The long climb was made even worse for Alicia thanks to the dumb ass prank her AI had played.  As the hours went by, other than the sore muscles after the fight and almost being raped by the cat monsters, she was also starting to feel the lust fueled by her heat.  Damn the less than legal gene clinic who had done her mods.  And damn Evy for thinking it was a good idea to steal her pills that kept the major problems.  Towards the end of the climb she caught herself glancing at the others.  The suit’s helmet hiding that though after she turned the opacity up so no one could see her face.<br/><br/>The glowing forest section of the climb though distracted her easily for a time.  Of course when the light started to die she turned on her Suit’s lights, which were on the connector for her helmet on her neck.  These lite up the area infront of her for a few feet.  Just enough brightness so she didn’t stumble on the stairs.  It wouldn’t be enough for the group to see much more than that.  At least until the Flora almost removed the need for the light.  It wasn’t near enough to block out the motes of light that some started to cut through the light.  Soon to be followed by the bright lights of the plants around them.<span style="color: #00b300">“Wow… this is beautiful!”</span>she said aloud as she looked around… but she was nowhere near fool enough to approach any of the glowing lights.  They were too beautiful.<br/><br/>Thankfully they reached the bottom before her hormones were enough to push her to pounce on the men.  That would likely come tomorrow.  And she was far enough back from the front of the group that she wasn’t at risk of stepping in the ‘ground’.  Thankfully she was in an evo suit so she didn’t smell anything from the water.  Though she rolled her eyes when suddenly Speaker almost did something stupid.<br/><br/>He seemed more exhausted than the rest of them.  Alicia knew she would be sore… hell, she already was, but it wasn’t enough to make her do something like that.  Of course the mention of blood made her pause.<span style="color: #00b300">“Blood?  What do you mean Blood?”</span>She asked as she to look at the platforms.<span style="color: #00b300">“… Why would there be blood on the platforms?”</span>She asked as she looked at the said anti-grav platforms.  That did not give her confidence, and what the snake-human hybrid did not say anything explaining why it was there.  Just that he and others didn’t get it cleaned up.<br/><br/>After a moment she followed.  Activating the grav locks on her boots so she wouldn’t fall she followed after.<span style="color: #00b300">“So, there are more survivors?  Then why is the power down and the base apparently offline?”</span>She might as well distract herself with work.  She really wanted to get herself somewhere locked up alone so she could work and forget today.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>