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Post by Cibryll on Mar 8, 2022 23:11:09 GMT -2
The strange objects resemble some sort of futuristic capsules. There are a lot of wires connected to it headed into the ceiling.
Leah: "This place is weird. Maybe we should get out of here. I feel like I'm going to freak out…"
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗ ║#.#.#.#║ ║...ML..║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......+ ╚═══════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}
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Post by After on Mar 9, 2022 3:26:03 GMT -2
Meridian could only nod, and all of these wires didn't make much sense. Her first thought was to try and tamper with them, only to realise that she knows next to nothing about electrical wiring and she didn't want to risk exploding something.
She took Leah's hand and walked to the doorway.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 9, 2022 10:41:52 GMT -2
The door looks like a sliding door, but there is a red light above it. The door won't open. Leah looks around, then notices something.
Leah: "The floor in that corner there, it looks a bit darker… doesn't it?"
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗ ║#.#.#.#║ ║.......║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......║ ║#.....L║ ║,.....M+ ╚═══════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{, floor?}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}
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Post by After on Mar 9, 2022 12:37:35 GMT -2
Meridian walks over and (in a very miserable attempt) stomps on the floor in that part of the room.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 9, 2022 16:20:35 GMT -2
Meridian used Stomp! It's super effective on the mysterious floor! A secret door has opened just next to Meridian.
The only thing visible is a corridor and two doors, and some posters in an unfamiliar language. Unlike the only other door in the room, the lights above them are green.
Leah: "Wow. Does it look like we can escape from here?"
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗ ║#.#.#.#║ ║.......║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......║ ║#.....L║ ║.M.....+ ╚╦_╦════╝ X║.+XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.+XXXXX X╚═╝XXXXX {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}
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Post by After on Mar 10, 2022 4:13:56 GMT -2
"I don't think we really have much of a choice," she said, turning to walk towards the long narrow corridor. She inspected the unfamiliar posters, trying to discern whatever she could from it, even if the language was incomprehensible.
Meridian checks to see if she still has the knife from before.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 10, 2022 8:16:13 GMT -2
Leah immediately hurries after Meridian, looking at the posters as well. The nearest one read:
Depicted was a person wearing some sort of biohazard suit.
Leah: "I've never seen this language before. I don't think we'll be able to decipher it any time soon. Unless we play some or other picture-related guessing game or something."
Meridian is currently carrying… ... Nothing? But she did have a knife before, so where'd the knife go?
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗ ║#.#.#.#║ ║.......║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......║ ║#......║ ║.......+ ╚╦_╦════╝ X║.+XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║L║XXXXX X║M║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.║XXXXX X║.+XXXXX X╚═╝XXXXX {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}
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Post by After on Mar 11, 2022 2:10:39 GMT -2
"Yeah... about that... cryptography isn't exactly something I'm good at. Maybe let's just try and find a way out first, assuming there is one."
Meridian opens the door at the end of the corridor.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 11, 2022 8:37:55 GMT -2
Meridian heads to the end of the corridor, but instead of the door sliding open, a different door opens up in the same wall! Leah walks closer to look through this secret door.
Leah: "So there must be some sort of pressure plate that triggers this door to open, meaning if you step away from it, it might close again. That could be dangerous. I see lockers, but I think that's it? You want me to go in, er… Riddy?"
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╝XXXX X║.+XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.╠════════╗ X║L_.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║ó..[...[║ X║M+.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ó lever}
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Post by After on Mar 11, 2022 10:16:37 GMT -2
Riddy. Well, I suppose if you're in some approximation of an afterlife, being on a first name basis with someone you've just been acquainted with isn't too bad of an idea. "Hmm, seems like it," she said, not moving from where she was standing, "Give me a shout if anything happens... Leah."
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 11, 2022 16:37:22 GMT -2
Leah enters the room. A moment later, the door suddenly closes and becomes a wall again, and the door Meridian is standing in front of, opens. Very, very, very slowly. For like seven minutes before it's entirely open. In that time, sounds of doors being opened and closed were audible.
Leah: "I found a lever labeled 'door'. And while I was waiting for the door to open, I checked out the lockers, but… in two of them, I found those weird things like on that poster with the bizarre language. The other lockers were completely empty."
She sighed, lookg disappointed. It was clear that she was hoping to find something that could help them leave this strange place.
Leah: "Yet… I can't help but feel like… something isn't adding up. I can't figure out what, either. It's kinda freaking me out. So, what shall we do now? Check out the adjacent room?"
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╝XXXX X║.+XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.║XXXXXXXXX X║.╠════════╗ X║.║.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║òL.[...[║ X║M_.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ò lever}
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Post by After on Mar 12, 2022 2:55:29 GMT -2
Riddy hadn't waited that long for anything, and the door creaking open felt like watching paint dry. Truly an epic of time wasted. She listened to Leah as she pointed out the things in the lockers, trying to see if the weird posters in the lockers were the same as the one she saw in the hallway. Just out of curiosity, she tapped the inside of each of the lockers to see if there was anything she could discern. "Hmm..." Meridian thought out loud to herself, "Wait, adjacent room?" Somehow, she had entirely missed the fact that there was another door in the corridor. Totally not because After missed it or anything."I suppose that's the only way to go. Maybe let's try and stick together this time, being stuck in that corridor for so long without you felt a bit..." she didn't finish her sentence. She wasn't sure what word she was looking for anyway.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 12, 2022 3:56:47 GMT -2
Most of the lockers were indeed empty, based on the sound.
Leah: "You were lonely, huh? Not enjoyable…"
The other door easily opened. Beyond was what looked like some sort of computer room.
Location unknown: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╩═══╗ X║M_........║ X║L║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║...&&...║ X║.╠════════╣ X║.║.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║ò..[...[║ X║._.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ò lever}{X unexplored}{& computer?}
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Post by After on Mar 12, 2022 6:14:01 GMT -2
"Hm, you could say that, maybe."
The new room seemed mostly empty, save for a pair of computers of some sort. Meridian walked over to try and figure out if she could use it.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 14, 2022 13:05:00 GMT -2
On touching the keyboard, a cool feminine voice began to speak, startling Leah.
Voice: "Unauthorized user detected. Emergency alert. Emergency alert. Biohazard detected in room 4 of floor 13. Repeat. Emergency alert. Emergency alert. Biohazard detected in rooms 4 and 5 of floor 13. Please wear protective biohazard suits found inside the lockers in room 3."
Leah: "Wait, room 3? That was the room we just came from. Which means… that door that wouldn't open in the room we woke up in must lead to room 4 or 5?"
Voice: "Affirmative."
Leah let out a yelp of surprise. Evidently, this computer was more advanced than it looked if it could reply to questions.
Leah: "W-where are we?"
Voice: "Current location: Room 2, Floor 13, Fallen Niflheim, Chino-Gyakusatsu."
Leah: "Wait, Chino-Gyakusatsu?! Why are we on El'Varna's moon?! Weren't we on Chikei just a moment ago?"
Voice: "Current diagnostic: both Leah and Meridian are suffering from having their memories tampered with while they were confined in the virtual world to recover from near-fatal wounds inflicted upon them by an unknown entity from the Syngilt universe. Wounds are fully healed now, but memories are still inconclusively tampered with."
Leah: "Uh, okay, this is hurting my head. Wait, where's Sasuke and Gloom?"
Voice: "The real world counterparts are not known to be within the facility. The virtual world counterparts have been struck down."
Leah: "Urgh, my brain hurts more… tell me you understood that, Riddy?"
Fallen Niflheim, F13: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╩═══╗ X║._........║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║...L....║ X║.║...M....║ X║.║...&&...║ X║.╠════════╣ X║.║.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║ò..[...[║ X║._.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ò lever}{X unexplored}{& computer?}
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Post by After on Mar 17, 2022 15:17:53 GMT -2
This was a weird computer. But, to be fair to it, everything in this place was weird. They were on the moon now? And there was a biohazard in the room where the door wouldn't open. "Probably for the best that that door didn't open, then," she said.
She looked at Leah, gesturing an offer to give her a head massage. "So... whatever we just saw, Gloom, Sasuke, the headmaster yeeting the deer into space, all of that was... virtual? But somehow we took real damage during that? I don't see any scars though... those pods must have healed us pretty well."
Riddy turned back to the computer. "Um. There was nothing in those lockers in the other room. Where do we get biohazard suits?"
And finally, "Did any of what I just speculated make any sense? I feel like I'm in a fever dream and Leah's probably as confused as I am."
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 17, 2022 17:55:14 GMT -2
Voice: "What you have witnessed describes the events of the virtual world. However, the damage you took from the virtual world would not have manifested physically. The damage caused to you by the unknown entity from the Syngilt universe was also not physical, but rather spiritual. Travel between universes is prohibited for all non-Overseers."
Leah: "Uhh, what does a biohazard suit look like, anyway?"
The monitor displayed a picture of a biohazard suit that Leah and Meridian had seen - on the posters just outside of this room.
Leah: "It looks just like those things I saw in two of the lockers! Except they weren't flat like the pictures. So if that's a biohazard suit, I take it we need to wear it? Looks kinda… ugly, if you ask me, but if it's necessary to survive…"
Leah frowns.
Leah: "What's a 'sin-guilt' and what's an 'overseer', anyway?"
Text appears on the monitor.
Monitor text: "Syngilt (pronounced like "sin-guilt") is one of the many universes found within the Xyrinfe multiverse. There are currently 49 known universes, but it is possible that more could be created. Overseers are a race best described as 'gods', though they answer to a Greater Overseer by the name of Gwyneth O'Connors. There is only one artificial Overseer, by the name of Xenorina Shiǻda, also known as 'Xyrinfe-tan'."
Leah: "Err, what? This is all so above my head! Who's in charge here?"
Voice: "That information is currently classified."
Fallen Niflheim, F13: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╩═══╗ X║._........║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║...L....║ X║.║...M....║ X║.║...&&...║ X║.╠════════╣ X║.║.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║ò..[...[║ X║._.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ò lever}{X unexplored}{& computer?}
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Post by After on Mar 18, 2022 6:24:49 GMT -2
"This is all... probably well beyond either of our understanding, if I'm being completely honest, Leah," she said, looking to the computer, "I barely know enough about this universe, heck, our own planet, I can't fathom knowing more about what's outside of that."
She turned to the door, and started to walk out to get the biohazard suits, but stopped for a second to ask first, "What is the biohazard? And what do we do if we see it?"
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 18, 2022 6:56:48 GMT -2
Voice: "The hazardous substance has been identified as elvulotrane, a chemical element found only in the Endania universe. It is commonly used in the illegal manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction. It should be noted that a Level A biohazard suit is the highest available level of respiratory, skin, and eye protection from elvulotrane, and anything below that will be insufficient."
Leah looks a bit pale, likely from shock.
Leah: "Just what sort of twisted oblivion did we end up in?"
Fallen Niflheim, F13: ╔═══════╗XXXX ║#.#.#.#║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......║XXXX ║#......║XXXX ║.......+XXXX ╚╦_╦════╩═══╗ X║._M.......║ X║.║.L......║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║........║ X║.║...&&...║ X║.╠════════╣ X║.║.......[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║...[...[║ X║.║ò..[...[║ X║._.......[║ X╚═╩════════╝ {M Meridian}{L Leah} {. floor}{═ wall}{# strange object}{+ door}{_ open door} {[ locker}{ò lever}{X unexplored}{& computer?}
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Post by After on Mar 18, 2022 7:34:02 GMT -2
"I... don't even want to know. Feels like we have no choice here anymore," she said, walking over to the locker room to don one of the (conveniently numbered) two biohazard suits.
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