Cadenza: Veritas
Chapter 5: Omerta > Ask Brandon if he's fine
His behaviour was too strange. You follow after him and gently tap his shoulder, asking him if everything is okay.
"I don't know. I really don't know anymore." He avoids making eye contact with you. "I'm not angry. I know Anjy asked you to do this. Tell her what's inside, give it to her, I don't care." You hear someone's phone ring loudly. Brandon shakes his head. "Now, just leave me alone."
You return to your rented terminal, just to find that your time's almost up. You safely remove the flash drive and close all your opened programs. With Brandon's implicit consent, it might be safe to take the flash drive home, or just tell Anjy the passcode.[/spoiler][spoiler=Leave him alone]Odd as he was, you leave Brandon alone. It's not worth the risk of any retaliation if you somehow infuriate him. You turn your chair around so that you're facing the computer you're renting. Although he gave you the password to his flash drive, you barely have a minute left to sift through files. You safely remove the flash drive, and close all your opened programs. You take the flash drive and place it inside your pocket. With Brandon's implicit consent, it might be safe to take the flash drive home, or just tell Anjy the passcode.
Just as you are about to close a tab with an odd GIF, the terminal is locked down, and a prompt informs you that your rental has lapsed.
"I don't know. I really don't know anymore." He avoids making eye contact with you. "I'm not angry. I know Anjy asked you to do this. Tell her what's inside, give it to her, I don't care." You hear someone's phone ring loudly. Brandon shakes his head. "Now, just leave me alone."
You return to your rented terminal, just to find that your time's almost up. You safely remove the flash drive and close all your opened programs. With Brandon's implicit consent, it might be safe to take the flash drive home, or just tell Anjy the passcode.[/spoiler][spoiler=Leave him alone]Odd as he was, you leave Brandon alone. It's not worth the risk of any retaliation if you somehow infuriate him. You turn your chair around so that you're facing the computer you're renting. Although he gave you the password to his flash drive, you barely have a minute left to sift through files. You safely remove the flash drive, and close all your opened programs. You take the flash drive and place it inside your pocket. With Brandon's implicit consent, it might be safe to take the flash drive home, or just tell Anjy the passcode.
Just as you are about to close a tab with an odd GIF, the terminal is locked down, and a prompt informs you that your rental has lapsed.
This is the moment of truth. From the comfort of a place where you don't have to worry about any prying eyes watching you decrypt someone else's flash drive over your shoulder, you enter "omerta," just as Brandon instructed you.
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