"Well Met" - Reboot.Exe - S2 Chapter 25

## Well Met

Jenn

Murray

"Well Met" is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season in Reboot.exe. It was released on 22 May 2023 and is narrated by Dave. This episode also introduced Murray as the fourth player, playing Ellias Killian

## Episode Synopsis

Eve, now stands behind the guard in the enclosed security room. There are very large lockers and cabinets on the sides of the walls that look particularly untouched. Eve quietly approaches him from behind, and begins to strangle him, in attempts to subdue. Eve is so successful in her strangulation, that he quickly falls unconscious after a few cracks erupt from his throat. After confirming that the guard is still alive, Eve calls Peter.

After escaping a mildly awkward conversation with a patron attending to John, Peter steps away and enters the security room. Trying to continue with their sneak attack plan on Ellias, Peter peels the ill-fitting uniform off of the unconscious guard’s body, and then they both shove his body into a tall standing locker, where he fits without worry.

Peter then turns his attention to the security cameras and attempts to back them by putting a playback loop on all of them, as well as erasing their presence as much as possible from the logs, which he is successful in.

Peter and Eve then step out to go to the elevator to wait for Xiang to get in contact with them to hack the elevator.

While this was happening, Seb and Maelin were about to begin their meeting in the sky bar upstairs. He looks for his opening to stick the hacked USB into the elevator, but much to his annoyance, there is a metal plate screwed into the wall, that is adorned with a "maintenance only" sign. Knowing that he doesn't have the time or materials to unscrew this, he drops the USB into the corner of the elevator, and sends Peter a message, letting him know what he's done.

After a few trips up and down the elevator, controlled by Seb, Peter and Eve finally can access the elevator, and see the USB on the floor. They follow a massive group carrying John on a makeshift stretcher and gain access to a maintenance office.

Peter acts a newly hired employee in the office, and urges the long-time janitor, David, to go deal with it, instead of him. After much deliberation, he finally agrees and steps out of the room, letting Peter peruse for the small wrench that will unlock the security panel. Peter and Eve unlock the panel, insert the USB, and await updates from Xiang. Time passes, and Xiang lets them know that she now has full access of the elevators. The elevator rises to the 70th floor, and finally, Seb, Peter and Eve are reunited in front of Ellias's door.

Peter knocks. The sound of heavy footsteps followed by the clinking of locks, the door aggressively pulls open, revealing a grizzled man with blue hair, in his late 30s to early 40s, wearing a ballistic vest, jeans, a blue Hawaiian shirt, a shoulder holstered pistol and a half full tumbler of whiskey in his hand.

Peter tries to lie, by introducing himself as security, going around asking residents what they know about the event that just happened downstairs. Ellias, knowing every single employee of this building, as well as noticing the several discrepancies in Peter's outfit, immediately calls his bluff. Peter notices that he isn't buying the lie, and immediately lunges on top him, pushing everyone into his apartment.

After a few minutes of mild combat, they peel apart from each other, and Peter begins to explain to Ellias what they're there for, which is just to talk. Ellias is incredibly confused and is demanding explanations.

Upon entering Ellias's apartment, and exiting the fight, they see several stacks of paperwork strewn about the apartment, as well as empty bottles of various liquor. Seb walks over to his couch, and firmly plants himself down, saying that there's someone important that Ellias is going to want to hear from. Incongruent, the one with all the information, isn't answering his phone at the moment. Ellias turns to them and tells them to introduce themselves. Eve is the first to comply, telling her name, as well as the fact that she can tell jokes. Ellias, being aware of how drones are supposed to behave, instantly knows that a drone talking out of turn and offering jokes is incredibly unusual and illegal. After acknowledging this out loud, Ellias turns to Peter, who shares his story of once being Pr0.

Incongruent finally answers the phone and asks to be put on speaker with Ellias. He introduces himself as Johnny, and tells him that they need his help, and have the blackmail to help convince him to do so. Incongruent sends them all a video. Suddenly, a sketchy POV, eye level recording pops up. A robot is walking, carrying a crate down off the back of a delivery van. Inside the crate is a tank, holding amniotic like fluid and a lightly twitching human body. Across the room there is a man with a distorted voice and face, but from who's clothing you can tell is an employee of Nile. On the side of the pod, is a Reboot Corp emblem.

The pod opens, and a 22-year-old man empties out from it. After a reflexive inhale of this fluid, the man stands with shallow breathing, and a blank expression. Even after a hard slap to the face, there is no reaction. The man behind the camera says that their side of the deal is complete, and their pact is made. Reboot brings Nile their "medical waste," and Reboot gets "Captain’s Club Access" to their premier services. The video ends with a handshake between the two parties.

Ellias, focused intently on the video, shakily asks where and when they got this video. Incongruent says that he’s been following Nile's operations for quite some time, but also says that they have been shipping off cuts to the circle. Upon hearing this news, Ellias lets out a roaring laugh, finally having solved what has been happening above and over his head within his own company, also bringing sense to the piles and piles of papers around his apartment.

They then go onto how Ellias is going to help them, which is getting them on one of their security teams that has delivery access to Reboot, so they have access to the mistreated AI. Ellias agrees immediately to help, saying that he's an honest man trying to make an honest living, and has been plagued by corruption himself. He extends his hand for Peter to shake.

Peter feels a buzzing in his pocket. His phone has a message from Ivy saying: "Call me." After agreeing to meet up within 20 minutes, Peter steps aside to call Ivy back.

When she picks up the phone, Peter can hear the quiet sound of a lens adjusting, the passing breeze and seagulls chirping. She tells him that she was able to track down Riley, as she "wanted to be found" but that she's somewhere that he’s not going to like. She's in Docklands getting on a large boat, the kind of boat where you don't come back from. Peter immediately turns to Eve and tells her that he needs to leave and go find her.

-YHTris

## TL;DR

* Eve quietly approaches the security guard from behind, and strangles him, in attempts to subdue. Eve is so successful in her strangulation, that he quickly falls unconscious.

* Peter peels the ill-fitting uniform off of the unconscious guard’s body, and then they both shove his body into a tall standing locker, where he fits without worry.

* Peter then turns his attention to the security cameras and attempts to back them by putting a playback loop on all of them, as well as erasing their presence as much as possible from the logs, which he is successful in.

* While this was happening, Seb and Maelin were about to begin their meeting in the sky bar upstairs. He looks for his opening to stick the hacked USB into the elevator. Knowing that he doesn't have the time or materials to unscrew the plate hiding the maintenance panel, he drops the USB into the corner of the elevator, and sends Peter a message, letting him know what he's done.

* Peter and Eve unlock the panel, insert the USB, and await updates from Xiang. Time passes, and Xiang lets them know that she now has full access of the elevators. The elevator rises to the 70th floor, and finally, Seb, Peter and Eve are reunited in front of Ellias's door.

* Peter knocks. The sound of heavy footsteps followed by the clinking of locks, the door aggressively pulls open, revealing a grizzled man with blue hair, in his late 30s to early 40s, wearing a ballistic vest, jeans, a blue Hawaiian shirt, a shoulder holstered pistol and a half full tumbler of whiskey in his hand.

* Ellias notices the several discrepancies in Peter's outfit, and immediately calls his bluff. Peter notices that he isn't buying the lie, and immediately lunges on top him, pushing everyone into his apartment.

* After a few minutes of mild combat, they peel apart from each other, and Peter begins to explain to Ellias what they're there for, which is just to talk. Ellias is incredibly confused and is demanding explanations.

* Upon entering Ellias's apartment, and exiting the fight, they see several stacks of paperwork strewn about the apartment, as well as empty bottles of various liquor.

* Ellias turns to them and tells them to introduce themselves. Eve is the first to comply, telling her name, as well as the fact that she can tell jokes. Ellias, being aware of how drones are supposed to behave, instantly knows that a drone talking out of turn and offering jokes is incredibly unusual and illegal.

* Incongruent finally answers the phone and asks to be put on speaker with Ellias. He introduces himself as Johnny, and tells him that they need his help, and have the blackmail to help convince him to do so.

* Incongruent sends them all a video. Suddenly, a sketchy POV, eye level recording pops up. A robot is walking, carrying a crate down off the back of a delivery van. Inside the crate is a tank, holding amniotic like fluid and a lightly twitching human body. Across the room there is a man with a distorted voice and face, but from who's clothing you can tell is an employee of Nile. On the side of the pod, is a Reboot Corp emblem.

* The man behind the camera says that their side of the deal is complete, and their pact is made. Reboot brings Nile their "medical waste," and Reboot gets "Captain’s Club Access" to their premier services. The video ends with a handshake between the two parties.

* Ellias, focused intently on the video, shakily asks where and when they got this video. Incongruent says that he’s been following Nile's operations for quite some time, but also says that they have been shipping off cuts to the circle. Upon hearing this news, Ellias lets out a roaring laugh, finally having solved what has been happening above and over his head within his own company, also bringing sense to the piles and piles of papers around his apartment.

* They then go onto how Ellias is going to help them, which Ellias agrees immediately to help, saying that he's an honest man trying to make an honest living, and has been plagued by corruption himself.

* Peter feels a buzzing in his pocket. His phone has a message from Ivy saying: "Call me." After agreeing to meet up within 20 minutes, Peter steps aside to call Ivy back.

* Ivy tells him that she was able to track down Riley, as she "wanted to be found" but that she's somewhere that he’s not going to like. She's in Docklands getting on a large boat, the kind of boat where you don't come back from. Peter immediately turns to Eve and tells her that he needs to leave and go find her.

YHT