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" He ran upstairs a while ago and I heard him uttering things. I don't know what he was saying. "

" Maybe you guys can talk to him- But I doubt that right now is a good time. He did talk to Phil, which is a good thing, but if he isn't-a talking to me.. I don't know.. "

" ..You're such-a a suck-up, Brick. "

" ..Besides the embarrassment. Anywho- "

(( ..As you step towards the building, you notice the door is ajar; so you enter. It's quiet inside and the lights are rather dimmed, but the first person you see is Gustavo, reaching to grab something off a pretty high shelf...He's wobbling. ))

(( Brick is grooming herself behind him. ))

" ..Oh, come on- It's right.. Huh? "

(( He stops, turning his head to look at you. ))

" Oh, oh! Hello!! You're back! I want to know everything- I heard that- wwWWOAOOAHHH PORCA VACCA- "

(( ..The stool he was on top of fell back in a flash. He landed with a thud. ))

" ..OOF.. Uggh.. "

(( He sighed, nonchalantly standing up and brushing himself off. ))

" If she ain't a clone, I don't know. Maybe when we get t'this lab tomorrow we'll figure somethin out. Maybe we'll get some answers. "

( @czisokyt )

" ..It's worth a shot, but it's probably not good to assume that he just.. Knows everything about all the labs in the tower. That were in the tower, at least. "

( 3/3 )

" ..Think it's 'bout time we head off. S' pretty late. We got a big day ahead of us tomorrrow anyway. "

" ..Right, okay! Well, I'm sure everything will be fine!! If we stick together tomorrow we'll all be okay. "

" Round up everyone t'morrow mornin, okay? I'll be packin my things to head down there. We'll see y'all tomorrow. Don' get up to no mischief. "

( ..You see them walk off together, Theo seeming anxious before stepping off himself. You have two options:

" We have tried talkin t' bruno about that. He doesn' remember nothin from Peppino's childhood- and I think it's safe t' say that he doesn't have any part of Peppino t'begin with. I think Pizazz is more than jus a clone. "

" Besides.. Bruno wouldn't have a reason to lie about that if he did have memories like that. "

" But I really doubt that Pizazz.. Of all people- "

" Does nobody listen to me around here?! She can't be a clone! Nowayjose! It just doesn't make sense! "

" Look at Bruno- He's the closest they could get to perfection, wasn't it? How could the lab workers, with a stroke of luck, just spontaneously made a PERFECT CLONE of Pizazz as the tower fell?! "

" ..They wouldn' even let me in some labs. I wus' head'a security and they didn' let me in. "

" ..For what? We know they were making Peppino clones to defeat him- What would've been the point in making more than that? "

" ..I don' know, but there could be anythin' in there. "

" Alright, you little rat, tell us what you mean- "

(( Theo rolls his eyes. ))

" What I MEAN is that while she took a pretty good BONK to the head, she remembers her childhood! I mean- Look at Bruno, he doesn't have any of Peppino's childhood memories! Zip zilch natta! "

" ..so she has to be the right Pizazz.. "

" ..I don.. Really.. "

" ..Replaced? I mean, you- "

" ..When did you get back? "

" Just now! Couldn't help but hear yer' conversation. And I'm assuming we're talking about our new friend... Our old boss anyway. "

" ..why don' you think she's a clone? "

" ..Oh, it's simple really! She remembers everything! "

" ..And honestly, I can't even say that all of them made it out of the tower's collapse, but the ones that did make it out were saved by Bruno. They kinda.. Became apart of him? Merged, if that makes any more sense. They couldn't sustain life without the tower. As if something in there was keeping them alive.. So they merged with the only one strong enough to keep itself alive. Bruno. "

( @listlesslurker )

" ..Here, let me look. "

(( You hand over the photo to Phil. ))

" ..Listen, it was a pretty involuntary action. It's nothing special! "

" ..Cmon, the people wanna know. "

" ..Fineee. "

" ..Well, uh, I guess I was just cornered. When we found him, he was.. Needless to say, ripping into people left and right. He was backing me into a corner and.. I just remember.. "

" ..I held out my hand to him. I don't- Really remember why? I just.. Kind of thought maybe if I let him get acclimated.. He sniffed my hand and backed up. That's when I realized he was just.. Scared. He had flinched when I put my hand up, I remember. I don't think the people were treating him very well in that lab so he was just.. Scared. "

" None of em were as put t'gether as Bruno. It was... A lot. Way too many. "

" ..In all honesty, we didn' know nothin about no labs till' we found out Bruno existed. We had no clue there was an entire other floor dedicated t' that kinda stuff. "

-Pillow Anon

" ..Seein as this was sprung on us less than a minute ago.. I would say not yet. "

(( Phil chuckles. ))

" ..But that sounds more like a problem we should talk about with Bruno. Maybe by the time we head off we'll all feel a bit better about this situation. "

" ..Hey, speaking of, did you guys happen to find anything while you were at the rubble of the tower..? "