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heart and soul

The ground falls out beneath you. You're in midair, you're surrounded by swirling clouds, and there's nowhere stable to put your feet. The space between your body and the turbulence around you feels poorly defined as well; where do you end and your surroundings begin? Is there a stable you in the first place?

But eventually--

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You land hard on a metal floor that rattles faintly all around you. The noise of an engine far below masks the sound of your fall. It's dark here, save for light filtering in through a nearby grating.

Don't move yet. Shadows flicker past that grate, the shadows of booted feet walking heavily on metal. With them comes the voice of the host of this whole place, of this entire heart, but it's different. Gone is his usual warmth and spirit. He's all business.

"Yes, sir. I'm the only one who has the device to defuse it, and they'd need the passwords too." A pause; you feel heavy, frozen in place by the need to hear this out. "Intruders, sir?" The footsteps stop, and when they resume again a second later they're lighter, more cautious. "I'll take care of that..." Another pause in the one-sided conversation, and he starts walking away. But when he speaks next, it's still perfectly clear. "No, you don't need to worry, sir. Feelings won't come into it. I follow orders, sir. I'll deal with them."

And the footsteps recede, then fade. It's impossible to tell where he went, but you're safe now--for the moment.

[okay but can i get out now because she is trying]

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The grate near the floor is not too heavy and is a little loose. It could easily be removed, and a person of any size could fit through the opening.

[well, she's going to get out then!]

To the corridor, then.

[...that certainly didn't sound good.]

[looking up through the grating to see if he can make out anything]

The grating is actually near the floor; you're in a kind of large crawlspace between walls. You can only make out another floor and a nearby wall through the grate--it looks like it lets out into a corridor of some kind.

[does the crawl space continue any further, or is going through the grate the only way?]

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[bucky no]

[moving as soon as he can, to go look through that grate]

The grating is actually near the floor; you're in a kind of large crawlspace between walls. You can only make out another floor and a nearby wall through the grate--it looks like it lets out into a corridor of some kind.

[gonna try and move that grate so he can get through]

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[lands on his feet, crouched and still as he waits, listens.

this feels more like a mission than anything else he's experienced in Aather thus far.]

There's no more sound. The man with Bucky's voice has left. You're now in some kind of large crawlspace between walls.

[looks around, trying to take in as many details as possible.

what directions can they go? Are there pipes, grates, the sound of movement anywhere? Are they above/below/beside anything visible?]

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[no kidding. Eliot's eyes widen a little when he spots Robin and he creeps over quietly]

[voice pitched low, glancing up at him before looking away to take in their surroundings]

Hey.

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[ well I'm used to falling at this point ]

Hmm...

[ after listening closely, let's peek through that grate?? ]

The grating is actually near the floor; you're in a kind of large crawlspace between walls. You can only make out another floor and a nearby wall through the grate--it looks like it lets out into a corridor of some kind.

[ MOVING THAT GRATE ]

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[ shakes his head before reaching for the grating ]

It's not too heavy and is a little loose. It could easily be removed, and a person of any size could fit through the opening.

[ then he removes it and crawls through the opening ]

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[Without wasting time, he heads to check the grate.]

The grate near the floor is not too heavy and is a little loose. It could easily be removed, and a person of any size could fit through the opening.

[Listen for anyone approaching. If the coast is clear, get out of the grate.]

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