The Real World, Quiet HiveMind Facility
@SporkoBug, @Days, @WhiteAngel25, @Lexisheeps
Indeed. Food was a priority. The armory on the map was also a priority. Cosy's heart lurched in her chest, but it had to be done. They had to face those awful contraptions of Director Galloes and find a way out of here, and to the others, like Stella…
Cosy watched anxiously as her step-dad quietly moved from their room. She peeked outside, seeing his figure disappear down the hall to the right, which was the left on the map. She had to quickly duck back in when a robot came down the hall once more, almost tailing Nick. It didn't pause to look into their room, causing her to sigh in relief, before she glanced back at Nova, Annalise, Jay, and Maw.
”The Employee room is just across the hall. I bet we can all make it, but we should uh, probably go one at a time? The robots don't seem to be too frequent, but I don't know what we'd do if we actually managed to uh,” she winced,
”Alert one of them.”At that, she stared through the door's little window again, took a deep breath, and snuck out of the room. It was a mad dash in her bare feet to the Employee Room across the hall, who's door opened easily for her. She shut it gently behind her and felt along the wall for the light switch.
The lights blinked on, revealing a surprisingly well-kept Employee Room. There were sofas, a counter free of dust, cold coffee that had been boiled that morning, and a fridge stocked with yogurt, cheese, and other light snacks. There was also a row of lockers and a closet.
Clearly physical people came to this site. She wasn't sure how often or when, but it was often enough that they had food stocked, and nothing was expired. The thought of getting jumped by one of Director Galloes’ employees really set Cosy on edge, and she had to swallow the lump in her throat as she moved towards lockers. Most of them were empty, save for a few stray items, like a baseball cap, a lighter, and a water bottle. However, the closet was filled with staff uniforms. White business suits with matching flat shoes. All in various sizes. They even had white baseball caps to match them.
Cosy's eyes widened at the motherlode of treasure she had found, before anxiously staring back at the Employee door, waiting to see if anyone would come this way,or if they would choose to explore other parts of the facility.
Meanwhile, luck was just not on Nick's side. As his shoes squeaked on the floor, it alerted a nearby robot to the noise. Their parts shirred as they changed directions, moving towards the source of the noise. The little robots camera eye began peering into the room beside where Nick had hid himself, looking, staring. Before it moved to Nick's room, giving Nick only a fraction of a second to hide himself.
Or, if someone was brave enough, they could try and distract the robot, calling it's attention to something else…
Nanaya,
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The Otter,
Kronshi,
Qia,
The Savant,
IAmTheIsland,
flux,
HereComesTheSnow,
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