REFURBISHED [Morbitia Renovarse]

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You were quick to make it out to the field.

Despite your relatively short time being alive in this world, you've pinned down this town's key routes to traverse down to a science.

Your left hand continued to flicker as always, but there was a little more stability to its patterns. It hurt less, it felt less like dangling flesh and more like hot blood and motion attached to you.

You had to wonder if your body's capacity to scan data through touch was something you could potentially invest in.

Degradation of manufactured form was a fear but Diver seemed to at the very least be well versed enough to keep himself from falling apart, and enough to undo some of the early signs of it on yourself.
 

Plenty to think about as you make way to your vantage point.

You tap into your link to the others to check in.

Savvy: Near the spot, am I picking up okay?

Diver: Mmhmm! Just got confirmation Despina's on field. Romero's been awfully quiet.

Savvy: No response?

Diver: No signal at all, thought he was all sync'd up and-

Romero: Hey! Sorry, I'm here now.

Diver: Ah, there we go. Something up?

Romero: Yeah uh.. had to run a quick errand, nothing major-

Diver: Right now? What errand?

Romero: Well-

Roost: Hi! Can they hear me?

Savvy: Yeah I can hear you-

Roost: Good, good! I'm tapping in through his natural bio-signal!

Diver: Bio-signal? I thought you had a secure device?

Romero: Uh.. I mean, kinda? My guy let me borrow his link and well-

Diver: Your entity?

Roost: His entity!

Diver: Can he hear us or-

Romero: Uh maybe? Hold on one sec- hey! I got the ingredients for the cake, these good?

???: Mmm? Yes I- what are you doing? Who is that with you?

Roost: Is that your dad? You're taking me to see your family already?!

Savvy: Wait, for real? Should we, uh-

Romero: It's nothing like that-

???: I'd appreciate if you didn't hold that radio up to my face.. this the entity you mentioned last night?

Roost: You talked about me....

Romero: Yeah.

???: I see... I'd prefer if you asked before bringing home guests.

Romero: I didn't wanna leave him alone on the streets, you know?

Roost: Mm, I'd be exposed to the elements!

???: Does look rather easy to punt...

Roost: You have no idea, one time I walked into a football field and-

Savvy: Wait, what kind of football-

Romero: Uh.. is there more than one kind?

Roost: Well not American, not these days-

Diver: The fuck is American?

Savvy: It was uh.. in the briefing folder we all found and-

Roost: Oh! They know! We need to talk about the final Raider and-

Diver: Can we hold this off til later? Call me back when you're wrapped up, we got 20 til our target makes her usual spot.

Romero: I'll be quick, sorry...

The signal cuts off for now.

Diver: I can see why Despina's so wary of this one.

Savvy: Do they like.. have any beef or-

Diver: Complicated. They won't say it but between his entity, his natural affinity to draw them and become cozy with them regardless of nature, and his goofy nature.. they don't really like the idea of hiring someone who could potentially get us in that kind of trouble.

Savvy: He seems so nice though..

Diver: He is as far as I can tell.

Savvy: And he gets the job done, yeah?

Diver: Absolutely, solid track record and he brings something to the table others don't. To be frank, if Despina refuses to lock in on letting him stay at your archive, I'm plenty tempted to pull the trigger myself.

Savvy: That'd be nice... know we just met, but I have a really good feeling about him.

Diver: Same. Now Roost, on the other hand is, uh..

Savvy: Easy to punt?

Diver: I need more time to gauge him, lets put it like that. We're background checking behind the scenes at least, a few worrying things, but-

Savvy: Worrying?

Diver: He's a best selling 3D Avatar on some sort of Virtual Reality storefront so he's at the very least found a way to get contracts going to keep him and his wallet afloat.

Savvy: None of that means anything to me.

Diver: As in you're not worried or-

Savvy: As in I don't know what any of that means!

Diver: Ah.. well I'm sure it'll come up eventually.

Savvy: Probably... at the spot by the way.

Diver: All locked in? What do you see.

Savvy: Uh... mostly just a bakery?

There was a old building part of a small plaza that had vehicles coming in and out with pink cardboard boxes and hot drinks. The sign reads: "Panderia de Cinco"

Diver: What's it called?

Savvy: I don't think I can pronounce it.. Pan-deer-EYE-uh?

Roost: Pahn-deh-ree-ah!

Romero: We're at the point, hey. Why are we doing this bread thing?

Diver: Intel said our target regulars this place around this time-

Roost: Only spot in this region that you can get Pan Dulce, Lola will share it with me sometimes.

Diver: You seem to know a ton about her.

Roost: She's a wonderful person, many people pray to her for protection and a change of fortune. I could introduce you all-

Diver: Would she really be that willing to make a contract?

Roost: Ah! That's.. she's selective. Whoever signs with her has to be a good candidate to be a avatar for her and- Romero?

Romero: See her approaching, in the read trench coat. Everyone lock in.