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The whole hallway has been set ablaze. A gust of dry air like staring face first into a roaring oven hits everyone surrounding the barricade. All of you rapidly back away from the barricade as it soon catches on fire.
A few stragglers manage to make it to the barricade despite their bodies melting away like a plastic fork forgotten in the microwave. One of the most cognizant OCEP agents tilts their head at your mortified group.
"Sign. Our petiTIOTN...JOHN DOE...sigNED for..." He might've said more but his mouth seals shut from thick plastic-like flesh covering it.
He slumps over on the now makeshift funeral pyre. Something tells you they won't be an issue anymore.
>FRACTURED OCEP HORDE dealt with! For now.
"Woo." Clover wipes the sweat from his brow. "Thought we were going to run outta ammo."
"Mgh." Frank grits his teeth. "They've been pulling a lot of bullshit like this. Trying to slow us down; Something's important here."
"Any idea what, though?" Lex crosses his arms. "Probably ain't no anomaly. All that shit was up on the first floor."
"Fuck if I know." Frank takes this brief moment of free time to reload his shotgun. "All I know is this place is teeming with fuckers. I even saw, uh, what did ya call it?"
"<span class="mu-r">An Excisor.</span>" Clover shudders. "Wendy told us about what it was when we nearly stumbled into one. Real big and bulky dude - Kinda like you, Lex."
Lex's face goes stiff. So does yours. Something's telling you there's not just ONE Excisor down here knowing your luck.
You briefly glance over to Vincent, Dasha and Wendy at the side.
Wendy's face is swollen up with more bruises that you can count - Her RIOT SHIELD lays dented and twisted by the chair she's sitting on.
Dasha's left hand has been torn to shreds and there's a deep gash down her stomach. She's not dying but she's seen better days.
You'll have to set aside some of your pills to deal with them - There's no CRIPPLING INJURIES on them but that'll take a lot of SINSU V1 pills.
"Okay, we don't have much time, right?" Lex taps his foot on the ground. "Any intel shit you got on this place?"
"Yeah." Frank wipes his brow. "We know of a few locations of interest. With your help we can probably check them all out."
"IF YOU DIDN'T SET THE ONLY HALLWAY FORWARD ON FIRE!"
"Nah." Benjamin coughs up a thick layer of ash onto his hand. "I got a way around that."
"Mh." Maruyama nods. "He does. I believe he can make us fireproof."
Frank blankly stares at your group as if the idea of that being possible is complete horseshit - He decides it's better not to argue for now.
"Well, partner, we best get goin' soon." Clover tips his ash-caked, blood-stained cowboy hat at you. "Dasha and Vincent can fill ya in on the details."
Seems like you got a chance to decide where to head to next. <span class="mu-r">You still feel like you're being hunted</span> so you best make a move. Quick.
>You'll get a chance to switch squads in this vote! What location to explore you pick decides which squad you stay with.
