Comic Archive

Max: We are again going beyond 16…
Zhang: It's going to do another dive, and now the emergency stop won't work anymore! Do something, Heidi!
Heidi: I am not an elevator technician!

SFX: KLONG
Heidi: I'll short out random things, we have nothing to lose.
SFX: POW CRACK

SFX: BUNK
Max: Something happened. I don't know what, but anything is better than again plummeting to death.
Heidi: I think it worked. I must have blown some fuses.
Zhang: Phew! Now we must find a way out of here ASAP.

We see Zhang's head poking out from a hatch on top of the elevator.
Zhang: Fresh air, at last! Heidi's multi-tool be praised.
Max (from below): Hurry up, you are not exactly a featherweight…

We see the team of three entering the machine room at the top floor.
Heidi: We are in the machine room. I want to see the controller for the elevators.
Zhang: Now you're suddenly an elevator technician after all?
Heidi: No, I suspect something.

Max: Look here… this does not look like standard equipment.
Heidi: A machine with the Quantuple logo indeed.
Zhang: It must be some kind of remote control, the bastards!
Heidi: They know we're coming.

Max is calling Adil.
Max: Adil? We are pretty sure the office is here, after what we've been through. I'll tell the details later. Stay connected, OK?
Zhang: Shouldn't we call the police?
Heidi: We don't have much in the way of evidence.

Zhang: Grmbl, I guess you're right. It is us who did the most damage to the elevator…
Max: And I bet this computer has already self-destructed by now.
Heidi: We must confront them. Let's find the office.

The team has found what appears to be the door to the Quantuple office.
Heidi: This is it, they certainly aren't keen on loud advertising.
Max: Almost need a magnifying glass to see the logo on the door.
Zhang: I am starting to wish we had brought some kind of weapon…

Zhang: We have been ringing the doorbell for a while now. I do not think anyone will answer.
Max: Wait a minute, I think the door is not even locked.

We see the inside of the office which is pretty dark and rather chaotic, with Max and Zhang casting shadows from the brighter corridor.
Max: It is open, we can just walk in.
Zhang: I don't trust this, it could be another trap.
Max: We have come this far, let's not give up now. Adil, we're going in.

Heidi: Why is it is so dark in here? But, if the door is open, someone must be here…
Zhang: I'm going to pin the door open with this box, to give us an escape route.
Max: What is all this stuff?