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You also fall to the ground like a sack of bricks because holy FUCK, your head hurts like a BITCH now. A seething headache radiates throughout every inch of your skull.
>-1 FLESH and RESTRAINT! 6/8 FLESH and 7/11 RESTRAINT left!
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!" The old man is squirming on the ground. Blood is gushing out of two large gashes carved into his head. You feel blood dribbling from the tips of your antlers. Huh, neat. You easily managed to restraint him with your PUPPETEER ability now.
You turn behind you to see what he was reaching for- Is that a grenade launcher? You squint your eyes to see if you're just imagining it but no. That's certainly a grenade launcher. What the fuck.
Seath slowly stumbles over to where the old man is and promptly lodges his knee onto the old man's stomach. Yeah, he's not going any time soon. Seath's staring at you with complete abject confusion on his face; He had no idea how he should react to what you just did.
The awkward silence, interlaced with the old man cursing and screaming, is broken by Benjamin busting a gut. His nasally, high pitched laughter echoes throughout the tiny office. "Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Wow, guess that's one way to use those! Though isn't that something only MALE deer do?"
"FEMALE CARIBOU HAVE ANTLERS TOO, JACKASS."
"Hoo, hoo, hoo!"
Is he fucking hooting as well? You would squint your eyes at him but you realize he can't see that through the gas mask.
>Benjamin is now at 4/6 RESTRAINT!
>Benjamin gains 17% progress from encountering a SHIFTer and healing 1 RESTRAINT! He is at 128/170 progress.
You scramble to remove your gas mask to drape it over Seath's face, you have somewhere else to check real quick. You'll leave him and Benjamin to deal with the old man now that you don't need to focus your power on him.
You take a deep, long breath of fresh(ish) air now that you're out of the office. POI is flickering in and out of existence. You'd hazard she'll only exist for another two minutes. Hopefully that's long enough to see whoever's flowing you.
There's a faint static in the air, buzzing in your ears and making your vision (which is still slightly swimming after your headbutt) all sorts of hazy. You pull out your FEDKILLER, ready for whoever might be out here following you. You look down the hallway you came from.
>26!
There's a barely visible outline standing about five feet away from you. They're standing still, as if they're waiting for you to be distracted before attacking. You can't make out who they are or what equipment they have, they clearly have some sort of stealth tech or power active. All it takes is a blink for them to launch an ambush attack on you!
Being able to know they were there at all gave you enough warning for a counter attack. You spin your grip around so that you're holding the barrel of the shotgun and immediately swing at the cloaked figure. The stock of the gun smashes HARD against the figure's side. The figure just...takes it like a champ. Huh.
