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"They asked me questions. I answered them. They left. Redhead said she wanted to <span class="mu-b">speak to the locals. Those with tusks and shovels.</span> To learn their songs."
"Narrow Eyes said he wanted to examine an <span class="mu-b">old church. To find salvation that his company can not provided.</span>"
"Coffee Man went into the dark, dark, dark forest. <span class="mu-b">I do not know why but he said his company lives in the dark, dies in the light.</span>"
"I imagine all would be willing to bargain with you if you go to those places." So, DARK FOREST for D-Corp, GRAVEROBBER VILLAGE for M-CORP, DANUS for T-Corp. Interesting.
You decide to offer it your own story and, by proxy, subtly tell Wendy about your mission in W-Corp. "So, I once had to go to a small town of ABGRUND..." It takes a good while to recap the W-CORP MINES mission so you just summarize it to both CLOCKWORK FIGURE and WENDY.
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Both are silent upon hearing what happened down there. The sleazy mayor, the young girl who was kidnapped, the mystery that unraveled as you explored there, how the mayor got lynched by his own people...it's a lot to take in.
Wendy simply snickers to herself. "So that's what caused the scandal. I suppose it would've came out if that poor bitch did but wow."
"...You helped the proletariat. For that, I must thank you, Nicole." You didn't say your name- Oh right it overheard Wendy when she had her fit. "I-"
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Time pauses for a moment. You and Wendy feel it at the exact same time and both of you can still move around in it. It was only for a second so time immediately resumes before you two can really do anything.
It was just enough for the figure to reconstruct itself. That's not to say your work on it did nothing to help it. Hell, you're probably the reason it was able to kickstart it. It's just most of the PHYSICAL repairs were undermined by what happens.
What was once a legless torso made out of clockwork is now a fully formed clockwork humanoid. The rust and grime that formerly coated its body has been scrubbed clean off. The loose and messy wiring has been reorganized to give the entity structure and flexibility to its limbs. Instead of a mangled husk of clockwork, it's now...well.
It looks like a very primitive Android now. It's all mechanical parts and any Joe Rando could make one like this in a week with E-Corp supplies but for something that probably existed over 300 years ago? This thing must've been bleeding edge back then.
"Thank you. Your payment." With a snap of its fingers, a pile of VALUABLE LOOT is provided to you. Before you can even begin to process what's in it, it squats down to look both of you dead in the eye. "<span class="mu-b">You want to know why I-Corp sent you here? Instead of their own employees?</span>" Okay, that's ominous, but you nod.
"That ROTWOOD you have? It is an ill omen. Only growing from places of great suffering and PAIN. <span class="mu-b">Oh, there were a lot of mistakes made here. Mistakes that linger in such beings as me.</span>"
