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That gets everyone's attention but any questioning is cut off by the door leading outside slamming open. Standing in the doorway is the woman in the horse mask with a shimmering crystal knife in hand.
Her scraggly, malnourished body isn't intimidating in the slightest but it's her voice that terrifies your group. Her voice is like a boiling pot of water threatening to boil over. Each shout and bark out of her threatens to send her into a mindless rage.
"SILENCE YOUR TONGUES, INFIDELS. HIROSE. THEY TOLD US NOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS. THEY KNOW TOO MUCH NOW! KILL THEM! KILL THEM NOW!!!"
Normally your allies would be able to draw their weapons and force her to back down but...
No one is moving. Everyone is staring at her, frozen in place. Even you find yourself unable to do anything as the woman continues to babble.
"THE FACT THEY'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS IS A SIGN THEY ARE WITH THE ENEMY! FOR THE FATHER ABOVE DECREES THAT WE SHALL PURIFY ALL THOSE WHO STAND IN OUR WAY!"
"Huxley!" Max is the first one to break out of this odd fear-induced paralysis. "Huxley, I know you're in there somewhere. Snap out of it."
The Huxley shuts up real quick when she hears that voice. "Huh? Who dare speaks while I am?"
"Listen! We're not your enemies unless you want to make us your enemies." Max quickly wipes away the grease from her hair to reveal the blueish-grey mess underneath.
"...Krakatoa."
"Look. We're only here to hunt down someone who slighted us first. Who fucked over US first. We are not here to start anything with YOU."
"How can I trust you?"
Everyone else, including Hirose and the Maus still hiding behind the door, is silent as the two corpos talk to each other.
"I'm Max Krakatoa. I worked with one of your family members, Robert Huxley."
"...Recognize the name. You do not lie." The woman snorts almost like an actual horse. "I see, I see."
"Again. We're only here to ask your boss a few questions and leave you guys alone. We're not here to interfere with the deal. We're not here to steal your cut."
"Y-yes!" Casey finally has the wherewithal to speak up. "We're only here to do our job. We just so happened to run into each other."
"If we wanted to hurt your boss, we would've done so. If we wanted to do something bad, we would've. Trust us here."
>25!
The Huxley resheathes her knife onto a small sheath on her belt. "...What do you want?"
"All I want is a bit of your time. Maybe some of your assistance. See, we know this place is dangerous and we know you're a pretty tough cookie, haha!"
"Hm. You worked with Huxley. I smell strength in group. No lies detected."
She adjusts the latex horse mask on her face. With a huff, she decides to lean next to the door out of here. "...Fine. Fine, fine, fine. Make any move to hurt faggot," "Hey!" ",and you die. Otherwise, will help out. Promise."
She then goes quiet. That could've gone a lot worse.
>+1 HUXLEY FAVOR! ALL DCS IN THE NEXT LOCATION YOU HEAD TO WILL BE REDUCED BY 2!
