Va-11 Hall-A Prototype (2014)

The raw python script with the dialogue between the characters.

g = Gillian d = Dorothy j = Jamie a = Alma s = Supervisor

*g "My name's not John, and we don't serve kids here"*

*d "Of course not, you serve drinks, not kids, that's the difference between a bar and a kindergarten"*

*g "Well, you certainly make it look like one right now"*

*d "Oh, come on, It's obvious I'm not human. Alcohol wont hurt me"*

*g "Then you've never been hit with a bottle on the head"*

*g "What may I serve you?"*

*d "Let's see... I'm in the mood for a Sugar Rush right now"*

*g "(Sugar Rush... That's two units of Adelhyde and one of Powdered Delta. Karmotrine is optional)"*

*g "Coming right up"*

*g "(Alright Gillian, remember. Choose your modules and mix them, but mixing for over ten seconds is blending and it can ruin a perfectly good drink)"*

*g "One Sugar Rush for the young lady"*

*d "Thanks John!"*

*g "I'm not... whatever..."*

*d "..."*

*g "Something wrong?"*

*d "Listen, I know I was made to look like a child, but I'm not human"*

*g "I know"*

*d "Then why did you go short on the Karmotrine?w More like, why didn't you use any Karmotrine?"*

*g "Excuse me?"*

*d "Karmotrine, the thing that makes that liquid stuff you use get Alcohol-like qualities"*

*d "You're supposed to know this stuff, John"*

*g "And the Sugar Rush has optional Karmotrine"*

*d "If I wanted a non-alcoholic drink I would have used Lawrence in front of the convenience store"*

*g "Who?"*

*d "Lawrence, a Soda Fountain. Pretty nice guy"*

*g "Oh..."*

*d "I'll give you another chance, give me a Fluffy Dream"*

*g "(Fluffy Dream, that's three units of aged Adelhyde and... wait a second...)"*

*g "You're picking Karmotrine-optional drinks on purpose, aren't you?"*

*d "Maaaaaaaaybe"*

*g "Oh well, one Fluffy Dream coming right up"*

    *g "One Sugar Rush for the young lady"*

*d "Thanks John!"*

*g "I'm not... whatever..."*

*g "Say, how does all that work?"*

*d "How does what what?"*

*g "You're a Robot, you don't necessarily need to drink or eat, right?"*

*d "Nope, in fact, it all goes to our core, where it burns"*

*g "Then, why do you do it?"*

*d "I'm still humanoid and an advanced AI, my sanity depends on doing human things"*

*d "And our bodies are made to scan what we eat and respond accordingly"*

*d "As a fun fact, even if I'm not allergic to milk or nuts, I don't like onions"*

*g "I see"*

*g "So, even if you know all that and how the food goes nowhere, you still do it?"*

*d "Humans know that anything they eat or drink nowadays is pretty much a prettied up, nutritious sludge"*

*d "They also know how their bodies will eventualy discard the food's remains, and I don't see them eating any less"*

*g "Fair enough"*

*d "With that said, I want a Sparkle Star, please"*

*g "(Sparkle Star, that's an aged Sugar Rush)"*

*g "A Sparkle Star, coming right up"*

            *g "A Sparkle Star for a sparkling girl"*

*d "Yay!"*

          *g "A Sparkle Star for a sparkling girl"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "Say, John, please don't be stingy on the Karmotrine next time"*

*d "I'm a big girl, I can handle it"*

*g "Alright"*

            *g "A Sparkle Star for a sparkling girl"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "Um, John... this is just a Sugar Rush"*

*d "And a very soft one at that"*

*g "Oh, sorry, forgot to age it"*

*d "No problem, a Sugar Rush is fine, but be careful, not all clients are as nice as me"*

*g "I'll keep that in mind"*

            *g "A Sparkle Star for a sparkling girl"*

*d "Um... John, I don't need to drink it to know that's not a Sparkling Star or a Sugar Rush"*

*g "Hm? Yeah, you're right, sorrry, I'll do it again"*

*d "Oh, don't worry John, I can swallow anything you give me"*

*g "..."*

    *g "I've wondered for some time now, what's that headband thing your production line always has?"*

*d "This? Is called **"OU slot"**"*

*g "What does it stand for?"*

*d "Output and Upgrades slot. It's the closest part to our brain, so we can upgrade it with different devices"*

*d "I, for one, use a pair of cat ears on them"*

*g "Cat ears? Can I see?"*

*d "Are you into that stuff John? That's quite the surprise"*

*g "I'm just curious"*

*d "No need for excuses with me John, don't worry"*

*d "Sadly, as much as I like you, I have principles, and one of them is to always charge a fee for my services"*

*g "Would a free drink do?"*

*d "A free drink and the ones I already drank"*

*g "Eh, why not, show me"*

*d "Alright then"*

*d "Nyan~"*

*g "Cute"*

*d "Just **"Cute"**? I've had clients finish early with only that"*

*g "Guess I'm not all into that then"*

*d "Bummer"*

*d "Truth be told, this is actually a jamming device"*

*d "You know, the kind that interferes with radio signals"*

*g "And why do you need a jamming device?"*

*d "I don't \*need\* it, but it was the closest thing there was to a pair of cat ears, I just had to decorate them a bit"*

*g "Don't they make standalone cat ears?"*

*d "Yeah, but they're not from my manufacturer. A girl has to take care of her body, you know?"*

*d "Besides, I'm already used to getting devices jammed into me"*

*g "Huh..."*

*g "Well, you earned yourself a free drink little lady, what do you want?"*

*d "A Blue Fairy!"*

*g "(That would be four Adelhyde units, one of Flanergide and at least one Karmotrine unit, all blended)"*

*g "A Blue Fairy coming right up"*

        *g "One Blue Fairy for the lady"*

*d "Thanks John!"*

*g "You want to become a real girl?"*

*d "I'm already real. And I'm anatomically correct in every. single. place."*

*d "Besides, if I was human I couldn't work like I do right now"*

*d "Aaaand, I would probably still be a toddler"*

*g "Aren't you already?"*

*d "I said toddler, not child"*

            *g "One Blue Fairy for the lady"*

*d "Eh... Light Blue or Sky Blue, you could've mixed this a bit more"*

*g "I didn't?"*

*d "Don't worry, still good"*

            *g "One Blue Fairy for the lady"*

*d "Sorry John, with this I can't even imagine a butterfly"*

*g "Do robots have imagination?"*

*d "Dunno, do we? Can't really tell"*

            *g "One mess for the Lady, sorry"*

*d "I guess this is what happens when you get something for free, huh?"*

*g "Say, do you like kids?"*

*d "Sorry John, fertile robots are still a prototype, and even if could, I wouldn't have one myself"*

*g "No, it's just that I've always wondered if you guys like children"*

*d "Can't speak for my production line, but I, myself, like 'em"*

*d "They are always so cheerful and eager to explore and learn"*

*d "They even develop archaic versions of cultural conventions, they are no different from AIs"*

*d "With that said, it bothers me that they see me as another child"*

*g "Can you blame 'em?"*

            *g "A Fluffy Dream for a Fluffy lady"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "Say, who picks these drinks' names?"*

*g "Beats me, but they were able to register Moonshine as a trademark, I wouldn't mess with them"*

    *g "A Fluffy Dream for a Fluffy lady"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "It's... different from the Fluffy Dream I'm used to"*

*g "Oh, sorry, it seem I blended it instead of mixing it"*

*d "No problem, it's not bad, just... different"*

*d "Like a carrot cake, or bondage"*

            *g "A Fluffy Dream for a Fluffy lady"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "Say, John, I taste the Dream, but I don't taste the Fluffy"*

*g "Oh, that. Sorry, no Karmotrine"*

*d "Stop treating me like a child!"*

*d "I bet I've seen more action in one night than you in years"*

*g "It's not that hard, actually"*

    *g "A Fluffy Dream for a Fluffy lady"*

*d "Yay!"*

*d "Wait, this is pure Dream"*

*d "John, you served me pure Adelhyde, didn't you?"*

*g "Did I? Sorry, I made a mistake"*

*d "No problem, Adelhyde is basically a chemical that  stimulates the sweetness receptors, and I like sweet things"*

*d "But be careful next time, please"*

*g "A Fluffy Nightmare, I'm so sorry"*

*d "Meh, it's not gonna kill me"*

*d "Oh, and don't fret about the Karmotrine stuff"*

*g "Wasn't gonna"*

*d "It's actually really hard to anger me, I have very specific buttons that you would need to push to make angry"*

*g "And what button do I have to push to make you angry?"*

*d "Pay the right amount and you can push any button you want for one hour"*

*g "Sorry, not interested"*

*d "Bummer. Anyways..."*

*d "One of the few things that has angered me, for some reason, was this one client that insisted I called him **"Father"**"*

*d "I've had people wanting me to call them **"Mama"**, "**Daddy"** and even **"Big bro"**, but this one really irked me"*

*d "Like, I started imagining an oppresive father trying to keep the bloodline as pure as possible with his daughter"*

*d "I'm getting riled up just thinking about it, hope you're happy"*

*g "And they say robots have no emotions"*

*d "That's a really archaic school of thought"*

*d "Well, at least he was some influential guy so I got a generous tip"*

    *g "One Sugar Rush for the young lady"*

*d "Thanks John!"*

*g "I'm not...w whatever..."*

*d "...wsay John, are you having a bad day?"*

*g "Hm?"*

*d "This Sugar Rush feels a bit... off"*

*d "If you're in a slump I can make you feel betterw, provided you pay the right amount"*

*g "Sorry, I'll pass"*

*d "I'll order something else. Give me a Sunshine Cloud"*

*g "(Sunshine Cloud, that's two units of Adelhyde and two of Bronson Extract with at least one of Karmotrine, all blended)"*

*g "One Sunshine Cloud coming right up"*

      *g "A Sunshine Cloud for Little Miss Sunshine"*

*d "Yay!"*

            *g "A Sunshine Cloud for Little Miss Sunshine"*

*d "Tastes more like a Cloudy Day to be honest"*

*d "But doesn't matter..."*

            *g "A Sunshine Cloud for Little Miss Sunshine"*

*d "I can't taste the sun here though..."*

*d "But anyways..."*

        *g "A Solar Storm for the ladyw, sorry"*

*d "Don't fret about it, you're having a bad day"*

*d "Always remember that the sun it's there even if you can't see it John, just like hope"*

*d "Take a good rest and your problems will dissappear, the world is bitter enough, no need to go around with a bitter attitude yourself"*

*d "I'll give you a chance tomorrow, alright?w Later"*

*g "I'm not in a...!w Forget it..."*

       *g "One Sugar Rush for the young lady"*

*d "Thanks John!"*

*g "I'm not...w whatever..."*

*d "...wno offense John, but this is not what I asked for"*

*d "It's good, but not what I ordered"*

*g "Oh, sorry, I can remake it if you want"*

*d "No need, don't worry. I'll just pay and come back some other time"*

*d "Better luck next time, John"*

*hide dorothy with wipedown*

*g "Ah, well..."*

    *d "Oops, it's already late"*

*d "Sorry John, Gotta go"*

*d "Sorry John, Gotta pay and leave"*

*d "Oh, but if you ever feel lonely and your pockets feel heavy, ask for Dorothy on the third street"*

*d "I might even give you a discount~"*

*g "...no thank you, at all, forget it, never gonna happen, nope, nope, nope..."*

### **Jamie**

    *j "Say, was that 'droid a..."*

*g "DFC-72 Anatomically correct humanoid unit? Yeah"*

*j "Whoever pays for her services must be a bona fide sick bastard"*

*g "Well, you didn't hear it here, but a cop once told me they have their own batch of DFC-72s"*

*g "At the end of the night they implant their clients with tracking nanomachines that let them keep tabs on their moves"*

*j "Well, I'll be damned! that's some clever stuff"*

*j "You think she's one of those?"*

*g "No idea, at the very least she seems to enjoy her job"*

*g "Anyways, what may I serve you?"*

*j "Give me a Gut Punch"*

*g "I'd rather not, they might fire me"*

*j "Are you bartenders contractually forced to say that lame joke anytime I ask for that drink?"*

*g "As a matter of fact, we are"*

*g "(Anyways, Gut Punch is five units of aged Bronson Extract and at least one unit of Karmotrine)"*

*g "Alright, coming right up"*

        *g "One Gut Punch"*

*j "You aren't going to make any jokes?"*

*g "If I had to, I would probably quit this job"*

        *g "One Gut Punch"*

*j "Tastes too young, like a kid kicking you in the shin"*

*j "But doesn't matter"*

        *g "One Gut Punch"*

*j "It has an... interesting taste"*

*g "I might have blended it instead of mixing it, sorry"*

*j "Don't worry, as long as you don't charge me a full price..."*

*j "This reminds me of this one job I had, the client paid extra for me to rip off the target's heart and make a smoothie out of it"*

*j "Humans are full of nanomachines nowadays, that heart was hard as hell to blend"*

*g "Does it mean you've blended human hearts before the Calvacade?"*

*j "...I've said too much"*

        *g "One Gut Punch"*

*j "Alright! This is good"*

*j "Pure Bronson and Karmotrine as far as my mouth can taste"*

*g "(I slipped off, but if he likes it...)"*

        *g "One Gut Punch"*

*j "It could've used a bit more of Karmotrine, but it has lots of Bronson Extract, so I'll let it slide"*

*g "You like Bronson Extract, huh?"*

*j "Bronson Extract it's what makes any drink a man's drink, it's deep and bitter"*

*j "Nothing reinvigorates me more"*

*g "I see..."*

        *g "Aaaaaaand, I'm sorry"*

*j "Don't charge me for it and it's all good"*

*g "Of course"*

*j "Say, Mr. Bartender, what's your name?"*

*g "I'm John-"*

*g "I'm GILLIAN. My name's Gillian"*

*j "Ok, nice to meet you Gillian, I'm Jamie"*

*g "It's weird that someone asks me my name, did you do it for some reason?"*

*j "Knowing someone's name makes you a bit closer to that person and helps you see them as humans"*

*j "I've made a habit out of knowing the name of people I'm not ordered to kill and probably won't be"*

*g "So, are you a mercenary or...?"*

*j "Yes, although I prefer the moniker **"Gun for hire"**"*

*g "What kind of works do you do?"*

*j "The usual. Bouncer, private eye, magnicide..."*

*j "Give me a Piledriver if you want to hear a story"*

*g "(Piledriver is equal times Bronson Extract and Flanergide with more Karmotrine than either)"*

*g "Coming right up"*

*j "No lame joke this time?"*

*g "No lame joke this time"*

        *g "One Piledriver served"*

*j "Aaah, this is good Gillian"*

*j "It reminds me of the time I used a suplex on a White Knight"*

*g "I thought that after the Calvacade the nanomachines in everyone's bodies prevented that kind of stuff. Violence against authorities"*

*j "Not gonna lie to you, aside from my implants, I don't have a single nanobot inside me"*

*g "Were you in a bunker when the Calvacade happened or something?"*

*j "After that nanobot H Bomb blew up not even people in bunkers saved themselves"*

*j "No, it's actually easy to get rid of them, with just a pair of mixed pills. Staying alive in the process is the hard part"*

*j "They are in every organ and tissue. They don't rip anything off, but it's painful as hell"*

*j "Luckily, the body becomes immune afterwards so they can't reenter"*

*g "I heard there was some rebellion somewhere, aren't you part of it?"*

*j "Let those kids fight for what they believe, I just want to keep up my job as a gun for hire"*

*g "I see"*

        *g "One Piledriver served"*

*j "Gillian, this is just Karmotrine"*

*j "I don't mind if it gets me drunk, just don't expect me to pay for it"*

*g "Of course"*

        *g "Not exactly a Piledriver, but I think you'll like it"*

*j "And you would be right!"*

*j "This is intense and really strong, what do you call it?"*

*g "Doesn't have a name, actually"*

*j "Then, why not call it a Suplex?"*

*j "Try selling it, and for every ten Suplex you sell you make me one. Copyrights and all that"*

*g "Sure, I'll think about it"*

*j "Changing the topic a bit..."*

        *g "Aaaand this is totally not what you asked for"*

*j "Then I won't pay for it"*

*g "Yeah, yeah..."*

*j "You know, that 'droid that was here earlier reminded me of this one job I had"*

*j "It was to kill some big name from a corporation"*

*j "I was going to execute him on his room, but he hired one of those DFC-72"*

*j "Those things record everything they see and send it to a cloud storage, I couldn't kill him like that"*

*j "So, I waited for about an hour until the DFC-72 finished her job and then I killed him"*

*j "The hard part was making it look like an accident, but I found a rope he used with the DFC-72..."*

*g "Made it look like he hanged himself?"*

*j "Exactly"*

*j "You take these stories quite well"*

*g "I'm more intrigued by the fact that you tell them so non-chalantly, aren't you worried someone finds you?"*

*j "I'm not revealing names or showing proof, I might as well be a bumbling madman"*

*j "And I'm more than capable of taking care of a squad or two"*

*g "Reassuring"*

*j "You seem actually interested in these stories, Gillian"*

*g "You don't talk to a gun for hire every day, even in a crowded place like this one"*

*j "Well, I'll tell you what, I have to go, but there's time for any question you want to askw, just give me another drink"*

*g "What do you want?"*

*j "You've seen my tastes, surprise me"*

        *g "Alright then, one Gut Punch"*

*j "No lame retort this time?"*

*g "You didn't ask me for it, so no"*

*j "Ok, ask away"*

*g "What's the hardest thing you've had to do?"*

*j "There's always this one job about killing a man whose only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time"*

*j "After any of those I try to find someone that wants that contractor dead and I give him a discount"*

*g "Don't you ever feel guilty about killing?"*

*j "I've learned to see targets as water bags rather than humans"*

*j "But if didn't know any humans, what little sanity I have would have gone out of the window ages ago"*

*j "That's why I asked your name, I need to reassure myself I'm surrounded by humans once in a while"*

*g "I see..."*

        *g "And, here you go"*

*j "Oh, a Piledriver, alright, ask away"*

*g "Do you follow any kind of code of honor?"*

*j "Glad you asked! Actually, yes, I do"*

*j "Don't target women or children, only one target per contract, no messing with the target's family..."*

*j "Make deaths as painless as possible and always remember the name of those you've killed"*

*j "I offer a death service, but I'm not an animal"*

*g "Reassuring...w I think..."*

        *g "Here you go"*

*j "Now, this is some good stuff.w Alright, ask away"*

*g "What's the easiest job you've had?"*

*j "Well, this one time I had to kill some double agent..."*

*j "But the guy got himself killed with some loose pipe that impaled him, seems he was drunk as hell too"*

*j "I barely arrived to where he was when it happened, the client even complimented me on the job"*

*j "I'm a murderer, but people themselves can be pretty self-destructive"*

*g "Makes you think, huh..."*

        *g "Then, here you go, pure Bronson Extract"*

*j "Great. wWhat do you want to ask?"*

*g "Does your job pay well?"*

*j "You think it would, but I'm pretty close to a minimum wage worker"*

*j "Aside from my living costs, these implants ask for mantainance once in a while"*

*j "Then there's paying for intel, paying the cops to look the other way..."*

*g "Then why do you still do it?"*

*j "In the end of the day, I'm just an irredeemable psycho that loves the thrill of killing"*

*j "But I prefer being true to myself rather than being another corrupt pawn on the side of the law"*

*g "Commendable"*

        *g "Then, here you go, pure Flanergide"*

*j "This'll be fun. wAsk away"*

*g "Any favorite method? Which weapon do you prefer?"*

*j "Listen, as much as humankind advances, there is still nothing better than a really sharp knife"*

*j "It's silent, efficient and portable"*

*j "And if you're gonna kill someone, make it personal, you're only worthy to go killing if you can do it in close quarters"*

*g "Huh..."*

        *g "Here, pure Karmotrine"*

*j "Ask before I get too drunk to make sense"*

*g "Is your line of work a popular one? Do you have competitors?"*

*j "Nowadays everyone's either a freedom rebel or a puppet"*

*j "Both sides need mercenaries and killers once in a while, so I provide an actually scarce service"*

*j "Of course, it's scarce because it has the second highest mortality rate out of any job"*

*j "Just behind working in a dildo factory"*

*g "**"Give dildos sapience and no laws of robotics"** they said..."*

        *g "Here you go"*

*j "And this is...?"*

*g "I have no idea"*

*j "Then I might not pay for it. Anyways, ask whatever you want"*

*g "What would you say it's the most dangerous kind of people you've encountered?"*

*j "Truth be told, your kind Gillian"*

*g "**"My"** kind?"*

*j "I've called them **"Bartenders"** even though you're actually the first bartender I've met like that"*

*j "The kind of people whose presence is able to make you let your guard down"*

*j "They are able to make you say anything even if they don't ask you"*

*j "And the worst part is, they are usually good people"*

*j "They can get most information they want and they won't do a thing with it"*

*g "You make it sound like it's some sort of terrifying superpower"*

*j "Consider that there are technicians that struggle doing what comes naturally to you"*

*g "I don't see it as a big deal"*

*j "Further proof of what I'm saying"*

*g "Whatever..."*

*j "Ok Gillian, I've got to go, take care now"*

*g "Yeah, you too..."*

### **Alma**

    *g "What may serv-..."*

*a "I don't care what you bring me as long as it has alcohol, lots of it"*

*g "...coming right up"*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "A Sugar Rush...w do I look like a college freshman?"*

*g "You do"*

*a "...wthanks"*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "Ah... a Sparkle Star. I was pretty much addicted to these in my first year of college"*

*g "You make it sound like that was a long time ago"*

*a "Oh you..."*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "Hm, a Blue Fairy..."*

*a "I wish I was her, it would've given me the powers to turn liars into real men"*

*g "I see"*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "A Fluffy Dream... well, I sure as hell need to have one right now"*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "A Sunshine Cloud.w You know, that name's actually a bit depresssing"*

*a "It's not the sun, just a cloud blocking the sun"*

*g "The sun it's too much for some people"*

        *g "There you go"*

*a "A Gut Punch, talk about old men drinks"*

*a "Wait...w are you calling me old?"*

*g "Not at all"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "A Piledriver. Drinking one of these with a sore throat lets you make eye contact with Satan"*

*a "Altough it's strong enough to wash off any taste off your body"*

*a "It's been really useful after bad dates or awful nights"*

*g "I see"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "This is an interesting Piledriver, what do you call it?"*

*g "A Suplex"*

*a "Fitting"*

      *g "Here you go"*

*a "What's this?"*

*g "Ten units of pure Karmotrine"*

*a "Alright!"*

*a "Cheers!"*

*a "..."*

*g "..."*

*a "zzzzzz..."*

*g "Figures..."*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "Damn it to hell, I asked you for something with alcohol, not this kiddie garbage"*

*a "If you're not gonna offer that basic of a service, then I'll leave"*

*hide alma with wipedown*

*g "Oh well..."*

    *g "Here you are"*

*a "Aaah, sweet nectar of the heavens..."*

*g "Say, you look troubled"*

*a "Why would you care?"*

*g "We have a strict policy about depressed drunkards"*

*g "We can handle violent, happy and lecherous alcoholics"*

*g "But depressing ones make newcomers realize what alcohol does to them"*

*g "And THAT is bad for business"*

*g "My job description actually says **"If possible, make clients as happy as possible"**"*

*a "Well then, make me happy, I want a Brandtini"*

*g "(Oh god, the dreaded Brandtini, I always forget how to make that one...)"*

*g "(It was... Twice as much Adelhyde as there is Powdered Delta...)"*

*g "(...and Karmotrine equal to one third of the total Powdered Delta. All of it aged)"*

*g "(I wanna kick the bastard that came up with that recipe in the nuts)"*

*g "Coming right up"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "Well, I guess I'll stay"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "I looks... weird"*

*g "Taste it"*

*a "...wIt's alright, I guess"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "A bit bland... but I'll take it"*

*g "Here you go"*

*a "...wyou don't expect me to really drink this, right?"*

*a "I better leave"*

*g "\*sigh\*"*

    *a "Ok Mr. Bartender..."*

*g "Call me Gillian"*

*a "Gillian, Albert, John, I don't care"*

*g "(Do I have a John face?)"*

*a "You want to make me happy? This'll be interesting"*

*g "What troubles you then?"*

*a "I'll tell you what troubles me"*

*a "Today I call my mom to tell her how they paid me a nice sum of money for a job"*

*a "I tell her how I wanted to buy a bigger house and that kind of stuff..."*

*a "And she somehow turned it into a talk about how I don't even have a boyfriend yet"*

*a "She starts talking about my sister and her seven children and my brother-in-law's job..."*

*a "I love them, but the fact that mom brought them up like that irritated me to no end"*

*a "Worse part is, she then starts talking about how I need a "Real Job""*

*a "This "Fake Job" is really well paid, and she wants me to leave what I love doing?"*

*a "Well, not gonna happen"*

*a "..."*

*g "How do you feel now?"*

*a "...I feel a lot less irritated"*

*g "Sometimes all you need is to have someone listen to you"*

*a "Maybe you're right"*

*g "So, what's your "Fake Job"?"*

*a "I'm a hackerw, a professional one if I might say so myself"*

*g "Where do you work?"*

*a "You could say I'm in both sides of the law"*

*a "Rebels have asked me to hack into the corporations' systems and the corporations have me reinforce their systems"*

*a "I'm like a dentist that owns a candy store"*

*g "Any interesting stories?"*

*a "A couple, but let's make it fun"*

*a "I can't decide which drink order next, so, depending on which one you pick for me, I'll tell you a different story"*

*g "Which are your choices?"*

*a "A Bleeding Jane, a Cobalt Velvet, a Fringe Weaver or a Moonblast"*

*g "(A Bleeding Jane is one Bronson Extract, three Powdered Delta and three Flanergide, all blended)"*

*g "(A Cobalt Velvet is an aged Piledriver with Adelhyde instead of Bronson Extract)"*

*g "(A Fringe Weaver is easier, it's only one unit of Adelhyde and nine of Karmotrine, all aged)"*

*g "(And a Moonblast is like adding up a Sugar Rush and a Blue Fairy)"*

*g "Coming right up"*

        *g "Here you go"*

*a "Picked the Bleeding Jane, huh? Well, here's a story with a deadly ending"*

*a "You see, they asked me to get some information out of som CEO's phone"*

*a "Now, hacking a phone is easy, yet tedious as hell"*

*a "First you have to find it through the wifi, getting to the router is easy, but finding one phone in it is hard"*

*a "Although once you find it, the phone has a very feeble security"*

*a "It would've been a cinch, but the guy got near a jamming device and I couldn't reach it"*

*a "He was out of reach for one full hour, but then he got out of the jamming device's range and that was it"*

*a "Although I found out later that the guy hanged himself on his room"*

*g "I think I heard about that..."*

        *a "Cobalt Velvet? This is a bubbly drink, so let's give you a bubbly story"*

*a "My brother-in-law is actually an good old friend from high school, so I still hang out with him"*

*a "One day he found an acquaintance of his and he asked me for a favor on his behalf"*

*a "He said that there was this flash drive that seemed corrupted and he needed the data in it"*

*a "Not a big deal, you need to be a bit tech-savvy but it's something even a kid can do"*

*a "I returned him the formatted flash drive with the recovered data and he started crying and thanking me"*

*a "Then my brother-in-law told me he was recently divorced"*

*a "He was trying to get his life in check, but her daughter was getting further away from him"*

*a "She only asked him to print some photos and his flash drive got corrupted"*

*a "He was fearing that would make his daughter finally leave him"*

*a "Doing good deeds feel good you know"*

*g "Yeah"*

        *a "Fringe Weaver..."*

*a "...I'm drawing a blank. Ask me something, I dunno"*

*g "Ok then...w how is it that a girl like you is still single?"*

*a "You hittin' on me John?"*

*g "Gillian"*

*a "Salvador"*

*a "It's a pretty easy answer actually"*

*a "It's because everyone nowadays would rather screw a robot's bolts than try human contact"*

*a "Every relationship I've had so far end up in disaster because they have really high standards"*

*g "Maybe you're the one with the high standards?"*

*a "Then it would be easier to fix, but all of my break ups end up being because of a small fumble"*

*a ""You forgot a bra today", "You took food out of my plate", "You reprogrammed my Roomba to murder me"..."*

*a "Am I a bad person Roberto?"*

*g "Gillian"*

*a "Jimenez"*

*g "Well, they say you can judge someone's true character solely on the way they treat service people like waiters"*

*a "And? How good am I?"*

*g "...wI've had worse"*

*a "That works for me"*

  *g "Here"*

*a "A Moonblast"*

*a "You know, there was this one time I had to hack into a satellite"*

*a "Not an easy task, those things are tight to break"*

*a "And finding a way using only their signal was a nightmare"*

*g "Who contracted you? Rebels?"*

*a "Nope, my cable company didn't have this one channel I really wanted"*

        *g "This... wis not any of those drinks"*

*a "Nope, sorry, no story today, better luck next time"*

*g "You forgot to pay for your drinks"*

*a "...no I didn't"*

*a "Here you are"*

*g "Please come again"*

*a "Yeah, yeah..."*

    a "..."

    *g "You ok?"*

*a "The alcohol is starting to get me..."*

*a "Whew, I'm feeling light headed"*

*a "And I don't have a designated driver, that's bothersome..."*

*a "When do you wrap up work, Gonzalez?"*

*g "I'm Gillianw, and I'm not gonna give you a ride"*

*a "Oh, come on... my house is empty and it gets boring"*

*g "I'll call you a ride"*

*a "But what are you gonna do if I end up in a hidden cam show and they record me saying I love you?"*

*a "Could you live with that Pedro?"*

*g "Gillianw, and yes"*

*a "Alright, call me a cab, see if I care..."*

*g "Already doing it"*

*g "..."*

*g "Hello? Yeah, it's me, Gil. Can you send a cab here?"*

*g "The client's name? It's..."*

*a "Alma"*

*g "Alma"*

*g "Yeah...w ok...w alright, bye"*

*g "They'll be here in a couple of minutes"*

*a "Then it's time for another drink"*

*g "It's not, we don't need any accidents being our fault, you drank enough"*

*a "Don't be a party popper Guillermo"*

*g "Gillian"*

*a "Gilligan"*

*a "Come on, just one more drink, I'll show you something good..."*

*a "Wanna see me hack every single machine here using only one button?"*

*g "Please don't"*

*a "Then I'll hack every single machine here using only one button unless you give me another drink"*

*g "Not gonna happen"*

*a "Hmph..."*

*a "..."*

*g "...?"*

*a "zzzzzzzzz"*

*g "\*sigh\*"*

*g "It's the end of my shift, I'll let Jake take care of this"*

    *s "Alright Gil, your performance today..."*

*s "It was perfect, I expected no less"*

*s "Keep it up"*

*s "It was a good night"*

*s "Keep up the good work"*

*s "You did a good job"*

*s "You can do better, but I can live with this"*

*s "A bit sloppy to be honest"*

*s "I know you can do better"*

*s "...did you have a bad day?"*

*g "Something like that"*

*s "I can forgive a night this awful, I'm just worried about you"*

*g "Don't be, I'm fine"*

*s "There's the thing with the cat ears, but I'm not one to judge really"*

*s "Anyways, get some rest, you deserve it"*

## Early Character Designs

The prototype available for download on itch.io contained 4 characters, all of whom would make it into the final game.

Raw sprite from the prototype gameRaw sprite ripped from the prototype. Cat ears version.Raw sprite ripped from the prototype Note the lack of hair on the right side.Raw sprite ripped from the prototype. Oddly enough listed as "keki2"