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"Clover, Kiara, Naomi, Audie. Deal with Refinement. Quentin, Casey, Wendy? Come with me. We'll talk to the Manager." Might as well use your comically oversized party to do multiple things at once, yeah?
Audie's pupils narrow down into tiny little pinpricks the moment he hears your plan. "I don't think you should do that. Mr. Manager hasn't left that room in decades. He's rather...unsightly."
"i'm fucking sorry you're a fucking bug man how could he be any weirder." An incredulous sneer spreads across your face.
"RUDE." Quentin crosses his arms with a very obvious pout.
"I don't think you have any room to talk with the antlers." Kiara nudges you with her shoulder.
Clover whistles out a low tune. "At least his head's normal. God bless Kana but her foxhead surgery was...something."
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT YOU-" You hold your tongue back for now. Not now. Best to just let Audie answer.
"You'll see it when you see it. He's one with the office now." Despite how vague that answer is, you already have an idea on what that could mean. With that cryptic warning given, Audie and the three allies you ordered to follow him disappear down into the hub area, heading to wherever the REFINEMENT MACHINE is.
>Audie, Clover, Kiara, and Naomi have temporarily left your party. You and your other allies have temporarily lost the RESTRAINT, TALENT, WILLPOWER, and VIOLENCE boosts given by Naomi.
"Thank you." An oddly sugary sweet, almost cartoonish joy oozes out of Wendy's words. "Thank you for getting that freak away from me. Enemy of my enemy and all but FUCK."
A deep, almost hungry buzz vibrates throughout Casey's throat. Eugh. "Ooo! Did you want to break his spine and rip him in half like you're eating a crawfish? I'm not sure you would have the physical strength to do that!"
"Oh ho!" Wendy snaps her fingers. "I was more in the taste of snapping his arms like a lobster but that's good too!"
You and Quentin share a look with each other. He curtly nods with a solemn, almost mournful frown. <<span class="mu-b">"I apologize for whatever these two may do."</span>>
You nod back. "It's okay." You clap your hands to get the attention of the two hungry little sociopaths. "Okay, I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. Let's move. We got a manager to talk to."
"Feh. Fine, fine." Wendy mumbles out some dismissive sounding grunts and groans as she picks her AGENT BATON back up.
"Thank yOU." Quentin nods approvingly. "Casey?"
"Oh! Yes!" She promptly falls back into a rear position while Quentin joins Wendy at the front. The four of you promptly head back to the star-shape hub area.
Your group tries its best not to look at the mangled and barely alive survivors of Audie's previous attack. Aside from the ETF you treated, most of them are already too far gone. Damn shame but hey, at least you helped him regain his sanity so this won't happen again. It is what it is in this line of work.
Your group proceeds north from the center of the hub. Time to deal with the manager.
