>>196639
It's pretty obvious you've been hurt a little.

Find out how bad Mitzi got it.

>>196647
SECONDED.
And to think I once thought of her as being all cute and cuddly.

Y'know, he might have some useful metals in there, and you might get a better idea how he was kicking your ass if you have a little taste. Can't hurt.

>>196639
... God damn. Good job, soldier. Uhm.
We should look for a source of Counter-Suppress.
Where might that be found? ... Source... synthesising... Chemistry. Head to Chemistry 2.
Go through Main Lab Complex in Biology first, see if you can find a way through the wall there. It's better than walking around the whole circuit of the complex.

Also you know power is sexy, yea? God damn.

Okay but seriously let's take a breather here. Go perch on top of the Valcien's tank where nothing is going to be charging at us and throwing shit at us. Open that laptop and look for data on the subjects here and MORE IMPORTANTLY data on C-S.

>>196639
Gather up your stuff, dump the bodyparts back in the tube. Then find a nice isolated place where you can hide out and rest while you heal.

...ask Mitzi if she thinks she can get any information out of him. He might not even have a brain, though.

Eat a ration pack to aid the healing of your eye. Actually I think you probably should clean that first and do whatever medical stuff you can't.

Alternatively, hug Mitzi, 'cause that was kind of scary.

You know, once Mitzi is finished failing to get any information from this guy...

Well, I'm just saying we could use some more biomass. Ration packs are all well and good, but uh... There's a lot of meat sitting right there.

>>196728
OM NOM NOM.

>>196713
>Go perch on top of the Valcien's tank

No no no. We've wasted far too much time in here already, and all this ruckus must have risked alerting someone who will be alerting security. Grab things and move.

Wear an eyepatch.
Become PIRATE PENJI, SCOURGE OF QUADRANT FIVE.

I would recommend eating him, but he's probably full of Suppress. So yeah, don't do that.

>>196751

Wear an eyepatch.

BECOME BIG BOSS.

>>196731

We need to find enough CS to wake the Valc up. It's our ticket out of here. Disable whatever is feeding it suppress then move.

>>196727

Yes. Hug Mitzi. Your hands are twisted claws and you're covered head to toe in blood from ripping a monster man in half. This will be beautiful.

>>196857
I second this heartily

>>196899
There are certainly worse ideas than covering the damaged eye until it's usable again. Every infection the immune system doesn't have to fight off is one less distraction from metabolising suppress or whatever it's up to.

Also, y'know, looking badass.

Priorities questers.

Hug Mitzi first, then eyepatch.

Eat his heart to gain his power.

DO IT

>>197189
>implying she didn't already get a good taste of his suppress-laden blood when it was accidentally swallowed after she gnawed on him

>>196878
I concur.

>>196639
Get the fuck out of there, do not eat his heart or any other part of his body, and don't dawdle anymore.
Also, you should probably focus as much of your healing attention on your eye as possible so you aren't too gimped.
This arguing is pointless and fucking stupid, not to mention disappointing.

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We take five. Mitzi seems only a little shaken. I have cuts and bruises all over, and some minor internal injuries, in addition to the eye. I find a medical kit and rig up a patch. It's probably unnecessary. My lid's already sealing shut. Maybe this will look less unnerving than blank flesh where the eye should be.

Are we sure I should focus my healing entirely on the wound? Fully restoring my left eye's function will take less time than healing my wounded right. Binocular vision is best, but I do have some stadiametric rangefinding ability.

>And you look like you enjoyed that quite a bit too. Did you?
Yes. I like killing.
>You should eat its heart. Take its strength and add it to your own.
It doesn't work that way. Still, I eat some muscle and cybernetic components when Mitzi isn't looking. I can use the materials.
>but he's probably full of Suppress
Nah.

I'm a little more cleaned up, if you want me to try the hug thing. We should really get moving, however. We could see if there's any survivors in the Panic room, or head back to the Cells to see how much time we have before the big surprise triggers (assuming we have more time than it takes to figure that out), or we could leave the Biology section altogether. Maybe try Technology. Maybe just go anywhere but here.

Panic room is go.

>>199474
Heal the busted left eye. Two eyes are better than one.

Also go check out the panic room. Maybe there will be some tasty scientists there that we can scare enough to give out some useful information. Like where to find what they used on Mitzi.

>>199476
Derp, thought it was the left eye that got pierced. Ok fix up your right eye.

>>199474
I guess you're right. Better make sure your left eye gets fully upgraded before healing your right. I thought that you could simply reshape the damaged tissue though? I mean, it looked like it was just pierced. Was it mashed up that badly?

Don't just give Mitzi a hug. Talk to her, get a feeling of how shaken up she is. Some physical contact like a hand on her shoulder might help, but a full-on hug is just cliche and doesn't really work that great if the person isn't that badly shook up or doesn't have a strong personal connection to you.

Also check your armor to see if you can't salvage bits of it. Maybe reshape it a bit with brute strength? I'm betting you'll want to keep the straps so you can still carry magazines around in an easy access location.

Next stop... will be the Cells. Find out when the surprise will happen.

>>199474
Yeah, another vote for fixing your busted eye. 'simportant, and all.

And, sure, hug Mitzi, a little bit. Why not.

So I guess we were saying panic room next.

>>199474
Small hug to apologize. "I thought we might have been able to get another ally. I sowwy."

>>I'm a little more cleaned up, if you want me to try the hug thing. We should really get moving, however.
So move while hugging! Multitask!

Heal the busted eye. Don't become a psycho, you're too awesome for that.

Don't regenerate the missing eye, fix Primary Senses and Speed first, maybe Reflexes too. They'll be more useful in general. With PS restored you can probably see as well with one eye as humans do with two anyway.

Send Mitzi to the Cells to determine the timing of the Surprise. Head to the Panic room yourself.

Splitting up worked so great just five minutes ago, after all. :3

>>199518
>So move while hugging! Multitask!
This clearly calls for PIGGY-BACK RIDES.

>>199526
This was because we decided to awaken a thing that we didn't know what it was, but if people are locking up people, then clearly they are dangerous to other people so oh let's let him out, maybe he'll be friendly.

And yeah, voting for healing the busted eye while giving Mitzi piggybacks and heading for the panic room.

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I focus on repairing the injured eye. Best to have two, even if it means I'm slower for longer.

I find Mitzi, out of sight of the corpse. She's cleaned herself up, but still reeks of blood. I put a hand on her shoulder. She doesn't react at first, then puts her hand on mine.

"Hey," I say. "You holding up?"
"Yeah. Sorry about your eye."
"It's my fault," I say. "You did well. No hesitation that I saw."
"Yeah, I didn't think about it. Just killed him."
"Whoever it was-"
"Second Lieutenant Tadeu Ruben," she says, absently. "I looked it up."
"Whoever it was," I repeat. "It wasn't a person when we found it. I just wanted to let him out, but he was dead before we got here."

Mitzi doesn't say anything to that. I don't know if she believes it. I don't know if I believe it. He died when I twisted his head off and tore his torso in half.

"We need to get moving," I say. "We've spent an hour here. Don't know how much longer we have."
She nods.
"Let's check the panic room. Might find someone to blame."
"Is that important?" Mitzi asks.

It is if they can get you out of there.

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"If they can help us get out, then yes," I say.
"And if they won't?"
"I'm not above forcing them. You shouldn't be, either, after what they did."
"It's... You're probably right," she says. "It's just a lot to process, I guess. I get flashes of what they did to me. Flashes of Niraem, too. What he told me. What they did to him. It's horrible. I know I should be angry. Or terrified. It's just too strange to wrap my head around."
"You'll have years to figure it out," I say. "After we get out of here."
"It's more than emotions," she says. "Talking with him, or whatever we did. There's more to it. Images. Concepts. Things in my brain too alien to taste the shape of."
"I don't understand," I admit. "But you're taking it pretty well."
"Heh," she says, without a trace of humor. "Like you said, I can freak out about what kind of fucked up monster I am later. But, for now, I need to figure out how to be a kind of fucked up monster that will help us escape. And I think talking with Niraem helped. He gave me a lot of data. I know it's useful."

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"...I just have to figure out what it means."

>>199720

Mitzi, stop staring at Penji's chest.

>>199722
Aww, they're holding hands~

>>199725
Mitzi is an indirect player character!

Do not allow these two near a convertible and a steep cliff side.

Repeat, do not allow these two near a convertible and a steep cliff side.

>>199725
The odd bits of armour and strapping Penji is still wearing only draw attention to her lack of any other coverings.

>>199780
I'd fucking say so. God damn dose curves~

>>199807
and the eye patch makes her even sexier for some reason.

>>199843
It's the Big Boss Effect.

>>199848
Big Boss IS pretty damn sexy