HOTEL LEX - FLOOR 6 (7/?) (Patreon)

The inner child in you starts imagining all the different kinds of powers you can acquire. Maybe shooting water balls out of your mouth, camouflaging yourself, or creating a field of flowers.

You poke your head out of the greenhouse and check your surroundings before creeping out. The ship is just as quiet as you first found it but now with a steady glow from your arm, you are more confident. You make it back into the hub and this time, walk downstairs past a sign that says 'CORE.' On the map, the seed vault is located near the ship's armored core where the temperature is near freezing and the air is bone-dry. You shiver and Emmett holds onto you to try to keep you warm, his plush body feeling like a blanket. You step into a narrow passageway with many security doors, each repeating the same warning of a temporary lockdown. Your administrative keycard bypasses each door and eventually you reach a large room with a decontamination pod and personnel stations. You squint and try to focus your eyes. The lack of warmth and light makes everything a blur and you rub your eyes constantly, still adjusting to your new eyesight. You spot a single light above a sign that says 'CORE' with someone standing underneath it.

You quickly duck behind a row of boxes and pull Emmett with you. You peek at a figure slowly pacing back and forth like a zombie. You watch it walk under a light and see its face —or rather, a lack of one. Its white, gooey muzzle shines in the light before fading back into the shadows. It is rather tall, maybe slightly taller than you; its white, rubbery body leaving trails of goo wherever it steps. You are not sure if you could take it head-on but maybe you don't need to? There's still too much you don't know about your own physical condition or the creatures roaming the deck. You sit back down next to Emmett.

"M-Maybe if we distract it?" Emmett suggests, poking at a loose panel on the ground.

You weigh your options and the potential reward against the risk. At the moment, you're not sure what kinds of seeds they have inside and how they would benefit your biomass of a body. You look at your surroundings as the sound of squeaking echoes; there is another corridor you could try to go down, or perhaps make the creature investigate if you make a commotion loud enough. Your body tenses up and you stifle a sneeze. Either way, you have to move or else you're going to become a popsicle.

> Attempt to make contact with the goo creature.> Create a distraction.> Head down the other corridor.

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