Ex Machina; End

[animusmods]

The results are chaotic but an overall success: the chips are disabled and the machine room is secured by Aria's group. The characters can access it at any time by talking to Aria or another retrieval unit in the hidden floor, but there isn't much to see there at the moment, and the retrieval units will prevent anyone from altering the machine for now--it may be possible to convince Aria otherwise, but for now they'd rather nothing be broken.

There are a few days of eerie silence within the Tower: while Zo was scheduled to take control for May, it doesn't seem like he's been around, so it's dubious as to if he really is in charge at the moment. Further, Aria eventually vanishes as well. The other retrieval units, if asked, will say that they're certain she's still alive and uncompromised, but they're not sure exactly where she is.

It will be a few days before that comes to light...

Comments

[megazero_to_superhero]

Just because of what Riki pulled on everyone, twice, David's gonna want to flag down Aria or a retrieval unit and ask them about the machine room, if Riki had been telling the truth about what he'd been saying to the Infiltration Team before the boss battle.

He'll also want to know if they have any clue why Riki would try and kill them after the group attempted to reason with the guy. Was it just protecting what's his, not wanting Residents touching his stuff?

[animusmods]

Aria won't be totally sure, but will note that he's always been more interested in building, maintaining, and manipulating the Tower than anything else. She doesn't think Riki was telling the truth.