Episode 3 : The Promening Part 1

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It's dead quiet in the bunker as the lights are shut off throughout the building; and within the hallways, a series of missing posters are hung on the walls, but they go unnoticed as a teen worker drone runs past them in a clear panic. As she sprints through the hallways, her glasses suddenly shatter, forcing her to stop and take them off, everything becoming blurry in the process. While she desperately tries to make out anything in the darkness, the nearby security camera is twisted to a 180-degree angle, making it impossible for it to record the approaching figure.

Moving closer to the worker drone, red arcs of lightning surround the figure as it makes some gestures, the absolute solver symbol appearing in its hand; this is quickly followed by the teen's left arm being ripped off. As oil gushes from the injury, the attacker pulls out a meat-clever which hovers just over its hand, the weapon is then cloned twice before all three are launched at the worker drone.

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Within a dimly lit apartment, a robotic cockroach scuttles over to a puddle of oil; however, another arrives and smacks it away, obviously not willing to share; yet this is ultimately a mistake as Doll enters and unknowingly steps on it. Tossing her bag to the side, she uses her absolute solver to open it and take out some books, placing them on a bookshelf.

Flicking a finger, she pulls up a pen and crosses off a name on a list labeled prom queen. Glancing away from the piece of paper, she watches a severed arm hanging out of her bag then looks off to her left and sees a mass of robotic roaches while announcing her presence, "[I'm back, Mom, Dad.]"

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"What are you things?" Uzi wakes up from her dream, guilt filling her as she remembers what she said to N. Looking around, she sees her books and notes surrounding her, then glances up at her conspiracy board, noticing a drawing made by N that says 'Thank you for being my friend.' After a few seconds, Uzi lets out a long groan that will continue to span throughout her entire day.

As she opens her locker at the end of the school day, still holding her groan, she's tripped by a passing student, nearly making her drop the book she's holding. In frustration, she throws the object at the worker drone; however, another student happens to walk out of a room at that moment, intercepting the projectile with his head. Oblivious to Uzi's attempted assault, the culprit continues talking to her comrade, "Yeah, meeting Brad in an hour. Can you imagine going to prom alone?"

"Ha. Yeah, I'd be all like I don't deserve happiness." This remark from the other robot doesn't sit well with Uzi as she glares at the two teens before sighing and walking to the book she threw. Picking it up, she's about to go back to her locker, but stops upon noticing the missing posters. This discovery prompts her to look around more closely. That's when she notices a janitor mopping up a puddle of oil, then the tampered camera, a hologram of the absolute solver symbol seemingly holding it in its current position.

With her jaw hanging open for a few seconds, Uzi begins hysterical cackling as she tosses the book over her shoulder and snatches the posters, quickly rushing back home and entering her room. Still laughing like a maniac, she's about to place her new evidence on the conspiracy board, but her giggling immediately stops when she sees the ceiling's completely bare.

Elsewhere in the apartment, Khan looks through his daughter's papers before placing them on a shelf next to some other stacks, then walks out of the closet and closes the door that displays a paper taped to it with the words 'Nori's kooky insane stuff'. Leaning against the door while sighing, Khan knows what's going to happen when Uzi finds out, but he quickly recomposes himself and walks away, sure he'll have enough time to think of something to calm his daughter. However, as he exits his room, dusting his hands off and whistling, he's almost instantly met with his daughter's enraged face as she stomps over to him, "My crazed ramblings! Stay outta my freaking room!"

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