So the Information Team goes off and shows me that they can make anything longer than necessary, pretty sure that using three whole pages to just tell me 'Trust your Instincts to find its Instincts' is a waste of paper and time.
I entered the room... and there's a small, white bird with a fleshy belly that just didn't seem right, said bird was resting on a black perch. It tilted its head to the side while its doted eyes landed on my normal eyes, then the bird proceeded to tilt its head to the left and flap its wings.
...
Ok, better start doing something I guess, "Hey there little guy, you seem lively" It flew on my shoulder, and started rubbing its head with passion against my neck.
Now that I have a closer look at what I'm going to assume is a he, that belly kinda looks like an alien mouth, a very cartoony alien mouth. I bet this boy could eat an elephant in a blink of an eye.
Alright time to see what makes this little bird tick, "Seems you like me, any particular reason for that?" I asked, not really expecting an answer, but the bird flew right in front of me and started trying REALLY hard to communicate through body language.
So it is imitating what seems like violence, to pointed at me with one of his wings while then shaking his head, he repeated these actions various times with slightly different movements, "I'm... not Violent?" I threw in a guess just for the bird to shake his head hard.
Humm...
"I'm not... Bad?" This guess was met with an earnest nod and the bird to fly on my shoulder again while rubbing his head against my neck with affection, well it seems that Instinct works every well.
I extended my right arm and saw the bird flying on the back of my hand, "So little guy, I still need to do more work to figure out what you do, but I feel like it's easier to ask since you seem to be cooperating with me, so you dislike bad people?" I asked, and the bird nodded with narrowed eyes.
Humming to myself, I started my next question, "So what would you do if you were to meet a bad person?" I asked making the bird and started... viciously pecking at the air, kinda like a hummingbird or woodpecker trying to get food.
"And if they defended themselves?" I asked again, and I SWEAR his belly moved ominously.
Alright... taking note of that on the folder, we are instructed to write anything found about the abnormality, also HIGHLIGHTING the hell out of the belly part, "Neat, you are a pretty understanding bird, so what exactly is bad for you?" The bird straight up froze for a moment and almost fell from the air.
Then flew towards his perch that... how did they get that branch here? The door is too small for it to fit, putting that aside, the bird stared at the wall like his whole world was turned upside down.
Well... I just made a bird question his moral compass within moments of meeting him, I just have a way with words, I guess.
The room was flashing green while the Bird was busy contemplating the meaning of morality and its diverging paths, "See ya around, little guy." I waved at the bird, that gave me a resolute nod in return and went back to his pondering.
I glanced at the door while I left, perfect work yet again, "Ok... so where the hell is everybody else?" I wondered out loud.
And that's when Dakota approached me with a frown, "Goddamn piece of... stupid Skull..." and she is pissed because of course, she would be.
"Guessing work with One Bro didn't go as expected?" I asked while hearing the distant sound of laughter, most likely coming from Rober, I can already tell this will be a frenemies situation.
Dakota growled, "I did AS I WAS TOLD, BUT THATSAJASHDGASDH!!!" This... was that even any human language being used?.
"Calm down, Dakota, what did you do when talking with the Skull?" I asked while... wait, have I been here before?
She sighed and scratched furiously the back of her head, "I fucking told him that I rape children or some shit, I ain't telling a floating piece of calcium what I did in my life." Oh god, I have been here before.
I sighed to myself and bopped her on the head with 'Penitence' while a white wave washed over her, "Chill girl, One Bro only listens to the real deal, it should be on the folders... you grabbed the folder right?" I asked at the end, while Dakota decided that the roof looked very nice.
Rolling my eyes at that, I smiled, "Just keep at it, you did better than Rober, that guy went out of that room crying like a bitch." I ignored the 'HEY!' in the background while Dakota snickered.
"Always knew he was a pansy, what about the new abnormality?" I thought about an answer for a moment.
May as well tell it how it is, "Small bird that probably has a mouth in his stomach, also wondering about the point of morality and what being bad entails... kinda smart for something so small." I replied.
Rober came running and pointed at me, "First fuck you, second Dakota it's your turn with One Br- AND YOU GOT A PERFECT WORK AGAIN, WHAT!?" He exclaimed at the end while looking at the door of the bird, while I simply shrugged.
"I'm good at this stuff, unlike my... 'senior'." I said sarcastically, making Rober roll his eyes and flip me the bird.
Dakota waved at me, "Later Trigger, fuck you too Rober... I have a score to settle." I'm going to find chill pills and give them all to her.
Rober flipped her the bird too and suddenly perked up, "Huh... I'm working with the new Abnormality, any tips?".
"Do you consider yourself a bad person?" I asked him, making Rober arc an eyebrow.
"Probably?" I nodded at his answer.
"Then you'll probably be fine." He gave me a deadpan stare and walked inside the bird's chamber... welp time to chill on the main room.
Or I would have done that if at the other end of the room I didn't see a familiar face.
When I saw Beth with... a haunted expression on her face, along with her, another two clerks that didn't look any better leaving the main room towards somewhere.
And now I'm curious.