Chapter 1: What happens as morning arrives in Neo-Edifex?
As morning comes to Neo-Edifex, there are no sunbeams that drift through the blacked-out windows of the Starlight Lounge. None even pierce the infrastructure of the upper city above you, as the Greenlight District slowly begins to wake up. After the brutal night you just experienced, you now must decide what to do with the girl and the revelation that has fallen into your lap.
You're all exhausted. But Blarby and Mila are waiting for you for breakfast as you stare at this number blinking in front of you. 004, 004, 004. In the realization of what this means, as you look between Frost and look back behind you to where you know Mila to be,
You still are covered in sludge from your recent adventures, and there's a lot to be done, but there are some decisions that need to be made and some things that are top of mind in this moment, much more important than whether you shower in five minutes or ten.
Show them. Frosty, man. It scams you.
That means I must be like Mila. There's no other explanation. I can feel it just under the skin in the back of my neck. I can't believe I didn't notice this before. but it doesn't make any sense.
As you feel it, you feel like for a second, there's a flash of a memory, white, chrome, but just as quickly as it comes to you, it's gone, and as you try and reach for it, more of it, you feel it almost unraveling in your mind, as you feel that pinprick of pain right between your eyes.
I don't have any explanation. I can't tell you how this came to be. I don't remember ever being put in this situation. I have nothing.
Well... What the heck does this mean, man?
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Chapter 2: What critical decisions must be made after the night’s events?
I mean, do you remember being at some kind of facility like she says she was?
I mean, like... No, no, I... I remember growing up on the streets of... In the Greenlight District, in Neofa Edifics, from one district to the next, I remember having a hard time of it. I remember growing up, I remember when you brought me into the Starlight Lounge, Grimmy, and I've been working my way up since then. I... No one's ever come to look for me.
I don't have any memories of clean corridors and experiments and injections or any of that.
Frost, do you remember how old you were in these earlier memories? Do you have any idea at all?
My earliest memories were growing up on the street and I have tried to not think of that time. I can honestly say I have memories until perhaps just past puberty. But no, now that I'm thinking of it, it's all muddled.
I mean, I don't remember nothing. Just being a street rat and then meeting Mr. Kremi.
And then working my way up to the security and stable situation that I find myself in now, yes.
You keep thinking. I don't remember anything about syringes and sterile halls, and you see that flash again in your mind, white and chrome, white and chrome.
You hear the click of shoes on sterile floors, and every time these flashes come to you, you can almost see them unraveling in your mind, and as you try to remember what you just saw, all you see is white, and that throbbing in your head is getting stronger and stronger.
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Chapter 3: How do the characters cope with their memories and past experiences?
Yes.
But people have figured this out, so it is solvable.
I agree. I'm not the only one. Mila isn't the only one. I thought this was perhaps an innate trick of nature. maybe in some ways that's the case and it was merely summoned by some form of experiment but in some ways now I understand Mila and at least 27 others share a similar fate look
It's been a long fucking night, all right? I think we need to get cleaned up. We need to get some rest. Let's get cleaned up. Let's go have breakfast. We can't keep them waiting too long. They're gonna start asking questions.
Yes.
We can't have her asking too many questions.
Yeah. I could eat.
What? I mean, I could use a spot.
Sure.
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Chapter 4: What preparations are made for the upcoming Zeta Max performance?
And yeah, you know, we'll just put it down in the comfy beanbag chair. It works every time.
Every time I tried to do that, she'd wake up immediately. We probably should wake her up, though. She was going to be really upset if she missed out on breakfast with you guys. You wanna do it or you want me?
You do it, you do it. I mean, I don't wanna scare her and cause a scene.
She slowly kneels down by the beanbag and she gently pulls Mila into her arms and then she slowly begins to tickle her on the side. Wake up little one, it's time for breakfast. It's your old pal Blarby, and I got the guys here.
And you watch as Mila's eyes gently flutter open, and for a second she recoils in fear for a moment, but then she looks up into Blarby's face, her two giant, voluminous pigtails just bouncing around as she's looking down at Mila, and you see a slight smile across her face.
Did I sleep the whole night, or was it? Mmm, syrup. Breakfast!
Hello, make me plate, yeah. She immediately jumps up and starts to trot around the room. She's still wearing that oversized band tee that Gricco gave her, but you now see that she has little slippers on her feet. Where they came from, you have no idea, but they are hot pink, so you have a guess.
I jump into host mode, and I quickly grab an empty plate, and I stack it with pancakes, other foodstuffs, and I cover it all with a thin drizzle of syrup.
She immediately grabs it and brings it to the middle of the floor. Here you are. She begins to move around, grabbing each of your plates and bringing them to the middle of the floor and putting them in a circle as she ushers you to sit down with her, almost tea party style to have breakfast, unless there's anything else you would like to do. You all enjoy a happy, energetic breakfast.
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Chapter 5: What happens when the Starlight Lounge is shaken?
I have my shoes on. That's right. It's a nightmare. But I'm out. Down and out.
With that, the gentle light flickers in your room. Crummy. Your apartments. Unlike the rest, you have a full-blown apartment here. This is not just a room and a small adjoining bathroom. You have a sitting room. You have a den slash office area. You have your bedroom. This is a large space for the owner of the Starlight Lounge. What are you and Gideon doing at this time?
Chapter 6: How do the characters react to the explosion?
I would be in my pajamas, which is basically just a long velvet bathroom. And I am... Is it purple? It might be. It might be. And I am going to the typical routine. I'll take two glasses and I'll put... a glass on Gideon's desk and I'll take a glass of some kind of whiskey, probably. Or just, you know, basically some sort of nightcap. I might have mixed mine with a little bit extra something.
And I will put mine on my bedside table and I'll sort of sit down and I'll just kind of sigh and under my breath, I'll just sort of say like, I don't know if it's gonna be okay this time. I'm at my desk and I'm kind of tinkering away with something, a little gadget. Almost looks like a clock. As I have my screwdriver and I'm kind of in the middle of it in one hand, I'll take a sip.
I'll turn back to Crammy and just say, well, should we toast to never a dull moment? Yeah, I guess we could. I'll get up. We'll clean the glasses and I'll sit back down. Hey, before you sit down while you're up, you mind passing me the Matter Daddy? Presume I know what that is. No, you don't know what that is.
In fact, you have to ask the question.
You should just ask what that is. Oh, what's the matter? Oh, no.
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Chapter 7: What plan do they devise for the heist?
What's the matter, Davion? Well, Kremi, I'm so glad you asked. I was gonna stay stoic and pent up, but, you know, something has occurred to me today. You know, back in the day, I told you about the King Coles, right? How Molniah swept in, shoved their fucking guns in my face, asked for more and more money every day, until I couldn't afford to pay it anymore, man.
Protection money, right after I took it over from Pops. And, well, you know, they drove me out, and they took the spot over, and some sect of them, at least if it's still fucking there, holds up there, right? Yeah. And, you know, I got a pretty good look at those guns in that time, man. I could pick them on my gun up off the street.
I could tell you that's the case from, you know, well, it was right in front of my fucking face. What I'd struggle to do is identify a corpo gun from across the room. And, you know, that's that's funny to me because you struggle to wake your computer. You got a hard time turning off the lights if I wasn't here.
And, you know, we had that fancy scanner gadget earlier, and you took it right out of my hand and knew just how to work it. And, well, heck, Kremi, I just can't help but to wonder if you're holding something back from me. Well, first of all, in my defense, sometimes my screensaver just glitches, right? I don't understand why. It's not like I'm doing anything to it.
I think I just need one of them new computers. Look, what do you think? Well, heck, Krimmy, I don't know computers either, all right? That ain't the dang point. What are you trying to say? I'm saying I think you know more than you're letting on, man. I saw you look at that number when it scanned Frost's neck, man. I saw the way you looked at it. There's something going on here. I think so.
There's more that you know, and you're holding it back, man. I don't know why. I mean, hell, today wasn't a fucking day, man. Today was a fucking day. And look, I'm going through it just like any of y'all. Maybe more so than the rest of y'all, okay?
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Chapter 8: What challenges do they face while gathering supplies?
Look, I mean, I just put... my entire life's everything on a stupid fucking hologram. And not even 24 hours later, and I mean, look, I got a lot on my plate right now, okay, kid? And I'm just a little distracted. When you and I met, At that dive ball, right? What did we say? That the past is dead. You can't look back. You can never look back. All right? And it never mattered before.
It never mattered for you. It never mattered for Gricko, for Tobeck, for Frost. That's the point of this fucking joint is that the past doesn't matter. The past is fucking dead. Those days are gone forever. All right? And all of a sudden it matters now, it matters today. Listen, Crammy, I'm with you, man. I have been for years, all right? I never gave a shit about the past.
Didn't matter where you came from or what you did. As long as we were moving together, we were moving forward together with everybody, right? I know that everything's on the line. I know what Zeta Max means. I know we needed to be successful. But now we got a fucking 11-year-old kid a couple doors down that just blew up a guy's head. Molini is kicking our door in.
With fucking guns from Chrysalis. Frost's neck is scanning. He's some kind of something. Who the hell knows? I mean, hell, you got to keep his chems right or he's going to blow the whole house down. And just know the past hasn't mattered before, man. But it sure as hell feels like we could use a little bit more information now because this ain't a normal day. All right.
We're not up against a normal thing. We're not just stressed. We're in fucking hot water. So you're saying this is all my fault? Is that what you're saying? Fine. Fine. Look, look. You always do this, Crammy, all right? Look, look, this is my fault, okay? I'm gonna take the blame on this one. You're trying to emotionally manipulate me right now, all right? You're trying to dissuade the point.
Wait, I'm trying to what? I'm trying to what right now? You're trying to emotionally manipulate me right now. Gideon Nathaniel Cole, I am not gonna emotionally manipulate you one day in my life. Crammy, wait, no, this isn't your fault, Crammy. Oh, okay, hey, come on, man. I'll take my drink and I'll walk over to him, all right? Crammy, this is not your fault, man, okay? I'm not saying that.
I mean, hang on, hang on, okay? You know what's going on here. You know something. Oh, so it is my fault now. Dagnabbit, Grammy. Look, just, it's good. It's instinct. You know I've always had that classic LeCru instinct. You know, it's sort of that business savvy. It's that... It's that eye, that creamy eye, you know what I mean? I just, I have some knowledge of some things is all.
What do you want from me? You got great eyes, that's for sure. But creamy, I don't know, man. I don't know what I want. I'm just, today's been a hell of a day. Feels like the whole fucking world, I mean, it's turned against us. The old neighborhood is gone more and more every day, man. I mean, we just drove through it. Times are changing, we can't go back, and I get it, man, but...
you know, fucking Jex just a couple hours ago, what he's trying to do, Molniah flooding the streets with maybe Corpo backing, I mean, I don't know, man, I mean, what's next? Now this kid, now Frost? I mean, hell, man, we just said we're in the starlight. We're just a couple of nightclub guys.
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