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You casually slip her and Clover a pill before letting Casey continue.
"OH you must be out of your rocker." Mr. Daquan doesn't even attempt to hide the fear in his eye. "THAT place has the most taboos and rules of any of the districts here. NAVIGATING that would be a nightmare and-"
"But are you willing to turn aside a blind eye towards such uncouth business practices? Like the one that Android tried doing? I would've been shot dead-" "-Casey I had to shoot the bitch wearing that in the eyes-" "-if I attempted that in L-Corp."
"All I'm asking is a good word! So we may be forgiven for any sins we may commit there! I promise we will not get into trouble unless it is a sound business decision!"
Mr. Daquan takes an even deeper gulp of air through his air slit but eventually, he relents despite how worried he seems. "FINE. DON'T cause any more trouble than necessary there. I can only do so much."
>+2 L-CORP (LIGHT OF THE SOUL) FAVOR! L-CORP WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE FORGIVING WITH YOUR GROUP!
"Thank you!" Casey promptly backs away so the others have room to talk.
Kiara is up next. The tension between the android and the drone is so thick you could cut it with a knife so it's not shocking she's blunt with her request.
"Our companies are allies. We have to keep up the pretense of liking each other."
"INDEED."
"Nicole is responsible for that."
"SO I've heard."
"I really don't get why I'm programmed to hate you. Or why you would hate me. Feels like it limits my options on the stories I can record and tell."
Mr. Daquan looks away awkwardly as if he's been dwelling on that question too. You always assume it was some corporate rivalry and never thought much of it but it seems to be weighing on the two. You suppose both are cognizant enough on how futile it is now that their companies work with each other. "WHAT do you want?"
"I think we deserve to see the fruit of our labour-" "DONE." It's clear he wants this conversation done with. Kiara accepts his unspoken plea and leaves him be.
>-1 E-CORP and Q-CORP FAVOR. You'll get a choice of upgrade for Kiara and an implant for one of your allies later.
Next up is Benjamin.
He flashes Mr. Daquan a beaming smile. "Hello, sir!" He holds out a hand ready for a firm handshake. Mr. Daquan eagerly accepts and gives Benjamin the handshake he wants. "Impressive bioaugment you have..."
[OPEN MINDED] "Is what I would say. It's very convincing you know but I've worked with Z-Corp long enough to know regular mutations from anomalous ones."
Mr. Daquan's eye widens and for a moment no one quite gets what Benjamin is saying but then it clicks for you. Fuchsia eye, bodily mutation, how eager he was to help despite just meeting you?
[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] He's on par with the rest of your other SHIFTer allies. He only has one ability and you assume that arm is what it has manifested as.
"Wait. That's not a bioaugment? Isn't, that, like Q-Corp is good at?"
"No, no, he's like uh. Me, Nicole, and Ben."
