Hidden in the Depths

Chapter 15

"I really hope this works..." Fit placed all the necessary ingredients on the fabricator, having to awkwardly balance the mushrooms so they wouldn't fall off. And while he was working at the fabricator, he decided that giving everyone a lesson on how to use it is beneficial for everyone's survival. Only him and Cellbit seem to have actual previous knowledge of it's functions. And Tubbo kind of does simply through watching him use it ever since his rescue.

"It's easy, really. The fabricator tells you what you need to create certain things. All you need to do is to gather resources and place them here. You can also upload new blueprints into the system to extend the library of items it already knows. I think we could connect that to the scanner. It can make both organic things and machinery, even clothes if we actually get materials for it. A lot of machinery requires that you make a bunch of smaller things first and then combine those. I am doing that for the habitat builder too, since we need certain wires, a battery and a computer chip."

He placed the final three items on the little pad, satisfied when the marker for the habitat builder turned blue after it scanned the offered materials. "And if it turns blue, that means everything is ready to go." The others listen carefully as he demonstrated everything, even if they had already watched him use it before to make food and water. Fit won't always be available to man the fabricator, and it was pretty simple to understand, so this shouldn't be much of a problem in the future.

Cellbit watched the little lasers of the fabricator move around, slowly constructing the new tool. "Hey, just out of curiosity, could we use the fabricator to make another mask and oxygen tank? We only have four and once Pac recovers enough he should have a set too." Fit hummed, scrolling through the offered recipes that are already in the system. "I don't see a mask, just tanks... once we have made our new base I'll mess around with the scanner to see if we can use it to create blueprints. Then we could scan one of our masks and see what resources we would need."

Slowly, the offered parts on the fabricator pad were turned into a small device, similar in size to the thermometers you see in old ghost hunting videos. It was smaller than they had expected, lighter too. "That thing is supposed to build us an entire base?" Techno eyed the little device warily, watching as Fit picked it up and turned it in his hands. "Apparently. I've never used one before, but the description says it can."

The little PDA gave a beeping noise, causing Tubbo to pick it up from the ground to check what is happening. "Oh, it made a note for the habitat builder. The builder tool is designed to construct habitats capable of withstanding extreme environmental conditions. Fabricates habitat compartments and appliances from raw materials. Interesting..." Techno glanced over his shoulder, reading over the little message and instructions on how to use it (thank god those are there). "Extreme conditions does sound promising for an underwater base..." "Let's go try it out!"

Tubbo was the first one up and grabbing his equipment again, with everyone having taken it off so the oxygen tanks could be refilled. Techno stayed by Tubbo's side as he too put his equipment back on, knowing that the creature was still roaming outside and he does not want Tubbo to be alone with it. Not while he is still so reckless and blindly trusting.

Fit grabbed his equipment, then turned to Pac and Cellbit. "Do you guys want to join us? We could figure something out with the masks, I feel a bit bad just locking you guys in here after... you know." Cellbit wanted to respond, but closed his mouth when he noticed Pac move beside him, sitting up a bit straighter and smiling up at Fit. "It's okay, we'll be fine. Thank you for asking." His voice was raspy, barely more than a whisper and sure as hell not ready for him to start talking, but Fit didn't comment on it.

Instead, he nodded and began strapping on the oxygen tank and mask. "Call if you need anything, I'll try and catch you something if you get hungry in here. We'll probably get very distracted playing with the habitat builder. And don't get a heart attack if you see Blorp through the window in the hatch, he's friendly. We hope." "Oh we hope so too, with you guys out there in the water with him." Fit grinned at them and went over to the hatch. "We'll be fine."