Action: If Damian lets me borrow the repair chip, WindKnight jacks in with it loaded and confers friendly-like with the Prog while fixing some of the damage to the server, seeing if he has any useful information or secrets left. When this action is accomplished-and there's no obvious reason to stick around-afterwards, both of them are ready to leave.
Judging from the clues and the unoccupied alcoves, the memorial server was shut down not long after its initial setup. As such the Prog has no more information or secrets left to divulge, having already talked about everything it knows about the four navis (presumably) involved with setting up the lock. It still has plenty to talk about, of course, as Progs are always happy to chat if given the slightest opportunity. It just talks about nothing important as WindKnight repairs some of the damage and decay to the server with the battlechip. Even so, the happy beeps it lets out afterwards is surely a reward in and of itself.
Assuming you don't care about zenny, of course.
With the tomb looted, at least as far as everyone can tell, it's time to leave. Titania pulls up the wires, adapters and parts and tucks them away before doing what she can to help Kouko and Lumi climb up out of the tomb and through the narrow tunnel. The group has disturbed the dust and debris too much to remove any traces of their presence, but they can at least obscure them in case anyone stumbles upon the tomb and tries to determine who robbed its contents.
Titania pings her brother to come pick them up and then leads everyone on the hike back to the access road. While it is as dark as when they first set out, it is easier since it is downhill and with the lights of the city to help guide them. The ranger patrols seem to be lighter as well, for while the whine of their bikes can occasionally be heard they even approach close enough to force everyone to hide. While it doesn't make the journey any less tense, it allows everyone to make good time and eventually reach the safety of Thomas's food truck.
The Katsaros siblings occupy the front seats, leaving room in the back for Damian, Kouko and Lumi to sit down as the truck motors down the road. Ti searches through the glove compartment for a few moments before pulling out a first-aid kit for Kouko and Lumi's scrapes and bruises. They did take a bit of a tumble back there.
"Well? What did you find? You sounded pretty excited," Thomas says, turning his head around until Ti elbows him in the ribs.
"Pay attention to the road," she says, before turning in her seat to speak to the rest of the group.
"Do you want to check the storage chip or let TrustyFriend check it out?" she asks Lumi, who was still holding onto the prize. Her PET let out a chime as she holds out the adapter for Lumi, though Titania gives it a shake and blocks it before TrustyFriend could interrupt. No doubt he was drooling over the opportunity to examine it but she had found it first and had earned the right to double-check it first.
Of course Thomas is too busy driving to do the same with his PET as it lets out a chime.
"Did you encounter any trouble?" OctoWoman asks.
"TrustyFriend couldn't have been any help if you did. I should have been there instead of him." Ti's PET chimes again, but this time she is ready and it lets out only two notes before she silences it.
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