[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

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Suspicion Roll for Kogeki: *rolls*  As suspicious as the woman seems to be, it's not jogging Kogeki's memory right now.  Whether that's because he hasn't heard of anything similarly relevant before, is having trouble remembering it, or there's nothing to be suspicious about in the first place is still up for debate.

The woman chuckles in response to Randolphs first set of comments.  "Oh yes.  It has a great many functions that make it superior to a normal hand.  Trust me, it cost a fortune."

And then she sounds a bit less friendly after Randolph's second set of comments.  Though Randolph's words weren't particularly offensive in nature, she's not really partial to how Randolph is practically demanding the information.  "...well, you certainly don't mince words, now, do you?  You could be a bit more polite, you know.  Like your friend here, for example."  She looks at Kogeki and (presumably) smiles before spilling the beans.




"I don't know all the details about exactly how this prosthetic works, but I do know it has lots of gears, wires, circuit boards, and neuro sensors.  The metal, gears, circuit boards, and wires aren't too hard to understand if you know a little about robotics and engineering, nor hard to get ahold of.  It's the neuro sensors that you'll have trouble finding if you want to build a fully functional prosthetic hand.  On top of that, you'll probably need someone who happens to knows a bit about neurosurgery (unless you're not concerned about minimizing the risk involved in attempting the medical procedure), and that's not exactly an easy topic to learn.  Prosthetics such as this need to be wired directly into the person's nervous system in order to function properly.  Taking them off is also all but impossible without assistance from someone who knows how to properly wire them up.  As a result, you'll want to make sure that whatever material the prosthetic is made of is light enough that it isn't more of a hindrance than a help.  Oh, and you also have to know a bit about programming as well to make it work at all.  Robots aren't exactly very good at doing much of anything without a little direction."

In short, here's a brief, simplified checklist of materials and specialties you'd need to make a functional Prosthetic Hand:

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Parts:
- General Mechanical and Electrical Parts
- Neuro Sensors (Rare Electronics)
- Lightweight Materials for the structure (metal, plastic, or otherwise, as long as it's justifiable.  You don't want it to be too much heavier than a typical human arm since it's harder to take off once it's wired in)

Specialties:
- Science: Neurosurgery
- Science: Computers

There might be people with the necessary skills who'd be willing to provide their services, but you'd have to find them.


In the case of Science: Neurosurgery, Nurse Joy knows a little bit about that, but she's not super skilled in it because she doesn't have to use that part of her medical training all that often.  She could maybe hook a prosthetic arm up if you were to build one, though.  (and on a related note, yes, though it took her awhile to do it due to being a little out of practice, she determined that the nerves in Kogeki's arm are still undamaged, so making a functioning prosthetic arm for him would indeed be possible).

Randolph's made a lot of electronics and machines in the past for Byron, sure, but there was also always other specialists that Byron had on hand who made sure the machines work like they're supposed to (and are continuing to do so to this day).  Randolph's never really made a functioning robot before, and that's kinda what he's dipping his toes into now.

If you wanted to use Kogeki's existing prosthetic, hollowing it out to make room for the machinery and electronics would make it MUCH lighter than it currently is (it's basically a log at the moment), but it might be harder to mechanize the wooden arm than to make a new one from scratch.

To the welded woman's less than affable comments, the midget man gives her rather plain and deadpan responses as he crosses his arms.

"No, I don't, and I was being perfectly polite to ya lass. Not as much as my honorable spook of a partner here *Yerks a thumb back to Kogeki* , but I was. If I wasn't, you'd know it."

Blunt, direct, tactless, and irritating as sandpaper: that's Randolph for you!

Once she actually started divulging the secrets behind her gauntlet, however, he whipped out a pen and piece of paper from somewhere and started to diligently jot down the info in a manner that resembles the list you provided, nodding along to her as he did so. When she finished, Ran had a few more questions for her.

"What do ya recommend for the outer casing of the prosthetic to be made of, lass? I was thinking of using an light aluminum alloy or something similar coated on the inside with an insulator to prevent electrical shock and keep it from rusting, but what do you think would best work? Do ya need to use any lubricants or teflon parts/coatings to help keep it articulate? Got any spare Neuro Sensors on ya you're willing to sell, or you know a seller?"

After that, the bristly blacksmith gives the hooded woman a thankful nod, before digging out Two Potions and offering them to her, as well as a his business card of his.

"Thank ya kindly for the information, lass. Here's a little something to compensate ya for your time. Don't have any free Poke on me at the moment, so I hope it'll do. Also willing to do any job for ya too, so long as I'm able to actually do it and it isn't something totally barmy. Just give that number a ring, and I'll get to ya quick as Yanma."

Huh, that's nice of Ran! For being such a hardass, he's surprisingly generous/equatable in his dealings with others.....so long as they haven't pissed him off or offended him first/later on, that is.

Presumably he and Kogeki part from the woman's company soon after, at which point he turns to the cyborg ninja and lightly grunts at them.

"Well, that metal fisted lass couldn't provide me as much details on her gadget arm as much as I like, but she did give me a good general idea of what to look for now. That, several designs for ya new prosthetic, though that leads me to other questions. Namely, do ya want a brand new prosthetic arm, or do ya want for me to modify your existing one made by your friend? I can do either job, but I'm guessing it'll be harder for me to do the later than the former, plus it'll make your current arm more fragile, delicate, and possibly a fire hazard if the electronics I install in it go on the fritz. Still, the arm you have is a mighty special gift from ya bestie, so I can understand you not wanting to give up on it without a fight. So....what'll it be?"

*Beat*

"You also want to continue looking around the city with me for the parts and specalists necessary - for now - for me to upgrade your arm, or ya want to get started on scoping out Lake Acuity? Fine with either plan personally, and I can get to challenging Miss Jackie Frost in the later case, and maybe drum up some funds from her without having to sell ya gift."