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.
[Dorothy's kind of focused on actually disabling the creature but she does shoot a look over to him to check. That did not seem healthy??? Like Dorothy's had plenty of crunch to go around but yikes.]
[Fortunately(?) the noise came from his mouth and not his leg. Up to you if that was better or worse, especially with how his voice was still grinding like machinery.]
Just kick the damned cane back over to me, I will manage.
[Thankfully, Dorothy is in fact a Nikke and can do just that for him, speeding over and kicking it right back to him! It's not like she can really take her priority away from the monster like she wants, but this much she can do.]
[Pulling himself back up on the staff--upon closer inspection, a crutch twisted by similar golden circuitry into something near-unrecognizeable--Viktor scowled and straightened up as much as he could with minimal weight on his right leg.]
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Viktor, are you alright?!
[Dorothy's kind of focused on actually disabling the creature but she does shoot a look over to him to check. That did not seem healthy??? Like Dorothy's had plenty of crunch to go around but yikes.]
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[Fortunately(?) the noise came from his mouth and not his leg. Up to you if that was better or worse, especially with how his voice was still grinding like machinery.]
Just kick the damned cane back over to me, I will manage.
[He also sounds pissed.]
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Understood. [...] Don't go overdoing it.
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If we live through this, I will have to owe you.