ASKBOX / RP MEMES.* Part 5 / 6. EPISODE 1. SEASON 1. ALTERED CARBON.
*some quotes may be slightly edited for rp purposes. tw: drug use mention, violence, murder, death & sexual content.
A much-needed respite from the trials of bleak existence.
Are you a moron or just an asshole?
From the sky above, there is always the mud below.
Good sir, I cannot assume host prerogatives without payment.
He had it coming. He was rude.
He wanted me reprimanded when I couldn’t find his killer.
Hey, I’m moved by your concern but I’m gonna get myself a nice meal, couple of high-end hookers with a little better appreciation for the stamina of the newly resleeved, and enjoy what’s left of my little vacation before I go back to sleep forever.
How can I ease your journey through this world?
I could take you myself without even breaking a sweat.
I just want one thing to go right today.
I know one particular lady of the night who seems a demure clerical worker but carries in her briefcase instruments of such delight it will tickle your bones.
I thought you’d be bigger. They made me bring all this backup. What a waste of my time. I don’t need them.
I’m saying I polygraphed the wife at her own insistence. She passed without a twitch.
I’m thinking since you took me out for a drink –
It’s not voodoo, which, by the way, absolutely is bullshit. It’s a form of subliminal pattern recognition.
Just, uh, have someone sent to my room.
No fantasy beyond reach for the client of discerning means.
No. No. We’re not finished here.
Not the first date to call me that.
Oh, honey, you don’t like this model? I can be whatever you want me to be.
Pardon me, wayfarer, we’re in the midst of conversation.
Perchance you could tell me your preferences?
Really? I hadn’t heard that.
See, psycho-terrorists, we’re not so easy to predict as you’d think.
Shut up, you piece of digibrain shit. My microwave is smarter than you.
So much for Envoy Intuition. Voodoo bullshit.
The best everything. Food, view, entertainment, private kind of entertainment.
They’re hardwired to want guests. If you stay with one, it’s like sleeping with a stalker.
Tried to screw with my career, which means with my life. And he’s still fucking doin’ it.
We chased down every lead. Friends, enemies, people with opportunity and motive, and we always came back to the same thing.
Well, I got money and he’s got girls, so I think we’ll be good.
Well, I’m not that discerning.
What the fuck does that mean?
When a sleeve has been slabbed for a long time, the body keeps making hormones. Did you know that?
Yeah, you keep saying that.
Yeah. Everyone knows that.
You know that first time, when you’re fresh out of the tank –
You know what my Envoy Intuition’s telling me right now? Without question or reservation?
You know. It’s about the details.
You saying you didn’t deserve it?
You should change your mind.
You’re paying, and one more time, you’re just an asshole.
You’re some kind of moron staying in an AI hotel. Possessive like a crazy girlfriend. No one stays in them anymore.