IC:
Jim: "Oh, Ralph helped me find you."
"Hi," Anni said, giving him a sunny smile.
Ralph just shrugged, "More like I just followed you." Before he could say anything else the Giant Flipping Robot turned up and asked what they were doing there.
Observing the argument between
Anni and
SU-01, he noticed
Jim stumble over the tree in fright of the hologram of a slig being projected from the robot.
Remembering Jim's fears, he walked to the other side of the tree so he was on the same side as the cowering mudokon and said quietly, "It's fake, Jim. Take a look, it's just being projected from the machine."
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After escorting
Mars out of the factory through the basement,
Hembar watched until he was out of sight. A few minutes later, she noticed the watch towers lighting up - someone had activated the long-neglected security systems in the stockyards. Lucky timing for Mars, she thought.
It was going to make things tricky for her own eventual departure, but for now she had other business to attend to. Turning back to the factory, she re-entered the basement and started making her way to where her path had originally crossed with the young native mudokon.
A slight blue glow surrounded her for a few moments, then her skin appeared to darken, making her appear almost invisible. This was to stop the paramites from detecting her again like last time - as long as she made no noise they wouldn't be able to "see" or even smell her. Of course, this would make finding the meech a little difficult too, as it would be subject to the same conditions.
Eventually she came across the area where she had met Anni and Mars earlier. There was no sign of the creature she was looking for, which was both a good thing and a bad thing. Good, because if it had stayed here it probably couldn't have stood up for itself in the condition it was in, but bad because she wasn't sure where it would've gone.
Looking around, she noticed her vision suddenly becoming foggy. She shook her head and blinked, but it didn't help. She wasn't sure exactly what was causing it, but in any case she decided she needed to get out of this dangerous area as soon as possible. Not trying to be silent anymore, she started running toward the safer areas of the factory, while her eyes seemed to be blurring even more.
She turned around a corner and suddenly stopped, nearly tripping over in the process. She could've sworn she saw a face there looking at her, although with her current vision problems perhaps it was just her imagination. She suddenly swung around the way she had came from, hearing a vicious sounding snarl from right behind her. But there was nothing there.
Ok, what on Odd is going on? she thought. She staggered a bit, feeling consciousness slipping away, and collapsed to the floor, a dim green glow surrounding her.
OOC: Scary stuff is happening to Hembar
And this post is not late. Honest! Hey, look over there! *runs off*