1. Ruby Quest: Chapter 7

2. Chapter 7
Moments after Ruby inserts the fish-paste into the funnel, a new message appears on the LED display.

3. Chapter 7
A few seconds later, a new display comes up.

4. Chapter 7 A third message pops up with a loud buzzing sound.
Evidently something is not receiving power.

5. Chapter 7
Fill condom with purple fluid.
Bring purple fluid upstairs.

6. Chapter 7 >Fill condom with purple fluid.
>Bring purple fluid upstairs.
Ruby fills the condom with purple fluid, ties it off for safety, and heads back out.
Tom's looking unhealthy.

7. Chapter 7
Use fluid on glue.

8. Chapter 7 >Use fluid on glue.
Ruby fumbles with the condom, rather unfamiliar with these things, and finally tears it open a bit harder than she intended to.
Thankfully she avoids contact with the purple stuff and it spills all over the glue. It doesn't damage the box, but the glue dissolves rapidly.

9. Chapter 7
Inside the box, Ruby finds a small electronic chip and a Longshoreman’s hook. She takes both.

10. Chapter 7
Ruby heads downstairs on her way to the circuitboard. She explains to Tom that he has arsenic poisoning and she's going to get a cure for him.
Also, to lighten the mood, Ruby does her best pirate impersonation, complete with the voice.
Tom smiles weakly.

11. Chapter 7
Ruby plugs the chip into the circuitboard, and the frame glows a bright green as the air around her hums warmly.
Power must be back on.

12. Chapter 7
Something mechanical in the walls moves and a filled vial suddenly pops up with a pneumatic whoosh from the analyzer.

13. Chapter 7
Unfortunately, returning the power grid to full functionality seems to have triggered another effect as well.
The room is bathed in red light.

14. Chapter 7
A loud hissing sound comes from above the circuitboard as the blinds on the duct open and start venting something into the room.

15. Chapter 7
remove the chip

16. Chapter 7 >remove the chip
The circuitboard is protected by the green field -- even with the rubber gloves on, it's too painful for Ruby to touch!

17. Chapter 7
turn on pneumatic tube

18. Chapter 7 >turn on pneumatic tube
The pneumatic tube only works when it's closed!

19. Chapter 7
BREAK THE TUBE

20. Chapter 7 >BREAK THE TUBE
Summoning all her strength, Ruby bashes open the pneumatic tube with the door still closed!
An impressive vaccuum force begins drawing in the noxious smoke... but it's a temporary solution. The gas is still pouring in, and the room is still sealed!

21. Chapter 7
The pressure from the tube quickly dies out, and the gas is still coming.
Ruby considers whether or not breaking the mirror would lift the lockdown. Remember, she couldn't fit through the hole even when the mirror wasn't there.

22. Chapter 7
BREAK MIRROR

23. Chapter 7 >BREAK MIRROR
Ruby decides she has no other choice -- the mirror has to go! Maybe, just maybe, it'll provoke a good reaction!

24. Chapter 7
Ruby rears back, then smashes at the barrier before her, and the mirror shatters with an echoing cacaphony of breaking glass!