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Weighing your skeleton’s words in your head, you can’t help but admit he might have a point, not that you’d admit it. Looking at the two remaining Atlanteans, you ask if they wanna get outta here for a little bit!
“Out of the question.” Teevor replies curtly. “Without a current administrator this facility is like a loaded gun lying around a nursery–we can’t leave it alone!”
You blink in confusion. What about the whole ‘self-repairing’ thing? And the golems?
“What about them?” Asks the mage as Rodhi fiddles with a few commands on the console’s slowly-mending screen.
Well, you shrug, the rock guys can keep this place safe until they get back, right? And they’ll need time anyways for the repairs to happen!
“Well…” Mutters Teevor in an uncertain tone, “That’s… but we can’t just <span class="mu-i">leave</span>, Stanley–there’s too much to be done down here and-”
There’s a lot to be done upstairs too, you counter! Those skeleton guys you just mentioned? They could use a few eggheads topside, and so could you!
“Yes, well…” The mage sighs as he continues peering over Rodhi’s shoulder, “I’m sure they can handle it themselves… Rodhi, you just changed the color scheme of the console–go back to the root menu-”
Bummer, you shrug, there’s gonna be a whole lotta skeletons there!
“Yes,” Sybil nods as she notices where you’re headed, “And from all manners of time periods and backgrounds, too–imagine all of the historical data!”
“D-data?” The mage stammers as he looks back towards you with wide eyes, “W-well, it’s a shame, but-”
Come on, man, you groan as you wrap an arm around the nerd’s shoulder, the lab’s gonna be around tomorrow–why not cut loose and live a little, huh? ‘<span class="mu-i">Carp Dimes!</span>’
“... what does this have to do with fish?”
“She’s telling you to live in the moment, Teevor.” Sybil explains with a wary glance in your direction. “... I think.”
“I see. Well the moment, as it were, requires us to put this facility back on track, so if you’ll excus-”
Before he can finish, the terminal emits a loud buzz as a swarm of flashing red text covers the screen!
“<span class="mu-r">ATTEMPTS AT IDENTIFICATION EXCEEDED. SYSTEMS LOCKED FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. CONTACT A SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TO UNDO THIS ACTION. FURTHER TAMPERING WILL ENGAGE PURGE PROCEDURES.</span>”
As the message loops, Teevor stares daggers at Rodhi as the mage in question responds with a pleading look. “I… I forgot to turn off the caps lock…”
>CONTD.
