Legend Begins

Myriad Reality

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*Walks over to the empty armor and puts the older core in, and tries to open it again to no avail*
I figured. Goodbye, my friend.
*Jobs over to you as the door opens automatically*

@Magnanimity

Too bad. I'd try to go and knock it over, but it's probably too heavy.

Myriad Reality

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I think we're fine? But maybe we’d better not loiter anyway.

@Magnanimity

Back to the admiral's closet, then.
*Heads toward the exit*

Myriad Reality

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*A loud clang is heard from the machinery we were standing next to before, then the main reactor chamber begins to glow a dull blue, illuminating liquid through some transparent viewports along the sides. After a few moments some more whirring is heard, and then some ear-shattering booms that almost sound like metal slamming into metal sound off while the computer shows a red warning sign on it. I cover my ears with my hands*
Maybe we should turn-
*The loudness stops after a few seconds, the warning clears, and the entire room lights up completely*

@Magnanimity

*Plugs my ears during the banging too*
Now I'm really concerned that this place might explode.

Myriad Reality

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*The screen seems to show a moderate list of new warnings, but distinctively specifies that there are no fatal errors and now provides a prompt to attempt to start up the reactor*

@Magnanimity

Here we go.
*Pulls my arm back and taps on the screen, misses the button, and then corrects my hand's position and presses it*

Myriad Reality

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*Jogs up to your side and follows just behind you*

@Magnanimity

*Looks at the terminal*

Myriad Reality

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*Points back over my shoulder*
Stairs.

@Magnanimity

Oh. That does make it easy.
*Wanders up the stairs and back over to the terminal*

Myriad Reality

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…
It’s probably not instant. We can go check back at the computer up there. Slightly more comfortably far away.

@Magnanimity

*Takes a step back*
Did you end up finding a better way to get up there?

Myriad Reality

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Go ahead and throw it in there. I don’t think it’s powering the ship, I think it’s supposed to jolt the real power source to life. Whatever kind of crazy nonsense goes on in there.
*Points at the central reactor with my thumb*

@Magnanimity

Please don't explode...
*Lifts the core and shoves it into the port with excessive force*

Myriad Reality

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We can try it in a bit. But if it petered out by trying to keep this huge thing running, it’s probably done for.

@Magnanimity

It’s worth a try. I hope your battery is alive enough for the entire ship.
*Sneaks a glance at the empty port out of curiosity*

Myriad Reality

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I’d have been much more opposed to running around with no clothes. Believe me.
*Looks down at the port*
Yeah, that looks like a match to me.
*Grabs the spent core in the reactor and releases it the same way as the suit, pulling it free*
This one is probably spent or fried. Like a fuse or something.

@Magnanimity

Do you think it has enough power to run the suit, still?