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The fact he's willing to speak about it so candidly is offputting. Most companies tend to be secretive about their singularity but you can't deny that by the sounds of it, it's a very practical one at least.
>+V-COMPANY SINGULARITY KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED! (A perfect copy of a human, huh? Your doppelganger comes to mind...)
"What's the catch? Why are you telling us this?" Alexis points out the obviously suspicious behavior of his candid info dump.
"Who cares? You're not an Alphabet Company rep and you have no actual power in stopping us. You might have, what, five or six higher ups who like you? This information in of itself doesn't threaten us if we tell you it." Mr. V leans even further onto the table. "Yet you keep struggling. Yearning to learn more. I heard stories about you, Niocle. That you and anyone who works for you always WINS. No matter the struggle."
"I like that. I like to see people struggle." He slides over a catalog and a handful of items across the table. "I've been watching you. Hearing about your stories. You're interesting. I wanna see you succeed. Consider this an official sponsorship from V-Corp itself."
>+3 V-CORP (VICTORY) FAVORS
>-3 DC TO ALL CHECKS INVOLVING INTERACTING WITH V-COMPANY IN THE FUTURE
>+V-CORP CATALOG (Sells a lot of low quality ammo, healing items, and consumables at rock bottom prices. With V-Company interested in your recent victories, they're willing to sell items at a profit loss for them.)
>+V-COMPANY CIGARETTE x3 (Heals 5 RESTRAINT at the cost of 2 FLESH damage and a Crippling Injury.)
"Win for us."
You, Casey, and Alexis promptly fucking jet from his table. You rather not stare around him any longer than you have to, fuck that noise.
The next table is the trucker lady. She immediately seems to recognizes you and immediately reaches her hand out for a handshake. Huh? You have never seen this girl in your god damn life. She's wearing a bulky plaid vest, thick leather pants, grimy work boots, and a quaint little trucker's hat. Her short red hair and freckles doesn't seem familiar at all to you.
"Hey! I recognize that weird stare and that outfit style-" She gestures at the jeans, boots, and gloves you brought for the W-Corp mission. "G-Corp girl too, huh? Nice. Didn't expect to see one here. Not exactly a, uh, populated district."
[SEEKER OF THE CITY] G-Corp is a very new Company in the grand scheme. You doubt they've existed longer than 30ish years and given the City has existed for 250 years? That's peanuts.
"Y-yeah?" It's weird how she had that quick of a read on you. You grab her hand and shake it, which causes the G-Corp rep to flash a beaming smile.
"Well then!" Casey claps her hands with a bright, beaming smile. "If that's the case, surely you would be willing to help us out as well! We're working for her to bolster the spirit of G-Corp, one person at a time!"
"She's not wrong, Ms...?"
"Sammy."
"Of course. See, my investment in this weird little creature has offered quite a useful RoI."
