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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.

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[catamite]

Oh!

[boop! there's a pretty little dude with piercings and distinctly pointy ears popping onto the video feed.]

I almost forgot about that.

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[save_the_souls]

Well it's....made finding loose change easier! And lost screws!

But, that's all I can really say for it.

[ladiesss]

[wow, he looks like... well, a fairy. she looks at his ears a little too long before she even responds.]

Oh, forgot? About what, the augment stuff?

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[ladiesss]

Oh... Which one is that? [she squints, trying to remember.] The metal one?

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[save_the_souls]

Yes, that's right. The metal one.

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[ladiesss]

So do you just, like... have a magnetic arm now, or something?

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[save_the_souls]

Something like that, but it's not very strong. I'd say it's only as strong as one of those...kitchen magnets? If you know what those are.

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[ladiesss]

Oh yeah, I know kitchen magnets. Huh...

Maybe it's like the ships, where you have to buy more levels to get better stuff? I guess it'd be kind of silly if they gave you like, Nagmeto-level powers in one day.

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[save_the_souls]

I...guess. [muttered to himself] But that's why I picked it...

[IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO COOL]

I could try investing in it more later. But lately I've been working on upgrading my ship's kitchen.

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[ladiesss]

Oh man, I hear you. I was thinking about that vision one, maybe, since it seems like the most harmless out of all of them... But then I was like, ew, my ship is terrible and less directly connected to my brain.

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[save_the_souls]

Mm, it's true. And...honestly, considering our ships- I'm not sure I'd want to see what's in here better.

[SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNKNOWN]

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[ladiesss]

...Ugh, you're right. I hadn't thought of that...

[blech. especially with all those... rats or whatever that live up in the vents? super-gross. she shudders.]

Yuck, okay. Uh. So you haven't felt anything weird or whatever otherwise? Smooth sailing on the magnetic arm front?

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[save_the_souls]

...Well...the other day I wasn't thinking and put my hand too close to a box of nails in my engineer workstation...

It was a rather uncomfortable sensation. Does that count?

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[ladiesss]

[s-she makes a little noise and tries to not look like that was funny...]

Um, no. I don't think so...

[catamite]

Um, the... upgrade things?

[he doesn't notice the staring, of course. too busy fidgeting with his lip ring.]

I think I got one, but... I totally forgot about it.

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[alwayscomeback]

Hey, Girl Who's Always Asking Questions, I'm the Guy Who Always Has A Sarcastic Comeback.

Anyway, I'm passing on the whole downloading stuff into my brain idea. I'm all for getting the ship working as well as it can, but the rest sounds like brainwashing, and from what I've seen of that, it ends badly.

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[save_the_souls]

[He just clears his throat. Right. Thats not embarrassing]

Ah, well..then no. I haven't noticed anything.

[ladiesss]

You got one? Which one? [might be missing what he meant by "totally forgot about it".]

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[ladiesss]

Hello and thank you for your answer, Sarcastic Comeback Guy.

I feel like, if they're going to brainwash us, they already have it pretty well established that they can just stick information in our head. [not that she's... trying to justify this... uh...] So what's another file or two, right? It could be really cool...

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[ladiesss]

Okay. I guess that's... established, then. Thank you.

[catamite]

Uhh, the... [give him a sec.] Charm one?

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[save_the_souls]

You're welcome. Good luck with whichever decision you make.

[ladiesss]

...and you forgot that you got it? Is it really that lame?

[alwayscomeback]

Yeah, it could be really cool, or it could be awful. Maybe they can't put the big stuff into our heads without our consent. You know, the 'try to murder all your friends' implant or whatever. And if we speak up against it, they could just say "well, you asked for it, didn't you?" It's just not a chance I'm willing to take.

[He remembers how absolutely effed up Jet was. You don't forget stuff like that in a hurry.]

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[ladiesss]

Thanks! ...Probably not going to be magnets, though.