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"To be somewhere elsewhere? Where people will know what you stand for?" You whisper out through clenched teeth. It's hard to think as the two of you keep incher closer and closer to you.
"Maybe a X-Corp base? A memorial plaza? Maybe a cemetery?" Kiara tries to get some sort of positive reaction out of the anomaly but all that lingers in the air is the scent of poppies and the piercing 'gazes' of the flowers staring down at you.
Naomi and Audie click their tongues disapprovingly. "It won't talk back, you know." "The dead never do."
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] You need to show it a sign that you truly understand who it is. Even if it's a lie.
"..." You pull out the makeshift AGENT ID you made. You hold it up towards the anomaly. "I'm the only one who survived here. I want to make sure your message is spread. So a mistake isn't repeated."
The scent of poppies fades immediately after you hold up the card towards the anomaly. The corpse at the base of the tree begins to struggle and rip at the roots connecting it to the base. The mangled corpse soon disconnects from the tree and promptly stands up on its two legs.
A tangled mass of roots, bark, and flowers clings all over the corpse's body. It takes slow, calculated steps over to the two of you until it stands right in front of your group.
<span class="mu-s">There will be a time where I bloom again.</span>
[SEEKERS OF THE CITY] You and Kiara glance at each other. Both of you immediately recognize that the corpse isn't the anomaly. It's the plant mass clinging to it.
[SEEKERS OF THE CITY] "You think it'll regrow?" "As long as someone remembers it." The two of you nod at each other. This should be enough.
You throw down the CONTAINMENT CUBE from your pocket before tossing it onto the ground. The featureless black cube quickly expands until it's just big enough to house the anomaly inside. The side facing the anomaly promptly opens up, which the anomaly proceeds to crawl inside. The CONTAINMENT CUBE seals shut behind it and immediately shrinks back to the size of a moderately oversized rubix's cube.
>LATECOMER'S BLOSSOM CONTAINMENT CUBE OBTAINED! (Houses an anomaly that seeks to be remembered. Very valuable, will be cashed out at mission end.)
>-1 FAKE ID, -EMPTY CONTAINEMNT CUBE.
You pick up the cube up from the flooded water before stuffing it into your pocket. One anomaly contained, nice. You turn your attention over to your allies. Most of them would rather not dwell on what happened if only because they have nothing to say. Audie and Naomi nod approvingly but that's all you're going to get.
The tree behind you is still standing tall despite the main body being removed from it. Kiara takes some pictures to remember it before handing you one.
>+1 DREARY NIGHT MURDERER and LATECOMER'S BLOSSOM PHOTOGRAPH! (Mementos.)
You point up towards the platform at the very top of the room you're in. "Check that out real quick before we go anywhere, please." You prepare to SIGHTJACK him once he agrees...
