Lost time on no latency. I have gotten kicked out of my
place because I've missed my payment by two days that one of
the best fixes in town is Ping. Listen, Rafe told me that you're
the, you're the person to talk to that's expensive taste.
I like you. Okay, don't touch me.
When Domino left. Domino had a lot of resources, a
lot. I'm going to pay you all, don't
worry. We need to help Domino.
But we've got to find someone else for us.
Got fight. Stranger. o, stranger his Tech
and he's one of the few people who knew what domino was And you
guys have to go and find him. I haven't seen him in years, so
You just have to check where I lost was.
I've spent the last three weeks trying to find him and he's got
this. He used to have this like little
Shack. Just out in the Badlands is just
outside the city limits. I'm sorry.
Did you say the Badlands? It's just outside that you won't
get hurt. No, I'm not going out there.
There's nothing to be scared of the way.
When you don't have enough hand sanitizer to make it to the
Badlands this time, I wanna, I know what's out there and what's
that? Nomads Nomads, societal rejects
experiments. I'm not going out there now.
Hold on just one little minute. They are Missy, you think it's
that bad out there man? What I've seen in here.
Makes out there look like a paradise.
Look, good. You're gonna have to forgive
Iona. They don't exactly mean
everything in the harsh tone that you think that they're
saying, they just, they're corpo so they have a different view on
life. Now here's the thing.
Ping is, do you think That you would remember anywhere.
The last place you would have seen stranger or known of
exactly what their coordinates were.
Yeah. The last time I saw him.
He said, I'd never see him again Beyond because I'm also attack,
I would feel like, if stranger was widely known for his work, I
could possibly have an inkling or a rumor about stranger.
Yeah, roll for it. That is a 16 16.
Yeah, you've heard of stranger. The only thing that you really
remember, is it? Stranger not the stranger.
And there they were really good at fixing vending machines.
Well, looks like you need a hand by someone who might have been
out and about on the other side of the walls, someone who might
have a little tracking skills and I give and Jebediah gives
Sloan a little little itchy scratchy underneath the
underneath her underneath her head and she kind of got like
his little cooing sound. Because I think we can strike
ourselves a deal. What you think there?
TV, man, I'll pay you all, just go get stranger well.
I mean, we could try to work out a deal I guess.
I mean here's the thing. I don't know about how well your
bird is going to be able to help us with how damaged it is.
I mean, in all, honestly, right now, the first thing I would say
for you to do, is to get a crisis tank ASAP, no matter how
you get your hands on it, so get yourself a crisis tank.
So that way, your bird doesn't just flat out dropped dead on us
if you care about it that much. Well, why do I hit me?
Six the bird so she can help us find your man because I don't
have the time neither the parts to do it, do you?
What parts are needed? well, and Jebediah pulls up his
agent, one more time and goes Right here and shows the message
with the two parts needed. Okay.
See, that's going to take me, time to go home, peace out,
whatever that is. And then we don't know how much
they cost and you how much money you got.
You got, you got 10,000 Eddie's on it because it cost that much.
I'm not sure. Plus I'm saying for the crisis,
tank itself. What I got is a thinning amount
of patience for that kind of tone of voice.
We working together or are we not I'll pay you all if you find
out what stranger is and bring them here and I'll pay you all
to get Domino back. They need your help.
Then let's go. I'm going to go ahead and take a
sedative out of my bag and I'm going to I'm going to close it
in pigs hand, ping, go upstairs. Go lay down.
Okay, take this. Get some sleep.
Ping, ping gives you a hug? Mmm, that's the kind of hug you
get from someone who's desperate whether regardless of whether
you want to or not, you don't really have a choice in it, and
you can choose to push them off. No, it's a little tight.
I am not, I am not. My heart is not made of stone,
but you haven't showered in several days.
So please, please. Pink.
Sorry. No, it's okay.
I think he's a little little tiny.
Squeeze back. Yeah, okay, there you go.
Go take it. All right.
Um, if you guys need to plan or whatever, you can use the bar,
stay here. If you like, I sold all the
vending machine. So the the secret room
downstairs, if you need to store something or set, something up
as a hotline plug number, which is what domino was powered by,
And there's and, you know, how to open the.
You just push the button on the vending machine.
Oh, I'm gonna go upstairs. Help yourself to drinks at the
bar. And they go upstairs and put
their hands as they're going up the stairs.
They put their hand against their forehead, and suppress
some tears. Take a really big sigh.
Thanks, Iona. And they sontera Jebediah
reaches Over the Bar. Grabs a handle whiskey We're not
here to drink. We're here to do a mission.
Okay, well, I will be honest. I've never been to the Badlands
and there are most likely biters out there and I am not willing
to be eaten. So if we could prepare me in
some sort of way, I will protect you Rendell, you also will need
some sort of Preparation. I assume you don't look.
Please pardon me. You don't look like you're going
to be able to fend off and a pardon.
My abrasive words, here are a pack of zombies.
So, Remy, your agent goes off, and you get an address for a
small shack outside of town. And the Badlands.
Okay, okay, REM is going to go ahead, they're going to light a
cigarette and I'm gonna puff through their CD drive.
Okay. From what I've gathered here.
Need to go to the Badlands. Find stranger.
So we can find our Domino is At this particular moment, I've got
myself. We've got Iona.
You two are new, but we're going to will work out.
This sends video, you sir, need your bird fixed.
We will get, I will help and get your bird fixed for your help on
helping guiding us through the Badlands.
Since obviously you are one that knows how to be able to do this.
So I will ask of the group right now who has access to a crisis
tank. I don't have access to one.
Do we have one? Event Dale.
What are, what are the, the little tanks that they put the,
you know, the new specimens in stasis tank.
We have stasis tanks. I can work.
We can do that. Put the bird in stasis tank that
way we know nothing bad will happen to it and they can heal
somewhat over time as we wait to get the parts that I'll send out
to my friend. Try to parse out for us.
Got it, is that, is that a workable deal for you sir?
Jebediah. It is.
What should be in pain? She'll be in stasis.
Thanks sis. Yes.
All right, so wake up as if she never was even in it, is that
alright with you slow? some kind of gives like a
little, like a Alright. She's alright.
I think she thinks it's okay. Shall we order tank?
Yes, please. We can bring it here.
She can stay here. I'll lead you through the bad
lace. Yeah, check mark one gun now.
I own, I was brought up a good point of biters being out there.
I am not one that is particularly combat involved.
I will pull out my heavy pistol, my very heavy pistol.
Very, very heavy. For my kimono sleeve sick and
hold it up. I have experience doing missions
in the Badlands and I will keep us safe.
Boom. Samurais got checkmark to Bam,
great. And I'm sure Vandal.
I know, I did not mean to offend.
You probably are great. I just I, I worry, I worry.
You are so small. I'm so sorry.
Sometimes, a whisper can give you the worst wound.
I believe you, I really do. And they go back to drawing.
But while there, while they're drawing with one hand, they take
out a second tile tap on it. And you see them sort of start
to order the crate. Did you need anything else?
Some heavier, some heavier protection, probably probably
medium armor, Jack I'm a requisition will cost us funds.
Iona, I have another question. Is there a vehicle?
We can procure to get out there. Because I don't know about
walking the entire way, we have my vehicle that are still
outside your vehicle went for everybody, Liza Minnelli Tell
me, don't worry about me. I got my own ride.
I don't trust vehicles. I will walk great.
So we'll get there first and we'll have to wait for our
guides. Wonderful, Remy.
You still have Delta means number Oh shit.
Call of domain. So the make sure go ahead and
put it in the cost report to Ping for afterwards.
I'll call domain sleepy. Got a vehicle that can take us
out to the Badlands. All right.
Phone rings twice. I picked up.
If you been oh I'm doing fine. They'll main hate.
Listen, I'm in need of Transport for 125 people.
To go to this specific location in the Badlands and then I'll
send them the coordinates. That should be fine.
Destination and protection. Will be 299 Eddie's.
And that's to and from correct, correct?
Okay, yes, just send me the bill.
You got it. Right?
You get an ETA and like a future.
Uber that cars gonna be here pretty soon.
Okay, so we got Balmain on the way got passenger there.
Sano, I know you don't like technology very much, but if you
want to complete this Mission, I would highly suggest you take a
ride with us. I'll even let you have shotgun.
You have a television. Poor ahead.
You are a very perceptive man. This is very disturbing.
I can understand that I will just say wasn't by choice and
kind of life-saving thing for me.
So it's an essential thing. Thank you, you would be better
off dead. Well, it's not a very nice thing
to say. The truth is not nice.
Well, the truth is your dick. So You hear a humming of a
drone, as a drone drops down to the very front of no latency.
And it drops her a metal crate at the door with biotechnical
written across the top of. It makes a to beep noise and
leaves the crate at the door. And then I says, the case is
here and continue. Drawing, would you like me to
get it? Is that a is it is that Sloan's
chamber thing? Yes.
Yes, it is. We should probably get it off
the street at the so biotechnical.
All right, on it. And this isn't where you would
expect bad, Technica supplies to be delivered.
So let's get it off the street, shall we?
Who's gonna grab it? Oh, I'm going I'm already there
trying to post that thing open. All right, just throw me a d-10.
Don't fuck this 22 okay, when you open the door you knock the
crate over and the LED falls off and the other the stasis chamber
rolls out and it gets a little scuffed up.
I'm gonna grab it and like dust it off and quickly Rush inside
kind of like cleaning it off with my duster and hand it over
to Remy saying. Alright, here's the here's the
thing. Do we just put her straight in
or you know what? We going to do her wings,
awfully hurt. I don't want to put too much
pressure. Do you want to do a proper
examination? Remy.
Yeah. Yeah, we can go and do that
because domain still on the way. So first date.
Then now, this is you're looking at the tech.
This is a tech thing. I'm just looking at the tech,
okay? Oh, are you going to look at the
status chamber or the bird? Which the bird?
Yeah, look at the birdie asked me to look at the bird.
I'm grabbing the box since Jebediah neglected to grab the
crate. So I'm going to grab that off of
the street. Like I asked him to
congratulations. My priorities were exactly where
I thought, they'd be, I mean, I can look at both.
I'll do first aid first for the bird.
All right, it's the tech on the bird that you're looking at so
cybertek. Okay.
Now I'll be 20 0 20. Yes.
So, you know that the birds in an okay State?
Again, it can see about 80 feet, it's Two parts that are burn
out, one of them is an actuator and the other one is a wing
controller. And you got those part numbers
from Jeopardy, her earlier, Rave was, right?
The, the person who examine the bird before you very much.
Exactly what they're saying is bit.
Burnt out. And the bird also, because you
rolled, it also is a little malnourished.
It could do with a much better diet and you're fairly certain a
better diet would help with its General health and happiness.
Okay, well yeah, looks looks to be in most fun shape their
Jebediah, just a couple of Parts need to be fixed on there which
way was absolutely right. I got it right here which I'll
reach out to my guy, about price them out as well as you know,
maybe you should think about its diet.
It's looking that a little, a little skinny for for what
should be at. I don't know if you're feeding
it correctly, I don't know. I don't think.
Think enough protein is given to your bird.
So I'm going to, I'm going to send you a couple of references
that you could do to maybe give the bread of better diet that
will help along the healing. Times have been tough out there.
And those after the ridge rep, after the Red Raiders game bad,
they, well, I don't want to hear about none of that.
I don't really know. Well, we'll go ahead and I'll
shove this bird inside of the stasis tank.
You want to check the stasis tank before you sure I will, I
will do that. Yeah, that's basic tag.
Whoo, crit, are you gonna cry? Oh, you that explodes really
again 24. All right, it's fine Roy again.
Oh yeah, you're well again. What?
Cool. So you whatever you get plus
one. What's your final value?
25? So yeah well that's a lot.
Yeah, no, it's fine. But the scuff across the right
side means that you couldn't put it.
You couldn't return it. you can't return it and And this
thing costs 6200 Eddie's. Yeah, so you kind of fucked us
there Jebediah. Listen, I didn't, I was the one
who ordered it. I didn't know it was going to
cost that much. It's for your fucking bird and I
appreciate it. I do.
And I'm going to be doing my damnedest to get you to your
man. I'm an honest man.
I always always come through on my word, but listen, you order
in a six thousand dollar piece that's not on me.
I'm not above taking a fucking baseball bat to the stasis
chamber right now and fucking you.
Over a gym, die slowly, just pushes back is duster revealing
pearl handle of one of the Colt 45 S.
I grab my very heavy pistol in. Pull it out of my kimono sleeve
Vandal looks up at tends to. I don't go I fuck up the cowboy.
I just put my hand out or Jebediah puts his hand out
towards towards say no. And just simply goes this isn't
about you kimono. I'm just making sure.
That Sloane is take care of and I'm making sure that we do this
job and if you're interfering with this job, then maybe we
should get rid of you and you hear a double beep outside.
The domain is here, cool. I'm gonna take my drink and I'm
gonna go sit in the car. Y'all do figure your shit out.
I'm out. I walk on track.
Yeah, you signed her out. What does that swinging?
Thing? Jebediah goes just slowly puts
his hand Back Down Still Still Holding Back.
His duster goes, I'm picking her up.
And I'm taking her to my and I'm taking her.
To my bike. You could leave.
You can leave him. Oh, I'm not leaving her here.
Okay. I imagine I imagined the stasis
chamber is like a like a like the size of a like a large
duffel bag. Like I can carry that like onto
two arms, because Iran is about three, Brisco briefcases.
So it's square square. Get so it's a bulky object to
carry. It does have a handle.
The handle is also mildly scuffed.
It's got four points of connection to the box and one of
them is Got a bit of a Fray on it now.
I'm going to, I'm going to go ahead and strap that to my to my
motorcycle, which is it's, it's an old like Chopper style and it
has leather saddlebags on either side on the back as well as like
these gnarly. Knobby tires and almost
everything is like decorated with small bits of cloth or or
leather. And I'm using one of those bits
of leather, to tie on the stasis chamber on to the back of the
motorcycle. Great.
So, it's just, it's just me saying, oh, and then down the
bar currently because you've just walked out with the stasis
chamber. Yeah, okay.
Say no or would you prefer I call you saw?
No I'm so sorry. Sano or and we which would you
prefer straight edge is my Alias.
All right, straight edge. I think that you and I have
similar outlooks. On our Nomad friend and his
abomination. If something were to happen to
either of them, I'm sure that you are more than capable of
leading us through the Badlands. Who do you work for?
I work for Bio Technica. Hmm.
Nice walk out. Now, it's just you and vandal.
Shall we go? Yes, and I will also leave.
Your combat and see to your discretion from now on.
Anything for the company. Yes, I'm coming.
That was you getting food is fine.
Know what I was? I was.
Yes, I'm work. I'm coming to the cars.
Yeah, I've gone and I've knocked on the door because I own is
taking forever. So, I don't know, I'm sorry pile
into the car and I will make a phone call.
When the chance comes up, all right, you will get in the car,
Jebediah knocks on the window of the car and is thing.
You notice, when you open your knock on the window, is the
window comes down, but there's no driver.
I think I'm taking a bat jebadiah's.
Definitely like whoa, but then just simply pokes his head
through looks over to to Remy and goes TV.
Where's the one of the coordinates this place?
Well my name, my name is Remy, not TV and coordinates are here
or you can just follow us which would probably be simpler.
I think I might recognize this place that we're going.
Do you want to roll for it? I would like to roll for it and
row for it romandie time. I can go.
Let's go. Yeah, yeah, because I'm from the
Badlands guys. I've been there.
I'm from their genius. That is a 16.
You have not heard of it. All right, thank you.
He's literally as far as you can work out.
Like if you looked at it on on night City satellite maps,
there's nothing there. Okay, well then it's like
there's nothing like even if you looked it up on your own Maps,
like we had this nothing. There, there's no like a fit
that doesn't. There's not a road that passes
through there. That's what you think is, I
would say this brings you a little bit of curiosity.
This is a spot where no one has any reason to go.
It's just kind of middle of nowhere.
This place very know, they're, you know, Shaq, in this place
domain chimes in but you know, of destination is set.
Yeah, let's go melamine. You just hope to see the word.
Engage making it. So
there's not a lot of traffic but your journey Takes a Minute
during this journey. If any of you want to send a
message or anything like that, please let me know.
Yeah, I like to do two things possible.
Hit me one. I would like to make a phone
call to my old friend of me. Baptiste Echo, Junior.
And see if they have part number l 1 x 3 Dash 0, 6, and part
number d900, X17 cool, the phone rings.
Baptist. Hey man.
How's it going? Hey, I'm doing alright.
Yeah, I I'm gonna get you those he's, you know, I'm good for it.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm send it to
you right now. Here the part numbers.
If you go ahead, price them out, pick them up for me and give me
a receipt. Yeah, but like Yeah.
Yeah go ahead and get them pre-purchased retail and when
you get a chance go ahead and drop it off at no latency with
Domino. I'ma get it to you baptise, you
know, I'm going to get it to you look good.
And you only get to your pots, you could pay me tomb, don't be
such a Dolph about this. All right, I'm gonna get you
your 50, I'm working on it right now and that's one of the that's
kind of the point of this. Then, give me those parts,
right? Go ahead and like, put on the
extra 50. Okay, and then you can back
order it, you get it, two ping over at no latency, okay?
They'll sign for it, they pay for it, got it.
And then that man, you got your 50, in fact, you know what, put
an extra put, an extra 50 on there, just so that, so 180 He's
altogether because it made work. Fuck Michael.
You don't know what he's talking about?
Yeah, you know you know I pay you off first before anybody
baptise, you know that but yeah, just get that set up.
Just go ahead and get that set up and then make sure you send
me the receipts then that way, I can set it off for expenses for
it. Alright?
And we'll set up. Cool.
Thanks. Jim.
Give me money and then along the drive.
Does question you guys government.
Okay, 6. All right.
It strikes. You that wait a second.
No, he owes you 50 bucks. Fuck goddamnit.
Baptise in a silver fucking tongue.
You want to do something else? Yeah, I had a question that does
dalmane also offer amenities as serving drinks, and so forth.
Yeah, but it's it's yeah, fuck it.
Okay. Hey to Santa, right.
Can I don't like you want anything to drink like some some
water or maybe a good cop? Vicinity something like that.
Tea would be fine. Don't make it can get the good
manner a cup of tea. Yes, of course, you know, since
we're going to be working together, It says we're gonna be
working together Santa. I think we got off on the wrong
foot a bit. I know you don't like me because
of my distinct you meant and you know I had a question or two.
I wanted to ask him. I think at one point I heard you
say that you call yourself straight edge, tell me about
what that means because I'm a little confused by it.
That is my alias. Right.
But why? Because I have a sword.
Gotcha. So you're straight edge because
you've got a sword with a straight edge.
That is the gist of it. Vandal looks up from that
drawing and says serrated works better and then goes looks back
down and start stirring continuously.
I mean, I have to say it's a fine sword.
Looks nice. Yeah it does have a bit of a
curve at the tip, right? It is a katana.
It's not exactly straight at least towards the tip.
It's got a little bit of a, like a cur, like a bell curve.
He gives you this look of pure distaste, as you just kind of
cocks his head to one side. I would prefer if we end this
conversation. When we going to go ahead and
have an image of a coup on the TV screen and turn background is
dispensed Saddle fights. The Earth's just get out a sword
right now instead of right through the head.
The tea smells relaxing and somehow it's your favorite tea.
What T is it? Yeah.
Me too long Monty and it's served in a very, very nice
glass. That's cold on the outside but
still keeps it. One is just like talking to slow
the whole way. Like see he keeps keeps the
cowboy hat on as he's zipping down through the highway.
Of the Della, the Delian car on the motorcycle, the whole time.
Like, looking back, at Sloan like funeral rocker, you do not
about you, honey, you will get away.
You feel the you Jebediah see, the Della main sort of Crest out
of the city and it hits on to the road.
Those of you inside the car, feel it jumbled around.
There's a jolt as you go over and the vehicle shakes a little
bit and then dolls drawing and the shake causes them to miss
draw and they go spin their little pain around.
Erase a little bit of it, the T, in your glass, Sano it swells
and herbs inside of the glass. But doesn't slip out.
You're skilled enough to not spill it upon yourself and you
start heading north outside, into the Badlands, through the
desert. It's got relatively dark now.
But they're occasionally, there's just like a random
Lamppost that eerily lights. This desolate location.
There's dust kicks up and you Kareem towards this Shack and
you Screech to a halt. Della main says the station has
been reached Quick right, behind them Jebediah.
Pulls up. Kills the engine kicks.
The kickstand out and goes. It's like check on Sloane.
Once again, waiting for his friends to exit the vehicle.
Before exiting the vehicle. What do we see Romy?
A d-10, please perception. Yeah.
Shit, Allah Levin 11. Hmm.
Okay, I just rolled as well because I imagine a mouse to
take a look and I got 22 that's gonna be something.
Yes, it is, you got 22, cool, and that and that's not correct
as it. No, it's only create if it rolls
it like a natural tan, right? Yeah, I guess.
So Remy, you see a shack? There's a little pier that goes
out to the water is a little awning over the front door.
Just seems like a shack, there's a lamp, post a ton, you can see,
there's a decent amount of light.
You guys didn't didn't take too long to get here, so there's
still a little bit of dust left. Not a lot, just a little Suns
getting ready. Set start to set basically. you,
you notice that there's a there's a dumpster over to the
right and that there's a fishing pole on the pier Which is weird
because all the fish are dead. Mmm.
So I imagine there are probably some common occurrences or
common enemies. I should be looking for that be
around here, you know, imagine whether that be those biters as
mentioned before or maybe some some some mutants out here,
whether whatever it maybe I'm going to take a look around.
This is a I officially consider now.
Now Jim a diet now especially considers, he's on the clock.
Mmm. Are you the only one who's
getting out what it is? What is everyone else doing?
I will get out and start to survey the surrounding of the
shack, okay? You know, is that the door is
being pushed by the wind and it's doing that clang clang?
Clang, clang. See if there's anyone inside.
Romy for perception. 12:12, you don't see anybody.
I am the last person to get out of the vehicle.
I'm assuming your assistant gets out first.
Yes, yeah. And as soon as I get out, I
realized that the heels that I'm wearing were probably not the
best choice. So instead I break them off.
And turn them into two Flats. Nice.
Throw me a detent. What?
That is awesome. What's wrong 01.
All right. Roll it again and 90k one of the
shoes is fine. Hmm the other one you rip the
heel of the shoe of Thanks, you've got the front of your
right shoe and a hole of your left shoe and there's no way to
reattach those heels. Dang it.
Well, I will walk into the shack
then this there is no one there. Dividends can be close behind
him. Now having on holstered his twin
45s. Yes.
Huh. I'll have my heavy pistol out
suddenly There's a bang like a big one, it down.
Komodo, there's a huge bang, and then a laugh.
And something goes off underneath the Della main
vehicle and there's just an explosion Della main vehicle
flies, up into the air spins three times, a lands on its head
skids across away from the door. Narrowly missing.
Yes, narrowly missing your bike. Well done.
Now we missing jeopardize bike and goes on fire and then you
just there's a bit of a silence and then you here.
Domingo. Oh and a little fizzle and looks
like I might be out of action, slow run back out there at the
door to check on how she's doing while you're doing that someone
appears on the roof. The Shack.
All right, everyone. How's it going?
I'm Steve and I really hated be Steve is the best one.
You won't be forgotten you fuckers.
Selfridge is that Steve? No, it's Steve is the best 020
is gold-plated, bitch. Next time on no latency.
Now you wouldn't be that you wouldn't be a stranger now,
would you? I'm not a stranger.
I'm Steve it is on fire. Fuck.
Here's that Listen sweetheart. I know it's gonna be hard to
jerk off now. But go tell your other Steve's
that they can fucking eat shit and die.
I'm not disagreeing with you there.
I think it'd be better if you told Them than me because I
don't want him stabbing me through the face.
Either way, he's looking around. He's like, this looks like
somewhere that this stranger guy.
I mean, it's apparently, this was the last, his last known
location. There's got to be some sort of
indication that he was here and using that, hopefully, they can
find where he is now.