Legend

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Audacious

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Audacious

*The door contains several anti-tamper mechanisms wired into the other components and sensors that activate the killswitch, as does the wall*

Myriad Reality

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

@Audacious

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Audacious

*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*

Myriad Reality

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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*

@Audacious

*You pass the computing cluster, and you sense a powerful heat exchanger network on the other side of the server room*

Myriad Reality

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Past the computing clusters, near the cryonchamber…
*Nods to myself*

@Audacious

*A nearby sign directs to local departments, including the cluster and an emergency exit for the lab*

Myriad Reality

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*WHispers*
Where should we go? I don't want to mess with signs of creepy people.

@Audacious

*Zinnia holds a finger to her lips and tip-toes toward the sound, peeking around a corner*

Myriad Reality

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*Snaps my head in the direction of the sound*

@Audacious

*The banging slowly reduces to a tapping sound, and you sense a single humanoid at the source of the sound*

Myriad Reality

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*Follows her and whispers*
Why did we separate?

@Audacious

*When she opens her mouth to respond, a banging sound echoes from nearby in the lab*