Conteur 2010/11/30(Tue)16:27 No. 260951 ID: ddaa88
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Mark's pretty proud of his horns. As far as he knows, he's a normal human, except for the horns. Mark thinks the Doctors said something about demons and genetics.

That creature, on the other hand, appeared to have had its "horns" forcibly extended from its skull. Its appearance was warped and disgusting, but something about it seemed almost familiar to Mark.

Alright, let's leave the room then. Where can we go from here?

Conteur 2010/12/01(Wed)14:28 No. 261214 ID: ddaa88
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With the lights still off, Mark checks the hall.

At the end of the hall, Mark can see the door to his room. To the side he sees the glowing outline of a hidden door that wasn't there before.

The creature seems to be gone.

Go to your room and get the sheets from your bed. We can use them as makeshift rope, or a pouch to carry things in.

Ehhh... let's just go into the hidden door.

Going for the tie breaker vote here. Go back to your room and wear your bed sheets as a superhero cloak.

Conteur 2011/01/11(Tue)18:59 No. 270768 ID: ddaa88
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Mark returns to his room and gathers the single SHEET from his bed.
Equipping the SHEET as a manly cape, Mark readies his resolve and prepares to open the hidden door.

Stealthily open it in case Satan is there, so he doesn't see you.

That or kick it in to make full use of your manly cape in a dramatic entrance.

Whichever you prefer will be fine, really.

Press your ear on the door and try to hear whether somebody is in there first.

Conteur 2011/01/12(Wed)17:44 No. 271054 ID: ddaa88
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Mark uses MANLY KICK on SECRET DOOR.
It's super effective!

Conteur 2011/01/12(Wed)17:47 No. 271055 ID: ddaa88
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This new room is a... surprise, to say the least.
It has a nice, plush carpet, and a raised platform with four COMPUTER STATIONS, all with blank green screens.
On the wall above the computers is a giant TV, showing nothing but static.

At the end of the room is a ladder leading up to a trapdoor in the ceiling.
Mark doesn't remember the Institute being underground...

What do you remember about the institute?

Also, climb up the ladder and check whether the trap doorcan be opened.

Mess with the computer stations and look around a bit more.

>>271055
Activate and play each of the pong stations until you win. This should activate the main terminal.

Conteur 2011/01/13(Thu)17:30 No. 271344 ID: ddaa88
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Mark tries the trapdoor, but it appears to be on some sort of automatic lockdown.

Conteur 2011/01/13(Thu)17:31 No. 271345 ID: ddaa88
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Mark checks the leftmost computer on the table.

(animated)

>WIN GAME.EXE

Or, on a more serious note, try some variations of these:

>OPEN TRAPDOOR
>VIEW CAMERA2

I think HELP would be a good idea.

Conteur 2011/01/14(Fri)20:00 No. 271572 ID: ddaa88
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Mark enters random commands.
One seems to work, switching the main screen to a new view.

>>271572
Alright. While it's switching go back and MOP UP the blood. We can't be untidy.

>cmdlist

Conteur 2011/01/18(Tue)18:03 No. 272719 ID: ddaa88
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Mark returns to the office and mops up the blood.

When he comes back to the computer room, the MAIN SCREEN seems to have loaded Camera 2.

Mooshy appears to have returned to the air ducts for now.

Conteur 2011/01/18(Tue)18:06 No. 272720 ID: ddaa88
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Since Camera 2 only seems to be showing his room, Mark goes back to the console he was at before and tries >cmdlist

He is met with a list of available commands

>>272720
>View camera 1

>>272720
Enable ALL the consoles. ALL OF THEM.

Then while the monitor adjusts to the new camera setting (which I suspect will just be static), enter "cmdlist" on the other three consoles and see if they have any different commands.

If not, check the remaining two camera views to see if anything interesting pops up.

Conteur 2011/01/22(Sat)11:24 No. 273752 ID: ddaa88
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>>272829
Camera 1 was the static

>>273652
Mark enables ALL the consoles. ALL OF THEM.
>cmdlist yields the same result on all 3 consoles.

Alright let's just quickly go through all the cameras, and try the recover password function too to see what it does.

>>273864
Yes, do this. But try out a couple passwords first. Like:

winthegame, password, Mooshy, Julia

Conteur 2011/01/23(Sun)16:16 No. 274146 ID: ddaa88
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Mark tries a couple passwords in the apparently sassy console, then resorts to the password recovery.

As it takes a moment to initialize, Mark returns to the first console to check the other cameras.

Conteur 2011/01/23(Sun)16:18 No. 274147 ID: ddaa88
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Camera 3 yields the view of a small room with a round table in the center, and a shadowy figure curled up in the corner of the room.

Conteur 2011/01/23(Sun)16:20 No. 274150 ID: ddaa88
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Camera 4... Camera 4 just serves to confuse Mark even more.

It appears to show a room similar to a small chapel, but with a book on a pedestal at the end of the room glowing brightly, and a large fissure glowing ominously in the center of the room.

>>274150
Portal to hell. Sweet. We should probably close that somehow.

Conteur 2011/01/25(Tue)17:57 No. 274787 ID: ddaa88
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The second console beeps as it finishes loading the password recovery.

Huh, I guess it would be too easy if it was just a simple security question.

Oh, a magic square?
276
951
438

Conteur 2011/01/26(Wed)14:41 No. 274987 ID: ddaa88
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Mark enters the solution and the console dings, showing him the correct password (sciencerox84), which he enters and the console logs in.

Mark opens the lone folder on the desktop marked "Patient Records", revealing four files:

Marcus Vent-Mark's name

Katherine Simes-apparently another patient

James Whitaker-someone Mark vaguely remembers meeting

Samuel Tyler-...hmm, no indication as to why this one's crossed off

Mark doesn't know which one to open first.

Just read them all in alphabetical order.

>>274987
Eh. Let's start with your file first. Why not. That usually seems like a good place to start. See what they've been writing about behind your back. And sometimes in front of your face too, I guess.

Conteur 2011/01/27(Thu)16:35 No. 275474 ID: ddaa88
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>>275157
Mark's curiosity draws him to his own file, which opens into a document.

I wonder what Rahab is? Check James next.

Conteur 2011/01/28(Fri)13:32 No. 275787 ID: ddaa88
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>>275477
Mark checks the file for James next.

Conteur 2011/01/28(Fri)18:04 No. 275833 ID: ddaa88
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The file for James includes a picture, presumably from when he was admitted.

>>275157
Lou Gehrig's Disease, huh. Bummer.

So, apparently you know a little bit about this project. What was its purpose? Maybe something about transfusing demons' blood into patients or vice versa?

>>275787
Dangerous combination, hm?

Well, let's keep things mysteeeeerious and save Samuel's record for last. Next up, Ms. Simes!

Conteur 2011/01/29(Sat)12:28 No. 276096 ID: ddaa88
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>>275889
Mark opens the file for Katherine Simes

Conteur 2011/01/29(Sat)12:28 No. 276097 ID: ddaa88
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Once again, a photo is included

Alright time for that last file!

>>275787
Sounds like a dude who would rip the skin from his face and hate cats.

Conteur 2011/01/29(Sat)19:14 No. 276229 ID: ddaa88
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Mark opens the last file, marked Samuel Tyler.

Conteur 2011/01/29(Sat)19:16 No. 276231 ID: ddaa88
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The last file also includes a picture.

Mark wonders why his file had no picture.

Sorry for the shoddy art, I'm not exactly proficient with a tablet

Oh fuck, he's evil incarnate or something.

Okay now that we have the password,
>cmdlist

Mike is Rahab, who is a fallen angel of Pride. And also a demonic water dragon, according to wikipedia. Name means violence. If you find water, see if you can control it in any way.

James is Abaddon, a fallen angel of death. Name means to destroy. Seeing as he and Mark are both 'violent' ones, Mark may be able to hold his own in a straight fight if he awakens or something, but we should still watch out for this one. I'm assuming it's our red faced friend.

Kat is either Namaah, Lillith, or both. Which are both succubus. Yeah, don't tap that your you'll get your soul sucked out or something.

Samuel is a fallen angel who corrupts mankind in writing. I'm guessing he's a lawyer or businessman from the suit and wealth notes. Watch out, he's probably gonna be a tricky one.

Anyways, next try Reset Powergrid. Maybe if we can shut down the power of a moment we can get through the trapdoor.

Conteur 2011/01/30(Sun)12:10 No. 276468 ID: ddaa88
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>>276271
Mark has already checked >cmdlist on the consoles.

>>276450
>Reset Powergrid

After a moment the lights, screen, and console shut down, then restart. Mark hears a mechanical click from the trapdoor's latch. Success!

>>276468
I wonder what else was released there. Now, try the Master Override command before we proceed. Maybe we'll be able to get some control over something, like turret defenses. Hah, as if it would be that easy.

>>274147
On another note, this person looks like they have a ponytail. After seeing the files, I think it might be Kat.

>>276096
>transfusion on "Naamah"
So, they're taking blood from the patients and putting it into demons, then?

But yeah. Master Override, then get to climbing again.

Oh! Recheck Camera 1 before climbing up. Maybe the reset/override fixed whatever problem it was having.

Conteur 2011/02/01(Tue)17:16 No. 277261 ID: ddaa88
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>>276667
Camera 1 is still offline

>Master Override
Connecting to Containment Room Turret System

Although damaged, Mark can see enough from the turret's feed to see a forklift, a warehouse door, and some sort of crate.

Suggestion 2011/02/01(Tue)17:38 No. 277268 ID: ddaa88
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Mark climbs up through the now unlocked trapdoor.

As he emerges into another room, he finds someone waiting for him.

"So you finally made it this far, eh Marcus?"

Oh. Samuel. Hi.

Look around to see what would be the best direction to start running.

Mop him in the face. You still have the mop, right?

Oh, so just because it's the weird, rich man who wormed his way into the program despite being in perfect health, everyone automatically assumes he's a threat and leaps to aggressive actions. Real logical, gaiz!

Anyways.

>>277268
"Well, you know, there wasn't much else to do in my room, so I figured, what the hey."

Or, alternatively, "Oh, I'm being timed? Darn. I knew I should've spent less time mucking about down there!"

Samuel confirmed for Gary Motherfucking Oak

Well, may as well try to be civil. Explain that you slept in, and really have no clue what's going on.

Suggestion 2011/02/02(Wed)13:58 No. 278355 ID: ddaa88
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>>277270
Samuel is blocking the only door in the room.

>>277306
Attack may not be the best thing outright, but just in case, Mark readies his CRUDE POLEARM.

>>278109
>>278157
"Uh, hello Samuel. I kind of slept in and I have no idea what's happening. Am I being timed or something?"

"Oh, heavens, no. Not officially, although the Director is a bit loony and might say some things like that. I was just expecting you sooner, like last time."

last...time?

Ask Samuel what exactly is going on, and what he means by 'last time'.

Conteur 2011/02/02(Wed)16:27 No. 278410 ID: ddaa88
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"Um...What do you mean 'last time'?"

Samuel laughs
"Ah, but look at me getting ahead of myself already! I'm afraid you'll have to figure that out yourself. As for what's going on here...well, I'd say we're having ourselves a little game."

"W-What kind of game?"

"Think of it like an rpg. I believe you would make a fine protagonist, and the others and I are merely here to keep the game interesting. It is up to you to decide how big of a role we play."

Samuel has a very creepy smile.

Ask him who the red melty-face guy is.

Ask why Kat is crying.

Conteur 2011/02/02(Wed)18:32 No. 278454 ID: ddaa88
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>>278415
"I saw on the camera's someone that looked like Kat was crying in one of the rooms. Would you know anything about that?"

"Oh, that. She's probably just been bullied by little Jimmy again."

"Jimmy? Is that the James Whitaker guy?"

"Yeah, such a rotten little brat."

>>276221
>>276450
>>278413
"Is he the one going around with a melted, red face?"

"Oh no, Jimmy's just like us. The man-although I hesitate to call him that anymore- with the deformed face is...actually, you'll just have to meet him yourself."

"Anything else I should know?"

"For now? No. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to see a man about a cat."

Samuel leaves through the door.

Well, let's try to find Kat. Get to know our fellow horrific demonic experiments and all that.

Again. Since we appear to have amnesia.

For now follow Sam, it's the only door out of this place.

>>278454
>cat
Hey, yeah. Whatever happened to Mooshy? Last we saw she was having a staring contest with that red guy. You let her sneak back into the heating vents, didn't you?

But yeah, get on with the room leaving.

Conteur 2011/02/03(Thu)17:34 No. 278787 ID: ddaa88
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Mark follows Samuel through the door, but he's already gone. Mark enters another hallway, with two doors, a potted plant, and a giant metal seal bolted over the wall at the opposite end of the hall.

Left.

This is demon quest, so go left.

Look at the pot first. Could be something stashed in it.

Suggestion 2011/02/04(Fri)14:01 No. 279058 ID: ddaa88
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>>278861
Mark checks the pot, but it's just a plant.

>>278798
Mark tries the left door, but it's locked. He hears a faint moan from the other side.

"Hello?"

"sniff... go away..."

"Kat? Is that you? It's Mark."

Conteur 2011/02/05(Sat)10:37 No. 279295 ID: ddaa88
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"Kat? Is that you? It's Mark."

"Mark? Is that really you?--NO! It can't be! God damnit James! Your fucking jokes have gone too far!"

"No, Kat, it's really me."

"Damnit James, Mark is dead! Why do you have to rub that in?"

Dead? That's news to Mark...

"Well, as Mark Twain once said, 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.' But, if you wanna be left alone, that's fine." Then try the other door if she doesn't unlock hers.

Hi Kat! Mark, tell Kat the voices say hi.

Conteur 2011/02/06(Sun)17:35 No. 279689 ID: ddaa88
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"Well, as Mark Twain once said, 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.' But, if you wanna be left alone, that's--"

Mark is cut off as Kat bursts from the room, embracing him.

"Oh my God, Mark it's really you!"

"I, uh, I...the voices say hi."

Oh look, Mooshy was in the room with her.

Return hug.
Then explane about waking-up and being kind of weirded out.
Lastly pet Mooshy.

Return hug.
Ask what is going on.

Also ask why/when you are/were 'dead'.

Conteur 2011/02/07(Mon)15:27 No. 279910 ID: ddaa88
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Mark hugs Kat back.

"Sniff...I, I can't believe it's really you. I thought you had died."

"Well, Kat, I need to be honest with you. You seem to know me pretty well, but I only know you from the files on the computer. I woke up this morning and I have no idea what's going on. Could you fill me in?"

Conteur 2011/02/07(Mon)16:18 No. 279952 ID: ddaa88
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Kat looks confused and opens her mouth to speak, but the plant from the hall comes out of nowhere and smashes into her temple!

duck

Use MANLY REFLEXES gained from MANLY CAPE to grab the plant and try to minimize impact. Then see who threw it.

Also duck if you can't do that, and equip CRUDE POLEARM.

>>279952
How conveeeeenient.

Instinctively duck, then turn towards the source of the flying topiary with CRUDE POLEARM at the ready.

Conteur 2011/02/08(Tue)17:28 No. 280346 ID: ddaa88
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Mark channels the power of his MANLY CAPE, ducking to avoid any further projectiles. He turns to see the assailant disappearing through the other door in the hall.

Kat is down, but the attacker is getting away. What should Mark do?

give her a quick look, if her head has no blood then chase, if there is blood then stay with her.

It is a horrible idea to leave someone with a head injury alone. Pick her up, retreat into her room, and shut the door. Then examine her injury.

>>280444
Yes. What sort of gentlemanly half/quarter/whatever-percentage demon would leave behind an injured damsel? The assailant will (maybe) get their comeuppance at a future date and time.

Let Karma deal with the attacker for now, and tend to Kat. Better to keep strong our alliances than to further hatreds, yes?

Conteur 2011/02/09(Wed)14:17 No. 280559 ID: ddaa88
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Mark turns to check on Kat.

She's lying unconscious on the floor where she fell. Although the injury doesn't seem too serious, Kat's breathing is heavy and labored. Mark brings her into the room she was in, which he saw on the camera before, and sets her on the table.

What now?

put your hand on her forehead thingy and try to force life energy into her.... or something to that effect.

>>280563
Demonic healing? Well, it did apparently cure Mark of a terminal illness. After dying.

If that doesn't work, do your best to clean any plant bits or foreign materials out of the wound. Then tear off some of the cape or coat, and use it to bandage her up. Lock the door again so we don't get any more violent interruptions.

What else is in the room?

Conteur 2011/02/10(Thu)16:22 No. 280784 ID: ddaa88
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>>280563
>>280565
The abrasion seems to have healed on its own already, so Mark doesn't need to try any mystic healing. He's not even sure if he has that ability.

Mark lays Kat out on the table and tries to tear off a bit of his cape to use as a makeshift bandage.

There's nothing else in the room, other than the table and the vent above the door Mooshy came in through.

Conteur 2011/02/10(Thu)16:25 No. 280785 ID: ddaa88
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"Oh, what the hell-oh shit. Not you again. Fuck, I thought I saw the last of you, Mark. Of all the shitty luck..."

Okay, Mark is confused.

Great, what set of memories does she have this time?

Go ahead and ask what she's talking about. She seemed glad to see you just a minute ago, before she got hit by the potted plant.

>>280788

She got two demons, remember? Her split personality is probably a consequence of that.

Ask Kat if she's feeling okay, because she just took a blow to the head with a potted plant and changed hair colors.

explain calmly that someone just wanged her head with a plant. a

Conteur 2011/02/11(Fri)13:27 No. 280942 ID: ddaa88
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"Kat? Are you okay? You just got wanged pretty hard on the head with a potted plant."

"Kat? What the fuck, do you not remember me telling you not to fucking call me that? That's your little nickname for Bitchy McGoody-Two-Shoes."

"Are you, I mean, your hair's different, are you...?"

"What do you seriously not know? I'm Lillith, and my fucking retarded alter ego is the dumbshit known as Naamah. You still insist on fucking calling her Kat all the fucking time."

Lillith is very vulgar.

"Well, in that case, I guess it would be proper to call me Rahab? And no, I don't remember. I don't remember much of anything. Apparently I'm dead."