"They might've been for capturing intruders? Most people who'd stumble on the base out here would be local forest pokemon, or someone migrating..."

"Seems likely. Let's find a door."

Sneaking around's a bit hard - but Loyal's got good eyesight, and spots the door first.

Ellie swipes the card to open it.

There's no detectable alarm or guards waiting on the inside.

Hm... Espeon doesn't think there's anything quiet, necessarily... Still, she thinks she and Flicker should go first, as the sneakiest ones here.

Good idea.

So: slinking ahead, ears forward, listening. 

No sounds of anyone nearby, but a camera at the end of the hallways, not covering the entrance.

Hm... Is it moving or stationary, can they tell where it's pointing - is it even on...

Seems to be watching the route into the rest of the facility. No indications of its power state one way or the other from their vantage point.

Well, they can slink back to consult with the others about it - they obviously could disable it, but if it's being actively monitored, she bets that'd be noticed.

Electronics just break sometimes, right? Could they make it look like the wiring just went faulty or something?

Maybe if they just nick the wires where they go into the wall... But they should probably behave like that puts them on a timer, after.

Yeah... Even if it doesn't go out entirely and just looks like it glitched, someone will probably check on it. 

Better than the facility explicitly looking for them, still.

Garnet thinks she could make the damage look less intentional, at least.

Go for it.

She does. (She thinks she manages to avoid being in its line of sight during.)

"Okay, let me know when you're crossing, I can wiggle the wire more out."

"All right." Through they go.

No alarms go off before they're past the camera, at least.

Any other obstacles as they keep sneaking? 

Not unless you count a surprised looking technician in a white lab coat through the next door.

"Hey! You're not supposed to be in here!"

She pretty sure they are, and also that she's the cutest, prettiest eevee in existence, and he should definitely stare admiringly. 

The tech fumbles his next couple words and blindly reaches out to slam the alarm button.

Loyal tackles him before he can. 

He goes down with a grunt!