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The t and i Factory was a notorious building built in 1958. It was here that Charity Hirz died and a fateful battle was fought.
History[]
Early history[]
The t and i factory was built in 1958. It used to belong to a man of an unknown name, but the man died in 2009 by unknown means. After his death, public officials put it for sale for only fifty dollars. Alas, no one wanted it as nobody had use for it (though no one knew of the distinct power bore by crossed ink). They sold it for thirty dollars instead, at around the same time Charity Hirz, who knew about the power crossed ink possessed, found out about the factory. Charity bought it happily for the new price. Although she hadn’t told anyone, Hirz had the perfect use for it.
Battle of the t and i Factory[]
- "Aah! Cherical set the blasted place on fire!"
- ―Freddy on Cherical’s attempt to take on the kids[src]
In August of 2022, the factory became the base of operation of Mykew Hadeline and her army of Wraiths. In response to this, Charity Hirz forced several children to work at the factory, including Annie McCallin and Savannah van Dukas. Eventually, after testing the prisoners' obedience, she tried to burn McCallin and Dukas at the stake, knowing the Wraiths would follow, but they were saved by the other factory workers. A scuffle ensued that erupted into a vicious battle when Hadeline, having collected all five of the Naegri, tried to initiate the Unification. However, the battle not only led to her defeat and demise at the hands of the Union of Ladybugs (who had been egged on by the exploitation and murder of Robert Bremmer), but also to the death of Charity Hirz, the loss of the Cuffs of Energy, and the destruction of two priceless robot bodyguards.[1]
In 2025, Cherical McSnake sold possession of the t and i Factory to Aaron Clinton for two hundred dollars. Although Clinton did not have any uses for crossed ink, he took advantage of the Underground Chambers and used it to store several valuable artifacts.
Centauri's mission[]
Along with Master Intelligence and the others, Centauri moved to thwart the Dark Woman. The group suffered a series of exhausting and difficult challenges down in the t and i Factory chambers, in an attempt to stop the pit from being stolen and the Dark Woman destroying Master Intelligence. The Dark Woman had just managed to breach these chambers herself, including the chamber in which she herself placed a scorpion. Several members had been picked off by the time that Master Intelligence and Centauri arrived at the obstacle set in place by the Dark Woman — a scorpion — they realized it was already out cold. The Dark Woman had always been good with scorpions, easily able to communicate with them and bend them to her will.
She reached the final chamber to find her objective, but before she could get to it, Centauri managed to reach the last chamber alone, after Master Intelligence was unable to pass through, and was surprised to meet his cousin there. The Dark Woman had reached the final chamber to find her objective, and now she bound Centauri and summoned a wall of fire behind the door to prevent him from escaping. The Dark Woman then tempted her cousin with the promise to bring his parents back from the dead (and her aunt and uncle). Centauri, who called her Ramona during the confrontation, still refused to give in. Finally, the Dark Woman attempted the murder of Centauri. Unfortunately, she found she could not hurt him without experiencing unbearable emotional pain. From there, she realized she loved him too much to hurt him and released her grip on his neck in tears. Despite her seeming almost regretful, Centauri killed her, by unknown means, without a second thought.
Location and description[]
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Located in the USA, the t and i factory was built in a remote area in the Arizona desert. It was a large building despite it only having four rooms. After Charity bought it, she had Cherical lead her robots in adding technology to the building. As a result the t and i factory had automatic t and i rotation, a microwave, a remake of the first owner’s quarters, a cooking robot, air conditioning, and a speeder for Charity to ride around in. Technical use was what Charity preferred to live with most. Additionally, the factory had toilets on both the first and second floors.
Main Room and cells[]
The main room took up 40 percent of the building. It had the scrolls hoisting the letters to cross, and was connected to the cells Charity had ordered the installment of. The cells were later used as the workers’ beds to ensure none escaped.
Charity's office[]
The private quarters belonging to the previous owner were redesigned after Charity bought it. She made it to which it closely resembled her office at C2 Camp. Although she kept the bed and desk, it had a refrigerator, TV, couch, computer, and iPad now.
Meal Room and kitchen[]
The meal room was right outside the main room. It had a table with four seats and only picture frames to line the walls. Connected to it was the kitchen, where robots presided over the cooking under Cherical’s supervision.
Rear Hall[]
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Elevators[]
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Fire Room[]
- "I could feel the piercing heat on my skin from above the hatch. No way I’m going down there."
- ―Charity writing in her diary[src]
The fire room was initially used for people to burn t and i sheets without stepping into the flames. Now, under Cherical and Charity, it was where workers went for misbehaving. Charity had never gone down there herself. Many people came to dread it, and Savannah had once thought it was something more deadly than painful. This also led to her first experience there when Charity ordered Cherical to take Savannah there for mouthing off. Annie McRae and Jose Camargo were the only kids who never ended up there, and Charity was the only one who had never been near it. It is a rectangular, 20-foot-long platform, surrounded by row after row of permanently lit flames as far as the eye could see. The platform rose like an elevator, though after Charity Hirz bought the t and i Factory it had a lock so only she and her servant, Cherical McSnake, could exit successfully.
Garlott's storeroom[]
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Underground Chambers[]
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- "Brilliant. This isn't mutantry — it's logic — a puzzle. A lot of the greatest mutants don't have any more logic than they do knowledge of Fobble instruments. What a play."
- ―Master Intelligence[src]
The Hologram Pit Chambers were a series of rooms below the t and i Factory, serving as the defenses protecting many valuable items people placed, most notably the Pit of Holograms, from at least the 2020s. There were a total of seven chambers, each of which containing an obstacle or task that guarded the treasures and delayed any intruder. In 2052, the Pit of Holograms became the target of the Dark Woman due to its potent ability to bring her to full power. To this end, Ramona broke into the factory, but failed to obtain the artifact.
First
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Second
Hirz's Chamber
After going through the trapdoor, a long and dark drop through the air led into a chamber full of Dark vines, planted by Cherical McSnake on the orders of Charity Hirz[2]. The plant was designed to entangle and suffocate any intruders, especially quickly the more the intruder tries to escape[2]. Lightning, however, could be used to repulse them[2].
Third
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Fourth
The next chamber was so dark that it was impossible to see anything[2]. It contained a Piano contraption, which had been placed by Ruby Wright[2]. To get across the chamber, one had to play a complex tune on the piano[2].
Fifth After that came a chamber containing a noioroc that needed to be knocked out in order to pass; it had a foul odor in it, and it was said that there was great relief in passing through it[2].
Sixth
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The second-to-last obstacle guarding the hologram pit was a logical riddle set by Qamar and Annabeth Black. Upon entering the chamber, the entrance was blocked by purple flames, whilst the exit was covered by black flames. A post holding seven umbrellas of differing shapes and sizes sat in the far edge of the room[2].
Seventh
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