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Post by Vitsheep on Oct 20, 2023 20:37:43 GMT -5
You obtain a bag of chips. The Alice behind the counter does a small bowing motion. "Thank you for your purchase. Your account has been charged 87 cents - 1.61 Lev - 130 En - .82 Euro - 134 Jamaican dollars..." The voice continues rattling off conversions. You examine the chips. They seem completely normal.
"I sense no foul traps from these sundries," Calum announces. Satisfied, he turns to leave, but stops as the door opens.
The Bulgarian walks in, scanning the store impassively behind his mask. "Ah, my apologies for startling you. A convenience store? Convenient, indeed." |
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Post by pielover19 on Oct 27, 2023 18:18:32 GMT -5
"Yeah, and it seems like the prices aren't too high either." John munches on his chips. |
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Post by Vitsheep on Nov 9, 2023 18:54:46 GMT -5
The chips are good.
The Bulgarian glances at the shelves. "Yes, the prices seem more or less reasonable, especially considering the logistical cost of transporting the goods to such a remote market."
Calum eyes The Bulgarian suspiciously and turns to leave.
"A moment of your time, please." The Bulgarian stops him. "I noticed I won a rather large number of votes in the last voting round. While AI-112-e refused to name any accomplices, I wished to assure everyone I was not involved in any way." |
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Post by pielover19 on Nov 11, 2023 0:53:30 GMT -5
Watch, and do not intervene. |
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Post by Vitsheep on Dec 1, 2023 20:31:51 GMT -5
Calum stops and listens to The Bulgarian. He shrugs, then continues to walk away. "There were convincing arguments against you, sir. I did not vote against you, but I understand why some would. You should not take it personally. I apologize, but I intend to regard all with some level of suspicion for now."
With that, Calum takes his leave.
The Bulgarian visibly sighs under his mask. "Well, that could have gone better." His interest returns to the store itself. "Snacks, hm." |
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Post by pielover19 on Dec 11, 2023 2:35:58 GMT -5
Leave and go to the room with hockey sticks on it. |
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Post by Vitsheep on Dec 12, 2023 10:26:46 GMT -5
You leave the others behind and head to the stick lab. Inside, you find a curved table with three nice seats and a fancy touchscreen built in, with a large green screen behind it. A collection of cameras are set up to show the table and anyone seated from a variety of angles. A collection of televisions are lined up to carefully avoid any of the camera angles, all of them showing various games. From a cursory glance, they all seem to be either live or recent games. A large rack of tapes labeled with various dates and sports are stashed near the door, along with a tape player.
Francois is seated at the desk, hair slicked back and wearing a suit and tie. He seems much calmer, almost cocky, as he pokes away at the touchscreen. "And the offense on display here is powerful. Watch number 9 here, watch the juke. Absolutely textbook, no one has any idea how to stop him..." |
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Post by pielover19 on Dec 26, 2023 17:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by Vitsheep on Dec 27, 2023 9:11:33 GMT -5
Francois continues to provide commentary for a few minutes. Eventually he signs off. "And that's all for today. Remember - you can count on us for the most up-to-date and accurate analysis." He taps a button and a red light on one of the cameras blinks off. Francois freezes for a moment, pointing with a big smile until he's sure the light's off, then sighs and sinks into his chair. "God, I'm so exhausted... Oh. Hey. How long were you there? I just wanted to go ahead and record a few episodes. AI-1c-e said she'd transmit them back to Earth later, so..." |
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Post by pielover19 on Jan 4, 2024 10:44:16 GMT -5
"Not for too long. You really do seem like a different person on air. Guess it's the passion?" |
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Post by Vitsheep on Jan 6, 2024 5:38:48 GMT -5
"Uh, yeah, something like that," Francois answers evasively. "Let's just call it, uh, adrenaline or something? So, I've only been in my room so far. Find anything interesting? ...Find anything scary?" |
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Post by pielover19 on Jan 6, 2024 19:22:23 GMT -5
"There are snacks for a reasonable price. Haven't seen anything else yet. Wanna check the other room out with me?" |
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Post by Vitsheep on Jan 7, 2024 15:35:16 GMT -5
"Uh, well, sure. I guess. If you're going." Francois nods. "Where are we going?" |
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Post by pielover19 on May 18, 2024 0:31:46 GMT -5
I'm really sorry, I don't know how I missed this for this long. "Let's go to the animal place." |
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Post by Vitsheep on May 19, 2024 4:52:05 GMT -5
"Animals... OK." Francois follows after you as you head outside and towards the animal room. You can hear Makoto inside, saying something about elephants and their feeding habits. She sounds very excited. As you reach the door, AI-1c-e's avatar appears in front of you. "Specialist Texas has requested that everyone return to the cafeteria to report findings regarding the new level."
"Ah? Who was that?" you hear from inside. Makoto opens the door. Behind you, you can see the room is filled with giant, high-quality stuffed animals. |
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