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<span class="mu-g">R-Corp's invasion has been beaten! R-Corp's sponsor is over!</span>
<span class="mu-r">Employee I, B2, Ranger Zero are in critical condition.</span>
<span class="mu-r">Spike is barely functional.</span>
Star is barely visible at this point, flickering in and out of visibility. Holes cover her arms and torso, the first real sign that she isn't some all mighty magician who only stays out of convenience.
She looks up at the camera. When she opens his mouth, you don't hear any performative flair or anger or anything. She just sounds <span class="mu-s">tired.</span>
"I'm going to sleep. Don't bother me. Back to back shows. Hurts. Audience found it funny. Art hurts, doesn't it?" A dry, humorless laugh exits her as she teleports back into her cell. Her cane is left behind. It's cracked and caked in dust and blood.
>Star is permanently overloaded for the rest of the day. Best not to disturb her with work orders.
Future sighs as he watches Cloud struggle against the chains. It doesn't take long for exhaustion and the overdose to get to him. A faint smile is visible under his damaged gas mask. He stares at the remaining employees and anomalies. All aside from Chi probably need to visit the Medbay.
"Nine or ten to one. Still almost killed two of you. I...I did you good, didn't I, Snow? Ash? Rain?"
<span class="mu-i">My heart burns. My head throbs. All I see is..</span>
Wait, did you hear his though- Before you can question it, he slumps over, eyes closed as grey spittle and blood pours out of his mouth.
<span class="mu-r">Cloud is overdosing.</span>
Annnd to the Medbay with his ass. The EFT agents and Agent K exit with him, heading towards the first floor. Future looks up at the screen. You swear you see a crack forming on his ribs. Barely visible through the holes in his armor.
"You did the best you could. Alarmingly so. Even if he's getting more bitter, Fortune really favors you, huh?"
"I suppose so." If that box could dial back his attitude. It's like it's trying to piss everyone off now. Or maybe...huh. Is it challenging you? To see if you're willing to tolerate obeying a few more commands? Weird thought coming after seeing your employees nearly die to one kid.
"If you don't mind..."
"Yes, yes. I'll return to my holding cell. Those bullets..." Future fishes one out of his armor, holding it up to you. "I have never felt such searing pain in my life. My essence, my soul, my being. It felt..." He drops it and crushes it under his boot.
"It is the Father's will. And this is simply another one of his trials." When you look for S.Host, all that's left is a lingering static haze in your camera feed where he was standing. Huh, no blood, no guts, nothing. What made that one different from the other one?
"Continue on, Admin. And I will continue with you." He leaves to go carry the cluwne to medbay.
"Thank you, Future." You're not sure if you trust Future but it's just nice knowing someone like him is on your side. You'll have people deal with whatever's left of the Rangers later.
