On the fourth floor of the factory,
Halesey and
Larry stand firm against the advancing wave of mop people. They are somewhat put off by the way they seem to be strutting their way like it's Sunday and they're in a park, so they preemptively strike against their adversaries!
[Larry's affinity roll: 1-->1+1+
3]
Larry attempts to summon the power of mucus, but none comes out for some reason! Could it be because he has just recuperated from a nasty cold? He gets the urge to sneeze for a moment, although he keeps it in purely by reflex honed by years of working in the service industry.
[Halesey's affinity roll: 3-1+1]
Halesey, meanwhile, summons up a miniscule blast of garbage that hits a mop golem right in the kisser, producing a clean, perfect D note - the mop golem, aside from fluffing up in an offended fashion, is not very impressed. Their previous plans having failed, the two men walk up to the golems and try to get past. However, as they try this, the golems look at them expectantly. They also look expectantly at someone else behind Halesey and Larry - looking back, they notice that
Elizabeth appears to have arrived, probably wondering what's all this, then.
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Kat, having successfully introduced herself to Perfidy, expresses a sentiment that many on Retiree Row would share, the lack of necessity for submitting people to saurian precipitation without a very good reason.
"I've no doubt the dinosaur spell is... repeatable... but, next time I'd prefer to do it in a less populated place. I don't really like the thought of crushing more people inadvertently.""Oh, pish posh. It's no fun if there aren't people around. Dinosaurs are only cool when you put them next to people, Flintstones-style. Or Jurassic Park-style, whichever you prefer. Besides, you probably won't hit anybody you really care about if you do it, so why worry?"