.^~::%***# #***%::~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%**### ###**%:~^.
.^~:%*##@@ @@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@@ @@##*%:~^.
....^::*#@ EXOBUBBLE @#*::^....
...^~:*### ###*:~^...
.....^~%## THE EXOBUBBLE IS A PROTOTYPE ##%~^.....
.^~:%%**#@ EXOSKELETON CREATED BY @#**%%:~^.
....~%%**# AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI'S MILTECH COMPANY. #**%%~....
....~%**## IT'S MOSTLY MARKETED AS A STRENGTH ##**%~....
.^~:%*#### MULTIPLIER, FOR LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS. ####*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.....~~:%# @::~~~ DEMO INCIDENT ~~~::@ #%:~~.....
....~::*## ##*::~....
.....^^:*# DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION #*:^^.....
.^~:%*##@# IN TWENTY TWENTYFOUR, THE PILOT #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# BOUS ANEMOEITIAI WAS SEVERELY INJURED #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%***## WHEN DEMONSTRATING THE EXOBUBBLE'S ##***%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# ABILITY TO WITHSTAND MORTAR SHELLS. IT #@##*%:~^.
.^~:::**#@ SUCCESSFULLY DETECED THE EXPLOSIVE @#**:::~^.
.^~:%*##@# DEVICE AND AUTOMATICALLY FOLDED INTO A #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*###@ BLAST-RESISTANT FORM; DUE TO A @###*%:~^.
...~::::*# MISCALIBRATION OF ANEMOEITIAI'S HEIGHT, #*::::~...
.^~:%*##@# HIS LEFT ARM AND LEG WERE CRUSHED. UPON #@##*%:~^.
....^~%%## UNFOLDING AFTER THE EXPLOSION, ##%%~^....
.^~::%%**# ANEMOEITIAI WAS STILL CONSCIOUS BUT IN #**%%::~^.
.^~:%*#### SEVERE SHOCK. HE HAD SUFFERED NO DAMAGE ####*%:~^.
...^^::*#@ FROM THE ACTUAL EXPLOSION. @#*::^^...
.^^^~:%**# #**%:~^^^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# @::~~~ MUPPET SCANDAL ~~~::@ #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
..^~:%%### WHILE ANEMOEITIAI'S CONTRACT DID WAIVE ###%%:~^..
.^~:*##@## ALL CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES DUE TO INJURY, ##@##*:~^.
.^~:%*##@# DUE TO THE EVENT BEING LIVESTREAMED AND #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*#### THE FOLLOWING PR BLOWBACK, ####*%:~^.
.^~::::%*# TEXNOLOGIYASI PROMISED TOP-OF-THE-WORLD #*%::::~^.
.....~:%*# CARE WITH PROSTHETICS OR REGROWN LIMBS. #*%:~.....
.....^:%*# ANEMOEITIAI WAS MOVED TO A #*%:^.....
......~~%# TEXNOLOGIYASI HOSPITAL, WHERE WAS #%~~......
......^:*# WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. #*:^......
.....^^:%# #%:^^.....
.^~:%*##@@ IN THE HOSPITAL ANEMOEITIAI WAS @@##*%:~^.
^~:%*##@## PROVIDED WITH FIVE SENTIENT FELT-LIKE ##@##*%:~^
.^~:%*#@## CREATURES, MEANT TO ASSIST HIM DURING ##@#*%:~^.
......^:*# INITIAL RECOVERY. UPON LEARNING THAT #*:^......
...~:%%##@ THEY COULD NOT DISOBEY HIS COMMANDS, HE @##%%:~...
.^~:%*##@# STARTED ORDERING THEM TO PERFORM SEXUAL #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*#@## ACTS ON HIM. A VIDEO OF THIS WAS LEAKED ##@#*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# BY HOSPITAL STAFF. #@##*%:~^.
...~~~~:*# #*:~~~~...
......~%%# THE DENT IN TEXNOLOGIYASI'S REPUTATION #%%~......
...~~~:*## DUE TO THE EXOBUBBLE MALFUNCTION WAS ##*:~~~...
.^~:%*#@## QUICKLY ECLIPSED BY "THE MUPPET VIDEO", ##@#*%:~^.
.^~:%****# AS IT CAME TO BE CALLED. #****%:~^.
.....^~%## ##%~^.....
......^:%# THE CREATURES WERE CONSIDERED #%:^......
.....^~:*# BIOWEAPONS, AND WERE DESTROYED. THIS #*:~^.....
.^~:%*##@# SPARKED EVEN FURTHER DEBATE ABOUT #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*#### ####*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@# #@##*%:~^.
...^^~~:%# #%:~~^^...