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Katherine's face morphs back into an actual, non-generic face. She has to be in her late 40s with how wrinkled and tired her eyes look. Heavy, exhausted bags loosely hang from her eyes.
She immediately shifts her face again to something more akin to a 20 year old.. Young, still filled with life. <span class="mu-b">Is she afraid of losing her beauty?</span> Could that be why she has the power?
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] Beauty is only one part. She's doing this to get attention. To stay relevant.
"What?" Her and her robot goons have their full attention on you and Otto. Your allies promptly take this time to start setting up explosives around the kitchen in case this goes wrong. "No, no, you don't get to feel sorry. That's now how this works."
"I genuinely am. There's no trick to this. I'm sorry you felt you had to steal my briefcase to get my attention. I'm sorry that you can't see why I associate myself with these people." He turns his head to look back at you and your crew. All of you are staying dead quiet but Maruyama offers a supportive nod towards Otto.
"I can fully accept that I fucked up with you in the past. I genuinely do."
"W-what kind of mind trick is this?" Katherine raises her arm up, aiming right at Otto. He doesn't even attempt to dodge or protect himself. In fact, he spreads his arms as wide as possible, letting her have a clean shot at him if need be.
"I know you won't do it. Because the only reason you even did this was to get my attention. What point would any of this serve if you didn't see me squirm?"
Katherine begins to back away. Her hand is trembling and for a moment, you swear the flesh on her palm and fingers are beginning to bubble and slosh off. "Shut up. Shut up, shut up, shut up!" A torrent of finger and arm bones are violently fired out of the palm of her hand, ripping her arm to shreds.
Maruyama and Benedict (who stayed behind while the rest prepared the back up explosives) immediately move to slice through the bones. Maruyama's katana and Benedict's armblade manage to slice cleanly through most of the bones. However, one of the larger ones manage to hit Otto right in the stomach.
>-4 (REDUCED FROM 5) FLESH! OTTO HAS 4/8 FLESH LEFT!
>INTERNAL BLEEDING CRIPPLING INJURY (Random chance to lose 1 FLESH or to gain a random penalty to a physical stat while active) obtained!
Your other allies are about ready to activate the explosives upon seeing that but Otto takes the long bone sticking out of his stomach like a champ. "N-no need. I-I got this." He turns his attention back to Katherine.
"You're literally tearing yourself apart to get me to submit. You couldn't write a more on the nose metaphor if you...tried, yo-you fucking..." His knees shake and buckle before he collapses onto them. Blood is gushing out from the wound like a busted pipe.
"Y-you know wh-why I associate myself with them? B-because unlike you, t-they give a shit. T-they were willing to shoot you, e-even if it meant entering a fight they would not win."
