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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?



hexalding: (i can feel the light shine on my face)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[With both arms disabled, Viktor quickly calculated the situation in his head; the other machines were too fast to risk taking shots at without potentially htiting the others, and he was presenting a target just standing around. New plan.]

[He's just going to move to the terminal and see if there's way to shut this whole thing down.]
Edited 2025-01-18 20:17 (UTC)
hexalding: (the threshold in store)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[this is a bad time to mention runeterra is a largely steampunk planet, huh?]

[Fortunately, the engineering genius can at least take a few stabs in the dark, touching the screen round where the status changed. Are we working with a touchcreen, or are we just kind of screwed?]
hexalding: (i can feel the light shine on my face)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[SELECTING THAT IMMEDIATELY]

[he's not betting on that influencing the Sentinels, but definitely looking for any other options while we're here]
hexalding: (i can feel the light shine on my face)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[more than a little sheepish:] ...That is good to know for the future?
morningstud: (🥃 cracked to the cranium)

[personal profile] morningstud 2025-01-18 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You stopped it?
hexalding: (sure there's nothing left to try)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, though a bit too late to matter. They are controlled by the terminal we first noticed, but the smaller problem remains.
hashtagafreakingghost: it's wearing me down (it's not what i want)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2025-01-18 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
What the fuck—!!

[ Re: that laser that almost took out Percy. Ashley can't do much to help besides trying to trigger her visions, which, you know, she will attempt once again—but she also is going to stick close to Viktor and that terminal. Partly because— ]

S- see if they can do something, if- if they know what those things are!
hexalding: (don't think of what it's cost me)

[personal profile] hexalding 2025-01-18 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
No pressure.

[That sounds like pressure! The Hexclaw swiveled as if watching out for the pair of them, Viktor glancing briefly out of the corner of his eye.]

Keep close and tell me if anything is coming for us.
hashtagafreakingghost: we're not alone (there's something else here)

[personal profile] hashtagafreakingghost 2025-01-18 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ whimper ]