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.