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Styx Institute - Private Room
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Idia Shroud speaking. |
Technician |
Acting Director, I have a status report on the River Lethe for Case LOD-627. It is now 100% charged. The info-scrubbing team is all set, and the Charon Hexa Team has arrived over Sage Island waters. |
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2200 hours on the dot. Gotta hand it to you guys. Run the flood as scheduled at 0000— |
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What?! The power went out?! Control room, come in! Hello? Nope, I'm not getting through. How about the wired network... No luck there either. The door's not opening. Shouldn't the emergency power have kicked in by now? Whatever. I gotta get out there and see what's happening. Where's the emergency release? ...Ah, here we go. HRRRNGH! Geez... Why's this thing so hard to move?! Isn't it supposed to be for emergencies? Requesting QOL update! Hnnngh! |
Styx Institute - Hallway
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Intercom |
Blot alert. Blot alert. Elevated levels of blot density detected within the facility. All personnel, report to your stations immediately. |
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If an alert's going off, the emergency power must be back online. But elevated blot density? Does that mean something's up with Tartarus or the Underworld? Cerberus! Turn on maximum security for the whole island. Deploy the Charon power armors on autopilot. And transfer all Chariots from the hangars to the port. ...Cerberus? Cerberus, respond! The power should be back, but the Cerberus System isn't responding to me... Ortho! Come in, Ortho! ...ARGH! Just what is going on here?! |
Styx Institute - Control Room
Technician A |
The Cerberus System's completely down. It's not accepting any commands from the outside! |
Technician B |
Tartarus cryopreservation levels dropping! Cages are thawing in the first sector of Towers 1, 2, and 3. All subjects are regaining consciousness! |
Technician C |
No response to our emergency signals! We can't get through to the director either! And we've lost contact with the Charon team near Sage's Island! We're completely cut off from the outside! |
Technician D |
I can't get the invisible shield's emergency release code to work! |
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What... What's happening? |
Technician A |
Acting Director! The Cerberus System has shut down! |
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That's impossible! Any changes to Cerberus require biometric authentication from a member of the Shroud family. I'm the only one on the island with that level of authority... How did this happen? The how and why can wait. I gotta smack Cerberus awake! If it won't boot via bio-authentication, I'll have to punch in the code by hand... |
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Idia. |
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Ortho! Boy am I glad to hear your voice. The Cerberus System's down. Help me get it back up and running! |
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I'm sorry, Idia. I'm afraid I can't do that. |
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