>>6193692"Well, I've got no idea what to do with you - you said you were forced to kidnap kids, but you still delivered a lot of them into the cult's hands. So I don't really know what to do with you."
Hammy's face changed from fear to confusion. But that won't last long.
"So that's why we'll be keeping you here for the moment. Rita, keep an eye on him until I get an idea on what to do with him?"
Hammy's face recedes into abject terror as Rita grows a malicious yet expectant grin.
"Well, if you say so!"
"WHAT?! No, please, no!! Please, I've been a good boy, PLEASE-"
Hammy's desperate pleas gets drowned under Rita's gleeful giggles as you shut the door. Outside the room, McDowd's been observing you, all this time.
"Damn, that's real cold of you! You sure that's what he deserves?"
"Eh, he did make a lot of kids disappear in exchange of his own safety. I'd say it's deserved."
McDowd nods, with a look that you assume is some form of respect - however begrudging it is. As the two of you start to leave Rita to her mischievous ministrations, Nemo and Valencio arrived at the top of the stairs.
"O hey! You're done with the interrogations already?"
"Yep! And we did learn some stuff. The boogeyman didn't yield any good information, but the rabbit has some choice intel."
Valencio almost looks elated under his mask. Must be happy having something important to do.
"He was very stubborn, but apparently he's very weak to tremorsense. Just have to find the right frequency. Anyways, thanks to him we've learned a part of the cult's plans to summon the Singularity, which is..."
>CHOOSE ONE>□ Something related to crystals>□ Something related to the missing kids>□ Something related to the duplicated relics>□ Something about what will happen when the ritual succeeds>□ Something that could hinder their ritual>□ Other (fill in)