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[ladiesss]

Who: Krista
Broadcast: Network-wide video
Action: None!
When: Nondescript space time

[Krista appears on the screen, and waves a little! she's probably hiding on one of the stations, with all the neon lighting flashing on and off around her. she continues to speak in a whisper.]

Uh, hey guys. I'm probably going to end up being "The Girl Who's Always Asking Questions" at this rate, but I wanted to check... Has anyone actually done that thing with the augment upgrades? You know, where you get powers and stuff?

I mean, I found the list, and some of them seemed pretty cool, but like, uh. I wanted to know if just downloading some power into your brain was a good idea or a bad one. Seems kind of sketchy, you know?

Anyway, yeah. Let me know if you've tried it, or... if... you have thoughts? I don't know.

Comments

[not_mafia]

Augment upgrades?

[Hi Girl Who's Always Asking Questions, this is The Boy Who Never Pays Attention]

[ladiesss]

Uh... Yeah. Augment upgrades. ...Upgrades to your augment.

[she's, uh... not sure how to break that down any further.]

[not_mafia]

What's an augment? [derp derp derp]

[ladiesss]

It's... [wait, wait a minute.] How long have you been here?

[not_mafia]

Um, a few weeks...?

[ladiesss]

...Okay, so, have you noticed the weird lump in your neck?

[not_mafia]

The weird... oh, that thing! [HE REMEMBERS NOW]

... you can get that upgraded? To... what exactly?

[ladiesss]

Yeah, there you go. [WELL at least he's noticed that! she was really starting to doubt this guy's IQ, for a second there...] It can get upgraded to have a bunch of cool powers and stuff, or so the specs read.

[not_mafia]

[should still be doubting it tbh]

Really? [That... admittedly does sound kind of cool.] What kind of powers?

[ladiesss]

Well, it looks like there's stuff like enhanced vision and hearing, and a thing with magnetism, and mind-reading, and... Something about dreams? Maybe I misread that one.

[she holds up a spiral-bound notebook.] I mean, I did the research, I just can't remember them all off the top of my head. And it sounds like they're not so great, at least starting off...

[not_mafia]

Ehhh, how strange... I wonder what enhanced vision would look like!

[ladiesss]

...Probably pretty sharp. Maybe you can just see further?

Or maybe at higher levels, you get like, x-ray vision or something. I really don't know!

[not_mafia]

Further...? [Trying to imagine how that would look. Like... the zoom on a camera or something?]

Huh... those sound pretty neat!

[realization]

...ah, I wouldn't be able to get any if I wanted one though.

[ladiesss]

Huh? Why not? [she tilts her head a little...] Are you broke, or something?

[not_mafia]

Y-yeah... [such is the life of no-good tsuna............]

[ladiesss]

Oh. [....unsympathetic.] Well, that's your problem.

[not_mafia]

B-but I don't know what to do! Or what I'm doing wrong!

[ladiesss]

Well... It sounds like you get more money for having good ratings, so... I don't know. Get in a fight. Have a sad fit of angst and self-loathing. Make out with someone. Maybe not in that order.

[not_mafia]

E..eh?! I don't think I could do any of those things!

[ladiesss]

Well... Maybe that's why you have shitty ratings.

[and this, children, is how we DO NOT help.]

[not_mafia]

E-erk...

[Damn, right for the throat.]

[ladiesss]

Maybe you're just not meant to have superpowers... [which would be a funny statement, if she knew...]

[not_mafia]

I wish. [well, he doesn't have his gloves or ring so... he... is kind of normal now! maybe!!!]