10 | But when I start to try to tell you that's when you have to tell me

[sinistral]

WHO: the Soldier (sinistral) and you
WHERE: the Agrii ship
WHAT: when stuff breaks, it's time to get to work
WHEN: during the first phase of the Problems with Portals event; as for what actual order things are going on, we get a little handwavey vague in these parts
WARNINGS: n/a in top levels; will update if that changes in threads

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AGRII SHIP
→ Core Room Access;

Explosion in space? Not the first time the Soldier had seen one, though having it happen on the Agrii ship brought its own level of stress to things. Still, explosions usually meant crisis situations, and the Soldier had been inside (and caused) quite a few of them that keeping calm was natural. It didn't take him long at all to make his way to the Engineering section of the ship — the general distress marked the path quite plainly — and from there it took very little to assess the jammed door taking the attention of a number of the aliens.

Clearly something or someone was trapped behind that door. And clearly, it would take more strength (and possibly some coordinated effort) than the Agrii currently brought to bear to get the portal open. The Soldier didn't hesitate.

"Brace that side of it!" He didn't really look to see if the distressed Agrii had taken the instruction, instead turning to the person next to him. "Help me lead by example. We need to get this at least somewhat pried open."

→ Secondary Force Field;

With immediate danger seemingly mitigated the Soldier decided he'd be of the most use on the lower levels. He considered himself pretty indestructible — or at least very hard to damage — such that crawling around in unfamiliar and possibly dangerous areas would probably be easier for him than for someone more fragile.

What interested him was the extent of this lower area. The sheer amount of equipment down here almost made the deck above seem laughable, and raised questions in the back of the Soldier's mind as to who really ran the ship after all. Perhaps he was just being paranoid, but he couldn't help the feeling that something deeper was going on.

He slipped by a bank of equipment, moving quietly, a hand never far from one of the combat knives about his person. The air ahead seemed to shimmer with the red distortion of some kind of force field, and he wanted to get a closer look.

→ Wildcard;

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Comments

[sinistral]

"Not a clue." They could try asking the Agrii but the aliens seemed in far too much distress to process the question, never mind providing an answer. "Are fire extinguishers even universal?" The aliens might not even have an equivalent.

[thelastechidna]

"Yeah, that's what I figured," Knuckles growls. "Even if they are universal, these people might not have any."

He pulls on the door some more.

[sinistral]

"Or what they have could be an accelerant, not a suppressant." He'd rather not chance that, even if the possibility was slim.

At least the door was starting to budge, albeit slowly.

[thelastechidna]

As the door opens a bit, flames do indeed start leaping out. Knuckles snarls, jumping back. "Great! Now what?!" He looks around for water. Maybe there's a dispenser?

[sinistral]

"Open to suggestions." Even a blanket could potentially help, if they could smother the flames. "Didn't get a good enough look to see if the flames were just around the door."

Hopefully it was just a case of flames near the door triggering a safety mechanism. But with his luck, the whole damn room would be on fire. The ship had to have some sort of fire equipment, right? Something for safety?

[thelastechidna]

Knuckles looks around, sees some kind of piece of clothing, and dives at the flames with that to try to smother them. Maybe there's something better, but he's not taking time to look for it. Hopefully what he's using isn't needed by anyone.