[bq="Coriolanus"] ~_Breaking the pipes, the foglet-cloud lifts out of the pit, while a steady low buzz that'd been emanating from the pinecones ceases._~
~_Able to communicate across EM signals again, the shark transmits on short-ranged T-rays, while also using that same wavelength to bathe the room, scanning into the stone._~
~"...I guess I cut the hive's feedstock supply, just now. There's a big vertical seam of tungsten right-below us... I think this is the impact sight for a kinetic penetrator, right here. Crazy... there's also a door, over there-" _Pointing, he walks out of view as Imos descends. Reaching the bottom, he sees the shark tear a gate off the hinges, revealing a long tunnel. A dim-blue light glows far down it._~
~"It looks cramped... and I'm too big to let you slip past me. should you go first, or I?"~[/bq]
[bq="Cerebrate"] ~"much as i appreciate having you in harm's way when it comes for me, i have a much shorter adjustment period to new bodies, besides, having someone that can move freely is probably better in the front."
_he takes point, an ionizer gun pointing ahead._ ~[/bq]
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_They eventually come to a turn where the blue light reflects around._
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_Rounding this corner, they see dozens of synth-bodies; some partially or fully encased in ice, others sitting leaned against the walls or sprawled throughout the place, with quite a few of them hugging one another..._
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_The whole scene is illuminated by a glowing stone monolith centerpiecing the large room._
_Within an alcove recessed into that monolith, the two can see pieces of a reptiloid's synthbrain._