Turing Point PbP (Closed Game)

johndaw16

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This is a closed game that is run for a group of friends.

Ok ladies, I know I know I'm real late on getting this started. Pardon the tardiness but you know how I am. A reminder for both of you, go on and subscribe to all the related threads for the game. It will make it easier for you two to keep yourselves up-to-date on whats going on. So here goes....

For Rachel (aka Grandbanks Taulby) only...
[sblock]Your jangling alarm wakes you up just minutes before dawn breaks. You stumble into the trailer's kitchen, striking a match to the propane stove to reheat last nights coffee. While that warms up you pull on a pair of Dickies canvas work pants, a cotton undershit and an old cotton longsleeve with a worn collar.

You step outside after cutting the stove off and retrieving your coffee. You dig out your first El Toro of the day, cupping your palm around the cig as you light it with a match. After your smoke and coffee you climb the rusted ladder attached to the back of the trailer to tend the catfish. You sluice a days worth of infused sewage into the half-dozen fattening tanks, check filters, and look for leaks and algae. You'll need to buy a new scrubber for the third tank before the weeks out. Next you take up your net and head to the holding tank, and fish four fat catfish into a styrofoam cooler. You lower the cooler of fish to the ground with rope and follow on down the ladder.

The alleys of the Stilts are quite this early, the usual bustle gone replaced with silent wraiths of mist and fog rolling off the Bay. A slat ribbed cur is your only companion on the walk to Eddie's. You pick up a half dozen gull and pigeon eggs from the old blind Vietnamese woman on the quay. You unlock the bar and settle into your familiar morning routine: turn on the gas, heat up the fryer, check the water lines, check the fridge. You're contemplating the virtues of gutting the fish or reading more of the novel you picked up from Gonjo's* last week, as you hear the rattle-pop of a motorcycles beat up muffler. It's a local kid, small fry hustler, you think his name is Daniel. And this morning he looks like the s):):):) you dredge off the bottom of the catfish tanks. Mayhaps you'll get a good story this morning...

* Gonjo is an old peddler a block from Eddie's, he sells a little bit of everything in a tiny convience-like store establishment. It's all real cheap and he's a good hook up for any mass market consumer goods brought in from BACA proper.
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And this is for Darcy (aka Daniel Stone) only...
[sblock]You're not sure if it's the salt in the air or the smog thats making your eyes water this morning. But its for damn sure making it hard to see clearly this morning. The fog rolling of the Bay isn't helping, hiding obstacles from sight, so you have to swerve and dodge on your bike like you're two days drunk. Not that you don't wish you were right now.

Last night was drekked up real good. The whole deal pissed over. You don't know what the hell the Dixie in Drag* boys had tickling their asses last night but they'd made sure you couldnt unload the pair of Polish 12-gauges you had. So now you're stuck with a lot boom you don't need. And you're out nearly $400 in cash you do need.

You head to Eddie's thinking the least you can do is get a cup of jo and some nibs. You start cussing as you pull up, as you realize you can't replace your bikes rusted out muffler this week. So your vintage Ducati is still going sound like a Cuban Vespa with a fat Jamacian's ass riding it to the shocks. You wearily settle onto a barstool at the counter trying to decide just what you want to eat.

*Dixie in Drag is a local gang of cross-dressing redneck white supremacists who run up and down the Stilts, Colonial Beach, and Paradise. They're responsible for screwing the deal up at Colonial Beach mainly by just being in the bar and acting like bunch of racist jerks. Your buyer got scared something violent was going to go down and bugged out, leaving you high and dry.[/sblock]

OOC: Alright that's the start, basic morning conversation and intro stuff would be great at this point. You're both at Eddie's and the only two around so its not like you got anyone else to talk to. :)
 

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Hey, how about some joe over here?

I try f---ing hard not to sound like I want him to bring the pot over so I can grab it and bash his head in with it. Grandbanks isn't a bad guy, really, but f--- if I can even keep myself from reaching over and grabbing the damn stuff myself right now. Okay, maybe I could have tried harder. At least I didn't curse at him. Yet.

The barstools are flimsy here, and after the night I had I'm collapsed so heavy onto this one that I'm surprised it holds me up. I rub my palm across my short-buzzed nap and scratch my sore head for a minute.

If he complains about the noise my bike made pulling up I will deck him.

What. in. f---... am i going to do with this boom.

Dammit.
 
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Eddie's Place

A description of Eddie's
[sblock]Eddie's is one of the favorite eateries out on the Stilts, ranking right up there with the likes of Atomic Noodle or Phat Bird Soup. It's menu is best described as an unlikely cross between greasy spoon breakfest diner and a British fish and chips pub. Eddie the owner, is a genial if somewhat tactless Stilts native. Born and bred out in the FAZ's hes been around the block once or twice and appreciates the relative peace of the Stilts and the stability of his restaurant.

Eddie's menu specialties include fried catfish, crabcakes, French fries, silver dollar pancakes, a fish and egg sandwich, and endless pots of coffee. Eddie keeps a healthy stock of domestic liquors and an even larger collection of the more "colorful" local brews.

The entire establishment could fit inside a common trailer home with room to spare. Longer than it is wide, the restaurant is mostly taken up by a long wooden bar topped with beaten copper. A half dozen mismatched barstools line the bar, held together largely by copious amounts of tape. The entire kitchen consists of a deep fryer, fridge, a large gridle, a single burner propane stove, and a handful of coffee pots. All this is crammed tightly behind the narrow bar along with a jerry-rigged terminal. On the wall above the bar are a pair of ancient oars, the sole piece of "atmosphere" in the place. Eddie's doesn't have a front door or even a front wall, instead the front wall lifts up and out and creates an awning supported by aluminum rods when the place is open. Stuffed into the left rear corner, as an after thought, is a tiny round table made from a hubcap and two narrow tall-backed chairs. Hanging from the ceiling along a track is heavy moth-eaten curtain that can be pulled around the table to offer "privacy" to any patrons who seek it. One small square window looks out from Eddie's perch upon the edge of the stilts, looking out onto the Bay and the mud flats.[/sblock]
 
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Still brewing, or I woulda gotcha some already. Look like you need it.

I'm hoping Daniel's got plenty cash on him, because he looks bad like he needs to get something to eat, and I'm feeling like I might make him up something cheap even if he's not payin. It's stupid sh-t like that keeps my boat money down. I gotta quit that.

Light an El Toro, looking out the front at the water

You eatin? We got two kindsa eggs, the famous crabcakes, flapjacks, and some catfish still swimmin around. Pretty big.

Wonder what the hell happened to him last night.

Turn back to check the coffee, take a drag
 

Take off bike sunglasses, coated with dust from driving, turn and stare unfocused at the coffeepot

Yeah... yeah I'm eating.

My hand clenches in my empty pocket. My heart speeds up for a moment until I shove my other hand into a different pocket and clutch some miserable change. Relief. It isn't so much that I desperately need to eat something - yeah, okay, I'm starving and some eggs and coffee would go a long way for this pounding in my damn skull - as the fact that I got to keep some money on me at all times. You don't go into a bar expecting to make a deal and tell the guy you're buttering up that he's got to pick up the tab. People like a guy with money. Puts them at ease. Good to know I'm at least together enough to have remembered that last night. ...God. Last night.

I'll have some eggs and one a them fish when you can get one.

My fist clenches around the change again. Maybe I can find the guy again tonight.

Maybe, ah, maybe just the eggs.
 
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I crack three white gull eggs and drop them right on the griddle. It's already hot. They sizzle.

Tending the eggs with my left hand, I pause the coffee maker and pour all 5 cm of the stuff into a cup and stick it in front of Daniel, then turn the pot back on. I grin.

Here. Get you started with that.

Ok, so what I'll do is I'll make me up one of these fish, and I'll cut off a little piece to fry for Daniel. They're big anyways. And ain't as good when they've been dead for a while. And won't cost me profit. Build up some customer loyalty.

See, Taulbee.. you just think a little, and you can put away more cash.

Kill and clean one of the catfish in a few quick motions, and dump the guts back in the bucket for the tank at home.

Late night?
 

I answer the grin with a quick nod and throw down the coffee. The burning in my throat tastes better than the swill at this point.

Late night? I nearly choke as I swallow barely in time to let out a spent laugh. You could say that.
 

And Three's Company

For Mike (aka Riko Li) only...
[sblock]The sun's coming up by the time you stumble out of Disonance. You pull your cap down low, trying to hide the light from you rez burned* eyes. It's been almost thirty hours since you slept last, but the flake's** been keeping you up. You can't let yourself go to sleep...not yet there was just too much going on to sleep. Something'd pass you by if you did. You had a feeling.

Cash was running low though, and you'd need another vial to make it tonight. Boomzilla might have some but he was such prick. And you still needed money...maybe Tracey would lend you a dime. Fat chance, kiddo.

A wave of nausea was all the warning you got, before you stomach knotted itself up and you lost last nights soy kabobs. You were crashing pretty hard. Some food would do you good, and water. The place you knew of was Eddie's, a pretty straight joint good crabcakes. Run by a young guy, kinda cute if he didn't seem so dull. You walk up to a shop window and take a look at yourself, if you can clean up right some flirting might get you a free meal. And god knows you needed that...

*Rez burn: the unfortunate side-effects of some of the earliest or today's cheapest visual interfaces, prolonged use irritates the eyes and causes extreme light sensitivity, headaches, and motion sickness

**Flake: designer drug of choice for the masses, comes in many variations, quality is not guarenteed

OOC: The "something" that's consuming your life right now is in your estimation the biggest shake up the Net's seen in a decade. StimNet actress, Joliette Kane was found murdered a week ago, and ever since then the entire Net had been alive with rumors of who and why she was killed. The BACA is on a massive manhunt and no stones being left unturned in trying to find out who killed Joliette, after all her father is an acting councilman. But what's more interesting is the reshaping of Net real estate thats going on, sites and domains are appearing and disappearing in a blink of an eye, ghost are running the Net leaving no trace behind, and large chucks of the Net just seem dead. All this is of course way over your head but its better than any movie you've ever seen you got a feeling in your gut that something is changing.
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I duck under the awning of Eddie's and open my eyes, thankful to be out of the bright light and not having to squint.

I cleaned myself up as best I could, although I figure it's nearly impossible to look your best after just losing most of last night's dinner. Still, it has me feeling a good bit better, and glancing at the only other customer here I probably look pretty good. Looks like he's about to fall right off the barstool. I would be too if it weren't for the flake, thank Amida.

The young guy who works the counter looks up as the door shuts. I give him a smile and plop down two barstools from the other customer. What was the guys name... I remember liking it...

Heya... Grandbanks. how're you doing?

Yeah I remember now, gave me some free grub here before, probably thought I was cute. He wouldn't be too bad actually if he seemed more interesting. When was the last time I came in here?


OOC: Riko will be ordering the flapjacks and drinking as much water as you're willing to refill her glass. She's probably still squinting at anything bright.

From John:
*Rez burn: the unfortunate side-effects of some of the earliest or today's cheapest visual interfaces, prolonged use irritates the eyes and causes extreme light sensitivity, headaches, and motion sickness
 
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Riko's fine.

Well, maybe not this particular morning, which is a damn shame, cept it makes it easier not to freak on if I'm gonna burn her flapjacks. Daniel's not payin her any attention when I look over from the griddle, and makes me wonder if maybe last night was somethin real bad.

I'm working like I've got six hands, easy when you only got 3 orders up, and I got eggs and flapjacks out, and pull my catfish out of the fryer, all greasy and flaking just right. Cut off a big piece for breakfast, and about an ounce each for the customers.

Fish is on the house.

Girl's lookin kind of sick, but I figure it's the smell usually makes you sick up, and it was already fryin when she came in. She don't want it, more for me. Lard's good for hangovers anyways.
 

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