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12. Finding Purpose

You could barely contain your excitement, the keys shaking in your hands as you try to unlock the door.

There was a small 'click' and you carefully push the door forward.

The room is dark and menacing, but once you flicker the light switch it becomes painfully average, just like a normal storage closet for brooms and other cleaning products. The enthusiasm left your body in a single sigh, kicking an empty bucket.

"This blows! there's nothing here," you said upset. "The workers are happy, the enemies we fought are just pests, secret rooms are empty, what if theres nothing wrong in this place for us to fix?" you turn back to your add ons, searching for an answer.

"We all have a purpose (y/n), whenever some figure it out quicker than others." Batter explains, trying to comfort you in his own way.

"He's right you know. Maybe there's a deeper reason to all this?" Zacharie tried to motivate you as well.

"I guess so, I mean, you guys already come with purpose as my add ons but I have yet to find my place in this weird ass world," you stood to your feet. "Come'on, let's keep moving."

Before you could turn around and walk through the exit, there was a single elsen worker blocking the exit. He stood completely still, due to the odd lighting it made it difficult to see his expression.

"Oh hey, sorry for barging in your closet. But then again you gave us keys so..." you said nonchalantly.

The else took a single step forward.

"You're not supposed to be here yet-" he mumbles.

"I uh, what?"

"92825718230002404"

The elsen's voice grew louder, but his speech was nothing but distorted gibberish, something a kin to TV static. You didn't move from your spot, believing that maybe this elsen has a number puzzle for you, but his eerie presence kept your add ons tense and on guard.

When the shadows were off the elsen's face you could see how disfigured his face is, covered in static and deform like a bugged character model in a ubisoft
game.

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It screeched painfully loud at you. Immediately backing off to join your add ons, covering your ears due the pain the high frequency caused you. The battle theme rang in your head as the distorted elsen dragged the three of you into battle, the options hovering in front of you.

The run button isn't an option.

"Batter, what does your wide angle say about this one?"

The Batter perform his competence, giving you a nod.

Glitch (x1)
Error found in the game's code.
HP: 200 CP: 80

No known weaknesses.

The glitching elsen screeched once more, the attack landing on Batter. The athlete grew furious, attempting to swing at the elsen with his bat only to miss every shot and evfn getting hurt in the process. You ran up to the Batter, holding him back the best you could. You didn't carry and molch meat so you needed to wait out the status effect.

"Shit! Zacharie the Batter is hitting the bench, take his place for now, we need to land hits on this sucker." you cry out to the masked man.

"You can count on me player, I'll have his health depleting in no time."