What happened to the mail sorter?
Zera checks the closet in the back.
Then she checks the computer terminal to see if it is operative.
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Zera stows some pens and paper in her pack, then moves on to the next room.
Since it is hers, Zera searches it thoroughly, and tries out the chairs.
Zera looks around to see if there are any access cards... or other things. If she doesn't find anything she informs the AI that the long absence indicates that Mr. Manakin should be terminated and they should start recruiting a replacement.
She gathers the belongings and places them in a pocket of her bandolier, checks behind the pictures on the wall just in case, and then moves on to the next room. As she goes she prompts the living metal again... do you think a recruiting trip might be a good idea? We could probably fill up some of these empty offices.
Okay, I will pack them up and deliver them to her if I see her. Also, I know you already have a bunch of people working for you, but I was thinking we should go and recruit some more. Lots of people nowadays will work for the wages you guys offer. What do you think? Zera looks around to find "Ms. Loidl"'s belongings.
Hi, we're here to get our back pay.
Zera goes next door.
OW! yells Zera. She had just started feeling like she was healing up after that horrible fight at the entrance, and now this. What the crap. No bursar here, but we're not allowed to open this up to see if our pay is in here? Are we waiting for someone?
Zera checks the cabinet and the drawer.
Zera exits the Vater and looks around. This area wasn't cleaned up, so she assumes there are no metal men or new employees assigned to maintenance. Aressai Five, remind me later that we should recruit some people to clean this place up. I think there are a lot of other sentients who would be good employees. Maybe we should go on a recruiting trip after this. She starts along the corridor, checking into any side rooms on her way to the bursars office, which she remembers was after a left and was the second door on the right, but since the place looks abandoned she checks to see what is here.
Okay Aressai Five, maybe we should go check out those facilities and see if we can get some of the living metal around here fixed up. First the Bursar's office though. She gathers everyone up into the Vater and presses the A button.
Zera takes the card, and tells her live metal Thank you. What is your designation? After finding out its name, she adds Follow me. We are going to the Administration building. I hope we get back pay and some of those cool shiny clothes that all the other people were wearing. Also, if there are extra live metal beings around here, why are some of the ones we've encountered still missing parts? Don't you have repair facilities?
Thank you. Zera goes out to collect her companions and then they proceed to the Administration building.
Zera thinks about this... Basis of the world, hmm... so the controller was for some kind of molecule or energy... game? a scientific instrument? Wait, or war? The ancients certainly enjoyed that. Was it for some type of weapon? We might need to look into that for the Enstoot and bring it back here. In the meantime, can you tell us how to get to the Bursar's office to collect our back pay? Which way to the Administration building?
Zera takes the disk.
Can you explain the basic functionality of a Yurkum Torkel to me, please? I am unfamiliar with that name.
Yes, a copy of the footage would be helpful, thank you. When Zera leaves, she asks Do you know what was in the box that was given to that blue man, and do you know by what power he overcame Daradall?
Zera reads the letter (or at least the interesting parts) to P'Reena.
Zera looked at the letter. It was unbelievable in many ways, but... every need and desire? And they had snacks. She thought about her life, just scraping by, and wonders if the people who came here previously just got jobs here. If so, that was good, right? Except, still... what happened to the squirrels? But maybe they joined up too, or if she joined up she could certainly find out, right? If they would take care of her, and help to preserve the wonders of the ancients... that's all she really wanted. I mean, that and the chance to explore and experiment, but that was kind of built in here as well, right? She wondered just how much of a radiation jolt some of those experiments could put out. Would be interesting to see if they could match her eyes. She absently petted P'Reena beside her. She wondered if they were going to offer her a job as well. Maybe they didn't because she didn't fit into a seat. Hmm. Yeah, it was a good deal. She decided to carefully read what they wanted her to do, but she was inclined to sign. A job offer was unexpected, but might be just what she needed.
Zera tries a single piece of popcorn to make sure it isn't poisoned or gross before she starts munching on it further. She wonders what kind of movie it is going to be... do they film the demise of everyone that comes here?
Zera sits, putting in her snack chit to see if they actually do have popcorn or not.
Zera examines the seats carefully for restraints and the area for signs of blood or struggle. Was this truly entertainment, or execution, and why wouldn't the metal men just tell her what had happened?
Zera goes in and finds a seat for the show.
Zera is worried that they don't actually have any such thing, but she hesitantly says Yes, please.
Um, okay. Are there any snacks? She pays for a ticket, and if they actually have popcorn or something, she gets some.
I would like to know what snacks you have, but before that, can you tell me what happened to my friend Daradall who I was told came through here earlier?
Not sure, but these are spare parts for a "projector," and so I am guessing it has to "project" something. Maybe these discs have holographic data? Looking for a label to see if it will tell us more.
Zera takes the discs, looking to see if they are labeled. Then she checks the other door.
Zera exits the vator and looks through the lockers before checking the doors. She checks the one immediately to the right of the elevator first.
Lecture Hall, please.
Zera is a little worried that she is being led into the same trap that Daradell must have run into, but she proceeds towards the lecture hall.
Zera asks the receptionist I had a friend named Daradall come through to take the tour a while back. Did you see him?
Zera attempts to leave the lobby and tour the building freely (without a robot guide), to see if that is allowed.
After interpreting the labels for the others, Zera goes over to look at the elevator. If it is functional, she looks inside to see what kinds of buttons it has, hoping that will tell her the extent of this facility.
Zera directs her radiating eyes at the alien that is trying to kill them for no good reason.
That is quite fascinating. says Zera as she goes over to retrieve her waterskin. What is next on the tour?
If Tintoretto's move works, then Zera hits the deck, not sure that any cover will be useful in a room where lasers can bounce off the walls. If Tintoretto fails for any reason, then Zera teleports one of her waterskins above the red button and releases it, so that the button is pressed.
Zera tries to enjoy the sensation, experimenting and seeing if she can find a way to "swim" in a certain direction.
Zera follows the robot into the next room of the tour, but writes the location of this room in her notes in case she has a chance to come back. She tells the robot Lead on.
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