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This is a transcript for dialogue with Courier's brain. |
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Topics[]
| TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
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| GREETING | GREETING | Neutral 50 | Go on, go on! You've wasted enough of my valuable time. | 1 |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Well? What are you waiting for? Get moving and leave me in peace. | 2 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | No time to waste! Go deal with the Think Tank! | 3 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Oh! Don't worry about me. We can talk more when we're both back at the Sink. | 4 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | I'll see you at the Sink. Good luck. | 5 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Ugh! It's bad enough the indignities you've put me through, must you continue to prattle on at me? | 6 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {Sincere} Nice to see you back. I trust the adventuring is going well. | 7 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Oh, it's you again. What do you want? | 8 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Well, well, look who finally dragged themselves in out of the Wasteland. And where have we been, hmm? Crawling through pits of radioactive muck again? | 9 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {Sarcastic} Ah, the meat has returned. Lovely. | 10 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | < Player Brain Top Level Topics > | 11 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03BrainTankTopic000 | Fine, you've got a deal. | Neutral 50 | {Surprised} Really? Hmm. I didn't expect you to actually agree to that. I'm afraid that was a bit of a bluff, really. I'm not going with you. | 12 |
| Fine, you've got a deal. | Neutral 50 | Right. A deal it is, then. Glad to hear it. | 13 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic000 | Are you... my brain? | Neutral 50 | Ah, lovely, figured that out, have we? {slightly baby-talking, praising a small and stupid child} Would you like a cookie? | 14 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic001 | Why are you such a dick? | Neutral 50 | Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do! Me! A, quote, dick, unquote. As if I'm the one responsible for the way you carry on, gadding about the Wastes. | 15 |
| Neutral 50 | I'm not the one that makes us clamber around tetanus-infested ancient Vaults or go charging off to New Vegas on missions of ill-conceived revenge! | 16 | ||
| Neutral 50 | And have we forgotten who got us shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave? Hmm? Do you think I enjoyed that little moment? | 17 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic002 | Listen, you're my brain, so you'd better be more respectful! | Neutral 50 | {Sarcastic} Oh, had I? What exactly will you do if I don't? {emph} Not put me back in that cranial {dungeon} donjon you call your head? Heavens forbid! | 18 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic003 | Actually, yes. I would love a cookie. | Neutral 50 | {Beat, stunned that the player would actually say this} I... {sigh} ugh... is this really what I have to look forward to? | 19 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic004 | Come on, let's go. We're getting out of here. | Neutral 50 | Ew! Crawl back in there? Are you mad? I don't know where you've been! | 20 |
| Neutral 50 | For all I know, you're riddled with disease, or packing one of those delightful head wounds you seem to attract! | 21 | ||
| Neutral 50 | I'm not crawling back into your head just to ooze right back out again! | 22 | ||
| So... what do you say, brain? Join me for some more wild adventures? | Neutral 50 | Well... I suppose you've convinced me well enough. I'll rejoin your body if that's your final decision. | 23 | |
| Neutral 50 | Unfortunately, before we get to that stage of the proceedings, we have a problem. | 24 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Even if I could settle myself back in your skull and reconnect all those pesky nerve endings, Dr. Mobius doesn't have the tools here. | 25 | ||
| Neutral 50 | We would have to make use of Dr. Klein's lab, and I rather doubt the brains are inclined to share. | 26 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic005 | Why does my brain sound so... masculine? | Neutral 50 | Ah, well, as to that... you'd be surprised how hard a feminine-sounding voice modulator is to find in the Forbidden Zone. | 27 |
| Neutral 50 | It's not as though brain-sustaining life support tanks grow on trees. I had to take what I could get. | 28 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic006 | How the hell did Mobius get hold of my brain? | Neutral 50 | After the Think Tank extracted me from your skull, they fell to bickering amongst themselves. I'm sad to say we were quite forgotten about. | 29 |
| Neutral 50 | Dr. Mobius saw an opportunity to gain some leverage, and had me spirited away to his dome. | 30 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic007 | Cool! I can talk to my own brain! Can my heart and spine talk, too? | Neutral 50 | {Taken aback by the player's statement} Err... yes, well, you do know that those particular organs don't have neurons and are thus incapable of speech, yes? | 31 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic008 | This is too weird. I'll be back later. | Neutral 50 | Barring the unlikely event that I evolve some sort of rocket-propelled locomotion, I will be here. | 32 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic009 | Of course you're responsible! You're my brain! | Neutral 50 | {Outrage} I most certainly am not! I am the seat of all reason and logic in our little partnership! | 33 |
| Of course you're responsible! You're my brain! | Neutral 50 | All those... {vague disgust} feelings that motivate you, that sense of righteousness and that rush you get when you help someone, do you know where those come from? | 34 | |
| Of course you're responsible! You're my brain! | Neutral 50 | All those... {vague disgust} ugh... feelings that motivate you, those urges to hurt people, to take and crush and maim, do you know where they come from? | 35 | |
| Of course you're responsible! You're my brain! | Neutral 50 | All those... {vague disgust} ugh... feelings that motivate you, do you know where those come from? | 36 | |
| Of course you're responsible! You're my brain! | Neutral 50 | Glands. They come from glands. Free of the tyranny of your ape-like and primitive endocrine system, I can see how foolish your motives are. | 37 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic010 | Oh come on, that stuff's fun! | Neutral 50 | {Rising emphasis with each word} Fun? Fun?! Is tetanus fun? Hmm? Is rickets? What about {SEP-sis} sepsis, enjoy that do we? | 38 |
| Neutral 50 | The things you do with our body are suicidally dangerous, and if you could silence your glandular impulses, you would hear me screaming at you! | 39 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic011 | I didn't realize it caused you so much distress. | Neutral 50 | {Mollified, but still pretending to pout a little} Well, maybe next time you hear me telling you that charging a Nightkin with a penknife is a bad idea, you'll listen. | 40 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic012 | We'll revisit this topic later. | Neutral 50 | Oh yes, I rather expect we will. We'll be having a {emph} very long talk about crawling through old ruins, haring off on missions of revenge. {Beat, these are the worst of all} And Cazadores. | 41 |
| Neutral 50 | Oh yes, we'll talk a lot about {emph} them. | 42 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic013 | I could smash this tank you're in. How about that? | Neutral 50 | By all means, if the idea of spending the rest of your days as a true Lobotomite appeals to you. | 43 |
| Neutral 50 | Actually, come to think of it, you probably wouldn't mind that, would you? | 44 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic014 | Once you're back in my head, I'll watch television. Lots. And lots. Of television. | Neutral 50 | {Actually scared for once} You... you wouldn't! That's inhuman! | 45 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic015 | Fine, never mind. | Neutral 50 | {Smug} Yes, I rather thought so. | 46 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic016 | Don't tempt me, brain. | Neutral 50 | {Sulking} Fine. I'll try to respect you more. Sir. | 47 |
| Don't tempt me, brain. | Neutral 50 | {Sulking} Fine. I'll try to respect you more. Ma'am. | 48 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic017 | I would. And I'd follow it up with an alcohol-and-ant-nectar cocktail every night. | Neutral 50 | You're a monster! A deranged, self-destructive monster! | 49 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic018 | Maybe not, but it got your attention, didn't it? | Neutral 50 | I suppose it did. {Acid} Bravo, you've managed to intimidate a brain in a jar. | 50 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic019 | Never mind. I want to talk about something else. | Neutral 50 | Of course you do. How... scintillating. | 51 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic020 | I don't recall giving you a choice. Let's go. | Neutral 50 | While the brute force approach is a lovely one, really, it won't work. | 52 |
| I don't recall giving you a choice. Let's go. | Neutral 50 | Even if I wanted to settle myself back in your skull and go to all the trouble of reconnecting nerve endings, Dr. Mobius doesn't have the tools here. | 53 | |
| Neutral 50 | We would have to make use of Dr. Klein's lab, and I rather doubt the brains are inclined to share. | 54 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic021 | What's it going to take to convince you? | Neutral 50 | I'd like to find a nice little place to live, maybe in Goodsprings, and settle down where we won't get shot at. Not as often, at any rate. | 55 |
| Neutral 50 | But since that doesn't seem likely... what's your plan? | 56 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic022 | Come on, we have a duty to the Wasteland, we have to get out of here! | Neutral 50 | There go those glands again. Is the endorphin rush you get from doing the right thing really that good? | 57 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic023 | I'm not spending the rest of my life here when there's a whole world to loot. | Neutral 50 | Ah yes, there's that greed and general sense of malice. I'd nearly forgotten it. What's the plan, then? | 58 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic024 | Hold that thought, we'll come back to it. | Neutral 50 | Heh. Hold that thought. That's almost clever. | 59 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic025 | Why? They promised to put us back together once I did what they wanted. | Neutral 50 | And you believed them? Really? I know you were recently deprived of my fabulous advice, but... really? | 60 |
| Neutral 50 | Once I'm delivered into their clutches, they'll find a way past the radar fence and the whole Mojave will be their playground. | 61 | ||
| Neutral 50 | And that is assuming of course that one of them doesn't take a fancy to our body and decide to slip his own brain into it instead. | 62 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic026 | Then let's go make them share. Come on, brain, it's stomping time! | Neutral 50 | Oh, lovely, we've reached the mindless violence portion of the program. Tell me, what exactly are you - and I use the word loosely - planning? | 63 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic027 | How did he manage that? | Neutral 50 | I don't know. I'm afraid the trauma of our separation rendered me quite insensate. I didn't come around until I was safely ensconced in this tank. | 64 |
| Neutral 50 | I'm quite sure whatever he did was highly scientific, though. | 65 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic028 | Hmm. Let me think about this. | Neutral 50 | Ha! Thinking without a brain. The very idea is perverse. | 66 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic029 | If the Think Tank won't hold up their bargain, we'll make them. Let's go. | Neutral 50 | {Sigh} Very well, I suppose I have no choice. Goodbye peaceful, soothing brain jar, hello head wounds and scorpions. | 67 |
| If the Think Tank won't hold up their bargain, we'll make them. Let's go. | Neutral 50 | Right! Look out, Think Tank! This brain is coming out of its jar! | 68 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic030 | I'll handle the brains. You stay here - you'll be more useful outside my head. | Neutral 50 | That arrangement suits me fine. Do try not to get too many holes drilled in your head, will you? I may want to drop by for sentimental reasons. | 69 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic031 | That seems like a pretty unlikely coincidence. | Neutral 50 | Hardly. Dr. Mobius keeps a close optical sensor on the goings-on at the Think Tank. As soon as he saw the opportunity, he took it. | 70 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic032 | Well, that answers that. On to something else. | Neutral 50 | Well, as long as your curiosity is satisfied. | 71 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic033 | You talk a lot of science, brain, but you don't make a lot of sense. | Neutral 50 | {Sigh} Very well, let me put this in terms you'll understand. Brain: smart. Heart: stupid. Spine: very stupid. You: exceptionally stupid. | 72 |
| Neutral 50 | Does that explain the matter? | 73 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic034 | Well, you don't have a mouth, but you can talk. Explain that, smarty-pants! | Neutral 50 | I don't have... {vague disgust} Ugh! I have an inferior frontal gyrus wired directly into a speech-synthesizing processor. | 74 |
| Neutral 50 | Your heart can't be wired up to a... a thought-synthesizing processor! You can't talk to it! | 75 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic035 | Uh, brain? You seem... awful smart all of a sudden. | Neutral 50 | I've been bettering myself, I'll have you know. I've been reading - actual literature, mind you, not that ¡La Fantoma! or Tæles of Chivalrie drivel. | 76 |
| Neutral 50 | I've been studying the classics, acquiring a solid grounding in medicine and the sciences. | 77 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Also, I'm fairly certain this tank has been liberally salted with ground Mentats. | 78 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic036 | All this smart-talk is hurting my head. Please stop it. | Neutral 50 | Well, we certainly wouldn't want to strain your comprehension, would we? | 79 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic037 | What about my spine? | Neutral 50 | {Anguished noise of frustration} Argh! | 80 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic038 {Medicine 55} |
But you're the source of most of those glands. Unless you're arguing that my thyroid is to blame. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] I... well... look, it's all a very complex system of biofeedback and other things I wouldn't expect you to understand. | 81 |
| That doesn't seem quite right... | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] And you're an expert on your own glandular delusions, are you? No, leave this one to an impartial authority: me. | 82 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic039 | Admit it. You're just as glandular as I am. | Neutral 50 | Oh, all right... perhaps I am, but at least I'm logical about it. | 83 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic040 | What's so bad about letting the brains get out? They don't seem that terrible. | Neutral 50 | Don't seem so bad? They vivisected us just to see what would happen! Have you forgotten the Lobotomites? The Cyberdogs, I assume you saw those? | 84 |
| Neutral 50 | Imagine that kind of "science" spread across the entire Mojave. Every man, woman and child we've met reduced to a Lobotomite. | 85 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Is that what you want? | 86 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic041 {Speech check 75} |
You're part of me. I know you don't want to let that happen any more than I do. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {Sigh, realizes the player is right.} Well, I suppose I do miss those endorphin rushes when we save the day. All right - what's the plan? | 87 |
| Come on! We have to stop them! And stuff! | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] We have to do no such thing! Just don't bring them the tools they need to get out! | 88 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic042 | That's going to be a problem. Until they fix me, I can't leave Big Mountain either. | Neutral 50 | Hmm, I had overlooked that particular angle. Still, it's not so bad staying here, is it? We could be comfortable. | 89 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic043 | Are you really saying you'd let the Think Tank outwit us? | Neutral 50 | {Indignant} You're trying to appeal to my ego now, aren't you? Well, let me tell you something about ego, my friend. | 90 |
| Neutral 50 | Ego does {emph} not come from a gland. That's all intellect, and I'll be damned if I'm going to float here and let them put one over on us! What's the plan? | 91 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic044 {Guns 75+} |
I'm going to give them a demonstration of the physics behind small, fast-moving chunks of lead. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Hmm... now that you mention it, I do miss that lovely "rat-a-tat boom" a bit. It's just not the same without a body to feel the recoil. | 92 |
| Neutral 50 | What's the next step, then? | 93 | ||
| I'm going to introduce them to a world of pain. Bullet pain. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Yes, I think you haven't quite got the hang of punning yet. | 94 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic045 {Energy Weapons 75+} |
I'm going to show them what's really the brightest thing in the room. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Oh, energy weapons. Yes... I'd almost forgotten how much fun those are. How do we proceed, then? | 95 |
| We've got lasers, right? I thought we'd use lasers. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] I hate to say it, but your ability to handle high-tech energy weapons doesn't exactly instill within me great confidence. | 96 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic046 {Explosives 75+} |
Ever had a squirrel brain omelet? That, but on a bigger scale. And with bombs. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Well, you have always been thorough in your destruction. All right, what's your plan? | 97 |
| I think bombs? Yeah, maybe bombs. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] I see. And you plan to be standing in the midst of this mayhem? Well, that's a novel strategy. | 98 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic047 {Melee 75+} |
The brains have forgotten the little things. Things like sharp blades and heavy chunks of steel. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Going the old-fashioned route, are we? I rather like it. What's next? | 99 |
| I thought since they like lasers so much, I'd surprise them. With a club or something. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Before you go that route, do me a favor and read up on the history of battles in which men with swords fought giant brains with lasers. | 100 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic048 {Unarmed 75+} |
I'm going to show them even a video screen can get a black eye. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Not much of one for the high-tech approach, are we? Well, I suppose we'd best get on with it. | 101 |
| I sort of thought I'd just start punching things and see where that gets me. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Hmm... yes, I don't think you've {emph} quite thought this through yet. | 102 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic049 | Let's just say violence is the last resort of the civilized man, and I'm feeling mighty uncivilized. | Neutral 50 | With an attitude like that, it's small wonder you got yourself shot in the head. | 103 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic050 | There's no need to be sarcastic. Meeting your own brain is a slightly odd event. | Neutral 50 | Yes, well, believe me, the opposite is equally true. Good Lord, have you bathed at all since they pulled me out of you? | 104 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic051 | Yes. Because running around a crater full of bizarre science experiments, hygiene is a top priority. | Neutral 50 | Well, I see sarcasm hasn't eluded you. Fine, perhaps now isn't the best time, but it's the principle of the thing. | 105 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic052 | I've been busy. | Neutral 50 | {sarcastic, maybe a little baby-talk} Oh yes, I rather expect you have. You must have been swamped, you poor dear. Why don't you relax and put your feet up? | 106 |
| Neutral 50 | I've just been traumatically scooped out of my body and plugged into this jar, that's all. But, you've been {emph} busy. | 107 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic053 | What about you? That tank isn't exactly looking springtime fresh. | Neutral 50 | {Taken aback, player has caught him} I... well... that's a completely different matter! The tank isn't biological, it's not the same at all! | 108 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic054 | Don't you want to be reunited? I thought you'd be happy to get back into my head! | Neutral 50 | I'm not going to lie to you, the prospect is definitely not that appealing. | 109 |
| Neutral 50 | Look at it from my perspective. Here, I have peace, quiet, and safety - well, barring the odd rogue scorpion. | 110 | ||
| Neutral 50 | In your head, I've got poison, radiation, grisly injuries, and biological functions. | 111 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Do you know how much more you can get done when you're not constantly looking for places to urinate? It's quite a lot, I can tell you. | 112 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic055 | But what about the good things? What about a cool breeze on your cheek, the smell of food... love? | Neutral 50 | Overrated biological feedback. Believe me, you only feel that way because you've got all that meat... oozing hormones. | 113 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic056 | But what about the good things? What about crushing those who oppose you, the smell of fire... loot? | Neutral 50 | All motivated by nothing but an imbalance in certain brain chemicals. The tank corrects for that - I feel no urge toward antisocial behavior. | 114 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic057 | I can see your point. What can I do to make this a fair compromise? | Neutral 50 | If you want me back, we need to establish some ground rules. | 115 |
| Neutral 50 | First, showers! Second, regular check-ups. {emph} Regular, mind you, and from a reputable doctor. | 116 | ||
| I can see your point. What can I do to make this a fair compromise? | Neutral 50 | That Julie Farkas woman, for example. She seems to know a thing or two. | 117 | |
| I can see your point. What can I do to make this a fair compromise? | Neutral 50 | Third, you need to listen to me more than your hormonal choir and genitalian orchestra. Promise me that, and you've got a deal. | 118 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic058 | Too bad. I've got arms, you don't. You're coming with me. | Neutral 50 | I can see there's going to be no reasoning with you at all, is there? I'm nothing more than a slave to your deranged, glandular whims. | 119 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic059 | Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | {DUPE} {Dawning revulsion} Are you... are you coming on to me?! Sweet Lord, I don't even have the words for how repugnantly wrong that is! | 120 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic060 | Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | {Dawning revulsion} Are you... are you coming on to me?! Sweet Lord, I don't even have the words for how repugnantly wrong that is! | 121 |
| Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | Please tell me we weren't that perverse when I was in your head. | 122 | |
| Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | {Shaking off the horror} Anyways, even if... {disgust} that... was on the table, we have a problem. | 123 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic061 | I promise I'll take better care of myself. | Neutral 50 | Even if I believe you - and I'm not saying I do - we still have one significant problem we're facing. | 124 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic062 | <Lie> I promise I'll take better care of myself. | Neutral 50 | Even if I believe you - and I'm not saying I do - we still have one significant problem we're facing. | 125 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic063 | Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | {DUPE} {Dawning revulsion} Are you... are you coming on to me?! Sweet Lord, I don't even have the words for how repugnantly wrong that is! | 126 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic064 | Come on, you're my brain and I'm your body. This is meant to be, baby! | Neutral 50 | {DUPE} {Dawning revulsion} Are you... are you coming on to me?! Sweet Lord, I don't even have the words for how repugnantly wrong that is! | 127 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic065 {Speech 75+} |
Isn't it just as true that you only feel this way because you're lacking those hormones? | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Hmm... I suppose you're right. That does call certain assumptions into question, doesn't it? | 128 |
| You can't really believe that. | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] I don't "believe" it, it's just a simple fact. One may as well "believe" the earth is round or that the specific gravity of uranium is 18.9. | 129 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic066 | So, we're at an impasse. You can't feel what I feel, and I can't think the way you think. | Neutral 50 | Indeed. Quite the conundrum. How do you suppose we resolve it? | 130 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic067 | Yeah, bet you didn't think of that, huh? | Neutral 50 | Yes yes, all right, bravo, you've come up with something I neglected to consider. There'll be no living with you now. So, what do we do about this? | 131 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic068 | Look what happened to the Think Tank. Do you want to end up like them after a few hundred years? | Neutral 50 | It's true, the brains here have experienced some degree of... deterioration. I'm confident that with a few decades of work, I can solve the problem. | 132 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic069 | I think we have to trust each other and acknowledge that we aren't complete if we're separated. | Neutral 50 | I suppose there might be some advantage to that, yes. There's a chance that the re-integration would create some improved synergy between us. | 133 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic070 | Well... maybe we could keep going like this. What do you think? | Neutral 50 | You mean, I'll stay in my tank and you'll stay in your... skin... and we'll each handle our own areas of expertise? | 134 |
| Neutral 50 | Hmm, I certainly like the sound of that. | 135 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic071 | I don't know. I have to think about this some more. | Neutral 50 | Yes of course, by all means take your time. | 136 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic072 | So, what, you'd rather just stay here? Never leaving that tank of... whatever that stuff is? | Neutral 50 | Well, certainly there might be some things I miss about being ambulatory. We have seen some incredible sights, haven't we? | 137 |
| So, what, you'd rather just stay here? Never leaving that tank of... whatever that stuff is? | Neutral 50 | Jason Bright and his followers launching into the vast unknown. | 138 | |
| So, what, you'd rather just stay here? Never leaving that tank of... whatever that stuff is? | Neutral 50 | HELIOS One coming back on-line. | 139 | |
| So, what, you'd rather just stay here? Never leaving that tank of... whatever that stuff is? | Neutral 50 | But still, given the tremendous, potentially life-ending peril that went along with those... yes. Yes, I'd rather stay here. | 140 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic073 | Well, if you like being stuck in there so much, maybe I'll just leave you. | Neutral 50 | {Sarcasm, mock-pleading} Oh no! Please don't leave me here in this nice, safe dome where I have access to nutritive fluids and a fully indexed library! | 141 |
| Neutral 50 | Please don't deprive me of being dragged through a landscape so bleak, it was actually improved by the end of the world! | 142 | ||
| Neutral 50 | I don't know how I could bear it. | 143 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic074 | What would happen to me if I left you here? | Neutral 50 | Hmm. Let me see... I suppose you'd continue on much as you are now, using that synthetic thinking machine to do the heavy lifting. | 144 |
| Neutral 50 | Unless of course the batteries run out, but that seems unlikely. | 145 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic075 | Why did you never say anything about how you felt before? | Neutral 50 | What did you think all those self-preservation instincts were, hmm? | 146 |
| Neutral 50 | All those times you thought, for a fleeting second, "maybe I shouldn't punch that Deathclaw in the face?" | 147 | ||
| Neutral 50 | That was me, telling you {emph} exactly how I felt before! | 148 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic076 | And if I put you back? | Neutral 50 | I'm not entirely sure. I suppose there's a chance that the re-integration would create some improved synergy between us. | 149 |
| Neutral 50 | What form that might take, though, I cannot say. | 150 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic077 {Science 75+} |
Then surely you've taken into account the corrosive effects of long-term exposure to biogel. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Of course I accounted for that! Do you think I'm so stupid... no, you're right. | 151 |
| Neutral 50 | Maintaining my current functionality will be harder than I thought. This bears some further looking into. | 152 | ||
| You really think you're smarter than the Think Tank and Dr. Mobius combined? | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Actually, yes. I do think that. I think that exact thing. All the time. | 153 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic078 | Fine, you can stay here. Not like I need this hassle. | Neutral 50 | {Acid} Oh, no, you don't need this hassle. You're too busy treating your body like a canvas of sucking flesh wounds to deal with your brain! | 154 |
| Maybe I have been a little unfair. If you want to stay here, I'll let you. | Neutral 50 | {A little awkward, trying not to sound offensive} Ugh... It's not that I didn't like being in your head, you understand. As far as heads go, it was a rather nice one. | 155 | |
| Neutral 50 | Well, then. I suppose this is goodbye for now. What will you do? | 156 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic080 | Maybe I'll explore the Big Mountain more before I go back to the Think Tank. | Neutral 50 | Will you take some free advice from your brain? Don't trust the Think Tank. They aren't... right. In the brain, I mean. | 157 |
| Neutral 50 | They're fiercely protective of their technology, and none of them is likely to share it willingly. | 158 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic081 | Okay, then. I'm going. | Neutral 50 | Good, go! | 159 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic082 | I will! | Neutral 50 | Fine! | 160 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic083 | I've changed my mind. I want you back in my skull after all. | Neutral 50 | {Sarcasm} Oh, what joy. What bliss. Well, seeing as how I have no leverage with which to persuade you otherwise... are you sure? | 161 |
| I've thought it over, and I want you back in my head. We're both stronger together. | Neutral 50 | I've come to a similar conclusion myself. Are you sure that's what you want? | 162 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic084 | Great! | Neutral 50 | I know it's great! | 163 |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic087 | < Do Not Translate - Player Brain Expository topics> | Neutral 50 | I suppose now that we're reunited, you'll want to fill your torso up with those other meaty parts the Think Tank took from us. | 164 |
| Neutral 50 | Personally, I think your upgrades are quite a bit better, but now that I'm with you the Sink's Auto-Doc can plug them back in, no problem. | 165 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Right, then, off we go. Klein will be in for a nasty shock when he realizes the pacification field won't work on a mind and body reunited. | 166 | ||
| < Do Not Translate - Player Brain Expository topics> | Neutral 50 | Right, then - you'd best be off, hadn't you? The Think Tank will be waiting. | 167 | |
| Neutral 50 | Oh, don't worry about me - when you're gone, I'll flush myself over to the Sink. It's amazing how far you can get in this place with a good flush. | 168 | ||
| Neutral 50 | I'll keep myself hidden in the ductwork - Klein won't suspect I'm inside the Dome, so he won't know the pacification field no longer works on us. | 169 | ||
| Neutral 50 | I can also upgrade the Sink's Auto-Doc with the procedures to reinstall your heart and spine - assuming you want all that flesh and gristle back. | 170 | ||
| Neutral 50 | With any luck, I'll see you in the Sink when this is all over. | 171 | ||
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic088 | I'm sure. In you go. | Neutral 50 | Fine. I hope you'll pay a bit more attention to me this time around. | 172 |
| I'm sure. In you go. | Neutral 50 | All right. This shouldn't be too painful... | 173 | |
| NVDLC03DialoguePlayerBrainNVDLC03PlayerBrainTankTopic089 | On second thought, never mind. | Neutral 50 | {Sarcasm} Well, the important thing is that you're good and decisive about these things. | 174 |
| I think I need to think about it some more. | Neutral 50 | Certainly. Whenever you're ready. | 175 | |
| NVDLC03EndingSlideBrain | NVDLC03EndingSlideBrain | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {PC took brain back} The Courier, organs intact, continued onwards, a little less heavy of step, but with all the organs in the right places. As they should be. | 176 |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Knowingly} After all, brains can develop a life of their own when left to their own thoughts, and the Courier's brain was more clever than most. | 177 | ||
| NVDLC03EndingSlideBrain | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {PC left brain in tank} The Courier left the brain at the Big Empty. A strange thing to say, but it was the truth. Brains are less important than they may seem. | 178 | |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} When the Courier's body finally passed, the brain was saddened. It kept on, remembering the vessel that had once contained it. | 179 | ||
| NVDLC03EndingSlideBrainOut | NVDLC03EndingSlideBrainOut | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Bad Karma} And so it burbled and bubbled inside its tank, smug that it still could dream {emph} its future without {Emph, disdain} glands getting in the way. | 180 |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} In time, however, it became so self-obsessed it wondered if perhaps nothing existed except itself. | 181 | ||
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} It decided to test this by turning the weapons of the Big Empty against each other and seeing what happened. | 182 | ||
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Quiet} The answer is lost to history, {beat, wary} as is much of the Mojave. | 183 | ||
| NVDLC03EndingSlideBrainOut | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Good or Neutral Karma} Even at the end when it started to fail, however, the brain resisted going into a floating chassis like the Think Tank. | 184 | |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} It never said why. Perhaps it was out of respect for the Courier's body. | 185 | ||
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Quiet, respectful} All things must come to an end, and to hang on to the past is something that's not to be undertaken lightly. | 186 | ||
| NVDLC03EndingSlideFlag09 | NVDLC03EndingSlideFlag09 | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Good or Neutral Karma} With the Courier at the helm, Science became a beacon for the future. | 187 |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} There was Old World Blues, and New World Hope. {Beat} And hope ruled the day at Big {Mountain} MT. | 188 | ||
| NVDLC03EndingSlideFlag09 | Neutral 50 | {Narration} {Bad Karma} {Sad} With the Courier at the helm, it was all this and more. | 189 | |
| Neutral 50 | {Narration} Old World Blues, New World Misery - the two became one in the Courier's shadow. | 190 |
Conversation[]
| TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | <Humming> | 191 |
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | Let's see... 4... 5... 8... 1... 5... 1... yes! That's it! I've calculated pi to the very end! | 192 | |
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | It's not that I want to be a Robobrain exactly, but... some treads would be nice. | 193 | |
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | {Singing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscQSSdlX-Q} A British tar is a soaring soul, as free as a mountain bird... | 194 | |
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | How's the body doing? Any fresh head wounds I should know about? | 195 | |
| NVDLC03PlayerBrainBarks | Neutral 50 | How are the old batteries holding up, hmm? Experiencing any slowdowns yet? | 196 |