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 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.]
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As everyone is walking forward, though...]
Since I can reanimate things... maybe I could check if it's dead, first?
[SINCE. YOU KNOW. IT MIGHT NOT BE INACTIVE FOR REAL REAL...
They're going to try their power to see what it does, anyways!!]
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...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.]
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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.]
Ahh, no dice...
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So is it dead, or...?
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[ Luring them in by playing dead is the oldest trick in the book. At least they have strength in numbers though. ]
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It's a hard feeling to explain. Like, knowing there's something there but you can't find it? That's what using my power on it felt like...
[Makes sense, though. The difference between one of the spiders and a builder is, well.
Incredibly massive.]