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[completelycrazy]

"Hey! Uh... It's Newt, sooo leave me a message, I guess? These voicemail things are always so lame."

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[redcosmedic]

I've been told you're someone to speak to in regards to the Null remains that are here. Is that correct?

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[completelycrazy]

Oh, uh, sure. What's up?

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And who told you to talk to me?

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[redcosmedic]

My name is Knock Out, I'm one of the newer arrivals. I was hoping to get a look at something a little more complete.

His name is Peter. He said that if there were any remains other than the scraps at the Lab, you might be in charge of them? You or Alphys.

[completelycrazy]

Knock Out?

[Weird name, but that's not really anything new these days. Sure, fine, whatever.]

Alphys and I run the lab, yeah. We don't have many parts left, but I think Alphys still has some of the important crap, like some busted cores. A complete Null body, though? You're outta luck unless you want to take a look at one of the ones lying around town. Careful, though. If you mess with 'em too much, they could wake up.

[redcosmedic]

[ Now he's immediately interested. Complete Null, that's exactly what he's after. ]

I see. And if I did, what's the most expedient way of putting them down?

[completelycrazy]

[Yeah that question is in no way alarming.]

Uh. Well, they're shapeshifters, so damaging most of their body isn't going to do much. It might slow them down, but they'll just morph around whatever damage you've caused. The only way to really take one down is to destroy the core processor. It looks like a soda can... Here, one sec.

[There's some metallic rummaging and after a few moments, Newt sends along a picture of one of the broken cores he mentioned. It is indeed about the size and shape of a soda can, and it's got what looks to be a bullet hole through the center, crumpling it a bit. It's clearly defunct.]

This is what you gotta aim for, but that's easier said than done. And even if you think you can take one out, don't purposely wake any up. The Null are all part of a hivemind, so waking up one could alert the rest to our location. We're totally screwed if that happens.

[redcosmedic]

[ This is all good information, but Newt isn't exactly convincing him not to actually go through with the plan. ]

Is it known what kind of communication frequency they're using? That would be the first step to isolating one from the rest of this hivemind.

[completelycrazy]

[GREAT.]

Uh, not sure on that. You'd have to ask Alphys. Our tech is pretty limited, so most of what we know is about their hardware. If there's a way to isolate one from the hivemind, though, we haven't figured it out yet.

[redcosmedic]

[ Oh good, he's already getting along swimmingly with Alphys. ]

You've been very helpful, Newt.

[completelycrazy]

[That super sounds like something someone up to nefarious shit would say to a person who has unwittingly furthered their cause.]

Uh, yeah, no problem... Let me know if there's anything else I can help with.

[redcosmedic]

Absolutely I will. The same goes for you, of course.

[ Gotta make nice with the lab bosses. ]