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The front half trails down from her head and all the way to the counter while the rest trails all the way down her back. Almost like watching a regal lion still clinging on to what power and authority it had.
Kiara stumbles back in shock after a quick analysis of the woman in front of her. "She's 142 years old. She shouldn't even be alive." Wait, 142- She was 86 before the facility was sealed. Naomi's in her 80s so she was 24 at minimum when this woman was alive...fuck.
"Welcome home, child." The Extraction Head turns her attention over to Naomi, not remotely giving a fuck about anyone else down here. "I never thought I would see you again."
"Mother." Naomi can't even look her in the eye when talking to her.
"I have no desire to fight." Ms. Wischard reaches into her coat and promptly places down an old ID card down onto the table. "I have no desire to do anything else but to let the water rush up this old, feeble body. I know what you're here to do." Her attention snaps over to the rest of your group. "Go ahead."
[DOGMATIC MINDSET] "What?" Clover is the first one to object to Ms. Wischard's hopeless request. "Why? The war's over. The surface is free. Ya clearly got all of yer screws in, why would you-"
Ms. Wischard shakes her head. "I see no such desire in my heart. I am not like Redd. I am not like the others. I am fine dying down here." She reaches down underneath the counter to pull out a freshly brew glass of tea. "I saved my last packet for a day like this. I am fine."
"I-I don't think ya understand. I'm not taking no for an answer." Clover starts to step closer to Ms. Wischard but she immediately cuts him off with a firm 'tsk' from the back of her throat. Clover's eye begin to twitch but he curtly nods, waiting for her answer.
"Pray tell, how? I am old. I can hardly leave the chair I am sitting in. Even if I were to stand, I have no ability to defend myself nor the physical constitution to run away from danger. I would simply be a hindrance to your group as you attempt to complete your goal."
"I- Mira, come on, don't you want to at least die on the surface above?" Audie tries his best to get through to his former coworker. "People are trying to help you. They helped ME. Don't you-"
"And even if I do get out, who's to say I wouldn't be snuffed out? I was told secrets from P-Corp I can not repeat, not even down here. I have seen things that none of you have the willpower to comprehend. Even if I were to leave...I would die just as quickly as down here." The way she's saying that is as if she's trying to convince herself that staying down here is the only option to her.
You don't think she actually wants to die. She just doesn't see any other way.
[QUEEN BEE MINDSET] Casey speaks up for the first time in a while. "Do you like lying to yourself? Do humans enjoy deluding themselves?"
[NAOMI ALLY] "...So what? Do you believe it is noble to die like a dog?"
[SABLE ACTIVE] "YOU DO REALIZE DROWNING IS BY FAR THE WORST WAY TO GO, YES?"
