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You feel time pulling at itself for the briefest of moments before it immediately stops. Looking around to see what changed-
Kiara and Naomi are gone. You check your phone to see that they responded to your texts with simple "too busy!" and "too tired.". Naomi said something about 'rediscovering some old training' while Kiara was talking about a 'T-Corp module'?
>$155 REFUNDED! YOU NOW ACTUALLY EARNT $9 TOTAL FROM HIRING THIS CREW! PARTY IS NOW: ALEXIS, FRANK, ADAM, BENEDICT, MARUYAMA
>+OLD SILVER TRAINING and DREAMSCAPE MODULE to Naomi and Kiara respectively.
Maruyama gives you a knowing look. <<span class="mu-b">"I had to check out a considerable favor to get T-Corp to do that. Can't do it again but I saw how tired those two were."</span>> "Who are you looking for?"
"Nothing." You take a look over at your five actual allies (most of which are men this time, you note, which is weird considering there's usually more women). Starting with Adam and Benedict since they're the only ones here that actually changed.
Adam's red jacket and dress shirt are caked in a mixture of oil and blood as he's working on Benedict. A satchel filled to the brim with various tools hangs loosely off of his dress pants. A panel on the back of Benedict's head has been pried open.
>+LICENSED MECHANIC to ADAM! +1 TALENT, COGNIZANCE, AND FLESH TO HIM!
He's currently tinkering with it with a variety of random tools as if he's trying to solve some complex puzzle. Screwdrivers, wrenches, bolt cutters, wirecutters, you name it. After a while, he closes the panel before patting Benedict on the shoulder. "Does that feel any better?"
"A...BIT, Yes." Benedict mumbles out. He runs the palm of his regular human hand down the dull length of his armblade. While at first it looks like the same giant blade that's as long as a human arm, it glimmers with an almost hateful light to it.
The air around the blade is twisting and curdling as if the air itself was being sliced by the blade being there. As soon as Benedict notices the light refracting in weird ways, he pulls his new armblade back under his many jackets. <<span class="mu-b">"...slice...imperfections...from world."</span>>
>+TRIM THE FAT to BENEDICT! +2 FLESH and VIOLENCE to him!
Alexis finishes handing out the supplies to you and your other allies. You checked to see what everyone got.
LOOT OBTAINED!
>ADAM has PLASMA CUTTER! (Has enough fuel for four uses. Can be used to break through otherwise impossible to open doors, seal doors behind you shut, or to heal a robotic ally by 3 FLESH.)
>NICOLE has ANTLER ORNAMENTS! (ACCESSORY. +1 CHARM while worn, easily damaged in combat. Allows for two CHARM/CONNECTION full reroll per mission.)
>FRANK has EXPLOSIVE SHOTGUN SLUG and PISTOL AMMO x2! (Adds 2d10 to an attack roll. Does extra splash damage to enemies.)
>MARUYAMA has T-CORP TIMEPIECE! (ACCESSORY. Allows the user to detect any unusual space-time activity and grants him minor immunity to time altering effects. Also stylish, +1 CHARM while equipped.)
