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>Assign D and I to Bond with Shot. (Since H and L were unavailable, I defaulted to U5s' second choice of D)
Hoo boy. You don't exactly want to assign another person to this anomaly but you gotta keep that energy flowing.
Isabelle is in a bit of a funk over something while Employee D (you don't ever recalling hearing his name, strange) is mostly worried about how uncomfortable the vest is.
<span class="mu-r">The soldiers instantly point their guns at the two.</span>
MEAT: Unidentified and unauthorized personnel must leave! This is a warzone!
I: Chill the fuck out. I'm with Security. Dexter is authorized by the Admin and overseen by me.
D: Sup.
They don't lower their guns. In fact, they don't move at all. Once whatever command they were given is sent, they relax.
MEAT: Speak.
I: Right. So, what do you guys remember about yourselves? It's clear you weren't always this.
MEAT: That is classified information.
D: God, this is going to go nowhere. Look. Like it or not, you're stuck with us.
D: Can we just share some names and leave?
The horde waits for another command before speaking.
<span class="mu-i">They will listen only to me. A soldier must not think. A soldier must not disobey.</span>
MEAT: Authorized names to give: Andy Smith, Syed Colton, Daniel Varn, Corporate Drone #11842.
I: There. What happened to them to listen to your Sec Head?
MEAT: Injury by outside forces or head, Willingness to be part of the cause, Injury, Experimentation.
D: They don't seem much like the talking type.
MEAT: We are here to protect this facility. The Sarg is tolerating your presence on this floor.
I: Do you guys not...want to leave? I get wanting to protect people but this whole arrangement is a bit much.
MEAT: We listen to the Sarg. That's our goal. And we shall fulfill it until we die. <span class="mu-b">It is better to live obeying than to die resisting.</span>
D: Next you're going to say your choices don't matter, like the fatalists you are.
MEAT: You are correct, civvie. They don't.
One of the soldiers twitches a bit at D's comment.
MEAT2: ...It's not like I could've avoided it. The previous Admin slashed my heels until I couldn't st-
D: Wait, who are you?
MEAT2: D-
The horde instantly shifts back into a uniformed whole, smothering the voice attempting to speak up.
I: God. Imagine what Gary would do if he could see this.
D: Dunno. But I can tell when something isn't going anywhere.
MEAT: That is all you are permitted to ask. Leave this area or return to your posts or risk being gunned down.
MEAT: No unauthorized civvie should be roaming these halls.
Without much further room for discussion, Employee I returns at her post along with the other fights.
Employee D doesn't instantly leave.
D: You know. The Admin let you live instead of purging you like the overwhelming threat you are.
D: You could at least try to be a bit more cordial. We're just doing our job too.
He turns around and leaves.
MEAT: ...Just doing your job too?
