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i need to make a visualosity

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w2; thursday

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[ Looking for 9S? After nyooming off from Party City, he can be found paused in front of an archway in the central node, looking in indecisively. ]

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9S.

[hello, she is here, having indeed come looking for him after he just wandered off stubbornly. where did she come from? same direction he did!

she's got a very "i cannot BELIEVE you just got injured and walked it off" look on her face right now.]

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[ He turns around, surprised to see her there. ]

—What?

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[she stares pointedly at his injuries]

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[ ... oh. quickly: ]

It's fine. I'm not the one to worry about here.

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9S.

How many people were injured last week, do you remember? Ten, wasn't it?

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[ He does. ]

That's different.

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It is different. Ten is more challenging.

Three, by comparison, is not a problem at all. The others are being seen to, so I'd appreciate it if you would allow me to see to you.

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[ For better or worse, his scowl is concealed. ]

Unless you're a mechanic too, I don't know what you'd be able to do.

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I can clean you up, for starters, and take note of where you were injured. Perhaps you may not need bandages for the same reasons one of us might, but I can use them so that your injuries aren't aggravated or made worse - then there will be less work for a "mechanic" to do later.

[she does not know what a mechanic is.]

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... It's fine—really. I can do my own maintenance.

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[she shakes her head]

Maybe right now you can. But what if something happens later and you need maintenance again, but the damage is severe enough that you need another pair of hands?

Show me what to do when your injuries are [her gaze flicks to his crushed arm] relatively minor, please. Hopefully it will never come to it, but then I'll be able to do more to help in the future if need be.

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[ ... ]

All right. Fine.

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Thank you.

[huh. he was easier to bully than he expected.]

Is there somewhere you prefer to do this? The medical bay would be easiest, but I also keep some supplies in my bag if you'd rather go elsewhere.

[since uh


his cyoa companions are almost certainly in there right now]

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[ They probably are! And being around people right now... ehhh. ]

Just—somewhere quiet. Anywhere.

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...shall we try the greenhouse on the roof? I don't imagine anyone will be seeing to the plants this time of night.

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[ He nods ]

Let's go.

[ No waiting for him; 9S heads towards the apartments. ]

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[she doesn't wait either! onward they go.



i hope he actually gets her to use the elevator because she's been using the stairs this whole damn time.]

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[ oh my god. girl yes please. he's going on the elevator. ]

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[


she follows him into the elevator but looks around uncertainly as the door closes behind them]

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[ Him, though? Doesn't seem terribly concerned about it. We going up. ]

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...are these normal where you come from...

[help she's so unused to machinery]

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[ ... ]

Oh. I guess you wouldn't know what an elevator is, would you.

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No... we didn't have them in Daxing.

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... Have you been going up and down the stairs this whole time?