I bet it's all worth it!

It definitely is.

Ludvik: DING! You got a demerit for using your powers to create a paying machine instead of using your powers to pay someone else to build that! Rememeber, five demerits within a month means suspension for two months in accordance to G-52 policy. 3 demerits within a month means personal talk about your abuse of your powers. Last month, you have 0 out of 5 demerits which is impressive. This month, you got 1 out of 5. Second, that machine should only pay out cash. Luckily, I have engineering knowledge so I'm going to fix it by hand and have it pay out US cash only since checks are rapidly becoming obsolete these days. In Sweden for example, no one writes checks anymore. Also remember, powers are like weapons; you can have them but don't show them off too much. Your money powers and powers to filter profanity and gruesome sights like how Ray attacked the school shooters is exempt from the demerits system. Oh and don't overreact since one of the UN1024s love your Challenger SRT Hellcat a lot. You know what happens if you do.

Richard: Some of us UN1024s have powers but we keep them to ourselves unless it's necessary.

Volker: Same for me. I like your car. And I mean that a lot.

Chuong: You can't do everything Cripto. No one can. As Confucius says, get a job you like and you'll never have to work a day in your life. In other words, if you don't know how engineering works, don't do an enguneer's job!

Zachary: 4 more demerits. Just 4 more. You're allowed a maximum of 5 demerits a month. Be careful.

*Cripto takes a deep breath to prevent the overreaction.*

Super C: I thought you said it was 5 demerits and they talk to Cripto, and 10 equals probation. Maybe you shrunk it because of the new rule about him losing his car.

Cripto: I was afraid of that. Do what you have to do to me. I will watch it; at least it shows progress if this is the only demerit I have so far. Also, what you should know is that the only machine created by my powers is the one I own. I have paid the companies to do it by hand otherwise.

*He hands Ludvik a document showing proof.*

Cripto: The main reason it pays a check instead of cash is because of the fact you can win anywhere between $5,000 and $50,000 for a perfect game. Carrying $50,000 in cash to the bank your account is in might cause suspicions and gain attention. Also, you have to bear in mind that Wildcat City believes in keeping the old-fashioned methods while acknowledging new ones, so people will still be writing checks. I know I will. That being said, are you going to still change it to paying cash? If so, take this instruction book so you'll know how the scoring system works.

*He hands instruction books to the generals, and another one to Zachary. Then he demonstrates how some of the mechanics work, and brings up the 5-pin string machine with a default decal.*

Ludvik: I'm sure we talked about reducing 10 to 5 demerits within a month because we gave you too much leeway and the fact that you said how you wanted to abuse your powers even at the risk of a demerit. So we figured that 10 is too much so 5 is good enough. *accepts the documents* Also, something you should know about; we have something called direct deposit. You open a bank account, you hand your bank's routing form to an employer or a contest host, and when you win money or get paid, they use that routing number to directly deposit the money there without you carrying them.

Zachary: Good grief Cripto! You are so outdated! Are you stuck in the 90s?!

Ludvik: Zachary! At ease! You've already went Gordon Ramsay once as it is.

Zachary: Some of these G-52s are not paying enough attention to their surroundings General! People want more efficient ways of getting things done!

Ludvik: I and the other Generals will deal with this. You've already done your part, Captain.

Chuong: I hardly feel nostalgic because the future is better than the past.

Zachary: One of these days, I'm going to literally write Robert F Kennedy's quote on one of the walls in Cripto's basement about how the comfortable past never existed and yet, ignorant people mistrust the present and future.

Soil: Zachary, relax. The payout machine has many methods of payments including checks. Wildcat City allows many ways.

Zachary: People in Wildcat City are relatively outdated. There are cities in Africa that are way ahead of time than Wildcat City! In the Liberian capital of Monrovia, more people there know about direct deposit than people in Wildcat City! No wonder why my ex-cohorts for ridiculing me for failing to push my reforms farther into Wildcat City!

Soil: I'm sure Wildcat City has a future; give them time to loosen up first.

Cripto: *to Zachary* You can say that; that was the decade I grew up in. But listen to the Generals, if you please, and relax. *to Ludvik* I did have thoughts about direct deposit; if that's possible, let's put that in the machine. It would be better in the event you were to win a bonus for a perfect game.

Ludvik: Lets do that then!

Cripto: Okay. Contact information to the companies that do the bowling equipment is in the instructions. You can call by phone or e-mail them and tell them about this, and they'll help us both. I'll contact you and ask you to come to the basement when they arrive, since they'll want to see a demonstration, just as they did when I first came up with this idea.

Ludvik: You got it! I'm sure they will know what I'm talking about.

Cripto: I would think so. Direct deposit is how my mom and dad get paid, so we might as well do it for this machine.

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