FORUM CURSES: Code Smug

I attempt to check the flash drive’s contents on the computer.

You plug the flash drive in.

a file has appeared on the computer.

opening it reveals hundreds of files worth of ???4?$$$?44$/4$$$?//$#$(84&3494$4
$4$$4$$444/4/4?$//4/4//4?$/4/$???

roll for stealth

5 or lower= fail
10-6 = alerted of presence
15-10 = relatively decent (unless outside influence)
16-20 = critical success

:game_die: 6

it’s noticed you.

you either gotta hide or you gotta start trying to exit the area

:game_die: 20

Thankfully, and almost miraculously, you find a perfectly sized gap in a cubicle to squeeze through silently.

the monster has fallen off your trail.

you should ideally make your way to the next elevator to the next group of floors.

:game_die: 9

:game_die: 2

I give the side of the computer a good ol’ smack to try and make it stop glitching.
Unless this is a matter of me being unable to comprehend manmade horrors, in which case I just think about it really hard.
@discobot roll 1d20

:game_die: 17

when did dudeman get an orb

i’m still upstairs aren’t i
is dudeman still up here or did he go downstairs?

I’m still looking at the reception desk, haven’t gotten a prompt yet

I havent been in a while what have I miss

I rizz up the arcade machine
@discobot roll 1d20

:game_die: 7

I immediately play it off as a joke

@discobot roll 1d20

:game_die: 15

We’re already on the next floor, the being in the arcade machine hasn’t forgotten about you however.

You make a lot of noise, and now the creature is onto you.

no effect.

You are, however, seemingly able to somewhat comprehend this information.

It’s hundreds of files containing:

memories.

bits and pieces and moments of the entire facility as a whole.

shockingly, some of these date all the way back to the 1950’s.

But who are they of? Who took these? how did these memories even get saved onto this flash drive? what’s the purpose here? you cannot figure that out for yourself.

however, strangely, some words stick out to you.

“salt”

“promethean”

few floors back

no idea, ask @Dudeman

Do you have a light source?

we’re on floor 48, a large office, and currently everyone is in a blackout as a strange, massive shambling monster is slowly making its way down the halls of the cubicles.

you, have nightvision goggles however, so this blackout shouldn’t affect you.