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ACR-8L4M: [[he's walking down the tunnel from the end of the last log, it's dark, and big. his flashlight is the only thing illuminating the way, but thankfully it seems to be linear so he won't get lost or anything.]]
ENG-CHERAL: so... where'd you come from? who built you? like your tech is like super crazy! i've never seen a robot that can just like eat tech and adapt it like you can! are you like a council bot or a rogue empire thing or like some ancient robot from the previous or something?
C85-SYSTEM: COUNCIL TECHNOLOGY IS KNOWN FOR BEING- CHEAPER. [[it seems to have figured out a way to "talk" by playing and splicing different random audio clips]]
ACR-8L4M: SELF. IS. FROM. TACTICORP. PROTOTYPE. SPECIAL. WEAPON. ROBOT. [[he keeps walking]] MEANT. TO... SOMETHING. NOT. MEANT. TO. BREAK. OUT. AND. STEAL. SHIP.
ENG-CHERAL: crimes against companies? my mom said that's always a good thing so that's awesome! you should do that more when we get outta here!
ACR-8L4M: ...MAYBE. [["is this... normal for children? i know i am not normal. but i thought other people would be. i also thought planets would be but now... i will think about that later."]]
ACR-8L4M: [[going further into the tunnel, he finally reaches a door with most of the writing covered in plants, forcing it open he finds a metalic hallway lit up with a soft orange glow. coming from tons of pipes going through the rooms. each one bubbling with a glowing orange liquid and some having arrows that point deeper into the area while others point away as the liquid moves with the arrows. he walks further in. "this fluid. i think i know it, it's_"]]
C85-SYSTEM: YOU ARE IN THE. SOLARANIUM POWER CORE. PLEASE USE CAUTION AND DO NOT- MELT- AND- DIE.
ENG-CHERAL: yeah yeah! solaranium is like just like straight up solar energy stored as like a juice! except instead of tasting like fruit it tastes like radiation and hurts a lot...
ACR-8L4M: [[he stops for a moment...]] HOW. KNOW.
ENG-CHERAL:
ENG-CHERAL: anyway! you should be nearing the bio-thingy so like, watch out it'll probably like super bad or something!
C85-SYSTEM: I- AGREE.
ACR-8L4M: OKAY. [[he walks through another door that slides open on it's own, and enters a massive chamber. he's up on a catwalk overlooking a massive orange reactor core, reaching down into a seemingly bottomless pit and up almost to the surface. he's perfectly level with the centre of it, a massive orb made of pipes twisted around each other and interconnected abd being choked out by the plants growing all over it. with small leaks of the fluid as all the solaranium rushes around. it all humms with a heavy rumble as blam walks carefully along the catwalk and up some stairs. the lack of safety rails seems like a big oversight]]
ACR-8L4M: [[up the stairs he finds another door. broken open already. inside are just tons of bodies of various council troopers with vones growing on them, all around broken up barracades and turrets like this was a major defence point. the controls are all turned off, keeping the power to as few areas as possible, and with some of it broken apart exposing it to more plants. "i take this as confirmation. whatever happened to this planet was not a simple disaster. it was an attack. leaving it dead for a long time. and the plants took hold of the remains. it must have-" his thoughts are stopped as he notices something in the corner of his eye.]]
ENG-CHERAL: hey blam? uhhhhhh we have a big problem, like a big big big problem
ACR-8L4M: [[he doesn't notice, his focus is entirely on one of the bodies. he kneels down and looks at the arm, this trooper wasn't wearing sleeves and that has revealed something. the skin still has colour. barely any signs of decay. the blood isn't too dried. this body is fresh. "there is plants covering this warfield and in the damage and the bodies. and plants do not grow fast. but the body is fresh...]] he stands up, looking at the door to move further but spots something.]]
ACR-8L4M: [[standing in the 10ft tall doorway is a 9ft tall... thing. it's whole body is made of the plant matter, but it's all extremely thin and stretched out. it's neck is about a foot long, it's legs are half of it's height and it's arms go down to the shins. the legs themselves just end in more of those bone spikes and the hands have three spikes to form a set of claws for each. the torso has ribs and a skull sticking out of it, an the head has one of those yellow eyes but it's... different now. it looks bloodshot, and there's a small but noticable pupil now. it's shaking and dried up like someone who hasn't blinked or slept in days. and it's staring blam right in the eyes.]]
ENG-CHERAL: BLAM THERE'S ZOMBIES COMING TO THE SHIP THIS IS BIG BIG BAD DO SOMETHING PLEASE
ACR-8L4M: [[he stands up quickly and gets a missile ready, aiming it right at the eye of this plant thing, but before he can try to shoot.]]
PLANT THING: we... know... you... [[it talks.]]
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