Larping 3: Gaslighting Faye Lou Early

There was a plan for the Dollar Flu zombies to return in this chapter, but then my brain went another way and the ending I liked because this means there's an established relationship in which Faye will become once again annoyed and want to strangle this version of the MC's because they're already fucking with her.

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With not much preparation, besides putting a custom gas mask on Alexia, because I can't call her a Hunter without at least a mask, it's a professional requirement. We headed into the Dark Zone, Alexia's armor covers her body with an organ glow instead of the color for Hunter's. Along the way we noticed several Hunter's and Ghosts working together to deal with some infected animals. Which made my mind tug at one of my more main priorities.

"ISAAC, pull up all area's with animals that are still safe to go to. I must prioritize their health first, Humans can always fuck like rabbits to repopulate, animals have seasons to do so thus they're more important."

{CALCULATING…. AREA'S PINGED}

With SEVERAL pings on animal pens or small zoo's, even some apartments, Alexia and I began a mass exodus of animals. Animals, which varied greatly, followed us around like puppies, including the actual puppies hitching rides on other animals. The sight must've been many things, mainly confusing though, as we led the exodus out of the Dark Zone and into Central Park

\\ Unosknight POV, A Starbucks near the Dark Zone \\

Waking up and making some coffee in an abandoned Starbucks shop. I was enjoying a nice cup of strong pumpkin spice coffee When I felt the ground shake steadily. I recognized the shaking as a marching rhythm, but this was a bit rough and unorganized. That's when I saw it.

Tigers, wolves, horses, monkey's, penguins, giraffes, snakes, hawks, flamingos, peacocks, German Shepherds, Gold Retrievers, Mastiffs, Poodles, and more various animals were following two rather conspicuous Hunter's.

The Human of the two was playing a keytar and singing as he rode the Tiger of the two. His "daughter" and several animals joined in at times with a sound as if having fun with him.

"ISAAC, weren't they in the Dark Zone to contain it?"

{DIRECTIVE CHANGED UPON SPOTTING INFECTED ANIMALS TEN MINUTES IN, MISSION WAS ABANDONED AND A NEW MISSION INVOLVING AN ANIMAL EXODUS WAS MADE BECAUSE COMMANDER CHIMERA WANTED TO SAVE THE ANIMALS FIRST FOR "HUMANS CAN FUCK LIKE RABBITS, ANIMALS HAVE SEASONS TO DO SO."}

"Pfft… man has priorities if he's done this for three days and just now got them out. However, I can definitely see some children and people being amazed at the sight and wanting to pet the animals. Just how did he get them all to peacefully follow like that?"

{COMMANDER ALEXIA TALKED TO THE FELINES, COMMANDER CHIMERA TO THE CANINES, EVERY OTHER ANIMAL FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLES AND THIS IS THE RESULT, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NEW LANGUAGES BASED ON ANIMALS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE DATABASE FOR HUNTERS AND HOUNDS}

"Wait, so I can speak to dogs now? Maybe I should ask why they like sniffing ass so much, since they get very weird with it…."

// Aaron Keener POV //

"What the fuck is that man doing?"

"Seems to be guiding a bunch of animals on a migration path to Central Park from upstates Dark Zone."

"I can see that… I'm asking why because that isn't the Division's precious mission."

"Can't say… Do we do anything? Or just let the crazy man just have his animals?"

"Leave him be… that mass of animals isn't vital since we have no current use for them, and he's not getting involved with my plans."

\\ Faye Lou POV, New York's Northeast Section Division Base Oxfree \\

"What the fuck…. What are we watching, sir?"

The second wave commander scratched his cheek as he stood beside me watching the satellite feed of the Brooklyn area. The both of us confused by the sight of an agent riding a tiger, playing a keytar, and leading a mass of animals through the streets towards Central Park.

"An Agent who is eccentric? ... I don't understand why he isn't escorting civilians to safety, however…."

"ISSAC, Can you patch us into his coms, so we can speak with him?"

{PATCHING YOU IN…. CONNECTED}

{"The fuck you want?"}

Scowling at the Agent's immediate disregard for the fact a commander was calling him, I looked to Louis who just smiled wryly.

"This is the commander of the second wave, Louis Chang, and a trusted senior Agent, Faye Lou. We're contacting you because we are watching a live feed of you and your animal herd heading towards Central Park. I was wondering why you're not escorting civilians to safety?"

{"But I am, these are my civilians."}

There was a pause at that as we looked at each other as if we misheard him before realizing we hadn't misheard him. Did he think the animals counted as civilians? They're just animals, not people, actual people need his help more than a bunch of animals do.

"Agent, you do realize those are only animals, right? Not civilians, yes?"

{"Yes, I know they are in fact animals, do I care about that? No, they are still US citizens, so I shall escort them to safety. If you try telling me otherwise, then you are worthless because there are laws to protect animals as well, so they are civilians. If you still insist that I should stop, you'll have one angry man calling you because you're also saying his granddaughter is worth less than a person's life."}

Hearing that, I couldn't help but snark back with sarcasm about what he just said.

"Yeah, right, who do you think would do that? The president? Get real Agent and do your job properly, they're just animals. They can be bred and replaced, it's the people we need to make sure survive first."

{PATCHING IN VICE-PRESIDENT MENDEZ….. CONNECTED}

{"ISSAC, what is this about? I was in the middle of a phone call with the secretary of defense."}

Blinking at the announcement and the voice of a confused vice-president, I looked at commander Chang. He looked just as lost and confused as me, as we could hear the Mendez seemingly have a conversation with ISAAC through his computer.

{"You insulted Alexia…"}

"Who is Alexia? Vice-President Mendez."

I was wondering that as well, as the Agent continued playing the keytar in the background and still guided the animal herd with no care for our opinions on the matter. A few seconds of silence and the vice-president spoke up once more in a voice that left no room for doubt and made me feel as if this had to be a bad dream. Because this made no sense!

{"Alexia is the tiger and Agent, that the young man is riding, and she is effectively my granddaughter since my SON won't give me a Human one. However, I am fine with that honestly as the big cub has been rather adorable and actually likes spending time with this old man, unlike my SON who hasn't even called me once. She at least has the decency to even wear a fishing hat and go fishing with me, unlike my SON who'd rather be at a gun range or in a workshop building machines. The fact you are trying to stop her from saving our more bestial civilians is questionable, and I wonder how my SON would react if you tried forcing her to stop doing so."}

{"You sure like mentioning your son, vice-president Mendez, sounds like you are trying to hint something there to everyone. You're not trying to confuse me with your son, are you? I'm unfortunately not him, I'm Gabriel Von Ashfield, if I were your son I'd be delighted though to call you my father."}

{"Haaaa…. This is over. You will stop trying to talk them out of escorting the animals, or you will be considered acting against the Division protocols and thus go rogue. Have a good day everyone, love you Alexia, I'll see you when you come home."}

With that, the call was terminated entirely, and we couldn't call the Agent again nor call Agent Alexia.

"I feel like we just got gaslighted, sir…."