"Well boys, that sounds like our signal to leave."
"What? What about the gate, isn't that what we came here for?"
"Yes, and we found it. But I expect we were supposed to be able to get through to the other side, so unless you have the spare parts to fix it, I suggest we get the hell out of here until we can fix it."
While Erik and Seth were arguing, Alfie was already working to find the door connected to the keypad. While the device did expose the existence of the door, it didn't really give away the position of it, plus the keypad was completely busted.
Even if they did have an intact, non skeletal corpse to get through the biometrics, it was completely broken just like most technology these days. Eradicated by the descent of mana.
A pink gas, like cotton candy, curled from every pore of Alfie's skin. His armour twisting into multiple spouts, making him look like a strange mixture of a porcupine and a road flare. As amusing as the sight was, it did serve a purpose.
