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"It's a long story... I'd rather not get into it right now." Jordan managed to say this pretty clearly, all the while his nervousness still taking over. "What are you doing here though?"

"I was needed for an experiment..." Green slowly states. "I was just leaving, but I got lost..."

After reading the note, BEAT picked up the shield in his hand. He had a plan, but he wasn't sure how it would work.

He selected the chain mace, spinning it about a bit to feel its weight, and grabbed it with his grappling hook. It didn't seem too stable, but still usable.

It takes a few seconds for Marge to register what her drone said; she had been in a trance from seeing Earth once again, even if it was only on camera footage. She quickly snaps out of it. "Thanks, little buddy!" she says with panic before running to the clothing store. She thinks, "Man, how am I going to convince Tania that I'm her employee?!"

"An experiment? Well, I was just on my way to this room here." Jordan pointed at the door he was trying to reach, almost dropping the monkey head in the process. He always was a bit clumsy, even in his lab days.

"I guess that's the only way to go, isn't it?" Green shrugs, walking on."I went the wrong way, but now I'm just curious."

"Uh... not interested."

Tania avoids the shady man.

"Sorry, I just-", Togham starts to say to Joseph before he runs off. Suddenly, he feels something hot in his pocket. His teleporter? He reaches into his pocket to take a look at it.

-MARGE-
You run to the clothing store, hoping to find Tania there.

Ah, there she is. She seems to just be walking around and viewing clothes.

"Hey you over there with the T-series drone... Are you interested in getting a few upgrades for your buddy? For free?" You hear someone ask you amidst the crowd. It's a man in a jacket, apparently selling tickets.

-TANIA-
You avoid the shady man selling tickets. Why would you want anything to do with such a suspicious guy anyway?

"Oh, that's a shame... I may know someone who has the answers you are looking for, but there's nothing I can do if you don't want...

...Tania Meridian." He then turns his attention to someone else, to start selling more tickets.

You can see Marge running to your direction. She seems to want to talk to you.

-GREEN & JORDAN-
"Be... more careful... boy..." The monkey head said after you dropped it.

You two keep walking down the corridor in the direction of that door. Reaching it, you two notice it's locked. It doesn't seem to have anything to scan your brain activity, or any holographic device to recognize your shape... All it had was a screen in the middle, with a rectangular panel below it with letters and numbers inside squares. The screen had a blinking vertical bar in the middle, and the word "PASSWORD" above that bar. What the heck was that?

-BEAT-
The weapon was a bit rusty, but it was definitely usable. Really, there's better technology for melee combat than a millennia old tool, but humans are weird, and sometimes do things for no particular reason.

"Are you done there, kitten? You should hurry up, we have already found an opponent for you." The little boy James said.

-JAY, TOGHAM & CASPER-
"HEY BOY, LET'S GET THIS ♥♥♥♥ TOGETHER." Joseph approached Jay, while both were walking cautiously in the direction of the ambulance's cab. You two are pointing your guns to the the glass, while also keeping an eye for anything that could come out of that ambulance.

"Hey. I'll break that left door open. You give me cover." Joseph said, this time keeping his voice down.

Togham takes his teleporter out of his pocket. It's overheating, and it seems to be getting even hotter.

...Will this thing explode? Everyone is away from you, so they won't come for your aid if anything happens.

Wasting no time, Casper gets out of the ambulance and runs to where Stuart with the first aid. There Stuart was. Nolan was already there, however. He seemed to be measuring Stuart's pulse. However, upon close inspection, you notice that's not the case. At least not anymore. Nolan had already finished measuring his pulse.

"..."

Nolan stood there in silence. A single tear ran down his face, slowly, before dropping on Stuart's body. You need no words to know what just happened.

Marge stops to look at the man. Some quick translation occurs between the drone and Marge, then the drone says, "She says no thanks." Marge continues onward towards Tania. Using the little English she knows, she tries to get Tania's attention by saying, "Hey, Tania!" Her pronunciation is a bit off.