[Walkabout Jaunt] [Morning of the second day]

[itsananimalthing]

Hey, so, me and Malik got out and brought back some shit last night. A little food, if you like granola bars and dried fruit and shit. Two guns. A few gallons of water. I'll try and go out again in another couple days, see if the situation's changed, see what else I can steal.

If anything. They might be on their guard, after last night. Don't know how many of you were tuning into the thing on the network.

[For those who weren't (and those who were, actually, since the thread hasn't gotten that far yet) he also kinda maybe killed someone. On accident. It's complicated.]

Also, just thought you all oughta know, there's some dead bodies on the other side of that one black door we can't get open. Can't say anything about 'em except they're there, and show up on my control panel, but I figure we probably oughta get over there at some point to find out.

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[wholeheaded]

[ well all of that is... taken together it inspires conflicting emotions. ]

Thank you? [ yes let's start with gratitude for the addition to their stores. Ambrose had been following along on the network so the whole thing is....yes. ]

A-and I agree about retrieving the... the remains. It could be informative, I did an Interface with the energy tube things and the only room not getting power was that one.

[itsananimalthing]

Hey, I need to eat, same as you.

[He can probably get by with less than some of these guys-- he's used to deprivation-- but he does still need to eat.]

Could you tell why it wasn't getting power? Was it supposed to be and it was broken?

[wholeheaded]

[ Ambrose is also used to deprivation, and he sort of hates it but he’ll jump on the bandwagon as needed. ]

No, no conduits lead to it at all. It's cut out of the system, I think.

[itsananimalthing]

Then we open it some other way. Right.

Guess we'd better poke around for that lock-- or else figure out how to bust it down. If we're dumped somewhere with a bunch of doors, figure the only thing to do is get 'em all open.

...why did I miss this tag

[wholeheaded]

And maybe once we’re done we'll get some cheese as a reward.

no worries, it happens :)

[itsananimalthing]

Cheese? What's that got to do with anything?

[He's never actually heard the saying about rats in a maze, Ambrose. Sorry, man.]

[brokers]

When you go out again, I'm coming with you.

[Why yes, she was following along. Do you really have to ask?]

As for the sealed room, it's possible that they took refuge there, and found themselves trapped. Were you able to determine the number of bodies?

[itsananimalthing]

That so? Can you see in the dark?

[He's gonna focus on the part where he's not really sure she can properly sneak, first, sorry, Liara.]

[brokers]

You know that I require as much light as the average human to see, though my armour's HUD expands my low-light ability greatly.

[There's a hint of exasperated amusement there. He really should know better.]

[itsananimalthing]

[He does. He's making a point.]

Seeing in the dark is kind of a necessity for sneaking out, since I'm doin' it in the middle of the night.

[brokers]

The dark of night is not the same as absolute darkness.

Besides, if they are prepared after your last visit, I have a much better chance than you do of preventing a bloodbath.

[loyalrebel]

I do not know how well that would go. Getting past guards the first time is always easier.

[brokers]

I am well aware. This is hardly my first time in such a precarious situation.

[loyalrebel]

How quick and quiet can you be? We need to draw as little attention to ourselves as possible when we go out there.

[brokers]

If I did not believe I could keep up and keep from alerting the guards, I wouldn't attempt it.

[neverfeltthatway]

If... if nobody else wants them, could I have one of the guns? [He doesn't want it. But it's a better weapon for him than anything close range, especially lacking his 3dmg.]

If we manage to get in, we should make sure that one of the people who go can create a portal to liminal space. If they got trapped, or something in there killed them, I don't particularly want to add to the pile.

[itsananimalthing]

Sure. I'm fine with my shivs and a flamethrower. Come and get it, it's just inside the breach.

You think whatever they died from is still in there? And still workin'?

[neverfeltthatway]

All right, I'll be over in a couple minutes.

...I think we should take precautions when we don't understand what happened. I don't know what might have killed them, and as such I can't know if it's still around. It's possible. At the very least, it makes sense to make sure we have a way out in case we get trapped in there.

[itsananimalthing]

How many of us in here have portals? I don't.

Hell, has anybody even tried going back to liminal space, if we do have a portal-maker around?

[neverfeltthatway]

I don't either, but I know Ambrose does, and maybe Malik as well? I'm not sure if there's anyone else, but then, a lot of them are new.

[set_your_watches_for_fun]

If nothing else, they might provide some extra supplies. The corpses, I mean.

[itsananimalthing]

I'm not holdin' my breath that anything on the other side of that door is preserved or safe. But if you wanna test out whatever we find, knock yourself out.

[set_your_watches_for_fun]

Not literally, it's to be hoped!

[itsananimalthing]

Yeah, rather not have to haul your ass out of the way if you do knock yourself out.

[set_your_watches_for_fun]

I've never had any complaints about anyone having to 'haul my ass', darling.