"Cool!"

Niko puts the necklace on!

They turn and point the camera lens at the floor and ceiling. "Hey Archer, what are these glowy circles for?"

"Ah… Sorry, I should probably hurry, right?" Instead of standing around asking questions about everything that catches their eye.

"There's not that much of a hurry... As far as I can tell. It's been a long time already. Anything that's broken, was already broken. If there's ever a time to hurry I'll make sure to let you know. But there might be a better view out the door! The circles indicate where people might appear - they could appear right in the middle when they use it, or closer to the edge, and the machine won't turn on if someone is in them, just to be extra safe."

"Oh, okay!"

They turn back towards the door. What kind of door is Niko looking at? Is it just a normal door they can open normally, or is it some complicated ✨SPACE✨ door? Space ships in TV shows never have normal doors, they're always sliding doors or iris doors or something. And usually they need a password or palm print or eye scan or something to open. But Niko doesn't know if that's what real space ships are like.

It's a swooshy two-part silver door! It swooshes open quite satisfyingly when the motion sensor is triggered.

Beyond it is a nice hallway, with huge tall glass windows that have a view of a vast, mostly dark space. The sight doesn't really make sense at first. There is a patchwork of lights in the distance, looking almost like stars, but on closer inspection they reflect off of parts of buildings in the distance, as if she's looking down on them from a great height. It's dark enough that most of the place is effectively invisible, but a few stringers of intact lights curve up, going all the way to above her head, as if they are on the inside of a vast cylinder. Which they are. After Niko's eyes adjust, a bit more of the place can be picked out, with faint shapes of hills and forests and towns barely visible in moonlight-like illumination.

It feels kind of chilly. Ice is riming the windows and halls, and there's snow outside, revealed by the lights of the welcome facility's hallway.

"Oh... Of course. The sun is off."