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[Radio Controlled]

((Depending on how much, probably yeah. Though I'd kinda like to see first how your current IC situation shakes out. Dead men tell no tales take out no mortgages, after all. :v ))

[Devastator]

((I don't think you'd like the terms, anyway.  They'd be explict.. repayment only happens while the character is alive and backups do not count.  Otherwise there'd be no reason to keep the character who borrowed the money alive.))

[Radio Controlled]

((I'm not sure I understand this entirely. Because if I read this correctly, doesn't it mean that if you were to buy a cognition copier and die/kill yourself, the loan becomes void?))

[Devastator]

((Well yes, but I don't have one, nor do I want one.  This is to cover stuff like "I die, but the literal ghost-god there won't let me die."  Or other bizarre shenanigans.))

((Basically, if I'm forced through shenanigans into being stuck here with an immortal character, I don't want to be garnishing half my wages for all eternity.))

[Radio Controlled]

((...This must be the first time I see someone having PTSD over a forum game that's nearly a decade old by now.))

[Devastator]

((Think of it more like "I want there to be a reason for the vet to keep the newbie alive and earning money, and a method that is actually hard, not one that can be done with a simple 300 OMNI expenditure per mission."  Seriously, if backups count, surviving is trivial.))

((If you aren't comfortable with the idea that your paycheck might actually die, then don't make the loan.  Simple.))

[Radio Controlled]

((To reiterate, I'm not actually expecting to earn profit here, if I added conditions it'd be more to have some assurance that I'm not just pissing away money for nothing. Same reason why I'm usually more reluctant to loan to people with new accounts or those with a penchant for dropping games often. How much do you reckon you need anyway?))

[syvarris]

((...This must be the first time I see someone having PTSD over a forum game that's nearly a decade old by now.))

((Oh man, he still complains about it whenever it comes up, in #einsteinianroulette.  Dev's nothing if not consistent, and he really holds grudges.))

[heydude6]

((His behaviour seemed a little... irrational. Surprised to learn the origin of it now. When did the “incident” happen in ER. Was it still during the original thread or after it was granted it’s own sub?))

[Devastator]

((There was an experiment with paying players from pay pools, which did not go well.  It's probably one of the reasons why missions have a minimum pay of 500 OMNI each, and payouts are per-player, to avoid a repeat.  The Mook pay system is far superior.))

((As for why to be okay with throwing out money but not getting free money, it's basically because I'm a freak who feels money sinks are good things, and I'm willing to lose my money on it.  It's why if I'm going to take a high interest loan from RC, I want terms that make it a genuine possibility that the principle is lost.  RC doesn't want to risk pissing away money for nothing, so there's a philosophical disagreement there.))

((As for why not be perpetually immortal, that's a different matter.  Basically there's two reasons.  One is that I feel that having revives take away the sense that my decisions matter, lowering the stakes and making individual die rolls and events less important.  The other is that automatic revives are only good things if your life goal isn't to escape.  I'm too burnt out from the latter reason to run a character who embraces such, even if it would be better.))

[Ozarck]

-meh-

[The Lupanian]

"I'll take the money, and since I don't feel like keeping a grudge, we'll call that even. But if you ever try to screw me over again, I won't be so lenient. If you really want a head start in this team, maybe you'd be better off taking the generosity that is offered to you rather than screwing over you're teammates just to end up with worse terms than if you had just played fair. For the record, I don't care about the money, or the stuff. I just really, really hate getting fucked over."

[The Lupanian]

Assuming everything is officially settled, I take a 5 omni loan from the loan shark, then buy an armored space suit. Anyone who needs it can use it, except Summer, for obvious reasons.

Spoiler: Ji (click to show/hide)

Name: Ji “the Gardener” Fuchikoma
Rank: Senior Security Expert and Gardener
Physical Description:

A Short, Athletic, and Absolutely Stacked Girl, who has an uncanny resemblance to an anime character. She has pale freckled skin and, fiery red hair, and large emerald green eyes. She as a pair of fox ears and a fox tail.
She is a Waifu-Bot based on a player avatar from the Waifu Assassins Guild series.

Background:

Once known as Woldo, a gamer who replaced his physical body with an android based on his famous video game avatar.

Life: 2d10 mechsuit + d10 Robobody
Attack: 2d8 Auto-cannon

d6 Generic Security Rifle
Anti-bio razor (2d6 against living/ 1d6 vs others)
2d6 Piledriver Carbine
d6+d8 Amplified Wand
2d8 Auto-cannon (d4 use die)

Ammo:
Rifle (use d6)(3 magazines)
Piledriver Carbine (use d4)(6 magazines)
2 pistol mags (use d6)
2 auto-cannon magazines (d6)

Stats:
Strength: d12 (up from d10)
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Endurance: d12
Will: d6
Knowledge: d6
Fate: d6

Skills:
Melee: d12
Guns: d12
Explosives: d6
Implants: d10
Mechanics: d4
Technology: d4
Medical: d4
Occult: d4
Speech: d4

Inventory:
Amplified Wand (Bat)
OMNITECH electrical behavior modification implant
OMNITECH Omni-light
Brain Backup
Experimental Gun
Turret auto-cannon
Bottle with Lizard eye (from L&F box)
Tesla gauntlet (from L&F box)

Money:
595

Items in Lost & Found:
Box of Aka-goo
airplane pin
Containment pod with tortoise ghost

Items on/up for loan:
Chainsaw (d10)
Piledriver Carbine (6 mags)
2 pistol mags (keep)

((Also, sorry. I didn’t realize I was double posting.))

[Horizon]

((Radio did you see my post? I was hoping to carry on the conversation with Yagyu.))

[Devastator]

Use the 500 OMNI received from Yagyu to buy a personal shield generator.

Summer silently reviews the situation, thinking to herself.

Well.. I don't know if that was good or bad.  There was some of each there.  The bad is that Ji thinks she got screwed over.  The extra bad is that Ji thinks loaning a newbie a biorazor is generosity.

I did take advantage of that, but.. getting rid of that thing is probably doing someone a service.  Someone would have borrowed it and killed themselves with it.

And I got a drone control program, so I should be able to do something this time while sitting in a room for safety.

Pop a stim and move away from the siren.  Look for a room, ideally a reasonably secure one with two or more exits.

Spoiler: Summer (click to show/hide)

Name: Summer
Physical Description: Young woman with a striking apperance and large.. assets.  Long black hair.
Background: Fomer sales pool worker who decided to throw away a promising career of forty years of utter drudgery for a much more exciting opportunity.

Life: d6 (Stimmed)
Attack: d2 unarmed, d4 generic pistol

Stats:
Strength: d4
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Endurance: d6
Will: d6
Knowledge: d4
Fate: d4

Skills:
Melee: d4
Guns: d4
Explosives: d6
Implants: d4
Mechanics: d4
Technology: d4
Medical: d6
Occult: d4
Speech: d8

Status:
Fine

Inventory:
OMNITECH Green Jumpsuit
OMNITECH Generic Personal Sidearm (d4 ranged attack) x3 Magazines (d4 use die)
OMNITECH Medical Kit (3 charges. Expend one to gain advantage on a Medical roll)
OMNITECH Stimulant (Raises life by one die level till next injury) X 3
OMNITECH Passive Personal Shield Generator.
Foam Grenade
EMP Grenade
Toolkit (3 charges)

OMNITECH “Omni-fun” VR system
VR Robot Control program. (Can control a single ordinary robot through the VR headset without tech rolls, as if it was Summer's body.  Skills may only be used if robot has appropriate appendages.)

Mini-robot.  Basically a robot squirrel.
d6 dex, d6 speed.

550 OMNI debt to Yagyu.

Money: 100