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>M2 and D-C4537 to Bond with Sense. You got a weird feeling something neat is gonna happen with them.
Employee M2 and D-C4537 stare at each other quietly, assessing each other, before their faces burst into the same goofy grin.
M2: You?!
C45: Me!?
M2: An intergenerational Worker business huddle?
C45: Absolutely! It's been too long since!
The two grab each other's hands and quickly skip over to the containment cell.
You cut the camera audio to not be overwhelmed by the sheer volume and speed of buzzwords being thrown about.
C45 nods every time the phrase "increasing facility synergy" is repeated by M2.
The duo immediately calm down as the they turn the TV on and sit down. You unmute the audio once they turn the TV on.
The camera cuts to an non-descript road in the City. Cars sit in the middle of the road without their drivers.
A blur of motion weaves through the cars like a motorcycle and the cars <span class="mu-r">disintegrate a few seconds later. Nothing remains.</span>
M2: Ah, would this the mysterious ruiner of this District's productivity?
C45: Oh, so that's what the weird announcement was about!
The screen cuts to a dozen or so Agents surrounding the anomaly in the center of a bombed-out plaza. Even while stationary, it's impossible to discern any features due to how fast the thing is vibrating, its outline shimmering and flickering in and out of reality.
ANOMALY: "Shit, confirmation on the anomaly. Provisional name: While Having Fun."
ANOMALY: "I'M NOT READY TO DIE! GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER!"
The blur starts to slow down before <span class="mu-b">stopping completely.</span>
A mass of copper bells and disjointed clock mechanisms is now visible, held together with strips of rusted iron.
C45: Awww, it's so gross!
M2: So disgusting!
ANOMALY: "Wait! It's stopping!"
One of the agents grabs a heavily modified assault rifle off of his back.
ANOMALY: "OPEN FIRE! BEFORE IT MOVES AGAIN!"
The other agents follow his lead and begin laying down a torrent of bullets.
C45: Woaw! Having an on-site field presence is foundational to our ability to drive efficiencies in the corporate warscape!
M2: Just stick to manual and no one gets hurt. That's how you'll deal with any issue!
C45: Yes, ma'am!
A majority of the bullets bounce off the armored core, but a few hit their marks, shattering plates and breaking off parts of the metal monstrosity!
<span class="mu-b">The mass of bronze and bells begins to rotate and rapidly accelerates once again.</span>
ANOMALY: "SHIT! KEEP FIRING! KEEP FIR-"
The leader gets splattered against the wall, spraying a red mist into the air and baptizing the other agents in his blood.
The blur shoots past the other agents and further into the dark streets of the City, <span class="mu-b">with much less speed than before.</span>
C45: Aww, butterflies. They lost.
M2: I was rooting for them! These anomalies sure are a higher caliber than the rest.
The two women mope for a few seconds.
M2: I suppose we'll just have to hard stop this-
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