บท 265: Neguntiations
Afton taps his foot before refocussing his attention on the robots, of which Dr. Klein is apparently still trying to think of a way to bribe him. "Hmm, alright, I'll work for you all... Under one condition!"
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"...OH? WERE YOU TALKING JUST NOW, LOBOTOMITE? I WAS THINKING..." Klein says, having not been aware of his surroundings at all.
Afton frowns, "Ok, since you want to be like that, I'll help you all, under two conditions." he states, increasing his ask after being snubbed by Klein.
"Dr. Klein, chances are the lobotomite is going to increase their asking price every time we ignore them!" Zero says.
"REALLY?... THEN THE LOBOTOMITE IS CAPABLE OF BASIC ADDITION!... MATHS!" Klein exclaims.
"I WILL HELP UNDER THREE CONDITIONS!" Afton shouts, causing the robots to still and turn towards him.
"FINE... FINE! WHAT ARE YOUR CONDITIONS, LOBOTOMITE?" Klein reluctantly asks, not allowing himself to go off on another tangent and potentially get forced to give up more ground to Afton.
Afton holds out his hand and extends one finger, "First! I want any resources you have around that may be useful to me, so that means weapons, armour, or any other tech that could potentially help."
"It wants WEAPONS!? Weapons are dangerous! We can't let a LOBOTOMITE carry weapons!" Borous retorts.
"Dr. Borous, it appears as if you've not observed the veritable arsenal the teddy bear is carrying... I am no expert in combustion pistols, but I know one when I see one." Dala states, pointing her monitors towards Afton's pistols and Anti-Material rifle still slung on his back.
"But... But-" Borous stutters out, but is interrupted before he'd able to formulate an argument.
"ENOUGH! GIVE THE LOBOTOMITE THE WEAPONS WE HAVE... IN ANY CASE, THEY WILL NEED IT AGAINST DR. MOBIUS' ROBO-SCORPIONS, AND THE OTHER 'FAILED-EXPERIMENTS' AROUND BIG MT" Klein says.
"Err, what weapons do we actually have?" Zero asks.
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"WELL? ANYONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE USED AS A WEAPON!?" Klein loudly asks.
"I recall using Dr. 8's sonic-sound-emitter-projecto-gun to massage my bio gel..." Dala sheepishly admits. And Afton was sure if they still possessed skin they'd be blushing...
"*BZZZZTCH, BZZZZTCH, BZZZZZZZZTCH*" 8 buzzes out, everyone but Afton somehow understanding him.
"WAIT, IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE SONIC EMITTER, WHAT'S THE POINT IN SENDING THE LOBOTOMITE TO X-8!?" Dr. Klein asks.
"*BZZZZTCH! BZZZZTCH!*"
"EMITTER FREQUENCY? SHOULDN'T THERE ALREADY BE ONE LOADED?"
"*Bzzch...*" 8 sounds out, sounding almost embarrassed.
"I DON'T CARE YOU FAULTY RADIO-BRAIN! JUST DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO AND GET IT WORKING!" Klein says.
"*Bzzzzzch...*" 8 says before floating away, behind some machinery. Before Afton's able to ask what he's doing a strange sound starts coming from 8's position.
"*Bztch! Bzch! Bztchh!*"
"What is that sound?" Afton asks, curious.
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"I... Think 8's sonjaculating into the gun. Getting it... Warmed up." Zero says, sounding slightly nausious.
"*BZZCH,BZZCH,BZZCH,BZZCH!BZZZZZZZZZCH!... BZZTCH*"
"Ding, turkey's done..." Zero states in exasperation.
8 floats over to where Klein in and tries to pass off the Sonic Emitter with one of its manipulators, but Klein backs off from it, "YOU GIVE IT TO THE LOBOTOMITE, I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT THING!"
8 floats to Zero who instantly rejects it, "Oh, I don't think so."
Dala, apparently having enough of there 'tomfoolery' just snatches the gun away from 8 with a manipulator, "I'll do it if you two are going to be ashamed of your technological needs..." she examines the emitter closer before continuing, "Let me give it a little sterilization first..." she says, sounding less enthused now that she'd gotten a better look at it.
Afton watches with rapt interest as Dala fails to 'sterilize' it in any way he'd recognise. No, instead she just brings the gun closer to her voice emitter and starts making a strange noise, "WooooOOOOoooooOOOooooo... Alright, all anti-bacterial fresh. Here you go, my little teddy bear. I have thoroughly removed all RobCo term link spew from the device. It is clean, shiny, and ready for your hands." she coo's before dropping the Sonic Emitter into his outstretched hands.
The weapon itself looked like a typical futuristic gun, with the exception of the sound detector that displayed what at first glance looked like a blue heart-beat sensor. The pistol's casing itself looked like a simple metal barrel with vacuum tubes and other electronic gadgets attached to it... At the end was a speaker, one presumably designed to fire deadly sonic waves.
[Sonic emitter - revelation]
Strength req : 2
DMG : 31
Crit dmg : 18
Crit mult : 1x
AP : 30
Weight : 2
Value : 10000
Special : +50 damage against robots outside Big MT, +20 damage against Big MT robots and power armour. Critical strikes cause 10-second paralysis.
Huh, causes paralysis and does bonus damage to robots and power armour... It makes sense that it would be weaker against Big MT robots who are presumably designed with this weapon in mind. All it meant was it would be far more effective outside of Big MT, something which Afton fully intended to take advantage of.
He straps to it the bandoleer on his chest that's also holding his plasma pistol and his Sawed-Off shotgun. "What ammo does this use?" he asks, despite fully knowing that it required Energy Cells, judging alone by the shape of receptacle on the top of the gun.
"WHAT AMMO DOES IT USE!? WHY I-..." Klein's upcoming rant peters off, "I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW! DR. O! WHAT BATTERY SIZE DOES THE DEVICE NEED?"
"Just plain old energy cells if I bio-gel hasn't crusted over and coagulated Dr. Klein." Zero says.
"So, anyone got any spare Energy Cells to use this thing? There's no point of having it if I lack the ammunition to use it."
"Ah, I used to... But all my batteries were used up on my vibr-... Vivisectors..." Dala admits.
"*Bzzzch!*" 8 states before floating over and dropping some Energy Cells in Afton's hands.
"THERE. WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER CONDITIONS?" Klein asks as Afton checks over his new weapon.
Afton shakes his head though, "My first condition isn't complete yet, I said ALL resources, meaning any weapons, armour, or tech you have." he states, not allowing himself to get sidetracked.
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บท 266: Twice Armed...
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"DID... DID THE LOBOTOMITE SAY THAT?" Klein asks the others, having already gotten what Afton had said.
"*Bzzzch!*" 8 says, and Borous slowly starts floating away. Though, by the way the others were looking at him, he wasn't doing a very good job at hiding it.
"BOROUS! WHAT ARE YOU HIDING YOU GERIATRIC SIMPLETON!?" Klein exclaims.
"NOTHING!" Borous loudly says.
"Err, aren't we all technically geriatric Klein? Two-hundred years would make us double or even triple geriatric...-ness?..." Zero questions neurotically.
"QUIET DR. O! WE AREN'T HERE TO POINT OUT HYPOCRITES! NO! WE'RE HERE TO DEFEAT MOBIUS!... AND SOMETIMES SCIENCE!..."
"*BZZZZCH!*"
"That's a LIE! And you know it 8!" Borous states at 8's apparent insinuation.
Afton was beginning to get tired of listening to their back and forth babbling conversation... If he wasn't out to receive rewards from them then he'd have left already.
"Please, Dr. Borous! Even the Lobotomite can tell you're hiding something, and they don't even have a brain!" Zero gesticulates, pointing his manipulators at Borous.
"BOROUS! YOU WILL REVEAL WHATEVER YOU ARE HIDING, OR SO HELP ME! I WILL LACE YOUR BIO GEL WITH THE EXCRETIONS OF YOUR CYBER DOGS!"
"FINE!" Borous finally gives in, floating towards his own workspace and opening a case, the thrusters keeping the robot floating beginning to struggle under the weight of the new object he was carrying. "I still do not agree with giving the Lobotomite a gun... Guns are DEADLY!" the robot states, returning to the others with some sort of large machine gun in his manipulators.
"*Bzzzzch!*"
"Dr. 8 is correct. We have already given the teddy bear a lethal sonic deathray filled with his ejaculate and sterilized by my soft WoooOOOoo'ing... Giving the teddy bear a gun would be the equivalent of following a glass of hemlock with an abraxo chaser. Delicious and redundantly deadly." Dala concurs with 8's... Whatever 8 had said.
Dr. Borous seems to sigh and hefts the weapon in his manipulators up, "This is the Cyberdog gun K9000, with its floppy ears and curious nose sensor... You be sure to take good care of him! I'll plant a virus in your RobCo device if I hear you've hurt him!" he warns.
"WILL YOU JUST GIVE IT ALREADY? THAT THING MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE! ALWAYS WORRIED IT'LL START HUMPING MY CHASSIS!" Klein says.
Borous reluctantly drops the heavy machine gun in Afton's hands, and Afton is immediately caught off guard by the whimpering sound being emitted by the gun...
He examines it for a moment and is 'almost' appalled by the fact the gun literally contains a dog's brain in a dome filled with bio gel, not to dissimilar from Dr. Klein and his colleagues.
Truth be told, it was more akin to a mini-gun than a machinegun, the size alone would make most unable to properly use it. The casing was tough, heavy metal, and the barrel was separated into three that'd spin like a minigun's would. It had two floppy metal things on the top that resembled dog ears... Judging by the way they moved and responded to stimulus, it didn't seem like a bad guess either.
The gun didn't have any iron sights, instead, having an x2 scope. He could also tell it seemed to take .357 calibre bullets, a boon since such rounds were easily acquired in the Mojave. Last but not least, he checks it via his inventory.
[K9000 Cyberdog Gun]
Strength req : 8
DPS :182
DMG : 26
Crit dmg : 18
Crit mult : 0.06x
AP : 27
Weight : 27
Value : 14000
Special : Is able to sense its surroundings, and will alert the user to threats it detects. Will also become a life long companion that will never let you down!
Huh, the damage per bullet is actually quite high considering this thing is basically as Minigun. The DPS itself is insane! Compared to the Anti-Material rifle, it has triple the DPS! Of course, both weapons were strong in their own respective fields, but it will still very, very impressive.
The only problem was the fact that he'd be forced to lug around an incredibly heavy mini-gun that ate ammunition quicker than most people could realise... He didn't have enough .357 rounds to properly fire the weapon for any kind of long term use, and he doubted the scientists would have enough either...
Afton conned some more .357 bullets out of the scientists by acting like a fool who didn't know what bullets were. He was then given the Sink's central personality chip, one that would apparently reactivate one of the machines in the sink and allow him to trade and barter with it.
"I still think it would be more appropriate for the teddy bear to reside in my chambers, my radars would be the best suited to, slowly, scan its form and collect sensitive data." Dala says, causing cold sweat to gather on Afton's neck and back. Something about the creepy scientist made him want to run and never return.
"NO! OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE TOO CLOSE TO US, TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON, MOVING AROUND WITH THOSE... UGH! EXTREMITIES! NO. THE ATTIC IS THE BEST PLACE FOR IT TO BE." Klein states.
"What about the other personality chips?" Afton asks, "I remember seeing more than one machine in there that wasn't operating properly."
"WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PERSONALITY CHIPS?" Klein parrots, seemingly confused.
"Are you... Echoing what he said, or are you asking for real?" Zero tentatively asks.
"He's asking, yes. Dr. Klein, there are other personalities. If you recall, you hurled them off of the Sink balcony after your argument with Mobius." Dala says.
"IT IS NOT AN ARGUMENT IF ONE IS CLEARLY RIGHT AND THE OTHER IS CLEARLY WRONG! I REMEMBER NOW, LOBOTOMITE. THERE ARE OTHER CHIPS SCATTERED AROUND THE RESEARCH FACILITIES IN HOLOTAPES. IF YOU WANT THEM THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GATHER THEM YOURSELF." Klein states.
Afton raises a brow, couldn't he just recover the chips that'd been thrown over the balcony? Sure some would be broken but his [Mechanicus] Perk would correct that fairly quickly. Though, whether or not the personalities contained within the chips would remain is still unclear.
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