Another day... quite a bit to unload, so in order to start on my own personal notepad for research, I have to find out what's up with the manager since I never met the guy.

Also, have to find out what kind of relationship I have with Angela, which will require me to talk with her more than once, and that's... going to be difficult.

Uncover whatever issue Malkuth has with failure, if someone doesn't meet her standards she loses her composure and PROBABLY turns them into "past tense" when that happens, not completely sure about that one, yet I'd like to believe she isn't as competent on her job and the deaths are because of that... sadly I have eyes and ears and the clerks are scared of her more than they are of the abnormalities, so that's a pretty bid deal.

Side missions are finding out more about abnormalities as a whole, this is a mega-corporation and is bound to have some dirty laundry, not only that but something about the abnormalities feels human even if they don't look or act like it, my current theory is that they were people turned into monsters, but that's just a jump of logic from my part.

I put my notepad under my bed because having someone read my very real concerns about the place I work at would attract bad attention, I have yet to directly go against the company as a whole, but seeing how amoral the place is and my own ideological standing, there are bound to be confrontations between me and them.

And I also have to find out WHY I'm here, what a goddamn adventure this is shaping out to be...

Hearing a knock on the door I answered it and saw a clerk with a box on him, the usual stuff they keep E.G.O in, "New equipment Samuel?" pointing out the obvious is a better conversation starter than people give it credit for.

He's either mute or silent, don't know which, but he gave me a nod and a thumbs up then walked away.

I glanced at the box on my hands and entered my room while the door closed behind me, while I opened the box and saw what was about to be my new armor, which is basically a white and red version of the E.G.O I was wearing.

Well... time to put it on then.

It was weird putting this on, unlike One Bro's it felt... more alive I guess? Not only that, but the entire process was more awkward because of the very organic shifting the chest plate did, just like the Bird's stomach.

Should read said bird's name today too.

So E.G.O weapons have special abilities if you know what you're doing, the same could be said about suits or at least I believe it does, so using the same steps as before I focused on the intent of the E.G.O...

And found... hunger? Well, it feels like hunger but with a satisfactory process, or that's what the suit is trying to convey, which could be very good or very bad depending on what it wants to do so much.

The clearest feeling I got was the desire to punish someone, it kind of felt like righteous fury... so maybe if I try to focus my desire to punish someone it would come ou-

My chest plate came to life and transformed into a giant mouth with four rows of teeth, all of them incredibly sharp, and I instantly knew they had the biting power of 100 Hypos combined, they closed with a loud crack akin to a press crushing bone and meat. I felt a strong wind from the speed the mouth closed at, and felt a slight pain on my back from the movement itself.

The feelings the suit gave were suddenly suppressed, and the mouth was gone...

...

That Bird is a lot more terrifying now, gonna have to put that on the folders 'annoying the bird could make you die by giant mouth' gonna have a field day explaining how I know that.

Leaving my room with One Bro's weapon in hand and a new suit that had the innate ability of a super crocodile bite, I was ready to tackle today to the best of my ability.

Well kinda, I heard that our newbie crew has been doing surprisingly good work, which made some of the lower Sephirah ask for something, to give us a HE level abnormality to prove if this was pure dumb luck or actual skill of the manager and us.

In my opinion... they may have been jumping to the gun there, considering how we have only dealt with a talking Skull and a small Bird, there has to be a bigger reason as to why they would suddenly decide to throw something like that all of a sudden.

But I have literally nothing to prove any of that.

Although according to Rober and Dakota, Abnormalities seem to act differently to me. Between the conversations with Rober, he seems to usually receive small headaches when talking with One Bro, and sometimes he feels ignored, I never once had that problem.

The same with the Bird, Dakota swears that the Bird is trying to stare a hole through her head but said Bird latches on me like I'm his long-lost owner, maybe this is some kind of test towards me?

Nah, two times is a coincidence... but a third one is a pattern, maybe it does involve me.

I kept walking through the hallways and met myself with Dakota who was sporting the One Bro's E.G.O suit and a white pistol with a red smear at the side, most likely from the bird, "Looks like you heard it too, a HE abnormality to truly test us... seems a little bit too soon." she commented with a frown on her face.

Nodding at her, I looked around for Rober since work hours were about to start, "Yeah, I'm a little bit tense about that... doesn't seem like normal procedure, which makes me wonder where Rober is..." hopefully the news didn't make him chicken out, he did lose it while dealing with One Bro, and he's a Zayin.

"Roby did have that look in his eyes, one of someone that's VERY constipated." Dakota muttered with a smile while I rolled my eyes at her, these two will take any chance to jab verbally at each other.

I scratched the back of my head and looked ahead at the door to the main room and saw it open itself, Rober came in still wearing the full E.G.O set of One Bro, but the one behind him...

"Does she have stars in her eyes?" Dakota questioned the very obvious physical of the blue-haired girl that was following Rober, she also radiated a certain amount of 'dumb charm' kind of like a kid.

She was wearing the E.G.O suit of One Bro and her weapon was the basic riot stick we are given when entering here, "So... Guy's BongBong, BongBong guys." I gave Rober a 'really?' stare while Dakota kept her eyes on our newbie.

"Bong!" said recruit saluted and said her name out loud.

...

Oh god, I see where this is going, "Yeah... we know, I'm Dakota rookie." She sounded so proud of herself even though she has only been here ONE day, Rober tried to hide his shit-eating smile and failed miserably.

"Bong!" saying things like a Pokémon, BongBong offered a handshake to Dakota that gave the poor blue-haired girl a narrowed stare.

"Yes... you told me that already." Oh, this is definitely going there.

"Bong?" The fact that she sounded curious made me realize that this woman probably shouldn't be here.

"Ok, Rober, tell her to drop this joke already." Dakota wasn't happy with this, and she still didn't get it either, I'll give it another minute if she doesn't notice I'll have to tell her.

Rober smiled, "My Dakota, I didn't know you thought BongBong's speech impediment was a joke, how cruel of you." Oh, you little dick, the fact that BongBong doesn't get what even is happening is a little funny, though.

Dakota's brow twitched and that was my signal to step in, "Alright guys, drop the comedy act for a second." I rose One Bro's weapon and let a wave of white over both Rober and Dakota, deescalating whatever could have happened there.

Dakota's glare lessened but didn't vanish, "I hope you realize... this is war".

"It all started with a crown of thorns, brat, bring it on." They really did start a feud over Dakota bragging about her E.G.O gift... and management believes we can take a HE of all things.

BongBong was still clueless about the whole thing which may be for the best, "I like to say it will get better... but those two won't stop now or ever, I'm Trigger in charge of keeping Hot-Head and Plain over there from killing each other." I offered a handshake to her, which she took earnestly and very happily, shook it.

"All agents Prepare for Work"

"And time to do our thing then." I commented while looking at the camera the manager was probably using to keep an eye on us.

"Trigger start Insight work on T-01-68"

So the new one for me... hopefully that's just a coincidence, "Looks I'm working the new guy, what about you guys?" I asked the rest of the team.

"I'm on babysitter duty, to beat the Rookie back into sanity if she screws up One Sin's work." Rober commented with a shrug, while BongBong gave him a cute but very blank stare.

Dakota snorted, "While you go and do that, I have to work with Punishing Bird." Oh, so that's what the little guy is called.

"Good luck with that, I have to go face the unknown." AGAIN, something that I have done a lot since I woke up here.

Hopefully, things go smoothly today, too.