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"Yeah." AJ said softly as he carefully poured some water over Nightshade's hand to rinse off whatever De-Kragler might still linger. "'Oh'." He passed the thermos back to RJ with a quiet "thanks" and smeared some ointment over Night's palm before wrapping it up with the gauze. "Those-gloves-are-a-good-idea, RJ. What-made-you-think-to-bring-them?"

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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AJ winced at Nightshade's gasp. Liam hissed in commiseration when he saw the burns. "Crap. Uh. I-guess-that-answers-that-question... Anybody-got-a-water-bottle?" AJ unsnapped a pouch on his belt and pulled out a roll of gauze. Liam tugged a handkerchief from his back pocket and wiped down the door handle before turning it and poking his head inside.

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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How's the mission going?

▪️ Slowly, but better than we were expecting. Except for the thing that tried to eat AJ, I mean. Regardless of what he says, I still think getting Night to cooperate was something of a miracle.

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"We've got more." Liam gestured to the tank on his own back, its spray gun attached to its side. "I had a hunch we might need a fair bit of it until we found your source. Hopefully we find it before we have to go back to refill." He motioned for AJ to go ahead. The bot stepped forward and sprayed down the indicated door so they could open it.

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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Liam drew in a deep breath and slowly let it out. "You haven't exactly done a convincing job of proving otherwise. And if I was going to cuff or stun you, I would have done so the moment we arrived instead of waiting for you to act up. Garrett... might have convinced me to give you a chance, in the hopes that if we extended our trust to you, you might do the same..."

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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"Killing Snowball as soon as you found out Spark had made the void and was the reason you all were trapped. Trying to break into and steal our car. Being an antagonistic asshat even when people are trying to be nice to you. And I know the only reason you didn't attack RJ earlier was because he managed to trap you first." Liam listed out. "And those are just the instances I'm aware of and can remember off the top of my head."

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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🔸️ I still have a few more from the last one to finish but honestly I can't wait to do another outfits prompt. They're fun.

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"A precaution, given your tendency to act with violence first." Liam said. "We're starting to wonder if it's really just a you thing, and not a common attitude here... Anyway, you guys ready for a hike back up the stairs?"

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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Liam smirked to himself as he followed Nightshade through the airlock again. He turned toward the control room and tapped an ear, wondering if RJ was hearing this too. AJ paid them no mind, focused only on putting as much distance between himself and the living relics as he could.

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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"It-probably-helps-that-I-don't-have-skin." AJ quipped, calming down again. He inspected his foot and ankle. There was a tiny bit of corrosion, but nothing that needed attention for a while yet. The joint still worked just fine. Liam walked over and closed the door again with a scowl.

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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AJ didn't protest as Liam led him back out of the room, only giving a rude gesture to the birds as they left. It wasn't until they were back in the slightly better lighting of the previous chamber that Garrett took over to check on their shaken bot. AJ's fans whirred hard. "You okay, buddy?"

"I-didn't-even-feel-it-touching-me..."

Garrett glanced over as Nightshade followed them out. The little drone didn't look harmed... "Was it going to try to eat him or something?"

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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Liam lifted an eyebrow at the "he's mine" remark, but otherwise ignored it. They could unpack that later. He used the shard to pick what was left from around AJ's ankle and helped him back to his feet. "All right, everyone out of here, now. Nightshade, would you check the raptor, make sure it didn't get any of that mess stuck to it?"

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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AJ let out a squeal of shock as the tendril started to drag him across the floor. "CHIEFS!!"

Liam caught the shard and hurried to try to sever the tendril with it. "Stay calm, we'll get you loose."

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.

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▪️ Ahh, okay. So basically like pickled eggs, just with tea instead of beets. Sounds easy enough.

◈ Cheese toastie and a tea egg.

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▪️ How did you make the tea egg? We've never had those before.

◈ Cheese toastie and a tea egg.

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"Since the shot only grazed you, it should wear off pretty soon." Liam leaned down to give the little raptor a stroke on the head. It did look very realistic.

AJ didn't even notice the tendril, still looking around at the "relics". He frowned when he finally spotted the Scepter. If Chiefs hadn't noticed it yet, he wasn't going to bring it up. At least not until they were out of the room again. He moved to take a step and ended up falling flat on his face.

An angry RJ is coming for ya, Nightshade!

The portal came out into one of the lower floors of Octan tower. The lights had gone out a long time ago. The portal dimly illuminated the narrow, windowless hallway with a lower than comfortable ceiling. Down both sides were identical office doors, numbered as the hall went down, leading to the open double doors at the end. They were perfectly sized to the world around them, but for any visitors, they were just short enough that they would have to duck. It was all just a little too small.

And everything, everything, was covered in a thin layer of the kragle. The doors, the hinges, the floor, the ceiling. Through the little windows in the doors were the robots frozen in place. Nothing moved. Not even dust. The only sound was the creaking of the building.