| TOPIC
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TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT
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EMOTION
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RESPONSE TEXT
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#
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| GREETING
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GREETING
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Neutral 50
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{2D, voice through talking activator in Think Tank} {Sneering, imperious} If it isn't my old colleagues, the mighty "Think Tank" of Big {"Mountain"} MT. Big FOOLS, all of you.
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1
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| GREETING
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Neutral 50
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Oh, I see you and your Brain reached a compromise. How pleasant.
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1
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| Neutral 50
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I hypothesize after the indignant frequencies my receptors had... recepted, such a partnership-based conclusion would be... low on the "likely" scale.
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1
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| GREETING
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Neutral 50
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Mmm? Y... oh... hello there. Eh... you... {emph}are there, aren't you? Forgive my confusion, so hard to tell these days.
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1
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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1
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| Neutral 50
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{Squinting}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.
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1
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| GREETING
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Neutral 50
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I'm having the most peculiar feeling of déjà vu right now. That's French, for... eh... well, uh... déjà vu, I believe. Have we met before?
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1
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| MobiusConclusion
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Wait... sounds like you built the Robo-Scorpions, issued threats to keep the Think Tank occupied.
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Neutral 50
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Did I? Maybe I did. Can't have them leaving. {Thinks} Some reason for it. Ethics - or {"Conscience," play on word science, means conscience} con-science?
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2
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| Neutral 50
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You and your Brain are quite alike, I'm sure it knows the raisins better than I do.
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3
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Big MT: I, Dr. Mobius, will soon control you - and all of Science!
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4
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, Taunting} Mighty Think Tank... still c-c-c-c-cowering in your Dome? Cower, you fools. {beat, slightly quieter} Cower.
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5
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, Doesn't realize mic is on} Time to reward myself with a little breath-freshening Mentat. Mmmm.
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6
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Try to leave your Dome, Think Tank, and you will be punished by the pincered might of my Robo-Scorpion army!
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7
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, Disgust} Think Tank... I wouldn't even use binary to describe my exponential hatred for you.
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8
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} My aggression is increasing geometrically. Do you hear me, "Think" Tank?!
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9
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, To himself} Soon... all Science will be mine.
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10
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Oh, Klein - did I mention that my zone is FORBIDDEN to you? Ha ha ha ha ha! SO forbidden.
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11
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} 2 plus 2 equals... 4-Bidden, idiots of the Think Tank!
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12
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, Thinking} I hope I didn't leave my Giant Robo-Scorpion on. That thing eats power like no tomorrow.
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13
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement, Quiet} I'll just set this on repeat while I go relieve my tank... no one will know.
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14
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Rant! Rant! Rant! See how I abstract my rage, Think Tank? I hold you in such disdain I generalize my hatred for you!
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15
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Go, my mighty Robo-Scorpions. Crawl in search of intelligence. Then, {emph} sting said intelligence, yes, {emph} sting it.
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16
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} My Robo-Scorpions will soon conquer the Crater. {Quieter, making excuses} It's just that this is a big place, so it's hard to conquer everything.
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17
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Klein... remember the time you forgot to carry the 2 and nearly blew up the {why-zero} Y-0 Research Center? {Klein did blow up the lab so now he's mocking} Oh, wait, you did! {beat} Or was that me?
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18
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusBigMTRandom
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Neutral 50
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{2D, Announcement} Klein, as useless as the bottle of the same name... well, except as an example of an object that uselessly tries to fulfill its purpose.
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19
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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Neutral 50
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Is this thing on? This is Mobius - Dr. Mobius. We're... initiating some kind of emergency test shutdown... in five...
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20
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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Neutral 50
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Four, as in Forbidden...
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21
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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Neutral 50
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Three, as in tree...
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22
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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Neutral 50
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Two, as in "Et Two, Brutus?"...
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23
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusCountdown
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Neutral 50
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} One, as in {emph} none. {Beat, surprise} Oh look, the emergency overload is initiating.
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24
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic000
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Is that better?
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Neutral 50
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{Tsking} Depth perception is a problem with this old monitor of mine. Went black a while ago. That's old age for you.
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25
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| Neutral 50
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Should look at getting the visual nerves re-attached... it's just that the right eye would {emph} see the wrong things. {Beat, quieter} The flying tortoises were the worst.
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26
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| Neutral 50
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Would you care for a Mentat?
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27
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic001
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My brain told me the Think Tank needs to be stopped. Can you help?
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Neutral 50
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{Slowly thinking} If I recall... I {emph} had a plan that was working, eh, whatever it was. I don't think it reached fruition. {To himself} I would recall fruit if it had happened.
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28
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| Anger 50
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I wasn't trying to kill them, just keep them out of trouble. What {emph} was that plan?
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29
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| Neutral 50
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Blast! I probably... uh... wrote it down on the... floor somewhere.
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30
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic002
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Enough. I'm here to kill you.
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Neutral 50
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Oh, intriguing. I've never been killed before. {Beat} Although after that time I got that phlegmy discharge in my biogel... I wished I had been.
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31
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| Neutral 50
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Well, if there's going to be killing, I defer to your expertise in this matter.
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32
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| Neutral 50
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How should we begin? Engineered viruses? Canceratic beams? Atomics? Electrocutioning? Or... should I summon my minions...? {savoring it} Yes, my minions.
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33
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic003
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Uh... thanks.
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Happy 50
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{Chewing on one, smacking lips} Mmm. I love Mentats. Delicious and smarty.
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34
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| Uh... thanks.
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Neutral 50
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I have all sorts of amazingly {intentional. speed up} science-arific thoughts and ideas when those chalky tablets are zipping through my biogel.
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35
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| Sad 50
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I forget them all not long after, though, especially with the data constipating my memory core. Afraid binary streams might shoot out my chassis.
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36
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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37
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic004
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I'll save it for later.
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Happy 50
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{DUPE: Chewing on one, smacking lips} Mmm. I love Mentats. Delicious and smarty.
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38
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic005
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I don't know, I'm tripping pretty hard right now.
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Happy 50
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{DUPE: Chewing on one, smacking lips} Mmm. I love Mentats. Delicious and smarty.
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39
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic006
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I'll save it, don't want to mix it with alcohol if I can help it.
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Happy 50
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{DUPE: Chewing on one, smacking lips} Mmm. I love Mentats. Delicious and smarty.
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40
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic007
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What minions?
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Sad 50
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Whoa, have they not constructed themselves yet? That's a bit premature of me. The Robo-Scorpions, of course.
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41
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| Happy 50
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They can assemble themselves from floor panels and parts scattered about, quiet inventive - never really know when they might suddenly appear.
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42
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic008
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I'll trash them like I did your giant piece of junk downstairs.
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Neutral 50
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Oh now you've done it. I feel a twinge of regret over that little mistake I left on.
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43
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| I'll trash them like I did your giant piece of junk downstairs.
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Anger 50
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{Fight, low sinister} Minions - destroy this intruder! {Changes tone, curious} Mmm. Or perhaps make it more dramatic?
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44
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| Anger 50
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Minions! To me!
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45
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| Happy 50
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{Nods} Oh, yes, that's {"quite" intentional} quiet a bit better.
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46
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic009
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Whichever way you want to be killed is fine with me.
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Neutral 50
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How gracious of you. A mannerly killing.
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47
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic010
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You aren't exactly what I was expecting.
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Neutral 50
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{Curious} Really. That implies pre-conceived notions - theories and a hypothesis about this meeting? Please extrapolate. What was I... supposed to be like?
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48
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| Neutral 50
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After all, it might be worth a cognitive re-alignment if your theoretical Mobius is better than I.
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49
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic011
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I need my brain back.
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Neutral 50
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Do you? You seem fine without it.
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50
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| Neutral 50
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And does it even want to go back with you? Maybe you should ask it. It's quite independent, has all manner of opinions.
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51
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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52
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic012
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Why did you steal my brain?
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Neutral 50
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Oh, a variety of {"reasons"} raisins... you're something of a homily. Er, anomaly? You're really {"quite"} quiet special, and not in the cranially-challenged way.
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53
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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54
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| Neutral 50
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If you were to go back with what {emph} your brain knows about the procedure, well...
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55
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| Neutral 50
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...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.
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56
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic014
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Why is that a problem?
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Neutral 50
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{Frowns} I'm not sure except that I'm sure there's a {emph} very good raisin for it. I have very good raisins for almost everything I do.
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57
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| Neutral 50
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Even if I forget them occasionally. Although I feel this one is especially important. Ha! Oh well.
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58
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic015
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But I want to leave.
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Neutral 50
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Now, that seems to be rather hormonal of you. Flight or fight response, you know, hard to cut that out completely.
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59
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| Neutral 50
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Your brain is here, safe with me. {Smiles} We chat over Mentats.
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60
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic016
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I was curious about some things.
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Neutral 50
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Oh, curiosity. I experience that less now that I know everything. Or maybe it was when I found out some unpleasant answers? Mmm-hmm.
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61
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| I was curious about some things.
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Neutral 50
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I find things curious as well. Go on.
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62
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| I was curious about some things.
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Happy 50
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{Player keeps asking questions, likes this, like talking to a small child} Yes, yes, this is getting interesting. You are just filled with these little slices of curiosity, aren't you?
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63
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic017
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Can you tell me about your Robo-Scorpions?
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Neutral 50
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{As if self-evident} Well, every scientist needs an army. Mine came to me after these rather large scorpions kept coming in from the {intentional} dessert. Like poisonous frosting.
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64
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| Neutral 50
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How scary, I thought! But they had survived when nothing else had. Perfect candidates for improvement, as a reward for their tenacity.
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65
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| Neutral 50
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Then I thought, what if they shot energy bolts and acted as walking eyes and data-drained computers and acted as bullhorns? Then I made them bigger.
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66
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| Neutral 50
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Then, I thought about... custard. I do so love custard. Or was it mustard? Mustard custard. Mmmm. I miss sugars and salts.
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67
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic018
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You don't seem aggressive. Why broadcast threats to the Think Tank?
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Neutral 50
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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, huh! Watch out!
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68
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| Neutral 50
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So many chems, such varieties! Whenever I take Mentats, I can feel my entire chassis breeeeeathe like a big spherical lung.
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69
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| Neutral 50
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As for the Psycho, sometimes get the chem {"depositories"} despositories in my tank all switched up, go in the wrong tube - still, served its purpose.
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70
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic020
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What was the plan you had?
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Neutral 50
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Something ingenious and needlessly complicated, I expect. I may have already told you and forgotten it.
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71
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| Neutral 50
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I forgot I had forgotten pencils until one day I found one. Spent days studying its purpose before my memory circuit kicked in. Felt quiet silly.
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72
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic021
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Well, I don't want to keep them out of trouble, I want to kill them.
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Neutral 50
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{Skeptical} That will be difficult. It would be like fighting five scaled down versions of me that have better depth perception.
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73
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| Neutral 50
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And they have an arsenal of vivisectors, brainial beams, and a rather nasty WooEEEOooWooEEEOoo ray that can make your atoms do a happy dance.
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74
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| Neutral 50
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If you could survive those highly-improbable odds and ends, then deceasing them is definitely an option.
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75
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| Neutral 50
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{Chiding} Although I doubt killing them would do anything except make you feel better. Or let you brag to other humans about your primal violent-ness-ness.
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76
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic023
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Everything you've told me doesn't add up... your plan, even your name, "Mobius."
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Neutral 50
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Dr. Mobius, rather catchy, isn't it? It's my name, my {emph} new name, overwrote the old one.
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77
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic024
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Sounds like you forgot your master plan - surprised you remember your own name.
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Neutral 50
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This name's as real as you or I, although I believe your brain expressed similar incredulity at the nature of such an appellation.
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78
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| Neutral 50
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Someone's been watching too many Old World science fiction movies, it said. {Confidentially} I believe it meant me.
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79
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| Neutral 50
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I must admit I have a vulnerability for holotape fantasies of planets and robots and all that is forbidden. As for the name I was born with...
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80
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| Neutral 50
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...like the Think Tank, we were all reprogrammed to forget them, take on new names. It enforces the recursion loop in our perception programming.
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81
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic025
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You reprogrammed their names as part of recursion loop? What, to trap their processors?
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Neutral 50
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[SUCCEEDED] {Chiding} Now, "trap" is a rather harsh word. Like "excrement." Not an inappropriate word, but still - rather harsh.
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82
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| Neutral 50
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But... yes, I did... take some liberties with their programming. It's all right, they don't remember.
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83
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| Neutral 50
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I certainly didn't until you said "trap." And then I said "excrement." And then...
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84
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| So... you reprogrammed yourself?
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Neutral 50
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[FAILED] I believe I did, and with good raisin. Who am I to be trusted with such things?
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85
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic026
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Why did you trap them?
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Neutral 50
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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.
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86
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| Why did you trap them?
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Neutral 50
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{To himself} I suspect I have Plan 9s in place, but I may have coded myself to forget them, just in case... they're probably very dangerous, lethal, or worse.
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87
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| Neutral 50
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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 9s in case the 7s fail.
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88
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| Why did you trap them?
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Neutral 50
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{To himself} I suspect I have Plan Cs in place, but I may have coded myself to forget them, just in case... they're probably very dangerous, lethal, or worse.
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89
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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90
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic029
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Klein... Mobius... O's a circle... 8's an infinity symbol... they're all loops, I get it.
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Neutral 50
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[SUCCEEDED] O, you figured it out. No pun intended.
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91
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| So that's why they have all those stupid names?
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Sad 50
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[FAILED] {Slightly hurt} I don't know if they're stupid, I was trying for accuracy.
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92
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic030
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I think I'm going to kill you after all.
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Neutral 50
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Really? Oh... {surprised, drew a conclusion} you're not thinking about doing it, you {emph} are going to do it.
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93
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| I think I'm going to kill you after all.
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Neutral 50
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{DUPE} Oh, intriguing. I've never been killed before. {Beat} Although after that time I got that phlegmy discharge in my biogel... I wished I had been.
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94
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| Neutral 50
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{DUPE} Well, if there's going to be killing, I defer to your expertise in this matter.
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95
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| Neutral 50
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{DUPE} How should we begin? Engineered viruses? Canceratic beams? Atomics? Electrocutioning? Or... should I summon my minions...? {savoring it} Yes, my minions.
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96
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic032
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Anything I could do to stop them that doesn't require violence?
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Sad 50
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Well... you {emph} could try and appeal to their humanity. {Dubious} That's a tired cliché. And really, when they were humans, they weren't very good humans.
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97
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic033
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That's kind of an asshole thing to do to your friends.
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Neutral 50
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Is it? Hmm... I suppose it is. But really, they started the whole "excrement hole" behavior loop in the first place.
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98
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic034
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Minor detail, but a snake devouring its own tail is "Ouro-borus," not "Ouro-borous."
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Neutral 50
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[SUCCEEDED] {Genuinely surprised} Really? It is so unlike me to make an error in anything I do.
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99
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| Ouro-bor-ous? What the hell does that mean?
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Sad 50
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[FAILED] A snake that sucks its own dingle-thingy, I believe. Borous was always too obsessed with animals and their dingle-thingies.
|
100
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic035
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If you lobotomized the Think Tank, why terrorize them?
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Neutral 50
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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.
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101
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| Neutral 50
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Without something to distract them, make them afraid, they would simply de-deuce what had happened. And when they start deucing it up...
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102
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| Neutral 50
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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.
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103
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic037
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But there must have been other signs of a larger world.
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Neutral 50
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There have been other visitors to make them doubt their perceptions, but you are the one who dialed back their monitor-micro-magnifiers.
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104
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| Neutral 50
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You were irrefutable proof that there was a world outside. And then there was the whole "brain" fiasco, which forced me to take steps.
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105
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| Neutral 50
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See, your brain had a special kind of... uh... wrinkle, a unique-ity that they had never thought to try in all their countless escape attempts.
|
106
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic040
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The bullet that went into my brain? Doc Mitchell tried to patch me up, but...
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Neutral 50
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[SUCCEEDED] Yes. Very good. I should have Mentats ingest you instead of the other way around. Mmm. Mentats.
|
107
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| Huh? What are you talking about?
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Sad 50
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[FAILED] I would spell it out for you, but when I start spelling, I lose track of the letters. Little symbols run around everywhere, annoying.
|
108
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic041
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A cranial injury. From the attack outside Goodsprings.
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Neutral 50
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[SUCCEEDED] {DUPE} Yes. Very good. I should have Mentats ingest you instead of the other way around. Mmm. Mentats.
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109
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| What, some kind of medical condition?
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Sad 50
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[FAILED] {DUPE} I would spell it out for you, but when I start spelling, I lose track of the letters. Little symbols run around everywhere, annoying.
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110
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic042
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So you set your threats on a loop to keep them occupied?
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Neutral 50
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Yes. I certainly wouldn't loop it on purpose purpose purpose. I am far too sophisticated to make such a childish error error error.
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111
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| NVDLC03DialogueMobiusNVDLC03DoctorMobiusLVLTopic043
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Do you know anything about the other visitors?
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Neutral 50
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Oh, not much, except they contaminated Big MT and installed new ideas in the Think Tank.
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112
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| Neutral 50
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One caused a great deal of infrastructure damage with his brain and smartyness. Ruthless, that one. Played a little rough with the trains.
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{Thinking} But the last one was the most dangerous. Him... eh... slipping away... that was almost as bad as the Think Tank escaping.
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What do you mean?
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The first one, the ruthless one who smashed up our toy trains, asked for weapons, power. Items he could use to destroy a nation with force.
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{Quiet, a little worried} The other... the other asked a different question, and with it, got the true answer. About what makes nations... and what breaks them.
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He spoke to the Think Tank, to Klein. Showed them the flag of the Old World... and it made them remember. All of it. All that had happened.
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They shared things with him that they shouldn't. He now carries those ideas, that knowledge elsewhere.
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Klein said they had the idea to get the three technologies after your broadcast. Coincidence?
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[SUCCEEDED] I consider "coincidence" to be profanity, along with the words, "astrology," "herbal tea," and "luck." So watch it, Potty Mouth.
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[FAILED] Oh, I don't think they understood, either.
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What is the purpose of the technologies?
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The X-2 Antenna can be used to focus your alpha wave frequency thought patterns. The Sneaky Suit? Why, it houses a cardiac regulator.
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And the sonic soundwave projecto-emitter was never intended as a weapon. It was a medicinal vertebrae-pulse-de-sensitizer.
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In short: Brains, a heart, and courage... spine. {Thinking, talking about Wizard of Oz} I think there was a story once where a band of murderous thugs sought these things.
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{Rueful} They had them all the time in the story. Didn't stop them from murdering to get them, and it won't stop the Think Tank, either.
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But the Think Tank downloaded the schematics, not the items. They can rebuild them.
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Oh. That means my plan is a total failure. That is unfortunate.
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Oh, well, at least I tried.
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Was there any other data transmitted in your threat broadcast?
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Yes, my overly aggressive chemmed-up broadcast was designed to keep reinforcing the "forget," "fear," "rinse," and "repeat" program.
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Oh, and the "get me the things to castrate your only possible escape attempt."
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But I couldn't delete you or your arrival anymore than I could the other visitors. {Shakes head} Only so much Science can do when you started talking to them.
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You're really quiet difficult to ignore, you know. It's because you're... well, bah! Rather intriguing, if you'll forgive an old brain for saying so.
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I'd really, really like to kill them.
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Hmmm. Well, if you're determined to go down that road, so be it. They will undoubtedly switch off the pacification field when you return.
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The only "wrinkle" is the one that bullet made going into my brainpan.
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[SUCCEEDED] {DUPE} Yes. Very good. I should have Mentats ingest you instead of the other way around. Mmm. Mentats.
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| If you don't get to the point, I'm going to start shooting.
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[FAILED] {DUPE} I would spell it out for you, but when I start spelling, I lose track of the letters. Little symbols run around everywhere, annoying.
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I'd like to make the effort.
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Well, there's many things they have forgotten, sitting in their bowls. Friendship. The thrill of discovery. Love. Masturbation. The usual.
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Much like {emph} your brain, I am certain there is something you can spark within each of them. Memories, hormones...
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...a wise man once said, the eyes do more than see. Make them see, if you can.
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Or, if not, you can always make them succumb to fear... it certainly worked for me. For a time.
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Then you came along, and bravery and/or desperation trumped that little idea. Back to the drawing board, I suppose. Or is this the end? Hard to tell.
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Scare them? How?
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Oh, tell them I'm still alive, we had a nice chat, and we agree on a few things. That's true... isn't it?
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Or, you could kill me and lie about it. {Thinks it over} Either way, it would be interesting.
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And if you are partial to lying and deception... well, you could tell them a ludicrous lie. The more over-the-top, the better, that's my experience.
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They're more than a little gullible. {Warning} Better make it convincing, though, or it'll be the dissection table and vivisectors for you.
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{Puffs up a bit} And if you speak of me, please try and make me look good. I am Dr. Mobius, after all, not some lab assistant teacher's aide.
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Can I have a Mentat?
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Why, of course you can. I am well-versed in the Science of sharing. {To himself, happy} Well, when not chemmed out of my sphere.
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| Can I have a Mentat?
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Another? Why, of course. Happy to contribute to Science through chemistry.
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Come back within the sequential span of twenty-five hours minus one, I'll have more... or is it two or three more spans? {Soft chuckle} Time, you elusive creature.
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I can't fix your monitor, but if you're getting ghost reception, I can fix that.
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[SUCCEEDED] The ghosts aren't real? That changes everything. Why, I can save my computing power for other perceptual unpossibilities.
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Please be my guest... the receptor is there... and the side-switching wobbly-bob, just turn that... good, good, better...
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Oh... oooooh, yes, that feels wonderful. Mmmmm. This is even better than my afternoon Mentats break. Mmmm.
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[FAILED] Oh, I tried that already. Might have {intentional} contributated to the problem, now that I re-think it. {Polite} But, thank you for asking before trying it.
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So if I don't get my brain back in my head, I can't leave, ever?
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Oh, no. I doubt {emph} your brain would be so unraisinable. It already knows the trick of it, you see. Doesn't need to be in a host body at all.
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If you become friends or exist in an uneasy truce with weapons aimed at each other, it would unlock the fence for {emph} you.
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Well, once the Think Tank was... dealt with, of course. {Smiles, confidentially} Your brain is a responsible sort, doesn't want mad scientists running around everywhere!
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Surrender, Mobius, I don't want to fight you.
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Oh. Well... that's good. Were we supposed to fight? I certainly don't feel violent, but... well, these contraptions make it hard to tell.
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I've defeated your Giant Robo-Scorpion, you're next.
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Oh... did I leave that on? {To self} I thought I'd powered it down - {realization} was wondering what was causing the power outages.
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} What, are you a salesman? Go away. There is no access to the Dome. It is FORBIDDEN. {Beat} And locked.
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{2D Announcement} Intruder, you will not escape the eyes of my Robo-Scorpions! Or their pincers!
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{2D Announcement} You think that Aural Stealth Suit will keep you hidden from me? Think again!
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{2D Announcement} Intruder, return what you have stolen from X-2!
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{2D Announcement} If you think braving the Cyberdogs of X-8 makes you... brave, intruder, it is no use. {emph} All Cyberdogs are under my command, and they will bite you.
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Oh, is someone playing with the power...? My X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion lives AGAIN!
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{2D - broadcast over speakers} Attention: Visitors. Combat experiment in progress. Please put on your goggles and take your Rad-X now.
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{2D} 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!
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{2D} {Sneering, imperious} If it isn't my old colleagues, the mighty "Think Tank" of Big {"Mountain"} MT. Big fools, all of you.
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{2D} It is I, Dr. Mobius, transmitting from my dome-shaped... dome in the Forbidden Zone. A zone... that is, yes... {emph} forbidden to you.
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{2D} Even now, my deadly Robo-Scorpions swarm across Big MT with their pincers and pointy laser tails. Soon, all Science will be mine.
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{2D} Even the technologies sealed in the Big MT research centers cannot save you. So cower in your "Think Tank." Wait, for the end.
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{Narration} There is an expression in the Wasteland: "Old World Blues."
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{Narration} {Good or Neutral Karma} In the times following the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, however, Old World Blues took on a new meaning.
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{Narration} {Bad Karma} The Big Empty lived up to its name, a hollow crater of failures of a past era, a last, sad statement of the Old World.
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{Narration} {Mobius alive} Dr. Mobius continued his research undisturbed in the Forbidden Zone.
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{Narration} As much as he had attempted to create better scorpions, he tried the same with humanity, with considerably less success.
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{Narration} These failures didn't bother him overmuch. Once the rush of Mentats wore off, he forgot he had failed in any event.
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{Narration} {Gentle, complimentary} After all, the bright young mind who had come to visit him in the Forbidden Zone had already exceeded his expectations.
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{Narration} {Mobius dead} The Forbidden Zone continued to be, true to its name, forbidden. No more Robo-Scorpions were sighted in its canyons.
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{Narration} Big {Mountain} MT became even emptier, devoid of Dr. Mobius' proclamations forecasting the destruction of anything that dared possess sentience.
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{Narration} Still, it is said he lived on in the equations inscribed on the floor and walls of the Forbidden Zone dome...
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{Narration} {Good or Neutral Karma player, sad} ...a cobweb tracery of symbols that told of a thousand brilliant thoughts, now lost to time.
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| NVDLC03EndingSlideMobiusDead
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{Narration} {Bad Karma} ...but these equations were nothing more than thin white traceries of lines, not unlike cobwebs in the corners of a failing mind.
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{Narration} {Bad Karma} {Ruthless, authoritative} As it had been in the years before the Great War, Big {Mountain} MT... the Big Empty... became home to one of the most powerful minds of the 23rd century.
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| Neutral 50
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{Narration} The Courier who had been brought to the Big Empty became its new overlord, using its facilities ruthlessly and decisively when needed.
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{Narration} Sometimes Science is more than a quest for discovery - it is a weapon to be used in the service of one with the strength to understand it.
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{Narration} {Good or Neutral Karma} As it had been in the years before the Great War, Big {Mountain} MT... the Big Empty... became home to one of brightest minds of the 23rd century.
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{Narration} The Courier watched over the Big Empty for years to come, caring for it, and keeping its discoveries safe until they were needed to help others.
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{Narration} Which had always been Big {Mountain} MT's purpose. Past the laboratories and Science, it had always been intended as a place to build the future of all mankind.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide01
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{Narration} In the years before the Great War, Big Mountain had been the home to the brightest minds of the 21st century.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide02
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{Narration} Scientists of vision were drawn to the facility to tackle the greatest technological challenges of the era.
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{Do Not Record}
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{Narration} They sought to create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind.
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{Do Not Record}
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{Narration} Sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery...
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{Narration} ...the hopes and dreams of a century became realities in the electronic forges of Big Mountain.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide05
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{Narration} The nucleus of this research was the Dome, a huge stone facility that held the labs of every science known to man.
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{Narration} It was a think tank where no problem could not be solved, where no question could not be answered.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide06
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{Narration} The Great War brought a new energy to Big Mountain and its scientists.
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{Do Not Record}
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{Narration} Although sheltered from the frontlines, the scientists waged their own war, fighting their battles at the atomic level.
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{Do Not Record}
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{Narration} Equations and calculations marched endlessly across chalkboards and computer terminals toward one solution: Winning the war.
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{Do Not Record}
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{Narration} For years, the minds and computers of Big Mountain were a blaze of trajectories, weapon schematics, and nuclear theories.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide10
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{Narration} The problems began to outpace the solutions, first geometrically, then exponentially. As the war escalated, so did the questions.
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NVDLC03IntroSlide11
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{Narration} On the night of October 23rd, 2077, the scientists received an answer that put all their questions to rest.
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{Narration} In the aftermath, Big Mountain's silent experiments went to sleep, their creators slowly dying in the new world that had been left behind.
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{Do Not Record - NVDLC03 Slide}
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{Narration} And the great stone in the middle of the Big Empty lay untouched, filled with countless technological wonders...
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{Narration} Wonders that, in the end, had been answers to the wrong question.
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{Do Not Record - NVDLC03 Slide}
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And one... as in MOBIUS has won! {Evil laugh} I hope it's blowing up right now in your faces.{2D}
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Four as in 4-BIDDEN! Do you hear me Think Tank? It is I, Mobius, hacking your frequencosity.{2D}
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| TestDUPLICATE000
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< Test Node: Do Not Translate. >
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Neutral 50
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Dr. O... which is actually not his real name multiplied, since you can't multiply his real name in the first place... {Trying for oo-roh-BOH-rohs} Ouro-bor-ous, Klein...
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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.
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I reprogrammed their chronometers, geometers, and cartography programs. This is now their world, here, Big {Mountain} MT.
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It was a merciful lobotomy, really, thinking back. They were my friends, but... {genuine sad moment} sometimes they would take things too far.
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{Quiet, sad} 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.
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In any event, {emph} you showed up at the Think Tank, and because you had suffered a cranial injury in just the right place...
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Bullets in the head are usually much more fatal, and yours was a light case of bullet-head-itis.
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But... 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.
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That gave the Think Tank the knowledge its brains shouldn't... couldn't... {should+couldn't} sh'couldn't possess. With that knowledge, the procedure can be reversed.
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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.
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And once they're off the reservation...
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My threat broadcast is designed to instill... and install... fear. And along with the emotional download, other data rides the fear carrier wave.
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It prompted them to focus on retrieving those technologies and bring them to "attack" me.
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And coincidentally... pardon my language... all those technologies are needed to put a brain, your brain, back into its skull. Properly.
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I do so love integers.
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| Neutral 50
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I'm imagining all sorts of imaginary numbers right now.
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| Neutral 50
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I'm running out of floor space for my calculations.
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| Neutral 50
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{Hums as he bustles about, dum de dum, as if happy to be working}:: Hums ::
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| Neutral 50
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{Singing to himself, tune of "Dry Bones"}Electron's attached to the... neutron. The neutron's attached to the... meson. Meson's connected to the... proton.
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They said I was mad. Preposterous. Not an angry bone in my body, had them all removed.
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