Capítulo 308: Powers to Austin
Upon seeing the various incredibly obvious notations done by Mobius, Afton helpfully points them out to Klein, who somehow had not noticed them before this. Afterwards, it only the brief task of translating the code into something understandable that needed to be done. Something that was completed incredibly quickly with both Afton and Klein working on it.
"THERE! I SEE IT! THE OVERRIDE SEQUENCE FOR THE FORBIDDEN ZONE!" Klein exclaims but Afton is less enthused...
"It's a trap." he states, not doubting his conclusion in the slightest.
"A TRAP? NO, MOBIUS WOULDN'T BE SO DEVIOUS AS TO... NO, HE WOULD... REGARDLESS, LOBOTOMITE, YOU WILL GO TO THE FORBIDDEN ZONE AND EXACT OUR REVENGE ON MOBIUS!" Klein says.
Afton just shakes his head, "Have you gone senile or something you jar-brain? WHY, would Mobius put the key needed to access his base in schematics? WITH NOTATIONS LITERALLY POINTING THE KEY OUT!?"
"WHY, IS IT NOT OBVIOUS?" Klein asks, staring at Afton's glowering face before continuing, "REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY! IF HE WAVES THE KEY IN OUR FACES, WE WOULD NEVER THINK TO USE IT AGAINST HIM!"
...
Afton palms his face, "Nyx, are these guys really scientists? Or did someone replace the scientists brain with imbeciles?"
"Such a task would require incredible sneaking... As I don't remember such an occasion, I doubt such a thing is possible."
Afton throws his arms up in exasperation, "Youknow what? I don't care anymore. I'm just going to march over to Mobius and kill him, if he obvious traps don't kill me first."
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT, LOBOTOMITE! AND PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, DON'T HESITATE TO DIE WHILE YOU'RE THERE." Klein says.
Afton just shakes his head and walks away, all he wanted to do now was rest until tomorrow and put a bullet in Mobius. Afterwards he could turn his attention to Klein and the rest of the Think Tank... Hopefully, he wouldn't have to do anything he probably won't regret.
Once he's back in the Sink he's greeted by Alfred. The Smart lights were still on, increasing his intelligence by +2 by simply being present. He reciprocates Aflred's greeting before reaching into his satchel and pulling out the other personality chips. Thus far, he'd activated Blind Diode Jefferson and Lumina.
"Let's see who's next." he mutters, picking out a personality chip that looks almost completely repaired, [Biological Research Station Personality Module].
Afton rolls it in his palm while asking Alfred which machine it belonged to...
"The Biological Research Station, sir? I would advise you to destroy the chip here and now... Please recall that I warned you before of a personality that sexually harrassed any who spoke to it?"
"Hm, so I might get sexually assaulted by the Biological Research Station?" Afton questions.
"It depends on how you define the term, sir. I am sure your expectations won't be disappointed however... Or will be? I am not certain on sir's sexual alignment as of yet."
"Did you just call me gay?" Afton asks, unsure how to respond.
"No?" Alfred tentatively replies, and Afton just shakes his head.
"Whatever, I'm going to activate the personality now... If vine tentacles suddenly attack me, either try to save me, or mercy kill me if you are unable to do that." he urges, semi-sarcastically.
With that, Afton walks into the next room, the various empty plot of soil still sitting around as barren as ever. He supposed that they'd be put into use once he activated the Biological research station, but he was still wary of the personality it might contain...
He slides the chip into it, and the machine boots to life, the hum of old machinery finally moving again making itself known.
"Ooh... Oh yeah, baby, feels good to be back online again! Yeah, all circuits online... Ready to receive your seed." the personality says, its voice sounding like a black Austin Powers...
Afton raises a brow, "My seed?" he questions, not liking where this was going.
"Your seed, baby. I'm the original, certified, rarefied, testified GS-2000 Biological Research Station. Yes sir, I'm a seed-clonin' machine. You got seeds? I'll clone the shit outta them."
Hm, that sounds... Interesting. Afton idly wonders what kinds of things he could do with this. This machine would be incredibly valuable back in his old world, growing things like Black truffles, and other rare and hard to farm plants, but here in the wastes? There wasn't much worth growing. Hm... Although...
"What kinds of seeds do you currently have? I don't suppose you have any pre-war plants?" Afton asks.
"Mhmmm, there wasn't much left but... There was quite of lot of material cryogenically frozen when the bombs dropped... Apparently. All you'd need to do is grab the samples, shove them dee~eep inside me... And wait while your seed grows, baby."
"Where might I find these frozen samples?" Afton asks.
"How would I know, baby? I'm just where you deposit your seed, nothin' more, nothin' less... Unless you want me to be?"
Afton shakes his head, "Absolutely not... Nope! Nooo, no thank you."
"Maybe you can give me some blood instead, baby? I can see you're something I'd like to process inside me yourself. That arm of your looks... Impressive."
Afton glances down at his plant arm and pulls the stealth suit sleeve down to try and conceal it. "And why would you want that? I can guarantee you won't find anything of use from me."
"Heh, that's what they all say, baby. But after I'm done suckin' their seed out? Mmm, they always come back for more... The seedlings I grow taste better than any others." they add, everything they say heavily laden in innuendo...
"Uh huh... I'll try and get those frozen samples... For now, do you have a name I can call you?"
"Hmm, why don't you pick one for me, baby?"
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Afton gives a shrug, "Austin."
The Biological research station chuckles, "Austin, as in magnificent? I like your style, baby."
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Capítulo 309: Botanophobia
In the morning the next day, Afton was eating some rations while some dull jazz tones played in the background, courtesy of Jefferson. His thoughts were still on the cryogenically frozen pre-war samples. He was tempted to ask Alfred to turn Austin's personality off, but knew that'd reduce the research stations effectiveness by 50%.
This wasn't because removing the personality effected the hardware, no, it was like removing the software translating the information from the hardware. Afton while disturbed, could still handle the constant innuendo and sexually suggestive behaviour for now. If keeping it gave Austin higher effectiveness at his duties, then let him be a creep.
Of course, Afton had other duties today... Dealing with Doctor Mobius being the main one. Yesterday they'd discovered the override sequence to gain access to the forbidden zone... dome. All that as left now was for Afton to head over there, put a bullet through Mobius brain, while retrieving his own.
Afton cracks his back and rolls his shoulders as he prepares himself. He stops by the Think Tank to collect the override key that Klein had thankfully worked overtime on.
With that all said and done, Afton headed north towards the forbidden zone, the treacherous region looking incredibly ominous in the distance. Already, Afton could see large red crystals protruding from the ground, like giant rubies.
The walk towards the ruby-encrusted canyon doesn't take all the long, the only real obstacles being the few Lobotomites he ran into. They were easily dispatched, though, he did also encounter a group of Cyberdogs.
Fortunately, Dr. Borous changing his designation from 'Commie' to 'Post-war Amewrican' seems to have relieved him of their ire. In fact, they were quite happy to be pet by him, but didn't stick around long before continuing to patrol the crater.
Afton reached the outskirts of the canyon, spotting some steps leading to a raised position. Afton elects to head up there as opposed to walking through the dark, claustrophobic ground-level pathways.
Once he's up there he spots a building, on the map it reads 'Signal Hills Transmitter', whatever that is. Inside didn't really have all that much in it, hidden on the roof however were a few articles of interest...
Afton found some sort of campsite? on the roof... Along with a weapon he hadn't seen before, and what seemed to be a mod for it. He ignored them for now and picked up a torn piece of paper, one that hadn't been blown away due to the weapon resting on it.
It read :
"Set up camp here after Yangtze attack. Too exposed here. Transmitter's vulnerable, hacked it, set up remote link so can access it any time. Need to find spot closer to north train tunnel with clear broadcast LOS to here. Canyons are too dangerous, can't go back to Yangtze - there is that weather station northwest that drew that Courier here, but going there sounds like trouble. For now, going to scout the Waste Disposal Site, then around the perimeter of that Securitron Plant, see if I can find a more defensible position."
That sounded an awful lot like Elijah, especially with what he knew had already occurred from Christine and the unknown man's perspective, along with Klein. Though, the thing that pushed his theory over the edge was the weapon...
[Elijah's advanced LAER]
Strength req : 4
DMG : 65
Crit dmg : 15
Crit mult : 1.5x
AP : 32
Weight : 4
Value : 12000
Yeah, if it wasn't obvious enough, it even had Elijah's name plastered over it via his inventory. The weapon itself looked like some sort of cartoony-depiction of a laser rifle, though its damage certainly made up for its rather stupid looks.
It even had a mod next to it, one that'd convert it from a laser rifle into a sort of shotgun, the [Prismatic Lens] mod boosting damage by 30% while splitting the single beam into three. Afton didn't waste time and immediately installed the mod, checking the weapons stats afterwards.
[Elijah's advanced LAER (Prismatic Lens)]
Strength req : 4
DMG : 84.5
Crit dmg : 15
Crit mult : 1.5x
AP : 32
Weight : 4
Value : 15000
Yeah, with its damaged boosted by [Uncivilized Weapon, it's damage hit 169, an insane number dwarfing the Anti-Material rifles (without the addition of headshots). Of course, it would only be useful close range due to the mod converting it into a shotgun.
Elijah certainly knew his stuff... And by the note, he apparently had other hidden bases scattered around the crater. Afton was unconsciously salivating at the thought of more weapons like this lying around the place.
Of course, the LAER came with a few negatives... It's low crit damage, high AP cost, and fragility would've made it difficult for anyone else to use... But not Afton, his luck wasn't suited to crit weapons, he almost never used VATS to shoot, and the fragility was offset by [Mechanicus].
He put some Micorfusion cells into the weapon and hefted it, wanting to test it out... He looks over the roof towards the north, and pales slightly at what he sees... Bright. Green. Plants. Something that you are unlikely to come across within the wasteland... With one exception. Vault 22.
He was hoping this wouldn't be the case, but judging by the Spore Plants already attempting to shoot globules of acid at him from afar, it clearly wasn't just his imagination.
Afton took cover and pondered whether or not it was worth trying to kill Mobius, if he had to head through fungus infested territory... He briefly wondered why the fungus hadn't spread further, but realised it must have something to do with the 'serum' Dala had used to stop the fungus from taking over his entire body.
He suddenly frowned when he noticed himself rapidly breathing as if he were hyperventilating... Placing a hand on his chest, he realised just how fast his heart was beating. Was he... Afraid?... He was scared of many things, dying (permanently), losing friends and family, powerlessness... But now something had apparently topped that list... Plants...
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