>>5372480You don’t know how far you are from that end when the cool, tealish glow of the room disappears, leaving a menacing red in its place. A loud, resounding alarm blares back in the server room, the sound muffled by the walls, but the suddenness of it makes your throat tighten a bit as your steps become slightly hesitant.
“INTRUDER ALERT. THERE IS AN UNAUTHORIZED PRESENCE IN THE SERVER ROOM. I REPEAT, AN UNAUTHORIZED PRESENCE IN THE SERVER ROOM.”
While you don’t want to name the culprit then and there, you have a feeling of who it might have been, as there’d been something about that funny-looking white plate that hadn’t stuck quite right in your mind. Unfortunately, Valjean, for as keen as he is, likely hadn’t even realized his mistake back at the entrance, because you can tell that the former Crux leader is just as confused as the rest of you.
It won’t do to cause a fight among your teammates anyhow. Recovering from the ‘oh-shit’ moment and pushing the sounds of the alarm from your mind, you fall into a dead sprint.
Rounding the corner, you find that the server room stops at a dead end, meaning the five of you will be teleporting out of here once you get this done. However, it’s at that end that you see another part of the machine that has monitors built into it.
Leaping towards it like it’s a fresh kill, you skid to a stop to examine the machine for anywhere that you could possibly stick the USB.
“Hey fish– found a USB port!” Bernard’s voice interrupts, tearing your attention away from a vividly blue button. "Where's the USB?"
"Uh-I--" You stammer, stopping yourself. "You sure that's the only one? Make sure that there aren't any more." On limited time, there's no way you can screw this up. Not at all.
The five of you soon find yourselves scouring the console for anything that could possibly be of use, quick as you can possibly be and meticulous as you can afford in the time you have left.
However, your search turns up absolutely nothing-- just a bunch of ports that aren't USBs.
All you have now are that lone USB port that everyone's practically begging for you to use and the blue button that you can't quite get out of your mind. With the pounding footsteps directly below you, FutureLabs' brigade will be here soon. Very soon indeed.
It's now or never, Elise.
>What do you do?>Try putting your USB in the port-- if it's right there, it has to be trustworthy!>Press the blue button! Can't be any harm in doing so!>Screw hidden stuff! Start tearing off the chassis– so long as you don't destroy anything outright, you’re sure to find a port if you dig deep enough.>Write-in>(4/4) 