Script: In A World Of Madness, Follow The Inventor

Part 2

(Player finds Ophelia, she is being arrested by Nine Cats security officers and forced into a van. Player must infiltrate the prison she is taken to.)

Ophelia: Wait, what? You’re here to rescue me?

Ophelia: Hardly necessary! I was just about to break myself out!

Ophelia: Once I get some explosives.

Ophelia: And a detonator.

Ophelia: And a gerbil. That I need to train.

Ophelia: But since you’re here, you might as well do that thing you probably do to help people who need help. Chop chop! They’re going to return aannyyy time now.

Ophelia: Crude, but effective. Let’s go! Oh, can we stop to gather some tea on the way?

Ophelia: Just hold your horses, this herb only grows here on the prison grounds! I haven’t had any yet! It has peculiar properties unique to this species!

(Player returns to hub)

Ashley: I’ve heard a lot about you, Ophelia. It’s nice to finally meet you in person!

Ophelia: My reputation is world-renowned, of course. No surprises here!

Ashley: Actually--

Ophelia: Nope! Not gonna hear it!

Ashley: You’re mostly just known around here. You’re not really famous.

Ophelia: (Pouts.)

Ashley: Look, you’re still very valuable. I’ve set up a workspace for you in the back of the House of Kink. I would appreciate you working for us. I promise to support your research with full resources and funding.

Ophelia: Anything I want?

Ashley: Almost anything you want. Only things that actually exist and things I can obtain without any particular assumptions about the nature of reality.

Ophelia: You really have to read that deep into me, don’t you?

Ashley: You’ve got a certain reputation. But I have to know what you told them about the KITTY device while in captivity.

Ophelia: KITTY device? What are you talking about? They wanted my plans for bondage landmines!

(Ashley looks at Ophelia funny)

Ashley: Bondage... what?!

Ophelia: Land mines that tie you up when you step on them! Doesn’t the name make it obvious? Wait, what if it doesn’t... Maybe it should be called Pressure-Triggered Explosive Rope, or Short Fuse Selective Kink Applicator... hmm.

Ashley: I... Do you have a piece of the KITTY device?

Ophelia: Of course! One of your agents passed it off to me shortly before being captured. It’s hidden in a safe in my lab.

Ashley: We were just near your lab before coming here.

Ophelia: Yes, well, I thought you were after my bondage landmines as well. They’re obviously revolutionary enough to be in high demand by both sides of the war.

Ashley: Isn’t that just bondage with extra steps?

Ophelia: Extra?! What do you mean extra?! It’s such a simple mechanism! It uses a laser ordnance initiator, only without the optical fiber, as it’s way more metal to just blow the carbon-doped explosive directly. It’s motion-activated, but with an IR sensor coupled to a Raspberry Pi board for image processing that can ID for humanoid targets. Naturally, all that stuff leads to the issue of battery power, which I easily solved using an off-the-shelf radioisotype---

Ashley: Ophelia, where is the KITTY device piece please?

Ophelia: Philistine! It’s in a safe in my lab, combination is 23-81-64-32-18-18-100-120-101. Easy to remember.

Ashley: I... (sighs) Head to her lab and find the device piece. And don’t get caught. I’ll get Ophelia settled in while you’re gone.