EVERYONE'S TRUTH - BEGINNING

[vivariummods]

Since the second group's first Calhoun Hour, the mouse in question hasn't appeared in the warehouse for longer than 30 minutes at a time. He only arrives during the early mornings to tape a random fruit of the day (apples, oranges, and pears so far) before scurrying off with his wagon. He refuses to provide any sort of medical relief for any of the test subjects, and does nothing more but providing the bare minimum to survive. So, when Day 9 rolls around, three days since that faithful finger breaking/eye blinding experience, it's no different; Calhoun comes in, tapes up some bananas, then promptly leaves afterwards, all without a word. An hour after he leaves, though... The screen in the Greenhouse, up against the wall besides the entrance, finally comes to life for the first time. It flickers on and on, flashing brightly. At first, there's nothing but static. Soon enough, though, it stays a consistent green tint. A blinking cursor hovers at the bottom and stays there for a few seconds, before it begins to type. DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES COME TO THE LOBBY AND GO THROUGH THE NEWLY OPENED DOOR I WILL MEET YOU THERE....... And it ends there...

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THE NEXT STEP

[vivariummods]

[ With their watcher turned off, nothing stops the robotic figure to force open another door. This is the most they can do for now, they claim, however. While they have taken out one threat, this warehouse holds many more, and to avoid any risks of losing its connection to everyone, it stays behind in storage. It informs them, however, that they are one step closer to escaping. After they complete the next part, then it will be able to come out of its hiding place. ]

[ The next plan: to cut off the warehouse's power. ]

[ The newly opened door leads to a long and narrow hallway. Dusty and barely lit, it suggests that this area has not been maintained for quite some time... Eventually, the hallway ends and leads to another door. It slides open easily, and inside is a moderately sized room. It appears that there was once a plate above the entrance, perhaps the name of the room, but it has either fallen off or been taken. Nevertheless, this is where the outsider has mentioned that the power could be turned off, so get to looking. ]

[toybombs]

[Rio continues to stand close to Ellie, but that won't stop her from peering past the girl and into the room as best as she can.]

What is this place? It looks a little like an office...

[babel_hacker]

Only one way of finding out. Let's start looking around.

[Atsuro step inside the room and glance around. His eyes are drawn to the computer console and he makes his way over to examine it. A password input screen? Without a clue to what it is, he can't do anything about it... yet.]

A password, huh?

[He looks at either side of the console, noting the metal doors. Hm...]

[vivariummods]

[ The metal doors themselves are far too heavy to force open, so the only way that these will open are with an electronic key. ]

[elliexir]

Maybe the password's written down here somewhere? There sure are a lot of notes stuck to the wall.

[ Referring to the three pinned up, which she hasn't taken a look at yet because she comes across the little coffee table first, with the expired cream... ]

Aw, gross. This looks super old.

[toybombs]

[Follow follow follow! She's like a nervous little duck.]

...I wonder if they lived and worked here... Whoever used this place before.

[elliexir]

[ A nervous little duck who probably ticks because she has a bomb somewhere... ]

Maybe? It at least looks like someone worked here, but where'd they go?

[toybombs]

Y-you don't think that... whoever trapped us here might have...

[Gulp.]

M-might have done something to them, do you...?

[elliexir]

[ Well... that is something that is crossing Ellie's mind now. ]

But isn't that offing their own guys? That seems pointless and dumb.

[toybombs]

D-doesn't all of this seem pointless to you, though...?

[elliexir]

You mean the whole "experiment" thing? That's at least their stupid excuse for everything.

[ While talking, she heads over to the tall filing cabinet to poke around. Unfortunately, she opens up the top drawers first (which are probably super heavy...), so she might not be able to poke around for too long. ]

[vivariummods]

[ Sorry to interrupt, but Ellie opening those top drawers first was a Bad Idea. Luckily, there doesn't seem to be anything of importance (at least nothing hinting at a password), but seconds after opening the drawers, the entire cabinet falls over from the sheer weight, dangerously and quite possibly squashing anyone standing in front of it. ]

[toybombs]

[Rio gives a small squeak of terror and skitters back. SORRY ELLIE YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN HERE.]

[babel_hacker]

[While the girls are checking out the coffee table, Atsuro's making his way over towards the old wooden desk. He take note of the picture and pick it up, examining them carefully.

...Nope, not ringing a bell.

He puts it down and start looking through the drawers and finding pieces of papers inside. Anything useful in here?]

[vivariummods]

[ Whoever once used this desk was a very disorganized person, as very little of the paperwork were placed in folders or binders. Most of it are company notices, ranging from reminders to attend a meeting in a few days and to report any accidental incidents. The rest are pages from a beginner's manual of the console, that are unfortunately placed out of context, so they prove very useless. ]

[ However, should Atsuro dig through the top drawer enough and pull out enough pages, he will discover a small key at the bottom. It's unlabelled but is attached to a key ring. ]

[babel_hacker]

[The disorganised mess almost make Atsuro yell in frustration, but he still keep on digging. A lot of the notices seem normal, like reminders for anything. Until he find the key and hold it up. Oh?

He glance around the room and wondering if there's a place he can use this for.]

Hey! Anyone found a keyhole?

[elliexir]

Nope! Just a bunch of boring paperwork and a murderous cabinet.

[ Referring to how the cabinet nearly fell on her. ]

Does it work on those metal doors?

[babel_hacker]

The metal doors?

[He looks over at them, before walking over for a closer examination. He pockets the key for safekeeping.]

These look like we need to use an electronic key to open them.

[elliexir]

So, like a keycard?

[ That's the only kind of electronic key that she knows about. ]

Rio and I didn't find anything like that over on our side.

[toybombs]

[Peering from behind Ellie!]

There was a cabinet, and some messy desks, and a chair, but...

[She tilts her head to the side as she thinks.]

...I don't think anything over there would be useful for a door with an electric lock.

[babel_hacker]

Hm... So we have to look around more. There's those stuff at the corners...

[He looks at them.]

What's this about a murderous cabinet? Was that the noise I heard earlier?

[WHAT HAPPENED.]

[elliexir]

Maybe we should check out those lockers. Those look important.

[ And most likely have more things that Ellie can nab and steal because fuck you, warehouse. She's going to take this stuff and get out with it :T but a small sheepish laugh at the mention of the noise... ]

Yeaaaaah, pretty much. You know, it was the kind of cabinet that try to squash you because they didn't meet their murder quota of the day.

[1st_response_is_anger]

So we have to cut off the power...won't that be kind of dangerous to us too? *Maria thought out loud. Of course they couldn't just leave with the mouse out of commission. They had to jump through more hoops.*

[elliexir]

You mean having to go around in the dark?

[ She thinks she's willing to bump into a few things if it means that the can get out of here. ]

[1st_response_is_anger]

Yeah. Not to mention that it's powering other systems around here. I mean, it's neither too hot or too cold, so I can't tell if there's air or heat going on in this place.