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You arrive at the train station to see that it's oddly packed in comparison to how it was yesterday. Swarms of Drones, Androids, Cleansers, Harvesters, humans, and everything in between are flying in and out of the station.
It takes a while to even find a damn seat in here. The hell has gotten everyone so interested in this part of G-Corp's district?
You pull out your ANTIQUE PHONE and SILVER WALKIE TALKIE to burn some time while you wait for your allies to arrive. You skim through the broadcasts on the WALKIE TALKIE to get a rough idea what's going on.
"MAJOR BASE IN X-CORP KNOWS ABOUT US. ENTER STANDBY MODE, REORGANIZE EFFORTS. TARGET NORTHERN SUBDISTRICTS OF X-CORP FOR NOW, SOUTH NO GO."
"TUNNELS REPORTED IN J-CORP. SEND OUT SQUADS TO INVESTIGATE ASAP. <span class="mu-b">SEND IN A SHIFTER IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES ASAP.</span> RECOVER ANY AND ALL VALUABLES FROM TUNNELS."
"ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH G-CORP. <span class="mu-b">WE KNOW THEY'RE DESPERATE. LET'S USE THIS TO OUR ADVANTAGE.</span>"
You turn off the walkie talkie soon after. Shit, that's not good. Not good at all. You begin to scan through the ANTIQUE PHONE to see what information you can gleam about the Krakatoas from it. A lot of the stuff on it is ancient apps from 2175, which makes you wonder how SHIFTERs are only a recent development if anomalies have been around for a while.
"Father has finally contacted the Anjaros over a new contract involving a 'mutual enemy'. He refused to explain who or why. Sometimes I wonder what the point of all of this is. Paperwork, contracts, meddling with other families over bumps in the night. I can only hope that when I have children, they are free from this."
"I still have some time before I start my film in Avalon. I contacted a fellow in Y-Corp's district by the name of Catherine Vue. She told me that, one day, she wished to reach the stars. I asked her why. She said that 'that's the only part that hasn't been corrupted'. I don't understand her. I hope I never do."
"Recovered this phone. Anomaly manifested. Tried to kill it. Failed. I don't get it. Why me? I was born to a good family. I was a good person. Sure, I slept around with a few girls, but who didn't? What did I do to deserve this?"
"Still using this phone. Don't know why. Feels like the right thing to do. Just finished my tour in the Antiseptic War. Lot of families are being purged. Kilims, Boeks, Armstrongs, even the Yues. Most are in shambles or have been merged in other families. I will do whatever to make sure my family survives. <span class="mu-b">Hopefully the Yues do well with their project still.</span>"
"Tried to contact other families. Most have been lost or merged with others. Boeks with Kilims, Armstrongs with the Yados, and Yues have just subsumed with Y-Corp completely. Feels weird seeing so many bloodlines twisting and blurring in on themselves. Boeks work with Z-Corp now, creating highly valued medicine. Yados are with P-Company, trying their best to study anomalies. Yues? <span class="mu-b">No idea.</span>"
