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shardmods ([personal profile] shardmods) wrote in [community profile] shardbond2025-01-18 12:00 pm

WEEK 1 EVENT






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.

Investigate?



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[personal profile] ungratefuloz 2025-01-18 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You blasted thing, let me GO ALREADY--!!

[Dorothy admittedly rolls a 10, so she's not quite out of the woods yet, though there's definitely the sound of some of her robotics getting crunchy under the weight of the builder and she does NOT need to make this any harder.

Dorothy attempts to focus. She needs to. She's not letting anyone die here but she is useless right now, so she's...

She's going to attempt to see if she can find some sort of weak spot and send a small jet of water at it. Maybe it'll dislodge it or make it let her go but she has nothing right now--]