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| >>413569
"Talbot Heights, building 12. I'll be there in four days. Don't disappoint."
>John shakes Percy's hand
| "or was it"
>She thought about it for a second
"Whatever. You said 2500z starting price. Now I don't know if that ment low grades or what but you sold this guy a mask and some filters for 5000z. Should do olenty good."
>She leaned over the counter. Her demeanor shifted, it was clear she ment business.
"Don't think that s all I got thou, i'm not broke just cause I bartend on the side, you dig? If i want something cooler, i can pay up"
| >>413577
"No clue, honestly. I just heard about it in a few threads and figured better safe than sorry, thus I capitalized and started selling some of my friend's gear."
>>413580
>The Lilim takes another sip of his drink before turning his attention back to the Bartender.
"Honestly, at this point I don't know. Pay me as much as you think these are worth."
>The Lilim pulls out a British S10 mask and a trio of filters, setting them down.
>>413579
>The Lilim nods in reply.
| (can't believe that thread reached bumplimit... Jesus)
| (Consider it an accomplishment.)
| >>413582t
"Wait. .. what the hell. I'm sure they ain't trash. This plus some spare filters for 5000z. How much if I got a set of these fancy nanofilters on top?"
| >>413586
"I get my pay in USD, even though my corp is Euro. So I'd say twenty five hundred dollars per every filter."
>The Lilim shrugged.
"I'd also need to fly them in on the same day as the rest to John."
| >>413587
"As long as I get what I payed for, not more, not less."
>John sighs, as he finishes his drink.
"Another, please!"
| >>413587
"Gimme a sec.."
>She fiddles around with her com, searches her pockets and pulls out another credstick
"That should cover it. Drop it of at chapel 3 bk201."
| >>413589
>The Lilim would take the credstick with a shrug.
"If you don't have roof access, expect a box to be tossed through your window."
>Percy shuts the bag up after getting what she asked for and pushes it back away, taking some time to enjoy his drink.
| "thats fine, its a huge ass building. It has a helipad and whatnot."
>She took the hardware she just purchased and took a good look at it
"Well anyways, pleasure doing business. Though I get the distinct feeling I somehow pissed you off. Tell you what mate, your next drink is on me"
>Her demeanor shifted back to her usual happy-go-lucky self
| "i've been having a lot of fun tonight, despite all the shit going on in my life.. thanks to the lovely people here. So, i don't want to share the joy a bit... And pissing somebody off isn't part of that. So if I did something rong percyval, i'm really sorry."
>She added, leaning over to him
"Oh, shit, i didn't introduce myself. I'm tomato. Nice to meet you"
| (I WANT to share the joy, goddamnit)
| >>413656
"You didn't anger me at all, I'm just a bit confused. Forgot the conversion rate on currency.. actually wait fuck that was probably a side effect of whatever's going around."
>He smirks a bit now realizing what had happened.
"No, you didn't do anything wrong. And Tomato? That is.. An odd name, I've never heard anyone called that before.
>The Lilim finishes his cocktail, pulling out his phone after his earpiece buzzes, seemingly reading a text.
| "well thats what people call me anyways. I got into the biz 'cause I wanted to help my mom to grow tomatoes. So, when I hit the scene, that's what I called myself... Cause.. like my mom raised me and the red hair and what not. The name just stuck."
>She explained
"Plus its cute"
>tomato added with a smile
| >>413667
"It is, just was worried it was a given name, some people these days don't really... think ahead with names."
>Percy would slide his empty glass towards the edge of the table, nodding faintly.
"It fits. As per my next drink, I'll pay just fine. I think I'll go with a Sunshine Cloud, breaking the whiskey up with something different, essentially."
| "My given name is Monika... so its not all that weird. I prefer tomato though. Weell anyways, sunshine Cloud coming right up"
>she started fiddling with the btc terminal while talking to herself
"2 Adelhyde, 2 Bronson... Optional...karmotrine...? Yeah whatever, ice and blended"
>The machine started doing it work and a short while later the drink was done and served
"There you go"
| (using my actual given name for my character makes her feel like a self-insert, fucking weird... But eh, save my creativity for some else)
| >>413670
"Reminds me of a song, oddly enough. Have the damn tape stuck in the helicopter's music deck.."
>He'd take the drink, give it a testing sip, and then sets it down.
"Thank you, I'm sort of a fan of the BTC drinks, but I never know what to choose. It's a bit odd, really, not really an alcohol connoisseur, I just usually have a regular order."
>The Lilim thinks for a moment, before asking.
"Seems you aren't that occupied, would you care to sit with me?"
| >>413671
(Been there before, eventually I couldn't bear to do it after a while, it's not really THAT self-insert though.)
| "Good thing about the BTC Drinks is that they are sorted by flavours and types, I don't know what promo is but like, if I wanted a sweet and girly drink... which is my usual order... I could just get one without knowing what drink to get. Its kinda nice"
>She says, browsing on the BTC Terminal
"Well, I just sat right there like 10, maybe 20 minutes ago"
>she points at the seat next to Dahk
| >>413680
"Makes it easy like that, I guess. Promos I hear are bad, just like promo games and movies."
>He looks to the seat before shrugging.
"Your choice, just seems a bit boring in here, I can keep myself entertained though... Actually do you know if I could smoke here?"
| "I was gonna try out barkeeping after this amazing cutey offered me the position...and I gotta say, It feels nice standing behind the counter, somehow."
>She taps around on the terminal and soon had a piano woman in hand
"Thou, I can still drink with you.
I don't know about the smoke policy to be honest... and boss seems busy right now... mostly with being adorable..."
| >>413684
"Your first day? Huh, you don't seem to be having a train-wreck at least."
>He'd take another sip of his drink, sitting back and adjusting his colt to obscure the holster there.
"I'm not much for group drinking unless it's with Steve, but I might as well. And I won't smoke, just to be courteous, since it actually has a negative impact on humans, secondhand in this case."
| "Well, I like alcohol a lot and my boss here taught me a few things already. I can at least use the BTC Machine no problem and whip up an old fashioned.
I guess I've seen enough barkeepers to know the gist of the job by now."
>tomato replied
"I don't mind smoke honestly, Its very considerate of you though. I guess we all have our vices thou. Mine is obviously drinking."
| >>413693
"Alcohol is alright, to be honest the only reason I'm drinking right now is to give this place business. And yes, it seems deceptively simple at least."
>The Lilim shrugged.
"My 'father' smoked quite a bit, it killed him but at least he enjoyed it, and it's not like it jades my perception of it being aesthetically pleasing, and oddly relaxing even if it doesn't have the same effect on me."
| "Yeah I always wondered about that, since my Ex was a Lilim but it never came up so I couldn't ask her. I know Lilims are specifically build to replicate human behaviour, but how *does* alcohol and smoking affect lilims? Is it just a hardwired code thing? 'cause as far as I understand the tech behind it, there are no chemical reactions happening like with us humans, but Lilims *can* adapt their code right? So, how does this thing even work?"
>Tomato asks with curiousity
| >>413700
>Percy smirks. Seems he looked this question up.
"Alcohol when processed by Lilim taste-pumps gives a predetermined response based on our model, weight class, and subsequent upgrades, when processed we essentially have a built in response to slow down our internal processes.."
>He stops, for a moment.
"Essentially, think of it like throttling our processing to simulate drunkenness."
>The Lilim then takes another gulp of his drink, grimacing a little at the throat burn
| "Huh... I can imagine how you wouldn't enjoy that. Lilims facinate me, you know? Like, its been only like 10+ years or so since you guys became a thing. I remember how I was in school at the time, all the adults suddenly got totally up in arms about something and a few months later we had the first lilims enrolled at our school. It was pretty wild, you know?
But I have always been attached to machines and such, so it was pretty cool to say the least"
>Tomato said with a smile
| "Well, alright, it was christmas around the time that happened but... I was still enrolled in school at the time. You get what I mean."
>Tomato corrected herself
| >>413707
>He grimaces a bit.
"That's true, I feel bad for the older models.. Their mortality and all being even more extreme than humans. And yes, I could see how AI are a.. touchy subject for some of the older generations, I try not to overthink my existence."
>He takes another drink.
"Guess you could be called a technophile by that logic, in the non-sexual way.. met a girl like that.. was.. unique to say the least."
| "Hey, none wrong with that, right? I just find machines facinating. Thats why I became a delivery girl, cause I could ride my bike around, go by car all the time, work with drones, tinker with them... well I used to do that anyways... till my old boss just vanished into thin air...
Well, whatever. Not like I need to put down my cute lil' Drones cause this motherfucker up and left, right?
They are still plenty useful."
>tomato replied
"Well, heres to lilims and tech. Cheers"
| >>413711
"True, but it seems odd, like me being into human biology to a large extent, maybe I'm just overthinking it, there are non-Lilim with a fascination focusing on the human body after all."
>Percy listens for a minute.
"Sorry to hear about your last employer and.."
>He raises up his glass, clinking it with hers.
"Cheers, to me I guess..?"
>Thus he takes a good swig.
| >After clinking the glasses together, she also followed with a good swig of her drink
"I mean, somebody's gonna do the maintainance work, y'know? Doesn't matter if you are a lilim or human, somebody is bound to keep you in working order. Why not someone who has actual passion for the topic?
Does't seem so strange to me."
| >>413716
>He laughs a little bit.
"True, true, that almost was worded like an offer. Honestly I've just been making do with the regular 'doc' so to speak. And help from my Cousin- Whom is human by the way."
>He shrugs, finishing the last sip of his drink.
"I'll hold off on more for a while, by the way."
| "Oh, I wasn't hitting on you if thats what you mean. I'm as gay as they come."
>Tomato responded with a cheeky smile
"Plus I think *someone* here would get a little jealous maybeee"
>she wispered to Percy
"I also have no experience with Lilim Robotics. It's a hell of a lot more complicated than my drones, that much I know.
I hope your Cousin does good work."
>she added, taking another gulp
| "Just tell me if you need anything, alright?"
>she said as she set her glass down on the counter again
| >>413722
"Honestly, I'd go but I don't have anything to do at the moment, I'm between assignments.
>He adjusts his coat, seemingly comfortable.
| >>413723
"Well, I guess the athmosphere is at least pleasant."
>Tomato suddenly struck a pose
"I'm doing my best to look good in this pencil skirt!"
>she added cheerfully
| >>413726
"And I'm doing my best not to stare, you pull it off well. Where are you from anyways, as unrelated as that may be?"
>Seems he was searching for subjects, unholstering his pistol in a very straightforward manner to set it on the table, putting a rag down under it and setting to work on disassembling it to clean it.
| "Thank you! I've gotten a lot of compliments today.
Well, I've lived most of my life here in GC, specifically Chapel-3 but my family came here from Boston when I was little. I think it was due to some natural disaster?"
>answering the lilims question, tomato crossed her arms i thought
| >>413729
"Huh, interesting. I'm from America as well, Mega-Bismarck is still a bit less technologically advanced than the rest of the country, and less populated but it's quite homey. I moved to follow on business relations, and I didn't have much reason to hang around and take care of a divorced former caretaker."
>He seemed to reminisce as he worked with the bits and pieces of the gun, it was an older make, so it was quite simple.
| (I'm gonna go to bed, it's been fun.)
| (hey emily! I'm drawing, so could i get a description of your character?)
| >The door open and Impulse enter,He is wearing his distinctive black hoodie, dark grey ballistic mask, light gray plate carrier and his black pants.A single duffle bag hang by his side.
>On his back are two guns,one AS Val and one VSS Vintorez,both with a set of attachment attached to them.He also has a P320,also attached with various attachments holstered on his right side
>Impulse walk in to sit down at a stool
"One Gutpunch please"
| "Welcome to the Midnight Drifter, what can I ge-"
>Tomato stops and takes a look at the newcomer
"Wait a second weren't you here like 20 minutes ago?
...well anyways, Gutpunch coming right up"
>she then grabs the terminal and gets to work
>A few seconds later, she puts the drink infront of impulse
"What brings you back to us so quickly?"
| >The Lilim would continue cleaning his pistol, taking his sweet time as he casually glanced down at his phone which was set down on the table, currently making sure the trigger assembly was spic and span, giving the new arrival little mind.
| >>413767
(Sure sorry for the lack of response orz...)
(Emily Derringer is a woman of average size all around, wearing a classic bar tender outfit, she wears an eyepatch around her left eye, which covers a burn scar. She has fluffy white hair and blue eyes)
(I actually drew her once, if you want inspiration: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/319633328561192960/494327535119761410/image0.png)
| (And of course the link fails, =3=)
(https://m.imgur.com/a/8lllNBy)
| >>413901
(Oof you really can't catch a break huh)
>Anyway, After an undefined amount of drinks,
>Dahk passes out.
| >Before Impulse could muster a response, Dahk passed out
"Oh goddamnit Dahk!"
>Tomato immedietly rushes over to help her friend
"Hey sunshine, wake up. I can get you home"
>She says, lightly slapping Dahks cheek
| >>413950
>The Lilim cleaning his gun seemingly takes pause, going to his phone for a few moments, then clearing his throat.
"Anyone here follow danger/u/ perchance? There's some weird shit going on again."
>He'd wipe off his greased fingers, not wanting to stain the synthskin.
| >>413955
>Tomato scratches her head
"Alright Boss, if you say so..."
>She then turns to percy when he mentions Danger/u/
"Not since I started working, why?
Can you elaborate?"
>she responded
| >>413960 >>413963
"Well, seems there's another rogue AI on the site, just keeping people posted whom don't check their phones. These things are always fun to fuck with, unless they try taking over your computer to add to the collective and things get a bit.. iffy.."
>The Lilim continued to tap away on their aging phone as they started to put their gun back together.
| "Damnit, you made it sound like something dangerous was going on. I wouldn't want to disturb an AI as long as it's not threatening to go skynet... Is it a sapient AI thou?"
>Tomato says
| >>413978
"No clue, but it's listening to us currently, so that's fun."
>Percy takes out his earpiece, setting it down and turning it off, and adjusts how he types so he keeps low contact with the phone besides keystrokes, quickly wrapping up his work with the pistol and shoving it away after reloading and safety-ing it.
"Sorry for angering a tech-demon on your wifi, if I'm even connected to it that is."
>The Lilim seems to pay more attention to the phone now.
| >Emily cringes
"Oh boy, not again, I've had enough of crazy AIs"
| >Percy would sigh, sitting back.
"Definitely interesting. I might need to call into the radio just to shine some light on this thing, has some weird plans.
>The Lilim looks over the open tabs on their phone with trepidation.
| >>413983
"Are you talking about a lilim or the skynet variety of crazy AI's?"
>Tomato asks emily curiously
>She then sighs at Percys comment
"God please don't kick a hornets nest Percyval. Especially if it can kill us all"
| >>413991
"Skynet combined with Borg, this thing is fun. And no, it probably would assimilate us already if it could. I've got a theory, and a friend. Should be fine, if all else fails I just smash the phone."
>Percy shrugged, continuing to spam-refresh his phone.
| >Drach seems to be glued to her phone as well
"So you saw that thread? God thats crazy, reminds me of that whole Terminal stream back last year"
>She nods to herself
"Actually wasnt there a thread using a F.A.L terminal?"
| >>413998
"Actually concluded my conversation. Funny thing, that entity. If I start coughing, I doubt this is anymore than an ominous bit of dialogue, but be concerned."
>Percy turns to Tomato.
"Bad touch, please. And make it big."
>The Lilim sighs, pushing their phone away after closing the thread.
"And yeah, it was the F.A.L. thing."
| "Groovy mate"
>Drach seems concerned
"Why is that AI getting active now though? 5756 was years ago"
>She scratches her head
| >>414002
"Not exactly sure, but the thread for the SCC report was set in the future, at least from what I can tell by the dating, so it's all a bit weird."
>Percy shrugs.
"I'm not a cyber CSI, just a glorified security guard, you'd probably know better than me."
| >>414004
"Well, I can give an educated guess, you ever heard of the laser incident in flooded, and no, not the fish, the big red laser of doom"
>Drach asks
| >Tomato looked so visually confused by the situation, a big questionmark might as well pop up above her head
"...Big Bad Touch, alright...
Boss, How do I make a drink big?"
>She turns around to Emily, looking at her as if she wanted Emily to save her from this madness
| >>414006
"No, do I want to?"
>Percy would turn his earpiece back on and put it back in, seemingly having been listening to music this entire time.
| >>414007
>Emily nods
"You double the ingredients, easy as that"
>>414008
>Drach smiles
"Its a huge rabbit hole, and it involved the one people called the geekboy along with a game called IN THE DEPTHS, played by a certain KN, Kazuki Nakamura"
| "Alright, double the ingredients. Easy enough"
>Tomato says, working the BTC Machine. Soon enough, the drink was done
"Here you go, Big Bad Touch."
>She then steps over to Emily
"I can't follow this conversation but it sounds concerning as hell. Should we, like, do something?"
| >>414011
>Drach nods
"Fuck yeah we should, that's what I'm getting at, last time I ever heard of a FAL terminal it was in one of those livestreams surrounding the whole fiasco, so here's my guess"
>She breathes in
"This AI, the devil, he's trying to get his plans running while CN isnt here to do anything"
| >>414010
"Funnily enough he mentioned both of them.. Was before my time of looking in on danger/u/ though."
>He'd take his drink, getting a sip and scrunching up his face.
"Nice.. Anyways, this sounds way above my level of being able to do anything about it."
>Percy shrugs, looking to Drach.
"Don't believe I caught your name, miss...?"
| >>414012
>STomato turns around at Drachs sudden outburst
"So what's the plan? I hope it involves shooting something till it explodes."
| >>414016
"Decker? Never actually met one before, at least in person."
>Percy would give a small cheers-ing of his glass, not exactly wanting to get up before taking another sip.
"What do you do, anyways? As work that is."
| "Uhm... Is this the call to action or what? I'd say lets jump in my van and get going but... uhm, this girls out cold and the guy that came in after he left for like 20 minutes hasn't said a god damn word and then percy here is way to excited about a mix of the borg and skynet runnign around and I still ahve my mother to find fuck sHIT FUCK I GOTTA FIND MY MOM!"
>Tomato got progressively louder as she started mixing herself a drink, killing it in one swig.
"FUCK"
| >>414018
>Percy interjects with a raised finger.
"Not really too interested in the AI anymore. What was that about your mother..?"
>The Lilim seems confused, taking another sip of his drink.
| >>414017
"I usually do stock market, as my main job atleast, for my decker work its mostly hacking and data mining and all that jazz"
>Drach explains before turning to Tomato
"Woah girl calm down, We'll find your mom"
| >tomato let out a pained scream
>After a second or two she started sobbing
"Her apartment was ransacked. Went missing 3 days ago. I've been a Trainwreck since. This place is the best that happened to me in these past 3 days"
>She whiped away her tears
"I can't have my mother wherever the fuck while digital devil saga is going on out there!"
>She slammed the glass on the counter
"Goddamnit... This was scary enough already. We need to do something"
| >>414023
"I totally agree, I dont see anyone else doing anything... And I'll tell you all something, I got a terrible feeling about this"
>Drachneil says with a sip of her drink
| >>414023
>Percy sighs before taking a large swig of his drink.
"Alright, but what are we going to do? We don't exactly have any major leads, and you have to think about this constructively."
>He sits up, crossing his arms.
| >>414026
"Fair enough actually... But we could always look for radio equipment and try to safeguard the things, if nothing else, there's not many Radio broadcasting equipement left in this matrix based era"
>Drach seems deep in thought
| >>414028
"We could visit wherever Radio Wire is hosted."
>The Lilim shrugs.
"If we are following the AI, might be best to let them know, regardless."
| >Impulse look at the chaos around him as he drink his gut punch
"Radio broadcasting equipments?I can help you guys with that.I can craft you one.In fact,I can make you one right now"
>Impulse take out his phone to look at a specific set of blueprints of a military radio equipment,he then set to work
| >>414050
"Making one wouldnt do us any good, we need to find which one this tincan is trying to use"
>Drach says, before turning to Percival
"No offense to Lilims of course"
| >>414052
"Code string, more like. On that one at least. I'm not exactly easy to offend."
>Percy shrugs with a smirk before taking another sip of his drink.
| >>414054
Right
>Drach chuckles and then starts typing on her deck
"Ill try and contact Radio Wire, might even give them a call"
| >Dahk mumbles in her sleep as she's slapped, and gets a perverted look on her face
| >Percy calmly finishes off his drink, checking his phone and responding to what looks to be some sort of DM.
| >A tall and lean man walks into the bar, his head held up high, he wears a coat and has an unruly beard
>He focuses on the group consisting of Drach and Percival, going to meet them
"I'll need you to open up that DM, Percival"
>His voice is smooth, and as he says that he pulls out a small business card
>It reads: Vlad Argonius, SCC
>He looks insanely serious
| >>414085
>Percival looks up at the man, shrugging a bit as he pushed off his jacket to rest it on his chair, currently reading what looked to be a private correspondence with a friend.
"Is me shooting the shit with my cousin a Society of Cyberthreat Containement matter now?"
>The Lilim stood up, flipping the phone over.
"The contact I had with the AI though, was on Danger/u/, if that's what you're here about, anyone can open that up, but if you want I can go back to the thread."
| >Impulse scrap the work,then change the blueprint to some kind of pistol's blueprint,He then start to set work creating it
>Impulse created an odd-looking gun with a wooden foregrip and two side-mounted stick magazine,it seems to resemble the original Thompson SMG with the top charging handle,except with two larger box magazine for rifle rounds attached to the side instead of the normal pistol round drum magazine
| >>414093
>The man squints at you
"Right, Let's go with that"
>He still gives you his card
"If any of you happen to know anything, please contact me"
>He leaves as fast as he came in, giving a look to Drach at the end
| >>414102
>The Lilim sighs, taking the card and shoves his phone away.
"..anyways, where were we?"
>He asked to no-one in particular.
| >it was hard for Tomato to follow the insuing conversation, but she did her best
"So whats the plan now? Go everywhere in GC and steal radio equipment? Then what?
We still have a rouge AI after that.
Come to think of it, how does it want to use Radio Equipment anyways?
Argh, why did we have to deal with digital satan now of all times"
>She facepalms
"God this all is so confusing."
| >>414141
>Percy shrugs, having been tapping away at his phone in the meantime, having had immediate reason to pull it out again.
"If I was in the position to go on the offensive, sure I'd buy a HAM or an AM, but no, I don't really think seizing the means of manipulation for this thing is a good idea, I just say we warn local stations and play defensive. We can wait, and I'm not even really 'at war' with this thing."
>The Lilim would sit there patiently, simply resting.
| >Tomato sighs
"By the sound of it, its not really a choice of being 'at war' with it.
But I guess warning is a good first step?
What comes after that is an other matter entirely."
>She then grabs a barstool and sits on it, pulled out her com and started looking things up
"...God, this situation is getting more terrifying by the minute, how can you be so calm about this?"
| >>414146
"I mean usually I'm firing through the window of a helicopter at very intent terrorists of some variety, or walking around the streets with minimal protection against bullets."
>He looked at his empty glass for a minute.
"There's also the fact that I'm mildly inebriated and being dead isn't as big of a problem for Lilim. It's definitely a spooky situation to say the least but I'm not one to spook easily."
| "I've seen some shit as well. I fought one on one with what amounts to a BCA but better... and I wasn't prepared for it, but still survived... somehow. And I mean you have probably heard of what happened to North Korea back then. Fucking Terrifying."
>Tomato explains while browsing
"...Whats up with that SCC Report? It fits the bill for whats happening but... what the fuck"
| >>414156
"It's a weird leak, probably by the SCC themselves or our friend FAL."
>Percy looks over as he adjusted his coat, having put it back on.
"BCA? Care to fill me in?"
>He asked interested, having not heard of something like that in a while.
| "Brain Controlled Androids. I read about those. Back in 2030-something I think, Flower Cybernetics developed them for the US Military. These things were filled to the brim with tech and because of the trauma induced by the treatment and because they used the brains of covicts and people that would have died otherwise, these guys turned out to be the most bloodthirsty motherfuckers in existence."
>She explained
| "The whole thing went sour, of course, when the US attacked North Korea and deployed Squads of BCAs. After a few day, maybe a week or two of armed conflict, the whole country was basically left a wasteland. After that, BCAs were prohibited by the Geneva Convention as weapons of war and most of them were executed. There are rumors that some corps still employ some that fought in Korea. Its nightmarefuel I tell you."
>She continued.
| (That is actually canon to VA-11 Hall-A, pretty much, since Read Only Memories is a canonical prequel to VA-11 Hall-A. Sadly, there is no wiki-entry on it in neither of both wikis :I)
| (Sorry, I'm a loregeek.)
| >>414159
"That sounds.. interesting. Old-tech is definitely.. intriguing. Just like how Lilim apparently descended from assistants called 'ROM's, that were around not what, ten years before the fall of the White Knights?"
>Percy would shrug, before stating.
"Whatever the case may be.. I'm glad I'm an up to date model as I am."
| "Not just appearently, that one's written down in the history books. I mean, it *was* pretty earthshattering back then. Though, I think it was never publicly known *how* Lilims came to be.
Well whatever, my point is, I have seen some terrifying shit and this AI thing scares the shit out of me."
>She remembered the hulking brute in a bikini she fought on her first job and violently shook as a result to get the image out of her head
| >>414163
>Percy shrugs.
"I guess so, AI always has been a mixed bag, just like any sentient species."
>He'd watch her shudder with a pensive expression.
"Everything alright there? Did I trigger a Civil War flashback?"
>He chuckles a small bit but the question was genuine.
| >>414166
"I remembered my first run."
>Tomato shook a little again
"Scary shit. But its okay, Tiffany is dead. She can't hurt anyone anymore... At least the pay was good"
| >>414205
"Right, I wouldn't say I kill people for money myself, I protect locations for money. To be fair sometimes that involves killing people, however I do relish a good taze."
>The Lilim rubs his eyes, re-opening them afterwards.
"I may head out after a while, if we have no concrete leads or things to do, I'm not sure."
| >>414213
"Never said anything about being an assassin. More like someone who gets hired to take care of stuff others don't want to, which from time to time involves hurting people, mostly in self-defense."
>Tomato reasoned, then sighed
"Yeah, I guess. We'll be here and brainstorm a plan. If you want in, I can shoot you a DM. Could be dangerous though"
>She said, looking up in thought
"As if stuff in this city was ever *not* dangerous"
>mubled the tomato to herself
| "Can I have another gut punch please"
>Impulse say as he finish his drink
| >Upon Impulse request, Tomato wordlessly grabbed the tablet.
>A few seconds later, the machine had produced a drink and tomato served it
"There you go"
| (by the way, here I go, a tomato and an emily for youuu
Welcome to the Midnight Drifter
https://66.media.tumblr.com/2d6059f35c931758278c3e094704a283/tumblr_pfzfgnhaDw1v4ix3vo1_1280.png)
| (Damnit, goddamn URL Bullshit
https://66.media.tumblr.com/2d6059f35c931758278c3e094704a283/tumblr_pfzfgnhaDw1v4ix3vo1_1280.png
Now it should work.
Hope you like it.
-tomato)
| >Percival would check his phone, patching through a call to his earpiece before walking out, tossing down around a thousand bucks in US on his table as he went, picking up his dufflebag on the way out as well.
| "Uh, bye Percival?"
>Tomato called after Percy as he left
"Man how rude..."
>She said to herself while she was picking up the money and started counting.
"Well I guess at least he paid a pretty fine tip..."
>She added, starting to count again and then checking the exchange rate.
| >>414328
(cute)
>A mysterious pinkhaired girl strolls into the bar, looking around, she spots Dahk, and starts dragging her off
| >>414458
"Oh, Welcome to the Midnight Dri-"
>Tomato greets the girl comming in
>When she starts dragging of Dahk, Tomato rushed over to stop her
"Woah woah woah, what are you doing with my friend?"
| >A man with a full combat uniform with a plate carrier and a S10 gas mask walk in and sit down next to Impulse,who is focused on trying the type of iron sights he would use on his experimental weapon
>He forcefully pull the headphone off Impulse's head
| >Impulse,surprised by the headphone snatching,take his head up to look at the man
"Barrage?What bring you here,shouldnt you be taking care of your others "top secret" stuff?"
>Impulse put his gun onto the table and and take his headphone back
| "We want you to do us a favor"
>Barrage take out a tablet and give it to Impulse
"This building is suspected to be a trading place of the weapons for those terrorists we fought,the weapon dealers probably have a deal with some more gangs and terrorists"
>Barrage take off his gas mask,revealing a man slightly older than Impulse,with a short black hair
"Infiltrate the building and take the weapon supplies from them,so they wont have anything to play with for awhile"
| >Impulse ask Barrage
"How?"
>Barrage reply
"There will be a convoy taking the weapons to their customers,hijack the leading vehicle,its the only supply vehicle without autonomous driving,then connect and hack the rest of the vehicle through their network to get them all to us.Remember though,take out the guarding patrol first before you start hacking,so they wont know when their vehicle is out of route"
| >Impulse nod
"Alright,I can do that.When do we start?"
>Barrage put back on his mask
"The schedule is the next wednesday"
| > A man, wearing full suit of some sort extreme sports protection gear walks in. On the back he wears a backpack with hoverboard strapped onto it. On the hip he has a handheld magnetic harpoon and a P250C pistol. When he takes off the helmet you can see short jet black hair.
"Ok, i have the package for someone named Tomato here."
| >tomato stopped fussing over her friends the abduction of her friend
"Uh... I'm tomato... Who is it from"
| >>414686
"It's the recipe book. I'm actually the one selling it. Name's Sam, by the way"
>Sam gets the book out of the backpack, and shows it to Tomato.
| >>414699
"Oh, thanks! Nice to meet you.
I didn't expect you to drop by so soon. Felt like 5 minutes.
So, how much do I owe you?"
>Tomato replies happily
| >>414764
"That's the part of working as a freelance express delivery courier. You've got to be the best. And about payment... Just give me something to drink. Non-alcoholic, if that's possible."
> Sam replied.
| "Ha, you know I used to work as a delivery girl myself until, like, a few days ago.
Lemme give you something alcohol-free, yeah. You okay with BTC drinks? I at least know how to make those"
>Tomato explained in a cheerful tone, walking to the girl dragging dahk
"Now you wait a second before I come back to you"
>and proceeded to get behind the counter
| >>414615
"...Oh, I'm sorry, i thought she was being a nuisence, so i was here to... take her out"
>the girl responds, turning around
| "Nah, she isn't. She has been peaceful, don't worry.
Welcome to the Midnight Drifter by the way, can I get you anything?"
>Tomato asked, getting sam a drink
| "..."
>she opens her mouth, but then suddenly flickers out of existance!
| >Dahk then proceeds to get up, scratching her head
"Ow..... Uh... Why was i on the floor? didi start groping people in my sleep again?"
| >>414785 >>414892
"Well, never got a chance to try them out since I've come to the Glitch City, so this might be a good opportunity."
>Sam took his drink, thanking the bartender.
| >As the girls flickers out of existence, tomato jumped back in shock
"What the fuck?"
>Then Dahk woke up
"..."
>She took her a second to find her composure again
"...no, you peacefully passed out, slept on the barstool for a while...
Then appearently a ghost started dragging you off... she just... dissipated..."
>tomato says, grabbing the tablet again
| >A short, bald man walks in and finds a seat at the counter.
???:"I'll take a Beer, if you don't mind."
| odder ledge whine
| >The man looks at this newcomer in confusion.
???:"Did you say something?"
| >Impulse look at the place where the girl vanished
"Was that a hologram?,Wait no.Holograms cant drag people off,can they.Thats some weird shit right there"
| >Impulse suddenly say to himself again
"Could it be...cloaking device?"
| >The man turns to Impulse.
???:"A cloaking device? Did something happen?"
| "That girl just vanished out of existance,I think maybe shes playing a trick on us with a cloaking device.Im not sure though"
>Impulse reply
"Who are you?"
| "Huh? someone came after me?"
>Dahk says, yawning
"Usually it'd be my wife... though i'm pretty sure she isn't a ghost... yet"
| >The bald man pockets his tablet.
Roe:"The name's Vin Roe, and I program security software. I've had some trouble with a client, so I'm unwinding here with a Beer. Didn't expect any ghost business though. What do you do, mr. Impulse?"
| "Im a crafter,a trader and a mercenary,although I dont really like the term "mercenary" that much.I just did a successful run on destroying a terrorist HQ,which mean I will have a lot more stuff to scrap for parts to craft with,thats pure money,so Im here to celebrate"
>Impulse ecplain to Roe
| "Talking about money,Tomato,this guys drinks on me"
>Impulse shout to Tomato
| >Barrage stand up
"I will be leaving now,dont forget to come"
>Barrage say to Impulse
"Yeah,alright"
>Impulse reply
>Barrage leave the bar
| >Roe glances at Barrage as he brushes past before turning to Impulse.
Roe:"I just finished with my last client, and my only other contract fell through yesterday. Do you know anyone who could use a bit of anti-hacking software? I'm looking for a job, see."
| "I dont really know,I just sell weapons to people who need them,and maybe experiment a little with my own models,thats my main job.I dont really socialize that much,partly because all my neighbors were all blown up by a terrorist group,the one I just raid and destroy"
>Impulse say as he drink the rest of his gut punch
"Tomato,can I have another one"
>Impulse still look like he hasnt even feel in the least tipsy yet,which is surprising since he must have 2-3 round already
| >Roe pulls out his tablet and taps something out.
Roe:"I'll take one of those Gut Punches as well."
>He looks back at his tablet and lets out a low whistle.
Roe:"It seems there has been a security breach at Claytech Motors. Looks like someone hacked all the top-line hovers and floored the gas pedals. If I recall, a friend of mine installed the security software for them. He's gonna be in deep waters soon."
| >He looks over to Impulse.
Roe:"I don't know if you would be in need of any automotive parts, but I could let you into the repair site at Claytech. It looks like there are dozens of top tier hovers sitting in a smoking pile as we speak."
| "Well,may he rest in peace,although I doubt theres any peace in GC"
>Impulse say
"Well,if you need any firearms,just call me"
>Impulse start to take out the prototype he just created and try to line up the ironsights,then he put it into his dufflebag
| Roe:"I don't think I will be needing a gun. My line of work is mostly over the net. Although..."
>He looks at the dufflebag inquisitively.
Roe:"Do any of those firearms have a safety bioscanner by any chance? If so, I would like to look at one. I'm always on the lookout for new kinds of finger print readers and bioscanners."
| >Sam turns to Roe and Impulse.
"Mind if i join in? Heard you talking about guns, so... Impulse, right? Huh, world is small, for sure..."
>Sam lightly taps on his P250C with a fingertip.
"Thanks for the advice on that little girl, she's doing the job well. But considering amount of times i had to deal with vehicles... I need something with a bigger punch. But still something compact and usable with only one arm."
| "Something with a bigger punch?A .50AE Desert Eagle would pack a hell load of punch,but wouldnt do well against vehicles.How about a wrist rocket luancher?I can make that for you"
>Impulse say as he proceed to take out his tablet and start searching for blueprints,then stop at one of the prototype he tested,a rocket guantlet
| >Roe glances at the blueprint in surprise.
Roe:"I didn't know you could fit such a rocket into a handgun, much less a gauntlet. I guess I really don't know anything about weapons. This is all very interesting, I must say."
| >Downing the last of his drink, Roe looks back at his tablet.
Roe:"That Gut Punch really woke me up. And here I thought I was gonna just take the night easy."
| (now thats some proper fucking cyberpunk. A man goes over 100mph on the hoverboard and shoots rockets from his wrist)
"Huh. Guess there is a reason for that kind of thing to exist here. With that level of technology...
Yea, some kind of wrist launcher would be great. But what about something energy-based, like plasma, for example? Dont want to get hit with my own explosion due to how narrow some streets here."
>Sam replies
| "Plasma Handcannon?,it can be used one time before requiring a 10 minute self-recharging.Just take a lot of spare energy cell to quickly fire while the other recharges.To be honest,though,I would just use the recoiless guns to deal with vehicle without explosion.Its a lot more cost efficient but you would need two hands to operate that"
>Impulse say
| "I dont really like energy weapons,they require time to charge up the attacks they need.By the time they finish charging,I would be dead.I prefer conventional ballistics firearms,those are more cost efficient and more ready to use"
>Impulse keep talking
| >Roe looks back to Sam.
Roe:"Maybe I'm ignorant about these things, but wouldn't a plasma weapons be more cost effective than a ballistic one? Seeing as you wouldn't need to buy ammo."
| >Suddenly,Impulse sparked up an idea
"I think I can create a guantlet that can shoot small special rocket that would turn into high velocity pellets to tear through armored vehicle and kill whoever is inside,this wouldnt destroy the vehicle,but it would kill the tank crews/operator.It uses the same principle as the panzerfaust.You can also destroy the vehicle if you know where the engine is,so you can explode the fuel tank"
| >One track on the jukebox ends and another comes on, to everyone's enjoyment.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBg2EEty24
| (God I had no time to respond and now there is all this stuff, goddamnit.
Tomato action real soon, I promise)
| >Tomato finishes all the drink orders and serves up.
>She then turns to Dahk
"Does your wife have a cloaking device by chance? Pink hair, trying to keep you out of trouble?"
>Tomato asks her
| >Roe takes a long look at the menu.
Roe:"Hm.... I can't decide what have now. I think I'll have something on the sweet side, Tomato. I'm gonna get back to job hunting tonight, and I need something to keep me going."
| >starts tapping on the tablet again, slowly getting the hang of it
>Soon, the machine produced a drink and tomato served it to Roe, while still keeping her main attention on Dahk
"There you go, a Piano Woman. It always gets *me* in working mood, might do wonders for you too"
>She said to Roe quickly
| >Roe takes a sip and settles back into his seat.
Roe:"Wow, I didn't know a drink like this could be so colored. It's like a sharp soda pop."
| >He finishes his drink and stands.
Roe:"Well, I'm off to find some poor soul in need of secure data."
>Roe pays for his drinks and tips a little extra. He waves to Tomato on his way out.
Roe:"Have a good night!"
| "please come again!"
>She called after the leaving patron
| >>415605
"Technically,plasma weapons doesnt require ammo,but I dont think you would wait 5 minute for an energy cell to recharge in the heat of a battle,so you would need some kind of energy cell replacement,which is expensive as fuck,especialy those of a plasma handcannon/railgun,since theres only one shot per recharge"
>Impulse said to Roe
(assume this is before he left)
| >>415607
"Well, you're better with this kind of tech, i guess. After all, the best firearm i had acces in neo-Russia is a steel pipe with 3 nails and a spring, that used to shoot 12 gage shotgun shells. We just dont have, like, any technological progress since 2020 back there."
>Sam agreed.
>>415740
" Yea, see you later."
| "Russian weapons and armor are good,I just past the last raid with a Altyn helmet and an AK-15.I will go set work on that guantlet now,bye"
>Impulse stand up and put a credstick on the table,then leave the bar
| >Tomato notices Impulse leaving and gets back to work
"Oh, please come again some time!!"
>she says as she collects the money
| >Emily suddenly reappears from the backstore, not because her player has been absent or anything, what do you mean working? Pfft, who even needs working, not me, wait who am I talking to-
"Its been busy hasnt it. So? Do you feel like the job is something you'd like to do?"
>She asks
| >Tomato rushes over to emily and gives her a hug
"I love it! Thank you for having me!!"
>She explaims excited
"Working here was so much fun and exactly what I needed to take my mind of for a second.
Though, I have to ask if I can take a step back soon, 'cause I still have my mother to find. Will you be able to handle the rest for today without me?
I promise I will start working prim and proper once this whole business is sorted"
>She explains to emily, smiling at her
| >>416111
"Of course, your mother should always be your first priority"
>She gives Tomato a pat on the back
| >Tomato gave Emily another hug
"Thank you for understanding Boss... You are great"
>Then she let go
"I guess that means I should get the girls together and make a plan..."
>She said scratching her head
"Maybe get changed first..."
| >An abnormally fat Lilim strides through the door. He walks past the other patrons and sits down with a heavy thud into a seat at the bar counter.
???:"If you're done hugging, I could use a drink."
>He says to Tomato in a gruff tone.
| >>416816
>Emily turns to the man
"Actually, my part-timer is leaving, so i'll be the one handling your orders, welcome to the midnight drifter"
>She says with a smile
| ???:"This is one of those BTC bars, right? I think I'll have a Gut Punch, then."
>He takes a long look around the bar, soaking in the details.
| >>416822
"Actually we're not affiliated with BTC but yes, I can make that."
>She mixes a few ingredients and then hands you a gut punch
| >The Lilim downs the slurry in two huge gulps. His eyes widen suddenly.
???:"I've been to quite a few bars, and nothing I've had has the same Punch as this here drink. Well.. except for that one Pile-driver, but I think it was loaded up or something."
| ???:"I've always been interested in how these drinks are made, but my brain's been fried a couple too many times to hold a learning card."
>The Lilim strokes his chin.
???:"Maybe I should scrounge up the newyen for a replacement. I was thinking about setting up a bar or somethin as soon as I'm done with this last mission."
>He glances back down to his empty glass.
???:"Hey bartender, could you get me something like this, but punchier on the bitter front?"
| >>416892
>Emily gives a nod and a wink
"Coming right up"
>She preps another drink, this time in a highball glass before giving it to the lilim
"This is one Gut wrencher, call it an original of mine, if you will"
>She says with a smile
| >The Lilim takes a sip before waiting a few moments. Then, with a "Hey!", he takes a long swig.
???:"Gut Wrencher, you say? Very good. Quite the power. It's like getting a discharge from a bank of capacitors, but only in your taste profiler."
>He takes his time finishing the rest, savoring each potent draw.
???:"Say, how was it like setting up this bar? You're the owner, right? Did it cost much?"
| >>416915
"My grandfather's father was the one who set it up, so I cant say I know much, but its quite hefty to maintain, I get why BTC is closing down so many places now"
>Emily sighs
| ???:"Maybe with enough popularity, a place like this could stay in business, despite it's location. I mean, without moving shop to someplace big like Uptown."
>The Lilim thinks for a bit.
???:"Hey, do you think an old bot like me could keep one of these places running? I may not have a great grandaddy to leave me a nice bar, but maybe with some help..."
>He lapses back into thought, helped along be the potent alcohol.
| >>416934
"Well that really depends, I hear Midnight is getting repaired so there may be money to be made if you get a building running early"
>Emily ponders
| ???:"I think I may try that, once I'm done with this last job."
>The Lilim says
Check:"The name's Check, by the way. Try and remember it, you might have some competition soon."
>He gives Emily a wink.
Check:"But, before I go off starting businesses and all, I better have another drink. I'll take anything, miss..."
>Check querries.
| >>417147
"The name's Emily, and sure, bring it on!"
>She shakes a drink and delivers it to you, it's color is that of amber
"This is a midnight drifter, careful, it's harsh"
>She says with a smile
| >Check swirls the drink before taking a swig.
Check:"I like it. Emily, eh? I'll be sure to visit again some time."
>He finishes his drink and gets up.
"See you around, then!"
>He calls as he leaves.
| "I'll be sure to remember that, come in anytime!"
>Emily waves and then smiles
| >Few hours passed
>Impulse walks back into the bar and sit next to Sam
"There you go,that will be 75k nuyen"
>Impulse say as he take a gauntlet and put it on the counter next to Sam's drink
| "40mm rocket propelled Anti-armor shell for your anti-vehicle purpose,you can also put anyother 40mm grenade shell in it though."
>Impulse press a light blue button located on top of the gauntlet's barrel,some part of the gauntlet elevate up to reveal a 4 holes, each enough to insert a 40mm shell
"Open this up to insert the shell.Once done,just close it manually with your hand,one shell is enough to penetrate a light tank armor"
| "Normal HE shell or Incendiary shell are common enough,but the Anti-armor shells are hard to come by,but I can supply you with some,just contact me for it"
>Impulse say as he give the gauntlet to Sam
| "I will charge the normal HE shell price.Remember,this shell isnt as explosive and are not meant for anti-personnel,just use the HE or Incendiary shells for that purpose"
>Impulse give Sam his workshop location
| "Those are the location of my workshop,you can always visit there for the ammunitions or if you want some firearms"
>Impulse turn to Emily
"Can I have a gut punch,Emily?"
| >>417775 >>417776 >>417778
"looks like you got yourself a deal."
>Sam gives the credit chip to Impulse.
"I will wisit you tomorrow to get the ammo. But for now let's confirm our deal with a drink, shall we?"
>Sam asks Emily to give him a gut punch too.
| "Sounds good"
>Impulse take the chip
| > A girl with silver stumbles into the bar, a dead look in her eyes
| >Impulse look at the newcomer
"Miss,are you alright?"
| >>418659
>Emily looks at the newcomer and gives a worried look
"Are you sure you're okay do you need anything?"
>She says
| >Arable walks into the bar
"Woo! Back in GC again.. also why's there so many penguins in the flooded and now it's frozen there??"
>sits down blabbering about what happened
-Arable
| >>418688
"Nothing that a heavy drink can't solve...."
>she sighs amd faceplants the counter
"...Well, maybe it can't solve it, but it'll fucking help"
>>418834
>she lifts her head and stares at arable
"The fuck are you talking about? did something happen?
| >>419071
>A glass makes its way to you, dark in color with a small plastic sword and a few cubes of ice decorating it
"Here, try this"
>Emily says to the girl with a wink
| >>419086
>the girl takes the drink, smiling somewhat amusingly at the tiny plastic sword as she pulls it out
"I heard of umbrellas... but swords? Any particular story behind this?"
>She takes a quick sip
| >>419089
>The drink is insanely strong, it hits like a truck!
"I once had a customer reffer to this drink as the same feeling as getting slammed with a broadsword, I found the comparaison quite peculiar so now I put small sword decorations in it"
>Emily laughs
"The name of the drink itself is the Blitz, it fits quite nicely if I do say so myself"
| >Impulse say to Emily
"Emily,two gut punches please,this guy's drink's on me"
| "Yes,found your wallet yet?"
-Impulse
(You forgot the " at the end)
| >>6ea269
"Didn't you realize I've gone on a time travel trip? also yes my wallet was in my apartment."
-Arable
| "Im aware of what happened"
>Impulse turn to Emily
"Make it 3,Emily,one more drink for this gentleman here"
| >Arable turns to Emily
"Anything without alcohol please, I'm not sure if I wanna be drunk yet."
| "A time traveler, huh? So, where you have been? Or when?"
>Sam asks Arable
| >>ed8689
"Recently went to an alternate timeline where the whole GC is gender swapped, weird place tbh."
-Arable
| Kinda.. yeah for sure.
-Arable
| >Impulse take a drink of his gut punch and start taking out metal scraps from his duffle bag
| >Tomato comes back changed from the back room
"So..."
>She sits herself between Drach and Dahk
"Are you girls ready to roll? We have a mom to save"
This thread is permanently archived
| >Drach turns to the lilim
"What do you mean gas? That wasnt due to those weird signals I kept seeing on my radars?"
>She seems confused