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"You ready to talk?" Alexis curtly asks. "We don't got all day."
"Hey, hey, no rushing her." Lex pretends like there isn't a raging fire surrounding him but the Cleanser shushes him by gently patting him on the shoulder.
She then proceeds to lift up her gas mask just enough for her to greedily gulp down the bottle of booze in one go. She then lights up the cigarette and begins to puff on it.
Her lower face (which is now visible) is caked in a latticework of fresh burns that are still trying to heal. Most of them are second to third degree burns so you're shocked she's not in agonizing pain.
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] Cleansers DO have an abnormal tolerance to heat. You've heard rumors that some Cleansers can survive hours inside burning buildings with no ill effects.
"It's fine, Lex. I'll tell you what I remember. Me and my...partner," There's a tinge of still fresh pain to how she said 'partner'. You imagine it was more than a working relationship. "were heading here because we had some contact we were supposed to meet. Can't quite remember who."
"Okay you do realize how little that makes sense? Why the hell is everything on fire?" Alexis rightfully points to the raging inferno engulfing every building. "I don't want to point fingers but." She glances at you and Ashley as if waiting for you two to point something out.
[SIXTH SENSE + MIND READ] You two simply shrug. She seems clean so far.
"T-then, I dunno, something happened. Gate was blown open. Burnt to a crisp and..." She pauses to take a deep huff of the probably fiberglass filled cigarette. "A swarm of outsiders. Fifteen of them at least, maybe more, armed. N-not sure who or why but they shot our contact dead. My partner had a full tank so he tried to scare them off but, uh."
"Everything was a blur from there. Fell down, hit something hard, head still hurts." Her gaze drifts towards her partner who seemed to had his head pasted. "...Not as much as him. Last thing I recall is them rushing around the statue for some reason. Lit the empty buildings up since this place has been a ghost town for a while. Only my contact was here..."
Your group all shares THAT look with each other as you realize something at the same time. The calling card wasn't the Cleanser showing off. It was her trying to get someone's attention. There has to be something underground and- Oh god the villagers must be there.
And whoever these armed outsiders were, they knew about this hidden passage and they're hunting them down for a reason.
"HIS BODY IS STILL FRESH. YOU MUST NOT HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT FOR LONG. HOW LONG WOULD YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN OUT?"
The Cleanser looks up at the stormy sky. "That wasn't there. It was a clean morning sky." So, it's been a few hours. No time to waste them.
"Hey." The Cleanser looks up at you with an odd look; Well you think it's a weird look but it's hard to tell with the tinted lens of her gas mask. "Name's Fatima. I'll pay you back for the booze later."
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