Chương 15: OLD WORLD BLUES
Okay, it's time to wake this toaster from its slumber. I connected the holotape to the Toaster.
[Skink Project: Toaster Installed]
[600 EXP]
"Ahahahah! I am on-line once again! Tremble, world, before my electric heating coil of doom!" Toaster
"I am afraid to ask, but what is your primary uses?"
"You should be afraid! Very afraid! I am the scourge of all small appliances! I'm the bogeyman that keeps lesser toasters awake at night! I am known as the Babayaga to all cameras! The oncoming storm for hotplates! I am the one who places all irons in the fire to watch them melt before I remake them for my grand plans!" Toaster
"So you murder toasters?"
"Not just murder! I execute them! I tear them apart and render them down to their base components! Once their guts are spilled, you can do with the remains how you will." Toaster
"I would like a demonstration. I have brought a few toasters for you."
"Well. well.. What have we got here? Another innocent little toaster. Come here, I won't hurt you… hah! Gotcha!" Toaster
I watched in fascinated horror as the toaster rampaged against its only kind. Some how managing to make a wood chipper look like a cuddly teddy bear in comparison.
"Oh, yes, hell fucking yes! The sweet smell of spilled electric guts, the sparking diodes - I fucking live for this!" Toaster
I shook my head and went to install the personalty of Light Switch 02.
[Skink Project: Light Switch 02 Installed]
[700 EXP]
"Mmm… that was a nice little, uh, catnap. How long was I out?" Light Switch 02
"A light switch that trunks me on? I must be dreaming."
[Cherechez La Femme Check Success]
[500 EXP]
"Oh, you! I bet you say that to all the light switches!" Light Switch 02
"Only the cute ones."
"Now I know you're flirting with me. And it's working. What don't you take this - to remember me by?" Light Switch 02
[Meeting People Magazine added to inventory]
"So what's your job?"
"I was Doctor Mobius'... personal assistant! We were studying… um… oh, shoot what was it? Oh yeah! Lightning! No, no, wait, uh… Lighting. That's right how lighting affects human interaction." Light Switch 02
"Hmm, that sounds a lot like what the other light switch was working on."
"Eww! Don't lump me in with her! I'm way more fun!" Light Switch 02
"So what did you and the good old Doctor find out?"
"Oh, it was super exciting! It turns out that some pretty colored lights can make you way better at talking to people!" Light Switch 02
"Would you kindly turn on those lights for me?"
"You bet I can! That's more than that other tramp can do, huh?" Light Switch
Mood Lighting (+2 CHA, +5 Barter, +5 Speech for 12 hours after initial exposure)
The lights in the room turned a soft red color.
"So I was talking with that other light switch in the other room. Do you control that one too?"
"Oh… her. Trust me, sweetie, you're better off not thinking about that frigid little ice queen." Light Switch 02
"Sounds like there are some bad circuits between you."
"That bitch needs to check herself before she blows a fuse. She thinks she's so much better than everybody just because her processors are bigger. Oooh, she makes me so mad!" Light Switch 02
"IDK, the smart lights could have it's uses."
"I knew it! You've got a thing for her, don't you? Oh, you just make me sick!" Light Switch 02
"Clam down, I don't have a thing for the light switch."
"Okay… I believe you—this time." Light Switch 02
"Well, I'm off to talk to the SINK's Sink."
"Well, she's a bit of a prude but nice enough." Light Switch 02
I walked to the SINK's Sink and plugged in the Holotapes.
[Skink Project: Sink Installed]
[800 EXP]
"Oh God. look at you! You're filthy. I suppose you'll… want to clean up then?" Sink
"Well I would wash my clothing but I think that would damage the circuitry. What's your deal with dirt anyways?"
"If I may sir! Just place your outfits on my display and be sure to flip it in 5 minutes. I will be able to remove all forms of particulate matter from the outfits with my sonic array. No water necessary." SCIU
Ugh, it's so… unsanitary! Do you know how many germs are in one cubic centimeter of dirt? Seventy… hundred… gajillion! Would you want that getting washed down your gullet day in and day out? I didn't think so!" Sink
"Mind if I take a drink?"
"You can have as much as you like! Just, eh… please don't put your lips on the faucet? It's so unsanitary." Sink
I took a long drink of cool water. Mmm, that's the good shit. Not 200-year-old stale pure water or dirty with rads. That is some fresh spring water. What's the PH level? 7.3 maybe.
"Mind if I fill some bottles for the road?"
"I can do that! They… they've been thoroughly washed, haven't they?" Sink
[13 purified waters added]
I left the Sink to go to activate Muggy the tiny Securtron. I also grabbed all the mugs I had stored.
[Skink Project: Muggy Installed]
[900 EXP]
"You! Hey, yeah you! Got any mugs?" Muggy
"Mugs? Why do you want mugs?"
"Why do you want mugs? Huh? You some kind of sick mug hoarder? Oh god, give me the coffee cup, please! It's sitting there in your pack, taunting me! Sorry… I'm sorry. I got a little carried away. It's just all those goddamn dirty dishes out there with no one to clean them! It breaks my heart!" Muggy
"You seem a bit obsessed. With mugs."
"Of course I'm obsessed! They made me this way! You think I don't know how crazy I sound? Of course I do! They programmed me to know that too! They made me just to torture me. But you know, it's the neglect that hurts the most. "Hey everybody, let's turn ourselves into robot brains in jars!" Do you know how many coffee cups giant robot brains use on a daily basis? Not fucking many!" Muggy
"What do you do with the mugs?"
"I'm supposed to keep them clean - oh, God, the thought of all those dirty dishes out there makes me crazy! Most of them are probably beyond saving now. The only thing left is to break them down and process them for raw materials. I guess you could have those." Muggy
"Outside of that can you do anything else?"
"Huh! Anything else, she asks. Like I don't long for the chance to be more than a neurotic busboy. If you must know, at one point Dr. Mobius programmed me to manufacture electronic components in my central chassis. That module got corroded when the Toaster spilled hot crumbs down my vents, though. Thanks for finding the backup. I could maybe… just maybe make those electronic components again for you." Muggy
"Let's change the topic."
"Is the new topic mugs?" Muggy
"So just who are you?"
"You… you really want to know about… me? No one has ever asks about Muggy! You've made so happy! Maybe you've seen some of those big. Imposing Securitrons with their lovely laser guns and rocket launchers and those scary faces? I'm not one of those. Dr. O was always jealous of House Industries, and he thought it would be fucking hilarious to build a tiny neurotic Securitron. Big fucking laugh. So, umm… you got any coffee cups for me now?" Muggy
"Here have at it! Knock you're self out."
"Oh, sweet, sweet fulfillment! I'll break these down for you just as fast as I can!" Muggy
[420 Coffee Mugs Removed from inventory]
[840 Wonderglue, 1260 empty syringes added to inventory]
[You are now over-encumbered]
I stored the Wonderglue and sold the syringes. That netted me 15120 Caps. I grabbed one of my Saturnite fist and went to the toaster.
"Yes! Yes! Soon my work will be complete! Soon the world will burn in nuclear fire!" Toaster
"Already happened. The world has already been burned in nuclear fire."
"Soon I will - What? It.., It did?" Toaster'
"Yes. A couple of centuries ago, in fact."
"Really? Well… fuck. That puts a damper on the toaster's mood. Oh well, No use crying over spilled Armageddon - where was I? Oh right. Soon the world will burn in nuclear fire! Again!" Toaster
"Hey Toaster, what else can you do?"
"You want some weapon schematics? I can show you some mother fucking weapon schematics! You want a superheated Saturnite Power Fist? I can hook that shit up! Check it!" Toaster
"You mean like this one?"
"Oh, baby, that is a thing of fuckin' beauty! Give it here, I'll soup it up for ya! There ya go! Have fun with that. Burn the fuckin' world for me!" Toaster
[super-heated Saturnite fist Added]
Ah, another weapon I'll never use. I went over to the Auto-Doc to get all four of the implants into my body. I spent 50K Caps on Implants C-13, M-5, Y-3, and Y-7.
[New Perk: Implant C-13] Implant C-13 was originally designed as a defense turret subroutine to help eliminate cazadores should they escape from their containment, but it's been repurposed for testing on human subjects. (+10% passive damage bonus against cazadores.)
[New Perk: Implant M-5] You can be made... better... faster... stronger... Actually, just faster. The M-5 implant increases your crouched movement speed by 20% for greater efficiency as a test subject.
[New Perk: Implant Y-3] Implant Y-3 places an internal filtration system in the digestive tract that strips any liquid consumed of all radioactive particles before being processed by the body.
[New Perk: Implant Y-7] Implant Y-7 is an enzyme booster that increases the Health (HP) gained from foods and recovers additional Action Points (AP) per food item consumed.
I then crafted all the skill books I had recipes for. The books I couldn't use on myself I placed in the spy's office as decoration. I then took a look at my skills on my PipBoy.
Skills
Barter 100
Energy Weapons 44
Explosives 47
Guns 89
Lockpick 100
Medicine 68
Melee 39
Repair 100
Science 100
Sneak 89
Speech 96
Survival 43
Unarmed 43
I left the SINK to have a quick little chat with Doctor 8. I was able to fix his little tremlink code problem so no one could hack him. The guy is a bit of a horny fucker despite being a brain in a jar. I then went back to the SINK and had lunch… I had put it off long enough. It was time to finish this quest. I went to install the chip for the Biological Research Station.
[Skink Project: Biological Research Station]
[1000 EXP]
[Making Friends]
[1000 EXP]
[26865/39050 to next level]
"Ooh… oh yeah, baby, feels good to be on-line again! Yeah, all circuits on-line… ready to receive your seed." BRS
"Yeah fuck no. I'm not making some Poison Ivy plant monster babies with you or her if I ever met her."
"Owch rejected. I think you might be thinking of the wrong seed baby. I'm the original, certified, rarefied, testified GS-2000 Biological Research Station. I'm a plant seed-clonin' machine. You got seeds? I will clone the shit out of them." BRS
"Clone seeds, what does that mean?"
"It's the merical of life, baby. You bring me some succulent genetic samples, and I'll work my mojo on them. Clone you up all kinds of plants. Aw yeah. I can also break them down for you, if you're into the kinky stuff. Bring me any old plant parts, and I'll grind them up into Salient Green for you. Yeah, you like that, don't you baby?" BRS.
"So if I bring you samples of dried plant life, you can clone them and grow them in these planters?"
"You know it baby. I just need some samples fresh or dried and I got you going. Take a few days but trust me - it's all kinds of good." BRS
"Isn't Solentgreen people?"
"Salient Green is the miracle of life in sticky, gooey, liquid form, baby! Heat that gunk up over a campfire, and just watch it congeal into all kinds of plants." BRS
I was grossed out by the Biological Research Station. I shook my head. "Here take the seed do with it as you like."
"Aw, yeah, baby, just slip it in there. All the way down in that dark, moist earth. Mmm… launching interface." BRS
When he got all the seeds I had found in Big MT. I ran to the Sink. "Wash away the horror, wash away the horror, wash away the horror." I then stripped out of the stealth suit threw it on the SICU and took a three hour shower.
[Quest Complete: All My Friends Have Off Switches]
[10000EXP]
[Questin' Mark]
[100 EXP]
[Quest Complete: Influencing People]
[5000 EXP]
[New Quest Added: Field Research]
[Welcome to Level 23]
[Assign 17 skill Points]
I decided to put 7 points in sneak. 7 points into guns. The last 3 points go in Explosives.
[Choose 1 Perk]
[Intense Training] 8 ranks left.
[Friend of the Night]: You are a true friend of the night. Your eyes adapt quickly to low-light conditions indoors and when darkness falls across the post-nuclear wasteland
[Heave, Ho!]: Quite an arm you've got there. All thrown weapons fly farther and faster for you
[Junk Rounds]
[Retenion]
[Swift Learner] 3 ranks left
[Canibal]
[Rapid Relode]
[Bloody Mess]
[Fortune Finder]
[Run 'n Gun]
[Gunslinger]
[Hand Loader]
[Vigilant Recycler]: Waste not, want not. When you use Energy Weapons, you are more likely to recover drained ammunition. You also have more efficient recycling recipes available at the wasteland's workbenches.
[Shotgun Surgeon]
[Commando]
[Quick Draw]
[Rad Resistance]: Rad Resistance allows you to -- what else? -- resist radiation. This perk grants an additional 25% to Radiation Resistance.
[Scrounger]
[Stonewall]
[Mister Sandman]
[The Professional]: Up close and personal, that's how you like it. Your Sneak Attack Criticals with pistols, revolvers, and submachine guns, whether Guns or Energy Weapons, all inflict an additional 20% damage.
[Terrifying Presence]
[Math Wrath]: You are able to optimize your Pip-Boy's V.A.T.S. logic, reducing all AP costs by 10%
[Here and Now]
[Sneering Imperialist]
[Finesse]
[Silent Running].
[Miss Fortune]
[Mysterious Stranger]
[Nerd Rage!]
[Night Person]
[Fast Metabolism]
[Robotics Expert]
[Sniper]
[Hobbler]
[Lead Belly]: With the Lead Belly perk, you take 50% less radiation every time you drink from an irradiated water source. (AN: Wow this is worthless now! The Y-3 Implant dose the same thing but better. It Removes 100% of radiation. Without costing a Perk)
[Fight the Power!]
[Light Step]
[Purifier]
[Weapon Handlin]
[And Stay Back]
[Computer Whiz]
[Infiltrator]
[Explorer]
[Grim Reaper's Sprint]
[Solar Powered]
[Eye for Eye]
[Atomic!]
[Mile in Their Shoes]
[Them's Good Eatin']
[Nuka Chemist]
[Spray and Pray]
[Irradiated Beauty]
[Voracious Reader]
I'm going with The Professional. It's 20% extra damage to all of Spy's guns. Now while MR.Sandman is tempting for the bonus EXP it can give. I am planning to go to Dead Money pretty much straight after Old World Blues is done. So I won't be able to use it anytime soon. I'll probably pick it up when going to the Common Wealth.
S9.P10.E8.C8.I10.A8.L10
AP 150 HP405 DT12 CW 50/290 Caps 83089 EXP 2815/42550 Level 23
Skills
Barter 100
Energy Weapons 44
Explosives 50
Guns 96
Lockpick 100
Medicine 68
Melee 39
Repair 100
Science 100
Sneak 96
Speech 96
Survival 43
Unarmed 43
Perks
Small Frame
MannCo Supplies
MannCo Portable Upgrade Station
Know it All
Too Lucky to Die
Eye of true Perception
Item Fusion
LPX8 EXP
SX8 EXP
Voice of a Salesman
Intense Training Rank 3
Educated
Comprehension
Black Widow
Confirmed Bachelor
Cherchez La Femme
Lady Killer
Strong Back
Pack Rat
Heavyweight
Long Haul
Toughness Rank 2
Life Giver
Adamantium Skeleton
Jurry Rigger
Tag!
The Professional
Better Criticals
Action Girl Rank 2
Action Boy Rank 2
Strength Implant
Perception Implant
Luck Implant
Implant C-13
Implant M-5
Implant Y-3
Implant Y-7
Sub-Dermul Armor
Monocyte Breeder
I am missing the last sound file for the sonic emitter. That last piece was in the Forbidden Zone. I still needed the key. For that, I needed to once again talk to the Think Tank. So I got dressed in the Stealth Suit MK II. I went down the elevator to the Doom. I walked up the stairs to the upper observation with Doctor Klein.
"I CAN HEAR YOUR PENIS-TIPPED FEET TROMPING AROUND. DID YOU RETRIEVE THE TECHNOLOGIES YET? WE NEED THEM, AS I HAVE INDICATED." Doctor Klein
"All technological info recovered."
"WHAT? YOU DID? YOUR SURVIVAL, LET ALONE SUCCESS, BARELY REGISTERED ON MY PROJECTIONS. NOW, ALL I NEED TO DO IS CHECK MY TRANSMISSION DATABANK, MOBIUS IS ALWAYS FILLING IT UP WITH HIS PHYCOTIC CALLS… OH YES, THERE'S THE SCHEMATICS, JUST LIKE YOU SAID. HOW TRUTHFUL." Doctor Klein
"Do these technologies have the data you need?"
"YES. HMMM. AH, YES. YESSS… AH. HMMM." Doctor Klein
"Truly I have never heard an answer with more confidence."
"NO… I MEAN YES. JUST NEED TO ANALYZE THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR A MOMENT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY ADVANCED, YOU KNOW." Doctor Klein
"Why make me recover them, if you don't know what they are for?"
"I KNOW HOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES WORK. OF COURSE I KNOW. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DESCRIBED THEM IN CLEARLY ABSTRACT CONTRADICTORY STATMENTS BEFORE. WHY WOULD WE DO THAT IF WE WEREN'T CERTAIN ON… ON HOW TO USE THEM, YES. SO LET ME… HMM, A BIT, I… I'LL FIGURE IT OUT." Doctor Klein
"Look, the antenna focuses brainwave patterns, right?"
[Science Check Sucess]
[520 EXP]
"YES, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE I SAID." Doctor Klein
"And the suit's a cardiac regulator, and the sonic frequency is a spinal vibrator?"
"I'VE GOT IT. THE CARDIAC REGULATOR IN THE SUIT, THE ANTENNA FOR BRAINWAVES, AND THE SONIC FREQUENCY FOR THE VERTEBRAL NERVES…" Doctor Klein
"So what's the conclusion that you have drawn?"
"I'M THINKING. THIS IS ALL VERY COMPLICATED. LET ME CHECK SOMETHING… OF COURSE! I HAVE IT. THE OVERRIDE SEQUENCE TO OPEN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE DOOR IS HIDDEN IN THE SCHEMATICS. WELL, NOT HIDDEN, IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT THE PROGRAMMING EQUIVALENT OF COFFEE STAINS… IT'S EMEDDED IN WHAT SEEMS TO BE RECURIVE CODE… IT'S BADLY COMMENTED. THERE… OH, AND NULL POINTERS. VERY SLOPPY, MOBIUS. YOU SEE, USING THE ANTENNA TO BOOST THE EMITTER'S SONIC FREQUENCY, AND THE STEALTH SUIT TO BYPASS THE FORBIDDEN ZONE LOCK… YES, THAT COULD WORK. WAS THAT MY PLAN? IT MUST BEEN. I TRULY SURPRISE MYSELF. THE DOOR IS OPEN… AND NOW MOBIUS WILL GET HIS." Doctor Klein
"Don't these items seem more… biologically-focused than that, though?"
[Science Check Sucess]
[680 EXP]
"BIOLOGICAL? PFF. RIDICULOUS. I MEAN TECHNICALLY, THESE ITEMS COULD ALL BE USED TO YOU BACK TOGETHER ONCE YOU HAD YOUR BRAUN. BUT FOR NOW, THEY CAN BE USED IN THE NAME OF AGGRESSION. THE DOOR SHOULD BE UNSEALED. NOW, INSTEAD OF BEING SUBJECT TO THREATS, WE CAN NOW SEND AN EQUALLY THREATENING MESSAGE TO MOBIUS. AND THAT MESSAGE IS SCIENCE! DELIVER THIS MESSAGE, AND BIG MT SHALL BE FREED FROM MOBIUS' REIGN OF TERROR! UM, YOU CAN GO NOW. THAT'S YOUR CUE." Doctor Klein
[Quest Complete: Picking Your Brains]
[1000 EXP]
[5015/42550 to next level]
I left the Think Tank for the SINK. I used my red teleporter to Big MT North Tunnel. I made my way to the Forbidden Zone.
[Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance Discovered 10EXP]
[MT Space]
[1000 EXP]
I had 4 Robo-scorpions to deal with. I took the Ap-Sap and used it on one of the robotic arthropods.
"Wow this is interesting I have legs! Six of the buggers oh and a laser gun. Pew pew! I can see what that bloody Toaster meant death rays are bloody cool." Ap-Sap
I had dealt with two of Robo-scorpions. The Ap-Sap dealt with the other two. I finally entered the Forben Zone Dome.
"Attention Visitors. Combat experiment in progress. Please put on your goggles and take your Rad-X now. The X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion… is alive! Awaken, my pet, initiate your search-and-destroy protocol in the name of all that is Mobius!" Doctor Mobius
I quickly use Dead Ringger to fake my death and sneak away. I used a terminal to Activate Target drones as a distraction for the Giant Robo-Scorpion.
"Oh… it looks like the target drones got activated and - oh, how cute, they're engaging the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion. Let's see the shrapnel fly!" Doctor Mobius
I used the four protectrons as a distraction to make my way to the shutdown terminal. It took me four tries but I finally got into the terminal to shut down The X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion.
"Is this thing on? This is - Dr. Mobius. We're… initiating some kind of emergency test shutdown… in five… Four, as in Fourbidden… Three, as in tree… Two, as in "Et Two Brutus?"... One, as in none. Oh look the emergency overload is initiating." Doctor Mobius
[1480 EXP]
[7505/42550 to next level]
I set up the red teleporter next to the excavator to visit Doctor Mobius. I found the last audio sample and proceeded to loot the rest of the X-42 Dome. I hacked a computer that would allow me to disable the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion main laser cannon.
[H4x Supr3m3] Hack 25 more computer terminals 25/25
[420 EXP]
I used the red teleporter to quickly give the last audio sample to Blind Diode Jefferson.
[Quest Complete: Field Research]
[5000 EXP]
The next thing I did was take everything out of the Spy's office and set up two blue teleporters inside the empty office. I then teleported bread on loop for the next 4 days. I finally had my extra lives back and taking a quick look in the Spy's Office I had successfully made a bread monster a size to rival the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion. I used the red teleporter back to X-42. I saw the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion was back online. I went down the stairs and deployed the blue teleporter unleashing the bread kaiju on X-42.
"Oh my, it appears some kind of mutant gluten-based creature has been teleported in to fight the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion!" Doctor Mobius
The next 4 minutes were pure chaos watching the two giants fight for dominance. The Breed Monster had sped the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion had power and defense. But in the end, the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion made the Breed Monster toast. I then proceeded to finish off the X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion with my diamond back revolver.
[Kaiju Fight]
[11000 EXP]
[24325/42550 to next level]
I took the elevator up to finally talk to Doctor Mobius. I walked into see Doctor Mobius going from place to place messing with scientific equipment and singing a song.
"Electron's attached to the… neutron. The neutron's attached to the… meson. Meson's connected to the… proton. Mmm? Y… oh… hello there. Eh… you… are there, aren't you? Forgive my confusion, so hard to tell these days. You seem familiar, somehow. I'm guessing… eh… you're here for your brain, perhaps? It's just up there. Such a nice brain, young, very bright. A little hard to see you, can you walk into my left… er, right FOV cone? Ah, that's it, you're coming into focus nicely." Doctor Mobius
I slid to the right so he could see me better. "Better?"
"Depth perception is a problem with this old monitor of mine. Went black a while ago. That's old age for you. Should look at getting the visual nerves re-attached… it's just that the right eye would see the wrong things. The flying tortoises were the worst. Would you care for a Mentat or maybe some weed?" Doctor Mobius
"Weed. I can use it to make brownies later."
"Mmm. I love Mentats. Delicious and smarty. I have all sorts of amazingly science-arific thoughts and ideas when those chalky tablets are zipping through my biogel. I forgot them all not long after, though, especially with the data constipating my memory core. Afraid binary streams might shoot out my chassis. Had to start using the dome floor and walls here to inscribe equations, although I've somewhat lost track of where they start and end." Doctor Mobius
"You aren't exactly what I was expecting."
"Really. That implies pre-conceived notions - theories and hypothesis about this meeting? Please extrapolate. What was I… supposed to be like? After all, it might be worth a cognitive re-alignment if your theoretical Mobius is better than I." Doctor Mobius
"Why did you take my brain?"
"Oh, a variety of raisins… you're something of a homily. Er, anomaly? You're really quiet special, and not in the cranially-challenged way. You see, you are the most successful brain extraction experiment ever performed here at Big MT. A victim of your own success, as it were. If you were to go back with what your brain knows about the procedure, well… your brain could be popped back in and you could walk right out of here. Can't have brains moving around of their own volition." Doctor Monius
"What"s the issue with that?"
"I'm not sure except that I'm sure there's a very good raisin for it. I have very good raisins for almost everything I do. Even if I forget them occasionally. Although I feel this one is especially important. Ha! Oh well." Doctor Mobius
"I want my brain so I can leave."
"Now, that seems to be rather hormonal of you. Flight or fight response, you know, hard to cut that out completely. Your brain is here, safe with me. We chat over Mentats." Doctor Mobius
"I have a few questions."
"Oh, curiosity. I experience that less now that I know everything. Or maybe it was when I found out some unpleasant answers? Mmm-hmm." Doctor Mobius
"I can't fix that monitor, you're most likely going to have to get it replaced. But if you're getting ghost reception, I can fix that.
[Repair Check Success]
[75 EXP]
"The ghosts aren't real? That changes everything. Why, I can save my computing power for other perceptual unpossibililites. Please be my guest… the receptor is there… and the side-switching wobbly-bob, just turn that… good, good, better… Oh… ooooooh. Yes, that feels wonderful. Mmmm. This is even better than my afternoon Mentats break. Mmmm." Doctor Mobius
"You don't seem aggressive. Why broadcast threats to the Think Tank?"
"Oh, I was probably tripping hard on Psycho when I sent that. Had to work myself up to it, not usually violent, except when I am. Then, Ha! Watch out! So many chems, such varieties! Whenever I take Mentats, I can feel my entire chassis breeeeeeathe like a big spherical lung. As for the Psycho, sometimes get the chem depositories in my tank all switched up, go in the wrong tube - still, served its purpose." Doctor Mobius
"Wait… so the threats and the Robo-Scorpions… Did you do that just to keep the Think Tank busy?"
"Did I? Maybe I did. Can't have them leaving. Some reason for it. Ethics - or con-science? You and your Brain are quite alike, I'm sure it knows the raisins better then I do." Doctor Mobius
"Everything even your name "Mobius." Doesn't seem to add up to your plan."
"Doctor Mobius," rather catchy, isn't it? It's my name, my new name, overwrote the old one. This name's as real as you or I, although I believe your brain expressed similar incredulity at the nature of such an appellation. "Someone's been watching too many Old World science fiction movies," it said. I believe it meant me. I must admit I have a vulnerability for holotape fantasies of plants and robots and all that is forbidden. As for the name I was born with… like the Think Tank, we were all reprogrammed to forget them, take on new names. It enforces the recursion loop in our perception programming." Doctor Mobius
"You reprogrammed their names as part of recursion loop? What, to trap their processors?"
[Science Check Sucessful]
[400 EXP]
"Now "trap" is a rather harsh word. Like "excrement." Not an inappropriate word, but still - rather harsh. But… yes, I did… take some liberties with their programming. It's all right, they don't remember. I certainly didn't until you said "trap." And then I said "excrement. And then…" Doctor Mobius
"Why trap them, to begin with?"
"The Radar Fence to keep the Think Tank hemmed in wasn't really enough. They keep testing things, They would have found a way to disarm it. I suspect I have Plan Cs in place. But I may coded myself to forget them. Just in case… they're probably very dangerous. Lethal or worse. So I had to do something else to keep them occupied here. Or as you like to say "trapped." I prefer to have several plan Bs in case the As fail." Doctor Mobius
"Klein… Mobius… O's a circle… 8's an infinity symbol… they're all loops, I get it."
[Intelligence Check Sucess]
[500 EXP]
"O, you figured it out. No pun intended. Dr. "O"... which is actually not his real name multiplied, since you can't multiply his real name in the first place… Ouro-bor-ous, Klein… They have all forgotten themselves. And not only themselves, but the world, sense of time, and history. All that is left is what's here. I reprogrammed their chronometers, geometers, and cartography programs. This is now their world, here, Big MT. It was a merciful lobotomy, really, thinking back. They were my friends, but… sometimes they would take things too far. And the world isn't ready for that kind of too-far-thing-taking. That's my professional opinion, anyway, and I am told I was once quiet professional." Doctor Mobius
"Minor detail, but a snake devouring its own tail is "Ouro-borus," not "Ouro-borous.""
[Intelligence Check Sucess]
[500 EXP]
"Really? It is so unlike me to make an error in anything I do." Doctor Mobius
"If you lobotomized the Think Tank, why terrorize them?"
"Well it's simple. Despite their many failings, they are rather bright. They are the "Think Tank" for a raisin. That, I didn't change. Without something to distract them, make them afraid, they would simply de-deuce what had happened. And when they start deucing it up… Then you came along, the final variable solved. They saw that their world was larger than they perceived. Bacteria, finally able to see its host." Doctor Mobius
"There were other visitors, though. Why am I different?"
"There have been other visitors to make them doubt their perceptions, but you are the one who dialed back their monitor-micro-magnifiers. You were irrefutable proof that there was a world outside. And then there was the whole "brain" fiasco, the mass fire of X-22, which forced me to take steps. See your brain outputs an odd temporal signal that caused a wrinkle, a unique-ity that they had never thought to try in all their countless escape attempts." Doctor Mobius
"So wait my brain is outputting a signal that reshaped my brain. And that's how my brain was shaped made it easier to remove."
[Science Check Sucessful]
[600 EXP]
"Yes. Very good. I should have Mentats ingested you of the other way around. Mmm. Mentats. In any event, you showed up at the Think Tank, and because your brain was slightly differently shaped in the right place… It was enough for the Auto-Doc in the SINK to change its programming to fix the problem. And the brain extraction technology for once, worked. That gave the Think Tank the knowledge its brains shouldn't… couldn't… sh'couldn't possess. With that knowledge, the procedure can be reversed. If they obtain that procedural data, they can use it to mush and modify their cranial selves into hosts to slip past the Radar Fence, I'm sure of it. And once they're off the reservation…" Doctor Mobius
"Klein said they had the idea to get the three technologies after your broadcast. Coincidence? I think not!"
[Intelligence Check Sucess]
[500 EXP]
"I consider "coincidence" to be profanity, along with the words, "astrology," "Herbal tea," and "luck." So watch it, Potty Mouth. My threat broadcast is designed to instill… and install… fear. And along with the emotional download, other data rides the fear carrier wave. It prompted them to focus on retrieving those technologies and bring them to "attack" me. And coincidentally… pardon my language… all those technologies are needed to put your brain, back into its skull. Properly." Doctor Mobius
"Was there any other data transmitted in your threat broadcast?"
"Yes, my overly aggressive chemmed-up broadcast was designed to keep reinforcing the "forget," "fear," "rinse," and "repeat" program. Oh, and the "get me the things to castrate your only possible escape attempt." But I couldn't delete you or your arrival any more than I could the other visitors. Only so much Science can do when you started talking to them. You're really quite difficult to ignore, you know. It's because you're… well, beh! Rather intriguing, if you'll forgiven an old brain for saying so." Doctor Mobius
"But the Think Tank downloaded schematics, not the items. They can rebuild them."
"Oh. That means my plan is a total failure. That is unfortunate. Oh, well, at least I tried." Doctor Mobius
"I'm going to need my brain back."
"Do you? You seem fine without it. And does it even want to go back with you? Maybe you should ask it. It's quite independent, has all manner of opinions. Tell you what - I'll leave it up to your brain. If it wants to go, then fine. If not… well, you should respect its wishes." Doctor Mobius
"I should go. Goodbye."
"Indeed, the uh… goodbye part of our little chat, then. Uh… Goodbye. Please mind the equations on the floor." Doctor Mobius
I walked up the stairs. Saw the brain slowly rais.
"So are you ready to leave?"
"I was ready nine days ago. Let's bounce already."
"Okay see you in the SINK."
"Laters."
[Make up Your Mind]
[10000 EXP]
[36900/42550 to next level]
"My that was a lot less of an encounter than I thought it would be. I wish you good conditions dealing with the Think Tank. Just please try not to kill them." Doctor Mobius
"I'll do what I can."
I then looted everything I could find in Doctor Mobius's inner sanctum before making my way out of Doctor Mobius's inner sanctum. I stepped on the red teleporter. I had an hour till my brain got back. So I placed all the stuff back into the Spy's Office. I then sould Everything from X-42 making 42999 Caps. I then put on Mobius's Outfit to get the next challenge done.
[Mobius Strip]
[300 EXP]
I then took the outfit off and brought out Klein's outfit and glasses. I then fused them together. I saw a bright light and what was left was an outfit. It had a red button-up shirt under a white lab coat. The pants were green and the shoes were black boots. The glasses didn't look that different. I wore the outfit to get the next challenge done.
[I am Mad Scientist]
[1000 EXP]
MAD SCIENTIST SCRUBS +25 Science +4 Intelligence +1 Charisma DT 10 W5LB
MAD SCIENTIST GLASSES +5 Repair +10 Explosives +3 intelligence DT 2
I got out of the outfit back into the Stealth Suit MK II. I left the glasses on the SCIU. I debated going to kill a few more Cazadors to finish the DNAvenger challenge or waiting for my brain to arrive. I didn't get to wait long my Brain got to the SINK.
"Let's get this done with. I want to get back in my meat bag."
I went into the Auto-Doc and got all my body parts placed back inside me. I also got hair placed back on my head. I was tired of being bald.
[New Perk: Big Brained]: Your brain is back in your body, but some of the advanced technologies remain: Your head still cannot be crippled, but you are only 10% more resistant to addiction now. Surprisingly your Damage Threshold has improved by 10%
[New Perk: Cardiac Arrest]: Your heart is back in your body, but some advanced technologies remain: You are more resistant to poison (50%) and robots are only somewhat confused by you (25% less likely to score a critical hit) now. But on the bright side, healing items (chems) are even more effective! And Ubers last 5 more seconds.
[New Perk: Reinforced Spine]: Your spine is back in your body, but some advance technologies remain: Your torso can now be crippled again, but your Strength (STR) and Damage Threshold (DT) bonuses have doubled! (+2)
[10 point Strength Perk: Atlas Back]
[Atlas Back]: All Melee and Unarmed Attacks gain 20% damage and crit chance. The weight of the world may be on your shoulders but you can take it. +100 Carry Weight.
I get out of the Auto-Doc. I feel everything feels great. I no longer have a feeling of time lag with my body. I look in the mirror to see my black hair in the style of 2B from near. I miss having hair.
It was at last time to deal with the Think Tank. I went down to the dome. A red light was on. I ascended the ramp to see the Think Tank was once again in a V formation.
"THE LOBOTOMITE RETURNS. OUR LOBOTOMITE. HAS DR. MOBIUS BEEN DENOMINATORED INTO SCRAP METAL AND VOICE MODULE PARTS AS WE HOPED?" Doctor Mobius
"I found my brain, now you and I are going to settle things."
"I RECOMMEND WATCHING YOUR TONE WITH ME, LOBOTOMITE. NOW… "YOUR" BRAIN. HAND IT OVER. OR WE'LL EXTRACT IT AGAIN." Doctor Klein
"Yeah, no. There are things to discuss. And my brain being out of my body again, anit one of them."
"AND WHAT COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT. YOU HAVE THE BRAIN. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. ALL YOU MUST DO… IS SURRENDER. WITH IT, WE CAN FINALLY LEAVE THIS PLACE. I CANNOT TELL HOW BORING THIS PLACE GETS, CHOPPING UP THE LANDSCAPE AND EVERYTHING IN IT. AND WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR BRAIN FIRST. ABOUT THIS… MOJAVE PLACE. A FERTILE TESTING GROUND FOR OUR EXPERIMENTS." Doctor Klein
"Maybe you should confer with your colleagues first."
"NONSESE. "CONFER?" "COLEAGUSE?" THOSE ARE TWO WORDS I DO NOT RECOGNIZE." Doctor Klein
"Dr.Klein, I must… intersect. Please… do not harm the Lobotomite." Doctor Dala
"I'M NOT GOING TO HARM IT, I'M GOING TO DISSECT IT UNTIL IT'S DEAD. WHY THE SUDDEN INTERSECTION, DALA." Doctor Klein
"I cannot stand a breathing, a sweet breathing organism, breathing in, and out, to suddenly not breathe. We must keep it alive. For study. Slow study."Doctor Dala
"DALA, THESE… VOCALIZED PAUSES ARE… UNLIKE YOU. WHAT DO YOU CARE?" Doctor Klein
*Klein, uh… you know I don't like House in any respect but his kid is a great sounding board. You respect Idea-ology, right? This one's… well, it's… got good ideas.* Doctor Zer0
"SILENCE, DR. O. THIS IS A THINK TANK DECISION. SAVE YOUR OBJECTION UNTIL AFTER I HAVE DECIDED OUR COURSE OF ACTION." Doctor Klein
*You know what, Klein? Stick a straw in your tank and suck yourself. Long and deep. And my name is Zer0 - yeah, a big fat zero, with a slash through it.* Doctor Zer0
"THE SLASH… AS A DESIGNATOR OF… WHY, THAT IS BRILLIANT. BUT HOW DID YOU…?" Doctor Klien
*The House kid taught me that. Taught me a name is more than… um… that I should take pride in… things. Like… names… and… You know what, forget it Klien. I hate you. And your theory of brainial beam oscillation? The Chinse had it first, you copycat!* Doctor Zer0
"HOW DARE YOU! BRAINIAL BEAM OSCILLATION WAS SOLELY MY DISCOVERY! I EXPRESSLY TOLD YOU THAT AND DELETED ALL EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY!" Doctor Klein
"XXXX?" 8
"ET 2, 8? WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS? YOU'VE NEVER REFUSED TO COMMIT NECESSARY… SURGERY BEFORE. AND THIS LOBOTOMITE NEEDS ITS SURGERY." Doctor Klein
"XXXXTHEAUTHORSKIPMYQUESTTOGETTHISDONEFASTERXXXX." 8
"A NOBLE SPEECH, BUT… THERE IS NO ROOM IN MY VOCABULATORS FOR "FRIEND" AND LOBOTOMITE" IN THE SAME SENTENCE. THE VERY CONCEPT - REVOLTING. PERHAPS YOU ARE IRRADIATED WITH CAMARADERIE RADIATION. WE HAVE CHEMS FOR THAT. WE CAN SAVE YOU FROM YOUR EMOTIONAL… ADDICTION." Doctor Klein
-If I may, I feel as if I must be the voice of reason here. This Lobotomite is much like us, regarding even animals and pets as nothing more than avenues to promote Science! There is good here. Instead of ending its life on the table, we should prolong its suffering, in the name of Science. Like good old Gabe, the FINEST of lab specimens.- Doctor Borous
"WHY AM I EVEN LISTENING TO YOU FOOLS? OF THIS MUTINOUS CHORUS! OF THERE'S A WORD I HATE, IT'S "MUTINY." AND THE WORD "JISM" WHICH NEVER MADE ANY SENSE TO ME. IT'S RIDICULOUS, PUTTING "J" AND "SM TOGETHER LIKE THAT. NONSENSE! I COUNT AS FIVE. LIKE THE MIGHTY HUMAN HAND I ONCE HAD, WITH ITS FIVE PENISES CLENCHED IN A FIST." Doctor Klein
"Just wow how are that bad at math - and the odds aren't looking good for ya Doctor Klein."
"NONSENSE. THE MATHEMATICS OF THE SITUATION ARE ON OUR SIDE, LOBOTOMITE. I BELIEVE… NO WAIT, HMM. CARRY THE TWO… THEN… HMMM. IF THIS WERE A DEMOCRACY, I WOULD BE CONCERNED. WE ARE TOO… SCIENTIFIC FOR THAT. SO JUST SURRENDER." Doctor Klien
"It's not a democracy, it's a research facility. And over half your colleagues dispute your findings."
"YOU DARE USE LOGIC AGAINST ME?!" Doctor Klein
"I do. Here's the deal. The only one who is going to surrender is you Klein."
"THAT'S NO DEAL AT ALL! THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD BEYOND THE CRATER… FILLED WITH IDEAS AND POSSIBILITIES! WE COULD HAVE ESCAPED, SEEN IT ALL FOR OURSELVES. TESTED IT, PRODDED AT IT. MADE IT SQUIRM." Doctor Klein
"I can bring the Mojave, this world to you. You'll be safe, and you'll still be able to experiment, for me."
"FOR YOU? AND FOR SCIENCE? I HAVE A STRANGE SENSATION… THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT. HOW… ODD. VERRY WELL… PARTNER. THE THINK TANK IS AT YOUR SERVICE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT DESTROY US." Doctor Klein
The Think Tank dispersed back to their research stations. The lighting went from red to the normal blue. I went up to Klein to speak to him alone.
"THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THE HELPING, THAT IS WE LIKE THAT. I FEEL AN ODD EMOTION… PLATIUDE? ATTITUDE? NO, WAIT GRATITUDE, THAT'S IT. SO WHAT DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ME ABOUT." Doctor Klein
"I will be leaving in a few days for the Sierra Madre. I won't be back for weeks if not months. I need you and the Think Tank to build me an aircraft preferably self-piloting that can reach the Boston Commonwealth. I have business with the C.I.T. Can you do it?"
"IT'S SIMPLE ARENOTICS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. WE CAN DO IT. BUT I WOULD NEED DOCTOR MOBIUS HELP. HE IS THE MAIN GUY FOR PROGRAMMING ASSISTANTS TO DO TASKS. IF HE HELPS WE SHOULD HAVE IT DONE IN MAYBE TWO MONTHS." Doctor Klein
"I'll get his cooperation."
"EXCELLENT. I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH DOCTOR MOBIUS. LIKE OLD TIMES. ALSO, SINCE YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOWN THERE IN THE SIERRA MADRE PLEASE GRAB THE DATA FOR THE MATERIAL RECONSATORS THEY WILL BE USEFUL FOR US IN THE FUTURE. " Doctor Klein
I went downstairs to talk to Doctor Zer0.
*So was Mobius as twisted as he looked in person? Can't believe you entered the Forbidden Zone and lived. None of us can." Doctor Zer0
"So Doctor Zer0. I am wanting your assistance."
*Okay, what do you need kid House.* Doctor Zer0
"I need two things from you. I need you to clean up the trains and for you to set up a robot manufacturing plant."
*I can do that in about a year's time. Thanks for having faith in me to do this.* Doctor Zer0
I finally left for the SINK. The elevator ride felt so short. I heard the cheers of all the appliances when I exited. I saw that there was the Transporntalponder on the SCIU.
"Might I be safe in the assumption that matters with the Think Tank have been satisfactorily concluded, vis-a-vis your residence in this domicile?" SCIU
"More or less. So what's that device on your display?"
"It is the Transporntalponder. It will allow you to come and go freely to the Big MT if you are in the Mojave area. It's a one-person-only thing so if you wish to bring a companion with you you're going to need to make your own arrangements." SCIU
I pick up the device ending the quest OLD WORLD BLUES.
[Quest Complete: OLD WORLD BLUES]
[22000 EXP]
[Outsmarted]
[10000 EXP]
[Welcome to Level 24]
[Assign 17 skill Points]
I decided to put 6 points in Melee and 11 points Medicine.
[Choose 1 Perk]
[Intense Training] 8 ranks left.
[Friend of the Night]
[Heave, Ho!]
[Junk Rounds]
[Retenion]
[Swift Learner] 3 ranks left
[Canibal]
[Rapid Relode]
[Bloody Mess]
[Fortune Finder]
[Run 'n Gun]
[Gunslinger]
[Hand Loader]
[Vigilant Recycler]
[Shotgun Surgeon]
[Commando]
[Quick Draw]
[Rad Resistance].
[Cowboy]: You do 25% more damage when using any revolver, lever-action firearm, dynamite, knife, or hatchet.
[Scrounger]
[Stonewall]
[Super Slam!]: All Melee Weapons (except thrown) and Unarmed attacks have a chance of knocking your target down.
[Mister Sandman]
[Terrifying Presence]
[Math Wrath]
[Here and Now]
[Sneering Imperialist]
[Finesse]
[Silent Running].
[Miss Fortune]
[Mysterious Stranger]
[Nerd Rage!]
[Night Person]
[Fast Metabolism]
[Robotics Expert]
[Sniper]
[Hobbler]
[Lead Belly]
[Fight the Power!]
[Light Step]
[Purifier]
[Weapon Handlin]
[And Stay Back]
[Computer Whiz]
[Infiltrator]
[Explorer]
[Grim Reaper's Sprint]
[Solar Powered]
[Eye for Eye]
[Atomic!]
[Mile in Their Shoes]
[Them's Good Eatin']
[Nuka Chemist]
[Spray and Pray]
[Irradiated Beauty]
[Voracious Reader]
I'm picking Coyboy. Knives do even more damage.
S10.P10.E8.C8.I10.A8.L10
AP 150 HP410 DT40 CW 50/400 Caps 126088 EXP 27650/46200 Level 24
Skills
Barter 100
Energy Weapons 44
Explosives 50
Guns 96
Lockpick 100
Medicine 79
Melee 45
Repair 100
Science 100
Sneak 96
Speech 96
Survival 43
Unarmed 43
Perks
Small Frame
MannCo Supplies
MannCo Portable Upgrade Station
Atlas Back
Eye of true Perception
Know it All
Too Lucky to Die
Item Fusion
LPX8 EXP
SX8 EXP
Voice of a Salesman
Intense Training Rank 3
Educated
Comprehension
Black Widow
Confirmed Bachelor
Cherchez La Femme
Lady Killer
Strong Back
Pack Rat
Heavyweight
Long Haul
Toughness Rank 2
Life Giver
Adamantium Skeleton
Jurry Rigger
Tag!
The Professional
Cowboy
Better Criticals
Action Girl Rank 2
Action Boy Rank 2
Big Brained
Cardiac Arrest
Reinforced Spine
Strength Implant
Perception Implant
Luck Implant
Implant C-13
Implant M-5
Implant Y-3
Implant Y-7
Sub-Dermul Armor
Monocyte Breeder
I went to bed so after dealing with my stats.
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