[Nexus] AMEN XLIII: REVOLUTION!

[The Alexandrian]

[Formerly Gordon's Office]

Lucky she is yes. However, the desk's lock is a bit different. Yes, it needs a key, but Gordon uses a key that is charged with electricty. Without that charge, the desk isn't going to open up without a bit of force.

[Formerly Gordon's Office]

Clarissa moves to twist her finger and release the lock only to find that it won't budge for her! Dang! Her finger isn't generating much of an electrical current, so it probably won't provide the energy required to zap the desk open! She doesn't realize this, of course, not being an expert at lockpicking by even the most sardonic or loose definitions of the word "expert." She does recognize (and by that I mean assume) that Ilphy will be furious with her if she wrecks her new office, for Clarissa does believe that Ilphy will be transferring all of her stuff into this chamber, even though that does not seem to be the case in the slightest.

She's going to resort to attempting to brute forcing the lock open. Not with pure muscle, however. That'd make too much of a mess. 'Twould be far too brazen and conspicuous an action for a member does not consider the relationship between herself and Ilpholin anything but the polar opposite of friendly. She's going to attempt to melt the lock open via the process of trying to confidently administering "judicious" doses of highly corrosive acid to the delicate inner workings of the lock. She hopes that a simple secretion of the stuff through her skin while it remains lodged in the lock will do the trick! If the materials composing the lock are for the most part chemically inert, the acid ploy will probably fail miserably. If the lock is extremely sturdy, this probably won't work either.

If this "eating away the lock" scheme doesn't work out in Clarissa's favor, she's going to attempt to rip her finger out of the lock and try to compromise the structural stability of the desk by trying to punch the writing surface of it violently with her fists! Grr! She'll be frustrated and swearing on and off if this happens! She wants the files and documents inside of that desk and possibly won't give up until she secures them!