[RAID] Final Frontier

[Suudonym]

Tambrey
Though its construction wasn't anything special, the net was certainly sturdy enough to withstand a little struggling. It was easily cut apart, however, by Aulus's Absol.

Tama/anyone observing room B
The space that greeted them beyond the doorway; a large, circular hallway that seemed to act as a central hub for the 'ground' floor; was otherwise apparently harmless other than its inky darkness, with no visible signs of other traps. One of the ceiling lights furthest from where the Rockets entered flickered occasionally, though the light it intermittently cast was too weak to provide any especially substantial illumination. Apart from the Rockets, the area was silent save for the muffled sound of something dripping, and the place had a musty odor.

In the center of the doughnut-shaped hall, directly ahead from the door to the vehicle bay, was a door labeled ASSEMBLY. To the west was yet another door, this one marked CLINIC, and north of that door was yet another that bore the tag SECURITY AND DETENTION. To the east was an archway faintly lit from within, its contents indicated by a plaque that read OFFICE. At the northernmost end of the chamber, behind the apparent assembly hall, were a pair of staircases, one leading up and the other down.

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[BlackFireKitsune]

Hayes, Faleen, Alphard

The lock was a simple one, and though it took a few moments, pieces slowly clicked into place and the now scratched-up panel door unlocked, and would open easily, though with a high-pitched, quiet squeeeak.  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Room B, Dex to Faleen, etc

"Uh. No? I'm fine!" Tambrey replied into the 'dex and then smiled sheepishly at those that had arrived in the room, with a small shrug for Aulus.
"Kinda felt like taking a nap? It was nice and dark in here. Whoa!" She dropped, not too far, as Aulus had her, as he said, and was very glad to be out of the net.

Though now she could see the signs, and one in particular set her mouth into a little more of an 'unsure' line.
"Great. Here..."  

[Rocket Agent Faleen]

(Hayes, Console)

Whatever had happened it didn't sound like it was an emergency, though a number of the grunts were working on the situation.
"Hayes and I are checking what the power status is in this place," she said into the dex to everyone. "We'll join everyone soon."

Once the Panel had gotten open, Faleen smiled, putting a hand on the Jirachi's head and moving to the inner workings that the door reviled. Reaching in to get to work and see if there was any power running through these systems at all.  

[Rocket Agent Tama]

[Room B: Heading to the east]

Though there weren't any visible signs of anymore traps, Tama decided not to risk it. Climbing onto Tiamat's back, he had her fly toward the door marked office. She nodded and slowly lifted off the ground and carefully moved toward the door. She was guided by the beam from her trainer's flashlight.

Jezzebelle still followed her ears around, though followed the glow from the Charizard's tail so she wasn't too far separated, as she searched about, especially for what was causing that dripping sound.  

[caffeinecraving]

[room b to room d]
Kailee glanced up and gave a shocked face. "Oh... i see what you mean now by finding a net." At her warning she turned Her flashlight to the floor only to see Aulus at the door. She looked around once more. Aulus went to help so she didnt let out Solar to cut her down. She looked around using her flash light. "Come on Brimstone... lets see whats in here. " Watching for traps she headed toward the dark end of the room. She walked past the middle room. She was too busy seeing the door that read Clinic. There may be something she would know in there. She glanced to Tambrey and Aulus. She was supposed to stay with an Agent. "Hey! Im gonna look in here!" They could always tell her no after all. She opened the door to look inside.

 

[TawnyAngel]

[Room B]

Aulus lowered the net to the floor, though he wasn't so much paying attention to Tam right now actually because the flashlight he was now holding in his teeth had just illuminated a particular sign.

Taking the light back in his hand Aulus raised it, illuminating 'SECURITY AND DETENTION' properly. "Were we... we weren't on the same floor as the hanger were we?" he muttered, kind of to himself and kind of to Tam. "It took us a while to find the way out.... I... maybe they changed the layout."

Now what?

Now where?

What-

Where was Alex?... Right, he was back with Faleen and that was fine. Okay. Right. So. "What's the Assembly then?" Aulus wondered aloud, feeling kind of far away as that other sign kept tugging at his attention. "I think we should see what's in there." Not the other place, not yet, if it was what it was marked as then... they would see to it in due course, but not yet.

Oh, and the grunt was going off alone... but then Tam had too. "Grunt, don't go too far alone," Aulus hissed, sounding a bit more tense than he would have liked-

"Kailee don't go running off this isn't a bloody picnic!" What the hell were these people on? Was it just him that remembered Claire saying not to go off alone?  

[caffeinecraving]

{Back to Room B}

Kailee stopped dead. "Sorry.... I was telling you... um... where are we going?" She stopped dropping her hand from the clinic door. If she was going to be of any use it was probably behind that door.

 

[TawnyAngel]

[Room B]

Aulus shifted his shoulders and looked down at Tam. "Do you want to look at the clinic?" he muttered. "If so why don't you go on with Kailee? I'll take Tama and check out the Assembly." Much as he had said he wasn't going to work with the guy, here he was and here nobody else was right now besides the science side ladies, who should logically check out their speciality perhaps?

Ugh.

Needs must when the devil vomits in your kettle.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Faleen, Hayes

The interior of the panel was cramped and full of wires, the majority of which had been either cut, unplugged, or both, seemingly at random and without any clear order to the process except to do it to as many of the wires as possible.  

[Rocket Agent Tama]

[Room B]

Tama huffed, but turned Tiamat to head back to where Aulus was and landed. "Now... what room did you want us to check?" He asked, scanning his flashlight around.

Jezzabelle got spun around when the Charizard suddenly turned back around. She looked to her trainer, then to where she was sure the dripping noises were coming from. She was torn, but she hopped back to where her Trainer was.

"The assembly?" Flashes his light in the direction of the door. "Got it. Lead the way."  

[Rocket Agent Tambrey]

Room B - Aulus, Kailee, Tama

"Maybe... Or maybe they had more than one? Or multiple floors?" Tambrey mused, now finally out of the net.
"Yes, wait for us," The other agent added to Aulus' words "I think I just proved why that's a good idea..." She'd simply gotten distracted and not even thought about the room as 'separating' from the others...
"Agreed, I'll go with her; you two be careful?" And then, with a slightly tense smile, she joined Kailee.  

[Rocket Agent Hayes]

[Room A - console]

"Hey, perfect," the elite grinned, and moved back to give Faleen room.

Alphard beamed, taking the agent's hand as praise for a job well done. It floated just over her shoulder as she inspected the console's internals for a few moments, tilting its head to the side. 'Broken,' it concluded, then floated back to Hayes and began tugging at his jacket zipper. The blond let out a bemused 'heh.' "Hey, what?"

'Cold,' Alphard repeated with emphasis, and burrowed inside through the opening it had created.

A Jirachi in his jacket was the least of his concerns. Hayes leaned forward to have a look at the console, and frowned. "Sabotage?" he suggested. "Not by someone who knew the system either."  

[Suudonym]

Tama
Other than the door clearly marked OFFICE due east and the staircase on the north side of the eastern half of the room, there was little of interest in the direction Tama ventured. There was, however, the occasional smear of blood on the floor, dark and dry from age.  

[Shaddaling]

[Room A to Console group Hayes/Faleen]

Lex started, nearly dropping his light as the distress message reached his 'dex. He gave one last look at the console and decided to leave it. He couldn't understand any of it as it is. And probably turning ti on would be stupid. He looked out and grinned. "Hey, go back to Aulus. I'll be there in a few." He clambered down.

Instead of moving straight to room B, he detoured to Hayes and Faleen. “The Wingull been ransacked. Anything useful been taken and something what yanked out in a hurry,” he said as he came within range.