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towerofanimus2014-04-27 06:16 pm
animusmods) wrote in towerofanimus2014-04-27 06:16 pm
Ex Machina; Infiltration
Characters: Riki and the infiltration team
Setting: administrative levels
Format: any
Summary: Riki's efforts must be sabotaged. Stealth is the name of the game and time is of the essence.
Warnings: psychological horror
Though the chipped unit does not follow, he sees to it that the team advances the rest of the way. At the end of the lit corridor is a set of double doors, heavy-duty polished metal with small windows set into each one.
Through the windows, a massive machine is visible, connected to thousands of holographic screens that are hard to make out at the speed at which they're being manipulated. The machine sits in the center of the room and is networked to four elaborate terminals stationed along the walls via a complex tangle of panels, wires, and towers. Each of these terminals controls its own set of floating screens; the sheer amount of holographic monitors in the room is disorienting, and really, it's hard to tell what's connected to what.
In the chair in the middle of the enormous set-up is Riki, maneuvering all of the screens with the same ease with which most people breathe. His back is to the doors that lead into the room, and for the moment, he is utterly engrossed in his work.
Setting: administrative levels
Format: any
Summary: Riki's efforts must be sabotaged. Stealth is the name of the game and time is of the essence.
Warnings: psychological horror
Though the chipped unit does not follow, he sees to it that the team advances the rest of the way. At the end of the lit corridor is a set of double doors, heavy-duty polished metal with small windows set into each one.
Through the windows, a massive machine is visible, connected to thousands of holographic screens that are hard to make out at the speed at which they're being manipulated. The machine sits in the center of the room and is networked to four elaborate terminals stationed along the walls via a complex tangle of panels, wires, and towers. Each of these terminals controls its own set of floating screens; the sheer amount of holographic monitors in the room is disorienting, and really, it's hard to tell what's connected to what.
In the chair in the middle of the enormous set-up is Riki, maneuvering all of the screens with the same ease with which most people breathe. His back is to the doors that lead into the room, and for the moment, he is utterly engrossed in his work.
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[Riku tenses, fingers gripping at his arms.]
I don't know. I feel like he should've been frank with us from the start, unless what he's planning really isn't gonna work in our favor.
[Then again, he's had bad experience with manipulators before. Maybe he's just too jaded by now.]
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*There's a pause there as something clicks in his mind but he dismisses it - it has nothing to do with the situation - and continues.*
It...we don't know enough about him, honestly. He's never been as talkative as the others.
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And repairing the tower... heh. Now there's an interesting thought.]
Honestly, I don't think the tower's the real problem. It's what's lurking inside it. Fix the place up, and it might be an all right place to stay for the people who don't have homes to return to or who'd rather not head back.
...Assuming our worlds get restored, anyway. I'm still holding out hope.
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