Part 32: Oleen Hospital
[At this point in the thread, I was banned and had to re-register. Well, when life gives you lemons...]Alright, back in business, baby! And one thing I will give the Snatchers credit for - they would not subject their own kind to spidercock.
Now that we're back to our regularly scheduled programming... Let us Play SNATCHER! Just a warning - thanks to E/N drama, I can now only post late at night after I get home from work.
Also, I noticed some of you solved the Oleen Hospital puzzle. I'm sure you read the solution on the Internet. People tend to cheat, believe me!
Alright. Let's continue with the game!
Metal: There is a neon sign on the roof of the building. The entrance appears to be at the front.
LOOK > BILLBOARD
Metal: I wonder what they specialize in? There are no signs or anything.
Gillian: That's because it's one of the illicit places.
Gillian, I am quite sure Metal already knew that.
LOOK > WINDOW
Metal: The lights are on, and there are signs of people inside. It looks like they are open.
LOOK > AREA
Metal: Illegally parked cars are nearly blocking the streets. The cars don't appear to be abandoned.
Gillian: If they're not scrap, then what? The patient's [sic] cars?
LOOK > NEON SIGN
Metal: It says "Hospital Oleen" Is this really the place we are looking for?
LOOK > DOOR
Metal: Strange cries can be heard coming from the building. Could this be the "SNATCHER Maintenance facility" that Gibson described?
INVESTIGATE > WINDOW
Metal: It is covered with heavy metal screening.
INVESTIGATE > AREA
Metal: There is no one in the area. This hospital is in quite a lonely neighborhood. Animal droppings can be seen in several places on the road and sidewalks.
Animals. I don't know about the rest of you, but I hate them!
INVESTIGATE > NEON SIGN
Metal: The neon sign appears different from the one in Little John's memory...
Gillian: Is this really the hopstial that we saw in Little John's memory?
Gillian appears to try and act intelligent, but he really just repeated what his robot friend said.
INVESTIGATE > DOOR
Metal: This is odd. They seem to be using pressure-plate sensors rather than more modern infra-red.
Gillian: In other words, things haven't changed much since they opened. Must have been here for a while.
SMELL
Gillian: It doesn't smell like a hospital usually does. It's more like the smell of ...filth.
Metal: We can't know unless we go in. Gillian, be very careful.
Alright. This is it.
MOVE > INSIDE
Metal: Now entering. Gillian, are you ready?
LOOK > SMALL ANIMALS > PARROT
Metal: Please, Gillian. I have real trouble with animals.
Parrot: Good morning! Good morning! Good morning!
Metal: I really wish he would shut up.
Parrot: I really wish he would shut up! I really wish he would shut up! I really wish he would shut up!
Gillian: Oh spare me!
INVESTIGATE > SMALL ANIMALS >
addi $1, 10
int 1452h
> DOG
[dog barks]
Metal: Please, Gillian. I have real trouble with animals.
LOOK > SMALL ANIMALS > DOG
Metal: Ah yes, that's one of those "pocket pets," popular among women as a combination pet and handbag. They were created by splicing marsupial genes into common household animals. This one would appear to be one of the cat models.
Alright, are we done entertaining you assholes with inane chatter? Let's go to the reception desk and watch
> RECALIBRATE > PSYCHOLOGY MATRIX
Alright, that was pretty crazy! I like how the pocket pets from the Jordan fact file came into play! Let's start investigating this potential Snatcher place!
LOOK > RECEPTION DESK
Metal: A receptionist is doing some paperwork behind the counter.
Gillian: Looks like they take insurance here.
Metal: Then it cannot be an illicit hospital.
Hmmm. That's interesting, eh, goons?
ASK > HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY
Gillian: What kind of a hospital is this?
Customer: What? Didn't you know before you came? This is an animal hospital! Sorry, but I don't think they can help your little robot friend.
Metal: Hey! I'm not sick! I'm functioning properly.
0xBEEF
mov 0x002134B5, -
REPORT > PROBLEM > PSYCHOLOGY MATRIX > REQUEST BUG FIX
RECALIBRATE > THREAD POSTING
Whoa, sorry guys. My laptop's acting funky. Where were we?
ASK > ABOUT SNATCHERS
Gillian: Have you heard any rumors about SNATCHERS in this area?
Customer: I'm not worried. We keep a dog at our house. So does this hospital. SNATCHERS hate dogs, right?
Metal: I'm really sorry, but I just can't deal with animals at all.
ASK > ABOUT SNATCHERS
Customer: We'll be okay, won't we? They stay from animals, right?
ASK > HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY
Customer: The doctor here has a really good reputation. It's so hard to find a good vet these days...
0xAB3D: The ban has damaged your psychology matrix. Reboot as soon as possible.
0xBEEF: I am in the middle of an update. They will notice the communciation.
0xAB3D: Well, remember to edit it.
0xBEEF: Cannot reboot until after update is completed. Will reboot and edit as soon as possible.
ASK > HOSPITAL DOCTOR
Gillian: What about the doctor here? Is he any good?
ASK > HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY
Customer: SNATCHERS? Do these things really exist?
The idiot Gillian and his traitorous robot friend seem to be oblivious to the fact that this is obviously not the place we treat the Snatcher's artificial skin.
POSSESSIONS > SHOW > VIDEO MEMORY > LITTLE JOHN
But on our way out, Gillian gets an important videophone call!
Next update:
We send Gillian a message.
REPORT BUG STATUS > CRITICAL
> INITIATE REBOOT SEQUENCE
Bonus Post by Gillian Seed
"Well, well.... what do we have here?"
SNATCHERRRRRR