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.
[ Shizuka is looking winded but overall no worse for wear, and he figures everyone's got the first aid covered pretty well now, so... might as well fill people in. ]
The builders went down, so we went to investigate. It was a trap, naturally. The builder attacked us, and two smaller and much, much more agile combat robots joined in - I wonder if those are the ones Nat2me warned you about.
[There's a glance over at the builder before his gaze goes over to whatever shrapnel is left scattered by the explosion, but he does look back at Shizuka before asking his next question.]
Humanoid. Very spindly, but designed a little like suits of armor. They had three power cores each, one in the head and one in each shoulder.
[ It's a decent question to be asking when you may need to be on the lookout for more, but between Shin talking to the terminal person about robots and this, it's worth to inquire: ]
[With that very helpful answer, he quietly says something else, although not to Shizuka nor to anyone else in the vicinity. And in that instant, a pool of quicksilver forms in front of his feet and twists itself into a multi-legged machine.
'Ameise' is probably a somewhat fanciful description considering it doesn't look much like the actual insect, but apparently that's its name. After summoning it, he relays Shizuka's description of the machines and tells it to shoot them on sight. As it starts crawling around the place like its namesake, Shin turns back to Shizuka.]
They're considered drones because they're autonomous, but they're similar to what we've seen here, I guess. If anything, we're lucky the ones we've seen can be taken out on foot.
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The builders went down, so we went to investigate. It was a trap, naturally. The builder attacked us, and two smaller and much, much more agile combat robots joined in - I wonder if those are the ones Nat2me warned you about.
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What did those ones look like?
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[ It's a decent question to be asking when you may need to be on the lookout for more, but between Shin talking to the terminal person about robots and this, it's worth to inquire: ]
Do you have experience with robots?
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[With that very helpful answer, he quietly says something else, although not to Shizuka nor to anyone else in the vicinity. And in that instant, a pool of quicksilver forms in front of his feet and twists itself into a multi-legged machine.
'Ameise' is probably a somewhat fanciful description considering it doesn't look much like the actual insect, but apparently that's its name. After summoning it, he relays Shizuka's description of the machines and tells it to shoot them on sight. As it starts crawling around the place like its namesake, Shin turns back to Shizuka.]
They're considered drones because they're autonomous, but they're similar to what we've seen here, I guess. If anything, we're lucky the ones we've seen can be taken out on foot.