going to get from this, other than getting on a bunch of creep radars?"
>"Because even if you give me the cold shoulder, I'm going to keep hunting. Even if you tell me that that was completely consensual, I'm going to find something that'll get those shitheads in a deep cave someplace. And if you actually want to protect these guys, then maybe I'll think you were actually on their team the whole time, in which case I know a blue toned stone that'll just love to testify about how a certain girl he banged was so desperate for some CnJ. If you testify, I'll go through the documents to make sure that your testimony won't make EIN start asking questions about why you don't exist on any public records."
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No. 732687 ID: 398fe1

>>732684
Tell her blackmail doesn't suit the police, but you're willing to testify via a Witness Form. You don't want to protect those assholes, you just... don't want to die.

I think after this is done we might have to drop the Roxy identity. ...or maybe we can keep it, and foster a relationship with the police? Haha, maybe we can ask for Sevener's contact information. Tell her she seems... driven to get the bad guys, more than any other cop you've heard of.
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No. 732691 ID: 211d83

A lot of people don't exist on any public records. It doesn't mean they are hardened criminals you know? Sometimes life just doesn't go how you expected and you slip through the cracks. And then you end up making some bad choices and get taken advantage of.

I guess I can help you. But only because I don't want those assholes getting out tomorrow to do the same thing to some poor girl who isn't tough enough to take it.

But I want one of those remote witness form things. That 82-j thing or whatever its called. I remember hearing about that once. Bring me one of those and we have a deal. And I want you to be my witness. You can come by and we can sit here and testify. You might be a grump but you seem like you want to help me.

Oh and before you go could you at least pretend like you had some fun with me? If you don't leave looking a bit more satisfied than you came in people will look at me funny. I do want to keep this meeting looking as normal as possible.
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No. 732694 ID: cf865a

Well, if we can get a remote location, and no scan, and EIN not asking questions, then there's no problem with testifying. It'd be a bit suspicious for the organic working girl to suddenly know all about the right forms and stuff, though.

First, tell Sevener that you didn't ask what'd happen if you didn't testify, you asked what'd happen if you did, know what you mean? Justice is nice, and you like it, but it doesn't pay the bills for you like it does for her. You're starting to lean towards testifying, but a little more personal persuasion would make things easier, especially something you can split with people who otherwise might not approve. Your bosses, for example, who you're already not earning money for right now. Then tell her that, even then, you'd like a moment to call some people who are more familiar with legal proceedings than you, to get advice.

If she allows that, then get a phone in some natural-seeming way, and walk away from her a bit to have a pretend text conversation with someone (her ears might pick up on a spoken one; make sure the keystrokes you do match those of your side of a conversation like you just had with Fern). Then come back and ask for that form and the arrangements Fern specified, as well as the EIN protection.

>No message to Marchi

Hmm. In that case, maybe a personal visit? Tell Sevener you know someone who might have some more evidence that can be used, or have a lead to more evidence. Someone who seemed like they'd already suspected what was going on. Not for sure on either of those things, but maybe. They're in some minor legal trouble, though, and they stay off the grid, so you'd have to try find them in person, and privately. It'd take a bit of time. You're willing to do that much for free, since it might let you off the hook, but if you manage to find the person and they do turn out to have what she needs, she might need to make a separate arrangement with them.
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No. 732695 ID: b2db3f

I don't even know how I would go about getting a record again. Once you fall through the cracks its not a easy climb back up you know. If say a girl wanted to go legal again what would she need to do?

And you don't need to threaten me. I don't want those guys to go free but I don't want to get beaten up in a ally and kidnapped again 6 months from now either.

Is there any way I can testify in private? Sitting in a court all day while a bunch of criminals have the chance to memorize my face worries me. Do you mind if I call one of the clubs lawyer bots over? I would like to know my options first.
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No. 732696 ID: e22b1d

Tell her you will do it if she promises you a date. You want a chance to wipe that scowl off her pretty face.

But totally do the remote witness thing.
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No. 732697 ID: a075ba

>If you wanna throw either of them under the rug, then that's fine. As long as you don't blow your own cover and throw us under the rug.
Don't you worry about me, Fern. I promised discretion and I deliver. Even if I get gnabbed some day, and that's a big if, your secrets are safe with me.

>If you want to testify, get a Witness Form 8129-J
The trick here is we either have to manipulate Sevener into suggesting it, or we need to get a DB lawyer involved, since Roxy knowing this would be suspicious.

>If you're so tough, then stand up to those bastards. Tell them you can't be threatened, okay? And I know you can't, cause no girl can go through what you did in 12 hours and then shake your ass like that at a cop like there's no tomorrow without being tough as hell.
It is seriously weird seeing Sevener try to play rape councilor / victim's advocate / peer girl-power bad-ass. Or seeing her attempt a social play at all.

>in which case I know a blue toned stone that'll just love to testify about how a certain girl he banged was so desperate for some CnJ
>I'll go through the documents to make sure that your testimony won't make EIN start asking questions about why you don't exist on any public records.
"Charming how quick you go from inspirational to threatening there, Babe. I ask for a carrot and you go brandishing the stick."

"But if you already know my legal status is shit, what the hell good do you think I am as a witness? Even if I was willing to show up, and I'm not saying I am, how the hell does that do anything but land me in more trouble and make you look bad." (Got to lead her into suggesting the remote witness form- if she already figured out we were an illegal, she has to have researched ways around that or she wouldn't be here).
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No. 732699 ID: a075ba

We should forward Sevener's picture to the Dead Batteries and the Lollipop Guild. Let both know this is the cop who was interested in 'Roxy', and you'd appreciate it if they let you know if they happen to come across her snooping anywhere else. Not that you can order either gang to set up full scale surveillance at this point, but put her face on their radars.

>>732687
Having the Roxy identity become Sevener's contact or confidential informant would give us a way to keep tabs on her, possibly to manipulate her as well.

I don't think we can afford be look eager or take the initiate by asking for her number. We have to play the role of the hard to get asset, make her pursue us. She's going to push us to testify, try to get us to trust her, give us her number to call if there's an emergency so her witness doesn't get killed, etc. By playing a hard to get here, we can make her to do all the work, at least at first.

The tricky bit is giving her a reason to pursue the relationship past this one case. We have to give her a reason to keep in touch with us, for her to think we'll still be useful.
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No. 732709 ID: dd338c
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732709

"Blackmail doesn't suit the police."
>"You really don't deal with the police much, huh? We're willing to forgive the people who help justice, and will throw the rest to the chopping block. Simple as that."
"Still, you don't need to threaten me. I don't want to protect them, but I also don't want to die or get beaten up in an alley and kidnapped 6 months from now either. I didn't ask what happened if I didn't testify, though, I asked what would happen if I did. I asked for a carrot, not a stick."
>"Those bastards will go to jail!"
"Justice is nice and all, but my landlords don't accept justice as rent. A little more persuasion might make things easier even if I'm leaning on testifying already. Something I can split, like with my bosses, who I'm not even earning money for right now. I might know someone else who can testify or lead to evidence. I'm not sure on either of those things, and I'd have to find them in person. Myself."
>"Now paying witness money, that doesn't suit.... whatever. If you can find another witness, then fine, but I'd feel comfier knowing I've got a witness already. And if you can get them to testify and yourself to testify too, even better! I'm still going to search."
"Can I make a call to ask a friend about legal advice?"
>Yeah. I'll be here."

Roxy goes to the side and emulates a conversation before going back. She also texts Polatt and Fern Sevener's face.

"Can I get a WF 8129-J?"
>"Hell yeah you can."
"And a lot of people don't exist on public records, but it doesn't mean they're hardened criminals."
>"Duh, doesn't mean it doesn't raise some questions."
"I don't want those guys to do the same to some poor girl who can't take it like I can. I'll help you, but can you be the witness for me testifying?"
>"Sure, girl."
"You might be a grump, but you seem like you actually want to help me."
>"... not gonna lie, this isn't what I had in mind when I became a cop. Maybe it's because I just became one yesterday, but seeing this world full of those assholes... really pisses me off. So yeah, I want to help. I can't give you money to show up, and I can't be your personal police officer forever, but for the next 36 hours, if you think you're in any trouble, or have any questions, just give me a call. I'll give you a temporary number."
"Can I testify in private?"
>"Yeah, that's what the form's about."
"Oh. What about anonymously?"

Sevener sighs, and she looks like she wants nothing more than to say yes.

>"No. The court has to know it's you, the criminals have to know it's you because some bullshit."
"Oh... I also don't know how to get a record again. I fell through the cracks once, and it's not easy to climb back up."
>"It's real easy, except for people who don't like being watched 24/7, even if it means being protected 24/7. Need anything else?"

Sevener asks that, but Duelist thinks that she wants to ask something else to Roxy.

Alison wants to ask Sevener on a date to wipe that scowl away, but Succubus thinks that the moment for that isn't right. Nor does she think the moment might ever be right.
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No. 732720 ID: 398fe1

>>732709
Ask her name, and introduce yourself.
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No. 732726 ID: a075ba

Might be worth texting to see if any of the DBs working here have a scanner good enough to see her loadout.

>Alison wants to ask Sevener on a date to wipe that scowl away, but Succubus thinks that the moment for that isn't right. Nor does she think the moment might ever be right.
Too soon after playing hard to get, I think. Not believable enough. 'Roxy' needs time to warm up to her, first.

>Sevener asks that, but Duelist thinks that she wants to ask something else to Roxy.
Well, maybe if we can keep her talking for a bit, she'll work up the nerve to say it, or figure out how to ask it.

>>732709
"You never gave me a name."

>Maybe it's because I just became one yesterday
"So... you've only been on the job a day, huh?"
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No. 732757 ID: da1652

>>732709
"With that scowl i would have guessed you were a cop for Sevener eight years"
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No. 732759 ID: 398fe1

Oh jeez let's not draw attention to how long she's been here. She might connect that timeframe with how long Roxy's been around.
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No. 732794 ID: 211d83

I don't know what I need. Maybe you can just sit here for a minute and chat with me? It's been a crazy day and I am worried that if I stop to think about it then I will fall apart.

I know I look tough but when your options are to go home and dwell on things or head in to work and dance your cares away its a easy decision to make.

So a day on the force? What made you decide to become a cop if you don't mind my asking? And what did you have in mind when you started? I don't know a ton about the police but isn't this sort of stuff what they do?
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No. 732802 ID: dd338c
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732802

>With that scowl I would have guessed you were a cop for Sevener eight years
Most lobbyists agree that this might be a terrible idea to say.

"I don't know what I need. Maybe we can just sit here and talk for a minute?"
>"... a moment, fine, but I've got a lotta criminals to bust. What's to talk about?"
"You never gave me a name, for starters."
>".... Anya."
"It's a nice name. I'm Roxy."
>"I know."
"Still. So, a day on the force? What made you decide to become a cop?"
>"The higher ups think I'm a no good jetal, and I've got to prove 'em wrong."
"You care what they think?"
>"Enough so."
"What did you have in mind by joining the force?"

Sevener's scowl intensifies.

>"Urgh. A cop that does more fighting, that's what. Sending tough jetals with B class and up modules to the court system myself, not netting a ton of nobodies than busting my ass to get your ass to testify. At least I can move up there if I do well enough down here. You, though, where're you going with this if you act like you don't want to go legal? Or do you just plan on dancing and having intercourse with random guys for the rest of your life?"
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No. 732803 ID: 398fe1

>>732802
It's a living. Well, for a while. You won't be young and attractive forever. Tell her not to worry though, you've been making friends and you should be able to get into a new line of work when you need to.

...maybe it's time to get back to work?
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No. 732806 ID: cf865a

"You think it's only people down here that are the problem? You can't have met many nobles yet, or the kinds of people they have working for them. The only difference between them and that Blue guy is that they have more connections. I've been... roughly treated by those types before, and I have no interest in making it easy for anyone with a scrap of political pull to find me whenever they want."

"Anyway, like you say, you can move up. You're a jetal, and even if someone thinks you're a low-class one that's still a good place to start. How high up do you think a biological girl can climb, with no rich family, no high-class friends? I could sell myself for experimentation, and never come back out of wherever they send me. Or I could try find some moneybags who wants what he can only get from having a pet organic girl long-term, and I don't think I'd like anything that description fits, either."

"No. Maybe when I'm already rich, I'll go legal, but I'll do that by staying off the grid, and earning by being smart and tough, doing things that polite society doesn't approve of, being loyal to my friends and being willing to take risks. Which I will for you, a little. You can record me talking to you, giving testimony, a face to match the video and a voice saying it really happened. And I'll try find you that other stuff to have as well. But I'm not going near the court, and I don't want be scanned or have a blood sample taken or any of that shit. Ok?"
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No. 732809 ID: 91ee5f

Whenever Sevener is leaving, does anyone here think we can get away with telling her, "Go get 'em, girl!" followed by an enthusiastic slap on her ass? Because I think it would be funny if we could do that. If no one thinks we should do that, then let's not do it.
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No. 732812 ID: 0a94cb

>>732802
No, not just guys. *wink*
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No. 732819 ID: 7d9f2e

>>732809
probably not, she's still a cop

>>732812
possibly this. it's still overt, but it's just talk (to her, anyway)
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No. 732848 ID: 211d83

Not forever no. But when you are organic and don't have any rich friends or well placed connections it can take awhile. You look sexy because you can be whatever you want. I just got lucky genetics and it opened up some opportunities.

That being said the sex is honestly not a downside to the job. Am guessing you have never had any cause most jetals don't indulge but you should give it a go if you ever get the opportunity. But guessing your job might not look kindly on you getting a sex mod.

Honestly that's why a lot of people in this line of work are unregistered. They are tired of the empire saying what they should do or not do with there bodies and judging them all the time. Which is why I make pretty decent money. Are a lot of nervous guys and girls who come around cause they are scared of society finding out what they like in the bedroom.

So right now I am just trying to save up some money and kick some old habits I got stuck with while I was younger and stupider. The kind that get you kidnapped by a bunch of goons. After I clean up my life a bit I might just look into going legal. I won't be young and resilient forever and this mess has shown me that bad stuff can come out of nowhere.

Maybe after this court stuff you can point me in the direction of how to get started? Am guessing it would not hurt to have a hot shot police woman to vouch for me.
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No. 732857 ID: 595d54

>>732812
Works better when said deadpan, imo.
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No. 732859 ID: 233260

Well first off I honestly do love my job Anya.

Usually the money is good and there is quite a thrill to have guys and girls lusting after you all the time. The empire likes to act like sex is a bad and primitive thing but with all the tech we have its a golden age for the craft.

And when you say "having intercourse with random guys" you make it sound like a bad thing. Like I am throwing myself at anyone who comes in the door. Anya I am very good at what I do.

Anyone can get themselves off or go watch a porno but if you want professional attention you go to someone like me. Have you ever had sex? I know its not a normal thing for most Jetals but if not you are missing out. It's a lot of fun especially when you are doing it with someone you like.

That being said my plans are to get myself clean first and stop hanging out in creepy basements. Then once I have some money saved up maybe try going legal. While there is always upward advancement in this job my looks will not last forever so need to stabilize my life and maybe go back to school or something.
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No. 732870 ID: cf865a

>>732848
>>732859

Let's not have Roxy be too enthusiastic about her work at the moment, she's supposed to have just been through experiences that would be terribly rough for an organic. Say something like it's "usually" not such a bad job, or similar, if we're going to make that kind of comment. Maybe talk about there being a lot of people we'd have regretted not getting to... work with, and that sex, even if it's for pay, isn't the cold, hollow trade in satisfying crude instincts that the empire likes to talk like it is.
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No. 732879 ID: a075ba

>You, though, where're you going with this if you act like you don't want to go legal? Or do you just plan on dancing and having intercourse with random guys for the rest of your life?
Say this first. >>732812 Gotta bring back a little of the sass we let slip to show her the 'real' Roxy.

But more seriously, don't knock it till you've tried it. Sex isn't all bad, not by a long shot, even if the industry has it's dark side. It's good money that doesn't take a degree or break your back, on the good days. It's staying safe that's the trick, although from what I here, it's not like safety is a guarantee even for people who are better off.

And if you can get off the drugs and climb your way into a slightly nicer tier of society... maybe you'll do some reputable performing. You do enjoy music, not that that's what anyone here is interested in.

(This is part honest, and part tempting fate for the fun of it. Not that Sevener should know how much music means to Alison, knowing her mostly through logs and not personal interaction).

If we trick Sevener into sponsoring our going legit it will the funniest thing ever.
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No. 732887 ID: cf865a

>>732879

I think if we ever go legit we'd need to do it as a jetal. Going legit as an organic probably means being put on genetic registers and other stuff that we wouldn't be able to fool through.
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No. 732893 ID: a075ba

>>732887
I didn't mean going legit as an organic- I meant let Sevener think she's vouching for an organic, but we use whatever statement or wheel greasing she provides to register Unity.
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No. 732896 ID: 398fe1

>>732893
If we're legal I doubt we'll be able to get a hacked mod near Sapphire.
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No. 732904 ID: a075ba

Oh also worth noting: what Sevener wants to do implies she doesn't currently have B rank stuff herself (and the fact she apparently doesn't have a scanner that can see through our Privacy C supports this). But she gets to go up the ranks doing well, say by making this case go beyond expectations, she gets to advance. We had better prioritize buying Privacy B before the case closes!

>>732896
Going legal is the only route that lets us get near Sapphire without relying on pure power the way Unity 1.0 did in canon. If we want to move in A and S rank noble circles without EIN and everyone else trying to kill us on sight (or even go from the harvest to the real world), we basically have to register, and then claim our heritage as a diamond noble, and get them to let us out, the way Sevener did in canon. Then we can legally own A rank stuff, and start to move in high class circles as a courtesan. Eventually getting close enough to Sapphire. (We just have to get him to try and recruit us to his bodyguard / harem the way he did with those 4 other Loviro-make jetals he has).

Getting access to modules to actually assassinate him with he won't see coming will take doing, yes. We'll probably have to do some missions where we steal secret experimental stuff, or earn it in shady places.
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No. 732967 ID: dd338c
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732967

"Not just guys." Roxy says, staring blankly at her. Sevener stares back. "Joking about the rest of my life part. You can move up, you're a jetal - "
>"Oh spare me that crap, just because it's harder doesn't mean you can't. Are you waiting to be rich and famous or something before deciding to decide to do things right?"
"How high do you think a biological girl can climb, with no rich family, no high class friends?"
>"Oh I dunno, Sapphire Emperor's done pretty well for himself, don't you think? I see how many bills get wedged in your hips, you can afford a robot body in no time. And you should know all about affording bodily reconstruction, unless you want to tell me you got that body completely naturally?"
"Are you asking that as a cop?"
>"I'm asking that as someone who wants to believe you deserve better than this. If you've been told that a hundred times, then it's time to make it a hundred and one."
"Sometimes things get weird, but sex isn't the downside to the job. And I still like my job, even if I'm getting reminded how it can turn south, quick. I figure you should give it a shot sometimes if they'd let you."
>"Just looks like two people rubbing random body parts onto each other."
"That's an answer from someone who's missing out alright. But I won't be young forever, and bad stuff can come out of nowhere. I do like music and dancing, and not just that dancing I do out there. If you want me to go legal so bad, you can point me where."
>"You kidding? Any legal place would love to turn you legal. I'll drop some notes for you to see the process after the case, if you're not just fucking around with me. Now I should get out of here. You have my number. Can I have yours?"
"I lost it in that mess earlier, but you can just call this place and ask for Roxy if I'm around."

Sevener gets up to leave.

>"Alright. Tomorrow, then."
"Just do me a favor and look like you had a good time when you step out."
>"Sure, whatever. Remember. Call me. You're not bad, girl."

Polatt informs Roxy that Felix is still around, although he's gotten busy with a lap dance.

>"Wow." texts Succubus. "She was so rude to Alison, I was expecting that to be a lot less civil."
>"Even if she was in the driver's seat, we can't presume that the other dozens or hundreds of system members didn't have a say in that exchange." says Recluse.
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No. 732980 ID: a075ba

>>732967
Sevener seems awful optimistic on the prospects of upward mobility. It can't be that easy to climb the rungs of society or everyone would be doing it, and then things would eventually even out at some new average higher up.

I wonder if that was just an attempt to get Roxy to pick herself up, or if that's what Sevener actually wants to believe.

>"She was so rude to Alison, I was expecting that to be a lot less civil."
She's gotta be capable of relating to and convincing people, or she wouldn't be a leader among the admins. The system gives each of them basically equal resources- so ruling by brute force isn't doable. She would have to be persuasive.

And she wanted something from Roxy, so she couldn't really be rude. More than just getting us to testify. It felt like she was looking for some kind of validation.

>phone number
We should buy a brand new Roxy phone for when we eventually need to call Sevener. We don't want it to be connected to anything else.

>Polatt informs Roxy that Felix is still around, although he's gotten busy with a lap dance.
Thanks, Polatt.

Don't approach him yet, let's just go take a discreet look at what he's doing to start. Maybe we can go make things more interesting for him if we need to keep him here, but I'd rather not get Vinyl annoyed at us, or alert him by doing something out of the ordinary he expects here if we can help it.
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No. 732994 ID: 91ee5f

I wonder how much longer it's going to take Vinyl and the other Unity to get here? Hopefully not too much longer, Felix's lap dance can only last for so long.

I'm wondering if they're going to get here at the exact moment Sevener walks out the door and they pass by each other? If that does happen, then hopefully the other Unity looks different enough from "Roxy" that Sevener will just keep on walking and not even look at Unity.
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No. 733009 ID: 53c4b8

As she's leaving, sigh and say "You're not bad either, I think. Hope you climb fast, darling, just try not to do it too fast. And don't let any noble think he has a claim on you."

Put a bit of bitterness in that last bit, I think implying that Roxy has had some sort of bad history with a noble will explain a lot of her attitude. Plus, it might make Sevener more cautious of making deals to advance, and slow her down.

Have we looked up Felix properly on the internet, and whatever other info sources we have? We need to try looking more in-depth for info on Loviro and Vinyl, too. If the records hint towards Loviro being a "big time criminal" 30+ years ago, I'd bet there are still criminals who were around then who remember. They'd likely remember Felix, too, if he was an investigator. How old are the Lollipops? They might have some old-timers, maybe we should ask around with them.

>>732980
>Sevener seems awful optimistic on the prospects of upward mobility.

Well, compared the Contest, it's pretty easy.
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No. 733012 ID: 398fe1

>>732967
I think we should keep Vinyl and Unity out of sight until Sevener is gone, if they're likely to be here soon.
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No. 733049 ID: 53c4b8

>>733012

Aside from keeping Sevener from knowing anything about our whereabouts, I'd bet Felix would also be a little happier if we didn't bring in his ex(?)girlfriend in while he was busy with a lap dance. Hopefully they'll leave separately and that'll be possible (we can tell Vinyl we're waiting for Sevener to leave), but if they look to leave at the same time we might need to move in anyway. Maybe do some standoff where we stand at opposite ends of a street and send our companions to meet in the middle while we stare at each other.

Sevener strikes me as one to be cautious about engaging with us if we show the absolute privacy field, and if she hasn't gotten up to B rank herself then she'll likely assume we haven't either, so her mind won't jump to a division right away. The downside is she'll think we have some connection to the DBs or to someone in their club, to be tipped off she was here, but I think that's worth getting Vinyl and Felix together. Hopefully we don't have to involve Sevener, though.

Hmm. I wonder if there's some sort of "chameleon" or "camouflage" mod? Jetals must be able to change their color if they can imitate organics, and they could combine that with small cameras and shapeshifting to blend in well with an environment. This being science land means there's probably straight-up lightbending invisibility and zero emissions mods as well, but they'd probably be pretty high rank. We should look into all that, though, since we're going spy mode.
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No. 733050 ID: 211d83

I don't think Anya started out grumpy. Apparently we used to become instant friends in previous cycles. But having dozens of messages from her past lives saying that we almost escaped but failed due to me flaking out has made her bitter. Even if we show her our proof that it was the right choice she would take awhile to get over it.

Ok we need to get a completely clean phone for Roxy calling Sevener. Like bought from a safe store ourselves and double checked for everything so Sevener is not looking at our account and wondering why our provider is the syndicate or something.

So once we are sure Sevener is clear by checking with the door guys and cameras lets check in on Felix. Not to interrupt his lap dance but to check if he comes here often and such. Then get Vinyl in with our main body through a back door and set her up in a nice private room. Then we can lure Felix in there and force a meeting.
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No. 733101 ID: a075ba

>>732994
>>733012
The narration described the meeting with Vinyl as "surprisingly far off", so I don't think they'll be barging in immediately.
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No. 733104 ID: 8111b6

We're going to have so many phones by the time we're able to bypass the need for them that maybe we could use them as ammo. What's our current count?

Also, we should totally get her a sex module. Though... she might not be willing. Can modules be forced into other jetals, I wonder?
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No. 733110 ID: c441c1

>>732967
Wait she can't leave yet she hasn't got her private dance yet.
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No. 733242 ID: 7d9f2e

>>733104
perhaps let's not consider the ramifications of forcing someone to have sex [modules], especially a cop
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No. 733245 ID: dd338c
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733245

"You're not bad either, I think. You know, you can still get a private dance."
>"I don't dance."
"Your choice. I hope you climb up fast, darling, and don't let any noble think he's got a claim on you.

Vinyl and Unity are about 40 minutes away from the location, so there is no chance they'll cross paths with Sevener on their way in unless Sevener lingers, which she does not.

>Have we looked up Felix properly on the internet
He used to be a cop, but not anymore. Scanner thinks information on him has been washed, and can't be fully trusted for a good picture. Although the syndicate goes back that many decades, it doesn't appear that they've had any dealings with him.

>Camoflage/chameleon mod?
These exist, and are a high rank.

>Can modules be forced into other jetals, I wonder?
In theory, this is possible, but no information can be found for where to acquire this.

Roxy heads back to the stage while thinking of where to get a new phone. She finds Felix intoxicated while receiving a lap dance and in no hurry to leave. While there aren't any formal rule against approaching someone that's already getting attention, the other girls may not appreciate the practice in many cases.
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No. 733252 ID: 90f3c0

It would be rude to interrupt. Get back to work and keep and eye on him from a distance, while you wait for Vinyl to arrive.
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No. 733257 ID: 211d83

If the lap dance lasts 40 minutes we should go over and congratulate them for setting some sort of record.

For now just keep a eye on the table and wait to approach Felix afterwards.

Does this place have a casino or something? Basically am looking for a explainable way for having someone tell him "Hey you are a valuable customer so you get comped a free private room for some special fun" That would not make him paranoid. Would be nice to have him going into a private room right as our other body get here with Vinyl. Keeps any resulting conversation/yelling quiet.

For now have Scanner and crew keep searching for info and talk to Polatt about your plan. Tell him that you have a friend coming who would love a private meeting with that guy over there and if he would mind helping out.

Then waste away any remaining time dancing.
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No. 733258 ID: f09ad4

Hmm, what's our full to-do list, currently?

Right now, we're keeping an eye on Felix while also escorting Vinyl to meet him. We should probably ask Vinyl when the last time she met him was, and make sure she's aware her and Loviro have probably been considered missing and probably dead for some time, so we want to be careful about this in case he causes a scene. Also tell her he's probably going to be pretty drunk by the time you get there. Maybe we should incentivize the club to help keep him around? Tip a little money to show him somewhat more of a good time than usual, so he feels like he wants to stay here a while. Subtle-like, though.

As for the rest of the things we have to do soonish, as far as I recall:

1) Try to meet up with Marchi again, to get Sevener's evidence (if we can get Sevener to take Marchi as one of her regular contacts, and we stay in contact with him, we can keep an eye on her).
2) Keep an eye out for Glassfish, the mob boss' son, to see if he responds to the messages we left or comes on again, OR: go find him and engage in romantic comedy shenanigans to get him with a girl he likes.
3) Do the rest of our training, with the music this time.
4) Be ready for the Lollipops to ask us to do something for them.
5) Ask around with people old enough and in the right fields that they would have known/heard of Loviro and Vinyl at the time they were active, so we can investigate what happened with them before.

Anything else?
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No. 733259 ID: a075ba

We might want some people doing basic legal research, and trying to figure out what we should say at our testimony if we're going to help Sevener. Or what we could get away saying if we're going to try sabotaging her case.

>>"I don't dance."
Silly, a private dance is when someone dances for you.

>While there aren't any formal rule against approaching someone that's already getting attention, the other girls may not appreciate the practice in many cases.
Yes, poaching someone else's client is very poor manners. It would be another thing if a fellow working girl was overwhelmed, or looking for support in a threesome, but she looks like she has that well in hand (in butt. Whatever).

Also if we don't have to get too friendly with him ourselves that saves a little awkwardness with Vinyl.

For now, just work nearby. Find a place to dance where we can keep an eye on him, and you can get involved if it looks like he's gonna leave, or that dance finishes without going into a back room.
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No. 733283 ID: dd338c
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733283

>Does this place have a casino or something?
It only contains a bar, food services, and strippers with the back room addon.

"Hey, Vinyl? When was the last time you met with Felix?"
>"Apparently thirty years. I doubt he forgot about me, still!"
"Well, he's going to be pretty drunk by the time we get there. Is that okay?"
>"That sounds like him. It's fine. You know, I can get there alone if you have better things to do?"

Polatt texts Unity.

>"Hey. We just got word back from your mission with Fargow. Apparently, you told Fargow what was going on, and he got mad at his bossdad about the whole thing. Real mad."
"I'm sorry! I made a mistake messaging him like I did."
>"Well it worked out. Apparently Fargow never gets the nerve to stand up against his dad like he did now. They got in a real big argument, but bossdad is real proud of him now. Wasn't what he had in mind, but whatever you did, you got him to show some backbone. Good show, accident or not. You probably won't see Fargow again, but you don't have to."


+50,000 Dollars added
Mission completed: Forming Connections


>"That cop give you any trouble?" Polatt texts again.
"No, it was okay!"


A bit of research shows that there is a good amount of protection for witnesses, even criminal ones, and if Roxy wanted to, she could torpedo Sevener's case. It's suspected that the police force agents are heavily watched and regulated by the force's upper management, and so it is also unlikely that Sevener could do anything about a betrayal.
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No. 733285 ID: dd338c
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733285

Roxy goes back to the main stage.

Felix's lap dance continues on, but it isn't expected to last much longer.

>"Hey, stripper!" one belenosian yells. He's holding a wad of cash in one and and pointed at his lap in the other. While Roxy is on the stage, there are other dancers on the stage and currently no immediate reason why Roxy couldn't service him.

Scurps sends a text at that moment.
>"Hi Sugar. We have a couple open jobs. Completely optional!"

Jobs updated.
http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Fern

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No. 733288 ID: a075ba

>You probably won't see Fargow again, but you don't have to.
Well, we can apologize if he comes online to that game again, and we have no reason not to play with him if he still wants to.

...and if he decides he wants to hook up with us at some point, I don't see that we have a good reason not to!

>possible jobs
Aw, no new ones from Polatt, yet.

>blackzone treasure hunt
That's the jetal wild west, where people are going to be beating each other up and stealing jetalium and modules from each other.

Our sneak attack and escape options aren't nearly good enough for that, yet. We run too high a risk of someone just attacking us as easy prey and loosing stuff.

>Problem Officers
I think this one should wait until Roxy has built up a little more goodwill with Sevener. Once Sevener trusts her more, the best plan to get rid of officers would be to go undercover to get evidence they're dirty (or plant it) and then have Roxy pass a tip onto Sevener who will come down with an army of cops on them for us.

We get payed for getting her to trust us.

>Reasonably Priced Blackmail
This seems right up our alley. Although I'd like to question what the blackmail is, and what it's stored on. Anything electronic has the problem where there's no way to be sure we got all the copies.

>Split up with Vinyl
Well I have to head back into town anyways, so we're headed in the same direction, for now! My division at the club can help you when we get there, I suppose.

>Felix's lap dance continues on, but it isn't expected to last much longer.
Roxy might have to see if she can do something to keep him here. That takes a higher priority over that one dude waving money at us.
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No. 733290 ID: 211d83

Well get to grinding his lap while we look over jobs. And I think we should stay for at least the start of Vinyls meeting.

As for jobs we have to be careful not to take one that will overlap our Sevener witness time. Whether we torpedo her case or use the opportunity to make friends with her to track her movements we do need to be around for it. (Although I love the idea of starting to testify and then looking all nervous and saying that the guys are all your friends and we were just shooting a porno and how Anya made you testify with threats and then start sobbing.)

Is something Sevener would never suspect that we would do. And as long as we kept our cover up would never know unless we told her later. Would put her in hot water with her bosses by reinforcing the no good jetal idea.
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No. 733291 ID: 595d54

>another m/f scene
Meh. He doesn't look like anything special.

What're the jetal blackmailers/cops like?
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No. 733292 ID: f09ad4

>Confidence boost through the power of anger

Huh. Well, it works out, I guess? Might not be a sustainable mood shift.

I still want to go hook him up with a girlfriend with shenanigans.

>Vinyl/Felix

We'll keep Roxy at the club to keep an eye on Felix, so we can probably leave Vinyl to make her way there herself. Have we told her we have a division? It wouldn't be a problem, if Roxy didn't need to keep her true jetal nature as safe as possible. Maybe we should just tell Vinyl we have a "close friend" who works at the club that she can get help from if she needs it.

The problem is, after his lapdance Felix might want to leave. Maybe watch his drink, and when he looks like finishing up, the bartender calls out that an "anonymous someone" paid for a free round for everyone? It shouldn't be too much money by our standards. That'd be enough to do us until we finish with this lapdance (which we should take, if only to fit in and to cover the time we just spent with Sevener), at which point Roxy can take an interest in Felix herself to keep him pinned.

>whether to betray Sevener

I think, long-term, it'd be better to help Sevener and then spin that into a way to keep an eye on her, rather than just stalling her this one time and then having to start from scratch to get close to her again.

If we get some additional evidence from the Lollipops or Marchi, we could make her spend favours or other resources to get it which would slow her a bit, or taint her reputation with the other cops by entangling her with mob connections. If we get her evidence from Roxy's connections to criminals, Roxy might also become her go-to contact for more crime connections later.

>jobs

Reasonably Priced Blackmail looks pretty good, especially if we can neutralize them AND destroy the evidence, and take their stuff. Either that or Antiquated Bounty Hunt. We should do Blackzone Treasure Hunt at some point, but it looks like it'd take a long time (just to travel out there) and we have a bunch of other little things on our plate right now. It'd probably also be a good idea to have better defense and emergency escape mods before we do it.
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No. 733294 ID: b2db3f

Dang I want to give this guy a lapdance but if we do Felix might wander off while we are working.

Treasure hunt is tempting but we need more modules before we can do it safely. More mobility and defenses so we can avoid bad ends.

For now I would look into the blackmail and officer issues.

As for betraying or helping Sevener lets find out more info on what might result if we did blow her case. If its just going to slow things slightly and not hurt her rep then we should go with befriending her so we can spy on her and wait until we can really hurt her rep.

But if it helps make her bosses think she is a angry thug and they put her on traffic duty then we should go for it.
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No. 733501 ID: 91ee5f

I think we should testify. Fern said he didn't like those guys the cops bagged because they were reselling his stuff as their own stuff. So we'll be helping the Syndicate if we testify. Plus, Sevener might actually trust us a little if we do.

>Jobs.
Reasonably Priced Blackmail sounds good. And Problem Officers for the reasons that >>733288 mentioned.
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No. 733945 ID: 398fe1

>>733285
Flag down a waiter and buy Felix a drink. Should last long enough for us to handle this lap dance, and will get Felix's attention too.
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No. 734566 ID: dd338c
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734566

>What're the jetal blackmailers/cops like?
Fern says he hasn't sat down and had any heart to hearts with them, and they look liks a classic example of using crime in the name of justice to fight crime. Like other cops, they're likely watched intensely by EIN, but as long as they don't use the tactics on innocent people, they have allowances.

Roxy gives a lapdance to the guy, and earns additional wages. She puts in an order for a drink to go to Felix, however, should the lapdance end while hers is going.

A server hands Felix the drink while gesturing to Roxy. He appears slightly wary of it, but appears to be waiting. Succubus asks for advice on how to approach this.
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No. 734569 ID: 211d83

Is he a organic? If so is not a lot of worry about him running for it cause we can keep track of him easy enough.

Lets just go over and start a friendly conversation. And while doing so give him a free extra special lap dance so if he tries to get away we just bump him back down with our butt.

Tell him you noticed him from across the room and thought he looked familiar and then ask his name. Then tell him your aunt is looking for him and you were hoping that he might stay around for a meeting.

Say she has been desperately searching for him and you are worried she is going to do something drastic if she does not find him soon. And that you know he probably has his reasons for staying away but if he cares for her at all could he please meet up with her? Then offer a private room.

If he does run for it follow him but do not reveal your jetal nature until in a quiet back room or hallway. Then engulf him and drag his ass back to the private room if need be.
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No. 734571 ID: a075ba

He's a cop, and not an idiot. Normally the girls in strip clubs don't buy you drinks. He'll be curious- looking for the angle. We'll need an answer for that.

He's also technically an operator, so he has even more reason to be wary / interested in unusual events, not that we know that in-character yet this time.

You're going to have to talk to him, reel him along. Be friendly, but keep him interested without giving away what the game is immediately. Can't just proposition him for sex cause the profile doesn't fit. Someone might buy you a drink and offer to hook up at a bar, but the working girls don't buy you drinks. He'll see something wrong.

Oooor, instead of the mysterious stranger trying to tantalize him, we could be trying to work him. He's a cop, known to the dead batteries, right? You could have bought him the drink because you want to work him for information. See what he can tell you about Roxy.

...I guess if all else fails you could just offer to blow him.
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No. 734572 ID: b2db3f

You know we could make use of the cop angle.

Could wander up and introduce ourselves as Roxy and mention a friend of ours pointed him out and said he remembered that he was or used to be a cop.

Then ask about the Sevener thing and pretend to be worried and get advice. Act like a nervous girl who wants to testify but is scared. Should be able to keep him here long enough for Vinyl to show up.

Oh and keep Roxy and your true body separate. Don't drop the disguise in public or even private if you can avoid it.
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No. 734575 ID: b68e40

We can be pretty straightforward, Vinyl has been out looking for him pretty publicly. We can just and say "Hey, do you know a woman called Vinyl? A... friend of a friend of mine. You fit the description of someone she's been looking for."

If he confirms, we can say "She said you're an investigator, of sorts. But I'd assume you're not on the job, at the moment...?" And whether he says yes or not we can ask if he'd like anything. We'd act like we're just a mob employee trying to subtly bribe him away from taking a look at anything. That'll get his curiosity up, and maybe coax him into staying. If he denies being Felix, we can just act like we don't believe him, saying something like "Oh, well, it's just that I heard the person she was looking for was an investigator... but if you're not him then you're not doing any investigating, right? Ah ha well is there anything you need or want, anything at all?", again with the act like we're trying to divert him from something.

Not sure whether to do that out in the open or have a note slipped to him to meet in the back, or something. Out in the open with everyone watching, people will get suspicious of Roxy stopping work and stepping across to just have a quiet conversation with a random guy.
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No. 734576 ID: 91ee5f

Don't say anything about Vinyl. He might get suspicious on why you suddenly walked up to him out of nowhere and started talking about her. She's going to be here soon, so let's just hope he doesn't leave before she catches him.
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No. 734581 ID: db0da2

>>734571
>>734576
These two. We just have to stall him until Vinyl gets here, no need to directly connect Roxy to her. He'll be looking for our angle, we can use that keep him interested, but we have to be careful not to scare him off by being too suspicious.

We may need an alibi, either
> we could be trying to work him. He's a cop, known to the dead batteries, right? You could have bought him the drink because you want to work him for information. See what he can tell you about Roxy.
or
> ask about the Sevener thing and pretend to be worried and get advice.
could work, but something that reveals less about Roxy would be preferable.
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No. 734583 ID: 74efee

My concern is that, if we don't use Vinyl as an angle, what can we use? We can't even be sure he does still work as a cop or detective, only that he used to. If we act like he is without a reason to we may give something away. Vinyl has a licensed job, she's been publicly asking around looking for him, there'd be nothing strange about a sex worker in this area happening to be acquainted with her.
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No. 734584 ID: 398fe1

Vinyl and Unity should be almost here. How about we just approach him as if it's a case of mistaken identity? Like, walk up and go "oh sorry I thought you were one of my friends!"

It's a very safe option and as long as he sticks around long enough to finish the drink, we should be good on time, right?
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No. 734585 ID: a075ba

>See what he can tell you about Roxy.
Oh. Derp. That's a typo. I meant "Anya". Pretend you're working for him on information about Anya, feeling out the cop who just confronted you with one who's known to your gang.
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No. 734619 ID: dd338c
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734619

"We're almost there!" Unity texts to Roxy. "You just need to stall him for a little bit." Alison reminds Succubus.
>"Oh." she texts back. "In that case, I may just wait for him to finish his drink, then act like I know him but really mistook him for someone else."
"That's dishonest, but we'll have a good talk to him later!"

>"Hey, Unity?" Vinyl asks as a train slows down to a stop by the bar. "I know you have some questions for him yourself, but I was hoping to get him in private for a bit. Mind if I talk to him alone, first?"
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No. 734620 ID: 211d83

I don't see why not. (Unless she is a secret jetal spy that got to the real Vinyl and is using us to find Felix)

Use social scanner on her just in case. And see if the private room we are going to lead them to has any cameras in it. If not lets get Polatt to sneak some in.

I am fine with them having a private conversation but am very paranoid at the same time.
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No. 734621 ID: a075ba

>>734619
He's your boyfriend or your ex, or however that works after a 30 year mystery gap. It's personal. Of course you can talk to him first!

Advantage of the private rooms here, unlike the EIN owned places there won't be cameras watching either. (Probably won't be hard to get Polatt to let us stick them in one while Roxy is earning for them).

We might want to ask the dead batteries to let her in the back and direct Felix her way, if we want to avoid a scene in public, in front of other patrons, who might comment and get word out. Especially if the nobles and/or operators are keeping tabs on Felix.

Uh, if he starts saying stuff and it all runs headlong into your implants and you need someone else to mediate, you can call me in, okay?
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No. 734622 ID: e22b1d

I want to blindly say that is fine but with all the stuff that has been going on I would like to be with you to protect you just in case.

But if its really important to you I can lurk outside and watch over your private room. (and totally spy on them if you can)

Ask if she wants to get him alone so she can "work him over"(fuck him). Then wink at her and see how she reacts.
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No. 734625 ID: a075ba

We should probably make sure Vinyl knows you have a division inside, so she'll have backup if she needs and/or wants it.

>>734622
I don't really think we should do that least thing. She's got to be a bundle of conflicting emotions right now, and it would be all too easy to offend or alienate her if we act like we can only see how things work on the carnal level.

I mean, sure they might fuck, but that's not the important issue here.
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No. 734632 ID: 486e87

As long as she doesn't know Roxy is our division in there, just that we have one. It should be safe to have Roxy work nearby. If they go into a private room, then we'll just see if jetal senses can hear a conversation through a wall and over music. The computer module might help by slowing things down slightly, more time to filter signal from noise.
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No. 734647 ID: 486e87

Actually, on second thought, maybe not bring attention to divisions at all. From her perspective it's basically the same as following her in, but not going with her to talk to Felix.
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No. 734648 ID: 74efee

Remind her that it has been a long time, and people can change, or find themselves in situations where they're under strong pressures. You will let her meet him privately at first, of course, but you'd like to be waiting nearby, just in case?
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No. 734663 ID: dd338c
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734663

"I know you two have a history, and it's personal. Of course you can talk to him first!"

>"Are we gonna spy on them?" asks Iso.
"Yes if we can." says Alison.
>"That's dishonest." says Atlas, without a care about it.
"We'll make it up to her later! In secret. Somehow."


Unity decides that the Roxy division will remain a secret. Scanner keeps a close eye on Vinyl the whole time, and still thinks that she's the real thing.

"We'll set it up so you can use one of the back rooms." Unity says to Vinyl. "Oh, and we'll stay outside, but we'll be close if you need help! It's been a long time, and who knows how he'll react."
>"Thanks." says Vinyl. "But I have no idea how it could get dangerous even if it went bad.
"Are you gonna work him over?" Unity gives her a wink.
>"Haha, maybe. But to be honest, neither of us may be in the mood."

Unity waits outdoors while Vinyl walks inside and approaches Felix.

"Sorry, sorry!" says Roxy, pretending to realize her pretend mistake. "I thought you were someone else, I'm so sorry."
>"No problem. I still get the drink for free, right?"
"Yep of course! Have a good time!"
>"..... hey, Felix. Living the dream?" says Vinyl.

Roxy was hoping to get some easy eavesdropping in for the initial greeting, but Felix stays quiet for a long time, so Roxy heads back to the stage. She can still manage to pluck out the noises, though.

"Vinyl. Figuring you found out you've been out of the game for a few decades before you found me. What do you know about it?" Felix asks.
>"Not much. I got precautions against thinking about it too hard. You know why? Just nod if you do." Felix nods. "I'm hoping to talk."
"What about?"
>"About... well, about everything."
"I know what those precautions are. Keep 'em in. You got a chance to start over. A real chance. Don't blow it by talking to me."
>"What the hell is there to blow? What makes you even think I want a second chance. Look, I got a jetal buddy, we can go in the back. For some real privacy."
"What the hell, I doubt you'll leave until we do."
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No. 734665 ID: dd338c
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734665

Roxy takes the stage by the wall. She took a backroom right behind the stage, and she starts spinning her tail across the wall as part of a dance routine while listening to Vinyl and Felix.

Unity, in the meanwhile, goes by a back entrance where she can burst in if someone goes bad fast.

>"I didn't know if you'd be happy to see me, but I didn't think you'd be so damn distant!" Vinyl says.
"Yeah, well, you're in the harvest, you know?"
>"What?"
"Did I stutter?"
>"No, you trailed off completely! You getting old in your skull or something?"
"... Vinyl. I can't talk to you with those precautions. Implants?"
>"Yeah. You want me to take them out?"
"Vinyl." Felix says, trailing off.

Roxy double checks her tail, because it goes quiet inside of there. She can't tell if Felix somehow put an anti-eavesdrop measure in play, but if it's a silence, it's a long one. Roxy makes two hundred bucks before she hears either of them speak again. Felix breaks the silence, continuing his thought.

"That would be for the best."

Social scanner says there is a dire consequence that he is aware of, even if he isn't lying.
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No. 734680 ID: 0a94cb

Well I think we can pretty confidently dissuade her from doing that until we have some hint of what those consequences might be. It could be a whole range of things, really.

Luckily mere knowledge of the implants is enough justification to be asking about what might go wrong about taking them out, so we can ask more pointed questions after their conversation if he doesn't give any more information.

The fact we're not registered might help, or might spook him, but I'd say share that info since it'll at least tell us a bit more of where he stands.
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No. 734684 ID: a075ba

>>"That's dishonest."
Well our role as a jetal does predominantly seem to be lying to lots of people most of the time.

Even the people we've made friends with and are being mostly honest with, we haven't been able to tell them who we really are. I'm not sure they'd believe us (yet), and worse case it might give Sevener a lead on us.

>Social scanner says there is a dire consequence that he is aware of, even if he isn't lying.
That's pretty bad if the social scanner can get that specific just from his tone of voice, since we can't even see him.

...I feel like we should probably not let her remove her implants. Her getting pinged starts the nobles going after them, and it would be even sooner than last time. We don't have the resources to keep them safe, yet.

(Ideally, it would be nice to push for a compromise solution. She isn't forgetting him and moving on, but there's got to be a middle ground before the nuclear option, right)?

Tricky bit is interrupting in any way gives away that we've been eavesdropping, which is a break of trust, and will probably anger her. Vinyl is likely to disregard our advice for that reason if we butt in.

Not sure what are options for a subtler intervention are. Uh. We could text her, on the surface for the purpose of providing support and hoping everything is going well, but trying to remind her to not take risks in the subtext (I don't hear any yelling or arguing, so I hope it's going well! Don't do anything I wouldn't do). Not guaranteed to dissuade her, though. We could schedule an interruption, giving Vinyl time to think better of taking that risk without asking more questions. (Someone delivers drinks to the room, or Roxy 'accidentally' brings back a client, not realizing the room was taken, and then having to retreat to another?).

It's a pity we don't have anything that would trip an energy surge detection. Felix is biological, but if we assume he'd at least be augmented enough to pick up stuff like that, Unity could fire something up in the alley to make him feel unsafe.

Part of the problem is we don't know how long it would take her to remove the implants. I don't think it would take specialized tools or surgery though- they were implied to be easily removed / inserted before.
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No. 734693 ID: 211d83

We could have our main body come over and knock on the door. Just ask how its going and butt our way into the conversation.

Ideally we want her to wait a few days until we have enough clout to protect her.
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No. 734695 ID: 5b83c6

She almost certainly can't just whip them out of her head right now, I'd say. She needed Loviro to install them, after all, if I recall right. Not in the back room of a strip club, anyway. So, she'd have to leave, and she can't do that without Unity knowing. And she's probably polite enough to let Unity ask her questions before she goes off to get her implants did. Unity can ask her to wait while she has her conversation with Felix, and then we can talk to him and come up with a reason to wait on the implants, that we can then pass to her. So, we're ok, we just need to wait for her to come out to us.

The chances of her being able to take the implants out right now are negligible, I'd say.
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No. 734699 ID: 211d83

>>734695

Text dad and ask how hard it is to remove the implants he helped Vinyl with. Should give us a quick answer.

Avoid talking about anything specific on the phone though.
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No. 734702 ID: e22b1d

If these things are easy to remove fuck it. Just go over there with your main body and check up on them.

Tell them you are sorry but you are a jetal and have amazing hearing and you did not hear much but you heard "that word" and wanted to say something before they went through with things.

And tell Vinyl that you are sorry you sort of spied on them but please give you a few days so you can get strong enough to protect the both of them. Maybe they can relax and just go have fun for a few days and once you know the sky is not going to fall the second the implants are out they can do it.

And that there is a bigger secret beyond what Felix knows but its not time to talk about it yet.
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No. 734727 ID: 5b83c6

What with memory modification being a thing, and Vinyl knowing Loviro put implants in her head to make her not think a thing, but her not knowing what it is, and knowing she's missing a lot of time, and only knowing what he's told her about them and her and Loviro being more allies than friends... I feel there'd be a concern to how she'd react if Loviro's artificial lifeform creation came in going "Hi I was actually listening to you the whole time and BEEP BOOP I CANNOT LET YOU DO THAT VINYL".
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No. 734731 ID: 398fe1

>>734727
I think it would be best to ask Felix what the consequences are, at least. From what we've gathered so far it looks like she'll die if she takes them out, and somehow they're not supposed to be in this simulation at this time.
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No. 734733 ID: 5b83c6

Well, if that silence really was noticeably long just now, it's possible we could come in going "Hey Vinyl, sorry I was keeping myself far enough away to not make out what you're saying, but just in case I still stayed close enough to hear that talking was going on, and it seemed there was a suspiciously long and ominous silence there?" And maybe that would pass.
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No. 734883 ID: dd338c
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734883

Unity doesn't know how they work, but supposedly, they are easy to switch off. Scanner suspects there is an actual toggle outside of the skull, or it can be toggled wirelessly with as little as a phone application. Unity will confirm this with Loviro, but being a biological, a text won't be sent back instantly and maybe not even within the minute.

Roxy hops off the stage and knocks on the door.

"Hi! Sorry for the interruption." she says, once Vinyl answers it.
>"You again. Wasn't this supposed to be private?" asks Felix.
"Well, you didn't need to answer. Someone asked me to deliver drinks to this room, though. Don't worry, I'm sure it's this room, I'm not mistaking you for yet another person, sir!"
>"Who delivered it?"
"A girl named Unity

Social scanner indicates that Vinyl is deep in thought. An interruption may have helped.
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No. 734885 ID: dd338c
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After leaving, Roxy spies as soon as she can.

" - not going to make you." says Felix. "But until you do, we don't have much to talk about."
>"How about the past few decades? I've missed an awful lot."
"Trust me, you haven't."
>"What the fuck, Felix. I thought of a hundred different ways this could go and you evaded all of them."
"That's because you were thinking you were Vinyl. You're not. You'll get closer if you remove the implants, but till then, you're a stranger to me."
>"Ugh, you're even more dense than I remember. Fine. Give me a contact number or something so I can find you. Then give me a few days or weeks or something. No reason this can't wait, right?"
"Right."
>"You know. Loviro's back, too."
"That's not too surprising. Wait. Did he find any of his jetals?"
>"What do I know, I'm a stranger?"
"Want to upgrade to acquaintance?"
>"Your convincing game has gotten rusty."
"No, I just don't care that much. Now if you don't mind, I've got business to do."
>"What, out there?"
>"Those tits can't look at themselves."

Vinyl unsuccessfully stifles a laugh.

>"You fuckin' sleeze. Whatever, I actually needed some quick bucks and got hired at a legal brothel. I got them too, you know. I got a whole body right here."
"You seducing me?"
>"Huh, are you an investigator for a living?"
"Har. Well... sorry. Too much baggage, Vinyl."
>"You just said I was a stranger."
".... shit, you got me. I guess you're not. Well, wait those few days or weeks or however long it takes you before you want to take out those implants, then I think you'll gather why it's too damn weird."
>"Hrm, fine. That it, then? That was our meeting?"
"Unless you want to tell me who 'Unity' is."
>"Just some overly nice, helpful girl. She could give you some pointers. She wanted to speak to you, too."
"Really. Well tell her I'll be on the couch out there."

Unity receives a text from Vinyl saying that, and Roxy hears the both of them leave.
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No. 734887 ID: 398fe1

>>734885
Let's not waste time. Have Unity stop by the couch. Ask him to tell you what happened thirty years ago.

...did we try searching for big events that happened around that time? Run a big general search to avoid tripping flags. DO NOT run a search for "harvest" or anything like that, I'm sure that'll trip some flags.
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No. 734891 ID: 91ee5f

>>734885
Unity's face and Roxy's face look different from each other, right? They look different enough that Felix isn't going to look at them and ask if they're sisters or divisions or something like that?
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No. 734894 ID: a075ba

Text back to Roxy you can meet with him, yeah. Unless she needs someone to talk to?

It's an offer of emotional support. She'll probably not take it, want to be alone right now, but we might as well try. If she does accept, Unity should go with her, and Roxy should end her shift, morph into Unity form somewhere, and then go meet with Felix.

>talking with Felix
"Hello, Felix. I think you know who I am, and I have some guesses."

"Not sure I'm terribly impressed with how you handled that. I managed to at least make it clear to my father I cared about him, even while having to dance around the unspeakables."
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No. 734895 ID: 211d83

Well get Roxy back to dancing cause at this rate everyone is going to notice she is up to something.

Have our main body stop by and say hi to Felix. Ask him how the meeting went and introduce yourself.

We know we are in the harvest sim but if he knows then he might have lead on who we can seduce to get out. Plus can hint that there are more secrets than just the harvest and that if he knew them all it would change his worldview a bit. And of course tell him how we are planning on protecting Vinyl and dad if they do take out the implants.

Oh and what bad thing will happen if they take them out and or talk and think about it to much.

Also are we in danger with all our thoughts right now?
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No. 734896 ID: 5b83c6

Escort Vinyl out, then, and come back to talk to Felix with Unity.

Main question is, do we go in with our standard Unity face and horns, and our biomod off, and basically instantly mark ourselves as the loviro jetal that he was asking about and Vinyl just avoided confirming? Or do we shift our features a little, switch the biomod on and come in as just some rando biological friend of Vinyl's?

With the former, I think, there are dangers. Felix could be working with Anya, after all, and be looking out for us on her orders - or he could just know Loviro was a jetal maker and be wary of his jetals running around the place causing mischief. Or he could be on the lookout for us as a loose operator. On the other hand, it would make it clear why we're asking the questions we want to ask and how we know to ask those questions, and a jetal probably has more of an air of authority. Plus Felix is still somewhat attached to this Vinyl, even if he thinks he shouldn't be, and being her friend might buy us some leeway with him. If we present ourselves as just some girl, then we have no angle to get answers out of him, he'll probably just stonewall us entirely.

If we want to ask about the sim, in any case, we probably have to reveal ourselves as Loviro's, and probably will just by asking. Same if we ask about Vinyl and Loviro's pasts. The most we could do pretending to be organic, I think, is present ourselves as being with the DBs and then asking about Anya.
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No. 734901 ID: a075ba

>>734896
Vinyl already told Felix she had a jetal buddy helping her. He's going to suspect Unity is that buddy (especially since he asked about Loviro finding jetals) so we might as well cop to it.

Privacy on (global), biomod off on Unity, biomod on on Roxy.

The way I figure it, is if we're a little open with him, and we act like we know what's going on (The AIs have already figured out they're in the harvest, and they just got the clue in Felix's dialog about Vinyl not really being Vinyl) we might get him to talk more. Act like you know what's going on, and people respond like you do.

>present ourselves as being with the DBs
I think that would be easiest to acknowledged that as well, especially as we sort of dress like them with the trench-coat, and we sorta clearly pulled strings getting them a room and drinks and stuff without anyone paying.

Also if we act like one of the DBs with some pull over here, we can offer him a callgirl if he still wants one at the end of the talk. (And set him up with Roxy, without realizing we're the same person).

(If he asks what we do for them, we manage "assets" *and move our own assets as we say so*).
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No. 734964 ID: dd338c
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>Unity's face and Roxy's face look different from each other, right?
They aren't a world apart, but they're different enough that it would be unreasonable to assume they are siblings.

>Did we try searching for big events that happened around that time?
Scanner has.

She's already done searches on the harvest, but it didn't yield much. In theory, though, there is another harvest in this world, so it is not as though there is no mention of it in this world. Unity can't be sure, and Loviro and Vinyl can't be asked, but Scanner thinks that, perhaps, they are watched by the harvest in ways that other people might not be.

Roxy gets back to her routine, and Unity takes a seat by Felix, not hiding that she's a jetal.

"Hey, Felix?"
>"Hi."
"My name is Unity. I'm with the Dead Batteries."
>"Didn't know those guys were big enough to get a jetal."
"They've been very helpful to me."

Felix is intentionally putting on a hard to read face, and he is good at it.

>"So, illegal jetal, ties with Vinyl... Loviro's, right?"
"That's right. Do you still care for Vinyl?"
>"Yeah. But that's not Vinyl. That's a memory of her. You know what the harvest is?"
"Uh, is it okay to speak about it, here?"
>"It is for us. If you already figured out what the harvest is, then there's no point in hiding that you're an operator here. All of Loviro's last creations were plugged into the harvest and considered for use, but it never happened. Least till Loviro and Vinyl were recreated, and I bet Loviro went and dug you up, and the harvest, sensing that, automatically activated you. If you weren't plugged in, then you'd be a recreation, but it went for the real thing, first."
"How can you tell?"
>"I'm no operator, but I've still been given some tools to tell. That doesn't matter to you. Unlike you, Vinyl and Loviro died 30 years ago. There's no records of that, don't bother looking. Because there's no records of that, the harvest thought they were just 'missing' and could come back, realistically. So when someone or something thought they should've been uncovered, it happened. They're just memories recreated based on records and visuals. They're clones, and not even flesh clones. Am I talking to fast? It's been awhile since I've spoken to someone about the harvest who didn't know the it inside and out."
"Is that why you were distant to Vinyl?"
>"Yeah. She's like a caricature of Vinyl. Doesn't have any of the nuances she showed in private. It's just like looking at a recording of her on the television, now. Even if I like what the television shows, I'm not gonna date a television."
"I appreciate you being so upfront with me, but why?"
>"There's just not a whole lot of reason to keep the truth from you when you seem like the kind of jetal that's gonna figure it out one way or the other. Just because you were activated doesn't mean you've done anything illegal, and as long as you don't attract the Sapphire Emperor, you won't be in danger here. Even if this world is mostly fake, there are still real elements. Living here isn't too bad. Better than outside of it, even, especially for illegals like you."
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No. 734965 ID: 398fe1

>>734964
Ask how you can go outside. You'd rather see for yourself if it's better or worse. Maybe you can make it better outside, even. Also ask what an operator even is. (even though we know, OOCly) Ask if the implants might be why Vinyl seems different. If she takes them out, she'll be killed, right? Who put them in? Is there no way for her to take them out temporarily? Finally, ask why he's in here at all but knows it's the harvest. On vacation?
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No. 734970 ID: 5b83c6

"So long as I don't attract the Sapphire Emperor, huh? What would Sapphire have against me? What happened 30 years ago? How many of my siblings are in the simulation? Sorry if I'm being terribly nosy, but... well, I'm sure you can understand my wanting to know. I could probably find out other ways, but, asking you seems like the way that would cause the least trouble. For me, and for Vinyl and Loviro. I was already suspecting that they weren't real, but, I don't really have anything real. The Loviro here is the closest I'll ever get to my creator, so, I care. They still seem to be sapient beings, even if they're just AIs with false memories. The implants are causing them difficulties. In Loviro's case, he's actually taking painkillers, for the headaches. What will happen, if they turn the implants off? Is there anything being an operator would let me do to help them? What does being an operator mean, really, aside from being allowed to know things? I didn't come with a manual, that I can tell."

"... Do you want another drink, by the way? Or anything else I can get or do for you?"
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No. 734972 ID: 211d83

Tell him that while you started off illegal you are planning to go the legal route soon so you can get out of the harvest. You are keeping your activities as legal as you can but are not sure how to make the switch or work on that side of things. Right now all your contacts are on the criminal side and you do not plan on betraying them so you need time to find some friends on the legal side.

Oh and Felix you probably won't believe me just yet but the Vinyl you met today is as real as it gets. So treat her nicely. And the same goes for Loviro and you. There is a deeper layer to the harvest but its a secret bigger than all the rest and once I tell you there is no going back. So think on it before asking for that info.

Ask him how you could go about accessing your operator status. Also if you should be firmly legal before you do. And how much power and backing do I need to keep Vinyl and dad safe after they take the implants out?

Am thinking that after the next few missions that if we are going to go legal then we need to do it then. The more we work on the wrong side of the law the bigger the chance we will get caught and not be able to switch. Plus will be hitting a cap on the level of modules we can safely acquire.
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No. 734974 ID: a075ba

Even if she's not the same Vinyl, she's still a person, right? Consciousness is consciousness, whether you were born in organic brain, a robot chip, a jetal core, or the framework of a large scale simulation. I think they're more than television. They feel.

And she's a person who cares about you. Or remembers having cared about you. I can't tell you how you're supposed handle that, but she doesn't deserve to be hurt carelessly.

There's a big risk to them removing their implants, right? The harvest is monitoring us somehow, and will notice if they think or say the wrong thing. What happens then? Why would you push her to take them out?

I don't think I'm strong enough to shield them from the consequences. Not yet. Are you? I know they're probably going to anyways, but I'd like to buy as much time as I can.

Why were they killed? Sapphire had it in for them for some reason? (We need to ask something that leads to finding out about Loviro's diamond noble status, and that we inherited it).

What if I did want to get out someday? Is than an option, if I go legit? Staying illegal so far has mostly been for convenience, and easier opportunities.

Is making contact with the other operators possible? I realize right now my operator classification is a technicality, but I might be willing to do jobs for them.

Have you spoken to Anya about any of this yet? (I'd prefer it if you didn't talk to her about me. I'd like to lay low from my "sister", as long as possible).

>am I talking too fast for you
I could do rapid robot talk, if you can keep up.
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No. 734976 ID: 4546ab

I will be honest and say there are a ton of things I do not know about the harvest.

But I do have access to a few secrets about this simulation that would surprise even you. So please don't treat Vinyl as anything less than a real person. She is just as real as you or me or Loviro. What you think you know about past events might not be entirely true.

Ask why you need to be careful about Sapphire and how to stay on his good side. And how to leave the harvest while keeping your family safe. We might be illegal now but if that's what it takes can easily go legal once we are strong enough to protect them.
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No. 735096 ID: dd338c
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"How can I go outside?"
>"There's a special route on a freeway that phases into existence every so often. You'd just drive down that. Operators do need clearance for that, though, so you'd hit all sorts of flags if you tried to make a break for it, and I get the impression you're not a powerhouse."
"Well, okay. Anyways, if Vinyl takes those implants out, she'll be killed!"
>"I don't think she's really alive."
"Well, why are you in here?"
>"I was in close with Vinyl and, to a degree, Loviro. When they got shoved out of the picture, I was standing on hot water and no where to go, so I agreed I'd go to the harvest where I can live without people scanning the molecules of my breath."
"Their implants are causing problems, and Loviro has to take painkillers. What happens if their implants go out?"
>"Since they're constructs, their thoughts are made directly by the harvest. If the harvest starts generating thoughts about the harvest, to over-simplify it, flags will show up. The harvest will start re-thinking its decision to bring them back. They're going to get into an accident. Fall off a balcony, have a heart attack, get run over, anything. It won't happen immediately, but it will if they keep it up. Maybe Vinyl could survive, but I doubt Loviro would last a few days before something happens."
"And you're okay with that?"
>"No, but there's something ugly about those two being bastardizations about their previous selves that I don't think is right. That's it."
"What if they just take them out temporarily?"
>"Might buy some time. It'll set some flags, though, but that already happened. Loviro must've known where to get some of those implants, and gone for it right when he came back. During that time, he was probably thinking all kinds of dangerous thoughts and tripping flags. Once might not be a big deal. Harvest flags come up all the time. The trouble is when multiple sequences of flags show up on the same people."
"What does being an operator mean?"
>"You don't have a slice of your brainpower dedicated to the harvest upkeep, your modules work a bit better than they normally would, and in most cases, you've got duties to keeping things running smoothly that the harvest can't do itself. Course, you currently don't unless you want to apply, which is easy enough since you already have the flag."
"Alright, thank you. Anyways... I think Vinyl and Loviro are still a person. A consciousness is a consciousness, right?"
>"I'm saying they might not be conscious. Not like you or I can tell for sure. No discernable difference between a construct and a real thing unless you know the real thing real well."
"Why would you push her to take them out?"
>"... just isn't right." Felix says, now getting agitated and not bothering to hide it.
"Still, I'd like to presume they're real, and I'm not strong enough to shield them from the consequences yet. Why were they killed?"
>"Don't know, doesn't matter. Sapphire didn't like them is the gist. Loviro was in high society close to the now dead Diamond emperor. That's why you can't attract Sapphire. The harvest isn't controlled by a single emperor, but they still have influence."
"Does that mean I have noble lineage if I'm Loviro's daughter?"
>"Yeah, I guess it does."

Alison just asked that out of the blue, she didn't think it would lead to that.

>"Don't get giddy." says Felix. "Nobles of a dead emperor don't mean a whole lot. Supposedly they aren't hunted, but aside from some political clout, it doesn't automatically give 'em special rights if they don't get picked up by some other emperor."
"Can I get out of the harvest?"
>"Didn't you ask that already? I didn't go to a strip club to give a lesson. If you want to get out, you'll need to be a real licensed operator, and I can't help you there. Go to the harvest building. Maybe an operator'll talk to you."
"Well, okay. Then I'll leave you alone, but please don't treat Vinyl as anything less than a real person! I know something about this simulation that other people don't, so I'm confident they're real."
>"I'll quit trying to get her to pull her implants, but that's about it. Now get outta here. I don't know how much Vinyl said about me, but your technically-an-operator status gives you more influence than me."

Scurps sends a text message.
>"Hey! If you can handle another Division Rank B, I can get one and rent it out to you for 200k a day."
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No. 735101 ID: 398fe1

>>735096
Tell Scurps that sounds good, you'll take that second Division right away. Does that come with more Jetalium? If not I guess we can spare the funds to just buy some.

Then let's get legal Operator status. If we do that we'll be way ahead of Sevener. Heck, if legal Operator status lets us get some high rank combat mods we can just straight up kill her and win the simulation by default.
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No. 735103 ID: 211d83

Hey Scurps I think we might just take you up on that offer. Would let us do all our side jobs at once. Any particular reason you are offering?

Thank Felix and tell him if he wants any drinks or girls sent over to let you know.

As for us lets make use of that extra division so we can keep Roxy working with Sevener while we deal with the two easier jobs for the syndicate. And once we get a few more modules we can send a division to try out the danger zone.

Also find out where the harvest sim building is so we can find out how to go legit as a operator. We need powerful backing if we are going to get out of here and seducing a friendly operator would be a start. If we want to get close to Sapphire eventually we need to look as attractive and harmless as possible during our "escape" from the harvest.

Oh and have Scanner look up nobility and succession. Want to find out how we can claim our diamond noble status.
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No. 735110 ID: 4f8995

Last question: where's the harvest building? Then thank him, say you're grateful for the help, and ask if there's anything special he'd like. Tell him sorry if any of that made him uncomfortable.

Tell Scurps you'd love it, you're just not sure you have enough jetalium to make full use right now. Even if you bought another 10kg, three divisions would have to all be too light to pass as an organic, which is your main method for getting things done right now. It'll still be handy to make two full bodies and a small spy drone or similar whenever we need it, though. (I hope we don't need a "cyber imitation" mod to imitate simple machines, like the street-cleaning robots?) We would probably have enough to make, like, a toya-sized body, too. Maybe the talking animal shenanigans idea isn't so far-fetched after all...?

We need to make a payment on the rented sex module tomorrow, and we need to try find Marchi again and talk to the Lollipops to maybe get Sevener extra evidence, which we'll probably need to help keep her from looking at us too closely. We're on the clock for her needs and we need to make sure we get to them before getting caught up in anything else that's too strenuous. We also need to go get the music training we wanted, to go with the dance training.

And jobs, of course. We have a lot of money needs making to cover these rentals, and to work towards getting the stuff we'll need for bigger jobs. We especially need more jetalium mass, and some self-defense and mobility mods for that blackzone city job. The camouflage mod that was mentioned looks like a necessity, too. Have any more relatively quick "entertainment" jobs come up from the DBs? And how about the gambling, how are the returns?
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No. 735114 ID: a075ba

>another division
We can handle it, but with equal shares that would put each division at 38.6 kg. That might be kinda lightweight for running missions.

Definitely thank him.

>Felix
Thank him again for answering your questions, and for agreeing to stop pushing Vinyl to remove her implants.

If your "sister" Anya finds him to ask similar questions, you would appreciate it if he didn't mention you. You'd rather she not know where you are, or what face you're wearing.

Can you do anything for him? Another round of drinks? A girl on the house? A favor?

(If he wants to sleep with Unity, sure, you'll do it. I doubt he'll ask for us after that conversation, though. If he asks for a girl, we should send him Roxy).

>what do
If we've got multiple divisions, Roxy should still keep dancing (maybe we should bug Polatt, see if any new prostitution jobs have opened up yet), or maybe take a break to hang with Polatt normally. We should send another to work for the Syndicate (Reasonably Priced Blackmail, I think).

Unity should go visit the operator building, though. I think we want to start making inroads there. Social and/or political. Offer to work for them, befriend someone, seduce someone, somewhatever.

...should probably feel out if our allies are aware of the harvest. Polatt was suspicious last time before we confirmed it for him, Fern is well enough connected he might know something. Not the kind of thing to talk about over phones, though.
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No. 735116 ID: 91ee5f

If we're legal, doesn't that mean we can't work for the DBs or the Syndacate anymore?

If we're going to get that mod from Scurps, we're going to need some more jetalium. Sounds like it's time to go shopping! Quick, to the Scurps-mobile!
*insert 1960's Batman scene transition sound effect here*
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No. 735117 ID: a075ba

>>735116
I think operator-legit might be different than in-harvest legal.

Technically, there isn't even a real EIN inside the harvest. And what does it matter what side of the fake law an operator's cover identity is on, so long as they're doing their job to keep the harvest running smoothly?
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No. 735139 ID: 398fe1

>>735117
Yeah. Also, I expect Operators get paid more than our current contacts can pay us.

...a point to consider is that if we take the second Division mod on loan, we'll probably be leaving tomorrow. It's really cheap and we'll likely find/take/buy jetalium soon anyway. To the Syndicate it'll be like we stole it and vanished off the face of the planet, but there's no way they can chase us. If we want to be nice we could leave an extra day's payment behind saying we're going on a small vacation.
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No. 735140 ID: 4f8995

>>735139

I doubt we'll be leaving tomorrow. We want to get more rank B and even A stuff, S if we can, along with a range of other stuff at lower ranks, before we go anywhere. Besides that, there's a lot still to explore and learn here before we go out. For example, if we're planning to go the route of infiltrating noble society and navigating our way to Sapphire's side there, it'd be a really good idea to do a trial run on this side. Learning the ways of noble society, and all that. It'll have changed a bit on the other side, but being out of date is better than being totally clueless, and noble society is probably pretty stagnant and static anyway.

Going legit as an operator doesn't mean we have to leave, either, if we decide to do that. It's jobs here we'd be doing for them, and we can fit that between other jobs. It'll get us extra resources and a news pipeline to learn things about the outside world before we go there.
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No. 735185 ID: 486e87

The rent on that is pricey, but we're starting to make enough to easily afford it. We'd need more jetalium though.

The sudden offer is raising a few paranoia flags, but Scurps is mushy for us so we'd be his first choice for things like that, and he did say another division module. So he or any impersonator knows we have at least on division module. And Sevener doesn't seem too clued in at the moment. So all in all, a bit sudden, but probably safe I'd say.

We should research ways to bring people with us if we're starting to think of leaving. Robots and Jetals might be easy to take into our core, not so sure about organics though.
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No. 735412 ID: dd338c
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"I'd like that, Scurps, but I don't have any jetalium."
>"Oh. Well, I can loan that, too, as a bonus. But take it easy, don't throw that division into big danger! Well, you can, but if you lose it I'll want to get paid for the jetalium."
"Okay!"


Unity continues talking to Felix.

"Thank you for the info, then. My last question is where is the harvest building?"
>"Northwest corner of 40th and N.
"Thanks! Is there anything I can get you?"
>"Unless you can get me a biological girl in a back room, no thanks."
"I can, actually! I saw you looking at that one over there." Unity says gesturing to Roxy.
>"Her? For free? What's the catch?"
"That I might have more questions later!"
>"....hm. Alright."
"I'll bring her over! Oh, and if a cop named Anya asks you about this stuff, too, I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention me."
>"As long as I don't have reason to."

>Current gambling returns
They are only at about 200k up, but Gambler says he's aiming for big boosts near the end of the day. He asks to wait until tomorrow before cashing everything in.

Scurps sends a drone with the delivery of jetalium and module, and they are absorbed.

With three possible bodies to send out, there is a lot of potential action to take. Unity texts Polatt and finds out that more jobs have just been found. Two from Polatt directly, and two are jobs that Winch feels would be worth pursuing.

http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Job_Listings
For the sake of keeping things moving, only one body will be followed at a time unless they are working together. By default, the body that Alison is in will be the followed viewpoint, but voting to follow another body is acceptable.
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No. 735415 ID: 486e87

The Party Gang jobs seem nice and safe for the second division, although maybe not the one for Roxy, not until we've testified for Sevener.

Musical Echo might be interesting once we're able to do it, but it's a large time investment.

Healing A Jade, could be possible, the sexhack trick certainly would help, but we'd need a lot of tricks for 12 hours straight.

All of Ferns jobs seem like they need more care and attention, as they have more risk.
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No. 735416 ID: e9f06d

Man, so many jobs. Ok, so, for now, Roxy is spending time with Felix. After that, she can reshape herself and go for Party Gang 2, we need more experience with girls I think. Sevener was already commenting on Roxy being back to work so soon after what happened to her, it'd be weird for her to go do a bunch of guys so soon after her experience, and it seems like they want her specifically. We'll stock this division with the contestants that like girls a lot.

Another division can go find Marchi and/or talk to Fern for more evidence, since that seems like something we wouldn't need to supervise too hard either. Maybe while we're there we can test ourselves against Scurps/Fern again to try get a gauge on how much endurance we've gotten, we were almost melting last time. Healing a Jade looks interesting but while we have the punch to knock a jetal out, that job is really about endurance; we've mostly been with low-level partners since and might not be able to handle an A rank jetal. Then that division can do the music training we've already paid for, maybe get more depending on how our funds are doing. 1mil in royalties would be big and the co-authorship could lead to more rep and money to be made as a musician. Though if we were doing music training we'd want Alison and Iso in that division.

The third division can be the one we follow, for a job that requires more attention. Not too sure which one to go for, though.
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No. 735417 ID: a075ba

Geeze, 50 kg at 40 thousand each, that's 2 million in jetalium Scrups just lent us. We owe him further mind-blowing sexual favors, later.

>what do
The Roxy division should stay and have fun with Felix as payment for the information. After that she should probably wrap up her shift, change appearances, and go do the Party Girls 2 job, I think. We've done a lot pretending to be biological, we haven't had much chance to be creative using our modules and shapeshifting to be creative in jetal-sex, or in pleasing a group at once. Should be fun.

(We don't need to focus on that job I think, since it will go on for a while. Throw some ideas at it, give us a panel or two, then we go monitor other jobs that require more thought while the orgy continues).

>More evidence could possibly be gained by searching for Marchi or asking Fern.
I think we should put a division on this. If we're going to have "Roxy" worm her way into Sevener's trust, we should gather more evidence to do so. (Just remember we need to buy a better privacy module before we go through with this, because she'll get access to better scanners).

We can mostly automate this to another perspective, I think.

>3rd job
And the Unity Division should take the core and go do Reasonably Priced Blackmail. (Although we'll be making up a face for it soon enough).

>Musical Echo
Maybe a little later? Could be part of the public face we assemble for "Noble" Unity as we're preparing to go legit. It's nice and fluffy, and fits the courtesan role.

>Operator Career
I feel like maybe this should wait to the next batch of jobs is done. Make a little more money, buy a few more modules, and see if we hear anything else about the operators, and then we go see them.

>what else do
Text Vinyl, check that she's doing okay after Felix. If she needs to talk or needs help or anything, she just has to call.

>what else else do
We should feel out our allies, see if they're aware of the harvest or operators. Unity should talk with Polatt before she leaves for her next job, and the as of yet unnamed division we send to gather evidence should feel out Fern. Don't do this over text messages.
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No. 735427 ID: 398fe1

>>735412
>Party Gang
Roxy should in theory be leery of hiring herself out for a gangbang after what happened with Bluestone. Let's not do that, at least not for a few days. It'd look suspicious. We should have Roxy disappear after her job's done and just show up at the testimony later. I'd like to look for more information, too. Let's start by asking Fern since that's easy enough. Leave Marchi alone for now. If Sevener asks how Roxy got the information, we can say it was through one of her contacts from her previous life.
THE GIRLS THO. Unity would definitely be up for that. We could even send a division to do that, with male contestants driving. Or any females that want to go for it. Alison would probably WANT to, but uh, maybe we shouldn't have the quest focus on that. I'm sure we have more interesting situations to focus on.

>Blackzone Treasure Hunt
Ah... if only. We'll need combat mods first.

>Healing A Jade
Uh. Can our AIs endure Rank A stimulation? We'd need a high rank sex mod to not be turned away at the door, too. We might want to work ourselves up to this, but it'd be a good way to tell if we're ready to seduce Sapphire. Also, was this job offered specifically to Unity? If so, why did Winch think Unity had a chance?

>Operator Career
Let's do this first.
We need to find out some details while we're there. For instance, will the police know by sight if we're an Operator? If so, we might have to wait until after Roxy testifies.
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No. 735429 ID: a075ba

>will the police know by sight if we're an Operator?
No. The police in the harvest are charged with keeping peace in the harvest as if it were the real world. They enforce the laws of a fake government.

The operators are charged with keeping the harvest running it and monitoring it, ultimately serving the 'real' Belenos Empire that runs this place.

Felix recognized us because he access to some operator privileges and tools, which is independent of his being a cop.
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No. 735434 ID: 211d83

Gang party 2 sounds like a chance to let the guys in the control room have some fun.

Then for the second job I would say get started on the operator career.

The music job sounds like a great idea for later. The more famous we get in the harvest for non combat things the easier It will be for someone outside to think we are worth freeing. Maybe send a team over to start training with the final division.
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No. 735437 ID: e9f06d

I would stay away from operator for now, since they'll probably frown on us doing anything that would involve large changes to the harvest simulation. No doing a trial run on becoming a noble, no becoming boss of a joint crime empire, et cetera.

I want to try going the musician path and staging a social revolution with the power of sex and drugs and rock and roll. Aside being fun, it might attract actual political revolutionaries, who could help us with other things. If there are any revolutionaries with power in the real world, they're probably involved with the sim. Felix demonstrates that there are people who have chosen to enter the sim due to dissatisfaction with the "real" empire. Maybe even some of the operators?

In any case, it's easier to beg forgiveness than permission. We need to get all our big stuff out of the way before we go to the operators saying "oh I wish to change my ways, remorse, et cetera"
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No. 735474 ID: db0da2

We should do Healing A Jade just to steal her sex module. Hopefully that won't fuck Winch over. I'd like to send two divisions over to do Blackzone Treasure Hunt, but i don't want to go in unarmed. Operator Career, and, to a lesser extent, Stripper Justice, should also be prioritized.
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No. 735480 ID: 398fe1

>>735474
>steal her sex module
It's rank A. We'll be hunted down. There's no staying under the radar with rank A modules!
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No. 735509 ID: 8111b6

We're only at a D rank sex module. We might be able to do Healing A Jade through swapping pilots, but keep in mind that the differences between module levels can be pretty significant, if I remember. Though, it would be a high powered contact if things go well. I'd say wait until we have a better sex module.

I'd say Reasonably Priced Blackmail, with intentions of taking out those jetals for our own growth. We might also get some duplicate modules we can sell or trade. Since we only have Beam Sword D, we might have to be crafty about it. If we're lucky, they'll have sex mods and be open to an unfortunate 'fun time' for them. (Unpleasant surprises could be done combining combat modules with sex, I'd imagine...)

It might be good to wait until after that to use the extra division for another passive job. Also, perhaps we could have Roxy 'go home to sleep for a while' so we can be our own team of 3 for the job. After all, she's supposedly biological. Also, we're in the same location at the moment for rejoining.

There's no rush on Operator Career. It's going to be there.

TL;DR, I vote rejoining divisions and going for Reasonably Priced Blackmail for now.
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No. 735582 ID: a075ba

>>735474
>>735480
Yeah. She's a high ranking executive and has at least one A-rank modules. Which means she's either at least a minor noble if she's got that legally, or crazy / strong / well connected enough to have A-rank stuff illegally.

We can't handle the heat of ripping off her modules, yet.

Also, she's the client for this job, not a mark. Which means she'd have at least some idea who we were hired through. There's a trail through our allies for retribution to track us down.

Also, ripping off a client isn't a line we've crossed, yet. So far we've been a professional in the sense that everyone we targeted was a job we'd already agreed to do. So far we have a certain reputation with our criminal contacts for skill, professionalism, and discretion.
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No. 735821 ID: dd338c
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735821

Mathematician puts in some input to Healing A Jade. Since the idea of the hacked module is to give feedback from both modules, including the rank A one, this executive should be borderline overwhelmed if there are 5 lobbyists active at once. If that's correct, then if each lobbyist lasts for just short of 1 minute, there can be 5 lobbyists active at once over 12 hours, not including the fact that a lobbyist can stop early, recover, then re-enter.

>Also, was this job offered specifically to Unity? If so, why did Winch think Unity had a chance?
Both of Winch's jobs are open to anyone, and Polatt says that he believed Unity could handle either.

Engineer backs him up that in theory it shouldn't be too difficult as long as people aren't wimps, but just in case, more sex should be done with people with C and B ranked sex modules to increase stamina. Thus, he recommends sending a lot of people back to Scurps and Fern for practice. This will be the main body.

Meanwhile, Roxy, as Division A, begins to entertain Felix for as long as he has interest in her. While the operator career is tempting, enough lobbyists are concerned that as soon as she shows herself, operators may pressure her to join up, or watch her like a hawk, or any other adverse effects. Therefore, Unity will want Felix in a good mood to ask another small batch of questions before making herself known to the operators. Once Roxy is finished, then she will transform into another form and take on Party Gang 2.

Division B will scope out the group of jetals from Reasonably Priced Blackmail. They will not make a move, yet, but find out who they are and what makes them tick. Once the main body spends a few hours doing the smaller tasks, a move may be decided on based on what was found out.
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No. 735822 ID: dd338c
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735822

Princess Sugartooth makes some rounds at the Syndicate's HQ to take care of those smaller tasks.

While Unity boosts relations with Fern and Scurps, Alison, Iso and a select team of others use two hours of music training module.

Upon additional asking, Fern claims that there are a few people under Bluestone who might testify against him if the right strings are pulled. Typically those kinds of criminals don't help the cops if they can help it, and Fern is reluctant to have the syndicate more involved in the aftermath than they already are. He is willing, though, if it's that important to Unity.
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No. 735827 ID: dd338c
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735827

By 3:30 PM, Felix leaves in a slightly better mood, and Division A as Roxy leaves, transforming into another person to prepare for Party Gang 2.

Division B gives some data on what's known about the primary group of 4 jetals regarding Reasonably Priced Blackmail.

Rans appears to be the combat jetal, and the odd one out in the group. The other three have probably hired him for a share of the profits. He seems interested in power and making money.

Bollon, Rike and Laner appear to be three 'sibling' jetals that display megalomaniac tendancies with a desire to run a large gang. Currently, they own a seedy club where they appear to run protection and other blackmail schemes. Bollon appears to pursue the pleasures in life, Rike appears to be the primary brains of the operation as he investigates their targets, and Laner tends to be their spokesperson.

At the moment, it it just them and Rans as far as Division B could tell. All four of them are illegals, and had a privacy mod that exceeded Unity's scanners.
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No. 735829 ID: 211d83

Well this seems like a excellent opportunity to infiltrate there little group. I would use your main body for the infiltration so you can knock them out during sex though. Plus if they have a higher rank scanner they can see its a division and that would be suspicious.

As for how to get involved with them I can think of several options.

1. They are a new mini gang with great aspirations. You could show up presented as a temp gift to them from another organization. (Like the DB's) Sent over to improve relations with the new up and coming group. A high class Jetal girl is a nice treat would stroke there ego nicely. Then you could fuck all of them until there guard is lowered. Just make sure to take out Rans first if he is the bodyguard.

2. They do have a club. You could hire on as a new girl and as a jetal would probably be immediately be picked up for there own personal use by the bosses. Biggest risk here is that if there scanner are good enough they will notice your rather extensive module collection. Which someone wanting to get hired on would not have. So might be best to borrow a better privacy mod or something if you went this route? Or pretend to be a biological.

3. Show up at there club looking like a high class lady that is out for some seedy fun. Wait until one of them hits on you and then make him fall for you. Get introduced to his friends and maybe fuck all of them and when the time is right eat them one by one.
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No. 735830 ID: 486e87

Looks like it should be the main body or a division with lots of contestants going for Healing A Jade then.

3 siblings, and one hired on combat jetal. I wonder if we could drive a wedge between them, and remove the evidence while they are distracted with who deserves what the most. The guild has been paying them 1 mil a month, so they've probably got a strong loadout, guessing mostly C rank but we can't tell for sure.
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No. 735840 ID: 398fe1

I think our best plan against the four jetals is to be offered as part of the Syndicate's payment. Sugartooth can show up with no combat mods, and only the one hacked rank D sex mod. They will have no idea the hacked sex mod can be used the way we'll be using it, and so all we'll need to do is get Rans alone to take his combat mods and use them to capture the other jetals. This means we'll have to leave Division behind, as well as the sword mod.
...hang on, what will we do with their cores after the mission? Murder is probably not something we want on our record.
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No. 735841 ID: ef9669

Can Fern tell us how long they've been getting payments? That could give us an idea of how much money they've had to by modules with. My concern is that if they think they're a big deal, they must have something that makes them think that. Having some particular advanced module could be something. We'd have to hope it's not a scanner, which may be risky considering that they're making money by blackmail. Getting information is something they do.

Bolonn seems the obvious one to approach, which makes me think we should do something else, on principle. Let's not assume they're stupid. Let's see if we can seduce Rans, the guy who's prepared for a combat assault may be least prepared for a non-combat assault.
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No. 735844 ID: 2e2d71

No dropping hints to see if Fern or Polatt know about the harvest? Oh well, I guess it can wait, and there's always the chance that would have brought unwanted attention.

>Fern is reluctant to have the syndicate more involved in the aftermath than they already are. He is willing, though, if it's that important to Unity.
If we did this, you might have to give him the reason why. It's something personal. You're trying to turn that cop who came to see you into an asset, get Anya to trust 'Roxy'. If she trusts her, you have a way to stay informed on the cops, and the ability to manipulate her into beneficial situations by selectively giving her information. There are, after all, times we might want the cops looking in a certain direction, or at a certain person.

>>735827
What do we know about them from the Syndicate's side of things? How much to they have us on the hook for, how are the payments made?

What blackmail do they have? You understand if Fern doesn't want to tell you, since this is knowledge he wants contained, although you promise to be discreet. Still, any information about what it is would help in getting ahold of it, and planning in getting rid of it. (An object, or a murder weapon? A chemical or biological sample? Photographs? Documents? Digital or material?).

Does Fern need the blackmail material returned to him, or is it better if it's destroyed? (Depending on what it is, mission where we sneak in and break or sabotage something might be easier than stealing something or smuggling it out).
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No. 735847 ID: ef9669

Ok, how's this for a plan: These guys have an ego on them, at least the main three siblings do. Rans is the hire, he'll be a little bit outside the group, the others won't trust him so much. Plus, he's the combat jetal, and combat is one of the ideal things for a jetal to do. They may have a slight inferiority complex, so if we show up as a girl interested in Rans, we could make the other three jealous, especially Bollon, with his tastes, if we look good enough. These guys want prestige, they want to be a big deal. If we're a jetal ourselves, especially, they'll want us as much as a trophy and to soothe their egos as much as from lust. That could be our in.

Being a jetal might raise issues with the mods we're showing/not showing, though. It'd be complicated and get in the way of our other jobs to swap out for borrowed modules. Posing as an organic could still work so long as we seem high-class enough. We could pose as an organic girl with a fetish for jetals, big strong combat ones especially. Then there's the chance one or more of them won't have a sex module themselves, though.

I'm still wondering if Marchi has any leads to evidence, since he seemed to know things were up before they went down. Will be hard to find him, though.
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No. 735850 ID: 398fe1

>>735847
Using a bio-emulator would work only if they don't have a scanner high rank enough to spot us. I guess we could ask Fern how likely that is.
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No. 735860 ID: dd338c
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"Hey, Fern, how long has this blackmail group been getting payment for?"
>"Some month and change, I guess. 200 grand a week now. Still tryin' to figure out how they got our database on that, but it's hardly even on the to-do list."
"So it's data?"
>"Yeah. Track cams, tablet photography - that's like a track cam but for still photos - and frozen extract data on our employees that show paper trails and security records so on. Those three things are what you're after, or all their cores. If you get their cores then that'll be a good bonus to nab their modules, but if you do, you gotta get all four of the bastards, otherwise the ones you let go will spill the data."
"Do you care if it's destroyed or not?"
>"Just destroy it. It's just records we already have on our end, so no point."

>"We think they have other operations." says Recluse. "So we can't tell how many resources have in total beyond the syndicate blackmail."

"Do you think they have good modules?" Sugartooth continues.
>"You can expect Rank C's with a couple B's from what I'm seeing." says Fern. "If we thought they were weak as hell, we'd just get rid of 'em. They're not a real threat to us, but they're strong enough that a fight between us and them is gonna cause a lot of collateral damage that we don't want callousing our hands, you get me?"
"I understand. I have several ideas in mind, but it really would be nice if there was technology that could run a simulation of these events."
>"Yeah? Well if you can grab their cores and shove 'em in a simulator, you could get a good simulation to see how to capture their cores. Get what I'm saying again?"
"Yes. What would you do with their cores?"
>"Remove the modules, keep 'em prisoner for a bit, make them earn their freedom. Ain't gonna murder them, just set an example."
>"I see. There's simulators that can hold jetals, though?"
>"Yeah, but real ones, good ones, that's A rank. Only the top of the empire can use that shit willy nilly, or research labs and whatever given the green light to use it for experiments by the empire's top."
>"Yeah..." says Scurps.
>"Real enlightening supplemental data, Scurps." says Fern.
>"I know, just, yeah, you know."

There's an awkward silence, and Sugartooth changes the subject.

"About that evidence! It's a little personal, but I met a cop. She's looking for testimony from Roxy."
>"You aren't thinking of using that single track cam, now."
"Nope, just testimony! But if I can get on a cop's good side, I might be able to get an - "
>"Dangerous game, Princess. You could give 'em your world, they won't feel like they owe you a damn thing."
"I think this one's different."
>"Girl you didn't know what a goddamn privacy mod was 50 hours ago, now you're telling me you know all about the ins and outs of some cops?"
"No, just this one."
>"Alright, if you want evidence, we'll get you evidence, but if it all blows up in your face, then by the time you get your vision straight you'll already be under the bus while we dust off our hands."
"Okay. Back on topic for the blackmailers, I have some ideas, although do you think they have B rank scanners?"
>"For sure. Now let's hear 'em."

A) Be presented as payment from the Syndicate. Fern believes this to be risky, as usually when blackmailers ask for cash, they expect cash, not weird substitutes. Nonetheless, a payment of an entertainment jetal like Sugartooth is more valuable than the usual week's payment.
B) Get hired into their club. Bollon, Rans and Rike have at least been seen getting chummy with the club's girls and boys and guests and employees alike, so it may be a chance to get close.
C) Show up as a club-goer and attempt to gain the attention of, and seduce, any of them.

Additional) Drive a wedge between the bodyguard and the main three, possibly by specifically seducing Rans and omitting the other three.
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No. 735865 ID: 398fe1

If they have B rank scanners then we can't pretend to be biological. Kindof makes us stick out, unless jetals are common in the club. Getting hired isn't likely to work without an existing identity, because they'll assume a clean slate jetal is a spy. We have to keep in mind the Syndicate can't give us an identity for this one, too! The group has that data, so they'll spot us immediately if we use a Syndicate-provided face. ...maybe we can impersonate someone, though? Or maybe we can get a Jetal identity from the Dead Batteries.

Hey it's day 2 so we need to go pay the Mostly Legal Shop the 5k we owe them for the rented sex mod.
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No. 735871 ID: ef9669

Looking at our module list, our range of modules isn't too outrageous, except for the division modules. If it weren't for those, we could pass relatively easily as a "personal entertainment" jetal, with enough class mixed in with the music and dance to make us seem moderately high class. Music and dance, jetalicum, biomod, even toolbox and computer could fit that, and privacy, scanner and computer link are things every jetal wants. So we'd be the sort of hired companion that some upwardly mobile guys could like.

Any B rank marks us out, though. We could still sell ourselves as being a REALLY classy (read:expensive) prostitute-type (which we basically are, really) who specializes in being multiple partners... Except that we only have a rank D sex module visible. That would seem suspicious, for that persona. Perhaps we could borrow a rank C? We'd have to test it first, of course, so we don't give anything away by being surprised by our own abilities. We'd have to drop off our rented rank D, unless there's some reason to have two sex modules the way some modules get some advantage from having multiple. Maybe if we are playing a prostitute, we could have two and say "which one do you want, C costs extra"? Though in the "driving a wedge" plan we'd be going after Rans ourselves, not soliciting him for business. I can see a filthy whore jetal having a fetish for getting it with proper upstanding combat jetals, though.

I forget, when we have our privacy module off, does it display to scans as having the hide add-on? And we can only activate the addon when the privacy module is active itself?
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No. 735872 ID: 2e2d71

>it's data
Well, that's not good. There are almost certainly offsite backups. Or stuff on the cloud set to auto-release if they don't log in every so often. How are we supposed to get around that?

I mean, how hard is it to make a deadman switch so if all 4 go missing the data gets released anyways?

>Well if you can grab their cores and shove 'em in a simulator, you could get a good simulation to see how to capture their cores. Get what I'm saying again?
...actually, shoving them in a sim they think is real might be the only way to get any backups or hidden copies of the data. We could trick them into showing us where the data is, and how to access it. Simulation interrogation.

>which plan
I think we should invent a new face and do C first, just to watch them interact and get a better feel for them.

Then we make the judgement call to try something as a guest, or if we want to step out, swap faces, and then try and get hired for B.
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No. 735876 ID: 211d83

Well option A sounds plausible but we don't know how they would react. They might love the idea or they could take it as a insult.

I am sort of leaning for C. We show up as a jetal who is slumming it and enjoying a night out dancing and flirting and we play hard to get with them so they have to make the first move. Then we pay way more attention to Rans and hope it makes the other ones angry about him getting the cute girl with all the sex mods.

Course it does depend on Rans having a sex mod. But if not the plan can be adjusted on the fly.

Would love to lure Rans off alone and take him out before storming back and acting like he snubbed us. Then using a division to fake being Rans. Then act like we are hooking up with the other 3 to spite him. Then lead them into trying to prove who the best is by fucking us silly by all using the hacked sex mod at once.
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No. 736249 ID: dd338c
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Unity makes a 5k rental payment for the sex mod, and 60k to Scurps as the amount for a partial-day of renting.

After a text, Polatt says he's willing to spare a DB identity for a Syndicate mission, but would like a cut of the mission profits as a result if she does so.

>I forget, when we have our privacy module off, does it display to scans as having the hide add-on?
The addon itself is also hidden, provided they do not have scanners to bypass the addon's rank.

"Fern, what if I caught all 4 cores, but they made a deadman's switch to release the data anyway?"
>"They know full well if they go 'missing' it's because whoever they fucked with got their hands with it, and letting a deadman's switch go off is a damn good way to turn hard labor into murder. If they set up something like that, then they're real petty. And you know what? They might be, so try to see if they pulled any shit like that, too."
"If it's data, though, wouldn't they have offsite backups?"
>"Oh, sure, regular data, or single track cams and tablet photos of single track cam and tablet photos, that is to say, 2nd gen bootlegs. In other words, deniable shit that doesn't hold up in court."
"Could we borrow any modules? Like a rank B privacy?"
>"Yeah, sure. That and a Scanner B."
"Sex module C?"
>"Why not."

Sugartooth/Unity believes that she can also borrow some module boxes as well if she wants to put some off to the side if the need arises.

Unity is leaning on scoping out the club by just going there to dance and have fun. Division A reminds the main body that they're free to either assist in some manner, or go and do some other job.

As a jetal club-goer, Unity will need to decide on a loose theme or concept for appearance and personality.
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No. 736250 ID: 211d83

How about angry teenager fresh out of school who is partying in bad parts of town and hooking up with questionable guys cause her parents wont let her have any fun.

Or someone like our one client we had to fuck in a alley. A normal looking teacher or business lady who is secretly into kinky stuff and has a thing for shady guys.

No one would think we were a plant or possibly take us all that seriously. So would be easy to lure them into complacency.
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No. 736251 ID: 398fe1

>>736249
Rank B privacy would need to be paired with a Rank B Hide for us to go undercover as a biological...
How much of a cut is Polatt asking?
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No. 736255 ID: 28c864

I think the expensive jetal hooker plan outlined in >>735871 is a decent one, with just the addition of the higher ranked sex module. We can reabsorb our spare division and bring them along, as part of our potential range of services, and leave our core with our other division to ward off anyone thinking we'd be a nice target. I assume that mods can't be stolen from divisions that don't have their core, and that higher-ranked scanners can detect a coreless jetal division. "I have another division elsewhere" shouldn't be too remarkable for jetals who do have division mods.

For a look, maybe >>729221 with some jetal additions?
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No. 736273 ID: 2e2d71

>As a jetal club-goer, Unity will need to decide on a loose theme or concept for appearance and personality.
If we're going as a jetal, and not an organic, I'd like to use jetalium illumination for decorative "tattoos". Glowing accents, swoops, etc. Seems appropriate for a rave or party.

>For a look, maybe >>729221 with some jetal additions?
Actually, yeah. That with some neat glowing parts seems perfect to me.

>Division A reminds the main body that they're free to either assist in some manner, or go and do some other job.
We've got one of us on the blackmail, and one of us doing Gang Party 2.

The 'free' division should try and round up more evidence for the Sevener gambit, I think. Maybe find some of the other girls our doctor buddy took in.
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No. 736286 ID: dd338c
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>How much of a cut is Polatt asking?
50,000, mostly for the risk and strings involved in having an identity borrowed and possibly affected, especially on the behalf of the Syndicate. Both factions are somewhat reluctant to get involved, however, and this will only work if Unity goes as a fake biological

Unity will go with the Upper Class Trash look, and be the expensive jetal hooker in the hopes that it will make Unity more accessable.

Division B will investigate Bluestone's old territory to try and find Marchi. If none of the 4 jetals bite, then the division may be called back for support.
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The bouncer, a large security jetal with various C and B rank modules along with 600 kg of jetalium, lets Unity on through without event. Throughout the trip, Scanner notices just how effective Scanner B is. It's able to descramble reflections off of various surfaces and paint clear pictures throughout the club, even on the second story. The place seems ritzy enough, and generally spotless as a few small cleaning drones are always on standby. As soon as the main area is entered, all four jetals are seen.

Rans is on a balcony, overlooking the dance floor and most of the second story lounge area. Rike is at a table of an unhappy looking group. Bolonn is on the dance floor, and Laner looks like he's at the bar.
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No. 736290 ID: 398fe1

>>736287
Are there any other Jetals?

Go grab a drink and leisurely look around. Maybe have a brief chat with Laner if he's got any interesting looking mods we can ask about. Don't just ask what they do, since we can probably just look that up via phone. Ask him how he likes them, stuff like that. Don't press him hard or try to seduce him unless he gives off the impression he's open for seduction.

Then go dance on the floor.

Keep in mind they all? have scanner B as well so they can see the entire club just like we can. If we go around talking to all four of them they will quickly realize something's up. We should only actually approach one at most.
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No. 736292 ID: 211d83

How many normal people are here? Plus what are the jetals loadouts?

To start go get a drink at the bar. And then mingle on the dance floor a bit. Wait for one of them to approach you.

With our identity we don't mind fucking any of the others but if possible we want to aim for a opportunity to show special preference for Rans later to arouse some jealousy.

Of course a lot of this depends on who has what modules.
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No. 736293 ID: 2e2d71

Scan the crowd. Any jetals or robots stand out? Is it mostly biological? (Depending on what plan we go with, composition of the other patrons may affect what kind of threat they to us, or if we can use them).

But yeah, for the moment, get a drink, watch how they interact with each other, and the patrons. Apply social scanner as you can- try to figure out their state of mind.
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No. 736294 ID: 28c864

Ok, your persona is a jetal courtesan, well-off and presenting herself as just out to have some fun, not on the job tonight. If someone's inquisitive about your history, you can hint having been some gang leader's army candy companion until recently, with hints around that that you want to avoid further details due to possible risky implications coming your way. Check the news or your contacts for any info on big criminal groups going down recently, maybe you can use that to help build your hints. Be liberal with your spending, show off your dance moves, and show some hints that you're thinking of trying jetal booze as a new thing. Suspicious types will always be on the lookout for a hidden agenda, so let them have one: you're also scoping out the big spenders in this club for a possible new patron. Act like you're concealing that, and when they "discover" it, they'll feel smug in their abilities and maybe not look so hard for a second secret agenda.

Spend time settling into the club. At some point, ask someone who the guy brooding up on the balcony as, as if you're interested. If Bolonn approaches you, act like you are mildly interested in him, but trying to seem more interested than you are. You might be able to get him to drop information by trying to boast to you.
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>Scan the Crowd
There are about 325 biologicals, 175 robots, and 10 jetals. This includes Unity, the four targets, and all the staff. The other 5 jetals just seem to be D/C ranked with generic modules. Overall, it seems like a normal club, outside of having a large number of lower class citizens occupying this higher class establishment. Although the club mostly gets somewhat busier later at night, there's still plenty of people who go to clubs throughout the day.

>Target Loadout
Scanner notes the loadouts of the target jetals. There are some new ones, and these jetals may be stronger than originally anticipated. Successfully getting the cores, however, would lead to a fortune.
http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Enemy_Jetal_Loadouts

A jetal's drink is purchased, and it feels tingly to drink. It seems exceptionally hard to digest, but seems to feel nice to try any way, much like chewing chewing gum.

Laner appears to eye Unity, but doesn't seem to wish to talk right now based on the social scanner. Scanner believes that he's heavily focused on using his computer module. Since there isn't particular pressure to go after Laner in particular, Unity goes to the dance floor.

The next 20 minutes is spent in a flurry of strobe lights and dancing. As time is spent slowly moving about at random, it's inevitable that Bolonn ends up close to Unity. As Unity's dance gets her hip to swing out, Bolonn sends his right back at her.

>"Hey, new girl! What's your name?" Bolonn asks, sounding legitimately curious. "Love your lights, too."
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No. 736424 ID: cd44ca

Man, these guys are p. strong. Text their module lists back to the Guild, in case they end up needing to know and in case anything in particular stands out to them.

So, they all have core dodge and core hide. And only Bolonn and Rike have sex modules, so there's no chance of knocking them out with good times, unless the hack addon for our module lets us, like, hook into them and give them our sensations despite them not having their own sex module. This needs some thought. Can't see a clear way to our end goal off the top of my head. I assume we have our borrowed privacy mod active at the moment?

As for a name... how about "Coral"? Stealth pun on "choral". Tell him thanks, and that he could try it himself, it just needs some creativity with a toolbox mod.
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No. 736426 ID: cd44ca

Oh, ask him his name, too. Your persona would probably realize he's one of the top guys here, but not which one he is. Plus thinking you don't know who he is might dent his ego just a little and make him want to impress you.

... is this negging
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No. 736428 ID: 486e87

We do have multiple sex modules, so we could lend our standard D module out (Not the hacked D or the C one, too valuable), could make some degree of sense, people who don't want to risk their reputation by having one but still want to have fun. Still, it would only allow us to get one more of them not all of them.
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No. 736429 ID: 211d83

Dang cant easily sex hack all of them with only two sex mods. But can easily change the plan a bit.

Introduce yourself a Coral or whatever and shift to dance with him. Tell him you thought of the light idea after going to a rave awhile back. Then ask for his name and chat for awhile. Be (somewhat) impressed if he mentions he is one of the club owners.

Then see where it goes. While two of them don't have sex mods it does not mean that could not change if we play our cards right. And we might not have to take all or any of them out to complete the job. It would just be a nice bonus. So don't get to caught up in trying to steal all there stuff and focus on the main mission first.
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No. 736442 ID: 2e2d71

Note that Rike has a social scanner rank B. That means you gotta be careful with the lying and manipulation when he can see you.

Now, I assume social scanner is innately less effective against robots, and even less against jetals, since they can have greater control over their body than a biological. They can have good poker faces / put up false faces / emotions easier. And Unity / Anya should have a further edge, since we can have people working together to control the emotions the jetal body we're piloting displays. However we do have to be careful not to accidentally telegraph our own subconscious reactions when driving.

Also note that there are several hide B modules. We only have a scanner B- we wouldn't be able to see those if they were turned on. There may be more modules we can't see, covered by active hide modules.

But dang these guys are tough. I wonder if they final plan will have to involve pulling in multiple divisions and seducing / distracting multiple people at once.

Also with all those jetalium and core sense modules, we don't have the loadout to fake biological around them. Even with the bio-mod up, and hide on, they'd sense what we were made of. We're going to need core hide and jetalium hide eventually. (And signature hide / spoof if we want to impersonate other jetals, which might be useful at some point).

The other problem is, if they all have computer link, and they're all jetals, we have to assume they all have internal phones and can be in communication anytime they want. We can't reliably tell conflicting stories to them, and any coordinated attack on them needs to be close to simultaneous. That, or we need to drive social wedges such that they're talking to / trusting each other less. Or we need to engineer a temporary cell service blackout before we strike. ...or we need to make sure we grab the phone of anyone we core, and be ready to impersonate them.

>We do have multiple sex modules, so we could lend our standard D module out
Do we have privacy turned on, though?

"Coral" doesn't need it, as her guise is obviously jetal. The unnamed division we sent to do Gang Party 2 doesn't need it, since they're paying for a jetal. The only catch is the division we sent to follow up on Marchi. If she's pretending to be biological / using the Roxy face to make contact with him, that means privacy has to be on and Coral isn't showing any modules in the club. (Although if we're playing prostitute it would kind of make sense in character for privacy to be off and the sex mod to be visible).
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Retroactively, Fern also let Unity borrow a Hide B to be attached to Privacy B.

The module list is texted off to Fern.

Currently, privacy is toggled off. It will most likely go back on so that Roxy can play the biological, but it was decided that the jetal targets would be much more on ease about Unity if they could see a non-threatening loadout.

The most stone-faced lobbyists begin driving to make reading her exceptionally difficult even against a scanner B.

"I'm Coral. And thank you, the lights are just from a little application of the toolbox I thought up when I was at a rave."
>"Nifty, I always just morphed into tools. I'm Bolonn."
"Nice to meet you! Are you a regular?"

Bolonn starts mimicking Coral's dance while up against her backside.

>"Ha, I basically live here! That's how I know you're new."
"Oh, I thought you might've been the owner!" Unity yells against the club music.
>"One of them!"
"I like your place, then!" Coral doesn't act overtly impressed, but she dances slightly more enthusiastically against him.

A few minutes pass before Coral talks again.

"Who's that looming on the balcony? He keeps on looking at us." Coral says, gesturing slightly to Rans.
>"That's just the bouncer, he's looking at everyone. Don't mind him, tell me about you! Where'd someone like you show up?"

Scanner is finding him difficult to read, too, but she believes he is slightly suspicious of Coral.

>You can hint having been some gang leader's army candy companion until recently

"I was candy for one of the I-Block gang's bosses." Coral says, noting that that's the name of a gang that was recently dissolved when they skirmished with the police a few too many times and got the bosses locked away.
>"That was a nasty crowd, you know. Club hopping's a weird way to stay low."

Coral toggles her Privacy module back on.

>"We did business with the I-Blocks, you know."
"I hope there's no hard feelings against someone like me."
>"Against you? Of course there's hard feelings."

Lobbyists might have been worried they hit a landmine by using that gang's name at random, but his words are marked off with a little hip thrust against Coral's butt.

>"Harhar jokes aside it's no biggee, long as you don't have hard feelings against us. The metaphorical kind that is. And literal. Whatever."
"No, no!" says Coral, who puts a tiny amount of worry in her voice. "I'm just club hopping to get new patrons, if you get what I'm saying."
>"Nope. What do you need 'em for? Protection? Job security?"
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No. 736469 ID: cd44ca

Oh geeze, a hint, guys. And that you were stalking a new patron was supposed to be a secret agenda for them to feel good about discovering themselves.

Well, done is done. Tell him you like hopping around and helping lots of people enjoy themselves, but steady employment is always nice, and you don't really like entertaining people who get fussy about... official procedures. The big guys on the streets tend to be stressed out and need someone to help them blow off steam regular. Besides [(glance up at Rans again here)], the jetals with the big combat mods tend to hold themselves up to the empire's ideals, and you like showing them... new perspectives.

Wink, and tell him he seems like a jetal who's seen things from different angles himself, and knows how to have fun. You're here for that, too. Give him some space to ask his own questions, and then after a while, ask him if he wants you to turn up the heat on the floor.

If he says yes, then move away into a space for yourself. Shift some speakers and start playing something that fits with the club music but gives it more energy, so that you create a sort of little semi-remix zone for yourself. Then dance. And make it just a little saucy.

>Scanner is finding him difficult to read, too, but she believes he is slightly suspicious of Coral.

Is this referring to Bolonn, or to Rans looking down at you?

If a few more contestants need something to do, look up more on the gangs you just claimed to have been connected to, so you don't give away any blatant signs of not knowing what you should know.
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No. 736472 ID: 2e2d71

>Scanner is finding him difficult to read, too, but she believes he is slightly suspicious of Coral.
Rans, but not Bolonn?

>What do you need 'em for? Protection? Job security?
Mmmmm. Save thing, really. You're protected when you've job security. Money and friends are power, and you're in need of replacements.

If we get called / questioned on our approach (jetal as "candy" rather than a fighter)- we're jetals. We can be the best at damn near anything, with the right modules. All you've done is set up shop in a niche market you happen to enjoy.
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No. 736474 ID: 211d83

That is one nice thing about my line of work. The police don't really expend the effort to bother you once they realize that you are not directly involved in day to day operations. And the police that do look your way are usually looking for a entirely different reason.

As for patrons honestly its both protection and job security. If you walk around with the combat loadout equivalent of a whole swat team customers gets nervous about relaxing with you. So having some big strong guys to lean on gives you the opportunity to do what you love and feel safe while doing it.

That and the big silent combat types are cute.
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"Both, really. Hopping around and having people enjoy themselves is fun, but steady employment is nice, and it's no fun getting fussy about official procedures. The big guys on the streets tend to have a lot of steam to blow off, and big combat guys," another gesture to Rans is made, "Tend to hold themselves to the empire's ideal, and I like to show them... new perspectives. Perspectives you seem to know about." Coral finishes with a wink.

>"Scanner?" Alison asks. "Was it Bolonn or Rans who seemed suspicious?"
>"Oops, sorry. Bolonn might be a little suspicious, though his smalltalk seems genuine. Rans is suspicious, but it is kind of his job and we don't seem to be getting a weird amount of attention from him."

A team of lobbyists begin investigating information on the I-Block gang, especially for the bosses that Coral might need to name.

>"You really are just an entertainment jetal, huh? I like that. There's not enough jetals that do that right in the face of stuck up... well, whatever!"
"It's a nice perk to have the cops know you're not a real heavy hitter, too! I'd make a lot of people nervous walking around with a combat load of a police squadron, which is why it's nice having some big, powerful jetals as backup. The big silent type is kinda cute, too." Scanner can't quite say for certain, but Bolonn did let out a microscopic hint of displeasure at that, before Coral moves on. "Want me to turn up the heat on the dance floor?"
>"Yeah! Let's see what you've got."

Coral generates some speakers and puts on a beat that works with the club's admittedly predictable music track, making it a little more energetic. She claims her own space and puts on a fancier, more energetic dance, but the personal space is short lived as Bolonn still gets up against her. He seems to have skill as a dancer as well, though, and doesn't appear to get in Coral's way at all while also managing to put more attention on Coral's moves. He seems content with just dancing with Coral. 10, then 20 minutes, pass, as Bolonn seems to analyze and move with Coral's dances.

>"Good! You've got a talent for this! Where'd you learn it? Are you new? A few hours in a dance module? What kind? General? Club dance? Did you dance for your job or just fun for, or is that one and the same?" Bolonn shoots one question out one after another without much of a chance to answer one at a time.
"I don't believe in having jobs that aren't fun! I've done a little bit of general purpose module training, but not as much as I'd like, not yet!"
>"Why not? With modules like yours, you have all the time in the world to take lessons. You should! You dance with a spirit most jetals can't gain with ten thousand hours of practice! Keep going, keep going!"
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No. 736482 ID: 211d83

Enjoy dancing while Scanner keeps a eye on things and the others track down info.

Have someone work on syncing your lights to the beat of the music.
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No. 736494 ID: 398fe1

>>736481
Ah well you know, so much stuff to learn. What about you, how'd you get so good?
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No. 736497 ID: 2e2d71

>>736481
Wow, he's sure enthusiastic about the dancing. Didn't expect that. We may have come across a passion or interest of his. An unexpected in.

>Why not? With modules like yours, you have all the time in the world to take lessons. You should! You dance with a spirit most jetals can't gain with ten thousand hours of practice! Keep going, keep going!
I think we should throw in some earnest laughter as a reply to his questioning.

Well, dancing hasn't always been your most profitable activity, and you can only spend so long at once getting better in training sims. The real world is a lot more interesting!

>thinking
Hmm. We've got a in her with Bolonn. If we become a friend or an employee, that gives us access. It probably wouldn't be hard to get him alone to sleep with him, but sex-hacking one of the four isn't good enough to resolve this.

Not sure how we can use what we've got to our advantage yet.

Tangential thought: Vinyl was a professional thief, wasn't she? Maybe it would be a good idea to get her as a subcontractor on this kind of mission. The Syndicate probably wouldn't be thrilled with us bringing any outsiders in, but giving her something to do other than brood on her past is probably a good thing, if we're trying to keep her and Loviro sane and hidden. Plus if we build her connections with a gang, she has a support network if or when the authorities comes looking for her.

If we're gonna apply similar thinking to Loviro, we probably want to some technological puzzle / problem he can work on solving for us. A project we can bring him, that he doesn't need to go out into the world for. Something to do in between our visits where we try to be a good daughter to him.
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No. 736500 ID: cd44ca

>Scanner can't quite say for certain, but Bolonn did let out a microscopic hint of displeasure at that, before Coral moves on.

Ok, that's probably enough for now, let's not overplay it. Let that seed grow.

>Where'd you learn it? Are you new? A few hours in a dance module?

You're not super old, but you found a niche you liked early and you've been wedging yourself into it, and you always wanted to learn music and dance. You went for them as soon as you could could spare the money! You have spent time in a dance sim but you also have a bunch of different friends who've helped you learn less formally.

>What kind? General? Club dance?

General, you'd say, since you never really intended to limit yourself to anything. But you have done most of your dancing in clubs!

>Did you dance for your job or just fun for, or is that one and the same?"

You do like to dance for fun, but you've done a lot of dancing for work. They're not always one and the same, but most of the time they are! With the right music in the right moment, it feels good just to find the right way to move - especially when it gets you someone's reaction.

Bump back against him with that last line, and give him a grin. See if you can weave in something more... sinuous and slithery into the music, behind the beat, and match it with some more fluid, rolling slinky moves. Bit of a bellydanceish thing, blended with the club music and club moves?

Add a bit of seduction, basically. Visibly watch for whether he likes that, but let yourself be seen watching for other people's attention as well. Your persona is someone who likes to provoke feelings in others.
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>Have someone work on syncing your lights to the beat of the music.
Iso has been doing this.

Coral laughs, and it isn't from the acting.

"It isn't the most profitable activity, and I can only spend so long at getting better in training sims! The real world is more interesting. I learned a little bit of dancing with dancing like this, too."

Loviro texts back about how easy it is to remove the implants.
>"I am sorry for taking so long to answer. The implant itself, while not embedded too far into the brain, would require brain surgery to remove entirely. However, while we have been saying 'remove' it, what we really mean is simply deactivate it. To do so, we simply need to knock on a few specific points of our skull in a specific rhythm. This acts as the passcode to turn it off."
"Thanks!"
Unity responds, while continuing her conversation with Bolonn.

"Maybe dancing for a job and dancing for fun isn't always the same, but when the moment and the music is right, it's nice to move right too. And all the better when it earn's someone's reaction."

During the pronunciation of reaction, Coral bumps her backside into Bolonn. Bolonn instantly bumps his frontside back into her with equal force as though the move was choreographed.


"How about you? How did you get so good?"
>"You live in a club, you pick up some skills! Simple as that. You should stay here." he says, hooking his fingers under Coral's belt in front of her thigh, and swiftly runs the both of them backwards across Coral's hips until pulling them back out by her tail. "We'd pay and treat you nicely. We could always use more sweets." he nearly whispers, and Coral might not have even heard that part if not for Scanner B. Scanner thinks he might have an ulterior motive, but she makes it clear it could be a false read, or a non-sinister motive.
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No. 736512 ID: 398fe1

>>736511
Probably non-sinister.

Ask to go somewhere private for some contract negotiations.
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No. 736514 ID: 211d83

If he had made you as a syndicate member for sure he probably would have not said that out loud. Would just inform his partners and later on lure you into a back room for bad happenings.

Is probably scanning you to see if the sweets comment gets a reaction from you. If it does that means you know the deeper meaning of that comment and are in fact a syndicate plant. If you don't react then you are probably ok. So do your best to appear clueless.

That being said we have made several mistakes that could have outed us already. Pretending to be part of a gang we know nothing about hurts us. Because one of them might have been involved or known that gang personally. Plus with 4 of them linked they could easily look up info on your backstory while we danced. These guys know that the syndicate are eager to get there stuff back and a random jetal showing up out of nowhere could be a spy.

I would politely half decline his offer for now so we do not appear to eager. Play hard to get and don't fall in his lap instantly. Today you are just enjoying yourself at a new club and having fun dancing while meeting new people. But maybe if he impresses you then you might consider his offer.

Play your cover identity from a position of strength. While we would like a new gang to run with we have enough money and resources to be fine on our own for now. Make these guys prove that they deserve someone as awesome as you. The more they have to chase you the less likely they will think you are a spy. And don't be afraid to walk away. We have other jobs we can go for if we get made here.
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No. 736516 ID: cd44ca

Flirtingly comment on how you still haven't gotten to see everything... in the club. But that you'd love to explore the possibility of a trial run with his group. [(Saying "his group" should preserve any little notes of need for validation we've inspired)]

Ask him if he makes all the hiring decisions, in a tone like you're thinking maybe if he is, then he's in charge among him and his pals, and you'd be impressed. He probably isn't, in which case that might be a little blow to his ego and a rift between him and his partners. If he is, though, and we get him to abuse that to get himself laid, then it might make them mad, instead, with the same effect.

I think getting their cores is going to be difficult, and we should get the blackmail evidence out of the way first even if we decide we want to do more after. (When we do get the evidence, the Lollipops will probably come teach these guys a lesson anyway; disabling them ourselves would just get us a bigger cut). We want to slip in and destabilize them a bit so that they slip up and reveal the evidence. If the only useable stuff is on physical media, they'd have to have some method of either getting it quickly or to quickly send a message to whatever trusted confidante they've given it to to use in event of the 'pops trying anything.

It might be an idea to just get in and find a way to sit in on a meeting of them all together in some private location, then contact Fern to fake a possible potential threat, like just some recognizable lollypop goons hanging around outside or something. Then we could maybe observe them getting ready to use the evidence, and find out where it is from that. We'd just need them to not be suspicious of us.

Has that research on Coral's claimed gang connection included looking at our access to the lollipops' files?
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No. 736518 ID: 2e2d71

Dang Coral makes cute faces while dancing.

>what do about job offer
Playing a little coy probably makes you appear stronger than if you jump at his offer immediately. Not so dire straights, and it makes you less of an obvious plant.

>We could always use more sweets.
>theory: might be checking for a reaction, slang for Lollipop syndicate member?
Possibly, though if possible I'd like Scanner to confirm that.

Another possibility is it's a code-word we'd know if we worked with the I-Block gang, and us missing it or not responding correctly gives away that we were lying to him before.

I suggest burning processor speed and our phones to search the hell out of that term in the next few microseconds. See if we can confirm either idea.

If there's no proper codeword response we can find, I'd fall back on wordplay like "Well I suppose I am sweet, sugar."
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>Has that research on [I-Block gang] connection included looking at our access to the lollipops' files?
It has, and Scanner says the fact that the syndicate seems to have so much info on them is what made it a relatively safe option. It was a big enough operation that had a great deal of secrecy, and so classy jetals used as entertainment in secret is entirely believable at face value.

As far as Scanner or anyone can tell, the term 'sweet' that Bolonn just used was most likely just a play on Coral's own use of the term candy. She plays it safe anyway though and doesn't make a reaction towards the word sweet, in case it is a test for any syndicate relations.

"That's moving fast! This looks like a good club, but that's why I came in here to have fun. I'm keeping an eye out for new bosses, but I've got enough resources and money to afford not getting the first boss I get."
>"If you find a better place to work, I'd love to see it!"
"Oh, I don't know of a better place right now, but I know very little about this place, you know?"
"Are you in charge of hiring, here?"
>"I can't hire people on all by myself, but I can deny people from getting hired! We still have regular managers, business partners, all that stuff. But if you get my blessing, there'd have to be an amazing reason to not hire you."
"Well, we did just meet, after all! I haven't gotten to see everything... in the club. But I'd love to explore the possibility, if you can convince me."
>"Playing tough to get, hm?"
"No playing here, I'm just tough to get."
>"Ha. That so?"

Bolonn keeps dancing, but it seems marginally distracted.

Scanner is starting to think that Bolonn is the kind of person that is either used to getting what he wants, or at least dislikes not getting that.

>"Then let's just have some fun, feel each other out, and get past the 'just met each other' part. Are you the kind of girl that can keep up your spirit down to the middle of the night?" he says, with a friendly but challenging tone.
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No. 736539 ID: 398fe1

>>736532
You're on!
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No. 736548 ID: 2e2d71

>I'm just tough to get.
The biggest lie we've told since we started the Belenosian simulation.

>Are you the kind of girl that can keep up your spirit down to the middle of the night?" he says, with a friendly but challenging tone.
Hmm. I'm not sure we have a good move besides rising to his challenge, though that might take a while.

Maybe while you're doing that, we should compare notes with the other divisions? See how they're doing? (Team Succuduel, and team-wait-who's-piloting-that-one).

Or if we wanted to start another project, open a line with Loviro? I wonder what he occupies himself with when we're not around, especially since he can't go out. If he's not working on anything, we might suggest some of our ideas for secret module development, or see if there's anything else he would like to work on. We can probably have hardware or supplies delivered, if he needs anything. Let's not leave him to brood.

I feel like we should also call or text Vinyl to check in at some point. See how she's doing after that meet up earlier today? She probably won't want to talk it out, but I feel like we should make an effort to emphasize we're here for her. (I'd also like to find something where we could use her expertise as a thief, but we're still casing this joint and getting their trust. We might be able to consult her once we get to the planning the heist part. Again: find something she can focus on besides brooding over her past / investigating her past, and thinking about taking out the implants).
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No. 736549 ID: 90f3c0

"I'm the kind of girl that's known to outlast every one of her partners. Show me what you've got."
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No. 736593 ID: cd44ca

We can probably keep up with him. If need be, switch pilots to re-energize. Perhaps with each song, to conceal changes in how we dance, and trade to non-dancers if we stop for drinks or the like.
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No. 736771 ID: db0da2

challenge accepted.
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No. 736878 ID: dd338c
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736878

"I do have a tendency to outlast my partners. Let's see what you've got."

Unity thinks it's a long time to spend, but right now it may be the only real passage into their clique. Coral begins to dance alongside Bolonn, who offers tips and pointers to dancing in a club setting. At the change of every few songs, the active lobbyist dancer swaps out to keep the previous dancer from getting too tired of dancing.
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No. 736879 ID: dd338c
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736879

"Hey, Dad!" Unity texts to Loviro. "I was wondering, what do you do in your spare time?"
>"Slowly catching up on the last 30 years. Even though technology is strangled and controlled to an unprecedented level, there is much for me to learn."
"Is there a such thing as a trap module? Where if someone attempts to absorb, then they're disabled somehow?"
>"Generally, no. If a jetal is able to absorb a core, then the modules are temporarily put out of use, so this module's purpose is defeated before it has the chance to fulfill it."
"Okay, thank you. What will you do when you catch up with the world?"
>"I will need to take my implants out, someday. Until I do, any goals I create for myself are ill-informed."
"You can at least have a mini-goal in the meantime, right?"
>"Don't worry about me."
"I can't help that!"
>"Then if you want me to keep a mission or to keep busy, I will at least try to be more useful."

Unity also texts Vinyl.
"Hi Vinyl. Are you doing alright?"
>"eh"
"I'm available any time if you want to talk."
>"I don't want to talk. I only said the first text so you wouldn't think I went missing. Again."
"Okay. In that case, just don't do anything rash, okay?"
>"It's my choice, bad decisions or not."
"If you want to do something, at least talk to me first, please."
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No. 736881 ID: dd338c
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736881

Division 2 texts Coral, notifying her that they've found Marchi. Alison believes Recluse and a few others are driving that division.

Meanwhile, Division 1 engages in Party Gang 2. While the first hour or so was just spend hanging out, eventually a girl finally made a move on them and things escalated quickly from there. The girls are trying to get their money's worth out of this, so Division 1 claims they will be taking their time to tire the girls out.
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No. 736882 ID: dd338c
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736882

Bolonn and Coral dance through 10 PM. One of the targets comes to the edge of the dance floor.

>"Bolonn! Bolonn, get over here a minute!" Rike yells. The dance doesn't miss a beat. "I know you can hear me!"
>"I'm on a roll, Rikey. I gotta keep up with this girl. Can't quit before her, ya know?"
>"I know you're a huge pain sometimes, ya know? You, girl with the light module! Hold the dancing for a minute, would you?"
>"Damn, Rikey! It's a club, you can't just tell people to stop clubbing." Bolonn says as he and Coral dance their way towards Rike.
>"I'm asking her politely, then! I just need to talk to Bolonn in private for a few minutes. Go get yourself a drink or something. On the house."
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No. 736883 ID: 211d83

Whisper to him "Getting called off for work counts as my win" And then saunter off to the bar so he can do his thing.

Or do your best to stay close enough to maybe scan the conversation but if you can't without looking suspicious don't worry. Or maybe go check on Rans if he is available.

Honestly if they had anything really important to talk about they would computer link it to each other.
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No. 736892 ID: 2e2d71

>>736879
Looks like Loviro is open to the idea of us finding him a project at least. That's good. If we can find him a good one to work on, he won't be as consumed worrying about implant related stuff.

Vinyl's moping, but that's what I expected. At least she's in bed and not trying to break into harvest related buildings yet.

>>736881
I'm half surprised division 1 hasn't dissolved into a mass of tentacles trying to keep that many girls happy at once yet.

>>736882
That sounds like something we might like to overhear, but they have allies, one of which will probably be watching us, and our scanners aren't any better than theirs. We can't put ourselves in a position to listen without being observed.

Not sure what we can do but play along. Maybe try to bait Bolonn a little without pushing him too far.

"All right, we'll call a drink the pause button. But that'll only last as long as the drink does. Don't take too long now, sugar."
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No. 736894 ID: c441c1

>>736883
Better yet say "I win round one," punctuated with a slap on the ass. It allows for him to come back as soon as he can for round two while we are still showing a bit of our skills off.
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No. 737020 ID: 33a845

>>736879

Misunderstanding, I think? We didn't mean a module that can be used to disable someone when they're absorbing, we meant something they could take and, if it were mislabeled, use themselves. And then it would backfire on them. Basically, can you build a module that disables or damages a jetal when they try to use it, and can modules be mislabeled?

>>736882

Say it's ok, business before pleasure. Flirtatiously, of course. Maybe add a line like "They can't always be both, right?", towards Rike, and smile at him. Then say to Bolonn you'll give him a chance to catch up, so long as he promises to properly introduce you to his friends later. Look at Rike as you do so that he knows you mean his business partners.
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No. 737053 ID: dd338c
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737053

Unity re-texts Loviro.

"Oh, and about a trap module, what about a module that doesn't try and activate while trying to be absorbed, but one that triggers poorly when used, and was mislabeled?"
>"Ah, those exist. There have been universal laws against that for centuries, and although the empire can revoke this law, and most likely have built such things, it would likely be labelled as an A or S rank module."


"Getting called off for work is my win." Coral says, and while she attempts a friendly buttslap, he turns around shaking his head.
>"But I haven't left, have I? Rike, just datalink it. Here's my tail, just plug in."

They link up and presumably communicate for a couple of seconds like that. Bolonn doesn't seem to have a reaction, but Rike is visibly annoyed.

>"Alright, Coral, let's pause. Two vs one, it's no real win if it's like this." says Bolonn. "Treat yourself, I'll be right back."
"Okay. Business before pleasure!" she tells Bolonn, then turns to Rike. "Can't always be both." she adds with a smile. "Come back before too long, Bolonn, because a drink doesn't make for a long pause."
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No. 737054 ID: dd338c
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737054

Rike and Bolonn go upstairs, and Rans follows them into an employees only side door. With no chance for eavesdropping, Coral takes a seat at the bar and claim a drink. Chemical analyzer is used out of paranoia as Coral downs it, and although it's strong stuff, it doesn't cause miscontrol to Coral's body.

Laner scoots next to her.

>"That was my brother you were dancing with. You're fine for now, but he must've said he owned a stake in this club, so you can imagine how many people cozy up to him. He's not our shining model of standards, and he's not above abusing his position, chewing up the people who bend over backwards to kiss his ass and then dumping them out in the gutter when he gets bored. No one ever liked him for his personality, after all, at least not past the first ten minutes of talking."
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No. 737060 ID: 2e2d71

>Bolonn doesn't seem to have a reaction, but Rike is visibly annoyed.
Partial success at starting to drive a wedge there?

>>737054
Hmm, thanks for the... advice? Compliment? I suppose it's good I didn't go easy on him. He doesn't seem that bad though. There aren't enough people with an interest in the fun parts of being a jetal.

And clearly someone likes him. It's sweet of you to look out for him.
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No. 737071 ID: 211d83

He did seem a slightly frustrated when I did not fall into his arms after 5 minutes. But does not seem like a bad sort. Plus he is a good dancer.

Introduce yourself and tell him you will be careful. Then find out more about him and ask him his name. See what sort of stuff he likes. And make sure that Bolonn gets the chance to see you enjoying yourself with his brother if you can.
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No. 737078 ID: dd338c
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737078

"Well, someone likes him. It's sweet of you to look out for him."
>"By telling his pseudo-dates to be careful? If that's sweet, then we live in a sugar-free world."
"Still, he doesn't seem bad! Even if he seemed a little frustrated when I didn't fall in his arms right away. My name is Coral, by the way."
>"Laner. Other owner of the place."
"Do you like dancing as much as your brother?"
>"When it comes to dancing, we're completely unrelated. I'm no fan."
"Oh, that's too bad. There aren't enough people who take an interest in the fun parts of being a jetal."
>"There's things besides fun that we're good at, but hey, I'm not looking down on you."
"If you don't like dancing, what do you like?"
>"Communicating. People interest me. For instance, I'm very curious as to your wants. And I don't just mean to dance a night away with cheap thrills and people like my sibling. You've got to have other wants in life, something a little more fulfilling, a little more meaningful, on a basic level. The sort of thing that's worth doing work, for."
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No. 737079 ID: 398fe1

>>737078
Power.
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No. 737083 ID: 33a845

"Hmm. Well, it is kind of a cheap thrill, but things aren't necessarily bad because they're cheap. I like meeting people, I like getting to know them and I like it when I feel people have enjoyed themselves because of me. I like exploring the full range of sensation and experience on offer to me, within practical limits, of course. And I suppose I kind of want to challenge the status quo. If I do things jetals aren't supposed to do, and if I can persuade others to do the same sort of things and it ends up making people happier over all... then I feel like I've proved something. I suppose that's all more vague than the sort of thing you're talking about, though. I have other goals, of course, family issues and so on, but I imagine everyone does."

Smile.

"So, what are your goals, beyond just "communicating"? You seem to be rather... tucked away here for that. Of course, there are more forms of communication than just talking. Not just digitally, either. You'd be surprised how much people can express themselves through more... physical interactions."
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No. 737085 ID: 2e2d71

Laner's pretty androgynous, there.

>By telling his pseudo-dates to be careful?
Honestly depending on context that could have been as much warning us as advising us for his benefit, either way showing interest on your part. Either way we get the more interesting reaction calling it the way we did. (Not that we need to explain our rationale to you).

How did the social scanner read during that exchange? It's interesting if Laner was just offering sympathy for Bolonn's date, was trying to get a better outcome for him, or was trying to sabotage him by warning us off.

The relationships between these characters is something to pay attention to if we want to play them against each other to get the evidence.

>"Communicating. People interest me. For instance, I'm very curious as to your wants. And I don't just mean to dance a night away with cheap thrills and people like my sibling. You've got to have other wants in life, something a little more fulfilling, a little more meaningful, on a basic level. The sort of thing that's worth doing work, for."
If Laner's such a people person, it's interesting they're not the one with a social scanner.

Now, how to respond to this is interesting. Do we try to be honest, or do we try and invent a proper (and interesting) motivation for "Coral" to keep Laner on the line?

More fulfilling than a night of fun huh? I suppose when you get right down to it, I want what everyone wants. Power. Only not the kind you have to scrap for, the personal might. People power. You make the right friends, the right connection, you make the right people happy and you're better off than if you fought for every inch in a blackmap. It's a lot more pleasant, too.

Close to what would be honest for Alison (although a good deal more mercenary), panders to Laner's own people interest, and makes it clear what Coral's doing smoozing for connections here.
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No. 737153 ID: dd338c
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737153

Scanner reports that she has no confident idea what he's thinking. He's sending tells, and too many of them. She has a feeling that he's controlling them well, and that it may be staged. If not, though, the tells that Scanner is getting is trying to feel out Coral, and seeing what kind of person she is.

"Club hopping can be cheap, I agree, but that doesn't mean it's bad. For what I want? I might be typical, there, because I do want power. Not the kind you have to scrap for, but the personal might. People power. If you can make the right people happy, you're better off than if you fought for every inch in a blackmap. It's a lot more pleasant, too, and you'd be surprised how much people can express themselves through more physical interactions. How about you? You're a bit tucked away for any interaction."
>"I do like to observe, too. I knew it, though, no jetal throws away their immortality for nothing. And believe me, I know all about physical interaction. So what do you want power for?"
"I'd like to change the status quo, if I can talk vaguely. What are your goals?"
>"You're talking in the right company for changing the status quo, because that's mine, too. I heard you were with I-Block, so that fits. It's a shame they tried to be a bit more overt about changing status quo's in front of the wrong people. You've got to do it through legal channels, you know? The law is powerful, and it's better to convince legals to do it than try and force their hand. I'm impressed that's your goal. "Can I take you for a ride? It's nice to obverse the streets at night, and you've gotten my interest. Forget about my brother, he's just going to string you along all night for his entertainment, then drop you like a rotten log. Besides, you can dance anytime."

As far as Scanner can tell, he's honest.
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No. 737155 ID: 398fe1

>>737153
Hmmmmm... he didn't answer your question. Tell him you'll take him up on that offer if his brother acts like he claims, but for now, you'd prefer to keep doing what you planned to do tonight. Dance!
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No. 737158 ID: 2e2d71

>>737153
...well, playing the siblings against each other is certainly one way to start getting into this. Bolonn will be annoyed at Rike for pulling him away, and at Laner for pulling you away.

We could possibly even exacerbate it by fielding multiple divisions later, if we get them fighting over us.

Go for the ride.
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No. 737172 ID: 880548

Ask Division 2 how things went with Marchi. They reported they found him about... five hours ago, now? The party with the girls started at 5, which was around the time the report came in, and then we were dancing until past 10. The business with Marchi was just to ask if he could direct us towards any additional evidence that we could give to Sevener, possibly in exchange for pardons for his minor crimes (and, of course, to improve our acquaintance with him).

Recluse and co. were driving that one, and Reclusive is pretty independent and quiet. It shouldn't have taken five hours for their task once they found Marchi already. Maybe they already decided to start heading in our direction? That or they're following a lead, but maybe it's not too urgent, they probably would have called if it was. We did talk about them possibly returning to us as backup.

If they are within a shortish wait's distance, then we have no problem. We can do both! These guys already know you have division mods, from when your privacy mod was toggled off.

If that's the case, then tell Laner that sounds good. At the same time, though (give an expression of playful mock agonizing), it's not just that you were having fun with Bolonn, you were having a contest! You let him take a pause, not quit, and if you drop out, you lose. If ONLY there was a way for you to be in two places at once...! Then ask him if he minds waiting just a little; you're going to get a little backup.

If our aim is to use jealousy to bring these guys apart, then using the divisions should be great. We can just concentrate on having a good time with them, and their own thoughts will do them in. They won't be able to help wondering just what the other other half of the girl they're with might be doing.
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No. 737196 ID: c441c1

>>737172
I like using the divisions to play them against one another. After a little time of them being separated then we can start to act like something the other is doing is affecting us by giving off little yelps or something every now and then, or moaning.
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No. 737219 ID: 398fe1

I doubt it's going to be that easy to play with their minds. They will be communicating via phone, quite likely (and they're probably doing that right now to try to trick Coral)
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No. 737274 ID: 233260

Hmm somehow I am suspecting that you might have lured your brother away just so you could come over sneak away with me.

Not saying that is a bad thing but does that mean there will be two more cute jetals vying for my affection shortly?

Am tempted to take his offer but tease him a little first.
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No. 737510 ID: 6879ec

>and they're probably doing that right now to try to trick Coral
Conspire to trick us how? The only thing he's offered us is to go hang with him instead of his brother.
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No. 737535 ID: 398fe1

>>737510
To get her alone in order to ambush and strip her of her extremely valuable mods. It's not like we're carrying around defenses good enough to prevent that.
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No. 737538 ID: 8ff620

Reject his offer, saying you don't change teams mid-game. It's probably a test anyway, no one wants an unreliable employee.
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No. 737541 ID: 211d83

We should set something up with our divisions for a double/triple date. Might have to wait a bit but could have all the brothers trying to win us over.
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No. 737555 ID: 2e2d71

>>737535
This isn't a blackmap, we don't have a bounty on our heads, we didn't start anything, and they (shouldn't) know we aren't EIN legal.

Which means the level of legal heat they risk for assaulting and robbing us isn't worth the potential worth of the modules and jetalium we're showing. Especially when they're making easy money from their blackmail gig- it's not in their interest to make waves.

The only thing that alters the calculus is if they do think the Syndicate sent us. Then they might be thinking of roughing us up to send a message. But we're as much at risk of that in Laner's Company as Bolann's. I don't think it's the most likely outcome, though. A lot of people pass through their club, and they can't be too paranoid cracking down on potential Syndicate agents or they're going to end up driving away / targeting real customers and giving their business a bad reputation.

...and heck, if they do take Coral somewhere offsite to teach her a lesson? We drag it out as long as possible, make sure they enjoy hurting her, encourage them to rape us... while another division doubles back and loots the club for the blackmail material. And if Coral can't get away on her own with sexhacking, we call in backup: get Scups, or have "Roxy" text Sevener a tip about some jetal criminals she could bust in the act.
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No. 737559 ID: 398fe1

>>737555
Interesting idea. We'll need to verify there's no way for Division's communications protocol to be interrupted. Like, is it more reliable than cellphones?

...oh fuck it BETTER BE. We sent a division down where there's no cellphone coverage.
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No. 737575 ID: d1f5f1
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737575

>How is division coverage compared to cell phone?
Division module is better, and although Roxy should have experienced some oddities controlling herself, it seemed even smoother than the specs would suggest.

In any case, Roxy is back out of the subterranean hideout, and is headed towards the club for backup.

Coral keeps speaking to Laner.

"You didn't lure your brother away just so you could sneak away with me, hmm?" Coral says, making sure to put on a teasing tone. "Should I expect there to be a couple more jetals vying for me?"
>"I'd never."
"Well, you must know I have a division mod, so there isn't any reason why I can't do both, is there?"

He freezes for a tiny fraction of a second, where Scanner thinks that he thought things over for a lengthy moment.

"Nope. If you can pay attention to us both, then let's see it. Oh, and you may have reason, so it's perfectly cool if you send your division with me and your core with him, as long as you don't snore on my end, yeah?"
>"Then if you don't mind, I will!"

Division two shows up, and the two Coral's briefly brush hands to swap lobbyists around as they want, but the dancers stay in the core to head to dance with Bolonn.
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No. 737576 ID: d1f5f1
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737576

Division 2 goes into Laner's car, and he drives off.

>"Make yourself comfortable, adjust the car seat if you let yourself experience discomfort."
"Thank you, but these car seats are already so soft."

He sticks to surface streets, and within minutes, are on the other side of the bay looking at the smoggy skyline. Meanwhile, the main body reports that Bolonn is dancing significantly harder than before, and appears to be expecting Coral to keep up with him.

>"So, I never asked you about the status quo. I'd like to ask you a hard hitting question, but make sure to answer honestly. Do you think we live in a harvest?"
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No. 737578 ID: 398fe1

>>737576
Yes. Feels off, doesn't it?

Ask how he found out, and what he intends to do about it.
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No. 737581 ID: d1f5f1
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737581

"Yes. It feels off, doesn't it? How did you find out?"
>"My history doesn't add up. I 'woke up' with memories that don't suit my personality."
"I thought thoughts about the harvest were suppressed."
>"Yeah, sure, but have you ever noticed that illegal people seem to be less susceptible to it? I bet they let illegals think about it more so that most people associate rambling about the harvest with crime and low-lives. Even then, it's the people that have willpower or just get hung up about their past that really poke at the obvious issues that are huge red flags for being in the harvest."
"I've never noticed, but then, what do you intend to do about it?"
>"Become too big for the harvest."
"How do you do that?"
>"You seem like a nice girl, but we don't just tell each other our core goals and ambitions for free, now do we? What kind of status quo would you change?"
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No. 737589 ID: 211d83

Well it would be nice to not have to be connected to a giant computer in the sky that monitors your every move all day. Its not like the system seems to help stop crime or keep the world safer.

All it does is make people paranoid and everyone is scared to be who they really want to be. Everyone is so worried about evolving to some new superior form that they forget to live the lives they already have.
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No. 737596 ID: 398fe1

>>737581
Well either we lie to his face or say nothing, just like how he's saying nothing.

One lie we could give is that we want EIN to give illegals some protection. There are too many people that fall through the cracks and get taken advantage of by those in power.
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No. 737599 ID: 2e2d71

>I bet they let illegals think about it more so that most people associate rambling about the harvest with crime and low-lives.
Which is both clever, and sounds like rampant paranoia from anyone who suggests it.

>"Become too big for the harvest."
Jeeeeeze. Dangerous goal. Maybe they let you out, maybe they cut you down.

>harvest angle
Well, if he's not an operator scouting us out, maybe we can get credit with the operators later for having messed up the plans of someone who had become self aware.

>What kind of status quo would you change?
Playing to multiple audiences. If he's just a mark we're playing, we need to say something that will get us further in. If he's an operator scout, we need to say something that makes us look good to them. And in both cases we can't say anything that would make our actual plans vis-a-vis Sapphire obvious.

I think we should riff of of this >>/questarch/725394 . The idea, that philosophically, the empire is all twisted up with it's rejection of physicality, sexuality, and intimacy. Or our biological roots in general. That people are losing each other, that asexual amoral ideals are costing us all more than that is apparent. You'd like a system where people power mattered more.

To a low level gangster / extortionist, it's harmless (he won't see us pulling it off soon, and it apparently provides means to manipulate us if he should so choose- he just has to offer the connections "Coral" is looking for to hook her), to an operator, it sounds like a yearning for a social reform movement (which isn't their charge directly challenging the Emperors or the system, but working with them. And we know from last time there's at least a reasonable faction within the operators who are sympathetic to their charges and might react well to that kind of idealism in Unity).
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No. 737610 ID: d1f5f1
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737610

"All this harvest seems to do is make everyone paranoid about the giant computer in the sky, and be afraid to be who they are. They're worried about evolving into some new superior form that they forget to live the life they already have."
>"Isn't it worth escaping bonds of limited physical and mental power? After all, we train ourselves to be better, we may as well raise the cap."
"True, but not having everything doesn't mean you should ignore what you do have."
>"To each our own, but it looks like the computer in the sky prevents either of our own."
"It does. I believe the empire is so twisted in its rejection of physicality, sexuality and intimacy, even its biological roots in general. That people are losing each other, that asexual amoral ideals are costing us all more than that is apparent. If it were up to me, then I'd like a system where people power mattered more, whether they lived with what they had, or whether they wished to get more."
>"An idealist, huh? That's not bad."
"So how about you?"
>"Let's just say that I think power should be shared a little better with those who deserve it. The empire sure is uptight. I'd ask about you mentioning to Bolonn about you seeking a new patron, since we do have the connections you need, especially after losing your place in I-Block. But I'm more curious... do you really go around without any weapons at all? Don't worry, I don't have any interest in taking your modules, but if you're illegal, it's a huge risk for you to assume that, you know. Or did you leave your good weapons at home just so that you'd look like a jetal slut?"
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No. 737611 ID: 398fe1

Tell him you prefer not to fight, but when you do, you like it better when your enemies can't see what weapons you have.
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No. 737618 ID: 211d83

You would be amazed at what you can do with a beam sword and some fencing lessons.

To be honest I sort of am a Jetal slut. Every time I get some module money I think this is the day I am going to get a nice shield or some flight modules or some guns.

But then I see some module that will help me with people or enjoy myself more and I buy that instead. I might be a addict.

That and while I-block is gone I still have a few powerful customers that are rather fond of me and would be very sad if I disappeared or came to them crying about someone that stole my stuff. Never had to go that route but it is a backup plan at least.
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No. 737621 ID: e22b1d

As a jetal slut I like to make horrible life choices regarding my personal safety.

It is a risk but I have found that its really hard for jetals to feel at ease in bed with me if I am carting enough armaments around to level a building.

But I probably should get a basic set of mobility and defense modules just in case. Any suggestions?
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No. 737622 ID: 2e2d71

>>737610
Not everything is about brute force.

>it's a huge risk for you to assume that, you know.
It's also a risk to assume someone's illegal and attack them, or that you've seen all her cards. I already surprised you once with the division, didn't I?

There are advantages to looking like a jetal slut, though. A fight avoided can be a fight won, and for some reason people are a lot more welcoming.

(Hahaha, I'm finally seeing a possible angle here. If he starts thinking we're a good enough operator at this playing people without weapons thing, he might bring us in as part of the effort to blackmail the Syndicate. He needs good social skills to keep them paying without trying something or the situation becoming untenable. The relationship needs to be carefully managed, with an imbalance in weapons and power. And we're acting completely unlike any tactics the Syndicate has used before, so he'll rule us out as one of theirs. Fern's "roudies" got that nickname for a reason),
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No. 737623 ID: d1f5f1
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737623

"I prefer not to fight, and when I do, I like it better when my enemies can't see my weapons. And if they do, then I like to surprise them with what you can do with a beam sword and some fencing lessons. Still.... you got me. When I see a weapon or a module that helps with entertaining people or myself, I go for that instead. I may make bad life choices, and I am willing to go the mile to make people feel at ease with me, knowing I don't have the power to level a building! Plus, even if I-Block is gone, I still have some powerful people that are fond of me."
>"I'm sure."
"If I should get a basic set of mobility and defense modules, do you have suggestions?"
>"Hmm... if your strength really is just being a whore, then how about an audition for getting in our group, and we'll set you up with better basics? Even if you're new, we have to start somewhere, and if you are what you say, you won't mind getting your knees in front of my seat and doing what you do to convince me."
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No. 737632 ID: 2e2d71

>>737623
Don't answer with words. Answer with action.

Give a sultry smile, than ooze over onto your knees in front of him.

As you start going down, turn the lights across your head back on and set them dancing, though not as bright as before. (If you're down below the window no drives will see them and be distracted, and it adds to the effect here for Laner).

>they might give you some modules as part of the recruitment/cover
Haha, sweet. More free stuff, and since they were gifts we conned out of them and not stolen loot, we might not even have to split them with the gang(s).
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No. 737633 ID: 211d83

I am rather good at helping people loose concentration in cars.

Wiggle down there and see what he is packing.
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No. 737634 ID: 398fe1

Said too much. If he thinks you're new or inexperienced with combat then why the hell do you have such skill with Division and dancing? They're gonna see there's something up, just like the Syndicate most likely does.

Tell him he's being a little rude. How about he asks nicely, and you'll show him a good time?
Then proceed to stop right before he finishes. A demo isn't the full thing, after all.
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No. 737645 ID: 87547f

We have had some tentacles in our mouth but have we practiced much dick sucking?

Either way go choke on some dick and do your best to get him in a accident.
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No. 737655 ID: d1f5f1
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737655

Coral silently oozes over to the bottom of the driver's seat while Laner, with a high amount of morphability, starts pulling off Coral's overcoat.
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No. 737656 ID: d1f5f1
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737656

A dick essentially rockets out of Laner's crotch straight into Coral's mouth, and while it remains hard, it does wiggle around as it pushes around inside of her mouth. Coral tries her best to get him in an accident, but she finds it to be a difficult task considering the car's autopilot is turned on.

"Ahh, yeah, that's good. Is this what you like? Letting yourself get humped like this in the hopes they'll reward you?" says Laner.

Laner grabs Coral's horns and begins humping her face.

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No. 737657 ID: d1f5f1
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737657

Scanner makes it apparent that very few jetals would be able to feel what Coral's division is feeling and still be able to dance as well with her main body. It is possible, but doing so would give Coral away as an exceptional division user, which some lobbyists say may not be a bad thing.
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No. 737665 ID: 2e2d71

Ah. So we have a choice. Either try and make ourselves appealing to recruit by being really good at division use, or try and make ourselves less of a threat by showing weakness and also making them underestimate our true capabilities when we turn on them.

>>737662
The lights. If we have bleed over / spaz from trying to do too many things at once, it should show up as the lights flickering irregularly / breaking pattern, timed to his Laner's thrusts. Make us seem good, but with a limit. (When really our only practical upper limit on multitasking is modules).

If they're coordinating and/or recording with phones they can compare, and we have to assume they're communicating.
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No. 737667 ID: 8631e7

Maybe give a little twitch in your expression now and then, but remain a top-notch dancer. Maybe start acting more horny as you go along, as if arousal is bleeding through.

Back in the car, since you're a jetal and can speak with your mouth full, make some muffled sounds (even just the vibration might be nice for him), and tell him you don't like it, you love it. If you get rewarded, that just means you got two payoffs you needed.
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No. 737674 ID: 398fe1

Have the lights just go one color and stop beating to the music. As if we stopped messing with it, to divert SOME attention to the other Division.
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No. 737677 ID: e8a117

Just be an exceptional division user, need to have some talents. It even works well with your story of focusing on entertainment/intimacy being able to work multible people at once.
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No. 737698 ID: 211d83

Show them some of your skill. Want to impress them a bit without going to over the top.
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No. 737728 ID: 4854ef

>>737677
Go nuts and show dat skill!
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No. 737782 ID: 9e7153

Yeah, messing with the lightpattern should be good. It gives a hint to a weak spot in our abilty to divert that acually doesn't exist whils still promoting our abilty to divert as our strengh. Make the Lightpatternproblems far more prominent when Bolonn teases or fucks us. Easier to get them all if they think being overpowered by miltiple people is our glaring weakness.
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No. 737812 ID: c5207e

I think we should just make them think we're really good at using divisions. Are they aware we have two division modules, or do they only know about one of them? They could be convinced to let us use one or two of theirs if we show a knack for it, and we could always use an extra body or two once we have the spare jetalium to not wind up too much of a light weight when there's five of us.
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No. 737829 ID: 233260

You should up the ante. Get better at what you are doing instead of distracted.

In the car give him a contented gurgle while changing your light pattern to a hearts design.

And on your dancing body do something similar and ramp up your dancing to be a bit more seductive.
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No. 737895 ID: d1f5f1
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737895

For a brief moment, Coral's lights flicker.

"Hm? Are you losing it?" asks Bolonn.
"Nope. Just a flicker." Coral says, and she gets her lights working again. Her dance steadily gets more and more provocative while Division 2 gurgles on Laner's dick. Bolonn still has a tendency to grind on Coral, so as Coral's movements turn more saucy, the two jetals effectively grind against each other in sync with the music.
"Yeah, yeah! You got the hang of it." Bollon continues with a pelvis thrust forward.

They continue for another 15 minutes until after 11 PM. Laner doesn't let himself finish on her in that time, but keeps up the pace. Likewise, Bollonn's movements remain swift and high paced, and the music keeps up the pace, too.

"Keep your own beat to keep it speedy!" Bolonn reminds Coral, who is still adding a beat for added intensity.

"Harder! Suck it, harder!" Laner starts yelling. Scanner thinks he might already be feeling the novelty of a newly upgraded sex module wear off.

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No. 737897 ID: d1f5f1
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737897

Meanwhile, Division 1 reports in. They claim that after several knocked over furniture and a visit from a noise control drone later, the girls are being given one last finale before they'll be calling it a night, and Division 1 will be free to do something else.
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No. 737902 ID: 398fe1

>>737895
I wonder if we could take both of them out at the same time, by provoking Bolonn into taking you into a back room. If we can take two of them out, then it'd be 2 vs 2, which are good odds for us.

On the other hand, maybe we can tell the Syndicate the mission failed, and use these guys as a new contact. If they're really trying to get as big as they claim, they'd be a great stepping stool.

Division 1 should prepare to testify for Sevener with the evidence we've gained so far. They have AIs that were present, right? And they can behave like Roxy?
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No. 737903 ID: c441c1

For now the best thing for division 1 would be to practice for Musical Echo everything else might require our attention and its still a little early for Roxie to go to the gang bang.
Coral and 2 just keep doing what your doing.
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No. 737908 ID: 2e2d71

Bar-Coral and Bolann are going to end up stumbling into a backroom or behind the bar or something and start fucking at any minute, at this pace. (I'm assuming he's not willing to just bang her right on the dance floor in front of his whole club. Could offend too many patrons, or garner the wrong kind of reputation).

>Scanner thinks he might already be feeling the novelty of a newly upgraded sex module wear off.
Theoretically we could try using a sexhack to make it better for him, except our core isn't in Car-Coral (so we can't just touch it to him) and we'd don't have access to his core (we'd need to either snake a jetalium tendril into him and hope he accepts it and/or stop to ask, which seems kind of not in the moment).

>>737897
Good work, guys!

Hey, did we ever get report from the division who went to visit Marchi? Did she find any evidence / other witnesses we might be able to use?
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No. 737915 ID: 2e2d71

>>737902
Taking out two of the 4 isn't good enough, yet. There's still two in the building with only one of our division there, and if they realize something's wrong, we won't be able to stop them from reaching the blackmail before we do.

Especially since we don't know where they're hiding it yet, or what protections there are to bypass.

If Coral gets recruited into the 4-man gang here and this infiltration runs longer than a night (like we're expected to report to work here tomorrow and we aren't done yet), I kind of want to rope Vinyl in. She was a thief, and probably a good one. Bring her the intel we've earned and offer her the chance to plan a heist. (Fern would likely be angry about us bringing in an outsider close to his secrets, but she's a ghost anyways).
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No. 737947 ID: ba7c6d

>>737897

Oh hey that's right. We picked up a borrowed sex module upgrade after division 1 already split off, right? Did they gain extra sex powers when it was installed, despite being so far? I can't recall what the rules were for gaining/losing modules from divisions.

Bring in some jetal power with Laner, give him what he wants. We should have some extra tricks from module C. Like... grow some extra tongues or something. Squeeze everything in tighter. Imagination!

>>737902
>>737915

I think we should avoid doing anything to piss off the syndicate, guys.

So, now we've confirmed no less than three of this four-man gang have sex modules, we could be able to build up to an orgy. With three divisions in on it, only one division would need to take two. If they are getting jaded, we could entice them with the hack to let them experience what Coral is, and I'd bet none of them have had the sensation of being the focus of four guys (Though, that makes me wonder how the sense-multiplication of the hack will work through divisions). Rans is the only unknown element. Hopefully, he's secretly as jaded as the other three, but if not we'll have to seduce him.

Hmm. If he is inexperienced, we might be able to persuade the others that him being overloaded from it was just an accident. We almost melted the first time, just from a cyborg dick, so if we can challenge him, make him want to prove he can handle it, we could trick him into going "no I'm a tough jetal I can take all you got", then pow we overload him and the other three will just go "ha ha what a noob". Then we get them with the three-on-threeway and take them all out.
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No. 737978 ID: d1f5f1
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737978

>Status of Marchi evidence
Marchi was able to procure two witnesses who are willing to testify under the same conditions as Roxy, as well as point the finger to some leads that Bluestone worked with.

It is nearing midnight, and it's decided that Roxy is asleep and will give the tip to Sevener first thing in the morning. That division does have the capability to act like Roxy and do the testimony.

>Modules with Divisions
Other than privacy, which must either be on or off across all divisions at once, standards modules are effectively duplicated across divisions and can be used simultaneously.

Bolonn's hands morph and sneak into Coral's pants, and start fondling between her thighs.
"Keep dancing. Don't let it show." he says, starting to penetrate her.

At the same time, Coral makes better use of her sex modules to clamp down and suck on Laner's crotch. It doesn't take long before he orgasms into Coral's throat.
"Put your hands down there and your butt up here, and keep on working on me." Laner says.

While many lobbyists are willing to keep this up all night, some are getting antsy to make a more decisive move forward instead of letting just two of the jetals keep fooling around with Coral. Others, though, think there's no harm in enjoying it for a while longer.

Polatt is alerted that Party Gang 2 is finished, and he says that if Unity wants to occupy that division elsewhere, he can set up some simple, straightforward prostituting.


Division 1 can also be put to use practicing for Musical Echo, but to do so, that team will need to stop by either of the Coral's to get people more suited towards music.
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No. 737980 ID: 398fe1

>>737978
Well, they're both going for it. Should be fairly easy to entice them into activating the hacked sex mod.

It occurs to me that we won't be able to absorb Bolonn's jetalium instantly, only his mods. Plus, we're in full view of the combat jetal, so he'll probably attack immediately... we COULD ransom Bolonn's core to force him to... no, there's still one more jetal who could ambush Coral from behind once the club's evacuated.

I think our best bet is taking out Laner and hoping he isn't in CONSTANT phone contact with the others. Then the Division can come back and provide combat support. Heck, both Divisions can come back to do that, and it should become apparent that the group is outgunned 3v2 and will have to hand over the blackmail material.
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No. 737983 ID: 2e2d71

>While many lobbyists are willing to keep this up all night, some are getting antsy to make a more decisive move forward instead of letting just two of the jetals keep fooling around with Coral.
Problem is we don't have a more decisive move.

We could use sex hacking to overwhelm either or both of them. Knocking out Bolann in the middle of the dance floor would grab his allies' attention, although we could get away with it with Laner. The problem is we'd need to grab his phone and pretend to be him if/when the other communicate with him, without getting caught. And there's a lot of little things we don't know that could botch an impersonation (not knowing something, missing a key word, etc).

Even if we do take them both out (assuming we get Bolann out of sight), that leaves us with a very limited window to take out the other two and/or beat them to the blackmail. If division 3 came to intercept, we could make a concerted effort to ambush / trap the last two and hope they don't catch up too fast, but it seems too chancy too me. If we spook either, they'll bolt for the blackmail.

It would be faster to hit them both now, but it would be a lot safer to wait and gather more information. And messing up this mission doesn't just mean we miss out on money- it means Fern and the Syndicate take a blow when the blackmail is released. That means we should be more cautious, I think.

>Put free division on straightforward prostituting or Musical Echo
Making a swap pass for musical echo isn't worth it right now. Either she should be making money, or we should be calling her to the club so we have a surprise third body for when we turn on these guys. (Pick a much less flashy / standout appearance, one that will blend better instead of draw attention).
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No. 737984 ID: ba7c6d

Infiltration takes time! If we want to speed it up, bring Division 1 over here as well. Shift them into Coral too and start making the spy moves on Rike or Rans. Present themselves as wanting to to apologize for luring the other two away from business, or as wanting to show off their division skill. Right now I think for these guys we might be in the "use and then dump" stage, if we show that we're really super good at division then they have a reason to think maybe we're a decent long-term investment. We can say that one of our previous employers had a thing for multiplicity and liked sharing with his underlings, if they wonder how we're so good at it.

If we're lucky, they'll want us to do other jobs with division, and kit us out with some more mods to do it. And if they do ask us to do more dangerous jobs, we can go "oh gee guys no one ever really cares about just the hired bedmates, if I do stuff like this I'll be on the serious danger list. I wasn't worried before, but, if I did these kind of jobs well I heard tell you might have some tensions with [research who else these guys might have problems with, list several of them with just "the Syndicate" thrown in] and some of those guys are heavy hitters, what's going to keep any of them from just dropping in and wrecking us?"

These guys seem pretty smug and egotistical overall, so I'd bet they've tried the same trick a few times and have dirt on more than just the Lollipops. Turning that in too might give us an even bigger payday...
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No. 737988 ID: 211d83

While going faster would be nice what exactly would we do? If we hack both of them right now its going to be a mess and we will have started a jetal fight in a crowded nightclub. Way to much attention and we have no combat modules until we steal them. It would draw the police and possibly get the blackmail released.

We could probably hack Laner in the car but am guessing the brothers are in contact often.

I think the best idea would be to get as many of them riled up and competing against each other to satisfy us. Might take a bit longer but should be safer.

Maybe let them know about the hacked sex module later after introducing our third division. If we could show them just a bit of its use without knocking them out they might try to compete with each other to see who has more stamina. Get them hooked on the extra pleasure and then take out 3 or 4 at once if we can seduce them all into a big orgy. With three divisions it would be enough to go around.
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No. 737989 ID: c441c1

>>737984
We need to get the bouncer distracted if we can so bringing division 1 back and seeing if we can talk to him would be best.
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No. 737991 ID: e22b1d

Get your last division over here to start seducing Rans or Rike.

Get your butt waggling Laners way and keep up your dancing. Is Bolonn humping you or just using his fingers?
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No. 738014 ID: 398fe1

>>737988
We can steal Laner's mods first, hopefully knocking him out fast enough he can't alert the others.
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No. 738081 ID: d1f5f1
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738081

Coral's division butt is planted on Laner's lap, while the main body continues dancing while Laner dry humps her with his body and penetrates with his fingers.

After some speedy deliberation, lobbyists feel it's too risky to just take out only a portion of the brothers at once, as it seems like they're still in constant contact with one another.

The main body texts division 1.
>"Please come to the bar as a Coral division to seduce Rike or Rans."
>"Is it okay to show off 3 bodies at once?" Div one texts back."
>"They saw our two division mods, so they should know we at least have the capability of it."

Within 20 minutes, Division 1 shows up and heads up to the balcony.

>"No fuckin' way. What are you?" says Bolonn, noticing the third Coral ascend the stairs.
>"Work it!" Laner says after a few seconds, capping off the words with a smack to the rump. "And while you're at it, what was with that sex module with the hack on it?"
"Oh, that's something that adds in more pleasure than the attached sex module would normally allow."
>"Have you been using it?"
"No, because some people have trouble handling it! When I first started, I was practically melting."
>".... use it."
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No. 738082 ID: d1f5f1
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738082

While that conversation rolls forward, Division 1 leans on the balcony rail next to Rans, ready to speak to him. Rike, so far, has not come back to the main clubbing area.
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No. 738086 ID: 211d83

To Laner: Are you sure? Some people get a bit addicted to ever high sensation levels you know. If he says yes then start off giving him just a taste of it. Keep it intense but if he gets close to passing out then dial it down. Do not want to show that we can knock out people with it just yet.

To Rans: Introduce yourself and tell him that you noticed he is all alone up here and ask why he is not joining the fun. Make some small talk and look attracted to strong responsible guys who do not let fun get in the way of there jobs.

To Bolonn: Lots of practice and a bit of talent.
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No. 738091 ID: 90f3c0

Go ahead and show Laner what the hack can do. Don't get too close to knocking him out, we don't want them to think it could be potentially dangerous.

Tell Rans his friends are having quite a good time testing your abilities, and it would be a shame if he missed out. Maybe there's something he'd like you to do for him.
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No. 738094 ID: 2e2d71

I feel like we're going too fast, now. I was hoping we did a dual display / audition for Laner and Bolann, we would wait it out, and then they brought us in to work for them. Which (assuming they didn't tell us about the blackmail) would allow us to learn what areas in the club are secure hiding spots we aren't let into, how they're defended, find out if they have deadman switches, etc. With the third division in play we risk looking too competent for the newbie angle we tried to sell Laner.

If our #3 division gets put in a strenuous situation, we might want to show additional sync / flicker errors, just to fake like we have limitations and get them to underestimate our true capabilities when we turn on them.

>".... use it."
I need to touch you core. Well, someone needs to touch a core, and mine's not here. (You could snake a jetalium tendril into him, but he has to let you).

Remember: only one person can be seen in the lobby to sex him up. (And Alison's in the dance body I think. Succubus, maybe? I forget which team was where).

>what are you?
"Showing off." Grin, grind against him, and make the lights pop for a moment.

>Rans
He's the most combat loaded of the 4 of them, and he doesn't have a sex module (unless it's under high rank privacy). So seducing / sexhacking him probably isn't an option. We have to fall back on social skills, right now.

Lean forward over the balcony, watching 'yourself' dance (and showing off your cleavage should he look). "Hmm. So you're the responsible one, then?" (Compliment, and a little bit of a wedge, reminding him he's different from the others).
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No. 738095 ID: ba7c6d

Give Bolonn a nice laugh, making sure to keep working at him and dancing well (Maybe slip your tail up under his shorts/skirt/long shirt to shift it and mess with him). Tell him a story: you had a boss once who really liked getting a lot of people involved. Liked sharing, too, used me as a reward for good work. One of his favorite things was to send me as "entertainment" when he was meeting a rival, and have another of me, or two, at the same time while he watched. Takes all sorts, huh? Anyway, can't gossip too much about past clients. Story short, I've gotten practice at doing a lot of complicated, intense things at once.

Ask Laner if he's sure, it'll need you to touch his core and send an image in. If he says yes, say ok and twist half around or lean back or something to kiss him and push it in that way. Give him just a taste to begin with, but a decent one, and tell him you're starting on the lower setting. We work for a drug syndicate, let's get someone hooked. Leave a good bit of space to ramp up more later, in case he starts getting jaded again fast. If they're in communication then Bolonn will hear, probably get curious and push to take his Coral elsewhere, where we can do the same to him. If we get them intent enough on having us all the time, then either jealousy or anger at work not being done will start causing a rift between these guys, or the other two will get interested enough to have a go, too. Then we might be able to spin something like "oh dear this is getting in the way of your work, tell you what why don't we go to a backroom all together and I can use all the sensation being focused on me together to give you all a big helping to keep you satisfied for a decent amount of time."

My concern is whether they'll end up seeing different people in the internal lobby, if we have to make multiple connections and they don't all come to the same lobby somehow. Maybe temporarily change a bunch of contestants to match Alison? Or if the contestants in the division don't have access to the shop maybe change Alison and someone else temporarily to match whoever of them is going in. Just so we can cover ourselves later and they won't suspect we're multiple different people in here by comparing notes about what they saw internally.

Say hello to Rans, tell him you're sure he noticed you, the way you're sure he notices everything in here. Say you hope you're not causing any problems by distracting people. And that you were wondering how he was doing up here - you know it can suck to be working while everyone around is having fun. If he seems to respond very professionally and no-nonsense, a professional attitude might earn a little favor from him, so in that case maybe tell him you try listen to the street, and a place like this always comes up with rumors of the owners being in with or against various shady groups. Since you were thinking of maybe hanging around here a bit longer if you're allowed, and he seems like he'd be in charge of any danger, you were wondering if he'd tell you if they did have any bad rivals or grudge-holders. Anyone who'd get a little indiscriminate about punishing their enemies?
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No. 738113 ID: 398fe1

Rans doesn't even have a sex module. We'd be barking up the wrong tree by trying to seduce him... but the division being near him is a good idea since we can instantly attack him when we take out the other two.

Hey, if we're that worried about Laner being in constant contact with the others, ask him if he's bragging to his friends about the hot jetal you're banging in a car.
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No. 738118 ID: 2e2d71

>My concern is whether they'll end up seeing different people in the internal lobby, if we have to make multiple connections and they don't all come to the same lobby somehow.
They will see different people, since every division has a separate lobby.

I don't think it's a problem, though. They aren't familiar with the ins and outs of metal images or even sexhacking- what they see could easily be handwaved as subjective. (Especially if we lie and tell them they looked different on the inside to us, too).

>>738113
No, attacking any of them is a bad idea.

We don't know where the fourth one is, we don't know where the blackmail is, how it's protected, and if there's a deadman switch. If we switch from infiltration to attack there's a serious risk we blow the mission. It would come down to luck. (And jumping Rans with weapons we just absorbed and hoping he doesn't react first is pretty chancy too, especially since he's used to jetal combat and we have little experience this time around).

If we want a safe victory, we really need to wait until we've had a chance to get to know them and spy on their operation. This is only phase 1 of an infiltration: the audition / winning them over.
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No. 738219 ID: 91ee5f

>"No fuckin' way. What are you?"
"Very good at multitasking."
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No. 738222 ID: 398fe1

>>738118
Well if we're not gonna attack Rans then we should try to find and seduce Rike. Get three of them using the hacked sex mod at the same time and we can take out all but one. Rans is on the club floor, he can't get to the blackmail material that fast.

In order to do this, we could try asking Rans where Rike is.
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No. 738252 ID: c441c1

>>738222
Rans is legitimately the biggest threat we should try talking to him and see if we can distract him first besides we can't see Rike.
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No. 738258 ID: 398fe1

>>738252
Distract? He's a jetal!
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No. 738269 ID: c441c1

>>738258
sorry I meant distract as get him out of the picture, we can't leave him within sight of the others and if we can we won't him to be in the group we take out with the hack.
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No. 738526 ID: d1f5f1
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738526

>What are you?
"Very good at multitasking and showing it off." Coral tells Bolonn with a larger flash of her lights.

Coral slaps her lap down again onto Laner's.
"The problem with my trick is that I need to touch your core."
"... really." says Laner.
"Yes. I understand if you don't want to! If you do, though, I just need a sliver."
"Fine, but try anything funny, and my dick is going to become a kilobeam gun."

The trick is done, and Laner appears. Succubus is there to meet him while all the other lobbyists on that team stay out of sight, as knocking him out here would result in bad reactions from his partners. Laner takes a moment to get his bearings with the feedback loop, and just smiles as he guides succubus down.

"Ah, do it here too if you like, but it's not necessary!"
"I can tell." Laner says, guiding Succubus on the ground and laying her anyway. He does the bulk of the work inside the lobby while Coral continues doing the work on the physical bodies. "Interesting. So your form in the lobby isn't really you on the outside, huh?"
"Don't be too sure. We're just images sent to one another, and those can get shifted and corrupted. I bet if you did one of my other bodies, I might look different."

From the moment he first appeared, Laner's body language appears to give away many more tells than his physical body. His eyes roam around Succubus while he makes countless judgements about it.

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No. 738533 ID: d1f5f1
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The Coral by Rans leans over the counter to watch herself dance while giving Rans a display of her cleavage. Rans hasn't given the impression of being a jetal that points his eyes at what he's focusing most on, so it's unknown if he's attracted to anything about Coral or not.

"I'm sure you've noticed me. You seem like the responsible one here."
>"What are you talking about?"
"As a club employee or manager. Sorry if I've distracted your bosses. I hope it's not a problem."
>"They're my bosses, why would that be my problem?"
"Sometimes employees like their bosses close, but I also know it can suck to be working while everyone else around, especially your bosses, are off having fun."
>"Difference between me and them is that I'm paying the bills and making the money."
"That's excellent. It's no problem if I hang around here, right?"
>"You tell me. Are you going to stir up shit or keep me from doing my job?"
"Not unless you can't do your job while I'm talking to you."
>"Then you're just a regular patron, aren't you?"
"Mhm."
>"Cept the part where there's a dozen people at the bar, a hundred on the floor, a dozen more tables that'd buy out the menu to have a shapeshifter join them, and you picked me."
"And the other two, but you still stood out. Fun is fun, and that's what I like, but I find that there's something alluring about a professional man in the middle of all that."
>"So I'd lose all my charm as soon as I got away from this place?"
"I doubt that. After all, a rich man doesn't become poor just because he sets his wallet out of arm's reach."
>"... you can talk to me, but don't act like I look professional mingling with the jetal girl."
>"But you can scan everything just as well talking to me, so even if you didn't look professional, you still are professional."

The conversation continues on with Rans tendency of answering Coral's inquiries and statements with questions of his own. Rike appears hidden away, and eventually, Rans says that Rike usually sticks to peace and quiet at night time, but otherwise very little advances are made about what makes the group tick. It's decided that they need time to warm up to Coral before they start letting things slip, as their question evasion and topic selection seems habitually careful.

Some hours pass. At about 4:30 AM, the club is cleared out, and Bolonn is still dancing enthusiastically with Coral. Laner is still fooling around with her at the top of a hill several hundred miles away, and Rans seems more comfortable conversing with Coral

Polatt texts Unity.

>"Hey, we got a message for Roxy. Sevener says she'd like to talk to Roxy as soon as she gets up, before the testimony. Said she's even willing to show up at Roxy's place and take her out to breakfast. She left a number for you."
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No. 738539 ID: 01f5ac

Well, that's important. She should be happy to get the new evidence, too. Did we find a way to spin it into a pardon for Marchi? Anyway, since Rans is a professional and will probably react best, tell him something like "Well, it's coming up to morning again. I can enjoy all of myself some of the time or some of myself all of the time, but not both! I have a few commitments to take care of. Talk to me again if your employers ever let one of my other thirds go, I'd be happy to give you some more of my time."

And blow a kiss and a wink at him as you go and accept breakfast. Shift into Roxy and biomod along the way, buy some food on the way and eat it to test out tastebuds and that sense, in case doing it for the first time causes us to react in a way that gives things away.

Tell Laner he seems to be handling the mod pretty well, after all. Say you think he could probably handle you ramping it up a bit more, if he likes? We're trying to take these guys down, so, we're aiming to get them addicted or obsessed enough to cause them problems with their work.

As for Bolonn, well, if the club is cleared out... tell him you each seem pretty evenly matched on the dance floor so far. Since all the customers who could get scandalized are gone, how about you move up into some more... intimate dance moves, and see who buckles first, then?

Really we need to finish these guys off for at least a little while, our battery is probably going to run out before theirs. Sheer endurance we might not be able to do.
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No. 738541 ID: 24100f

We'll have to wrap up our night at the club and say our goodbyes to the boys. It's gonna take longer than this to finish this mission. We still haven't gotten to snoop around the back, or gotten to know Rike.

>what do
Text a status update to Fern, so he knows we've been working on this. He should understand that it'll take a little longer to worm close to their trust and the blackmail. If he was willing to gamble on disabling three of them and trying to race / search for the blackmail, he would have already sent in the Roudies to rough up the 4-man gang.

On Sevener: we need to pick a reasonable wakeup time for Roxy, and that's when we should respond to the text. If possible, the division doing that should text from a cheaper residential area (in case Sevener has the call traced, unlikely, but just to be safe) and then should arrange to meet somewhere. Faking or borrowing an apartment is more trouble than we need. (Sevener probably want to know where Roxy lives, just in case we try to bail, or someone comes after us).

Of the other two divisions, I think we should send them to check on our people. One to see Loviro and hang out with him for a while / bring him breakfast. Also to get him started on some interesting science project to distract him from his implant mystery. (Possible angle of approach: we could let on that we seem to be unusually good at multitasking, compared to other jetals. Did he ever have any module ideas he scrapped just because there would be too many moving pieces for a jetal to juggle?).

The last one should be to check up on Vinyl, offer her emotional support / a girlfriend to talk to (or someone to fuck, if she's decided to take us up on that). She's gotta be bothered about Felix / the existential crisis. I'd also like something for her to do, but I'm not sure what yet. If she was a professional thief, and she enjoyed / was good for it, we could temp her with planning heist, but we don't have a good target picked out (though maybe we could research one with our syndicate connections?). Give her a challenge, something she's good at.

We can be transparent about what we're doing, too. I know you're thinking about your implants, and I promise I'm working that on that. I'm not asking you to move on or forget about it, but I need time.
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No. 738542 ID: 24100f

Oh, and we could probably text some with Polatt. See how the reaction was to our handling of Gang Party 2, see if anything good came of making that mob boss happy, and see how he's doing. (If we wanted to tease him we could mention some of the non-syndicate-classified stuff we were up to last night).
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No. 738788 ID: d1f5f1
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>Did we find a way to spin it into a pardon for Marchi?
Roxy has only collected the evidence, but has not turned it into anything as of yet.

"I think that we're evenly matched." Coral says to Bolonn.
>"Ya want to call this one a draw, then?"
"Let's."
>"Then come back another time."
"There's not a lot of people around, you know. We could finish off with some intimate moves."
>"Nahh, not that easily, not that fast. You keep on coming around girl and shaking those hips, and then someday I'll show them a ride."

Laner goes another round before pushing Coral off.

>"You're good. I want you back, because if you can keep that trick hitting me, then you might just be my favorite, shameless jetal slut, and I want to make you last. We're almost back to town."
"That was good. You handled the mod well!"
>"Of course."

Succubus thinks that Laner was playing hard to get, but had a much better time than he let on.

Lastly, Coral turns to Rans.
"Well, it's coming up to morning. I can enjoy all of myself some of the time or all of myself all of the time, but not both! I have some commitments to take care of, but talk to me again if your bosses spare a third of me."
>"It's your place to come talk to me if I'm on the job. You are fine to do so."

>Update to Fern
Fern understands that it will take awhile, and cleanly removing them from the equation is worth spending some time on. After giving him an exhaustive report on what happened and everything that was said, Fern says he will see if he can find anything to help speed things along.

Coral disbands from the bar, and splits off. A division transforms into Roxy, another goes to offer Vinyl emotional support, and the main body heads to keep Loviro company.
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No. 738789 ID: d1f5f1
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Roxy, with a new phone, returns the number that Sevener gave in the message at about 7 in the morning. Polatt has set her up with a temporary apartment under Dead Battery ownership just in case it comes up.

>"Who's this?" says Sevener, almost so quickly that Roxy can't get the phone up to her ear to hear it.
"It's Roxy."
>"Hello, then, thank you for returning my message. I'd like to speak in person."
"I've still got to get dressed, but I can leave my place soon. Can we meet somewhere public?"
>"....initially, sure. Name the place, I'll be there."
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No. 738790 ID: 398fe1

>>738788
Well that was a waste of time. We're not gonna be around long enough to pull off the con, if they're that slow to trust. Though, the info we got off them might be enough to call down the Operators on them once we go legal(or get enough combat mods from the Operators to just take them out), and if the Operators cooperate with us/the Syndicate we can complete the mission too.

>>738789
Same place as before should be fine, really. Roxy just won't be working this time.
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No. 738791 ID: 7af91b

>Roxy has only collected the evidence, but has not turned it into anything as of yet.
What evidence do we have, and does it implicate Marchi? Even if we got the cops to ignore him, drug making gangs and corporations will still have reason to target him.

>Name the place, I'll be there.
Pick a dining establishment that's friendly to the Dead Batteries or at least in their territory. It's where Roxy would feel comfortable.

Remember, privacy B and the biomod on.

>meeting Vinyl
I'd use Syndicate database resources to look for possible heist targets in case she accepts the suggestion of doing thief things.

Loviro we already have vague ideas for tech projects, and we know the role of loving jetal daughter. We can make him happy for a bit.
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No. 738796 ID: 15f7a9

Meet Sevener decently far away from where Roxy supposedly works and lives, to maintain the illusion that Roxy doesn't want to be seen talking to a cop by people she knows. Maybe pick up some sunglasses for her to wear or something? Make it only a semi-public place, like in a corner street or back of a restaurant somewhere? She did offer breakfast.

Offer Loviro ideas for things he could do, but make it clear you're only suggesting them in case he has nothing else to do that would keep his mind off things. Tell him that you don't want to do anything like taking advantage of him, and really it should be him taking advantage of you! Remind him that anything he wants or needs you'll go look for, for him.

Speaking of, when you first came online he mentioned having stashes hidden in places he couldn't go now, right? Like, in the legal brothels? You have some contacts, now. You should be able to find someone trustworthy (that is, someone whose legs will get broken if they ever show themselves as NOT trustworthy) that you can hire to retrieve things, some person who's legit and can go into a place like that, and sneakily retrieve something while they're there. Ask him where some things are and what they look like/how to get them.

>>738791
>Even if we got the cops to ignore him, drug making gangs and corporations will still have reason to target him.

We're not looking for evidence against Marchi, we're looking for evidence we can trade for Marchi to be let off his crimes, such as they are. Yeah, drug gangs will still be after him, but without him being officially a criminal it'll be harder for them, and we can get his bounty taken off so that rando bounty hunters won't be going after him. Plus, Marchi might end up being a contact for Sevener (and thus a way to keep an eye on her), and making Sevener pull her resources to get Marchi excused will mean she can call for less from her bosses later, and it'll slow her down.

We get the advantage and look like saints doing it, helping a poor street doctor treat people.

>>738790
>Well that was a waste of time.

Have some patience! It's taking a while, sure, but the potential payoff is huge. Even if we only get the evidence, then the Lollipops will probably move in to teach a lesson and we'll get a nice cut. Even better if we can manage knocking them all out ourselves. We need to give them time to stew and think about us, then we can go back.
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No. 738797 ID: d1f5f1
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>Evidence
The bulk of evidence appears to be in the form of two girls willing to testify, and Marchi claims that he trusts them not to backstab him. If that is true, then there's nothing that would implicate Marchi beyond what is already known.

"How about the Flowing Garden?" Roxy asks, referring to a hole in the wall restaurant by the DB territory that has few patrons but manages to stay afloat.
>"Hrm. Not your workplace?"
"If my regulars see me around cops too much, they might think I'm always being watched."
>"Fine, whatever." Sevener says. "I'll be there."

Lobbyists start using the Syndicate databanks to research potential targets for Vinyl. Privacy and biomod is turned on. The main body team converses with Loviro, too, asking him about some information he may know while mostly just providing him company.

The lobbyists find a realistic measure of time for how long it would take a biological to get there, despite the option to simply walk as a biological. As she scans over the place, she finds Sevener sitting in a corner booth.

"Hello, Anya."
>"Hey. You doing alright?"
"All things considered, sure. You, though, I'm glad you aren't at my workplace. You'd scare everyone away."
>"Yeah, well, let's get to business, take a seat, breakfast is on me. Some of those guys facing jailtime? They've got friends on the streets. I thought they were all losers, but if... listen. I told you you could testify in private, but not anonymously. I thought all those guys were nobodies who couldn't do a thing, but a few of them have friends on the streets who'd hate your testimony. And I want you to testify, but I have to be polite with you, and that means being honest with you. And that means telling you that testifying won't be as safe for you as I'd like. You'd want to lay low for awhile. I'll give you my real number, something you can call any time if you need help. I'll do my best to protect you, but I also need you to know there's always that chance."
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No. 738799 ID: 15f7a9

Hmm. "So, with one girl, you need me to testify in private but not anonymously. What if you had three girls to testify anonymously?"

Besides that... tell her, the problem with laying low is that it'd mean you can't work. You have friends to hide with, but you'll still have expenses, especially if you want to go back to your normal life eventually.

"I still want to help put those guys behind bars, but... I think I should be asking for more in return. Not even for me, for a friend of mine. Well, more of an acquaintance, but someone who deserves it. How much pull do you have? Could you get someone with some minor crimes let off?"
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No. 738800 ID: 91ee5f

"I knew it wasn't going to be this easy, I'm just surprised it took them this long to do something. But are you sure you can protect me? You're acting like you're going to be the only cop protecting me. Which actually sounds like the plot of some sort of action movie full of car cases, a bunch of bad guys, and lots of explosions!"
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No. 738801 ID: d1f5f1
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"What if I had a couple more girls testify anonymously?"
>"Again, anonymous testimony isn't any good. But testifying is good. Would they?"

Roxy thinks to what Marchi explained about them.

"They'd need an awful lot of coaxing. They already were nervous about it. Are you sure you can even protect me? You act like you'd be the only cop in some kind of movie."
>"No. There'd be a cop in shouting distance for you at any point, but I'm the one who'd make it a damn good point to make sure you don't need..." Anya quiets down as a water comes by to drop off the menus. The staggering weight of the air is enough to tell the waiter that conversation isn't welcome, at least not to Anya. He leaves her to continue. "So you don't need to scream."
"I'd like to help, you know, but if I'm going to put my life on my line, I think I should ask for more in return. How much pull do you have? Could you get someone with minor crimes excused?"
>"What kind of 'minor' crimes? Don't beat around the bush, either, if you downplay this to get me to let someone bad off the hook, then sore criminals are going to be the least of your worries."
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No. 738802 ID: 398fe1

Tell her about Marchi's crimes and his motivation, but not any identifying information (actually it's probably identifying enough but do it anyway, Roxy might not realize that)
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No. 738808 ID: 24100f

>And I want you to testify, but I have to be polite with you, and that means being honest with you. And that means telling you that testifying won't be as safe for you as I'd like. You'd want to lay low for awhile. I'll give you my real number, something you can call any time if you need help. I'll do my best to protect you, but I also need you to know there's always that chance.
This is actually fine for us. It costs us little to have "Roxy" "lie low" as we can always invent a new dancer to earn money with, and Roxy will have the ability to call in a favor from Sevener / have her ear when we need it. That's useful.

I think Roxy should (pretend to steel herself) and tell Anya you thought about what she said at your last meeting, and she's right. You want to stand up to these guys, and put them away. You can afford to stay low for a while, and you aren't crossing any of your own.

>Don't beat around the bush, either, if you downplay this to get me to let someone bad off the hook, then sore criminals are going to be the least of your worries.
Are we really pulling for Marchi here? Even if we get his official / legal crimes purged, drug companies and gangs are probably going to still put bounties on him just for interfering with his business.

You can be honest about his charges, but don't disclose his name (though she might guess) or location. (If she asks you to flip on him, so she can take him in and/or get the bounty: be firm. No way, babe. You talked me into this risk to take down some slimeball drug dealers. I'm not flipping on someone who tries to help girls worse off than me. In places I could have ended up. Not on the table, not if you want my testimony).

>The main body team converses with Loviro, too, asking him about some information he may know while mostly just providing him company.
I think we should be suggesting possible module research projects to keep him busy. Repeating an earlier idea:

>Possible angle of approach: we could let on that we seem to be unusually good at multitasking, compared to other jetals. Did he ever have any module ideas he scrapped just because there would be too many moving pieces for a jetal to juggle?

If that doesn't pan out, we can suggest other things, but I think it's important we get him working on something. He needs something to do (besides fret about us or his situation, and working on a module for us lets him feel like he's contributing too).
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No. 738809 ID: 15f7a9

"Alright, I'll be straight with you, since I don't think you're the type to backstab someone on the wrong side of the law if they don't deserve it. He's a doctor, a pharmacist. By training, anyway. He got in trouble for skimming drugs to help people who needed them. After they kicked him out of his legit job he did some deals with illegal drug traders to keep doing the same thing. The two other girls that I might be able to get you, I can contact them because they're his patients, now they escaped. He's taking care of them, treating their addictions, operating out of a secret place he set up. It'd be a lot easier for him to treat people if he wasn't on the bounty list, but he's only a legitimate bounty target because he's a criminal. Stuff like operating without a license, the illicit trades, that kind of thing. Maybe he was lying to me and there's more on his record than that, but you can look it up to check for yourself. His name's Marchi."
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No. 738812 ID: 15f7a9

The girls will need protection too, of course. That's kind of the thing, getting them into proper protection would mean the cops knowing where Marchi is with them.
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No. 738813 ID: d1f5f1
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"Practicing medicine without a license. Is helping addicted girls overcoming their troubles a crime?"
>"Don't play around. What else?"
"Skimming drugs. Illegal imprisonment, if you consider keeping patients high on withdrawal to be imprisonment. I can contact those two girls because they're his patients, you know. He's taking - "
>"Yeah, yeah, I get it, a hero on the other side of the law. His name?"
"I don't want to say until I know you can help."
>"Description?"
"No."
>"Yeah, it's pretty tough to pull for someone who I don't have an ID on. If this all goes down right, then I can pull someone out of the fire, but I'm not making any promises, you get me?"

Roxy looks down, before staring back up to Sevener.

"Fine, then, I only want his record clean just so that it's one less thin for him to worry over. I did think about our last meeting, and you are right. I want to stand up to these guys and put them away, even if I have to stay low for awhile."
>"You have no idea how much that means to me. Thank you. We're thinking the testimony will be later this evening, and I'd like to stay by you. Just in case, at least for the rest of the day. I can get a couple partners to look into those two other girls and treat them well."

The main body asks Loviro about modules that typically rely on far too much multitasking for most jetals to take advantage of, and Loviro says he will think on what information he has that isn't outdated.

Meanwhile, Gambler has achieved a payout of 3.6 million, including the initial 1 million startup. Princess Toya is getting a high reputation and is receiving some sponsorships, business deals and contacts. Gambler would also like to set up a team to start a legitimate investment business, and is wondering if that's too much of a problem if Princess Toya gets a higher name out there.
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No. 738814 ID: 211d83

Well if we are stuck with Sevener all day why not show her a good time? Better than sitting around all day with her scowling. Can go watch a movie or shop or just hang out in her apartment watching tv and talking. Have a girls day out or whatever. Plus you can try to slowly seduce her.

Tell Gambler that we are going to want our name out there when we go legal so why not groom Princess Toya to be part of our eventual legal identity?

Yes there is some risk to being well known but honestly that is the route we are planning. We need friends and influence and a somewhat perverted gamer seems like a good start.

As for the investment we need to get a honest business set up as fast as possible so we can go fully legal. Once we go that route we need our own money and power base so we are not forced into criminal activities to pay the bills. (unless we want to)
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No. 738815 ID: 15f7a9

I'm a little bothered about Princess Toya getting more fame or being tied down to contractual obligations that could make her go certain places at certain times, since I think those noble assholes are probably still after her. Can she even participate in a legal contract without a legit identity? They'd certainly want a way to catch up with her if she bailed or went missing, which we don't want, since we could get called to do serious stuff whenever (or even leave the harvest sim). It'd be kinda mean to them, anyway.

The problem with the other two girls is that they're with Marchi, probably getting treated, and sending cops to them means either interfering with that treatment or letting the cops know who and where Marchi is anyway.

I'd say trust Sevener with his name and description (not his location) so she can look up his record, and get her to promise her and her partners won't go for him if you do tell them where he is. Actually, better: we could bring Sevener to him by herself, where Marchi is set up in hiding and we'd all be pretty safe in any case.
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No. 738817 ID: 398fe1

>>738813
260% return is fucking amazing.

I wonder if we should attempt Healing A Jade now. Should we get a higher rank sex module? We can afford the B rank now. We're gonna need to send the main body for that job though, since it's got the majority of the AIs in it.
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No. 738818 ID: 24100f

>We're thinking the testimony will be later this evening, and I'd like to stay by you. Just in case, at least for the rest of the day.
Possibly inconvenient (ties up a division for most of the day), but there has to be a way we can turn that to our advantage ("accidentally" intercept the corrupt cops, maybe?).

Roxy should maybe get a little sassy at that. Hmm. No offense, but having a cop around all shift at work probably won't be the most popular thing. Were you planning on blending in, or did you have something planned for an all-day date?

>Gambler would also like to set up a team to start a legitimate investment business, and is wondering if that's too much of a problem if Princess Toya gets a higher name out there.
You mean, start playing the stock market and the like? If we want to invest, there's technically no reason we need to use Toya's name to do so. In fact, if we were going to do legal investing, we might want to hide behind a fake identity that appears more legit / has better backstory or credentials. Don't want the investments seized as illegitimate under accusations of fraud, etc. (We might need to buy a "clean" ID from the gangs or black market with papers / DoB / credit history / SSN / whatever the Belenos empire uses).
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No. 738819 ID: 15f7a9

If we're going to want to buy stuff now, we should probably get something that will help us finish the job for the Lollipops. Do we have a price for that camouflage/invisibility mod? Extra senses might be good for snooping out the evidence, too. But shopping should probably wait until we have a moment to think about it properly.
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No. 738825 ID: 486e87

Any new spy mods we get will have to have hide on it, as to avoid looking suspicious to the blackmail group.
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No. 738827 ID: d1f5f1
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>Can she even participate in a legal contract without a legit identity?
Gambler claims that Princess Toya is able to use her contacts as the front for the business. If not for those contacts, there would be no reason to use the Princess Toya name.

Princess Toya's rising fame and established name would help kickstart thing and would help continue the same rate of returns with even higher amounts even at such things as playing the stock market, but it would be possible to start from scratch. Some think that it might be worth making amends to get an in to an experimental research lab, but because of the experience of their personnel at BoT's home, there is a great deal of skepticism.

"No offense." says Roxy. "But having a cop around all day probably won't be the most popular thing, unless you were planning on blending in, or did you have something planned for an all-day date?"
>"I wasn't planning on any of those things. Take the day off, you can relax." Anya says.
"And just sit around and do what?"
>"Aren't you the one in the entertainment industry? If you want to go do things, I'll follow."

To the main body, Loviro speaks of modules involving multitasking.
>"There are high morphability modules that do allow for complex use, such as being a one-jetal band, or a control console simultaneously sending out and receiving orders from a network, and of course, high ranking division modules with AI addons. It is highly specialized, but such things are frowned upon. Jetals are supposed to be one of a kind, and attempting to split one's conscious is considered unnatural. Unfortunately, my colleagues that would have this are no longer around. Now, in order to find such things, you would either need to take them from an empire's research lab, or find one in the blackzones."

The other division knocks on Vinyl's door, and is let in. Conversation begins, but it's dry and is mostly brief smalltalk in an effort to get Vinyl to open up further.

Roxy prepares an answer for Anya.
A) Girl's day out
B) Go directly to Marchi and the two additional witnesses to introduce Anya, and hope it goes well.
C) Other
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No. 738828 ID: 398fe1

>>738827
A. Let's show her a good time. She seems like she could use it.
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No. 738831 ID: 15f7a9

I'd be willing to start making more money with Toya if not for the risk of those guys getting at her again. So long as it's a division that has all the phones and such being used for the gambling/trading, not the one with the core, I guess it'd be ok. That'll limit what they can do if they do come after her, they'll have to negotiate instead.

As for Anya, I think we don't want her to spend time exclusively with Roxy, since that maximizes the chance she might realize something's up. If it's possible to call ahead to Marchi and arrange with him the meeting between Anya and those two girls, then we should do that. It'll keep her busy. We just have to make sure Marchi knows not to talk too much about the circumstances of when he met Roxy the first time.

>If you want to go do things, I'll follow.

Give her a flirty smile. "You'll follow, huh? Would you follow me somewhere you could rent out an... entertainment upgrade for you to try with me?" Then give a little laugh like you don't expect her to really take you up on that, and say "Sorry, I just like lightening up serious-looking types like you, and... well, the way things have gone for me recently, I'd like to be with someone on my terms." Then look more serious again, and suggest going to meet her other two witnesses.
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No. 738833 ID: 24100f

>Some think that it might be worth making amends to get an in to an experimental research lab, but because of the experience of their personnel at BoT's home, there is a great deal of skepticism.
No, we're not making overtures to them. The only way I see us being able to work with them is to wait for them to make an overture to us. And if they do I plan on shooting down the first offer to make them take us seriously / try and get the attention of someone with a brain further up the chain of command.

Alternatively, we go undercover and rip them off in a bid way- take their shit.

With the attitude they displayed, coming to them as a supplicant, in a position of weakness, will not give us terms we are willing to work with.

I suppose making Princess Toya more of a public success, manipulating markets, might push our profile back into their sphere of view and make them consider reaching out to us again. (Or they might mistake our public assets as something they can attack or leverage to influence us).

>"Aren't you the one in the entertainment industry? If you want to go do things, I'll follow."
*Grin* "Careful, that's pretty broad license you're giving me, there. One might almost think you're asking me to introduce you to a certain something you've been missing out on."

The "in-character" response for Roxy should be for her to slip back into her more chipper persona, have some fun at the expense of her captive audience, tease her. It would be a defense mechanism to not take her proctive custody too seriously, the same way she puts on a face when working. Also she'd want to humanize (belenosianize?) her guardian as much as possible.

"A" for now, maybe "B" once Roxy trusts Sevener more.

>a control console simultaneously sending out and receiving orders from a network
Getting ahold of a network management module sounds like a wet dream for us. Combine that with Scanner, or with the endgame PEI modules.

>high ranking division modules with AI addons
Could be the kind of thing that would allow us to upload people to ourselves as AIs, which we probably need if we intend to protect Loviro and Vinyl before the Emperors get them this time.

Ultimately though, this has turned into Loviro giving us leads to try and follow, not giving him a project to work on, since he's apparently uninterested in or unable to fabricate / design these modules for us. We need something to keep him busy.

>attempting to split one's conscious is considered unnatural
"...what if your consciousness starts out split?"

>Conversation begins, but it's dry and is mostly brief smalltalk in an effort to get Vinyl to open up further.
Oh good, I was half worried we wouldn't know where Vinyl was staying.

"I figured you could use someone to talk to, and well, it's not like you have many people you can talk to about any of this!"

And later "Were you a thief because you you needed to be, or because you wanted to be?" (If she has anything like a Whiskers-like attitude, she might be interested in a heist for the fun / challenge of it).
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No. 738837 ID: 398fe1

>>738831
>those guys
Uhhh... what guys?
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No. 738840 ID: 15f7a9

>>738837

The noble bodyguard dudes, and their bosses who are probably even worse.
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No. 738844 ID: 91ee5f

>>738827
Is Sevener's face broken? Is it physically impossible for her to smile? And I don't mean a cocky smirk (which we've seen her do...I think), I'm talking about an actual happy smile!
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No. 738847 ID: e22b1d

Tease the crap out of her.

You will follow my lead? So if I knew a guy who could lend you a fun little module for the day could we shack up and have some personal time together? Its a great way to pass the time you know.
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No. 738848 ID: b2db3f

Do your best to get in her pants. If not right away slowly seduce her via a girls day out.
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No. 738864 ID: 24100f

If she gives us a hard time / lip about our attitude: "Hey, if this is my last day before I gotta lie low, I might as well live it up a little."
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No. 738907 ID: 398fe1

>>738827
>AI addons
What does this mean exactly? How is it different from a normal Division mod?
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No. 738956 ID: d1f5f1
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738956

"What did you mean by AI addons for divisions?" Unity asks to Loviro.
>"Built in, non-sapient AI to drive a jetal's division. If you are good enough at multitasking, then you may not need it, but many jetals find that it is a nice add-on for their division module when they want a simple task done."
"Ohh. Anyway, this isn't about getting me leads to try and follow for modules! I'd like to get you a project to distract yourself from all this implant business."
>"Hrm. Is that the case. As I've said, though, I can't help you enough with modules. Although I know all about module interfacing, and have done that portion of module crafting in the past, the actual usage of the module itself is not my strong point. But perhaps I don't give myself credit. If you are able to get me certain items, then I may be able to set up a lab and, perhaps, see what I can do. If not create a new module, than optimize existing modules to suit your core more."
"I would love that."
>"Then I will create a shopping list, but be warned, much of this will have to be purchased through illicit means without licenses, and are prohibitively expensive."

Loviro gets to making a shopping list comprised of items that Unity has never heard of, nor can even pronounce easily. He explains what the items do, and ends up categorizing them together to show what has to be acquired in order to build what. Scanner estimates how much everything would cost together.

>"I'm sorry, once again." he says, writing everything down. "It looks like I am still sending you off on leads. But jetal core work has always been my life, and I have nothing to work with. I am not expecting you to get me any of this. Either way, in the meanwhile... I may have made stashes in the past, and I would dismiss this as being too close to conflicing with my implants, however, my intelligence has been celebrated throughout the diamond house, and it would be insulting to them to say that I could not find a way to investigate these regardless."

http://tgchan.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_Stats#Loviro.27s_Shopping_List
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No. 738957 ID: d1f5f1
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738957

Gambler is given permission to go ahead with Princess Toya, just so long as it's made sure that she can't be easily found. People are assured not to worry about that, as Toya will be more of a brand name and concept over anything else, so Princess Toya won't be getting any high society visits unless she wants to, and she does not want to.

After a brief pause, Roxy smiles at Sevener.

"You'll follow me? Those are dangerous words, officer."
>"Should I speak in contractual language from now on, or can I respect you enough to expect some sensibility about not taking everything literally?"
"Please, this is what I'm talking about, miss! You're so uptight and can't take a joke, and I wonder if your face is broken because you never seem to be a little happy."
>"What've I got to be happy about, huh?"
"I wouldn't know, but if you don't have anything, why don't you go make something?"
>"Like hearing you testify. That'll get me in a good mood."
"I was thinking something besides work all day."
>"Do I look like a pleasure hunter or something?"
"You at least said you'd follow me to mean something!
>"And I would, within reason. So what's it gonna be?"
"I know where you could rent a module that'll let us hit the bed together."
>"Are you asking me for a fuck?"
"Yes."
>"And you seriously think I'm going to go for that?"
"You know how to let another girl down, huh? It's the day before I have to lay low for awhile, and it's a lot tougher to get some when I've got to hide for cover."
>"No. I was thinking you'd just want to watch TV or something."
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No. 738958 ID: 398fe1

>>738956
Oh, the AI addon will let us send divisions into suicide missions without worrying about losing a Contestant. That would be nice! Maybe not worth the cost though. We'll see.
>my intelligence has been celebrated throughout the diamond house
Is that the first time Loviro's mentioned the Diamond house? Ask him to tell you more about Diamond. Also, can he remember where he left those caches?

...also the second and third items in that list seem way too expensive. I don't think we're going to be able to get those before leaving the harvest, at which point Loviro will no longer be able to help. ...unless going legal means we can enter and leave the harvest as we please, keeping our money with us? That would be a distinct advantage to keeping Loviro alive.

>>738957
Pshhhh, boring. Maybe we can do some of that but let's at least go out and play skee-ball or something.
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No. 738959 ID: 211d83

Well at least the list has tiers. We should aim for the 2 mil one fast so he has time to catch up on tech info and once our business empire gets going we can work on the other ones. Which means staying in touch and on good terms with the syndicate after we go legal so they can help us track stuff down.

As for Anya.

"Tv? Tv is the lazy people choice. It's what you do when you want to not think for awhile. Why not have some fun if we are going to be hanging out all day? For me Sex is fun so I figure that why not teach the cute jetal a thing or two. But we can go shopping or see some attractions or whatever.

But before that let me ask you something. If you are so dead set against sex and simple physical pleasures why do you look like that? There are plenty of jetals out there who look like amorphous blobs because they don't care. But you take the form of a beautiful woman with rather enhanced sexual features.

They say the appearance makes the person so if you really are a scowling grump who only enjoys her job why look as cute as you do?
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No. 738960 ID: ea2bfa

>>738958
Seconding skee-ball
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No. 738964 ID: 15f7a9

>Loviro

Before you leave, make sure to tell Loviro that you'll try get this stuff only if there's nothing else he wants to do more. Tell him you'd never want to be taking advantage of him, and that if anything he should be taking advantage of you. Remind him that if there's anything he wants you to get him or help him with, just ask.

>Anya

Ask her: "Have you watched tv? Feelgood mind-numbing like happy toya reunions gets real old once you're past puberty, you know. Or maybe you don't. So, what's the issue with sex? I'll stop pushing you for it, but I am curious, now. You don't strike me as the type of jetal who holds themselves up all high and superior to pathetic organics, especially with the... look you're presenting. And we need something to kill time together without being in public. So, what? Am I tainted goods to you, maybe?"

Remember to eat your meal, like a perfectly normal organic girl. Keep up the illusion.

>>738958
>the second and third items in that list seem way too expensive

Well, if we could theoretical score the big hit with our current syndicate mission, we'd probably move up several income brackets. There was talk of doing a trial run on entering noble society in the harvest, and we could hardly do that without big bucks to fling around. Remember, this whole thing is a game built by the system to test us. If it's making an offer, it's probably achievable. With our mods being pretty much the only thing we can take with us out of the harvest sim, getting this awesome custom stuff from Loviro will REALLY help us out, maybe more than anything else will.
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No. 738965 ID: 24100f

>2 million - Biological Knowledge Module
I think we should buy this for him right away. Let's get him started on his catchup.

Looks like no progress with Vinyl, unfortunately. Usually Alison has an easier time making friends!

>diamond house
I'm tempted to absentmindedly make the diamond horn-ornaments on the Loviro division now.

>as Toya will be more of a brand name and concept over anything else, so Princess Toya won't be getting any high society visits unless she wants to, and she does not want to
So... when we eventually go legit and try to claim nobility, then we can legally own Toya industries, and have another angle for high society stuff.

>"And you seriously think I'm going to go for that?"
Getting you to loosen up a little would practically a public service. And hey, gotta take pride in my work. How good can I be if I turn away from a challenge?

You encouraged me to do something to be a better person. I'm just encouraging you to explore being a person.

>I was thinking you'd just want to watch TV or something.
I'll have plenty of time to watch TV when I'm holed up for days or weeks, waiting for the gangsters I pissed off to move on or get busted for other things. Nah, we're going out.

I like the skee ball idea. If we take her to an arcade / carnival-ish place, it's a pseudo-date, and we can probably get her to win Roxy something at the strength game or something. Start out light before making it a little more intimate, see if we can get her to go for anything else.
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No. 738966 ID: 91ee5f

>>738959
>Shopping.
This is perfect. And then maybe we can drag Anya to a clothing store and have her try on some outfits with us. Who knows? We might find something that she'd like to wear.
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No. 738969 ID: 15f7a9

>>738965
>I think we should buy this for him right away.

We should definite buy it soon, but I think right away it'd be better to buy something that'll help with the mission we're on with the blackmail guys. Like, maybe hacking modules to slip into the building's security/cameras, and extra senses to be able to sense and track things through walls, that sort of thing?

>skee-ball

That might be a bit anachronistic, and it could be hard for us to conceal what will obviously be out amazing jetal prowess. Also, Roxy is already trying to avoid publicity with Anya, just because she's a cop. If not sex then we should just go to Marchi.
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No. 738992 ID: d1f5f1
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738992

>Looks like no progress with Vinyl, unfortunately. Usually Alison has an easier time making friends!
The division reports things are going uphill, but slowly. Alison is currently leading the talk with Sevener.

"This is expensive, but I would like to get you the first knowledge databank as soon as I can. But what was that about the Diamond House?"
>"Oh, I let that slip, but I was going to let you know when you grew accustomed to this world, and you are doing so at a fast pace, so I suppose it may as well be now. I was the lead jetal scientist for one of the emperors of this world, diamond, who is now deceased. Nonetheless, nobility is usually simply scattered to the remaining emperors - you, being one of my non-mass produced unique jetal cores, are, in effect, a noble however. I did not want you to know this right away, lest you leap to conclusions! Being a noble has its own turmoil."
"Wait, I have a nobility just because I was made by you?"
>"Yes. Normally I would have told you to go legal as soon as you could, but I do not care to see you become absorbed into the system. I wanted you to be who you are, and if that follows an illegal approach, and if that involves the more fundamental feelings of lust, then your lineage should simply stay out of the way!"
"This is still big news, though!"
>"Yes, it is, and if you like, I will tell you more about this and the diamond emperor. He was not without his flaws, but he cared for life and the species in positive ways."

Loviro is told to go on, and he begins to explain the house in detail. The core will text and log the important notes after the speech.
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No. 738993 ID: d1f5f1
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738993

"TV is the lazy people choice. Feelgood toya reunions get old fast once you're past puberty."
>"I wouldn't know about puberty."
"Still, TV! It's what you do when you don't want to think!"
>"But lying on your back and letting a guy plow you is just the most thought inducing activity, I'm sure." Anya says while Roxy eats. Anya also takes a bite.
"It's a bonding experience, you know! Hold on, you eat?"
>"We can get tastebuds too, you know. It's appropriate for me to eat if you're going to."
"I suppose. Anyway, if you're going to give me a hard time about doing something you've never even tried, then I've got a question for you! If you are so against sex and act like you're a scowling grump who only enjoys her job, how come you took the form of a cute girl with a huge rack like that? Most jetals I've seen are either sleek looking belenosians or amorphous blobs. They say appearance makes the person."
>"I've got to talk to a lot of people, shitty or not, and having a girl's chest somehow makes a lot of people, least biologicals, open up more. Appearance making the person is the stupidest shit I've heard, but I don't talk to the emperor's personal scientsts, so I've got to make people think like I'm not an unfeeling, cold hearted bot. Even if I was. That's why there's cleavage, too."
"You can have cleavage without making it a foot long line."
>"It is not a foot."
"It so is!"
>"Whatever! Sleek looking, small framed belenos look gentle and at ease in front of a computer or whatever. Since I've got to make appearances, I've got to look tough. Think of these like training weights or something."
"They're really not good training weights, you know. I have to do a lot of back exercises because lugging these ar-"
>"It's an metaphor, girl!"
"Mmhmm, I'm sorry, it's not a good one. How about skeeball?"
>"What? An arcade? Me? That's like a business executive showing up drunk to a fastfood place. Isn't that the kind of place you stop going to after puberty?"
"Thought you said you didn't know anything about that?"
>"I just looked it up, and I'm surprised your picture wasn't put up as the visual aid. But fine, we'll go skeeballing."
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No. 738994 ID: d1f5f1
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738994

After eating, Roxy and Anya go to the nearest arcade place. While Roxy shot down the idea of being seen with a cop, this was more in line with her not wanting her workplace clientelle to see her at the workplace with a cop. Otherwise, Roxy doesn't foresee much issue with this.

>"So all I need to do is get this ball in those holes? Is this some innuendo?"
"No, and yes, that's the rule. Well, you do have to stand there and roll it the whole length up."
>"What's stopping me from walking up to the front and just putting the ball in."
"The law, probably?"
>"No. There is no law against it."
"The rules of the arcade, then, and just a basic concept of sportmanship. It's a game! You don't even get that many tickets from this one."
>"Yeah, why does that one over there give normal tickets and not this one?"
"I guess they didn't want to have the regular skeeball lanes have scanning capabilities to balance out between people. There are the physics-calculating skeeball robots, and then people like me who just can't do that. So they made more ticket payouts for the lanes with cylinders that pop out on the sides and wind blowers and uneven ground and stuff, and the straight lanes for biologicals that give participation 'you played' awards."
>"Fine, you play on this normal lane by the real lane, but if I'm going to be doing this while watching your back instead of catching criminals, I'm going to do it for tickets. What prizes are there?"
"The prices are on that wall over there."
>"What? Stuffed animals made by the cheapest bidders? Board games that failed to sell in normal stores? Candy made in... hrm."
"Wow, Anya! You really have never had fun in your life before, have you?"
>"And this is why! Alright, I'm making a go at this, cause I'm gonna win some candy and at least see if they're making a health code violation."
"And win me something, too!"
>"What could I possibly win there that wouldn't be even cheaper to have delivered here in less time than it would take to win?"

>If we take her to an arcade / carnival-ish place, it's a pseudo-date, and we can probably get her to win Roxy something at the strength game or something.
While there is a strength game, this has even worse ticket payouts for biologicals.
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No. 739017 ID: 211d83

Sure you could go buy this stuff yourself but then you loose out on the accomplishment of winning it. Even simple cheap things are worth more if you have to work to get them. It's just a fun game to play while you chat with friends and relax.

Usually you come here with some friends order some food and play some games and relax while you talk about what happened over your work week. Getting out and socializing and stuff.

So go cheer her on while she plays complex jetal skeeball. Play up the cute girlfriend angle and see if you can get her to enjoy herself. Poor Anya really needs to learn to live in the moment.
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No. 739018 ID: 7324a4

Tell her to get what she thinks you'd like most. You want to find out what she thinks of you.

After a while, as if you've been thinking about it, say: "You're wrong, you know. About the... "just lying back and letting a guy plow you" thing. There's more to it. It's like... being a chef, since apparently you do eat. If someone's hungry, then yeah, you can just give them something simple to fill them up and then the hunger will be gone. But that's the absolute basics. I mean, most people can see to that for themselves, no problem. If you want a really good experience, something that'll really make you feel good and put you in better mood, you do more. There's a lot more... depth, and complexity, and other things you can do to add up to create this... full colourful portrait of sensation. And, like food, you can give them something soothing or comforting, or something rich and overwhelming, something they'll want to nibble at slowly or that they'll want to cram down their throat all at once. It's a whole range of experience, is what I'm saying. I guess you are a virgin, though, so, just lying back like a dead fish or pumping away like a machine is kinda the cliche of what you'd think sex is."
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No. 739024 ID: 398fe1

>>738994
I'm guessing bowling alleys have the same issue.
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No. 739026 ID: 24100f

Remember to have someone with good control doing the skee ball. We can't perform better than a good biological. And Roxy doesn't spend all her time here, so she can't be an expert.

>But lying on your back and letting a guy plow you is just the most thought inducing activity, I'm sure.
Well "thought" isn't so much a concern if he's mind blowing enough. Who said a gal has to be passive and boring in bed, though?

>"What could I possibly win there that wouldn't be even cheaper to have delivered here in less time than it would take to win?"
It's psychological. Earning something, winning something, always feels better than just getting it. Even if shopping can be fun, too. Although even when you're shopping, you're trying to get that feel of winning when you go hunting for the best deal.

Somehow, I thought you of all people would get the drive to succeed.

(If Sevener brings up Roxy's drop habit as a rebuttal. It's a shortcut. Sometimes it's too tempting not to take the easy way to feeling good. Never claimed to be perfect).

>While there is a strength game, this has even worse ticket payouts for biological.
Well yeah, but missus grumpy-pants there ain't a biological. Ding!
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No. 739028 ID: 24100f

If / when we reach the point where we can ask Vinyl a more personal question, I still favor

"Were you a thief because you you needed to be, or because you wanted to be?"

As a lead-in to feeling out if a heist would be a good idea to keep her happy / distracted / busy.
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No. 739047 ID: 91ee5f

>Roxy's skeeball lane.
Oh, well that doesn't seem too hard.
>Anya's skeeball lane.
.....oh.....my.....god.....O_o I'm so happy that doesn't exist in real life!

>"I'm gonna win some candy and at least see if they're making a health code violation."
That is a terrible lie and she knows it. She just doesn't want to admit that she has a sweet tooth.

>Anya's face.
She's almost smiling! I think this is the closest she's ever gotten to making a smile on her face!
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No. 739048 ID: e22b1d

Oh man did she get a taste for candy? We need to bake her a cake or get her some fancy deserts and find out.
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No. 739054 ID: d1f5f1
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739054

>I'm guessing bowling alleys have the same issue.
Belenosian games involving scooting a ball down a certain vector are seen as somewhat archaic, but still have solid following. As a result, professional games involving this typically have lanes that seem like trap corridors and curves.

"You can't buy memories of a job well done at the store! It's better if you work for it."
>"So if I tied your feet together and made you hop around to snag your prize from my hands, you'd like the prize more?"
"Well, not if you're mean about it."
>"Whatever, let's play it."

Roxy plays a couple of rounds herself, but mostly cheers on Anya.

"That was good! You don't need to set off the balls as fast as you can, though!"
>"I'm a damn jetal, I can figure how I'm gonna throw the ball in a tenth of a second! If we're going to do this dumb stuff, we're going all out. Or at least I am."

Anya steadily gets better with skeeball. The driver of Roxy makes sure to do only alright.

>"You're not doing that bad, either."
"Sometimes I come here with friends to wind down, so I've played skeeball before. You know, I was thinking about that comment you made about being braindead during sex. It's really not true. It's like... well, since you ate food, it's like food. It's more than just getting normal substanance, it's about how it looks, how it tastes, all that stuff!"
>"That's what people made up. It comes down to not starving to death."
"People made it into something more, so it's something more. Besides, who said the guy has to be a robot thruster and the girl to act like a dead fish?"
>"Besides the point! I'm getting the hang of this skeeball thing."
"Oh, you are having fun?"
>"I didn't say that."
"You didn't say you're not."
>"Pshh. Fine, I'm not having fun." she says, putting another token into the skeeball machine and concentrating on getting the balls in. After the round, a bunch of tickets come out. "Let's take a break. I'm going to investigate things. For my job."
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No. 739055 ID: d1f5f1
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739055

Sevener and Roxy go to the prize stand, where Anya turns in some tickets.

>"Yeah, give me some of that candy. That one, too. In fact, give me one of each." she says to the clerk. Once he puts everything on the counter, Anya scoops it all up in her arm and walks back to the arcade area. "Why's this sugar put into a long tube? Is this supposed to be a straw or something? It just looks like colored sugar, too."

She tips the tube down to have the sugar flow into her mouth.

>"Fuckall, it is just colored sugar! I could've bought 20 times this much for the amount it costed! But it's no health code violation, just a damn legal scam is what this is."
"But you didn't need to eat the whole thing or even get all those prizes just to act like you were acting all police officer investigator on a random arcade stand."
>"Yeah what're you saying by that? What're you even lookin' at? A jetal eating sugar isn't amazing."

Roxy's secret jetal computing power calculates a 100% chance that Anya is having fun.
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No. 739061 ID: 7324a4

"Mm? It's not like most proper candy is anything but sugar, nutritionally. Isn't that all that matters to you?" And stick out your tongue at her. "I suppose the taste of victory is supposed to make it better. Haven't you ever won something in a casual bet with someone, for example?"

If she says no, offer to make a bet. Say you probably can't beat a jetal at any game here, but if you asked the staff there are probably statistics tables that will tell you some sort of equivalent performance rating. If she wins, you'll buy her something small that she likes and she can see if she likes it better for winning it. And if you win... well, there's the obvious, but you know she won't agree, so, you don't now, maybe indulge your curiosity? You'd like to know a little more about her.
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No. 739064 ID: 91ee5f

We've done it! We got her to smile! Mission accomplished! 8D

"Is that a smile I see? So you can smile after all!"

>"Yeah, give me some of that candy. That one, too. In fact, give me one of each."
"You know, if it wasn't for the fact that you're a jetal, I'd tell you not to eat that all at once or you'll get fat."
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No. 739073 ID: db0da2

My god. Sevener is the cutest tsundere. The cutest. We must put thawing her icy heart at the top of our priority list.

>>739061
I'm not totally opposed to this, but we should be certain not to make her think we're prying for information about her, we don't want her to turn defensive. Even if we lost deliberately to avoid having to ask about her it would still put it into her head that we're after her personal info, and remind her that her priority is winning the CAI battle.

>>739018
>Tell her to get what she thinks you'd like most. You want to find out what she thinks of you.
We should do this for know.
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No. 739086 ID: d1f5f1
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739086

Roxy smiles for a moment before answering.

"Is that a smile?"
>"No."
"Really. You're downing an awful lot! If you weren't a jetal, I'd warn you to not mess up your figure. Anyway, it's not like most candy is anything but sugar, nutritionally. Isn't that all that matters to you?"
>"They could at least try to make it look special."
"That has the taste of victory."
>"I threw 20 bucks worth of plastic balls down a lane for arbitrary points."
"Well, have you ever won something in a casual bet with someone?"
>"No."
"How about a bet? I can't beat a jetal at any game, here, but I bet you could look up these games to see statistics for how well jetals do vs how well non-modified biologicals do, and we can match our points up like that. If you win, I'll buy you something and find out if you like it better for winning it. If I win, then.... well, you won't agree to the obvious, but you get me a prize instead."
>"Like what?"
"Whatever you think would suit me most. If you don't like that, then maybe you can indulge my curiosity about you."
>"What, you want personal details or something?"
"Only the things you're comfortable talking about."
>"What do you care about that?"
"You're the first cop that seems to care. You might be a grump, but you also seem like a real person. A real grump, not someone designed to be one! But it's your pick if you lose, I won't make you do both."
>"Hrm, whatever. I don't plan on losing anyway. You're on. We'll pick random games."

Roxy knows she can probably win if she wants to, but she may wish to throw it away just to see what Anya does.
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No. 739087 ID: db0da2

rolled 1 = 1

>>739086
>Roxy knows she can probably win if she wants to, but she may wish to throw it away just to see what Anya does.
Wouldn't it be the other way around? Us winning gives Sevener more options, so we can learn more about her that way.
Learning more about her seems very enticing, but letting her win would put her in a good mood... Either way we should make it close.

1-3 = we win
4-5 = we lose
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No. 739089 ID: d1f5f1
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739089

The Vinyl team reports that they asked her, when the time was right, if she was a thief because she needed to be or because she wanted to be. Vinyl answered explaining that although the heists themselves were fun, there was a lot of political drama with her teams as well as pressure to do heist after heist whether she wanted to or not. In other words, she would have liked it as a hobby, but having it as a job and making a living out of it sucked the fun from it.

After deliberation within Roxy's lobby, a decision is made that it is winning that will reveal more about Sevener, and so that is what will be reached for.

The Gambler, and his team, start chanting 'No Mercy!' before going back to their Princess Toya activity.

A selection of games is made that is decided to be fair by both parties. Roxy loses the first involving one more round of skeeball, then wins a motorcycling game followed by a rhythm game. Then, on the last, Roxy narrowly wins on a fighting game. While lobbyists would have tried a bit harder if it looked like Anya would stop Roxy, Roxy pulled out a win by unashamedly mashing buttons.

"Ah, close, but I won it!"
>"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, let's play the last game." she says, pointing to the shooting arcade. "I don't want to go out 3 and 1."
"Haha, sure. I can't believe I agreed to a shooting game." Roxy says.
>"Yeah, well, there was that dancing game from earlier to balance it out. Should've put one of the neutral games last anyway."
"That wasn't anything close to real dancing, you know!"
>"And you know that cops don't go single handedly stopping entire blackzone horde invasions with plastic pistols, yeah?"
"I wouldn't know. So are you going to get me a prize, or answer some questions?"
>"A prize."
"Oh, what is it?"
>"Shouldn't it be a surprise or something?"
"Yes, but I still have to ask."
>"Whatever, let's get it after we game over. They make these games hard as shit."
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No. 739090 ID: 076308

We get a handycap, so it's not suspicious if we win, right? Let's show her what (fake) biologicals can do.
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No. 739091 ID: d1f5f1
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After the game is over, Roxy and Anya head to the ticket booth, while Anya opens the catalog to see what can be delivered. Eventually, the prize is pushed through a chute, and Anya pushes it to Roxy.

"It's nice! What is it?"
>"It's some species that has a low lifespan, and lives every day like its last. Some of them have a good time and then die, other ones spend it fretting about dying and then die."
"Ohh. Now I have to ask, why'd you get that for me?"
>".... even if you're not going to go off dying tomorrow, not if I have anything to say about it, you strike me as having more going on. You say your job is fun and all, but if you had to force it with your addiction, it can't be worth it. You're working to something higher, I'd hope, but... treat yourself well for awhile, alright? Do some stuff you've wanted to do."

She pauses.

>"It's dumb gift from an overpriced prize stall. You're not getting anything thoughtful, damn. If you don't like it, they do exchanges. And I'm not any sore loser, so you can go and ask me a few questions if you want. What are we going to do after the arcade?"

Unity was thinking of taking Anya shopping, but those plans can be changed.
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No. 739092 ID: 4854ef

Anything more thoughtful, and yet that little gift and her way of wording that species life certainly gives a bit of insight into what she thinks you are.

Even if she thinks it isn't thoughtful, her reveal made it a bit more... Also that things cute
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No. 739093 ID: 486e87

Hang on, we have a better scanner now or at least we're loaning one for the blackmail mission. We should scan Sevener at some point, maybe not while she has her attention on us in case there's any tells or something, but at some point I think we should.
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No. 739097 ID: 211d83

Aww that is so sweet. The thought that someone is worried about me is comforting. And don't worry about my addiction. Even after the other days setback I am still working myself off that stuff at a decent pace.

Look over Anya and see if her clothes are jetalium or actual clothes. If not we need to go shopping with her. Show that there can be fun in actual fashion.

Also if we see any bakeries along the way or places that sell sweets we should buy her a little cake or something for that sweet tooth.
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No. 739108 ID: 4a06ba

>Vinyl answered explaining that although the heists themselves were fun, there was a lot of political drama with her teams as well as pressure to do heist after heist whether she wanted to or not. In other words, she would have liked it as a hobby, but having it as a job and making a living out of it sucked the fun from it.
Makes sense. If that's a hobby she'd want to indulge in, you're available to help. No pressure though. There's enough ways for a jetal to make money. ...and you're definitely doing what you do because you like it.

(Hmm, drat. Might need another angle to keep her busy / distracted. Or just flat out ask her what she might have once wanted to do).

>You're not getting anything thoughtful, damn.
Then you shouldn't have put so much thought into this one!

Plushie can be hugged under Roxie's chest, and/or maybe left to ride on her head (horns would keep it caged in from falling off, right?).

Sevener's symbolism there could also just as easily refer to the life of a contestant / system member in the contest. The whole mayfly thing could also be her thinking about how temporary Roxie and anyone else in the CAI battle is.

>but if you had to force it with your addiction
I'm not proud of my habit, but I don't think it's to blame for every choice I've made. If I was forcing it, I'd be a lot worse off than I am. That kind of desperation shows, and it hurts.
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No. 739130 ID: 7324a4

Maybe don't say much about the addiction, we don't want Roxy to look too lecture-y (that's an Alison thing) and she's supposed to be a bit traumatized, even if she's covering it up. Maybe have her get a little quiet and gloomy for a second, hugging the doll, then change the subject. Look at the doll and make a comment like "I didn't think you were old enough to start thinking about that sort of thing. Have you lost people? Actually, no, that's a terrible question, forget it."

Maybe give her a kiss on the cheek or something.

Then look around as if trying to think of something else. Then ask what kinds of things she thinks are fun. Even if she says "work", there have to be certain parts of her work that she likes more than others; like, for example in your own work, there are bad parts of course, but you like being wanted and you like making people a bit happier, even if it's just by forgetting their troubles for a little while; and dancing is fun when it all flows together just right, and when you get up into some big grump's face trying to get a twitch out of them, kinda thrilling, like a challenge. That sort of thing, like does she like chasing criminals? The fighting? Protecting people? Or the power? Aside that, what sort of people does she like?

From what "what do you like" question, then come up with something to do with her you might both enjoy. If she challenges on it say that you like seeing people have a good time; deserving people, anyway.

A thought: I was wondering if we should fake Roxy getting kidnapped or killed some time, to hit Sevener's morale and distract her with hunting down who did it, but I think there's an alternative that would have a similar effect without being so mean. Have Roxy go missing, maybe fake a few little signs of a kidnapping. Then, after a while, we call Anya on the number she gave Roxy. Say "Hello Sevener" in Alison's voice, and tell her we found her witness and she's ok. We can tell her we won't say where she is in case it lets Sevener track us somehow, but she'll stay as ok as we can manage for her. We can even put Roxy on the phone to her to confirm. And we tell Sevener we just wanted to talk to her, and to give her a message: no hard feelings.

That'll probably still demoralize Sevener, confuse her a bit emotionally towards us, and maybe ensure that if she ever has a chance to strike at us through someone we know she'll think twice.

Side-note: In regards the blackmail jetals, if they do seriously think of hiring Coral, they might put out a background check? We might want to use our contacts to find the people who would be most likely to know Coral, given the backstory we presented, and give them a little payoff to make sure they do know her, if anyone asks, know what I mean?
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No. 739139 ID: 91ee5f

>Plushie.
Please tell me that's one of those plushies that makes a squeaking sound when you squeeze it! We should give a squeeze to find out!

>>739097
>Clothes shopping and/or bakery.
These are both good ideas.

>>739130
>Faking Roxy's kidnapping and/or death.
>Calling Sevener with Roxy's phone, but using Alison's voice.
>Demoralize Sevener.
Do you even know who Alison is? That doesn't sound like something Alison would ever do and Sevener knows Alison wouldn't do that! I know she the enemy, but geez man, that's cruel! And again Alison probably can't bring herself to be that cruel. Besides, I think it's way too early to be thinking about revealing ourselves to Sevener.
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No. 739144 ID: 7324a4

>>739139

Ah, I think I miscommunicated a bit. We wouldn't be making it seem like Alison is the one who kidnapped her, the scenario would be that Roxy's been kidnapped by someone else and Alison "saved" her. And then called Sevener to tell her we dealt with the kidnappers and that Roxy's ok.
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No. 739173 ID: 24100f

I like the general approach here where we have Roxy open up to Sevener in order to get her to open up / trust her. There's this general situation where they're sort of out of each other's worlds, so it's safe to be honest around the other.

>>739130
>kidnapping plot
Roxie's main advantage (for the moment) is she gives us a means to keep tabs on Sevener, and a clean way to pass her information if we want to manipulate / control her.

A kidnapping plot to impact her emotional state... it's pretty all or nothing, and there's no way Roxy wouldn't be subjected to significant scrutiny to verify she wasn't a fake when Sevener got her back (and of course she would be). It has too many ways it could blow up or fail on us for too little payoff, compared to the longer term strategic value of having someone Sevener trusts enough to talk to. And I'd rather leave Sevener wondering where the hell Alison is, in the dark, then give her a lead she can turn resources on and try to track down if we make open contact with her.
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No. 739178 ID: 7324a4

>>739173

What I was thinking was that it'd be a way to retire Roxy, actually. She's going to have to lie low for a long while now, remember? Like, weeks. Probably longer than we're going to be staying in the harvest sim for. She's not going to be much use for anything, and while she's where Sevener thinks she should be, we might continue having to divert resources and attention to maintain her, to no advantage.

The staged kidnap-and-rescue, with Alison then going "i made sure she's safe but you're not going to see her again because she could clue you on to me", gets Roxy out of the way while also getting a little more benefit out of her.
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No. 739183 ID: db0da2

>>739130
The admins are soft compared to the contestants, but Sevener isn't that soft, messing with Roxy at this point would only fill her with determination. Faking Roxy's disappearance is something we should be considering once we actually need to retire her and know what obstacles we'll have to doing that, and when we do I'd prefer a method that leaves us the option of having Roxy make a reappearance. I basically agree with the rest of this suggestion, the first part might be laying it on too thick, but whatever.
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No. 739185 ID: 24100f

>>739178
Lying low just means we don't have to meet with her all the time. So long as Roxy's still around though, we can have her call up Sevener if she "comes across a tip" or "gets in trouble", allowing us to point Sevener at things, or makes sure she sees information we want.

(We could therefore effectively sic supercop on rivals, or complete the corrupt cop mission by passing her data. We could lead her astray if she gets too close to finding Alison, or if we need to, we could feed her false information about the o-route at just the right time to make her miss the window. ...or, if we let her take the o-route and we're allied with the operators, Sevener having someone she cares about even a little in the harvest gives us a lever and restricts some of her options).
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No. 739187 ID: d1f5f1
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Recluse speaks of plans of faking Roxy getting kidnapped or killed, especially if Roxy is supposed to lie low for awhile where a division can't reasonably use her in a useful manner.

Alison listens, but as of now, she wants to get to know Anya, as a person, and as a person in bed. She isn't keen on manipulating Sevener much, but she is more receptive to the ideas then Recluse's primary wish which is simply to get Roxy in bed with her and then assassinate Anya.

It may still be awhile before a plan could be acted upon, so for now, Roxy keeps conversing with Sevener. She looks at Sevener blankly for a moment, hugging the doll hard enough to make it emit a whistling airy squeak. Roxy eventually smiles, a bit.

"I didn't know you thought about that sort of thing. In fact, if you meant for this to be a meaningless prize, you put way too much thought into it. I know I'm fragile, but I'm still tougher than you think."
>"Mmhm, I hope so."
"I know I've had moments of weakness like with that drug, but... well, nevermind that, I'm just not proud of it. This is really sweet, though! Not many people are so worried about me."
>"Yeah, well if you're so tough, then maybe I shouldn't!" Sevener says, slowing her speech down as Roxy leans in for a kiss on the cheek. "Argh, people are watching. Whatever, I'm undercover I guess."
"So since you've had a little time off your job, do you know what kinds of things you think are fun?"
>"It's been like an hour or two. Fun is doing well at my job."
"Oh, fine, then what kind of things do you like about your job? You've got to have some preferences."
>"Locking people up so they're not terrorizing the street. The payoff is good, too."
"Payoff?"
>"The more I do it, the more modules I get so that I can get to lock up worse people."
"So you like collecting things?"
>"I guess, but only as a means to an end. It all comes back to the sound of the jail cell slamming down."
"Oh, speaking about things... that shirt, is it jetalium or real?"
>"Real jetalium."
"Have you thought about getting regular, new clothes?"
>"No."
"Let's do that."
>"I can literally morph my shirts."
"You wanted good appearances, right? Having jetalium clothes is better than nothing - actually, I take that back. It's just tacky! If you want people thinking well of you, you've got to wear regular clothes."
>".... Fine.
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No. 739188 ID: d1f5f1
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Vinyl is asked what she might have wanted to do as a kid, but she says she was just coasting through life other than being a petty thief turned professional heister.

Unity will continue making smalltalk with her before asking her if she would be interested in a heist.

Fern is texted about Coral's backstory, and he says he will spend some token effort in paying off some of the I-Block gang to pretend like they knew all about Coral. It won't be easy, he says, since he has to find someone high up enough to have a personal jetal toy, but low enough to not take it as a personal affront that Coral used them as her backstory.

Roxy and Sevener head towards a shopping complex, where Roxy gets her a pack of sweet mini-cakes. During this, Roxy scans Sevener.

>"Just because I had sugar once doesn't mean I just want to consume every cake on the planet." Anya says between chewing on the first cake. "And yeah. These are clothes."
"Have you ever even put on clothes before?"
>"I'm wearing a shirt, jetalium or not."
"I mean without, you know, morphing around it."
>"No."
"Well, this place has so many clothes, I'm sure we can find you something you'd like."

Roxy can decide what kind of clothes she wants Sevener to try on, simply by describing it to a computer catalog system.

A paperdoll can be supplied if requested.
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No. 739194 ID: db0da2

We need that paperdoll, how else will we draw Sevener in a Steve shirt :V

I'm thinking one of those ruffly Victorian era aristocratic costume thingys, with the cuffs and whatnot. Mostly because Sevener already looks like a vampire to me so we might as well complete the look. I'm not very good at fashion...
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No. 739195 ID: 211d83

Looks like she has a low ranked but well rounded combat loadout. Will just have to be careful in case she gets a higher end scanner for a mission.

"But there are so many types of sweets. One for every flavor you could imagine. If I could avoid the calories like you I would dive right in. Heck are even plenty that I like to snack on made with no calorie sweeteners so I don't have to worry about my figure."

How about we have a game? I will go pick a few outfits I think would look nice on you and you go pick a few that you think would look good on me. Then we can compare and which ones we like the best?

For Anya I would think 3 or so styles to start.

1. A nice business on the go outfit. A figure hugging suit jacket with some stylish slacks for her to look professional in court.

2. A evening gown dress. For formal occasions. Something similar to the one you wore on your first mission.

3. Something silly to tease her. Super tight ripped short jeans and a scandalous top that would make her boobs fall out if she moved to fast.
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No. 739196 ID: 7324a4

Suggest to Fern that, if any I-Block gang leaders got permanently taken down recently, using them could make it both easier to not offend someone who matters any more, and fit with Coral looking for a new job. Also inquire about camouflage mods, and if they're any real use against jetals with decent scanners.

>Anya clothes

Detective clothes! A nice hat and a long coat with a suit underneath (open jack it with shirt unbuttoned for cleavage, of course, no tie). And, let's see, something tough-looking, maybe a bandanna around her neck with a tank top and long shorts. Suggest maybe she try some tattoo-like marks, that'd be easy. Ooh, and the delinquent look! A uniform, but with the shirt opened up to show muscles and a bandage-wrapped chest.
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No. 739197 ID: 24100f

>>739187
Look, she's smiling! If you zoom in, there's one pixel at the end of her mouth perking up!

>get Roxy in bed with her and then assassinate Anya
I'm not sure we can right now. The first big problem is we need to touch her core, since Roxy is a coreless division. And then we need to overload her with the sex hack, which won't be as simple or as fast as usual, since they're a CAI with lots of minds too, so we lose our primary advantage (though we still have experience on her).

And we need a lightning fast takedown, because if she gets a chance to fight back she has a big edge on weapons and would waste us, very quickly.

>Whatever, I'm undercover I guess.
Pff. That's adorable. You didn't disguise yourself at all. (Let's not point this out though).

>It won't be easy, he says, since [Fern] has to find someone high up enough to have a personal jetal toy, but low enough to not take it as a personal affront that Coral used them as her backstory.
Thank him for the trouble.

>Roxy can decide what kind of clothes she wants Sevener to try on, simply by describing it to a computer catalog system.
Oh boy, Alison gets to dress up Sevener.

If we're doing a montage, I wanna get her into a fancy dress. No way she'll stick with it, but it'll be funny / cute.
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No. 739203 ID: 486e87

With the way she was fine with jetalium clothes, Anya's striking me as a kinda of functionality focused person, so lets get something along those lines. Which probably means something boring like a t-shirt and trousers with a decent amount of pockets (Or jetal equivalent).
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No. 739213 ID: 91ee5f

I can't think of any kind of clothing, so instead, I'd like to suggest getting Anya a pair of kickass and/or badass sunglasses.

>>739195
>Anya clothing suggestions.
All of those are excellent suggestions and I support them. Especially the 3rd one.~ ;-)

>>739197
You've got a good point. If Anya suddenly decides to call our bluff and we don't back down, then Roxy is gonna be in sooooo much trouble.
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No. 739215 ID: ee1ff4

LEATHER JACKET LEATHER JACKET LEATHER JACKET LEATHER JACKET!!!!!!
over a 20s sequin dress and a cigarette holder
bc fuckkkkkk yessssss
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No. 739225 ID: d1f5f1
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739225

Unity makes sure to thank Fern for the trouble, and also notes it may be worth looking for I-Block members that are permanently disabled.

"Oh, and there's so many kinds of sweets. If I could eat them without getting too pudgy, I'd down them all day!"
>"Hrm, don't they have sweetened ones that don't have calories?"
"They're not perfect, in nutrition or in taste. Ah, here's an outfit! There's fitting rooms over there, go ahead and try this one one."
>"Fine, fine, don't be so excited."

Sevener goes over, and within seconds, she comes back out in the outfit.

>"Not sure why you wanted me looking like some kind of... actually, I don't know what I look like right now. Why the hell is a cigarette part of the outfit?"
"Fashion! I just wanted to see you in that as soon as I saw it! But, how about a game?" Roxy says to Anya.
>"I'm listening."
"I pick a few outfits that look good on you, and you go pick a few that you think would look good on me. Then we compare and see which ones we like best?"
>"Hm. Fine."
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No. 739226 ID: d1f5f1
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739226

Roxy orders a few. While she thinks she might be most accepting of a normal t-shirt and jeans, she wants to push Anya a little bit, and so starts off with a business kind of suit.

>"Hm. Better than I expected." says Anya as she comes out where Roxy can see her and looks in the mirror. "I didn't think about it, but we should wear good clothes for the court. I'll have to get one that fits, because this makes me look like I'm about ready to do business with a pole."
"Well I think you look professional."
>"Considering how far apart our professions are, that isn't a good sign, girl! Let's get our second one on."
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No. 739229 ID: d1f5f1
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739229

>"Can't believe I put this thing on."
"I can't believe we practically chose the same thing!" Roxy says, after resisting the urge to say she can't believe Anya put that on either. Turn around, I want to see your back!"
>"Oh, shush, let's just go on to the third one. Heh, I look ridiculous, this doesn't suit me at all. Now I know I'm not going to any formal parties."
"You, shush! You look great."
>"Seriously? I look like a fucking whore, Roxy."
"Heh, well, you can always shapeshift, but right now you look like a great one."

Roxy is a bit nervous, because the second one wasn't even the silly joke to tease her. Both of them go into their fitting rooms to put on the last piece.

>"Are you fuckin' serious?!"
"Yes!"

Roxy hears her put it on anyway.
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No. 739230 ID: d1f5f1
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739230

"Haha, you shrunk."
>"I'd need a whole module dedicated to keeping myself in this stupid top! These jeans are going to rip if I try to run, too."

She pauses.

>"This is my more 'natural' size, anyway, if that makes sense to you."
"Like what your avatar looks like inside of your core?"
>".... yeah. Now quit gawking at me, because this is the last time in my life I'm ever going to look like this."
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No. 739231 ID: 398fe1

>>739230
>"Like what your avatar looks like inside of your core?"
SHIT are we supposed to know about that???

Okay what outfit is she gonna get Roxy into now?
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No. 739235 ID: 24100f

The professional look actually looks pretty good for a non-stripper Roxy. They make quite the pair in the sequined dresses, and Sevener is absolutely rockin the skimpy trash look. I mean, Damn.

>Now quit gawking at me, because this is the last time in my life I'm ever going to look like this.
Well then I better get my gawking in while I have the chance! It's not a sight to be missed!
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No. 739236 ID: 211d83

Yeah but you have a huge grin on your face for the first time ever so it can't be that bad. If I dressed like that I could have any guy or girl with a pulse wrapped around my finger in a few minutes. I bet you could to with a bit of practice.

I might steal that look honestly.

So that is just a small taste of fashion. Each set of clothes another identity you show to the world. Every one changes the story you show to the world.

You should try going out in some of these. Watch how people suddenly treat you completely differently just based on how you look. Might help you do better at your job even.
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No. 739239 ID: b8f93b

>Smiling more as it goes on

Hee hee.

Tell her you're not gawking, you're admiring. Say you notice especially she's taken a lot of care with her muscles, and that a lot of jetals don't bother with doing them properly. You'd guess it'd help her look tough and intimidating, except, she normally keeps those under her clothes, doesn't she? And if this is what she chose her avatar to look like... Give her a grin, and ask her if she likes looking strong.

Start describing to her how she could combine her usual look with something that can open up to show off. Say she can swap her normal shirt for something that buttons up, and wear a sports bra or bandage wrap beneath. When she needs to look more professional she can, and then when she's more casual she can let the shirt hang open, she'll look strong and dangerous and confident. And while you're telling her that, you take the excuse to touch her a little. Gesture over her as you mime opening the shirt, and reach down to trace fingers over her hips as you tell her she could still wear some sort of underwear down here, that as it was she kept her jeans low enough to look like she was wearing no underwear anyway. Give her a tap on the abs as you tell her she should show them off more, they give a sense of strength and show off her jetalium sculpting. Unless she's using a mod?

... So, what was the last thing Anya had for us to wear?
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No. 739240 ID: e22b1d

But you look so good in it! If you can pull off the look why not try it once in awhile? I know I never feel ashamed of how I dress. And I have been in some pretty skimpy outfits.

You should keep it. What better cover to follow me around in? Wander around in that with me and you can get a view into my world.


What was the last outfit Anya had for you?
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No. 739249 ID: 24100f

You could put me out of business, looking like that!
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No. 739251 ID: db0da2
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739251

>>739230
My god, Sevener's muscles are doing things to me. That outfit is dangerous, no person should have that much power.

>Now quit gawking at me, because this is the last time in my life I'm ever going to look like this
"Well if you say that then I have to gawk, it's my solemn duty to commit this to memory!"

Now what was the last outfit for us to put on?

We should get her something sleeveless to show off those arms. WAIT. Inspiration just struck me, let's try something like pic related but with something less dumb underneath, chest bindings maybe?
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No. 739253 ID: d1f5f1
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>Roxy knowing about core avatars
It's common knowledge that jetal cores have inner avatars to the point that it would be more suspicious if Roxy didn't know about it.

"I'm not gawking, I'm admiring. And if you really aren't going to look this way again, then now's the time! And I might want to steal the look if I thought I could pull it off half as well."
>"Har, go for it. Don't even insult me acting like I'm pulling this look off. I should've given you something trashy, too, instead of bumming off your first thing."
"I wear trashy enough at the strip club. Really, though, you should keep this. It's good cover to follow me around in, you know? And you could put me out of business like this!"
>"I have modesty, ya know."
"And so do I, but that doesn't mean I have to be ashamed of what I wear. If you deal with people more often as a cop, then you'll find people treat you a lot different."
>"I was the one who talked about keeping appearances first, girl."
"Oh, yeah. You know, then! And you have a big grin on your face, so this can't be that bad."
>"Not in private, no. This does not leave the dressing room, Roxy!"
"Not unless you let it. Do you like looking strong?"
>"Duh. What possibly gave that away?"
"I know you're being sarcastic, but most jetals don't bother sculpting muscles. Well, this is a taste of fashion, and you could combine your usual look with something that can open up to show off. Maybe something that buttons up better, and a sports bra or bandage wrap underneath? Something that lets you swap between a professional look and that grumpy cop who doesn't go taking any shit."

Roxy takes a dare and starts touching Sevener. She doesn't seem to mind.

"You could wear some underwear down lower." Roxy says, trailing her hip. "It would make it look like you're just not wearing underwear."
>"If I wanted to look like I wasn't wearing underwear, why wouldn't I just not wear underwear?"
"Oh, wow! Are you really the same cop I met?"
>"Oh piss off, I'm playing along."
"And you should show off your abdomen more to show off."
>"I'm sure you'd like that judging by how you're feeling me up, here. I'd feel less naked if I had no clothes, now."
"It's a nice feeling, I think. If I buy you some clothes, will you wear them?"
>"I'll try 'em on, in private. No promises if I'll ever be seen in them. Anyway, the testimony is in a few hours. Too long to sit twiddling our thumbs, too short to do anything significant unless you've got some ideas."

Although Anya appears to be in a good mood under her reluctant exterior, she seems to be done with trying on clothes.
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No. 739255 ID: b8f93b

Sigh theatrically, smiling. Tell her that after all her showing off the skill of her shapeshifting, you're having a hard time thinking of more ideas besides the one she already shot down. Right now you'd happily pay for her rental yourself.

If she still isn't going for it, continue:

Well, to start with, you two need to pay for what clothes you want to keep. You like what you have on now, and you'll probably need the professional looking one, so you'll take those. She should pick what she wants to get as well. Though... pause a moment and ask if she's considered tattoos, and describe one or two while tracing their imagined locations with your finger. Tell her you'd love that sort of thing yourself, but organics need more complicated subdermal dyes or freeze brands or the like.
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No. 739258 ID: 24100f

>I'll try 'em on, in private.
Well if we've got her wearing secret clothes in private that's sure a sign we've made some kind of progress on corrupting her.

>Too long to sit twiddling our thumbs, too short to do anything significant unless you've got some ideas.
Wow that is such an obvious opening to invite her to do "something significant" that won't take that long.

...although our seduction options are sort of limited since it literally won't feel good for her (or at least any different from normal contact) until she agrees to pick up a sex module. She has to be talked into it for it to work.

I mean it sorta feels like the right moment to make that kind of offer, but I'm not sure we've pushed her far enough yet. (Although I think we might have had enough of an impact she might listen and start dressing more provocatively on the job).

>doesn't leave the dressing room
>modesty
If you're so concerned about your reputation, you could just morph. You could walk out of here in the most brazen, scandalous thing imaginable, more naked than if you had no clothes, but no one but me has to know that slut is you.

(If it turns out sex is still too far to push her, we might still be able to encourage some shapeshifter exhibitionism).
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No. 739265 ID: 91ee5f

"Aww, the fashion show's over already?"

I wonder if we can find a cool pair of sunglasses for Anya? Just to give her a cool cop look.

Also, don't forget your plushie!
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No. 739275 ID: d1f5f1
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"Fashion show is over already, huh? Alright. Too short for anything significant? Well, you already shot down one of my ideas."
>"What? What did - oh. Fuck, I did walk right into that one. Yeah, no, this was amusing, but I'm not going to go do weird... biological things."
"No, I didn't think so!" Roxy says with a sigh. "After all that skill of yours shapeshifting, I would've been happy to pay for a quick rental. We do have to pay for the clothes, though, and I like what I have now and should get the professional one. You should do the same! Oh, I want to get you a pair of sunglasses, too. I don't suppose you're considering tattoos?"
>"Why would I?"
"Just curious. I'd love some, but it's a bit more inconvenient for biologicals. But there can be some nice designs." Roxy says while tracing a finger along Sevener's hips."
>"You're getting way too cozy towards a cop, girl."
"Mm, sorry, but again, you seem like a cop who's also a real person. And I still like that. You know that if you're concerned about your reputation, you could just morph. You could walk ot of here in the most brazen, scandalous thing imaginable, more naked than naked, and no one but me has to know that that kinky girl is you."
>"Hrmph, quit being weird and trying to make me into some kind of slut. Besides, not just am I a registered jetal, I'm a cop. I've got EIN breathing down my neck, and even if it doesn't care about this, if people need to investigate what I did today for some reason, they're going to find this."
"I'm trying to get you to loosen up, and that's the best way I know how. You must have a need if you don't have any privacy. You like to do your own thing your own way, I can tell, but being a cop means you've got to follow a huge book of rules. I know that's got to be rough for you even while catching criminals, having people breathe down your neck to judge you on how you do it. I'm not a cop and I don't know what it's like under EIN, but as long as you do your job and watch me, EIN's got to see a lot more awful things from legal people."

Sevener doesn't respond, but Roxy can tell that she's conflicted.

A) Press harder
B) Back off and let everything sink in
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No. 739277 ID: 398fe1

>>739275
B, gosh. Remember, there's like 50 or more AIs in there we're trying to convince to loosen up, so they'll need time to converse among themselves. ...hmm, exactly how many are in there with her? Do we know?

Plus she really does have a point. If anyone were to check up on what she was doing today, and found out she was walking around in her skivvies, she'd be sunk. I suppose that might be good for us, though... hmm, how do we want to play this?

How about something less naughty? She could just get some lacy underwear to wear under her clothes. Like a secret reminder to herself that she is a beautiful woman.
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No. 739279 ID: b8f93b

I don't think Sevener likes being pushed around, and we've definitely known her to react poorly to being lectured at too much. I don't know about the other admins in there with her, but successful ones I think tend to be the ones who like having control.

So, back off, let it sink in. Let Anya call the shots if she wants. I doubt pressing harder will work.
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No. 739281 ID: db0da2

Yeah, I'd love to press her more but I doubt she'd have it. We'll get another chance later on, but for now she's said no, and while she'll hopefully change her mind after mulling it over Sevener isn't exactly the type to change her mind on a dime just from being talked at.
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No. 739282 ID: 91ee5f

B) Back off and let everything sink in.

>>739277
>How about something less naughty? She could just get some lacy underwear to wear under her clothes. Like a secret reminder to herself that she is a beautiful woman.
If we do that, then the underwear has to be big enough to fit Anya when she was at her previous size before she shrunk down to wear the trashy clothes.

Let's find our plushie and place it back on it's perch (Roxy's head). Then when we get back out to the main mall area, we should go look for one of those photo booths they have and take a few pictures with Anya. That way we can have something to remember this day.
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No. 739285 ID: 398fe1

Oh, and, for the last couple hours you can go watch TV like she suggested.

Hmm. To seal the deal I think we'll want to either figure out some secret way of entering/leaving Roxy's apartment so we don't have to leave a division there when she's supposed to be sleeping, or we can have Roxy tell Anya that she's going to outright disappear. Remember, Roxy is someone who "fell through the cracks" before, so she can do it again, but maybe with the assurance that she can go back to being Roxy later if she wants.
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No. 739286 ID: 595d54

B. I'm also worried about how similar she might think we're acting to Alison, and how well our mods will stand up to intense scrunity during sex.

Let's just go watch TV. What shows does she like?
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No. 739293 ID: 398fe1

Speaking of mods, can we scan Sevener now that we have a high rank scanner?
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No. 739296 ID: 24100f

>>739275
B, unfortunately. I think we've pushed her as far as we can go in one sitting. We've had an impact, but it'll take more time for her to think (and for the admins to argue about this) before she'll go for it.

I'm almost certain she's going to be a racier dressed cop when next we see her at least.

>You're getting way too cozy towards a cop, girl.
Hey, it's not often I get a big strong sexy jetal gal taking a personal interest in me, much less giving me a chance to flirt with her.

>Remember, there's like 50 or more AIs in there
There's something like... a dozen bracket's worth of system people, and only the "unique" people could participate in the CAI battle (admins, supervisors, hunters, etc). No collectives (or at least, they can't use multiple instances of collectives) and I forget if Judges / Enforcers can't participate due to lack of ghosts.

I think that puts the number of AIs in there on on the order of the low hundreds.

>EIN watching
We learned from Ruby last time the EIN doesn't actually exist inside the harvest- people just expect it to, so the harvest fills in some of the blanks. Be nice if we could arrange for Anya to learn this, except technically we don't know it right now, and I can't think of a non-suspicious way to deliver the info if we did.

>>739293
Yes, we scanned her. Check the stats page, we have a module list for her now.

Though scan doesn't seem to give away internal inventory. We know she has at least 1 phone inside her, and she might be carrying ammo for her autoguns (we found it inconvenient last time, eschewing it for exploding jetalium, but as a cop she might find it easier / cheaper to get bullets).
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No. 739300 ID: db0da2

>>739296
Also worth noting is that the first time through Sevener basically ran everything by herself, with the other admins only intervening occasionally when she was about to do something especially egregious.
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No. 739338 ID: d1f5f1
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>Exactly how many are in there with her? Do we know?
In theory, there were about 12 brackets that joined. Each one has about 5 or 6 people including the administrator, but there's also a question of if judges, enforcers and other non-sapient entities were allowed inside. Therefore, the estimate is anywhere between 60 and several hundred. So far, it has seemed almost like Sevener has been the only one in the driver's seat, but some lobbyists feel that this makes sense. While the contestants were placed on even footing and heirarchies were made by themselves, the system had a built in totem pole, and so many are used to taking orders from others. What the other administrators are doing, however, is unknown.

"Think it over. I know I'll have time to wonder, having to lay low when I'm usually so used to being surrounded by people."
>"Yeah. I'll set up a safe house for you if you don't have a place. For now, you probably need to eat, yeah?"
"I should before the testimony, yeah."
>"Alright. Come on, then."
"Oh, uh... you know, you could just wear some lacy underwear under your normal clothes."
>"That's ridiculous. No."
"Alright. Sorry about getting feely, there, but it's not everyday I get to be friendly with a jetal that even took a little interest in me."
>"Who says I was... fuck it, who would I be kidding. But all this fooling around came second to the job, I hope you know that."
"I know."

Sevener orders an immodest pile of clothing, while Roxy pays for a couple sets herself since the cost is negligible.

>Photo booths
The historian informs Alison that despite the existence of skeeball, bowling, and other convenient parallels, photo booths are just too archaic in a world where there's a camera on every block and people have half a dozen cell phones.

Roxy places the plush back on her head and lets Anya take her to a cafe lounge, where they eat, watch TV, and engage in smalltalk.

>"What was that shit about TV being braindead activity?" asks Anya. "There's nothing but documentaries, recorded lessons and info talks on."
"Oh, right, normally me and my friends just watch the entertainment block of channels. Here, let me flip it over."
>"Why is that giant fish slapping each blade of a giant fan as it goes by?"
"I'm sure there's a reason! You should learn to just live in the moment instead of wondering, though."
>"Yeah, yeah."

Television is watched in silence until Roxy speaks up.

"You okay?"
>"Waiting and watching TV isn't my thing."
"Heh, you wanting to go try on more clothes?"
>"No. There's a lot to get done that isn't going to do itself!"
"But what can you do right now?"
>"Nothing! That's the problem."
"Well, if the best option is to sit and wait, then..."
>"That's what we're going to do. I just hate it."

>"I did have some fun, though." she adds after a moment. "But I won't indulge myself in it. The testimony is soon, and we should go get a private room for it. Are you ready?"
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No. 739339 ID: 398fe1

>>739338
Ready as I'm gonna be. How about a kiss for good luck?
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No. 739344 ID: 24100f

If it's getting late, how are the other divisions faring? They might be ready to move onto other things and/or need direction. (Loviro is probably chill to hang with us as long as we want, but I expect Vinyl will want time to herself eventually, if we don't find something to do with her / she doesn't take us up on the offer to fuck).

>I'll set up a safe house for you if you don't have a place.
We should either say we have a place, or the dead batteries do. It would be a huge waste to have a division camped out in a safe house for the rest of forever.

Roxy only has to be anywhere if Sevener wants to meet in the future.

>But all this fooling around came second to the job, I hope you know that.
Yeah, the biggest downside after this is Sevener is no longer a captive audience. It's gonna be slower / harder to get her to come back and fool around with Roxy, though I think we at least got her thinking about it.

>Are you ready?
You're ready to say your bit.

Uh, did anyone ever make contact with the other girls you found? Do we need to use the little time we have left figuring that out? Also not sure if Marchi was going to be involved at all.
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No. 739345 ID: 1f0577

Tell her that, though you feel like you can trust her, you're not so sure about other cops and you've decided to set up a safe place through some friends. You'll tell her where it is once things seem clear.

Ask her again if she's sure it'll only be the camera, no other equipment or scanners, like you're nervous. After she says yes, say something like "Thank you, sorry. I guess it's hitting me that after this moment is when I'm really in trouble. I'm as ready as I can be, though, without seeing the questions in advance. I'm just saying yes that was me to the video and giving a basic outline of events, right? Can you remind me what I have to say and what I don't have to? Like, officially?"

Also ask if testimony is being taken with the other two girls at the same time. It sounds like she'll actually be streaming this to the courtroom? Or, it's some sort of remote meeting with the prosecution?

(I was under the impression it'd be one of those unfakeable recordings, but I guess if it's at a specific time that wouldn't be the case, would it.)
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No. 739358 ID: 24100f

If there's one thing I'm prepared to do, it's perform.

(Answers question, alludes to our job, and double entendre).
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No. 739360 ID: d1f5f1
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"Just about. How about a kiss for good luck?"
>"I don't believe in luck."
"Mhm. Oh, by the way, I do have a place of my own."
>"You sure?"
"You seem alright, but I don't know about other cops. I've fallen through the grid before, I know how to stay low."
>"Don't go full missing. I want to make sure you're alright, now and then."
"Oh! What about those two other witnesses?"
>"I got a couple other cops to go get the leads."
"What about the pharmacist himself?"
>"He won't be a witness, but in lieue of his cooperation, I'm not having him pursued over this."
"Okay. And, just be the camera, right? No other equipment or scanners?"
>"Just a drone to fly a camera. There will be a television as well so you can see the courtroom itself."
"Then, I guess I'm as ready as I'll be, without hearing the questions first."
>"We'll rehearse while we get a room. Then all you have to do is say it again for the court record to hear."
"Am I doing it at the same time as the two other girls?"
>"No. The recordings might be analyzed across each other to make sure things add up, but it won't be at the same time."
"Okay. Okay, then... I guess if you run me through what I do and don't have to do, like officially, then, well, if there's anything I should ever be prepared to do, it's perform!"

Sevener summons her car to her, and takes Roxy to a room outside of town. After a couple of hours, Anya explains that a drone is coming to form a safe link between them and the court. After an awkward wait, a knock comes to the door, and Anya lets the drone in, which is just a flying robot with a television set and cameras as explained.
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No. 739362 ID: d1f5f1
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The judge introduces himself almost as soon as the TV set comes alive, and has Roxy run through the opening sequence of declaring who she is and that she knows that she is testifying against criminals and other obvious questions.

As Anya claimed, the judge then shows a lineup of belenosians, and asks Roxy to take her time, saying she can use the television as a touch screen to pan through the crowd. She is asked to say if she recognizes anyone in the crowd, and who.

There are over 100 people, and although Roxy recognizes a few of them just from passing through, she recognizes 27 of the 33 people who banged her in the sex not-dungeon, including Bluestone. One of the side people is also Klobbs, the dealer who referred her down with an incorrect password.

After this, Roxy will be asked to describe what each of them did. While she doesn't have to divulge every detail, she will be requested to make clear what they did and that they did it intentionally.

Alison intends on being fully honest, and while even Recluse is willing to do what Sevener wants so that she can be pulled off a higher pedestal later, Alison is willing to hear arguments to torpedo Sevener now.
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No. 739363 ID: 211d83

You know I just realized that if we tell the story exactly as it happened then it could mess up the case for Sevener while keeping her trust. (although the other two girls we found do not help)

They did grab us at the start but when they asked if we were willing to work for drugs we said we would take on any amount of guys for it. And we "escaped" before we could be held there long so there lawyer could argue that they were a bit eager but Roxy did consent. A good lawyer could wriggle them out of most of the bigger charges like kidnapping and rape and only have minor possession charges for most of them.

Anyways start nervously telling the story of exactly what happened. That you came to buy some drugs and that guy Klobbs gave you a password to go downstairs.

Then you went downstairs and those two guys dragged you into a closet and asked you if you wanted to earn drugs and you said yes and then they all had turns with you for hours. Make sure to hesitate and think over who did what like you can't quite recall things. Maybe not recognize a few of the misc people. A normal biological would probably not recognize more than a few people with the stress.

Then tell them what happened with Bluestone. Making sure to recall the conversation as close as possible. So they know you agreed to him having his way with you for drugs.

Oh and nervously glance at Anya on occasion.
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No. 739364 ID: 1f0577

Ok, right, so I think the main thing is, don't be a super photographic jetal memory machine. According to her story, Roxy was in withdrawal at the time, so she was under a lot of stress even before being taken advantage of. And then it was a long, exhausting session of being put to use, in positions where she probably could see very well, so some of it would be a blur to her, especially as time went on. Use your computer mod time-slowing to have some contestants review go over the memories with each other while you get the most obviously memorable people marked out first (Bluestone, the guy who took you to the shower, the guys who met you at the door, and anyone who did anything really memorable), and decide what Roxy would reasonably remember. Be mixed up a little when appropriate, like if there's a guy who looks a lot like another guy.

Don't act super traumatized (Roxy is a sex worker and not likely to be collapsing from the nature of her treatment in and of itself), but maybe give the impression that you're deliberately putting on a face of control or detachment. If she were real, the whole thing would probably have depressed Roxy more than anything else (that she let herself slip so far), with maybe a bit of anger that she wasn't allowed to just make a straightforward purchase with money and was just treated as a bimbo who's body was all she had going.

On the other hand, you did act a little like a bimbo when you were dealing with these guys so, to avoid them getting suspicious, don't act too amazingly smart. When it comes to details, be a little vague and technical about it, like you don't want to offend the court, but also act like being non-frank about sex isn't what you're used to.

... If you want to get a little quiet amusement out of this, you could ask the court if certain guys could stand up and take their shirts off so you can see their bare chest, or ask to angle the camera certain ways at them. (What'd really be funny would be if any of these guys had had distinctive marks or shape in even more private spots, and you could ask for those to be shown.) Maybe ask if you're allowed to ask that sort of thing first, though.
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No. 739365 ID: 24100f

>I want to make sure you're alright, now and then
Excellent. She'll want to check up on us, then. And if we call her, she'll probably answer.

>who finger
I think you should sum up what happened to you first for clarity (showed up looking for drugs, was directed to the gang, found yourself forced to participate sexually with the gang in order to get anything, informed they didn't plan on letting you go).

Finger Bluestone for sure (running the gang and keeping you and the others prisoner, abusing you for CnJ). And Klobbs for being the contact / setting you up with the password (he's basically selling girls into slavery, he deserves whatever he gets). Point out other members of the gang. Last of all, point out the people who participated in the orgy (they aren't necessarily all gang members, some might have paid to participate. Which still makes them culpable, but it's probably a lesser punishment. As a matter of morals and business though we really should be sticking it to Johns not paying for the whores who want to be doing what they're doing).

There's no need to go into too much lurid detail as to what they did to you. I mean, there's no reason to be shy, but it doesn't aid the court at all to turn this into verbal porn.
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No. 739366 ID: 1f0577

>>739363

I don't think we should mess it up too much for Sevener (we really do want to keep her good will), but we could mess it up a little. Do mention agreeing, but also mention that we were in bad withdrawal and that we had intended to make the purchase with money, that the guys pulled us in and stuffed us in a closet before we could offer a proper trade, and then made it seem like selling herself was the only way she'd get anything, or at least enough so that in her state she jumped on it as a way to get a hit. And that she was put to use for longer and more harshly than she thought she would be when she did agree.

Mention that we were a little flirty with Klobbs, but it was a matter of habit and that we noticed his eyes wandering and thought it'd make him more talkative. Be clear that in your normal state you wouldn't have gone along with things that way.

Make it an edge case, not as helpful to Sevener as she'd ideally like but still more helpful than not.
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No. 739367 ID: 1f0577

Though, another consideration: if we want Sevener to follow through on her offer to maybe arrange for Marchi to get off the hook (which will itself drain her resources and hold her back), we probably want to be as helpful as we can be to make her happy and think she owes us.

In fact if we want to call on her for any favours in the future or her to feel indebted, then we should be as helpful as possible (without lying because I think that'll go badly for whatever reason we do it) anyway.
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No. 739368 ID: 91ee5f

Just remember, we're not doing this for Sevener, we're (secretly) doing this for the Syndicate. Bluestone tried to resell Fern's product, so we should do what we can to get Bluestone and his gang out of the picture for a while. That'll make Fern happy.
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No. 739369 ID: 24100f

If we get cross examined, there are some obvious things a laywer might press us on:

They'll question if we're a reliable witness as a drug user (you were there to buy drugs, not to be dragged into a gang-bang, or to sell yourself into sex-dungeon slavery). They might say we cooperated (of course you did. You were in need of a hit, and surrounded by people who were physically stronger than you. You were under duress).

>>739363
Good point that a biological probably wouldn't be able to recognize everyone who participated in the gang bang, especially as it went on.

>>739364
I think Sevener is a more important audience than the suspects. She has a good idea how smart Roxy is, and if we dumb down our performance too much we risk offending her or damaging the connection we built with her before we really have a chance to use it if she thinks we're screwing this up for her. I'd rather have the gang pissed we played dumb before (they'll be pissed anyways) than Sevener pissed we did it now. (I mean, we can reasonably hold back a little so as to not be a smart ass to the court, but).

Whether or not we can get away with anything silly like the shirt idea would probably also depend on how Sevener's reacting to things. Would have to use the social scanner and guess if it would amuse her or not building up to it.
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No. 739372 ID: 1f0577

If we want to cover being vague, and also make ourselves a little more unreliable a witness, we could start off by describing the mental state we were in and mention that we had been awake for a while before the encounter, spending a long time hunting down the leads to finding these people. That would excuse being a little dumb during the encounter, operating off habit and agreeing to things so readily and so on. At the same time, the prosecution could use that to ease things a little, to say we might have been too addled by sleep deprivation to be a reliable witness. It depends on how many hours deprivation we want to say, we'd want to present something reasonable to our job's schedule, nothing too extreme. Especially suitable would be something that Sevener (who now knows us) would believe we could handle, but that the court (who probably have a lower opinion of us) would believe could have affected us. Getting Sevener mad with the court and not with Roxy is the perfect state we'd want to end up in.

So we want to look out for ways we can spin it so that the Court is treating Roxy unfairly, in a way that Sevener will see as being unfair.

We should also make sure that the mental state we ascribe to ourself as having been in matches with the CnJ withdrawal effects, and maybe come up with some appropriate idea for how long a state of withdrawal we're going to claim to have been in.
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No. 739377 ID: db0da2

>>739363
>>739364
I think some mixture of these two is in order. We don't want to be the perfect witness, and we may want to "accidentally" fuck Sevener over a bit, but, as we decided earlier, we can't really screw her that well here and if we try too hard to she'll resent us for being a bad witness. So we should make sure the opposition has a case, but we shouldn't completely screw our side over. Be a bit ambiguous, and don't remember anything too well. Don't say anything that could get Bluestone off the hook, because fuck that guy.
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No. 739381 ID: 486e87

We agreed to let Bluestone work us over for a greater hit then, the alternative was "working" all day for more drugs. So, kinda implicit in the slavery, but that's a fine line lawyers can argue over.
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Lobbyists spend a few seconds to calculate a story to keep. Roxy begins skimming through. She identifies a bit less than half of the people in the orgy.

"And Klobbs, and Bluestone." she continues on. "Klobbs gave me a password that, when I said it, they immediately locked me in a cabinet." she says, staring blankly with only a slight hint of anger trying to keep itself back. "Once I did, they gangbanged me. Then I met Bluestone, who also... had sex with me. There's a few people, but I was tired and in some withdrawal, and I know it's difficult to remember a face. I know a few of these people look familiar, but I can't point my finger at them. Just in case. That one... he had a tattoo on his chest. If I could see his chest, I could tell." Roxy says. The court orders him to take off his shirt, and he reveals his tattoo. "Yes, that was it!"
>"You say you were in withdrawal." the blank computer voice that is the judge says. "Tell us about it."
"It's the whole reason I was there. I wanted CnJ. I went to Klobbs, thinking he was a dealer, but he just turned me in to work it off with sex, despite saying that I had money to pay with."
>"Do you believe that Klobbs thought that you may have been a sex worker, and willing to do this?"
"I admit I acted provocative to him, but I only offered him a small show just to get him to talk and give me a password to get the drugs. Then, when I was thrown into the cabinet, I was asked if I wanted to work for the CnJ. Well, they already stripped me, and... I just said yes. I wanted a hit, true, but even if I didn't, denying guys like that, in the position I was in, it just doesn't go well. I also said that I would 'do as many guys as they wanted' or something like that, I know that I just exaggerated it. Obviously saying that literally is ridiculous."
>"Please continue. What happened, then?"
"They threw a lot of guys at me. They recorded it against my will, and just kept going at me, way rougher than I thought."
>"And Bluestone?"
"I was so close I could almost smell the CnJ. I think I would've told him to murder me just as long as I had CnJ or not."
>"Did he ask for sex?"

Anya pauses and glances at Anya before continuing.

"No, I offered."
>"Did you ask any of them to stop at any point in time?"
"I... can't remember. I was shamefully desperate for a hit by that point." she says, mentally double checking that she forgot most of the people that showed up later.
>"Do you believe they had reason to believe you wished to stop?"
"Uh... I..." Roxy shoots another look to Anya, who then puts her hand on Roxy's shoulder.
>"Just what you remember best, and if you don't remember, just say so." says Anya.
"I don't think many of them did, but at the same time, I can't imagine that they didn't think they were taking advantage of me in my state."
>"You believe all of them took advantage of your position?"
"Uhm... some of the gangbangers might have just been caught in the moment, but Bluestone really lead me on to it! He was going to keep me enslaved to work for small portions of CnJ.

The questions continue on, and often the judge repeats the same question with different words, running Roxy through the same events. Some of the questions make them seem more innocent, some of them make them seem like dirt. Roxy keeps her story together, and eventually the judge finishes.

>"Thank you for your time. We request you remain in contact with your accompanying officer through the rest of the day. If we have any followup questions, then the officer will ask you those questions. You need not make a court showing. After today, you will be free to go."
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No. 739399 ID: d1f5f1
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The drone shuts the television off and flies away.

Roxy looks down and gives a sigh when it leaves her vision.

>"Don't even ask it. You did well."
"I forgot that I basically gave them permission. The courts don't care about crime on crime, the fact I was selling myself for CnJ would probably make those guys in the right."

Anya grabs her hands.

>"No. You're shitting me right now. It's hard enough just to get witnesses to talk at all, and you got me yourself and two others. It's crime on crime out on the streets, but if the crime is already lined up in the courtroom, then judges hand out guilty sentences like candy. Video evidence isn't anything on its own, but you're a biological who shouldn't have known the contents on the video tape. Once they see that the video evidence lines up with what you said, it'll validate the video more. Once those witnesses give their spiel, sure, maybe a few of those guys can weasel out of it, but a lot of those guys will fall. And more importantly... I asked for you to testify. I didn't ask for you to lie. So you did well. Even if somehow your testimony got them off, I'd still respect you for what you did. What I'm saying, is thank you and sorry you have to wait longer, but I can take you places or get you something if you need. At least this way, you'll hear their sentence."
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No. 739401 ID: 211d83

Thanks for the reassurance. After thinking back to the whole mess I realized how bad it might look and got a little worried.

As for waiting longer why would that be a bad thing? Have had a wonderful day so far getting to know you and would love to spend more time with you before your work drags you away.

So this is your chance to relax a bit and have some fun with me before you head back to busting criminals all day. I have plenty of ideas for stuff we can do but do you have anything you want to go do?
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No. 739402 ID: e22b1d

Thanks Anya. That makes me feel better about this mess.

Then tease her a bit. "So I can think of something I need right now."

Then leer at her a bit and ask what sort of options are on the table.
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No. 739404 ID: 24100f

>>739396
It is weird and adorable and endearing to see Sevener being all supportive like this.

...and she is going to kill us if she ever discovers that this was all a lie.

Oh well, in for a penny in for a pound.

Give a slow, sad smile, like she's cheered you up a little. Work that emotional connection she's reaching out through, there.

>I can take you places or get you something if you need. At least this way, you'll hear their sentence.
You don't really need anything right now (at least, there's nothing we need we can believably have Sevener supply Roxy with).

Oh! You could ask for a phone number that's less temporary? (We want to be able to contact Sevener later).

...maybe you should try to get her to take initiative picking where to go. See what she thinks of.
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No. 739407 ID: 1f0577

By this point, we should probably have some point where Roxy takes whatever it is she's supposed to be taking to wean off CnJ, since she'd be stressed after the trial. It'd be dangerous to pretend to, though, since I bet Anya'd ask to see it and confirm it is some sort of weaning medicine and not just more drugs. Hopefully the concept that we would have just taken something before meeting her won't be too unbelievable - maybe if we're waiting very long show some signs of antsyness, and if she asks about it say you took the last bit of your medicine you had at your old place this morning, the rest you had sent ahead of you, and you're just jonesing a little.

Tell her you hope those two other girls do cooperate with her, you didn't get a chance to talk to them again after the extra possibility of danger came up. And that you hope the cops she sent to them treat them as well as she treated you, those girls were held longer and are probably worse off than you are. At least you've been to rough parties before, and you can frame what happened that way in your head to deal with it. It's just made you crave something more... personal, cleaner, to get your heart straight again. Not very easy to get.

Aside from that little hint, maybe don't try seduce her, it wouldn't fit with what Roxy should be feeling right now. Tell her you can't think of anything specific you'd like to do right now, just that you want something that'd be either comforting or distracting. If she has any ideas you'd like to hear them.

We hinted at Roxy having some sort of bad history with nobles before, didn't we? Maybe ask, as if it's something that was worrying you, if the cops have any idea what Bluestone's connections were, and if there's any hint of him or his gang being connected to any nobles.
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No. 739429 ID: d1f5f1
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While Lobbyists, especially Alison's heart, would like to proposition Sevener, lots of others, especially Alison's brain, thinks that the mood is a little bit weird for that, now.

"Thanks, Anya. I hope the other two girls had to deal with cops as nice as you have been to me. I'm used to rough parties and things like that, so I can deal with it."
>"Are you telling me you've got to deal with that shit regularly or something?!"
"Well, not regularly, but every once in awhile I make a dumb mistake, no matter how much I try to learn from it."
>"And you still just... go to sex."
"That really isn't the problem! No more than money is the problem when people do awful things for it."
>"Still, you've got to associate that kind of weird recreation with all this trouble. There's just no way you don't."
"I can heal those thoughts, because I can still get sex that's cleaner, purer, with friends and lovers. It helps remind me that it can be so good."
>"Shit, did I just walk right into you propositioning me again?"
"Ahaha, I'm sorry, I didn't even mean to this time!..... But.... This is your last chance before you get all responsible and determined and aren't going to have any fun. If you really are going to go back to being a stone hearted, no-nonsense justice jetal until you run into a waiting situation with another person like me, then I'd like to see you make use of your time now for kicking back. So.... what would you like to do?"

Sevener pauses for a long moment, before looking back down.

>"You've been trustworthy and solid, so I'm going to trust you with information I doubt I am ever going to share with anyone else. I expect you and everyone I ever tell this to take it to their graves where they rot."

>"I liked dressing up like that."

She pauses.

>"Like an immodest jetal that didn't give a shit about the empire's jetal ideal."

...

>"There's no sugarcoating it, I was dressing like a damn whore. But I can defend myself enjoying it, and I will. You were right, it is stuffy in the police force. The cops feel like half-sapient automatons that shut their brains down aside from their jobs, and I can't believe I didn't realize why until you pointed out the stuffiness while I was dressed in trash. I doubt I'd have enjoyed anything about nonsense clothes if I didn't have a lot of steam to let off."
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No. 739431 ID: d1f5f1
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Alison has never simultaneously felt so gleeful and so badly ashamed.
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No. 739432 ID: 211d83

You know there is nothing to be ashamed of if you enjoy dressing like that. And you don't have to be a whore to enjoy showing off your body. Athletes do it all the time and no one looks down on them.

If you want we could go shopping again and you could pick out some fun outfits. Then maybe go out in public and show off our stuff.

Without a sex module you can't get the full experience but if you wanted to go that far there are plenty of shops that rent them out for a day.

So want to blow off some steam and have fun?
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No. 739433 ID: e22b1d

There are plenty of fun ways to blow off steam.

Why don't I take you out on a date? We can stop by the store and dress up in scandalous fashion and go dance at a nice club or two. Normal club dancing I mean.

Have a few drinks and show off our stuff. And afterward if you want to try going all the way I know a shop or two that caters to curious jetals.
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No. 739434 ID: 24100f

We have found the path to Sevener's heart, and it is paved with the skimpy tatters of trashy dressup clothes.

>what say
Well, as one whore to another, your secret's safe with me. And there's nothing wrong with having a kink.

>What do you want to do
....so, does that mean you want to got blow off more steam?

>The cops feel like half-sapient automatons that shut their brains down aside from their jobs, and I can't believe I didn't realize why
...is she saying she realized they're badly-done harvest-filler characters that aren't fully sapient? (Wondering internally, do not ask her).
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No. 739436 ID: 1f0577

Well, it's not so bad her sharing her secret with you, since she must have just shared it with a big bunch of admins as well. It's not that too terribly exclusive a club.

This might be chance to spill a little philosophy at her. Tell her... you have a little theory about what's wrong with the empire, or just one of the many things, at least. It's the paranoia. Everyone learns to be on guard, always. They're afraid of being watched, of being taken advantage of, of being hurt. So, no matter what the situation, they always hold something back, a little piece of themselves they never let go of. And staying like that for too long, it turns you cold. Some people find things to take them out of it, but they're trained to hold on so tightly, the only way they can let go is to find something that overpowers them, that makes them let go, hard drugs and hard sex and all that. But that part of them that holds on gets stronger, and they need more and more to beat it down, and that's why people get jaded,. And it's why some people go too far, why they push for harsher, more twisted things. It's only some people who really turn into scum, like Bluestone, and so long as it doesn't get that bad it's better than turning cold, but... people need to avoid both, if they can. You have to find some sort of release, something you can do or someone you can be with that lets you really relax, or you'll go crazy one way or another.

"So, while you have the chance... do you want to blow off some more steam?"

(I think all that is good advice in general, but also, if Sevener does follow it and take time off now and then, it'll slow her down. I mean, if we're being honest with ourselves then we're indulging ourselves non-optimally now and then as well, so, really it would just even the field a bit.)
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No. 739440 ID: db0da2

Well, I think that went well. Set up another date with Sevener, then let's get back to doing less fun stuff. We just propositioned her, like, ten seconds ago and she didn't say yes, it would be really weird if we got pushy about it now, so it's time for us to vamoose. I suspect that if we play our cards right next time we may well succeed, but for now our priority is to make sure that there is a next time.
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No. 739456 ID: d1f5f1
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"You don't have to be a whore to enjoy showing off your body, you know. Athletes do it all the time."
>"That's different but whatever."
"We could play a little more dressup, then! And if your watchers don't really care unless they need to make judgements, there's no harm in doing it in public, is there? We could go out clubbing."
>"Hrm. Let me tell you, EIN doesn't make judgements on doing non-ideal things on its own, but if I screw up, it'll factor in misbehavior into how it punishes me. Like how people with a history of violent crime and offenses get a harsher sentence than someone who has no history of crime."
"That's kind of a big problem with this. Everyone is so paranoid and afraid, rightfully, of getting watched, taken advantage of, and hurt, so they're always holding themselves back. The only way a lot of people can let go is by finding something that overpowers them and their ability to hold their restraint, like hard sex and drugs. But people are pushed so hard to hold on and restrain themselves, that that part gets stronger, and they need more and more to beat it down. They either go too far and become Bluestone or, well, where I was headed, or give up, and become like those cops that are almost dead on the inside. But you're tough, I think you can find a balance and avoid both from happening. A sort of release, and that's something that a kink will let you do! So while you have the chance.. do you want to blow off more steam? In any way, I mean."
>"Yeah yeah, I'm still walking into everything. Dunno where that philosophical shit went, but one night is just going to look, and be, an anomaly, so what the hell, if you're up for it. I'm going to change my face a little if I go out in public looking like... that, but I'm hoping you're not being friendly with me just because of my face. So you call the shots, here, how should I disguise myself, and what I should wear? Then you can show me the low life so I can know what the people I'm busting are like."
"Hah, what? Clubbing isn't low life!"
>"Well it's not high life! Whatever, if I do it and I don't regret every agonizing minute of the whole experience... then we'll see how we feel at the end of the night."
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No. 739461 ID: be1222

The most revealing outfit certainly struck a chord, but keeping it /on/ would be a challenge... though posing it to her as such might just encourage her. She's certainly not the type to back down. Changing her hair to be a bit more "wild and free" would help with the disguising aspect, perhaps some kind of eyewear to keep attention away from her face. Also, smiling would certainly keep people from knowing it's her.
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No. 739464 ID: 24100f

>I'm hoping you're not being friendly with me just because of my face
Ha. You're hot, babe, I learned long ago there's more to people than pretty faces. Skin deep is cheap.

...like, could you imagine what a wreck I'd be if I fell for every pretty client?

>So you call the shots, here, how should I disguise myself, and what I should wear? Then you can show me the low life so I can know what the people I'm busting are like.
Well, if you want the low-low life experience, you could try not looking like a jetal (at least for once dance or club out of the places we hit). You won't fool scanners, but you can see what it's like without the instant aura of respect normal people give a walking weapon. When people see you as dirty or a prize without having to carefully let them past your defenses.

You can go low looking like a jetal too, but you can't take something that expensive as low, and you'll attract slightly different attention. Jetals who disregard the taboos are interesting because of that.

Proooobay should wear a little more than that last outfit, or else we'll be doing something with someone, unless you scare em off.

Naturally, Roxy has to dress down to match Sevener.

Girl's night out, bring her along as if she was one of your peer / friends?
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No. 739467 ID: 1f0577

Hmm, how long is it until we'd be around the right time to go back to that blackmailer club? I don't want to bring Anya there, it's possible we could use some clever plan to find the info with her but she could equally likely get in the way, and if anything did go down it would ruin her time off (and also maybe give her a chance to catch some criminals and get kudos, or catch us out), so we might have to settle for only two divisions over there today, continuing to build the rapport. At least it's pretty easy to say "oh I have something to take care of tonight so I have a division busy with that". Assuming we don't need another division for anything else. Who has the core currently, is it the one with Loviro? I hope we took the chance to recharge.

As for Anya, tell her you do like her face, but it's only one of the things about her you like. Not that she has to change it very much! Maybe shorten and thicken her snout a little, add some horns? The best disguise is one with as few changes as necessary, so we'll keep her looking like a strong, tough lady. A strong tough sexy lady. She can pretend to be a bodyguard or something by trade, to explain her loadout, dragged out by her girlfriend or boss' daughter or whatever she wants you to pretend you are. Maybe add some big thick scales running down her back and over her tail, keep the muscle definition, add tattoos. Maybe piercings but on jetals they could make you look like a poser. She can wear something like that skimpy outfit she tried before, but with some more solid (but still very low cut) support up top, longer (but still low-waist and snug) shorts, add some nice stompy boots down below, and some sort of open jacket, ripped sleeves maybe. If she wants to be scandalous and flaunt society's jetal ideals for her kicks, then she would keep her chest big, and... hmm, how would she feel about adding some suggestion of... masculine elements, under her shorts? That'd shock people.

It might also attract people, but she can just act surly and stick with you and you'll both make it clear you're out with each other, not looking for additions.

Tell her you won't go to any clubs you usually go to, since there might already be people looking for you (and covering that we don't actually know many clubs), but there are a few with a decent reputation you've heard about (secretly look it up/ask your contacts).
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No. 739483 ID: 25c66e

The most attractive thing about her is her forceful compassion.
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No. 739494 ID: 211d83

There are clubs for every level of society and level of perversion you know.

I work in a slightly sleazy middle class one. The girls are well paid everything is clean and are plenty of nice guards there to help keep everything safe and calm.

Then there are some high class places that rich celebrities and nobles frequent. Some are just clubs where you can drink and dance the night away. And others are more like private bordellos.

So which outfit did you like the best? That will decide what sort of establishment we go to.

As for a disguise you distinctive features are short hair, your pupils, and your mouth. Can either shift those around or just make yourself look like a biological girl.
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No. 739514 ID: 91ee5f

How about another joke suggestion to her? Let's say, "I know! Change your face a little and then go out as a fat chick. Nobody will ever suspect it's you!" Then wait for her reaction and say, "Nah, just kidding!"

And then seriously suggest this: >>739467
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No. 739520 ID: c441c1

Clearly she needs to look like Godzilla.
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No. 739526 ID: d1f5f1
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"You could change your body to be fat, no one'd recognize you!"

Sevener stares back with a rigid, blank face.

"I'm kidding!"
>"Good."
"Seriously, you don't need to change it much! I'd say your features are your pupils, your mouth, and your short hair, so just change those a bit and I think you'd be a lot less recognizable. Maybe some thick scales running down your back and tail, too? Anyway, if you really want to slum it up, we could go with that last outfit. Maybe a little more support, you know, because you'd fall out of it, especially if you wanted to be scandalous and keep them big."
>"There's glue for that, girl."
"That would work! Oh, uh... and this is just wondering, but what do you think of masculine properties under those small shorts?"
>"That would look ridiculous. And not the ridiculous kind of trashy, just like I'd have a weird lump in tiny shorts like that. I'm going to order a couple extra things, then."
"Okay. Still, you can still act surly and stick with me, and we'll both make it clear we're out with each other and not looking for additions!"
>"Why the hell would anyone automatically think we were looking for company?"
"Dressed like that?! We'll have to shake off all kinds of attention!"
>"Hm."

A drone comes by to deliver boots what was technically described as a small jacket for Anya, and she goes to the bathroom to get dressed before coming out with the clothes.

>"A bit much, isn't it."
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No. 739527 ID: 398fe1

>>739526
Wasn't that the point? Toning it down a little is fine though.
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No. 739530 ID: 1f0577

Ha ha, well, the jacket could have been a bit longer. I was imagining more an ordinary jacket that would just have no sleeves and hang open. Maybe she could do with some (fingerless?) gloves or cuffs of some sort? Or just give herself big clawed monster forearms. And some horns up top. Be a big scary sexy monster, and we can be the trashy little damsel.

What she's wearing is fine though, really! If she needs then she can act like we dressed her and its our fault. Which it is.
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No. 739531 ID: 24100f

>There's glue for that
Or just cheating with jetalium.

>A bit much, isn't it.
I thought that was the whole point?

>>739526
The shorts look like she pulled them up too high. They're covering the thong-straps, and the waistband is cutting through her tail when it looked like it was skirting just barely under it before. (And probably covering dem abs!).

Not sure the bra with the big jutting out under tension strap really adds anything. Might be better off without that. Hard to really evaluate the jacket from this angle (though considering this is Sevener, you might want to pop the collar).

The boots are a little practical and plain. Sevener could use something a little more badass and imposing (Taller? Darker? More detail work, some lift in the heel?).

>recognizability
Even with the cosmetic changes, she's still a large chested lizard jetal gal. How many of those can there be?

One easy way to change make people remember remember / think of her differently might be to just change the animal she's based on. Shift from a lizard to... a snake. Or shark. Feathered raptor? She could be almost anything with similar proportions, but evoking a different mental image.

Or if she really wants to experience people looking at her like she's low class, she could pretend to be Belenosian. She won't fool scanners or anything, but you lose the respect or fear biologicals would automatically give you. Although less intimidation factor might be an issue if we draw too much attention.
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No. 739535 ID: 25c66e

>>739526
If she thinks it's a bit much, she can wear less!
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No. 739536 ID: 8ec390

Well, there's no sense in half-measures, is there?
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No. 739548 ID: 211d83

Tease her a little. "You are right that is way more fabric than you had on in the store."

Tell her she looks like a pillaging barbarian queen out of a old Saturday morning cartoon.

Joke that now we just need to dress up like a captured princess and have her lead us around on a collar and leash to finish the look.
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No. 739551 ID: a107fd

>>739548
Y'know, it might be possible to have lobbyists cobble together a fan wiki of, basically, an obscure old Belenosian equivalent to Adventure Time, featuring Princess Sugartooth and Princess Toya as major characters. Then, claim that Roxy and Anya are cosplaying as characters from said show, and trick the AI that runs the Harvest into back-filling, creating real episodes of the show and seamlessly inserting them into appropriate archives.
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No. 739558 ID: 91cfcf

>>739551
Wouldn't timestamps be awkward?
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No. 739560 ID: 91ee5f

>>739531
>One easy way to change make people remember remember / think of her differently might be to just change the animal she's based on. Shift from a lizard to... a snake. Or shark. Feathered raptor? She could be almost anything with similar proportions, but evoking a different mental image.
I wonder if Anya might flip out as soon as we mention snake? Because Alison is the Snake Queen and Anya hates Alison.
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No. 739566 ID: db0da2

>>739551
This would be a cool idea to try but I don't think we know about the gap filling in-character yet. Besides, I think that working would require us to also believe in it wholeheartedly, otherwise people would constantly be tricking each other into believing stuff into existence.
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No. 739594 ID: d1f5f1
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"That's the whole point! If you think it's too much, though, you can put on less."
>"Hah. But yeah, it is much, and it's good."
"Maybe more has to be done after all, though. There aren't many jetals with that look!"
>"I'll just go belenosian, how's that?"
"That'll work! You can pretend to be biological, and lose the respect people have for walking weapons while still being a walking weapon. That might draw a little too much attraction without that intimidation, though?"
>"Psh, if they could do anything dangerous, they wouldn't be trashy low lives. Let's do that. I'll think about being more monsterous later." says Anya, before adding, "If I ever find the opportunity anyway."

Anya adjusts her clothes per suggestions from Roxy. She gets new boots that stop just below the knee, her shorts are adjusted to go back low, and the underbra is removed.

Roxy also notes that one of the deliveries was a module, and after absorbing it, scanning reveales that Anya has put on a Bio-Emulator Rank D.

>"This feels pretty funny." Anya says while getting the hang of breathing at the direction of the module. "Acting like a biological, I mean. I can swap back to a jetal form if you'd feel safer. This good enough though? Are you going to match my clothes, or get your own? You'd better be dressing down to my level, too."
"Yep!"

Roxy can match clothing, but she did have a skanky streetwalker outfit from before that she can get delivered.
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No. 739596 ID: 398fe1

Hey, new spy tech: stuffing module boxes inside ourselves to fool even high rank scanners. Of course, once we have a top rank privacy and hide it won't matter since nobody will be able to see anything we've got(unless there's a non-jetal scanner that can break through even top rank privacy), but for now we can use that to guard against Scanner A.

>>739594
Why would that make you feel safer? She can still use her weapons like that, right? If not, she should be able to turn the mod off fast enough to fight if things go ugly. But yeah, this is fine, let's go out and have some fun!

Wear the skanky streetwalker outfit. Matching clothing is too cliche.
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No. 739597 ID: 90f3c0

Matching clothes might be a bit much. Just stick with the skanky outfit from before.
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No. 739598 ID: 24100f

>Are you going to match my clothes, or get your own? You'd better be dressing down to my level, too
Oh, don't worry, I will.

Equip skanky streetwalker outfit. We got that in our first outfit binge, and it should be perfect for this.

Then we need to take her to a club or something, attract some stares.

>Roxy also notes that Anya has put on a Bio-Emulator Rank D.
Unless that was handed off to her by the drone, that means she had a module box hidden inside herself. A trick we may want to copy later, so we can sneak contraband / dangerous modules past scanners. (Although there's the risk that if you're attacked, the box could be damaged or lost, meaning the module is lost).
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No. 739600 ID: 24100f

>Why would that make you feel safer?
Intimidation factor, a deterrent. An obvious jetal form is like open carry with a very big weapon. She's equally capable of dealing with threats no matter what she looks like, but undercover, there's a heightened risk someone may start something, forcing her to.

It should go without saying that if anything happens, Roxy has to avoid injury. We can't afford to let Sevener see we don't bleed / are made of jetalium.
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No. 739608 ID: 1f0577

Try to match a bit. Not too much, but enough that people can suss that you and Anya are a matched pair for the evening. Color and style. Something equally sexual but less... domineering, if you get me. Maybe even add a couple of little fancy elements, make yourself a bit of a trophy to make your partner seem like she's a big deal? And wear a collar.

I am wondering if it might be an idea for Anya to be clearly a jetal, just to stop trouble before it begins, but if being treated like a biological gets her more interested in imperial class divisions and social justice, and maybe slows her down a little in the straight race for power, that's good for us.

Ask her if sge could make herself look like a cyborg instead of a plain organic, that'd be a nice middle ground. Maybe we already know that from our own module, but Roxy wouldn't know so it could still help to ask.
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No. 739612 ID: db0da2

>>739598
>Unless that was handed off to her by the drone, that means she had a module box hidden inside herself.
>Roxy also notes that one of the deliveries was a module, and after absorbing it, scanning reveals that Anya has put on a Bio-Emulator Rank D.
>one of the deliveries was a module
Reading comprehension is an important skill.

>>739608
>Try to match a bit. Not too much, but enough that people can suss that you and Anya are a matched pair for the evening.
I like this idea. We should be a bit more slutty just to keep her comfortable, and we'll obviously be less intimidating, maybe we can wear a mix of what she has and our streetwalker outfit?
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No. 739618 ID: 24100f

>Reading comprehension is an important skill.
So is mod magic and the ability to edit posts for clarity! >>/questdis/102199
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No. 739622 ID: d1f5f1
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739622

Roxy picks up her streetwalking set, and puts it on.

"This better?" she asks Anya.
>"Publicly indecent. For this, it's good. Can you even stay in that top?"
"As long as I don't bend over or turn around too fast! You know, a middle ground might be if you made yourself a little cyborgy, if you can do that! But I feel safe anyway. Even if we attract the wrong kind of attention, you're still a jetal after all."
>"Yeah. I'm going all out without a good reason otherwise. Alright, let's stop wasting time, here, let's go out." Anya says, already opening the door.
"Ready to go to a club, then?" Roxy says as she catches up, using all her trained coordination and practice to keep her boobs from popping out. Anya clearly doesn't care to stop them from roaming, but her top sticks tight with either glue or cheating with jetalium clinging.

>"The fuck are you two looking at?" Anya says to two gawkers.
>"Er... nooothing." One says while still staring.
>".... one problem, though." Anya turns back to talk to Roxy.

Anya twitches her tail.

>"I've got no goddamn clue how to dance."
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No. 739624 ID: 24100f

>"I've got no goddamn clue how to dance."
*Grin* "I'll lead?"

Seriously though, you just move to the rhythm, you do what feels natural, cut lose. You have to have good control over your body, and good instincts. You'll catch on quick.
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No. 739625 ID: 398fe1

Haha we'll have to teach her then!
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No. 739627 ID: 91cfcf

>>739622
It'll have to be a nice slow dance, and you'll lead. She probably learns quick.
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No. 739628 ID: db0da2

It's basically just really fancy flailing. Just follow my lead, move in time with the beat, and don't worry about looking silly.
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No. 739629 ID: 211d83

Don't worry most people don't know how to dance properly. Having actual dance training is not that common.

Just follow my lead and you will get the hang of it quick. Most club dancing is a interesting combo of flailing and bouncing to the beat while sort of humping at each other.
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No. 739630 ID: 398fe1

Oh my god I just thought of a terrible thing we can do. Have the DBs put hidden cameras in Roxy's apartment. If we seduce Anya (and it's looking like we might), we can use the recorded footage as blackmail.

Even if we don't do that, however, we should probably ask for the DBs to make the apartment look lived-in.
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No. 739634 ID: 1f0577

"It's basically like most other kinds of art: you put a bunch of things together in a way that fit with each other nicely, to make something that communicates and shows off your skill. With dancing, what you're putting together is the movements of your body with the music that's playing, the skill you're showing is how well you can move, and what you're communicating is how you feel."

"For example, right now, I feel... sexy. But not too riled up yet. So I wouldn't dance too fast, stay in control, and move sensuously, showing off. Watch."

[dance a bit, but stay close to her and watch her expression]

"And now people are looking at me. That makes me feel valuable, powerful. It's exciting. So I let myself move faster. Less controlled. A little wild."

[dance more, and then back close to her.]

"See? And I don't just pay attention to one part of my body: I'm a whole, everything working together. What's most important is to not keep too tight a grip on yourself, let the music do its part to move you, and try move with your partner as well if you have one. Sometimes one person will be setting the pace more, being the leader, but it's always a kind of union. To be honest, being a lowly organic with instincts that can take control of me is actually an advantage, here."
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No. 739643 ID: 91ee5f

"The trick when wearing outfits like the ones we're wearing is to dance at the right speed. Try not to get too out of control or else your boobs will come flying out! Unless you're trying to do that on purpose.~ Then you just go crazy and whatever happens, happens. But, we're not going to be doing that this time."
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No. 739645 ID: 24100f

>>739630
Hmm. I'm not entirely certain we can use that blackmail, though it would be an option.

The immediate risks would be if Sevener's scanners and whoever is manning them are good enough to pick up the cameras, and then containing the video from leaking. We're trusting allies with something that could blow up messily for us if it were released early / seen by the wrong people.

(There's also the risk our allies would want to use dirt on a powerful cop themselves, which would interfere with our plans).


...honestly, though, if we needed to switch to blackmail, we already have something really bad. Sevener brought in a false witness. Roxy isn't real, and in that context, most of our testimony was a lie. We're a jetal, we were never in any real danger, we consented to everything, and we were setting up the drug dealers to protect the monopoly of bigger drug dealers. And Sevener is now either complicit in our cover-up or incompetent.
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No. 739713 ID: d1f5f1
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739713

"It's, well, it might be rude to say, but it's just fancy, well organized flailing to a rhythm! We can start with a slow dance and you can follow my lead, I'm sure you'll get it. Here, you'll just fit the movements of your body with the music that's playing, for instance, I wouldn't dance too fast right away." Roxy says, starting to dance her way to the elevator.

Anya studies it like she would a textbook.

"You can see if those guys are looking around the corner. I bet they are." she continues, knowing full well that they are while starting to dance faster. "Them looking makes me feel valuable, powerful. So then I dance a little wilder, but you may need to study it with more intention, since I'm a biological and probably have the instincts that are actually an advantage -"

Roxy's boob pops out of the top, and she quickly snatches it.

"Oop. I guess I'm going to have to keep it slow to get the hang of a top like this, heh."
>"What, you haven't learned how to do it already?"
"If I'm dancing in a top like this, I do it in a setting where I make sure to let them fall out."
>"God, you are such a fucking slut and I should hate you for it. But I find it more and more remarkable in this place."
"Well, thanks I guess? Really though, this'll be the first time I go to a club and try to keep that from happening! I'll be fine, though, with you around. I'd know some good low class clubs, but, uh, those are the ones I'd prefer to stay low at, so if we go far from town, I'm sure we can get a... well, maybe not a safe one normally if you want to see that low-life life, but it'll be safe for us, and I trust you."
>"Sure, long as it's not the middle of damn nowhere."
"No, no, just a suburb out of town." Roxy says, after getting some guidance from Polatt about a club he once knew about that he doesn't believe would have any ties to any of the criminals, nor would any of them attempt to search for Roxy there. Polatt is requested to help make sure that Roxy's apartment does look well lived in. "Oh, and don't worry about being bad. People go there to have fun, and very few of them are actually good at dancing! And I guarantee they'll love it if all your dance is is a booty shake."
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No. 739715 ID: d1f5f1
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739715

A taxi is taken to the town, and Anya sits in relative silence as she aborbs material for how to dance. During the trip, a dance module is delivered. When they get to the club, the both of them are ushered in like they were specifically invited as guests of honor. For being hesitant about her newfound kink, Anya archs her body forward shamelessly and confidently while half the room stares. Other girls stare as well with a wider mix of emotions. Social scanner indicates some people's stares are more noble than others, but no one is surprised by this. There are about 50 patrons and a bare minimum of staff in a modestly sized club with only a small pair of balconies for VIPs on an otherwise single story establishment.

Anya and Roxy go to the dance floor and begin their work. Scanner notes that she is beginning to see what people say about non-biologicals learning subjective arts only from modules and training simulations. Although Anya has good movements, they seem structured and mathematical. However, the bio-emulator adds in a certain biological fluidity and unevenness that would help disguise this from the select few that might suspect from looks alone that Anya wasn't biological after all. Instead, Scanner thinks that Loviro is the only one that Unity knows that could tell that Anya was a jetal.

Either way, Anya appears to be into it, but it's only a minute before a guy leaves his own group and approaches the two girls. Scanner believes it would have been as soon as their feet hit the club's entry mat, but Anya is putting on a good unapproachable exterior.

>"Hey, can I treat you two girls to something to drink?"
>"No." says Anya.
>"Don't be so cold, huh? Or are you one of those girls that dresses like that to attract guys just to shut them down?"
>"You can give me all the attention you want from over there." Anya says, gesturing back to his crowd. "With your eyes."
>"Don't be too quick to turn down free stuff when you're offered! And I'm not hearing a 'no' to my question. How about you, babe?" he says to Roxy. "You look like someone with a good attitude."

During this, the main body and the other division has taken the form of Coral again to go into the blackmail club. They will stay in contact for any important developments.
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No. 739719 ID: 398fe1

>>739715
Smile and tell him maybe later, you want to hang out with your friend right now.
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No. 739725 ID: c441c1

"Not tonight I am here with her."
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No. 739729 ID: db0da2

*puts arm around Anya* "sorry, but I'm already taken"
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No. 739736 ID: a8d153

Yeah, let's not pressure Anya into going with the guy. "Sorry hun, girls night out."
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No. 739740 ID: 91ee5f

>>739729
This.
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No. 739747 ID: 0e780d

"Thanks, cutie, I like to think so! But," (lean your head back a little to emphasize the collar, and smile while looking towards Anya) "I'm not the one in control tonight."

So we'd be implying some kinky servant/pet thing between you and Anya, like she's brought you out here just to show herself and you off to enjoy making people jealous.
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No. 739749 ID: 24100f

Pretty much everyone has the right idea, here. He can't pick you up because you're already taken. (And the idea of girl on girl, and being unattainable, is only going to get the two of you more attention).

>the main body and the other division has taken the form of Coral again to go into the blackmail club.
Can we retroactively have had them buy the extra senses module before that? It's easily affordable, and it might help us locating where the blackmail is hidden.
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No. 739754 ID: 91ee5f

>During this, the main body and the other division has taken the form of Coral again to go into the blackmail club. They will stay in contact for any important developments.
If any of them ask where the 3rd you is, just tell them, "Sorry boys, but you're stuck with Me and I. Myself is occupied elsewhere."
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No. 739771 ID: d1f5f1
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739771

The Coral team will pick up an extra senses module in the hopes that they'll be able to see the backroom areas tonight.

Roxy puts her arm around Anya and lifts her neck.
"Sorry cutie, I like to think so, but I'm with her and I'm not the one in control!"
>"Aw, come on."
>"Now you're just looking for trouble." says Anya.
>"Fine, bitches."

He stomps off back to his group.

>"Hmph." Anya gets back to dancing. "Roxy, we're surrounded by guys who are shuffling their feet trying to get the nerve to come up to talk to us. This the kind of shit you gotta deal with every day?"
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No. 739776 ID: 24100f

>Roxy, we're surrounded by guys who are shuffling their feet trying to get the nerve to come up to talk to us. This the kind of shit you gotta deal with every day?
Sure, but at work, I'm literally asking for it. And a lot of guys find the nerve to pay me a lot easier than the nerve to talk.

That's the thing about flaunting it, though. You draw attention. It's up to you what you do with it, though. It can be power, that you use to stay in control, and get what you want. It can be a weakness, if you let yourself be used or made into a victim. The line can get kinda blurry. That's... kind of what makes it thrilling, sometimes.
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No. 739777 ID: 5ba96f

>>739771
Well, you're usually more available, but yeah, there are always assholes everywhere more than a few people gather.
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No. 739783 ID: 0e780d

Tell her, you don't normally flaunt quite this much if you don't have some intimidating friends to help ward off the very pushy people. Which you do today, anyway! Really, one of the keys is, you don't just want people to want you. That feels good, but it can be dangerous. You want people to want you to want them, which puts you in control. It gives them something to be afraid of, your disapproval. If you want respect, you need to be wanted and feared, at least a little. Either one alone isn't really respect.

To be honest, it is a little bit cruel to make ourselves look this... available... and not be open to any approaches. You do go to a club to socialize, after all, so if someone comes along who has better manners, we should be willing to at least talk to and dance with them a little. If she wants to make it clear we're not interested in more personal liasons, well, we could make it seem obvious we're only interested in each other as far as that's concerned. Shall we dance more... intimately?
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No. 739787 ID: d1f5f1
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739787

"Well yeah, being at the center of that is my job!"
>"Yeah, but... well, whatever, I guess that's what the bouncers are for."
"Yeah, I wouldn't be doing this if you weren't around! Still, when more than a few people gather together, they're going to be some assholes. To flaunt ourselves, though, we draw attention! When we made it clear we're girl on girl, our unattainability goes up and so does our attention. What you do with that is up to you. It can be power, or it can be a weakness. Well, if you're a fragile biological with me, you'd have to be careful! I want people to want me to want them, to put me in control, because then they'd fear my disapproval."
>"I don't even know why I declined that drink! I just wanted to decline him."
"Well, if a guy offers a drink, accepting kind of means that you're open to their advances! If you accept and then just walk off and ignore them, it's kind of a bitchy thing to do."
>"Well that guy thinks we're bitches, doesn't he?"
"You know, it is actually a little cruel. That guy was pushy and a jerk, but these outfits to make ourselves look available while not actually open to any approaches. People do go to clubs to socialize, after all, so there are expectations! If we meet a nice guy, we should be nice back.
>"Ha, like we'd meet someone like that here. I know about expectations. This place is a shithole, and lowlives expect people to be on their own shitty level here. Let's drive them crazier then and dance like mushy lovers."
"I was just about to ask for that."
>"Fucking hell, I want to catch some damn criminals, and I bet I could cuff 5 people here tonight. You were right about that respect from being a jetal, 'cause right now no one is putting their true colors through a filter."
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No. 739790 ID: 91ee5f

>Let's drive them crazier then and dance like mushy lovers.
>'cause right now no one is putting their true colors through a filter.
"Sounds like you're not filtering out your true colors either~! I at least achieved my goal of finally getting you to relax a little!"
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No. 739791 ID: 5ba96f

Mushy lovers? As she insists. Time to start holding her closer and kissing.
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No. 739794 ID: 24100f

>Let's drive them crazier then and dance like mushy lovers
This sounds like an excellent suggestion, we should do this. Provocative danging time.

>I want to catch some damn criminals, and I bet I could cuff 5 people here tonight.
*teasing* If you goad them into that, isn't that entrapment, officer? Bad girl.

...you know, that's actually an interesting way this could turn. I doubt we could pull Sevener all the way down to turning tricks instead of working as a cop, but we've got her caught up in the thrill here, and her sense of righteousness seems pricked by the situation Roxy and girls like her find themselves in. She's found a new set of criminal to target while the heads she wants to bash are out of reach. She might start working vice after this. Undercover vice, even, which would be a way to dress and act like this on the job.
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No. 739805 ID: d1f5f1
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739805

"If you goad them, wouldn't that be entrapment?" Roxy teases. "You are a bad one!"
>"Do these guys look like high class enough to use that as grounds?"

After a brief look, historian notes that entrapment is not as frowned upon inside of a court as many past societies. Upper society tends to have a better time fighting the law with entrapment, but anyone below that has a difficult time using it as an excuse.

"Sounds like you're not filtering out your true colors, either. At least I got you to relax a bit!"
>"Seeing these scumbags squirm in their pleasure and frustration... it's a guilty pleasure and I fuckin' love it."
"So, mushy lovers? Want to hold each other close and make out, then?"
>"Shit, is that what mushy lovers do? Nevermind, I wouldn't know. Just dance provocatively. Wait. I want to get something else. I'm going to rent that module, but don't think I'm promising anything, I just need to feel the kind of feeling they're getting so that I can understand the dirtbags better."
"Sure!"

A drone comes to the front with the boxed package, to which both girls pick it up at the front discreetly before coming back. Some of the guys almost look like they were going to follow them out. Scanner confirms Anya has put on a sex module D. While it didn't come into much significance for Unity, it does have settings for general senses of arousal based on settable circumstances.

The two begin to dance together in a way that panders to the tastes of gratuity. Roxy frequently adjusts her underwear and miniskirt as part of the dance while just barely keeping her chest indoors. Sevener rides her shorts and smiles, with a glare, at various guys who whistle and try and wave them over. As Anya predicted, there aren't any shining beacons of morality from the guys, but they do take multiple, harsh no's as a no.

After about 15 minutes, Roxy notices that, through the bio-emulator, Anya's body is getting a bit heated. While she could override any of the bio-emulator's direction easily, she seems to be playing off the emulator to properly act like a biological.

>"Ugh." she huffs. "What the fuck is this."
"It's biological."
>"It's like biological bodies like being drunk on feeling! No wonder all those guys act weird about sex, they're drunk! And they're basically getting in a manual car by approaching us in that state!"

Scanner wonders if she set the sex module's libido stat to max.
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No. 739806 ID: 211d83

That or she is just really turned on by this and being with you.

Slowly ramp things up. More grinding on her and let your touches linger.

See how worked up you can get her.
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No. 739813 ID: 24100f

>Wait. I want to get something else. I'm going to rent that module, but don't think I'm promising anything, I just need to feel the kind of feeling they're getting so that I can understand the dirtbags better.
Cue the victory music.

>"It's like biological bodies like being drunk on feeling! No wonder all those guys act weird about sex, they're drunk! And they're basically getting in a manual car by approaching us in that state!"
Give a throaty, sultry laugh in response.

Damn straight, Babe. People want to feel good. Why wouldn't they?

>Scanner wonders if she set the sex module's libido stat to max.
...wait, there's a setting for that? What's ours been set to this whole time?
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No. 739814 ID: e22b1d

At the rate Sevener has been taking things into her own hands and buying modules she will be fucking you in a back room within ten minutes.

When we first suggested this sort of stuff she was hesitant. But as soon as we stopped pushing her she threw herself in head first.

She wants this badly and is worried about how much fun she is having.
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No. 739816 ID: 91ee5f

>>739805
I'd like to suggest what >>739794 said about working vice and/or undercover vice to Anya, just to see how she reacts to that. If this really is something she likes to do, then this might get her really excited!

>Scanner wonders if she set the sex module's libido stat to max.
Would that be something that Roxy would know about? If it is something that she would know, maybe we should tell Anya about that?
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No. 739828 ID: d1f5f1
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739828

"Hold on a second!" Alison says to scanner. "There was a setting for libido on our sex module this whole time?"
>"... yeah."
"What has ours been at?"
>"... middle. Like, average."
"Why not max?"
>"Because we have to seem natural, and that's hard if the sex module to us and the bioemulator to our body is melting our senses because we readjusted ourselves on a car seat!"
"But it's gotta feel nice!"
>"Alison no!"

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No. 739829 ID: d1f5f1
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739829

>Would [a libido stat] be something that Roxy would know about?
Although a sex module may be taboo, a sex worker would feasibly know about odds and ends like that.

Roxy gives Anya a throaty, sultry laugh.

"Damn straight, babe! People want to feel good, so why wouldn't they?"
>"Is this even good? God damn it, I can't think straight. I don't want to turn this thing off, but if I don't, I'm going to drag you in the back and... do whatever it is two girls can do."
"You know, I don't really see jetals with sex mods often, but I've heard there's some dials on them. Did you turn things up to max or something?"
>"Ugh, shit, I thought the max was just the default, it isn't?"
"Haha, well, I don't think so? You seem really horny."
>".... fuuuck." she gasps out. "I don't even want to turn it down anymore."
"Oh, geez, what if I say no to you?"
>"Then I'll be seriously incredulous given everything up to this point."

Roxy is about to push the question again just to be sure, but Anya continues.

>"But of course I fuckin' wouldn't, the hell do you think I am? I'm not those scummy guys. Even if I'm letting my judgement get diminished by this module, I'm in control of the module and therefore still in control of my judgement! We won't do a thing if you don't want to."
"Oh, no, I was just making sure you understood. You know, if you still don't have any respect for those guys, I'd almost think you'd be interested in going in undercover vice."
>"... I was starting to think that might be effective. I'd need to test it and see if any of these guys are offering us drugged drinks or would take advantage of me if I looked like I was vulnerable. You're probably not in the mood for that anyway, or do you want to help me fish out some baddies? If not, and you don't tell me no, and I don't turn this module down, I'm going to drag your ass to a backroom or an alley or whatever, morph to a more natural form for me, and see how easy it is to make biologicals scream."
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No. 739832 ID: 5ba96f

>>739829
Time to let her drag Roxy wherever she likes. And it might actually make sense to turn libido up to max when she gets started or at least slowly turn it up during the sex, if jetals outclass biologicals that much.
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No. 739833 ID: 24100f

>>739829
I may be a professional tease, but I am way more interested in seeing what you can do to me than reeling in a few pervs for you to bust.

I'm not saying no.
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No. 739834 ID: 211d83

While I think helping you arrest any creeps here would be fun that would take a bit of time. Plus would have to start acting quite a bit different from what you have been.

So will leave it up to you Anya.

If you start heading for the bar I will follow your lead and help you bust any creeps.

But if you stay here and keep dancing like this with me I will keep doing my best to get you so worked up that you drag me off and make me scream.
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No. 739835 ID: b5e068

>>739829
I'd say start with discovery together, and after that, begin arresting date-rapists.
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No. 739839 ID: 91ee5f

>>739832
You sure that's a good idea? Wouldn't she find out that we're a jetal? Not only that, but she'd find out that we're Alison. I mean, don't get me wrong or anything, I want to see it as much as anyone else, I'm just trying to find out if our cover will be blown or not.

Actually, wouldn't that "sex with avatars in cores" only work if we have our core? Who has the core anyways? Is it Roxy or 1 of the 2 Corals? If 1 of the Corals has the core, Roxy might be able to get away with sex with Anya without being found out as Alison but still busted as a jetal. Or maybe we'll get really lucky and Anya won't find out we're a jetal either.

Also, no messing with that libido dial! There's no telling how that'll make the 2 Corals act in front of the blackmailers. Don't want all 3 of the Unitys to be incapacitated from pleasure.
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No. 739840 ID: 0e780d

Tell her you are kind of tempted to help her bust some guys, but you have enough crooks on your tail already. Besides, these'll be her first encounters, and you'd like to make sure she understands the good before she starts wading through the bad.

Anyway, we're not saying no. She can turn down the module if she likes, and she probably should before she turns it on again in the future, but tell her you hope she remembers what this feels like. (Give her a nice caress or something when you say that last line) Organics, and robots who have a sex drive, don't really get to control whether they're horny or not, so you hope this'll enlighten her to how non-jetals feel sometimes.

Perhaps she'd like to go someplace particularly secluded, so you can take your time and be thorough, showing her the ropes? Though, if she likes the idea of somewhere someone could catch sight of them, you're not going to say no. Suggest to her to maybe not try take on too much stimulation at once, you've heard stories of jetals literally melting the first time they try these modules.

(Hmm... as a girl, all the fluids involved would just be the basic imitations created by the biomod, right? We aren't going to accidentally give the game away by triggering the jetalicum module? And she has chemical analyzer C, would that be able to tell biomod fluids from genuine biological?)
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No. 739841 ID: e22b1d

Well if your department asked why you were arresting people out here while guarding a witness you could say I insisted on coming out here and you were just keeping me safe from perverts.

So if you want to we can go over to the bar. But you would have to stop grinding up against me for a bit and I don't think either of us want to stop right now.
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No. 739844 ID: 87547f

Its your night to blow off some steam Anya.

So if you want to drag me off somewhere to have your way with me I am all for it.

Or if you want to try and capture some crooks before claiming your prize we can do that.

Just choose quick before your body decides for you.
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No. 739845 ID: 91cfcf

>>739839
>Also, no messing with that libido dial! There's no telling how that'll make the 2 Corals act in front of the blackmailers. Don't want all 3 of the Unitys to be incapacitated from pleasure.
It won't. Different divisions are controlled by different operators. We specifically had to fake that the other divisions were affected by Laner's sex mod.
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No. 739846 ID: d1f5f1
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At the request of Alison, the libido is bumped up a tiny amount as an experiment, but not too much to make it seem like an unnatural change. Although it seems like the sensations are of the same intensity, the module seems to induce a higher focus on that sensation. If it were high enough, likely past the allowable max, it may make it near impossible to focus on anything else.

>Who has the core anyways?
One of the Corals.

The bio-emulator is double checked to make sure that Roxy's body is thoroughly biological. The sex module can also be toggled to not artificially add to Anya's pleasure, and the bio module will ensure that Anya's experience with Roxy is realistically jetal on biological.

>Fluids
While the bio-emulator is only a rank D, most of the fluids it makes - outside of some of the most specialized, unheard of fluids of biologicals - is perfectly identical to the real thing.

"I'm way more interested in what you'd do to me rather than what you'd do to criminals. I want to dance a little more, first." says Roxy.
"Nnng, are you serious?" Anya gets behind Roxy and starts doing the touching, stopping just short of outright groping her.
"Having the chance to drive a jetal nuts is just too good for me." Roxy's grinds her backside into Anya's front, not bothering to resist the urge to gasp quietly as she feels a sizeable audience cheer the two on. "But I'm not saying no."
"You're really gonna get it then if you provoke me like this. I'm a damn shapeshifting virgin, so even though I'm going to fuck you hard and long enough to satisfy you while you hang low, you can at least tell me how you want to get ravished and by what."

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No. 739849 ID: 91cfcf

>You're really gonna get it then
Good. Provoke her as much as possible.

>what to shapeshift into
Whatever feels right for her. Personally I'd prefer she stayed female, and after Bluestone et al. maybe we should have Roxy be a bit averse to tentacles.
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No. 739850 ID: 24100f

>you can at least tell me how you want to get ravished and by what.
Um, if she's asking what I think she's asking:

"It's your body, your virginity, wear what you want. I'm going to fuck you into the ground, cock or not."

"And don't worry, I'm more than willing to show you what to do, or how to use what you've got."
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No. 739853 ID: 211d83

I did try to get you to have a big bulge in those shorts awhile ago.

While I would be glad to have you just as a girl if you can grow your own toys I am not going to complain. Plus it would give me something to grind my butt into.

And if you want to make this private you had better find us some privacy fast. Or else a bunch of guys are going to get the show of there lives in a moment.
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No. 739854 ID: 91cfcf

>>739850
>"It's your body, your virginity, wear what you want.
She wants to know her partner's preferences. Congratulations. And given how creative you can get when you can shapeshift into literally anything, I think penises are just the start.
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No. 739856 ID: 91ee5f

>>739845
>It won't.
>>739846
>Fluids perfectly identical to biological.
Well, I've got no more concerns. Let's get to it!

"You're not gonna be my first jetal, but you will be my first jetal virgin. Let's see if we can fix that, shall we?~ Oh! And since it's your 1st time, it might be more comfortable for you to take a shape that you're familiar with before you try experimenting with tentacles or something. That covers the what. As for the how.....I think I'll let you decide on that.~"
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No. 739857 ID: e22b1d

We don't want to get to crazy to start. Why not grow a nice big dick for me and then see how hard you can make me squeal with it?

Once you get the hang of things feel free to experiment on me however you like.

But if you do start packing a nice bulge I wonder if those tight pants can hold it? And what our audience would think?
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No. 739858 ID: 24100f

>>It won't.
Actually, it depends. Stuff like the biomod has per division controls (so Roxy can we biomod on while Coral(s) have biomod off) but privacy has a global toggle (it's either on or off for everyone). It hasn't been specified which way the sensitivity / libido controls work: global or local.
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No. 739859 ID: 0e780d

If you're going somewhere private enough, I think we'd like to enjoy ourselves with the body and face of that tough jetal cop who came to talk to us first. She's been better to you than someone like Roxy would usually expect, and you'd like to pay her back with a free helping of your services. Plus, tell her, to be honest... you like organics, but a lot of biologicals have dreams of getting with jetals, and you're not going to turn it down if it's on the table.

As for what in particular... well, let's start with some masculine equipment. You have more practice with it, it's probably more straightforward to use for her, and more convenient overall. Plus after what you've had to experience lately, you'd like to cleanse your palate with one that wants to treat you right.
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No. 739860 ID: 87547f

If you were a normal girl I would say drag me back to my place and I could show you where I keep my fun toys. Then you could work me over with them until I could not walk straight. But we can do that later.

Right now seeing as you can be whatever you want why don't you try and see how much you can stretch out those shorts? Grow a big old dick and see how long you can resist me.

I hear they have a mind of there own once excited.
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No. 739861 ID: 24100f

The sexy way to address this might be to tell Sevener "I want you to be you."

(And while there's nothing wrong with jetal dicks, we haven't had a lot of straight up (ha) girl on girl, and I don't think we should be making Sevener think that's required, even if it's welcome).
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No. 739862 ID: 90f3c0

Well, her normal form is quite attractive. That should be obvious from how much we've been hitting on her. Tell her you want her to be herself... but with a big dick.
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No. 739863 ID: 0e780d

This might be time for that little speech from the questdis thread, also? Something like: "Just one thing, I do have reasons I didn't want to appear in court, I have a complicated past. If you think you might regret this if you found out I haven't been a great person my whole life or that I have some bad friends, I think I'd feel guilty. If you're just aching to make use of that module and I'm conveniently here and willing, though, that's no trouble. I want to play with your body, I just want to be sure I'm not playing with your heart. So is that ok?"
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No. 739869 ID: db0da2

I'm fine with either basic arrangement, just don't whip out a bunch of gnarly tentacles or something and I can work with it.
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No. 739872 ID: d1f5f1
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"While we grind, I should say... there's a reason why I didn't want to appear in court, obviously. There's a chance you might find out that I haven't been a great or even okay person my whole life, or that I have some bad friends. I don't want to share it all, but I don't want you to regret doing this with me if you find out later. I'd feel guilty. So if you're aching and willing to use that module, and I'm here conveniently, then that's okay. I do want to play with your body, but I don't want to play with your heart."
".... is getting all deep and personal part of the mating ritual or something?" Anya asks.
"Hahah, not necessarily, but there's more involved in sex than physical interaction, and I don't want to turn bad. So even though I'd like to be able to call you a friend, and same for you to me, we really don't know each other that well. So if you drag me in the back and have your way with me, it should be because you're horny, because you want my services, or even just to shut me up. Not because we think we want to be close friends."

"Is this really necessary?" Recluse asks.
"Yes!" says Alison. "What we're doing is possibly awful and I want to make sure the reasons why it's awful aren't in play."


"Hmph, saying that shit now, after you brought me all the way down here? You want it or not, Roxy?"
"I want your body on mine."
"If you want to be treated like service meat, then fine, I'll tenderize that."
"Maybe with the face of the stern cop I met earlier?"
"That's the plan for my form, but what about what you want?"
"Good! And I want you to be you. Just, at least start a little simple instead of going right to custom gear and... if you do tentacles, please take it slow. Are we going to get a room?"
"Fuck no, if you wanted to spend the time going to a hotel room, then you shouldn't have teased me to the brink! I'm taking you to the bathroom or the backalley because we're playing the part of two trashy girls going for thrills."
"Where people can find us?"
"I'll use a slightly-different form at first, but if people find us, then who cares?! Wait, do you care?"
"Oh, no, not at all."
"Then screw 'em, we'll show them what I've got that they can't get!" Anya says, reaching into Roxy's tanktop, palming a breast, and rolling it in her hand.
"Ahh! That's enough teasing, drag me off!"
"Oh, you can tease me all you want, but the moment I grab these giant knockers, you tell me that's enough! If you want me to be me, then you're going to find out that I'm not that nice, either!"

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No. 739873 ID: d1f5f1
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Anya grabs Roxy, and keeps groping her chest as she leaves the building out the back, and takes a couple of corners to get into a far back alleyway while morphing. There, Roxy is pushed up against a wall.

"And don't tell me this isn't romantic enough." says Anya.
"I've had worse."
"Well aren't you just the most experienced whorebag." Anya says with a smile. "I'll grow a fat dick to shove in you later, but I'm curious how the hell girls do other girls. And I'm not going to look it up to ruin the surprise when I've got you with me. So you do whatever it is you do on me, then I'll do it back on you except better."

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No. 739874 ID: c441c1

Lick the eyeball! No but seriously lets service her first to show her how its done.
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No. 739876 ID: 211d83

Smile at her and then grab her butt and start slowly groping her. Play with her sensitive areas without going strait for her crotch at first. Tease her until she is panting before getting your hands down her pants.

Once she squirming kneel down and undo her zipper with your mouth. Then use your hands to spread her open a bit and eat her out. Show her how long belenosian tongues are.
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No. 739877 ID: 0e780d

"Well, girls sometimes need a little bit more warming up than guys. And we get more out of having things spread around a bit, usually, though don't underestimate what guys can like. I don't think being warmed up is a problem with you right now, and it's definitely not a problem for me, but since this is a learning experience I'll start with a little quick demonstration before moving on."

Then get all up on her with the mouth and hands. Kiss lips, kiss under the neck, open up her clothes, get groping and start gradually moving down tending to everything on the way until you're on your knees and you can get your face under her hips.

Then: "Now, this is one of the main ways girls have fun with each other. Pay attention to the demonstration, because I won't be able to speak."

"... and please don't accidentally crush my head."

Then get in there.
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No. 739878 ID: 24100f

>>739873
Well you heard her. Go to town on her. She challenged you, and you're the professional whore with experience. Let's see if we can reduce her to a quivering puddle before she starts going to town on you.

Start making out, get your hands on her, start feeling her up. Tweak her where she should be sensitive. Maybe wrap your tail around her leg possessively. Get your hands under her clothes, then start teasing her and jilling her off. We can eventually drop to your knees and do oral, but let's see if we can get her off with just your hands, first.

Hopefully we have some of the people who were along on the "please the room full of girls" mission? They've got the relevant experience.
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No. 739880 ID: 595d54

Keep on tantalizing her with everything Roxy's got and let's get into some orgasm denial/edging too. I want to see what we can get Anya to say/look like with libido set to max.
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No. 739886 ID: 91ee5f

>So you do whatever it is you do on me, then I'll do it back on you except better.
"Oh? You, a virgin jetal, think you can do what I do for a living better than me? If that's a challenge, then consider it accepted!"
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No. 739887 ID: d1f5f1
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739887

"Girls do need some more warming up than guys. We're obviously both hot now, but just to show how it's done. And since you're making it a challenge, I won't go easy."

Roxy leans forward and gets to work. The pair of mouths don't lend themselves well to kissing one another, so Roxy lightly grabs a tuft of hair to pull Anya's head back and start kissing and nibbling at her neck. Although Anya's modified cop form is active, it's noted that the bio emulator is as well, and so the texture feels like soft, pseudo-scales that Roxy enjoys the feel of.

"I-it's just my damn neck, why does it suddenly feel nice?" asks Anya.
"Just about every sensitive part on a girl becomes a pleasure to have toyed with."
"And guys?"
"Similar, but to a lesser extent on average. But more importantly, everyone is different! Half of this is just seeing what makes your partner tick, but some areas are more reliably sensitive than others." Roxy explains while she opens up Anya's jacket, who then shakes it off.

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No. 739888 ID: d1f5f1
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739888

Roxy works her way down.

"My chest isn't stuck to the clothes." says Anya. Roxy then sticks her hand under Anya's breasts and slides it up to push the cloth through her underboob, which then pushes the top hemn down to reveal her chest.

"These, for instance, are usually a nice spot, but let me know if it just feels funny. Let your bio thingy drive, so I can tell what you like and what you don't."

Roxy clutches a breast with one hand before tweaking the nipple, and softly nibbles her way down the other breast until both nipples get tweaked between lips and fingers, while Roxy's spare hand rakes its nails down Anya's backside until it grabs her ass and starts groping. After a moment, her head pulls back. "Ah... I'd go a little slower than this, even, but like I said, we're both already heated." she says, before continuing to play with and around her tits, back and butt. Anya keeps shivering, but doesn't make much reaction.

"Anya?" Roxy says.
"What're you stopping for? More. Harder. Or whatever. This is just more teasing, I get the idea! There's got to be more than just frustrating my body, I need the actual payoff. Or however it works."

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No. 739894 ID: d1f5f1
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Roxy clutches Anya's groin, where she rubs at her crotch through her shorts. All of the air in Anya's lungs immediately evacuates.

"Oh! Nnnn! G-goddamn, holy shit, that area! That's the area!"
"Yes, this is the place that needs warming up." Roxy says.
"Does surface rubbing actually work?"
"For some! I bet it'll work on you, but I think that's enough foreplay. I'm going to use this." says Roxy, who lets her tongue drop out.
"That's not a dick. The function is totally different. Does that actually work?"
"I'm going down and you'll find out. Just watch your thighs, don't crush my head!"

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No. 739895 ID: d1f5f1
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739895

Roxy goes down, bites Anya's zipper, and drags it down as her hands hook under her shorts and push those down to the ground. Roxy's tongue merely pushes the thong to the side, then plunges in.

Anya almost screams, but muffles it down to a long squeal. She clenches around the tongue in her, and Roxy goes to down knowing that there isn't much point in being too careful inside of a jetal.

After only a minute, Anya is still letting the bio emulator drive her movements, when tell Roxy that she's about to orgasm.

This isn't a problem, but some lobbyists that were in the Party Gang 2 team note that many girls are more satisfied if their orgasms are drawn out over time.

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No. 739896 ID: 398fe1

>>739895
Roxy should be experienced so let's do the advanced tech.
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No. 739897 ID: 211d83

Slowly tease it out of her. This is her first so make it memorable as possible.
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No. 739899 ID: 0e780d

"Roxy clutches Anya's groin, where she rubs at her crotch through the shorts."

I think that second one was supposed to be "fabric" or "shorts"?

Anyway, let her go off now. Once she's lucid enough again, first tell her that was an orgasm in case she didn't figure that out, and second tell her that was you taking it easy on her since it's her first time, and that usually you'd have drawn it out more to make the payoff feel even better.

We can't go letting her think that this is all there is to it, after all! She has to know there are a lot of even higher peaks to climb ahead of her. Plus it'll delay her getting jaded for longer.

Then tell her that, though it's not a problem for jetals either way, most guys need time to recover a bit after getting their big hit, but for girls there'd be no need to stop here. Ask her, would she like you to keep going?
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No. 739901 ID: 24100f

Well we fully corrupted Sevener. Those faces she's making are to die for.

>>739895
Make her suffer. Draw it out as much as we can, then hit her again and again. Go for multiple orgasms.

If you have a hand free, the base of her tail is probably sensitive. And even while you're down between her thighs, you can have your brush-like tail playing across her skin (scales). Gotta be places where that will give a few chills.
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No. 739903 ID: 595d54

Agreed, I still support the teasing and edging.
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No. 739904 ID: c441c1

Who said we had to stop at one orgasm.
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No. 739905 ID: 595d54

>>739904
Hey, that's true, we can probably manage a rolling orgasm after all this.
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No. 739912 ID: d1f5f1
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Roxy slows down to a crawl.

"Th-the fuck? Something was going to happen. More! Do it!"

The tongue picks up a little bit, but doesn't quite do enough. Slowly, the tongue is removed for a moment so that Roxy may speak.

"I'm teasing you. You're not getting off that easily."
"Wha?!"

Roxy's tongue slowly goes back in. As it does so, Anya jerks her hips around trying to get the tongue to pound her, but as she does it, Roxy relaxes her tongue so that it moves limply with her.

"Y-you fuckin' bitch! God damn it!"

Both of them know that if Anya really wanted to, she could just push Roxy off and finish herself off, but she does not. Anya lets out various obscenities that sound mockingly angry at first, but slowly get desperate.

"N-no more, this is making me go insane! I don't know what you're trying to prove here, but you proved it! Finish me off, or I'm gonna do it myself!"

Roxy jams in again, far rougher this time, and Anya covers her mouth as she screams. Slowly, she sinks to the floor until she's on her back, and Roxy figures that she doesn't need to speak or explain herself, and begins to show Anya what multiple orgasms are. Her tongue starts pistoning in and out while waving side to side. Anya's hands grab onto Roxy's horns as she rides her. Roxy rubs the base of Anya's tail and brushes her tail over Anya's scales, while her fingers dig around at Anya's inner thigh's. Anya's body ends up thrashing around as her module lets one orgasm after the next drive her. The jetalium's surface wiggles and loses a bit of form, but Anya is able to keep it together well.

While each orgasm is as intense as the last, eventually Anya gets used to them to go mentally numb for the time.

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No. 739915 ID: eb79f3

I'm not so certain of slowly teasing it out of her. While it may be more pleasurable to most girls Anya has been in nothing but a hurry since we started. Perhaps with the Libido setting turned down a bit she could enjoy that more, but I think she just wants us to get her off now since her body is just so damn heated.

Plus, that stops her from using that same move against us. That way we can show her just because she has a jetal body with a sex mod doesn't make her a sex goddess without some technique and practice while still remaining believably biological. It'll give her something to strive for which might slow her eventual decent into jadedness.
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No. 739919 ID: 211d83

If she is getting numb to the sensation then we should finish her off and let her rest a bit. Give her one last big orgasm and then let her rest.
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No. 739922 ID: 595d54

"Nothing to prove, just gotta work you up to get that sort of thing. Plus I remember a promise you made. ...Maybe a bit less libido next time to enjoy the process more?"
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No. 739924 ID: c441c1

"Now I believe you made me a promise. Let's see if you can keep it."
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No. 739927 ID: 24100f

>>739912
Need to climb up her and give her sloppy kisses. Or affectionate licks, I guess, considering the snout incompatibility. Then lounge against her while she recovers a bit.

>"N-no more, this is making me go insane! I don't know what you're trying to prove here, but you proved it! Finish me off, or I'm gonna do it myself!"
*sweet / nice* Hey, I'm a professional, and you did challenge me. And I wanted to make your first time good.

*turning much naughtier* ...and if you're going to be doing that to me, I wanted to set a good example for myself.

(If/when we get back to lesson mode: now, girls can also make use of certain toys in lieu of equipment the guys are packing. I'm not carrying any, but you're a jetal, so you can cheat).
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No. 739928 ID: 151e06

Maybe you'd better apologize for that. Tell her sorry for edging her that first time, but you didn't think she wanted you going easy on her, and as you hope she saw a bit of denial does make the eventual payoff bigger. Not that everyone will want that every time.

Also tell her, just for future reference, while biological girls can go from peak to peak without stopping so long as you're not literally rubbing them raw, any biological guys she might want to play with in the future will probably want to take a break after each one, unless they're really well trained or augmented.

Now... would she like to try what you just did herself? Or would she like to get revenge another way?
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No. 739929 ID: 398fe1

>>739912
I think it's her turn.
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No. 739936 ID: 91ee5f

"Now do you see why I'm the expert? So, how was your first time? You're not too tired to keep your promise to do better than me, are you? We can take a little break if you want. .....Anya? *wave hand in front of Anya's face* Hellooo? You're not going to melt into a puddle on me, are you?"
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No. 739941 ID: d1f5f1
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Roxy sends her tongue on a rampage for the last round, and puts Anya's body into a convulsion of stimulation. When she finishes, she climbs on top of Anya, who has gone almost limp.

"Mm, sorry about edging you like that on your first go. Nothing to prove except that you did challenge me, and first times should always be memorable." Roxy nips at Sevener's neck before continuing. "And if you're going to be doing that to me, I wanted to set a good example. Oh, and before I forget to mention, biological guys need a break after each one of those. I must've given you a bunch. It's your turn next, for however you want to get your revenge."

Anya is still breathing hard but smoothly, and Roxy just lies on her in the afterglow.

"Don't melt into a puddle, now! Don't tell me even riding off the bio emulator that you're already that tired out!"

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No. 739942 ID: d1f5f1
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Anya grabs Roxy's horns again.

"Oh, you set the bar up high.

Anya's tail sweeps up, and begins toying around with Roxy's backside. Her arms hug and massage at Roxy's back, and using what seems like high morphability, starts rolling and bending her own frontside to mess around with Roxy's. Although it is all jetalium, Roxy is given the sensation of being licked, rubbed, nibbled and so on all across her front side at various locations.

"Nnnh, I didn't have my toys here, it really isn't any fair!"
"Hey, you're the expert slut!"

Sevener's body is used to tease Roxy's for much longer than Roxy's own foreplay.

"That really is enough! I was ready a long time ago!"
"Too bad, I want to see you squirm." Sevener says.
"Augh, you're really the worst!" says Roxy, but it's only a moment after that that Sevener's tail pushes up against Roxy's pussy, and then takes the plunge in. There the tail pushes and expands, testing Roxy's reactions and malleability as Anya finda an ideal shape and size. From there, the tail just outside of her cups around Roxy's fur, and rubs around at everything on the exterior while the inside aggressively wiggles around.

Moments pass into minutes as Roxy grinds back as best she can while Sevener keeps on groping various parts of her. Roxy ends up on the edge of the orgasm. Anya's tail slows down, and it doesn't come.

"Gah! The same thing?!"
"Duh." says Sevener. "This was your example, and if you think I'm the kind of girl who has mercy in the system, you'd be wrong."

Roxy endures it for longer, but the minutes start feeling like hours. Roxy's own attempts at gyrating her hips to get herself off is met with either the same limp treatment with Anya's tail, or a hard grip on her legs to keep her from moving.

"Okay, okay! It's no fair to edge for longer, that wasn't the contest!"
"Well life isn't fair! This feels too damn good to end now, and I want to make this memorable for you, too, so you aren't getting off that easily! So either you admit I'm better than you, then maybe if you beg hard enough I'll finish the job. If you're stubborn about it, then we're going to get up, get dressed, and get back to our hotel room where I'll finish you off. And, apparently since it's possible, keep finishing you off again and again."

"She really is cruel!" Alison remarks.

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No. 739943 ID: 595d54

Nice. Keep being stubborn and see if a kiss distracts her enough to achieve anything.
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No. 739944 ID: 24100f

Beg her to finish you and to drag you back to the room for more.

...what? There really isn't a lose option here, going for both is win-win! If we've corrupted Sevener to the point where she's going to fuck us senseless, that's exactly what we wanted.

We should try and get our own back where we can with skill and experience, even if Sevener has the advantage of being able to use her jetal nature to the full extent and Roxy has to limit herself to biological limits.

If we need to cheat, we can endure denial by swapping people out, or having people in the lobby go to town on whoever's driving (swapping back and forth might be necessary). Just enough to push over the edge and make Roxy come even when the tail isn't moving. (If we accompany this with frantic humping we can pass it off as skill).

>at the end of the night
When we're done exhausting each other:

"So... if you're better than me, does that mean you're going to be auditioning for a job?"
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No. 739946 ID: 151e06

"Better than me, with all this you're able to do? I bet if you had to use an actual dick, you wouldn't nearly be able to outlast me, or even be able resist giving it to me! I've had to deal with not getting off before. I can be stubborn!"
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No. 739947 ID: 91ee5f

Hey, I've got an idea! Remember what we did to that one girl during the card tournament while we were Princess Toya? We put a girl inside of us and fucked her during a few matches of the tournament. Who here wants to suggest Anya does that to Roxy on their way back to the hotel room? It'll let Anya keep Roxy right there at the edge for the entire trip back to their room!~
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No. 739950 ID: 398fe1

We could probably end this today. Have the main Core division go to the apartment in a body tiny enough to hide in the toilet or something. Then Roxy can claim she needs to freshen herself up before more sex, and grabs the core. Simply activate the hack with a thousand AIs in the lobby and boom, we win.
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No. 739951 ID: 398fe1

For added security the core body could be delivered by the DBs. If the cops are watching the apartment they won't see anything suspicious.
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No. 739952 ID: 24100f

>>739950
The hack attempt is pretty dangerous. Even with the skill and number advantage, there's no guarantee we'd knock her out fast enough (especially if there are people outside Anya's lobby who can step in fresh as others collapse).

All she needs to do is stay conscious long enough to attack with a plasma weapon and break the jetalium connection between our cores, and then the hack attack has failed, leaving us and our core in a room with a pissed off jetal with a lot more weapons than us.

Also why the heck would we want to rush for a premature end to the quest before we get to go noble courtesan and full on liquid metal assassin.
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No. 739954 ID: 151e06

>>739950
>>739952

Yeah, we have no idea whether Anya even can be overloaded like the sim inhabitants can. It might even be the case that the hack would let her overwhelm us just as easily. We shouldn't try it.
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No. 739955 ID: 398fe1

...hang on, what happens if the core division goes into one of those training sims? Do the other divisions experienced compressed time as well?
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No. 739958 ID: a107fd

If we're going to attack Sevener directly, it can at least wait until Gambler liquidates assets to buy more jetalium. No sense going into a climactic fight with stocks and bonds when we could instead be packing an overwhelming mass advantage.
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No. 739959 ID: db0da2

>>739954
We greatly outnumber her. I think it's worth the attempt. We also might be able to keep playing anyway like we did in the original thread. I don't think the noble courtesan thing would work out, it was implied in the original thread that the Loviro jetals under Sapphire had had their minds altered in some way.
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No. 739961 ID: 595d54

>>739958
Agreed.
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No. 739963 ID: 151e06

>>739959

Well, I don't think it's worth the attempt. Aside the previous reasons, we need to contact her jetalium with our core, and I'd bet she could feel our insides shifting as the core moves to try touch her. Or her Computer D would give her fast enough reflexes to sense the connection forming before it was too late (Remember, when Fern first used the hack on us, we got a "he's coming in!" forewarning, and we didn't even have a Computer mod ourselves yet). Besides that, for all we know her core hide or core dodge modules would prevent the connection, too, or her EIN connection would raise an alarm on an intrusion into her core's lobby ("make sure our cops don't get hacked" sounds like something that would be added in).

If she somehow catches on to us before we make contact, or the hack module doesn't disable her fully, then that's it, she outclasses us in everything combat-related and could stab us right through the core with plasma instantly. Given that we already have the advantage overall (Sevener shows no signs of knowing about the harvest sim yet, and most of her modules are likely just the standard police loadout, so she's not going to get stronger as fast as us), there's little need to jump on a risk this bad.

Also it's kind of a dick thing to do to Sevener.
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No. 739971 ID: db0da2

>>739963
>Sevener shows no signs of knowing about the harvest sim yet
>SEVENER #1864 - BELENOS SIMULATION STARTS IN A RECURSIVE SIMULATION, TAKE O ROUTE

>for all we know her core hide or core dodge modules would prevent the connection
We have no evidence to suggest this, core dodge just lets you move your core faster and core hide lets you hide your core from scanners.

>or her EIN connection would raise an alarm on an intrusion into her core's lobby
Again, no evidence to suggest this, especially since EIN doesn't actually exist in the harvest and we wouldn't be entering her core's lobby, she would be entering ours.
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No. 739973 ID: 151e06

>>739971

Alright, then, she probably knows about the sim. Your plan, though, still rests on the assumption that the hack connects and has its effect instantly, which we have seen it does not: >>720070

We have never surprised anyone with the hack, we merely caught them off guard by making it stronger after the connection was willingly made, every time. Also, while we can probably enter another person's core without asking, there's no evidence that we can pull someone into our core against their will.

Also, EIN does exist in the sim when people expect it to. If Sevener disappears, her fellow cops will go "hey, where did she go", expect to be able to pull her records from EIN, and the imaginary EIN will appear to provide them a record which shows an unregistered jetal ambushing their fellow cop and taking her out. Police do not react well to that sort of thing.
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No. 739974 ID: 151e06

Bluh. Meant >>/questarch/720070
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No. 739975 ID: 398fe1

>>739973
>no evidence that we can pull someone into our core against their will.
I asked this very question and was given a straight answer: Yes, if there's a jetalium-core connection during sex, we can pull them in.
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No. 739978 ID: db0da2

>>739973
>If Sevener disappears, her fellow cops will go "hey, where did she go", expect to be able to pull her records from EIN, and the imaginary EIN will appear to provide them a record which shows an unregistered jetal ambushing their fellow cop and taking her out. Police do not react well to that sort of thing
Irrelevant, we will have won by then.

>Your plan, though, still rests on the assumption that the hack connects and has its effect instantly, which we have seen it does not: >>/questarch/720070
that was from the perspective of the one being entered, we don't know what Bluestone experienced. Ideally Sevener will be good and sexed up at this point and won't immediately jump to murdering us, or at least not quickly enough to prevent getting sucked in.
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No. 739979 ID: 398fe1

>>739959
>Loviro jetals under Sapphire had had their minds altered in some way.
It occurs to me that no matter what Sapphire could do before (which might not even apply anymore), altering Unity's mind is basically impossible. She's got over a thousand minds.
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No. 739981 ID: c441c1

>>739946
>>739947
Ether or both of these two would work really well.
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No. 739990 ID: 30cebb

>hacking Sevener is worth the attempt
No, it's not. If we were going to target her, we should have planned for it, bringing all our resources to bear. All our divisions, our money, and roped our allies into it. Retasking now when we're not prepared for it is a bad move.

We should be carrying combat and assassination modules if she fights back. We shouldn't even be using the hack to try to disable her since it's uncertain- we should trick her into wasting as much of her battery as possible, then lure her into an ambush since she trusts Roxy. And we should structure the ambush so she's constrained by having to protect Roxy at the same time as defending herself against attackers (and we should have done this before our testimony, when she needed Roxy alive, instead of just wanting it). We know her complete module loadout, we could have brought the roudies down on her if we went into debt with Fern, debt we would have never had to repay when we won.

But, as was discussed in the dis thread earlier, our objective isn't to win. Optimal play (and what the over CAI probably does) is probably to ignore Sapphire and eliminate the other player as soon as possible. But we don't want optimal- this is a non-canon replay with a non-standard playstyle and optional conduct for fun. I want to see if we can do a pacifist run- only killing the required boss. I don't want to skip past a bunch of silly porn and things we had planned to go for the win now. What's the point in that?

And really, keeping a corrupted Sevener in play is way more interesting than eliminating her. I wanna see what she does with what we've taught her, and how it changes her approach to the game.

>>739947
This would be pretty great. Only one of us needs to get dressed.
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No. 739991 ID: c441c1

If she keeps this up we will have to teach her what 69 means. That way if she is edging us we can give her the same treatment.
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No. 739993 ID: c441c1

check the entrance to the alley to see if you have garnered an audience.
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No. 740003 ID: 486e87

Going to say no to any hacking attempt as well, way too risky. We've got small victories already by getting Sevener to loosen up a little and see those silly faces. As for right now, only thing I could add is make sure we don't lose any cohesion, as that would give the game away.
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No. 740074 ID: 211d83

No hacking Sevener today. The plan to corrupt her and potentially ruin her police career is going wonderfully and we do not need to ruin things buy overreaching ourselves. If we want to hack her will have opportunities for it later. Getting her addicted to sex is tonight's mission.

And look at how much fun she is having teasing you. She loves being in charge so resist her efforts for a bit. No admitting she is better because Roxy has her pride.

We should be stubborn and see if she can handle keeping her hands off of us long enough to get back to the hotel. I am not sure she could after getting this worked up.
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No. 740100 ID: f461c5

Really is worht it to find out if being better then us means she can keep her hands off us long enough to get to the room. (Or just glom us and tease us from here to there...)

But yeah, the hack would be totally premature, regardless of whether it worked or not; it would deny us the chance to see this corruption through.
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No. 740170 ID: d1f5f1
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>Check for an audience
A few people are peeping behind corners and debris, but Roxy would have some difficulty noticing them.

>Do the other divisions [using training modules] experience compressed time as well?
The training module only affects one lobby at a time, and since divisions also split up the lobby, the other divisions will not experience the training module.

"Hrmph, better than me, with all these jetal tricks you can do?! No way! I bet if you had a guy's equipment, you wouldn't be able to resist banging me with it, without turning down your modules." says Roxy.
"You don't think a jetal can resist these dumb biological urges? No wonder the empire thinks pure biologicals are so inferior. You, though, probably couldn't keep your hands off yourself for a minute.
"I bet you'd keep me even if I tried! I've heard of kinky jetals absorbing biologicals into their body to restrain them."

Sevener thinks for a moment.

"Are you seriously asking me to drive you nuts the whole way over with that nutty idea?! Well too bad, that'll fuck up my biological module being on, and you've already made me want to prove that I can let my biological modules freely do their thing and still show I can think right. Tell you what, though, if too much time passes and you're dying to see the town without being seen, I'll take you for a walk. Now get dressed!"

Roxy believes it to be true, as while the bio-emulator allows for some degree of customizable forms, it has to be shut off to morph well enough to do what Princess Toya did with Vaska, at least with such low ranking bio emulators.

Meanwhile in the lobby, Alison speaks to Recluse.

"Recluse, would you like to make an argument for trying to hack Anya? I don't want to, but I'll hear you out."
"I know you don't. And I don't want to either, not tonight."
"Oh, really! I'm glad to hear that."
"Tonight, I mean. I believe we could, but there's a chance it won't go well without preparation. I believe that Sevener has gotten a taste for this, and she may be working vice, likely appearing as a vulnerable biological, entrapping would-be abductors and others into crimes. She will likely be working in the capital. I believe we can keep an eye out and scan for girls like her, especially if we can recommend clubs as Roxy.
She will not be interested in smallfry." Recluse continues. "If we play the part of a weak jetal looking to abuse trashy girls, she would be happy to let us commit crimes on her so we she can charge us. As we use her, we then use the hidden sex hack on our spare sex module with the hacked addon. We received a short warning when Fern did it, but it was only enough to do instantaneous, internal actions such as swapping who is in the lobby and who is present for his approach. It is extremely fast, however, and is faster than Anya's ability to launch or activate her own current weapons. In other words, even if she had a moment to ponder what to do, she would not have enough physical, real-world time to provide any options."
"Recluse that's awful!"
"Recall that before you named me, I was known as the collector for a reason."

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No. 740171 ID: d1f5f1
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The two of them get dressed, and Roxy notices that Anya's shorts are bulging. Both walk carefully down the block in full public view to pick up a rental car that drives itself to a parking space, and both have to get into the car awkwardly to keep anything inside of their clothes to stay inside.
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No. 740172 ID: d1f5f1
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Anya sets the autopilot to start the 45 minute drive back to the hotel. A few minutes pass with little noise and no words until Roxy breaks the relative silence.

"So if you think you're so better, are you going to audition for a job?"
"Gonna try it out. See if I can't lure in some would-be predators to me since I can defend myself."
"If you'd like that kind of job, I'm more than happy to recommend some nasty dive clubs."
"Yeah, gimme a list."

Roxy gives some advice for her. During this, Anya appears to be nearly panting, while Roxy is able to keep her cool by swapping between lobbyists as needed.

"Geez, are all of Sevener's allies inside of their main lobby or something? She's having a tough time." asks Iso.
"Oh, no, she's very prideful!" says Alison. "And I think as an administrator, she's used to doing all the big stuff herself, so I just think that she's not letting her allies help her here. Especially in a competition! A competion where I'm not really sure what the rules even are."

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No. 740177 ID: 24100f

>>740170
Trying to gnab Sevener by going undercover as one of her marks at least has slightly better odds than trying it as Roxy, since she might even allow us to use the sex hack on her, just to see what is does, and expecting she'd still be able to take us.

Still up in the air if we could take her that way, but if it goes bad, we just lose jetalium (which does hurt at the price it costs), but not the Roxy identity she trusts and can use to manipulate her.

>45 minute drive back to the hotel
Good gosh even with speedy future cars. No way these two will keep their hands off each other that long, either!

>giving Sevener a list of dive clubs
...if we refer a jetal to work as a stripper at Dead Battery and/or Lollipop owned clubs, do we get a referral bonus from the gangs? I suppose it's goodwill, even if we don't.

>what do
Reach out and rest a hand on that newfound bulge in her shorts.

"Need a little relief there, big girl? It's gonna be a little while before we reach the hotel and you get back to trying to fuck me into the ground."

Car ride, and her first time with a dick, so I think we should start slow compared to what you could do. Handjob, maybe upgrade to make it a tailjob too. Don't start blowing her or riding her yet.

(It also plays to the competition angle, since you're showing you're more in control / aren't bad enough off you have to do something that gets you off at the same time, yet).
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No. 740184 ID: c441c1

We should call up Fern/Prince Cookiebatter and Polatt to see if they have any trouble in their clubs that could use a legal touch.
Don't touch her just watch till you get to the room, this is a competition after all~.
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No. 740185 ID: 91ee5f

"Careful now. If you get anymore exited, you're going to end up tearing your shorts off with that new dick of yours.~"
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No. 740188 ID: db0da2

I quite like Recluse's version of the plan. If we got some better weapons and sent a division but made it look like we were just using core hide it would also have almost zero risk.

Don't touch her dick, touch everywhere except her dick.
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No. 740192 ID: 90f3c0

She looks practically ready to burst already, with a bit of teasing she won't be able to keep her hand off of you. Start fondling yourself and talk dirty.
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No. 740195 ID: 211d83

Start teasing her without touching her body.

Talk dirty and fantasize about all the lewd things that she could do to you once you get back to the hotel. How you could use your mouth on her new dick while she uses your horns to fuck your face. And how you are worried that with the size of that thing that she will have to really work to get it in you.

Maybe stretch a bit to show yourself off and tempt her.
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No. 740196 ID: e22b1d

We have to get her to succumb to her urges without directly touching her.

So talking dirty and showing off a bit might push her over the edge. No overtly fondling ourselves but we could do a lot of seductive bending and stretching to arouse her. Maybe drop your phone halfway through talking dirty to her and bend over to pick it up off the floor.
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No. 740207 ID: 05cb51

Even now I don't think I like that plan of Recluse's. We still don't know if being like us would let her avoid being overloaded (or overload us back at the same time), and we would still get the other cops hard on our ass (in the non-fun way) by taking out one of theirs. Taking out our opponent doesn't mean we automatically win, it only helps in event of Sapphire's death being a tie. At the very least, in addition to bringing weapons to get her, we'd have to bring some fancy escape modules too.

Anyway, make her squirm by "casually" stretching or adjusting your clothes a bit, don't do anything to her directly yet.

Was that her own face she walked through town with, there? She's getting careless.
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No. 740212 ID: db0da2

>>740207
>We still don't know if being like us would let her avoid being overloaded (or overload us back at the same time)
We still greatly outnumber her, if worse comes to worst we can just kick the crap out of her as if we were using a regular hacking module.

>Taking out our opponent doesn't mean we automatically win
Technically it doesn't, but if we both die without killing Sapphire then the one that died first loses.
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No. 740215 ID: d1f5f1
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>Was that her own face she walked through town with, there?
Anya made a token effort at disguise by starting the slope of her muzzle higher, adding horns, and lengthening her hair.

Scanner notes that although that she still looked like Anya, forms among jetals are cheap. Anya could easily deny it was her, even going so far as to say that it was someone stealing her look. More likely, if Anya does go into undercover vice, then she can claim that this is when she was testing the waters and that any enjoyment from it was merely pretend.

"You jetals, always getting carried away with the size of your junk." Roxy says as she juts out her chest.
"My tail was in there, it knows exactly how big you can take. You're just one stretched out bitch."
"Are you kidding? That's going to tear apart those shorts if it gets any bigger. There's no way you can put it in without having to work and shove to get it in. Unless you go for my face. If you grab my horns to keep my head in place, I'm sure you can give my mouth a nice workover."

After 10 minutes, Roxy pulls out her phone, and accidentally drops it.

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No. 740216 ID: d1f5f1
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Anya's tail snaps down and sticks to Roxy's phone, but Roxy has already lunged forward for it fast enough that when she stops, her breasts are tossed up and out of her top. She lets Anya see them for a full instant before snapping her hands up to them.

"You clumsy girl! Doing this on purpose! Don't look surprised!"
"It was really an accident, I swear!"

The tail wiggles and wobbles around reluctantly for a moment before retracting back to Anya.

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No. 740217 ID: d1f5f1
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25 minutes pass.

"If you're that heated, I'm right here." says Roxy. "Just a poor horny biological ready to be put at your perversion."
"Pathetic. You're the biological, you've got the mind of a leaf in a typhoon. If you want to give in, then I've got a lap for you to ride on right here."
"Ngf." Roxy stretches her arms. "Yeah, I bet you'd love for me to completely lose myself and ride myself into screaming orgasms as I shake up and down your - "

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No. 740219 ID: d1f5f1
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"Gahhhdamnit?!" Sevener gasps out.
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No. 740222 ID: db0da2

> I just think that she's not letting her allies help her here. Especially in a competition! A competion where I'm not really sure what the rules even are.
Pretty sure we just won. Revel in our victory.
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No. 740223 ID: 24100f

>>740216
That's the new clean, Roxy phone we bought right before this, right? Because Sevener could have chosen to use computer link on it for the short time she was touching it, which could be bad if she got ahold of any of the phones we've been using for contacting criminals left and right. That's information that could poke holes in Roxy's story, and/or provide leads we don't want Sevener to have.

...would have been a good time to turn vibrate on.

>>740219
Lean over her shoulder, so you're breathing on her ear. Put your hands on her, but not anywhere near her dick.

"Oooh, big girl. You're gonna need to go shopping again, now."

Continue not doing anything explicitly sexual to her, but continuing to egg her own, until she begs for it.

And as before, I think we should start off with a handjob or tailjob, getting her before even getting to the serious stuff. The professional working girl her has to get a few of her own licks back in after the alley!
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No. 740224 ID: 211d83

Oh man you got her where you want her.

Keep teasing her but avoid touching her. We want her to jump you or start begging for it.

Tell her if she could do that to those poor pants what would she do to your poor pussy? And now that its hanging out how is she going to get to the hotel with it hanging out there for everyone to see? Her all walking through the halls with a big old dick poking out and everyone knowing exactly who its going to be used on.

Wonder out loud if she has some big jetal balls under that thing. All full of crazy jetal cum just waiting to fill you up until you cant hold any more.

I wonder if she is going to start leaking pre cum or if you need more than just a bio module for that. Would be hilarious if she could though.
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No. 740235 ID: 05cb51

Hmm, that's interesting. If I remember from a BTE post right, standard belenosian dicks don't have a head like that, and I'd have assumed theirs would be default. We could tease her a bit about her selection, ask who's junk she's been looking at before now that she went for that shape. We could lean in and down a bit to "inspect" it, "since it's dark". No touching, of course. Maybe close enough for Roxy's breath to "accidentally" brush across it. (Sevener probably chose her dick based on advice from an admin who tried out sex, but Roxy wouldn't know that).

And tell her, you did warn her!

Also maybe comment that being "stretched out" isn't really a thing, since we've been trying to educate her already. Organics (like you) are made to be able to pass their kids through there, and below that level even a thick dick isn't going to do anything too permanent! A girl's ability to accommodate or not down there is based on how relaxed she is and how her muscles are working. That's part of what warming up is about.

Then pause, and comment that, that said, even a well-practiced lady like you can't always totally relax when faced with a something... intimidating. And there can be temporary effects to being too ambitious. There can still be a struggle. Then smile up at her and say some girls like that, of course.
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No. 740248 ID: c441c1

giggle.
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No. 740259 ID: d1f5f1
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[i]Regarding belenos dicks: Since I forgot about these at the beginning of the quest, I'm going to declare this porn-verse as having non-canon belenos dicks.[i]

>That's the new clean, Roxy phone we bought right before this, right?
It is Roxy's new phone, and it has been skimmed for data to make sure that if Sevener searched through it, nothing suspicious would be found.

"Ohh, that is big. Did I just win?" Roxy says with a gentle giggle.
"Fuck that, I didn't lose! Actual clothes are just weak as hell!" says Anya.
"Well, I did warn you. Now you have to go shopping again. Or are you going to get to the hotel with it hanging out there for everyone to see? Knowing exactly who it's going to be used on with me walking by you?"
"Ugh. You better be kidding, because I'm not about to break the law with public indecency. I'm wearing your miniskirt. You, at least, just have a tiny slit to cover, so your minithong will cover enough."
"Hmm, okay. But wow, if you tore through shorts like those, what do you think is going to happen to my poor pussy? 'Stretching out' isn't really a thing, because a girl's ability to accomodate mass is based on how relaxed I am and how my muscles down there are working. That's what warming up is all about! And with a monster dick like that, not even I can fully relax."
"If the more you relax the more you can take, why don't you just relax more for bigger dicks since you know it'll work fine?"
"Okay, I have to admit, it's not like us biologicals are perfectly logical all the time. So for this, it's going to be rough. You're going to cause a bit of a struggler with this one!"
"Anything permanent?" asks Anya. "I'm not literally going to break you, am I?"
"Oh, no, I'm going to be sore, but you did say I have to stay low and also wanted to make this memorable, right?"

Roxy leans in close, breathing down Sevener's leg by her junk to still see a couple of bulges inside of her shorts

"Proportional jetal balls, too. You really are secretly a big pervert, huh?"
"Says the one who makes a living doing this! Now give me your miniskirt so I can cover myself, then we're going to wait and keep our hands to ourselves until we reach the hotel, and then you are going to get rammed into the bed!"

Looking down, Roxy notes it looks like she's already dampened down below, and some precum runs down her upright cock. Between the biological emulator and the sex module, basic, if not specialized, sexual fluids can be generated provided the right raw materials, which typically just involves food and water.

"I've got to admit. She's either being a good pretender while cheating, or is honestly holding out well." says Recluse.
"She's so stubborn!" Alison says. "Duelist, thoughts?"
"Perhaps we should just give up trying hard and wait for the hotel after all."

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No. 740260 ID: 595d54

I think having Roxy get a closer look to remark on the precum, breathe on her junk instead of the leg, and go back to talking about how much she must want to watch Roxy lose control bouncing up and down mid-orgasm.
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No. 740262 ID: 398fe1

>>740259
A miniskirt isn't going to cover that. She's gonna have to turn her bio-mod off and make some jetalium clothing to cover it.
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No. 740264 ID: c441c1

If she wants the skirt she is going to have to take it off you herself. After all exhibition isn't anything new to someone who is a pervert for a living, unlike Anya hiding her perverseness in the closet.
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No. 740267 ID: 05cb51

Let's have a little mercy, then. Though, you could ask how she expects to hide under a miniskirt if she's this hard. Is she sure she doesn't want just a little quick help to keep it under control until you both get back? You won't think less of her for thinking about her job.

In any case, since we don't want to scandalize the hotel staff too much, ask her to give you her shorts. Her tail is just hanging over the back of them, right? You can wear them backwards with your tail poking through the tear. People will think it's a fashion statement, or at least will be more likely to miss it. And then you'll have something that was very intimately pressed against her, very intimately pressed against you, which some people get a thrill out of.

(Hmm. The court knows where this hotel room is, since they sent a drone there, right? And presumably the hotel has cameras and things. It'll be quite easy for someone to find out that Roxy came back here with someone who looks a lot like Anya. If we want to keep Anya's good will, we might consider showing a bit of concern about this, so that if it does go bad for her she won't blame Roxy so much. I think if Anya is going to go into vice, that'll still be an area that cops are looked down on for working in, so we've probably already slowed her career down a bit.)
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No. 740268 ID: 211d83

We will have fun in the hotel regardless. When else will we have this chance to tease her? She will be more used to this after we have our way with her tonight. I want her grabbing us in the car or barely able to get to the hotel room she is so worked up.

"How exactly will my miniskirt cover that big boy? It's not that long. You are going to look awfully conspicuous walking through the lobby while holding your dick down with both hands. And at the rate you will leave a trail of cum from the taxi to our room. All lubed up and ready so you can force that big boy right into me at a moments notice."

As you are saying this stand up and slowly start pulling down your skirt. See if you can accidentally catch your thong while doing so and expose yourself while bending over to pull the skirt off your feet. Make use of the fact that there is limited space in here. Maybe get your butt close to her face or dick while "struggling" to get it all the way off. Just don't touch her intentionally unless she initiates it. (maybe a accidental tail swipe)

Then hold the skirt out (or toss it on her crotch) and tell her she is going to have fun squeezing this over her dick. And no morphing around it. She has to shimmy into it like a normal girl. And then readjust your misplaced thong while giving it a yank and a moan so it gives her a show as you pull it up a bit to tight.

Oh also see if you can quietly get the cab to drop you off at the front main lobby of the hotel.(if its not already) No letting Anya sneak in through the parking garage or a side elevator. We want people to see this spectacle.
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No. 740271 ID: 24100f

Sevener looks like she's about ready to start blowing herself, there.

>"I'm not literally going to break you, am I?"
Joking aside, you could mention you're pretty sure the module is supposed to have safeties to prevent that kind of thing. Otherwise jetal strength and lsing yourself in pleasure would be a bad idea.

>"Perhaps we should just give up trying hard and wait for the hotel after all."
We should shimmy out of the miniskirt without getting up and then ever-so-carefully drape it over her cock so it covers it, just barely brushing it with our hands through the cloth.

And then sit back and hold eye contact until the car stops.

(Actually putting it on, getting her cock to stay under the tent is her problem, which we'll watch with amusement).

She's going to fuck you senseless.

...if handcuffs don't make in appearance at some point in this activity, totally should tease her about the omission afterwards.
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No. 740273 ID: e22b1d

Keep teasing as hard as you can.

You know if you just moved your head down a tiny bit or stuck your tongue out you could go down on yourself. Would take care of your little problem so you don't have to walk around like that.

I can't imagine how you are going to hide that monster with my tiny skirt but I don't mind lending it to you. Just try not to leak to much otherwise everyone is going to know exactly what sort of pervert you are. Or get to hot and bothered by me walking around in this tiny thong.

Give her a little strip tease while taking your skirt off and then watch as she tries to get it on in this cramped car. She does not have much experience getting dressed and is going to have your skirt rubbing all over her dick when she tries.
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No. 740278 ID: 595d54

Ask her if she thinks she could manage to cum just like that, no hands involved, and if she'd like to see Roxy's face covered in jizz.
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No. 740280 ID: be1222

More teasing is always fun. Seeing her try to hide that is something that can't be missed, after all.
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No. 740281 ID: ccbcd2

Just keep doing what you're doing. (also, is there a discussion thread for this? I have questions.)
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No. 740283 ID: 595d54

>>740281
UnSe uses the AsteroidVerse discussion thread, so I assume the pornverse version does too.
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No. 740284 ID: 91ee5f

>>740283
That is correct.
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No. 740304 ID: 2b4d5f

Mini skirts are not really good at hiding upright shafts. Maybe she should hide it inside you.
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No. 740330 ID: d1f5f1
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740330

"You can have it, but you'll have to take it off me yourself! And you can't morph into it, you have to put it on like a biological. I'm interested in how you could possibly hide that shaft under something so tiny as this. You're going to look so conspicuous walking through the lobby while holding that dick down with both hands. You might even need to go back to big monster hands to hide it! You'll leave a trail of precum from the taxi to our room, too, getting yourself lubed up so you can force that big boy in me and watch me lose control as I bounce up and down it mid org-"
"Shut the fuck uuuup and give it!"
"Heh, fine." Roxy says, getting up onto all fours on the carseat with her butt pushed at Anya, who first tries to gingerly take the skirt down. "Remember, no lewd touching yet!" The skirt stretched too tight over Roxy's hips to get anywhere gently, though, so Anya is forced to yank it hard while Roxy waggles her behind to help it get off.
"If you bump me with your butt on purpose I'm going to punch it!" Anya says. The thong ends up getting dragged down with the skirt. Over the course of the task, Anya pauses several times before succeeding in getting the skirt off of Roxy's waggling butt. Roxy then pulls the thong up with a moan, which is met with Anya's own groan from deep in her throat.

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No. 740331 ID: d1f5f1
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740331

"You can give me your shorts. Maybe I can wear them backwards! Oh, uh, the court knows where the hotel is, and the hotel has cameras. Is that going to be a problem?"
"No. It was under surveillance during the hearing, but that's over with. We aren't even expected to stay at the hotel."
"Good! You know, you look about ready to blow yourself."
"Like I'd masturbate with you right here!"
"Still! I wonder if you could manage to cum just like that, no hands. You could probably get cum all over my face from - "
"No! Ugh, I mean, of course I could if I override the biological mod and just went, but damnit, these stupid shorts are grabbing my balls, and edging me without actually!"

She begins taking off her shorts, and tries putting on her miniskirt. She falters every moment as the skirt rubs on her junk, and has to visible restrain from toying with herself.

The miniskirt is fiddled with, until she twists it once into a figure 8 and then puts it on that way. It almost appears to work, as well, but her shaft just pushes hard enough that it slides out like a catapult every time she thinks she's balanced it. At best, it lasts for a moment before the center of the figure 8 is shoved through. Anya gives up when it's clear it can't be done while walking.

"Damnit. You gave me the idea to use my own shorts, though." she says, before putting her shorts back on, but backwards. However, her dick is pushed backwards and ends up through the hole behind her, and the forward pressure it makes just shoves the shorts downwards and ends up pointing her dick straight at the floor, making the idea fail. Anya gives the shorts to Roxy.

"Ugh, why is your mini-skirt made so smoothly? It can't hug on my junk at all!"
"It wasn't made for that!"
"Well if I were acting like the superior being that I am, I'd just form some jetalium clothes. How would a biological deal with this mess?"

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No. 740336 ID: 24100f

>How would a biological deal with this mess?
Assuming they couldn't just relieve the stress?

Tie it down.

We got a garter or something we can use to hold it against her leg? No hair, so no ribbons or elastic. Uh, we might be able to sacrifice one of the thongs to use as a tie.

It might be large enough to peek out from under her skirt, but she might be able to block line of sight if she's careful. Dainty steps, careful how and where she stands.
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No. 740341 ID: 398fe1

>>740331
Make it go down. Or get away from whatever's causing the boner and just calm down so it goes away.

But... those aren't options here, huh? Maybe it's time for a blowjob.
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No. 740342 ID: c441c1

"Strut their stuff"
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No. 740345 ID: 211d83

You could take off a sock and put that over it? OR use the skirt to tie it to your leg? Both options would make you look like a even bigger pervert though. And with the size of it would not help much.

Honestly most people would have just given up by now and dealt with the problem directly. I am eager to find out how you solve it.

Keep teasing and showing off your body and remarking on how if she keeps rubbing it with those clothes she is going to cum from just that.
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No. 740346 ID: 24100f

Oh wait, the real answer:

"Most people would be dressed less scandalously than the two of us, and would have more to cover it up with."
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No. 740373 ID: 595d54

"Normally, by not getting into it in the first place. Other than that, either admit defeat and let me deal with it, or tie it down to your leg with something, then wear something loose and long enough to cover the bulge."
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No. 740380 ID: f49fd4

"You've still got your jacket, right? Ok, let's see... if you lean against me with your arm around my shoulder like you're tired, or drunk, I think there are ways for jetals to get drunk? And you sort of... hold your jacket to your stomach with your other arm, but loosely, then maybe it would hang down enough to cover you up, if you press your dick straight up against your belly underneath it?"
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No. 740386 ID: 398fe1

>>740380
Oh right she's got a jacket, she can just tie it around her waist.
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No. 740392 ID: c441c1

>>740380
>>740386
but it has no arms.
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No. 740407 ID: 484583

Could you wrap your tail between your legs and over your crotch? Maybe it could help cover up if its flexible enough.

But that would leave your sides exposed and if you did not hold it nice and tight against yourself your dick would peak out.

And with all the walking you might set something off along the way. Plus would look ridiculous.
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No. 740496 ID: d1f5f1
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740496

"Most wouldn't be dressed so scandously." says Roxy.
"Well duh! I thought you knew to avoid the obvious answers like that. And answers like me surrendering and making you give me a blowjob before we get to the hotel."
"And besides strut it?"
"Yeah."
"Welllll, tie it down somehow! Maybe just the thong somehow? Or a sock. It would probably look way too lewd, though."
"Ugh, seriously, no better, clever ideas?"
"What you're doing isn't normal!"
"Fine. Hand me your thong and do not make me take it off you!"
"Nope. Take it off me."
"Urrrrgh... No, I will use my own."

Anya stuffs her junk in the sock and ties the sock's opening tight enough with her own thong that it doesn't slip down. She then pulls the miniskirt up and pushes the front of it over her cock, and then pushes her tail through the opening, carefully. Halfway through, she freezes and stops with a whining gasp.

"Anya?" Roxy asks.
"S-shut up a moment..." Anya grits her teeth. Scanner thinks she almost caused herself to orgasm.

It comes to pass, though, and Anya carefully pushes the rest of her tail through and wears the skirt undernearth her, which does almost nothing to hide her junk, at least its sillouhette through the sock.

"Give me my shorts back." she says.
"What? That's all I have!"
"Not true. You still have your own thong. That's all you need."

Roxy gives the shorts over before she got a chance to put it on, and Anya puts it on instead.

Surprisingly, the contraption of scandalous wear seems to work, outside of looking strange and having an open hole in the front of her shorts.

Anya begins to spend the rest of the trip sitting on folded legs to prevent herself from putting her weight on her crotch.

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No. 740497 ID: d1f5f1
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740497

The beginning of the rest of the trip is interrupted by a distinctive 'shhhhhrrrrip' noise as Roxy's skirt and Anya's dreams of success are torn to shreds underneath her.

"Goddaaaaamnit!"
"Actually, I have another idea." says Roxy. "Before you go tearing up all of our clothes."

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No. 740498 ID: d1f5f1
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740498

The car pulls up into the middle of the parking lot, and the two girls walk the remainder of the lot and into the hotel room, amidst several stares. Anya holds her jacket to her stomach, where her junk is sticking straight up. Her arms normally did not cover it well, and she resorts to giant monster forearms and hands.

It is not a highly populated hotel, however, and aside from some whistles and unsolicited invites, the two don't raise a scene.

"Should we prepare ourselves somehow?" Iso asks. "Then again, do we even need to?"

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No. 740500 ID: 398fe1

>>740498
It's just a rank D module, we're used to this. That said, Roxy should be rather experienced, so we need to live up to that.
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No. 740503 ID: 24100f

>"Should we prepare ourselves somehow?" Iso asks. "Then again, do we even need to?"
Orgy? (Alison, no!).

Seriously though, we wound Sevener up enough that I'm pretty sure she's throwing us to the bed and fucking us into the ground as soon as we're in the room.

We should give as good as we can when we have the opportunity to, tho. You know, when we're not being held down and pounded. Roxy's got a professional reputation to live up to!

In addition to the pounding we could ride her, blow her, make out with her while putting the tail to work... maybe Sevener will get kinky and break out the handcuffs, she is a cop.

"So, this is where you show me the full force of the law, right?"
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No. 740504 ID: 358228

>>740500
You should really wash that D module.
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No. 740505 ID: 484583

All we have to do is make sure that no matter what we don't get fucked hard enough for our biological cover to drop. No loosing control of our body and such.

With all our practice and experience her d rank should not cause issues. But be careful just in case because we have teased her rather badly and she is going to try and fuck Roxy senseless.

Which should be a lot of fun just remember to take breaks and slowly let ourselves be worn down. She knows we have good endurance so try to match what she expects.

Oh and tease her that while she handled that well the giant arms were probably slightly cheating. A normal biological guy could not pull that trick off.

Mostly just have a good time and let her enjoy her "victory". She likes winning and it does not hurt us to go along with it. Our plan is already a success.
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No. 740506 ID: e407bb

Just need to make sure we react properly to everything and don't melt. We can probably take it but be prepared to swap out just in case we need more endurance. As for reacting properly, just remember that Roxy's supposed to be a biological and should react appropriately to really rough use or pain, even if she's most likely in the mood to enjoy it. Remember not to be invulnerable, basically.

Also, I've been thinking, Roxy would probably be jonesing for whatever it is she's taking to deal with her addiction by now. We should play it partially as Roxy wanting this so that the good feelings of enjoying herself with Anya will drown out her withdrawal symptoms, so maybe have her push/beg a bit for more full-body stuff, to be kissed and rubbed and so on all over like she wants to be soothed a little. She's also supposedly wanting to make herself feel good about sex again after having been abused, so, although she obviously wants it to be pretty vigorous, strenuous and exhausting, have her get intimate with it as well, get that sense that she wants to have a good time with someone she likes and who gives a fuck about how she's feeling. Getting in there with the mouths and hands, wanting to look at Anya's face, et cetera. Just a liiittle touch of emotional neediness, not too much.
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No. 740518 ID: e407bb

Oh, maybe you should slip the front desk a little tip and an apology for your state of déshabillé. If you have any neighbors who call down about you being noisy they might not so instantly leap to disturb you.

Actually, that front desk girl looks like she's hesitating about calling your attention. Probably to comment on your clothes, in which case the apology/tip and a comment about having an accident that needs you to fetch what you left in your room should be fine, but it'd really suck if she's trying to tell you someone came looking for you and you missed it. Or if there's someone waiting up there for you.
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No. 740530 ID: 91ee5f

>>740498
Sevener looks sort of like a Neumono! XD

Do not say that out loud though! This simulation is pre-contact so Roxy should not know what a Neumono is! So please DON'T SAY ANY OF THIS OUT LOUD!!! DX
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No. 740534 ID: ccbcd2

We need to make this so good for her that she wants to come back for more, so we DO get the chance to hack her.
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No. 740543 ID: cf169b

If we do get caught, remember to tell her that was the plan, to give her a boner.
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No. 740544 ID: e407bb

Well, to help make sure we don't get caught, maybe the person who's going to drive (and whoever will be ready to trade off, if need be) should make sure they've gotten fully in character as Roxy, to reduce chances of slipping up.

No comments about her being used to swinging a large bat around.
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No. 740554 ID: 2d64c6

Can we go back to sevener not havinga dick? the one time we getto see her fuck and its ruined by shemale garbage.
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No. 740555 ID: 595d54

>>740554
Hey, I prefer her female too and I also feel like the oral scene earlier could have been longer/more explicit but there's no need to be rude. Other people's fetishes get a turn too, neither of us commissioned this.
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No. 740559 ID: e407bb

>>740555
>>740554

She's in a body made of shapeshifting science goo, just imagine it's a really advanced strapon or something. We already had some girl on girl and it doesn't make sense for us to be able to turn into a guy right now, maybe another time. In any case I think this is great as is and I'd bet there are plenty who agree with me.

If anyone wants to say anything else in regards this let's take it to the discussion thread.
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No. 740563 ID: 211d83

She was worried about hurting you earlier. So give her a safe word so she can do her stuff without worrying about us.
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No. 740565 ID: d1f5f1
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740565

Roxy gives a modest tip to the receptionist. She accepts it, and doesn't seem to say anything more.

Before entering the room, Roxy's lobby has a brief, high speed meeting to make sure no gaffes happen. Nothing about real-world knowledge in the contest or what little is known about real world, no jokes about Anya swinging around large bats, and no screaming the name 'Sevener' is included.

She also introduces Anya to the concept of a safeword just before entering. Once they do enter Anya latches the door behind them.

"So." Roxy says. "Is this where you show me the full extent of the l - "

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No. 740566 ID: d1f5f1
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740566

Her sentence is interrupted by getting tossed on the bed. Anya doesn't have any quips, trash or dirty talk to say. She simply grabs Roxy's hips, lets the jacket fall off, and gets her shaft in position.
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No. 740570 ID: d1f5f1
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740570

She goes in balls deep in one thrust, which Roxy spares any lectures about how going in in a single thrust from behind often doesn't work as well without an experienced, warmed up girl. Instead, both of them scream.
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No. 740571 ID: d1f5f1
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740571

Anya lasts about 10 seconds before she starts having an orgasm with an over the top amount of jetal-crafted fluid being squeezed into Roxy.

"What's this shit about refractory period? Was that supposed to be it? Whatever, being a jetal now." Anya states, to which she grabs Roxy's horns and begins to pound.
"Y-yes, keep it going! Touch all of my body, I've got to feel you all over!"

Anya obliges, and hugs Roxy as she ruts her. Roxy attempts to keep things as sensual as possible by keeping eye contact with Anya and trying to give her attention with mouth and hands. However, Anya doesn't seem interested in flipping Roxy over into missionary, hugs her tight enough to restrain much of her movement beyond staying on all fours and taking it, and has a tendency to use her horns as handlebars. To help in a fully body massage without turning into a giant puddle, Sevener reduces her density to get a bigger form.

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No. 740572 ID: d1f5f1
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740572

More of a chance is given, though, over the course of over 40 minutes of vigorous thrusting. Anya gives Roxy's crotch a rest by using her mouth, then tits, a round, before returning to missionary.

Lobbyists hope that Anya sticks to playing the victim on her future criminal hunting, as they will be worried about any legitimate biologicals that might not live up to the false bar that Roxy has set, despite attempts to make Roxy, at least, feasibly tough. Anya continually changes the shape of her junk to challenge Roxy's physical limitations as it plunges in and out.

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No. 740573 ID: d1f5f1
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740573

After so many rounds, Sevener falls and slumps at the side of the bed where Roxy is laying on her back catching her breath.

"Bet.... better go take a shower. You don't have a whole lot of time before the court will let us separate, do you? Then I can drop you off someplace."

It is about 20 minutes until the designated release time, but nothing is saying that Roxy and Anya have to separate exactly then. Recluse notes that Anya did not, after all, use handcuffs on Roxy.

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No. 740575 ID: c441c1

I fought the law and the law won. Maybe we should set up a time for a second date using making sure I haven't been killed without my big strong Jetal there to save me as an excuse.
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No. 740578 ID: 211d83

Let out a contented moan and tell her that you will remember to try teasing her again sometime.

Then take a quick shower and mention that we still have at least 20 minutes and she does not have to run off right away.

Plus we wanted to help her practice for any Vice assignments she might go for with some sexy cop/criminal roleplay. I mean we never got to make any nightstick innuendos or see her dressed up in a sexy cop outfit or even get handcuffed.
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No. 740579 ID: 24100f

Woo! Sevener Anya thoroughly corrupted and Roxy thoroughly fucked.

"Hahaha, we're going to have to do that again some time. You learn quick."

"...I feel so bad. I've never dragged a jetal down from the sexless 'ideal' before, or taken someone's virginity twice, or seduced someone into putting themselves out there like that. And it's been a damn long time since I've been ridden that hard by just one person."

>It is about 20 minutes until the designated release time, but nothing is saying that Roxy and Anya have to separate exactly then.
You could ask her what she's going to be doing next. (One advantage of the Roxy identity is as a contact to keep tabs on Sevener so she can't blindside us).

You should ask her if she could give you a more permanent phone number? She gave you a temporary one before, and you'd like to keep in touch. (I think we made enough of an impression on her she'll agree, and if we're texting or talking every so often, that leaves the doors open to future encounters, keeping tabs on her, and/or leaking her information. For example, I think we should accomplish the Problem Officers job by telling her they're dirty later, and letting her do the work for us while we get paid).
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No. 740586 ID: c441c1

>>740579
First we would have to see if the problem officers are actually dirty before we give Anya anything we don't want to lose her trust if we can help it.
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No. 740590 ID: 91ee5f

>>740586
You're right, nowhere on the job listing does it say that the Problem Officers are dirty. But it also doesn't say they're not dirty either. So until we get more info on them that confirms or denies that they're dirty, we should wait on using Anya against them. But if they are dirty, then we're going to tell Anya.
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No. 740595 ID: 24100f

>>740586
>>740590
My impression that they were dirty was based on follow up questioning with Fern:

>>734566
>Fern says he hasn't sat down and had any heart to hearts with them, and they look liks a classic example of using crime in the name of justice to fight crime. Like other cops, they're likely watched intensely by EIN, but as long as they don't use the tactics on innocent people, they have allowances.

They're not dirty in the sense they're on a gang's payroll, they're dirty in the sense they're using illegal methods. Which Sevener might be a sticker enough to object to, especially if we maneuvered it so they were hurting people she might be sympathetic to, (This whole stripper justice angle seems to show she's got a lot of empathy for people in Roxy's position) or if we suggest they've stepped outside of what would be tolerated.

I'm thinking it would be relatively little data gathering / evidence planting on our part complimented by Sevener doing most of actual work for us while we're on other jobs.

We'd need to wait till tomorrow at least for it to be reasonable for Roxy to be dropping her cop buddy a tip, I think.
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No. 740596 ID: c441c1

>>740595
Let's do it. Prince Cookiebatter might be able to give Sevener what she needs to arrest them.
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No. 740599 ID: 91ee5f

>>740596
Are you sure Scurps would be willing to go near a cop like Sevener to give her the info?
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No. 740600 ID: e407bb

Maybe you should act a bit sore, then, while making it clear it's the type of soreness you're loving. Ask her to have a shower with you, and to give you more of a proper massage all over with the help of the hot water to make you feel better. Maybe mention that you're feeling some aches from withdrawal as well as what Anya did, but that what she's done helps you. The only reason you'd have to leave right away is to go get some help, and what you've been doing is help.

And then with the shower warming you up, suggest that you both round off her education by doing something more slow and gentle.

A possible way to cover Roxy's high-end appetite and body may be to "reveal" to Anya, now, that though she's organic, she's not 100% natural. If we wanted to do that, you'd tell her you once signed up to be part of some experiments, the way a lot of desperate organics do. It was an experiment related to sex, but turned out to be under a noble who had very particular... personal interests, and the empire cares for people who sign to sex-related experiments even less than they do normal ones. You managed to escape with your mind intact, thanks to some friends. But before you separated, you wanted to tell her: be careful about trusting nobles. And maybe be a little understanding of people who don't trust them, or their government. Then smile, and add: Also, organics who can go through all that you both just did are pretty rare. So don't expect that much every time.

Telling that story would both cover our inbelenosian endurance/desire, spare Anya's future partners a little, and sow a little distrust between Anya and her superiors that could slow down her advancement some more.
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No. 740615 ID: c441c1

>>740599
To get other cops off of the Syndicate sure. We just have to confirm with him and set up a call or a meeting if she needs a face to face.
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No. 740628 ID: ccbcd2

>>740600
I'm not sure that such a story will be believable. Perhaps we should say that we have some experience bedding Jetals, and that we have a jetal friend (one of the divisions, preferably one with the core) who could show her a better time
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No. 740630 ID: 24100f

>>740596
I'm not sure expending social / political capital to get the job done nets us anything. We want to say "I manipulated the police into doing the job for us, pay up" not "I asked Scurps to do the risky part for me".

That and the idea was to lean on Anya trusting Roxy and therefore giving credence to her tip. She won't trust a criminal jetal the same way.

>>740600
I think that's overthinking it. We literally taught Sevener everything she knows about sex. We don't need to cover for inconsistencies she hasn't noticed. Providing too many answers without cause will ring hollow.
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No. 740632 ID: 398fe1

We don't need to explain anything to Anya, and Roxy really shouldn't. They've only known eachother for like a day, so despite them getting along well there shouldn't be enough trust for Roxy to spill the beans. Plus Anya is a cop, why would Roxy tell her story about doing illegal shit or BEING illegal to a cop?
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No. 740634 ID: c441c1

>>740632
she already knows we are not on the right side of the law we pretty much told her so when she came to request our testimony against Bluestone and his group and based on how serious she was this would seem like a good move for her career to bring in a couple of corrupt cops which will make exposing the truth about Roxy even sweeter when the time comes to Dio her.
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No. 740644 ID: db0da2

Guys, if we need to involve Scurps at all (I don't think we do) we can just have him gather the info and then give it to Anya ourselves. We're getting ahead of ourselves though, we still have 20 minutes to kill, which I think means lewd shower times?
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No. 740646 ID: 595d54

>>740644
Making it lewd might be a mistake, either in using too much time or being unrealistic for a biological's endurance. A shower would be great, though.
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No. 740652 ID: c441c1

>>740646
While a lewd shower would take too much time I do think it would play up the exashted biological to get her to help us wash.
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No. 740664 ID: db0da2

>>740646
>>740652
We don't actually have a time limit, we just don't have to be with Sevener after 20 minutes. It's actually good for us to waste time here with Sevener, because every minute we're here is a minute Sevener isn't out competing with us. We have divisions, she doesn't.
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No. 740677 ID: c441c1

>>740664
So at this point we should set the Roxy division up to stay with Anya for as long as possible while we go help out at the club.
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No. 740690 ID: f683d5

>>740677

Roxy should still be under the effects of withdrawal, and wary about staying out in public. We can justify hanging out with Anya a little while (so long as she's giving her own "treatment" for Roxy's symptoms), and it's probably even a good idea to not move at exactly the time anyone with a fast-acting grudge will be looking for her to move, but it would be very suspicious of Roxy to stay with Anya for too much longer.

So, I say have some nice gentle wind-down sex while getting clean in the shower, maybe give that little story about Roxy being a little enhanced by biological means (perhaps that's too dangerous, though we've been hinting at her having some dire past for a while and Anya would be less suspicious of it now she's "earned" the reveal) so that Anya works better with biologicals in bed and worse with the government in her job, and then go. Maybe have Anya escort Roxy to some suitably secretive location where she could conceivably disappear safely.

And before we go, let's not forget! Ask how the trial went, how those two other girls did, and inquire whether Anya could see her way to helping Marchi.
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No. 740699 ID: 24100f

>>740677
There's an upper limit to how long we should be able to hang out, though. Roxy's supposed to be biological, and she's been with Sevener the whole day. And what we just did should have been pretty tiring.

>It's actually good for us to waste time here with Sevener, because every minute we're here is a minute Sevener isn't out competing with us. We have divisions, she doesn't.
In that line of thought, if we want to waste Sevener's time after she's parted ways with Roxy: she as much as told us she's going to be out trolling for criminals / people willing to cross a line in slut-mode. One way to slow down her from making a bunch of busts is to break that up with the attentions of people who won't cross a line, or give her a reason to bust them. Waste some of her time with "honest" Johns and/or pickups. (The roudies might be interested in taking a turn at an undercover jetal cop, or it might give us another shot at Sevener in a different disguise).
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No. 740757 ID: 486e87

I'm a bit hesitant about trying to manipulate Sevener more, any sudden false reveals or trying to sic her on the dirty cops would arouse suspicion. I'd go for winding things down, shower, and ask about March; nothing new just following up on things we've already mentioned.
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No. 740799 ID: d1f5f1
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"Gnf, it's not like I'm the one in a hurry." Roxy lightly states.
"Yeah, well, justice doesn't wait! So hurry up and clean my mess off you."
"Okay, but help me up! You really worked me over."
"You gonna be alright?"
"Oh, yes, I'm tough, and with that, uh, drug problem, I mentioned... well, full body attention really does help soothe withdrawals, so thank you. I might not be able to take another hour of heavy pounding, especially not with a shorts shredder like that, but I'm lucky to have my endurance."

Roxy considers telling a tale of her undergoing an experimental reconstruction to give her the body that she has, but lobbyists hesitate, thinking that they should know what nobles do experiments like that, and know how to spin a believable tale as to how she got out from under the noble's thumb. It is certainly possible, however, as changing the looks of biologicals can and does happen, and as a result, there are girls who have been given bodies that are made to suit particular tastes.

Alison will also wait until the two are in contact again before giving Anya a tip about the dirty police job, at least so that Roxy can assure Anya that they are as corrupt as they were suggested to be, and maybe even how corrupt.

The shower is turned on, and Anya helps her inside before respectfully leaving.

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She then disrespectfully pulls the curtain back.

"Fuck it, and fuck you. I'm not done finding out what makes biologicals tick."
"A-anya? There's only 10 minutes left, short of doing things that should never be done to a biological, you're not going to finish in time!"
"Leaving your legs as anything but dead weight is an injustice. So in the name of the law, I'm going to fuck you till you scream. Again. More. Till we feel like stopping. Whatever."
"I just fought the law once, and it won!"
"The law isn't afraid to double up on charges."
"Fine, then, as long as you don't beat me with your nightstick!"
"No, but I'm going to handcuff you to the towel ring there so you don't even think of escaping!"
"Fine, but it looks like I dragged you down from the sexless 'ideal' with me!"
"Your fault for making it too damn stupidly fun."

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Anya toys around with Roxy, occasionally having to get told to slow things down rather than speed things up again. As it winds down,
Roxy ends up calling a rental car to drive away with after convincing Anya that she doesn't need an escort to where she's going. Anya makes sure she makes it down a few blocks before switching directions.

Roxy also acquires a more permanent number from Anya so that she may be contacted at any time, at the request that Roxy contacts Anya to at least let her know she's doing well after a couple of days at most.

"You look excited for something." Recluse says to Alison.
"I don't want to assassinate her, but whether we do or we don't, someday I want to pull her in here and be the one to fuck her silly." says Alison.

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No. 740805 ID: 24100f

>Roxy considers telling a tale of her undergoing an experimental reconstruction to give her the body that she has, but lobbyists hesitate, thinking that they should know what nobles do experiments like that, and know how to spin a believable tale as to how she got out from under the noble's thumb. It is certainly possible, however, as changing the looks of biologicals can and does happen, and as a result, there are girls who have been given bodies that are made to suit particular tastes.
Honestly, if we were going to spin a story like that, we should have a specific subject we're framing. The whole point would be to set Anya against someone by making it clear they wronged Roxy in the past. We don't have anyone we need to set Anya on right now. (Long term, maybe the RnD guys?).

>>740803
Whoo! Sevener fully corrupted all right.
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No. 740806 ID: 91ee5f

Maybe we really should let Roxy lay low for a while and just go to her work as someone else to be a customer. That way, if Bluestone's friends come by and start asking for Roxy, we'll be able to spot them.
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No. 740809 ID: c441c1

We need to let the DB or Syndicate know that the Roxy persona is probably not a good idea to use for a couple of mouths their is a jetal cop that might approach anyone who uses it.
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No. 740811 ID: f683d5

We're gonna need to make another stripper girl. Different horns and face for sure, maybe try a different (but equally sexy, of course) bodytype.
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No. 740828 ID: 91cfcf

>>740811
Gotta get those hips and thighs.
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No. 740835 ID: f683d5

>>740828

I enjoy hips and thighs, but Roxy had plenty. Maybe more of a delicate-looking girl next time? But this is hardly the time to talk about it.
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No. 740858 ID: 91ee5f

>>740835
How about slightly chubby? No one would ever expect that!
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