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>Lovecraft, Subdue Star, make sure the lights are turned off, turn this into a bit of a horror movie.
After what just happened, you think you need something a bit more entertaining. You sit back down in your chair after giving the dress back to Isabelle.
You dim the lights as Beta slides the cage into the anomaly's containment cell.
<span class="mu-i">The show i-</span>
The cage starts rattling, getting the attention of the magician.
ANOMALY: What the...?
ANOMALY: Uh, woah, woah. Who's there?
The loosened cage lock eventually bursts open, sending a metallic spider heart launching at the magician.
ANOMALY: OH FUCK SHIT SHIT UHH
The magician scrambles away from the creature launching right at her face. The heart smacks against the wall and slides right down it.
ANOMALY: What the fuck is that thing?!
Lovecraft quickly gets back up. It scratches something into the ground before pointing one of its many legs at the magician.
LOVECRAFT: "BOO!"
The heart skitters quicker than the magician can react, closing the gap incredibly quick.
The magician scrambles away, nearly losing her balance as she's trying to stay away from the creature.
ANOMALY: GET AWAY FROM ME! THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF SHOW I WANT, NO THANK YOU!
Her fear only motivates the heart even more. The two keep running, one chasing and one fleeing, in a game of cat and mouse.
The magician leaps towards the now empty cage and crams her body into it.
Despite her being way too big for the cage, she manages to smash her body into it before locking herself in.
ANOMALY: Sh-show's not happening right now! Leave me alone! I don't wanna talk to a fan right now!
The heart scratches at the cage, trying to get at the self imprisoned anomaly.
<span class="mu-i">The show is going to be delayed. It will happen in a while.</span>
ANOMALY: Get back! Get back!
This goes on for a while. The heart tries to scratch at the anomaly's face while she slowly inches the cage away from the heart.
ANOMALY: BACK! BACK! I DON'T LIKE YOU! GET AWAY!
Beta looks up at his watch. "Guess it's probably about time to extract 'im." He enters the containment cell.
Beta grabs the heart with his hands before gesturing at the anomaly to come out.
She does so, squeezing out of the small cage like it was no big deal.
The ETF agent tosses the heart right back into the cage before locking it up.
The two of them exit the containment cell.
ANOMALY: ...
The magician heads to a corner of the room and curls up in a fetal position.
ANOMALY: it's okay it's okay you're safe now the mean spider is gone.
<span class="mu-i">A show needs a performer. If the performer can not perform, the show can not go on.</span>
You can hardly hold in your snickering at what you just saw. Neither can S-4M or C-0RA. The three of you let out a collective sigh.
"That was fucking amazing." The three of you say unanimously.
