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(Setting) 708 Parkford Street
| >A knock comes at the door, as four people stand outside waiting to be let in.
| "What a.. peculiar place."
> Uni's attention dart from one point of interest to another.
"—Starting to regret not bringing any papers now..."
> She muttered the words to herself as she pulls out an odd rectangular device from her pocket.
"Show us today — and the 'now' we are standing in."
> The device started displaying symbols, shifting from a pattern to the other.
| >With interest, Elliott catches a glimpse and looks at the device.
"W-What's that?"
| (I work in like ten minutes so my responses are going to get slow :c )
| (It's okay :c)
| (Good luck, I have just finished mine and is clutching in the warmth of my bed)
| "A tool to measure fate—"
> Uni reads at the device's symbol once more, it glows in a rhythm
"Through tarotology— it's.. it's what you people call 'fortune-telling', but we see this as a means of communication, not a way to read the future."
> The symbols started shifting rapidly before Uni turns it off and puts it back to her pocket.
"Upright; Six of Pentacles, Four of Swords. Today is.. merciful, to say the least."
| "Good, we could all use a little mercy these days"
>Asher smiles
| >A series of thuds and crashes come from the interior before the door is opened by a lilim with uncannily incorrect proportions.
"I'm so sorry! Have you been waiting long?"
| >Kazuki shakes his head, answerinofor the rest.
"No, not very. You must be Kiki?"
| (Answering for*)
| >>78738
"Yes, Innie told me you were coming. You needed some work done, right? Come in, come in, it's not safe out there!"
> The lilim practically drags you into the room. Inside is an unusually clean set of table and chairs. KIKI sits at one of the chairs and beckons for you to sit down.
| "M-my.. what a... very interesting world do you live in."
> Uni folloes the gesture and sits down on the chair nearest to her
"To say that this was uncanny would be a push out of truth."
| "Uhh, o-okay."
>He looks back at the others, as he's dragged in and seated, not wanting to be the only one inside.
| (Ahh scratch)
| >Elliott takes a look around as she enters herself, limping on her own to a chair.
"Quite.. Quite so, Uni."
| "I've been told that I look strange. Frankly I think you look strange. Anyway, what did you need?"
> KIKI sounds different in that last sentence, her voice deeper and more mature. Almost like she's a different person.
| "S-strange? Which one of us is—N.. never mind that."
> Feeling a bit jabbed by KIKI's comment, Uni reacted reflexively before she realized what she had said, she didn't even answer KIKI's question.
| >Deciding to butt in before something happened, Elliott points to Asher.
"H-He came for Augmentation."
| "That is the request of my usual clientele. That, however, doesn't explain the rest of you. Surely you don't ALL want augmentation?"
> KIKI looks like she already knows the answer.
| "We.. we already have one—"
> Uni points to her left eye; almost unnoticeably, it pulses in a hue of blue and green.
"Accelerated pattern-processing unit."
| "You're the backup, right? Not to worry, my "instability" is completely falsified. I think."
| "Backup of what degree, if we may ask?"
> Sent confused by KIKI's statement, Uni pulls up a question; not even minding the last bit of KIKI's words.
| "Actually.. I'm backup. Uni and Elliott were just picked up along the way."
>Kazuki shoots a glance at the two before looking back at Kiki.
| "IN1 likes to tell people to bring backup just because I accidentally killed a client one time. Jeez, it was years ago and he just won't let it go!"
> KIKI is strangely flippant about this. She rifles through her bag and pulls out an old cellular phone, tapping on it idly.
| "Such degree of backup, we see, we see."
> Uni calmly replied, her gaze seems to be focused elsewhere.
| "Anyway, what do you need, sweetie?"
> KIKI looks pointedly at Asher.
|
| >Asher nods, a smile on his face
"I've got a couple installations here.
>He reaches into his coat and retrieves two pouches.
"This one here is an eye, and this one here is a datajack. Saved up for months for these."
>He removes them from the pouches, revealing brand new top of the line parts
"Only one dead customer in a couple years is actually fairly good for this line of work."
| (lunch break heyo)
| (kk)
| "Datajacks are easy. Eyes... I'll give you some anesthesia."
> KIKI gestures to the cruel-looking apparatus in the corner of the room. Despite being spotless, it still scares you a little.
| >Asher sighs
"The left eye, please. I'm rather attached to the right."
>He gives a faint smile
"How long after the procedure before I can become uh... Active? I guess?"
| "Technically two hours, but it'll hurt like a bitch if you don't give it at least five."
| >As they speak, Elliott leans to whisper to Uni.
"Ah.. I'm not very acquainted with some Augments.. W-what's a Datajack?"
| "Don't know that we have five hours, but I'll take it easy."
>Asher sighs again
"Alright! Let's get started I guess!"
| >Kazuki relaxes in his chair, tending to his phone while the wait begins
| "It's.. something people install to tether or connect themselves to computers... directly in their mind."
> Uni whispers back to Elliott, making as little of noise as possible.
| "Have a seat in the chair and we'll start."
> You can now see a bloodstain on the floor in front of the seat.
"And, ah - don't move your eyes."
| >Asher sits in the chair and becomes completely still, barely even breathing. "Uh, before we start, can we maybe relocate the others? Don't exactly know how comfortable they are watching a procedure like this"
| (flubbed the format oh well)
| "Sure."
> KIKI points to a door on the opposite end of the room.
"There's the waiting room."
| (Lol)
| >Kazuli takes a second before chuckling, standing back up and going for the door.
"Just got comfortable. Alright, we'll be waiting for you, man."
| "Oh.." Elliott nods, thinking about the idea before standing, following Kazuki out the door.
| "Also - don't be surprised if he screams. I don't know how effective my anesthesia is."
| "Uhm.. right. We wanted to see this, but we'll respect the bit of privacy you have, Asher."
> Uni walks out of the room, following Elliott and Kazuki to the waiting room.
| "Alright, let's do this."
>He leans back and takes a relaxed posture
(Off break now so uh guess I'm under the knife for thr time being lol)
| (lol yeah, will see ya' again soon)
| >Once everyone's outside, Elliott finds a new seat and looks to Uni for another question.
"I uhm.. If you don't mind me asking, what's it like, with your augmentation?"
| ".. Hm?"
> Not expecting the question, Uni took the moment to think of an answer.
"Well, we needed it for our tarotology—"
> Uni pulls out the rectangular device once more
"—This, it needs to be read through our left eye. Everything else, even cameras will return gibberish,"
> She stores back the device to her pocket.
"Other than that, it's simply a fancy and luxurious eye."
| "Tarotology.."
>She repeats back, liking the sound of the word.
"I-I see.. It's pretty cool, I think."
>She stops and looks away.
"I was thinking of getting an augmentation, but.. I've still got much to learn about them."
| "As much as we are grateful for our augmentation, it still cost us our roof and a few extra at hand."
> Uni looks at the floor, reconciling with her memories.
"But honestly, we think this is a worthwhile investment."
> She proceeds to lightly smile at Elliott.
| > Elliott gazes back at her, piecing together her words before nodding, smiling back, deciding to change topic.
"Looks to be so. Otherwise, I would like to thank you for tending to me, earlier back in the cab. I've grown rather feeble for my age and I'd not been able to get through it without you and the other two."
| "It was only fate that led us to you, and seeing the world as it is, each path that fate gives to us would hopefully make for an interesting story,"
> Having no other answer to reply to Elliott's words, Uni decided to come up with the usual grandeur and oddly delusional response.
"Besides, Kazuki and Asher were the ones that ignited this tale for us after all!"
| > Elliott laughs lightly, enjoying her personality.
"Ah, I see.. Either way.."
> With a small pause, she continues, looking away from Uni and to Kazuki.
"You're a bit different.. But that doesn't mean you're not normal, at least to the rest of us."
| "The lines of normal is being blurred each and every waking moment when it comes to Glitch City, hm? Months ago, we would never thought of walking the streets whilst quivering in fear—"
> Uni chuckled, holding it back from being an actual laughter.
"Most importantly, it would be very rude of us to not say thank you for your kind words; thank you."
| "No problem."
> Elliott understands Uni in a way. Finding herself slipping a bit, she leans back and relaxes in the chair, closing her eyes to nap.
| > THUD
"Shit."
> A pause.
"It's fine! I just dropped something! No worries!"
| > Kazuki, already having been occupied by his phone, looks up to the sign, before giving a questioning glance to Uni.
| (Looks up to the sound*)
| > THUD
"Ffffffffiddlesticks."
| "T-The hell?"
>Kazuki stands and makes his way to the door, atteattempting look in.
| "No no, it's fine! Damn thing vibrates off the desk too easily."
> Some whirring, like an electric motor, can be heard.
| (Attempting*)
| > Kazuki sighs, not going any farther and backing down to his chair once more.
"Not exactly the best news to hear.."
| "Heh. That's a sound to hear."
> Uni chuckles sarcastically at the sudden noise in the operating room.
| (I'm so sorry! An update bricked my phone and the factory restore just completed)
| (That's unfortunate! Hope it's doing well now; if you need help, just post in /tech/, I'm ready to help there.)
| (Thanks! Unfortunately this isn't the first time this has happened either D: )
| (Yeah, geez that sucks. We're here for you though!)
| (I'm good now, if you guys want to continue...?)
| (Oof, yeah )
| "And finished! He'll be out for a bit longer though. I think I gave him a little too much, heehee~"
| > Kazuki stirrs from his nap at het voice, taking a second to realize where he is.
"Ah, eh.. Is, is it over?"
| (Her*)
| > Elliott yawns, having woken earlier and stands, looking down to Uni to see if she's still awake.
"Yes, I believe it is."
| "Yep! Your friend is still sleeping right now, though."
> KIKI gestures to the seat. Asher is snoring quietly. He's got an eye patch over his left eye and gauze around his neck.
"Those need to heal completely before they can be used, or the body will reject them and attempt to kill them. Nanomachines don't interact well with hostile immune systems."
| > Kazuki nods, sighing.
"So we're waiting just a bit longer.."
>He sighs, looking to Asher before drawing his phone.
"I'll have to tell In we're going to be a little later than we thought."
| "My, that did take a while."
> Uni checked her surroundings, Elliott was fresh from her nap, and so is Kazuki.
"Thanks for the time."
> Uni pulls down the rectangular device yet again, after seemingly playing it for a good amount of time whilst waiting. Her left eye is glowing in a mix of orange and red hue.
"So—"
> She stretches her hands out at her pause. Her gaze transfixed at the newly arrived KIKI.
"You didn't dose Asher with an elephant's worth of dose, correct?"
| >Asher yawns and begins to stretch but stops sharply, grabbing his neck
"JESUS FUCK"
>He slowly sits up a bit and turns towards the crew
"That's going to take some getting used to."
>He forces a pained smile towards the team to letthem know he's ok
| >>79309
"Nope, I checked. My lethal doses are all still there."
>>79335
"Ease into it, you don't want to strain your new augments."
| >Kazuki stands and makes his way to Asher.
"How about that.. Looking fine, Ash."
| >>79342
"Hm. That's fortunate then."
> Uni's gaze shifts to Asher, looking at him with a slight concern.
"Don't abuse yourself. It takes a tiny bit of time to properly adjust to the augmentation."
| > With her own worry, Elliott nods in agreement.
"Eh.. S-Should listen to Uni. Maybe we should let one of us three drive back."
| "We.. we can't drive—"
> Embarrassed, Uni looks at Elliott with a look that says "please tell me you can drive."
| >Asher smiles at the crew
"Looking fine? I mean I'm kinda piratey but fine works. Luckily I wasn't planning on driving just yet. That one is on Kaz here. That is, if he is ok leaving his bike behind for now? If not, have either of you ever driven before? It's not something lots of people do these days"
| "Ooh, I can drive if you want! Where are you headed?"
| > Kazuki looks to Kiki before looking back to Elliott.
"Sorry, my bike's my dad's. You or Kiki."
| > Elliott bites her cheek in thought before nodding.
"Of course I can drive. Sorry Kiki, but thanks for the offer."
> She stands to retrieve the cab's keys.
| "Alright! Let me know if your eye explodes~"
| > Kazuki is immediately uneased as he offers help to Asher.
"Heheh.. T-They.. They explode?"
> Already more worried than Asher should ever be.
| "Oh, I uh.. I see."
> Kazuli shakes his head and relaxes.
| > Elliott leads outside and to the cab, waiting for the arrival of the rest of the group before getting in.
"I suppose a bit of role changing doesn't hurt, here."
| (Kazuki*)
| > The door locks behind you, and a series of crashes and thuds emanate from within.
| >Asher waves at Kiki, thanking her and leaving his number to contact wih the bill
"Alright Elliot, you gotta be real easy on the accelerator, it may look like a normal cab but it takes off like lightning."
>Asher sits himself in the passenger seat
"Shouldn't be far to the shop from here. Might not be able to drive but I can probably navigate"
| (after deactivating the nanocamo, of course)
| (so are we continuing in this thread or making a new one?)
| > She nods, climbing in and starting the cab.
"Got it. I believe I can handle it, and If I get confused, will you stay ahead, Kazuki?"
| > Uni sits near Asher. Closely looking at his newly brandished eye patch.
| "How does it feel to have that installed?"
| (should switch to the cab I guess?)
| (I see no problem with that)
| (Same)
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