Audacious

Myriad Reality

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*The door to that cage opens without resistance, but the door to the cryo chamber is locked*

@Legend

*After giving the empty cage a quick up-down, walks past it and to the cryo chamber door, grabbing on to the handle of a key of ice as the air in the tumbler freezes solid into a skeleton key for the lock*

Myriad Reality

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*Several servers are locked behind cages that extend up to the ceiling, but one of the cages is empty save for a windowed door into the cryo chamber, this one locked with a traditional key*

@Legend

*Checks to see if it is even actually locked first by trying the door*

Myriad Reality

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*Any servers you walk by react in precision to temperature differences; as you walk, one of the servers sporadically beeps loudly and rapidly*

@Legend

...
*Lowers my passive body temperature to match that of the environment as I walk*

Myriad Reality

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*No voices emerge from the room, but a fan unexpectedly kicks on from immediately behind your head in response to the temperature differential; in the center of the server room stands a holographic screen with "DEMO" written diagonally across in large block letters and a grayed-out "live" banner on the bottom corner, underneath which lies video scenes of the planet's natives with an accompanied percentage followed by a time lapse of the taped individuals conducting a variety of menial crimes as the percentage ticks up toward 100% simultaneously with the crime taking place*

@Legend

*Whispers to myself*
... So creepy.
*Turns and pulls the door shut behind me, then walks further into the room*

Myriad Reality

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*It glides open without a hint of friction, leading into a frigid server room full of flashing lights, the white noise of fans, and beeping components*

@Legend

*Sighs and carefully steps in, taking a look around*
Hello?

Myriad Reality

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*A loud "thunk" resounds from within the door's fail-open failover*

@Legend

*Stands frozen still for a moment, then nudges on the door gently*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Legend

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Legend

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Legend

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Legend

*Approaches the door in my way and checks for any lock or opening mechanism*