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When arriving at the interface to the BAR section, they hail the obvious guard stations there.  After a short delay, and PRAMORG infers some juggling of the comms, they chat with the Massetin they had been talking to previously.  They are welcomed, in a semi-warning sort of way.  Once again, PRAMORG is flung across for recon, and with a basic hack gains access to the public data net.  And a map.

When arriving at the interface to the BAR section, they hail the obvious guard stations there.  After a short delay, and PRAMORG infers some juggling of the comms, they chat with the Massetin they had been talking to previously.  They are welcomed, in a semi-warning sort of way.  Once again, PRAMORG is flung across for recon, and with a basic hack gains access to the public data net.  And a map.

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==2026-06-21 - Hello Sam: Mentalist Hessler==

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Before going too far in, the Owsla Irregulars are implored to wait for an escourt.  The Aqualoid they had previously been introduced to as the "goon steward" arrived to reaffirm the request to resist permanently killing most other beings in the bar section, as a mechanism to avoiding total massacre and a modicum of tolerability being trapped there.  He says his name is BORSCANI.

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Sure enough, before they progress too far through the brightly holo-illuminated section, a trio of koala-looking bipedal clones challenge the team's two big combatants to a fight.  When HELTU and OLIVER decline, and it looks like they mean to pull their guns and force a fight anyway, the team thoroughly kicks their asses before they even get a single attack in - and they surrender.  Borscani reveals himself to be at least a professional medic when he throw-patches the two suffering from mortal wounds.

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After wending past some private domiciles and two medical/repair buildings, they notice a bouncer at what appears to be a brothel.  He warns them to be careful going past the next building.  Sure enough, PRAMORG spots a couple beings well-hidden and with assassination acquires on the team.  The team doesn't like this, so HELTU warns the hat-shaped assholes with high-energy photons.  A big hit sends one floating into the open 3 meters up, and it looks like a mechanical jellyfish nightmare.  Which then assassinates HELTU and floats back behind cover.  The other takes a shot at OLIVER, but fails the assassination attempt.  It too retreats behind cover, and shields close the doorways.  The team retreats behind cover, and patch HELTU back up to consciousness.  They flip up their mil-spec helmets to ward off further assassinations, and mosey past the nest of unfriendlies.  Shortly after walking past, the unfriendly robots drop the shields and taunt the team.  The team is unimpressed.

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Which brought them to the big doors leading into the main bar.  Acting as bouncers there were a large Groten, and an even bigger robot - a Y2000 Giant, a machine type of historical note.  SHEOG's grenades are temporarily confiscated.

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Once clearing the doors, they see the quiet brooding section to the left, the central fighting ring with safety buffers, and the live music dance section to the right.  Beyond it all was a gigantic window, that was actually an immense fish tank.  And inside that fish tank was a Hessler that thinks directly into their minds, "Welcome!  It's about time you showed up!"

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They all get telekinetically served the exact drinks that they would most desire (when they crossed over to the bar) and started talking with the Hessler - SAM.  He enables their ability to earn future stages of Mentalist, and also offers to transform one or two of their existing stages to Mentalist if they so desire.  Plus there is talk about more specifics for what might be hoped for the Owsla Irregulars to do.

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While all that is going on, many of the bar patrons look hungrily at Poppa Hopper and Jittery Hopper, who finally accept a ride hiding under HELTU's fur.

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