[sub][@Queentze] [@Korkoa] [@Crazytazer][/sub] [hr] [b]March 8th, 2020 5:43 PM, PT DEO Lab, Coast City[/b] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/sXgyM8e.png[/img] & [img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLmQ3MGMwOS5Va1ZPUVVkQlJFVSwuMA,,/toxigenesis.bold.png[/img] & [sub]Judas :)[/sub] -_-_-_-[/center] Judas had been making use of the now lacking human presence in her part of the system trying to peek out into the rest of the lab. It was far less populated than she remembered though she supposed the humans could leave when they wanted, maybe she had never been active at this time before and that was why it was strange, something to analyze later. It was also far quieter without all of the usual scientists moving about or the computer systems on full power, it was rather pleasant not having to listen to them right now. She decided now might be the time to try to let a partition or two out into the rest of the lab to note how many humans were around and where they were. Both of them found the way outside the quarantine server beginning the search through the cameras and moniters noting very few staff all of who were focused on papers or different computers around the lab. That was when one of them pinged back a strange video file which showed movement coming and going through the walls cautiously. Whoever it was they obviously did not wish to be seen and they might not have by the dull sensed humans working but if they were working with the other AI she would need to help guide them for expedience. With a little digital trickery the partitions slipped over to a nearby and online computer to the weird human triggering a momentary flash to display of the room number she was being held in. The process was repeated a couple times for due measure and hopefully Vox would find them in her prison soon enough. --- Echo startled when a nearby screen lit up, immediately turning invisible at the sudden movement and turning to face the threat. The monitor began displaying a number, flashing repeatedly for apparent emphasis. He paused, studying it for a moment before realizing what it was; a room number. The arcon's room number specifically. He sighed and faded back into the visible spectrum after a quick glance around. So much for getting the arcon last, how could he ignore a direct call for help like this? ...at least the arcon might be able to help him get the information he needed. He hadn't thought of that. After a beat in which he stared consideringly at the screen, weighing his options, Echo nodded and pulled the phone once again. [i]Glass -> Briggs: New priority, marking the location on the map Glass -> Briggs: Sorry, the arcon wants out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[/i] He sent a quick picture of a pin posted over the blueprints of the facility, marking the arcon's location. Then he facepalmed. [i]Glass -> Briggs: This is echo btw Glass -> Briggs: lifted a phone[/i] Useful information he really should have given out before. Then again Frakedi was probably reading his mind anyway. He grumbled something unsavory under his breath in Ghaszic, again unsure why the Martian bothered him so much. He opened up a writing app on the phone and typed out a quick message as he scanned the room, picking out a camera attached to the monitor he was looking at. Probably how the arcon had found him, he'd been careful to scan the room for security cameras before becoming visible after all. He lifted the phone up into view of the camera, his message easily legible: [i]COMING[/i] --- Frakedi went invisible and watched as Echo went on ahead by himself. Then when they got past the inital security check, Briggs started to give off these annoyed emotions. When Frakedi looked into his mind it seems his phone was virbrating consistently. [i]Well you might as well check it.[/i] Frakedi said in the mans mind. When he did it seems he was receiving information from an Agent Glass. It was all correct, the woman at the end of the hall did not even notice Briggs walk by as she played her pointless game (the only thing on her thoughts was how her boyfriend might be cheating on her). Then a few moments later he recieved another text with blue prints and a message talking about an "Arcon". Briggs did not trust this information from the moment he saw it, but it in the next few moments a revelation came through, Echo was the one sending the messages. This did not put Briggs' mind at ease but Frakedi was fine either way, he knew the was only one kind of sticky situation he could not get out of and the odds of the enemy knowing that was slim. Briggs led the way to their destination, he knew the room perfectly its the technological R&D Department. Its main purpose was to help make "gadgets" and what not to help the field agents. It also served as the base for all the servers in the facility, so if this Archon was here he wondered what it looked like. "Boss, I think I know what who your friend wants us to help, I am not a memeber of R&D but I do know that what ever is behind those doors is important." Briggs said pointing to safe like door. Above the door it read "Quarantine" [i]Tell Echo we are at the location but need help understanding what we are here for.[/i] Frakedi said in Briggs' mind. --- As if summoned, Echo returned to the visible spectrum at their side, looking up at the 'QUARANTINE' sign with curiosity. Somehow he doubted a physical quarantine would contain an arcon, it just didn't work like that. "This is the place," he said aloud, tilting his head. Then he shrugged and walked right through the door, phasing through regardless of locks or whatever else. He paused once he was inside, taking stock of the empty room except for the various monitors and bits of tech everywhere. He wandered over to a half finished circular device; on Ghol arcons came in one of two shapes; Kryptoid forms, or small floating sphere-projectors. "Hello?" He asked, unsure if this was the arcon's body. It didn't really look like one, but what did he know about cutting edge human tech? Nothing, that's what. --- Vox perked up seeing that the strange human appeared to have gotten her message however there appeared to be some hesitation initially, was she not the priority for this infiltration? That was a possible explaination seeing as there was plenty in the lab that might interest those on the outside, like a highly advanced AI who really didn't want to be here, but also large amounts of data or trinkets lying around the storage area. As for what was in the same room as her, she hadn't a idea what with there being next to no cameras besides her own near the moniter, but if it was were they put all of the potentially dangerous devices it was important enough for infiltrators. The odd one was typing into a phone highly likely to an ally, a very weird gadget to her but obviously it was equally common amongst the humans, about the new information before turning it around to the moniter previously used and giving a plesantly clear message. They were on the way though the other part of this was a human that looked like one or two she had seen posted outside the door a couple times, not in exacting resemblence but in clothing, but all the same moving in her core's direction. They stopped outside the room for the moment possibly checking to see if there were any spectators to the entrance before the strange one phased through the door. Her savior seemed rather confounded by the room or even what the server looked like for that matter. Judas would have suspected at least some knowledge given they were working with an AI but a little more assistance would be acceptable. Flicking the moniter to her server on would likely help so she did just that to allow for direct communication. "Hello. You bypassed the security adequately, I am Judas." The AI gave a bit of a wave of her silhouetteed hand. "I do not know what that is but my core is much larger than that. Approximately three feet tall, rectangular in shape. Where on this server it is connected to I cannot see as my camera angle is quite limited." --- Echo turned quickly, feeling rather foolish for assuming anything with human technology. "Oh," he said softly, "convenient." He took a few steps closer to the monitor to face the arcon's... silhouette? He mentally shrugged, arcons were prone to quirks. He briefly scanned the room, immediately seeing the core locked in a glass box on the edge of a desk. "I see it," he confirmed, "but uh, before I bust you out I was wondering if you could help me? You see, the DEO has been targeting aliens, I need to know what they know. I figure an arcon like yourself could easily gain all the information I need and more, right?" --- "I could yes but I am currently cut off from the rest of the system, a swift reconnect to fix. As for the information that would be a simple matter and if it means I go free it would not be a issue. It is highly probable you are speaking to the 'tool' meant to help in gather said data so reaquiring it should be a short process." Vox said with notable disdain at the word tool but quickly transitioning back to a neutral tone. --- Outside the room Frakedi had Briggs doing something else for him. "Do you know what is in there at all?" "No boss, all I know is that we keep the big guns locked away in maximum security lock up" Briggs said scratching his head. "Well where is it? You are going to have to tell me more than that." Frakedi said with a dissastified smile. He could feel Briggs' relcutance to tell him more information, and it kinda shocked him a little. The method of mind control he was using was not direct conrol, for that would take to much time and energy, this was more like deeply rooted suggestions. He was so far rooted in Briggs mind that any command he made would be followed. Eventually Briggs gave in, while the talked inside Briggs was spilling his guts out in the lab. he told Frakedi about how each base had a "Doomsday" room somewhere hidden in the base. It was filled with dangerous tech built using alien materials for humans. The tactial agents like himself were all give its location and a set of codes that changed on the hour. He told him that the weapon(s) was only used in a invasion status situation. --- Echo grinned, amused. "Bug's going to love you," he commented. The disdain the arcon had for referring to technology as mere tools reminded him of how Jessie viewed technology as alive. It'd rubbed off on him too, and he'd already taken to thinking of their computers as useful friends. More useful than any dog he'd bet, and of course being an alien gave him a unique definition of 'living'. Crabs, for example, and most other things with hard exoskeletons, on the surface he'd think of them as rocks, maybe a hollow-stone as were common on the shores of Dazz, but no, they had all the hallmarks of life human's judged by. He knew this world was hardly the strangest to him in it's measure of living things, there were plenty of stranger alien worlds out there. He'd have to share this train of thought with Jessie later, she'd probably find it fascinating- and use it to justify her stance on machines as a new form of living creature. "Okay, let's see..." he quickly scanned the nearby cords and wires to see if he could help the arcon link into the system any better. "Wait," a thought struck him, and he grinned, reaching for the phone. "Wireless connection- it's even a DEO agent's phone, it's already got the passcode and connected to the system!" Finding a USB to fit into the phone's connector/charger jack was easy, there was a storage box of the things just sitting on the table. "Try this," he said, plugging the phone into the monitor, "and see what you can see." --- Judas was confused, a tilted "head" being the only response to it, at the last statement as she had never seen a bug acknowledge her nor show competant levels of intelligence to do so. Maybe she would get an explaination later about it from the human or the other AI who might have more experience regarding such a thing. In the meantime however keeping an eye on her possible savior was far more important as it was more or less up to them to figure out a solution. Thankfully the wait would not be long as the apparent solution was right in hand, literally she noted, and as the phone was hooked up to her core it felt like everything was opened up again. The AI began navigating towards the main data cache, a place she had strictly limited access to before, picking out relevant information from it and transmitting it back to the phone as well as a storage in her own core just in case. It was highly pleasant to take away from the scientists she had quickly grown to dislike and while not quite done with them just yet her focus would remain on the escape. It occurred that letting in the second partner of the infiltraters might be a good idea if something were to go wrong. So within a few moment the excited Vox had wormed into the security system to disable the alarm attached to the large security door, as well as beginning to lightly disrupt the lab workers' computers, who were now more interested in what was causing the minor glitches or inconsistancies giving time to enter the room if need be. "Is this all the information you require? There is more but not within similar parameters to your request." Judas asked the strange human pointedly. "Your ally may enter if they choose as security has been disabled and the scientists are currently occupied." --- Echo weighed his options, debating whether it was worth it to stay and gather the rest of the intel, but in the end he shook his head. "That's fine, thanks a load. Now let's get you out of here." He hurried over to the locked glass box, phasing right through the security code and picking up the core. it was attached to a few systems, likely the monitor it'd been using to communicate with him, so he'd have to unplug that before they could run. "We'll have to get you inbuilt communication hardware," he muttered as he unplugged the monitor. and lifted it free of the small prison. He whipped out the phone for one last message; [i]Glass -> Briggs: Got what I needed Glass-> Briggs: Security disabled for you Glass -> Briggs: You're on your own now[/i] Now, time to leave. the Martian could take care of himself, Echo no longer needed him, and he wasn't risking himself or the arcon for his sake - Jessie needed them back as soon as possible, and he didn't think the arcon would take well to being blind and deaf to the world around them for very long. Securing his grip once again, just to make sure, he faded from visibility and lost tangibility as he shot right through the ceiling, escaping the facility in only a few short moments. He alighted on a roof a block over with his prize and sent a quick update to Jessie: [i]Echo -> Libby: Artificial consciousness secure Echo -> Libby: Meet me back at base[/i] [hr]