This morning, unlike most mornings, there are no new disasters in the multiverse. Nothing unexpected occured while Contessa slept - no S-class triggers, no Endbringer attacks, and no blind spots interfering with global affairs. And so, for the first time in 9 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days, she has made waffles.
With whipped cream. Which .. they are out of, apparently. Path to whipped cream? Neat, she has all the ingredients on hand.
She will retrace her steps to go see if the whipped cream woman can perhaps kindly explain how to get anywhere else.
It took Contessa three failed attempts to call Doctor Mother before she remembered the obvious, and requested a door. When Elspeth returns the room is empty, a single waffle left behind in Contessa's rush.
(She remembered the whipped cream though.)
...is the kitchen at least stocked so she won't starve very soon.
Aside from the lonely waffle there's a reasonably well stocked fridge and pantry, leaning towards fresh produce, with a thorough array of appliances.
Fresh produce is not her favorite but she can eat it.
She eats the waffle.
It's an extremely good waffle. Best she's ever had.
Though it could do with some whipped cream.
Mystery lady was good at making waffles, apparently.
She explores the rest of the facility. Occasionally asks yes-or-no questions of the ghost.
She can eventually find a staircase that leads downwards! The ghost's opinion is she should not go down the staircase.
"Could you draw letters on me? It'd help to know why."
D. A. N. G. E. R.
"To humans or even to someone much faster and tougher?"
A checkmark.
Okay. "Thank you." She does not go down there and just explores the rest of the facility.
As Elspeth explores down one particularly long hallway a portal opens up a dozen feet away, the fedora wearing women stepping through.
"Oh, we use portals to leave. Sorry for running - my power shorted out when it tried to scan you. It's back online now and says I should explain things to you so you defeat the evil space god that's going to end the world."
"...I'm not sure if I'm cut out for defeating evil space gods but I'm happy to listen to an explanation."
"It thinks you are, and it's usually dependable about that sort of thing."
"A bit over three decades ago two space god things showed up near the planet Earth and began to give lots of people super powers, with the intention of gathering data about how those powers are used and then blowing up the planet. One of the space gods crashed and we killed it but there's still another one around who is going to try to destroy the world soon. Cauldron, which I work for, has been preparing to fight him when he tries this."
"When people get powers they often experience a fragment of a memory from one of the space gods - many include them thinking about destroying worlds to reproduce."
"Oh, I guess that would be suggestive. I don't know how I could help, surely if I go tell him that you don't like that and are working to stop him this will not factor overmuch into his plans."
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