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Who: Zura & Elizabeth, Celty, Hinata, Hiro & Baymax, Tadashi and Hiccup & Toothless
When: OOC: 11/17, IC: 4/8
Where: CERES Research Tower
What: It's a break-in! That seems like a fantastic idea that in no way could possibly go wrong.
Rating/Warning: PG-13: Some violence, injuries and possible death.

▶ ACTION.EXE | IC: 4/8

[ Entering the CERES research tower will be somewhat easier than expected.

There are no armed guards that will stop anyone if they come in through the front doors (or the side doors, or any doors) and regardless of which doors they choose, there will be a desk, behind which sits a robot receptionist. If they come in through a window, there will be a robot receptionist. No matter how they break in, the receptionist is there.

Weird.

If you talk to the robot receptionist, he will give you a pamphet. It is titled CERES and You: How to Live a Fulfilling Life With CERES. Now doesn't that sound like fun reading.

After a rousing game of rock, paper, scissors (unless you really want to play Uno in the lobby), it's decided. One group will go left. One group will go right.

There are unassuming doors on each side. Time to go! ]

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. . . NEW FILE CREATED . . . CHECKPOINT #001_A.SAV . . .
. . . CONTINUING RAID.EXE. . .

[ The door opens, and out they can go right on out. And...well, what they'll see appears to be some sort of underground facility. They are probably not supposed to be here. It looks to be a large, underground facility which has the purpose of building... something.

Who knows what.

It's quiet.

But the hum of machinery does imply that everything appears to be running. ]

[ is it a giant robot dragon?

but, okay, no. smart-decisions-viking and his dragon make sure to move cautiously through the facility, looking for... particular things of note. you know, exits that could lead somewhere else, something that could hint towards whatever they're building in here (hopefully not meeting the thing they're building in here, if it's dangerous)--

still a pretty ominous atmosphere, with the quiet and the background noises of productivity. cutting through that is hiccup's quiet instruction, a simple: ]

Stay close, Toothless.

[ at least there's no killer plants. not that that means the dragon isn't pressed low to the ground with every sense on overdrive anyway, as he stays right beside his rider. ]

[ meanwhile, up back where hiccup and toothless should have stayed—WHAT HAPPENED HERE, GUYS??? WHAT HAPPENED HERE?—tadashi is trying to pry open the doors to the elevator as he bangs on it. ]

Come on, come on...

[ though he's a little more worried about hiro, he prioritises to try to get hiccup out of there - which of course, leads to evident failure. guess he's all alone now with his manbag and baymax. ]

[Never fear, it's the hero nobody asked for suddenly finding the doors opening and sprawling face-first on the floor into the hallway.] Tadashi!

[He picks himself up, scrambling to his brother's side while Baymax also looks on at the elevator that Tadashi's trying to open. He could probably pry it open but he won't do it himself until asked.] What happened? Where'd Hiccup and Toothless go?

[ WHY ARE YOU ASKING HIM THINGS HE DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO. ]

I don't know! The door slammed shut all of a sudden and— [ okay, tadashi, breathe. you're the older one here. you're supposed to remain calm in times of crisis so the little one doesn't freak out as much.

EXCEPT THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING SO. . .

very calmly, now, he says: ]

I'm pretty sure he went down instead of up.

[BECAUSE YOU'RE THE OLDER BROTHER, YOU SHOULD KNOW EVERYTHING! The news that Hiccup descended doesn't sit well with him, especially when he takes into consideration what he just discussed with the robot. He inhales deeply, staring at the elevator with narrowed eyes.]

So we need to follow after him. Baymax can carry both of us, we can fly down to get him. [Ponder, ponder, ponder. He's tapping the elevator door with his gauntlet-covered knuckles lightly.] ...Katsura did give us bombs. [Hiro no. Tadashi please stop him from a dumbass idea.]

[ use the bombs this early on? no. tadashi's made a lot of them, sure, but that doesn't mean they can just use them willy-nilly. ]

We'll see if the elevator gets back to this floor again, first. [ in fact, if there's a button by the elevator door that has the up and down arrows, he'll be pressing down a hundred times before continuing. (or up, if that's the only one available. OR NOTHING, if there's nothing at all, in which case, he'll be trying to find that panel all over the room.) ]

[Is he pouting? Maybe a little. But then another idea hits him.]

If it doesn't, I bet Baymax could kick the door in. [He's staring at the door while Tadashi's looking for a way to operate the elevator, but it's clear even for his bravado he's worried.] How far down do you think he went?

[ There is, in fact, an exit. It's way down at the end of the hall, but it's definitely visible in the way that unlike the rest of the room, which is lit by cold, white light, that exit appears to be radiating a warmer, orangish light.

Hiccup's going to be left alone, though. For now.

As for Tadashi and Hiro, Tadashi is able to get the doors open, which show a dark elevator shaft (what were you expecting them to find?).

The buttons, on the other hand, just make a buzzing noise and proceed to do nothing. Seems like the elevator has been programmed not to leave when it's hit that floor below, at least not until something else happens! ]

[ damn... hopefully they can still follow hiccup, but it looks like they're separated for now.

now, tadashi's objective is to get hiro to calm down. he knows his younger brother is worried for hiccup, and so is he. but freaking out over things won't do much good. ]

Looks like we can't follow Hiccup right now. Let's just do what we can and get the information we need.

[He's still eyeing the elevator shaft, trying to decide if it's wide enough for Baymax's wings to fit so they can fly up. Tadashi's voice brings his attention back though and he nods, pressing the buttons himself once they buzz.]

Okay. Were you having any luck remotely logging on while we were working with the elevator? Where's the tablet?

[ tadashi grabs the tablet and hands it to hiro. if he couldn't crack it, then hiro probably can. (good thing he doesn't know about how grell's head exploded when she tried to hack into the CERES servers, else he wouldn't give the tablet at all to hiro.) ]

Better see for yourself.

[Hiro doesn't even know about Grell's head exploding either, so they're doing well for himself. He's taking the tablet though and glancing it over, sliding some things around on the screen to see what he can do. All right, CERES...what are you going to do if the Hamadas try to hack right into your system here...?]

[ Thankfully, they won't be a repeat of Grell! In that nobody's head explodes. They're able to hack into the system, and they can mess with the elevator if they so please.

That was alarmingly easy. ]

[ tadashi's watching hiro as he works. aaaand that's a success!

he picks up his bag and equips it on him. ]

Good job. Where to?

You did most of the legwork, bro. [Proud little brother? Proud little brother. With the tablet in-hand and the elevator seemingly in-tact, he's looking down at the screen even as he approaches the elevator again. Baymax is watching the boys curiously, still on-guard to protect them from any sort of ambush. Baymax has data saved from the last time they were in the tower. He remembers the sort of terrors that came from it.]

We can either go down and follow Hiccup, or we can head up like we were going to. [He's worried about Hiccup, but at the same time...] He has Toothless with him. And we have Baymax. Do you think he's okay by himself?

[ he's worried about hiccup, as well, but— ] Ideally, we'd want to split up and get as much information as we can.

I'm worried about Hiccup, though.

[ he does enter the elevator, though, and looks up at the buttons. a part of him is eager to go up. ]

[Without a second thought he follows Tadashi into the elevator and scoots over to allow Baymax room to follow the Hamadas, too. The tablet's still in his hand and he's deciphering anything he's seeing on the screen even as he responds to Tadashi.]

I don't have an answer either. [Which is scary. That in itself is scary. He knows Tadashi's right and he agrees that splitting up and covering all of their bases is the best, but he also knows Hiccup and Toothless both died last time.] ...the last time I was in the tower we were hauled off to other parts and some of the lower levels. I have no idea what's up there.

[He wants to follow Hiccup...but it seems as though his mind's made up, especially with how he's eyeing the buttons now.]

[ tadashi puts a hand on hiro's shoulder. ]

Let's just do what we can, and as quickly as possible so we can catch up to Hiccup.

[ two birds, one stone, etc. ]

He'll forgive us. He has to. [And there's a short nod before he turns to look at both his brother and his robot, nodding again as he works something on the tablet to direct the elevator to take them up. What they'll find up there? Guess they'll know soon.]

[ nah, you guys aren't forgiven.

just kidding. hiccup's got his extra not-suspicious exit lit up in front of him, and... well, with no other way to go, that's one of the few options available to him. glancing back to the elevator, he weighs the others: wait for hiro and tadashi, try to move back up, or just move forward.

considering the fact he's moving with toothless to the exit, what he chose is obvious. split up like this, they can cover more ground. the fact they brought him down here is another thing, too--they can't not go through this area, but it's worth is questionable.

hiccup'll poke around the warehouse area just a little more but, if there's nothing of note, he'll be moving to that exit!! good ideas. ]

. . . OLD FILE OVERWRITTEN . . . CHECKPOINT #002_A.SAV . . .
. . . CONTINUING RAID.EXE. . .

[ Alright, so now Tadashi and Hiro have totally left Hiccup and Toothless behind. Hopefully they don't mind too much when the elevator leaves them stranded in this eerie place, because that's sure what's happening!

So Hiccup's going right on towards that exit.

And when he steps through the door, he'll see that the room is wide and large, and beneath his feet there is nothing but air and darkness through the holed flooring. And in the middle of the room, lighting it up, there are strange objects. If he had been sensitive to magic, energy or life forces of any sort, it would be clear that that is what those objects are filled with... but he's not. A great deal of the strange objects are charred or outright destroyed, as though something large happened in this room before to do so. Even so, there's a steady hum, as if the machinery is still working in some way.

And because the room has suffered such destruction, there are quite a few worker robots there, seemingly working hard to fix these. It might be the most actual working activity from CERES employees ever seen.

Naturally, they all turn as soon as they see Hiccup. One of them drops its tools. ]

. . . OLD FILE OVERWRITTEN . . . CHECKPOINT #001_B.SAV . . .
. . . CONTINUING RAID.EXE. . .

[ Up go Hiro and Tadashi, leaving Hiccup and Toothless down in the depths to fend for themselves. What good pals!

Either way, the elevator will only be able to go so far up -- perhaps forty floors -- before it comes to a grinding halt and the doors slide open. There isn't even a noise to announce that they've arrived; they just slide open, and the elevator won't move any more.

Outside of said elevator, there's a hallway. It's a little dark, though light will reveal that it's a bit more "behind the scenes", so to speak; there's none of the sleekness of CERES' outward front. Wiring is exposed, and the flooring is somewhat rusting in places (don't fall through!). But otherwise, there is only one way to go, and that's forward, into the dark.

It's completely and totally silent. ]

[Welp. No turning back now, and hopefully they all make it out of here in enough pieces to compare notes later. The ride up those forty floors is silent as he puts the tablet into rest mode and waits. When the elevator slows down he looks up at Tadashi somewhat nervously before the doors slide open to reveal the hallway. Truth be told, this reminds him of what happened last time when it had finally come down to just him and Korra. They'd come across a hallway too that was even more damaged, and following the path led them to a door. The door led them to the Bridge.

He has a feeling it won't be that simple this time. Still, he squints through the dark and steps out of the elevator, waiting for Baymax and Tadashi to follow. The robot automatically scans the area for any sign of life or movement, eyes lighting up a bit and shedding a bit of light on their path.]

...last time this happened, we found the Bridge locked in a cage. But this seems a little more...[Foreboding? Ominous? All sorts of spooky words.] C'mon. Baymax, be on defense. [And so he begins to move forward right into the darkness.]

[ good thing tadashi brought a flashlight with him! when he remembers that he has one, he pulls it out of his bag to switch it on, immediately moving in front of hiro to walk ahead of him, flashlight showing the way. ]

Better check our backs, too, [ tadashi says quietly. paranoid? who's paranoid. clearly not tadashi. he hasn't been in this part of the ceres tower - nor has he ever gone inside before - but he's seen way too many movies to know that people should be watching their backs just as much as they do with their front. ]

▶ CHECKPOINT ONE_A.SAV

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iiidk if tadashi had any luck but \o_O/

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▶ CHECKPOINT TWO_A.SAV

▶ CHECKPOINT ONE_B.SAV

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