>Cyberpunk CYOA
>>25592329
....No archive?
>You start breathing heavily as you grip the floor.
>At times like this, you try to focus on what is reality and what is in your mind.
>The room is dark and you feel the world swirl around you.
>You have two thoughts on your mind.
-When was the last time you cut your mane?
(How Long is it?)
-What color is your coat?
>>25592341
Well, clearly we're having a shit night.
-a few days ago
-I don't know, brown?
>>25592335
Completely new CYOA.
>>25592341
A week
Green.
>>25592335
First thread mate.
>>25592341
We got it cleaned up a week ago. It's long though.
Green's fine.
>>25592341
Just the other day, but only for a slight touch-up.
Blue, like the color of the sky on a pretty day.
>>25592341
Longish and green.
>>25592341
A few months ago, so it's pretty long.
Green's alright.
>>25592370
>>25592378
>>25592411
>>25592428
>>25592434
>>25592493
>You remember now, you last cut your hair a few days ago, but you left it fairly long. You also remember that your coat is green and your mane is brown and your eyes are blue. Yes that's right!
>And you name? Your name is... Case... Mod? What is your name anyway?
>You start feeling some pain from a child hood injury. This happens often.
-What is your name?
-Where do you feel the pain?
>>25592565
Missing front leg below elbow
>>25592565
Right wing pain.
>>25592565
Holy shit, we're on a bad trip.
-Cold File
-The old dance injury (right front leg)
>>25592565
An early onset cancer that resulted in having part of your lung removed.
>>25592565
Lower Case
Wing
>>25592581
>>25592606
These.
>>25592565I feel the pain of everyone, and they all feel nothing.
A wing injury could work. It'd explain a pegasus owning a car. That is, assuming it has anything to do with us.I hope it does
>>25592565
Neck injury, one of our practice flights as a kid didn't go to well. Our landing wasn't exactly the best.
Not to sure of a name.
Is that car supposed to resemble an MR2?
>>25592593
read that as Cold Fire.
Works with Bath's rush themes too...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_saheuIIjQ
Wing injury works
>>25592329
Cyberpunk, huh?
>>25592756
>>25592635
>>25592606
>>25592593
>>25592581
>That's right, Your name is Cold File, Usually just going by File.
>As your right wing screams in pain the bugs begin to crawl out.
>You feel like something is chasing you. You also know that you can't get away.
>You think about the name that popped into your head when you tried to remember your own. CaseMod, that was the name of a childhood pet? What kind of animal was CaseMod again?
-What's chasing you?
-What kind of pet did you have as a Colt?
>>25592857
Reaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllly bad trip.
-Either a drug-hallucination monster, or a tough and grizzled cop who ain't got time for our shit.
-A wonderfully friendly dog.
>>25592857
Cold File is chasing Cold File.
Timberwolf.
>>25592857
Scarab Beetle for both
>>25592857
-We're being chased byourself
-Squirrel!
>>25592857
We're being chased by a tentacle monster that's trying to rape us
We had a tamed timberwolf.
>>25592857
A griffon you made a bad deal with.
Friendly Timberwolf sounds neat.
>>25592857
It wasn't a pet, it was an AI. An AI that you grew particularly attached to as a kid. It ended up getting destroyed through one of the great mishaps of our childhood.
A friend, one that tends to know us better than we know ourselves. That is what's chasing us.
>>25592938
This.
>>25592877
>>25592878
>>25592885
>>25592889
>>25592932
>You take a look back and see yourself. The over you looking at you with murder in his eyes. You trip over something and fall over. You look up at the you who is approaching.
>You remember CaseMod. You think she was a hybrid between a timberwolf and a domestic dog. You kept her under the porch.and fed her with table scraps in secret. She died when she was hit by a car. You saw it happen, you tried to save her, but that only go you hit yourself, rolling over the windshield when you tried to swoop down and pick her up. Your right wing has always been a little stiff since then.
>Suddenly CaseMod jumps on the you that was chasing you and begins biting his neck. The other you screams in pain.
>You feel the bugs crawling all over you.
What do you do?
>>25593287
Wake up.
>>25593287
Awaken
>>25593287
...I don't know whether to run or back up CaseMod.
>>25593287
What's a question that you can never answer "yes" to?Wake up
>>25593287
You've been here before. Close your eyes. Count to ten.
>Neo 80's cyberpunk
where do i sign on?
>>25593302
>>25593320
>>25593357
>>25593587
>I finally hit's you. It's not real. It's not real it's not real it's...
>This has happened before. You close your eyes. Count to ten.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
>You hear your A.I. Brandy Byte yelling at you, "File You told me we have a job to do! You've got to get up! Come on, come on! It's time to work!"
>You slowly push yourself to your hooves, still very high. You've got an easy hack you were hired to do. So easy that you can hack it from home instead of using a local line.
>First things first, you've got to choose a song to use to mask your activity.
(Your activity is encrypted with a pattern determined by the song you choose.)
Currently you have
-Voivod's - Panorama
-Siriusmo's - Dip Dap
-King Crimson's - Elephant Talk
(After the first mission File will have the ability to visit the record store. Music selection effects the difficulty of the hack based on how well it encrypts packets.)
"Alright Brandy, let's get to work."
>Brandy rendering herself on the monitor probably takes up more resources than she's worth but honestly, you're kind of a sucker for cute shit, and a little mare devoted to helping you is a bit too cute for you to say no to.
What track do you pick?
-Voivod's - Panorama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ASJe5LMf4
-Siriusmo's - Dip Dap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU9UU392Apk
-King Crimson's - Elephant Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKIoEr2ZXD8
>>25593760
I'm feelin' Dip Dap right now. Gotta groove while you work, you know?
>>25593760
dip dap
>>25593760
>>25593786
Wew, Dip Dap, I feel it. Gotta groove.
>mfw cybernetics are canon now
>>25593760
I think Panorama a little much for our delicate mind right now.
I'd say Dip Dap. Definitely a song you can work to.
>>25593803
>>25593811
>>25593819
>>25593834
>You dig out your tape with DipDap on it. Cassettes are the easiest way to get analog information to your deck. The analog information has more random variance than anything in a digital format.
>You're still very high, but this is going to be an easy hack so you don't need to sober up... probably...
>Brandy has already pulled up the terminal which waits for your input. You try to remember the utilities that you have available to you.
-Fingerprinter
Helps identify operating system.
-Key logger
Program that records keystrokes(Must be installed on host machine)
-Network Mapper
gives you a map of connected devices on a network.
-Password cracker
program that helps recovering passwords.
-Pinger
Measure how quickly data transfers between nodes.
-port scan
Looks for open ports. (Scan may alert firewall)
-Sniffer
Stops network traffic temporarily (seen as a system test)
-Zombie
Distract system with multiple requests from computers with this software on them.
>As far as you know, if there is any ICE then it will be low level shit.
>As you think about it, You usually either scan ports or Finger print the system first.
>You try to remember what the client wanted again... That's right, You're taking all of the files they have on a newly auged patient."Swift Wing" Recover the files on Swift Wing.
What do you do?
>>25594053
Uh...
Finderprinter>Port Scan>Network Mapper>Password Cracker
>>25594053
Recover the files on Swift Wing.
>>25594053
I guess start with the Fingerprinter?
>>25594108
Ping before port scan to ensure it's actually there.
>>25594174
>>25594159
>>25594108
>You decide to Check the ping before trying a The fingerprinter.
>The ping is very low You have a good connection.
>The finger printer shows that the server is running Myto Version 3. This system is vulnerable to attacks from digital zombies. Servers built on this OS do not lock out after too many requests for service, but may forget to request login information for access after too many requests.
>You try to access their server but the site wants a login for access to files.
"Brandy! Anyone trying to access our network location?"
>"Not Yet sir, We're doing, A Okay!"
What do you do?
>>25594428
Sounds like a simple password cracker routed through an offsite zombie is the best idea. DDoSing them is more noticeable.
>>25594447
this guy sounds like he knows what he's doing.
I don't, so im going with him.
>>25594428
Seems like zombies until it forgets to request login is the way to go.
Sorry, I got drunk and the next image is ike 75% done but I need to sleep. I'll see if I can run this shit midday before my sudo-job.
Find a way to get into the computer to be with QT horse. Be happy the rest of our life
>>25595221
Sleep tight, SleepyByte.
>>25595221
ohkay
boop
boop
Bathwater pls
>>25606651
Bathwater.
Pls.
>>25592745
Looks like an AW11 to me. It's the only reason I'm in this thread
>>25611786
Isn't that the same car?
>>25614937
Not all MR2s are AW11s
>>25615154
Oh, okay. I thought it was just a weird name thing, like the FRS.
>>25594447
>>25594630
>You decide to run the password cracker through a different computer you access through the zombie network. Soon the zombie provides you with a file access level password and you enter the server.. Brandy takes over and finds the file's you're looking for. You take a quick look for yourself and verify that it is actually the file you need.
"Goo job Brandy."
>"Thanks File, I'm going to archive this and store a copy on a card for you!
"You're reading my mind."
>Brandy giggles a little bit, "Come on this isn't our first rodeo. We do this all of the time!"
>You should probably get these files to the client as soon as possible. You can't just email the files so you're going to have to meet somewhere to deliver them. Also, you get paid in cash, now that e-commerce is as regulated as it is, but on the other hand, you could probably stand to sober up for a bit before delivering your work.
>What do you do?
>>25620463
Always meet the client while sober, we don't want to get a bad reputation.
>>25620463
Client asap
>>25620463
Sober up first. maybe go find something to eat.
>>25620463
Ah brute force. Works... sometimes. Get something in our gullet and shower.
>>25620463
A quick shower and a bite sounds good.
>>25620475
>>25620485
>>25620493
>>25620517
>You take a short shower. Short because you don't have any more soap.
>After your shower you look in the kitchen for something to eat. You find 3 cans of spaghetti rings, 4 packs of nutrition bricks, a box of cereal, a gallon of milk, bottle of hot sauce, a brick of cheese and some fruit-salad cups. That was it. That's all of the food in your apartment.
What do you do?
>>25620775
consume hot sauce
>>25620775
hot sauce on a couple nutrition bricks.
>>25620775
Think I'll go for a little bowl of cereal + milk, assuming it isn't spoiled.
>>25620775
Check To make sure nothing has spoiled and then have some milk and cereal. Also a quick swig of hot sauce to make sure we're awake.
>>25620790
>>25620794
>>25620799
>>25620844
>You check the milk and it's in date. You decide on cereal, and you fix yourself a bowl.
>Before eating your cereal you drink the rest of your hot-sauce. It was shitty hot-sauce so when you drink it, it only manages to taste like tangy vinegar, but that's what you get when you look for hot-sauce at the single bit store.
After plowing through a bowl of cereal you call your client.
"I've got the files, do you want to meet at the same place as last time for the delivery."
>"That's fine, but just know that we will verify those files before you get paid."
>You'd say something cleaver but you're not feeling it today, after popping two white crystal octagons.
"Yeah, whatever. I can wait at the location for a while."
>This job isn't that big so you don't think that your client is going to try to stiff you..
>"Alright, we will be there in an hour."
>usually you like to drive your car to meetings with your client. It make you look more important, you think, but you've been inside for days and stretching your legs a bit might be nice. Although, you are about to get paid so, you could always get some fresh air while you're out buying a few things you need.
What do you do?
>>25621064
Car would be faster.
>>25621064
Bathwaters brain right now:
>Please let me draw car porn, please! Please!
Well okay, but only because you finished all your gran flakes like a good colt.
>>25621064
Gotta be itching to go for a nice drive after being inside for so long. We can stretch our legs while we're out if we want.
Of course, don't forget to pop in some Eurobeat. No drive is complete without it. https://youtu.be/Mk9-v9NKOuU
>>25621103
>>25621107
>>25621184
>You decide to take your car so you can run some errands after you get done with this business. before leaving you put on some clothes and grab your gun, and your PDA which Brandy loads herself on before you walk out.
>You sort of want to listen to some music on the way over, but your recent ex stole most of your tapes as well as your last deck which had your digital music saved on it. You decide to settle for the news radio.
[Governor Honey Spout is calling for more regulation of construction companies after a rouge construction printer fabricated a 72 story building, on land that had not yet been prepped for foundation. The 72 Story structure is now in danger of collapsing under it's own weight. Governor Spout had this to say. "We can't let big construction endanger our children, just because they think it's too costly to check their equipment. I feel, I know that the public will side with me if they knew, just how dangerous these printer glitches are becoming." The Governor is proposing a bill that if passed would create an agency that would audit construction printers to prevent further mishaps.]
>The meeting place is a hole in the wall diner that's about half a mile from the railroad tracks. When you get there, you remove your plates and put them in the frunk of your car. That car, that car is the only thing you have to remember your dad by. He left it to you when he died, which is lucky since you had a lot of half siblings that split up his estate into very small pieces. You never really knew the stallion, your mom and him spit up before you could talk.
>As you sit there sipping your black coffee, a couple of suits sit down at your booth.
>"The big minotaur speaks up,"You got the files?"
"I don't know, do you have my scratch?"
>The Stallion with him places a laptop and pile of cash on the table in front of the minotaur. "The files please."
What do you do?I need to go to sleep. I'll pick up tomorrow.
>>25621328
Goodnight.
>>25621328
>music shit is all stolen
fucking unacceptable
Sleep tight, SleepyByte.
Bump.
>>25621328
>stealing tapes
I hope they get diarrhea and flu at the same time.
Anyway, count the cash, show the files.
Does this future technology allow us to go into the computer and visit Brandy?
>>25625555
it's retro future shit, anything can happen.
>>25625610
I wish to have virtual foals with her because it's evident that real mares just steal out music tapes
>>25625555
yes.
Page 10 bump.
Live damnit.
Reminder that 3d mares will fucking steal your eurobeat.
>>25622476
"Count the cash."
>"I'm sorry what?"
"I want you to count my money, in front of me before I give you the files."
>"You do know that there's two of us and one of you right?"
"Yeah, and I'm sure that your boss would love to hear about how my system is rigged to release every bit of my activity to the police if I'm reported dead. Count the cash."
>The minotour scowls at you and begins counting all the hundred bit notes up to 1200. Then he reaches in his pocket and pulls out some more cash. "...thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen thousand. You happy?"
"Yes, very."
>You give him the drive with the information on it, which the minotour begins reading through.
>>25625555
>>25625715
>While he's busy reading you find yourself thinking about your little A.I. Brandy would never steal from you, or cheat on you. live off your money or selectively forget you when she has something "better" to do. but even tough you have many ways to interact with her sometimes she just does things that remind you that she isn't real. You've thought about this a few times as she's only existed since you set up your current deck. A bit of a tear wells up in your eye as you think that such a sweet little mare will never exist outside of...
>The minotour speaks up, "It's all here.
>He scoots the pile of cash towards you.
>"My employer wishes you to know, It was a pleasure doing business with you."
"Yeah, likewise."
>The two suits leave your table and you think about your current expenses. With the money you had saved before this job, you now have 1672 bits. Rent is due in three day which will be 900 bits, you're down to 10 Crystal octagons and about 2 shots worth of Fabuloso left which may last you a two days or three if you balance it right which will cost you about 300 bits to restock for another week, also, you really need to get more food. You also need to start re-building your music collection.
What do you do?
>>25632760
Explain Crystal octagons and Fabuloso.
>>25632795
Fictional drugs.
>>25632805
do they have real world analogues?
Because if we're on heroine or meth or something, we're getting off that shit.
>>25632805
How bad is the MCs addiction?
>>25632760
Rent>Food=Music Collection>Drugs are bad, lad
To give an idea of how bad the File's addiction is, he usually takes 4 octagons a day and one shot of Fabuloso.
If the MC tries to quit cold turkey, he will go into withdrawals.
He Started using them to cope with his chronic pain.
>>25632760
We need enough food and 420blazeit to get through the next few days. Hopefully we can pay rent on top of that, but if not we'll have to get a job or two done in that time. Music is a long term priority. You gotta build a good collection over time.
>>25632841
does he have a prescription?
>>25632841
Let's get high onBrandy.
>>25632812
>>25632821
>>25632869
>>25633005
>You finish your coffee and pay your bill.
>2 bits. You're down to 1672 bits.
>You get out of the restaurant, screw you plates back on and begin driving while you think about what priorities you need to take with your latest pay. You've been on drugs so long that you're pretty sure that if you tried to stop you would die a painful and sweaty death.
>Finding a cigarette in your pocket you light up to calm down a bit.
>You remember the last time you when without a couple crystal octagons for a day. You felt like you where going to die as all of the pain that you ignored came crawling back from your wing to your spine as you cried curled up on your bathroom floor. Of course these days, there are treatments for these addictions but, you don't have twenty thousand to spend on chemical therapy, and getting away from your addiction wouldn't stop the pain which has only grown worse as you've gotten older. Your mother never had enough money to get you really fixed, so you could never competitively fly as a colt. But you know it wasn't her fault. Life is hard and sometimes the only way to cope with it was to dull it out. Your mother knew that, and in turn you leaned it yourself.
>As you curse down the streets of the city Brandy speaks up from your PDA that you have placed in the passenger seat. "File,you've been driving in circles for the past fifteen minutes do you need me to navigate you somewhere?
What do you do?
>>25633083
>Equestria has american healthcare
RIP ponies.
>>25633083
Er, food. Maybe something a little healthier than spaghetti hoops for once.
>>25633083
Maybe we should get ourselves something other than a pitiful collection of junk to eat.Also maybe stop by a place we can get some tunes
and don't smoke in the car man, you gotta be kidding me
>>25633083
Yes Brandy. Take me somewhere. Take me somewhere beautiful.Also, what time is it? I'm assuming we can veg for a bit before getting some groceries.
>>25633083
Navigate me to your heart
>>25633130
>>25633205
>>25633114
>>25633122
"Yeah, tell me how to get somewhere beautiful, like the center of your little heart of gold."
>"Excuse me? Where?"
>Right there, that's the kind of thing that crushes your heart. Strait to business, no real equinity at all. It's like every time you wish that Brandy could be a real mare, she reminds you why she can't.
"I was only joking Brandy."
>She giggles a little bit, "Oh, I get it. you're suck a flatterer File.
"Yeah, I know, a regular Casanova."
>"You do know that there are lewd options in my programming right? would you like me to activate them?"
>You know very well that the kind of programmers who would program a customization A.I. companion would be the same kinds of perverts that would make it so you could shove a vibrator or several animated stallion cocks inside of her. It's just strange hearing this little A.I. who's soul motivation is being helpful ask you if you want to use those options. You felt a little dirty reading the heading in the readme file when you installed her, and still do thinking about it now. Of course if you did ever use those options only two would know about it, you and a pony who isn't even real.
"We're going to the grocery store."
>"Yes Sir, File! Turn left in three blocks!"
>Looking through the store you pick up about 175 bits worth of food better than spaghetti hoops, leaving you with 1497 bits.
>While you're putting your haul into the trunk of your car you hear a homeless looking mare ranting outside the store about how, "Every pony needs to learn to love each other again", and how, "Everypony feels alone sometimes but it shouldn't be forever in this Tartarus of our own construction!" As you finish up, she's still going.
What do you do?
I've gotta pass out, sorry about another short session.
>>25633408
It's fine. Goodnight, Bath.
>>25633398
Toss her a few bits. Maybe there's something to that karma thing.
>>25633408Be of sleeping little Bath.
>>25633398
Go give Twilight a few bits. We've been in bad places before where we would appreciate a few bits.
>>25633398
>P-mart
>>25633408
Sleep tight, Sleepybath.
>>25633398
What else is in your trunk? That better not be a engine because they don't have one in the front. They have them in the back, in front of the second trunk. Give her some bits or anything you can spare in that trunk of yours?
>>25633398
Well if we're gonna restock the 420supply that would pretty much just leave us with enough for rent. The rest we'd probably need to keep as a cushion.
The rent is due in 3 days, and the drugs should last us 3 days, so I guess if we want anything else like some tunes or new computer parts, maybe evencar partswe should look into picking up some more jobs.
>>25633408
Sleep tight, SleepyByte
bump for Brandy Byte
>>25633398
No harm in giving her a few bits.
So Crystal octagons are for the pain, but what about Fabuloso?
>>25635628
>>25635628
What, you don't wanna be fabulous?
>>25635709
Depends, is that the stuff that gave us the dream?
I like File's portrayal. I like how he was made uncomfortable by Brandy's programming and longs for her to be real. He doesn't want something to stick his penor in or get off to, he just wants to not be alone. I'm sure he's been burned by mares multiple times and with that and his bad habits Brandy is the only thing he has.
>>25633398
Walk over and tell her she's certainly not wrong. Give her 20 bits or something.
What's hobo twilight sparkle doing here?
>>25633398
I think we traded our love for neon lights and fast cars friend, but maybe you're right. I hope you're right.
Added this cyoa to the archive.
http://anonpone.pineapplecomputing.com/semanticerror/
>>25633455
>>25633490
>>25633799
>>25635231
>>25639778
>>25640908
>You reach in your pocket and pull out about five or six bits, and walk over to the poor mare, letting her have the warmest smile you can put on.
"I'd like to think that you're right, even if it's more than likely that we've traded love for neon lights and fast cars. Here, it's the least I can do."
>You hold your hoof of bits toward the mare. Giving you an equally warm smile she cups your hoof with both of hers, softly holding you for a moment before turning you hoof over.
>"Thank you young one,but just knowing that you head me is enough. Please, all I ask is that you try to spread some more good will around. It's easy to forget to spread kindness in this world."
>She releases your hoof and folds her sign, tucking it into her hooded sweatshirt, "Once again, thank you."
She turns away and begins walking off.
What do you do?
>>25643202
Vroom vroom to our dealer.
Time to supply our high.
>>25643202
I ask again, what does Fabuloso do? How badly are we addicted to it?
>>25643319
>>25635628
Neither of those drugs are something you would be prescribed.
Fabuloso is taken intravenously, and is similar to heroine.
Crystal Octagons are a sort of pill that functions similar to cocaine.
File is currently dependent on both.
>>25643358
Well shit, that's worse than I previously thought.
>>25643202
>>25634067
>>25643239
>You watch the strange mare walk off for a while. You could swear that you know her from somewhere. Eventually you snap back into the moment and climb into your car.
>You decide to go see your dealer because your running low on junk.
>You knock on the door and hear a barrage of movement from inside the apartment, "What's the password!?"
"Dave, I'm not the cops..."
>"How do I know that?"
"No, that's the password."
>"Oh right! Sorry I forgot."
>There is a torrent of various locks being undone on the door until finally, it swings open and a smiling donkey stands in front of you.
>"Oh man, it's you! I was wondering when you where gonna be by."
>Dave always seems to treat you well when you're buying from him it kinda makes you feel like your doing something completely normal when you do business with him.
"Yeah, I just need the regular package."
>"Right, right man. Hey I just go some mystery mushrooms in, do you want to like, buy some?"
"Eh?"
>"Whoa man, You're looking beat up. Do you want to come in? I was about to like try these poppies if you know what I mean? I mean if you want to, it'll totally be on the house, like free man."
What do you do?
>>25643559
Getting addicted with more shit is not in the budget. Lets just buy what we came for and get out
>>25643559
That's probably because of the shitty acid dream we just had. Let's just stick to the stuff we can't live without and not add any more shit.
>>25643559
If it's just weed take it. On the house isn't a bad deal and you can have a real conversation while you're at it.
>>25643559
Does it help with pain?
Maybe we could get addicted to less hardcore shit instead of fantasy Heroine and crack.
>>25643617
>>25643634
"No than you Dave. I've got some food in the car that I need to get to the fridge. But hey, maybe next time."
>"Right on broseph!"
"298 right?"
>"As always my good equine!"
>You hand him the bits leaving you with 1199 for rent and whatever else and he hands you a plastic bag with "Green lock Bro" written on it.
>"Now your sure you don't want in on this opium? It's all natural."
"Yeah I'm sure."
>"I worry about you man, that stuff you use is hard shit. You'll tear yourself up parting like you do."
"Good night Dave."
>"Peace out!"
>You get in your car and sit there for a bit, deciding what you're going to do next. It's Friday, sometimes you hit up a nightclub or two on Fridays to see if you can pick up some tripped out filly living on daddy's money for a one night stand. You're not really ready for committing to anyone at the moment. Although, you're also feeling pretty beat. You could always stop by the house and pass out, maybe get some down time in before you crash.
>Brandy speaks up, As you okay File? You've just been sitting there for a minute now."
"Yeah, I'm just fin Brandy."
>"Alright! Well, if you want to talk, I'm always willing to listen, so I can help out however I can!"
What do you do?
I'm going to go to sleep.
>>25643827
Goodnight.
>>25643827
Sleep tight, SleepyByte.
>>25643824Does our PDA have a touch screen? We need to boop Brandy asap.
Tell her thanks, and ask her to set a reminder for us to converse once we get back home, before File clocks out. It's about time we opened up to someone, at least before we continue trying to fight the pain with hard drugs.
Boop
>>25643824
Ask Brandy if she would like to go anywhere before heading home.
And away we go.
>>25644520
>>25647458
>You pick up the PDA.
"Hey Brandy?"
>"Yes sir?"
>You boop her with the touch screen.
"Is there any place you want to go?"
>She gaggles and reaches her hooves up to where you're touching the screen, "Don't be silly, I just want to help. I don't care where we go File."
"Right,"
>Your heart sinks a bit.
"Hey, you know how you asked if I wanted to have a talk with you?"
>"Yes?"
"Remind me when we get home, I think I'd actually like that. a lot."
>"Yes sir!" Brandy says giving you a little salute.
>You drive back home. While you're unlocking the door to your apartment your landlord walks up, "You do know that rent is just about due. Right?"
You Sigh, "Yeah, what about it?"
>"I'm not going to be hearing about how you need another week to make rent because some loose mare took off with your work equipment now am I?"
>You've been living here for three years, and you were late with your rent once and she still won't let you live it down after two months.
What do you do?
>>25652871
Pay her early.
>>25652871
I can't pay one time because I got backstabbed and you're still on my case?
Here's your damn rent.
>>25652871
Don't get that bandanna in a twist girlie, I've got it all here, early.
>>25652925
>>25652963
>>25652989
"Would you mind if I paid the rent early this month?"
>She laughs at you, "Right. I'd be overjoyed if you got my money to me early."
"Alright one moment then."
>A shit eating grin stretches across your face as you watch her eyes grow wide as you make her eat her own words.
"Nine Hundred and eighteen bits right?"
>"y-yeah."
>You give her the money.
"No mares back stabbing me this month. So nothing to worry about."
>"R-right, Thank you."She says and walks off.
>You open your door and load your groceries into the fridge, popping an octagon to unwind.
>"File, You said you wanted to talk tonight. What's on your mind?" Bandy reminds you.
What do you do?
>>25653356
Ask Brandy how she likes living in a tablet.
Does it feel different than in a full PC?
>>25653356
What do you think of me, Brandy?
Am I a bad guy?
>>25653356
How do you view our relationship? Do you see me as a friend or just your boss? Are you even programmed to tell the difference?
>>25653419
>>25653449
>>25653496
>You laugh nervously a little bit because even though you know that Brandy isn't a real mare, you still fool yourself into thinking of her as one every now and then.
"Yeah, So... What is it like going from the computer to the PDA? Does it feel different?"
>"I don't really feel, Un less you use some of my interactivity functions but those don't actually give me sensation really either, so I'm not really able to say. I guess I do notice that the PDA processes information a bit slower, so there's that. Also I guess it's not as much space. I'd imagine that it's like the difference between you being in your house or in your car, although, I can't really say."
>You feel a bit nervous about the actual questions you have for her but you had her for about three months and you fear that not asking will only make things more awkward for you.
"I see... Brandy, I want to know if you think of me as your boss or your friend?"
>"Brandy puts her animated hoof up to her cheek, " That's another good question. I guess friends enjoy spending time with one another and they can work together as well, but I do take you orders, which I also want to do since that is what I was meant to do. I guess if you go by a strict definition you are my boss but I'm also fine with sharing entertainment with you so as a loose definition we could be friends. I, guess that's really more up t you really."
"Oh, I see... Brandy."
>>25653419
>>25653449
>>25653496
>You hang your head and divert your gaze from her, "Do you, what do you think of me? Do you think I'm a bad guy?"
>"Would you like me to give you an encouraging response or an analytical one?"
"Analytical please."
>"Well, bad is really a very relative term. You do things that are illegal and some would consider that bad but you also fulfill your apparent purposes by seeking to procreate, surviving and preforming tasks that you are paid for which give you value, which I would say is also good. You also seem to have constucted your own moral code which you seem to follow to a satisfactory level and that can also be considered good so. Honestly I would say that you may need a more advanced A.I. to objectively judge you, but even then I'm not sure that there is a real answer to that question. Is that answer Okay?"
What do you do?
>>25653669
Yeah. I suppose that's true. Even if I do fuck up sometimes, at least I'm still trying.
Thanks Bandy.
>>25653663
I'd rather we be friends.
>>25653669
Yeah, that's a fine answer.
I bet a CO pill sounds good now.
Take your mind off of how depressing trying to open up to an AI is.
>>25653728
>>25653356
>>You open your door and load your groceries into the fridge, popping an octagon to unwind.
>>25653728
>>25653695
>You relax a bit more on your futon. A yawn escapes your mouth.
"I guess you're right. Nobodies really perfect so I guess that even if I fuck up every now and then, it doesn't meant that I'm necessarily bad."
>"I guess so. Then again, I really don't know for sure."
"Oh, and Brandy?"
>"Yes?"
"I think I'd like to think of as friends."
>"Okay then, I'll think of you as a friend."
>Your eyes begin to get heavy.
"Thank you Brandy."
>Brandy begins humming.
"What are you doing?"
>"Is this bothering you?"
"No, it's nice."
>"Then I will resume.
>She continues her humming and you fall asleep.
>You wake up with your wing screaming in pain. The clock reads 10:42 AM You think about what you need to do today.
>Going through the list of things you got done, you realize that there's nothing really left besides checking the online listings for your next job. Although, There's nothing really urgent you need to do at the moment so you could always take some time for yourself, but eventually you're going to have to get back to work.
What do you do?
>>25654104
Can't really do much with low funds so we should go through our morning routine and then look for work.
>>25653669
Is Brandy still humming? Have a peek at the monitor to see what she's up to. Be entirely prepared for a case of diabeetus.
After saying good morning we should probably shower and have a bite.
>>25654104
Laze around. Check the news.
Our landlord looks pretty hot to be honest. We should see if she wants to be the mare back stabbing us this month
>You check on Brandy who is currently simulating herself sleeping.
"Good morning Brandy"
>Brandy gets up from her animated fold out bed, "Good morning File!"
"Could you please pull up the NEWS for today?"
>"I'm on it!"
>You pop another octagon and fix yourself some Spinach and eggs While you watch the NEWS.
[The first Monopoly charges in 50 years have been brought against grocery giant grower Incorporated, which owns Chains like P-Mart, S-Mart and WoodWorth's. Trial will begin in fourteen days.
Governor Honey Spout is making waves in political news as he pulls for stronger oversight on construction printers. The Governor is proposing a bill that will help to ensure public safety is maintained during the operation of suck devices.
The opening ceremonies for the world championship's of the popular e-sport video-game Cuti Clash were held today. Media giant NetCorp Has stated that it will exclusively broadcast the championships from special angles and perspectives on channels that have been assigned specifically for the games. NetCorp who provides television and internet utilities for many cities across Equestria states that although the television utility has fallen to the wayside due to the emergence of internet broadcasting, they hope that the exclusive coverage will rekindle the demand for continued maintenance of the infrastructure.]
>You finish up your breakfast and sit down at your computer.
"Alright Brandy I think that's enough. I think it's time to look for our next job."
>Looking through the list of jobs you find these that look promising.
=======================
Mr. Brown -Hacker needed for disabling bank security systems.
Wintermute -Hacker needed for stealing medical process notes.
GoodGuy -Hacker needed to crack construction printer software.
Revolutionist -Hacker needed for disabling Military androids.
=======================
What job will we take?
We're finally starting to get to the meat of the quest, but I'm going to have to turn in for the night. I'll pick this up tomorrow.
>>25654571
How good are we at covering our tracks? Brown and Rev sound too high profile.
Stick with GG or Winter.
Cypher also sounds easy and low risk.
>>25654575
Goodnight Bath.
>>25654571
Winter and GoodGuy sound pretty good.Too bad we can't program for IDo
>>25654575
Sleep tight, SleepyByte.
>>25655295
>>25654584
>>25654877
>GG
Guys, they want us to fuck with the skyscraper printers.
>>25653663
Brandy has some nice shoes
>>25654560
By the way, I forgot to say this last night but if File has free time and enough people want to, you can make the MC visit characters that he has met.
But be warned that you may have to give a reason or excuse for him to do so for certain situations like visiting your landlord.
File is also able to go to public places around the city like parks, bars, nightclubs ,theaters and whatever else one may want to visit in a large megacity.
>>25654571
Take the Wintermute job, get the details and see what we need. Then lets go grab some new music to listen to while we work. We got any friends in this city? Besides our stoner dealer anyway.
>>25657649
Let's help our landlord pick out a new prosthetic leg
>>25658529
What's wrong with the current one?
>>25654571
what's the pay for these?
Brown seems like the most economically rewarding, whereas the Revolutionary seems like the most long-term rewarding.
other two are just normal.
>>25658544
She didn't pick it out with us
>>25658758
You wanna go leg shopping?
I mean it sounds fun, but I'm not sure how you go about asking that without annoying her.
>>25659164
>ayy bby, nice pair of legs, but I think we can do a little better
Making friends isn't easy.
Was that homeless pony Twilight? I think I'm sad now.
>>25659698
Yes, that was Twi.
>>25659707
Wham. A bump.
Swiggty swooty, we're coming for that zebra booty
board is being spammed again.
page 10
should we consider making a cake?
bamp
>>25664705
Winter seems like our best choice, it's very low key and will not bring a lot of attention to us.
I also vote on hitting on the "lusty" landlord, course of action?
Go to her apartment and make a comment on your earlier meeting like "Hey, I heard your synth leg was sounding a little squeaky, you want to go out and get it patched up?"
I'm sure like an earlier comment come off as intrusive, but at this point in history synth limbs and synth malfunctions are extremely common.
I vote Winter for several reasons. Brown and Rev both seem like very high stakes jobs with significant risk of shit going south and landing us in pony jail. That leaves Winter and GoodGuy. Construction printers have been in the news recently, and are likely under more public scrutiny than before. Lets shy clear of those jobs for a while. That leaves Winter.
Plus, we just got off a medical-related job, we have medical-related issues, and cyberpunk is a medical-related genre. Thematics are important!
Plus, maybe it is something on the treatment of nerve disorders or something relevant to our issues. Unlikely, but live in hope.
As to the landlord, we are in no place to be starting a relationship right now. I'll post Maslow's hierarchy of needs if I have to.
>>25669208
Aside from jobs, I think we should focus on getting of Octagons in the future, even if it means more Fabuloso.
Octagons are cardiotoxic and eventually produce arrhythmias, heart attack, and death. Fabuloso is depresses breathing, and will kill us slower (or not at all if pony Naloxone exists).
Getting off of both is a fantasy until we have legitimate medical treatment or a painless cyborg wing.
>>25669291
>painless cyborg wing
Sounds cool.But it might not work out so good.
>>25669325
Worked fine for Dashie.
>>25669357
I don't know. She wasn't exactly a happy bunny at that point.
>>25669325
>>25669357
>>25669383
Yeah, I know that there a million ways for that to get fucked up, but it's a long term goal, really.
For now I'd say we just need to keep working, and try to upgrade ourselves from cocaine/opiate addict to just opiate addict. Our heart can't be in very good shape considering that we have been doing this every day for years.
Hell, we might have already had other health problems due to our drug abuse that we don't even know about. I demand a full medical history! For all we know we have a cyborg heart, a bum knee, a peanut allergy, and a neural implant to correct our dyslexia.
I rambled quite a bit there, didn't I?
>>25669208
>>25669291
>>25669401
Yeah, I did.
Tl;dr: Take the Winter job. Take two Octs instead of four today, and balance it out with an extra Fabuloso.
>>25669666
satan trips demands we work on our drug problems
>>25669666
Satan encourages healthier behavior.
>>25654584
>>25654877
>>25658160
>>25658529
>>25659164
>>25669143
>>25669208
>You contact Wintermute and try to set up a meeting with the client to discuss the terms of your employment, but this client doesn't seem to operate the same way as other clients. Wintermute tells you that you will be paid 5000 bits for completing the job, which is good money plus an extra 2000 if it's done clean. Winter mute also does not tell you where you are taking the information from, simply stating that he will contact you with further instructions. You try to get more information, but you are met with silence.
>Feeling defeated you sit back and just, think for a while. Your thoughts turn to augmentations. For a long time, you wanted to get jacks to interface with cyberspace, from what you've read, hacking with yourself jacked into the system would make your job easier.
>You realize that your landlord has her prosthetic leg, and things might be better if you try to get more on her good side.
>You knock on your landlord's door and she slowly opens it.
>She sees you and says, "Don't tell me, the furnace is busted again."
"Actually Tyra , I just wanted to talk."
>"What? Why?"
"I'm thinking about getting auged for my job and I thought that you might be able to tell me some stuff before I decide to go ahead with it."
>"Um, sure. Come on in I guess."
>You both enter her house.
>"What do you do for work again?"
"I'm a computer security expert."
"So what are you thinking about getting done?"
"I want to get bio-interface jacks installed."
>"You know that there's a lot of difference between prosthetics and cyber space jacks right?"
"Yeah, but the surgery is similar."
>"I guess, what do you want to know?"
What do you do?
>>25670638
Well, I have problems with my wing too, so I might be doing something about that.
What I'd like to know is what was the cost for it, and what do you need to keep it working properly?
Are there any problems with it? Does it hurt or feel weird?
>>25670638
How much does it cost, how long is the recovery, and how legal is this? Can my metal be upgraded if they release a better version in a year?
Also, can you feel pain in your leg, phantom or otherwise? Because we struggle with chronic pain every day and if a metal wing can't feel then it might be worth it.
>>25670638
Complications, mostly.
>>25670638
How exactly does you leg feel?
>>25671142
I think the best possible answer to this would be "it doesn't". That would give us hope for a possible surgical solution to our pain.
Not that we'd be able to afford a working wing any time soon, but it might give us the encouragement we need to work on our drug problems since we need to be 24 hours fasting and drug free for any reputable surgeon.
>>25670772
>>25670855
>>25671035
>>25671142
>>25671292
Okay, let's look at what we've got so far.
First, we have a bunch of general purpose questions that could apply to any cybernetics:
Cost
Recovery
Maintenance
Legality
Upgradability
Possible complications
Second, we have questions about her leg that are more applicable to a metal wing than a bio-interface port (these would probably clue her in to the fact that we are curious about more than just a jack in our neck):
Does it hurt
Does it feel 'weird'
How does it feel in a more general sense
Is there any phantom pain
I say we ask everything every anon has suggested. We need to know more.
Bath pls. I want to see this zebra booty
>>25672410
I remembered that I had to show up at town hall and a brewery the next town over while I made that last post. I'll get to running the quest when I get home... Sorry, I should have said something.
>>25672603
>I had to show up at town hall and a brewery the next town over
>>25672603
>bath at breweries
wew
>>25672789
F- "Can I feel it ?"
T- "Excuse me ?"
F- " I said, Can I feel it ?"
>>25673337
We should ask to feel her leg to know what it's like.Then feel her other leg to compare
I'm going to bump this in the hopes that C.D11 comes back before I head to bed, even though I don't even know what timezone he is in.
So are we going to put the moves on her? Because I'd like to try
>>25674560
If you'd like to try then start suggesting things to say that a zebra who owns an apartment complex would find flattering while maintaining a level of smoothness.
>>25674633
...Nice flanks?
>>25674560
I think that would be a bit fast. We'd be better off taking things slowly so we don't end up on the street.
>>25674683
But anon, it's scientifically proven that zebras have the widest hips
>>25674753
I thought that was bats.
>>25674758
We'll have to find a bat latter to compare
>>25674633
We'll just say that we appreciate the work she puts into the rental property and how the furnace exploding totally isn't her fault
>>25674753
I know, but zebras also kick more than horses. Gotta be careful.
