>>399739
Fix your vision! Optimize senses for combat, rather than fucking them up.

Also he's probably going to throw something else at you, so be ready for it.

Grunt 2012/04/09(Mon)10:50 No. 399755 ID: 4abc95
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>>399742

THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO. ON THE UPSIDE, I CAN HEAR REALLY FUCKING WELL RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY BITCHIN'.

HE'S GONNA TOSS SOMETHING. GOTCHA, SENOR.


SOME SORT OF POINTED THING GREETS ME THROUGH THE DOOR.

THAT WAS A GOOD CALL. THANKS BRO.

>>399740

QUITE FRANKLY, I'M SURPRISED THAT AN AXE TO THE FACE DIDN'T SLOW THIS TOSSER DOWN. IF ANYTHING, IT KIND OF JUST MADE IT A LITTLE LESS DOPEY.

IT'S DOOR-FIVING TIME. I'M TOSSING THIS SHIT.

Grunt 2012/04/09(Mon)10:55 No. 399756 ID: 4abc95
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IT HIT 'EM STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND HE STAGGERED BACK AND FELL DOWN IN THE NEXT ROOM. HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S GETTING BACK UP, THOUGH HE'S TAKING HIS TIME WITH IT.

WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO NOW? OTHER THAN FEEL GOOD THAT I MANAGED TO GET THAT GUY ON THE GROUND WHILE STILL BEING MOSTLY OPERATIONAL?

BECAUSE THAT FEELS GREAT.

HE'S STILL GOT A LOT OF FIGHT IN 'EM. THAT'S GOOD. SO DO I.

You've still got another piece of door left. Get in close using that as a shield, and start working him over with your fists.

engage!

Suggestion 2012/04/09(Mon)11:06 No. 399760 ID: 5f1e5d
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GRUNT

REMEMBER THE BASICS OF CQC

Door works good as shield, but it can also work as ram. He throws stuff at it, you impale him with the door ram and proceed to beat his ass between both pieces of the door and make a HERO SANDWICH.

take the fight to him. be all dodgy-like. tire him out, because he's no robot.

Grunt 2012/04/16(Mon)18:16 No. 401858 ID: 4abc95
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MY SIGHT HAS RETURNED. SORRY ABOUT THAT, I’M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE MYSELF OUT. I NEVER GOT A MANUAL.

SWITCHED ARMS TO HOLD THE DOOR. MY BLOODSTAINED HAND HAS A HARD TIME MOVING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SHOULDER SOCKET.

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BLOOD AROUND HERE, WHAT THE FUCK EVEN BLEEDS THIS MUCH.

>>399758
I GOT THE DOOR. MOVING ON WITH CAUTION.
>>399759
WHAT DO YOU THINK I’M DOING? I AM ENGAGING THE FUCK OUT OF THIS MOTHERFUCKER.
>>399764
I DON’T THINK I CAN IMPALE A MAN WITH A DOOR, AND IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
>>399769
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT MY TIME AND ENERGY ARE BOTH FINITE. I-I am not a perfect being.

Yeah alright, let’s get on with it.

Grunt 2012/04/16(Mon)18:16 No. 401859 ID: 4abc95
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Surprise attack blocked by the door rather deftly. They were only a couple of knives with some unlit fuses at the end? Whatever. Such a weirdo, this guy is. I mean, really. What even is up with his face?

It’s a bit hard to charge right now, let alone move quickly with this door.

My health is fading. My battery power seems to be draining faster.

I’m not even sure if I’m rendering this man properly. He looks red. Horribly red. So do a lot of things. I don’t think they should be. There should not be this much red.

I’m overthinking this way too much.

Point is, I’m having trouble moving. Bloodied arm has now almost outright failed me, and I think it’s getting worse by the second. Movement is limited with this door. I can’t really charge him, because I am entirely sure that any sort of actually sharp thing this man has in his impossibly large inventory, will probably run straight through the door. It’s kind of cheap wood.

To be perfectly honest? I don’t think I can beat this guy.

>>401859
>My health is fading. My battery power seems to be draining faster.
Bullshit, you have just as much as before.
He's doing something to you. Or someone is doing something to you. It's not real. FOCUS. GET IN CLOSE AND BREAK HIS FLESHY FACE.

In fact, you were doing better when your vision was fucked. Re-fuck it. Get rid of the distraction.

Wait, in fact, if your vision is being fucked with, those may NOT be unlit. In which case you want to toss the door at him again and run.

>>401859

Throw the door and run!

> In fact, you were doing better when your vision was fucked. Re-fuck it. Get rid of the distraction.

It's time for the CLOSED-EYES ASSKICKING.

wait, why did you even unequip the only good arm you had

this is ridiculous get out of here stalker

Grunt 2012/04/17(Tue)08:43 No. 401964 ID: 4abc95
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>>401861
>>401909

You must not have noticed. It’s been a gradual thing as of late, and now that I finally got my vision back, I don’t think I would like to be blind again. Even if I don’t see quite right.

>>401923

From my hand to my arm socket is malfunctioning on that side. Limited range. Can’t really move it around much. I wouldn’t’ve been able to block anything if I kept it on that arm. What good is a shield if I can’t use it?

>>401862
>>401867

Right, door tossed.

It was awkward to toss it like that by the doorknob. I managed to get it in his general direction, and it was rather easily deflected. With his fist. He could have easily sidestepped it.

Fuck, it’s stuck in the ceiling. He deflected it with his fist and now it is stuck in the ceiling.

It is hard not to lose heart at this sight, but...

Grunt 2012/04/17(Tue)08:46 No. 401965 ID: 4abc95
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I cannot run away.

I am terrified and I cannot run away.

This is my fortress. I built these walls with my bare hands. He has killed my people as well as those that look after my people within these walls. If I run now, that gives him time to find and kill more. As I look around this freshly bloodied room, I can only hope that I can save someone from this nightmare, no matter how small the chance.

I am terrified at this monstrous being. It has no eyes, and looks to be made of blood. This man in front of me. He is stronger than I am. He is faster than I am. He has one more hand than I do.

I fear for my life.

No.

I am Grunt. I do not run from my problems.

I stand my ground here.

then sock the fucker.

Well if hes stronger than you lets use that to our advantadge. Wait until he attacks use then use his momentum agains him, either throw him or throw a sweet counter punch

Use his strength to your advantage. Surely the CQC chip has some programming for that. Like, judo, stuff like that.

>>401965
In that case...

Apply grenade liberally to adventurer.

I'm a fan of all this advice saying "You know how he's stronger and faster than us? Let's use that against him!"

>>402011
There are martial arts specifically designed to do that, bro.

>>402025
Indeed, but it relies on one hope. The hope being that, in addition to being stronger, faster, and in possession of more arms than us, that he is also a novice at hand to hand fightan. That the guy who deflected a door so hard it got lodged in the ceiling does not also have fighting ability.

I understand taking a counter-based style is pretty much our only hope, but in this context, the idea of relying on it amuses me.

>>402008
Oh right i frogot we still had that nade, lets use it

>>402011
>>402123
combo time:

you say its made of blood? when it next attacks, grab its arm and pull it past you, using its momentum to start a hip throw. while doing so, muster the last of the strength in your failing arm, and pull the pin on the grenade, then clip it to his pants as you throw him.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:54 No. 402606 ID: 4abc95
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>>401971
With my busted arm, I step to “sock the fucker”. I don’t know what this entails, so I’m going to toss my arm at him and hope for the best.

He makes his move, a charge, and a miss.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:54 No. 402608 ID: 4abc95
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I could swear I heard a “Bonk” just then. It doesn’t seem to have affected him much, but he does make a very silly face. He grabs onto my arm with one hand.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:55 No. 402610 ID: 4abc95
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Hello door, fancy running into you today.

Oh, I’m missing an arm and scared for my life. I’m pretty angry about it, too.

Not a dent, you say? Lucky bugger.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:56 No. 402611 ID: 4abc95
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>>401975
He kicks his foot out, trying to smash my face in, and I retaliate by punching his foot.

I hear something crack. It wasn’t me.

We are making progress.

>>401976
I don’t know what Judo is, but there are plenty of fighting styles in here. None of which, I recognize. One of them is labeled “Battletoads”.

I think this is an error.
>>402008
>>402123
No. I only have one, and I would rather I use it for something like, say, that rogue A.I.
>>402011
There sure is a lot of that.
>>402025
I have the knowledge to fight, but not the experience. This man has the knowledge, experience, and physique to toss my half-ton body around like a ragdoll, and also sever my arm off by swinging me by it.

That’s fucked up, man.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:57 No. 402612 ID: 4abc95
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I get up, because laying there is a terrible idea.

>>402072
You are very right. After all, even if he didn’t have the knowledge, he could still just toss me about, which is very well what he’s doing right now. Also, he can tear off my arms.
>>402162
I never said that, but yes. It does appear to be a being constructed from some hardened blood of some sort, but with bones on the inside. I like this idea, though.


He throws a punch and I grab it, crunching my foot into his freshly broken one in an attempt to stun my enemy with pain.


I heft him over my shoulder.

Grunt 2012/04/20(Fri)15:59 No. 402613 ID: 4abc95
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And I put him through the floor.

I’m impressed. That's a lot of floor to go through. Went in nice and clean, too.

My foe is still alive, but I broke his arm when I grabbed it, and he can’t seem to get up very well, seein’ as he made that hole head-first. He ain’t goin’ anywhere anytime soon.

I hope.

okay let's get back to the spare parts room. need to replace whatever arm bits are busted

Um, where did your removed arm go? You should be sure to take it with you if you can, in case there are salvageable parts.

You aren't about to let the guy who tore off your arm just leave when you have him crippled and half-conscious are you?

Dive through that god damn hole and punch him in the face. Make sure he stays punched.

Jump down and finish him. Pummel his head until there's nothing left that works in there.

>>402613
You are both heavily injured. If this fight continues you will be left unable to defend yourself. Retrieve your arm and get to the spare parts room so you can repair yourself. HE CANNOT REPAIR BROKEN BONES! That is important.

I also think we should play it safe and retreat, even if it manages to heal itself we were able to survive when we were weakend, so after some repairs we should have no problem dealing with him.

Another vote for repairs. That last fight was much too even for my liking.

Grunt 2012/04/21(Sat)02:19 No. 402713 ID: 4abc95
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>>402614

First, let’s get the tools to do so. There is a small toolbox-like chest and a larger chest right here. Also, if there’s anyone alive behind this door, I’d want to make sure that I get them out.

>>402644

Oh, he’s got it. He’s keepin’ it as some kind of trophy or something, I think. Pity he landed on it.

>>402652
>>402653

I do not want revenge and I refuse to let it fuel my actions.

>>402657

You make a lot of good sense, but I really ought to give this room a look through. This is where all the tools are that I can use to fix myself. I just don’t know where everything is, or what’s in the chests, but it’s all mine now, so the details hardly matter.

Grunt 2012/04/21(Sat)02:19 No. 402714 ID: 4abc95
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>>402682

I don’t think it can, but you are right. I would likely do well to make haste. So, I take everything and put it in this large chest to shove into my inventory. I’ll rife through it later, when I’m a bit more secure. I am also at the risk of overheat, due to my lack of coolant and capability (at the moment) to fix that problem.



After I see what’s on the opposite side of this door.

”Hello? Is anyone alive in there?”
I can hear something move towards the metal door, faintly.
“Yes! Now, bugger off!”
I guess that settles that.
”Alright. Be careful, Stranger.”
“What, you don’t want to open this door?”
”Nah. Not unless you’re bleeding out or something.”
For a while, there is a silence, drifting by on an air of uncertainty, before the other side speaks again.

Grunt 2012/04/21(Sat)02:20 No. 402715 ID: 4abc95
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“What are you?”
”~Just a humble construction automaton~”
With all the rage of a hundred stampeding, horned, sharp-teethed, starved beasts running after a small critter of unknown and delicious origin.

Might be a good idea to somehow lower your rage meter.
And ask what and who the stranger behind the door is

calm down, dude. take a deep breath... uh, wait, nevermind. look, at least keep pretending to be calm so the dude doesn't get scared of you. you're gonna ask him if he has any spare arms or coolant fluids in there.

Grunt 2012/04/23(Mon)22:29 No. 403952 ID: 4abc95
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“So what was all of that noise outside just now?”
”A thing broke, so I had to fix it. It didn’t want to get fixed.”
“But it’s fixed now?”
”Sort of. I really only broke it more. It’s a very delicate bit of machinery.”
“Would you say it’s safe to come out then, Mr. Machine?”
”I’d say just about mostly.”
“Got any percentages?”
”I don’t believe in numbers like that.”

>>402736
”What’s your name?”
“Oh, li’l ol’ me? I’m Vivian. What’s yours?”
”Oh, my name is Grunt.”
“That’s a silly name.”
”Hey, I came equipped with a name when I walked out the factory.”
“That’s impossible. You can’t equip a name.”
”Sure I can! I just haven’t done it yet.”

Grunt 2012/04/23(Mon)22:30 No. 403953 ID: 4abc95
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>>402796
”Hey, I don’t mean to bother you any, but would you happen to spare any arms?”
“I do, but they’re all out of ammo.”
”No, I meant arms. With hands at the end, preferably.”
“… Nnnnnnoooo?”
”What about Coolant?”
“… Why?”
”I had a bad case of spike through the torso.”
“… Doing… What?”
”Fighting a thing made of blood and guts and stuff.”
“… Fighting?”
”I’ve been doing that a lot lately.”
“That’s a bit strange for “a humble construction automaton.”
”Oh, believe me. I am acutely aware of this significant little fact.”


Oh, there’s a Cloth Child over there. It looks pensive. Also, it has stupid hair. I don’t think it wants a fight, but then Cloth Children are really weird and hard to predict. It seems to want that tank thing over there.

I’m not too worried. He looks like he saw everything.

So, what do I do, me? I guess I can fuck off, but I can also probably get Vivian to come with me and maybe that funny haired swordsmurf? Who knows? I haven’t tried asking yet.

examine tank thing.

Grunt 2012/04/23(Mon)23:27 No. 403959 ID: 4abc95
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>>403954

Well it’s not full of blood, that’s for sure.

Actually, it looks pretty empty, considering that the middle part is glass. It looks to be a kind of container that picks up liquids at a thought, kind of like a fancy mind-powered vacuum.

Man, that little guy really wants that thing.

I think I'll let 'em have it.

>>403959

as long as it's not a bazooka he'll blow you up with, sure, why the hell not.

ask him what he wants with it, he can have it, just curious.

Yeah let it have the damn tube and yes lets get Vivian to come with us so we can better protect him/her/it

>>403959
Say hey. Ask him what he's gonna do with that thing.

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:55 No. 404822 ID: 4abc95
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>>403966

While that is an entirely possible thing to encounter, I would have to say that is definitely not a case of such. We may, for the time being, roam without fear of being blown to smithereens.

>>403967
>>404103

”Excuse me Vivian.”
“Sure sure.”

”Hey, wha’cha gonna do with that there liquid sucker?”

“IT CONTAINS MY SISTER’S SOUL AND I NEED HER TO GET BACK INTO THE SWORD SO SHE CAN DO THE FIRE THING!”

”What.”

“IT’S VERY COMPLICATED, OKAY?”

”Okay, okay. No need to shout about it.”

“I DON’T HAVE AN INDOOR VOICE BECAUSE AN INDOOR VOICE IS FOR PUSSIES WHO CAN’T YELL ALL THE TIME.”

”Right then, I’ll uh, leave you to that.”

You know, I believe that he actually isn't yelling as loudly as he can. His mouth isn’t even open all the way. That takes some kind of talent.

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:55 No. 404823 ID: 4abc95
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”Okay, I’m back. More or less.”
“You never left. I could hear you talking out there.”
”I feel winded.”
“You don’t have lungs.”
”Details.”
“Or feelings.”
I’ll let that slide. It’s a sign that my façade is holding up.

>>403978

”So, can you get that door open?”
“Nope.”
”Would you like some help with that?”
“Nope. At least, not yet. I’ve some, uh… “Repairs” to make before I can leave.”
”What happened? If you don’t mind me asking.”
“I don’t. There was a man that came around and tossed me into this room, dislocating my leg as he swung me about, but before I could move said leg out of the way, the door closed down on it.”
”But there’s no limb here on the other side.”
“Oh. He must have it then. It doesn’t matter, really. I’ve got enough painkillers to make this work and a replacement limb right here. In fact, it matches my other leg quite beautifully.”
”Rather convenient then, right?”
“Yeah, I’ve been wanting to replace my organic body for a long time now. This is just one more step.”

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:56 No. 404824 ID: 4abc95
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So, maybe getting Vivian to come along will prove to be a challenge. I dunno, she seems relatively safe in there, provided that big beasty thing doesn’t come up that hole in the ground and finish the job. I’m pretty worried about that.

And yet…

Her answers really only raise more questions. Questions like “Holy shit how much blood you have in your system?” and “How could there even be this big of a mess?”, but I don’t think I really have a real mind to pursue any of them right now due to all of the other problems that I have. The problems of which I am entirely sure you are keenly aware of, because you are me.

Maybe I should try and figure out a way to keep in contact? Just to make sure. It’s up to you, though. You’re the more reasonable half.

>>404824

oh dear god he called us reasonable what the hell is wrong with us

ahem. give her your frequency in case she has or later on obtains a radio. then say buh buy and proceed to the unexplored parts of this hallway.

Remind her to watch out for blood monsters in the vents.

Ask the cloth child if it knows where we can find more coolant or arms

we might want to grab the container from the cloth child. it sounds like its important to Vivian.

>>404877
I was a little confused about this a little earlier, but upon rereading the conversation in question, I believe Grunt said "Excuse me, Vivian" and then started talking to the Cloth Child, who was the one claiming that his sister's soul was in the tank.

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:33 No. 405158 ID: 4abc95
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>>404826

Yes, of course I’m calling you reasonable. I trust your collective judgments.

The reason being that I asked you about that was to come up with a solution to do so quietly, without letting that big hulking thing know. I should have been clearer. I apologize.

>>404828

”Hey Vivian, be careful. Those little blood monsters can crawl through vents.”
“Oh, don’t worry. This room doesn’t have vents.”
”So… You could suffocate?”
“… I hadn’t thought of that.”
”Here, I’ll lift the door open a smidge.”
See? That was a pretty good call. She could've died in there if we didn’t ask about the nature of the room itself. I would’ve never thought about that on my own.
”I’m gonna get to goin’, alright? Stay safe Vivian.”
“Yeah, you too.”

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:34 No. 405159 ID: 4abc95
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>>404838

I turn to The Cloth Child, even though I already know where I can get another arm, which is from upstairs. You know, in the spare parts room. Because that’s where all the spare parts are.

”Hey, would you happen to know where I can get more coolant or arms?”

“WHAT’S A COOLANT?”

”Nothing. Don't worry about it.”

"AAAAAAALRIGHT THEN!"

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:35 No. 405160 ID: 4abc95
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>>404826 Cont’d.

Right then, there’s pretty much nothing left in this room.
I have decided to peek into the little chat room between me and Minnie.


>>404877

My apologies. I do not think I was being clear enough. Next time (that is to say, right now), I will (have) dictate(d) who I am talking to in future (or present) endeavors.

>>404902

Yes, that is exactly what happened. This day has taken a turn for the strange, has it not, friend?

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:36 No. 405161 ID: 4abc95
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Hm. Seems like I’m stuck like this for a while. Oh well. I won’t let it be a hindrance. For what I’m doing, I can’t let it be.

Gotta keep moving on.

Ask the cloth guy if we wants to go with you.

So... We kinda' need to get in Vivien's room, huh... We should have given her a means of contacting us, so we could start establishing a rapport, even while separate. We really need some coolant, too.

Tell the Cloth Child that being made of cloth, activating a flaming sword might not be the hottest idea.

that's not an unexplored part of the hallway. I don't remember if we went left already, but we should in case we didn't.

compliment the cloth childs awsome hair

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:26 No. 406938 ID: 4abc95
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>>405218
Sorry, I got a bit distracted by the bad news. I was just about to call the elevator up so I could get Minnie and Torso-Killfalllor down here to travel with me. I’m worried about them both quite terribly and I would feel quite horrible if they had expired due to my lack of physically being there to protect them. I wouldn’t think that I could live with that kind of guilt.

>>405186

I don’t know, she sounded like she had things under control. I really don’t think that I need to bother her while she attaches a new leg to herself, but you’re right in that I should definitely keep in contact. Unfortunately, I don’t really have any means of doing so, to my knowledge. No pen to send a note with, metaphorically or literally. I really don’t know what to do about it, but I’m sure we can come up with a solution if we put our heads together.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:27 No. 406939 ID: 4abc95
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>>405165

”Hey, you wanna travel around with me?”
“WHAT DID YOU THINK I WAS DOING? YOU JUST TOSSED THAT GUY THROUGH A FLOOR. I WANNA SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO!”
I’ll take that as a yes.

>>405208

”Hey, you think that maybe since you’re made of cloth, that activating a flaming sword may not be-“
“I’M FIRE RETARDANT!”
”What’s that mean?”
“I’M RETARDED AROUND FIRE!”
I’m pretty sure that’s not what he really means, and yet I cannot help but feel a miniscule pang of absolute dread for the little cloth beast.

>>405379
”You’ve got some cool hair.”
“THANKS! I STYLE IT WITH THE GREASE OF SLAIN BEASTS!”
”That can’t be safe.”
“DON’T WORRY, I’M NOT.”
There it goes again. I swear, he’s doing this on purpose.



… Onward into the depths, my dear friends.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:28 No. 406940 ID: 4abc95
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Oh boy, two doors. What an utterly and completely arbitrary choice. I’ll do my best to make this quick. Go on, pick a door. Any door. One’s already open and seeing as the interface is on, I can easily open the other one. No bells, whistles, or frills on this one.

Open and go through the closed door. Have the cloth child go in first because he is armed

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)07:13 No. 406960 ID: 643e13
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>>406945

I refuse to put someone else's life in danger in lieu of my own. No. Instead, I will go in by myself and face whatever lies ahead alone.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)07:14 No. 406961 ID: 643e13
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What luck! A terminal room! With a power outlet in here too! With this, I can see all and know all that goes on in this fortress! Provided I have enough camerabots and provided they are all still operable, anyway. I have one already, but it needs some work before it can run again. Yes, this is exactly the defendable position I can use while I wait to recharge later, and for right now, fixing my parts.

I don’t know how many camera bots are online, and these holographic projectors on the giant console aren’t really for field use, floaty though they are. They will, however, help me keep tabs and display information that would otherwise be lost on the giant screen there.

More than that, though! I finally have a place to store these two fucking chests! Seriously, I’m going to have to figure something out after I patch myself up. Lugging them around is tiring me out faster, and I am significantly less fleet of foot. On the plus side, my inventory effects my mass directly. Unfortunately, that also happens to be the downside.

Don’t worry, I won’t bother you with it. Unless you have ideas, I won’t otherwise ask that of you.

Alright! So many things I can do right here, it’s all too much to decide! I leave that up to you.

>>406961

okay, store them chests.

why does a terminal allow you to fix yourself? also, does recharging take a lot of time?

Lets take a gander at the other room with the door already open.

I'd say that not dying comes first. Do what you gotta do to not do that.

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:25 No. 409865 ID: 4abc95
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>>407014

I only meant that it was a good place to do so. If I move these little hologram ball things, then I can have a neat little workshop, whilst keeping an eye on things. Multi-tasking, my man.

Also, I suppose it does. Takes about six hours, give or take about twenty minutes, for a full charge.

>>407120

It’ll be the first thing I do when I turn the terminal on.

>>396622

Yes, meeting my end right now would be rather inconvenient. However, I do not think that a punctured coolant tank would prove to be particularly fatal.



I suppose that doesn't matter, though. Sit tight, I'll be done before ya' know it.

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:25 No. 409866 ID: 4abc95
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One hour passes by…

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:27 No. 409868 ID: 4abc95
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Whew, glad I got that out of my system. Managed to burn up all of the crusty bits of coolant and fix the puncture wound in my chest. We’re good to contain fluids once more.

Now I just gotta find the damned things. Where’d all the coolant tanks go? Did they grow little limbs and waddle off?

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:27 No. 409869 ID: 4abc95
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Also I have company again, so that’s nice. Killfallor and Minnie don’t talk much, but sometimes they make jokes. They aren’t particularly funny, but I don’t really want to tell them that. To be honest, I’m just glad to have them around. The Cloth Child, who’s name is Nail apparently? He’s out standing guard just outside this door. Periodically, he pops in on Vivian to see how she’s doing, but she’s gone quiet in the last ten minutes. No sign of that one butch lookin’ red guy.

The terminal works fine, in case you wanted to know. I can easily scout out rooms with it on, but I believe I’ve said that already. In hindsight, I probably should have plugged myself in to recharge a bit. I guess it slipped my mind. No big deal, right?

Probably not, but you're still at half charge. You should clear up some time for that.

install sex drive and see what's up with that while you charge.

Have someone go and check the other room? Or if you are so keen on keeping everyone safe do it yourself.

>>409885

or ask Killy what it does.

use terminal to scout out the place.

Charge yourself up nooooooow

Use the terminal to find coolant.

Also an arm.

Grunt 2012/05/20(Sun)05:36 No. 414319 ID: 4abc95
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>>409878
>>410016

Don’t need to tell me twice, broskis.

>>409924

I flick the terminal on and send a little eyebot out to investigate the room. One of the hoverballs displays information about the room itself. The name of it, what can be found in it, etc.

Also, I am very keen on keeping everyone safe. I’m glad we have an understanding.

>>409885
>>409971

”Hey, Killfallor. I got a question.”
“I may have an answer. Have at it.”
”What’s the sex drive do?”
“Nothing. The big nerds upstairs wanted to make a joke, so they slapped some bunk code into it and pasted a name on the front. It’s probably likely to completely scramble your data.”
”Oh. So, why do you want it?”
“Because I think it’s funny.”



>>410026
>>410027

While I have this sinking feeling that I won’t magically stumble upon a new arm that will work with my systems, I think I would like to remain as optimistic as you. I appreciate your constant inquiries about coolant, too.

For you, I will add these to the very short list of things I should immediately be scouting for, automatically.

Grunt 2012/05/20(Sun)05:37 No. 414320 ID: 4abc95
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The little scout shows that there is hole in the floor in the next room over. One that leads to my room, in fact.

Huh, that’s strange.
It must be a new addition.

There’s also a ventilation shaft in there, but the grating has been taken off. Other than that, there really isn’t anything in there to speak of. Really, just an empty room, stripped of wares. There’s a door right over there, but to be quite honest, I don’t think there’s gonna be a whole lot in there.

Of course, I can always be pleasantly in the wrong.

>>398072
Grunt, you nincompoop, get in that door!

And where the heck is Skrags?!

See if there's anything new in your room, too

>>414320
Take a look in the door.

I'm tempted to send the eyebot down to look in the vent shaft but we wouldn't be able to get it back up easily, would we?

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:07 No. 417089 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414331

I immediately run out to the door, forgetting to store my plug. Fortunately, it's really rather much like a tail in that I can move it about if I think about it enough, so it does not impede my progress, nor get tangled in my legs.

Door’s closed. There’s a little sign a bit over to the right that reads “Due to AIDS”.

I feel that little sign is more than a bit unnecessary, but then, I do not know what AIDS is.

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:08 No. 417090 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414338

Nope, just me, Minnie, Killfallor, and Skrags. Killfallor seems to be occupied at the moment with that plug in the wall, Minnie is chillin’ on top of that chest there, and Skrags is…? I really don’t know what the strange beast is doing. It looks to be smelling things? I cannot fathom what it could possibly be doing. They appear to be in good enough standings with me to talk, but not enough to initiate conversation on their own accord.

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:10 No. 417091 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414380

Bam, sent down. I am on the ball today. It is a thing I am rolling on about like an extremely acrobatic clown, or an elf.

It appears as though the grenade’s heroic sacrifice was in vain. This news saddens me so.

Unfortunately, no energy is going to that door currently. If I were to open it, I would have to pry it open and risk garnering the attention of that multi-lanced individual up there, not to mention my buddy downstairs who is looking after my arm ever-so-graciously, and has thus far, not contacted me further. I would like our relationship to continue from a distance, for the time being.

if that is the same blood beast. who knows how many are running around. let's try someway else.

Are those tiny eyes underneath the lances?

Ask Nails where he is supposed to deliver his sisters soul? Also introduce him to Minnie and Killfallor if you haven't already.