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[ooc: backdated to a little while after this entry.]

[In person, but also filtered to all passengers who'll be joining in the search later.]

[urgently, looking around at everyone who's gathered and secretly is unsettled by the fact that Oliver hasn't shown up yet.] All right, sorry everyone, but those of us here can't wait any longer.

Now. A ship this size is going to need an awfully big section devoted just to the engineering end of operations, so there's going to be the potential of getting lost in there. I've got some markers here for some of the teams here [points to a handful left on the floor], but you lot who haven't arrived yet should bring something to mark where you've been as well.

In Orion's message, he said we should be able to find our way to the right area easy enough, but if you know your ships--and I do--it's not going to be as simple as that. We have to find the right door to even get access to the main engine control room. But Orion was useful for something since he gave us the passcodes we can use--just didn't tell us which one, so we going to have to try them all out and hope we don't get locked out of the system. That's a risk we're going to have to take.

I don't know about you, but when the right door is found, we shouldn't let Ganymede know or else he'll come running and try to put a stop to this. [hopes to find the man before this can happen.] So to get around any nosy captains, when you do find the door, use Klavier's suggestion and announce it over the Spheres, but say "I've hit my elbow on the door!" From there, we'll locate you and see about shutting down those engines.

All right, enough talk! Those of you who are still on your way, please be careful. And that goes for all of you as well. [eyes everyone in front of him, his expression serious.]

Now...allons-y! [points towards the door Ganymede had disappeared into.]
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[filter to Oliver]
Oliver, where are you? It doesn't take that long to get from the cinema to the transportation pads. [a little fear slips into his voice and he can almost feel another wave of time sickness coming on. he fights to push that feeling away.]
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[all thoughts of the impending wave of time sickness is gone when he gets a proper look at his companion. he reaches out to steady Oliver, careful not to touch his right arm.] What happened?

This...thing attacked. Like before. I thought it must be another passenger, but writing to it didn't work. It just kept after me...

No, I can imagine it didn't...

Rest against the wall. I might have a bandage or two. [starts digging around in his pockets]

[nods, leaning against the wall, trying to catch his breath] We've got a whole level to explore, Doctor. I just need a minute first.

Hopefully I can give that to you. I don't think we'll be alone for long, not if we stay here. [is still searching, darn cavernous pockets.]

I was hoping they hadn't reached that level yet...

Just...let me catch my breath. Then we start looking for that door.

What do you mean? Have you seen those things, too?

[finds a string of magician's handkerchiefs and pulls those out of his pocket for a good thirty seconds before he reaches the end.]

[to himself] Huh, I'd wondered where that'd gone... [makes a slight face and then begins to snugly wrap them around oliver's arm]

Sorry, you were asking about the creatures? Well, young man named Hiruma told me he'd run into them elsewhere and I've seen movement beyond the door Ganymede disappeared into.

It's not bad, don't worry. [he's more concerned about how he got knocked around again, but at least the Doctor can't the evidence of that]

You mean you think they came from down here. Like he knew we were watching him and let them out!?

[absently] I'd rather it were covered up so nothing can happen to it later.

But as far as where the creatures originated, I can't say for certain. Ganymede could've very well released them as a type of...security measure for his own safety--or perhaps he really does know we're coming. Either way, we're not safe.

[frowns worriedly] If we meet one, how do we know it isn't a passenger?

They're not passengers. [ties off the handkerchiefs in a neat little knot.]

But they were!

No, they weren't. Saying who we are would've erased any illusion, but check the spheres--everyone's accounted for.

But what about the crew? Or new arrivals? How do we know?

[sighs, frustrated, and pushes off from the wall] We need to start searching. If we can stop those engines, maybe we can stop this.

When has there ever been a crew besides Ganymede?! And we haven't had any new arrivals in weeks! They're usually confused and ask where they are anyway and that alone's a dead giveaway!

[coolly tucks his hands in his pockets, striding forward and passes Oliver.]

[half to himself] But we still can't be sure...

So how are we doing this, Doctor? Is everyone else already in there?

Then we'll avoid them as best as we can, but Oliver, sometimes you can't run away.

Everyone who was here before would be in there now. We're splitting up and marking off where we've been to. The old girl's somewhere in there as well, but she's looking for the Captain or a way into the ship's controls so she can communicate with it and discover where her real body is.

[frowns and decides it's best not to say anything to that]

That's a good idea. How are people marking? Which way should we go?

[makes a slight face--good thing oliver can't see it since he clearly forgot to say how to mark where they're going to be.]

Well, I'd expect the normal X's on doors or arrows pointing which way they've been. Any more complicated than that, and you'd spend just as much time marking as you have searching.

As for which way...[peers into that door now, letting his eyes adjust to the darker corridors] I'd say we follow that sign. [points at the conveniently placed sign.]

You have a marker or something for us, right?

Nice! I hope it's pointing the right way... [even he doesn't trust this ship anymore]

Of course! Never leave home without one! Or am I thinking of something else... [waves his hand dismissively]

There's only one way we're going to find out. [starts walking in the direction the sign's pointing them towards]

[follows after him, trying not to look as unsteady as he feels; he might have gotten whacked into a wall headfirst] I just want to start trying doors!

Ohhh, I bet you do... [probably not as badly as him though...]

[grabs his sphere as he walks and replays orion's message once more, setting it to audio only and keeps the volume turned down low enough that only he can hear it.] Hmm, he was quite vague, wasn't he?

Yeah...do you think he gave us all those codes because there's a certain string of doors we need to go through?

Possibly. Or all these numbers are just for one door. Perhaps, he was playing yet another one of his games with us and we have to guess which set is the right one.

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