"Think about it. To maintain a database of that size, and genetic manipulation tubes would require massive ammounts of electricity to maintain in this programmed world. I can sense the electrical energy in devices, if I can touch it... maybe even if I get close enough... never tried it..." he scratches his head.

The elevator arrives at floor 34, and the doors open.  The hallway is empty.  The doors start to close again...


OOC: Not sure if you guys decided exactly what to do yet.  11th floor and stairs?  10th Floor?  I'll just follow your actions, since I'm just the person who decides what the results of those actions are...and the ticking timebomb.

Screed pushes the button for 10 and then looks at the others, shrugging.  "I need to go to the room to listen in."

"I hope those guys aren't waiting for us," Jade says, her M-16 ready.  "You sure we don't want to go to 11 first?"

Screed shakes his head, "I don't know if the stairway doors are oneway or not.  I don't have the tools to take care of them if they are.  We can check them if you like though, fairly quickly to see if they are.  We have a little time."  He pushes the button for 11.

<b>"I can mess up the locks or hinges if they are..." he mutters to Screed, waiting for his stealth to be needed.

The elevator reaches the 11th floor.  The doors open...and the hall is empty.

Screed steps up and takes the lead.  He looks for the exit sign leading for the stairs.  He checks the time and says, "Okay, one of you come with me to check the stairwell door.  The other one stay here and hold the elevator.  We'll check it out and be quick."

Dracos follows Screed, his eyes continually searching for any threats. Specificly, he searches for nodes on the wall and floor that may be sending out IR beams.

"The plan is simple," Screed suggest to Dracos, "One of us goes through the door and the other stays on this side.  Then the one tries to get back in.  If they can't the other lets them back in.  Okay?"  Screed keeps his eyes and ears open.

You note that the door to the stairway is directly across from the service elevators (where the other elevator would be if it had two like the side with the regular elevators).  Above the door to the stairway is a sign marked "Emergency Exit Only.  Use Stairs in Case of Emergency."

Screed sighs, "Okay, Will the alarm sound?  Will a silent alarm sound alerting security of an emergency?  What do we do now?"  This is the others' plan so he goes along with it.  He is fresh out of ideas at the moment.

"Ah, screw it!" Jade says, a bit frustrated.  She runs forward and opens the emergency stairway door to see what will happen.

Screed holds the elevator door.

Dracos, being closer to the door, steps infront of Jade as she runs, trying to prevent her from hitting the door.

OOC:  Okay, guys, I'm back from the holidays.  Hope you all had a good break.

Jade runs forward...and Dracos is just a bit too late.

She pushes open the door, and you are surprised to see that it does not open onto stairs at all, but instead upon a brightly lit white hallway lined with doors.

Screed continues to hold the elevator door waiting for them to report.

"I think we found that hallway," Jade says.

Screed asks, "What hallway?  Oh... that hallway?  Are there numbers on the doors?  Especially a number 3?"

Jade notes that there are numbers on the doors on the left side, starting with 1, and letters on the right side, starting with A.

Jade says, "Let's remember where this is and come back here.  But for now, I think we need to just take the elevator down a floor and spy on the meeting."  She runs back into the elevator with the others.

Screed glances back and forth along the hallway as he continues to hold the elevator, "Yeah, that sounds like a good plan.  It does us no good to go in there if we fail our first mission.  I wonder if it's temporary though, like it's just been activated by that remote thing.  I also wonder what would happen if you left the door jammed open.  Would it never reset?  Heck, stick something in the hinge of the door and let's get out of here."  A bead of sweat starts to slide down his forehead near his temple.  His nervousness is coming through.

Jade removes her shoe and wedges the door open, then jumps in the elevator and pushes the button for the 10th floor.  "Here we go again," she says.  "I sure hope those guys aren't waiting for us downstairs this time."

"And if they are, we now have one less shoe to throw at them."
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Screed adds, "Way to think on your feet."  He smiles as they descend.