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You first check up on Casey. She's been in a drugged stupor for most of this section of the mission, you haven't really had a chance to talk to her lately.
She's kneeling by one of the abandoned structures up here on the roof. Her gaze is focused on the desiccated husk of a bee that must've gotten up here through sheer bad luck. Wrong place, wrong time. She calmly picks it up and lets it rest in the palm of her hand.
You kneel down next to her. The faint shade of the square building helps to keep your mind focused. "So, how's it going?"
"Oh! It could be so, so much better! Deceptive marketing isn't my forte, Nicole!"
"Isn't most marketing deceptive these days?" Being disappointed that the food from a fast food joint didn't match the pictures is a time-honored tradition in the City, so they say. "C'mon. I just wanted to check up on you, chit-chat. You get the drill."
"I'm ready to go home."
"You can't go home, you fucking idiot!" AA calls out from the other side of the hollow square structure.
"Metaphors are a useful tool to simplify abstract concepts to the consumer." Is that Casey's attempt at sarcasm?
All you hear out of AA is a muffled series of slurs and swears under her breath.
"I also know you expect my service not long after this mission!"
You awkwardly laugh, "Yeahhhh. Shit, yeah, tomorrow's going to be fucking busy. Might actually have to take a day off after that."
"That's a good mindset to have!" Casey cusps her hands around the desiccated bee. "Say, dost thou know what my original company's slogan was?"
"What?" "Casey don't you FUCKING-"
"MEAT! Munch Every Appetizing Treat!" When she opens her hands, the husk she was holding is gone. "You have to take every advantage you can get. Within the realms of your marketability and your access to resources."
"I fucking hate that slogan." AA leans around a corner to leer at you. "What was it, Nicole something? You're friends with this husk?"
"I see no reason why I shouldn't be." You cross your arms. "She's useful AND she's cute AND she's amusing."
"Exactly!"
AA ignores what the two of you are saying. "Ain't she lookin' weird now?"
You check out Casey to see what AA's on about. There's something squirming underneath her skin. It's faint and it stops as soon as you realized what's going on but you're sure you saw it.
Casey takes a deep breath, straightens her back, and brings her pointer finger up. "We are meant to adapt to our surroundings, you know? There's comfort in knowing that your local Casey is nice and healthy!" She taps against the side of her head with her fist. She's a weird one but you smile at her antics regardless.
AA's gaze softens for a brief moment. "Fuckin' weird bug things. Guess I get why that ol' foggy liked you."
"Everyone loves me!"
"Pretty sure we could make a marketable plushie out of you."
Casey is now blushing like a school girl during prom. "It would've been a honor." She dreamingly sighs. AA rolls her eyes at this sight.
>+BUGMEAT! +4 MAX CASEY FLESH!
