AUDIENCE 🚀 ARTHUR

[dropoffs]

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[expiries]

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...

[expiries]

Is that unanticipated, too?

[dropoffs]

[ 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.]

[dropoffs]

[ 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?

[dropoffs]

[ just bounces metal leg unhappily: ]

Shouldn't take this long.

[ but they could also just be impatient????? ]

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If it shouldn't, why is it?

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[ well before io can speak this sure as fuck happens. ]

That should have done it.

[ just. stares at door. bye they're just going to go ram it now with a shoulder. ]

[dropoffs]

[ 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. ]

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[stares back]

Yes?

[dropoffs]

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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After the stunt you pulled in front of me?

[ They think they're justified to make some assumptions. ]

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[rolling his eyes, as though this is not a completely valid point (it is!!!!)]

If you had been brought somewhere against your will, you wouldn't try every method available to you to speak with the people responsible?

[dropoffs]

[ Well, Arthur is right that they would definitely try. ]

I would choose a different method.

[expiries]

Oh? Do you have a suggestion I haven't tried?

[dropoffs]

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

C'mon...

[dropoffs]

We should have fought harder for a ship upgrade.

[ It really is loading. ]

[dropoffs]

[ 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.

[dropoffs]

[ A sound like they exhales through gritted teeth...

Then the news. ]

Why.

[ TIME TO YELL AT THE MACHINE. ]

[dropoffs]

[ why yell at machine? when you can just.

ram shoulder into door? ram shoulder into door is good, right?

no. not good. ]

[dropoffs]

[ I GUESS THIS IS HAPPENING... CALLISTO IS JUST LIKE... OKAY.... I GUESS.... THEY ALSO WANT TO GET OUT, BUT... IF THAT GATE DENTS MORE THEN IT WILL HAVE TROUBLE OPENING AND CLOSING LATER. ]

[dropoffs]

[ it's fine. they will... stop eventually and just look over to them. ]

So... what now. If that didn't work, do we just try it again?