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// chapter 4 
// Story: Rainbow Factory Condemned 
// by LordCarn 
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        Bones upon bones fall from the shaft sending loud echoes throughout the entire ventilation system. This will not go unnoticed. You quickly free yourself from the mass of bones and frantically crawl your way forward into the unknown. You reach another grate and attempt to push it open. Upon failing, you decide to try to kick it open. You turn around and give it one hard kick and it immediately pops off. You quickly exit the ventilation shaft and enter what appears to be a maintenance area, but something was different.

From within this tunnel, everything appeared to be normal. To the left, you see factory workers assembling pipes and tubes into a smelter and out the other side came perfect rainbows. You can't believe what you were seeing. This is how you imagined a normal factory would operate. Workers were smiling, dressed in blue suits. Many had clipboards and were taking notes. This was normal. But it couldn't be real. You glance down the catwalk you are on and see a wall made not of the normal white cloud, but a quietly thundering fog. Many warning signs are posted about the door. You glance back at the 'workers' and notice a brief flicker and the one worker you were focused on disappears and a few seconds later another pony walk up and takes his place. You glance beneath the cat walk and notice projectors securely fastened to the bottom of it. You step away from the edge of the rail. Nothing surprises you now. You turn back to the thundering wall and approach it. The door is surprisingly unlocked. You open it and peer around the door. Seeing no danger, you walk forward. The door closes quietly but you could have sworn you heard footsteps on the cat walk you had just come from.

What you've just entered appears to be the cloud factory portion of the complex. You glance around and notice nothing of great importance. You walk toward a control panel next to a moisture machine. Upon approaching it you notice a note taped to the console entitled 'purge'.

"To today's console operator, we will need to purge the factory of moisture today, the pressure levels have become to high. When clearance has been given, pull this lever here to activate the fans you see overhead. This should dry out all the moisture in the factory. Just make sure that clearance has been GIVEN we don't want somepony who's still working to be suddenly sucked up into the blades just because they're flying."

You glance overhead at the incredibly large metal fans hanging from the ceiling. You hear a small click and turn back to the door you had entered through. Slowly, the door opened to full length, held it's position for a few seconds and then begins to close. Your eyes widen in terror as the closing door reveals the figure of a pony. It wasn't one of the drones but your instincts tell you it's much worse. It's dressed in a suite similar to that of the ones in the other room except it was pure black. The figure's head turns toward you and appears to smile.