OOC: Must... resist... posting... OK, I give up. And Splat bothered me again, so double-check your doors, Jimmy!
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Arnie was relieved that he was done with the newcomers, so he turned around to face the Office door. As he was about to enter, however, the Glukkon Squico let out a yell at the BigBro Grace to lit him a cigar. Perhaps the loud voice, or their fooling around triggered Arnie's pulsating temple again.
"Both of you, get a move along!" he shouted at them, and finally entered the Office. The door slid into place behind him with a thud.
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RG, clutching the lift cables with one hand and the other hanging relaxedly by his side, ready for anything sudden. As he slid downwards, he saw the Mudokon (Hembar) getting off the platform as soon as it reached an opening. After a few seconds, RG found the height right for a quicker descension. He released the cables and a few seconds of free-falling, landed on the platform with a loud clank.
The lift came to a halt. RG stepped out, scanning his surroundings. He arrived to the pump control room in the basement. The fleeing Mudokon was nowhere in sight, though the door was closed, and looked like it had been like that for some time. So the Mudokon was still in the room somewhere.
"While we continue this rather entertaining game of hide-and-seek..." said RG to the room in general, waiting for a reaction from the Mudokon, and activating his heat-reading sight at the same time. "...I would like to know who are you fleeing from, Mudokon organic. Surely there was a reason why you made such a beeline to the elevator."
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Meanwhile, #7 Slig followed RG with his eyes as the robot descended in the elevator shaft and dissappeared. Wondering about the condition he's going to see the runaway Mudokon in when RG finds her, he turned away from the lift, only to see Rick marching into the Lab, with SU-01 at his heels. Apparently, Rick was lead there by the Snoozer, though #7 Slig had no idea why.
"What happened with you?" he asked Rick.
"Apparently, being late from a meeting is considered terrorist activity these days, so I was apprehended." said Rick with a forced grin. SU-01 explained that Arnie sent Rick up to be locked in a cage. #7 Slig was a bit taken aback. This offence, if it can be called that, is unlikely to make Arnie come up with imprisonment as a punishment. In fact, Arnie has never ordered anyone to be locked up. Well, he might have agreed on a few occasions, but those were in connection with real terrorist activity. But being late?...
Rick saw that #7 Slig was lost in thought, so he spoke. "Come on, Chief, lock me up. We don't want to deny Arnie's orders, do we?"
Rick's comment was weird to #7 Slig - he couldn't decide whether he was joking or he was making a snide remark on the authorities. Has everyone gone mad?
He turned to SU-01 in his confusion. "Thanks, that'll be all. Everything's all right here, we just had a Mudokon jump into the lift and go down - probably to the pump control room. We have no idea why she fled, it happened rather suddenly. Perhaps you could stand guard in the basement corridors? Just to make sure?"
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