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*Nothing else changes*

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*Picks up a rock off the ground*
...Roughly half a kilogram.
*Throws it into the center*

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*There is no apparent reaction*

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*Summons a rover that shoots an energy beam into it*

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*After a brief moment, the anomaly stretches and contorts, then begins to grow in size very rapidly, and begins getting much closer to you and the base*

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*Frowns*
An unfortunate development indeed.
*Lifts my hand and creates a large barrier above the base*

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*It seems to radiate a message telepathically once close enough*
You'll want to come.

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Speaking to?

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You'll want to come.

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Mm.

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*The message repeats periodically, like a looped broadcast*

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How obnoxious.
*Teleports on top of the base*

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*The ripples grow larger showing their true nature in their size, and now take up nearly the whole sky*

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*A second barrier extends from the first and moves upward toward the ripples*

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Mierno:
*appears beside you*

Hows it going?

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*Enters the office and closes the door behind us, locks it, and plugs the camera into my laptop*
Let's see what Royce has been up to.

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Mediocre. I am obtaining consistent data.

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Mierno: ... perhaps it requires one of us to enter?

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*it pops up with all the videos taken today*

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That would be an interesting development. If so, it must have some degree of intelligence.