originally posted in:The New Dojo
“Or maybe the thing we’re hunting is about to tear us to shreds for fun. Oh well, if we die Rian will know. At least then you’ll get your wish of her being free. Or as free as she can be when she’s stuck in a rustbucket.”
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"Wh-Why? You don't think I could?" She sounded offended now for...obvious reasons. "People love me."
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“Just saying that I’ve been hired to clean up my fair share of chunks of dead prostitute. People don’t like to pay.”
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Silver whimpered, now looking scared. "W-Well, I could protect myself."
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“Yeah, but I was able to put my boot in your face even despite that. Actually... I have a proposition for you.”
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"What's that?" She asked, looking scared of what he'd think of.
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“I need someone to act as my clean-up crew. Clean up any collateral damage, you know. If something gets out of hand.”
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"....I'm not cleaning up blood and guts. I'll vomit and make it worse." She responded.
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“I didn’t mean actual clean-up. I meant social clean-up. Make sure nobody knows what they’re not supposed to. Basically I need a PR team.”
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"Huh? Like brainwash or...?" She raised a brow, confused.
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“I mean coverups for the more covert ops. Erasing my face from photos, making sure civilians don’t know who I am, that sort of thing.”
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"I can do that, I guess, but I have no experience doing it...at all."
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“Yeah, but you can probably play people better than I can. I’m terrible at being social.”
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Edited by Stitch: 1/8/2018 8:44:19 PM"Well, I am good at that part, I guess. Fine. I'll do it if it pays enough and Nat can't get me something better."
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“I make eight-thousand dollars per day on a bad day. You’ll probably find no better pay.”
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"Yeah, but that's you. And you love money. I won't be getting paid that."
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“You’ll be getting paid our agreed amount. One third. Plus you’re forgetting bonuses if you do a good job.”
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"Bonuses? Huh. I'll try it, but anymore terrible...horrible things and I seek out Nat."
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“Hey, upside is that you get to spend a little more time with Rian during work.”
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"That's true." Silver nodded. "I can keep her company more."
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“She really needs it. She always bothers me about me getting in trouble, will be good to get her off my back.”
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"Maybe you could be nicer to her..." Silver mumbled, walking.
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“She’s a robot. Not like she has actual feelings. Just lines of code.”
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"Oh f*ck off. She's sentient. She has feelings."
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“You don’t get it. I coded her. She doesn’t have sentience. It’s not part of her code.”
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"But...I could've....Then why not just change the code?"