GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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I'm fine, just give me a hand. Trying to do anything in this place is like trying to have a nice meal at a hotdog eating contest.

@Techspert

*Detaches an otherwise inconspicuous segment of my arm piece and dangles it over the ledge at you. It looks like a sort of strapped device just big enough to fit around your hand*
Catch. I’ll do the rest of the work for ya.
*Drops it to you*

Myriad Reality

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*When you reach the roof, a series of camera systems focus on your position, but their feeds back to the central security server are disabled*
Right behind you. Air—
*Takes a couple steps, but slows down, as if dizzied*
You know, never mind. Give me a second.
*Takes a knife in each hand and digs them into the surface of the building, gradually scaling the wall*

@Techspert

*Peeks over the edge at you*
Everything okay?

Myriad Reality

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Which laws are you breaking this time?

@Techspert

Uh… Breaking and entering? A second time on a place I just broke and entered thirty seconds ago? And also maybe jumping too high.
*Starts a brisk run towards the wall and jumps, landing on one foot and rocketing up several feet past the roof of the building, launched by a blue pulse that bursts from the bottom of my shoe*

Myriad Reality

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*The roof appears to be lined with analogue anti-person measures including barbed stones, smoothed slopes, and six alarmed glass panels surrounding the dish, not visible from where we stand*

@Techspert

We need to watch out around the dish itself. But this is doable otherwise.
*Takes several paces away from the wall and taps the toe of my shoes against the ground, twice each*

Myriad Reality

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Let’s see what you’ve got in your bag of tricks, tough guy.

@Techspert

*Steps outside and looks up at the roof, taking the last moment to make sure there’s no surprise rooftop security to trip when we go*

Myriad Reality

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Do you have a good way to scale the building?

@Techspert

A few. I’m gonna choose one that’s not gonna do more damage to the building though.

Myriad Reality

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They didn’t consult me about it, that’s for sure.
*Glances at the schematics, then back at you*
Honestly, that sounds like a beach vacation compared to going deeper inside this place. The network here is a faucet.

@Techspert

Yeah, why bother going through all that when we can go around?
*Makes my way toward the outside now instead*

Myriad Reality

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Cops get called on us, maybe the military.

@Techspert

So they care enough to crack down on people but not enough to dust a little bit? What a strange world you’re from, Rhythm.
*Makes like I’m going to head towards the roof, then stops*
Would it be easier to just head to the roof from outside?

Myriad Reality

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*The diagrams display a hatch through a set of security doors that protects a ladder used to install and maintain wiring up to the shielded rooftop*
We need to be extra careful from here on out. The security only gets stronger the closer we get to the core.

@Techspert

What's going to hypothetically happen if we do trip security here? Doesn't seem like anyone's actively looking after the place.

Myriad Reality

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*The machine initially shows that it has access to the beacon data, but then denies any attempts to read the contents*
Awful luck...
*Leans against the wall as soon as you pull data from the system*
I just want to get out of here as soon as possible.

@Techspert

There's a chance someone is actively denying our attempts.
*Uses the diagram to parse the easiest way to the roof, that has the least resistance*
I'm invested now. I want answers.