3 - The Machine

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It goes kachunk kachunk

Played on 28-01-2024

Day 2-3
by Bolt

Following the pawprints of probably Tank, Felix' dog, we made our way towards a big pool. Tesla was right, this place felt a lot less contaminated then the route we followed here. This wasn't a pool of drinkable water and I guess the sign that was set next to it with the skull and bones on it was trying to tell us not to drink any of it. Big pipes were slushing more fluids into the lake, very interesting! There must be some kind of mechanisme doing that, it would not flow like that by itself. If I get the chance I need to take a look around inside that building where the pipes come from. And if I did not get the chance I guess I had to create the chance.

As I kept my eye on the building and the others were deciding where to go, Tank approached and walked into Lincoln. Barking like crazy and running away again. We followed our way past the interesting building and towards the tall tower. Getting into that building was going to be pretty easy, it was broken down enough to have multiple holes in the wall for entry. Tank was standing on his hind legs against the tower and was barking as if something was up there. A rusty ladder was attached to the tower going up, did that mean Felix was up there?

Rianna and Tesla were going to go up the stairs and investigate. Guess that was the ideal moment for me to have a look inside that building. Ignoring what the others were doing I made my way into the building. I could already hear it from outside, but when I got inside some kind of kachunk kachunk noise was coming from below. Iron grates on the floor, and a wall filled with square knobs, dials and even a big wheel. Oh! Very nice! Hopefully the others took their time and leave me here to have a good look. Maybe even open those grates? They were obviously too heavy for me to lift, maybe some acid would help? But first some testing!

The knobs were some kind of buttons and didn't seem to be doing too much, but the wheel obviously still had a good role to play here. Turning it one way the kachunk kachunk got softer and the other way it would get louder and faster. Maybe something would break if I turned it all the way to the loudest? It was connected in some way to a device with a dial in it as well, it turned to the left when I slowed it down and to the right when I turned it up. Nothing broke though and I guessed if I went outside to check on the pipes the fluids would be going either faster or slower. I left it somewhere in the middle, no idea actually if that was where it was before I played around with it. I took my time to take out one of those dial devices, one that was not doing anything to make sure I could play around with the working parts later.

After a while Octavia came in running shouting something about a big bird and Rianna being attacked by it. Rianna can take care of herself just fine, just one bird was not going to be a problem and she had help from others as well right? I was doing more interesting stuff in here! And I guess I was right and some of the others soon joined me inside as well. Soon after that a huge crash sounded outside as if something big tumbled to the ground and into other things. When Rianna came in as well she was mumbling something about her rope and Lincoln was carrying Felix inside with Tank. The bird had killed Felix and apparently it had a nest on top of the big tower which was now lying on the ground, the whole tower that is.

Guess we were spending the night in here, with Lincoln outside to take care of Felix. They found some stuff in the nest and Tesla was looking through some blue clothes with symbols on it. They also found a book and some extra bullets for me, guess I would actually be able to use my pistol when the need was going to be high. Octavia was almost shining with delight, a second book we found on our travels already. Too bad it held only one useful page. Some psycho babble about a key or a card and there not being hope or something. Nothing interesting.

It was my watch in which I heard a voice, which was kind of spectacular that I actually heard a voice. I wasn't fiddling on anything and more thinking about what more special things we were going to find. Someone asking in a quiet squeaky voice if anyone was there, eh here. Whatever. I took the lamp and made my way outside to have a look. Outside I saw a figure a bit further in the darkness. It was smaller than us, wrapped in clothing and seemed to be looking at me, obviously bothered by the light of the lamp I was holding. What's smaller than us, wrapped in cloth and has problems with light? I quickly turned around and ran back into the building while shouting out Zone Ghoul, Zone Ghoul! This woke everyone up, ready to act, but before anyone could get outside again the creature was already gone. Good riddance!

The next day started of with the death ritual of Felix, he had to be properly burned. Don't think that actually has any meaning, but leaving a rotting corpse is just bad for health. During breakfast, which we are running fast out of, Garrett told us he saw light coming from the big building behind the wreck previously known as tower. Light means interesting things, guess we need to find out what is there!

We found a door next to pipes leading into the building. The door was locked and the wall with the pipes had no holes big enough to go into. Waste of a good lock, but without the key it wasn't useful anyway. Before the others could decide to find another way in I took a deep breath, reached inside myself into the sacks of protected skin inside my throat, gurgled to make them work and spat a green liquid onto the lock. The acid I had within me and was now within the lock quickly ate through the mechanisme of the lock. I pulled the door open and stepped aside with a smile to show the others we could now go inside.

Within was a huge space, mostly dark, but light was coming inside from above. Dark shapes moved in the back of the room. Zone Ghouls again? Or something else?

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