Kharax follows the others, wary, but trusting the instincts and knowledge of his android allies.
Richard casts a spell to detect for magic and gives the room good search before moving on to the next door.
Kharax joins Richard in magical divinations, trying to make sure that no magical traps await.
"That would not be in our best interest."
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Richard finds little in the room except for a set of chains barred into the back of the wall.
Moving onto the next room. It also seems to contain no traps or magical auras. This looks to be the room for the power uplink. The batteries stored for harvesting and storing the power broadcast to the receiver array are kept here along wth three additional chokers that look to have been burned to death. Their flesh is blackened and warped beyond belief as they look to have been physically torn in half.
Richard frowns at the corpses. "Something really wanted these chokers dead. This is overkill."
Moving to the batteries, he looks them over and wonders at the possibility of salvaging them. His spell to detect magic remains active, scanning the tech and the dead alike.
"Yes, this is illogical."
"Yeah, ain't nothin' right 'bout this place. Almost as freaky as that crashed ship."
"Moving on." Richard says, then does.
Exiting the cleared battery room he heads further east, checking the door before opening it.
"Someone throw something into that nest... I dun trust it!"
Alpha scans the area.
Alpha's processors are too logical to know fear and thus he has no fears.
With his veemod still active, Richard enters the room with the nest and examines it and the debris.
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Finding little of significance, this place is looking to be completely empty and devoid of all life.
Deciding to head north, Richard opens the doorway to what looks to be old choker dens. These rooms once served as barracks for chokers, but look to be abandoned now.
Each time you notice one of your companions missing you rush frantically around the corner just to find them standing there, just as if they had been there all alone. Though something about them is a bit off. They are a shadow of their former selves, as if something has replaced them.
At this point each one has come up missing, if for just a moment and you are the only one left that has not. Are you next? Are these truly your companions or something else entirely?
Richard turns back from the dens and looks at his companions.
"I..." He starts upon seeing Lewdon so close behind him. His eyes widen slightly as they scan back across the rest of the group. "I..." He stammers, backing away toward the double doors to the west and pulls at them.
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Richard staggers into the western doors. This was once a guard post for chokers to stage and organize a defense of the complex. Now there just looks to be quite a few choker bodies shredded and piled into the corner. Swathes of dried and aged blood splash the walls.
It seems that the entire complex is devoid of life and good to set the explosives on the receiver array and support structure.
"Are you malfunctioning? If so, we should get you repaired as soon as possible."
While Lewdon checks the structure, Richard has been slowly making his way to the far door near the exit.
"I'm fine." He replies. "Just had a funny feeling is all. This place reminds me of the wreck, and the things we saw there. Right?"
At Alpha's words, he holds out his hands. "No, really, I'm fine. Operating at optimal performance."
"Yeah, I'd say we outta get yer 'ead checked out, but like I could figger out all the parts in ya!", Kharax tries to joke, still uneasy himself in this place.
"So where we plantin' dis thing?"
"I'll set the explosives." Richard says, reaching for them.
Taking the explosives, Richard hums a spell and vanishes from sight.
"This is illogical behavior." Alpha will scan for Richard.
"He is attempting to flee west. This does not compute." Alpha will pursue.
"What in the fires of Torch is goin' on there?", Kharax following the others!
Richard runs through the complex, calling out to his companions.
"Alpha! Kharax! Lewdon?! Anyone!!?"
"We are trying to reach you! Stop fleeing!"
Alpha also continues the epic chase.
Finding himself alone Richard looks up at the array. Moving to the rubble, he begins climbing.