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It's about time you stopped beating around the bush with that man. It takes a moment for you to get outside of the secret room due to the stupid 'barely squeezable gap' design of the door. Once you do, you collect your drone and start making your way over to the managerial section.
You pass by the still opened door leading to said section. Weird, you would think it would've closed on its own by now. You'd guess it's some fluke on how old everything is.
Oddly, the hallway in this section of the building is pretty decent looking for how old the building is. Aside from some light dust, it's pretty damn spotless. It's a long, boring walk from the lobby all the way to the nearest manager office (according to your map) but you amuse yourself by whistling old holiday songs.
You stop in front of the first office you saw. You make out Maruyama mumbling to himself through the door. You rap on the door to make sure he doesn't freak out before stepping into the small office.
The office is small and compact. It only consists of a powerless computer, a desk, a few filing cabinets, and two chairs. Maruyama is hunched over on the other side of the desk, busy flipping through various pieces of dusty paperwork.
"What did you find?" He clicks his tongue sharply. "It's been hell here. None of the shit here is organized. Look at this." He slides over four sheets of paper over to you. After a quick skim, you realize all of them are the exact same complaint about an old costume.
"Yeesh." You click your tongue back. "Yeah that's not good. Well, I'll tell you on the walk over."
"A walk?" Maruyama taps his fingers on the desk. <<span class="mu-b">"Fuck it. If I'm here for any longer, I'm going to kill someone."</span>> "Sure, we'll take a walk." You exit the office while he trails behind you. You try to find a good way to simplify what you found. By the time you do, the two of you are already out of the awards show building.
"So, there was another hidden camera system here. Had its own generator and everything. Then, I saw...the entity. It rambled a lot then left. Observed it with a camera drone." That's probably good enough. "Found this. Recognize it?" You hold up the piece of red cloth you found.
Maruyama narrows his eyes. "That's Nouveau fabric. I think that's the same stuff that old Gregory fart was wearing." You look back down at the cloth. You remember seeing the Handler wear something similar. Interesting. After pointing it out and dwelling on the information you told him, Maruyama nods his head.
He begins to speak as you two get to the bottom of the staircase. "Well, alright. You got some decent footage if nothing else." Something seems to be stewing in his head. <<span class="mu-b">"The security systems have really shoddy quality, huh? That's what Nicole and Kiara told me...and we're tasked with getting good footage? Hm."</span>>
"Yeah, I was planning on showing some of it to Gregory. I need your help in, uh, convincing him to help." You hope to god he agrees.
