Comic 1190 - Use the lock downstairs
Posted on 3rd Jul 2019, 9:40 PM
in Like a Bullet from Behind
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Author Notes:
You remember that you blooded the electronic lock for the door downstairs--you tap into that blood, pulling more blood from a portal in it--then use it to confirm the coast is clear. You also describe what you saw to the rest of the team.
"Gotta be Carpenter, right?," Caius asks.
"Maybe," Michelle replies. "Small, no visible guns, ain't got his stupid face on it... tough call."
Fuse nods. "Could be Carpenter's leftover tech, could be Thale behind the wheel."
"Arvin was far from Thale's only resource," Liz points out. "It could be a drone from any number of distributors."
"It does sound pretty... standard, I guess," Michelle remarks. "Cops use little remote control robots like that for disarmin' bombs and stuff all the time. Cops with money, anyway." She pauses... and takes a breath. "If it IS Carpenter's, it prob'ly IS a bomb. Might explain why it's somethin' disposable lookin', instead of actual human guards or one o' Carpenter's big ass murder machines."
"The whole neighborhood looked like they were clearing out, last time we checked," Fuse points out. "Thale might've pulled some strings, readied the whole block to get blown up if it comes down to it."
"Asshole'd prob'ly nuke half tha city if he knew which half we were in," Caius huffs.
"I imagine he must be getting that desperate," Liz confirms. "The closer he believes he is to his goals, the easier he'll think he can shrug off collateral damage in the name of removing obstacles. His concerns about public appearances and reputation are likely wearing thinner every day."
It takes a little longer to move enough blood up and out of the lock without damaging it outright, but you manage to squeeze out enough to open a portal and pop out a second bug.
Open the door, have the blood bug make a pool of blood on the other side, then have it go Blood Mom's Red. (Edit, 123123 is right i am apparently blind)We can more or less throw caution to wind, as Mom's red would tell us/ repel any intruders that have gotten this far. (but we won't, cause we're paranoid.)
There's no way whoever set up the camera's missed the vent, right?
Especially since a reread suggests Thale should know it leads somewhere.
If the basement's not clear, Mom red should have told us something, so we should be good on that end. Let's get to it!
We haven't exactly kept track of them either.
Anyhow. Blood hack the device. Determine what it is, and maybe trace where the device is sending it's data?
We really don't want to draw attention to where Mom's Red is, to keep it safe.