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Vel's
Encountered Contractors
Dr. Theodore "Laz" Lazcowicz
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Contract 2:
There's a Light...
Contract 4:
The Hospital
Contract 5:
The Drill Bit
Liam August
Encountered on
Contract 1:
Mushroom Hunt
Diana Foster
Encountered on
Contract 2:
There's a Light...
Lorelai Whitetail
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Ten
Kane Schafer
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Ten
"Slender James" Davis
Encountered on
Contract 3:
Ten
Iktan
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The Hospital
Contract 15:
Radio (x) Tide (x) Scale (x) Frou-Frou
Crew
Encountered on
Contract 4:
The Hospital
Haze
Encountered on
Contract 5:
The Drill Bit
Jacob Wesley
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Polite Disagreements
Jenny Thorndike
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Polite Disagreements
Julio Ramos
Encountered on
Contract 6:
Polite Disagreements
Seymore Alonso
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Bruno Pegul
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Contract 9:
The Night The Storm hit
Mike Carson
Encountered on
Contract 7:
Stoned in Kampong Som
Jean de l'Ours
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Snow-White
Jimmy Rockman
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Snow-White
Jack Frost
Encountered on
Contract 8:
Snow-White
Blake Sacks
Encountered on
Contract 9:
The Night The Storm hit
Frank Russo
Encountered on
Contract 9:
The Night The Storm hit
Elizabeth Ember
Encountered on
Contract 9:
The Night The Storm hit
Contract 10:
rich blood
Benedict Hollysmith
Encountered on
Contract 10:
rich blood
BETH☠️METAL
Encountered on
Contract 10:
rich blood
MOLL(ⲩ)
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Webless
Contract 15:
Radio (x) Tide (x) Scale (x) Frou-Frou
Emily Miller
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Webless
Contract 12:
Out of This World Experience
Bryan Bosch
Encountered on
Contract 11:
Webless
David Vance
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Out of This World Experience
Harold Polk
Encountered on
Contract 12:
Out of This World Experience
Lila Blackwood
Encountered on
Contract 13:
March of Dimes
Polamedes
Encountered on
Contract 13:
March of Dimes
Eric
Encountered on
Contract 13:
March of Dimes
Contract 14:
A Moonlit Olive Grove
Contract 15:
Radio (x) Tide (x) Scale (x) Frou-Frou
Jordan Daniels
Encountered on
Contract 14:
A Moonlit Olive Grove
Ted Westwood
Encountered on
Contract 16:
One Great Leap
Felix Law
Encountered on
Contract 16:
One Great Leap