Speaker
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Dialogue
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Molar Office Outis
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I'll rip you to pieces!
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The thing emitted a series of sounds one wouldn't expect to hear from a machine. Soon, sparks flew and something ripped apart from it with a loud tearing noise.
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Molar Office Outis
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So this was the last one, huh...
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The child tossed the (now defunct) prosthetic to the side of the alleyway and collapsed on wherever she could find a seat.
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Molar Office Outis
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Whew, I'm tired... I probably should not have tried to complete all of these contracts at once.
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Molar Office Outis
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... Though if I'm going to take care of this job she gave me... I suppose it would be best that I don't leave any unfinished contracts behind.
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The child sighed and scribbled something on a small notepad...
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... And made her way back to the Office.
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The note said [Open Contract 4/4].
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And above it were several other entries labeled "Private Contracts".
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The child's relatively small Fixer Office was flooded with a decent amount of daily contracts. To the point where it rivaled the workload of some Associations' lower ranking Sections.
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Molar Office Outis
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Huhh... What am I even doing? This busyness isn't at all what I wanted when I started my own Fixer Office...
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While Offices and Associations are both Fixer organizations, the minutiae of their workings were somewhat different.
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It's not entirely correct to say that Associations are naturally superior to Offices, though they employ many more Fixers and operate on a larger scale. This is why many offices maintain an Associate relationship with the Associations.
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Many assume that Offices' primary source of income is from private contracts. But even that isn't easy to snag when the Office hasn't made a name for itself yet.
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So fledgling Offices often take what are known as "Open Contracts".
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Associations often take and post Open Contracts so Fixer Offices can pick them up. But since they are also taken on a first—come, first—serve basis, many offices often go days without grabbing a single one of them.
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Associate Offices or Offices with an Association insider may be subcontracted by them, but neither has been true for this child.
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When the child opened her own Office, she dreamed of slow, easy days of low—effort contracts and nights full of delicious liquor.
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Did she manage to pick up an Open Contract? Time to get to work. Did she not? Time to get plastered.
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... That was the plan, anyway. After a while of doing exactly that, her Office's reputation inadvertently grew, and Private Contracts enough to form a queue began drizzling in. It had grown to be a rather reputable Office.
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But this contract was...
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Something on a completely different level of significance.
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Molar Office Outis
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Ha ha... I don't know if I should thank my friend for this fortune or blame her for getting me into this mess.
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Molar Office Outis
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A contract from a Wing... Even I can't help but feel a bit anxious about it.
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This contract had somehow found its way into her Office all the way from R Corp., one of the City's Wings.
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Of course, it was only sheer luck that the child's friend was the first to bring up this contract... to which the child eagerly and immediately jumped at...
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But luck favors those who are prepared to seize it, after all. It may simply be a testament to how much her Office had grown.
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Molar Office Outis
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Hmph. To worry before I even meet the challenge... This isn't like me at all.
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Molar Office Outis
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In fact, I should get myself a drink before the train ride. Just one shot as a pick—me—up...!
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Molar Office Outis
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Hey! Yi Sang! I'm heading out!
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With that, she jumped to her feet.
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She was going to get herself some good vibes (tipsiness, perhaps?) before embarking on such an important contract.
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