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"Ahhh, dumpster diving. I used to do that with a good friend of mine. O13 was a hoot, man, funny guy."
"Is that his actual name?"
"Nah. Poor dude doesn't remember his actual name. Anyways, enough about me. Let's go dumpster-diving, man."
And so you do. It doesn't take long to arrive at LOST and FOUND. You and Edward shimmy inside of the crammed, filthy room. As usual, it's filled to the brim with all manners of garbage and trash that's dumped here through a pipe in the ceiling.
"Ya know, the last anomaly I captured for ARC was a giant pile of trash. Like, GIANT, man. Went all of the way up to the ceiling."
"Really?" Doubt creeps into your voice. "How exactly would an anomaly like that work?"
Edward kneels before a pile of random trash. He stuffs his hands into it, trying to search for something. "It tried to lure you in with something you want. Something you longed for, your heart's desire."
"Everything it tried to make to lure me in was obscene, a parody, an insult in comparison to what I wanted. Like "modernizing" an old movie." Edward's mouth twists into a sneer. "Anomalies always try to get into your head, man."
You briefly ponder what that trash pile would make to lure you in. Ah, anything you want would probably be too ephemeral or vague for that anomaly to make.
You start digging through the LOST AND FOUND garbage for anything useful. Maybe some new clothes for when you meet that weird ARC higher-up lady? That'd be nice.
>0 SUCCESSES!
Oh. It's a can of wet cat food. The label is so worn out that you can only make out two Ts across the whole can. Odd but maybe there's something else.
Another can of wet cat food. Hm. You dig again.
Another can. You try again. Another can.
You try again. Another can. You try again.
Another can. You try again. Another CAN.
YOU TRY AGAIN!!! ANOTHER CAN!!!! YOU-
You found a whole TEN CANS of CAT FOOD before you found LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE!!! It's almost impressive how much cat food was inside this pile. You check on Edward and he seems to be having the same problem, but for dog food.
You tally up everything useful you and Edward found, which isn't that much if you ignore the cat food.
LOOT OBTAINED!
>"TT" BRAND WET CAT FOOD x12 (Used for feeding a cat, obviously. Could also feed your mold or your other anomalies.)
>DISHWASHER? SCRAP (It's hard to tell but you know this could make a dishwasher or a washing machine if you really, really tried.)
>MYSTERIOUS BLUE PILL x3 (???. Needs further analysis before you can use it.)
>UNTITLED BOOK (???. A jet black cover stares back up at you. An ominous aura surrounds the book.)
"This place is-" "-Absolutely cursed. Horrifying aura in here." The two of you voice your utter disdain for this place. The air suddenly feels a lot cleaner once you're outside of LOST AND FOUND.
"How much would you bet something anomalous happened there?" You jokingly ask.
"I ain't losing another $100, Mr. Straight Flush." Edward rolls his eyes. "Give it 12 hours."
