>K, Observe Chattering, bring in a table and the landline, then watch some tv With the help of Employee X, Kate drags over the table and landline over to the containment cell. The two take a quick breather before X fucks off to do her own thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrrM43p10scEmployee K enters the containment cell, dragging the landline and table behind her.
K: Proceed, TV.
She puts the table in front of the TV before kneeling down to fiddle around with the dial.
<span class="mu-i">What demographic is this? Oh well! Everything's available on television!</span>
An equally dull-faced man appears on the screen. Blood splatters are on the greenscreen behind him.
ANOMALY: "To those who are tuning in late, I apologize. You missed another record being broken."
ANOMALY: "Sadly, Neon Slasher's record got broken a few hours ago. Mark him off of your card, people."
Employee K's face twitches a bit. You're not sure what expression she made but it wasn't a smile.
ANOMALY: "Now, what is the value of a human life? What do you actually matter in the City?"
ANOMALY: "Some places sell a regular for 1 A. Some for 2. Some for 3."
ANOMALY: "All minor amounts, though. Is there a point on valuing their lives if they're so cheap? There's only one thing that gives us value."
ANOMALY: "What we bring to the table. What character we can show through all of the screens and cameras and computers."
ANOMALY: "But there's only so many ways to make a person. When will you just accept you're bored of a toy and crunch them?"
A number flashes on the screen, with no rhyme or reason. Employee K dials the number out of morbid curiosity and rests the phone on her shoulder.
ANOMALY: "It appears we have a mystic calling us. Connect us, Johnny."
K: Evening.
ANOMALY: "Now, miss. What is your statement on the matter of human lives? What do they cost to you?"
ANOMALY: "You must be interested enough in humans if you were to contact this line, after all."
K: It is the principles they stand for that matters. Life is cheap, ideas are not.
K: Humans are interesting with how they see the world, aren't they?
ANOMALY: "Interesting. Yes, that's the correct term. It's all about keeping that interest. Never letting the channel switch."
ANOMALY: "Record breaking views we're having. Hasn't been like this ever since the first Record was broken."
K: First?
ANOMALY: "Now, it wouldn't be fun to end the show that early, would it?"
ANOMALY: "Mystic of trash. I must ask, what kept you alive in all of these facilities?"
K: Simple enough. I made myself uninteresting to work with. These works are as much energy production as entertainment, is it not?
ANOMALY: "Entertainment. That's all that matters in the end, isn't it? Entertainment and viol-"
The signal cuts off. Leaving nothing but a dropped phone call and static on the TV screen.
K: Enlightening. I'll leave this here.
Employee K quietly leaves the containment cell.
