Post number #410267, ID: 326a7e
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Hey, its me, Tomato. The red-head rigger girl who started running because her mom wanted to grow tomatoes... well, to make things short, I kinda had to skip town for a while. Part of a job, bounced from GC to Neo San Fran, to Boston and back to GC. When I came back, my mom wasn't answering her phone so I checked in on her and... Its... gone... All that was left was blood, glass scattered everywhere and yellow tape. I... don't know what to do anymore. I just don't know what to do
Post number #410269, ID: 326a7e
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That was about 3 days ago. Everything between then and now is kind of a haze. My mother is gone, presumedly dead and I'm affraid I'm to blame for this. I contemplated ending it and just jumping off a building but that won't accomplish anything either. ...what should I do?
I wouldn't give up on her so easily if I were you. After all, she's only >>>missing right now, right? I'll help you look for her, if you're interested. -Caju
Post number #410277, ID: 4a399f
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>>410269 Hmm. Can't say loss of a loved one, in a fashion like this is a thing I can sit by and let go unchecked. I'd also like to throw my proverbial hat to ya. I need a break from my current investigations anyway. -A.F.J.
Post number #410280, ID: 326a7e
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Thank you guys, I appreciate it. I've been pretty down on my luck recently and don't have anyone to turn to right now... -Tomato
Well, I'm willing to lend an ear. Or four, as it were. Anyway, you get my drift. -Caju
Post number #410297, ID: 326a7e
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I guess I'd like that. Well, a week before I took the job, the boss from my dayjob disappeared. turns out he commited some sort of fraud and had to bail. So I lost my dayjob. Then, my girlfriend left me and my favourite bar closed. I don't know what happened but from one day to the other, they just closed. The owner was a friend of mine but I couldn't find her anywhere. Then, I take this huge ass job, almost got killed and found out some corpo rigged the whole game from the start
Post number #410302, ID: 326a7e
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Turns out he didn't want to pay me, so I was supposed to die on this wild goosechase. I somehow got out of it. I think the corpo guy was as surprised as I was, but at the very least he paid... not as much as initially agreed, but its something. Now I come home to GC and find out my mom is missing along with her tomatoes. God, I... I just wished I... I don't know. Maybe if I didn't get her the plants she wouldn't be missing right now. ...I really hope she isn't... brb, I need a sec
Post number #410308, ID: 326a7e
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Man... I've been crying my eyes out and drinking hard liqour for three days now. I feel like I'm already dead, or at least wished I were. This whole thing... Its not been easy on me, to say the least. At least drunk and passed out I don't have to think about anything. But honestly, I don't want to die like this. I wanna find my mom... or at least find the motherfucker that did this.... but at the same time I don't know how... Urgh, my head hurts like a bitch... -Tomato
Well, my chop shop's fairly popular and we get plenty of well-connected clients- Any names, leads, anything you want me to listen for? -Caju
Post number #410324, ID: a1d498
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If you need my help I'll be happy to provide any help I can.
What corpo tried to doublecross you? I may have some dirt to fling -Drach
Post number #410330, ID: 326a7e
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>>410321 I don't have anything sadly... though I have to say I've been a wreck the last couple of days, so I wasn't in the right mind to look for clues. I don't know if I'm ready yet to go back and look. Like I said, it hasn't been easy. Still can't wrap my head around this whole thing. I mean, who would steal some tomato plants. >>410321 It was MegaTech, I'm pretty sure. -tomato
I'll drag Baby Sis out of her basement and go check it out then. We'll get to the bottom of this. -Caju
Post number #410338, ID: a1d498
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>>410330 Megatech eh? Time to get crackin' I guess! Ill try and find if they have any servers, info, and all that. -Drach
Post number #410365, ID: 326a7e
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I just remember, I haven't talked about that. I guess its kinda obvious but Authorities have locked down the appartment. Yellow Tape. You know how it goes. Investigation is gonna be pretty hard. Though, 3 days have passed and I'm not sure if they have moved on by now.... but there is a place that would be good to look for, either through police connections or hacking. Both is a no go for me but maybe one of you guys got something? -tomato
Post number #410367, ID: a1d498
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>>410365 I could always check for trails on GCPD's servers, dunno about the others -Drach
Post number #410369, ID: 326a7e
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>>410367 I'm pretty sure it was GCPD. The district is in their jurisdiction -tomato
Post number #410404, ID: d7c992
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I'll keep my ears to the ground on any news for MegaTech. My informant should be able to track and acquire good information. -A.F.J.
Post number #410406, ID: 326a7e
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Thank you a lot. I'm gonna hit another bar, trying to murder my inside without murdering myself. I feel like if I'm not going outside now, I might actually snap and do something stupid to myself -tomato
Post number #410723, ID: 4cd3a5
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>Hear that something has gone wrong to a cutie Dahk here! time to do my duties and make sure our little baby doesn't hurt themselve tonight :c
Post number #410776, ID: ce47b9
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>>410723 Oh shit, Dahk. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen you in forever! I'm hanging out at the midnight drifter but I'm doing better for the time being, don't worry too much about me. I got good company here. (Plus the bartender is really cute. I kinda wanna hug her and take her home and never let go) -tomato
Post number #410779, ID: f3cfa8
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well shit
back to trying to kill a gangster with a sharp stick i suppose -tenno
Post number #410781, ID: ce47b9
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>>410779 Oh, don't feel left out. You can still come if you want to. -tomato
actually wait, how the fuck do you know about my frames anyway -tenno
Post number #410817, ID: 71634e
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>>410815 I'm a special kind of guy, Tenno. Robotics and such are kind of my forte, so to speak. I even custom make all my own pieces for myself and my Lilim. Biomechanical Work has become a very big interest of mine as of late. -A.F.J.
Post number #410826, ID: ce47b9
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So wait. Its biomechanical power armor? You guys are confusing me -tomato
Post number #410835, ID: f9c0b1
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Hi Tomato.
Post number #410837, ID: 4cd3a5
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>>410776 yeah, its been a while... How about good ol dahk gives you a little visit!
Post number #410848, ID: ce47b9
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>>410835 Uhm, Hello Stranger? >>410837 DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHKKKK!!! -tomato
Post number #410860, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410848 Are those actual tomatoes? The legit 100% vegetal kind?
Post number #410863, ID: ce47b9
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>>410860 W-well, yeah, my mom grew 100% genuine organic tomatoes. Well, used to, anyways... before... you know... Thats why I call myself tomato actually, cause I started running so my mom can grow tomatoes... and well, she grew me, y'know. -tomato
Post number #410872, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410863 Good sign for now. Are the tomatoes still here? If not, is there evidence of them having taken any form of damage? Splatters? Any remains of the plants?
Post number #410886, ID: ce47b9
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>>410872 Can't answer that right now. GCPD locked down the appartment. All I know is that the plants were gone... I guess if there was some leftover like broken leafs or something, the police should've bagged it already. But you bring up a good point... what I saw might as well be tomato juice instead of blood. I kinda freaked out when I got there so I just sort of assumed... -tomato
Post number #410902, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410886 I don't hang around here often. I more or less lurk and watch. Not so much reply. I was in bioengineering in 2066. I left my department because it wasn't safe anymore. I completely abandoned my station. Stopped teaching in the summer. Burnt my co-worker's research to the ground. They were developing a small symbiotic artificial implant that could parasite fruits, under the assumption they had a very specific mutation. Thing is: a pineapple crushed my right hand...
Post number #410903, ID: ce47b9
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>>410902 Wait, a pineapple did what? Okay wait wait wait... What are you suggesting? -tomato
Post number #410904, ID: f9c0b1
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After literally getting my hand chewed on by a pineapple, I decided it was too much. I don't know how far they got in the research...
Post number #410908, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410903 The goal was to eventually use the implant on any sort of living organism. This should not apply to a 100% genuine tomato...
Post number #410912, ID: ce47b9
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>>410908 uhm... I still don't quite catch your drift. You thought my mom might have been kidnapped because of her tomatos by some evil scientists? Now I'm even more confused. -tomato
Post number #410919, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410912 Quite the contrary. I'm suggesting that the fact these tomatoes are missing along with the people that usually tend to them might mean they are safe. Don't wanna throw false hopes. But the mutation causes a very strong and lingering smell of burnt wood. That's at the moment the implant powers up: the energy accumulated during its passive phase is released and generates heat. Mutation generates small current → Implant charges. Implant is threatened → defensive action.
Post number #410920, ID: f9c0b1
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I hope I'm not wrong.
Post number #410924, ID: ce47b9
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>>410919 Person. Singular. My mom did this mostly alone, aside me helping her from time to time. I'm afraid speculating doesn't help the situation. What kind of evidence do you need to varify your theory? Now that I'm thinking about it, I probably can get into the crimescene with a minidrone. If I'm cautious I can probably take a look around the scene and see what I can find. ...I don't know why I haven't thought of this sooner... I guess I just needed the right pickmeup. -tomato
tldr tho it's actually more like a remote shell than anything -tenno
Post number #411050, ID: f9c0b1
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>>410924 If you want to be sure, look at the former plantation. If it's all cleanly taken off, there's no way my story checks. If it's all completely ravaged and torn apart, you should look for overgrown plant remains. They won't look anything like tomato plants. They'll look more like wood from an old tree. And a huge one at that. Look for this.
Post number #411054, ID: f9c0b1
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My theory is a long shot. I was just tilted when you said plants were gone...
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| Hey, its me, Tomato. The red-head rigger girl who started running because her mom wanted to grow tomatoes... well, to make things short, I kinda had to skip town for a while. Part of a job, bounced from GC to Neo San Fran, to Boston and back to GC. When I came back, my mom wasn't answering her phone so I checked in on her and...
Its... gone... All that was left was blood, glass scattered everywhere and yellow tape.
I... don't know what to do anymore. I just don't know what to do