Survival

[Sionnach Glic]

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Seruatka sighed, looking at the wrecked door and thinking the scenario through. The door above had been forced outwards, perhaps indicating that whatever had done the damage had been inhabiting the dark hallway. This door had been forced inwards. So whatever had done it may still be lurking somewhere on this floor.

Deciding that he wasn't all too interested in getting into a fight with something that could tear doors off their hinges, Seruatka continued down to the next level, glad to note that he was near the bottom.

[Tyyr]

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"Well... that's unexpected." Mir looked the Sentinel over. "I don't suppose you can drive that thing?"

[Lighthawk]

Seruatka
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Seruatka had just reached the second level landing, it's door intact and closed, when a deep, rumbling growl sounded from the floor above, the vibrations rattling the guardwell. Something overhead began to take deep, long sniffing breaths.

Mir
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" Are grox stupid?" Solaria asked in way of a reply. The Sentinel was painted a gun-metal gray. It had room for two aboard, a gunner's seat wedged in tightly in front of the driver's. Slung under the chin of walker was a wicked looking lascannon. " I suppose we go up?" Solaria asked, looking towards the ceiling, which was made of a pair of heavy blast doors.

[Tyyr]

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"It's the only way we've got to go," Mir said before climbing up the sentinel's leg. We squeezed into the gunner's seat and shoved his pack into the small space behind the driver's seat. After strapping himself in he checked the lascannon's controls.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
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The lascannon controls were extremely simple, consisting of a joystick and trigger, with a HUD that displayed a targeting reticule. Solaria took a few minutes to memorize the layout her own controls, then gave the engine a try. It turned over at once, a smooth rumble starting up. As soon as the Sentinel was under power, the lift started of it's own accord, heading upwards. The thick blast doors cracked open, and the steady glow of sunlight streamed in, making them both need to shield their eyes after the dark. The lift brought them out into a city block, tall buildings rising all about them. The area seemed wholly deserted, the streets clear even of ground vehicals. The walker stood in the center of an intersection.

" Which way?"

[Tyyr]

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Mir looked all around for any difference in the paths.

[Tyyr]

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Mir sighed as he looked around. "What do you think happened here? Is this some actual city or just a damn rat maze?" He looked up and down the street in all directions spotting nothing but more buildings. "None of this seems familiar," he says. "Any of it ring a bell with you?"

As he glances at his targeting scope he notices something, "What the... HEY!" he raises his arms over his head and waves them, like someone could miss the Sentinel in the middle of the road. "Do you see that" he asks Solaria, pointing to the window of a building where a figure in a dark cloak is standing.

[Aaron]

Gaius
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Gaius hits the floor hard, smacking his head and seeing bright lights flash before his eyes. It takes him a moment to recover his breath and climb slowly to his feet. The dense green of the surrounding plant life looms over him.

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Gaius feels the onset of a headache from his fall as he assess his surroundings, "I better not have damaged my melon" he grumbles as he checks out the path. Ripping off the hose that had failed to stop his fall, he stashes it in a tree, hiding it on the opposite side from the path. Checking all his kit for rattles and noises he slips off the path into the trees and moves parallel to the track, being careful to keep it just in sight.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
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" Not in the slightest," Solaria answered. When Mir suddenly yelled, she cursed, and swung the Sentinel about to point towards the figure. " Damn it, don't do that to me," she complained. After a few seconds of having the figure stare without responce at them she asked " Okay, now what?"

Gaius
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As he moves along, Gaius hears a familiar rapid metal thud, and sees another servitor go rolling by along the catwalk, heading back towards the silo.

[Tyyr]

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"I dunno, but I'm getting a bad feeling about this... ok a worse feeling. Move us a couple meters some direction, might just be a mannequin."

[Aaron]

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Gaius freezes as he hears the servitor and watches it until it's out of sight.

Enjoy fixing your friend, Bully Beef.

He resumes his stealthy course through the brush once the servitor has passed, trying to keep his eyes and ears open for anything suspicious or useful.

[Uzume]

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Lot peers into the hall. She admires the pretty sword at the end,then notes, she already has a sword. "Somethings amiss," she whispers to her self. Squatting down to get a different view, she notices a extremely then line of reflected light stretching across the hall. Lot continues down the hall in a low lizard-like crawl, hoping to avoid decapitation.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
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" That'd be a creepy mannequin," Solaria comments, moving the walker closer. The figure suddenly raised a hand, pointing down the street to the west..and then vanished.

Gaius
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Gaius hears a slight sound as he continues on, a soft, slow intake and releash of breath, coming from deeper in the plant growth.

Lot
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Lot manages to reach the end of the hall without mishap. Up closer, the sword is even more beautiful, and the craftsmanship of it is undeniable, clearly the work of a skilled hand.

[Tyyr]

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"What in the hell?!" Mir exclaims. "Did you see that thing just thing disappear?" He swivles his head about looking for anything amiss. "Well... west then?"

[Lighthawk]

Mir
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" What are you, insane?" Solaria asks between hastily mutter prayers. " You want to follow the directions of some warp sorcerer?"