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"Definitely Jarghalla if we're going by our previous reports. He almost killed you, you know that?" She looks to you before to the side. "Big wound in your chest. We had to rebuild you, the damage was so severe. Everything was torn apart... it's a miracle you lived."
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"Yeah, well, I'm alive, to say the least." |
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"Your neighbors reported seeing something run out of your house and a lot of noise, so they called us to see if everything was well. We found you in critical condition and your place of residence was absolutely destroyed. Although, we did find a few... Interesting things, to say."
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"Tell me about 'em." I say, interested. |
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"You had contraband weapons in your own home and some things that I didn't even think of. We're... working on reverse engineering them right now as they look quite useful. I'm surprised Jarghalla did not take the thought to gather your weapons. While normally we'd... arrest you, we're making a special exception since these weapons are quite advanced and we would like to learn some about them. From what we saw, they did a good deal on Jarghalla considering we saw hands and an entire shoulder-mounted launcher of some sort on the floor."
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"Yeah, I managed to cut off his wrist and a launcher, but that's about as much damage I can deal with those kind of weapons. Maybe you guys can provide me with more advanced technology?" |
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"It's illegal, so no. We're already giving you a lot of leniency by not putting you under arrest. However, if the technology we find proves to be beneficial... well... Let's just say you'll have some opportunities open for you."
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"Even in a city, we have laws like that. Good to know." I say sarcastically. "Anyways, what is an example of one of these opportunities?" |
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(*even in a city isolated from everything else) |
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"Well, I can't say. You'll just have to wait before you hear some of them."
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"Okay. How long until I get out of here, then?" |
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"Quite a while, you're not getting out until two months later if you're lucky. That's how bad the damage was. You were in here for at least seven, eight months? I'm sorry, but there's no real alternative to healing you so quickly. The body is what it is. We gave you augmentations to compensate, but that's it. The body still has to get used to it, that's all I can say."
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"Agh, where's a Dead Space RIG when you need one..." I say, remember their ability to carry first aid kits (or medpacks in the game) to wounded areas quickly. |
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"...what's a Dead Space RIG?" She was not at all fluent with video games, she was a scientist!
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"Long story short, it's a collection of suits that have multiple things it can do, like automatically healing a wounded area with first aid kits if you have one on you, or being able to move around in zero gravity areas. It's the most simple out of every other suit from a video game, yet more advanced than today's space suits." |
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"We already have a prototype of that in the works." She says plainly.
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"Oh, forgot to mention, most of them have a built in kinesis module and a stasis module, or at least the engineering one does. Kinesis lets people lift heavy objects with ease and move things from a distance, and stasis slows anything it hits." |
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"I could gather from 'kinesis' and 'stasis'. I'm not exactly dumb, you know."
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"Clearing it up or, not, you'll have to rest here. I need to get going, it's been nice meeting you." She rests a hand on your knee briefly before she takes off.
Three months later, you've recovered well enough. Your heart of steel pumps, your spine more durable this time, everything seemed to be improved. Of course a large sum of your money was taken away to pay for this operation, but it almost seemed worth it.
"Looks about good..." A doctor is checking you up, he's clearly aged some.
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"Well, it's alright for me, so... 'Looks about good' just about sums it up." |
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"The Director took some interest in you, you know? Seemed like she liked you. Told me to take good care of you." The doctor chuckled a bit. "I don't understand her interests, but she likes what she likes."
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I stare at him blankly, not saying another word. |
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