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*Hops off as soon the vehicle slows, but before I stop*
Heeey! Dad and dad's friends, we're back!

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*slows to a stop and leaves the gear on the vehicle as I follow after you*

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*Naomi collects the ID cards and hands them over. The officer goes through them, occasionally looking up at the three, then hands them back with a nod.*

MIA OFFICER: Your Chinese is good, Ms. Lovelace, but you must work on your accent. Enjoy your stay in Hong Kong, ma'am.

NAOMI: Of course, sir. Thank you, sir.

*They hurry off towards the metro and board; Naomi looks a little shaky after what just happened, and it's too crowded in here to dare talk about the job. It's only when they get out and towards the deserted city limits that she starts talking again.*

NAOMI: We're going to be hitting the onshore loading dock in order to get to the place. The blacksite itself is an underwater complex; it's only got one entrance we could hope to use, a maintenance tunnel setup that runs under the seabed. The doors automatically lock if they detect unidentified persons around them, and we wouldn't even get close enough to trigger that if the place is guarded as heavily as it normally is, so Mr. Lucy's gotten in touch with some buddies in the local resistance, and they've made arrangements. Once we're in position, they're going to make a distraction, and part of that'll be detonating a low-power EMP bomb near the complex. It won't take out the power entirely, but it'll knock out anything sensitive, communications, surveillance systems, all that. It'll stop the doors from locking, too, since they'll go into a failsafe mode without their linked cameras. Once we're in, we'll make a beeline for their data analysis cluster and grab Drive 24C; it's a black storage drive, shaped like a book, about yea big, probably stored in a cryofreeze briefcase sorta thing.

*She holds out her hands about twenty centimeters apart.*

NAOMI: The second the drive is disconnected from the main network, every alarm in the complex will go off, so we'll set another EMP inside the complex, blow it, and go out the way we came once the lights are out. We'll have to run like hell, but we can make it.

*She chuckles sardonically.*

NAOMI: I'm gonna take the biggest fuckin' nap of my life after this.

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You make it sound like they have insiders. If they have people who can go and grab this on their own, why ask us to?

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NAOMI: Not insiders. Just buddies in the countryside and a couple hacktivists we got the data off of. The Cooperative is very good at detecting spies in its government apparatus, I'm afraid. Hundred and twenty years of psychoanalysis and profiling research does that. Dead drops are easier, though.

*Naomi dips into a nearby alleyway and emerges carrying a big, navy blue military rucksack. She tosses it to Vector.*

NAOMI: That's the bomb. It's simple enough to set up; you'll figure it out. I might have to... run interference if it comes to that, keep them after me and not you, so I'll need you to take it just in case. Don't let it get damaged or none of us make it out of that place alive.

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*Holds out my hand to Vector*
Is there anywhere specific we need to plant it? I can't imagine we just drop it wherever looks best.

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How is it made?
*Raps my knuckles against the shadow with surprisingly high force*

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*Unhitches my helmet and tosses it at the ATV while approaching the house*
So what're you doing next?

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Well, while I draw the animals from my home, maybe I can figure something out with your parents.

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*Stares at you uncannily for a few seconds*
...Okay. Be sure to draw all the most different ones.
*Runs up to the house*

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*blinks and speaks to myself*
Did I say something wrong?

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*Waves back at you*
Come on or I'll leave you out here!

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*follows shortly after*

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*Perks up and sniffs the air when you enter*
Oh, our guest is back!

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*waves*
Hello, we have returned.

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Did you have fun exploring the village? What did you do?

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I had a nice time. We met some of the village people and I got to see this world’s wildlife.

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Oh, the village people are so sweet!
*Puts away a game controller in a storage box*
I hope you liked them.

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They seemed nice. Its a nice little spot you all live at.