Notail Simulator Beta (4/4)

"Maybe it doesn't like tailmic songs? =3"
"Well it has bad tastes then, but we should get the tailmic away to see if it calms down. No use possibly damaging something we can take. <:)"
"You want to take that with us? =3"
"If possible, yes, if we don't find something else. We need to get some artifact from this place to prove we were here. These papers are nice, but they're not impressive. Now that puppet, on the other hand, that would draw a crowd, you know, once we find someone who can see it. <:)"
"Maybe we should find something everyone can see. Plus I don't think it likes tailmics and we have too many of those. =3"
"Hmm, I suppose so. <:)"

The owner of the tailmic pushes it along, disallowing her from her glass tapping. Once she has been pushed far enough, the tailmic turns around to show her back to her owner before raising her head straight up to show them her face symbol flipped upside down. This behavior is rarely displayed at notails, especially at owners, but is entirely natural. It is a show of distrust, typically done towards other animals to let them know they cannot sneak up behind the tailmic because they are both aware of them, and do not like them.

"Wow. <:)"
"I think this place is messing with her. She has never been so rude before about being pushed. Most of the time she doesn't even seem to notice when I push her away. 8]"

The tailmic turns her head to get a better look at what's behind her before clicking her mandibles loudly and once again flashing an upside-down face.

"Twice! <:)"
"I'm not even doing anything to you! Why are you so mad? 8]"

She whips her tails on the ground, a clear sign that she will attack if something doesn't cease its actions. The owner backs away with their arms up.

You glance back and away from the scene. At the end of the hallway, is a mangled looking shadow. It disappears as soon as you see it, causing you to jump.

"Did you see that? =3"

You ask the E-class who was ordered to keep watch.

"See what? *p"
"Oh, maybe it was just one of those shadows you see when you turn around. =3"
"You know some of those are anomalies right? *p"
"I do now, and it doesn't make me feel better. Thank you. =3"
"You're welcome. *p"

You decide not to bother the others with your shadow spotting, you are in an unsettling location, and it is likely to eat at your nerves.

The tailmic who was extremely agitated before is now grooming the claws of her owner.

"Did she put on that whole show just so she could groom my claws? 8]"
"They must have been exceptionally dirty. <:)"
"I don't let her groom them because I don't like the feeling of tailmic mouth all over them! 8]"
"Well if you washed them yourself maybe she wouldn't have gotten so offended about having dirty claws touch her. <:)"

You stay out of the conversation and approach the glass where the puppet anomaly is. It lies in an unmoving heap, as if tossed aside like trash. It seems to take a few seconds to recognize you, and when it does, it hops back up and begins to hum while grooming once more. This time it is tenser, and its tune more stressed.

You hum back.

It stops its song with no rhythm and twists its head side to side, nearly falling to the floor each time.

It is not aggressive towards your song but is puzzled by it. It hums out a few notes then waits for you to hum back. Your returned hum leaves it more puzzled. E-4 has disengaged from the tailmic conversation to watch. You turn around to them to comment.

"Its humming is weird. =3"
"Aww, it stopped moving. <:)"

You turn around, and it's still for a few seconds, then animates again.

"So both of us can see it, but only one of us causes it to move. =3"
"I wonder what causes it to only activate for you and not me. What's the difference between us? <:)"
"I'm much taller than you. =3"
"E-2732, I don't think height determines this. <:)"
"You don't know that. =3"

E-4 ignores you and checks the papers on this anomaly. You look over and see that they are written in an unrecognizable language. The only useful parts of all of the pages are the images, and even though they don't explain much, you make a mental list of them.

1. The puppet itself inactive.
2. A symbol of a fox with an X in the bottom left-hand corner.
3. A symbol of a mass of tentacles with a check in the bottom left-hand corner.
4. A circle of green with an unrecognizable symbol in it. You can assume this is the safety level.
5. The puppet in an active state grabbing a small rodent-like creature with horns.
6. The puppet inactive, holding a doll of the creature grabbed before.

You all feel satisfied enough in checking this anomaly and move on to find another that's more visible.

Two floors of empty rooms down there's finally another anomaly.

Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 7 is rolled.

Inside one of the rooms is a box-like object with legs, with two pipes with holes coming out of it. It moves about the room slowly, much like a turtle. Everyone can see this one. E-4 checks out the papers, yet again having to just focus on the images for data.

1. The creature itself, in this image its mouth is open, showing flat grazer teeth.
2. A symbol of a fox with tentacles behind it. A check is in the bottom left-hand corner.
3. A circle of green with an unrecognizable symbol in it. You can assume this is the safety level.
4. Another picture of the creature, but surrounded by small long-eared creatures. Someone has drawn on this image seeming to signify that something non-visible is coming out of it at this moment.
5. A fox creature has its mouth open near one of the tubes. The other tube has symbols drawn around it; none of them are like the symbols on the paper. A, for lack of better terms, large pile of noodles on the floor seems delighted in this action.

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((You can suggest to go find another anomaly, just know the roll will trigger per anomaly we find.))