FESS Suit: Zachary Vasiliev:

T 1512:15:63

*Creaking*

Zachary Vasiliev: "We're here."

Ryan Degel: "Kinda hard to miss."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Surprised you didn't get lost."

Ryan Degel: "Surprised you didn't get eaten."

Zachary Vasiliev: "You would be the one to be eaten."

Ryan Degel: "You're the one preforming all those aerobatics just now. I thought this was professional."

Zachary Vasiliev: "I am professional."

*Footsteps*

Ryan Degel: "What do you think is at this place?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "It better be aliens. This whole thing was hyped to be aliens."

Ryan Degel: "I mean, what do you think we would find there specifically?"

Zachary Vasilev: "I don't know. Maybe an ancient temple or something."

Ryan Degel: "Will the aliens mind us coming here?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "If aliens are currently here, we would have been blown out of the sky."

Ryan Degel: "That's what happened to the Pilgrim."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Oh, yeah. What about you? Do you think aliens will be waiting for us at the location?"

Ryan Degel: "I hope not. It would make this whole thing much harder. If aliens really did blow us out of the sky, they wouldn't want us here."

Zachary Vasiliev: "If aliens really didn't want us here, we would not have survived as long as we did."

Ryan Degel: "Good point. But what if the Pilgrim was hit by some sort of pyramid trap?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Well, then they really don't want us here."

Ryan Degel: "I wonder what happened to them."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Well, that's what we are here to discover."

*Footsteps*

Zachary Vasiliev: "Are we there yet?"

Ryan Degel: "I thought you were the one leading this ezpedition."

Zachary Vasiliev: "It's not my fault you have long legs. But seriously, do you see it yet?"

Ryan Degel: "No. At this rate, we will have explored the whole island."

Zachary Vasiliev: "I almost forgot. What should we name this island?"

Ryan Degel: "I don't know. Did you come up with anything?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "I did actually. What do you think of Treasure Island."

Ryan Degel: "Well, it's not the worst name you came up with. But we haven't found any treasure,"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Maybe the thing we're looking for is just really tiny."

Ryan Degel: "I doubt it."

*Footsteps*

Zachary Vasiliev: "Hold on. Do you see that?"

Ryan Degel: "What? Well, I think I see what you're talking about."

Zachary Vasiliev: "I think we found it!"

*Running*

Ryan Degel: "Hey, hey slow down!"

Zachary Vasiliev: "There it is."

Ryan Degel: "Yep. That definitely looks alien."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Tell me, what does it look like?"

Ryan Degel: "Don't drag this on. Just get to the point."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Okay, fine. This looks like a door. And now we need to open it."

Beta Base: Room 8

T 1518:12:02

Alison Walker: "So you guys actually managed to find the alien monument?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "You say as if you doubted us."

Alison Walker: "Well, it's not like you're the most reliable person."

Zachary Vasiliev: "I won't take that as an insult."

Alison Walker: "Anyway, what did you find out about the alien structure?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "This is the information we managed to extract before needing to head out."

*Beep*

Alison Walker: "I'm not a linguist. How do I read this?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "These words didn't appear on the tablets we used to translate the original coordinates. For now, we don't really know much of what it says."

Alison Walker: "But you are working on it, right?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "And we're working on opening the door too. We are researching more of the artifacts on Pilgrim Island to gain a better understanding of the structure,"

Alison Walker: "Great. What do you think is in there anyway?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "The tablets we found indicate some sort of advanced computer, but I personally think it to be a giant medical facility designed to house a massive creature in hopes of obtaining a cure to an uncurable disease."

Alison Walker: "That sounds oddly specific."

Zachary Vasiliev: "That's what Ryan said. But I'm sticking to my theory."

Alison Walker: "How long will it take to crack it?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Probably weeks. Maybe even a couple of months. But hey, at least we would have all the time in the world."

Alison Walker: "Still, it would a longer time than I thought."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Like I said, all the time in the world."

Alison Wallker: "What if I helped you guys out?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "That depends. Ae you good with the handling of alien artifacts?"

Alison Walker: "I worked with cryptography once. And I had this one friend who wouldn't shut up about archeology, I maybe able to recall some things."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Good enough. Ryan can barely handle it. He doesn't even know how to apply Acren's Code Theory. You're hired."

Alison Walker: "Alright. Where do we begin?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Right down at the base on Pilgrim Island. We'll get started right away."

Beta Base: Room 7

T 1681:23:13

Alison Walker: "Is this furniture?"

Sarah Wu: "Yes."

Alison Walker: "Why are you building furniture?"

Sarah Wu: "There's nothing else to do. And we're going to here for a long time anyway, so why not make the place nicer?"

Alison Walker: "So these are home improvements then."

Sarah Wu: "Pretty much, yeah."

Alison Walker: "I guess long term habitation also means long term living."

Sarah Wu: "We all need our hobbies. How is that alien door coming along?"

Alison Walker: "It's coming off nicely. I think I almost cracked the secrets of my first tablet."

Sarah Wu: "Took you a week to do so?"

Alison Walker: "Heh, give me some credit, it's not easy. Deciphering alien computing and data storage devices is not easy."

Sarah Wu: "I can tell. How close to finishing are you guys?"

Alison Walker: "So far, not close. When I signed up for this, I knew it would take a long time, but not this long or nearly as frustrating."

Sarah Wu: "Well, you just keep trying, and eventually you'll get it, right?"

Alison Walker: "I guess it's really the only option with something like this. What kind of things are you building here?"

Sarah Wu: "Just putting cushions on chairs and making desks. One day, I'll eventually get some house plants in here."

Alison Walker: "Did you already complete the furniture in your garden?"

Sarah Wu: "It's where I started with the garden. Looks much better now, in my opinion."

Alison Walker: "So, you're going to do this to the whole base?"

Sarah Wu: "Yep, because we need somewhere to live, right?"

FESS Suit: Alison Walker

T 1896:23:12

Zachary Vasiliev: "We've gotta be missing something here."

Ryan Degel: "Do we really need a field trip, though? You said it would take a couple months, but it has only been two weeks and you're already getting desperate. Last time you obsessed over something like this was the Sky Wings."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Don't make me have to give another speech to convince you."

Alison Walker: "What new thing could we bring back? I thought the relics we had were enough."

Zachary Vasiliev: "It seems pretty clear to me that we have not a missing piece of information from the door. Ryan, go set up the reader at the door's console."

Ryan Degel: "Aye, aye captain."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Alison, go and help Ryan with the reading. I need to look over my notes again."

Ryan Degel: "Okay, it's running."

Zachary Vasiliev: "What does it say?"

Ryan Degel: "Nothing that proves the current data wrong."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Alison, what did your piece of the puzzle read as again?"

Alison Walker: "Binary code, I think."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Okay, so we need to translate the alien transcript tablet I have to a computerized code. Ryan, can you do that right here?"

Ryan Degel: "Wait, couldn't we have done that back at base?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Do you want to open this door? If you do, you need to translate the thing."

Ryan Degel: "Fine. Alison, I need your help on this one."

Alison Walker: "Alright, what do you need?"

Ryan Degel: "Find a way to transfer the alien data to two-digit computer code and we should be good to translate the console data."

Alison Walker: "I think I can do that."

Ryan Degel: "Good. We need that transcript the break into the console."

Alison Walker: "Wait, this seemed useful. Why didn't we do this procedure back at base earlier?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Because Ryan is a lazy ass."

Ryan Degel: "Why aren't you doing anything?!"

Zachary Vasiliev: "I'm supervising. And also analyzing the transcript text. Are you done converting that info yet?"

Alison Walker: "Almost done."

Ryan Degel: "That's a relief. I was almost thinking that we would have to be here for a few more hours."

Zachary Vasiliev: "We may have to be, actually. This text appears a lot more complicated now that I'm revisiting it. Hold on, I need to see the console real quick."

Alison Walker: "Finished."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Read it quickly. I need to see something."

Alison Walker: "Alright. Successfully decoded."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Okay, let me see this data, and- wait a minute. Alison, can I see your decoded transcript real quick?"

Alison Walker: "Here it is."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Thanks. Hmm. Hold on, wait, this is weird."

Alison Walker: "What is it?"

Ryan Degel: "You can't just leave us on a cliffhanger sentence."

Zachary Vasiliev: "I'm getting to it. I'm not so sure about this, but the data pattern shows the console has been run before."

Ryan Degel: "Wait, what?"

Alison Walker: "What does this mean?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Someone accessed the console and got through the door not too long before."

Beta Base: Room 4

T 2064:24:54

Lewis Crauly: "What are you doing right now, Kathrine?"

Kathrine Ediff: "Just readjusting the Sky Wing motors."

Lewis Crauly: "Do you remember when we had that dinner in Paris City?"

Kathrine Ediff: "Umm,"

Lewis Crauly: "You didn't know how to speak to the waitress, so you accidentally ordered a jelly ice-cream instead of a milkshake."

Kathrine Ediff: "I only barely remembered that."

Lewis Crauly: "How about the time where we were on a boat, and you dropped your PDA so I got you a new one?"

Kathrine Ediff: "That one is kinda fuzzy."

Lewis Crauly: "Or that time at the fountain, where you almost slipped and fell? Or that time in the London Eye? How about when we were at the Louvre?"

Kathrine Ediff: "What is this all about, Lewis?"

Lewis Crauly: "It's just that we had such good times back on Earth. Now you won't talk to me on your own free time. What's wrong?"

Kathrine Ediff: "Nothing's wrong. I just don't feel-"

Lewis Crauly: "Look, I know it was just a half-year business trip to Earth, and that I had to return back to Mars at one point, but we have much more time now. We can spend time together again."

Kathrine Ediff: "Sorry but I don-"

*Door opens*

Alison Walker: "Hey, Lewis. I need you here for a sec."

Lewis Crauly: "Huh? Alright."

*Footsteps*

*Door closes*

Kathrine Ediff: *Sigh*

FESS Suit: Zachary Vasiliev

T 2184:12:34

Zachary Vasiliev: "So luckily, with the console having being accessed recently, we were able to crack it much faster than we had anticipated. So, who's ready to see some aliens?"

Ryan Degel: "I'm down."

Alison Walker: "Let's be careful, alright?"

Zachary Vasiliev: "I'll open the door now."

*Door opens*

Zachary Vasiliev: "Okay, let's go."

*Footsteps*

Alison Walker: "It's an air lock. Wait for it to do its thing."

*Hiss*

*Door opens*

*Footsteps*

Alison Walker: "Don't remove your helmets. The air mat resemble that of the habitats, but we don't know what kind of invisible toxins are left unfiltered."

Ryan Degel: "Wasn't planning to."

*Footsteps*

Zachary Vasiliev: "A lot of alien looking things here."

Ryan Degel: "Wouldn't have expected it."

Alison Walker: "Hold on, there's another door here."

Ryan Degel: "Oh, God, please no more door."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Hold on, this one is already open."

Alison Walker: "Remember to be cautious then."

Zachary Vasiliev: "Alright, then. Who's ready to see an alie-"

Alison Walker: "Huh?"

Ryan Degel: "What? I don't understand-"

Zachary Vasiliev: "Holy shit! What the fuck are you doing here?!"

Tim Burling: "Hi."

Zachary Vasiliev: "We thought you were dead, Tim!"

Tim Burling: "I'm not dead."

Zachary Vasiliev: "But how are you even alive right now?"

Tim Burling: "Umm, I crashed on this island, broke open the door, and survived on whatever was in the cabinets."

Zachary Vasiliev: "You what?"

Tim Burling: "There's an alien kitchen past here. I raided their fridge."

Alison Walker: "You ate alien food?"

Tim Burling: "Well, it hasn't killed me yet. It's actually pretty tasty, Want some?"

Ryan Degel: "No, thanks."

Alison Walker: "C'mon, Tim. Put your helmet back on. We need to get you out of here."

Beta Base: Room 10

T 2185:13:34

Ryan Degel: "Hey, Kathrine! We found Tim!"

Kathrine Ediff: "Wait? Really?"

Ryan Degel: "Yeah, he was in the alien vault thing and has been eating some weird old alien food, But, we didn't find any actual aliens."

Kathrine Ediff: "Huh. Interesting."

Ryan Degel: "Wait, is something wrong?"

Kathrine Ediff: "Hmm."

Ryan Degel: "If there's anything wrong, you can tell me."

Kathrine Ediff: "It's about Lewis. He desperately wants to spend time with me, but I never really want to."

Ryan Degel: "Okay, listen. Lewis doesn't want me to tell you this, but he has a crush on you."

Kathrine Ediff: "Wait, really? That actually makes sense. Why didn't I realize that before?"

Ryan Degel: "That's not important right now. Do you love him back?"

Kathrine Ediff: "Well, he was really nice on Earth, but I don't feel the same way for him."

Ryan Degel: "Well, you gotta tell him."

Kathrine Ediff: "I really don't want to do that."

Ryan Degel: "Continuing on like this is no better. Actually, it's way worse. Remember what you said about abandoning relationships? This is where you have a chance to properly conclude one."

Kathrine Ediff: "It doesn't feel right outward telling him no. I'll feel like getting on the Pilgrim all over again."

Ryan Degel: "You will be ending your connection, not abandoning."

Kathrine Ediff: "I still don't feel like confronting him."

Ryan Degel: "Don't worry, I'll find some way to have him directly ask you. Then you can answer him."

Kathrine Ediff: "What do I say to him?"

Ryan Degel: "You would know."

Beta Base: Room 8

T 2232:23:54

Zachary Vasiliev: "So, you didn't meet any aliens."

Tim Burling: "No. Just their soup cans."

Alison Walker: "How about that console? We saw you doing something on it."

Tim Burling: "I guess I have to explain that. You see, when you arrived, I was in the middle of hacking it."

Alison Walker: "Why were you hacking it?"

Tim Burling: "It's a weapon system. It controls a network of defense platforms. It brought down the Pilgrim. I was trying to disable it."

Alison Walker: "That's a great idea. Ships can successfully come to our rescue, even though it's still a very small chance. Why did you stop?"

Tim Burling: "Guess I just wanted to see a human habitat for once in a very long time. But there's another reason for disabling the controls other than just waiting for rescue."

Alison Walker: "What?"

Tim Burling: "Because I found a way we can rescue ourselves."