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The air is thick with tension. One wrong move and you'd imagine the only one who'll be alive is Katherine. You can almost smell the violence in the air. Or maybe that's the A-Energy of four SHIFTers...
Well, no, your A-Energy detector is barely making any noise. You imagine only Benedict is making any notable energy due to his condition.
That's besides the point, though. You need a backup plan for the very, VERY uncertain path you plan on picking. You have to wait until she's distracted (her two robots barely seem sentient so you don't have to worry about them) with the conversation to plan some explosives.
Just in case.
"I'm not being paid enough for this. You handle it, Otto." You don't like using his name on the job but this situation warrants you, you think. "Th-"
Two near-ear shattering gunshots ring out through the air. Your automatically throw up your arms in a faint attempt to protect yourself...but only a few stray buckshot rounds graze past your cheek and neck. It hurts like a bitch and you're bleeding now but you're otherwise fine. Huh?
>-2 FLESH! 4/6 LEFT!
Lowering your arms, you now notice that a vast majority of the buckshot that was fired at you is suspended about a foot away from you. They then drop to the ground once your telekinetic focus wanes. You forgot you trained that ability, to be honest.
The two robot guards lower their shotguns in confusion. Katherine simply sneers upon seeing her attack failing. "I'm sorry, you don't get to call him by that name. You don't get to call that pathetic piece of shit anything other than that STUPID FUCKING TITLE he picked for himself."
"THE OTTO I FUCKING KNEW DIED WHEN HE PICKED THIS STUPID TARD WRANGLING JOB! LOOK AT ALL OF THE GOD DAMN <span class="mu-i">FILTH</span> HE IS ASSOCIATING HIMSELF WITH!" Her face begins to literally twist and mangle in on itself. It's nearly impossible to read what expression she has now, it's all just blurred flesh. Her body is damn near bubbling with rage now.
><span class="mu-g">"YOUR NAME USED TO MEAN SOMETHING OTTO. WHY DO YOU DEBASE YOURSELF WITH THEM? WHY COULDN'T YOU STAY WITH ME?</span><
"Filth?" Contempt oozes out of every word Alexis says. "I know your boss' boss. I could pull my connections to get the god damn HEAD to obliterate you. YOU don't get to call ME-"
"I almost feel bad for you, Katherine." The Handl- Otto interrupts any potential bickering between Alexis and Katherine could begin. "I really do. It didn't have to come down to this."
"Oh, you don't get to pull the fucking pity card. You don't get to look down at me. You're the one who crawled up to me, BEGGED me for MY family's power, only to realize YOU couldn't handle the FUCKING HEAT!"
"That's exactly why I feel sorry. You're right. This could've been all avoided. I know you did this to spite me over and, hey, you got your attention." Any amount of bite normally in Otto's voice is gone now. There is only complete, sincere pity and worry in its place. "I feel sorry for you."