GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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They log you out if you walk away. Someone had to have hacked into it.

@Techspert

That’s a less ideal reality then.
*Walks back over to the terminal and tries to extract the schematics mentally*

Myriad Reality

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*Puts my hands on my knees, shaking*
Why was the lab open?
*Flashes a look back to the terminal*
How did you log in to the PC?

@Techspert

I didn’t. That’s what I was getting at. If these terminals are programmed to time out due to inactivity at all, then someone was just here.

Myriad Reality

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Why won't anyone pick up..?
*Hits redial on the three lines again, my hands shaking and hitting end call on one*
Where's Tempo? What is going on??

@Techspert

*Walks over and puts a hand on your shoulder*
Calm down. We’ll get to the bottom of it. I can’t speak for Melody or X at the immediate moment, but it seems there’s a big attack going on. If Tempo found out like we just did, he likely got involved in that somehow. So there’s one lead.
*Goes back to investigating the pod*
I’m trying make sure we can verify who was in here and how recently but there’s no trace of that that I can find.

Myriad Reality

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*The terminal only displays the schematics for the three viruses rampaging through the city until the rabbit-shaped goliath falls and unleashes an EMP-like blast, cutting the camera feed*
...
*Pulls up three different call lines at once, one routed to Tempo, one to Melody, and one to X; each line repeatedly goes dead, and I immediately hit redial when it does*

@Techspert

*Slams my fist on the desk*
How inconvenient...
*Scans the recovery bay for any sort of access point*

Myriad Reality

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*Hits my knees, my eyes darting across the chamber for any trace*
Where did he go? What's going on?

@Techspert

*Refocuses my attention back on the terminal, hoping to glean info on who the last person to access it was*

Myriad Reality

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*Walks up to the empty chamber, as if I didn't hear you*
Dad...

@Techspert

*Looks up from the terminal after a moment at the chamber in realization*

Myriad Reality

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Let's find out.
*Swings the door open, revealing a lit room, the terminal still logged in with news coverage of the mutant virus incident on a projected screen in the corner, and an empty navi recovery chamber on the other side of the room*
...

@Techspert

*Follows you in, taking in the scene, then instinctively making my way to the terminal*
Rhythm? Is this new news?

Myriad Reality

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Yes, but... that's a serious policy violation. Locks aren't disabled here.

@Techspert

*Walks over to it, and thoroughly analyzes it*
No way Tempo is inside if it's disabled, is there?

Myriad Reality

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Tempo and I agreed to meet up here, but I don't have his location right now, unless he's already in her office.

@Techspert

*Points to the one that stands out without a blinking light*
That one?

Myriad Reality

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It's about dialing in the values just right.
*Looks down the hall of offices, where one of the rooms has an ID scanner in the front without a blinking light*

@Techspert

I thought we'd be directly showing up where Tempo should be? Was I mistaken?