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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 3:48:49 GMT -2
Leah: "Alright…"
Contrary to its name, the locker is not locked. However, there are a bunch of warning stickers all over it.
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 4:09:48 GMT -2
Meridian inspects the warnings, and decides to open the locker anyway. Not like there's much left to lose.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 4:49:13 GMT -2
The stickers are just the usual yellow triangular ones with black exclamation marks. Nothing special. The locker opens easily. Inside is… a bunch of maps and a leather bag, perfect for carrying them in.
Fallen Niflheim, F12: ╔═══════╦════════════════╦════════════════╗ ║[[....ó║]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]║□...%###########║ ║.......║................║...#############║ ║]..╥...+................+.###############║ ║]..╤...║..]]]]]]]]]]]]..║################║ ║]......║................║################║ ║].╥.╥..║................║################║ ║]......║╥╤╥...╥╤╥....╥╤╥║################║ ╠══╦══+═╩═══╦═══╦════╦═══╣.###############║ ║..+........║ó.[║&...║..>║..##############║ ║..║╥.╥.╥.╥.║..[║....║...║....############║ ║..║........+..[║G...║...+..%...##########║ ║..║╥.╥.╥.╥.║..[║L...║<..║......%.########║ ║..║........╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...........#####║ ║..║╥.╥.╥.╥.║####....####║........□.######║ ║..╠════════╣####....####║....%.....######║ ║..║θ.θ.θ.θ.║####....####║........%.######║ ║..║........║####....####║.%........######║ ║..║θ.θ.θ.θ.║............║....####...#####║ ║..║........║..........M[║..#######...####║ ║..║.θ.θ.θ.θ║............║.##########..###║ ║..+........║############║#############..#║ ╚══╩════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 5:30:20 GMT -2
Huh. Seemed like there was a map of the floor she was on. It didn't seem possible to make it across to the other side - there were no doorways. But she knew what she had to do.
In a hurry, she rushed back to the elevator, and without a word selected F11.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 6:13:35 GMT -2
Before Leah could ask anything, Meridian had already reached the computer and pressed a button. The elevator begins to move.
Leah: "Er… I'm guessing you found nothing that could help this one, then?"
Looking at the map for the eleventh floor, two rooms in particular stand out as creepy - they're marked as being full of dead bodies. Two nearby rooms appear to be completely empty, which is especially odd considering the previous rooms had something, at least.
There is a faint hissing sound as the elevator comes to a stop. The orange gas from the previous floor clears away.
Fallen Niflheim, F11: ╔═══════╦════════╦═══════╦════════════════╗ ║.......║........║□.....□║..##%###########║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......+........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║...□...║################║ ║.......║........+.......║################║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║[.....□║################║ ╠+═══╦══╩═══╦═══╦╩═══╦═══╣################║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║%%%║&M..║..<║################║ ║....║%%%%%%║□%%║....║...║..##############║ ║....+..%%..+.%%║G...║...+....############║ ║....║%....%║%%%║L...║>..║......##########║ ║....║%%%%%%╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...ó....########║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║####....####║□....%.#########║ ║.╔══╩══════╣####....####║.......#########║ ║.║&&&&&&&&&║####..&.####║.%...###########║ ║.║.╥.╥.╥.╥.║####....####║...#############║ ║.║.........║........####║..##############║ ║.║....╥....+........####║################║ ║.║...╥╤╥...║.......#####║################║ ║.+....╥....║############║################║ ╚═╩═════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 6:27:10 GMT -2
"I found these," she says, holding up the bag of maps. "Stay here. This one is worse than the last two."
Riddy runs out, and straight to the computer that's right in front of the elevator. She checks what's on it.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 6:43:48 GMT -2
Leah: "Er, okay…?"
Text on the monitor reads:
To the brave one who reads this. Only the infected may solve the trial of this floor, all alone. One such being exists within the upper floors. Find this being and have them take this trial. Only then will they recover through suffering.
It didn't make much sense, but considering that the thirteenth floor had a biohazard and that girl was found there, could she be the infected that this computer refers to? And what trial does it mean?
Fallen Niflheim, F11: ╔═══════╦════════╦═══════╦════════════════╗ ║.......║........║□.....□║..##%###########║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......+........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║...□...║################║ ║.......║........+.......║################║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║[.....□║################║ ╠+═══╦══╩═══╦═══╦╩═══╦═══╣################║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║%%%║&...║..<║################║ ║....║%%%%%%║□%%║....║...║..##############║ ║....+..%%..+.%%║G...║...+....############║ ║....║%....%║%%%║L...║>..║......##########║ ║....║%%%%%%╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...ó....########║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║####....####║□....%.#########║ ║.╔══╩══════╣####..M.####║.......#########║ ║.║&&&&&&&&&║####..&.####║.%...###########║ ║.║.╥.╥.╥.╥.║####....####║...#############║ ║.║.........║........####║..##############║ ║.║....╥....+........####║################║ ║.║...╥╤╥...║.......#####║################║ ║.+....╥....║############║################║ ╚═╩═════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 7:30:21 GMT -2
Ugh. Riddy didn't want to put the girl through more than she already had, but she had to keep moving on, to at least find something, anything. The next room had a lot of computers, from what she saw on the map, and so she darted through the next door to try and see what was on those computers.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 7:52:37 GMT -2
There were no buttons on these computers. Just monitors displaying five of the rooms - two of which were filled with the bones of the dead, two which appeared to be empty, and one room having four boxes and a locker.
There is a note taped to one of the monitors, but it's in the same unfamiliar language as the poster on the thirteenth floor, and is thus unreadable. On the table near the back of the room, some sort of scroll can be found, bearing a curious phrase: "faðmlag heilara". The phrase seems to be glowing in a relaxing green glow.
Fallen Niflheim, F11: ╔═══════╦════════╦═══════╦════════════════╗ ║.......║........║□.....□║..##%###########║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......+........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║...□...║################║ ║.......║........+.......║################║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║[.....□║################║ ╠+═══╦══╩═══╦═══╦╩═══╦═══╣################║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║%%%║&...║..<║################║ ║....║%%%%%%║□%%║....║...║..##############║ ║....+..%%..+.%%║G...║...+....############║ ║....║%....%║%%%║L...║>..║......##########║ ║....║%%%%%%╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...ó....########║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║####....####║□....%.#########║ ║.╔══╩══════╣####....####║.......#########║ ║.║&&&&&&&&&║####..&.####║.%...###########║ ║.║.╥.╥M╥.╥.║####....####║...#############║ ║.║.........║........####║..##############║ ║.║....╥....+........####║################║ ║.║...╥╤╥...║.......#####║################║ ║.+....╥....║############║################║ ╚═╩═════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 12:02:10 GMT -2
Meridian did not understand the mysterious languages, but the scroll's words seemed to radiate some sort of different message than the ones on the note and the posters. Perhaps there would be a way for her to read this later - or maybe one of the others could read it. Either way, she needed to keep moving. The monitors showed what was in the other rooms on this floor, which made some sort of sense.
She moved into the next room to figure out what was in the four lockers, or so she saw on the map.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 20, 2022 17:06:51 GMT -2
The moment Meridian's hand touched the door handle, a strange blue light scanned her for a moment, before an ardent female voice spoke.
Voice: "Error four-zero-three: access denied."
… surely this was some sort of cruel joke on the designers of this facility's part, right?
Suddenly, there is a scream from the elevator! It sounded like Leah!
Fallen Niflheim, F11: ╔═══════╦════════╦═══════╦════════════════╗ ║.......║........║□.....□║..##%###########║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......+........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║...□...║################║ ║.......║........+.......║################║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║[.....□║################║ ╠+═══╦══╩═══╦═══╦╩═══╦═══╣################║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║%%%║&..?║..<║################║ ║....║%%%%%%║□%%║....║...║..##############║ ║....+..%%..+.%%║G...║...+....############║ ║....║%....%║%%%║L...║>..║......##########║ ║....║%%%%%%╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...ó....########║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║####....####║□....%.#########║ ║.╔══╩══════╣####....####║.......#########║ ║.║&&&&&&&&&║####..&.####║.%...###########║ ║.║.╥.╥.╥.╥.║####....####║...#############║ ║.║.........║........####║..##############║ ║.║....╥....+........####║################║ ║.║...╥╤╥...║.......#####║################║ ║.+M...╥....║############║################║ ╚═╩═════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 20, 2022 22:58:20 GMT -2
Oh god I hope that wasn't a trigger of some sort.
Riddy broke into a sprint back to the elevator, and thought about the first computer's cryptic words, and how it had to do with the girl, and suddenly she wasn't thinking about anything anymore other than Leah's harrowing scream, and her legs were carrying her as fast as they could, and gosh this biohazard suit felt strange and she just kept sprinting until she got to the elevator.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 21, 2022 11:11:06 GMT -2
The elevator is rather cold all of a sudden, but the biohazard suits block out most of the cold temperatures. But that's not what catches the attention - there's an ethereal woman in the corner of the elevator. She was wearing what looked like a white cap with a red heart, a white dress with a red circle over the left side of her chest, white tights and white open-toed high-heeled shoes. There was a white heart in the red circle.
Ghost: "My apologies. I did not mean to startle you."
Leah: "Gh-gh-gh-gh-gh-gh-gh-gh-GHOOOOOST!"
Ghost: "My name is… or rather, was, Anastasia Graves, in life. I am a victim of the Overseer originally in charge of this facility, the Enchanted Czarina Who Dwells in the Silver Catacomb and is Bound by the Crypt. I am not sure on her real name, but I believe I have heard her called 'Kathryn Xeis Sephiroth' once."
Fallen Niflheim, F11: ╔═══════╦════════╦═══════╦════════════════╗ ║.......║........║□.....□║..##%###########║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......+........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║...□...║################║ ║.......║........+.......║################║ ║.......║........║.......║################║ ║.......║........║[.....□║################║ ╠+═══╦══╩═══╦═══╦╩═══╦═══╣################║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║%%%║&..A║..<║################║ ║....║%%%%%%║□%%║....║...║..##############║ ║....+..%%..+.%%║G...║...+....############║ ║....║%....%║%%%║L.M.║>..║......##########║ ║....║%%%%%%╠═══╩═__═╩═══╣...ó....########║ ║..[[║%%%%%%║####....####║□....%.#########║ ║.╔══╩══════╣####....####║.......#########║ ║.║&&&&&&&&&║####..&.####║.%...###########║ ║.║.╥.╥.╥.╥.║####....####║...#############║ ║.║.........║........####║..##############║ ║.║....╥....+........####║################║ ║.║...╥╤╥...║.......#####║################║ ║.+....╥....║############║################║ ╚═╩═════════╩════════════╩════════════════╝
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Post by After on Mar 21, 2022 13:28:16 GMT -2
What in the flying mechanical h-
Meridian looked at Leah, then at the poor girl, then at this... ethereal entity that had seemingly shown up out of nowhere.
"Who in the frick-" she said, catching herself halfway, "Can you like, repeat the last half of whatever you just said? The what catacomb? Cryptography? Huh?!"
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 21, 2022 14:42:50 GMT -2
The ethereal woman sighs.
Anastasia: "I shall slowly repeat all that I have just said. In life, my name was Anastasia Graves. It will do in my current state. I was a nurse in life."
Despite being a ghost, Anastasia walks towards the computer. When she speaks, it is slower than before.
Anastasia: "The Overseer in charge of this facility, I do not know her real name, though I have heard her being called 'Kathryn Xeis Sephiroth, once, by one of her cohorts."
Anastasia looks at the terrified Leah and the weak girl.
Anastasia: "That Overseer called herself 'the Enchanted Czarina Who Dwells in the Silver Catacomb and is Bound by the Crypt. A bizarre moniker, to be sure, but there it is. Like yourselves, she and her cohorts wore protective suits at all times."
Leah: "I-I-I don't t-taste very good! My s-soul doesn't, either!"
Anastasia looks at Leah, looking slightly unamused.
Anastasia: "You need only worry from spirits possessing a dark aura and glowing eyes, for they devour the souls of the living to acquire more power and spawn more of their kind at the same time."
She glances at the ill girl.
Anastasia: "I can tell just by looking at her. She was exposed to a deadly biohazard two floors above, wasn't she. And then exposed to a toxic gas one floor above that intensifies any pain she would feel for an unknown amount of time. Likely, she was to be taken to the rooms beyond as part of the Overseer's sick experiments…"
Anastasia walks over to the girl, and Leah runs to hide behind Meridian.
Anastasia: "By some miracle, lady Gwyneth herself came by this place and she put a stop to the vile Overseer. That is partially why the rooms to the east are in such disarray. Certainly you have noticed the gaping chasm that lies there? Alas, this girl… she was born to suffer a great deal, it would seem."
Leah: "Wh-wh-what d-d-do you m-mean?"
Anastasia: "This girl is still alive. After being exposed to the biohazard for as long as she had, she should have died at least seven times over. Yet she still draws breath. Thus, it could be inferred that she is, in fact, an immortal. Had this been discovered by the Overseer… I shudder to think what this girl would have to experience on a daily basis. I suppose I was lucky to be mortal. I suffered through that sadistic Overseer's horrible torture. Infected, gassed, until I died in the first room, completely helpless. Then her cohorts, using teleportation magic, took my dead body and just tossed it into a nearby room."
Anastasia sighs.
Anastasia: "Supposedly, there was a cure to the biohazard, an antidote to the harmful gases, and protective gear in the last room. Unfortunately, in my condition, I cannot interact with most things. So I cannot get the items for her. And the psychopath set the door up so that only those who have been infected can pass."
Leah seems to be shaking with fear.
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Post by After on Mar 21, 2022 15:45:29 GMT -2
This was just too much to take in all at once. Riddy wasn't the brightest spark, but she still managed to understand a little bit of what was going on. There were a few names here and there she was sure she wasn't going to remember (Katherine who?) and everything still felt a little bit blurry after all this. But at least things made a bit more sense now.
She almost gagged after hearing the descriptions of what had happened. "This place is sick," she muttered, "I can't believe I'm wearing the suit of a murderous scientist." She looked sadly at the poor, immortal girl. Gosh. That's gotta be a fate worse than death. Just constantly being in pain.
It was just a bit too much for her. She sat down on the floor of the elevator while Leah was busy being terrified on the side. Maybe it was time to heed the advice of the computer outside.
"That screen," she said, pointing out of the elevator and towards the screen in the room, "Also said something about access. I couldn't get in. I think... and I'm really sorry," she said, turning to the girl, "I think we need you to help open the door. If what Anastasia here says is true, the antidote has to be in one of those rooms."
Meridian stood up, ready to just yell in frustration, but instead gesturing outward from the elevator.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 21, 2022 16:19:41 GMT -2
Anastasia smiles wanly.
Anastasia: "You are mistaken, thankfully. Those homicidal maniacs wore completely black suits. Their faces could not be seen, either. Unlike yours, which are white, and have full-face windows that permit others to see your eyes, at the very least."
She crouched beside the girl.
Anastasia: "Can you stand?"
The girl barely manages to speak. Her voice is barely audible.
Girl: "N-n-no…"
Anastasia: "As a ghost, I should be able to reside within you. If you want, I will aid you to the best of my ability."
The girl manages to nod weakly. With that, the ghost enters the girl's body and fades away. The girl slowly stands up.
Leah: "Wh-wh-wh-what did I j-just w-witness?"
When the girl speaks, it is not with her soft voice, but with Anastasia's.
Anastasia: "I am possessing her body. Which is just as well, because she could barely move on her own as a result of the infection having completely scrambled her brain's signals to her arms and legs. Being immortal, she would not die in those horrible rooms, but she would still be unable to move on her own. Hopefully, this is not permanent. Shall we go?"
Leah: "I-i-if you h-h-hurt h-her, w-we'll… w-w-we'll… exorcise y-you!"
It was clear that Leah was making something up, trying to sound brave and failing at it, yet she appears to care deeply for the immortal girl.
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Post by After on Mar 21, 2022 16:55:59 GMT -2
At least Anastasia seemed to be benevolent. Riddy's read enough to know that this wasn't really supposed to be a villainous entity, unless she's playing some long-con, in which case she's screwed either way. Not like she has much of a choice in this place at all. Her stomach gives a little bit of a rumble, probably just the mild hunger settling in from stress, and she hopes no one heard that.
But Leah's stutter was getting worse with her increasing nervousness. Especially after the possession thing. Riddy had to blink twice and rub her arm just to make sure what she saw was real. "Leah." She didn't say much more, because... because? Well, she didn't know. She was still trying to mentally process everything, and it didn't help that everything was happening so fast.
Some things would have to be left up to trust for the time being. With a tinge of hesitation in her voice, she finally answered, "...let's go," and walked in the direction she just came from.
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Post by Cibryll on Mar 22, 2022 3:21:33 GMT -2
The group made it to the room with the monitors. Leah took a seat nearby. The girl immediately walks over to the door, touching the door handle. A strange blue light scanned her for a moment, before an ardent female voice spoke.
Voice: "Access granted."
The door slid open.
Anastasia: "Here I go."
The moment she walks through the door, it seals shut behind her.
Suddenly, there is a scream from the elevator! It sounded like Leah!
Leah: "What the…?!"
One of the monitors then displays a green screen with red text.
:3 Scream recording program success
Leah sighs, but then her stomach rumbles.
Leah: "Oh, I guess we must be hungry by now…"
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Post by After on Mar 25, 2022 8:37:47 GMT -2
Meridian's original plan was to go after the girl? Anastasia? Whoever she was now, but it seemed like the door had automatically closed after her. Feeling the low rumblings in her own stomach, Meridian took a seat next to Leah, watching the monitors of the other rooms as there was little else to do here.
"I'm pretty hungry too," Riddy said, turning in her chair towards her newfound friend, "But wait. What was the whole deal back in school? Or whatever that simulation nonsense was supposed to be. Why was everyone being so... ugh, mean, to you?"
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