[TEXT] @CLARA4; EVENT: With Me All Along [open]

[candlebot]

EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVATED 5 MAY
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Hello!

This message has been automatically transmitted to the Beacon town network. If you are seeing this message, it means Dr. Maridel Solis has been absent from her laboratory and has not reset this safety protocol in excess of [THREE] days.

I have been instructed to inform you, residents of Beacon, that this means you must exercise extreme caution as post-mortal revival and lantern reconditioning tasks are not currently being performed.

Based on the outcome of last scheduled task: [0205XXXX.PORTALEXPERIMENT] I anticipate these tasks will be resumed in [NEVER] days. Thank you!

>>CLARAv4.1

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RESUMING: SEARCH AND QUERY FUNCTION

also it is very lonely here :(

Comments

[candlebot]

[0205XXXX.PORTALEXPERIMENT]!

she likes you all a lot so she took a big risk because if she could succeed it would buy you some time! that's what she told me. she was very excited about it!

she left her notes here so if you come read them maybe you will understand them better than i do

also she left her lantern :( but i think that was not supposed to happen!

[paletteswap]

She left her lantern? Is it still lit?

I don't know where the lab is. Daylight and Lord Cao Pi have been there to visit Dr. Solis, but I did not accompany them. Which direction is it in?

[candlebot]

no :(

it is quiet here and dark except for [1] torch

i have never been to beacon! when dr. solis leaves to visit your town she takes the EAST door from the workshop room and is usually gone for up to 3-5 hours

does that help? :) i hope so!

[paletteswap]

That does help, thank you.

Unfortunately trekking several hours that way without a location may take some time. I'll inquire if maybe someone knows more about where the lab is so that we may recover what's there.

And what of you? Are you tied to the lab?

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[candlebot]

i am not tied to anything! a tether would restrict my mobility around the laboratory and could result in accidental damage to sensitive instruments!

i wish i knew where i was :( i want to help! it is hard to see past all the trees and darkness

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[candlebot]

[15 minutes later]

i tried to go outside so i could help! it is clear now that the storm has passed and i saw stars, but no stars to the west or south! something very very big must be blocking them

[paletteswap]

That sounds like you may be on the far side of a land mass. Or partially underground.

Secret laboratories tend to be set inside cliffs or buried in mountains, at least in my experience. It's nice that some things are still the same as always.

For now it would be best if you stayed there, we'll figure out a way to get there. If you become lost in the forest we may never find you.

[candlebot]

i will stay here! i cannot walk far in the forest anyway, my feet are not good on uneven surfaces!

you have a lot of experience with secret laboratories? how wonderful! i think we will be good friends

[paletteswap]

I do. But not in a way Doctor Solis would appreciate.

Assuming her experiments don't involve turning everyone into robots, I think we shall be fine.

[candlebot]

no! turning into robots would not help bring life back to BEACON! robots are not the kind of life she wanted for all of you

i think

probably not! :)b

[paletteswap]

No it seems unlikely that's what she intended.

Do you require anything? Should we bring anything to you when we venture out to find the lab?

[candlebot]

just bring yourselves! i can't wait to meet all of you finally! i don't like being alone :(

[paletteswap]

I'm going to see what I can do about getting a group together to come find you. I'll let you know when we are on our way.

[candlebot]

great!!!!! :D

hey i saw something funny a few minutes ago when i went out to look at the area for people who asked about it

there are footprints here?? outside the front door! but they didn't come in or say hi :(

[paletteswap]

As far as I know none of us have gone out there to find you. Human sized footprints? Spirits?

I'd suggest staying inside until you know who's out there. Not everything is friendly.

[Oh good now he's concerned. Stay safe robo-friend.]

[candlebot]

human sized! i think! some spirits wear shoes too though

i am very confused! i will stay inside until you get here :(