AUDIENCE 🚀 ARTHUR

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W0 THURSDAY

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[ well eli sure put arthur in the sim room for curfew.

as the eudora makes the announcement for a lockdown and locks the doors to the room, arthur will find that he is not alone (because there are multiple rooms here in the sim room!)

meaning that he'll soon discover he is not alone. the moment the frontmost doors lock to the sim-zero-grav room, io's head darts out of one of the rooms in an instant. ]

What the hell —

[ These Two Again. ]

Callisto, you get any kind of message about this?

[ free for all have at thee. ]

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[ They are too busy playing the simulated piano. You will have to wait until they're done with this score. ]

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[ oh great that's going to take ages. ]

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[ It will only take 3 minutes, you donkey. When they're finished, they look over to Arthur for a second, but then to Io. ]

I was unaware of the lockdown drill today, if this is a drill. [ They stand back up from the piano stool, arms crossed. ] If it isn't a drill, then it's an actual emergency.

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Is this really your priority.

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[ Once they are Done. ]

I was already in the middle of playing.

[expiries]

And now that you are done, you can assist us.

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[bouncing along until he makes it into the sim part of this area...]

...You also don't know what's going on?

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[ can't believe arthur is now bouncing of his own free will. incredible. stunning. io just shakes his head. ]

No, this is unusual. Normally this kind of... scan thing isn't something Adrastea would permit the ship to run without telling us.

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Is there some kind of...

[this is hard when you don't know technology,]

Code, or - action you can perform to manually unlock the door?

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[ It's okay. They will try to tech this through Arthur. To answer, they will moion with a hand at Io. ]

We can try running an override command. Likely the other six will be doing the same.

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Alright.

[waits to see what will happen]

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[ it's fine. they'll nod and proceed to open up something on their i.r.i.s. ]

Sounds as good as anything right now.

[ time to get to work i guess, though... it is weird that... ]

Comms are offline, too...

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Is that unanticipated, too?

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[ glances at. ]

Highly.

[ code go brrrrr. they just kind of look over at it and "tch." ]

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...I see.

[the vibe gets a little more "aaaaaaaaa" upon hearing that, as he waits.]

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[ the vibe here is a very muted frustrated. ]

I don't have any doubt that the others are trying just as hard... someone's got to get through.

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How long will this take?

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[ Their command prompt shows up via I.R.I.S. as well, then they launch the override command alongside Io.

SO MUCH CODE RUNNING THROUGHHHH. As this happens, they watch Arthur. ]

[expiries]

[stares back]

Yes?

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You're still in one piece.

[ Some mild surprise. ]

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...I beg your pardon? Why wouldn't I be?

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[ just kind of anxiously bounces metal leg a little after aiding with the launch just. ]

C'mon...

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We should have fought harder for a ship upgrade.

[ It really is loading. ]

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[ i'm sorry is the loading bar on this going BACKWARDS? no that has to be io's imagination.

vaguely sing-songy: ]

They were never going to give it to us.