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	Returning to [[Level 51]], [[Mistress Alexandra]] describes the encounter to her friends - and [[Phoenix]] seriously contemplates kidnapping [[Camille Reichenbach]] to save her from brainwashing and show her what life is all about. She also observes the difference between [[Camille Reichenbach]] and [[Miro Hishima]] - Camille hates her life, but is too cowardly to kill herself, Miro seems to relish life, but jumped the [[Level Chute]] because it was a fad.		Returning to [[Level 51]], [[Mistress Alexandra]] describes the encounter to her friends - and [[Phoenix]] seriously contemplates kidnapping [[Camille Reichenbach]] to save her from brainwashing and show her what life is all about. She also observes the difference between [[Camille Reichenbach]] and [[Miro Hishima]] - Camille hates her life, but is too cowardly to kill herself, Miro seems to relish life, but jumped the [[Level Chute]] because it was a fad.
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Starfox (Dark City) at 09:03, 2 July 2002

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While [[Our Heroines]] enjoyed their new perks from [[Day at the Races]], [[Ayrtan Davis]] investigats [[Phoenix]]'s background. He finds out that the old [[Pinnacle Technologies]] estate is empty, occupied by squatters. Six months ago, their old [[Data Core]] has been delivered to [[Annihilator Ltd]], a demolition firm on [[Level 44]].

[[Sonia Wight]] finds it strange that the [[Data Core]] is taken away for destruction, rather than stolen by whoever busted [[Pinnacle Technologies]]. Because it is obvious that the [[Pinnacle Technologies]] estate will still be around, but the [[Data Core]] will probably be destroyed very soon (if it hasn't already), [[Our Heroines]] decide to investigate [[Annihilator Ltd]] first.

[[Sonia Wight]] takes her new [[Qirex Kombinat]] [[Grav Car]] while [[Phoenix]] rides on the outside of the car and [[Mistress Alexandra]] takes wing and they race through the [[Level Chute]] down to the [[Slum Levels]]. It turns out that [[Level 44]] is divided into two sections because of an old quake - [[Level 44]]A and [[Level 44]]B. Chancing on [[Level 44]]B, [[Our Heroines]] end up in a maze-like bazaar district. [[Rat Critter]]s abound, and everything is for sale - from smaller siblings to used toothbrushes. [[Phoenix]] is sorely tempted and byes some junk, while [[Mistress Alexandra]] is too intimidating and [[Sonia Wight]] too detached.

Soon, two big [[Rat Critter]] mugs have been hired to guard the car, a guide has been found, and [[Our Heroines]] proceed to the [[Annihilator Ltd]] plant. An official guides them to the right section, and [[Our Heroines]] can find the [[Pinnacle Technologies]] container themselves. From the found data, it can be seen that Phoenix was indeed retreved dead and resurected by [[Pinnacle Technologies]]. There are graphic representations of her mauled body, but no way to see how the damage was done.

But even just a few tons of crashed [[Data Core]] takes some time to analyze, and soon an automated robot comes to fetch the container. [[Phoenix]] sends it back, but a foreman soon investigates. Some stuff has been found at this point, but there is obvioulsy more. [[Sonia Wight]] offers to teleport the contents of the container somewhere, but [[Phoenix]] cannot make up her mind if it is worth the effort. Finally, [[Sonia Wight]] tires of [[Phoenix]]'s diddling and teleports, exchanging the [[Data Core]] fron Pinnacle Technologies with a pile of trash from the [[Qirex Kombinat]] garage where she has been working lately.

[[Our Heroines]] return through the [[Level Chute]]. [[Mistress Alexandra]] still flies,and her appearance is mistaken for that of a jumper - a few people take potshots at her, while others start to jump themselves - soon it is a rush. [[Sonia Wight]] manages to save one jumper - [[Miro Hishima]] - a bishonen from the fashionable clique around the [[Level Chute]]. Asked why he jumped, he answered that it seemed to be the fad at the time; everybody else was jumping. He and [[Sonia Wight]] made a date for later.

Returning to [[Level 51]], [[Mistress Alexandra]] finds a message from [[Camille Reichenbach]] on her answering machine. Calling back, she interrupts Camille in a meeting with [[James Davenport]], her boss. Their relationship is revealed, and Camille is slated for company medical care. [[Mistress Alexandra]] won't terminate the contract this way, and goes to visit at the fablous [[Level 82]].

[[Sonia Wight]] and [[Phoenix]] return to the [[Qirex Kombinat]] garage to investigate their loot. A technician there has already found it, and particularily a spare vector processor that he wants to put into a [[Grav Race]]r - those processors have been hard to come by lately, and tis one seems to be very powerful. [[Our Heroines]] investigates it - it seems harmless but way powerful. It is appears to be enormously old and somehow protected from the ravages of time. [[Phoenix]] somehow senses that this has been used to find her in the past - perhaps like [[Demon Alpha]] has her MArkedForDeath right now, perhaps through some kind of time-precognitive effect. The mystery refuses to unfold, so the component is installed in the [[Grav Race]]r

[[Mistress Alexandra]] takes a [[Crimson Cab]] limousine to [[Level 82]], one of the fabeled [[Corporate Levels]]. Passing through the tight [[Ascension Corp]] security - comparable to the gates of heaven complete with [[Angel Gabriel]] and [[Angel Michael]] - she finally meets up with [[Camille Reichenbach]] at her spotless but dispirited luxury appartment. Camille at first seems to think [[Mistress Alexandra]] wants to blackmail her, but finally settles down to explain her behavior. Shee seems pain because she hates life in the [[Dark City]] but is too cowardly to kill herself. The company is now taking her in for ''treatment'' - brainwashing - and she is content with that, as she might end up with a semblance of happiness. It is obvious that hse hates her life and has no friends. She pays [[Mistress Alexandra]] to have diner with her and then leave - when [[Mistress Alexandra]] starts to talk about friendship, help and trust she calls security.

Returning to [[Level 51]], [[Mistress Alexandra]] describes the encounter to her friends - and [[Phoenix]] seriously contemplates kidnapping [[Camille Reichenbach]] to save her from brainwashing and show her what life is all about. She also observes the difference between [[Camille Reichenbach]] and [[Miro Hishima]] - Camille hates her life, but is too cowardly to kill herself, Miro seems to relish life, but jumped the [[Level Chute]] because it was a fad.
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