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Eliedir: Is anyone going to turn off the PAL? It'll excavate the hell out of your precious specimen at this rate. Zahra: It's a Music-overload malfunction. The only way to shut it off right now is manual override! I don't know about you but I'm not wading through lava for that. Eliedir: Valar, what a nightmare this dig has become. Why hasn't the safety shut-off activated yet?! Zahra: Did I not just say everything is malfunctioning? The safety shut-off isn't working! Eliedir: THAT'S NOT VERY REASSURING. I CAN FEEL LAVA LEAKING DOWN MY BACK.

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Zahra: Looks like it could be a tomb.. Or someone's idea of a practical joke. Nahid: That's Númenórean jewelry, isn't it? Zahra: Could be... Well. It wouldn’t be the weirdest thing we've found so far. Zahra: If this is a tomb, it's pretty empty. Raiders must've combed through it already, but I can see bits of stuff from all over Middle-Earth. Nahid: He must've been a wealthy noble of some sort. I mean, look at that crown. It's got horns... Those are horns, right? Zahra: Bigger question is how did they manage to get him or.. her.. it.. encased like that. Whatever it is. Nahid: *knock knock* *sniff* Zahra: What in Arda do you think you're doing Nahid: ...It's not amber. Zahra: I could have told you that from the scan! Don't contaminate it before we get it out for analysis! Nahid: ...How exactly are we going to do that.

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Zahra: Alright, it's clear of the wall. Ease it over... careful with those controls, Nahid. Nahid: I know what I'm doing, Zahra. It's not like this is my first excavation mission. Zahra: Yeah, yeah. You went three rounds in Ithilien to pull out ancient Elven artifacts. I know. But you didn't pull any of them out of solid bedrock. Don't drop it! Nahid: I won't! Valar, you worry like it's a child. Zahra: This is going to get us all promoted, I do not want you messing it up! Nahid: Are you volunteering to pilot the lift yourself? It's really easy. Zahra: Just keep your eyes on the screen. Zahra: Oi- who turned on the PAL excavator again? Shut it off! PAL: *FRANTIC BEEPING* Zahra: Oh. Shit.

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Zahra: CODE RED. ALL UNITS EVACUATE THE AREA. mCPM IS 200 AND RISING. Nahid: Zahra, what about the equipment? Zahra: Take what you can. If it looks fried, leave it! We don't want to risk affecting the camp. Zahra: Drop everything off at the Cleansing Station and get yourselves decontaminated before heading back. Halah: The director isn't going to be too happy about scrapping the mission. Nahid: The director can kiss my lava-singed ass.

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??: We found him, sir. In one of the tunnels. I think- I think he's dead. ??: Zahra and them are thinking he's a noble from the West, but... ??: It's him. It has to be. Randir: It is, I know it. Make sure they get him out in one piece. Alive or dead, this will be monumental for us. If we can prove it's him... the Steward won't stand a chance. Randir: The United Traders will overtake Gondor before anyone can so much as breathe.

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Director Randir: What's your status? ??: Everything's progressing smoothly, sir. We hit the foundations of Barad-dûr two days ago-- still indestructible, even after all these years. Probably. Randir: If you destroy what's left of Barad-dûr, there won't be anything left of you. ??: ...They're indestructible, sir. Haven't got any explosives with us, anyway. ??: Seems like everything has been plundered though. There's not a lot of artifacts left. Randir: I don't care about the artifacts. What else have you found? ??: ....

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Someone’s probably done this already but…

[youweremyridehome]

i am so glad i decided to finally continue with reading 'the end' , damn!