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"So, what's up with the mask?" You start, trying to break the weird atmosphere. "It's pretty neat looking. Why is a big guy like you wearing it, huh?" You try to flash a smile. The figure makes a tiny, almost imperceptible shudder.

"Keeps me safe." It mutters, adjusting the mask now that it knows you're focusing on it. "Cityslickers don't like face. Wear to have better face."

"Any particular reason for a raven specifically?" A gust of wind blows past you. The tar inside you squirms.

"Humans, associate them with...loss. I, deal with. Loss. Felt, fitting. For new face." Frozen breath leaks from the bottom of the mask. "Symbols, all the City understand. Nothing, more."

"Speaking about the City, why do you hate it?" You cast a glance at the busy streets stories below where the two of you are at.
[DYING LIGHT] The City has her flaws, yes, but the people in it...

"You, wouldn't understand. Part of it now, one with the machine. Trees, rivers, grass. Those are meant to be. Here. The stars. Supposed to be visible. In sky." An aggravated click of the tongue.

A faint memory of that one weird dream you had comes back. "What, like the Wastes? Is that where you came from? You don't seem to...be from here?"

"No. Further, a place untainted by rot and metal and plastic. A better place. Sweet autumn trees, fresh oxygen, blue skies. East until east is meaningless. The Sanctum." There's a lingering longing in his tone. It's like he's remembering it for the first time in ages.

"This place is rotten compared to it. The cold. The Lack. The twisted tongues. The...anomalies." It clicks its tongue again. "They don't even bury you properly. They throw you into machines for money. Or mass graves."
[BOUND BY DUTY] When someone dies, it is an obligation for it to make sure they're buried properly. No, a need.

"A Sanctum, huh?" You mull it over in your head. Sounds vaguely religious. A "sacred" place...

"Yes. It is where we were meant to be." The chill seeps a bit deeper into your bones. "But..."

"That's that and this is this." You mutter to yourself. "I do have to ask, are you a...Gravedigger?" You barely manage to hold the Rusty Spade up towards the figure. An odd silence lingers in the frigid air now.

Without saying anything, it grabs a similar looking spade from somewhere on the apartment floor. It holds it with ease. Your stringbean arms don't really compare.

"I...am." The Gravedigger curtly responds. "It is...unusual for a human to. Speak to one of us. So." It takes in a deep breath. "Loosely."

"Killed for it? Stained hands?" It bluntly states.

"No. Bought it." You respond. "I don't know where it exactly came from. Seller said it was a 'gift' from one."
[HOPELESS WRECK] BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU SAY NEXT. THE SPADES ARE REVERED.

"Not meant to be. bought. Meant to be. Earnt." A bitter note lingers on the Gravedigger's words. "Yet I can not hate you. You were innocent in your crime." It shakes its head, looking down at you like a child.

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"Do I even want to ask why you're talking like that?" You mutter under your breath. "Shit, the hell even is the Lack? Some philosophical term?"

"Do you not feel? Do you not smell? Do you not taste?" You flinch as the Gravedigger smashes its spade right onto the floor it is standing on. Tar leaks out of your mouth almost instinctually.

"You reek of it. The City reeks of it. A void where a heart used to belong. A disease. Humans used to hold something. Meaning. Belief. Now it's..." It shudders, backing away from you. You can feel its eyes gazing down at the tar on your lip.
[DYING LIGHT] Belief, huh? We still believe in something, don't we?
[HOPELESS WRECK] DO WE?

"Those...abominations. Those that defy all order. Artificial or not." Another hiss. "They hold. What your kind no longer. Has. Anymore."
[BOUND BY DUTY] An anomaly is an anomaly. There is no reason to think about them like that.

"So, what, we're missing something in our souls or something?" You wipe the thick black goop from your lip. "Never expected to hear that from anyone."

"Humans. Can not live. In this City. Only the Cityslicker. The rats. The vermin kings." It spits on the ground. "You lose yourself staying. Here. Until the idea. Of you. Is gone."

"Yet, you still carry on. Even with. Such a lack of. Self. The one. Admirable thing in this. City now."

"But do you remember a time when things were different? Do you remember your past? Those old memories you wistfully look back upon?"

"..." A guilty look shimmers on the barely visible eyes of the Gravedigger. Dark grey sclera, even darker irises. "I remember. When I saw this City with bright, youthful eyes. Thinking it was truly. Better. A place that was worthy of respect and worship."

"That was long ago, though." It looks past you, into the dark grey skies that always come late evening. "Now it's rotten. Nothing but regrets."

"I...can't say how much I understand. My memories haven't been the best, admittedly. But there's still room to improve, isn't there?"

"One man against a world? Nothing. Will change. But I will watch as you attempt. This conversation has been. Engaging. Not what I." It pauses. "Normally. Do."
[DYING LIGHT] It's been months since he's talked to someone. Partially on his own accord. Partially out of fear.
[HOPELESS WRECK] BOTH FROM HIM AND BECAUSE OF HIM.

"I suppose I just like to know people is all." You grab your bags and prepare to head back into the Facility. Before you have time to mull over what it said, you hear a firm cough trying to get your attention.

"I have. A request. If a life is. Taken. I wish to. Give them a grave they. Deserve. A man deserves a proper. Grave. Does he not?"

"We've had a good record so far but...I'll keep that in mind." You can barely hear a meek 'thank you' over the frigid wind as you begin your march back up to the elevator. Frankly, you're fucking exhausted and you're ready to rest your head.

Those two talks have been interesting, if nothing else.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzYk9huKjMw - ALARM SYSTEM TRIGGERED

Before you can get into the elevator and fuck off to the warm safety of your facility, a violently chaotic 'song' blares across the cityscape. Air sirens quickly follow along with a robotic voice, not dissimilar to S-4M's.

"ATTENTION, ALL CITIZENS IN DISTRICT 16! AN INCREDIBLY UNSTABLE AND VOLATILE ANOMALY HAS BEEN DETECTED IN YOUR DISTRICT! RETREAT TO YOUR NEAREST EMERGENCY SHELTERS! IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, STAY INSIDE AND DO NOT LEAVE."

"ALL ETFS NOT CURRENTLY TASKED WITH ANOMALY EXTRACTION TASKS, REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR NEAREST UNIONSHOP FOR SUPPRESSION!"

[BOUND BY DUTY] "God damnit!" ETF-Kaun smashes her fist onto the coffee table. ETF-Wunjo and Lambda are sweating bullets at the alarm and what's being asked of them. Lambda mutters to herself, "Hey, hey, calm down-"
[BOUND BY DUTY] "Do we got a Zeta or Chi on this fucking team?" Kaun waves her hands wildly in the air. Long, messy red hair flows down her back. "If not, we're FUCKED!"
[BOUND BY DUTY] "N-no, sorry. You know how hard those are to get." Wunjo rubs the back of his neck. "B-but, hey, it won't just be us!" The pencil pusher looking agent nervously laughs.

You shake your head out of your weird trance. Shit, if it's an anomaly they have to warn the District about...you remember what Salt said about "City wide emergency" stuff. The flow of tar is only getting stronger as you begin to panic.

[HOPELESS WRECK] ELEVATOR NOW GO FUCK MAN MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE

Your legs automatically rush into the elevator before you even have time to react. Your fingers quickly push the buttons to get the elevator to chug back down to safety. Thank the Father you managed to keep a hold onto the bags of junk you bought.

You try to process everything. First, apparently there's an incredibly dangerous anomaly not in an abandoned district. And not just that, it's in YOUR District. Then there was the weird cryptic shit that Graverobber was talking about...The Lack, huh?

A drop of tar falls onto the elevator floor. It sizzles. You're filled with this garbage and yet, you somehow haven't melted into literal sludge by now. Is this what it means by...Lack?
[HOPELESS WRECK] YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THIS AS A WEAPON IF WE TRAIN OURSELVES PROPERLY. SPIT SOME IN THE EYES-

A disease in the heart? No more beliefs? You're not sure how true it is, your employees have beliefs...don't they? They seem happy enough! Aside from a few meltdowns and panic attacks and close calls, it's been really swell!

And of course YOU believe in something, c'mon! You...you...

You look at the piece of colorful cloth. You shake your head, trying to get that funk out of your head. Without really thinking about it, you wrap the cloth around your wrist.

You step out onto the first floor. And almost immediately get slipped by a banana peel. A blur of green and white is all you can register before hitting the ground.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HXR-Tlt4ig - CLOWNED

You rub your head. Yeah, that's gonna hurt if you don't wear OWB to bed. Though, you can't help yourself from cracking a small smile. You kinda needed that.

After getting back up, you quickly head back to your office, slipping Old World Blues back on. You put the supplies to the side so that when S-4M's back online. It's weird having your Office be this quiet. Usually one of the two assistant is here to chat with you.

Hm.

You quickly check up on the facility to see what's been going on as you wait for the catalogs to come falling from one of the many pipes.

First off, Presley has gotten into a pretty good rhythm when it comes to his training. He's currently having a quick little fight with Jack, one of your other security officers. Normally, it would be a stomp in Jack's favor but now?

It's pretty damn tilted towards the 1950's era rock and roll android. Most of Jack's blows are deflected and the ones that do hit barely deal any damage. Meanwhile, one solid punch from Presley knocks Jack to the ground.

"GHH!" A wheeze comes from the Security Officer. Presley puts Awake from your Nightmare to the side to flex (as much as an android can.) "Sorry, baby, you got Presley'd. Better luck next time."

>Anomalous Trait revealed!
>Employee P - Robo-Cowboy (Presence++, FOR+, regains morale faster than other employees, rolls d6s instead of d4s.)

You also note down OWB's new information as well.
>SILENT (Presence--, makes the user near impossible to notice in most scenarios. Camera and other surveillance systems are also affected.)

You take a quick glance at your two Heads. Monifa and Q are currently in a small chat over how they want to allocate the various armors and other supplies within the facility. It's not really heated per se but it's clear they're being picky over stuff.

The cluwne is honking away down the hallway near the elevator you were at. He looks up at your security camera and holds up a single, familiar looking device. A clown horn. HONK!

For your anomalies, as a last minute check up, most of them seem pretty stable. Velvet's cell is starting to get a bit worse for wear but nothing immediate. Fortune's cell is...lined wall to wall with dozens of fortunes. A slow but steady stream is still pouring out of the fortune telling box.. Huh.

in Star's cell, she has stabilized somewhat. The one vague blob of stardust and clouds has now been condensed into a vaguely humanoid form. Nothing to report on the other cells.

The catalogs you were waiting for fall from the nearby pipe. Out of the ones you don't recognize, you see one that flatout just looks like a sit-down restaurant menu. Another looks pretty similar to one of those conspiracy tabloids that talk about aliens and ghosts. The last one is actually half-charred.

You're not sure if you're insulted or not at that. Regardless, time to check through them...and the alternate M-Company one.

YOU HAVE

115 (soon to be 106) A-Energy
31 C-Extract
8 ICP

Extracts:
1 Mystery Meat
14 Blood Buckets
1 Bag of Fortunes
1.5 Vial of Stardust
1 Vial of Bonedust
1 Buckets of Blueblood
4 Buckets of Blueflesh

SECURITY DEPARTMENT:
>Security Officer Bundle. Will contain some basic equipment for a security officer to use. (handcuffs, body armor, stun batons etc.) (2 C per Bundle)
>Box of flashbangs. COVER YOUR EYES BEFORE THROWING THEM DUMBASS (4 flashbangs per 7 A)
>EXECUTIONER MARK I - WARDEN MODEL. A collaboration between B, E, J, and X-Company. Automated robot built to patrol the facility and to "motivate unhelpful" employees. (4 C per robot)
>Construct a Bunker. Built for non-combat employees to hide and survive in until danger is over. Stocked with necessary supplies. (11 A. 6 Spots Available.)
>Construct a Shooting Range. Stocked with targets to shoot at and practice weapons. Helps your employees aim better. (10 A. 6 Spots available.)
>Prototype Equipment. With a shipped PARADIGM and relevant research, U-Company will attempt to create items with similar (but weaker) effects for purchase. May take some time to return the PARADIGM. (1 ICP, variable A cost)

S-4M Augments
>SUIT. SENSORS. ON. Your facility AI will be able to keep track of individual employee health and their location. (7 A)
>Psychological Deconstruction. Employee aspects can be discovered out of work orders or PARADIGM interactions. New employees you hire will have their first trait revealed. (12 A)
>REFINEMENT PROTOCOL “ENTERTAIN”. Rewires current REFINEMENT machinery to create holographs under the control of your AI assistant. (15 A, 1 C)

Facility:
>Destructive Refining. A special modification to your REFINEMENT cell will increase the chance of getting excess C-Extract. Fatality and incapacitation rates will increase, however. (10 A)
>Risk Matrix Analyzer. You'll get an advanced warning if a containment breach or Invasion is about to happen. Flavor text hinting at what the Invader is will also be given. (10 A)
>General Reinforcement. A containment cell of your choice will be fixed up and maintained by P-Company engineers to be up to model standards, lowering the chance of a Breach. (5 A)
>Construct a Room. Build a non-containment cell room of your choice [Dorms, Cafeteria, etc etc]. Will be stocked with appropriate if bare equipment. (1 per 6 A. 6 Spots available.)
>Construct a Containment Cell. Will contain the bare minimum to keep an anomaly contained (airlocks, energy collectors, reinforced walls, etc.) (1 per 8 A. 6 Spots available.)
>RCP Model Blastdoors. Installs a series of gates throughout the corridors of one floor to hinder/entrap entities. (15 A and 1 C per floor.)
>Slightly Sterner Stock. Employees from now on have a chance of starting with a basic weapon along with their normal personal belongings. (10 A)
>Add more Empty Space. We'll contact S-Company to add in some more space to a floor of your choosing, letting you build more there. (11 A per added Spot.)

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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
>Hire a Drone-Manager. Professional book cooker, highly trained in Energy Collection. (3 A)
>QUOTA Management. We'll cook our own books and offer you some finance. Every three shifts, you may ask you to lower your QUOTA by a significant amount, letting you keep more excess. (3 C, 15 A)
>Pinching Pennies. Your accounting department will be trained in saving everything they can. Non-catalog services will cost less A-Energy and if the price would be lowered to 2 or lower, there’s a chance it’ll be free. (2 C, 5 A)
>Anomalous Things for Real Money. We'll take any useless "dollars" you have and we'll give you an amount of A, C, and/or ICP equal to the value next shift. ($6 per A, $35 per C, $125 per ICP)
>Dead Meat. We know you WILL have blood on your hands. You may sell dead employees back to us for raw cash or for Rank Rewards, should the employee be valuable enough. (1 C, 5 A)

Bribery:
>Picky Sponsorships. For a small fee, we’ll allow you to reroll up to two sponsorships every time you get them. This does not work on Mandatory ones. (12 A)
>Precure Favoritism. One or all of your end shift rewards will be a letter grade higher next shift. Honestly? Depends on our mood that morning. (7 A)
>Harder is Better. During your next Anomaly harvest, your Agents will search for more dangerous (and better at producing energy) anomalies. (1 C)
>Cash in your blank check. You can ask us for anything you want, but you can only use this once, remember? B-Company will legally force it to follow it. (Write in what you want to ask them to do or give.)

Misc:
>A mime suit. Shh... (3 C, 10 A)
>A clown suit. Only for the most robust and outright fearless combatants. Bwoink. (1 C, 5 A)

DAY SPCIL!!!
>Maid Robot. Looks cute as a button! Helps to keep your facility clean and safe! Comes with a variety of dresses. (7 A)
>”SOCIALIZE” Model Dummy. A training dummy used in a variety of settings, such as mock surgery or therapy. (8 A)
>AA Cybernetics. Discontinued E-Company product line that had a horrible PR backlash. Install at your discretion. (2 C)
>”Open/Close” Protocol. We had to bribe a very cantankerous anomaly to offer you this. Allows you to open or close any object (living included) at will. Comes with three charges. (1 ICP, 1 C, 17 A)
>Antique welding torch. Quickly repairs machines, seals up containment cell doors, and repairs holes in a jiffy. Comes with two tanks. (15 A)
>Shaving cream, hand mirror, and razor. Take care of yourself, you represent our brand. (4 A)

A Friend's Help
>Hire Mr. Churchland for a day. I'm always willing to help out a friend. (5 A)
>Old Martial Arts Tape. "Watched it too much. Don't need it." Choose an employee to watch this tape. They'll be proficient at hand to hand combat. Stacks with Combat Training. (4 A)
>Trauma Kit. "Price has stabilized for now. Hope you don’t need them.” (1 per 1 C and 1 A)
>Hire Mr. Miller for a day. Trained in the arts of deception, strong throwing arm. (1 C, 2 A)

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>Fish tank. “Filled with several fish saved from the Wastes. Nice decoration, for employees or anomalies.” (7 A)

Annual Quota Monthly
>Company Assistance. At the end of each day, you may transfer any spare C-Extract over to Q-Company. Depending on how much you give them, you may request specific items directly from them. (1 C, 10 A)
>Attuned Energy Production. Allows REFINEMENT to produce ICP alongside or instead of C, at a far steeper conversion rate. (6 C, 10 A, 1 ICP)
>Streamlined Production. Dead employees may be refined as well as A-Energy. A corpse will be equivalent to 3 A-Energy. (2 C, 3 A)
>Hire a faceless Drone. "Never sleeps, eats, or drinks!" (1 A)
>"FOOD" and "DRINK". The blandest food and drinks made by Q-Company. Anomalies fed this will be inflicted with a sudden and powerful rush of apathy. (8 A or any two Anomalous Extract per 2 FOOD and DRINK)
>”No Productivity Loss” Protocol. Allows the temporary employment of random Drones to replace employees who are Dead, Incapicated, or in Critical Condition, to ensure more energy. (3 C)
>Serum Type RBJ Gamma. Inject into any Drone to boost their combat prowess and toughness. (1 per 8 A or 1 C, 2 A)

Prepare for Anything!
>Safe Spots. Pick a floor. Several nooks and hidden areas will be hidden for non-combative employees to hide in during a Breach or Invasion. (9 A per floor)
>Gas Masks. Protects an employee from any gas, airborne viruses, etc in the air. Offers no other protection. (2 per 3 A)
>HAPPY FUN GAS. Lethal nerve gas. Can be pumped through your facility on your command. (8 A, 1 C)
>Install a Safety Measure. Used in case of a Breach to slow down or stop an anomaly in its tracks. Pick a containment cell and we'll install it by the time you wake up.
-Zap Special. The airlock will be sealed shut and will be electrified. A-Energy can be spent to increase the power. (3 C or 11 A per cell.)
-Cryogenic Flood. The containment cell will be flooded with liquid nitrogen, freezing the room and anomaly. (2 C and 5 A or 14 A per cell.)
-Comforting Mode. The containment cell will adjust to make the containment cell as alluring to stay in as possible. Deactivates after a hour or two. (1 C and 4 A per cell.)
>Build a Reinforced Containment Cell. A containment cell that has been reinforced to keep in some more troublesome anomalies. (11 A. 6 Spots left.)

Musical Madness Monthly
>Subliminal Brainwashing. While the subliminal is on, you will occasionally get +1 A-Energy when working on an anomaly. The subliminal stresses out Employees. (10 A)
>EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography. When played, both Anomalies and Employees listening will act far more violent, boosting the damage the former does and the amount of FORCE dice the latter rolls. (6 A, 1 C)
>Soundproofing Installation. Install into any room to prevent any noise inside the cell being heard in or out of the cell. (7 A per room.)
>Band Tickets. Maxes out the morale of an employee, increasing their productivity (1 C per ticket.)

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McMenu!™
>MBF Model 129. Feed feed feed it, it shoot shot shot 88 sideways times it loves you :) (1 per 1 C, 4 A)
>DRONES (WITH FACES). typical body is six feet long, stout,, relatively cylindrical but we're bigger now with snoochable faces customer winning smiles headpet and sweet smell.(1 per 3 A)
>MRJ Injector. one jab for a specil Mployee to get a little closer to THE MOON OVER HEAVEN. Tastes beetler than potato chips for heads (more puwer) :D (1 per 10 A, 1 C)
>Malkbug. as big as five seat car. peak in quality meat malk chitin etc, feed it regulary to get steady stream of three above. (to editor: is it melk or malk? :?) (10 A)
>Perry the Cockroach plushie! WOW! FANTASTIC! YOU WILL LOVE THIS BUG YOU WILL HOLD THIS BUG YOU WILL KISS THIS BUG (3 A)
>BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN flower engravings, high anf effisient power motor, SOUPER CUTE!!! cuts through bones steel robots yes yes wait you're not girl? oh. :( (1 per 2 C)

Society of the Unusuals
>PARADIGM LOAN. This time, you can take PARADIGMs from us! You can keep them for up to two days. Warning: May have undiscovered side effects.
-FOR THE GREATER GOOD. A gleaming police badge. The only thing to keep the peace. Enables a supranatural connection between authority figures and their subordinates. (1 ICP, 3 C)
-UNBOUND LONELINESS. A cluster of pitch black glass, constantly levitating in the air. Deconstructs and manifests employee traits into reality. (2 ICP, 4 C)
-JUDGMENT FROM BEYOND. A set of scales carved from the purest ivory. Attunes to a target’s SOUL. Lies will be spotted, attacks will strike true, sins will be accounted for. (2 ICP, 3 C, 3 A)
>Counterfeit Bullet. An incredibly watered down copy of AFYN’s one and only bullet. Still holds immense stopping power. (1 per 1 ICP and 3 C)
>Field Research. ETF Agents will be trained to write down and study the anomalies they extract, giving you more knowledge about them. (13 A, 1 C)
>”LR” DETECTIVE Update. Allows your DETECTIVE model to analyze two anomalous objects or extracts at a time or one in greater detail. (1 ICP, 3 C, 5 A)

Flesh, Focus, Feasting
>Meat Smoker. Produced with the help of H and S-Company, increases the quality of any kind of meat put inside. Comes with faux charcoal. (13 A)
>Menu Update. Improves the quality of the food given to employees by replacing MREs with actual, edible food. (9 A)
>Tenderization. Extraction works have a small chance to restore anomaly morale or remove overstimulation when performed. Does not work on anomalies who hate Extraction works. (2 C, 5 A)
>Class 1 Food Shipment. A small supply of basic ingredients to allow any Chefs to keep cooking. (4 A per shipment.)
>MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT! We crave new, unique anomalous meats! Sell them to us for a buck! (+4 A per Mystery Meat, +6 A or +1 C per Blue Flesh.)

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BURN BABY BURN
>Molotov Cocktails. Burn it all away until there’s nothing but ash. Burn the future, consume the Ash. (2 per 8 A)
>”IT MUST BE SPENT” Incinerator. Generates A-Energy through the physical destruction of treasured valuables and the despair of onlookers. (15 A)
>OVERCLOCK CHIP. Install into an Android, Executioner, AI Assistant, or any other machine. Boosts their abilities, reaction speed, and productivity at the cost of integrity damage while active. (1 per 1 C and 3 A)
>Ember of Life. The spark of one of our PARADIGMs will be imbued into a weapon of your choice. It will burn enemies alongside its other damage types. (1 weapon per 1 ICP or 3 C and 2 A. Select the weapon(s) you choose.)

Rangers Ready to Serve!
>Hire a Ranger. "We are few but we serve to the end". Great in combat and subduing anomalies, can work with ETF on harvests. (1 per 2 C and 5 A)
>A revolver. "You bested us, good job. Here’s a small discount.” (1 per 1 C and 7 A)
>A revolver bullet. (2 per C-Extract)
>Combat Training (Pick a non ETF or Ranger employee. They will be trained to be more effective in combat. 1 C and 2 A per employee)
>”HIGH NOON” Implant. Grants a powerful boost in Mental Protection and Willpower for a short duration when used. Has a long cooldown. (1 per 11 A)
>History books. Holds knowledge and information about the world and potential anomaly origins that modern sources can’t offer. (1 C, 6 A)

You quickly ring up G-Company (-9 A, now 106 A) to try getting a deal from them. You're hoping for an airplane of some kind but beggars can't be choosers. You wait on the line for a few moments, wrapping your finger around the cord of the FAX telephone.

"Good evening, sir!" A posh, vaguely wealthy sounding accent is heard on the other line. "What do you seek this evening? I do apologize if the Master's fee is a bit stingy."

"Yeah, fuck me, am I right?" You tiredly mumble to yourself. "I'm interested to see if I could get an airplane of some sort? Or any kind of aircraft? I'm willing to pay for one."

"Hmmm. Well, sir, since we do not have any rapport: we can not offer you a good deal NOR a great aircraft. But here's our offer! Feel free to take it or leave it!"
"It shall be open for two days. This day and the day after that. Then no more! Good day, sir!"

The phone hangs up. You check to see what you got.

The Wright Way
>”Bumblebee” Aeroplane. Allows for quicker visits to the Wastes or for visits to the ground level of the City. Can run off A-Energy, C-Extract, or gasoline. (20 A, 4 C)

CURRENT CATALOG LEASHES
>P-Company Internal Supply, DAY SPCIL!!!, A Friend's Help: Permanent (DAY SPCIL changes every day.)
>McMenu: ???
>Musical Madness Monthly, Prepare for Anything!: Expires Today
>Annual Quota Monthly, Society of the Unusual, Flesh Focus Feasting, Burn Baby Burn, The Wright Way: Two days.
>Rangers Ready to Serve!: Three days

Human Resources
>Hire a new employee. (2 A)
>Hire a random Android model. (1 A)
>Construct an android of your choosing. Insert up to two keywords or phrases to influence what robot you want. (3 A for a regular robot, 2 for a defective. Certain keywords might cost more if they're exceptionally useful.)
>Hire a Defective Android. Very likely to have bizarre personality quirks that make them unstable. (2 per A)
>Hire a Disposable. Violent and untrained. Unfazed by most sights The more you have, the higher the chance of rioters there are. (2 per A)
>Hire an ETF Agent (1 C, 4 A)
>Hire a Janitor. Slightly improves Employee morale when alive. (3 A)
>Hire a Chef. Slightly increases Anomaly morale on Nurture work. (3 A)
>Hire a Dog. Absolutely adorable. (1 A)
>Hire a "Regular" Dog. Not an employee but still lovable. (1 A)
>Hire a Psychologist. Has knowledge on the mind. both human and anomalous. (5 A)

Leftover coupon: 25% discount on any item on P-Company's or the DAILY SPECIALS!!!/DIY SPCIL catalog

What do you wanna do, Administrator? Aside from CATALOGS, you think you have enough energy to do two other tasks before hitting the sack.
>Select your purchases. (Write in what you want.)
>Talk to an Anomaly over the intercom (Who? What about?)
>Check up on your Department Heads. Maybe give them those fancy suits you've had for a while.
>You still have God Wills It Thus and The American Spirit in the facility. Experiment with them before they get taken away. (Cast a spell with GWIT? Transform yourself with TSA? Try to read GWIT directly? Write in.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Talk to some of your employees. Not as an interview but as a chat. Like friends. (Who do you wanna chat to? They'll come to your office unless you state otherwise.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] If you're going to work on anomalies directly, you need to improve your physical ability. Train in the Training Room to try improving your stamina and fighting ability.
>[HOPELESS WRECK] That one mislap of judgement with Kate...you have to understand why she is what she is. Try to analyze her hair with the DETECTIVE.
>None of the above, just go to bed after catalogs.
>Write in.

And welcome back to the shitshow, everyone! I won't lie, a good chunk of the break was done finishing Library of Ruina. I updated the pastebins with some general tweaks, up and including what departments certain employees are members of and what containment cells have anomalies and which are empty.

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I will try to get a shopping post if nobody does it first in a few hours but before that

>[DYING LIGHT] Talk to some of your employees. Not as an interview but as a chat. Like friends.

The security head. We will visit her. Try to bring up her family to learn about how raising a family in THE CITY looks like.

>[BOUND BY DUTY] If you're going to work on anomalies directly, you need to improve your physical ability. Train in the Training Room to try improving your stamina and fighting ability.

Now anons might see this as a waste of time as we are the admin why should we be out there? Right? The reason is easy, if we dont go out there along with our employees we'll be wasting vast majority of our abilities that come with our background. We must leverage our capability to the full to ensure minimal casualty rates we enjoy. So we should build upon our current abilities to make them better. Also we should see if THE GRANDPA'S WILL IN THE FORM OF A GUN can help us train as well.

>>5493191
Good votes, and equipment giving permanent traits after a while is making me wonder if its safe for Admin to wear OWB so much

>>5493112
>that commercial
Real "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vibes. Wonder what that's all about

>>5493116
>>5493123
>this entire talk
ProjectMoon City, but with the flavors of SS13, LISA the Painful, and Disco Elysium. Just because a setting or a story blatantly takes a lot from other sources, doesn't mean it can't still be interesting. Here, this shit is cool. Admin is only one man. He's no Ayin, no larger-than-life autist with a convoluted madman plan to save humanity, but he can still have some impact in the world around him by being an Admin and doing what he does. I don't know what I was trying to say here.

>>5493126
>Bound By Duty
I like it being our equivalent of Esprit de Corps
>Zeta or Chi
We should question Chi about this when they get back from anomaly capture and retrieval
>using tar as a weapon
Great idea from Hopeless Wreck
>your employees have beliefs...don't they?
Don't they?
>banana peel
CLOWNED.COM

>>5493128
>Robo-Cowboy (Presence++, FOR+, regains morale faster than other employees, rolls d6s instead of d4s.)
He's going the John Wayne route?
>SILENT (Presence--, makes the user near impossible to notice in most scenarios. Camera and other surveillance systems are also affected.)
Big big stealth
>Monifa and Q
Glad they're discussing how to deal with all our gear and junk offscreen
>HONK!
clown.wmv
>Velvet's cell
Add that to the to-do list to fix tomorrow
>Fortune's cell
We gonna blow Delay Fate in his face or not, people? Either way, plenty of paper for more paper dice once we extract that
>Star's cell
Sleep tight meguca
>sit-down restaurant menu
You WILL eat ze bugs!
>conspiracy tabloids
Alex Jones?
>half-charred
More like "half-baked", am I right?

>shopping
My idea is we should go in order of expiration through these first, as in >>5493140
>P-Company Internal Supply, DAY SPCIL!!!, A Friend's Help: Permanent (DAY SPCIL changes every day.)
>McMenu: ???
>Musical Madness Monthly, Prepare for Anything!: Expires Today
>Annual Quota Monthly, Society of the Unusual, Flesh Focus Feasting, Burn Baby Burn, The Wright Way: Two days.
>Rangers Ready to Serve!: Three days

To-do list from last thread
>>5479097
>Commission a portrait for every anomaly and paradigm we have, as well as every battle and enemy we faced
>Appease works with Art Supplies
>Listen to music on our VHS system
>Experiment with Star’s Cane
>Remember we have Cryogenic Flood in Velvet’s room
>Have Kate wear Siro’s dress and interview her, and have R2 wear it and test out it combat abilities.
>Have Employees wear the fire-retardant suits when dealing with Velvet
>Remember to talk to the Researcher about YP (they promised to take a look at it)
>Try out a Purification ritual with GWIT when it gets back (or right now for Delta Squad)
>Cast Delay Fate on Fortune
and
>>5479155
>Talk with that one meatlady personally
>More Extraction works, especially on Sirocco and Fortune and Future
>Appease work on Shot to see what happens
>Give the Cluwne his clown vomit paint and surplus clowning equipment
>Remove Adderall module from C-0RA and put it into our other androids and see how they are changed by it
>Ask Kate if we could have some of her porn mags to trade with
>Investigate the Smooth Smooth Skin lockbox
>Decide what to do with the last bits of DIE TO SEXUALIZE and DREAM AWAY we have
>Show Future the ELIXIR
>Interview Cloud next day
>Interview Bene/Art of Flesh next day
>Ask somebody (S-4M? Felix? Who?) about ETFs and if multiple Zetas can exist
>Fax G-Corp about air travel or flying machines
>Give a bit of K/Kate's hair to Detective for info on what the fuck is up with her
>Get the artsy/clothing types the info on the velvet that S/Seneca got using YP, figure out how to buff clothing with it
>Investigate "Bane"
>Send someone expendable to [REDACTED] once every day
>CLEAR THE FOURTH FLOOR

OP, check on total cells we got, please? I'm considering the reinforced containment cell option while we can still get it from Prepare for Anything! but I'm not sure if we have any on that robust level, other than Velvet's cell

>>5493141
I’ll get to my purchases in a minute.
>Check up on your Department Heads. Maybe give them those fancy suits you've had for a while.
>You still have God Wills It Thus and The American Spirit in the facility. Experiment with them before they get taken away. (Cast a spell with GWIT? Transform yourself with TSA? Try to read GWIT directly? Write in.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Talk to some of your employees. Not as an interview but as a chat. Like friends. (Kate, O, R, C)
Just to end the day on. They didn’t get to do anything today (except for R, whose a good girl :^), so I figure we should talk to them. Plus, gives us a chance to get Kate’s hair.
>[BOUND BY DUTY] If you're going to work on anomalies directly, you need to improve your physical ability. Train in the Training Room to try improving your stamina and fighting ability.
>[HOPELESS WRECK] That one mislap of judgement with Kate...you have to understand why she is what she is. Try to analyze her hair with the DETECTIVE.
>Check in on Fortune personally. Is he alright?

>>5493232
>suits
We have 3 of them. One for M/Monifa, one for Q, and one as a spare for our future department head?
>Write in
What did you have in mind? Mine was "Use GWIT to cast Delay Fate on Fortune"
>Kate, O, R, C
>didn't get to do anything
R/Roxy worked on both Velvet and Siro today to calm them down
C/Celanine worked to question the meatlady alongside F/Felix and J/Jack, and convinced Future to fight alongside us against the cowboys two threads ago
K/Kate worked on the RBA bone equipment, and made the Bloody Stew with YP.
The real people that did nothing this day/shift 8 were
>O/Opal
Did NOTHING
>Z/Zayne
Only got D-Augustus to touch the REDACTED
Everybody else did shit, however minor. The people that worked the least, from what I could tell, were
>L/Lily
>U/Uriel
>Q2
Though there might be one or two more I didn't catch
=

Fucc, the computer just are my post. The only thing I remember is that we need more resources.

>>5493241
>suits
Ye
>Which one?
All of them. That write in was eaten previously.

Completely forgot about the Sibling Trio work order desu, Kate didn’t work on our anomalies. U and Q2 did work, and Z will be called upon tomorrow (as a combatant). We can talk with L about the Gravedigger (also a shame we didn’t make the meat deal).

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>”Bumblebee” Aeroplane. Allows for quicker visits to the Wastes or for visits to the ground level of the City. Can run off A-Energy, C-Extract, or gasoline. (20 A, 4 C)
Of course we are buying a flying machine baby!
inb4
>it's shit
Sod off, you can wait 2 days(2 months irl) for exploration and extraction teams to return from awesome sorties out from the facility but we are going trough the fast line(only 1 month irl)

>Risk Matrix Analyzer. You'll get an advanced warning if a containment breach or Invasion is about to happen. Flavor text hinting at what the Invader is will also be given. (10 A)

No more suprise tiny clown cars and begging Anonms(i like em just ate begging) for info on whats gonna inflict pain on us

>QUOTA Management. We'll cook our own books and offer you some finance. Every three shifts, you may ask you to lower your QUOTA by a significant amount, letting you keep more excess. (3 C, 15 A)

NO ANON DONT LET THAT GUT REACTION REACH YOUR BRAIN, this power is awesome! and we will use it as soon as possible stabilaze our finances(if the reduced quota is not that much i take full responsibilty for this purchase)

>Maid Robot. Looks cute as a button! Helps to keep your facility clean and safe! Comes with a variety of dresses. (7 A)

Anons... this place has been dusty lately no?

>”LR” DETECTIVE Update. Allows your DETECTIVE model to analyze two anomalous objects or extracts at a time or one in greater detail. (1 ICP, 3 C, 5 A)

EASY buy this thing is actually invaluable

>History books. Holds knowledge and information about the world and potential anomaly origins that modern sources can’t offer. (1 C, 6 A)

What is communisim anyways?

>Trauma Kit. "Price has stabilized for now. Hope you don’t need them.” (1 per 1 C and 1 A)

2 of them, should be enough buffer for next shift

>Construct an android of your choosing. Insert up to two keywords or phrases to influence what robot you want. (3 A for a regular robot, 2 for a defective. Certain keywords might cost more if they're exceptionally useful.)

QUEEN

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>>5493275
Now for some FUBAR proofing

>Construct a Containment Cell. Will contain the bare minimum to keep an anomaly contained (airlocks, energy collectors, reinforced walls, etc.) (1 per 8 A. 6 Spots available.)

New one on the top floor to synergize with the other empty cells

>General Reinforcement. A containment cell of your choice will be fixed up and maintained by P-Company engineers to be up to model standards, lowering the chance of a Breach. (5 A)

The empty Cell C and F on the first floor and the new one that will be built(there aren't any other empty cells btw) If either C or F were already reinforced then order is scraped for the already reinforced cell of course

>RCP Model Blastdoors. Installs a series of gates throughout the corridors of one floor to hinder/entrap entities. (15 A and 1 C per floor.)

On the top floor to maximize cells covered by the blastdoors.

>Ember of Life. The spark of one of our PARADIGMs will be imbued into a weapon of your choice. It will burn enemies alongside its other damage types. (1 weapon per 1 ICP or 3 C and 2 A. Select the weapon(s) you choose.)

3 C and 2 A for the Late Night Cane to be imbued with THE POWER OF AMERICAN FIGHTING SPRIRIT

We should have 1 A 12 C and 7 ICP left after these purchases.

Also anons im first, that means you are legaly not allowed to dissent with this buy list fr fr on THE HEADS AUTHORITY.

Yea, I'm gonna have to create a business plan for this aren't I?

>>5493241
Thinking on it now, it will be smart to to use GWIT with Stardust Spell beforehand, or keep it close, what with the recent district emergency going on.

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>>5493275
>>5493278
>not being first

>The suits
Yeah im for giving them to heads of departments. We can give to other employees if we make more suits later.

Now anons i have thought of a totally fool proof cannot go tits up way to scout the 4. floor next shift here it how it goes.

> Make sure our lovely gay fan fic writing robot fren has her head repaired.
> Capture THE CAT and abandon it to its fate in the 4. floor.
> Give all presence lowering items and clothes to the fan fic enjoyer have a repair man ready in case of head explosion
> Make the amateur writer track the cat to best of it ability and try to see how does it survive down there and what is it doing

Now the plan goes belly up if she can't see what the cat is doing at all and can only locate it but it is a nice try in my opinion. Anyways i can't wait to see your opinions on it.

>>5493281
Post anyway, we'll talk it through

>>5493129
>EXECUTIONER MARK I - WARDEN MODEL. (4 C per robot)

4C

>>5493131
>QUOTA Management. We'll cook our own books and offer you some finance. Every three shifts, you may ask you to lower your QUOTA by a significant amount, letting you keep more excess. (3 C, 15 A)
>Pinching Pennies. Your accounting department will be trained in saving everything they can. Non-catalog services will cost less A-Energy and if the price would be lowered to 2 or lower, there’s a chance it’ll be free. (2 C, 5 A)
>Precure Favoritism. One or all of your end shift rewards will be a letter grade higher next shift. Honestly? Depends on our mood that morning. (7 A)
>Harder is Better. During your next Anomaly harvest, your Agents will search for more dangerous (and better at producing energy) anomalies. (1 C)
We have luck, we should use it while Fortune is still commissioned.

27A 6C

>Maid Robot. (7 A)
>”SOCIALIZE” Model Dummy. (8 A)
>AA Cybernetics. Discontinued E-Company product line that had a horrible PR backlash. Install at your discretion. (2 C)
>”Open/Close” Protocol. Allows you to open or close any object (living included) at will. Comes with three charges. (1 ICP, 1 C, 17 A)
>Antique welding torch. Quickly repairs machines, seals up containment cell doors, and repairs holes in a jiffy. Comes with two tanks. (15 A)
>Shaving cream, hand mirror, and razor. Take care of yourself, you represent our brand. (4 A)

51A 3C 1ICP

>>5493134
>”No Productivity Loss” Protocol. Allows the temporary employment of random Drones to replace employees who are Dead, Incapicated, or in Critical Condition, to ensure more energy. (3 C)

3C

>>5493135
>MBF Model 129. Feed feed feed it, it shoot shot shot 88 sideways times it loves you :) (1 per 1 C, 4 A)
>DRONES (WITH FACES). typical body is six feet long, stout,, relatively cylindrical but we're bigger now with snoochable faces customer winning smiles headpet and sweet smell.(1 per 3 A)
>BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN wait you're not girl? oh. :( (1 per 2 C)
I'm hoping we could buy the car bug next shift,
7A 3C

>PARADIGM LOAN.
-FOR THE GREATER GOOD. (1 ICP, 3 C)
-JUDGMENT FROM BEYOND. (2 ICP, 3 C, 3 A)
>Counterfeit Bullet. (1 per 1 ICP and 3 C)
>Field Research. ETF Agents will be trained to write down and study the anomalies they extract, giving you more knowledge about them. (13 A, 1 C)

4ICP 10C 16A

>Tenderization. Extraction works have a small chance to restore anomaly morale or remove overstimulation when performed. Does not work on anomalies who hate Extraction works. (2 C, 5 A)

2C 5A

Total Base Cost 106A 31C 5 ICP

This is a "Investment and Deals" Purchase Plan, we can buy the Airplane tomorrow with extra currency available due to a Double Quota Reduction (one from the Sponsorships, the other from QUOTA Management). Just think on it :^)

A future purchase plan is in works. Also, would be willing to cut the MBF Model 129 and Bonecutter for 3 Trauma Packs.

>>5493292
Considering the current circumstances (all the ETF gone and the District-wide Alert), we should hold off on exploration efforts and just focus on production. There may be a case to keeping GWIT in house right now.

>>5493308
It's a joke (sorta). I know how this quest embodies First Come, First Served when it come to Work Orders and Purchasing Plans.

>>5493343
I cannot support this because it doesn't have any FUBAR proofing, what would you be willing to cut for new cells, reinforcements and Blastdoors? (also it doesn't have the plane reeeeee)
>No thread theme
Its actually OVER does any anon have anything that can cover us while QM fixes this dire mistake

>>5493213
It heals us, I don't think it's a bad thing.

>>5493222
>Real "I Know What You Did Last Summer" vibes. Wonder what that's all about
I love this commercial, the hostility is delicious.
>Don't they?
They do.
>He's going the John Wayne route?
>not the WW2 Presley route
It makes sense, given G's Spaghetti Westerns.
>plenty of paper for more paper dice once we extract that
Where are the anomalous items in this catalog btw.

>My idea is we should go in order of expiration through these first
Agreed. Working on a business plan for it.

>>5493224
Nice!

>>5493231
We do have Cryogenic Containment for Velvet, right?

>>5493353
>FUBAR proofing
That'll be addressed in the future Business plan. Way I figure it, it's better to plan what we'd like to FUBAR proof as slow but steady rollout, so we can figure out our personal quota target for a shift. Plus, I figure if we double down on investing now, the Double Quota Reduction will do the majority of the work for us, allowing us to buy more FUBAR proof stuff next shift. Like, Tenderization alone may increase our meat extraction, allowing us to exchange it for A-Energy next shift.

Speaking of that

>>5493141
>MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT! We crave new, unique anomalous meats! Sell them to us for a buck! (+4 A per Mystery Meat)
>Construct an android of your choosing. (The Terminator) (3 A for a regular robot)
We desperately need more combat power.

>>5493387
>That'll be addressed in the future Business plan.
Nah, after skipping the Secure Contain Protect reward i think we have a severe deficiency on the security front. Especially if we still get new anoms next round.

>Construct an android of your choosing. (The Terminator) (3 A for a regular robot)
Add QUEEN as a second word and i'll give my vote for the terminator.

>It heals us, I don't think it's a bad thing.
Yeah but it will also make us lazy if its effect were permanent

Talking about healing we should do this
>Show Seneca and Emily your horde from the salt merchant and S2, then allow them to pick items from the horde for medbay usage to be used at medbay personals discretion.

Also anons even if you don't pick my buy list you should support Imbuing the Late Night Cane with AMERICAN SPIRIT i think buffing a weapon we got from an anom will be totally awesome.

Note to self: Don't post a thread when you're just about to go to bed. THREAD THEME: https://youtu.be/meTSHbbr270

Anyways to quickly clear up some things, feel free to ask questions to me. I'll try to respond to them asap.
>Hey, let's build some new cells on the top floor (also the status of cells in general)
Facility Rooms
FLOOR 1 - Containment Cell A (A Hope for a Brighter Future), B (Fortune for a Price), C (Empty) (General reinforcement), D (Chattering Lack of Common Sense), E (Sirocco) [Reinforced to be sand resistant] and F (Empty), Employee Break Room, Dorms, Medbay, Storage Room, Elevator, and ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE.
FLOOR 2 - Containment Cell G (Star of the Century), Security Department (mostly a framework. Two spots for rooms available), SECURITY DEPARTMENT OFFICE, Disposable Containment/Dorms, Elevator, Armory, Training Room, and regular Dorms
FLOOR 3 - Containment Cell H (Til the Last Shot), Containment Cell I (Fire on the Velvet Horizon, contains Cryogenic Flood, also generally reinforced), Accounting Department (four spots for rooms available), Accounting Department Office, Dorms (can hold 10-12 people), Offices (One for Felix, Andy, Kate, and Gary, all most searched), Power Box, Elevator

If you want to put a cell on Floor 1/the "Top" (unless I misunderstood the top), you would need to buy the "add more empty space" option
>Where are the anomalous items in this catalog?
Seems like they're just not selling them. You'd guess they'll come around soon, though.
>Two months irl for two shifts
Actually, if the cards pan out right, I'm hoping to get through two shifts in this thread before it ends. I'll be picking up updating speed from 3 days to 2. So unless we have one of those pan out to 9 hours, we'll be chugging along.
>First come, first serve
FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE ANON I KNOW YOU CAN SWAY THE MASSES
>TERMINATOR keyword
Yeah, that would absolutely fall underneath the "exceptionally useful". 1 C, 2 A for a regular robot and 1 C for a defective if that's the keyword.
>SS13, LISA, Disco, Project Moon
"Good writers borrow, great writers steal." - Some dude who's probably dead.

>>5493427
We suffer a critical lack of everything, we need more resources overall.

The best I can offer is scrapping the MBF Model 129, the Terminator, and selling the excess meat in exchange RCP Model Blastdoors. We are not getting anomalies next shift, so any cell stuff is useless next shift. You can choose the Blastdoor floor. Final offer.

>>5493141
>>5493343
Scrap the Bonesaw, and put the excess C into Trauma Kits. I'm gambling that the Meat catalog will still be there next shift, and we we do need medical supplies.

>>5493440
Eventually I want to put all the Safety Measures on Disposable Containment, just for the meme of it.

>>5493440
>TERMINATOR keyword
>Yeah, that would absolutely fall underneath the "exceptionally useful". 1 C, 2 A for a regular robot and 1 C for a defective if that's the keyword.
...how exceptional are we talking here? I would be willing to scrap the Warden if it's decent- even get a second one with Terminator Queen for the other anon.

>>5493449
In the most literal sense, it IS a containment cell. You could put Containment Cell upgrades on it (though the more idealistic parts of you think the safety measures would be a bit overkill on squishy humans you could kill with one well placed revolver shot)

>>5493462
You're asking for a robot inspired on a killing machine from the classic 1984 movie, "Terminator". You would have to guess it would be have combat training at the bare minimum. A WARDEN would take far more punishment and might be able to dish out more - But they basically have no sapience or higher thinking outside of the basic security programming it has. Also WARDENs, for obvious reasons, can't do work orders..

Not even with S-4M piloting it.

>>5493440
To be honest I thought (I am truly sorry QM) this theme was lame at first but it quickly grew on me, very interesting.

>FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE ANON I KNOW YOU CAN SWAY THE MASSES
No no no don't listen to that drivel anon, don't become a DISOBEYfag.

>If you want to put a cell on Floor 1/the "Top" (unless I misunderstood the top), you would need to buy the "add more empty space" option
I will just change the vote to build the new cell in the security department to get potansial use out of Sec Head being able to calm anoms in the same floor.

>Actually, if the cards pan out right, I'm hoping to get through two shifts in this thread before it ends. I'll be picking up updating speed from 3 days to 2. So unless we have one of those pan out to 9 hours, we'll be chugging along.
Nice! Make sure to not burn yourself out from having fun though.

>>5493440
>We are not getting anomalies next shift...
Better safe than sorry, especially if we buy the aircraft and the expedition returns early not destroyed by THE FATHER or whatever spectere is haunting this Discrit currently.
>The Final offer
Hmmmm, I'm gonna try my luck on the other qst regular voting for my buy list. I think our lists are just too different to work out. Although still I won't mad or anything if yours pull through.
>>5493462
This is the exception though I'm for the Terminator Queen especially if it isn't a very big problem for an anon. I'm for this if our list gets merged by QM middle roading the catalogue section or if your order wins and if my list wins I'm for selling some meat to afford it(By the way Queen was a 3A order)

>>5493468
>have to recalculate the cost now
Just kill me already. Give me a moment.

>>5493480
That's aright. I honestly think getting the PARADIGM LOAN and other Society stuff make us the security difference this shift though.

106 A-Energy
31 C-Extract
8 ICP

>>5493129
Facility
>Risk Matrix Analyzer. (10 A)
Total: 10 A

>>5493131
Bribery
>Harder is Better. (1 C)
Special
>Maid Robot. (7 A)
>AA Cybernetics. (2 C)
>”Open/Close” Protocol. (1 ICP, 1 C, 17 A)
>Antique welding torch. (15 A)
>Shaving cream, hand mirror, and razor. (4 A)
Friend
>Trauma Kit. (7 A)
Total: 5 C, 51 A, 1 ICP

>>5493134
Quota
>Attuned Energy Production. (6 C, 10 A, 1 ICP)
>Serum Type RBJ Gamma. (1 per 8 A or 1 C, 2 A) PAY IN C AND A
Total: 7 C, 12 A, 1 ICP

>>5493135
Moon
>MBF Model 129. (1 per 1 C, 4 A) BUY ONE
>BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN (1 per 2 C) BUY ONE
Unusuals
>Counterfeit Bullet. (1 per 1 ICP and 3 C) BUY ONE
>Field Research. (13 A, 1 C)
Flesh
>Tenderization. (2 C, 5 A)
Total: 9 C, 22 A, 1 ICP

>>5493140
Burn
>Ember of Life. (1 weapon per 1 ICP or 3 C and 2 A. Select the weapon(s) you choose.) TWICE, PAY IN ICP BOTH
Into the Oil-Stained Crowbar and the Baseball Bat
Rangers
>Combat Training (1 C and 2 A per employee)
Employee Z/Zayne
>History books. (1 C, 6 A)
Total: 2 C, 8 A, 2 ICP

>>5493141
HR
>Construct an android of your choosing. (3 A for a regular robot, 2 for a defective. Certain keywords might cost more if they're exceptionally useful.)
QUEEN
Total: 3 A

GRAND TOTAL: 23 C, 106 A, 5 ICP

Discuss?

>>5493141
As for miscs
>Check up on your Department Heads. Maybe give them those fancy suits you've had for a while.
One to M/Monifa
One to Q
Save the third for now
>Check in on Fortune personally. Is he alright?
>You still have God Wills It Thus and The American Spirit in the facility. Experiment with them before they get taken away.
Cast DELAY FATE upon Fortune after the check, or not. Might have to vote on it?
>[DYING LIGHT] Talk to some of your employees. Not as an interview but as a chat. Like friends.
Talk to O/Opal, Z/Zayne, Q2, L/Lily, and U/Uriel
>[BOUND BY DUTY] If you're going to work on anomalies directly, you need to improve your physical ability. Train in the Training Room to try improving your stamina and fighting ability.
Grindset begins
>[HOPELESS WRECK] That one mislap of judgement with Kate...you have to understand why she is what she is. Try to analyze her hair with the DETECTIVE.
>Show Seneca and Emily your horde from the salt merchant and S2, then allow them to pick items from the horde for medbay usage to be used at medbay personals discretion.
Any more miscs for the day end?

>>5493141
>>5493343
Total Base Cost 106A 31C 5 ICP

Subtracting
>EXECUTIONER MARK I - WARDEN MODEL. (4 C per robot)

Adding
>Terminator (1 C, 2 A for a regular robot)x2
>Terminator Queen (3A, indicated by >>5493480)
>Trauma Kit. "Price has stabilized for now. Hope you don’t need them.” (1 per 1 C and 1 A) x2
>MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT! We crave new, unique anomalous meats! Sell them to us for a buck! (+4 A per Mystery Meat, +6 A per Blue Flesh.)
>Hire a Disposable. Violent and untrained. Unfazed by most sights The more you have, the higher the chance of rioters there are. (2 per A)

Same Cost, ignore >>5493441, we're keeping the MBF Model 129 and Bonesaw.

>>5493559
QUOTA Management and Favoritism is a must I'm afraid. I would prefer we get For the Greater Good, that calls out to Dying Light. No Ember of Life for the Sword, Spear, or EBOW? Ember ICP too high a price, it can wait until tomorrow when we're flush with A&C. Penny Pincher will help lower A cost for Contact and the Salt Shop (probably). History Books, Risk Matrix, and Quota Catalog will be there tomorrow. Pretty sure Z has combat training in his programing.

>>5493565
GWIT Production Stardust Spell, and Heal Delta before he leaves. Maybe Delay Fate on Invade/District Threat? Chat with Kate, at least to get her hair.

Also, why Delay Fate anons?

Finally crunched the numbers for a raw Purchase Plan next two shifts, turned into a cost experiment. Will trim the fat and refine into an actionable Purchase Plan, with maybe a Per Shift Cost worked into it for future simplicity. Gonna go to a work party now.

I created a pastebin for the raw (mostly autistic) idea, if anybody is interested.

>>5493674
>I created a pastebin for the raw (mostly autistic) idea, if anybody is interested.
What da hell? So you're gonna tell us about this pastebin then not share it? Very rude.
>Also, why Delay Fate anons?
Yeah we shouldn't, less we become DISOBEYfags
>>5493565
Isn't this three tasks before sleeping the QM asked for two. If I knew we get to cheat I would have voted accordingly.
>No support for Imbuing the Cane
It's actually over
>Posted first yet it's doesn't even maaaaateeer
It's ACTUALLY OVER

Anyways I will still lobby for FUBAR proofing and the plane next catalogue section, it looks like unless a lurker votes for my list it's not getting past. Good luck budgeting bettwen you two anons.

By the way Happy December anons!(I think it's early to celebrate Christmas so this will do.)
What are you listening to?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibf6atBsyxk

>>5494037
I'll be willing to count a personal visit and a delay fate experiment on Fortune as one task but yeah, you can only do two miscs before the day ends. You've basically worked way more than your condition is used to.

I'll probably fiddle around with middle of the road stuff in a few hours before we fully settle on a shopping list

>>5494037
>didn't post the pastebin
Sorry about that, I didn't intend for that to happen.

https://pastebin.com/EcvfA4mp

Also, we haven't done base tests on the Cane itself, I'd like a standardized test beforehand.

>>5494138
Ah, sorry about that then. I may have gotten so overzealous that I may have skipped over the choose two bit.

>You still have God Wills It Thus and The American Spirit in the facility. Experiment with them before they get taken away. (Delay Fate WITH Fortune, against whatever anomaly is plaguing the district)
I assume this relates to his spewing of Fortunes?

As for our second action, I feel there is great synergy with testing out TSA, training in the Training Room, and chatting with whoever is there. If this feels like too much, default to training and chatting.

>Order Q or Q2 to cast Energy Extraction before GWIT is taken away, to start the next day swinging.

The refined purchase plan for next shift.

https://pastebin.com/Nz29nFsr

I hope it helps.

Also that fishtank would be neat desu.

>>5494253
What the fuck is this list, it is completely Psycho even after refinement , can we even accomplish this without extra anoms to produce energy even with reduced quota?

Still I approve of your pre planning of the buy list and it is good work... still though that is a hefty list. And yet I don't think the refined list has facility FUBAR proofing which I mean come there is some much shit there. We can scrap shit so we can build for the cells we desperately lack
>>5494253
Yeah and the history book, surely it wasn't always like this out here i would like know how it turned out like this. Get a clue at least if the book isn't much enlightening.

>>5493585
>QUOTA Management and Favoritism is a must
Why?
>For the Greater Good, that calls out to Dying Light
Fair enough
>No Ember of Life for the Sword, Spear, or EBOW?
I want to see how a permanently-oily crowbar changes when put on fire with an anomalous power. I also want a flaming bat because fire always makes a bat cooler and more powerful.
>Ember ICP too high a price
What is "Attuned Energy Production"?
>Penny Pincher will help lower A cost
I like that idea
>History Books, Risk Matrix, and Quota Catalog will be there tomorrow
I can switch it up then, but do you think anything on Musical Madness Monthly and Prepare for Anything! is worth taking today before the catalogs expire?
>Z has combat training
He is a strengthlet lol
>GWIT Production Stardust Spell
For what? The workday is done
>Heal Delta before he leaves
GWIT has no healing spell, check the pastebin
>Delay Fate on Invade/District Threat
Might be a bad idea
>Chat with Kate
I like this idea

>>5493610
I want to see what will happen to Fortune if we do that

>>5494037
>three tasks before sleeping the QM asked for two
I didn't know that. I'll redo my shit later then
>Imbuing the Cane
The talk show and Neon Slasher shit has consistently been described as "cold". I don't think fire powers will mesh well with the Cane.

>>5494253
Not good. I don't like this list

>>5494309
>Why?
So we can grind for money and don't get punished
>The talk show and Neon Slasher shit has consistently been described as "cold". I don't think fire powers will mesh well with the Cane.
I don't get it, why does anything you said here means the cane will be bad? We have no reason to think the cane has any attack other than physical so don't see why there would be a bad combo.
That being said your Imbue weapons candidates and reasoning behind them is solid, so if we end going with your weapons I'll be content (but still shilling for the cane)
>Not good. I don't like this list
More dedication to FUBAR proofing and I'm for it
Inb4
>But I put 35A and 8C on the budget for FUBAR proofing
If the budget is gonna be this huge I want more investment on it. We basically have fart gas, few reinforced cells and one cryo flood trapped cell as far as Facility FUBAR proofing which is basically nothing. Thus If we go with your budget I want more investment.

>>5494325
OK lets go over my items list >>5493559

>Risk Matrix Analyzer
We need a better way to know when shit's going to happen, but I did think overnight that even if we know shit will happen we STILL might not stop it because out facility still feels too weak to me. I might drop this and get the 10 A back
>Harder is Better
Note it doesn't say this time they're heading out for anomalies. It says next time. If buying this takes effect immediately, then our ETF are in for some shit. If this takes effect a few threads from now, then this is a good future investment
>Maid Robot
You know why
>AA Cybernetics
Cheap and maybe another character like C-0RA turned out to be
>”Open/Close” Protocol.
This is the Fairy singularity from Lobotomy Corp/Library of Ruina. It is extremely valuable for what it is and what it allows
>Welding Torch
I've played enough SS13 to know this is important
>Shaving kit
I can drop this, because Admin isn't Harry Du Bois
>Trauma Kit
No way in hell am I dropping this
>Attuned Energy Production
We can get ICP from Refining, but "a far steeper conversion rate" tells me it might be back to 3 A for 1 C instead of 2 A for 1 C like we have now. That alone makes me leery of buying this, even though it allows us to get ICP and with it more $ for Salt & Spam
>Serum Type RBJ Gamma
I want to buy this to boost Q hopefully permanently, because he's one of our department heads and he's valuable
>MBF Model 129
More gear for our guys
>BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN
More gear for our girls
>Counterfeit Bullet.
This could turn the tables, even if a "watered down" copy. Everything the QM has posted about AFYN and the bullet leads me to believe it is a handheld nuke launcher gun, or on that level of "fuck you" power. This bullet is absolutely a must
>Field Research
This could be more useful than at first glance, because anomalies are recovered and captured in the field, and the location where they are found in could be important - for example, Art of Flesh found at the restaurant where Bene turned into the obsessed cooking machine he was when we got him
>Tenderization
MORE EXTRACTION WORK
MORE MATERIAL
MORE GEAR
MORE LOOT
And yeah it can restore anomaly morale, so that's nice
>Ember of Life
I can drop this down to 1 buy and not 2 to save up on ICP for later, but I refuse to pass on this no matter the weapon we get it for
>Combat Training
I brought this up last thread about how all our androids are specialized for specific things, but we have no real combat android employee (except for P/Presley right now, and that's because we invested in him for it). Z/Zayne has a chance to disobey orders, which could fuck us over down the line, but he is the most combat-suited android we have in personality.
>History books.
Knowledge is power. Self-explanatory.
I am willing to drop both Combat Training and History Books to later, however, since we have THREE WHOLE DAYS of the Rangers catalog available.
>Android
I want to grab yet another Deltarune reference with Queen

>>5494308
>And yet I don't think the refined list has facility FUBAR proofing which I mean come there is some much shit there.
It’s there.
>dedicated to Facility Upgrades and Purchases (what some would call Fubar Proofing). This would be the standard allocation in later shifts.
I left it intentionally blank (except for the resource allocations because I figured you’d want to put in your input on what to proof in the next couple shifts, instead of trying to cram it into one shift. Same with history books, which I left under the Ranger allocation, because I figured we’d be buying some more Rangers as well for when P-Corp takes all of our ETF away on Extraction duties.

>>5494309
>Why?
Because Quota Management lowers our Quota, and if we Double Up on Quota Reduction next shift, we can probably keep the majority of A and C produced. Favoritism is just a flat out upgrade in our end of shift rewards, we maybe be able to get the Secure, Contain, and Protect Package next shift.

>What is "Attuned Energy Production"?
It states it has a steep cost, which I assume is in A-Energy and C-Extract. It like choosing to pay $135 in ICP for something that would cost $64 in A and C for us, I just don’t think paying ICP for it is the correct way to go about it.

>I can switch it up then, but do you think anything on Musical Madness Monthly and Prepare for Anything! is worth taking today before the catalogs expire?
Both yes and no. Brainwashing and Violence seem the most Musically useful (though the rest are good too), and Safety Spots, the Gas stuff, and some more Safety Measures would be useful. Way I figure it though? We can probably call the Corps up personally and buy them up later for like 2-5 extra A-Energy, so it isn’t as pressing to buy them now, we can work it in to a Future Purchasing Plan so we know what personal target quota to aim for.

>For what? The workday is done
For next shift. It seems more Work Order sensitive than time sensitive, if I remember the last spell use correctly.

>GWIT has no healing spell, check the pastebin
Fuck, I was sure that was a thing before. Protective Binding then?

>Might be a bad idea
Might not be. The Star shine tomorrow, then a district-level threat appears and Fortune is coughing up paper like he’s a printing press? I think they’re all related.

>Not good. I don't like this list
I figured, it’s why I consider it more of rough guidepost meant to guide our personal quota more than anything.

>>5494325
Like I said, I thought you’d like some input on what to Fubar proof first. It’s meant as a rough allocation for it per shift, as opposed to a one shift only kind of deal.

You also forgot the X-Corp Emergency Team and the Blank Check, which could be used as an Auxiliary Emergency Team.

>>5494344
>Quota Management
>Favoritism
Okay
>don’t think paying ICP for it is the correct way
So pass on Attuned Energy Production?
>Violence
Yeah, I thought this could help us during big fights
>Safety Measures
Why not put a Reinforced Cell on Floor 2 or 3, since we have room there? 11 A, but it'd be nice
>For next shift
We can't if they're going to take GWIT with them on the trip to the phone booth anomaly thing. It'd be a waste of resources, wouldn't it? I know the GWIT spells are work-order sensitive but still, that's a whole night between using the spell and starting the new workday
>Protective Binding
Wouldn't work. We had used it to transfer RBA's damage to his cell door to the thing we used as the target, before. Magic circle and everything. Not something that could afford mobility, like you need on an anomaly capture trip
>all related
Might be, but we have no way to know until we check all those papers ourselves.
>rough guidepost
Understandable

>>5494336
>I did think overnight that even if we know shit will happen we STILL might not stop it because out facility still feels too weak to me
Agreed.
>If buying this takes effect immediately, then our ETF are in for some shit.
They would also still be under Fortune’s luck, plus the cookies. I think it’ll be a net benefit if it happened right now, we’d get more A production going.
>I can drop this, because Admin isn't Harry Du Bois
Admin’s a wreck, not a slob. Plus, 4A isn’t that much really.
>We can get ICP from Refining, but "a far steeper conversion rate" tells me it might be back to 3 A for 1 C instead of 2 A for 1 C like we have now.
I interpreted it as far steeper A/C resource cost to produce ICP, as a setting of course.
>I want to buy this to boost Q hopefully permanently,
Is it permanent? And I’d prefer T to get it desu, but I don’t mind Q getting it if it’s permanent.
>This could turn the tables, even if a "watered down" copy. Everything the QM has posted about AFYN and the bullet leads me to believe it is a handheld nuke launcher gun, or on that level of "fuck you" power. This bullet is absolutely a must
Completely agree.
>Tenderization
Plus, we can sell the meat for more A-Energy/C-Extract, so it’s a net win.
>Ember of Life
We can buy it tomorrow, it’s in the Purchase Plan.
>but we have no real combat android employee
The Terminator anon. The Terminator.
>I am willing to drop both Combat Training and History Books to later, however, since we have THREE WHOLE DAYS of the Rangers catalog available.
Already in the Purchase Plan (though generalized, since I figured we would be buying more Ranger stuff the shift after as well).

>>5494352
>So pass on Attuned Energy Production?
For now. It’s in the purchase plan for next shift.
>Why not put a Reinforced Cell on Floor 2 or 3, since we have room there? 11 A, but it'd be nice
We can do it next shift for 13A (Regular Cell [8A] and General Reinforcement [5A]).
>We can't if they're going to take GWIT with them on the trip to the phone booth anomaly thing. It'd be a waste of resources, wouldn't it? I know the GWIT spells are work-order sensitive but still, that's a whole night between using the spell and starting the new workday
Like I said, it’s either Time Oriented (won’t work overnight) or Work Order Oriented(will work overnight until Work Order charges are exhausted). That’s how I view it.
>Might be, but we have no way to know until we check all those papers ourselves.
Agreed, but the timing makes me believe he knew what was coming desu.

>>5494362
Gonna pass out now. Night anons.

REDOING >>5493559(You)

106 A-Energy
31 C-Extract
8 ICP

>>5493131
Accounting
>QUOTA Management. (3 C, 15 A)
>Pinching Pennies. (2 C, 5 A)
Bribery
>Precure Favoritism. (7 A)
>Harder is Better. (1 C)
Special
>Maid Robot. (7 A)
>AA Cybernetics. (2 C)
>”Open/Close” Protocol. (1 ICP, 1 C, 17 A)
>Antique welding torch. (15 A)
>Shaving cream, hand mirror, and razor. (4 A)
Friend
>Trauma Kit. (1 C, 1 A) BUY TWO
Total: 11 C, 72 A, 1 ICP

>>5493134
Quota
>Serum Type RBJ Gamma. (1 per 8 A or 1 C, 2 A) PAY IN C AND A
Music
>EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography. (6 A, 1 C)
Total: 2 C, 8 A

>>5493135
Moon
>MBF Model 129. (1 per 1 C, 4 A) BUY ONE
>DRONES (WITH FACES). (1 per 3 A) BUY ONE
>Perry the Cockroach plushie! (3 A)
>BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN (1 per 2 C) BUY ONE
Unusuals
>-FOR THE GREATER GOOD. (1 ICP, 3 C)
>-JUDGMENT FROM BEYOND. (2 ICP, 3 C, 3 A)
>Counterfeit Bullet. (1 per 1 ICP and 3 C) BUY ONE
Flesh
>Tenderization. (2 C, 5 A)
Total: 16 C, 18 A, 4 ICP

>>5493141
HR
>Construct an android of your choosing. (3 A for a regular robot, 2 for a defective.)
"Queen" = 3 A
“Terminator” = 1 C, 2 A (QM said so)
Total: 1 C, 5 A

GRAND TOTAL
30 C
103 A
5 ICP

REMAINING
1 C
3 A
3 ICP

...Anything else? If not, this is my FINAL vote for catalog shopping, and I will NOT budge on anything further for this.

REDOING MY MISC TASKS VOTE IN >>5493565
>"Aside from CATALOGS, you think you have enough energy to do two other tasks before hitting the sack."

Misc 1
>Check in on Fortune personally. Is he alright?
Then see if we should cast DELAY FATE on him or not, before we let the Delta team go with GWIT and the other items. As QM said in >>5494138
>I'll be willing to count a personal visit and a delay fate experiment on Fortune as one task

Misc 2
>[HOPELESS WRECK] That one mishap of judgement with Kate...you have to understand why she is what she is. Try to analyze her hair with the DETECTIVE.

...Anything else? If not, this is my FINAL vote for end of day misc tasks, and I will NOT budge on anything further for this.

>>5494467
You could sell 1 Mystery Meat and 1 Blue Flesh to get 10A via
>MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT! We crave new, unique anomalous meats! Sell them to us for a buck! (+4 A per Mystery Meat, +6 A or +1 C per Blue Flesh.)
Then you’d have enough to buy
>Field Research. ETF Agents will be trained to write down and study the anomalies they extract, giving you more knowledge about them. (13 A, 1 C)
If you want to.

>>5494473
I think that’s fine, though you can probably merge a Kate Chat with the analyze bit, given that we’ll need to get her hair for the Detective.

>>5494747
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE; but I'm against selling the meats. That Blueflesh could result in some cool gear like the cane, if we could send that to C-Corp or whatever deals in the "use weird material to make weird gear" business. Is the C of C-Company for "Crafting"?

>>5494473
Add the K/Kate chat to Misc 2

>>5494753
It depends. Do you think getting Field Research before our ETF our gone is worth a Blueflesh? We still have the TV, so we could feasibly extract more Blueflesh and Blueblood for it.

>>5494762
>Do you think getting Field Research before our ETF our gone is worth a Blueflesh?
No.
>extract more Blueflesh and Blueblood for it
We never tried Extraction work on Sense. We should do that next day, no?

Alright, time to do a quick little check up on the catalog stuff.

>Unanimous (3/3)
QUOTA MANAGEMENT (3 C, 15 A)
Maid Robot (7 A)
Queen Android (Read below)
Drones (WITH FACES) (3 A)
Trauma Kit x2 (2 C, 2 A)

>Majority (2/3)
MBF Model 129 (1 C, 4 A)
Open/Close Protocol (1 ICP, 1 C, 17 A)
Pinching Pennies (2 C, 5 A)
Harder is Better (1 C)
Terminator Android (Read Below)
Shaving Cream and other self care supplies (4 A)
Antique Wielding Torch (15 A)
BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN (2 C)
Counterfeit Bullet (1 ICP, 3 C)
Tenderization (2 C, 5 A)
FOR THE GREATER GOOD and JUDGEMENT FOR BEYOND (3 ICP, 6 C, 3 A)

So in total, 80 A spent, 23 C spent, and 5 ICP spent. So you have 16 A, 8 C, and 3 ICP to penny pinch over. Feel free to make any last minute changes or vote switching by linking it to this post. As for the two items I put a very notable "wink wink nudge nudge" over. For the Queen/Terminator thing, there seems to be two schools of thought.

Select what you want to spend your last pennies on.
>Write in

What you wanna do with your custom Android keywords?
>Get one of each. One Queen, one Terminator. Good in case your improv team with X and Y doesn't come back in one piece. (-1 C and 5, +Two new employees.)
>Fuck it, combine the two. See where it goes. (-1 C and -2 A, personality quirks might mesh in a weird way, but you do save a little bit of money and employee bloat.)

As for miscs, due to some miscommunication (partially my fault), I'll just do a quick revote based on what the two major camps I see are. What do you want your last actions this shift to be?
>Spend your last moments today experimenting. Knowledge is power. (Use DETECTIVE on Kate while having a quick chat with her, Visit Fortune to see what the hell is going on and maybe to do DELAY FATE stuff on him.)
>Just relax for a moment. Some before bed exercise and chats will help. (Train/exercise, chat with some pals, overall just stop worrying and destress. Maybe your emotional state matters? Who knows.)
>Something else (Write in.)

>>5494795
>TERMINATOR QUEEN/KILLER QUEEN
>Experiment!

>>5494800
Changing it to
>KILLER QUEEN
Same goal in the keyword combination, but the reference flavor is stronger.

>>5494800
>>5494812
We still gotta discuss what to spend the remainder on, if anything else. My take on the androids is:
Terminator = the Ahnold 1984 original
Queen = many possibilities, but our aim with the word here is Queen from Deltarune Chapter 2
Killer Queen = Kira Yoshikage but as a robot

>>5494795
My vote is:

Last Pennies
16 A, 8 C, 3 ICP
>Precure Favoritism. (7 A)
>EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography (6 A, 1 C)
TOTAL SPENT
13 A, 1 C, 0 ICP
REMAINDER
3 A, 7 C, 3 ICP

Android Keywords
>Fuck it, combine the two. See where it goes. (-1 C and -2 A, personality quirks might mesh in a weird way, but you do save a little bit of money and employee bloat.)
"Killer Queen" (1 C, 2 A)
REMAINDER
1 A, 6 C, 3 ICP

Miscs
>Spend your last moments today experimenting. Knowledge is power. (Use DETECTIVE on Kate while having a quick chat with her, Visit Fortune to see what the hell is going on and maybe to do DELAY FATE stuff on him.)

And now I'm done

>>5494845
https://youtu.be/8wT6A1rcT9Y Don't forget this title, anon. It all fits.

>>5494891
Do we want Kira, or Deltarune Queen but stronger and more ass-kicking?

>>5494898
I dont want no hand freak in the facility anon, thus of course I wish for the lass literally drunk on corrosive acid.

>>5494930
I'm fine with either, desu

>>5494795
+1 to combine keywords and to relax

>>5495005
Yeah I'm for this, it's just that, this doesn't change the fact I don't want a hand freak in the facility. But if that what comes out... It is what it is.

>>5494795
This my official vote
>Write in
Build an reinforce a cell in the Sec Department
>Fuck it, combine the two. See where it goes. (-1 C and -2 A, personality quirks might mesh in a weird way, but you do save a little bit of money and employee bloat.)
I really want to see the QUEEN but this combination sounds like it's gonna be more unique and fun. Hopefully a not insignificant amount of the queen's personality makes it.
>Just relax for a moment. Some before bed exercise and chats will help.
Train with grandpa if possible and have a chat with employees,sec head if possible to learn how do people raise family's in the city?

Aye so I don't mind whatever plan wins in the end but
>Maid Robot. Looks cute as a button! Helps to keep your facility clean and safe! Comes with a variety of dresses. (7 A)

It better fucking include this shit
Consider this a +1 to any plan written by a man of taste and culture

>>5495201
Well you're in luck anon the vote count includes The Maid Robot as unanimous. We even have throwing knives so you can vote to make the robot larp in the future.

>>5495214
>even have throwing knives
It's everything I ever wanted. God fucking bless. Time to glue AFYN to her forehead.
[Obligatory Night of Nights here]

Just finished reading the archived threads, my brain is mush but I agree with >>5495082

>>5495331
You have? What did you think of the quest anon? Also since you just read the entire quest think we are missing something or forgoten anything from previous threads? I mean the quest is a year old so we might have forgotten or missed something you know.

>>5495362
To be honest I thought the previous threads were awesome, super autistic too
I have no real idea what you dudes may have forgotten or didn't notice, from what I read anons are pretty on top of things when they aren't debating catalogs lmao

>>5495369
Actually there is one thing I guess
Back when Shot was new he mentioned an anomaly hiding in mirrors on the fourth floor iirc
My mushy brain had a random thought a while after reading that
"Lmao does he mean himself?" Mf doesn't recognize his own anomaly status so I just thought maybe that's why he thinks there's an anomaly in the mirrors
Of course it could an actual mirror fucker so eh, mushy schizo brain idea feel free to ignore

>>5495380
Nice to see you enjoy the quest anon. But I completely forgot any mentions of mirrors. This might prove really beneficial when we eventually orginize a scouting mission to the 4. Floor. Anyways I hope to see you in the future discussing who should be sent to their potential deaths. Even if you don't have time for autistic discussions please do leave a +1 to your favourite plan of action.

>>5495380
>>5495383
>ANOMALY: There's this one anomaly that was on the fifth floor. Can't recall if the freak is still there.
>ANOMALY: Now, I ain't one to overreact and act like a limp-wrist faggot...
>The anomaly shakes a tendril, as if it was its hand.
>ANOMALY: But please. If you see a mirror down there, break it, if you wouldn't mind? Don't trust anything reflective down there.
>ANOMALY: It's hiding in there.
From thread 4. Good catch

>>5495405
Ah it was the fifth floor, my bad
Again my idea is just some schizo synapse firing

>>5494795
Uhhh, Favoritism and AA Cybernetics we’re also 2/3 mate. And we’re missing like 10A.

It should be 87A and 25C spent, 19A and 6C.

>Field Research. ETF Agents will be trained to write down and study the anomalies they extract, giving you more knowledge about them. (13 A, 1 C)

>Get one of each. One Queen, one Terminator. Good in case your improv team with X and Y doesn't come back in one piece. (-1 C and 5, +Two new employees.)
Please anons, T2 is a good meme, and Queen can be P2 for Princess (and that Presley is ‘The King’). I don’t want this to turn into the female Terminator with weird physiological shit going on in her head.

>Exercise and Fortune.

>>5494845
If you support Field Research I’ll support EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography, that cool with you? Otherwise I’d buy more Rangers.

>>5495201
Call dibs on dat +1.

>>5495380
Huh, interesting. Thanks anon, there so much meat in this quest we sometimes forget to chew that fat.

>>5495473
I apologize but frankly it was an utter mess trying to read through all of it. Some were linked to the catalog posts themselves, some were linked to the final post, one dude didn't even reply to the posts so I had to constantly scroll down to refer to it

Okay, so 80 from what I listed, 7 from Precure Favoritism, and another 2 C from the cybernetics. So, 105-87 = 18 A, 6 C, 3 ICP. I'm not even sure how I missed like ten A-Energy. (To be completely honest I did it right before going to bed.)

I'll write the miscs (majority seems to go for Exercise. bAQ + 8gh/g9X + QeJ + 5gh vs n13 and vrb) while you guys realize how I should really start doing math when I'm not half asleep.

So here's the catalog votes, accounting for my tiny little fuck up
Reinforced Containment Cell (-11 A, leaving you with 7 A, 6 C, and 3 ICP before android): 8gh, bAQ
EMBRACE THE VIOLENT DISCOGRAPHY (-6 A, -1 C, leaving with 12 A, 5 C, 3 ICP before android): vrb
FIELD RESEARCH (-13 A, -1 C, leaving with 5 A, 5 C, 3 ICP before android): QeJ

As for combining androids, seems like you're the minority on not wanting that, so adding another -1 C and -2 A. So that leaves

5 A, 5 C, 3 ICP
10 A, 4 C, 3 ICP
3 A, 4 C, 3 ICP

Depending on how you guys wanna break the last thing you wanna buy. If you wanna get Embrace the Violence AND Field Research, you're gonna have sell some Mystery Meat and/or Blueflesh. This should be the last fuck up unless I somehow missed another thing.

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I apologize for the headache. I probably just had two of vrb's lists blurred together in my rush since one of them had Precure and the other didn't. Not even sure how I missed the cybernetics.

>>5495485
No problem, in all honesty trying to calculate it all and keep track was giving me a headache, I don’t know how you do it QM.
>sell the Mystery Meat
>Embrace the Violence AND Field Research
I figured that was always the play desu.

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>>5495492
haha yeah I wonder

Anyways, to the new guys, trust me. It's not usually this much of a mess, catalogs just tend to do this. Always feel free to vote for tiebreakers or less complex actions (i.e the upcoming votes for the miscs you guys picked). Hope you stick around and enjoy the ride with the other regulars.

>>5495485
Yeah, sell some meat
>>5495497
Can confirm, some of the archived threads felt like they were half catalogs sometimes kek

I'm for just building and upgrading a cell simple as
None of this fancy violence and note keeping training nonsense.

Would anons be willing to buy
>”No Productivity Loss” Protocol. Allows the temporary employment of random Drones to replace employees who are Dead, Incapicated, or in Critical Condition, to ensure more energy. (3 C)
cause the way I figure, T and our other ‘employee’ are still indisposed of, so this would immediately swing into effect.

>>5495501
Why Reinforced cell? Why not a Bunker, or some Blastdoors?

>>5495510
We should get T back soon, Fortune said she'd be back for shift 9

>>5495485
Fuck it, sell the meat and buy EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE with Field Research

>>5495510
>buying No Productivity Loss
Nah, not for it myself

>>5495473
>>5495485
Buy AA Cybernetics ONLY if we have the C to spare on it

>>5495510
>Would anons be willing to buy
NO, because we aint losing anybody baby
>Why Reinforced cell? Why not a Bunker, or some Blastdoors?
True i would be willing to spend the change to set up blastdoors on the top floor ınstead, its a very good place to put it as
[BOUND BY DUTY] it covers lots of cells
[DYING LIGHT] it covers the medbay
[HOPELESS WRECK] IT COVERS OUR OFFICE
>>5495473
Please anons, T2 is a good meme, and Queen can be P2 for Princess (and that Presley is ‘The King’). I don’t want this to turn into the female Terminator with weird physiological shit going on in her head.
huh didn't look at it like that... i would like to see how presley and the queen bounce off each other (kinda like berdly and the queen)

QM im sorry if you still counting votes im changing my vote to
>>Get one of each. One Queen, one Terminator. Good in case your improv team with X and Y doesn't come back in one piece. (-1 C and 5, +Two new employees.)
inb4
>this causes another vote stalemate reeeeee
just follow your heart QM

>>5495536
We can buy blastdoors next time, they're on Facility list and that is a permanent catalog. Keep in mind catalog expiration as well. We can put off buying things that are on the permanent lists no problem

>>5495499
At least it makes for good discussion and autism. It always ends, thankfully.

>>5495542
True, but i don't care. I want to start the FUBAR proofing train that means i have to take a stand somewhere. Its just too easy to "buy next shift" forever.

>>5495549
Can you choose something that’ll actually be useful this shift instead Reinforced Cell?

>>5495549
>>5495888
You can worry about this next catalog, I'm updating in, like, the next hour or two. I only extended the 2 day upload plan to a 2 and a half days because of a fuck up on my end (i.e the math).

>>5495896
What’s winning? Cause I sorta got a solution that everyone could potentially get behind.

>>5495913
I'm going with Embrace the Violence Discography + Field Research, with using Mystery Meat to get just enough A to purchase it. Alongside adding in the Precure and AA Cybernetics I missed, and the merged KILLER QUEEN Android (Even with g9X changing his vote, it still has the majority I believe)

The rest is the same as the Unanimous and Majority post a bit back. Why? I'll let you say your solution first to see if anyone responds.

>>5495922
I honestly read it as ‘concluding the vote’ in an hour, not that you’re already in the process of updating. I’m not going to derail the update (or what you’ve written) further.

>>5495933
Yeah, as much as the bean counting is fun we gotta go somewhere eventually. I don't think anyone has the willpower to argue for another day or two on whether getting blast doors is better than field research or if we should get fifty drones or D-Class or-

You know?

>>5495936
Ye

>>5495936
vrb here on mobile
Call it

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You damn near feel something leak out of your ear as you constantly refer to and recheck the catalogs. But you finally manage to get a solid list. You ship off the relevant purchase choices while a pile of rejected lists are sprawled on your desk.

>QUOTA MANAGEMENT, Precure Favoritism, Maid Robot, KILLER QUEEN Android, Drone(?), Trauma Kit x2, MBF Model 129, OPEN/CLOSE Protocol, Pinching Pennies, Harder is Better, Facial Hair Products, Antique Wielding Torch, BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN, Counterfeit Bullet, Tenderization, FOR THE GREATER GOOD, JUDGEMENT FOR BEYOND, AA Cybernetics, Field Research, and EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography will arrive/be active next shift.
>3 A, 3 C, and 3 ICP left (You feel weird about this. In a good way?)

You think you've had enough time out thinking and worrying about money. It's time to get onto a 'grindset', a 'workout routine', a-
[BOUND BY DUTY] Cease.

Right. You grab the coat and wrap it around you to give you that little bit of physical energy to get up. Your mind races too much most of the time, you're not too concerned about it making you lazy.

Now your other employees? Yeah, you worry, since you don't really have much knowledge on this PARADIGM. It hasn't fucked you over yet, at least. Nevertheless, you proceed down to the training room. You fiddle around with your MP3 to get the proper workout music on your way over.

A weird shudder can be felt in the air as you pass by Fortune's room. For a split second, you almost thought you saw someone. But there was nothing there.

Down the elevator and to the second floor...

You manage to reach the room in question without any complications. The same sign that Dustin wrote is still plastered on the door but a few other things are scribbled down on it. Most are written in a grey and brown pen but one of them is a bright green.
"delta please stop smashing holes into the wall"
"DO NOT arm wrestle Zero holy shit"
"Please be considerate to your other workers. Do not hog equipment or machines."
"To Presley and Zayne: Only living creatures can gain muscle mass. I do not understand why you keep coming here."
"Please pace yourself! Don't hurt yourself! 00111100 00110011"

You open the door after getting a small chuckle out of what you read. It's what you expect out of a training room. Treadmills, punching bags, various well-used weights, the works. A few employees are minding their own business as they work out.

Quick headcount...huh. Some people you wanted to talk to are here. Uriel, Lily, Roxy, and Celanine are doing some standard exercise routines (your eyes trace Roxy spinning, trying to bit her tail) while Presley and Zayne are busy chatting. AFYN is resting comfortably in Presley's grasp.

You take a moment to stretch. A black droplet of sweat runs down your forehead. Alright, time to socialize and exercise. This is going to burn you out majorly but pain begets character. And you got that training tape for a reason.

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"Hello!" You raise your hand up. They instantly look towards the intercom to see if there's some sort of announcement. You remove your coat for a moment and snap your fingers to get their attention.

Lily jumps in place, while the others are a mixture of mildly worried and intrigued. "A-ah, please don't tell me I'm getting fired." Lily stutters a bit.

"No, no, none of the business stuff. I just came for a personal visit. A chat while I do some self-care." You wave your hand dismissively as you approach one of the nearby punching bags. You let whatever muscle memory activate while you focus on your speaking.

"Alright. Well then, sir, I suppose you can join our little conversation." Uriel stops his treadmill season to cool down. "So, Cela, you were saying?"

"Well, I was watching some TV." You must've looked at her funny since she clarifies. "T-the one Bill and that weird salty dude have. And uh...you guys saw what I saw?"

"EXPLAIN." Q2 bluntly responds.

"It was our facility! During that whole bang bang pew pew thing! On fucking A-Company's channels!"

"Oh shit, for real?" A weirdly smug look is on Lily's face. "Probably better than those weird fucking V-Company ads."

"BARK!" You reach down to pet the dog as your leg automatically swings at the punching bag. It gets knocked back pretty far.

"I might've sent the ad in." You go back to your automated exercise. "A-Company likes violence. It was violent. Bang for your buck, right? Even had A-Company freak out over it."

"EFFICENT MARKETING. TEN POINTS TO YOU. ANOTHER TEN IF YOU GET TA-"
"Shit, that was you?" Lily shakes her head. "Damn. Felt really weird watching two anomalies fighting with you."
"Huh. I suppose it makes sense."

"Besides the point, what's up with V-Company? Gotta clarify, my head is a bit..." You spin a finger around your head before slamming your fist back into the bag.

"Something fucking weird." Lily gets up from the floor to adjust her stretching position. "I think one of their editors had a breakdown. A lot of the ads are weirdly aggressive?"

"To be fair, it's not like W-Company was any better." Uriel flips through his book. "N-Company only tolerated them because of similar beliefs." "I mean, sure, W-Company's hostile...but not to other companies?" Celanine meekly responds.

"Company bickering. Not really shocking, I saw B and O-Corp yelling at each other when I was dealing with sponsorships. Are all of them headcases or something?" You slam your knee into the punching bag, right at gut level. "Weird cryptic requests for weird rewards, it's bizarre."

"CLARIFY IF YOUR STATEMENT INCLUDES Q-COMPANY. IF IT DOES, WE MAY HAVE TO DISCUSS CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS." The oddly built drone steps closer to you. You shake your head. "No, you guys are weird but at least you make sense."

"Actually, speaking about that, what IS it like living with those nutcases? I only really deal with companies on a professional basis. Shit, what is it like being a KID there?"

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"Well, I was raised in C-District. It's actually really nice up there! Sure, it's not like it was hard for me to pay their fees." Lily flashes her smile. So many damn teeth, almost an anomaly in itself. "It was always fun playing with other kids! Seeing who could chew out more of the other!"

"As long as you respect the rules of N-District, you will have a grand and pious life." Uriel clasps his hands together. "I don't recall seeing a lot of kids. Perhaps a handful, mostly at school?"

"Hm? Why's that?" You ask. "I would think having a lot of kids would be the norm for some reason."

"In the other districts, sure. N-District just didn't get a lot of births. It was a bit lonely growing up but I had to make due. For the Father's presence was more than enough." He bows his head while muttering something to himself.

"U-uh, P-District isn't too bad a place to be a kid in? I think? Money was real tight, though." Celanine fiddles with her cybernetic arm. "I dunno how it is in the other districts but I had to do a lot of odd jobs to make ends meet. I think Felix did some mall cop stuff? Me and Jack had to construct stuff for Facilities for a bit."

Huh! "Huh, I only thought Bill and those two ETFs were good at repairs. Though to be fair, they're the ones who show it off the most."

"Y-yeah, tell me about it." Celanine nervously laughs. "He has to fix my arm a lot and Presley...does a lot of stupid shit trying to look cool. He tries to avoid being watched by the cameras when he does it."

"Q-COMPANY WAS A GOOD MOTHER. BY THE TIME I WAS TWO MONTHS, I WAS WORKING AS A PROPER Q-COMPANY EMPLOYEE." Q2 bluntly states. Despite how loud he's talking, he's not really "yelling". It's a flat, monotone with a steady volume. "Q-DISTRICT IS THE BEST TO RAISE A KID. BY THE TIME YOUR CHILD IS FIVE YEARS, HE OR SHE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK AS AN EFFICIENT AND HAPPY WORKER."

[DYING LIGHT] What the fuck? You know Drones are all business, all formal, but it can't be that far. Can it?
[BOUND BY DUTY] Who's to say? Your frame of reference is admittedly limited.

"R-right. But your childhoods were mostly good, that aside?"

"As good as it can be, yeah!" Lily's smile is now a lot less toothy. "It's not that bad. As long as you're willing to make ends meet, well, that's that!" She shrugs. "No point crying over spilled meat. Never got those weird Gravediggers. Why waste it?"

"And I'm glad I stopped you from eating more of Art's meals. You're already weird as is." This gets a few laughs (and a hyper active "YIP!"). "Next thing I would've known, you would've eaten the D-Class before he was done with them."

"Pffft! Fuck you." Lily joins in on the laughter. "Those meals were fucking good, man. I hope that new human chef can make 'em." Hm, you do plan on talking to him tomorrow. You gotta know more about him.

"Hey, Q2? Can you forward something to Q and Monifa later?" The drone instantly snaps his attention towards you. "MESSAGE IS?"

>>5496081
>"EFFICENT MARKETING. TEN POINTS TO YOU. ANOTHER TEN IF YOU GET TA-"
Step 1, get Fortune to return T/Talon to us.
Step 2, grab her and Q.
Step 3, move to the nearest empty room.
Step 4, throw both of them in.
Step 5, order them to "have fun".
Step 6, close the door.
Step 7, lock the door.
Step 8, ???
Step 9, profit.

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"Don't let me send Lily to work on the meatball." You're grinning ear to ear. "Or else she might eat half the anomaly before the hour's done."

"You know, maybe that's why you were here all day." Celanine leans closer to Lily. "Got some meat you wanna get rid of? In a way that isn't eating?" That tone of voice...ah, passive aggressiveness.

"At least it's better than losing weight in the way you did, sweetie." A sickly sweet, almost toxic sweet tone is in Lily's voice. "I'm fine with less metal in my diet, thanks."

"Woah, woah, calm down." You raise your hands up. Uriel follows closer behind. "It was a mere jest, you two. Wrath is a sin. Cease."

"Fine." "Fine!"

"Don't worry, sir." Uriel puts a hand on your shoulder. "A lotta scraps happen here. I think it comes with the atmosphere. Never had a gym that's been too peaceful, you know?"

"I guess?" You shrug. From what little you remember of your training, it wasn't ever too bad? Though speaking about scraps-

"HEY! ADMIN!" A faux southern drawl gets your attention. Presley is quickly pacing over to where he heard you, AFYN still grasped firmly in hand. "HEY! I GOTTA TALK TO YOU! WHERE ARE YOU?
[HOPELESS WRECK] SPIT TAR IN HIS FACE, GRAB HIS GUN, BASH HIIM IN THE HEAD.

"Yes, Presley? What do you want?"

Presley tilts his head, trying to process some apparent disconnect between what he's seeing and hearing. He looks around to see if he's being pranked before continuing his spiel.

"I heard you got some training in ya. Heard something about a Zeta when Monny was talking about ya." He flexes his arm. Which doesn't do much of anything. "And y'all know about a certain little training session I got, don't ya?"

"Yes, we know, magic gun. Wow." Lily rolls her eyes. "We know what a PARADIGM is, drooler. Weird anomalous shit. The dude you're talking to HAS one on, retard."

"Huh, so that's why. Whatever. Admin! I got a proposal! Let's see who the true...fighting king is now. Let's see if your training can be put to the test!"

How do you want to respond to Presley's offer?
>Decline politely, finish your training/talking, go back to your office.
>Fuck it, let's see where this goes. Let's have a fight.
>Sure, you'll fight him. But only if you get a weapon, he has a PARADIGM after all. (Select what weapon you want.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Accept, on the condition that no PARADIGMS or weapons can be used. Just fists.
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Try blowing the wind out of his sails before he does something stupid. Bring him down to earth. (Tell him about your fight with RBA? Overblow your training? Write in.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Offer to show him some of your techniques and martial arts and teach him them. There's no point squabbling.
>Write in.

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>>5496117
>>5496006
A-apparently it was me trying to tell vrb I would inform you about vote cutoffs further in advance being in the post. I'm not even sure how that works.

>>5496122
>Fuck it, let's see where this goes. Let's have a fight.
Anons... I wanna see all the fighting buffs and ability's we collected in action. I'm sure both Presley and the Admin can take it and without hard feelings.

>>5496122
>Fuck it, let's see where this goes. Let's have a fight.
Let's rock

>>5496122
>>Fuck it, let's see where this goes. Let's have a fight.
Hollowed out tar man vs robot what could go wrong

>>5496122
>Decline politely, finish your training/talking, go back to your office.
Maintain the authority. Employees can't tell us what to do.

>>5496504
I understand the sentiment anon this behaviour wouldn't be acceptable in Shift Hours but this is technically off hours and we're in gym with the mood that brings AND Presley here is holding a Paradigm that we wanted him to hold that makes him... Less than agreeable.
Long story short while I think you got good intentions but no need to be a hard ass in the gym during off hours.

>>5496521
This is not being a hardass. Presley literally demanded to see which of us is king, that's an attack on authority even though it's off hours.

>>5496527
Yeah, king of the ring anon not the facility. Also we routinely sortie outside out office to help employees or directly interact with anoms. I think employees confidence on our capabilities might be... Lessened a bit if we aren't even willing to take on the goof of the facility. Rumor mills you know nasty things, who knows what bullshit can come out of it. If you wanna shut him down still maybe go with [DYING LIGHT]'s plan instead that way he gets shut down in a way that can't be rumor milled into being "The ETF guys were talking all high and mighty of admin but the guy is a tar drolling wreck that ran away from fucking Presley"

>QUOTA MANAGEMENT, Precure Favoritism, Maid Robot, KILLER QUEEN Android, Drone(?), Trauma Kit x2, MBF Model 129, OPEN/CLOSE Protocol, Pinching Pennies, Harder is Better, Facial Hair Products, Antique Wielding Torch, BONECUTTER FOR WOMEN, Counterfeit Bullet, Tenderization, FOR THE GREATER GOOD, JUDGEMENT FOR BEYOND, AA Cybernetics, Field Research, and EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE Discography will arrive/be active next shift.

Anons... I don't see a history book anywhere in this list. How will ever learn what the fuck was communism now?

>>5496601
Leave it to tomorrow

>>5496122
>[DYING LIGHT] Offer to show him some of your techniques and martial arts and teach him them. There's no point squabbling.
>Fuck it, let's see where this goes. Let's have a fight.

>>5496655
nah anon we're gonna break his shiny metal ass in two with our BARE HANDS. There will be no lessons other than pain(wait can they even feel pain?).

Closing the vote. Fighting the metal asshole seems to have won a mostly unanimous vote. Gonna start writing the update, it'll probably be posted after I wake up.

>>5497251
>metal asshole
What? Presley's hella cool. He ain't an asshole. That'd be Zayne.

>>5497255
I'm mostly kidding around, I wouldn't take it too seriously. But about Zayne...yeah, you got a feeling he might get a bit into the following proceedings.

>>5497263
QM can robots(or at least the ones in the Facility) feel pain?

>>5497728
Yes. I remember E’s and O’s sacrifice.

>>5497747
I mean I remember E being roughed up after brainwashed A somehow sent her down to the second floor.(yes that's what happened anons it's obvious fr fr) But she wasn't in pain no? The robo director we suppressed SENSE with wasn't in pain either... I think. Also I don't remember O's sacrifice at all kek. You are talking about this quest right and not the previous quest the QM was inspired by? Haven't read that one so if you're refencing that one I wouldn't know.
Inb4
>And that director? His name was O
Would be 10/10 plot twist for me since I don't remember the directors name at all.

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"Alright, you know what?" You crack your knuckles. "Let's do this. Nothing lethal, first one who can't get up loses. Any questions, Prez?" Something in your brain clicks when you accepted the offer. It's too soaked in tar to remember but this feels familiar.

"Oh, it's on! See, Zayne?" He turns around as he addresses the other android. Frankly, you're glad you're fighting Presley instead. "You owe me six bucks later! I told you the fucker wouldn't pussy out!"
[HOPELESS WRECK] ONLY BECAUSE WE KNOW HE CAN'T FIRE THAT GUN. HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING SERIOUS.
[DYING LIGHT] I wouldn't underestimate him. People are far stronger than how they first seem.

"FUCK YOU! I'M STILL BETTING HE'S GONNA WIPE OUT AND CRY LIKE A LITTLE GIRL." Zayne barks back while lifting a set of weights. Poorly, you add. "I'M GETTING THOSE SIX BUCKS BACK!" The employees you were talking to kinda just scoff in response.

"Ten bucks on Admin." Lily pulls out a small wad of cash. Celanine pulls out another wad. "Twelve on Presley."
"TWENTY ON ADMINISTRATOR, TEN ON PRESLEY." Q2 states.
"No betting for me. Whoever is the best wins." Uriel shakes his head before going back to his book.

The two of you walk to a spot of the training room that's clear of too much clutter or equipment you could accidently bash into. You want this to a quick and non-lethal fight, nothing that needs a mechanic or a medic to deal with. Well, with the coat, you're more worried for Presley.

Presley places AFYN into a holster wrapped around his waist before holding out a hand to you. You look at the hand with a bit of confusion before grabbing onto it. The two of you shake hands. "Hey, I might as well be respectful before the winner is decided. Even if I'm pretty darn sure."

"GET HIS FUCKING ASS, PRESLEY!" Zayne bellows. "OR I HAVE TO GET HIS ASS FOR YOU! C'MON, C'MON, FIGHT FIGHT!" He throws some wimpy looking punches at the air while getting himself all hyped. The two of you awkwardly laugh at what you're seeing.

"Is he always like that?" You haven't had too much experience with using him as an employee. You give a look towards Presley. He looks both motivated and disgusted at the same time. "Yes. Ya don't know the half of it."

The two of you eventually back away from each other as Uriel approaches to be the neutral referee. "Alright, you two. When I count from 5 to 0, you'll go at it. Try not to kill each other."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7ZMwe1fHA - A FIGHT AGAINST A ROBOTIC COWBOY

Presley is already preparing himself. You take a moment to run through all of the possible openings you could do. There's nothing truly on stake here except for your pride and respect of your employees.
[HOPELESS WRECK] WE'RE ALREADY PATHETIC LOOKING! WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK WORSE! PREPARE THAT SPIT!

The Administrator vs Presley King, begin!

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LIST OF MARTIAL ARTS
Force of Will (Can be activated once per day. You can ignore a source of stamina damage taken in exchange for willpower damage)
Twisted Stance (On first turn after activation, +3 FORCE. +1 FORCE on all other turns while active. Deals STA damage to yourself to activate and requires a lot of rest to reuse again. Can only have one stance active at a time.)
Minor Iris. (DC: 16, bo3. A quick flurry of jabs and claws. On a success, you may reroll every FORCE dice you rolled that was a failure [3 and under for you]. Melee range, Cooldown of one combat round.)

CURRENT ACTIVE STANCE: NONE
CURRENT FORCE: 4d6 (+1 temporary from recent Training.)
OPPOSING FORCE TO BEAT: 6d6 (+1 from AFYN, +1 from Robo-Cowboy.)

You have the health advantage, both from regeneration and sheer willpower, but he has brute force on his side and him being an Android? You have a feeling he might not be easily knocked out or disabled. You're not sure how much pain they can feel, even!

Presley's legs are spread apart and his hand is reaching for AFYN... (COWBOY STANCE: The first time he rolls a six, he rolls another dice. If it's another six, repeat until he stops.)
The crowd is evenly split on who they want to win... (No bonuses to either party.)

What's your attack plan, Administrator?
>Go for the disarm. He's the only one with an actual weapon here. (Roll 3d6. Lowers his FORCE if successful and gives you the chance to try wielding it yourself.)
>No nonsense, just beat him up like good old times. (Does average damage on success, roll 4d6. Safe but boring.)
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Spit up some of that tar at him! Might be cheap but it'll work! (Roll 7d6. Does major damage on a success! Don't expect anyone to like it, though.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Low stomps to destabilize, whittle him with left jabs, soften him up for a chokehold later. Use all of that muscle memory. (Roll 7d6, does great damage but will tire you out a lot, even with the Coat's help.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Try to appeal to the crowd. To motivate, to inspire! (DC 15, bo2. If successful, you'll turn the crowd's opinion and might get other employees nearby to watch. On a failure, the crowd will get bored of you and cheer on Presley.)
>Use some of those martial arts you got! (Activate a Stance? Use Minor Iris? Can be used with any attack plan.)
>Write in. (You have the height advantage, feel free to suggest your own attacks.)

(The voting for this will be sped up to about 12-14 hours to avoid it dragging out, and to get back to regularly scheduled work orders soon. Would've posted a few hours ago but something came up that I had to address.)

>>5497817
The Director android is Yovani/Y. O/Opal was the one who dealt with Star's SHOWTIME (The mind melter that makes anomalies really annoyed but improves morale decently) when it first happened. As for pain? You don't know.

You know they get mentally fucked up and do take physical damage. If they do feel pain, it's probably not the same as how a Human or Human-adjacent person (Drones, Harvesters, etc) might feel it. (Also small addendum to Twisted Stance. After the one turn +3 FORCE boost, it has +1 FORCE and the first critical dice you roll is counted as 2 successes as the passive.)

>>5498144
>Go for the disarm. He's the only one with an actual weapon here. (Roll 3d6. Lowers his FORCE if successful and gives you the chance to try wielding it yourself.)
>Use some of those martial arts you got! (Activate a Stance? Use Minor Iris? Can be used with any attack plan.)
Use Minor Iris to help disorient him from the start, to better our chances of snagging AFYN. Start out easy.

>>5498144
Other anons might disagree but i want to test out all the abilities
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Low stomps to destabilize, whittle him with left jabs, soften him up for a chokehold later. Use all of that muscle memory. (Roll 7d6, does great damage but will tire you out a lot, even with the Coat's help.)
>Twisted Stance (On first turn after activation, +3 FORCE. +1 FORCE on all other turns while active. Deals STA damage to yourself to activate and requires a lot of rest to reuse again. Can only have one stance active at a time.)
>Force of Will (Can be activated once per day. You can ignore a source of stamina damage taken in exchange for willpower damage)
>Minor Iris. (DC: 16, bo3. A quick flurry of jabs and claws. On a success, you may reroll every FORCE dice you rolled that was a failure [3 and under for you]. Melee range, Cooldown of one combat round.)
i would vote for [DYING LIGHT] but without a great write in I'm not comfortable with it.
inb4
>thats way to much
yes and? im sure he'll be fine and we'll be fine thanks to Force of will. Now either force of will only negates 1 stamina damage or all of it during a encounter even with only 1 damage negated we should kick his ass... and if we don't it should still be an awesome post by QM.

Also QM i really enjoy the music you pick for the posts, in fact you got me to play Lisa again even just to hear more of the stuff and i routinely listen to songs i heard for the first time here. Anyways I'm just saying this so you know at least one anon really appreciates the picks.

>>5498144
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Low stomps to destabilize, whittle him with left jabs, soften him up for a chokehold later. Use all of that muscle memory. (Roll 7d6, does great damage but will tire you out a lot, even with the Coat's help.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Try to appeal to the crowd. To motivate, to inspire! (DC 15, bo2. If successful, you'll turn the crowd's opinion and might get other employees nearby to watch. On a failure, the crowd will get bored of you and cheer on Presley.)
>Minor Iris
We should try being a bit of a showman. Inspiring and motivating employees with Dying Light is a net benefit.

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>>5498287
+1
PARTY MODE, GO!

Twisted Stance + Force of Will seem like they have great synergy against opponents with little access to mental damage, so let's pop that combo and beat his ass like a drum.

>>5498596
Play the bongos on his empty head, finalizing with a slap to the welded Pompadour

Also NEW THREAD HYPE

Rolled 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 5 = 14 (6d6)

Alright, so BOUND OF DUTY with Minor Iris as your main martial arts will be what's used, As for Twisted Stance + Force of Will, I'll leave that up as a running up vote after the dice are rolled since two want it, two don't care for it.

Here's Presley's dice.

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>>5498884
O-Okay, someone roll Admin's dice and those bo3 d20s. We miiight get a one turn knock out depending on how well you roll/reroll.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

Lol, said the manager, lmao.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5498886
Imagine thinking the robo dumbfuck stood a chance, couldn't be me.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

just got done going through the archives, it's always a pleasure to catch up with a quest as high quality as this.

also 1st for E a cute


>>5498927
>>5498884
oh boy seems like jobbing is on the menu today, watch this nat one.

S-some one with better luck roll 7d6.

Rolled 6, 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, 1 = 21 (7d6)

>>5498886

Rolled 6, 4, 1, 5 = 16 (4d6)

>>5498952
Reroll

>>5498957
Nice job anon, a serious jobbing incident has been avoided thanks to your luck. If Presley is still standing after this he's gonna regret it.

Thank the Father for good rolls

>>5498942
>Another person straight from the archives.
Very nice to see, anon since the quest is a years old you know we might miss or forget about something. Do you think you have any insights we lack?

Not an instant K.O...unless you wanna try doing Twisted Stance to force a few more dice. Wanna try going for it?

>Y
>N

After this I'll post the update

>>5498989
>Y
Admin throws Elvis out of the building, 2XXX

>>5498989
>Yes
I'm not one of those C-District pansies! I can break a robot in two with my bare hands!

>>5498982
can't think of anything too major.
but correct me if I'm wrong I think we got another bullet for AFYN when clearing floor four and I don't think it was ever followed up on.

>On the desk, a heavily damaged revolver rests on it, probably not repairable with what supplies you have. Three bullets are near it, two that would fit it and one that looks oddly similar to the one bullet loaded into AFYN.

>>5498989
>yes
gotta go for the style points.

>>5499000
Floor three, but yeah we did get an extra nuke bullet

>>5499000
Oh yeah, we should ask QM about that. Also don't be discouraged or feel lazy to post about the minor stuff. They can lead to fun stuff when explored. Also also don't forget to vote at least a +1 to your favourite actions anon! Helps thread chug along.

>>5498989
So QM the bullets mentioned are just bullets for normal bolt action pistol's or are they for AFYN? Or do we just don't know.

Hm, wait, wrong notes. That was something else. No, that's another bullet. I'll add it to that list.

>>5499008
Woohoo, two nukes
>>5498989
>Y

>>5498989
>y
Speed, surprise and violence of action

>>5499008
I can't believe the ask the archive reader for insights tricked worked out! Now I'm just gonna keep doing it ,now that I'm justified.

Alright. Roll those extra 3 dice. If you get two or more successes, proceed to roll a DC 13 bo2 to fucking wow the audience.

As an old N-Company ad once said:
"REACH HEAVEN THROUGH VIOLENCE"

Rolled 5, 1, 2 = 8 (3d6)

>>5499014
VILONCE OF ACTION

>>5499022
Anons i-i jobbed at the moment of our victory. Now we'll be slightly less cool. I'm sorry anons.
Although I'm hyped to see the Robo Cowboys last stand with a sliver of his health left. Hopefully he does the lost stand for maximum larp.

Alright, two of you roll DC 14 bo2 to wow the audience with a slightly less than instant win assault and I'll post the update within an hour or two

Rolled 14 (1d14)

>>5499036

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5499036
I'M ROLLING AGAIN QM DIDN'T SAY I WASN'T ALLOWED, THE JOBBING STOPS NOW

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5499036
I think I did this right lmao

>>5499041
Wow... If only our red, white and blue blooded friend could see me now. He would bust a blood vessel laughing at my incompetence.

>>5499040
B-b-b-b-buh BASED?

Alright you succeed (for real, nice one bAQ), Presley is jobbing like crazy to some old fuck who barely knows what City he's even in. Sad day for male Android fans.

>>5499044
He would, before regenerating it. The only thing that could've put him down besides a constant swarm fire and bullets it high blood cholesterol, like all true Americans. Amen.

>>5499046
Hollowed out tar man is too powerful

>>5499046
Amen. God speed to that magnificent bastard.

Also anons this isn't because we are beating Presley's ass and maybe I shouldn't suggest this after jobbing so hard but I think the admin should get the 3. Suit. He should spoil himself a bit because DEFINITELY (with no doubt) his mood turbulence affects the refinement process and a clean sharp suit should make him feel anew not like an empty hallow tar leaking vessel. Also I want him to wear it because I hate his current suit. What your thoughts on it anons?

>>5499058
Not yet.

>>5499096
Fine, I'll lobby during shift hours.

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https://youtu.be/zxwhKPJ4cUs - An Agent's Fight

Before you do anything else, you twist your body in a forced and janky motion. The stance is far easier for someone with more flexibility. Red-hot pain rushes down your back, the coat dampens and repairs it as quickly as it cans. But you still feel it.

You feel looser, less tense, after you fully enter the stance. You adjust your position to accommodate the stance and to lessen the throbbing pain. Presley simply scoffs. "Alright then? Your funeral." He charges to close in the gap, pulling out AFYN and swinging it down upon you.

You quickly stomp on his foot while he does so. He nearly gets sent to the floor and in this moment, a quick string of jabs and claws are thrown at his head and torso. He is barely able to hold onto AFYN as he's sent falling to the floor.

"Huh, good thing we're getting a new cleaner soon. Pickup on aisle 5." You quickly reposition when you notice Presley getting back up. You notice O2 quickly rushing over, with W following behind. The others try to suppress laughs or giggles.

"That all ya got? TASTE THIS!" You adjust your twisted posture as a response to him swinging AFYN right at your head. It catches your shoulder instead. You bite down on your tongue to suppress a yell. That's going to be the only strike he's getting.

A quick series of weak yet constant punches from your left arm allows you to get some more distance. Your hand throbs from punching what's essentially thin but regular metal but you power through it regardless.

Presley spins the bolt action pistol around before swinging it at your fist. You take this chance to use your right fist to blindside him with a sudden and power slam to the back of the head. You're not too worried about hurting him.
[BOUND BY DUTY] They didn't want you to stop when you heard "ow". You know when to stop.

"AUGH!" You can't tell if that's pain or shock. He stumbles backward regardless from the force. Your assault of fists and stomping on his feet keeps him constantly disoriented and unable to keep a steady position to beat the shit out of you in return. Reddish-black blood pumps through your heart.

You feel alive. In your element.

"Sorry about this, Presley, but when I do something...I don't half ass it." You swing your leg at his unsteady legs, sending him falling to the floor again. The crowd watches on fanatically as the fight seems like it's about ready to end right here and now.

You check the crowd. Alongside O2 and W, some of the other Agents (Beta, Gamma, and Delta) seemed to have stopped by before leaving for their respective trips. The regular employees are entertained, those Agents are both confused and fascinated.

You check back on Presley. You haven't done any actual structural damage besides mild dents and scratches but you know he's worn out. His pride was severely damaged in your violent assbeating and if you putted a bit more into it, he might've been out for good.

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But he gets up, gripping the bolt action pistol in hand. He raises it up in the air. A violent, guttural yell you did not expect someone like him to be able to make echoes through the room.

For a split moment, you felt an irrational sense of pure dread. It quickly passes by but the presence looming in that gun is being felt in you now. That and your exhaustion is starting to kick in...

CURRENT ACTIVE STANCE: TWISTED (First critical die [6 in this case] you roll is 2 successes)
CURRENT FORCE: 4d6 (+3 from being a Crowd Pleaser, Twisted, and Training, -2 from Exhaustion and Dread)
OPPOSING FORCE TO BEAT: 4d6 (+1 from AFYN, +1 from Robo-Cowboy, -2 from Damaged Pride.)

Presley is standing valiant, his last stand against your assault. (DESPERADO STANCE: Can reroll every 1 he rolls once.)
The crowd is yelling fervently as the battle draws to its conclusion! (You get to reroll two dice per turn, Presley keeps COWBOY STANCE's effect alongside DESPERADO.)

What's your next move, Administrator?
>Go in for the chokehold. He might not breath but his neck can still feel the pressure. (Roll 5d6. He'll give in without much further damage on a success.)
>With Force of Will and your coat, take on his incoming assault without even flinching. Then finish him with a well placed punch. (Roll 4d6. You will look insanely cool to the onlookers if you pull this off.)
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Try to mess with Presley's head, just like the gun did to yours. (DC 15, bo3. On a success, you destabilize him and gain another force dice. On a failure, HE gains a force dice. Write ins may alter the success or best of in your favor.)
>[DYING LIGHT] Applaud Presley for putting up a good fight. He did his best. (DC 13, bo1. On a success, the crowd will get even more rallied up and motivated, granting you a random combat bonus. On a failure, people might think you're just belittling him and support him instead.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Push through the pain. You're not letting up until your body gives up. Keep up the assault. (Roll 6d6. Even with Force of Will and the coat, your body can only take so much. You WILL be feeling this in the morning. But this is the most likely to win by itself.)
>Write in.

>>5499041
Yeah this isn't a serious fight, I don't really care much about people rolling more than once. As long as it isn't one dude hogging everything.

>>5499137
If it’s just one more success
>With Force of Will and your coat, take on his incoming assault without even flinching. Then finish him with a well placed punch. (Roll 4d6. You will look insanely cool to the onlookers if you pull this off.)
If it’ll take two
>Go in for the chokehold. He might not breath but his neck can still feel the pressure. (Roll 5d6. He'll give in without much further damage on a success.)
Either way
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Try to mess with Presley's head, just like the gun did to yours. (DC 15, bo3. On a success, you destabilize him and gain another force dice. On a failure, HE gains a force dice. Write ins may alter the success or best of in your favor.)
Unless someone has a better write in for Dying Light, a Bo1 DC 13 isn’t worth losing a Force die.

>>5499156
If you had one more success last match, we would be in the [YOU'LL SEE] section by now. His pride can only take one more hit. It's mostly a matter of whether you want to be quick and efficient or look really cool.

>>5499156
+1

>>5499156
>Unless someone has a better write in for Dying Light, a Bo1 DC 13 isn’t worth losing a Force die.
I think one talking about Gary and the training Presley got from the old man via the gun might be interesting, but I still don't want to risk the best of 1

>>5499156
+1 to this and hey if we end up jobbing with all of our rerolls we deserve it AND it should still be an awesome post by QM just like the one above

What the fuck happened in the Lisa modding scene? How the fuck can they acquire so many bangers for their projects?

Alright it seems pretty clear what's going to win so let's close the vote. First, DC 15 bo3 d20s, roll those.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5499543
Yo

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5499543
time to slap his shit. jobbing curse please don't hit me now.

>>5499614
shoulda known better than to ask mercy from something merciless.

>>5499178
the Lisa series is high quality with a small but dedicated following, you always get good shit from things like that I find.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5499543
The die is cast: do we job or do we stomp?

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5499543

>>5499658
>5 seconds off
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE

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>>5499657
T-Thanks anon.

>>5499657
>>5499658
5 seconds too late... tragic enough to make me come out of lurking.

Rolled 1, 1, 5, 5, 6 = 18 (5d6)

I just lost 75 SP and/or 5 WP looking at that. Time to roll for Presley with that added dice.

Rolled 2, 4, 4 = 10 (3d6)

>>5499663
Rerolling the 1s and rolling again for the 6. Then, it'll be n13's time to try uncucking you. So here's my little compromise.

>>5499663
>>5499664
okay you gotta beat five successes. As a compromise, let's roll a 5d6 for you. If you manage to get all successes on your dice, I'll treat it as if you did the 4d6 option. Otherwise, you'll do the 5d6 option.

Since it was a split between choking him out and looking super cool. I'll let n13 roll since he got cucked.

Rolled 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 = 18 (5d6)

>>5499669

>>5499673
Alright, now you can roll those two 3s again since they're failures. You need two 4s and 5s or one six.

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Rolled 1, 2 = 3 (2d6)

>>5499678
Vibri, help me.
(This is like watching a kid fight in a wheelchair but both of us know how to fight.)

>>5499688
It's over.

Well, he wins with two successes. Gonna quickly write it up, do a lightning quick third round (there'll be only two votes), and then we'll move onto a certain something I've been planning.

Rolled 2, 6 = 8 (2d6)

>>5499673
No, like this anon.

>>5499693
Now I’m just mad.

>>5499701
>rolls the 6 after the fact
It would seem the dice, despite us playing well, want this to be a cool even bout. That or its Gary in AFYN drawing it out to test us and P/Presley both

>>5499704
I’d accept Gary overriding Presley for this insane surprise turnabout, no way P could do it alone.

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You quickly give a "come over here" gesture as a smug smirk crosses your face. "Y-yeah, that's all you got, yelling? C'mon, meet like a real man." You focus your mind and body to prepare for the incoming assault. You're as hard as steel right now.

"You asked for it." Almost automatically, he cocks the (thankfully empty) bolt action pistol. What is normally a satisfying click is now...how's to best describe it? You don't know if your exhaustion is kicking in but it feels cheeky, almost.

Behind the wood and mechanisms, you can feel someone cocking a smug, cheeky grin. A similar grin is on Presley's face. You feel like you recognize that smirk from those invaders you had a few hours ago...

His posture changes a bit before he charges in to close the gap.
[HOPELESS WRECK] SHIT YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED TWO AGAINST-
Sorry, sir, you did ask for it. No harsh feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNpFLlaJ7U - An Old Cowboy's theme

You raise up your arms to block the incoming assault. You grit your teeth as wood is harshly swung down onto your forearms but you grit through with sheer focus. Each one is harder and faster than the last, leaving nasty bruises on your arms that are quickly healing from the coat around your body...but it can only work so fast.

He stops his swinging for a moment, which gives you a chance to throw that game winning punch right at him. It lands! Presley stumbles back from the impact, clearly feeling the blow...but he doesn't fall down. You swear you hear him hissing something about some components being jostled around.

With a quick flick of the wrist and a spin of the pistol, he smashes you in the stomach with it while your guard was lowered. "GH!" Thin, watery spit stained with red and black sprays onto the floor. You absolutely did feel that, Father ABOVE FUCK

You take in a deep breath before trying to go in for a chokehold. Presley's arm moves automatically to grab your bruised arm and to push you to the side. You manage to wrap your other arm around him and you try your best to put in a chokehold. The crowd watches on with an energy you haven't seen from any of them, trying to see who'll win.

"H-haha...h-help me out, wouldn't you?" Presley mutters to himself as you put more pressure onto his neck. Hoping that he'll concede. With a strength that you did not expect outta him, he manages to put his body weight into a shove, making you lose your grip around his neck.

You stumble backwards. You grind your heels into the floor to stop yourself from falling over. Your vision is getting fuzzy. The back of your throat tastes like cigarette ash and death. And even with your watery eyes, you can tell Presley isn't doing too hot either.

He's rubbing his neck, either out of some weird human-mimicking...thing...okay, deep breaths. He's not doing too hot, you almost had him there if he didn't suddenly gain that sudden burst of strength.

CURRENT ACTIVE STANCE: TWISTED (First critical die [6 in this case] you roll is 2 successes)
CURRENT FORCE: 3d6 (+3 from being a Crowd Pleaser, Twisted, and Training, -3 from Exhaustion and Dread)
OPPOSING FORCE TO BEAT: 3d6 (+1 from AFYN, +1 from Robo-Cowboy, -2 from Damaged Pride, -1 from ???)

Whatever happened, he looks like he snapped awake after a quick powernap. His stance has waned away... (No stance activated)
The Crowd has damn near doubled in size. Most of the Agents, including K, are watching. Watching to see what you do. (You can reroll two dice, including d20s. Presley can add +1 to two of his dice in any configuration)

What do you try doing, sir? You have Minor Iris, exhaustion running to your core, and barely enough stamina to keep going.
>[HOPELESS WRECK] Coat your fist in tar and throw one last, dangerous punch at him. (Roll 4d6. This will burn like a motherfucker for both of you.)
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Finally disarm him. You're not sure if he can keep going without it. (Roll 3d6. People will find this far more respectful and honorable.)

A tinny voice, that newly developed part of you, only states one thing. It's not something you can act (vote) on but you take a moment to listen.
[DYING LIGHT] No matter what happens, I don't think he's losing any respect for you. Whatever grievances he might've had? Gone. You fought like a man.
[DYING LIGHT] He did a good job. You can handle a bit of a bruised ego if you lose again.

(I'll call a vote after one of the options get three votes or 4-5 hours have passed, whatever takes longer.)

>>5499747
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Finally disarm him. You're not sure if he can keep going without it. (Roll 3d6. People will find this far more respectful and honorable.)
Distract with our tar-spit, if it helps with the force dice.

>>5499747
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Finally disarm him. You're not sure if he can keep going without it. (Roll 3d6. People will find this far more respectful and honorable.
it was a friendly fight either way this pans out(even if the rolls felt more like two disabled kids fighting in the mud). no point fighting dirty now. (besides what would Gary think?)

>>5499754
+1
No tar spit!

>>5499758
As a distraction, not an attack.

>>5499747
>[BOUND BY DUTY] Finally disarm him. You're not sure if he can keep going without it.
Let's accept our win or loss with grace.

Rolled 6, 5, 3 = 14 (3d6)

Alright. Apologies for going lightning fast but I just want to avoid anything dragging on too long. Time to roll for Presley first to see how much basedness he has left.

>>5499767
Ah, three successes, and two sixes. Good thing he's not in his cowboy stance anymore.

Three people, roll DC 16 bo3.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5499773
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5499773
Is he gonna "thankyouverymuch" us like the real King would have

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5499773

Alright, roll for your 3d6. You still have a chance to win. If you feel like, you can add +1 to one of them if you want to spit as a distraction.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5499773

Rolled 3, 2, 2 = 7 (3d6)

>>5499785
+1 pls