Oh no we’re gonna have to tell Gilda to wait! Maybe we can make her comfy while she holds out for her ID… does she like tea?

She can't wait, she's very important! She'll just have to go through while this debacle is resolved and Stabitha will deliver the ID as soon as it is located.

Oh no, Goldie is a victim of the callous cogs of bureaucracy! Or a greedy Goldie fan. Without her ID, Goldie can't get in and anyone could pretend to BE Goldie... Goldie Goldie Goldie, what are we to do with you?
Pipo is closer to Sinnick and her whole job is rapid delivery. Tell her to go back in and shake that ID out of Sinnick if she has to, you have Goldie right here!

Alright, so if we want the ID we have to go in person and make Gilda wait longer. Ask her if she wants it back enough to wait while you go see if Sinnick still has it. It's not absolutely required.
Does Pipo know Gilda's room number by any chance? Or did Sinnick handle that? We may have to call the hotel to find out, otherwise.

Did the pre-screening program actually get cancelled or is sinnick just being lazy?

The purpose of the screening is to determine whether a reploid is a maverick. An ID's purpose is to identify someone who otherwise can't be. Gilded Goose is clearly identifiable without an ID. But, the reason Stabitha wants the ID is to check whether someone is disguising their identity, which Gilded Goose clearly isn't. In other words, the ID is irrelevant.
What is relevant is GG's attitude towards humans. While Pipo tracks down Sinnick, Stabitha can conduct an interview to determine whether GG is a maverick. According to GG, she's already had an interview with Sinnick, but we haven't gotten confirmation from anybody else that's happened.
She can ask open-ended hypothetical questions like "A human trips beside you and twists their ankle. What would your response to that be?"
If GG refuses to at least call for help, that would look bad.

>>1118925
Oh dear.
Best case scenario: sinnik is a dick and he was messing with GG. The id can be found.

Worst case: its really gone and GG is out of luck.

Thankyou for solving the mystery of your panties stabitha. Im glad youre not incontinent.

>>1118925
Okay, there was a pre-screening program, but it was shut down. When was it shut down, and when did Goldie send in the ID? If it was while the program was still active, we can let her in and have the ID delivered to her. If not, we need to go get the ID, because the pre-screening wasn't valid.

>>1118925
Looks like it's our lucky day after all! Gilded Goose has been caught in a legal snarl, and we're in a position to make life harder or much easier for her. Instead of looking incompetent, we'll earn her gratitude for helping her out!

"Well, the bad news is that the pre-screening program has been cancelled and I don't have access to your ID card. The good news is that we have a real employee named Sinnick here, so your card is hopefully still in the bureaucracy somewhere. Now, there are a couple of things I can do to help sort out this mess for you."

Offer Gilda a choice, to give her a little sense of control over her bad situation. The first option is that she can wait here while we go talk to Sinnick and find out what he did with the ID card that he was supposed to be delivering to us. The second option is that we put the ID aside for now, simply confirm what hotel room she's staying at, let her in and deliver it to her later. Which would she prefer, and is there something we could do to make her more comfortable while she waits?

Don't forget that last question. It's our job to bait Mavericks. We always bait Mavericks.

>Stabitha likes rare fancy undergarments
Looks like I was half right, then. Don't worry, we'll have someone to share them with sooner or later.

>>1118932
>>1118967
>Goldie
She prefers "Gilda". She didn't take that bait, so she's either a smart impostor, or a rich and attractive celebrity whom we do not want to upset. A reploid in need is a reploid in our pocket, but only if we know how to handle them!

>>1118968
Hey buddy, you're supposed to tell the characters what to do not other suggestors.

Stab Unicorn 2025/12/11(Thu)22:30 No. 1118976 ID: 0d1c28
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>Pipo is closer to Sinnick and her whole job is rapid delivery. Tell her to go back in and shake that ID out of Sinnick
It seems like Sinnick gave Pipo all the IDs he had, Pipo's just a courier, she doesn't have the authority to make demands of anyone anyway. if Stab Unicorn wants to follow up on the situation with Sinnik she'll have to do it herself.

Stab Unicorn lets Pipo go for now.

Correction: Your expensive luggage that we will soon return! You have the checkpoint, Gourdon. Please accommodate Goldie while we're gone.

This is top priority. Go and get the ID back, personally. And the luggage too.

Accompany Gilda to her room to ensure no one else hassles her. And try to be more fawning

>>1118976
Honestly, that's a totally justified reaction from Gilda. I don't know what sort of authority figure would leave innocent, law-abiding reploids stuck in a broken system where they could be mistaken for Mavericks, but it's certainly not one who belongs in our administration.

I bet it's that stupid apple's fault somehow. No idea how his human partner puts up with it. I almost wish he would go Maverick one of these days so we could skewer him.

"Believe me, I'm as frustrated by this whole mess as you are. Rest assured that I'll pass on your complaints to whatever idiot is responsible for it. Before I get on that, I could at least get you through to your hotel room if you'd like. Should I meet you there once I get your things back, or would you rather wait here?"

Once we've gotten her as comfortable as we can, we're going to march right up to Sinnick and... politely ask him a few questions about his interview with Gilded Goose. When and where did it happen, how did it go, and what did he do with her ID card and luggage? Don't take our justified anger out on him quite yet; it's a Maverick Hunter's job to investigate incidents and ensure that blame is assigned to the correct target before we start stabbing people.

I really wish we could stab someone right now. I'm all charged up with justice energy and there aren't any Mavericks around to retire with it! Maybe the next reploid will be a Maverick.

>>1118981
Light I wish we could get away with that. But Gilda's already in a bad mood and has probably seen enough of us for one day. Maybe we'll get a chance to show her the more enjoyable side of Eden once we finally manage to get her inside.

>>1118976
Yes ma'am!
Time to go see Sinnick.

...She didn't mention luggage before, did she? Hopefully it's at the hotel.

You can't give in to peer pressure. This could be an obvious case of social engineering, and the humans will fire you if they realize you'd cave in to reputation; Mavericks have infiltrated stronger safehouses with flimsier methods.

Oh, get a description of her luggage.

Alright, let's gallop to it.

>>1118976
However this falks, were going to have to go and see sinnik
Goldie looks like a special case in that refusal could result in damage to edens reputation if they end up having a hissy fit and, oh boy, can a goose hiss when it wants to.
So, stabitha, theres got to be a PR department here.
Bounce them a message saying that GG is here and if this id is not found, your instructions would mean you HAVE to bar entry, but you can see that would cause potential issues for the PR dept, so you thought it best to give them a chance to either have a human in authority directly countermand your instructions for this entrant or prepare for the PR meltdown.
Then sinnik.
Need to hustle on this one miss fancypants.

Stab Unicorn 2025/12/22(Mon)20:18 No. 1119322 ID: 0d1c28
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Stabitha gets a description of Gilda's luggage and heads out to see Sinnik.

Something is odd, Chemical Formixer is gone and it's nearly lunch break, they always hang out on lunch break...

Can Stabitha get her combat gear on???? Could be time to get ready for anything!

whats that on the ground? is it [a bomb]?

or maybe [a bomb]?

>>1119322
A close friend mysteriously missing? This looks like a job for Stab Unicorn, Class C Maverick Hunter! Today is getting better and better all the time! Not only do we get to meet Gilded Goose in person, but with any luck we'll be able to find and retire a Maverick too!

Okay, let's settle down. Don't count our geese before they're laid, or however it goes. Let's approach this methodically.

First, investigate the scene. From the last time we were here, I see that the area is mostly unchanged. That dark blue hexagon in the sky is a more uniform color now, the broken section of the fence has been repaired, some of the underground dots have shrunk... and most importantly, Chemical Formixer is gone, but one of her mechaniloids is here with a strange blue device. This looks deliberate.

Here's a question. What was Formixer's job while we were keeping Eden safe from Maverick infiltrators. If she was meant to be out here the whole time (repairing the fence, maybe) then it means she had to go somewhere and left her blue buddy behind. If she was working elsewhere, then she couldn't make it to our meeting and sent this critter in her place. Either way, it looks like she wanted to send us a message.

What's that blue thing next to the mechaniloid? Is it something we recognize? Maybe it's the message that our roommate wanted to send. But proceed with caution in case it's booby-trapped. With Mavericks about, you can never be too careful!

Collect her little friend and home in on her using the control signal.

Order the cleaning droid-bug to poke the blue thing.

Yeah, quick id on the blue thing.
Im guessing the little cleaner bug isnt advanced enough to answer questions.

>>1119322
That looks like one of her helpers, can you ask them? (watch out for that thing on the ground)

Well we're obviously more invested in helping Gilded Goose right now, so we would probably be late for lunch anyway.

Collect Formie's buge and see if it's still connected to her, could use that to trace location.

Careful of the thingy on the ground.

Stab Unicorn 2025/12/26(Fri)22:01 No. 1119409 ID: 0d1c28
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Stab unicorn approaches the blue disk and a recorded message plays

No need to worry about her, then! But what's in that chemical tank?
Take the li'l mixer and head toward Sinnick's office.

Time's a wasting. Get a move on!

pick up little friend and go on your way

Keep those horsies rolling, then.

>>1119427
Yeah.
Poor lil mite looks lonely.
Lets give him a lift.

>>1119409
This looks reassuring at first glance but I'm still worried. Formixer suddenly leaves on an unspecified "special task" as soon as we lose sight of her, leaves a vague message but doesn't otherwise attempt to contact us, and leaves one of her drones behind?

If her special task started right after our orientation, that would be around 10:00 AM. That almost two hours ago at the minimum! What would take her that long? And what's her normal job, for comparison?

How did she even know about the orientation? This new job is just something we agreed to on the spot, and she wasn't there when Dr. Eve offered it. I guess the apple might have told her, but all she would know otherwise is that we're a botanist, not that we got a second job or how long our "shift" is.

Even stranger, why did she bring her yellow mechaniloid with her but leave her blue one here? If she was in a hurry, why take one but not both? If not, why leave one of them behind? Take a close look at that thing for clues. Can we communicate with it somehow?

For other questions, does Chemical Formixer have a preferred nickname? And is this area the outside or inside exit of Eden's entryway?

>>1119432
I think it's a "her". Honeypot ant workers are all female. Though with how humans design us, who knows? Maybe one of them really wanted a boy ant who was filled with colorful juices.

...So? We have Gourdon >>1118041

Stab Unicorn 2026/01/04(Sun)13:44 No. 1119650 ID: 0d1c28
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Stab Unicorn is still a little worried about Chemical Formixer
but there's no helping it now.

she collects the aphid, the message and teleports to the data processing center to find Sinnick

But the question remains what happened with Chemical Formixer?
switching focus to Chemical Formixer

Chemical Formixer 2026/01/04(Sun)13:49 No. 1119651 ID: 930848
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Chemical Formixer is working hard.

She is a reploid that works at Eden. Unlike most of the other reploids at the amazing theme park, she has very rudimentary industrial parts built around her central Mixer System. She used to be self-conscious about her appearance, but her friend Stabitha thinks that her unique parts are cool so it doesn't bother her any more.

She is primarily employed for construction and maintenance. With the help of the Aphid mechaniloids and use of her mixer she has constructed most of the facilities in Eden. This morning, she is repairing the Barrier Field around Eden that preserves the atmosphere and keeps roving mavericks at bay. It was damaged overnight!

Her friend Stabitha was just here, Dr Eve requested that she bring some Entry Balloons to Customs. They have only been inside for a few minutes by the time Formixer has finished repairing the broken Barrier Stake. She doesn't know how they work, but the methodss of constructing and repairing them are already programmed into her! She dawdles just a little bit at the site, she knows that she shouldn't but she is hoping to be able to walk with Stabitha as she heads back to the Cloud Resort construction site.

Chemical Formixer 2026/01/04(Sun)13:50 No. 1119652 ID: 930848
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The door opens, but instead of Stabitha it is Dr. Eve leaving the building along with Smart Apploid, who for some reason is in his combat form. Chemical Formixer likes Dr. Eve and Smart apploid because they let her stay in Eden, and also because smart apploid has a small, unusual body like she does.

Dr Eve continues walking, but Smart Apploid stops to talk to her.

"Oh, good! I'm glad that you're still here Chemical Formixer! I have a special assignment for you, and this saves me the trouble of looking for you."

"I'm always happy to be useful to Eden!"

Chemical Formixer is accustomed to working on various special assignments for Dr Eve. She is a diligent little ant and is always busy.

"We need you to go to the Volcano area. Some equipment showed signs of potential contamination, and in the interest of safety it was decided that it should be incinerated. Unfortunately, the incinerator is currently not working! We need you to go and repair the incinerator and dispose of the contaminated equipment."

Chemical Formixer salutes, and the Aphids nearby stand at attention. "Understood, I will report at once."

Smart Apploid's eyes turn happy, and he makes finger guns towards Chemical Formixer. "Great! I knew we could count on you!"

Chemical Formixer is happy to be praised, but has one more question.

"Did something happen with Stabitha? I haven't seen her come out."

Smart Apploid waves his hand dismissively. "Oh, nothing is wrong. Stabitha is also working on a special assignment for the good of Eden, and we just finished her orientation!"

Chemical Formixer is proud of her friend!

Chemical Formixer 2026/01/04(Sun)13:50 No. 1119653 ID: 930848
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Chemical Formixer leaves an Aphid with a recording crystal for Stabitha, and heads to the Volcano Area.

She is always slightly nervous about the volcano area. Her internal systems are shielded and extremely resistant to heat, but her rudimentary industrial parts are intended for construction and do not withstand extreme temperatures well, necessitating repairs or replacement if she isn't careful. But today the fires in the Volcano area are all out!

Chemical approaches the restricted area at the center of the area, followed by one of the Aphids. Most of the attractions and decorations in the volcano area rely on either fire projection or flowing magma, neither of which are functioning at the moment. Fortunately there don't seem to be guests around, or they would be extremely disappointed! She approaches the door, where the Totem Gate Guards are swiveling their faces back and forth to keep watch. Their festive sunglasses make them look fit for a fun and casual party, but Chemical Formixer knows that they are working hard too!

There is a large pile of crates, containers, and debris near the door to the incenerator room. Chemical Formixer is fairly sure that this is the potentially contaminated equipment that Smart Apploid told her about. Some of the faces on the Totem Gate Guardian turn to face her as she approaches. "Whoa there friendo! This is a restricted area for Eden personnel only! For your own safety and entertainment, we recommend checking out one of the other hot attractions or Party Destinations here in Eden!"

Say 'Open sesame!'

>>1119653
"I am Eden personnel. Chemical Formixer, here to repair the incinerator."

show them your ID to let them know you work here and inform them that you have been assigned to fix the incinerator.

>>1119661
+1

>>1119651
>>1119652
The barrier was damaged overnight, and our boss is in his combat form? Oh no, this could mean trouble. I hope Stabitha wasn't hurt! She doesn't carry her weapons on the job! Nah, I'm sure she's fine. Even if something did happen, she had Smart Apploid there to keep her safe. We're both lucky to have such a smart and cool guy looking out for us.

>>1119653
Good idea to leave one of our Aphid buddies with our message. That will make sure Stabitha knows it was from us, and she won't worry about our safety. We know how she can get when she thinks there might be mavericks involved. It's honestly kind of concerning. We should try to keep her in a good mood if we can.

But enough about our best friend. Now it's all about Chemical Formixer, the Garden's Fixer! This is our special assignment and our time to shine!

(Do you like the name "Fixer"? I think it's a neat little nickname for talking with friends. Or what about "Chemica", from "chemical" and "formica"?)

Well, go on. Introduce yourself to the guards. You're a machine on a mission, here to fix the incinerator and dispose of the contaminated...

...Scrap, we forgot to ask questions! We don't know what the equipment looks like or how it was contaminated. What if we need to take special precautions to handle it? What if something important was left in that pile and we destroy it by accident!? I wish we were as smart as Stabitha. She'd never overlook something like that. I guess you need that level of attention to detail when you're a botanist.

Don't worry, we can salvage this. Just ask the guards what happened. They can tell us who left that big pile of stuff here, if they said anything about it to the guards, and anything else that happened when someone tried to use the incinerator. It's good to know in advance what kind of mechanical failure to watch out for. We don't want it to turn on while we're still inside it!

>>1119661
this

>>1119661
This! And make sure to use industry jargon too.

>>1119661
Agreed.
Make sure you tell them how well theyre doing making eden safe.

>>1119661
Ask them if there was anything unusual they noticed before the technical difficulties. It may help diagnose the source of the problem.