Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"I don't believe so, but it's our duty to make sure everyone stays safe while within the palace grounds." The guard says.

 

Sapphire nods.
"...I don't mean to be critical, but you never seemed to pay attention in particular to my surroundings before now. What gives?"

 

"You never seemed to have noticed we were," The guard says, "We keep an eye on everyone within our range."

 

Sapphire nods.
"I didn't look any harder than I usually do. Why make it more apparent?"

 

"Sorry if we weren't subtle, ma'am." The guard says apologetically.

 

Sapphire nods.
"Nothing to apologize about. It just makes me think that something's changed..." She says, walking off towards the elevator, heading to the portal room.

 

"Exactly what Gau said."
I confirm.

 

An earth guardian seems to already be using the terminal in the portal room, seeming to have not noticed Sapphire. They open a portal to what seems to be a snowy mountain, heading through it. The portal soon starts to close after they head through, however.

 

The trio remain silent once again.

Sapphire ignores them, heading to the console and re-entering the coordinates to Abigail's house.

 

I just focus on walking.

 

It doesn't take long for Aral'hrah's tribe to surround the other three raptors once you get back.
"Hey, what crap is this!?" Eklir growls.
"Likely a misunderstanding..." Gau adds.
Fuela keeps silent.

 

"Relax."
I tell the trio.
"They're guests. I need to speak with Aral'hrah."
I say to the other raptors.

 

The portal opens up once the coordinates are entered, leading to the top of Abigail's volcano.

 

They part.

"Guess that's one advantage of striking a deal with someone who's all buddy-buddy with your rivals."
"Oh, hush, you! How many times do I need to try and put some manners into that thick skull of yours?!"
"Shut up! I swear I-"
"Both of you, cut it out. If you wouldn't talk like this in front of our chief, don't talk like this in front of theirs." Fuela interrupts.

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Sapphire goes through, goes down, blinks in, and heads up to the closet, scanning for any hackable terminal that may open up a secret compartment.

 

There's a keypad behind a rather well hidden wooden door that slides open in the back of Abigail's closet. Buttons with one to nine on them are aligned on a three by three grid.

 

"Act how you want to act. Just realize that your survival may depend on it."

 

"Yeah, yeah, shutting up..."
"Finally..."
"What did I just say?"

Sapphire rolls her eyes, trying to use holofluid to check any connected wirings or anything coded giving a hint to the combination.

 

The wires seem to be connected to a mechanism below the closet, though there doesn't seem to be much of a hint to the combination.

 

I just stay silent and wait for Aral'hrah to come.

 

Sapphire uses more holofluid to get a good look at the mechanism, looking for any way to bypass the lock entirely.

Eventually, he does.
"Who've you brought?" He asks, curious.

"I can hardly resist shredding you to feathers..." Eklir growls.
"Hey, hey, hey! We're not here for that, you moron!" Gau retorts, shoving Eklir's head into the ground before the two start to wrestle.

"U-um... that aside, I'm Fuela, Akli'il's wife."
"Nice to meet you." Aral'hrah sighs, clearly trying to ignore the other two.