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§¤====*=^. 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. .^=*=¤§@##
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##@§¤=*=^. #**=== 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 WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.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 ...^^**=¤§
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§§=*^^.... ....^^*=§§