The three armored figures whirl about to face you. One of them speaks in a young female voice.

??? 1: "This area is restricted and under attack right now. You should leave, we can handle it."

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Aucupe: "Left. Get the first hit."

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The two move out of their cells obediently, standing in the hall with you.

??? 1: "If the products are outside, what do we do right now?"
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You hit the door with the colichemarde, striking hinges and the lock, but all you manage to do is leave light scratches. Using Power Flow gives some better results - the hinges break off, along with the lock, and the iron-bar door blocking the main door falls off with a loud clang.

You could've also tried activating the colichemarde's mechanism, but whatever. Access granted.
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Well, you can get a brigandine for free from the armory. As for the shops, it looks like they're charging you 5 silvers for a munitions grade one, and 8 for the higher grade ones.

There are plenty of robes - Unmarked and marked ones from the armory and market, as well as some higher-end robes that have metal plates sewn between the layers of cloth, providing a great deal of protection without the conspicuous shine of standard plate armor. A gold and 2 silvers for one of those. Surcoats, on the other hand, seem to not be very popular. In fact, you can't even find any! Hoods and arm protection are apparently mandatory.
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Ommel: "Dunno about relocating again, but I can go grab everyone else. Sec."

She leaves view of the portal. The witchmetal armored figure that was helping her occasionally pokes its head into view, staring at you and Tabi before retreating and doing the same thing a few seconds later.

Ommel: "Alright, we're back!"

The family, and the armored red-eyed thing, exit the portal to greet you and reunite with Tabi, along with being introduced to you.

Tuva is the father - taller than you but appearing more fragile. He has a pair of round spectacles and seems to have a white collar and chest color pattern on his otherwise black fur. His irises are pitch black, which seems unusual, considering most other chirop you've seen had amber eyes.

The mother, Diitali, is a bit shorter than you and has solid grey fur and amber eyes - fairly normal in appearance.

Iikua is the oldest daughter. She has the same fur pattern as the father, or so you're told, with her mother's eyes. She served a few years in Teleiat's Hastae, assigned to a task force that went against a crime syndicate involved with people-trafficking. She "seems to always be bothered by something."

Tabitha, or Tabi, is the second oldest, sent off to attend university in Magusalto and then declared dead in an accident a few years later. You're not actually sure what her fur pattern is, since you've only ever seen her head and forearms exposed and no one tells you any details. She has her father's black eyes, though.

Ommel (supposed to be oh-MELL, usually called OM-ull) is the next. She has amber eyes and black fur from what you can tell, save for a single diagonal white line under her left eye beside her nose, looking almost like a lone whisker. She seems to have taken over the duties of running the family shop, directing what needs to be done and when, as well as tending to customers and making entire outfits herself.

Kiire (sounds like keer-ay) is the youngest. She has amber eyes and a white collar pattern over her otherwise grey fur.

Diitali: "We wanted to try more human-like names for Tabi and Ommel, which is why their names aren't very chirop-y."

Tuva: "So, you're Kleigg, right? Sounds like you've known Tabi for some time. Has she blown anything up yet? Loved blowing things up when she was little, and she can't even cast!"

??? 2: "You should leave before someone hurts you."

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You hear banging on the other cell doors down the hall.

"Hey, let me out too!"

"I'm in here too!"

"Hellooooooooooooooo."

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Ommel: "Oooh, really gettin' to know her huh?"

Iikua: "Corrupted construct? I thought it was a leviathan."

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You push open the wooden double doors and slowly enter.

The building is unlit at the moment, and the few windows are barred with metal bars and let in little light. The polished wooden floors feel solid - not a single creak as the three of you pass through the main entrance and look around.

The building is shaped like a U, with the 'middle' segment being the entrance and a few large rooms. The wings of the building seem to have a large array of smaller rooms, from what you can tell.

No one is in sight.

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You look at the plated robes. It looks like they have Grey and Brown, but not one with both. Hmm, choices... Well, might as well ask T'ota what she wants to eat.

Tuhota: "Uh, meat please."

After you hack open the rest of the cells in the building wing (which happens to be another ten), you slice an X in the south wall. Not enough to break it down, just weaken it.

"Do we just wait around for you to take care of the products then? I don't know how we're supposed to escape without making it look like we're trying to escape."

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Iikua: "Hm."

Diitali: "So, what do we do about food? I'm not sure if I want to be eating that mystery meat for an extended period of time"

Kiire: "We could probably store lots of food in the city, but I don't know where we'd get it."

A quiet voice whispers in your helm.

"I can gather material to farm, but I will need to leave you for a moment. I will fix your armor when I am done."
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Your fur is grey and white, so you grab a brown armor cloak (-1 gold 2 silver).

Looking around, there are a few stalls with precooked meat. Roast chicken and grilled pork are the most common, though there are plenty of fish cooked in various styles.

Tuhota: "Mmm, anything's good."

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You head north, leaving the facility grounds. Well, now what.

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Black Mage: "Alright."

The three of you slowly walk towards the left wing of the building, passing a building that resembles an infirmary on the way. At the end of the hall and the beginning of the wing, you see the walls are lined with metal doors - cells. Peering through the clear glass-like window of one of the rooms, you see a skinny human girl lying on a simple bed, sleeping.

Black Mage: "These must be the test subjects."

Blue Mage: "Gonna be a pain breaking them out. Maybe we can take out the antimagic systems in the building. Basement level, I'm guessing."

"Well, ideally, yeah. Unless any of you know some pretty good light magic and can Haste yourselves, or better yet, pretty good Dark and can Slow them. That speed of theirs is pretty much a cheat."

Asklar, remember what Null said, that some of the girls are being kept safe by the cancellation systems.