SurvivorYou hear the sound of falling objects from behind the thick sheet of metal, followed by angry hissing: "Quiet! I said quiet! Before someone finds us!"
YOU"I've found you already. Open up."
SurvivorA cry of terror rings out from behind the barricade. "No! Never! We're not letting anyone in!"
Survivor"Please, have mercy! Don't kill us! We're not infected, I swear! It's them, they're to blame! It's them!" Her pleading is cut short by a violent, wheezing cough.
YOU"I've found you already. Open up."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Please, don't be afraid. I mean you no harm."
Survivor"Please, have mercy! Don't kill us! We're not infected, I swear! It's them, they're to blame! It's them!" Her pleading is cut short by a violent, wheezing cough.continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Try to move the metal sheet out of the way]
SurvivorThe sheet is very heavy and must have been propped up with something from the other side or wedged shut. Moving it seems impossible.
Survivor"Please, have mercy! Don't kill us! We're not infected, I swear! It's them, they're to blame! It's them!" Her pleading is cut short by a violent, wheezing cough.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are 'they'? Who is to blame?"
Survivor"We'll tell you everything, just please, spare our lives! We know where the disease came from!"
Survivor"We do... we know..." Another coughing fit interrupts the woman's words. "It's them... those damned mutants! They have a hideout somewhere under our block, we used to see them skulking in the shadows all the time..."
Survivor"The two families who died first, they had dealings with them. Traded something. And they caught some mutant blight. I know they did! Those mutants are very tough, they're always sick with something, but they don't die of it. But ordinary people definitely do!"
Survivor(sequence)
PasqalGiving Jae a sidelong glance, Pasqal wheezes in displeasure, "I am putting forward a supposition that they traded in samples of xenotechnology. And those samples behaved as expected in the hands of the ignorant — they brought death and extinction to Humankind."
Jae"I agree completely — ashmags need to be kept away from the Cold Trade. As for the Adeptus Mechanicus's conviction that everyone other than themselves is a moron — that I disagree with."
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Survivor"We got lucky, though! We're alive, we're getting by — the disease couldn't claim us!"
YOU"I've found you already. Open up."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Please, don't be afraid. I mean you no harm."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Try to move the metal sheet out of the way]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are 'they'? Who is to blame?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Blow up the barricade along with the survivors] "I'm sorry, but I cannot risk leaving you alive."
Survivor"No! We don't deserve this! We don't! Oh, Mummy, I'm so scared... Mummy..."
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YOU"I will verify your claim about the mutants."
Survivor"We're not lying! Look for their entrance, it has to be close by!"
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YOU"You weren't lying about the mutants. They have been exterminated and won't infect anyone else."
Survivor"Praise the Emperor! You... You'll tell them, right? Right? That Crew 3 or whatever they're called. Please tell them, then maybe they won't kill us..."
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YOU[Leave]
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YOU[Blow up the barricade along with the survivors] "I'm sorry, but I cannot risk leaving you alive."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will verify your claim about the mutants."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You weren't lying about the mutants. They have been exterminated and won't infect anyone else."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Please, don't be afraid. I mean you no harm."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Try to move the metal sheet out of the way]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are 'they'? Who is to blame?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Blow up the barricade along with the survivors] "I'm sorry, but I cannot risk leaving you alive."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will verify your claim about the mutants."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You weren't lying about the mutants. They have been exterminated and won't infect anyone else."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above
Survivor(sequence)
Jae"I see we are up against true masters of stealth, shereen. We should keep our voices soft and gentle, or else we might literally scare them to death."
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SurvivorIt is very quiet behind the metal sheet.
YOU"I've found you already. Open up."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Please, don't be afraid. I mean you no harm."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Try to move the metal sheet out of the way]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who are 'they'? Who is to blame?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Blow up the barricade along with the survivors] "I'm sorry, but I cannot risk leaving you alive."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I will verify your claim about the mutants."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You weren't lying about the mutants. They have been exterminated and won't infect anyone else."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Leave]continues where this line first appears above