Thanks to Prime Asset Roulette, I was assigned the Kress Twins.
Which means I now have two problems instead of one.

My only available option for this log was Kill the Politician,
so that’s what we’re doing.

I’m keeping this on Standard too,
because the last few trials have been a bit of a disaster and I’m not in the mood to press my luck.

Things started off simple enough.
I accidentally found a fuse, got a prompt to pick it up,
and realised I’d just stumbled into the task required to get inside the shopping mall.

I grabbed the second fuse and was allowed in.

Cue more fuse hunting.
I could already see the pattern forming.

I also got my first proper look at the Twins.
Pretty sure they didn’t see me, but I’m not loving the fact they seem to have
360 degree vision.

Which means stealth isn’t optional.
I need to stay hidden…
or, to put it another way:
I need to stay Incognito.

Three fuses later, I was allowed into the department store.
This time, my objective was to spend $40.

There were multiple boxes scattered around the store, each with a different price.
I didn’t even notice that at first.

So I was about $10 in before realising I could have made smarter choices.
Classic.

The Twins were also inside the store with me,
and it was oddly interesting hearing them speak to each other.
From what I could gather, they don’t like Easterman,
and they want out of whatever hell they’ve been put into.

I also couldn’t help noticing something in their dialogue.
It isn’t just “villain banter”.
There’s something uncomfortable about it — the kind of vibe where you start wondering what exactly their relationship is meant to be.

Whatever it is, it adds a whole extra layer of unease.
And frankly, I’d have preferred not to notice it.

It does make me wonder how the Prime Assets are treated outside the Trials.
I’m guessing the answer is “badly”.

Once I hit $40, I was finally allowed to join the political rally.

And then I was told to go fix the water pressure.

At this point, I’m convinced Murkoff is preparing me for employment once I graduate.
I’m not being brainwashed.
I’m being trained as a handyman.

You’d think the valves would be close together, because that would make sense.
They were not.

Four different spots across the mall.

So now I’m running around doing:

• map reading
• basic maths for each valve
• trial survival, on top of plumbing

Again: handyman.

Once that was handled, it was finally time to deal with the actual goal:
spraying the politician with acid.

Naturally, I had to prime the acid first.
And naturally, this required playing a carnival-style game.

I thought electrocuting the Snitch was bad.
I was wrong.

And I’m fairly sure the Twins have been chatting with Coyle,
because they also felt the need to ambush me during this part.

I had to loop the mall a few times, hide a few times,
and basically accept that my life now consists of sprinting away and making bad decisions at speed.

Eventually, I completed the objective.
Politician: solved.

Then it was time to leave.
And the Twins also decided it was time to leave —
because they were waiting at the shuttle area like they were running security.

I hid, waited them out, and once they finally moved off,
I slipped past and escaped.

In the end, I walked away with an A.

That’s an improvement —
and I’m choosing to believe it’s because I’m learning.
Not because the mall temporarily took pity on me.

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