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*The eyes on the automatons shift to a red hue and 'emergency' flashes across a holographic banner lining all of the streets—a few concerned citizens peek through their doors at the commotion, some as old and withered as the man we saw, but others appear to be doing quite well, correlated to their ages; any robots holding packages set them down and approach*
Oh man, you've done it now!
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*The bot shuffles to try and move you off of it as it heads toward a home—when the door opens, a pale, withered resident with empty blue eyes is visible sitting on a plush chair amidst decorated furniture*
Ben... what's going on?
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*One of the bots nearly bumps into you but redirects its motion in the last minute to whir around you*
Whatever it's for, a robot's a robot I say.
*In the northern sector, a hole in the artificial sky seems to buzz with bright, sparky particles, which spiral and get sucked up into a sky-colored toroid surrounding the void*
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*Looks up*
I... guess we need to move up. That will get us closer to their leader. Presumably.
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*Snaps in front of your face*
Hey. Ben. What's going on with you?
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You're thinking they're trying to prove something to us?
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*Whistles*
Better than the place we came from. But you were saying?
*As we reside in this world, a gnawing sensation continues to grow, almost as if just residing in this layer were itself draining*
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And did nothing about a prison break? How does that work?
*Shields my face from the brightness of the next layer, equipped with high-end housing and an artificial sky, alongside a dazzling array of automatons wandering about*
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*Shrugs*
Not sure the scale makes any difference.
*Trecks up the stairs, and the corners of the decorated guard's lips curl into the briefest hint of a smirk before returning to his book*
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It's like crushing a rock. No consequence.
*The door swings open into an ascending concrete staircase with a pale white light streaming in from above*
