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Wang wrote:Aaaah, fuck. Fuck. This is about Yu isnt it? OK, right, chill. You don't need to get in my face, I'll talk.

OK, so, a few weeks back Yu approached me with some work. We go back a ways, I knew her from TAU. We were pretty tight back then, but drifted a bit when I moved out here, you know how it goes. So anyway, she shows up, needs some work doing on the quiet, you know? Custom flexbot build with two custom pre-sentient AIs. First one, Achilles, he drives the shell. Way less advanced than a true synthmorph, we are talking just a thin built humanoid body with a covert ops expert system AI. Like, crazy thin, like a whip. It'll just follow you around, mimic your movements to stay hidden. Easy stuff. All Achilles was really for was to move Tortoise around the place. Tortoise is the other AI, and is a much sweeter build. Its a programmer-archaeologist expert system in a box, designed to scan exotic hardware and data structures, copy the output, do a threat assessment and even do an air-gap quarantine of itself in an emergency. Point Tortoise at some computer gear you are not sure about, he makes a copy and if its bad he shuts himself off from the outside world, letting Achilles bring him home with you so you can study it in safety. I don't know what she was gonna use it for. Last I heard she took the bot and herself off to Casa Arturo. Not seen her since. Thats all I know man.

DCOM wrote:I'm sorry for the thug routine Mr Wang, I hope you understand. We didn't know if you were going to be hostile. We're looking for Yu because we think she's in trouble. Her employers hired us to find her. Nothing sinister. She seems very resourceful, I think we'll have almost as hard time finding her as her pursuers have, although we might have a head start. You might want to prepare yourself in case they find you, although I think corporate services may find it more difficult to get cooperation here. We'll leave you to your work, but thank you for your help, and thank you for talking to me about your art, I found it genuinely interesting.

DCOM wrote:Mr Wang, do you know if Yu visited anyone else while she was here? Is there anything else you can tell us which may help?

Joose wrote: So apparently Javanese is a bit dodgy to translate at times. The word for "Suicide" is the same as the word for "Princess". It made Nameless' threat rather...odd sounding at first.

Wang wrote:Anyone else? No, sorry. I mean, I'm sure she did. She was here for a while, travelled about a bit. No idea who though.

Wang wrote:Hey. Hey, you aren't just friends are you? You are from that group she works for. That secret club or whatever...Who are you guys?

DCOM wrote:As I said, we have been hired by her employers. Did she say something?

Wang wrote:She hinted. A group that is interested in TITAN relics, she...implied that someone with my skills might be useful to you.

DCOM wrote:I think you could. You have some exceptional skills and an unusual outlook, and you have been helpful. It is not my place to say though, and I have little influence myself. I will pass your name on.

DCOM wrote:I didn't manage to translate what you said back there Nameless, but I appreciate your assistance. You do realise you make a rather enigmatic wingman, don't you?

Unlabelled, in Javanese, aloud without looking at DCOM wrote:Unlabelled

Unlabelled, but under his breath wrote:Apa durung aku kanggo mungkasi munggah karo iki imbecile

Dog Pants wrote:He's such a delight to work with. Joose, can we get onto a shuttle?

Usagi wrote:See? He thinks so too.