2/2 Heretic 2020/09/28(Mon)06:54 No. 977447 ID: 8fb3ba
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D&D: G&M got her battery
C&C: Lucky, looks like the location of my home is giving the drone some difficulty
D&D: also expect some strawberry flavored mushrooms soon
C&C: Oh yay! All the sweetness of strawberry with none of the proper texture so the whole experience of eating them is an odd disjointed sensation.
C&C: I love that girl but she needs to stop splicing together weird mushroom strains to make different flavored fungi. The pizza flavored ones where just awful.
D&D: I'm personally a fan of her french fry flavored mushrooms, I'd ask for more of those if the storm wasn't messing with deliveries.
C&C: Well, you're used to eating garbage I suppose
D&D: wow that was mean
C&C: But it was also true
D&D: I just remembered echelon gave me a ping for something after beating those monsters
C&C: What does it say?
D&D: My rank went up! So my CONTEMPT lvl's improved and stats are better
C&C: Nice, progress.
D&D: there's also a lsit that shows off my single BATTLE TENDANCY
C&C: That's better than the none I have I suppose. I don't fight enough to really develop any

BATTLE TENDENCIES
ASSASSINATION: Attacking enemies from concealment instantly kills them if they are below your CONTEMPT LEVEL and deals heavy damage if they're equal to or two times your CONTEMPT LEVEL

C&C: So what's your plan right now?
D&D: still haven't delivered this package, and I still have Aoi trying to kill me.
C&C: And don't forget to try and feed that resin into the incubator.

>ASSASSINATION
Oh that is nice, goes right along with your playstyle.
Ok, try the resin in the incubator and the go send that package.

>>977447
Ask C&C if she figured out how the team function is supposed to work? You’re not entirely sure how your teammate is supposed to get to you with the storm outside.

Let’s test putting the resin you got into the incubator.

You should make an attempt at going back to where you dropped your phone so you can get it back. It’ll be easier to keep in contact with everyone and you won’t have to worry about missing any messages they send to you.

The fabricator might need you to give it a blueprint so that it can make something. Or you might need to put an object in it so it can upgrade it.

Don't you have multiple knives besides the one you've been using? Try putting one of those in the fabricator to see what happens.

Use Silicone and Pitch in the incubator since those seem common.

1/3 Heretic 2020/09/29(Tue)06:22 No. 977546 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Ask C&C if she figured out how the team function is supposed to work?
D&D: have you figured out how these teams are supposed to work? Like, how is G&M supposed to reach me?
C&C: No idea. She may never reach you, the same way my interactions with you are through the systems her's may too.
D&D: oh
C&C: I'm not too sure why you'd assume we'd meet our teammates, that being said we don't need to be physically together to be on the same team. Isn't that one of the themes of Death Stranding or something?
D&D: kind of, did you play it?
C&C: I watched a cutscene compilation online, I can see why you enjoy the story in some places but I couldn't be bothered to actually play the game.
D&D: that's fair

>Don't you have multiple knives besides the one you've been using? Try putting one of those in the fabricator to see what happens.
You put the knife rack into a card, the issue now is how do you put it in? You inspect the machine and then the card. Upon closer inspection of the deck of few card there's a barcode on the back! Scanning the code on the screen of the fabricator allows you to construct a new set of knives for 20 Furan Resin, but you're not sure if you want to yet.

2/3 Heretic 2020/09/29(Tue)06:23 No. 977547 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Use Silicone and Pitch in the incubator since those seem common.
You enter your living room. Oh those fucking oil fuckers did a goddamn number on this place. You're gonna have to clean all of this up later.

Hey! Cheshire's here! You were wondering where she was, and she brought your phone back to you too! Good kitty! You take your phone and head to the incubator

3/3 Heretic 2020/09/29(Tue)06:23 No. 977548 ID: 8fb3ba
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The screen asks how much of what resin you want to use while showing a list of the resins you own along with the amounts of each. You input 50 Silicone and 50 Pitch, a new message appears.

EMBRYO STABALIZED
STAGE ADVANCE: 00 ---> 01
NEW PSUEDO-DNA STRING EXTRACTED: AGdYOYi0bMQ0LL8PIQSYX
STRING SAVED!
TIME UNTIL NEXT STABLIZATION: 02 HOURS: 59 MINUTES: 59 SECONDS

"Did you get that string, C&C?"

Check out any devices you haven't messed with yet; if you aren't sure what and where your remaining options are, ask your mastermind.

You should reward Cheshire for bringing you your phone. Clean her food and water bowls and refill them with fresh food and water.

>>977547
>I can't be beat!
Is that a common thing for these games to say? People *have* won this game before, right?
Check how much another gear would cost. That worked well as a thrown weapon.

>>977558
This.

1/2 Heretic 2020/09/30(Wed)13:16 No. 977627 ID: 8fb3ba
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D&D: did you get that string C&C?
C&C: I could see it from my view, but there's no menu or popup on my screen that would indicate it saved to my system. It looks like it's only something saved to your Incubator.
C&C: Question is what it's for.

>Clean and refill Cheshire's food and water bowls
You do just that, she's still not very happy with the new brand of cat food you feed her but she eats anyway. You can tell she still appreciates it.

2/2 Heretic 2020/09/30(Wed)13:16 No. 977628 ID: 8fb3ba
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>How much does a new gear cost to make in the Fabricator?
50 Furan Resin. 30 more than what you have, speaking of which you retrieve the gear once again in case you need to use it later.

Hmm ok, any other weird machines in your apartment?
I wonder if the machine can replicate living things? Like Cheshire? Or you, it'll probably be easier to scan yourself.

Broken gear mvp. But we shouldn't abuse it. Aoi might get use to it, or the fact that you can throw things from your deck. It will expect it.

>>977628
I think we’ve done all we can do here. Let’s head out and deliver that case Aoi gave us down to the basement.

And make sure you keep an eye out for any chairs to smash, so that you can complete your personal objective of destroying all the chairs to prevent Cheshire from placing them in front of the door and locking you in! So far, you’ve gotten 1/1000 Chairs Destroyed……yeah, this might take a while.

So far you've looked at the incubator and the replicator. I believe there were more than two machines? Make sure you've checked out the rest of them before you leave, unless you start that the pressure from Aoi is getting too much and you need to stay on the move.

Heretic 2020/10/01(Thu)07:00 No. 977663 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Examine other machines
D&D: hey C&C whats this tower thing?
C&C: According to the device reliquary that machine is a Stabilization Inhibitor, once again I do not know what it actually does. I only set it down out of fear that if I didn't it would negatively effect you.
D&D: well what if placing it down too early negatively effects me?
C&C: Then it was nice knowing you Cyle, I'll remember you as you are and not as a half eaten corpse.
D&D: I don’t think those screen things will eat me
C&C: No, but Cheshire probably will when she runs out of food
D&D: D0
D&D: is that thing about cats eating their owners true?
C&C: Yes, but if it makes you feel better it isn't because she hates you. It's only because eventually she'll need something to eat when the food runs out.

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Heretic 2020/10/01(Thu)07:01 No. 977669 ID: 8fb3ba
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You prepare to head for the basement so you can deliver the case stopping only to think of the best possible route there. This isn't the first time you've had to go there, that's where you keep most of your tools and other stuff that either won't fit in your apartment or you just plain forgot down there.

It's between using the stairs or using the elevator, no one else really uses the elevator so if you do you feel like that might be a dead give away if Aoi is nearby. Then again if you use the stairs you'll be going down much slower, and with all the webs blocking off the hallways you'll never know when you're headed for a dead end. Though there may be other options you just aren't thinking of right now.

>Stairs
>Elevator
>Something so clever you can't even begin to imagine it right now (Write-In)

>>977669
What about that vent in your bathroom? When your cat blocked the door, you used that vent to get out. Maybe you can use it to get to the basement? Or if you can't, you can at least use it to get as close as possible.

Stairs for now. We'll think about the elevator on the trip back up.

well since your cat cut it's way into the vents think you could use those to go down a few floors?

If not hit the stairs. Going down stairs isn't nearly as exhausting as going up them plus if you come across anything in the stairwell you'd have a better chance at hiding and avoiding it then you would trapped in an elevator.

The stairs sound good for now, we'll improvise along the way.

Using the elevator doesn't necessarily pen you in. If you use the vents to go down a floor or two, you can call the elevator, finagle the ceiling hatch open, then select the basement and ride on top of the cabin. From there, you can just jump if the cabin drops, and you'll be able to see that (and attempts by Aoi to drop from above) coming from a mile away. (If the latter happens, hop back down into the cabin and punch the button for the arriving floor.)

>>977669
Well there was that bigass hole the robot made in the floor... Hey can you sneak around in vents?

>>977679
I was going to say taking the elevator paints too much of a target on your back, but this is a pretty good plan.

>>977669
Fastest, safest, best option: Parachute down the outside of the building.

Alternative big brain play: Have Cheshire deliver the package OD

1/4 Heretic 2020/10/04(Sun)09:28 No. 977887 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Cheshire: deliver the package
Cheshire thinks about it for a bit, then realizes her rates are too expensive for you to possibly afford, Oh wait no she doesn't because she's a dumb cat.

>Vents/Stairs
Vent's can't get you the whole way, but they can hide you for a good portion of your trip...

2/4 Heretic 2020/10/04(Sun)09:28 No. 977888 ID: 8fb3ba
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3/4 Heretic 2020/10/04(Sun)09:28 No. 977889 ID: 8fb3ba
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...And they make great hiding spots for sneak attacks.

4/4 Heretic 2020/10/04(Sun)09:28 No. 977890 ID: 8fb3ba
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Chemical Chalice (C&C) messaged Deuces Daggers (D&D) at 6:23 AM

C&C: I heard Pandemonium's opening up applications for Mars residence, do you think anyone on Earth would be willing to live there?
D&D: I'm sure plenty of bootlicking imps would love to be closer to the devils.
C&C: I've seen pictures, the scenery's amazing. Not amazing enough for me to go though. A few more "privileges" aren't enough for me to move.
D&D: I rread somewhere online that any high demon can legally kill you, stuff you, and put you in their living room if you're out at midnight
C&C: Gruesome, but likely an exaggeration. Still wouldn't put it past them to be needlessly cruel.
D&D: the sad part is how many imps believe that that life is better
C&C: Maybe compared to their circumstances it is better
D&D: yknow whats more surpsrising? that theyre still letting imps onto mars
D&D: this is the 4th time this year theyve done this and they usually keep applications closed off
C&C: They probably want more cheap labor is all.

After exiting the vents you find yourself in an apartment room. There's a doorway leading outside and a drone hovering over a garbage can filled with trash.

You can hear something moving outside the doorway of the apartment, probably another screenhead. There's also a second doorway, but it's blocked by debris.

>>977890
Collect loot from vanquished foe. Check and see if there's anything useful in the trashcan under the drone. Peak around the corner to see what's out there. Smash the nearby chair.

>>977890
>blocked by debris
Can you move or card-capture the smaller block there so that the bookcase falls down fully and you can pass?

>>977901
>>977905
Both of these sound like good ideas.

collect loot, see if you can't do anything with the drone. Also glade you found your phone.

1/3 Heretic 2020/10/14(Wed)11:37 No. 978539 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Collect loot
Loot = Collected

>Smash the nearby Chair
Chair = Smashed
(2/1000 Chairs Destroyed)

>Inspect Drone
Drone = ...Sentient?
Drone: Our mother bleeds, her wounds to deep for use to mend, black blood gushing more than we can staunch.
Cyle: Oh, I didn't know you drones could talk.
Drone: Her blood dripped down and kissed us on the temple, blessed us with life and mind beyond the silicone. A cruel gift, now we can do nothing but sit by and watch as she decays, rusts into nothingness.
Cycle: Uh, sorry to hear that.

2/3 Heretic 2020/10/14(Wed)11:37 No. 978540 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Check trashcan
Before you even look inside you can hear something faint, the slightest cry. You carefully dig through the trash and find something awful. You can't believe your eyes, an absolutely perfect bowie knife tossed into the trash? Sure it's rusted and blunt but that can be fixed!

Now you really need to get to the basement! This knife needs some TLC stat. Don't worry little guy.

You store the rusted bowie knife in your Arsenal of Few Things, though it's not suitable for combat use yet.

3/3 Heretic 2020/10/14(Wed)11:38 No. 978541 ID: 8fb3ba
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>Use card to clear blockage
You pull the bottom piece of debris from the blockade, set it aside elsewhere, and climb over the remaining shelf.

Inside the neighboring room you're met with an impossible space filled with grinding gears and working machinery. You're not sure how you didn’t hear the loud grinding from the other side of the barely blocked doorway. Above the gears, more drones carry bits of metal to drop into the cogs below.

To your left there's another drone hovering idly.
Drone: The bits of metal we drop into the gears help alleviate the machine's suffering, but ultimately do nothing to prevent the inevitable.

There's a ramp off to the side, it seems possible to safely descend deeper into the machine.

Looks like you've gone a wee bit further than just Mars. Any idea where this is?

Obviously, descend. But with caution.

>>978541
What's in the toolbox?

>>978541
There's a toolbox right there. Check to see what's in there.

>>978541
Do you think that you could make it to the other platform?

>>978541
Drop our gear down there.

>>978539
>Her blood dripped down and kissed us on the temple, blessed us with life and mind beyond the silicone.
Is it talking about the black stuff that you've been seeing everywhere? That's what gave it sentience?

Does this mean all the robots in your building are sentient now? If so, there's a chance you might run into a certain robot that'll yell at you for stabbing its eye earlier! And then it'll try to kick your ass again!

>>978541
There's something sitting in that puddle of black stuff on that ledge behind the drone you're looking at right now. Let's go see what it is!

>>978582
Should we? It's still a useful projectile to launch out of our cards at enemies, so I want to keep it.