Lone Ninja Rides Again [Trans9]

[princeinexile]

Zuko is feeling vaguely guilty for setting up for this again. Sure, he hasn't gotten any equipment, but he's bending agani and feeling all the more confident for it. So he got one of those little-- --- pads from Stacy and wrote Katara a note and left it infront of her pod.

I had to go; Cybill asked me to try and find a door we could open. I promise I will be careful, but I can't take people with me.

Zuko


Mostly true, right?

So he works his way back through the vents, easier for the fact he's not really WATCHING his heat like he had to before. Trance has empowered him, and that was all he needed. Now he's not measuring his abilty in inches anymore. He can go the distance-- bend, really bend again!

In the hallways, he started to walk, to look for doors. Where could they go? What door lead where?

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Some of them were promising, but upon closer examination, they usually led to more sections of crew quarters, or places with strange consoles.

One section, Neuropathy, had a whole bunch of those consoles, mostly organic, but with a blend of mechanical equipment and huge windows open to the landscape inside of Stacy. Long thick cords ran back and forth, crackling with electricity that pulsed down the length of them in short bursts. They ran off far into the distance in every direction and little hanging pod cars were rigged up, hanging from a track like a cable car would in a more modern world.

There was one door aways from engineering, near an engineering hold that might've led to the area where everyone else was.

[princeinexile]

Neuropathy was in medical, though, and this was creepy because it was two halls away from Special Weapons, which he just did not want to go into.

But all the same, he had to look around -- doors were tested, and when he found one that wouldn't open, tried to find somethnig that was legible explaining what it was.

Engineering looked the most promising, really, and felt disturbingly homelike-- like the ironclad had somehow been coated in vines. Here he relaxed a little, and poked around, wondering what everything did.

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A screen was blinking an alarming shade of yellow.

If he went and looked at it, after a moment the symbols would translate to: Containment Down to 65%.

[princeinexile]

"Containment?"

Containing what? He'd destroyed the controls on Trance's jug (and poked at the slag) but now he had to wonder-- what was being constrained?

Time to find out.

[meatship.livejournal.com]

If he poked the buttons around a bit, the words would change to show all that was being contained.

000.1.Solar Avatar Containment Unit--Unresponsive.
000.2.Pod Living Area Containment--100%
000.3.Shields--87.453%
000.4.Contagion Containment and Treatment--100% (Microbial)
000.5.Main Bridge--100%
000.6.Special Weapons Division--65%

[princeinexile]

"Unresponsive? It's melted all over the floor!" Zuko chuckled, looking down at the panel.

But the damage to Special Weapons made him from. Nearly halfway... Not good. Not good at all.

He touched the one for the Pod Living Area, and wondered what he could do. Would it drop? Show him a path? Electrocute him? Anything could happen.

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110.0 Manual Detachment
120.0 Life Support Options
130.0 Pod Maintenance
140.0 Engineering Options
150.0 Access

[princeinexile]

Access?

He selected that.

[meatship.livejournal.com]

200.1.0 Lockdown [yes/no] Current Status: yes
200.2.0 Open Doors [yes/no] Current Status: no
200.3.0 Authorization Customization Options

[princeinexile]

Lockdown? Open Doors?

He opted for Option 2. Yes, open the goddamn doors.

[meatship.livejournal.com]

[Error: Lockdown status must be set to "No."]

[princeinexile]

Zuko went back and selected LOCKDOWN instead.

"Oh, don't ask for security, you miserable bitch."

[meatship.livejournal.com]

[Lockdown status disabled.]

[princeinexile]

If Zuko had been anyone else, he would have done a victory dance. Instead, he just smirked.

"Now, open the doors."

[meatship.livejournal.com]

[Error: Damage to power generator Terklofn. Insufficient Power. Doors must be opened with manual controls, located near each door, crew-side.]

[princeinexile]

Great.

"Map? Show me a map of the doors!"

Button pushing commenced.

[meatship.livejournal.com]

A map appeared on the screen, showing him exactly where they were.

[princeinexile]

Well, that was lucky. He tried to commit it to memory-- not hard, Zuko was not a dull boy-- and he turned to hit the halls. Time to try and find a door into their section.

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[princeinexile]

Zuko turned his head, feeling his guts twist. No. You leave me alone.

[seventhtrumpet.livejournal.com]

It was a the voice of a scared little girl, genuinely scared--in pain.

[princeinexile]

He couldn't do it alone.

He couldn't rush in.

He has to keep going.

I'm sorry.

He felt like a heel - worse, even.

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the voice sobbed in the dark.

[princeinexile]

He kept walking. They were going to cry. He was going to feel guilty. He couldn't. He couldn't. He promised he'd stay safe, he'd find a way in for the others...

...if he didn't come back...

Where are you?

[seventhtrumpet.livejournal.com]

But the little girl's voice gave way to pitiful sobbing.

Still, it was obvious where the faint echoing sound was coming from.

The Infirmary Wing.