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You gotta give Max credit, she can throw a mean punch now...but you blame that on the PARADIGM and ODDITY you gave her more than anything. You keep a hand on the sore spot on your back while you think of who is worth talking to.
"Kiara and I will go check on the kids over there; Kids being able to survive in a place like this? They gotta know something. Rest of you..." You make a vague gesture towards the crying couple. "Talk to them. See what's up." You do want to check up on whoever owns all of the apartment buildings but you want to do that with the whole group.
"Sure..." "Okay!" "Forsooth!" "Alrighty then." The four goobers head off to deal with the couple. They should be able to handle it just fine and hey! Side objectives are fun and pay you more! WHO DOESN'T LIKE MORE MONEY! THIS GIRL WITH DEER ANTLERS AND FUR IN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACES TALKING TO HERSELF RIGHT NOW LIKES MONEY!
HAHA!
Ha.
"The darkness is getting to you, isn't it?" Kiara's electronic voice snaps you out of whatever episode your mind was getting into this time. "You have to work on your poker face. It's really obvious."
"Hey! I beat Clover in poker that one time!"
"I bet! Though I imagine you did that by spooking the heck out of him."
"Probably. The both of you saw worse at this point though."
Kiara's body shakes and clatters in a mimicry of a human shuddering. "The things I saw in that P-Corp REFINEMENT ROOM...no wonder why that one P-Corp Administrator I interviewed was so shady about his facility's employee turnover rate."
Bad memories about the P-Corp Facility mission aside, the two of you approach a group of five kids who seem to be all by themselves. Their clothes are a mismatch of coats and scarves two sizes big for them and with how much grime coats them, it's clear these kids are homeless. They don't even seem to notice you or Kiara.
They're constantly gibbering to each other about bizarre rumors and folktales from what you're able to overhear. They're too engrossed in their own conversations to hear Kiara calling out for them. She turns to you with a shrug, "I'm not good with kids but I can certainly eavesdrop!" <<span class="mu-b">"Kids always weird me out. Never understood why."</span>>
You feel bad for the kids but your mission's more important, regardless of that weird nagging feeling in the back of your head. You crunch on one of the wafer you had (tastes pretty good actually!) to help you focus.
>-1 SUGARY WAFER DELIGHT. YOU NOW HAVE 8/11 RESTRAINT!
>FIRST THRESHOLD!
"Oi, ya talkin' about The Crook again? Told ya he's nothin' more than a fairytale, I told ya!"
"No, no! I told ya he's real! Big stumbling oaf had a gun for a head! Big, big revolver held by a big grimy hand!"
"I told ya! The dark must've been messing with yer noggin'!"
"Nah! He's one of them <span class="mu-b">monsters</span> the D dudes keep in the labs all over the place! Had to give him my hooch so he wouldn't blow me to pieces!"
"You fat liar! You're only saying that to-"
