[S] Lavira: Enter the Matrix

==LAST WE LEFT OFF, LAVIRA WAS ROLLING FOR INVESTIGATION (15) TO FIND SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE IN THE POWER ROOM==

Sorodin
okay so
You find nothing that resembles a plug.
Lavira_Dyenus
damn. I go back to the Operator's Room and examine the robot holding chambers for anything I might be able to substitute for a plug
Sorodin
Which chambers?
The ones with Geki's room or the one's without it
*one
Lavira_Dyenus
I go in alphabetical order from the first room to last, and I decaptchalogue Geki to ask
"Do you know where I might find a plug or something like one?"
Sorodin
Okay. As a forewarning checking all the rooms will take approximately 40 minutes and will count as a short rest
Lavira_Dyenus
I'm not on much of a time limit, so that's okay
Sorodin
Roll, uh, Perception or Investigation, whatever has the higher mod
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d20+4 perception
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=8 ] | {12}
Sorodin
You search through the remaining 38 rooms. About half of them are the same as Geki's, with nothing notable about them. About 10 are reinforced with additional metal plates and such, and 9 have small deactivated computer terminals in them. You cannot figure out how to activate them.
Lavira_Dyenus
"Geki, would you please follow me? I would like to show you something"
Sorodin
OKAY
Lavira_Dyenus
"Thank you"
I bring Geki to the hallway with the wires and the room with the outlets, and in each location I ask him if he recognizes anything
Sorodin
He says that he does not recognize anything here, but gets a weird sense of danger.
Lavira_Dyenus
"Where does the sense of danger come from?"
Sorodin
Everywhere, but a lot near the wire.
Lavira_Dyenus
I'll have to be careful around those wires, I suppose
I check the northern door and see if it's changed in any way
Sorodin
It has not.
Wait.
Yeah, it hasn't.
Geki stayed in the destroyed power room by the way, screwing around with the power box.
Lavira_Dyenus
I go into the outlet room and see what Geki's doing with the broken powerbox
Sorodin
He's trying to connect the wires to get it functional again, but it's not working
There simply isn't enough wire to go around/
Lavira_Dyenus
the solution to this seems simple enough
I return to the wire room and carefully attempt to gather wire for Geki to use
Sorodin
The wire seems kind of warm, which is surprising since it's just been sitting there connected to nothing.
But it doesn't shock you, and that's nice.
Lavira_Dyenus
Given what Geki said earlier, this might not be a good thing. I quickly and carefully bring the wires to Geki
Sorodin
You have about 15 feet of wire, and Geki requires about 2 of it.
Lavira_Dyenus
plenty to spare, I suppose
I give Geki the 2 feet of wire he needs
Sorodin
He snips it off, shuddering slightly at the touch, and goes to work.
20 minutes later, everything is connected and the power seems to be back online.
Lavira_Dyenus
I quickly captchalogue the remaining length of wire
Sorodin
This is evidenced by several drones flying into the room from the previous hallway, who promptly start to repair things.
You captchalogue the remaining wire. 13/15 feet
Lavira_Dyenus
I also captchalogue Geki until the drones finish their repairs, to keep him safe
Sorodin
It doesn't look like they'll be finishing any time soon. That Giclops really wrecked things up in here.
On the bright side, the drones don't look like they're hostile.
Lavira_Dyenus
The power box that Geki repaired may have activated the small computer terminals in the robot holding chambers, so I return to the Operator's Room and check to see if that's true
Sorodin
It is true, for two of them at least!
Lavira_Dyenus
I double check to make sure the robots in the two active terminal rooms are deactivated, then I open the doors to those rooms
Sorodin
The first one displays a hollow circle, and the second shows a large filled-in square.
There are loading bar-esque things on both of them; the first one being about 1/4 full, and the second about 3/4 full
(End of Desc)
Lavira_Dyenus
I bring Geki out and ask him if he knows anything about those shapes
Sorodin
Roll Perception?
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d20+4 perception
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {20}
Sorodin
Geki replies that it seems familiar as a whole, but not separately.
You do notice a marking on the back of his head, though, a plain black circle.
Maybe it represented something like where he was held or someshit.
Lavira_Dyenus
I check the other robots for similar shapes
Sorodin
All of the ones in Geki's hallway have similar shapes.
The drones repairing have an empty square.
There are no robots left in the second hallway.
Lavira_Dyenus
I try interacting with the bars by sliding my finger to the left and right on the previously unmentioned touch screen
Sorodin
The bars don't move, but as you touch the screen on the square side, it's big enough so that your finger smudges the square a bit, deforming it
When you do that, the bar goes down a little. Not a lot, but a little.
Lavira_Dyenus
I try deforming the square a little more until the bar is half-full, then I wait for a reaction. If there is none, I keep smudging the square until the bar is 1/4 full and wait for a reaction
Sorodin
How exactly do you deform it?
Like, from the top down, or into a specific shape, or what
Lavira_Dyenus
I try shaping it like a circle to start
Sorodin
You shape it into a circle, creating a full circle, and a whole lotta extra black matter. The bar reads half full now.
Lavira_Dyenus
I try smudging the area inside the circle
Sorodin
You smudge the area inside the circle, hollowing it out and pushing some more matter out. You create an empty circle, which lowers the bar to about 1/4
Lavira_Dyenus
I try smudging the empty circle into nothing
Sorodin
You smudge all the matter off the edges of the box, where it vanishes. The bar is now empty.
Lavira_Dyenus
I try drawing/creating a circle this time
Sorodin
With what stuff?
Lavira_Dyenus
Is there any matter to be found from when I smudged the shapes?
Sorodin
No, you shoved it all off the edges of the terminal, where it went into who-knows-where virtual land.
Maybe it showed up somewhere else, like Pacman style
Lavira_Dyenus
I check the first terminal with the hollow circle, then
Sorodin
The terminal with the hollow circle now has a whole bunch of black matter on it.
The bar reads full.
Lavira_Dyenus
I try smudging the black matter and making a full circle shape, reducing the bar to half-full
Sorodin
You make a full circle shape on this one, and the bar is now half full! You have about half the matter left over.
Lavira_Dyenus
I use the leftover matter to make a full circle on the other terminal
Sorodin
You make a full circle on the other terminal, and the bar fills up half full. There's a "ding" sound, and you hear the distant sounds of a door opening.
Take 30 EXP.
Lavira_Dyenus
I captchalogue Geki and head to the northern door in the wire room
Sorodin
It's unlocked now!
Lavira_Dyenus
I enter
cautiously
Sorodin
don't u be forgetting ur keywor- yeah there we go
You enter the door, and walk into a circular room, with four doors out on the wall. The far left one is opened, and has a full circle on it. The rest of them, from left to right, have a large square, an open triangle, and an infinity sign on them.
In addition, there's a small platform in the middle of the room.
HEY CAN I SEE THAT PLATFORM REAL QUICK
Lavira_Dyenus
"May I ask why, Geki?"
Sorodin
I DONT KNOW BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
GLOWY
Lavira_Dyenus
"I see no reason to say no"
"But first, please allow me to try seeing it for myself"
I see the platform for myself up close
Sorodin
It has a weird skinny triangle design, like a horn inscribed on it, and it's small enough that you could step up there without having to jump
Lavira_Dyenus
"Alright Geki, here you are"
I bring Geki out and let him see the platform
Sorodin
He pokes at it for a while, before pulling himself up to stand on top of it.
When he gets on top, you notice him starting to glow a faint blue, like he's being recharged or something.
He looks vaguely satisfied, and steps down.
WELL, THAT WAS A THING
Lavira_Dyenus
"Do you feel any different?"
Sorodin
YEAH
THERE ARE THESE WEIRD HOLES IN ME NOW
He tilts his head down to show you the four slots on his head that weren't there before.
Lavira_Dyenus
"Interesting. This will no doubt be relevant soon enough"
"For now, let's continue"
I captchalogue Geki again and head through the open left-most door
cautiously, of course
Sorodin
You enter through the left-most door, and come out into a room that looks vaguely like an elevator. It has windows on all sides, looking out into the glorious walls of rock and dirt and stuff, and a floor select option near the door you came in.
The glass is kind of plastic-like in texture.
Lavira_Dyenus
I check the available options in the floor-select
Sorodin
3 (what you're on)
2
1
B1
B2
B1 is lit up orange.
Lavira_Dyenus
I select B1, then
Sorodin
You hit the B1 button, and it turns a green, and the door swivels shut behind you.
!!ERROR!!
!!UNAUTHORIZED USER IN LIFT!!
!!UNIDENTIFIABLE!!
!!INITIATING SECURITY PROTOCOL!!
The wall behind you lights up, and you're faced with several scrolling lines of code as well as a box where you can enter commands in!
Roll INT to understand!
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d20-1
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20-1 --> [ 1d20=18 ] | {17}
Sorodin
It appears that this is the source code of the security protocol. There's a main body of code, protected by several firewalls and safeguards. Maybe this is here to prevent anything but the rhinos and robots from coming in?
You can try to delete the code as you wish
Lavira_Dyenus
"Geki, do you think you could do anything about this code?"
"I lack any knowledge about this"
Sorodin
He replies, yes he can, but you might have trouble fitting him in here with you.
Lavira_Dyenus
"I can manage"
I carefully bring out geki and shift myself around to make room for him
Sorodin
You bring out Geki and shift yourself around to make room.
Lavira_Dyenus
"Alright, please get to work"
Sorodin
Take a passive -2 to AC while you're in here due to no room to dodge, but on the bright side someone competent with computers is working on disabling the code
!!SECURITY MEASURES ACTIVATING!!
A small blade pops out of the ceiling, and pokes around, much like a probe.
!roll 1d20+4
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {16}
Sorodin
And doesn't manage to reach you.
Geki starts hacking.
!roll 1d20+9
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=6 ] | {15}
Sorodin
Decent progress is made.
Anything you wish to do?
Lavira_Dyenus
is the door to the lift still currently open? Those ceiling blades concern me
Sorodin
It is not.
Lavira_Dyenus
I shift myself so I'm as far out of the ceiling blades' reach as possible and let Geki continue his work
Sorodin
-1 to hit from ceiling blades.
!!PROBE COMPLETED. ONE AUTHORIZED FOUND. ONE UNAUTHORIZED FOUND!!
!!CONTINUING PURGE!!
!roll 1d20+6
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=6 ] | {12}
Sorodin
More blades pop out and attempt to scratch at you, but you scoff at their efforts
These things are shit at hitting
!roll 1d20+9
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {19}
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d4 block?
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=4 ] | {4}
Sorodin
You block them just for the fun of it
They don't appreciate you teasing them
Can blades appreciate things?
Find out next time on NBC
ANYWAY.
OKAY THIS IS GOING OKAY
COULD BE BETTER
Lavira_Dyenus
"Keep at it Geki, I know you can do it"
Sorodin
The walls open up small slits and start firing out into the elevator. Geki takes a few hits but nothing bad.
!roll 1d20+7
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=14 ] | {21}
Sorodin
Block?
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d4 block
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=3 ] | {3}
Sorodin
You block one that was about to hit you barely.
!roll 1d20+9 hackerman
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {25}
Sorodin
Geki types *even faster.*
OKAY I THINK I GOT MOST OF THE FIREWALLS
NOW FOR THE MAIN THING
Lavira_Dyenus
"You're doing very good, Geki"
Sorodin
The bullets continue to fire, along with the ceiling blades! Creative Design^tm
!roll 1d20+8
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {20}
Sorodin
Block?
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d4 block
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=3 ] | {3}
Sorodin
!roll 1d20+7
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=6 ] | {13}
Sorodin
You dodge the bullets and block the blades.
We matrix now.
!roll 1d20+9
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {14}
Sorodin
A FEW MORE SECONDS AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS OFFLINE
Lavira_Dyenus
"Very good, Geki"
Sorodin
!!FIREWALLS BROKEN!!
!!INITIATING FINAL SEQUENCE!!
The elevator starts to fill up with a gas that you feel like will be not good for your health.
In addition, the guns start going
**RAPID FIRE**
!roll 1d20+9
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=13 ] | {22}
Sorodin
Block?
Lavira_Dyenus
!roll 1d4 block
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=4 ] | {4}
Sorodin
!roll 1d20+7
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {10}
Sorodin
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=4 ] | {9}
Sorodin
You block most, and the rest whiz by you.
The gas starts building up.
!roll 1d20+9
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {25}
Sorodin
Suddenly, everything turns off as Geki regains control of the elevator.
WELL THERE WE GO
Lavira_Dyenus
"Wonderful job, Geki"
Sorodin
IT HELPED THAT THERE WAS A BACKDOOR BUT IT WAS STILL KIND OF HARD
The elevator reaches B1, and slowly opens.
Lavira_Dyenus
I captchalogue Geki for safety and cautiously go forth
Sorodin
Beyond is a mine-like area, where several drones equipped with drills are mining away at the walls, bringing wheelbarrows of various rock back and forth.
Lavira_Dyenus
I examine them for any shape-symbols
Sorodin
Meanwhile, other drones are setting floor tiles and walls where the excavator robots have finished.
The first one you examine has a symbol like Geki's.
H-E-Y Y-O-U-R-E G-E-T-T-I-N-G I-N T-H-E W-A-Y
Lavira_Dyenus
"My apologies"
I move out of their way
Sorodin
They continue working with EXTREME EFFICIENTNESSCY

==TO BE CONTINUED==