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[Toaster]

I'll practice with the LART while Flintus unlocks the door for us (Assuming that's his plan.)

You'll notice the lack of rolls. There is a reason for this; this is only the (ermm... what's the oppisite of epilouge?).

Prologue.

The IT department usually works out of the basement. I don't think this building has stairs.

Hell, I'm not even in the main building.  I have to go up a hill to get there- great when I'm moving something heavy and it's raining.

[nuker w]

Go to the terminal and check whats up.

[Frelock]

We get paid by the hour, right?  Doing lengthy, tedious, but neither physically or mentally draining tasks is the best part of getting paid by the hour(alright, so goofing off while the code's compiling is good too).  There's also making up problems, but 200 racks is plenty tedious.

Begin inspecting blades.

[Schilcote]

We get paid by the hour, right?  Doing lengthy, tedious, but neither physically or mentally draining tasks is the best part of getting paid by the hour(alright, so goofing off while the code's compiling is good too).  There's also making up problems, but 200 racks is plenty tedious.

Begin inspecting blades.

5 minutes before incident

Anyway, you don't get paid by the hour, you get paid by the ticket closed. Yeah, in the far, far future they at least solved SOME problems.

[Frelock]

Hmmm, I missed that incident part.  It appears I'm failing spot checks in all your RTDs.  I wonder what it could be...
Zombie outbreak?
Skynet coming on-line?
Someone spilling hot coffee on their lap?

Figure out if someone really was stupid enough to leave the root password lying around, or if it's a code for something.

[Schilcote]

Hmmm, I missed that incident part.  It appears I'm failing spot checks in all your RTDs.  I wonder what it could be...

Figure out if someone really was stupid enough to leave the root password lying around, or if it's a code for something.

Wait, what? Are you talking about the sticky note? Yes, it's a puzzle. It's quite easy really. But I'm not going to let the character figure it out until you do

[Frelock]

"Any puzzle is extraordinarily simple to one who knows the solution."

Well, I know nothing of servers or Linux, so tell me, is there any particular form which root passwords must follow?

[Schilcote]

"Any puzzle is extraordinarily simple to one who knows the solution."

Well, I know nothing of servers or Linux, so tell me, is there any particular form which root passwords must follow?

I don't either. I'm pretty sure it's just a password like any other. Comprised of letters. Forms a word.

[Toaster]

Can I help with the puzzle, since technically my character hasn't seen it?  I don't know how strict you're keeping this RP.

[Schilcote]

Can I help with the puzzle, since technically my character hasn't seen it?  I don't know how strict you're keeping this RP.

Yeah. All RTD characters have weak dice-based reality-warping abilities and telepathy with other RTD characters.

EDIT:

I just told it to my chemist friend, he figured it out in a few seconds.

[Flintus10]

Sorry joined right before i went to sleep

I will in fact unlock the door

[Frelock]

I am a rocket scientiest (ok, so I technically I work on spacecraft instruments, not rockets) and a mathematician, but I have no talent at all for puzzles.  I'll leave it for someone else to discover.

Improvise a voltmeter with random unnecessary hardware that's bound to be lying around.

[NoctisVampire]

Hmm...
Improvise firefighting equipment, and announce the situation on local communication channel, wait for someone to unlock the door
Solved the puzzle:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

51 a
103 e
38 c
200 t
67 p
62 r
38 c-51a-62r-67p-103e-200t
CARPET
No wonder a man into chemistry would solve this immdiately, bears certain resemblence to their job

And let others at server level know ASAP.

[Schilcote]

Hey, if it's at all possible, write some dialouge. I need some characterization.

Toaster: I'll practice with the LART while Flintus unlocks the door for us (Assuming that's his plan.)
Nuker: Go to the terminal and check whats up.
Flintus:I will in fact unlock the door
Frelock: Improvise a voltmeter with random unnecessary hardware that's bound to be lying around.
Noticus: Improvise firefighting equipment, and announce the situation on local communication channel, wait for someone to unlock the door
Qwerty: Do a cursory examination of the server racks, incase there's something really obvious.

Flintus begins to pick the lock on the door. Someone screams on the other side, and Toaster smacks the doorhandle with his LART, busting it open.
Noticus rips a C02 canister off of a unused modeling workstation, then presses the button on his swiss army knife and visualises a large pair of pliers. The "knife" forms itself to the exact specifications he imagined, and he uses these two objects together to create a rudimentary fire extinguisher. He begins smothering flames near the door with the C02.

Meanwhile, in the print server room, the queue is expanding quickly. Frelock positions his Universal Screwdriver in front of some screws holding on the back panel of a disused VU meter, and makes some connections with his ColdHeat to create a voltmeter. The iron's battery has 49 uses left.

Qwertyuiopas begins to walk down the rows of racks looking for disconnected cables or blown-up blades.
Nuker types in the root password Noticus figured out. The terminal accepts the password and lets you into the root account.

[nuker w]

Code a quick program to search for damages.