WHEREIN IS CONCLUDED THE METHOD BY WHICH ERADICATION QUEST OF FIXERS, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, ARE TO BE CONDUCTED (before battle)
Fixers began gathering one by one at the site...
La Manchaland is beginning to manifest.
From the moment the music began to play, which measures at 1612 hours today, La Manchaland will be open until 2212 hours.
Even when you feel like giving up on yourself...
I promise.
Is that it?
Well, how will you... live on?
Thank you... for everything.
Don't forget those Fixer magazines.
Please, please! I don't want an adventure, stop! Please!
I have conceived an idea most ingenious.
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It's... the same phenomenon I experienced back at the Great Lake.
But these memories are... much more fragmented. Opaque.
The glimpses of Don Quixote I saw... were nothing like the person I know. But...
... should I follow this journey to its conclusion...
What shall happen with our third Sinner? ... For example.
... I'll understand what all these glimpses of memories mean, like I always have.
And we made our way toward La Manchaland.
La Manchaland... this place is... pretty spooky, huh.
I smell blood.
We are contending with a phenomenon that has devoured dozens of Fixers. Do not let your guards down.
Here they come, those Bloodfiend beasts...
W-woah. Look, survivors!
Darn... I really could've broken my viewer count record with a dramatic shot like this.
... Weapons in their hands. They're not civilians.
Executive Manager. Isn't there something off about some of their outfits? Those anachronistically antique costumes are... quite the novelty these days.
I have identified several individuals dressed in clothes that are difficult to be worn without assistance.
Meaning that maybe someone in there forced a wardrobe change on them.
As murmur among the Fixers begin to grow, slowly increasing in intensity, Alessio shouts from behind the line for us to stop.
Hold! Don't approach La Manchaland yet. We must allow it the first ten minutes post-manifestation to expel its wastes. Stand behind the line for safety.
Who... who are they? What Office are they from?
Are they Association Fixers?
Excitement is in the air as the Fixers attempt to guess who they are.
... They're all...
... They're all from the Firefist Office! I recognize their outfits, they're from our Office!
Haha! I told y'all, boys! I told y'all! I told y'all that the boss ladies are going to make it!
Even if we were to fail the eradication contract, if they can make a fifteen-minute testimony and share what intel they found... we'll nab the contribution reward...
Like I said, please hold for at least ten minutes until they finish expelling -
A Fixer ignores Alessio's warning and rushes out to greet the survivor and helps her to her feet.
Big sis, big sis...!
La.... la...
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We made it, boss! We made it... we can finally move out of that moldy semi-basement office and find a place with some sunlight.
Remember how they all scoffed at us? C'mon, let's go. Let's do some interviews, get paid, make a name for ourselves...
Hah. Survivors, my ass.
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So just hold on a little longer, okay?
Laaaahhh...
La... La... Manchaland... bloom your smiles... of joy... La Manchaland, let's all... dream free here... We hope your stay...
... away from here...!
Guh - Hurk -
... Bloodbags at the gate. They were likely turned moments before they escaped.
Bitten by a small fry, going by the speed she turned. The higher up the bloodstream you go, the faster the transformation occurs. Some powerful Bloodfiends can make it happen at will or set it to occur at a time of their choosing.
Hey... you guys seem like the experts here. Got any pro tips for newbies like us?
Hm, pro tips? ... Ah, I've got one.
Humbly accept your death if you don't have what it takes.
Getting turned into a Bloodfiend's Bloodbag is no different from death, you know.
Um...
That's easy. I'm always ready to accept that anyway.
Keeagggh!