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"Sir! Sir!"
You feel someone shaking your shoulders. You open up your eyes, drifting back from unconsciousness. You're no longer in the streets, you're in...a security storage room. Felix is standing over you.
"What the fuck happened?" He is fucking pissed with you. "God, I should've stopped you. I knew the detective was bad news."
[DYING LIGHT] No, sir. He is concerned, worried. He yells out of fear for your status.
[HOPELESS WRECK] HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WORRIED. YOU FEEL LIKE SHIT. SOMETHING IS MAKING REMEMBERING HURT.
[BOUND BY DUTY] You must get back up. Let him assist you until your job is done.
You rub the sore spot on your head. Something in you has changed. Your other aspects are shifting, changing. Adjusting. A faint memory of something returns...
ADMINISTRATOR ASPECT updates [Stacks with current stats]
>Hopeless Wreck (Is more likely to warn you of incoming danger or potential red flags. May offer false alarms.)
>Bound by Duty (Energy Collection+, working with ETF agents might have unique results, good and bad.)
>Dying Light (WP+, Physical Protection++ when protecting an employee, Bonding+. <span class="mu-r">Your beliefs were not popular in the eyes of the City. Best be careful.</span>.)
An old martial arts technique flutters back to memory…
>Force of Will (Can be activated once per day. You can ignore a source of stamina damage taken in exchange for willpower damage.)
"I'm...yeah, if you don't mind helping me up, Felix." You don't want to dismiss his feelings. Probably wouldn't help. He pulls you up off the floor, hanging your arm over his shoulder. The Detective is inert, no more tar leaking from it.
>After the report, watch the Ranger show personally, and converse with the Critic.
"Mind, uh, dragging me back to the employee breakroom? I want to chat with some folks." You weakly laugh. Felix is utterly dumbfounded.
"And not to the fucking medbay?"
"It was nothing, I wasn't harmed. Trust me, ol' Admin can take a few licks!" You pat him on the back, trying to deflect you passed out for god knows how long.
"You're the boss, I suppose..." He shakes his head, not wanting to do this but respecting your authority. The two of you take your time to walk over to the room in question. Felix keeps taking glances at you, trying to read the expression on your face.
"Why are you like this? Why do you keep working in this state?" Felix quietly asks, more to himself than anything.
[HOPELESS WRECK] TO SURVIVE. TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY, TO SPITE THE WORLD WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
[BOUND BY DUTY] To do what is necessary. To make sure no one has to carry your burden.
[DYING LIGHT] To help out the world. To bring back a fleeting hope.
"...I simply do." You're a bit too hazy to say anything else. "I'm sorry if I worried you." You pass by a few employees, who are getting a bit used to your disgusting state. Helps that it was Jack and Celanine.
"No shit you worried me, without you we would- fuck, someone worse would come along."
