001 | ❝i am the doctor❞

[abitoverhalf]

[ the first thing visible on the Dreamberry is a bright green light. It stays there for a moment or two, slowly fading in brightness until you can see an object, the claws sticking out from the gadget obscuring the shot. the high-pitched whir starts to degrade into a lower, almost questioning sound. ]

No-- [ a male voice sighs, and suddenly the

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[prettyhazknight]

You must be new.

[abitoverhalf]

You could say that.

[prettyhazknight]

I could say with certainty too, I'm sure.

Welcome to Somarium, cutie~

[abitoverhalf]

I'm the Doctor. And you?

[phantomfenton]

What were you testing for?

[abitoverhalf]

Oh, layers of encryption, general spyware, et cetera, et cetera.

[phantomfenton]

Oh.

Uh... did you find anything?

[abitoverhalf]

Nothing yet! Can't get past the basic security, which means there's a deadlock seal. Which means--well, means something's there, most probably, but there's no possible way I could get to it.

[centerofthering]

What did that do?

[abitoverhalf]

What did what do?

[centerofthering]

That gadget thing that you had in your hand.

[abitoverhalf]

Oh! My screwdriver, oh, it just--sorted through some encryption codes, bypassed security measures. Well, it tried.

[Video]

[white_polaris]

Are you alright dear?

[abitoverhalf]

Oh--

Just fine, really.

[white_polaris]

Oh wonderful. Welcome to Somarium.

[abitoverhalf]

Not much of a welcome wagon, is there? Just, plop, here you are. Not even so much as a pamphlet.

[knocksthrice]

That looks like an interesting device. May I inquire as to what you were exactly testing for?

[abitoverhalf]

Bugs, spyware, dimensional faults, black hole converters, a bomb, that sort of thing. Routine.

[knocksthrice]

Always a good idea. I would have done so myself but I didn't have any means of doing so upon my arrival.

[abitoverhalf]

There's nothing like an electronics shop around?