The passage of time in this place is not easily tracked, not without a clock of some sort, anyway. The days may even begin to blend together, only occasionally interrupted by confrontations with the robot spiders or discussion with whoever is on the other end of that terminal.
It seems like things won't change any time soon. But something is off today, and some of you may notice it sooner than others.
The mind-numbing drone of the nearby builder going about its work has been with you from the very start. Located behind the terminal and far down below, it was the first sound you heard upon arriving here. It has been arranging walkways in increasingly complicated and baffling designs, extending them ever outwards into space. This much has not changed at all during your time here; the drone of the machinery moving and metal being slotted into place may even have become somewhat comforting background noise.
It is completely silent today.
The skittering of spider robots through the vents or patrolling the area is not heard either, and though the atmosphere remains as gloomy as ever, the lack of sound will undoubtedly be noticeable to some of you. Thankfully, you can still hear; it's simply that the machines have stopped their usual tasks, for whatever reason.
[It's just like investigating old buildings on the surface. Perilous, everything's weathered and damaged, the Raptures having destroyed most everything in an attempt to overtake it. If anyone needs help down, Dorothy will gladly provide. ...Either by picking you up or just keeping you safe--
Either way, Dorothy definitely looks at that builder when they come across it, and that...light...]
What on earth...?
[Can they get closer to where that light is coming from? Well, Dorothy's going to try anyway, though she's being very careful.]
It feels strange to hear you say that... but unfortunately, I would bet on the same. We've already heard the villainous minions will be robotic in nature.
[ Just gonna...hide slightly behind Lucifer...shield good. Shield very good. He also has his own weapon out, now, just in case (a baseball bat, glowing a light shade of blue). ]
[It's going to take a lot more power to even figure out how to reanimate something so large, but Bailey can certainly try!
...Only for absolutely nothing to happen.
It's akin to reaching out into the dark; you can't quite find what you need in order to latch your power to it, and attempts to reach out blindly result in... well, nothing.]
Bailey's not stupid enough to keep flailing around blindly with their power, but they're going to remember that sensation and try to pick it apart, later.]
[Approaching the light means approaching those massive arms, but there's plenty of space to slip beneath them and get a better look at the light. It seems to be coming from a terminal of some sort - not the computer setup of the one you've been communicating with someone through, but rather a higher-tech screen built into the builder itself.
The light is specifically coming from a string of letters that is partially obscured - it seems time hasn't been particularly kind to this piece of technology, as it is worn-down, bearing cracks that have caused the display to warp in places.
What you can read of it says: W██NI█G: A̴̧̟̪͓͕̪̫̯̝͍̗̳͋̈́͋͒N̶̨̢̞͇̘͖̣̲̗̱̺͑̅͋͛̐͛̏̇̍͜O̷͖͎̖͕̾͛̀M̷̧̜̬͛̇̋͒́̍̅̓̆̈́͌͗̕Ȃ̷̤͎͉͕̰͔͔͓̫̙̱̲̹͎̇͌̍̿͊̄̕͜͝ͅͅL̴̝̖͎͔̲͇̤̝͓͖̓̃̒̌̿̈̅͊̅̀̓̑́͜͜͝Ỹ̶̧̲̹͔̜̗͈̠̥̙̰̞̞͓͒́̂͜ͅ ̵͕̫͈̭̝͓͖͔̗̲͕̜͔̹̗̂̆̇͌̈́D̸̨͙͔̹͙̥̩̠̖͓̣̠̟̳̫̄̄̾̽̆̾͋̔̚̚͜͝͝Ȩ̶̢͖̳̎́͒̽̉̆̍̚̕ͅT̷̥̉̅͑́̂̐̇̂͑̒̅̎̀͠E̸̼̣͚̘͇̎̋̈̇̾̋̈͋͛̊́̚͜C̵̢̧̜̦͉͎̳͎̪̜͆̈́̌̍̿̏̊͊̎ͅṮ̷̛̫̤̞̙̠̳̫̈́͛̅̾̋̐͂̈̿̍́̾̀̓͋͂É̸͍͙̣̖͇̝͇̫̂̏̔͋̆̔̄͂̃̒̉͌͊͘͝D̷̨̧̡̧͓͉͎̙̜͈̫͕̒
From what little else you can see of the screen, it seems that the protocols of this particular unit have shifted. While usually the status is set to BU█LD it is now currently set to ELI█IN█TE.
[The arms of the builder suddenly move, elbows coming backward towards you.
Roll a 1d20 to avoid being caught between the builder and the wall. 1-10 means you'll be caught and unable to act and will take mild damage. 11-20 means you're free and can react as you'd like. You only need to roll if you were near or approaching the strange light.]
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