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Roscat
Feb 22, 2018 23:33:52 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 22, 2018 23:33:52 GMT -5
Fuzz
"Oui," Celica says. "If you are looking work, they may 'ave something for you."
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Roscat
Feb 23, 2018 12:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 23, 2018 12:10:11 GMT -5
"Cool, I'll stop by when I'm done here."
Look ahead at how long the line is.
"...Eventually."
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Roscat
Feb 23, 2018 12:53:48 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 23, 2018 12:53:48 GMT -5
Fuzz
"...Oh," Celica says. She walks away into a nearby grocery store. She comes back a few minutes later with a basket of some simple food. Fruit, sandwich stuff, bottled water. "Un cadeau. For my bird. You could be 'ere a few days."
You go back to waiting. And waiting. And waiting. After hours, you finally move forward one step.
...
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Roscat
Feb 23, 2018 16:19:02 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 23, 2018 16:19:02 GMT -5
"Thank you."
Continue waiting. After a while use the UI to open up a window to look inside the Port Authority building and find out why the line is moving so slowly.
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Roscat
Feb 23, 2018 21:52:50 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 23, 2018 21:52:50 GMT -5
Fuzz
You look inside. There are hundreds of creatures in there. Humans, animal-folk, aliens. Probably speaking different languages. There's several booths at one end of the room, at the end of the line, but only one is open. It's staffed by a very frazzled-looking desk clerk with a stack of books of different languages, tons of files, a flood of forms...
Fuzz hears someone whispering from above him. "Pssst. Hey. You looking for papers?" A short woman in a cloak is crouching on the roof. You kind of assume she's a child, given the height.
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 16:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 24, 2018 16:51:17 GMT -5
Peri replies back in an irritated whisper.
"Yes, but we would rather get them legally than by them from a questionable supplier."
"Peri, you're being rude. A simple 'no thanks, we don't want to risk being caught with forged papers'' would have been fine. Anyways, I think I might be able to speed this up."
First, take out the Sonic Screwdriver and send a signal back to the TARDIS reactivating its Translation Field.
"I'm not sure how or why that was off in the first place, but that ought to make the poor guy's life easier."
Next, place the view of inside the building into a PiP window while opening up a chat window with the officer from earlier in the main window.
"Hey, so what's the deal with this Port Authority building? Did all the other employees take a sick day at once or is this clerk the only one who works here?"
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 17:04:05 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 24, 2018 17:04:05 GMT -5
Fuzz
"How did you get this number!?" the detective demands. "This channel is reserved for official police communications only!"
"He's allll alone," the girl on the roof calls down. "All the other workers got poofed off to other worlds. And you know how long it takes bureaucrats to hire new bureaucrats. Not that it was much better before everything got mixed around, from what I've heard... Y'know, my forgeries are top-tier. So long as you aren't doing anything illegal enough to get thrown in jail, no one will ever notice."
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 19:49:22 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 24, 2018 19:49:22 GMT -5
"Sorry, wrong number."
Hang up.
"Poofed off to other worlds? Alright, as someone who more or less got poofed into this world now you've got my attention. What exactly is going on around here?"
Edit the empty booths into automated systems with AI assistants, but don't apply the edit just yet. I want to hear what this girl knows about the situation with this world first.
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 20:00:05 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 24, 2018 20:00:05 GMT -5
That's too big of a change for your orb to make as it is now.
Fuzz
"How should I know?" she asks. "There are traces of planar magic all over, but I don't know any sort of spell that could do this. Nor do I think any being could cast something like this. Not like I'm not used to this sort of thing..."
She hops off the roof and floats down like a feather. When she lands next to you and you notice she's about 2ft tall with pointy ears, you get the sneaking suspicion she might not be human.
"So... Interested in the passes or not? I'll do it on the cheap. But if you're not buying, I need to go find someone who is."
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 22:24:24 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 24, 2018 22:24:24 GMT -5
"Pretty much all I have is pocket change and it doesn't look like Peri trusts you enough to pay up, so even if you're offering them for a cheaper price than usual I don't think I can afford anything, sorry."
Well if I can't change the number of booths currently being operated, then maybe I can instead speed up the worker. Open a window to talk to him.
"Hey, don't mind me I'm just someone in line talking to you via... You know what I don't really know how this thing works but it's not important. So since you seem to be pretty heavily overworked and understaffed here if I told you I had a way I could make your job a whole lot easier would you agree to it?"
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 22:30:18 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 24, 2018 22:30:18 GMT -5
Fuzz
The worker nearly jumps at you. "Yes. Oh, God, yes."
"You could make it up to me with a favor..." the little not-girl says. "The people at that garage are planning to scrap one of their old worker-bots. It's such a waste. I want it."
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 23:38:51 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 24, 2018 23:38:51 GMT -5
Edit the worker's level of skill and knowledge at his job so that between the increase in skill and the TARDIS Translation Field making it so that he doesn't have to consult his translation books he's able to process people and get them their papers in a matter of seconds (maybe a minute at most) without any mistakes. While I'm at it see if I can renew his stamina so that he's every bit as ready to go as when he started today.
"There you go, you're now absurdly good at your job to the point where even this should be pretty easy."
After that, turn and look at the elf.
"What do you even need a robot for anyways?"
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Roscat
Feb 24, 2018 23:46:49 GMT -5
Post by Vitsheep on Feb 24, 2018 23:46:49 GMT -5
Fuzz
You're only able to edit 1 aspect of something, but you make him way better at his job.
...The bad news is it's not a huge improvement. He still has to deal with waiting on every client to keep up with him. Overall it's a 10-fold improvement, but there's still such a huge line. It's going to be most of a day, at least.
You look at the little whatsit and ask why she needs a robot. She pokes her fingers together, puffs out her cheeks, and looks away. "...I'm lonely..." she mutters.
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Roscat
Feb 25, 2018 11:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by mrfuzz111 on Feb 25, 2018 11:55:30 GMT -5
Sigh.
"Look, for once I'd like to do things by the book here, but I'll make you a different offer. Once I've gotten my papers, made a little bit of money over at the mechanic's, and bought something from Malo because he says I'm supposed to buy something for parking my TARDIS in his shop then the next thing I plan on doing is heading out to see if I can find out what's responsible for warping people in and out of this world. If this goes anything like the last four worlds I've been to in probably going to need all the help I can get, so would you like to come with me? It could be kind of fun, although it'll probably also be pretty dangerous."
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Roscat
Feb 25, 2018 12:39:32 GMT -5
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Post by Vitsheep on Feb 25, 2018 12:39:32 GMT -5
Fuzz
"I'm used to dangerous, but... I can't fight without my partner. How would she put it? 'My combat efficiency is at 30%' or something. ...She's a robot. But she's not in this plane. I know. I've searched around." She repeats that shy gesture from before. "And maybe I got into debt with the local mafia..."
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