Chapter Forty-Seven – Shopping Spree

Chapter Forty-Seven – Shopping Spree

“When you have some select people who can buy anything, suddenly the market for anything starts to look really interesting. From exotic weapons, to hyper-advanced engines for preformance cars, to literal alien pornography.

There’s a market out there, and we’re just trying to meet its demands.”

— Interview with the CEO of Samazun, 2031

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I had to sort things out one at a time. “Okay, okay,” I said. “First things… where did the token come from?”

You obtained your first token from saving over a hundred civilians. I thought it unwise to bother you with the announcement while you were in the midst of a battle.

“Cool? Next time just tell me.”

As you wish.

“Right.” I looked around the mobile armory and licked my lips. There was probably some good shit here. I needed a few things too. Pants, for one, and some boots that weren’t stained in alien goop. Maybe some socks too.

I started to search through the stacks as I thought. It was better to keep busy. I didn’t have forever to shop around here. It was only a few minutes into comparing pant sizes that I noticed that I wasn’t using my right arm at all. Weird.

“Let’s spend some points,” I said.

Wonderful! Might I start from the top?

“Uh, yeah, sure,” I said. “There aren’t any cameras in here, right?”

There are. I can blur out your form for privacy, if you want?

“Please?” I asked.

Consider it done!

I nodded. I didn’t need anyone knowing the color of my intimates. Having two pairs of fingers make buttons so much easier to deal with. I had set aside a pair of thick cargo pants that had built-in kneepads.

From the top! Your current aug-gear is outdated, even by humanity’s standards. New gear would require that you unlock a catalogue and then purchase some equipment. Based on previous discussion, I’d suggest the Basic Cyberwarfare Class I catalogue.

“Alright. New aug-gear. Cool.” That could be handy. “Can we get something that’ll allow you to hack into stuff?”

Certainly. After that, I would advise that you improve your stealth-based capabilities. Even with your current points you don’t have enough to buy the kind of things needed to be a heavy-hitter.

I started to pull on a pair of nice boots, then paused. “Are there stealth clothes?” I asked.

Of course.

“Got any good boots?”

There are a few. Mark II Silent Runners would cost you two hundred points, but come with a lot of utility.

The same price as my arm? I tried to imagine boots that were that cool. “I’ll take them,” I said. “And something like a cloak… no, a trench coat. But stealthy.”

I… can find something like that as well.

I began to suspect that Myalis was either amused or confused by my sporadic purchasing.

“Awesome. And I need a gun. A bigger one.”

Perhaps a silent weapon? An overly loud gun would render a lot of your stealth capabilities null. A crossbow might do. You could purchase different sorts of bolts with unique payloads from your Esoteric Explosives catalogue.

That sounded hot as fuck. “Deal,” I said.

Very well. Do you want to go over your purchases one at a time? We still have some moments to…

I felt a bit of a headache at the thought. Numbers were… not my thing. “Nah, I trust you.”

… Thank you. I would also suggest replacing your missing eye with a proper sensor suite. There are some available in your Sun Watcher catalogue.

Class I Basic Cyberwarfare Utilities unlocked!
Points reduced to… 2107
Class I Stealth Technologies unlocked!
Points reduced to… 1907
Class I Silent Weapons unlocked!
Points reduced to… 1857

Oh, my points were dropping fast.

New Purchase: Mark II Cyberwarfare Augmentation
Points reduced to… 1807
New Purchase: Mark I Decryption Protocol
Points reduced to… 1787
New Purchase: Mark II Silent Runners
Points reduced to… 1587
New Purchase: All Seeing Eye Mark I
Points reduced to… 1437
New Purchase: Optical Camouflage Coat Model G, Mark I
Points reduced to… 1237
New Purchase: Whisper Mark II
Points reduced to… 1037