One Eyed Jack's Lodge

[quantum244]

The sounds of a struggle suddenly began to emanate from the other side of the door to the lounge. Loud voices were heard along with a strange stuttering metallic sound. Finally, the door burst open and a strange caricature skittered into the room.





The man-sized spider stood still for a moment while a pair of bodyguards put forth a futile effort to drag it back outside. A camera protruding from the metallic creature rotated slowly, surveying the room and the astonished looks of everyone in it.

Then, it spoke:

My good Captain Curtis, would you be so kind as to remove your henchmen from me? They keep insisting that I must show a proper ID but, tell me, how am I to carry anything, let alone identification papers, with this inconvenience some dare to call a body? Who else could I be but a Meld and who among the Melds would know to come here other than I, Quantum Psychosis? I even went so far as to reveal my brain to prove that I am most definitely not an AI, but your men appeared sickened rather than convinced.

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The Greycliffe -- Conscientia et Tacitus