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shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370801: Sep 9th 2022 at 6:20:27 AM

Tropique

"Well uh, thanks anyway. See ya." Murasa awkwardly says. After Adam departs she thinks about what to do.

"Well, I could always try to locate a ship with my phantom abilities. Maybe I'll find a nice harbor that way. Or a ship I can follow to one." Murasa mutters to herself before doing so. She sensed a big one and whistled to herself as she followed her instincts to it.


Patrol Vessel

Which eventually brought her to here. She whistled appreciatively. That was some ship alright, though not a design she was in any way familiar with. The phantom part of her wanted to try and sink it, she hadn't done it with a flying ship before, but Hijiri's lectures were a bit too drilled into her skull so she shook her head. Instead she floated over to it and if uninterrupted she'd phase through the hull (cause phantom) to get a look inside and maybe find a crew member to talk to.


Exotic Battlegrounds

Rumia smiled.

   "Hehehe, I'm a guard after all!"    she said. Then she grinned like a shark before charging again, only this time she fired a (harmless) danmaku laser past Feline to throw him off. Cats liked chasing lasers right? If he was distracted she'd barrel into him to push him towards the goal.

Edited by shroobot3000 on Sep 9th 2022 at 4:20:46 PM

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#370802: Sep 9th 2022 at 6:21:05 AM

Patrol Vessel

Lucas firmly shakes her hand before turning around and beginning the quick tour.

"Thank you. We do have training facilities but I can tell it would train the repairmen more than it would you."

Beyond the hangars, the deck is a multi-floored military complex with a central area that acts as a sports complex, marching grounds and a plaza at the same time. Multiple smaller hangars, firing ranges, and medical centers neatly bordering around them, the cafeterias on each floor taking up the most space. Anti-gravity escalators whose height shifts around to accommodate all floors. As Lucas passes by, men face to salute him before continuing with their duties — it is still an open area. He elaborates through the rest of the walk.

"Each cadet has been vetted psychologically for a trip like this, and as such the amenities provided here are much better than most vessels of this size. The Arena is quite off the fringes from where we originate. So, while this does seem like a barracks that only holds trained gunmen, we do have soldiers performing all kinds of services for the fellow soldier."

At the end, there is a large set of stairs leading down to the lower floor that is bisected by a tall elevator shaft..

"There is nothing much else to comment there, it is both the hull and living quarters for the cadets. Beneath it is a disciplinary ward, but it's become a basement for their spare items, unsurprisingly."

He approaches the elevator as it opens automatically... There are no buttons inside, closing up automatically and going up at will when Sarah enters with him.

....

Elsewhere, Emma's been relegated to being the janitor for the aforementioned living quarters. She's been mind numbingly mopping the floors for the past few hours. Whistling a tune, similar to this melody because i'm not subtle that echoes around the premises. It looks very empty, with all the men being busy or dead and forgotten in Astil.

Edited by BoniniBanana on Sep 9th 2022 at 9:36:22 PM

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shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370803: Sep 9th 2022 at 6:52:34 AM

Murasa's going through walls, reminding her of the old days of ship sinking when she hears someone humming a tune. Now that takes her back, she hums along too before appearing out of the wall in front of Emma; half of her still on the other side.

"Ahoy there! Are you a member of the crew here?" she asked with a chipper tone. "Name's Minamitsu Murasa, though you can just call me Murasa or Captain Murasa. Saw your nice ship so I figured I'd take a look inside."

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#370804: Sep 9th 2022 at 6:57:42 AM

Oh, don't be so sure, I'm good with my strength, though... heh, I wouldn't draw that sword I have. She shrugs, despite not having a sword on herself at all! Nice ship you've got there though.

She tours quietly, not offering commentaries but taking the sights in. She just doesn't feel invested enough to want to comment, even if she finds the ship fairly agreeable. For somebody who can travel across space at speed far surpassing light, without needing to breath, ships are nice but superfluous, and she can teleport people if she needs to.

I come from an advanced age and that ship would get some attention, I can tell you, if you parked it over my home. She laughs... and then suddenly grow serious.

Please don't do that though.

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#370805: Sep 9th 2022 at 7:06:50 AM

Mfw Icarus keeps being referred to as "it", even though *he* is very much a person

Icarus takes advantage of Silvano's backwards leap to quickly close the gap using his ion thrusters, bump into him mid-air and send him flying.

2:30 left
Red (Icarus, Rumia): 10m
Blue (Silvano, Feline): 0m

If you want to keep this combat scene going, Bombom, just assume that this attack doesn't launch Silvano another 20m


"You know what a phone is? Granted, you may not know all the cultural associations and risks associated with these things, but..."

Stefan taps his chin.

"Who's the one boy in Gensokyo called again, the one that collects stuff from the outside world... Rinnosuke or something?"

Edited by StepexNo2 on Sep 9th 2022 at 5:05:43 PM

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#370806: Sep 9th 2022 at 7:24:33 AM

Patrol Vessel

Emma loudly screams and jumps pale from shock as she instinctively tries to slap Murasa with the mop.

"ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE?!"

   "THE CAPTAIN IS CONDUCTING A TOUR BEHAVE YOURSELF!"   

"WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THEY'RE STUCK BETWEEN THE WALLS!"

   "I DONT KNOW PULL THEM OUT??! CRAP HE'S COMING-"   

Erika prematurely hangs up. Leaving Emma trembling considering she's completely unarmed at the moment and the girl in front of her claims to be a Captain.

...

Lucas nods to the compliment.

"Why is that?"

As the elevator reaches the top — skipping a few floors which are only the officer's living quarters, Lucas proceeds his tour of the control room. A massive windowed view of the entire vessel and the sea at large, only a few doors are here. Responding to Sarah first before continuing.

"Rest assured we have our limits. Furthermore, this is the control center, fitted with multiple esoteric tools suited for a specific task. But it will vary from captain to captain. I personally keep track of a certain few in this aircraft. Which is why there is a gateway to a specialized training ground right behind us."

Erika's seen hunching over and covering herself, urgently whispering to someone before snapping back and saluting Lucas when the elevator opens.

   "Welcome back C-Captain!"   

"I can guess Lieutenant Everglade is behaving herself today?"

   "Y-Yes sir!"   

"... ... ..."

He glances at her as she breaks into a sweat, before returning his focus back onto Sarah. She sighs of relief and continuing whatever she was doing on the control room.

"This marks the end of the quick tour."

Edited by BoniniBanana on Sep 9th 2022 at 10:25:59 PM

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shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370807: Sep 9th 2022 at 7:44:08 AM

"We have a few rotary phones in the mansion yes. I'm not sure what risks you mean." Flandre says, looking confused. "Ah, you know the Kourindou merchant? Sister sometimes has the head maid buy her trinkets from there. None really interest me though."


Murasa reflexively flinched as the mop passed through her.

"Hey! Calm down there sailor!" Murasa says, phasing out of the wall to properly stand in front of Emma. The youkai part of her did find this funny but that wasn't the reason she came here. "No, I'm not alive but there's no need to start screaming, sheesh. "

"I may be a ship phantom but I'm not here to sink your ship. I'd have asked for a ladle if I was." Murasa explained as if that was the most obvious thing in the world. "Like I said, I'm just curious to see your ship. I've seen a lot before but not one like this."

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#370808: Sep 9th 2022 at 7:48:50 AM

It's a neat ship. Sarah says, getting a little over and done with yet not wishing to be rude about it. She doesn't think the ship is bad, she just doesn't have much interest in it. However, she did agree to explore, so dipping would be further rudeness.

Once done and satisfied, she smiles slightly and nods. Alright, she glances at Erika and notices her panic... but doesn't see fit to intervene because that job is up to the hundreds or thousands of conscripted soldiers actually manning the chip, not here. And the mention of a training ground appear to be more interesting, as it prompts Sarah to raise an eyebrow.

Trained grounds, you say?

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#370809: Sep 9th 2022 at 7:53:33 AM

Emma instinctively draws her gun out but it ends up in her just... Awkwardly yet urgently sliding her pockets with. Once again she's reminded she's unarmed. She takes deep breaths before trying to respond.

"Everyone here's a pilot or airman but whatever. This is just those pilots' living space. There's the showers and toilets up ahead and-"

She gags just from the thought before continuing.

"I have to clean that crap too before I'm allowed to do anything else. Welcome aboard the Fortunate Sun's pride and... joy that's somewhere else if i recall-"

Edited by BoniniBanana on Sep 9th 2022 at 10:54:02 PM

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shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370810: Sep 9th 2022 at 8:05:51 AM

"Some fancy crew quarters you guys got then. Fancier than the ones my ship had at least, even before she went under." Murasa said, looking around. She then leaned on her anchor as she continued speaking. "Scrub duty huh? I guess that's as glamorous in every navy. Hope you're not getting hazed or anything. I know from personal experience how bad that can get. I'd be willing to help if that were the case."

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#370811: Sep 9th 2022 at 8:10:06 AM

Somewhere in Intrigue...

There's a square hole in the ground. Not your usual digging hole - it's lined by a ring of irregular perfectly grey cubes, the inside is perfectly straight, seems to go on forever and has the exact same shade of grey, and if you were to watch the cubes very closely, you might be able to notice that they're shifting outwards ever so slightly.

Was this hole always here?

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
BoniniBanana Fortunate Sun I from real Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Fortunate Sun I
#370812: Sep 9th 2022 at 8:10:06 AM

Patrol Vessel

Lucas nods and turns around, a portal to white nothingness opens up as he walks in and waves to Sarah to come too. She can notice that the space is very empty, but...

"Indeed, it's a separate space built for the purposes of sparring. Fight after fight what can only be explained as magic keeps the place afloat. Even if it is merely technology from a bygone era."

The white space they're standing on turns into solid ground with a tree in the middle, the sky still blank white.

"The place can change to suit the needs of whoever is inside before a training session can start. As such, only two people can reasonably fit, despite it being theoretically infinite in size. Feel free to try it for yourself."


"Well if the mop is moving it's cleaning something-"

Emma drags her mop around and motions Murasa to follow. Her thoughts on the ghost became slightly more glamorous, but the image is still forming in her head as to what she could be.

"The captain makes sure none of that crap happens, and he's been pretty successful so far."

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ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#370813: Sep 9th 2022 at 9:03:25 AM

Intrigue

Kurnous rested on a tree over looking the hole, his Golden-Orange eyes staring intently down it's depths. He furrowed his brow, trying to find an end, yet it alluded him. He batted his lashes when he felt an unfamiliar sense of vertigo overcome him. He gripped his spear and dug his hooves into the branch, his tufted ears lowering themselves as he focused on where he was. He looked youthful, which was not reflected in the sharp 8 point rack he wore atop his head. He was but a spirit still, and fully unable to partake in any great hunt.

He looked around for others, finding only Balboa trying to convince the plant growth to cover the hole.

He was an odd figure too... Many limbed and covered in hides, heathers, plant growth, and black carapace, his bone white mask hid his frightful expression. He carried a small white song bird with him, and a blackwood staff as he seemed unable to cover the hole, further aggravating him. He was one of The Silent People, but had since forsaken the land of rot he was born from to aid the Hunting God. Plus, it gave him some benefits against the forces around him. The Arena was no joke with it's many anomalies.

Awawa
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#370814: Sep 9th 2022 at 9:34:03 AM

Intrigue

There is a man standing near the hole. He is wearing a brown outfit, with a sword tied to his back and another tied to his hip. He has a prosthetic wooden arm and a white spot on the right side of his head, giving him white hair there to sme extent.

He looks at the hole. And wonder about going on.

...

Sarah enters the realm, hearing Lucas out. She abruptly sprouts buildings over the surface of the world, tall ones too, as a way to try to go bigger and test the world's imagination.

If it happens, she looks very impressed, smiling in a content manner and stroking her chin. She decides to address the elephant in the room, and turn to Lucas, smiling.

Shall we train?

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370815: Sep 9th 2022 at 10:43:28 AM

Murasa hums along to herself as she follows Emma's lead.

"Well that's good to know, even the best crews will often get undisciplined with a bad captain." she says.

"Though even the best captains can't handle the worst crews." she mutters to herself ominously, Emma likely only barely hearing it. "Anyway, I'm curious who you guys are and what you're doing here exactly. Did you end up here by accident like I did?"


Intrigue

Near the mysterious pit in the ground and the other observers was an unusual individual. Looking otherwise like a normal human aside from the four spider legs that sprouted from her back that she currently stood on, she was hiding in the treeline to look into the pit after just arriving.

(Hmm, definitely not a vent to Former Hell. That's unfortunate.) Yamame thought to herself with disappointment. Still, she wasn't exactly a fan of being on the surface for so long so she might as well take a look inside. After she figures out what that stranger with the sword is up to first. She hadn't noticed Kurnous yet though, meaning he might notice her first considering her hiding place isn't too far off from his.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
KiriK The Grey Pilgrim from across time and space Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
The Grey Pilgrim
#370816: Sep 9th 2022 at 11:19:30 AM

"Not... YET...!"

Cirno clenches her fists, and just as Filia closes in, she reduces the temperature to thermodynamics-defying levels once again to try and freeze her foe solid!

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
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#370817: Sep 9th 2022 at 11:38:33 AM

Intrigue

All of a sudden, the cubes surrounding the hole start pulsating in size and float off the ground. More cubes come from the hole and form rings, which stack themselves up on top of each other and spin faster and faster, forming an entity that almost looks like some kind of worm.

The entity seems to look around itself, examining its surroundings... before collapsing back onto itself. The hole grows to an unexpected scale, and a strong pull of air forces everything and everyone within a range of fifty meters into it.

The fall down the hole seems to take forever - the fact that the walls are perfectly flat and grey all the way through doesn't help. There is a bottom to it - a room with a single grey, shattered mattress in its center, illuminated by a single bright light. Underneath this bright light is the only exit to this room - a pitch-black hallway.

Looking up, the hole in the ceiling is still there, but climbing up it would be extremely exhausting, if not impossible.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#370818: Sep 9th 2022 at 11:56:47 AM

The shinobi glances at the worm and instinctively prepare for a way to take it down if it's hostile, though as it turns out, it attacks too fast for Sekiro to try to use one of his tactics.

Sekiro falls, he's at first surprised (as anyone would, really) but then simply stoics it up and falls down, nosediving through after taking a better shape. He then spins vertically and falls down, but on his two legs, preferring landing on his two feet over landing on his nose.

He calmly lands at the bottom and get up, looking around and taking his regular sword out of its sheath, anticipating an enemy to come for his head. When he fails to see anything, he doesn't let up: it's only when he fails to hear anything or perceive anything generally, that he accepts that there might not be enemies around. But it's nothing that will get him to lower his sword: he keeps his guard up.

Wolf glances back at his companions in luckless land and then glances down the hallway, before cautiously heading down. He has the shinobi skills to try to get back up (everybody loves a wall jump!) but he's not sure he could pull it off and not tire before he get into grappling range, nevermind that the hole seems alive and could pull him back in.

Before leaving, Wolf looks down, eyes closed, silently admonishing himself for his failure in lacking carefulness.

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 9th 2022 at 9:07:23 PM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#370819: Sep 9th 2022 at 12:01:27 PM

Intrigue

As soon as the worm like creature revealed itself, Balboa stretched his staff forward with the small Song Bird suddenly flying onto its shoulder and trying to stay clear of the odd brick beast's gaze. Kurnous looked to the spider below him and looked for a soul, pulling his bow back silently as he aimed at her for a bit, then towards the great worm. Balboa seemed on edge with the company around him, looking up and catching sight of the Spider Woman as well. An odd chittering came from him as he held his staff tightly, rising to his full height, and seemingly ready to dish out a face full of wooden beam to all parties involved.

Until the hole widened and he started to lose holding. Kurnous immediately zoomed forward, holding onto a branch with one owl like talon while stretching his other hand out to catch Balboa. But unfortunately, both them and the song bird were suddenly pulled into the hole, both reaching for the branches as they fell.

When the two landed they looked to wolf and the spider woman, the song bird immediately acting panicked as it looked around and saw nothing but the darkness and the faintness of their exit. But Balboa immediately shrugged it off and using his staff, navigated his way through the dark tunnel towards the exit, stopping to extend a hand to the spider woman. Kurnous grumbled, not wanting to leave Balboa behind. He saw through the darkness with ease, speaking into Balboa's ear before he quickly darted onto the next wall.

   "Be wear Silent One. This is unlike any hunt you've experienced before."   

Awawa
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370820: Sep 9th 2022 at 12:19:49 PM

Yamame had not been expecting the hole to suddenly turn into some worm beast and then pull them all in. If she had then maybe she would have had the foresight to use her webs to cling to the treeline. As it is she got dragged in like everyone else. Used to sudden drops into pits, she does manage to land gracefully. She also doesn't have as much trouble seeing thanks to her youkai nature, politely declining a hand from Balboa.

"Erm, thank you but I think you're better off not making physical contact." she said, not wanting to infect someone right now. Looking up at the ridiculously tall pit, and not wanting the worm to pop up again and potentially chew her up, she hesitantly follows the others into the hallway; albeit keeping a healthy distance.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
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#370821: Sep 9th 2022 at 12:43:52 PM

As it happens, the hallways of this place are particularly dusty, which heavily affects Sekiro's and Yamame's night vision abilities. There is nothing to be smelled or heard besides concrete and the faint sound of wind - except for the group and their footsteps.

After a quick right turn, the group arrives in a vertical chamber, something akin to an elevator shaft, were it not for the unordered clutter of blocks obstructing the path upwards. There is a weak orb of light at the very bottom, which will, once nudged, climb up the shaft and provide illumination in a very small radius. Several meters upwards, there is another doorway hidden in the clutter, which offers slightly better vision than the shaft.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
ArbiterOfTheBog Parasmagate from The Mortal Realms Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Cast away
Parasmagate
#370822: Sep 9th 2022 at 1:13:08 PM

Down In Hallowed Halls

Kurnous continued to stay out of the rest of the party's view. He looked down his arrows as he pulled his bow, hoping that his ability to search out a soul would give Balboa a frame of what to look out for.

The dust obscuring Balboa's vision made things alot more difficult, as was to be expected. But his other primary sense wasn't lost on him: his sense of touch. He followed behind the others, scoffing at the sim lighting that encompassed them, as his Song Bird companion rested in his other set of hands. The deftness at how Kurnous and Balboa travelled up the blocks was more akin to watching an insect scale up a tree trunk. That being with relative ease.

Edited by ArbiterOfTheBog on Sep 9th 2022 at 1:17:46 AM

Awawa
Bolded1 Fate, guide me from behind you!!!!!!!! Since: Mar, 2015
Fate, guide me
#370823: Sep 9th 2022 at 1:13:16 PM

Wolf is surprised, but doesn't let it stop him from being careful. Tools are tools in the end. It all comes down to the wielder. One needs the other to work, and it should not be the wielder, ideally. So, he goes on ahead, staying mute, because he doesn't see a need for small talk yet.

He does note the woman's remark and keep it for himself. It'd be dangerous to touch here? Fair.

Arriving at the room, he spots the light but is prudent, careful approaching it, anticipating it to be a trap. When he sees that it's merely incredibly dim light, he uses his ninja agility to skillfully climb the cubes until he can reach the hallway, jumping high and grabbing ledges before throwing himself upwards off them to reach the next platform. Sometimes, he doesn't even step on a particular cube after he jumps off them!

After reaching the end though, he stops and wait, if he's the first to arrive. It'd be bad to just go off and potentially be lost or in danger in the dire darkness, which can deprive him of some of his abilities.

Edited by Bolded1 on Sep 9th 2022 at 10:13:43 AM

Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter
shroobot3000 Witch of Scarlet Dreams from Behind you Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Witch of Scarlet Dreams
#370824: Sep 9th 2022 at 1:28:43 PM

The dust was a bit annoying but not insurmountable, having extra limbs meant it was easier to feel the path around herself. After some silence, Yamame goes to speak up but the others have already begun climbing higher up some elevator shaft. Sighing, Yamame simply uses her spider legs to navigate around the cubes, occasionally using her webs to aid in climbing. Being a tsuchigumo had its perks sometimes. Once she got to the top she dusted herself off and gave her best disarming smile.

"So! Err, maybe we should introduce ourselves? Since we're stuck down here together." she asked the others. "I'm Yamame Kurodani, a tsuchigumo. If the extra limbs didn't make it obvious." She elected to leave out the underworld part for now. Usually that made one less popular even among other youkai.

"That was a pointless encounter with a pointless person."
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#370825: Sep 9th 2022 at 1:51:57 PM

If the group is planning to follow the hallway, they'll reach...

Apeirophobia

...an impossibly large chamber. It's at least two kilometers in diameter, and there are several support pillars sprinkled around it, which look like they could hold up an entire city and then some. And a city is what this place seems to be, too - bottomless ravines in the floor and the ceiling are lined with partially lit windows, antennae, or poorly secured pathways, which can have a careless wanderer fall into the depths of this megastructure. There is still no splash of colour to be seen besides the visitors, and there still seems to be absolutely nobody around.

Only a cold breeze is there to greet the visitors.

The exit of the hallway is right up against the wall of this massive chamber. To the left, a gap in the wall leads off to an uncertain destination. Directly ahead, the sound of electric motors comes from a building lined with vents. To the right, a ridiculously tight staircase with no railings goes downwards, right along the edge of a building and above a pit. And next to the doorway that the group may use to enter this place, there is another doorway which seems to lead into a poorly lit, dusty apartment block.

A statue of three intersecting cubes marks the spot.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.

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