[She crawls out into the hallway, and since SQX is handling that trash can... She'll head over to the yellow containers stacked against the wall with a wince, moving her good hand from her side to see if she can open one of them.]
[the trash does not have a lid, and it's easy enough to look through. typical trash is in it, like old apple cores, crumpled papers, a dismembered arm, cardboard boxes. normal stuff.
aoi has a pair of knitting needles! they feel like they're very important to someone. also, they're very sharp. be careful.
there's just the one door at the end of the hallway, yes. and endorsi has a bit of trouble trying to open the yellow container. not because it's locked or anything, it's just pretty heavy.]
anyway she'll. pick up the crumpled papers first and try to uncrumple them? anything written on them? she'll paw through the cardboard boxes in case there's anything significant that's been tossed away with or in them, and then.
she'll. pick up that arm and get a closer look at it because murder investigations and body examinations have ruined her, i guess. does it look like it was dismembered cleanly or messily? anything identifying on it? does it appear to be holding anything in its cold, dead hand?]
[ i'm sorry that you all have to be responsible for aoi's useless ass but she's just gonna have a little sit down... while everyone searches the area... just a lil rest-sit. ]
[there's nothing of note on the papers. they're just like handwritten notes that are reminders, basically, things like clean the kitchen or it's joseph's turn to make dinner - stuff like that. cardboard boxes are just boxes that have been broken down.
i'm glad that aoi is taking a nap as sqx just pulls an arm out of the trash. the arm is not holding anything. it's dark skinned and has bruised knuckles, though. it looks like it was bitten off, if she looks closely - there are teeth marks, around where the shoulder joint is.
meanwhile, medb and endorsi manage to open the container together! there's not much of note in here; it seems like it's mostly supplies. medical supplies, astronaut food, stuff like that. oh, also, a red umbrella.
sqx makes a face and throws the arm into the vent. maybe it'll distract whatever the fuck is rattling it. i hope this wasn't beau's arm because if it was i'll feel bad about it alter.]
anyway, it's probably a great idea that sqx throws that arm because immediately a nasty clawed hand shoots out and grabs it, dragging it into the vents. there's the sound of disgusting, messy eating. hm.
when endorsi takes the umbrella, she feels like it's very important to someone.
but that passes quickly, because both her and medb zoom down the hallway. this door... is not locked, or jammed! in fact, it opens automatically as they approach. it opens to a large, mostly empty room, with a huge screen. the screen flickers on as they move into the room, showing a video of... well, the two of them approaching the pedestal in the middle of the room. it seems like a live feed, judging by the fact that they can see the other two girls in the background too.]
once the hand vanishes into the vents, sqx puts the vent cover back in place and then turns to aoi]
Come on, we have to move—
[she'll try to help her toward the door endorsi and medb are nyooming to! she's dizzy and concussed, though, so like. how much help can she really be.]
[Yikes!! Hurrying even faster into the room, though she's also Very Slow. The screen catches her attention, but once she sees it's a live feed, she's glancing around the rest of the room. Anything notable?
Messy eating bad. The live feed is bad. Who the fuck is watching them?
She watches to make sure SQX and Aoi make it through the door and for whatever happens to be in the vents, ready to book it back to run interference if whatever worse than furby monster comes out before the other two can make it into this empty room. ]
Hurry!
[ She knows that's easier said than done, though. ]
[up they go! off after endorsi and medb. it's fine. the eating noises are still going for now, but who knows how long that'll last.
the room is a big, white, empty room. their voices echo a little when they step in. a look over it is mostly just the screen, the pedestal, and a button on the wall next to the door.
there is a tag hanging from the pedastal. if endorsi gets close enough to it, she'll see it's a touch screen that reads RECALIBRATE? with two options, yes and no underneath. underneath that are four handprint indicators.]
[if they get far enough away from the door will it shut behind them?? god sqx hopes so.
anyway, she and aoi stagger into that big white empty room. she casts a glance around it, her head spinning, and her eyes land on the button on the wall by the door. she'll head there first? is it labeled? please let her lock the door.]
We don't know what that something is supposed to be.
[ DO THEY KNOW NO CAUTION? They need more information, even if she doesn't know how to get it. Medb is also sorely tempted to just go through with it, though.
Her eyes are on the live screen, waiting for that monster to come out. ]
[the door does not shut automatically. the button has no label!
down the hallway, the vent practically explodes as the monster kicks the vent across the hallway. it shatters, and the alien slithers out, low to the ground. its tail flicks back and forth like a cat's as it turns to look at the four of them. its beak is covered in blood and gore, and the one eye that endorsi had hit earlier is just missing entirely, leaving only half of a furby eye pair.
it shrieks, and starts to gallop down the hallway towards them.
i'm glad aoi and endorsi have no sense of self preservation whatsoever here. they put their hands on the panel, and they feel - dizzy. like earlier, in the conference room.
for a moment, they feel that exhaustion again. it doesn't matter. nothing matters. just sleep through the rest of this, just forget. you want to go home, and this, you think, is how it'll happen? you just have to make this choice. yes, or no. yes or no, and you might get to go home again. it's such a big decision. maybe you should think about it, maybe you should put it off.
she slams her good hand down on the button and then heads over to join medb as quickly as she can manage with her dizziness, provided she doesn't blow up on the spot or something. if medb puts her hand on the panel, she'll join her in doing so; if not, she'll try to get ready to fight the alien.]
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Mecb comes out of the vent and looks to see if there are any more doors in the hallway. Is it just the one at the end? ]
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aoi has a pair of knitting needles! they feel like they're very important to someone. also, they're very sharp. be careful.
there's just the one door at the end of the hallway, yes. and endorsi has a bit of trouble trying to open the yellow container. not because it's locked or anything, it's just pretty heavy.]
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anyway she'll. pick up the crumpled papers first and try to uncrumple them? anything written on them? she'll paw through the cardboard boxes in case there's anything significant that's been tossed away with or in them, and then.
she'll. pick up that arm and get a closer look at it because murder investigations and body examinations have ruined her, i guess. does it look like it was dismembered cleanly or messily? anything identifying on it? does it appear to be holding anything in its cold, dead hand?]
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Medb, can you help?
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[ She goes over and helps open the container. ]
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i'm glad that aoi is taking a nap as sqx just pulls an arm out of the trash. the arm is not holding anything. it's dark skinned and has bruised knuckles, though. it looks like it was bitten off, if she looks closely - there are teeth marks, around where the shoulder joint is.
meanwhile, medb and endorsi manage to open the container together! there's not much of note in here; it seems like it's mostly supplies. medical supplies, astronaut food, stuff like that. oh, also, a red umbrella.
the vents behind them rattle.]
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sqx makes a face and throws the arm into the vent. maybe it'll distract whatever the fuck is rattling it. i hope this wasn't beau's arm because if it was i'll feel bad about it alter.]
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aoi is uh... gonna scoot away from the vent a little. no thanks to whatever is in there. sorry arm. ]
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Let’s go, okay?
[Towards the door.]
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She grabs some of the supplies just in case she has to throw something. ]
It might be jammed, too, but it's better to look.
[ She runs over. Is it jammed like every other door in this place? ]
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anyway, it's probably a great idea that sqx throws that arm because immediately a nasty clawed hand shoots out and grabs it, dragging it into the vents. there's the sound of disgusting, messy eating. hm.
when endorsi takes the umbrella, she feels like it's very important to someone.
but that passes quickly, because both her and medb zoom down the hallway. this door... is not locked, or jammed! in fact, it opens automatically as they approach. it opens to a large, mostly empty room, with a huge screen. the screen flickers on as they move into the room, showing a video of... well, the two of them approaching the pedestal in the middle of the room. it seems like a live feed, judging by the fact that they can see the other two girls in the background too.]
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once the hand vanishes into the vents, sqx puts the vent cover back in place and then turns to aoi]
Come on, we have to move—
[she'll try to help her toward the door endorsi and medb are nyooming to! she's dizzy and concussed, though, so like. how much help can she really be.]
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[ eugh. aoi takes the help and makes her way to the door, too. they are mutually help?ing? each other. ]
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She'll approach the pedestal either way.]
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Messy eating bad. The live feed is bad. Who the fuck is watching them?
She watches to make sure SQX and Aoi make it through the door and for whatever happens to be in the vents, ready to book it back to run interference if whatever worse than furby monster comes out before the other two can make it into this empty room. ]
Hurry!
[ She knows that's easier said than done, though. ]
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the room is a big, white, empty room. their voices echo a little when they step in. a look over it is mostly just the screen, the pedestal, and a button on the wall next to the door.
there is a tag hanging from the pedastal. if endorsi gets close enough to it, she'll see it's a touch screen that reads RECALIBRATE? with two options, yes and no underneath. underneath that are four handprint indicators.]
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anyway, she and aoi stagger into that big white empty room. she casts a glance around it, her head spinning, and her eyes land on the button on the wall by the door. she'll head there first? is it labeled? please let her lock the door.]
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The last task was to recalibrate something, right? I think this is how we do it.
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[ DO THEY KNOW NO CAUTION? They need more information, even if she doesn't know how to get it. Medb is also sorely tempted to just go through with it, though.
Her eyes are on the live screen, waiting for that monster to come out. ]
Do you know what that button does, Qingxuan?
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down the hallway, the vent practically explodes as the monster kicks the vent across the hallway. it shatters, and the alien slithers out, low to the ground. its tail flicks back and forth like a cat's as it turns to look at the four of them. its beak is covered in blood and gore, and the one eye that endorsi had hit earlier is just missing entirely, leaving only half of a furby eye pair.
it shrieks, and starts to gallop down the hallway towards them.
i'm glad aoi and endorsi have no sense of self preservation whatsoever here. they put their hands on the panel, and they feel - dizzy. like earlier, in the conference room.
for a moment, they feel that exhaustion again. it doesn't matter. nothing matters. just sleep through the rest of this, just forget. you want to go home, and this, you think, is how it'll happen? you just have to make this choice. yes, or no. yes or no, and you might get to go home again. it's such a big decision. maybe you should think about it, maybe you should put it off.
it'll change everything.]
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[AAAAA, THAT FUCKING ALIEN
she slams her good hand down on the button and then heads over to join medb as quickly as she can manage with her dizziness, provided she doesn't blow up on the spot or something. if medb puts her hand on the panel, she'll join her in doing so; if not, she'll try to get ready to fight the alien.]
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uhhh good luck, us! ]
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