>>1126490
how the hell would you be smashed all the time? The only drinks I've seen in this place are coffee, where would you even find booze around here?

Also calling bull on nobody being attracted to worker drones. With your fighter form I know at least someone would have a muscle girl fetish and the idea of someone being able to just swoop them off their feet in a most literal fashion would probably be a dream come true. Hell your boss keeps tabs on who works under them, next time you see them ask them if they have ever heard of someone who fantasized about being swept up and carried off in a loving embrace by an amazon like drone. I bet she's probably heard of someone who dreamt of something along those lines.

>>1126496
yeah I guess she is kind of long with that tail, might be cheating but if it works it works.

>>1126497
whelp, that distraction didn't last long. Guess we have no choice but to go back to the hallway of ick and try the door with blue knob... great.

>>1126496
hee hee.

Re:
>>1126186
So can you see into the room at all? ...Is there any ROOM left, or is it full of uhhhhhh

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:27 No. 1126647 ID: eb7cbf
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>How the hell would you be smashed all the time? The only drinks I've seen in this place are coffee, where would you even find booze around here?

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:28 No. 1126648 ID: eb7cbf
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>With your fighter form I know at least someone would have a muscle girl fetish and the idea of someone being able to just swoop them off their feet in a most literal fashion would probably be a dream come true.

>Hell your boss keeps tabs on who works under them, next time you see them ask them if they have ever heard of someone who fantasized about being swept up and carried off in a loving embrace by an amazon like drone. I bet she's probably heard of someone who dreamt of something along those lines.

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:28 No. 1126649 ID: eb7cbf
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> ...does that mean your boss is your type?

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:29 No. 1126650 ID: eb7cbf
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> So can you see into the room at all? ...Is there any ROOM left, or is it full of uhhhhhh

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:30 No. 1126651 ID: eb7cbf
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> Alright. That's a screwdriver I think? Seems like the only way forward now is the door at the end of the hallway. Open it a crack and peek through before going in... assuming that doorknob is safe to touch? It's blue!

Blue Key Used

-beep-
-click-

Lila 2026/05/11(Mon)11:31 No. 1126655 ID: eb7cbf
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>______

So... Someone who may (barely) living, dead or a monster, and a thing to grab.
Grab thing, be ready to GTFO.

Ignore wall, do not ignore body, grab thingy. Might be an elevator key? This is still a dead end, only path left to check is swimming up through the tank.

>>1126647
Worker secret.

>>1126648
Finally, someone who can appreciate
the greatness of my strength.
Shame it's just my own
personal encouragement voices.

I'll ask but I dunno,
she doesn't really seem
like someone who
cares to keep track
of that sorta thing...

>>1126649
It would
be inappropriate to
think about someone
above my station like that.

But yeah she's super hot
have you seen her tail!?

>>1126650
... I can't go in here, no.
Can't see anything really.
What is all this gunk?

>>1126655
Take a moment, it's ok. This is a lot for someone who isn't desensitized to death.
I saw a keycard in there, so we're gonna have to go in eventually and get it. Those shapes on the wall, do they have any meaning? Why are they red? Something to do with red matter, I suppose? They look kindof like eyes.

>>1126647
so you have a stash or a supplier, whelp if we live through all this guess I know what we're doing to celebrate.

>>1126648
she seems to notice more things then she lets on so I wouldn't be to surprised if she has at least over heard some water cooler talk.

>>1126650
Wait, has the body always been in this hallway? Why didn't I see that before you went into the poster room?

>>1126653
...(sigh), worse then I hoped but honestly better then I expected. I see something rectangular by the right wall and something in the corner right above it.

>>1126655
...take a minute. We're in no rush.

>>1126681
>body in hallway?
She was avoiding looking at it.

Lila 2026/05/12(Tue)14:23 No. 1126703 ID: eb7cbf
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> Take a minute

Lila 2026/05/12(Tue)14:26 No. 1126710 ID: eb7cbf
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> Those shapes on the wall, do they have any meaning? Why are they red? Something to do with red matter, I suppose? They look kindof like eyes.

Lila 2026/05/12(Tue)14:28 No. 1126711 ID: eb7cbf
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> I see something rectangular by the right wall
> I saw a keycard in there
> grab thingy

Rr'chara's keycard obtained.
Elevator access to Aquatic Strata unlocked.
Airlock for tank maint. unlocked.

Do well in your Work, Rr'chara.

Lila 2026/05/12(Tue)14:29 No. 1126712 ID: eb7cbf
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>This is still a dead end, only path left to check is swimming up through the tank.

Lila 2026/05/12(Tue)14:34 No. 1126732 ID: eb7cbf
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>______________

>>1126720
Oh man she is pretty, i wo der if we can ask her out- oh she js approaching.

>>1126732 ouch... the heck happened. Did we just explode?

Well that's rude.
You're not outspeeding that, and more mass is unlikely to help. Perhaps you can disguise yourself as a smaller version of that masked marauder.

well. we aren't dead. kinda.

so they use threads and theres likely invisible webbing strewn about the room. any chance we can burn it? otherwise we could just... zerg rush and hopefully learn more.

uhh... try not to die as fast.

>>1126706
Why is this
happening
to us...

>>1126709
Okay. You
can do this (___).
You can do this.
No one else can...
(That first symbol in the unknown word looks like a capital L, the second one is a kind of reverse j, and the third is an i. Pet name for herself I'd guess? The second symbol is very odd though. I know that dot isn't part of the L, and besides that symbol is only ever by itself as part of a j.)

>>1126710
Assume if it's not
about cleaning or like...
General info I don't know shit.

Ckaw marks and stuff
everywhere too... Only an
enhanced worker can do something
like this...

>>1126721
She is the most
beautiful
creature I have
ever seen...

>>1126732
You know, it's strange that you're respawning here again. The spawn room is two rooms over, isn't it? And we fixed it too.
Did your items somehow stay in your inventory or do we have to go retrieve them?
...oh, I just noticed, there's a crack in the wall behind the jars. Might as well go over there.

What the fuck was that!? I don't even think you stand a chance against that thing even in fight mode, hell from the explanation you gave us earlier I don't think you have enough in your fuel stores to even transform into that again. Shit...

Whelp, looks like the water tank path is now a no go until further notice... which means that elevator door in the silk pod room is the only exit available to us... wonder if we talk to Miire if she would be able to give us access to the elevator. She might have the authority to give you access to another floor. Hope it didn't need an item you picked up cause it looks like you lost all your gear.