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Once again, you sprang to your feet and ran to engage the next instance of the service routine. However, this time when you collided, you didn't take her down to floor. Instead you picked her up and slung her over your shoulder, and then shifted her into something similar to a fireman's carry but with her legs still moving awkwardly. Then you proceeded to carry her to the far end of the hall all while silently counting down from sixty-four.

You easily managed to reach the door she'd emerged from, but it was currently closed. Although your avatar didn't tire, you decided it would be best to put her down like the others, and you set her down on her back. This time, however, you simply put one foot on her midsection to prevent her from being able to move or stand up. You wanted to be on your feet to give yourself the most time for whatever came next. You surveyed the door, trying to find a way to open it, but it didn't appear to have any mechanisms to allow access. By the time you finished looking, the count had reached ten.

Nine...Eight...Seven...Six...

You leaned forward slightly to give yourself every possible advantage. In addition, you held your hands out slightly. If someone took your picture right now, the result might look like something like a 20th century wrestling photo. However, your nude body and huge augmented Gargo dick hanging down would definitely be an anachronism for the period.

Four....Three...Two...One...

The body under your foot vanished and shortly afterward the door ahead of you opened. Standing directly in front of you was yet another copy of 6T9's service routine. In one swift movement you charged into the room, overpowered her and planted her back on the floor. Then you stood up and put your foot on her midsection just as you'd done with the last one. "MPAD-24, begin counting down from sixty-four."

As you began to survey the room, it wasn't what you expected at all. Unlike the other relatively neat and orderly rooms you'd entered, this one seemed chaotic. All around the room there were boxes of different sizes stacked haphazardly. Some of them had been tipped as if someone was rummaging through them. Doors of various sizes lined the outer edges of the room. Some of them hung open, revealing what looked like piles of junk inside. Meanwhile, random items were scattered around the room, across the floor and over various surfaces, much like a toddler might scatter their toys about. Tucked behind boxes, you saw the edges of screens and consoles which didn't look similar to the others you'd seen. These seemed older and less functional. Most were turned off, and the few that were active seemed to only be displaying relatively simple sets of numbers. Their meaning eluded you. What the hell was this place?

"Forty-five...forty-four..." announced MPAD-24.

Searching around, you noticed something that looked like a curved metal bar. You had no idea what it was for, but it would probably be sufficient to hold down the service routine's avatar. You quickly slid it into place just below her boobs, and tried to wedge one end of it between a nearby stack of boxes. The stack moved slightly, but the bar seemed to be holding.

"Thirty-six..." continued the MPAD-24.

Freed from guard duty, you quickly looked around the room, focusing on any active consoles that might be related to the system's current processing. Two appeared to be getting updated values, but only one of them seemed to be doing so at regular intervals. The numbers on this console seemed to be incrementing which might be a timer for the routine. After shifting some boxes to get a better view, you returned to a position near the door, ready to tackle the next copy.

"Two...One.." said MPAD-24.

Right on cue, the body on the floor disappeared, and you could just barely see that the symbols on the screen across the room changed. From one of the doors adjacent to the entrance, a new copy of 6T9's avatar emerged, and you proceeded to take it down just like the others, and then quickly slid the bar into position to hold her in place. "Start counting down from sixty-four again," you ordered.

Back at the console, you began search for a way to input values. Unlike those in the other rooms, this one didn't respond to simple gestures, and the menu system was not as intuitive. However, you eventually found a set of button-like controls nearby that allowed for simple menu navigation and a way to increment or decrement the numeric values. After a few failed attempts you finally found a place where the time value could be modified, and changed it to zero. As you did, the service routine avatar vanished. Afterward, the door next to the entrance kept opening, and for a brief moment 6T9's avatar would appear only to immediately vanish. You'd effectively prevented it from reaching the memory storage room, and now it was stuck in an endless loop. At the very least, you could now explore this room further, and possibly find a permanent solution.