https://youtu.be/U3rQ93kLwyE - ANOMALY NEARBY
The alleyway you entered seems to be stretching on a lot farther than an alleyway should be, even in the City. Your allies quickly pick up of this. All you can do is keep following after Benjamin.
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] The walls are beginning to wrap in on themselves. Chunks of brick and steel merging together haphazardly. Signs becoming illegible gibberish. You are approaching something beyond your understanding.
[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] It is nascent. You doubt it will immediately try to kill you. Still, don't be reckless.
Suddenly, he stops dead in his tracks. You and your allies have to grind your heels to a halt to make sure you don't crash right into him. His eyes seem focused at some sort of blur of color that seems remarkably out of place considering the bland greys and white snow.
>You'll only have a rough idea on what the anomaly is through flavor text and the quips from an unidentified person (or persons) attached to it. At best, Benjamin can clue you in with his own tidbits via OPEN MINDED, which will be marked down in []s.>Two anons, roll 1d3 to determine how many PEP PILLS and ANTIPSYCHOTICS he produces after the encounter.CHOOSE YOUR ENCOUNTER.
>"Everything is passing. Everything. Stay here any longer, and you will never regain what you were." ("Ah God, that color, everything is eroding-" "There was no bottom at all.") ["I remember a friend back at Z-Corp who got exposed to the wrong chemicals. When we did the autopsy, only a small handful of brain matter was left."]>"Feed me, love me, starve me, hate me, beat me, hug me, judge me..." ("God, this is pathetic. I don't even know what to say.") ["...Reminds me of myself, before I met Max. Self-loathing and a longing for love."]>"I could really wear my heart on my sleeve. Or maybe, I don't have to be anyone at all." ("This job fucking sucks. I wish I could follow in its footsteps." "Suck it up. You get used to it.") ["You can't escape who you are. Trust me, I've seen people try."]>"His Light was borne from madness and misery." ("This feeling...it's majestic and holy and yet, there's that veil of death and termination of substance...") ["Sickening. Even N-Corp wasn't this desperate."]>"Why did I let myself be crushed by this world? Because...I was lazy." ("Can't judge him too much. If I could do my job without having to do anything? I'd take it in a heartbeat.") ["Not my cup of tea. I prefer being hands on."]>"One must be willing to learn to be taught. So many impertinent students these days. A new lesson must be taught.” (“Remember anything from your piano lessons?” "Just Chopsticks.") ["Oh, hey, Max can play this...I think? Reminds me of one I saw back at her place."]>"No. No, no, no, no. They were my SALVATION. When do they FALL?" ("You motherfucker. Rotting in here is a mercy compared to what we should do to you." "She was still alive when we found the guy, shit...") ["..."]