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Ellie didn't, exactly, expect the world to end when she woke up this morning
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She'll have Jade make a note.

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"Yes, ma'am. This location has been archived."

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"Thank you, good girl."

Then next, a place to rest.

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That one's going to be harder - there's not much in the way of hotels around here. 

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Unfortunate. She'd rather not sleep in the armor.

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They can ask around for if anyone has a bed to spare. 

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Guess so. Who's a likely candidate...?

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Nooot many people like strangers around here, especially obviously weird ones. Though they do hear something about a 'Piper,' who's apparently more interested in the world outside than most.

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Yeah? Where's she?

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One person grudgingly points the way to her apartment.

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All right. Let's check it out.

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It's above a tiny newspaper office, though the sign 'Publick Occurences' is nice and obvious. The newspaper building still seems to be open despite the late hour.

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Huh. Actual paper papers. Neat. That was kind of a pretentious rich person thing in Ellie's day.

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Going by the state of the neighborhood, this is probably really, really not aimed at pretentious rich people.

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That's the joke.

Knock knock.

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A woman who looks (adjusting for the obvious childhood malnutrition) maybe a little younger than Ellie physically answers the door.

"Hello?"

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"Hello. Are you Piper?"

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"That's me. Got a hot tip for the next edition of the paper?"

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"Maybe - someone told us you might be able to link us up with a place to stay. I wouldn't mind throwing some tips into that trade."

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"Bed for three? That's going to be a squeeze."

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"I don't need a bed," Jade says. "I don't sleep."

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Squint.

"...Are you a synth?"

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"No; I'm a robot - so, entirely mechanical. I was created before the war as a personal assistant to my maker."

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"Pre-war? That's so cool! You've got to give me an interview."

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"If my Mistress allows it."

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