Suggestion 2010/06/27(Sun)21:14 No. 200117 ID: a594b9
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>>200113
Red: Problem, officer?

Allotter 2010/06/28(Mon)15:06 No. 200448 ID: 407b5b
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Red (Coldly): "Blue I told you the mummy trick wouldn't work twice, but it seems if you need something done you have to do it yourself."

Blue: "BUt it wuz so awsum B4, why they gimp it now?"

Orange: "Maybe, if you would pay attention to the setting rules instead of dicking about with whatever the hell you feel like throwing in you would have noticed noticed 'suddenly firearms, firearms everywhere~'."

>>200117
Red (aside): "I'll be watching you now, don't delude yourselves that little guessing games and matchmaking can stand against the might of a Trump Major... but of course you newfags wouldn't wouldn't get this."

>>200448

Except, perhaps, for the joker.

>>200448
Yellow: What's a Trump Major? Red referred to being or having one.

>>200448
Red: Hah, newfags? We've been around longer than you can even comprehend. We assist Yellow merely because it amuses us. Perhaps if you put forth the proper bait, we might be convinced to switch sides...

Allotter 2010/06/28(Mon)20:17 No. 200593 ID: 2a421d
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Yellow: (aside) "Wait what? A Trump! How did they get their hands on the Major Arcana this early in the game? This is... I-I only have one face card!"

Allotter 2010/06/28(Mon)20:21 No. 200594 ID: 2a421d
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>>200455
Red: (Aside) Oh the Fool's Gambit? Well you know what they say, 'Fools rush in...'

>>200593
I know enough to know that lures are for rabbit traps, a hunter of true strength has no need of guile, and I know enough about 'you' that rabbits are never worth trapping."

Yellow: It could be a bluff. What kind of resources do you have right now?

Red: Ah, but power is even better with the right leverage. What if the rabbit had sharp teeth? Nasty, big, pointy teeth! Why it could bite your head clean off. What would you do then? You'd have quite a lot of trouble catching the little bastard. Plus you'd have no head!

>>200594

Red: I don't know if anyone has ever mentioned this before... but... but... YOU'RE A KITTY!!

>>200594

Red: KITTY!

Allotter 2010/06/30(Wed)16:49 No. 201550 ID: 407b5b
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Yellow:(aside) "Hmm I-I ah 'might' be able to block a Trump's effect with my 'NO' card, but it won't remove it from play."

Red: (aside) "I fail to see how my form is relevant to our interactions. Enjoy your fates..."

Red (aloud) "My turn soon stalker."

Yellow: "Really, whe-"

Allotter 2010/06/30(Wed)17:00 No. 201557 ID: 407b5b
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>"Oh hey now, after you're done with that pile ther couldja be a dear n' help me with the straps on this armor? I've loosened em up, but the hitch's in the back and I can't quite get it and hold it on at the same time."

We've gathered up most of the flailing corpsebits and thrown them into a merrily crackling pyre and I feel the now familiar whispering at the edges of my perception

>>201557
We need to move. Get out of here. Something bad is coming. Something you have no hope of fighting! Grab everything and run!

well then. with that taken care of let's do one last sweep of the area and move out.

Definitely run! Also the mummies are being lead by a total doofus. He'll screw you over if you give him an opening, but otherwise he's pretty predictable. BUT HE IS NOT WHAT IS COMING.

Allotter 2010/07/02(Fri)13:57 No. 202283 ID: 2a421d
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>>201560
I noted that only the sarcophagi Field's opened allowed their occupants to stir from their slumber. However, there is little else here we- erh I mean I have not already examined.

>>201559
>>201660
>"Oh! hey not so-"

"We need to move, now."

I agree, undead are likely a warning, rather ineffective in combat, but very noisy. What with all you know, the laughing."

>"Well jest let me reload then 'nd we'll be off, how much shot you got left?"

"I have fourteen rounds left."

Allotter 2010/07/02(Fri)14:10 No. 202286 ID: 2a421d
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I note that Fields has taken the Spanish saber for himself and Clara still has the shield and pick should she need it.

I select a fresh torch from a few mummified limbs wrapped together, I suppose we could use the dynamite and collapse a tunnel if something truly dangerous is coming for us now, and did you say they were being led? I did not notice a leader among them.

Regardless this new passage was is, well it's quite a shift from the austere and sterile crypt. The walls are lined in stone panels depicting dark, curly headed youths and healthy young women engaged various modes of pleasure beneath an endless forest of gold and a star-filled sky.

A bright, white light catches the end of the tunnel in a regular fashion.

you know the phrase 'when the gods play dice'? well right now the gods are playing a game, one of them was using the mummies as his game piece. stay on the look out for traps, would be just like them to have a pitfall right in front of the stairs.

>>202307

That might be true. Or it might just be a bunch of odd creatures playing a game. But what I know is, it's a metaphor for premonitions we may receive about upcoming events. How real it is I can't say, but I can say that "Red has a Trump Major, and his turn is coming soon" means something big is coming, and it's out for your heads.

"Led" is something of a stretch I guess. Suffice to say whoever set up that mummy trap didn't anticipate the existence of firearms, and probably doesn't plan ahead too much. But that's only one player in the situation, and others are much more dangerous.

Animated (as was the last, sorry bout that) Allotter 2010/07/03(Sat)20:00 No. 202858 ID: 2a421d
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>>202307
>>202350
So you have some kind of deeper understanding about the forces at work here which may or may not be metaphorical after all? Sounds, vaguely helpful, if perhaps holding the possibility for misinformation (intentional or otherwise.)

The hall ends in what looks to have been some kind of waiting room. It looks vandalized and stripped of most ornamentation, though a few rags and bones litter the floor.

There is a large and formerly ostentatious chain bridge here extending out over darkness, Fields creeps up near and eyes it, testing the the first step carefully with his hands.

"Gold leaf over... bone, perhaps Bakelite?"

>"Musta been pretty rich here sometime back 'nd from the look ah the pictures back there had -emselves a regular time at it too."

"Perhaps they debauched themselves to death? Like Babylon, too soft to control their city."

Animated Allotter 2010/07/03(Sat)20:04 No. 202859 ID: 2a421d
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The chain bridge extends ghostlike over the expanse, trailing tatters of ancient banners as great and strange lighthouses turn endlessly about the never-ending night.

if anything were to go wrong right here is when it would. go slow and tie yourselves together. if something breaks the other two can cath the person.

>>202858

We didn't mention it before because it did seem a bit sketchy and of questionable use. It was only recently that it seemed to become suddenly very relevant and deadly.

It's amazing looters made it even this far. Perhaps there was another way in, or some way to stop the mummies from activating.

Allotter 2010/07/05(Mon)12:39 No. 203706 ID: 2a421d
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>>202861
"If we had rope perhaps we could tie ourselves together so if one of us fell the others-"

"No! I mean... we don't have any rope..."

I notice Fields seems visibly shaken as he sets back a moment and gulps down a deep draught from his canteen.

>"It's a long way down, the light don't catch the bottom. Bridge seems good 'nof though."

>>202880
If I had to guess I would say the origional inhabitants of the city may have caused some of the damage, perhaps before it was buried. Although, something about how this city is buried, yet still functioning in a way does not make much sense with any appropriate timescale.

>>203706

If a civilization arose that gained the power to completely destroy themselves, how would you ever know? Don't underestimate old stuff.

It seems Fields would rather die than have his life hanging in the balance with yours. How odd. Anyway, continue down the bridge.

Allotter 2010/07/05(Mon)18:56 No. 203848 ID: 6faf8a
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>>203739
We proceed to cross the bridge, Clara and I take the lead, while Fields moves somewhat ponderously behind us.

>"Uh, air is awful in here. You smell that?"

"Stagnant, rotten really, probably bats or somesuch creature calls this home."

>"Are bats really blind I wonder, wouldn't theh just hit the walls?"

"I wouldn't know, never asked one."

bat's are not blind, their eyesight is just very weak. and they see via echolocation. a method of seeing by hearing. it's complicated but needless to say bat's don't need light to navigate.

>>203848

Bats aren't blind. They have tiny eyes though so people think they look blind. They avoid running into walls in the darkness by screeching really high and avoiding the resulting echoes. Echolocation.

Why is Fields moving so slowly? Is he just nervous, or is he really struggling to stay upright? He's not super heavy or anything, is he? Also I...think there's something below the bridge...

>>203848
It seems as though Mr. Fields is afraid of heights. Look after him, won't you?

Allotter 2010/07/06(Tue)22:13 No. 204415 ID: 6faf8a
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>>203850
>>203851
That is quite interesting, if somewhat inapplicable in our current situation.

While he has loaded himself up with valuables Fields didn't show any signs of slowing before the bridge. We've reached about the middle and he's at a snail's pace, creeping along, clinging to the the railing.

>>203852
Yes, yes of course, I must help him. I pass Clara the torch and go back.

"Fields, do you need some help?"

"I-I can't, I just..."

"Look just hold on, I'm coming, you should hav-"

Allotter 2010/07/06(Tue)22:19 No. 204417 ID: 6faf8a
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He slips, his sack of valuables spilling between the over-sized slats.

For a moment he heaves and I'm afraid he may dive off after it, instead he vomits and I catch a whiff of the acrid bile as I steady him.

"Look, no, don't look down look at me. You are 'not' going to fall. Just don't look down, there is nothing to see there."

just get him up and keep moving. promise that when we tell the story we will just skip this part.

Think of your hands. Feel your hands holding the railing. Strong hands. You can do this. Just keep thinking about the feeling of your hands holding the railing.

>>204422

After see if any of the valuables can be still saved.

Allotter 2010/07/07(Wed)18:42 No. 204694 ID: 6faf8a
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>>204558
Not likely we can't even see how far they fell. Regardless, he is still wearing enough expensive looking jewelery to make the Queen blush.

>>204422
>>204432
"Just think of your hands, not the fall, not the treasure, just your hands and how strong they are. We're going to skip over this part when we tell the story of course.

We'll come back with workers, and equipment and lights. Think of that, the 8th wonder of the world. You will be famous. We just have to keep moving"

"Thankyou.. I just... heights... the air.. and-and that damn light keeps..."

Allotter 2010/07/07(Wed)18:46 No. 204698 ID: 6faf8a
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His head jerks up and his eyes snap open as he fixes his gaze somewhere behind me.

"Oh God... The light, The Light has stopped moving. It's just STOPPED!"

oh damn, pick the sod up and book it. we need to get off this thing yesterday!

Allotter 2010/07/07(Wed)18:49 No. 204701 ID: 6faf8a
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"Ehh?"

His voice hisses in panic as I turn to see the light from the nearest tower is indeed focused directly at the two of us.

"They're watching us... They are aware! We have to move, NOW! RUN!"

Allotter 2010/07/07(Wed)18:53 No. 204703 ID: 6faf8a
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Fields leaps forward, I hear a kind of snap and he's suddenly running faster than I've ever seen anybody run.

>"Wait, what's goen on? What's happening?"

"I don't kno-"

"RUN!"

The light is still tracking him.

move move move. he must be using some kind of speed boost magic.

>>204703

You heard the man. Cheese it! Shit is about to get real! Don't stop now!

If the light shines on you though, fire a bullet at it. This is a hunter you're dealing with. Running away just makes him chase faster.

Animated Allotter 2010/07/08(Thu)20:43 No. 205130 ID: 6faf8a
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Extracts of 90 year old Sec Data Core Log on the first day of 'The Incident" at Site 'B'

Log is approximately 3 seconds concerning the decision processes engaged in the firing of Luminary Tower 16 in what is now the Alpha Lab Gardens next to the Specimen Housing Center.

Findings are... not quite as expected.

Allotter 2010/07/08(Thu)21:02 No. 205141 ID: 6faf8a
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>>205130
I hear a whine and sudden mechanical shriek as Fields is lost in the glare of a crackling shaft of obliterating energy, board are blasted to bits and chains spit sparks as the pyrotechnic spectacle sweeps back along the bridge, towards us.

>>205141

THEY'RE SWEEPING THE WHOLE BRIDGE WITH THAT THING JUUUUMP

>>205141

Might be a good time to try save the rest of the valuables!!!

Allotter 2010/07/09(Fri)12:24 No. 205439 ID: 6faf8a
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>>205289
>>205146
We jump, we fall... God if you are there... I would like to land on something soft... if that be your will.

Preferably not those valuables...

Allotter 2010/07/09(Fri)12:26 No. 205441 ID: 6faf8a
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RED: "HA! HA! HAH!... fooolish pilgrim, your tale has come to an end here. For I Red hav-"

Allotter 2010/07/09(Fri)12:26 No. 205442 ID: 6faf8a
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Yellow: "NO!"

Allotter 2010/07/09(Fri)12:28 No. 205444 ID: 6faf8a
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No... I will NOT die here!"

>>205444

What? What did you grab onto? Try to get a foothold! Grab that cable!