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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
=== Pre-Narrative Briefing === | === Pre-Narrative Briefing === | ||
[[Pre- | [[Pre-narrative Briefings (short story)#Briefing N .26 O|Briefing N & O]] | ||
=== Story === | === Story === | ||
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The robot's continued cheerfulness upset the members of the six such that they begin to vandalise its body and remove the hard-drive from the robot, the "brain". [[Wessynd'ona]] noticed a tractor trailer pulling parallel to them, with the words "Great Houses" written on it. The truck repeatedly uses its weight to slam them into the guardrail of the road, flattening them until it drives away. | The robot's continued cheerfulness upset the members of the six such that they begin to vandalise its body and remove the hard-drive from the robot, the "brain". [[Wessynd'ona]] noticed a tractor trailer pulling parallel to them, with the words "Great Houses" written on it. The truck repeatedly uses its weight to slam them into the guardrail of the road, flattening them until it drives away. | ||
Sanjae'ktin comes to being probed and prodded by [[Cousin (rank)| | Sanjae'ktin comes to being probed and prodded by [[Cousin (rank)|Cousins]] [[Trna]] and [[Martayne]] of [[Faction Paradox]]. Sticking some wires into him, the monitor above displays a scene of Sanjae'ktin travelling to Liberty Place in Philadelphia, floor 14, a specific place therein, connecting back to the compound. Trna explains that alone these creatures are foolish as they can't compare memories to see they've been tricked, sent back to the compound alone so others can know where it is. | ||
The information gathered the Faction plans to give to the Great Houses, the corpses to Godfather [[Stendec]], and the implosion vortex in Hitchbot's brain, as the Faction created Hitchbot as a trap for them, will go back to the Compound as well. | The information gathered the Faction plans to give to the Great Houses, the corpses to Godfather [[Stendec]], and the implosion vortex in Hitchbot's brain, as the Faction created Hitchbot as a trap for them, will go back to the Compound as well. | ||
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* [[Cab driver (Houses of Cards)|Cab driver]] | * [[Cab driver (Houses of Cards)|Cab driver]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Hitchbot is thought to have been built by [[Canadian]]s. | * Hitchbot is thought to have been built by [[Canadian]]s. | ||
* Philadelphia cuisine includes [[hoagie]]s and [[cheesesteak]]s. | * Philadelphia cuisine includes [[hoagie]]s and [[cheesesteak]]s. | ||
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[[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | [[Category:The Book of the Enemy short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the War]] | [[Category:Stories set in the War]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 2010s]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Philadelphia]] | [[Category:Stories set in Philadelphia]] | ||
