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AUGER would have smiled if his mouth wasn't an enormous speaker plastered on his face. REAP had similar security protocols, especially since it was infiltrated by the Hand shortly two years ago. "I understand completely. Sometimes it can be best to remain in the dark." He paused. "I've only heard rumors about the CHEsuit. What exactly does it look like, and what can it do?" He leaned in closer, interested to learn.

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Having stopped next to Kofleur, S-9 scanned his surroundings for the signs of an entrance. It wasn't hard to see a path of disturbed snow running along the mountainside, but it was difficult to see, having been snowed over recently. "Activating heat sensors." His vision darkened for a second, then his heat-filter kicked in. He was able to sense not only people nearby, but the motions of people in the recent past. He saw footprints glow slightly redder than the blue-tinted snow around it. "Follow me." He began to trace the path of the prints, moving slowly.

Eventually he came upon the final set, which ended abruptly at the mountain-face. The surrounding snow was slightly more disturbed then the path they had followed, but only one footprint glowed. That's odd. If someone stood here, there should be two prints. S-9 paused, then reached out to brush snow off of the rock wall. Surprisingly, his hand hit air. "It's a hologram!" he exclaimed, stepping through.Behind was a small chamber with a metal door. A small keypad was placed on the direct right side of the door. He immediately scanned the pad for heat. "Damn, it must be protocol to press all of the buttons after entering. All of them have signatures!" He deactivated his sensors. "We'll have to solve this the old fashioned way. Any ideas?"