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(Setting) The stockpile
| "Is this the place?"
>CN turns back to Neil
| >the smell of cheap udon lofts in the air. The smell of burning plastic as well
| >Neil nods while turning to the steps
"Yup, as fancy as a place with comedy nights can get, we should come one day when not asking for my ghost friend"
| >CN shrugs
"Sure. Man 21 years and this place never stops surprising me...
>He mumbles to himself as he goes inside
| > At the inside you can see the floors have a wooden appearance but are the same faux wood plastic. The lighting is a cool blue and the music consists of the song "Good for Health, Bad for Education ". There is a stage in the back of a large room with a bar that runs a few feet off the corners in an 'L' shape. There are circular booths with some kind of desk behind each of them all around the room.
| >A few people can be seen drinking at the bar and some eating at the booths near the stage. Almost everything in sight is covered in blue.
"Well someone has a favorite color.."
| "Hey blue is a good color..."
>CN says to himself, glancing down at his blue coat and deck
"So where do you think we should start first? You knew her the best."
| "Well they're certainly not showimg anyone now so we could straight up ask for her boss or ask the employees as she was most likely the best"
>Neil eyes out the people on the place
| "Hmm... let's just start with the boss for now and see how that goes."
>CN walks up to the bartender and asks if he could speak to the boss about Polly
| >>143963
>the woman at the bar looks at you
"Oh, yes. One moment."
>they pickup a nearby phone, dial the number and then hang up
"They're meeting with someone it should be about 5 minutes."
| >about five minutes later a tall Caucasian man in a black suit walks out of the back towards the bar. One of his eyes looks to be cyber and has a burn mark just above the eyebrow.
| >>144306
"Uh Hello, my name is CN, and my friend Neil and I were here about the missing persons report about Polly."
| "Uh yes and..."
>He looks around the room
"Perhaps we should speak in private"
| >>144365
>the man nods and motions for you two to follow as he heads back into the room by the stage
| >CN follows him in
"So uh... not sure how to phrase this but it seemed she had gotten caught in a fire in her apartment."
| "Oh... Well you took that better than I was expecting..."
| >>144376
>you hear the clinking of bottles as he shifts in his seat
"Let's just say I've been coping since December just in case."
| >>144381
"I see... Well just to let you know there is a record of her in the Collective Source so she may be redeployed at a later date."
| >>144399
"I suppose it is... I get where you're coming from..."
>CN has a faroff look
"If you don't mind me asking how was Polly at work?"
| >>144402
>he opens a drawer and takes out a bottle of karmotrine
"She was always cheerful, and happy. Physical comedy was her bag, she found no one really expects it and really adds to the puns."
>he drinks straight from the bottle for 3 seconds before continuing
"Never had any trouble, hecklers she always had a comeback towards but never got mad."
>he looks at you and offers the bottle
| >>144409
>He waves his hand in front of him, signaling he's fine
"I see... She definitely sounds like a great individual to know... I'm sorry for your loss."
| "Anything you want to ask Neil before we head out?"
| >Neil nods with a small smirk on his face
"The man, the legend. I actually have a question though, did she had any particular fan? Like one big fan that came here just to watch her perform?"
| >>145072
>the man closes his eyes and breaths in deep.
"Not that I recall...But I'm very drunk. But you were rambling some time ago on how you could see Polly though..."
| >>145142
>Neil looks at the drink and then back at the man
"She has been showing up at the station and the places I go since like a week or two now, but yesterday she disappeared and I haven't seen her again"
| >>145178
"Not really but.. She's been kind of a ghost, she vanished and disvanished whenever she felt like, and apparently only I could see and hear her so.. So there is that"
| >>145181
>he gets the bottle back out
"You know. Alot of people were talkimmng about seeing ghosts after the riots..."
| "Real talk? Do You know if those are also ghost lilims or just ghosts?"
| >>145216
"From what I've heard from patrons, both. Talking about some that were without an arm or leg or even eye. Others have spoken about lilims. One was 'talking' to one in the bar."
| >>145240
"I could bet both of you 5000Zs right now that the incomplete ones were augmented folks.. Has no one seem to have figured out or try to figure out why were they seeing ghosts?"
| >>146105
"Most here chalked it up to stress or drunkedness. One hacker woman said it could be mass strain on the matrix due to all of the news and emotional rebound."
| "That's something I could dig for, still wouldn't explain why each ghost could only be seen by one individual but it sure is a start"
| >>146249
"So, Polly was one of these ghosts then? Do you think you'd be able to bring her back, the real her? Not the copy from the lilith cloud?"
| >>146257
"That's what I'm aiming to, I wouldn't want to revive a copy while the original is still lurking around you know? That would be fucked up for her to see"
| >>146265
>he nods in agreement.
"Seeing yourself walking around would certainly do damage to one's psyche, wouldn't be too far-fetched if it screwed a lilim up too."
| "And a screwed up ghost lilim is something to fear man.. Oh, and I almost forget"
>Neil took out an old kinda burnt framed picture of a smaller polly with an old man and woman
"Do you know these fellas? Have they ever been here or something?"
| >>146536
"Yeah, thats. Nora and Dimascus her, caretakers of sorts or however that works. They were here for her first few nights."
| >>146540
"Do you know where we could find them? They might be of help to get Polly's body, wich of course would be a great help to, you know, get her back in this world"
| >>147582
>he shakes his head
"I don't know much about them. We didn't talk much and it was a while since we did."
| "Well that's a bummer, at least we have their names now"
>Neil rests back on his chair pocketing the picture, then looks at CN
"I'm out of questions, what about ya detective?"
| >CN just finished putting his phone away as he looks up
"No I'm good as well. Let's talk to her caretakers now then I suppose."
| >he lifts the bottle up
"I wish both of you good fortune. If you want you can have a free drink or two at the bar."
| "Thanks I appreciate, I'll have to take a raincheck for later perhaps though. Ready to go Neil?"
| "All ready, I'll make sure to cash my free drink next time Polly is alive and in stage"
>Neil moved back the chair before standing up, then offered him a parting handshake
| >Neil parted from the office along with CN
"So we could straight up search those names on the matrix or whatever you do, or we could chill out for a while, watcha say hackerman"
| "What do you think I was doing earlier on my phone? I'm ready to go whenever, I doubt we'll fine much more than what we already have here."
| "Hell let's get going then, do they live close by? I might need some mileage to think on a subtle way of mentioning how their dead lilim ghost is haunting me"
| "Hmm... I'd say it's like a 20 minute walk or so. We could probably take the bus instead."
| "Fair enough, after you man, you are the guider now"
| "Let's go then, a think a stop is nearby..."
>He looks at his phone as he walks out
| "Are they near the fired place? I'm thinking it would be easier for an old couple to drag a body to a close location"
|
| "They lived *with* her according to the records. But since this occurred during the 24 hour wars I'm hoping they're in the nearest refugee camp that was established during that time."
|
| "Well that's gonna be a little depressing, but I guess the hope of getting their lilim back should be just enough to counter"
| "True... let's get going."
| "Lead the way detective"
>Neil tagged along CN outside of the club
| >Passing by them, A hooded drunkard, stumbling in his step. you could see his bandaged hand, soaked in blood.
"WoOoo! I'm going to steal the deceleration of independence! To the Capitol Building!"
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| >This one club in Glitz District was hidden between two restuarants after a small walk down four steps perpendicular to the road.
>There are two subjects walking nearby towards the place