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Bathic !!HYj+O+Nr7+R ID:z5YYr79X Sat 31 Dec 2022 09:16:20 No.5513549 View View Report

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You whip around to glare at Gil again. "Why'd you say he died?"

"He did die! I-I-I-I don't know what—"

Lucky's clothes are black, burnt, and shredded, but his teeth are very, very white. "I was eaten by your man-eating worm, yes. How fortunate it absorbed a great deal of flammable liquid along with all that blood."

You grip the edge of the jaw. "You exploded her!"

"Are you suggesting I shouldn't have?" He brushes the remains of his jacket down. "I should have let your monster run free, killing with impunity, so you could bring about whatever eschatons you liked? I should have sat idly by to be digested alive?"

"I— you didn't have to explode her! How did you even—" He's standing fine, walking fine, sounding fine. He doesn't look digested or incinerated, not even a little bit.

"Ms. Fawkins..." Lucky says condescendingly. "...I received my name for a reason. I'll additionally note that my cold-blooded murder of your monster appears to have led to the opening of our door."

"So you admit to it being murder?! You—" You stare at the doorframe, which definitely looks like it leads somewhere. "How?!"

"I-I-It needed a lot of energy," Gil mumbles.

"That's— that's stupid! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! I— I— you need to apologize!" Your lip's wobbling again. "Annie was a good worm, and she was probably just trying to protect me from your stupidness— she didn't deserve—"

"You put on a good show." Lucky is walking around the jaws, around you, toward the door. "But I've seen enough. I'll be with you soon, Leftenant."

He walks straight through the door and vanishes. And vanishes! The vicious murderer of your worm— twice-over murderer! This isn't right. This isn't fair. Annie wouldn't want you to sit idly by, would she? The two of you had a sacred bond— a bond that lasts through death itself. And out the other side. Yes. Yes.

>[TO-DO GAINED: Raise Annie the worm from the dead]

You probably shouldn't tell Gil about this, or Ri— or anybody else. This is between you and Annie, after all. Your little secret. You clear your throat. "Uh... so where's Arledge?"

"...Also dead... I-I-I think... I guess you should probably check..." Gil sounds a little guilty. "He, um, he landed somewhere past you? I-in the rubble, I guess..."

It takes a little while before you find his body, helped by his stark blue robes— even if they are singed through. He's kind of mangled, either by the explosion or by (what Gil shiftily calls) his "fall." You don't look that long before feeling sick, and Gil has to nudge you to turn back around. "I-I-I think he... moved?"

Oh, God. You creep a little closer, enough to look Arledge in his half-lidded eyes. He animates at the sight of you, groaning and twitching— "She's normal!" Gil says. "She— she snapped out of it! We're not here to—"

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Bathic !!1oQZB1czRDh ID:40Q0Ehom Fri 07 Oct 2022 10:50:10 No.5426820 View View Report

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Once you get them good and softened up, you begin to pry. Why (does he think) is there fakes of him running around? They both tell you they had Pat make 'duplicates'— #4 doesn't offer a reason, #6 claims it's for 'longevity.' Do they ever leave the mansion? It's hard to discern expressions, but you get the feeling you're being looked at like you're stupid. #6 says officiously that he has a gift shop to manage. But Pat leaves and they don't?

You sense this strikes a weak point. Lester Six's face drips onto his hands. "paTRicia iSnT iSnT iSnT iSnT veRy conSidERaTE."

She just leaves them alone whenever she goes out? That isn't very considerate, you say. Wow. That's a real dick move. Do they even like Pat?

"WE ARE PARTNERS," says Lester Four when you ask him. "BUSINESS AND... YES. YOU GUESSED IT. SEX."
"i i i i aLwayS Say ThiS To ThE inTERns, 'TEamwoK makES ThE dREam woRk,'" says Lester Six when you ask him.

Neither of them, you notice, answer the question. (Also, what the fuck? You hope it means the actual MIA Lester, but—) Interesting. Pat leaves every day, you learn— but you thought her work was blown up? (By Richard?) Lester #6 scoffs and calls her a crazy workaholic. Okay, you say. Has he never been invited to— he hasn't. Has he asked?— yes, and been sharply rejected. Lester #4 insinuates something about hormonal cycles.

You pause to plaster your front-of-house smile back on, deal out a Two of Shells (Lester's third two in a row), and ask if Lester has ever attempted to follow her out. You know. Sneaky-like. If you'd gone into this cold, it would've been blindingly obvious— but you've been greasing the wheels for the better part of a day, and Lester doesn't bat an eyelash.

He tells you with exasperation that of course he's 'exercised his rights to liberty,' but it's been getting increasingly difficult. That at first the door was just locked like normal, but then Pat set it up so it only opened for her 'soss.' Then, very recently, she stopped using it entirely: she's just been vanishing and reappearing outta nowhere, which is hardly fair for—

"What door?" you say.

"ThE baSEmEnT door?"

The basement door. The basement door leads out of here— to where? The facility? If she stopped using it recently. It doesn't matter. You don't fucking care where it goes, or what stupid lock got slapped on it. It leads out. But where the fuck is the basement?

You don't ask. You deal Lester Six a Lady of Claws, and he busts, throwing him into enough emotional turmoil to forget he let this slip. You've been through the wringer enough to know not to waste a good thing.

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