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Oddly enough, there is no primal fear as you fall. You see the ground level pass by, replaced by the walls of the giant hole the Research Center stands in. You feel a momentary sense of peace. And then you SLAM into one of the tunnels that connects one of the subterranean floors of the building to the general underground of the City.
As the concrete dust settles, you just kind of lie there for a bit in your wrecked shell. You're not dead, which sucks, because that means you have to recognize your failure. Whatever. You could always blame it on your teammates. Maybe if you lie still enough you'll turn into normal mold.
A shuffling noise makes you begrudgingly manifest eyes and look. A tiny scientist-looking girl is trying to pass by you unnoticed. She carries three laptops on a stack of paper and is caked completely in the settling dust.
– "You uhh.. got games on your laptops?"
– "Pleasedonteatme.. wait, what? A few, but can I ask a question too?"
– "...Sure."
With surprising speed she sets down her pile and takes out a page and a pen.
– "Are you under the effects of direct mind control right now?" This girl went from terrified to excited way too fast for your taste.
– "What? No."
– "Do you have a pervasive natural desire to serve the MONSTER KING?"
– "No. Why the hell would I?"
She isn't even listening. Maybe you should eat this one.
– "Oh gosh, my paper on the independent behavior of minion monsters is going to be soo goo-AAEEE"
You grab her by the ankle and put a Stick to her neck. Despite tumbling away in the fall, when you reached into the broken shell, your weapon was right there, waiting.
Anyway, you had enough of this nerd's insulting questions.
– "First off, I'm not a "minion" monster, you bitch."
– "I-It's a technical t-term! When a monster creates other smaller monsters, those are called minion types! Like you!"
You pause.
– "Right. MONSTER KING made me. But how do you know that?"
– "Uhh.. that's really classifie..AEEEE, no please, I'll tell you literally *anything*, just don't kill meee!" You put your tentacles away at that. At least she's simple to work with. You (metaphorically) take a breath.
