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.
[ Thank god they're leaving this shithole. Percy is injured but he can walk. He takes a look around and really doesn't feel like helping anyone out right now....he should probably help Raven but that's already been handled, so he'll just go by himself.
He'll also just briefly glance over towards Ashley to make sure she's in one piece and didn't go and get herself blown up, too. Once he's confirmed she seems okay, he just quietly goes towards the terminal. ]
[ Ashley's good!! Ashley's fine! Kind of clinging to the builder terminal down here for a bit. When she spies Percy looking for her, she raises a hand, goes to meet him. ]
[ He wasn't expecting her to go look for him, but here she is. He's looking very prickly and very much like he doesn't want to talk to anyone, but he softens a bit and doesn't bother shooing her away. Sigh!!! ]
Instinctively, he reaches his hand up to ruffle her hair again, but, uh. No, bad idea. So he just settles on lightly patting the back of her head before he stuffs his hands into his pockets and moves towards the portal. Time to go meet their furry little friends. ]
We'll get checked out or something when we're free. Let's go.
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He'll also just briefly glance over towards Ashley to make sure she's in one piece and didn't go and get herself blown up, too. Once he's confirmed she seems okay, he just quietly goes towards the terminal. ]
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Percy- are you okay? Is everyone else-?
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[ He wasn't expecting her to go look for him, but here she is. He's looking very prickly and very much like he doesn't want to talk to anyone, but he softens a bit and doesn't bother shooing her away. Sigh!!! ]
I'm fine. Raven's in bad shape. Everyone's alive.
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[ ...Ah. The visions. ]
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[ He is ready to be mad at Raven!!! Not Ashley!!! ]
Your warnings made a difference regardless. We're alive, and that counts for something.
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[ She reigns herself in a little as her adrenaline starts to finally come down. With that, she kind of just puts a hand to her head. ]
Whoa. My head, talk about a- ow.
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Instinctively, he reaches his hand up to ruffle her hair again, but, uh. No, bad idea. So he just settles on lightly patting the back of her head before he stuffs his hands into his pockets and moves towards the portal. Time to go meet their furry little friends. ]
We'll get checked out or something when we're free. Let's go.
[ And he is, indeed, smiling, ever so slightly. ]