[dripik]

OOC: Sorry for the delay, I've been too distracted with exams lately.

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Arnie stood near his table for a while, suppressing his headache and watching the proceedings around him at the same time. Apparently, some Mudokon (Ark) came in with slightly glowing marks on him, and Cylepso chased him out of the Cafeteria, followed by Dionysia and some others. In the meantime, he noticed some more people arriving. For one, there was a new Intern (female, by the looks of it) who was able to talk. However unordinary this was, Arnie was not exactly impressed - his throbbing temple was still the center of his concentration.

The other newcomer (Roy) came up to him and asked "Are you the Boss around here?". Arnie turned to face him. Among the freakshow Arnie got used to, this Mudokon seemed rather normal. "Yeah, that'd be me." He forced himself to sound less angry, which was helped by the question of the Mudokon - at least, it was reasonable, and it didn't raise Arnie's blood pressure any further. "You're here to work or you like to live dangerously? I approve of the former, but you can have both here."

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As Ralph rushed past RG, the robot turned around to see the subject of the Mudokon's interest, but he couldn't see anything; neither could Rick, who was next to him. "What do you think he saw? Couldn't you sense anything?"

RG took a few steps and looked around the corner. He saw Ralph running down the corridor, but nothing suspicious. "I did not sense any vibrations in the air..."

"...in Mudosian, that means that you didn't hear anything...?"

"Don't interrupt me, Mudokon organic." said RG. "As I said, no vibrations, no temperature change. Nothing I could sense with my back facing this corner." He fell silent for a moment, then spoke again. "I think it would be better if I went after the organic and investigated the situation. You should go to the Production Lines and do what you can to extinguish the fire."

"Um, OK. Take care then..." said Rick, turning around and setting off towards the Production Lines, while RG ran after Ralph.