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Your group snaps its attention over to her. She's standing by one of the rusted over trucks you skimmed over. "This one still works!" She proves this by turning it on. The engine violently chokes to life while making a sound that you know a truck shouldn't be making. "Enough room if some ride on back." She jabs at the truck bed. Welp! Beats walking after everything.
You peel your gas mask off and so does everyone else, now that you have fresh air to breath. Casey and Alexis keep their VIOLENCE boosting masks while your other allies keep the spare ones you gave them. So all in all...
>Casey and Alexis have IMPROVED GAS MASK!
>Max and Benjamin have REGULAR GAS MASKS!
>You have IMPROVED GAS MASK and REGULAR GAS MASK x4!
Neat. You climb onto the back of the truck alongside Luther, Benjamin, and Max. Alexis, Casey, and Valentina take the front seats of the truck. After Casey tosses over the bag of gemstones she mined out, everyone takes a moment to make sure they're seated before Alexis starts driving the truck back to town.
Time to see what Casey got you. Max and Benjamin also lean in to see what the fuck you got and, well, you see no harm in doing so.
CASEY MINING LOOT! CASEY IS GOOD EMPLOYEE!
>RAW SUNSTONE CHUNK x3 (A bright red gemstone that burns your hand if you hold it for too long. Blocks up to 2 FLESH damage before shattering.)
>RAW MOONSTONE CHUNK x3 (A dark royal purple gemstone with a potent gas swirling inside of it. When used on you, allows you to use a FOCUSED ability for free. When used on an ally, they add +3d8 to their next RESTRAINT or WILLPOWER check.)
>RAW VOIDSTONE CHUNK x3 (A vantablank gemstone that seems to absorb all the light around it. When consumed, temporarily boosts all stats by 1 and heals 1 RESTRAINT + FLESH. VERY valuable when sold.)
>RAW NOVASTONE CHUNK x3 (A bright white gemstone that is waiting to blossom into a bright new star. Very Volatile. When used, it explodes with a bright white flash, adding +6d4 to your next attack and reducing the dice of all enemies by 2.)
Fucking hell, Casey really didn't want to disappoint, huh? Benjamin picks up one of the VOIDSTONE chunks with a sparkle in his eyes. He adjusts his glasses before letting out a low, clearly pleased whistle.
"Oh, so you find a gem better to look at than me, huh?" The snark coming from Max's voice is laid on a bit too thick for your liking.
"Hey, no, I just thought it looked neat!" Benjamin quickly tosses the stone back at you, clearly flustered.
"Pft. Just make sure you get me that on a ring later-"
Everyone on the back of the truck stares at Max. She realized what she said and immediately sinks to the bottom of the truck bed. "Anyways. What's the plan now?!" She desperately tries to swerve the topic to something else. Riight, you should probably tell them.
"We're going to talk to the corpos. I want to start a discussion with them. To get an arrangement that benefits all of us."
"ohfuckme." Max clenches her teeth. "ohthisisgoingtosuck."
