Go Inside

Within the circular opening is a series of brightly lit rooms with windows at the tops of tall walls. Metal paths connect between a large series of giant tanks. Bright yellow and black lines seem to adorn most of the things here.

Still, you're trying to learn more, and if you could just touch the things, you would understand the things. None of the creatures seem to be about at any rate.

Eagerly, you climb the first structure and peer over the top. A metal arm slowly spins in the off-green fluid, keeping the liquid moving. Curious, you extend a hand into the liquid and begin to learn.

Unfortunately, any knowledge in this case comes at too high a cost. Lost in your mental acquisition, you don't see the arm coming around again. It catches on the bone spurs of your elbow, hitting hard enough to drag you into the fluid. Panicking, you yank your arm free, but are now swept by the flow of fluid deeper.

Try as you might to swim, the incredibly strong current drags you to the grate at the bottom. Your body's structure is stronger than the grate, and is undamaged, but you are pinned to it by the incredible pressure of the fluid. What little air you had in your lungs lasts quite a while. You get the sense that if you took a deep breathe first, you could survive under water for quite some time.

You have a few minutes to ponder your idiotic need to touch every liquid you come into contact with. Then your lungs surrender and breathe in the foul sludge. It isn't like the breathable fluid in the sphere. You die with an awful taste in your mouth.