[016 - Soubi Agatsuma - audio]
[A video feed does start, but the picture is so dark that nothing can be made out. In the background, if one is listening closely, one may hear the occasional faint, echoing drip. Soubi and Ritsuka have been laying low in the deepest parts of the mines during the Reaver raids, and all there is this far down is darkness and silence.]These raids
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A bit of a cautionary tale, however: I recall a rather curious incident in London some years back in which a police officer was found dead in his car. Fortunately the incident had been caught on security camera, yet all the footage showed was the officer sitting in his car, perfectly calm and unconcerned until, quite suddenly, he fell forward onto the steering wheel, very much dead. It turns out a rather clever ex-convict held something of a grudge against this particular officer for his involvement in an arrest made some months before. Said individual had rigged a device to flood the car with nitrogen gas.
The human body, you see, has something of a built-in oversight: it does not test for oxygen content in the air we inhale, merely for carbon dioxide in our bloodstream. Too much carbon dioxide and we panic, but nitrogen cannot be used to produce carbon dioxide, obviously -- nor, of course, can it be processed like oxygen. He suffocated without ever knowing it was happening. I tell you this because subsurface mines tend to accumulate a mixture of gases which all serve as similar asphyxiants. They can seep up from the rock for years even after work in a mine has ceased. If you can find gas detectors I highly advise keeping them on hand, whether you close yourselves in or no -- if not, staying close to the surface would seem advisable. Not precisely the most horrible way to die, but rather an ignoble one nonetheless.
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The technology is advanced enough that they should have had a system built in already, right? I guess that's going to be my task for the next few days. If I find one, will you and John come stay with us?
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I should think they would have a system in place, yes. Whether or not it's currently running I certainly can't say. One must also take into account the fact that this place just as any other F3 was built for looks over functionality. We're here to be tested, not to work and settle. The AI or the interns may have overlooked it. I can't say.
John and I are inclined to stay where we are, I believe. I certainly am. We seem to be safe. Trying to get to you would be risky and it may only lead the raiders to your position. It is likely best for all involved if we stay put. Thank you for your offer nonetheless.
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