Orange Team Finale

[voidtreckermods]

Four days of ice maze, four days of cold, four days of wandering lost, falling into traps and slowly getting closer to the centre of the labyrinth.

There is very little warning in the labyrinth, those nearer the outer walls may see the storm get more intense outside but their first real indication that something is wrong is when the world lurches.

Parts of the maze have moved before, passages opening and closing. But now the whole labyrinth moves, shaking and twisting, spinning in the sky, as if it were trying to shake those inside out. They may be able brace themselves, they may be thrown down passageways, into ice walls.

The whole place seems to get colder. An attempt to freeze them out. The shaking only lasts a few minutes, but it is intense.

But even this attempt at getting rid of them isn’t enough it seems, because those close enough will soon find themselves entering through the last gap in the ice. To the machine room itself. Indeed it might be that they were flung closer by the shaking itself.

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[voidtreckermods]

The screen lights up when Kaito touches it. A snowflake logo shows before it fades to a text screen.

Authorisation required.

Password:

A keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen. There is no sticky pad though or any kind of paper at all around the machine.

The wires go up to the screens, connecting screen to the console below. Most the wires disappear into the central tube, where they can assume it connects up to the ball at the top.

Kaito trying a passowrd! ... how many tries does he have lol

[stealsyourheart]

"Hm. Let's see... some sort of snow thing, it looks like. Let's try..."

S N O W F L A K E

[voidtreckermods]

There is a second before a text box pops up.

Ice Try.

Snow luck though.

Nine attempts remain.

Try again?

Trying again, and here the mun regrets that *Kaito* might be good at this, but she sucks

[stealsyourheart]

"Oooooh a punster, huh?"

Kaito considers.

"Lesse now. Snow and ice based, doomsday machine, likes puns. Not likely to be something historical or mythological then. Think Mr Freeze... damn it's been a long time since that came out. Hm..."

ICE TO SEE YOU

dw I don't expect you to be an actual hacker!

[voidtreckermods]

Ice to See You too.

Can I alp you?

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin leaves the wires for the moment and comes to look over Kaito's shoulder. He laughs softly. "It seems this machine has a sense of humor. What a punster! Try the names of the Alps? A mountainous region in the nation of Switzerland, on the planet Earth, with some famous, immensely high mountains. I read about them in an encyclopedia. Perhaps there is a connection between this planet and that Earth, or this punning machine would not know of these mountains. Try MATTERHORN, JUNGFRAU, or MÖNCH?"

Thank you mods for being kind <3 <3

[stealsyourheart]

"I sure hope I'm not going to have to do this whole thing in ice puns!" He laughs.

"Lesse..."

Stop! Time to make like ice and freeze.

[voidtreckermods]

Snow can do.

Frost things frost, who are you?

Authorisation Required.

I AM GOING TO DIE OF PUNS AND IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT MODS

[stealsyourheart]

"Drat... well uh his name IS Professor Chill so... let's try..."

Chill it's me

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin is still laughing. Kaito pretending to be Professor Chill? Let's see if it works!

[voidtreckermods]

Favourite ice cream?

ORZ

[stealsyourheart]

"Oh dear Kami." Kaito kicks Curufin absently for the cackling. "Uhhh what sort of ice cream would a snow-themed villain like?"

Snow flavor like vanilla

[voidtreckermods]

Favourite animal?

[stealsyourheart]

"This Chill guy has some weiiiiiird password protection on his computer." Kaito observes.

Ice see you like penguins.

[voidtreckermods]

Verifying. Verifying.

Security Question: What is the freezing point of mercury?

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito bangs his head on a convenient nearby wall.

"Here's hoping he uses celsius..."

-39 degrees clecius

[voidtreckermods]

Authorising. Authorising.

What colour is snow?

[stealsyourheart]

White like ice

[kumoko]

This Chill guy..... he's kind of an idiot, isn't he? The spider's mostly preoccupied with grabbing people and getting them away from the walls, but she spends at least a little time teleporting back and forth from the machine to keep track of their progress. And squinting in disappointment at the screen.

'How's it going?' she asks in silk, the third time she pops back.

Feel free to just vaguely describe any panic hacking!

[voidtreckermods]

Incorrect. Not verified.

Water you doing here?

Intruder alert.

Intruders. Sleigh them.

The room begins to shake and liquid ice snakes out of the wall towards their feet.

The screen is still on, the keyboard still active. But they will have to work fast.

excellent panicking it is.

[stealsyourheart]

"Not great!" He curses and hangs on.

"Damn, damn, damn. Not used to having to pun to hack. Lesse... "

The screen and keyboard are still on, so he'll try again to re-access the screen. A different pun maybe...

[kumoko]

Aaah! She thought you had it! What's happening!!!

Instead of leaving again, she's just gonna guard Kaito's back. No point trying to flail at the computer, she has enough trouble typing when there isn't basically a countdown timer on the screen.

Ugh, she bets there's a real countdown timer. This sucks.

Whatever! Come at her, ice monsters!

[voidtreckermods]

The liquid ice winds it's way towards them, to wrap around their ankles, or closest applicable appendages in Kumoko's case.

On the screen there is still a flashing intruder alert but trying another pun brings a new text box up.

Unauthorised action. Countdown to total freeze two minutes.

Override Authorisation Question

I am a massive, destructive and gigantic pile of fluff, and when I flow, get out of the way fast don’t move so slow. What am I?

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito responds by clambering ONTO the rigging, hanging upside down and still typing furiously.

Avalanche

[voidtreckermods]

Authorisation. Granted.

And with that the screen turns more technical. Kaito is in. The room has stopped shaking and the liquid ice starts retreating back to the walls.

There is a lot of code, a lot of it uses puns. But with some work it is possible for Kaito to activate the shutdown sequence.