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Sunspider · 07-18-2017, 09:50 AM

spümpkin Wrote:Turn the flashlight off, for starters. Gotta save batteries. Then, proceed to listen to the radio.

Since these Emergency Lights are on, you don't really need to be wasting batteries.
You switch your Flashlight off, though you keep holding it in your hand.
It's not that you don't want to put it away. There's just no room in your Duffel.

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With your other hand, you grab the Hand Unit of the Radio, and nervously listen again.
As suspected, there's nothing inexplicable or spooky going on, now that it's under power.
There's no obvious signals or words or anything that you notice either. Only a bit of soft static.
It's like something is transmitting constantly on the other end... but it's all White Noise.

monk12 Wrote:Investigate the possibility that the hand unit is not a speaker but a microphone; "Hello Hello Test Test" and such

OceanSoul Wrote:+1 if we also say "Cleanup in isle 3", "Richard Bitrary to the principal's office", and other such classics.

Hmm, there's a thought. Maybe this Radio is actually a transmitter?
You don't see any obvious Push-To-Talk type buttons on the Hand Unit, but you try talking anyway.

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Testing, testing. Testing the microphone.

Oh hey, the static stopped as soon as I started talking.
This thing Voice Activated or something? Hello hello, do you copy?
Is anybody there? Hello?

Attention all miners. Attention miners.
Paging Hugh Jazz, Mike Rotche, and Seymore Butz.
Code Orange outside the... Basement Office I guess?

That means someone threw up, just so you know.

Not sure who. But it was probably the Robot?
Totally wasn't me. I'm just saying.

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Thank you. That will be all. Over!

Even if no one was on the other end of that, you still feel pretty silly.
You wonder what your still-nameless Robo-Buddy thinks about it...

NUKE9.13 Wrote:Oh no! Robutt! What happen?> Examine Robot. What's wrong with it?

Sir Knight Wrote:Hopefully it's merely in a low-power mode waiting for our return.

Gently pat robot on the head.

Wait, is the Robot okay? They're looking kinda weird and listless there...
Maybe they're just sleeping, though?

You gently prod the Robot's screen, like you did when you first mistook them for a touchpad.
The glassy surface feels warm, and buzzes again as your hand makes contact.

When you do that, the eye flickers back onto their screen, looking up at you expectantly.
Looks like they just went into some kind of Standbye mode while you were gone?

Hey there buddy. Good to see you again.
I missed you earlier, when I went downstairs.
Why didn't you come with?

You can't? What do you mean?
If you can't handle the stairs, I could probably carry you or...

You can't go downstairs, because...
...that's not in our contract?

Then, what? I don't get this Contract thing!
You said you'd help me through this Mine, right?
Shouldn't you have gone down there then?

I mean, it's not a big deal to me. I'm not upset about it.
But you said you couldn't because of your Contract.

Wait...

Was it a different Contract?

Oh. Dang.

Look, I don't see why that place would be off limits?
It was just... a storeroom, or an office, or something.
But... I take it that this other Contract is important.

It's actually a really big deal for you?

StrawBarrel Wrote:> Introduce ourselves to the Robot.

OceanSoul Wrote:> ...ask robot if it has a preferred name.

Okay, okay.

I don't entirely get your whole "Magic Robot" situation?
But if this other Contract is a big deal, or kinda stressful...
Wanna change the subject?

Like, for starters, I still don't know your name!

Let's see, "Robot" "Not-Equal"... "Something"?
You're saying... that you don't have a name?

Then what do people call you?
...or what should I call you?

Oh, yeah! I think I saw that earlier.
In the text. On your face... screen? Whatever.

Anyway, "Star-Cee-El-Aye-Dash-Eks-Star" is a mouthful.
Would just "Clax" be cool?

You can call me Hana.

I'm at least pretty sure that's my name.

"Flower" huh? Yeah, I guess that works.
I'm surprised you know that's what Hana means!

...honestly, I'm kinda surprised I know what it means?

Anyway, it's nice to be officially introduced, Clax.
I wanted to do introductions earlier, but...

Hey there, stranger? You still there? [Image: mine_radio_RFL.png]

Sorry for the wait. Chatterbox was buried in my pack.
But we, uh... we heard you, haha?

Anyway, you wouldn't happen to be "Hanaki" would you?
We've, uh... we've been looking for them.