Corrupted Power [Mission] [5/5]

More attacks would strike the generator. As Dio hit it, it would increase to 70%. Amelie's made it 75%. Kuu's blades increased it by 3 each to 84%, and then Ravenna's strike increased it to 91%.

"We're almost there!" Datamon exclaimed, then shouted "Digital Bomb!" once again launching eight mechanical missiles at the generator, putting everything he could into it. To his annoyance, it just fell short, at 99%.

"Shall I, sir?" Kokabuterimon asked. Datamon glowered at him silently, then the insect digimon decided to take his leave and with another cry of "Socket Burst!" struck the generator with a good electric punch, bringing it up to 100%.

"Very good!" Vademon's voice echoed around the room. More lights came on, and the doors that led out of the room ahead opened. All around they could hear the whirring and humming of machinery beginning to start up. "By activating the generator you've not only forwarded the cause of Science, you've also saved me a few thousand bits on my power bill. Yeesh. You would not believe how many zero's was on my last one. Anyway, proceed through the door to the next test!"

"Good job, everyone!" Datamon said, delighted at their success, even if he was panting a little from the effort. "Now, shall we proceed?"

As they moved into the next room, they would see another curious setup. It was a rather long room, 20 meters long, 5 meters wide, and 5 meters high. On the metal floor, there was little present, other than 2 rather long cables, easily the length of the room plus a bit more. The walls were mostly featureless, other than 2 large sockets on the far wall, and 2 on the near wall, one at ground level, and the other near the roof.

"Now then. For this next test, you're going to have to hook up the power cables, which seem to have fallen out, given that I programmed this message to play only if that's the case" the eccentric Vademon's voice would state. "If not, disregard this, and let me know, so I can fire my programming assistant. Anyway, your task here is to plug the cables into the right sockets. Please note that once connected to a socket, the cables will be carrying roughly a million volts, so you wanna make sure you'd hook them up at the same time, otherwise the discharge would quickly turn you into dust, or, something similar. Also, make sure you hook them up in the right way, the current only flows in one direction. So is that positive-to-negative? Or positive-to-positive? Either way, hopefully the labels will help you out. Oh. And you probably need some digimon that can fly here, if not, well, hopefully our janitors should be able to get you out of there in time".

On each socket there would be a "+" or "-" symbol next to it. And on each end of the cables, there was also a "+" or "-" symbol. Either way, further inspection was probably warranted.

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OOC: The cables have 1 end marked "+" and 1 end marked "-".

    "Lunch sounds amazing," Kuu commented, thinking about all the foods that Ravenna mentioned. Ugh, he needed a snack, or three, now! Maybe, they would get lucky and find a lunch room. Of course, even Kuu knew that this was unlikely. And, if they did, there probably wouldn't be anything edible in it!

    At least, hunger aside, everything seemed to be going well! The generator was powered, and they would be able to continue on their way!

    Clapping his scythe 'hands' together, the Kyukimon seemed plenty enthused. "Let's go! Then lunch!" Oh no. He was going to think about food for the entirety of the mission, wasn't he?

    But first! With a flash of light, the pink beast turned to his usual, ferrety, white and purple. In a quick leap, he was already back on Maia's shoulder, and waiting for his free ride to the next room, quietly chanting, "let's go, let's go, let's go," until the Vademon's voice popped up again.

    Tilting his head, nose scrunched. "I don't get it," he admitted. And, Maia wasn't even going to try to explain to him what was going on! Maybe, she didn't really know either. "What happened to Spidermon, anyway?" This question was obviously directed to Amy! Of course Kuu didn't know what Spiderman was! But, it was only one letter off from 'mon', so that must have been what she meant!

    And it was another thing Maia wasn't going to explain.

    Instead, she'd turn to Datamon. He seemed like the type that might be able to figure out a bit of information on this sort of thing, after all! "Do you think it's going to hurt anything if we plug it in the wrong way?" Who knew if it would shock them, or even explode? Or, if connected wrong, perhaps it would just do... nothing!

    "We should lick it."

    "No. No we shouldn't."

    At least Mai would correct Kuu on that!

Surprisingly enough, the generator test proved to be an easily surmountable obstacle, at least compared to the ambush back on the elevator, so things should only go more smoothly from here on out, right?

"Nice. Hope things can be this easy all the way through." Carlos said, clearly just as satisfied with their small victory as the rest of the group, even if technically speaking he himself had done little to nothing to help out with said victory.

"Aaand you probably just jinxed us all." His partner was quick to reply, not too happy about having to go further into this madhouse of a facility but as they said, "beggars can't be choosers".

As the group followed along and wandered into the large room, their eccentric "host" once again chimed in with another prerecorded message, instructing them in their new and slightly more dangerous task involving the plugs and cable in front of them. It didn't exactly seem like the toughest test, but the concequences for failure said otherwise.

Was one million volts as bad for digimon as it was for humans? If Mister Vademon's words were to be trusted, that seemed to be the case. And even if it wasn't, it was unlikely any of the digimon present were willing to put that to the test. Carlos couldn't blame them, he had learned from way too early an age how it felt to get a good shock to your system like that, after an unfortunate accident regarding a fork and a light socket.

Yeah, he hadn't been the brightest kid growing up.

Dio didn't seem particularly thrilled about this particular trial, squinting at the cable with disdain as if the mere thought of having to touch it (let alone lift it) was the biggest insult this facility could have thrown at him.
"Hmph, the Dark Lord is above such dumb labor like lifting." Dio declared, simply and bluntly, saying this like it were an indisputable fact of life.

"That's his way of saying he's too weak to lift them." Carlos said sarcastically. "Also that he can't fly." The recording said they needed that much to reach the plug that was closest to the roof, so unless someone carried the impmon all the way up there he would probably be better off handling the lower plug or...giving moral support? If such a thing was possible for the self centered Dio.

Said Impmon chose to ignore Carlos' backhanded comment, but couldn't stay quiet at Kuu's rather silly question.

"She said Spiderman, doofus, not mon." He said as he pinched the bridge of his nose, before turning to the white haired man. "What the hell is a Spiderman at any rate? I wasn't aware you humans could fuse with other species too."

Carlos sighed. Was this really the best time to ask human pop culture related questions?
"That's...not how it works, he's a fictional chara- you know, why don't I show you later? After we are finished with this."

With that he'd look down at the cable for a short moment, then at the two plugs on the wall.
"We should probably plug these positive side to positive side, negative to negative, right? Just like batteries." He said, his tone carrying a clear hint of doubt, not so much because he didn't believe his own reasoning, but rather as a way of asking the group for opinion.

Sorry, but my muse for this thread is at an all-time low and isn't showing any signs of improving. I'll proceed to exit this mission. Good luck!

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    The situation at hand didn't seem all that complicated. The cables were there, and plugging them seemed like an easy task. Even Amelie was hopeful in regards to what was in front of them; jinx or no jinx, getting to it seemed simple enough.

    "I'll get one of the negative sockets, no problem over here. Let's get ready!"

    Surprisingly, a more elaborate ring of fractal code than the last time formed around Amy's left hand. The result? A way bigger aberration than the one from before. Effortlessly, it picked one of the cables and began ascending while offering the other end to Kuu-

    On a quick gesture, the cable would be plugged when the signal was given; would everyone follow suit? In case that happened, the digimon would just seemingly lose its mid-way balance, and apparently stumble downward... just on top of the Reppamon and his tamer. Concerning, even if not by what could be seen at plain sight; the fall hadn't been violent, and the digimon had fallen with relative softness. Then, what was the deal?

    It happened in an instant. A small, barely recognizable energy discharge surged through Wimon's body before... suddenly disappearing, alongside the beings that had been under it at that time. Where had they gone?

    That was an interesting question.

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[Exit]

Peter Parker and hugging the fourth wall aside, it was time for the missioners to plug in these cables. There should be enough people to plug in all four at the same time. Kuu Digivolves to Reppamon and plugs in one of the cables. Carlos makes a good suggestion, simple but practical. It only makes sense that the ends marked positive would go to the positive outlets, and same for the negative ones. Having come this far, Ravenna isn't going to stop now. This is her first big mission in the Digital World, and a chance for her to prove herself and earn her wings in a way. Wings that she would need.

The gothic Shakira lifts up one of the negative cables and flies it over to the upper socket on the other side of the room. Hopefully she wouldn't have too much difficultly plugging it in, unlike anything with a USB connecter.

(Thinking) "Come on, work the first time for once, damn it. Not like plugging my flash drive in for college. First it won't go in, then I flip it upside down, and it STILL won't go in, so I flip it again, and now all of a sudden it works?! AAARGH! Damn it! Calm down, gotta focus. I'm dealing with some serious voltage here."

Ravenna inserts the outlet, and a sigh of relief crosses her face, as she brushes a beat of sweat from her brow. She raises her tightly clenched fists up to her chest in celebration and lets out a gleeful "Yay!" Her smile is replaced by a look of confusion when she turns to the group, and doesn't see several of the teammates that were there before. After hovering in midair confused for a moment, Raye gently glides back down and looks around.

"Okay, is this part of some security measure? Am I gonna get got next?!"

Ravenna's eyes dash from side to side, as she steps back quietly while her teeth begin to chatter. While their mission was coming to an end, she enjoyed the company of the group, and once she calms down, the young track star will be looking forward to more adventures both here in the mysterious areas of the Digital World, as well as the city of Shibuya. The bird brain still has much to prove as a Spirit User, even if it is difficult to juggle schoolwork, track, and playing super heroine. Was this it for now, or did they still have to finish this mission?
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