Work at Rupture Farms (v.7)

[Splat]

Somi hurried back and spied into the room. "They're none of the ones I know," She said sadly, meaning the mudokons. "Which one's Doe?"

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Dionysia noted three more mudokons entering the room. If they were outside when all this started it stood to reason that one or more of these three could have been the one who let the animals in. She was a little annoyed to see that trigger-happy slig helping out #7, and it occured to her that if he was possessed then they wouldn't find the native invader walking around (unless of course there was mroe than one!)

Wanting to get away from Martha and her friends she said, "I could talk to the boss about getting you a suitable job if you want."

[Patrick Vykkers]

OOC: For the love of Allah, when the Muhammad is Munch's Master going to Khomeining return? This is the fastest growing RPG ever!

[Marvak]

OOC: I'm sorry, but I'm finding it difficult to RP because everyone's in the cafeteria (apparently), especially since I can't use randoms or use other peoples characters. I'm guessing Cal's gonna have to move to the cafeteria too or help clear the animals. But I can't see a way for either of those to happen without someone telling (or asking) him! I'm at a loss! He entered from the visitor's entrance, btw. And he's never been in here before, so he needs directions.

[Reiji Neko Mitsukai]

OOC: Marvak; you could always do what I had Aida do- wander around until someone finds them. Eventually he'll hear noises and all he'd have to do is approach them and they can lead him to the cafeteria.

[Goresplatter]

Gore slapped his head and realised the stupid thing he had done - he'd let the robot walk off with his weapon, and he couldn't guard very well. He wondered again where Gappiqu had gone.
"Well," he thought, "there's got to be something to do around here..."
He decided to take the hopefully low action job and play porter for the new entries. There seemed to be a lot of new people around, perhaps there would be more who would need directions. He began to head down to the cafeteria so he could continue down to the station platform.

[Venks]

Upon hearing Scri's question Doe pondered for a second - taking in everything that was going on. "Come over here," the native Mudokon said, leading Scri to an empty part of the Cafeteria so as not to be seen by others.(Is that ok WaterMelody?)
Making sure that no one else could see, the Mudanchee tapped Scri's forehead with his finger, Doe began telling her his plan through a vision.

"The wildlife entering has caused quite a stir amongst the Industrialists here, many if not all of the security will leave the cafeteria in order to secure the building. They don't realize that the number of invaders is quite few and that the creatures, save for a Fleech, mean no harm. Hopefully the robot RG will be leaving as well, he is quite suspicious of me for reasons unknown.
There is also a dark-skinned Mudokon amongst us, I know practically nothing about her, but her twisted cruel spirit is enough to make me cautious of her.

I want our enslaved Mudokon brothers to join us, but some of them are far to unstable. Aida has had fear beaten into her, it seems her fear over rides every other emotion. Another Mudokon named Jim is lost to fear, he is not easily approachable. We must do what we can to help them, but be careful, they could just as easily turn on us. We must be more careful in our recruiting of Industrial Mudokons, don't tell them your true nature. Some of them may be loyal to their Glukkon overlords.

If all goes well perhaps we can kill the Glukkons tonight, but we will have to see if the situation presents itself. If not we will have to create one.
Once the Glukkons are dead we must dispose of what security would seek revenge for their dead masters, knowing Sligs they will probably be mad they didn't get to kill their boss. Then we must destroy Rupture Farms permanently, thus saving our sacred creatures from their grinders. We will then lead all the ex-slaves we can to the newly formed villages or Monsiac Temple so they can be reintroduced to their culture."

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The Fuzzle prince bounced up and down happy to of finally found Doe, "Look look, see those two Mudokons going off by themselves. The broader one is Doe." Alexander II was dancing happily inside his mind, it had seemed so long since he had seen the Mudokon warrior. Doe was like a father to Alex, sadly the Fuzzle knew nothing about his real father save that the prince was named after him.

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#10 waited impatiently by #7 hoping this would all be over with soon.

#9 decided to find something to do so he walked over to the flying Slig who was tinkering with a wooden Club. "Yo da names #9," before waiting to see if the Slig would reply with his name #9 asked, "Wats dat thing yo messin with?"

[Splat]

ooc: Marvak, there are characters outside the cafeteria; Zozo's characters and some of Skillyaslig's are still wondering around if you want to run into them. Not to mention the wildlife.
Somewhat agreeing with Patrick, where's MM? And Slaveless? Patrick, since Prae has all the hi-tech scanning equipment maybe he could take over the operation? Or we could go with the old reliable 'when MM vanishes' solution and have Dek feel ill and have to sit down for a while. I too am feeling annoyance and having two of my characters caught up and I'd like to free at least one of them. The minor godmodding of an absent player's character can be overlooked.

[Chubfish]

IC: Scrabbers then just waited down in the corridor from where he came, if any wildlife would come out alive, at least. Scrabbers still couldn't help wondering what was going on in there after he left.

Spleech saw that the flying slig and mudokon had gone and decided too try and find the slig whos pants he had eaten. He saw that the cafeteria door was open and thought "I'm not going to go in just yet...too many people..." He wandered off, and saw a huge slig. He barked at it ran at it. He spat his tongue out but just missed the huge slig. "For the love of odd, tongue!"

OOC: Sorry for not posting in a while, and also its Tiny.

[Zerox]

IC: Slash saw a Slig come over and introduce himself before asking what it was he was tinkering with "Oh, hi! My name's Slash. This thing I found in the grinders...it's some sort of club made of bone with what appears to be a spiritual weapon on the end, but I'm not sure. Apparently it's normally used by Mudokon natives, so that may not be a good thing that we found it here, not against the natives particularly, but the fact they've infiltrated this place and presumably want to destroy it, knowing their opinion of places such as this...so, what's with your name? #9 seems a bit...y'know. It's a number. I don't have a number for a name, and most people don't seem to, so what's the reason for yer name?"

[WaterMelody]

OOC: thats fine venks xD. i'm not uptight if someone tinkers w/my chars a bit.

IC: Scri blinked after do had shown her the vision. Scri was feeling a little lightheadded after that. Scri was a bit scared, to be honest. she had'nt ever killed anyone bafore, even of it was a greasy glukkon. Her industrial side didnt like this course of action at all, but she belived in doe's judgement. She nodded her head to doe and smiled, she had to do this, it was for the good of everyone she cared for,

[skillyaslig]

OOC: Yeah, Seb and Cylepso are sitting by the production lines; its by the door on the map. Vester and Lenny are by the stairs that go to the R&R room…Man, My brains like
IC:
Jatt; Huh, yeah, *laughs* Well, I still envy yo’ though…I mean, being a wildlife animal means ye don’ have that’ do stopid industrial stuff like we ‘ave tha’ do…Hey, did ye ever know yer parents?
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Cylepso: Eh whatever…Do ya think this place will be like…all those other places?
Seb: Mghna. Mnghah mmah mhanma?
Cylepso: Yeah, might get shot…I think that would be a good way to die, you know?
Seb: *gives her a strange look* Mghna. Mnaghhan manhamm.
Cylepso: What? Its true, just one bang and your dead, not like drowning or getting eaten, that would be bad.
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Vester: *looks down at Lenny* I think we should go, Lenny.
Lenny: Where? There’s no one about….
Vester: *shrugs* Dunno, maybe the food place? People always need food.
Lenny: *Brightens* Okay! Lets go! *crawls*
Vester; wait…*Goes over, bends down and picks up Lenny, who complained.*
Lenny: Im not crippled!
Vester: Yeah, but your slow when ya crawl about. *Trots off, Lenny in his arms.*

[Zerox]

IC: Parents? Uh..."Well, not really, no. I don't even really know if I had a queen or not. And what do you mean by 'stupid industrial stuff'? You get free food and water, you're not usually in almost constant danger..." replied Sturg as he looked around when they reached the bottom of the stairs "More noise down here...would he be around down here then?"

[dripik]

OOC: Well, what do you know? 40 days since the start of v.7 and we're already at page 20... Bizarre.

I'll repeat again: the Cafeteria doors are open. I know Fleeches don't have eyes (as far as I'm aware), they can't see if doors are open or not, so their owners should help them out.

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Arnie was watching the proceedings in the Cafeteria from the counter, while Rick went behind it, looking for a plate. Otto was standing next to Arnie, eyeing the Scrab Legs on the counter with mild interest.

Arnie noticed a male Mudokon (Doe) dragging a female one (Scri) along somewhere. It was a bit suspicious, but at least it wasn't another Slig-Mudokon relationship to be formed. Just a normal one, as it seemed to Arnie. "They should have introduced themselves, at least." he mumbled.

"What?" asked Otto, turning away from the Scrab Legs.

"Oh, just thinking out loud." said Arnie, realising that his Assistant have heard him. "About those Mudokons over there."

"Where?" asked Otto, confused. The Mudokons have already disappeared.

"Uh... They must have left or something. Well, anyway, I'll check the people out at that table over there." he said, and he went to the table where Dionysia sat with the new workers.

"I see that you're new here." said Arnie to Martha and her companions. "We could use the workforce, so you're welcome around here." He just noticed that the female Mudokon was sitting on a chair different from the normal Cafeteria chairs. He walked around the table and he saw that it was a wheelchair. "Ummm..." Arnie was short on what to say. He has never been in a situation like this before - finding a job for a Mudokon which is unable to stand would prove more difficult.

[Reiji Neko Mitsukai]

Aida looked around, nervously glancing at all the Oddworldians in the cafeteria. There was so many... But she did notice two Glukkons, and she wondered if one of them was Arnie. However, they both looked pretty busy, so she didn't move other than to continue to look around.

[LadySlig]

Martha looked up at Arnie and smiled, “Well hello there, sir. My name is Martha, and this is Niko-” He inclined his head, “Rusty-” Rusty stopped fidgeting and then clicked his heels and saluted, “And this is Peach-Peach! Stop that!” Martha shouted. She grabbed the scrab leg that Peach had seized, yelling, “Bad girl! Very bad! Let go!”
“Ohh, Naughty scrab!” Rusty exclaimed jumping forward. He grabbed Peach and tried to prise the leg from the tiny scrabs beak. Martha yanked, and Rusty pulled, and the scrab leg was yanked free of Peach’s jaw.
Martha looked at the bitten leg and then glanced at Peach, who was droping in Rusty’s hands. “Bad girl!” She waved the leg, “That’s cannibalism! You don’t do that! Naughty Peach!”
Rusty let Peach go and she slunk over to Niko and hid under him. Rusty blinked, “Peach hungry.”
Martha chewed her bottom lip and then gave a sympathetic smile to Arnie, saying, “I’m sorry, sir. She must have been hungry. She is normally very well behaved.”
Niko looked down at the little scrab then at #7 and rumbled, “Ifth yev whant. Buf whav anihals arft thef, thogh?”

[skillyaslig]

Jatt: *Laughs* Ha, yo think we got the life huh? Not even close...We get told what tha do and we do it. We get yelled at, shot at, yelled at a nit more...Yo, on da other hand, have freedom. Ye can go where ye want, when ye want...Where da hell are we anyways?
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Jutt: *rubs his face* Blah, nothin' 'round 'ere but rubbish an' garbage!
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Cylepso: Well its true though, if I was gonna drown, then shot me. Easy as that. I dont wanna die.
Seb: mngha maahamm,gmaanm.
Cylepso: So? Doesnt mean I wanna die anytime soon.
Seb: mnhan aman.
Cylepso; *scoffs* Of course.
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Vester: *Lumbers along*
Lenny: This place is soooooo big! When do things get this big?!
Vester: When they made them that big.

[Splat]

Dionysia glanced from the ensuing chaos and said to Arnie, "I was just telling Martha that you should be able to find her a job around here. She's fine." The last bit was meant to imply that Martha didn't seem the terrorist sort, though she was still of the opinion that Arnie wasn't the most intelligent glukkon, so she wasn't certain he'd get the hint. "Hey, that mudokon by the door looks a little lost." She gestured to Aida. The other two muds who had come in a while ago seemed to have disappeared. "I'll go make sure she's ok while you're busy, shall I?" She said cheerily and stood up. "See you later," She told Martha, keeping up appearances.

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"Shhh," Somi said. "Remember we're not supposed to be here!" She watched Doe and the other mudokon sidle away unnoticed. "Lets see if we can hear what they're saying." She said and moved after them, still hidden.

ooc: Venks, where are Doe and Scrii hiding? The animals will have to take an indirect route (obviously they can't just walk across the room) so they might not here much or any of the conversation. It's up to you.

[Zerox]

IC: IC: "Yelled at? Pfft. We get attacked on sight if anything feels like it, no rules to abide by, so nothing gets punished or anything. You have that sort of control to protect you. And we can't go just anywhere, normally tehre are industrialists who wouldn't take well to us, larger animals, inhospitable environemnts...I don't know how far I'd reach from the factory here, it's rather barren out there. I often rely on the old products this place made before it blew up, stored out there. Thank goodness for the preservatives..." Sturg sidled forward towards the noise, and peeked round a corner. A hude mass of industrialists was in there. His sensory system allowed him to take alot in quickly, like the fact there was a small Scrab in there not being attacked...he quickly flipped back round and stood back to the wall "Uh...that doesn't look too good to me..."

[dripik]

Arnie grinned slightly at the sceene the small Scrab caused. "Let's hope it doesn't want to taste other meat than Scrab." he said.

Dionysia mentioned her talk with Martha. "I see. I'll think of something for her to do. Sooner or later..." said Arnie. After Dionysia left to see another Mudokon at the door, Arnie turned back to Martha. "To tell you the truth, I find it hard to find a suitable job for you. Mudokons don't usually get desk jobs. I can't think of any..."

At this point, he noticed some old papers attached to the wall he haven't noticed before. Some were advertisements for products, but there was a specific one which gave Arnie an idea. It was an Employee Of The Month poster, with a picture showing a Mudokon, standing next to a floor waxing machine.

"I think I have just found a job for you. It needs some planning, but it could work. I need to consult a technician first." He turned around to see if RG was around. The robot was outside, waiting with the other Sligs. "Hey, RG, do you have a minute for us?" called Arnie.

RG turned to face Arnie and ran inside. "Present. How can I be of assistance, Boss?"

"You see, I was talking with this Mudokon called Martha here." said Arnie, inclining his head towards the Mudokon. RG looked at her, but didn't say anything. Arnie continued. "She's unable to walk, but she's willing to work. Is there a way to attach a floor waxing machine to her wheelchair. Not permanently, of course." he added, in case Martha objected against the idea.

"I don't mean disrespect, Boss, but you must be aware of the current situation in the factory. I am needed to eliminate the loose Wildlife organics, so production will not be set back because of them. You know that my primary function is to protect the functionality of Rupture Farms and your personal safety. I would hate it to fail any of these objectives." said RG.

"I understand. Don't worry, you can hunt those animals as long as needed." said Arnie.

"May I suggest you something, Boss?" asked RG. "There is a Mudokon who could carry out the modifications needed for the female Mudokon organic's wheelchair. I can make a design in an instant, which the individual can follow."

"That's great! And who would it be?" asked Arnie, interested and glad of the proceedings.

"Scrab Legs anyone?" asked Rick, who approached the table where they stood, carrying a plate of Scrab Legs. RG looked at him. After a few seconds, Arnie understood too. Rick, of course, didn't. "What? What's going on?" he asked, looking at each of them in turn.

"I have found you an opportunity to practice metalwork, Mudokon organic." said RG.

"Uh... Great...?" said Rick, unsure of what RG had in store for him.

"So, what do you think Martha? Is floor waxing OK with you?" asked Arnie.

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"We don't know exactly." said #7 Slig to Niko. "We already met a Scrab, but there could be anything in the corridors. I suppose you have a gun, don't you?"

[Splat]

Dionysia walked over to the mud girl by the door. (Aida) There are a lot of female muds in this place.
She looked pretty nervous (though that could of course have been a cover up) so she said sweetly, "Hey, are you alright? Are you new here?"

[Venks]

OOC: Splat, Doe and Scri are still in plain view in the cafeteria. The two of them are simply away from all the others trying to avoid detection. What Doe said to Scri in the last post was through a spiritual bond, their is no way to hear what Doe was saying unless you have some sort of spiritual power.
In this post Doe is actually talking, so Somi and Alexander II can hear anything he says if your close enough.

IC:Upon hearing #9's questions Slash replied,

"Oh, hi! My name's Slash. This thing I found in the grinders...it's some sort of club made of bone with what appears to be a spiritual weapon on the end, but I'm not sure. Apparently it's normally used by Mudokon natives, so that may not be a good thing that we found it here, not against the natives particularly, but the fact they've infiltrated this place and presumably want to destroy it, knowing their opinion of places such as this...so, what's with your name? #9 seems a bit...y'know. It's a number. I don't have a number for a name, and most people don't seem to, so what's the reason for yer name?"

"Its nice ta meet ya Slash," #9 started, "Ya think natives are in here? Well no matta I'm sure me an me blunderbuss can take good care of 'em.
Well you see my ID number is 55,429 so I go by #9 for short. I neva finished Slaughter School back at da nursery so I was neva givin a name. Som a da Big Bros used to call me Bam-bam if ya wanna call me dat."

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Doe could see that Scri was not entirely comfortable with his plan, none the less she seemed to want to help anyways. This was a good Mudokon right here, willing to do something for the greater good even if it wasn't what she wanted to do. Doe couldn't help but smile at her for a little bit.
Regaining his composure Doe scanned the cafeteria to update what was going on. He immediately noticed the dark-skinned Mudokon was meeting with all the Mudokon employees, she seemed friendly about it, but Doe didn't trust her one bit.
"You see that dark-skinned Mudokon over there?" Doe asked Scri as he pointed towards the Industrial Mudokon. "I think she is scanning all of the Mudokons here, she may possibly suspect one of us is a terrorist. Be careful what you say to her, she is most likely analyzing everything you say. I don't trust her."

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Alexander II apologized saying, "Sorry, I just got so excited I forgot to be quiet." The small prince followed Somi awaiting his reunion with his spiritual guide.

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#10 finally realized he currently had a chance to talk to Arnie, hopefully #7 wouldn't order them off to fight the Wildlife too soon. #10 walked over to the Glukkon who seemed to be talking with a overly cheery Mudokon(Rick) and a strange robot, he assumed it was a Vykker invention. As #10 stopped next to Arnie he heard the Glukkon say something about waxing floors.
"Excuse me Sir," #10 said putting on his business voice, "I believe I introduced my self to you earlier. Personal-aide of Joe,the CEO of Gloke-Gola the rapidly growing Economic Champion. You may have heard of my Employer through the famous newspaper, the Daily Deception, or one of his two top-selling books: Slave to Master or How I rose to the top."

[Zerox]

IC: "Yeah, sure, Bam-Bam...oh, hang on a min"...Slash overheard the boss talking about perhaps some sort of machine that needs to be made? Surely that was why Slash was here? He was a mechanic. He couldn't miss out "Okay, see ya later! I gotta do summat..." he whisked himself up and flew over to Arnie, and saluted "Sir, I believe I may have, um, overheard something that possibly involves requiring the building of a machine of some sort...? And I do happen to believe that I was hired to do such work..." he noticed that a Mudokon had been called up for the job first. He looked between the two "Uh...maybe we could both work on it...?" He shrugged.

[Splat]

ooc: Very perceptive of Doe. Anyway, he only saw her talking to Martha for a few seconds and then to Aida. That doesn't immediately suggest she's taking notes.

If Doe can sense a person's emotions or something (it seems like he's done that a few times; maybe he's just perceptive) then perhaps he'd notice there's more to Dionysia than meets the... more than her nasty, selfish, dare I say b!t All sligs are basically nice, but they had a harsh upbringing so are all nasty. That's a hint. Remember she was made with slig-DNA as well.

Your last post did suggest that they had hidden somewhere. If you look back, you should notice I wasn't the first person to say they'd vanished. I'll have a think and probably edit my post though. No worries.

[WaterMelody]

scri turned to look at the dark-skinned modukon. she seemed like she wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary, but if doe said so. Scri looked around at all the different inhabitants in the room and spied the two glukkons doe had been talking about. 'well, one of them has to be the boss' thought scri, before tuning to doe. "i'm going to go to the boss, i gotta apologise for what happened this morning" she said. "i wanna judge them for myself" she added in a low whisper. Scri casually walked over to the table where the glukkons were. "uh, hi" she greeted, sounding a bit timid "may i enquire which of you is the boss?"

[Venks]

OOC: Doe is a very perspective Mudokon, it has saved his life on several occasions. Doe is a Mudokon who works in absolutes, though he preaches balance he has trouble seeing 'in betweens' in others. So he jumps to the conclusion that the dark-skinned Mudokon is against him.
Doe is a very powerful Shaman, but he doesn't realize it, he believes he is just a warrior. Doe has the ability to view a persons spirit not their actual emotions, he sees fear in certain Mudokons becuase they have been living in fear for far too long and it becomes visible in their spirit. When Doe peered into Dionysia's spirit he should of been able to see a different side to her. Because of Doe's inability to see anyone as anything other then good or evil he unknowingly blocked the kinder aspect of Dionysia's spirit from his mind's eye. Thus Doe sees Dionysia only as a cruel and maleficent being.

As for the hiding thing, yeah Doe is in an empty part of the cafeteria doing his best not to be seen, but their isn't really anywhere to hide. Doe doesn't want to hide under tables, becuase if he were caught that would look very suspicious.

[Reiji Neko Mitsukai]

Aida kept her eyes to the floor when she noticed someone walking her way. However, a glance revealed it to be a mudokon, and she raised her eyes to at least look at her. She still seemed to try to become smaller at the approach, though.

She could only blink at the unusual skin color before nodding at the second question. She then pulled out the letter to Arnie and pointed to his name, showing it to the Mudokon.

[LadySlig]

Martha smiled brightly and said, “That would be lovely, sir. I do enjoy work, though my…problem limits me on my duties. I am willing to give...uh…floor waxing a go, sir.”
Niko looked at #7 and nodded, “Yef, Ift goht hiz.” He lifted his blitz packed and grinned, “Unfless dey aft a SefRex I caft dealf wid if.”
Rusty , on the other hand, eagerly grabbed some scrab legs from Rick, saying, “Thanks” before cramming one into his mouth. He then proceeded to scoff down the legs as if he was a starving slog.
Martha looked over at him and said, ‘Rusty! Don’t eat that fast, you will choke.”
Rusty snorted and said, “Mef eatta loft!”
Martha laughed brightly, “I can see that! But that doesn’t mean you should eat so much in one go.”
Niko looked at Rusty and said, “Heh, Mizz if rifte. Shop crammny yef ghob wid fhod.”
“Al-”
“Rusty, swallow!”
Rusty made a face, but obediently swallowed the meat, “Happy?”
“Very.” Martha smiled.
Niko bent down and then picked up Peach, and patted the little animal, and said to #7, “So I dake if tha’ scrhbs aft bhig ‘uns?”
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Galaleo trotted down the corridors, pass the production lines, before walking out side. He breathed deeply and grinned, ‘Nothing like good, fresh air…”

[Marvak]

OOC: I love you, everyone! *great big group hug*

IC: Cal looked towards the lift, and made his way towards it- to find it was broken.
"Don't they bloody well maintain this joint?" he thought, making a face. He backtracked a few steps, and looked into a corridor he had overlooked; there seemed to be voices coming from inside... A gruff, yet feminine voice, and also... muffled? An Intern, perhaps?

Walking briskly down what appeared to be the production lines, he came across a female Slig ("there are females?!") and an Intern.
He hesitated. He shouldn't be getting anyone else involved in his mission... but, perhaps they could give him some information.
Plastering a very fake innocent expression on his face, he sidled up to the Slig.
'Goooood afternoon, Ma'am. I'm rather a newcomer to this, uh... abode, and I was wondering if you could kindly give me directions to the main office, or whatever you might call it in this place.' Cal lets his eye slip to the Slig's chestline, and didn't bother to hide it, but looked away.
"Not really into Sligs..." he thought.

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Scurrying around through the air vents, Ricky tried hard to keep quiet, which was very difficult when his metal pants kept scraping loudly against the walls and floor. He'd gotten in through the garbage shute, and somehow managed to find his way into the airways. Pausing, he took out a small heat detecting device from the compartment in his pants, and clicked a button on it.
On the display, he could see various blobs being detected all over the building. What he was looking for, however, didn't seem to be there.
He put it back in the compartment, and kept going.

After a while, he heard a familiar voice; crawling as best as he could with the cumbersome pants on, he made his way to an opening, and looked down. Directly below, he could see Cal, who appeared to be... flirting? Wierdo.
Taking out the heat-detecting device again, he used it to attampt to locate where he was. Seemed he was in a hallway of some sort.
Crawling backwards, he tried to find the Conference room. He and Arnie needed to talk.

[skillyaslig]

Cylepso: I’m just…*breaks off and looks in surprise at Cal* Oh, hello there…*remembers the Interns question* The main office…uhhh…
Seb: mnghham mnha manham.
Cylepso: Yeah, that would be a good place to go! The cafeteria always has people in it. We’re kind new ‘round here, so why don’t ya check there? Its just past the main entrances, big, bright, you know that kind of place. You’ll find some who knows this place a lot better then us.
Seb; mnnha mnahamm nmnahhah.
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Jatt: Whats da matter? Oh the cafeteria…It an’t that bad…Unless o’ course ye a wildlife. Pha, I see wot ye mean. Still, yo don’t get reported and if ye get to bad yo get eaten…How can you see anyways? Ye got no eyes…

[Marvak]

Cal nodded.
'Cafeteria, eh? Riiiiight... Well, I suppose I'll see you round, then?' He said loudly, pointing back to the hall entrance. 'Thanks a lot for... ' he looked at Seb, and frowned. '...nevermind.' A stiched mouth was reasonable, but anyone who still wore the Vykkers Labs uniform by free will was a total loser in his eyes.
Exiting the hall, he went further past the broken elevator, and his eyes fell on several doors.
"Won't hurt to explore a bit, I suppose..." turning towards the closest one, he opened it, and came across a flight of stairs leading up.
"I don't suppose that'll lead me to the main entrances... but what the hell." he thought as he started to trot upwards.
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Desperately trying to keep up with the fast-moving Intern, Ricky scrambled through the airways, trying to find an opening. Cal hadn't taken his radio with him, making it more difficult for them to communicate.
Finally, he found a small grate that stuck awkwardly out of the wall. Gently pushing it out of the way, he slipped and fell headfirst, straight onto the floor below. Trying to ignore the pain, he quickly got up and looked around, panicing. He saw that he was in a large, open room, tables and chairs everywhere, and a large number of people strewn about also.
'Oohh, crap...' he froze, expecting the worst.