[there's a furious psychic roar from "downstairs," just a few hours before the planned intervention; Geir's voice comes after it, angry and scared and full of vitality. at least whatever the monitors have been doing to him hasn't appeared to weaken him any.

How long till you're down here?!

[a sense of movement just barely in check comes with the message. there's a snag in the plan, or at least a reason to make sure it goes off perfectly, and soon.]