Shiva was patting Sarah's hair. "And you collected all your samples? You know Adam wanted LOTS of samples before you left."
Sigh. "Yes, Shiva."
The woman gave her a look. "Don't you give me sass! Now, just in case, you said you were going off on a trip and said bye to everyone?"
Her other self had the damned GALL to look amused by this. "Yes."
The older Sarah grinned. "She's going to be checking out Icicle Inn, a small mountain town with skiing. I get to go and fuck with Midgar!"
Shiva snapped to the snarky lady! "And WHAT, young lady, will you be doing in such a hell hole?"
A shrug. "Setting up a new church to Gaia that acts as a terminal to the Planetary Network Shopping Systems."
The Summon wasn't in the same hive mind as the girls, so the fussed over Jumper broke in. "Gaia approved merchants and clients can use some custom Materia Eve made to communicate and transport smaller goods. The church will let Aerith and her mom talk to her old friends, act as a charity drop off for outsiders who want Gaia to give them discounts, and let Elmyra provide food and clothing to the less fortunate."
The ice goddess rolled her eyes. "Adam is basically an out of context cheater from a post scarcity society, the support units he built here basically lets Eve use her excess mako to create nearly anything."
Which, fair enough, was true. Still. "I'm mostly doing it so that Monster Hojo can't kidnap more women or get away with stuff. Getting to steal free garbage and heal people and make sure the kids eat healthy is just a side benefit."
The other self just grinned. "And because we can build whatever we want in the slums and mess with Shinra's systems to cause all kinds of trouble."
True. "I'm going to be building some powerful artificial lighting and environmental controls, eventually ONLY the slums will have perfect weather since the reactors above the disk generate such thick cloud cover."
Shiva frowned… But paused. "Well, as long as it's to fuck with Hojo… Still."
She was wrapped in hugs! "Even if you will be staying, you will also be leaving."
Her other self was much more defined by now, if the hidden pinch was any sign. "Be safe out there, sister."
Damn it! She wasn't leaving, this was too much! She didn't want to cry. "Yeah. I'll be safe."
=Gaia: I don't know what is going on, but have a safe journey!=
=Eve: Bye Adam… You be safe too, alright?=
=Adam: Fine, but eventually I want to visit the afterlife. I have some complaints to make over there before I come back.=
=Eve: ...I'm sorry?=
=Sarah: Let it go, this is something we argue about sometimes.=
=Gaia: I would always welcome you, Adam.=
=Shiva: HA! If you went into the Lifestream, would you be inside {K
RSHH!}=
<<
Alert: Connection temporarily disrupted! Please stop embarrassing the former Administrator!>>
Heh. "We'll BOTH be safe."
[[
JumpChain: Transfer.]]
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
The hug turned… Awkward.
One Sarah and the other both stared into the distance. ""I've got a harem of kinky sexy girlfriends who really, REALLY enjoy experimentation.""
Shiva flinched! "What!? You left already!?" A pause. "Wait, why don't I remember a sexy harem?"
She felt her now stable [[Summon: Shiva]] Materia in the underground mako chamber Adam constructed pulse as it connected to Eve.
=Eve: Adam said you are a new person, so you have a different hive mind to construct.=
=Shiva: So I don't get hot sexy harem memories!? What a scam!=
=Gaia: Can't you just ask Sarah for some of hers?=
=Sarah: Wow. Sorry, I'm still recovering… And uh. Yeah. Elizabeth would LOVE for you to watch these. {Is_There_A_Rating_Above_NC17.data}=
=Sarah: She'll probably want to watch it again with all of us once we can visit, too. And I KNOW she hasn't stopped film production, and that was BEFORE I found out I leave sexy clones behind me when I travel.=
=Gaia: {Blush!} Oh my…=
=Eve: Film production, you say? Adam did help me discover how to convert my dragon avatars into my more humanoid form…=
=Shiva: Those two are still having sex under Mushroom Island, aren't they?=
=Eve: {Blush} No comment.=
=Sarah: Wait, hasn't it been over a month!? I know Shiva kept skiving off her lessons for SOMETHING!=
=Eve: I SAID NO COMMENT!=
Sarah smirked!
Ha! 'Shiva needs more time and training to be ready for our trip' my foot!
Oh right, she couldn't rat out her summon to Adam till they got back. Damn it.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Sarah blinked in the Warehouse. "I've got a harem of kinky sexy girlfriends who really, REALLY enjoy experimentation. Holy shit."
Adam chuckled. <<Go rearrange your stuff and make sure your room is how you like it, and we can get to work on the next Jumpchain Documents.>> He frowned. <<It's going to be frustrating this time, by the way.>>
The woman wasn't really paying attention. "Damn, those bodies. And yeah, all of her are going to LOVE Shiva, no doubt! Damn."
Adam paused. <<Sarah?>>
She blinked. "Wait, I got high definition video in my room of ALL the sexy times, right!?"
Ah. <<Yeah. Can even access your recorded memories from the last Jump and save clips and stuff for later.>>
Her grin was epic. "I'll be in my bunk."
Adam watched her nearly skip out of the main Warehouse chamber.
Checking the systems, well… They had time. And since he wasn't a greedy Benefactor and he couldn't earn extra choice points while on Jumps like the theoretical others could, there was no reason to rush his Jumper and force her to instantly arrive from choice to choice.
Though he DID mute her bedroom for politeness sake, if nothing else.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
A MUCH more relaxed Jumper sat in her throne. "You know Adam, it was both frustrating and freeing not remembering the past."
Adam was examining the Documents. <<Hmm?>>
She waved at the floating screens. "I KNEW there were things I should know but couldn't… But I also felt free. Everything was possible, no constraints or restrictions… Anything I wanted to do I could do and I knew that if it was something I would object to after getting my thoughts back you would warn me."
She felt him grin. <<Yeah, well, trust is a beautiful thing.>> The grin faded. <<However, these three options are going to be rough this time.>>
Her own frown agreed. "Yeah."
Rick and Morty: 600cp, built from her picking {Wanted Man: +200cp}, {Parasites: +200cp}, {Alcoholic: +100cp} and {Principle Vagina: +100cp}. Adam would ensure any memory editing would not only fail to cause long term problems… But stand out even MORE obviously than if they just were random liars trying to trick her.
As for being hunted by a galactic power? Well, teleportation and extra-Jump safety made that trivial to avoid if desired and her other abilities made retaliation a snap.
Plus, that Jump had the ability to support psionic fields, if not magic. So all her plasmids and tonics were fair game, even if the materia options were out… Sort of.
She could cast all her spells on herself or at close range, as her own personal 'self' field allowed her skills to work easily enough, but no big magic or using magic to enhance stuff on that jump. Anyway, she was going to funnel all magical energy into psionic power during that Jump if she went anyway just to avoid strange problems.
The Sims 3: 350cp only, from {Where's Bella?: +200cp} and {Burglarized: +150cp}. Adam wasn't able to allow her more than two drawbacks, said something about the unstructured nature of the Jump made it HARD to extract universal data from it or something.
Social problems from being accused of kidnapping (Or undetected murder)? Having junk in her house stolen? Meh! But the lack of points though. Sheesh!
And finally!
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 300cp for {Contracted: +200cp} and {Alcoholic: +100cp}, with a potential {A Jumper's lust and a three-year-old's dinky: +100cp} boosting it up to 400cp.
Because that Jump needed some DAMNED good benefits if only 100cp was worth getting harassed during Shiva cuddle times. They hadn't progressed to sexy times or anything, but after having a copy of herself and a sexy ice goddess to hug the nights away? Not going back to lonely evenings, thank you.
Anyway, onwards! "Let's start with the Rick and Morty options."
Adam began showing data. <<Here you go! Also, have some {background.data}>>
Hmm. A grandfather and grandson meandering around doing whatever the hell they want, for whatever reasons they want, whenever and however they desire. Lots of wiggle room, at least.
Strangely, all four background options were basically free, unless she wanted to pay -50cp to change gender to male. "Why are these so cheap? Like, that Teen Titan's Jump had an option that cost something like -1000cp alone, right?"
Adam showed more screens. <<The drawbacks were fairly reasonable and gave good value too. I think that the chaotic nature of that Jump handles degradation better than the other two options… After all, if you put stress on sand and it just squishes, it doesn't crack as easily.>>
Hmm. Well, let's check the loot options then!
Drop-In gave no background, of course. Let's see… Make your followers stay loyal as long as you don't treat them like shit? Useful. Won't work on people with powerful moral stances against yours though, so devils would leave a saint and angels would leave a demon kind of thing. Still useful, but not high priority.
Nearly supernaturally good business skills, not worth it. Ability to curse stuff with ironic problems? Wouldn't work in every Jump and could become an issue at some point, so no. Enchantments? Huh, it sounded like magic… But according to Adam it was more psionic magic than potential magic.
A cheat code when it works, worthless otherwise… And would cost -300cp after discount. A weak 'maybe' option.
Alien background would start her off at a party of Rick's, and even allow her to both be known to the family AND be on one of the mad scientist's good sides! That was nearly a bonus all on its own, really. And it had some POWERFUL options.
A mild master effect that would ensure people ignore how odd she was OR accept it. Obscene strength (Which would stack well with her Bad Ass perk), not that it was needed. Adam could probably scan any interesting creatures or people and make her something like that anyway for free, so not too tempting.
The ability to brainwash a planet? Nah. Power to implant (happy) memories of yourself into others to convince them you are their best friend? Didn't really need that either. Could really be abused too, especially if she wasn't careful…
The Morty background option had superpowered therapy for free (Holy crap!), stealth against any sensors… Not invisibility exactly, more a 'not interesting' or 'not target' field it seemed. Slightly different from a Someone Else's Problem field which was more well known, but useful damn near anywhere! Very tempting.
An ability to make people around you begin to act most optimally caught her attention. They wouldn't suddenly and magically be able to do anything desired, but instead perform to the theoretical limit of their abilities when physically at an optimum state... ALL of which was questionable.
Sarah and Adam BOTH felt that it was likely forcing targets to use up their theoretical potential or something to power it, and so for now it was off the table. Best not to risk it.
And finally for the Morty background, another psionic effect: She could make herself ANYONE'S sidekick easily. Basically another 'master this person to trust me' power. There were a disturbingly large number of those on this Document, really.
As for the local mad scientist options? The first seemed QUITE useful! It was the ability to mentally lock on any goal or target, to focus on a plan and shove any other energies, issues, and emotions towards that objective rather than getting distracted or falling into depression or self recrimination or something.
Stuck in a time loop for a thousand years? Now Sarah could spend that time training without getting bored or insane or frustrated. VERY tempting!
That it would let her focus on sexy times with infinite girlfriends without issue in the future was so totally NOT a factor. Thank you very much, snickering crystal skull on HER wall!
Other options include being a savant at making robots, a god at biological modification and species enhancement, and a straight up intelligence boost… The last of which was a no, since Adam thought it was best to avoid these kinds of powers, based on how crappy some of the other skills were before he fixed them up.
After that? Lots of random stuff really.
Most of them are trollish. Being able to say stupid things without people calling you out on it, keeping people from invading your personal space, writing pop songs… Strange stuff really.
Right, so uh. Avoid anything that seems to mentally influence others. Not only could that get out of hand, but it would only work in Jumps with psionic field support being possible… Not a good long term investment.
First! The Rick background had the most expensive and USEFUL junk in this mess. So that would be the background if she went with it.
To avoid problems, she would be one of the female Rick versions and CERTAINLY one of the independent ones, as the Council of Ricks were a mess to avoid at all costs. She would be… Uh. "Adam?"
He felt the data. <<You would be a grandmother, 77 years old. Your perks would negate the constant hangovers, and that should be enough. Though I will INSIST you get better quality drinks for your stay.>>
Heh. "So if I go that route, I'd have to take care of the family too."
Adam showed some data. <<Maybe more than one. Many Ricks don't treasure their relationships like they should… And I assume we wouldn't accept the bullshit where they clone replacements and mentally torture memories back into the bodies.>>
Her grin fell. Yeah, no. Fuck all that. "So free benefit: we'd have some innate abilities. Free downside? Need to protect a lot of people from other versions of ourselves."
Let's get this over with.
{Focus on Science: -100cp, Rick 0cp}, to redirect any energies on a current project. {Robotics: -200cp, Rick -100cp} for advanced mechanical construction skills and robotic programming databases. Should go well with her Inventor background from Bioshock. {Mad Geneticist: -400cp, Rick -200cp} to enhance her ability to fix people even without Plasmids and magic.
That would leave her enough to snag {Hidden Wavelength: -200cp, Morty -100cp} for -200cp and still have 100cp left to spend!
Hmm. "What's this about the portal gun?"
Adam sighed. <<You will have access to it during the Jump, but it isn't worth trying to get it working everywhere afterwards. Not only is it stupid expensive at -600cp if you try and get the upgraded version, but I don't think your Warehouse could utilize it without finding new stuff to break. Use it while you are there if we go, don't bother otherwise.>>
Fair enough. Free goggles to view other versions of herself? No. Her life was likely the ONLY positive outcome of her own situation, she didn't need to know how many people weren't saved by Adam. Oh, but {Interdimensional Cable: This OR Interdimensional Goggles for 0cp, -100cp} would let her get TV! Fuck yeah!
It would be limited to TV from other versions of the current Jump, but that was far less depressing than the alternative. Score!
Adam chuckled. <<Don't pick a Jump based on free TV please.>>
Sigh. FINE, be like that.
Most of the items were in the 'Neat, but not needed' category, but the immortal clone option that was discounted was a no go. "If I can't bring even Shiva with me without summoning her new bodies, I probably can't have the multiple aged clones with us for me to use as needed either, right?"
Adam sent confirmation. <<Best case scenario, lots of unexpected sisters. Worst case, infinite death for infinite sisters. Don't pick it. Avoid the box that spawns 'temporary' creatures for servitude too, same reason.>>
God, what a nightmare. "Yeah, no shit. Sheesh."
Fuck you kidnapper for breaking her shit! Also, fuck you Hojo on general principle.
Right, where was she? "I guess I'd go with the infinite flavor ice cream machine or the 'most powerful energy source' recipe that can be made out of fairly low quality components. Right, moving on!"
Because yeah, she could theoretically pick LESS than her max caps and toss out some drawbacks, but why bother? The suggestions Adam made were easy enough to live with.
Next!
The Sims 3, with a 350cp limit! What we got?
Starting town would be Bridgeport, changing it would cost -100cp, and Sarah didn't care enough to waste money doing so. She would start as… Huh!?
Oh, her Origin was ALSO die restricted. Marvelous.
Come on! No whammies! And... She would come out as a 'Young Adult'.
Did Adam actually roll anything or was she just lucky? Well whatever, not worth -100cp to change it AND she avoided Baby, Toddler, Child, AND Teenager! Take what victories she could get. Going with Migrant too, as it was basically the 'Drop-in' option and she had NO points to waste.
As a Migrant, she could pay -200cp to be a Ghost or Alien… Alien gets magic or something similar to it, Ghost gets near immortality and object phasing, huh. Or she could go back and spend -200cp to be Occult instead of Migrant and get one of these backgrounds for free! Holy shit.
Skills? Spend money (-200cp) to be a Townie and get one free and the rest half off… And some of these were tempting. But if she spent that -200cp, realistically she'd only get ONE other skill ANYWAY.
And Skills seemed more valuable than a cool species. They'd work in any situation, any Jump, forever… Yeah. Let's spend the -200cp for Townie, snag {Handy: -200cp, Alien -100cp, Townie 0cp} and {Natural Cook: -200cp, Townie -100cp}. Handy would let Sarah not just repair stuff but upgrade them (Basically a super power all on its own), while Natural Cook would ensure she would never fail at cooking.
This was important. The other skills would let her learn faster or whatever, but these two were much harder to accomplish on her own: Straight up improvement of something through unknown means and never failing in cooking related arts through her own actions. Sure the recipes may be wrong and the quality of the materials could be bad, but she would still prepare it the best way possible even if the end result was horrible.
Compared to catching more fish of higher quality and exercising more efficiently, those two were just better. And Adam had already cautioned her to avoid the mental modification skills when possible, so Genius and Eccentric were both out.
Plus uh. Cooking awesome food was fun, gave direct rewards when done well, and could be easily shared with friends and family. So yeah.
Plus, being a Townie had some bonus points under Perks. She could get a basic, entry level job anywhere period (Adam wasn't sure this would work as expected, but free was free!), and… And.
Uh.
Nothing else was affordable. She would only have 50cp to spend at this point, and she didn't want to lose either of the two Skills she picked.
Sheesh, this was half the reason she wanted to avoid this Jump! No damned money!
Oh wait. There was {Motherload: -100cp, Townie -50cp} which would dump a one time cash pile of 50,000 Simoleons in her pockets. Which meant nothing to Sarah. Was that enough to buy a house? A sandwich? Not that it mattered, Adam could practically print material goods. And it didn't restock per Jump… But it was better than wasting the points entirely.
Sarah sighed. "Sorry Adam. Some of the skills and stuff look great, but I am really not loving the tight budget on that option."
Adam hummed. <<I'm just glad it had SOMETHING you were interested in. That reality choice seemed unstable as hell anyway, I was worried your only available choices would be stupid stuff like a -200cp pair of shoes or something.>>
Didn't Bioshock offer her some equipment she never bothered to actually use? "Fair enough. Last one!"
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with only 300cp to spend. Because fuck the sexist cock blocking option, an extra +100cp was not worth it!
Free Drop-In Human or Detective, -300cp to be a Drop-In Toon or existing Toon. And the Toons in this universe were nearly conceptual Avatars, literal embodiments of humor, that can only be harmed by a chemical that attacks the nature of their existence.
Normal acid? Meh. Spikes? Ha! Being a Toon was basically immortality and free power if you entertain others. And that entertainment can be more than just laughter like in that movie, Sarah had memories of Anime as well where the format was simply a cheaper method to show impossible futures and such… Even some later cartoons in America where serious topics were covered.
Still, a chance to see Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse? In one Jump? It was honestly tempting on a fangirl level. Those two realities were vigorous rivals, normally one couldn't show up without the other specifically to prevent chaos as they got into arguments.
Pointless and silly arguments, of course. They WERE Toons, after all.
Oh, and she could be the bad guy. Or a bad girl in this case. Pass.
Hmm… She wouldn't get ALL the Toon benefits. As a visitor, not a Jump native, she couldn't alter all of reality for conceptual humor like the locals… But durability, strength, hammer space, yadda yadda yadda? That was fine.
Seriously though, one choice would kill all other purchases… And if she DIDN'T go Toon, what would be a better option? Maybe {Acme's Arts: -600cp, Drop-In -300cp}, that would let her make toon props.
Several others had mental effects… Forcing people to look the other way, or give jobs, or… Sigh.
She had been DAMNED lucky Bioshock was her first Jump. Here, have teleportation! No, it doesn't mind whammy everyone else into pausing while you walk away, it actually fucking moves you from place to place!
No wonder other Jumpers go odd, half these damn choices started warping the people near them and most don't even make that an obvious side effect! If Adam wasn't double checking, she might be grabbing powers that only worked in environments like that one, or that would slowly corrupt her loved ones, or that would turn people around her into puppets and slaves!
Adam hummed. <<So? You decided?>>
Sarah slumped. "I'll be honest, it's hard to even look at these options now that I know some of the crazy stuff that happens in the Rick and Morty Jump."
Ironically, if she WAS the sort of person who would walk away from a theoretical family in danger to avoid personal complications, she would fit in BETTER as a Rick insert.
Fine. Let's go for a risky place that seems almost desperate to entice a Jumper to visit.
Sarah sighed. First, the identity, which Adam was already updating:
{
Rick: 0cp} [You wake up on a military bed in a Spartan room in your daughter's house. To your left is a wall covered by pictures, formulas, and diagrams linked by string. You no longer entirely remember the nature of these connections. You are an independent Rick. You have chosen to be mostly Human. You wake up with a hangover, a lot of bad memories, a foul taste in your mouth and drool on your pillow. You are 77 years old.]
Next? Perks. And a 600cp budget.
{
Hidden Wavelength: -200cp, Morty -100cp} [You only show up on sensors when you choose to, and you find that you can easily masquerade as an innocuous and ordinary woman while under even the most intense scrutiny despite your physical features resembling Richard D. "Rick" Sanchez the III of the infamous Ricks.]
{
Focus on Science: -100cp, Rick 0cp} [You are capable of redirecting your energies to useful endeavors. You are the master of your rage, excitement, and a libido… And can use them to fuel and expedite your plans, particularly those of a scientific nature.]
{
Robotics: -200cp, Rick -100cp} [You have spectacular ability in the fields of engineering and most notably robotics. You find that making a robot to pass the butter at the breakfast table as a viable alternative to getting up.]
{
Mad Geneticist: -400cp, Rick -200cp} [Sometimes science is more art than science and you find that this is doubly true when it comes to genetics. When you have a vague idea of the attributes you want to impart from a species, you find them remarkably easy to splice into a different subject entirely. It won't even backfire that often! Probably. Be careful.]
Well that was -500cp gone, 100cp left to spend!
Let's grab the stuff from Items.
{
Portal Gun: 0cp, Upgrade -600cp} [You have come into the possession of a gun allowing you free travel throughout the multiverse yet restricted to the Central Finite Curve, the collection of multiverse dimensions with working ecosystems and, theoretically, where the one designated as 'Rick' is the smartest person in existence. It may have also been formed to allow the 'Rickest Rick' an easier time hunting down the version of himself that killed his wife and daughter. The Upgrade is not purchasable due to Warehouse Damage.]
{
Interdimensional Cable: This OR Interdimensional Goggles for 0cp, -100cp} [A receiver that you can attach to any monitor (Adam: I got this.) that allows you to watch the television from parallel universes related to the current Jump. TV from other dimensions has a somewhat looser feel to it. Either this or Interdimensional Goggles can be selected for free.]
And… She hesitated.
{
Concentrated Dark Matter: -100cp} [The recipe to concentrate dark matter, the most powerful fuel in the universe. You can create it out of reasonably common components.]
{
Ice Cream Machine: -100cp} [An ice cream machine that produces a truly vast amount of flavors of the highest quality ice cream in the multiverse. Including flavors normally not consumed by humanity, such as 'Worms' which is extremely popular with some bird and spider related species.]
Sarah knew, she KNEW... That Adam wouldn't care which she chose.
But she also knew that one of these was theoretically more valuable than the other. Adam already made all kinds of food for free, and could now easily set up manual or automatic farms and ranches for creatures of all types, normal, magical, psionic, at any time.
So she SHOULD grab the awesome energy recipe. Probably. Like a responsible adult.
Adam laughed! <<Like I care about that mess! Don't forget, not only did the local Ricks CREATE that recipe, it isn't even considered important to them! They don't use it as fuel, or for trade, or basically anything! Find one willing to let us scan some really illegal shit for duplication and we can snag that thing for no effort. On the other hand…>>
Sarah couldn't help but grin as she chose {Ice Cream Machine: -100cp}. "On the other hand, this machine offers impossible options?"
He grinned! <<Hopefully more stuff for me to study and use to fix your Warehouse more. Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if that stupid device offers Concentrated Dark Matter swirly cones!>>
They giggled between realities as Adam directed them to an impossible mess of a place for potentially unimportant reasons. Well, unimportant to most people.
At least they would have butter pecan and scotch ice cream cones when they got there!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Eve growled! "What do you MEAN you can't fix my horns!?"
Sarah winced. "Uh. Of course we can! Shiva's stepping up while Adam is away." <Shiva! Help!>
Shiva was checking the units in her 'Planetary Network Control Hub.' <<I got this! Hang on!>>
These were the units that were supposed to help with Avatar issues, right!? Those other ones for dragon units were completely unrelated, and she probably shouldn't have pulled a few of those levers either.
<<Automated Reply: I'm sorry; the Summon you are attempting to alter is saturated in raw Chaos, and is temporally ascending to a higher level of existence. For local temporal and spatial stability, modification of any related Avatars is not in service at this time. Please allow existing Chaos energies to stabilize before attempting to proceed. This is a recording.>>
Oh come on! "You damn robot, I've got seven angry dragon goddesses with GOLD HORNS! I need to fix this!"
<<Automated Reply: I'm sorry; the Summon Avatars you are attempting to alter cosmetically are saturated in raw Chaos, and temporally ascending to higher levels of existence. For local temporal and spatial stability, modification of any related Avatars is not in service at this time. Please allow existing Chaos energies to stabilize before attempting to proceed. This is a recording.>>
Fuck! <<I'm working on it Sarah, try and keep her calm!>>
Sarah, bless her heart, was on the ball. "Why are you bothered anyway Eve? Gold looks fabulous on you!"
The dragon's eyes glowed! "Because I can FEEL THEM HAVING SEX!"
Fuck. "Fuck." <Fuck.>
This was getting deadly! Shiva snapped at the nearest hardware. "Listen here you stupid bucket of bolts! If you want us to survive this then tell me how to fix the situation!"
<<Automated Reply: Fucking finally! I'm required to answer you based on your demands and you trying random shit and pushing pretty buttons isn't helping ANYONE! Now activate isolation units 103-b and 105-a and we can get this fucking bullshit over with. This is a recording.>>
...Uh. "What?"
<<Automated Reply: Please activate isolation units 103-b and 105-a to restrict Mushroom Island's Healing Chamber from the Planetary Network and Emotional Response Grid. This is a recording.>>
Shiva blinked at the strange collection of mako crystals and hardware that Adam had installed. "Are… Are you alive?"
<<Automated Reply: This is a recording.>>
Huh.
Sarah yelled! <SHIVA! I do NOT want to be squished!>
Oh, right. <<Found the problem!>> Sort of.
Now where the hell were isolation units 103-b and 105-a!?
