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Does she have a name? Where did she go?
I don't know.
*Lifts but one arm and points down an adjacent hall*
But that route will lead you to her. If she's still alive. Past the theoretical computing clusters.
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Does she have a name? Where did she go?
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I don't know.
*Lifts but one arm and points down an adjacent hall*
But that route will lead you to her. If she's still alive. Past the theoretical computing clusters.
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*Finishes wrapping the bandage and rests in a kneeling position next to you, wiping my face at eye level with my forearm*
I wish I had more help to give…
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*Shakes my head*
I've done much good here. Save those whose futures are yet to be written.
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*Stands up and looks at Zinnia, then takes off running down the indicated corridor*
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*Raises one arm as you leave*
Search near the cryo chamber...
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Past the computing clusters, near the cryonchamber…
*Nods to myself*
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*A nearby sign directs to local departments, including the cluster and an emergency exit for the lab*
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*Follows the signs as I run, the floor blazing behind me as I go, leaving blackened footprints in my wake on the metallic floor*
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*You pass the computing cluster, and you sense a powerful heat exchanger network on the other side of the server room*
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*Continues on, using my sixth sense to find help guide me to the lower temps in the cryo lab, along with any signage*
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*The only way into the cryo chamber appears to be by traveling through the locked and reinforced cluster room, which is being actively cooled by the heat exchangers*
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*Approaches the door in my way and checks for any lock or opening mechanism*
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*The door has an electronic lock, a crashbar with a complex unlatching mechanism that violates safety code, and is connected to a fire suppression system for automatic opening in emergency circumstances—that interface is also physically wired to the servers and executes a killswitch against the units when triggered*
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*Places both hands against the door, trying to feel out any points where the door is comprised of nothing but solid material with no inbuilt electronics, that would be large enough to fit a person through*
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*The door contains several anti-tamper mechanisms wired into the other components and sensors that activate the killswitch, as does the wall*
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*Sighs and mumbles*
What are the odds these things need to stay on at a time like this?...
*Looks around to see if there is a scanner or anything that triggers the lock*
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*The lock is connected to an authorization system contained in a panel next to the door, as well as the fire suppressant system, which is connected to the locking mechanism and the killswitch with one wire each*
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*Takes a deep breath in through my nose*
...
*Double checks one last time before acting to ensure I don't touch the connection to the killswitch, shakes my head, then severs a segment of the wire connecting the lock to the fire suppression system with a flash of heat confined to the wire which evaporates the material*
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*A loud "thunk" resounds from within the door's fail-open failover*