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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 14:06:08 GMT -5
I press Enter.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 18, 2023 14:16:49 GMT -5
It takes about 24 minutes before a basket on a ski lift style thing delivers your items. It dumps them as it passes by. Some of the clothing looks used, but they are all in acceptable condition.
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 14:55:12 GMT -5
I go find a bathroom to get dressed and return to Shyke.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 18, 2023 16:31:41 GMT -5
On your way back to Shyke you notice the hissing sound of a licker and the clicking of claws as it’s crawling toward you from behind. Then you hear a loud CLICK CLICK, similar to the sound they make just before they jump at you.
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 18:27:38 GMT -5
I check to react for the sound somewhat startled.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 18, 2023 18:48:52 GMT -5
It’s a cart being bushed by a distributed worker. She stops when you react and the sound goes away. It’s the wheels of the cart making the hissing sound, and the wheels clicking on the cracks.
Shyke: “Hae, buddy.” He speaks softly. “It’s just trauma. It means you are adapted to the environments we’ve endured. We all have it. And we all can help each other.”
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 18:51:28 GMT -5
I kinda rub my eyes with one hand and look at him. “So about that nicotine?”
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 18, 2023 19:20:54 GMT -5
Shyke: “Is smoking your go to or can you vape ? Actually, we have the medical technology to help end addictions here, if you want to.”
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 20:20:09 GMT -5
“I can vape. I want to keep with nicotine not really for the addiction part, but it’s a semblance of familiarity. I also do nicotine salt packages I put in my lip.”
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 18, 2023 21:48:01 GMT -5
Shyke: “Oh, ok. You will be without during training, I hope you know that.”
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 18, 2023 23:19:48 GMT -5
“I’ve done that before, no biggie. It’s just a habit I fall into intentionally each time. It’s weird but the human mind is hard to make sense of sometimes.”
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 19, 2023 1:43:45 GMT -5
Shyke: “Well, as long as you good doin you. Let’s meet the Major.” He tilts his head to have you follow as he walks to the exit.
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 19, 2023 8:07:06 GMT -5
I walk with him.
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Post by Dragnoxz on Jan 19, 2023 17:49:25 GMT -5
He takes you through what seems like a maze of corridors and open areas, like joints between corridors where crates of supplies and material are placed just out of the way of foot traffic. There are different color lines along the walls, numbers and shapes. They look like identifiers for directions and locations and arrows positioned on the ground to guide the direction of foot traffic. There are paths also in the middle, which not many are walking on. You both wait at an elevator.
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Post by slicsinatra on Jan 19, 2023 17:53:28 GMT -5
“So is this just a debrief, am I gonna get mindwiped at some point or something sci fi?”
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