Something's bothering you. You raise your hand up to ask the guards for a moment to check something. They keep their weapons trained on you to keep up face but they otherwise don't move.
You dig into your pocket to pull your ELITE SPOOK AGENT RADIO and your PULSATING GEAR. You toss the PULSATING GEAR a few feet away before trying to use the radio.
"FOREIGN SIGNAL DETECTED. IF PROPER CALLSIGN IS NOT SPOKEN INTO RADIO IN 10 SECONDS, DEVICE WILL EXPLODE. 10-"
This rightfully causes your allies and guards to panic. You drag the gear back into your inventory via telekinesis and bam, it just goes back to playing white noise due to poor signal. <span class="mu-b">Seems like they DID change the signals but you have a PARADIGM to partially counter it.</span>
"Okay, look, let's not mince words. We outarm and outnumber you but we're not here to start anything."
"wait did you move that with your mind." One of the guards whispers as if he saw a deity manifest in front of him.
Not bothering to answer, you throw out your tribute. A shitty handmade gun, a pocket knife, some ammo for said gun, and Wendy chips in with a hunk of metal pipe you stole GOD knows how long ago.
To these guards, you might as well be a god blessing them with treasure. Despite it being litter in your inventory. The two doorguards scramble to pick them up while Anfisa jumps down from the platform she's standing on, disappearing behind the wall.
The gate slowly opens up, revealing the village behind it. Your group takes this as a sign to go on in and so, you enter the walled off village to see how it's handling itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvkcJ1k5rT0 - LOVE TOWN
The first thing that strikes your group is just how quiet the village is. It's as if it was a ghost town.
The village itself is pretty small all things considered. Aside from the log fence surrounding it and a few scattered off-blue trees, there's only about ten buildings total inside of the village. All but one are circled around a statue that has been planted firmly in the middle of the village.
It's an old stone statue that has long since seen better days. It's missing an arm and a lot of the detail on it has been chipped away by weather and time. It is of a man with a long, flowing regal cloak draped over his body. A vest with the symbol of a two-headed eagle is worn underneath said robe. Any other detail has been lost to time.
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] You know L-Corp has a 'King' but the only other Corporate CEO you know of with a 'Royalty' title is N-Corp. You doubt it's someone from modern day I-Corp.
You turn to Alexis. Even she can't identify it so all she offers is a shrug. Seems like it's just a gap in your group's knowledge.
Checking on the actual buildings, five of them are small windowless wooden huts with wood roofing that have a smoking chimney blasting a steady stream of smoke into the air. None of the doors are open sans one that has a small child poking her head around the doorframe.
