Walton felt a coldness against his face as the door opened up in front of him. There was a gentle nudge from behind and he knew he was toppling into new territory. He fell forth into a dark room.

The room was huge, cavernous and winding. It seemed to encompass a lot of space. It was hard to make it all out because the walls were so dark, giving the illusion that there was more room. He was stood on a metal platform at the very North of the room. There was a locked door just North of his current position. The room extended far South, for twice the length of a standard room where another platform rested against an exit on the Southern side.

In between was a deep black void. There was a long metal bridge raised high overhead on a circular pivot, turned away from his position. Next to him was a strange control panel covered with levers and the writing "East Bridge controls". There was a matching control panel on the Southern metal platform, currently inaccessible. There was no other way across the void.

The rest of the group milled in and looked around them. Boone's eyes were scanning everything when they opened wide at something below and he pointed excitedly, instinct taking control. A narrow metal pipe was jutting out of the Eastern wall below their platform, held in place from above. They could see it through the slitted metal floor. It moved to the West until it was about level with the middle of the platform and then curved to the South, all the way down to the centre of the Southern platform.

Finally, the pipe moved West. On the Western side of the Southern platform, the room extended West for twice the length of a standard room still. It was very hard to make out, but the group could see another set of exits on the far Western side. There was one West and one South on another metal platform. The pipe moved all the way West beneath this platform and out of the Western wall. Another control panel was sat on this platform.

And another bridge rested in the void between the South and Western platforms. It was also raised high and curved away, making access impossible.

Boone flexed his arms and made a grabbing motion towards the pipe. Helm frowned and looked down at it. It was very flimsy looking and the supports wouldn't hold.

"I don't think it's a good idea..." She muttered.

Boone shrugged his shoulders, sulked and then shook his head.

"Y-you're right. Just had something come over meeeEee."

They sat and stared across the void, pondering their next move.

It is now Phase 70. Phase 70 will end in roughly 24 hours from now.

Objectives:
You can operate the control panel by posting ##Activate: Controls. Post the position of the control panel you want to activate alongside it.

Players (7):
Boone
Dern
Eleanor
Maria
Rita
Urk
Walton (I)

Exits:
North (Locked)
East
South

Rita walked over to the control panel nervously. There was no telling what things did in this place. There were some levers and a plethora of buttons. She had no idea what to press so she pulled down on one of the levers carefully. As she did the floor shook slightly, but not in a particularly dangerous way.

The large bridge overhead sank a small amount. Rita stopped and tried pressing a button. It rotated a little clockwise with a rusty creak. It took some attempts to press all the buttons, with the creaking and the lurching in between before she was somewhat confident of what she was doing. It wasn't too complicated after all really.

The bridge lowered downwards and span 90 degrees until it was almost level with the group. She gave it one last twist and pull and the bridge sunk down with an audible click that once again shook the group a little.

It was now bridging the gap from North to South. They could access the Southern exit and control panel.

Eleanor walked South towards the control panel. She paused momentarily as she crossed the bridge to stretch. For some reason it felt like they'd been stood around forever. Still, there was no time like the fucking present. She reached over to the controls and pressed a button at random.

There was a click and a loud clunking noise. Slowly, the bridge crossing from the North to the South lurched upwards from the position they'd locked it into. Eleanor swore loudly and mashed the control panel some more. It took a while but she finally managed to get the bridge back in place before stepping away and shaking her head.

"They both control the same fucking bridge." She said miserably.

Her eyes glanced over to the far Western platform and the impassable gap. It looked like they wouldn't be able to reach it from this side.

The group readied themselves. It was time to move on.

Phase 70 will end in about an hour's time. Anybody who has not yet posted an exit action may do so. No other actions can be used, and no existing exit actions can be changed.