4 4 301 With the rising of the moon, the crowd also ebbs back to their rooms.
5 5 301 Leaving only a lone silhouette in a mountain of materials, tinkering away at something.
6 6 301 ??? A little bit of this...
7 7 301 Click-clack. She ignites something as she mumbles. Then a brilliant flash of light zips past your eyes and explodes above the ocean...
8 8 301 ...Illuminating the figure, revealing her as...
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10 10 302 Karen? 11
11 11 301 Karenina What? Whatcha doing out here and so late? 1
12 12 302 I should be the one asking you that. 13
13 13 301 Karenina Can't you tell?! I'm experimenting with fireworks. 1
14 14 301 Karenina points at the supply crates with her thumb. They all seem to have firework symbols on them.
15 15 301 Karenina They got an entire workshop of explosives that pop off in nice and clean patterns 'ere. I might as well have a go at tinkering with 'em, so we can light 'em up in actual combat and— 1
16 16 301 Karenina BOOM goes the Corrupted! 1
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19 18 301 Karenina WHAT? Why are ya looking at me like that? You wanna fight? And why aren't you asleep anyways?! What if your baby birds all come crying to ya, aye?! 1
20 19 302 Well... I finally got a break, so... 20 Just... kinda wanna take a walk around... 20
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22 20 301 Karenina Tsk. Too much free time, yeah? Then come help me find some mats. 1
23 21 302 What are you missing? 22
24 22 301 Karenina Ethanol... Let me think... 1
25 23 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Karenina I think I saw an abandoned bar nearby—should have some of the stuff. Didn't check though since I was busy. Come now and go with me! 1
27 25 301 AniZhuanchangEnd Karenina drags you into an abandoned bar...
28 26 301 With the electricity fixed, the place now seems to be illuminated in a dim and moody glow. Some service bots have also regained function, and are now continuing their duties before the electricity outage.
29 28 301 Service Bot Please... survey...
30 29 302 Survey? 30
31 30 301 Likely the result of abandonment, the voice modules of these service bots have heavily deteriorated through the ages. Most of the bot's words are muffled by crackling and static noises.
32 32 301 Service Bot Please... why... dissatisfied...
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34 33 301 Karenina Get lost! Stop botherin' me! 1
35 34 301 Ignoring Karenina's shouts, the service bot totters before her to present her with a survey about different alcoholic beverages. 1
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37 35 301 1 Karenina Urgh! I said—GET LOST! 1
38 38 301 Her screams seem to have attracted the attention of even more service bots. They pile around her, asking for her to complete their survey. 1
39 39 301 Karenina AAAAAGGGHHH!!! ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! I GET IT! FINE! SURVEY, YEAH? 1
40 40 301 Seeing the tightly packed questions on the survey screen, Karenina furrows her brows. 1
41 41 301 Karenina It's ALL questions about your drinks?! I done never had no sip of your stuff! 1
42 42 301 Scanning around, she notices some freshly mixed drinks on the counter.
43 44 301 Karenina Outta the way! I gotta at least try your blotters 'fore I fill in your surveys, yeah?! 1
44 46 301 She shoves the service bots before her aside, then stomps over to the counter for an iridescent drink with colors out of space. She gives it a cautious whiff. 1
45 47 301 Karenina Smells... alright, I guess? 1
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47 49 301 1 She gives it a gingerly sip—and spits, almost immediately, as if seeing Kamui cross-dress. A sickening miasma wafts past you, followed by Karenina's not-family-friendly curses. You learn a lot of new words. 1
48 50 301 She plonks the glass on the counter and grabs the service bot before her by what would be its collar. 1
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50 52 301 1 Karenina WHAT THE FLYING **** IS THIS SEWAGE SAUCE?! This is WORSE than battery acid!!! 1
51 53 301 Karenina You sell even one glass o' this doo-doo and I'll eat my cannon! 1
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53 56 301 Karenina's shouts seem to have incited the service bots to gather around her once more.
54 57 301 Karenina Wha...? What are y'all tryna do now?! 1
55 58 301 Service Bot Please... survey...
56 59 301 Karenina Just go home—get scrapped—pray for better coding ya next life if you're mixin' this sorta junk-gunk! 1
57 60 301 Service Bot Please... survey...
58 61 301 The service bots repeat themselves.
59 62 301 Karenina ...PAH! Fine! Happy now?! 1
60 63 301 Even knowing deep down that it is all pointless, Karenina still fills in the survey question by question. With that done, she squishes her finger on the submit button.
61 64 301 Karenina ...Huh? Survey records? 1
62 65 301 The icon on the bottom right of the screen seems to have drawn her attention. She taps on the icon, and the survey database pops up. The last survey is submitted a long, long time ago.
63 66 301 Looks like the bar was abandoned shortly after the Great Retreat. The surveys with a long time interval between them all seem to come from visitors after the bar practically shut down.
64 67 301 Karenina What kinda bullcrap suggestions are these?! "plz add squidy squeezies to the OJs :)"?! 1
65 68 301 Karenina Get the guy who wrote this over here, and I'll force 20 barrels of it down their gullet! 1
66 69 302 Must be a prank by a visitor, huh... 70
67 70 301 Karenina A prank alright—But don't you serve-bots at least try it yourselves?! This is just nuke-juice! 1
68 71 302 These robots don't have taste modules. 72
69 72 301 Karenina Tch. Clunky old models. 1
70 73 301 All of a sudden, the midnight chime rings in the bar. The service bots all pause.
73 77 301 With the announcement from the robot before the cashier, the other service bots quickly squirm behind the counter and begin looking for ingredients to mix drinks with.
74 79 301 Service Bot New survey... received... Implementing suggestions...
75 80 301 Pausing and beeping to analyze the new survey, the service bots incorporate Karenina's suggestions and begin mixing drinks.
76 82 301 Karenina That's what these tin-blobs' been doing before we got here? 1
77 83 302 Yeah. 84 And they will be too, after we leave. 84
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79 84 301 Karenina This happens bloody everywhere! Ugh! How many robots did humans leave behind before they took to the skies?! 1
80 85 301 Karenina There's no customer to come, and yet they're here doing useless work! 1
85 94 301 Karenina perfunctorily answers you through her curses. She jostles the robots before her, parting the sea of bots to ruffle through the counter for her needed materials, then squeezes out from the clamor of requests.
86 96 301 Karenina Oi! Let's bunk! 1
87 97 301 AniZhuanchangBegin She extends a hand toward you before you become bot-sandwich fillings. You take her hand, and she pulls you out of the robot pile. The two of you hastily escape from the bar.
89 102 301 AniZhuanchangEnd But the clamor and clatter of the bots can still be heard. Looking back, you see a horde of them bumbling out of the bar and chasing after you two.
90 98 302 They're coming after us! 104
91 104 301 Karenina Move faster! Bolt! 1
92 105 301 The two of you return to where Karenina was messing with the fireworks, but the service bots are still after you.
93 106 301 Service Bot Please... taste-test...
94 107 302 Looks like we aren't getting away. 109
95 109 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Karenina Tch. A fight it is, then! 1
