[OOM] Izabora - Total Immersion Virtual Reality Program: Age of Ooze. Above Stromgard.

[stuck_mynock]

By the time the airship (a literal, flying ship, it seems, built from wood with thick, billowing sails and a skull flag, like a stereotypical pirate ship) has reached Stromgard, the city is barely recognisable.

The buildings, now shaded in bright shades of pink, green, and blue, are twisted out of shape, bent at angles that should make them fall over. Streams of green code float up from some of the buildings, towards an object in the sky that wasn't there before.

Hanging in the blank, starless black is another city, all walkways and stone buildings, surrounding a tower in rings.

"That looks like our target," Atton says from the bow of the airship.

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[will_scarlett]

"Rather colorful weather an all."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Maybe we'll get a digital suntan."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"We can but hope," Atton says, reaching the door. It heaves open as they approach, revealing amber light beyond. "Pretty."

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, think it'll do aught to us?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Want another force field?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"May as well."

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, might 'ave traps set up after all."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy puts one up and moves it with them as they walk.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

They go through the light without too much trouble, and into the room beyond.

There are no doors in this room. In fact, there isn't a great deal of anything in this room. The floor is starkly white, made from intersecting octagons. Around them, pink and amber clouds float by tall crystals in shades of orange. Ahead, in the centre of the room, there is a throne, but nobody sits in it.

The room's only occupant floats above it. Humanoid, with two horizontal eyestalks, he floats at the centre of a stream of light, apparently unconscious. Every so often, the stream flashes green (and the crystals flash black) and he jerks.

To one side, there's a lever, battered and grey and very out of place.

[will_scarlett]

"That's na right."

Will says quietly when they enter.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I think they need DIY SOS."

He winces when he sees the floating man.

"If you can get him down, I can catch him in a force field."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"I think he's meant to be like that," Atton says, wryly. "He's Rakata. Presumably the Rakata scientist."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, so what can we do?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"He's twitching."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"You're twitching."

[will_scarlett]

"What 'bout that lever?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Oh come on, the answer is always to pull the lever."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Pull it! Let's see what happens!"

[will_scarlett]

"Fine."

Will walks over and tugs hard at the lever.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy moves closer to Will, in case something happens to him.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Everything goes very dark.

From Atton: "Will."

Then, a female voice: "System reboot in progress. Please wait."

For a while, the only sound is music more commonly heard in lifts.