Didn't want to head south to Salt Lake... though really didn't get much of a choice. Largest settlement at the edge of the ash-lands, especially with the mega Desal plant working again, all the tech, and people, that survived in the Bingham Canyon city sized bunker made that possible. Despite the chaotic weather there was an amazing crop of vegetables that grew in the surrounding farmland.
Anyway, backing up to Why we headed south instead of continuing west. There was a creature in the way. Not really sure what that was to be honest, it wasn't there when we hiked through the first time. The best description would have to be a dragon. Lizardlike, as long as a bus is, The wingspan was just as wide that allowed it to glide easily enough while it used it's tail like a rudder as it moved through the air, two rear legs no front legs, when folded and landed it used its wings as such. It was terrifyingly majestic as it slowly circled above us after leaping off the cliffside before landing in front of us lightly. Eivan and I had the sense of mind to grab our ecologist friend and drag him back, it's mouth could have easily swallowed any of us up whole in one bite. It didn't breath fire on us, though we didn't give much of a chance since we immediately bolted back down the road we'd came. Didn't stop much as we headed south along the 15 towards Salt Lake. It followed us for a couple days, watching us, we didn't stop till the ecologist dropped from exhaustion and we took shelter in a bus terminal in Malad. I guess by that point it had grown disinterested in us. We rested a day then continued south to Salt Lake to get supplies and see if a caravan along the I-84 needed guards. Thankfully they didn't give us as much grief about being non-mormons this time, fair prices on food and drink as well.
Hopefully we'll be back in the CR in a few days and we can finish our contract by getting our ecologist friend home safe and sound.
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The s͇͎̳̯͇̯͈̮͔͚̖͇̹̘̗̗̤e̳̪͕̗͍͕̬̭͕̙̰ͅv̱͉̻̱̬͎̰͍̟̩̘͕ͅͅe̯͓̯̩̟͍̜̝̜̮̳͉̹͍̮̮ͅͅn͔͚̮͕͖̳̰͎͙̬͉t͔͚̮̠̖̥h͈̘̹̼̘̱̘̺̲̣͔̩ͅͅ floor is definitely larger on the inside than the outside, it is definitely a labyrinth as well, however I was able to map it all out, I didn't find the missing drones in it. That took most of the week, would have been faster if I'd figured out how to see in the dark faster, well and adjust to that which took a day. A quasi modification to my eyesight that allows me to see into the u͚̺͓̲̼͇̦ͫ͒ĺ͚̑͛t̺̊̍ͨ̐͛̿r̦̤̥͕̓͑̚a̜̯̰͛ͤ̔̇v̖̺̯̺̩̽ͅĩ̟͇̤̬̦̲ͯ͒õ̳̤̬ͧ̂l̬͔͖͔̹͇̫̳͖ͬ͂͛̑ͮͯͭͯͫe͍̤̓̋̍ͭ̍̐̓ͤ̚t̲̠̞̲̤͉͈͋ͯ͊ ̤̭̻̣̪̙͉̲̼̍̑̿̌̍̐̍̈́s̞͖̹̮̣͋̌ͅp̲͉̣̰͖̤͔ͣ̐ͅe̻̘̥̱̙̦͚̋́̈̀̎͒ͥc͎̝̱̗̯̘̭̭̞̀͛ͣ͌ͧ̃̐t̜̝͎̼͖̻͊̂̿ͭͨ̓r̩̲̜̫̩ͮ̊̓ǘ̹ͧ̋ͨ̾͛̑ͧ̃m̻̝͊̇ͭͬ. I was wondering why the drones had no problem with the seventh floor while I couldn't see jack, Something about the air of the seventh floor adsorbs all normally visible light. No idea why, and since there wasn't anything physically there to sample there's nothing to really check. Anyway, no drones. I did find a dias made of apparently all the towels that were on this floor with a leather-bound book on it but it c͕̬̃̈́͊̋̈r̸͉͚̘͍͎̤̂ͫ̂͊ͯͫ̓͝ȇ̛̩͓̦̹̳̪̟̈́̕é͍̦̖̜̗̲̱̗̇ͯͯ͂́͜p̶̘̞̬̥͔̳͚͆̀̇̎ͭ̔̒̉̐e̵͔͔͙̯͂͆ͤ̅͂̓d̵̺͔̭̱͇̼̮͐̑͂ͣ͢ͅ me out enough I didn't want to touch it. Something just seemed... ỏ̻̤͓̤ͪf͈ͦf̤̟̩͍̳̩̖̾ͫ̌ͅ about it.
Fifth and sixth floor still remain impenetrable despite the best attempts of myself and drones from the institute. ID-9 though has declared that I attempted to complete the task in good faith and that the inability to explore the remaining floors doesn't count against anything, the fact that I did in fact find one of the missing drones is being debated upon and hopefully a c̳͛͑o͖̬ͦ͋ͩ͊͌̑̅͐n̤̭̩̝͑̌͐͂̍̾̆̏s̲̖̤͖͓̙͛͌̎̂ͣe̟̭̹͉̥̓̍͂ͩ̎̈̀n̰̬͍̗͗̓ͥ̋͊ͤͩ̓s̤̗̗̄͆̃ͫ̄ͩ͐̔ͅu̱̰͈͉ͥ̌ͪ̇ͣ͂͊s̘̳͙̒͒̾̐ͮ on whether to open up "trade options with organics" or not can be made in the next day or so Snow's starting to fall now..
....seriously w͇̤͙͕̆́̃ͪ͂ͮḧ͇̹ͯͮ̐̚o̥̟̪̥̙̙̪̎ͮ̃͌̚'̭͔͂̉ͪ̇s̻̮͋̽̇̾̈ͤ̿͑͒ ̹̬̭̪͎̩͍̠ͥ̊̍͐̃i̗͇̦͑̎̑d͓̻̫ͧ̚ě͓̫̭̟͎̭̭̼̿̈́ͪ̓̒a͓̥̳̖͂ͬͨ̓ͮ͐ ẃ̗͓̘̤͈̫̟͙̤a͏̨̞̩͉̼̀s̡̱̰͙̠̙̙̠̦͓ it to make ME the ambassador for the human race to new creatures and entities? First the Drakony, and now AI's... what's next E-T's?
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