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You try your best to ignore the fact most of the ETFs in front of you have fully loaded shotguns and assault rifles. They would fucking kill you if you put up a fight. Best to be diplomatic.
"Look. We're not here to fight you; We're not even planning on stopping you from finding whatever anomalous nonsense you find here. BUT!" You clear your throat to make sure they hear you clearly. "On two conditions."
"You don't have any room to negotiate, deer bitch." The one armed ETF agent snarls. You can already feel him reaching for the revolver holstered around his waist.
"No, no, Algiz. Let her speak." Phi holds her hand up, interrupting her comrade. "Go on." <<span class="mu-b">"I can sense something has latched onto her. Something STRONG. Rather not risk letting it out."</span>>
[CAPTAIN'S COMMAND] Heh.
"Lex."
Lex unfolds the paper slip he found and holds it up towards the group. "We have the passwords for the containment cells. We could save you a lot of time and effort if you work with us."
Phi breaks away from her group, hand gently resting on her service pistol, to check the list. Lex pulls away before she can get a solid look at it.
"Yeah, no." Alexis steps in to help negotiate. "We have two conditions."
"...Name them." Algiz is fiddling with the belts and patches on his tactical suit, clearly wanting this over with.
"One. You let any survivors in here out. In one piece." Ashley glances back at the hallway your group came from. "Look. They didn't have any weapons. They're hiding like rats: Do you really think killing them in cold blood will help your cause?"
Pasternack is about ready to start a spiel about how they deserve it when Phi and Algiz both concede, each solemnly nodding in approval.
"Yeah. I thought they were planning an ambush, frankly. We are in enemy territory."
"...The Revolutionary would kill us if he heard about this. We will be willing to do it for the pap-"
"Ah, ah!" Wendy finally butts in. "And we want to work with you. To ri-ri-ri-" She interrupts herself by clearing her throat with the wettest cough you have ever heard from a human being in your life. "...assist in your anomaly issue."
"Please explain why the fuck we would need YOUR assistance?" Generic ETF prods at her with clear distrust at the undiagnosed schizophrenic.
[HUNTER OF THE CITY] "The amount of money it would take for all fifteen of you, including these chucklefucks-" She slams her leg into the chair of one of the captives which nearly knocks them over. Liz yelps, barely managing to keep herself upright. "to be armed with anti-abnormality rounds would be far too costly."
"I HEARD OF A STORY FROM MY ASSOCIATE, ALEXIS." Quentin gestures towards the tired Russian woman in question. "SHE ONCE SAW AN ANOMALY BEING HIT WITH A ROAD ROLLER AT FULL FORCE AND SURVIVING. UNLESS THE ANOMALY IS VERY WEAK I DO BELIEVE THAT FOUR OF THEM WOULD BE TOO MUCH EVEN FOR YOUR GROUP."
"wait did you say four?" Now you got Phi's interest. "We were only expecting one, maybe two."
