"You're the best thing I ever betted on."
Anderson faintly smiles at Otto's genuine attempt at being 'friendly'. "It's better than nothing. I will ask you this, Nicole, are you ready to do what's necessary?"
[UNSTABLE RESOLVE] "Of course I am. Are you?"
Anderson doesn't bother to answer. You can already guess what his answer is anyways.
>+1.5 RAPPORT with OTTO AND ANDERSON!Reality soon solidifies into something coherent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tkin6PVmY - A FAMILIAR FRIEND
It looks like any other open floor office you'd find in any building in the City but something about it feels...warm. Wet. You rest your hand on one of the many desks scattered throughout the room. It sticks to you like gum.
Sitting by a table in the middle of the room is what seems to be a Spook at first blush. Your allies immediately prepare to go on the offensive but that's when the Spook does something weird.
They smile at you with a familiar warmth. You can see how their skin looks subtly wrong. A blended mishmash of skin hues that reminds you of early AI generated art. "LONG time no SEE, NICOLE!" <span class="mu-b">HEART ON MY SLEEVE</span> waves its left hand.
Your allies lower their guard when they realize who it is. Adam waves back at the anomaly, "Hey! Long time no see. What's, uh, been going on here?"
"BAD! Three 'X5s', AS the SPOOKS would CALL THEM, not handling bad noise too well! Bad noise is hurting head! Shell protects it. Wish I could talk smarter but smarter requires more effort."
You should try getting some quick intel out of this anomalous asset of yours. What do you do, Nicole? Pick four.
>[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] Try to ground the anomaly. (-2 of 2 A-ENERGY BOXES, -"NEW YOU" [not like you can wear it anymore], -3 of 3 MOONSTONES. Lowers the DC of any checks by 8 and it'll be a lot more helpful with any intel it gives.)>[PERSON OF INTEREST] Ask it about what the Spooks have been planning. It was a deep agent for a while, it surely learnt somethin.>[SEEKER OF THE CITY + MARUYAMA ALLY] Does it have any advice on how to stabilize REALITY? You really don't wanna jump randomly across this place. (??? TALENT DC: ???, rolling ???. Should let you properly explore this place.)>[OTTO ALLY] Ask it about that one Spook CEO dude who's here - Does it have any advice on how to deal with him?>[ADAM + BENEDICT ALLY] Ask it about the anomalies scattered throughout here. You know about Guernican Perspectives and two X5s, what about the rest? (??? CONNECTIONS DC: ???)>[LEX ALLY] Ask it about the SPOOKS guarding this place. Anything like BELNOL you gotta worry about? (??? WILLPOWER DC: ???)>[ANDERSON ALLY] Ask it about the nuclear bomb and where it's at. Even if Reality keeps being scrambled, any pointers could be excellent.>Take a moment to catch your breath. Use some powers. (-2 of 2 Z-CORP AMPULEs to heal off their power costs. LEX and MARUYAMA will use their abilities to gather some supplies and to empower your other allies.)>Write in. 