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This is a transcript for dialogue with Old Ben. |
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Topics[]
| TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
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| GREETING | GREETING | Neutral 50 | You look new to Freeside, so here's a little advice, friend. Don't go past the south gate greeter without talking to it first. | 1 |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Hello again. | 2 | |
| VFreeformFreesideTopic003 | Thanks for the free advice. Who are you? | Neutral 50 | The name's Old Ben. I've been living in Freeside since the day I was born. | 3 |
| VFreeformFreesideTopic004 | Why wouldn't I want to go past the greeter? | Neutral 50 | Those bots are programmed to vaporize anyone who enters the fenced-in area without authorization from the greeter. | 4 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic000 | What's your story? | Neutral 50 | I've done a bit of everything around here - courier, butcher, crier, escort, gun for hire... | 5 |
| Neutral 50 | Some of which I'm not proud of, but I do my best to help around town when needed. | 6 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic002 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Goodbye. | 7 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic003 | How would you like to work for the Garrets? | Neutral 50 | I'm retired, but life has been a bit dull without some kind of action. What's the job? | 8 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic004 | Courier? I used to be a courier before I got shot in the head. | Neutral 50 | Exactly one of the reasons I got out of that job. Too many shifty characters looking to have someone else move their hot items. | 9 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic005 | Butcher? How did you get into that? | Neutral 50 | My father ran a butcher shop here in town, but business went downhill when another vendor started selling this strange meat at half of our prices. | 10 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic006 | That sounds odd. | Neutral 50 | You're telling me. Not long after my father's shop went under and he passed away from the loss, people around town started experiencing shakes. | 11 |
| Neutral 50 | No one gets shakes like that unless they're eating human flesh, but no one would believe me. The sick bastard gradually went insane and passed away. | 12 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Wasn't long before someone moved into the guy's place and found half-buried human remains in the crawlspace. I didn't bother saying told ya so. | 13 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic008 | Crier? What was that job? | Neutral 50 | After a while I made enough money to get a passport into Vegas. Back then you could get approved for entry for a fraction of what it costs now. | 14 |
| Neutral 50 | Well, I got a job working as a crier outside of The Tops advertising for the local talent performing at the casino. That didn't last long. | 15 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic009 | What happened? | Neutral 50 | Well, being a suave young guy, I chatted up the ladies from time to time, and one of the managers' girls started to take a liking to me. | 16 |
| Neutral 50 | I never touched the woman, but the jealous prick decided it was my time to go. He framed me by saying I'd stolen from the casino. | 17 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Sure enough, a few grand was missing from the casino vault. I have to assume the bastard stole the funds and figured I was a convenient fall guy. | 18 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic010 | That's horrible! | Neutral 50 | Yeah, but what can you do? I was stripped of my casino apartment and all of my belongings and booted back into Freeside. | 19 |
| Neutral 50 | From there I didn't have a lot of career options, as my rep was destroyed. So, the escort job sort of fell into my lap, no pun intended. | 20 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic011 | Wrong place at the wrong time, if you ask me. | Neutral 50 | Yeah, shit indeed happens. I was stripped of my casino apartment and all of my belongings and booted back into Freeside. | 21 |
| Neutral 50 | From there I didn't have a lot of career options, as my rep was destroyed. So, the escort job sort of fell into my lap, no pun intended. | 22 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic012 | You said escort? Like armed guard? | Neutral 50 | Well, I supposed you could look at it that way, but I was packing a whole different kind of heat. No, escort just sounds better than man-whore. | 23 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic013 | So you got paid for sex? | Neutral 50 | Yep. I was damn good at my job, too. But after a while I just felt like a piece of meat and had to quit. | 24 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic014 | Oh, I could never do that. | Neutral 50 | Well, I didn't have any other career opportunities open to me at the time and had to make ends meet. | 25 |
| Neutral 50 | I was good at it too, but after a while I just felt like a piece of meat and had to quit. | 26 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic015 | Gun for hire? | Neutral 50 | When I quit the escort job, I had enough money to buy a pistol belt and some other gear. | 27 |
| Neutral 50 | Bodyguards make a good honest living, and I had the wits and physical build to handle most thugs. | 28 | ||
| Neutral 50 | After saving a few tourists from trouble, I got a reputation for being a stand-up guy again, and after a decade managed to save up enough to retire. | 29 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic016 | Let's talk about something else. | Neutral 50 | All right. | 30 |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic017 | James Garret needs a real 'boyfriend experience' for more discerning patrons. | Neutral 50 | Ah, I {getcha} get you. So you think because of my past escort work, I'd be interested in that kind of thing? | 31 |
| Neutral 50 | I got out of that work because it just made me feel empty inside. What makes you think I would ever go back to that degradation? | 32 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic018 <Speech> |
You're a beacon of light in some people's depressing existence! Your work is art! | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] You know what? You're right. I looked at the whole thing from the wrong angle. | 33 |
| Neutral 50 | I suppose I could be a loving muse to some, while simply relieve stress and tension in others. Thanks for that insight. | 34 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Tell Garret I'd be happy to start at the Wrangler immediately. This should be a nice change of pace from retirement. | 35 | ||
| Aw, c'mon! The pay would be great! | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] What do I look like? Arm candy? I don't think so, friend. | 36 | |
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic019 <Black Widow> |
Ben, you give your clients a precious respite from the ills of the world. | Neutral 50 | I never put much thought into the well-being my clients got out of my services. I suppose they only get as much as I put into it. | 37 |
| Neutral 50 | Tell Garret I'd be happy to start at the Wrangler immediately. This should be a nice change of pace from retirement. | 38 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic021 <Confirmed Bachelor> |
Ben, you give your clients a precious respite from the ills of the world. | Neutral 50 | I never put much thought into the well-being my clients got out of my services. I suppose they only get as much as I put into it. | 39 |
| Neutral 50 | Tell Garret I'd be happy to start at the Wrangler immediately. This should be a nice change of pace from retirement. | 40 | ||
| VFreeformFreesideVFSOldBenTopic024 | The pay is good, and you can make your own hours. | Neutral 50 | Sorry, friend, but I just can't do it. | 41 |