text; early Nov.

[sassymaru]

A word of caution





Be immensely careful

Should you ingest a concoction known as a pumpkin spiced latte

Comments

[nightyorb]

Maybe someone spiked your drinks.

[sassymaru]

Spiked...?

[nightyorb]

You know, like someone added something to your drink. Like a poison or a sleep drug.

[sassymaru]

Ah.

No, unless it were the coffee makers themselves. My drinks were not handled by anyone beside them and myself.

[nightyorb]

Okay, quick check, do all the baristas at that place also look exactly alike?


[Maybe the Jenny/Joy conspiracy goes deeper? Maybe they have invaded that most sacred of industries, the coffee industry, too.]

[sassymaru]

Mm, no. Not that I noticed.

Not like the nurses or insufferably inadequate police at all.

[nightyorb]

DUDE, FINALLY.
Someone else who agrees that the police here are crap.
And quite possibly part of a giant conspiracy.

[sassymaru]

They are WOEFULLY inept.

They've yet to even begin to assist with the rampaging Team Rocket issue.

[nightyorb]

I know, right?
There was this one dude who got kidnapped by Team Rocket and they didn't even do anything.
I'm starting to think they might actually be in league with them.

[sassymaru]

Nothing?

You're certain of this?

[nightyorb]

Positive.
I ended up taking on the case myself.

[sassymaru]

Have you made much progress?

I would not presume to ask for details in such a public place - merely curious about how such work has been going for you.

[nightyorb]

No offence, but I can't share anything about the status of my cases.
For all I know, you're a member of Team Rocket.

[sassymaru]

None taken.

That's very wise of you, I believe.

[nightyorb]

[Sir, you flatter him.]

I am a licensed private investigator, after all.
This is kinda what I do all the time.

[sassymaru]

Is that so?

How delightful. I happen to be a detective myself.

[nightyorb]

Really?
Are you a private investigator or do you work with the police?

[sassymaru]

We work for the police force.

All Brave Police units are built and function within the local law enforcement.

[nightyorb]

My mom's a police detective too. She's the best.

What's a Brave Police Unit? Is that just the city you are from?

[Brave is a bit of a weird name for a city, but really, probably not the worst out there.]

[sassymaru]

Ahhh, carrying on the family tradition? Quite a noble enterprise.

We are robotic police units - possessing Super AI chips. Capable of thought, feeling, like those of human beings. All in order to better protect the people of Nanamagari City.

[nightyorb]

I wanted to join the force when I was a kid, but I think being a private investigator fits me better.

[Less, uh, rules about breaking into stuff and murdering. You know. Adventure stuff.]

What's a robot?

[sassymaru]

Why would that be?

[Just curious!!]

You are unfamiliar with the term? Hm. Have you any familiarity with machines? Or computers?

[nightyorb]

Private Investigators have more freedom.
You can pick your own cases and nobody can tell you to investigate something.
You can't do that on the force.
My mom has to take the cases they give her, and she has to drop them if she is ordered to.
Even when she knows there is more to the story.
I'd rather make those decisions myself.

[Riz definitely doesn't have anything against cops! But there are just restrictions he won't have while working on his own.]

Machines, yeah. And we got computers where I am from, though ours are more crystal based?
Can you tell me what a robot is?
I might know what it is but we have a different name for it or something.
I already found out that what we call a paladin doesn't necessarily match up to what paladins are in other worlds.

[sassymaru]

Ahh, I see.

You speak as a truly passionate individual. I am certain you do excellent work.

[Shadowmaru can't really speak to the validity there. It's likely extremely true in Riz's world. But the rules... are wildly different for himself and his fellow AI.]

So I see! This shall be much simpler.

A robot is, in most cases, a machine. One built in the shape of something else - such as a human being, or animal. Or even a vehicle. They perform their programmed tasks as human beings decree.

Myself... and my fellow Brave Police are far more advanced than simple [The text doesn't pause, but he takes the briefest of moments to close his eyes, in memory.] talking machines.

We have emotion.

[nightyorb]

Me and my friends did manage to solve the kidnapping of several girls.
And prevented a dragon from taking over the world.

[It is nice to have another detective compliment your work.]

Oh, we do have something kind of similar to that.
We call them warforged.
They are beings made from metal or wood, given intelligence and the ability to feel.
They were created to be weapons and soldiers in the past, but now they can live regular lives.
I don't really know a lot of details about them though. They are not very common.