The anomaly phases right through a nearby wall and into the filming studio. You're shocked to see that the leg you tore off of it has been reattached but on closer examination, the area between the stump and the leg is twisted and wrapped. Forcefully merged together. It freezes in place when it sees the set your group made.
https://youtu.be/JBkRe_m21Z0 - ACTION!
The whole space around you twists and distorts in an instance. What was once an empty building with nothing but dust and ash is now filled with a crowd of translucent, sepia-toned film crew members hectically moving around the set. The makeshift set you created has completely transformed as well. Cardboard cutout buildings turn into proper wooden buildings. Cardboard horses become real, breathing animals. Everything has been turned into something that would actually belong on a set.
The only thing that hasn't changed is the cameras your group has set up, recording this whole thing unfold. It's like time has rewound a solid seventy years in the past. You even feel a sandy gust of wind blow past you. "Holy shit." You hear Maruyama murmur behind you in astonishment.
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] The anomaly is resonating with the set you made. You can see its posture relax ever so slightly.
Kiara interjects with her own knowledge, "If it's resonating, <span class="mu-g">that means it's lowering its guard.</span> We can communicate with it and actually have it sink in a lot easier."
Gregory's whole body is beyond wound up and tense. It's clear to anyone with a brain how rattled he is by the sudden transformation of the environment around him...and the anomaly standing before him. "W-welcome back?" He's at a loss for words. He tries his best to give a comforting smile.
"YOU. YOU! <span class="mu-s">YOU!</span>" The anomaly takes slow, bulky steps over to Gregory. Each step takes more effort than the last. The static around it has faded, allowing you to understand it clearly "FINALLY! YOU CAN FILM YOUR STUPID SPAGHETTI WESTERN! THEN, YOU CAN BE REPLACED JUST LIKE YOU REPLACED ME! AFTER ALL, WE CAN ALWAYS GET THAT NEW DIRECTOR ANDROID MODEL! WHAT WAS IT, YOVANI WHOEVER?"
Gregory starts backpedaling away from the anomaly. You follow after Gregory while Maruyama reluctantly stands between the two. Kiara is filming it all on a film camera she found in storage. "L-Look, it was just one movie! You could've bounced back! Find another job! It wasn't the end of the world!"
"IT WASN'T TO YOU! BZZT!" Its camerahead violently twitches. "THIS WAS MY ONLY CHANCE! TO BE PART OF A MAGNUM OPUS! TO BE SOMEONE THAT MATTERED! IT WAS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST FILM SHOWN AT THE AVALON AWARDS!" The set around you stretches and twists underneath the emotional strain the anomaly is going under. More and more buildings prop out of thin air, twisting this place into a maze.
If you don't manage to calm it down soon, at best you might have to get into a fight. Or <span class="mu-r">someone might get seriously hurt.</span>
