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Kiara looks up from the footage you recorded. "Well, I don't know her that well. She did scream a lot back at the apartment..." Maruyama seems a bit more aware of what Gregory is trying to pull but it's clear he's tensing up.
[UNSTABLE] LOOK AT HIM. THE GLEAM IN HIS WRINKLED OLD EYES.
[UNSTABLE] NICOLE, YOU'RE BEING MINDGAMED BY THIS SHITTY OLD MAN!
"Off my meds? Excuse me, Kiara, you found a random security system in a barricaded room. Is that 'normal'?"
This seems to be enough to convince Kiara for now. "Yeah, that was weird. Why would they block off the system they used? It wouldn't make sense."
"Perhaps whatever blocked it simply fell due to a number of circumstances. It's not impossible." Gregory's smile grows wider. "As for the anomaly, it was an unaccounted variable. That's why I was shocked to see it."
Maruyama clearly doesn't buy this. "We have records of an associate of a Krakatoa mentioning the anomaly to said Krakatoa. How is it possible for you NOT to know of this?"
"My family is far, far bigger than you would know about. I am not obligated to know every single detail about every little event the family is associated with, am I?" Gregory refuses to budge, only offering a smile that's slowly getting wider by the second.
"You clearly have some personal attachment to this place. Why? I mean, I like being able to take pictures of it, but why?" Kiara interjects.
"My family worked here. I will admit that much." Gregory dismissively responds. "I wanted to find any old stories about them and the people they worked with."
You're getting nowhere with this. While he's busy rambling in an attempt to avoid the question, you pull out the unmarked vial and quickly chug the yellow liquid inside before anyone can notice. It's thick and mushy and burns when it goes down your throat.
Your brain twists and unfurls on itself as whatever you drank works its magic on you. <span class="mu-r">Fuck, you taste iron in your mouth.</span> You keep on a poker face while you resist the urge to vomit it up.
>-1 FLESH, -1 MAX FLESH UNTIL YOU REST.
Suddenly, you begin to hear chattering coming from his head again. It's louder, clearer, more focused than your previous mind reading. Yet it hurts your brain to keep up.
>-1 RESTRAINT, -1 MAX RESTRAINT UNTIL YOU REST
>Your powers have been upgraded temporarily!
<<span class="mu-b">"Why is she asking me all of these questions? How much does she know?"</span>>
<<span class="mu-b">"She knows about Audrey. Shit, shit. She has to know I bought that damn thing after firing that punk."</span>>
<<span class="mu-b">"The fire I set was supposed to kill it! I tried my best to evacuate everyone but there was no time! I had to do something!"</span>>
<<span class="mu-b">"I was a god damn star! I slept with whoever I want, I filmed whatever I want! Yet that DAMN anomaly ruined it. This incident was a god damn smear on my record!"</span>>
<<span class="mu-b">"Turns out family favors run dry when you somehow manifest an anomaly? I didn't do anything! Or..did I? Am I responsible somehow?"</span>>
