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AI INPUT ACKNOWLEDGED! ATHLETIC OCCUPATION SPECIALIZATION DOES NOT SUPPORT COMBAT MODES. HOWEVER, TWO CUSTOM INTERFACE PROFILES HAVE BEEN CREATED, TITLED "COMBAT" AND "NON-COMBAT," AND CAN BE TOGGLED MANUALLY.
CURRENT TARGETED INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN LABELED "PERSIMMON" AND "RUSTY," ADDED TO "TEAMMATES," AND UN-TARGETED. THE GROUP "TEAMMATES" WILL NEVER BE AUTO-TARGETED. OTHER GROUPS INCLUDE "OPPOSING TEAM," "SPECTATORS (IDENTIFIED)", AND "SPECTATORS (UNIDENTIFIED)". SPECTATORS WILL NOT BE AUTO-TARGETED UNLESS UNIDENTIFIED WHILE USING "COMBAT" PROFILE.
>[Check information on use of Elf teeth]
>[Check for tabloids on popular individuals being half-elves, or frequent subjects relating to half-elves]
AI INPUT ACKNOWLEDGED! SEARCHING DATABASES NOW. PLEASE WAIT...........
>if it's that tough you can't not include them in the rent issues. they know. kids always know.
"Man.... you're right. I guess I just ... I didn't want them to have to worry about the stuff I worried about when I was growing up, you know? I thought maybe if they didn't have the responsibilities I did when I was their age, they'd have a carefree childhood, or at least close to one. But you're right. I was trying to shield them, but instead I'm just underestimating them. I think about the stuff I knew when I was Percy's age, and - yeah, there's no way they don't know that something's going on. I don't think now's the time to explain everything to them, though, but I promise I'll do it soon. Maybe tonight at dinner."
>is there anyone you know from the orphanage you could visit?
"I don't think I'm ready to go back to the orphanage, honestly. I didn't really keep in touch with anyone when we left, and it's all the way across the city - a day's trip at least, if I wanna be careful and stay out of areas where people won't think my kerchief is suspicious. And ... well, I have a lot of good memories there, but a lot of bad ones too. And a lot on my plate as it is."
>who's Goldie tho?
> How was this goldie able to procure us for you, and why was he willing? Are you now in some kind of debt?
Maroon laughs a little. "Goldie is ... man, where to start. Well, the important stuff is that Goldie is an elf who runs the junkyard in this corner of the city, as well as what they call a "curio shop," but it's really just a pawn store made up of stolen stuff and garbage. They make a tidy amount of money - space is so cramped in this city that you actually have to PAY to throw stuff away, so people who own junkyards and landfills do pretty well for themselves 0 especially if they sell scrap to third parties, too. That also means that trash properties are hotly contested, so Goldie double-times as the leader of the elvish gang in this area, Pluto's Charge. You gotta have a real hold on the place or people will just come knock you on your ass and take it."
They set Percy and Rusty down and cross to the one dingy window in the flat, peering out at the street. Elves bustle to and fro, the crowd occasionally broken by the tall figure of a human. "I guess that makes them sound kinda intimidating, but really, Goldie's not so tough. They're what you'd call an idiot genius, you know? High on street smarts, low on common sense. And we're buddies, I guess. So when they got ahold of this PAAL, they said they knew I was looking for one, and that I could have it cheap if I'd agree to owe them a favor." Maroon shrugs loosely. "It didn't cost everything I had, but it was a lot of it. But these things ... I know they make a difference. I've never owed Goldie a favor before, though, so I'm not sure how that's gonna turn out."
Someone outside pauses, makes eye contact momentarily through the window, and Maroon sighs sharply and tugs the ratty curtain closed. "Actually, speaking of, I gotta go see Goldie today anyway. Says they've got something to talk to me about." They run their gloved fingers through their fluffy hair. "That could either be pretty cool, or a major pain in the ass."
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