Zahn sighs. "I wonder if the people who built this place and brought us here are operating under some sort of limitations we're unaware of."

The news is utterly and annoyingly normal. Perhaps that'll change if they check back later. Zahn watches for a little while too.

"Maybe if we find a more local news channel and wait a while they'll report on the case of the disappearing college students. It might take a day or two though."

"Uncontrollably violent, centaurs. Lustful, wild, and unbridled of passion. Except for one. Chiron was a healer. Self-disciplined, civilized, he was above his brethren."

She lies back.

"No phones, but we have TV. And the elevator wouldn't take you guys back, right?"

"That sounds like it's related to one of the greek myths. I never paid that much attention to mythology."

An arm extends from the side of the table and overs over top of her it makes a first pass from head to toe then it does a second pass of her head and torso moving slower.

The smooth female voice speaks "Citizen 12 is physically within expected norms. She is currently fertile and will continue to be for approximately the next 14 hours. She is-"

"Interface, stop verbal readout, archive to Citizen 12's medical file. Well, that's an interesting choice of the first detail to report. I wonder what that implies about whoever made this place."

"The keyboard was dead, it didn't do anything. Even if it wasn't, I don't think the same code would take us back."

"Should I learn how to use it, or can you examine yourself?"

"I hate riddles. Let's go." 

"Near as I can tell you need to be certified to operate this place. I'm certified for some of its functions but not all of them. I don't think you're certified for any of them, though I think if you or someone else hauled you onto the emergency bed in the back," she points to the one that looks like it's set up for surgery, "and asked for help it would do its best to fix you, just not necessarily perfectly according to your preferences. Anyway, if you hop off the table I'll have it examine me. Unless you want any part of you examined in more depth, I think it just looks for dangerous conditions in a standard physical."

The next exit leads to the outdoors. "Well, if we didn't know we were on another planet I would say we should head out this door and not look back. As is, I'm not sure."

"I should get certified. It's just the two of us, so we should build redundancy in."

She gets up.

"I'm worried about the possibility that the door locks behind us. Someone should stay inside, even if it turns out to be safe we don't want to be trapped."

Riley jumps onto the table and lies down. "Interface, begin physical for me." The arms sweep out and over her body.

"Citizen 9 is within expected physical norms, she is fitted with a fertility disrupting implant within her uterus. She..."

"Interface stop verbal readout, archive to Citizen 9's medical file." She sits back up. "Well good to know I'm healthy. I can show you how to try to apply for the certification, I'm not sure how successful you'll be, I'm premed and I read ahead a lot and that test was still beyond me in a lot of places. There are other positions though, maybe one of those would fit you better, they all have rather menial sounding job titles but who knows what perks each brings."

"I'm willing to be the one to stay inside."

Back to the computer to look at other jobs.

"Ready, Zahn?"

Riley shows her the screen, it lists the positions of Security Officer, Gardener, and Janitor. A listing for a second med-tech is absent. "Hm, I guess it's only one person per job. That seems a little weird."

"Sure, onward to explore the great outdoors." The exit leads out into the vicinity of of a well-manicured garden. There are pebbled paths leading off in a couple directions. Almost out of sight down one path is what looks like a pool. Another path leads towards a clearly visible beach volleyball court.

"If it's just the two of us, janitor seems most useful..."

Does it say what the gardener would do?

"Two of us, two paths. Cute. I don't think we should play along."

"Yeah, I feel like a Janitor might be able to get through locked doors, not sure what else it'll let you do. Security officer likely lets you do the same."

The Janitor position lists the responsibilities as 'ensure that the facility remains clean and ensure that routes around the complex are not blocked'

The Gardener position lists 'monitor the growth of crops and ensure that they meet the needs of the residents and attempt to make the gardens are aesthetically pleasing to the residents.'

The Security position lists 'ensure that threats to the facility and its residents are contained.'

"Yeah no, pool or volleyball court, or do you mean even less playing along and just forge through the garden hedge?"

"The gardener could be useful for crops. I'm thinking either that or janitor."

"Yeah. Keep going until we reach the edge of their little sandbox."

"I don't have a strong preference, if we had more people I'd try to fill all the jobs, as is I think Janitor might be better, they tend to have keys and I wouldn't want to get trapped anywhere if we go exploring."

"I'm not sure this is a good idea but ok," He walks forwards into the garden patch and then into the gap between two bushes. There's a small thicket of trees that is navigable but a bit uncomfortable before they find themselves exiting onto another path. In one direction you can see a tennis court, in the other a decent sized greenhouse, about the size of the room they were in earlier. "Through the next grove?"