Well, you're alive. Hooray. See if that fire Rokoa started is real.

>>399207
Lets see if we can find our friends nearby.
Failing at that lets see if we can find some cover or a high vantage point

realize you aren't actually Three Stripes.

>>399214
Realize you totally are.

>>399207
Look for your friends and Rokoa.

your friends so you can both help them escape and receive help in escaping, and Rokoa so you can make sure to finish the job you started. There is no way that bitch is conscious yet when she took a bullet to the face and received the same blast as you without bio armor, but I think we'd both like to make sure she never wakes up again.

>>399207

Note to self(s): next time, it might be pertinent to keep shooting. For now, let's work on either getting back UP to our friends, or just plain GTFO.

>>399214

> Be Three Stripes

Well that went less smoothly than planned. Look up.

Look up. See what the hell happend to where you were.

1/2 Polo 2012/04/07(Sat)15:07 No. 399265 ID: d6af4f
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The pipes were too high to climb up on, but the closest circular building had a spiral staircase up to a catwalk. This looks to be more of a neumono's size, rather than looking to be made for things double my mass.

Looking around, I realize that this is not the right biome. These plants usually only grow thousands of miles north, closer to the equator.

Polo 2012/04/07(Sat)15:07 No. 399266 ID: d6af4f
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Even from the catwalk, I can't see much more around me. The layout seems unusual, but I can see the hole in the ceiling better. There is a glow of small pockets of fire.

I am slowly getting my bearings back, and I can sense Rikek and Rakae above. Rikek is hurt, Rakae less so, and both think that I am dead. They must have turned the jammer off.

Three stripes is some distance away, around the same elevation as this catwalk. He is trying to get neumono to gather around him now, instead of pacifying the soldiers, since they are all dead or unconcious.

can you sense Rokoa? not that even if you can't, she's probably still around. because needle trick.

return to your comrades. don't disable your psychic invisibility thing.

Broadcast a little bit of emotion, just enough to let them both know your alive. Sure it will let Rokoa know too if shes close enough / conscious but its better that they are working with you instead of giving up.

Plus they need that jammer on if Three Stripes is working his magic

Is your radio missing?

Do your best to get either up, or to three stripes. He's your defense and your friends are probably going to try to get to him too.

Oh, also open up your empathic link long enough for them to detect you. If you can transmit any sort of feeling do "uncertain". then close down again.

>>399266
Girl, you're missing an EAR!

Polo 2012/04/07(Sat)16:07 No. 399281 ID: d6af4f
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>Missing an ear
I... I am. I did not even think to take stock of my own body parts, but everything appears intact, if burned and sore.

Three Stripes is merely broadcasting its wishes passively, it is not trying to make it irresistable to anyone listening.

I do not sense Rokoa, so I let me empathy loose just for a moment, and that's enough to reverse their mood. They both scramble down, but Rikek is slow, so Rakae hovers over the hole first.

>[b]"Polo! Are you alright?!"[/b/]

My radio link appears to be broken. I try to yell back that I am fine, but all that comes out is an airy wheeze followed by a cough. I may not be as fine as I thought, so I just wave to Rakae. Even if I was healthy, I don't see a way to get back up there easily.

Make military handsigns for injured badly but going to live. Yeah, look around for any way to get further up or further to three stripes. Get them to throw you a working radio set.

What is left of the climbing gear? Could you catch those two if they jumped down or otherwise prevent injury to them?

We better check if Rokoa is dead on our own. If that's impossible, we should probably get the others to come down here and try to find our way out. The salikai's plan might still be possible if we get lucky.

>>399285
We should focus on getting back up, not finishing off Rokoa.

>>399285

how about let's stay the fuck away from her forever.

try to tell them you want to regroup. because you really need to. what with the fauna here being so friendly and all.

>>399281

See if we can get them to find some way to haul us out of ... wherever this is. Also, check yourself over for small wounds and punctures. Might explain that wheezing...?

>>399281
>[/b/]
OH NOOOOO

Tell them to look for cables, ropes, anything long and sturdy that they can lower down to you. If it's a cable/rope then you can tie it around your waist rather than depending on your own (possibly failing) strength alone. Not that I imagine it's going to be that easy to get back out of here, cough cough plot cough cough.
Don't bother to check for Rokoa except in the facility, if she's down here all we want to do is make sure she stays there. Fuck her.
On the bright side, you can regrow that ear!

>>399281
Ok, try to communicate emotionally that you're worried about if Rokoa is really dead, then cut off your link again.

I think we should look around for an exit, now. Any exit. Either back up or further in.

Oh no have you been rendered mute? Try muttering anything to yourself maybe you just can't raise your voice.

Polo 2012/04/07(Sat)20:05 No. 399328 ID: d6af4f
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I make a few gestures to let them know I am injured but will be okay, then motion that I would like to go up. I try to emulate climbing a rope, and Rakae gets it. She comes back with the climbing gear, I tie it around my waste, and both of them pull me up. I am not looking forward to taking off the bio armor again, but I will have to. There is something wrong with my voice, and it does not feel it is just because the wind has been knocked out of me.

>"Your other ear..." Rikek says.

I nod, shrugging that off.

>"Food."

I barely manage that much.

>"We have a couple rations left, but we didn't think to carry much in our rush." Rakae explains. "We don't have that much remaining. You need to rest, though. What should we do?"

I'm not positive if I agree to rest.

Take the suit off at least far enough to inspect your torso. After that eat and wait to get the food in you before putting it back on.

>>399328
If your nightvision is still halfway active, use it to look in the room where Rokoa was.

"moton egg"

I just thought about the QI's, there's no way they aren't going to be investigating now. Try and get them to turn the jammer back on. We don't know if Rokoa is around to inform them or not by finding some form of escape route (I doubt it) so we need to take those precautions.

We should also have whatever's down in that greenhouse jungle place investigating soon. We shouldn't stay in a single place for long, and get away from here even if you need to rest. This is the epicenter of the explosion, shit's going to get nasty fast with curious creatures.

Rest would be good, and although we have too much to do, maybe we should just trust the others to be able to accomplish it. I mean, they're not incompetent, it's reasonable for them to be able to secure the area alone for a while. You should see Three Stripes in person though, because he's probably confused and frightened, and your presence might put him at ease. After that, find somewhere to sleep.

Polo 2012/04/07(Sat)21:26 No. 399357 ID: d6af4f
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"Moton egg."

>"I'm sorry, that's back up in the spire. We can't get to it, but Rikek is getting you rations."

"I'm going to take my bio armor off to inspect my torso, but first follow me to Three Stripes. And turn the jammer back on, we may have QI's investigating."

>"Alright, I'll do that."

My bio armor nightvision is entirely broken.

"Wait. Can you check inside room 202?"

>"I already have. Rokoa is gone, aside from one of her legs."

Character Select:
- Rakae
- Rikek
- Continue as Polo

>>399328
It's possible that, with your odd, but life-saving neural system, that the severed ear had bits of your speech-centers in them. Or it could be some other relatively mild form of concussion or shock.

As for what the others should do: Find more food, and find out where Rokoa got high explosives so damned quick. I would guess she got some of the materials from that janitor's closet. Even if you don't want to try and blow a hole in the place to progress, knowing what's dangerous enough to blow a hole in the place is invaluable.

Polo Polo Polo Polo

Get to Three Stripes.

What happened to the other Neumono prisoners?

Eat the leg. Or feed it to three stripes, I guess.

>>399357
Check on the prisoners.

Let's switch to Rakae and ask her all sorts of rude personal questions.

Rokoa.

>>399357

RAKAE needs a turn. Yup.

> Be Three Stripes

three stripes :V

but seriously rakae.

Continue as Polo until she sleeps, she is the most interesting :s

three stripes!

>>399357
I vote stick to Polo for now, until she rests. I want to make sure her chest is ok and everything. I kinda like her as a character so I really wanna make sure she's ok before I swap out for someone else.

...Rikek.

he's gonna die without our help.

Three Stripes unless my vote ends up being useless due to low numbers
Rikek if so

>>399402
This

Continue as Polo !!

Still voting for >>399254

Three Stripes

>>399402

Oddly enough, it seems to be a lot of Three Stripes.

Three Stripes. He's a total bro.

(Polo if we can't ;__;)

If we don't get Three Stripes there will be riots in the streets, do you hear me?!

But a Polo is fine too

We started this thread as Three Stripes (for the first few words, anyway) - let's continue that way!

Failing that, I vote for Rikek. Rakae seems capable of handling things without our help for now.

Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)17:55 No. 399526 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes is scared and confused. Neumono keep appearing and then disappearing from his senses, and no one is coming for him. The salikai put him in a pen, and told him he would be let out soon. It's soon. There are other things here that he can eat, but he wants to go home.

Keep emitting that you want Neumono to come to you. Help is on the way.

>>399526

Time to explore the pen! Perhaps the salikai left a secret exit?

You're just going to have to let yourself out. Look around the pen - is there anything on the walls that looks unusual? How did you get in?

have you tried just leaving?

Is there anyone else in the pen with you, big guy?

Let's see this pen you're in, you adorable fluffball.

What are your thoughts about the other predator? What about the one that died?

>>399526
The floor doesn't LOOK like it's totaly solid, perhaps you might be able to dig a way out?

Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)19:31 No. 399581 ID: d6af4f
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The predator that the silent neumono killed was okay. Better than Four Stripes, but Three Stripes was not sad to see him go.

Three stripes was taken on a falling floor, then in a smaller room that moved very fast. Then the Salikai moved him through this doorway and left him alone with Four Stripes. The pen is very large but there is not much here besides red plants.

There is a much bigger door on the other side of the pen with lots of flashing lights.

The ground is also very soft. Maybe Three Stripes can dig his way out.

>>399581
What do you think about the silent neumono? Or the newest neumono- the almost-pacified one?

Let's check out the flashy door.

Eat Four Stripes

Look at the door first. You can always try digging later, but there might be an easier way.

Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)22:41 No. 399641 ID: d6af4f
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The silent neumono creeps Three Stripes out, but thinks that she might be nice underneath. Right now that one is Three Stripes favorite neumono, but it is not saying much anymore.

The opposite door is always bigger up close. It ia always shining a bright red light.

Investigate thing on the right.

it being in a smaller cage means it's important!

Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)23:03 No. 399649 ID: d6af4f
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There are more, smaller lights behind a cage. There are many buttons and lights and symbols and it only makes Three Stripes more confused.

Confusing. Dig under the fence!

slap all the buttons at once with a single huge paw.

Hit all the buttons.

How is Four Stripes doing? It was getting special training from the Salikai, wasn't it? Did that make Four Stripes any more tolerable to be around?

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)23:45 No. 399658 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes does not like digging, but it is not as though he has anything better to do than get a closer look.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/08(Sun)23:45 No. 399659 ID: d6af4f
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Three stripes hits all of the buttons. A very loud horn scares Three Stripes, and the lights turn green, including the light on the big wall.

Four Stripes yells at Three Stripes to stop that, from a spot around the wall he has been around for awhile. Three Stripes does not know if Four Stripes will act any different. They have avoided each other ever since coming in here.

Wait and see what happens.

push the door now.

>>399659
Better not push any other buttons. (shit, I didn't mean that fence but I guess other people wanted in there anyway. I hope we didn't just release all the extremely dangerous animals.)

Can't hurt to try the door now.

Also tell Four Stripes okay, you will not mess with that thing anymore.

Well that's just great. You finally found a red place where you were camoflaged, and you had to go and make part of it green. Way to go, tiger.

Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)00:26 No. 399674 ID: d6af4f
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The lights do nothing, and the red lights just keep flashing on the green lights.

The wall is big but Three Stripes can open it and why is Four Stripes still telling Three Stripes to stop doing that. Four Stripes is always telling Three Stripes not to do anything, and now he says it's because the green thing said not to.

Wait there are neumono on the other side that he does not recognize and there are 3 of them and Three Stripes is so excited but Four Stripes says to leave them alone and to stop trying to get them closer but why wouldn't Four Stripes want some.Three Stripes doesn't understand. They're coming closer and closer and Four Stripes says he's going to attack me if I don't stop but I think I might attack him first.

Tell him to either fuckoff, or help with the door and overpowering these neumono. Or he can fight you and you will both be busy while the neumono come in and kill both of you.

Maybe Four Stripes has a point. That very loud horn was pretty scary after all. It was probably telling you of danger.

tell him you just want to leave. the green thing isn't your friend, you don't owe it anything. but if he wants to listen to it, that's his problem. if he can find a way for you to leave, you will stop trying to get some monos.

>>399674
The last 4 times new neumono were encountered... Well, the first time, it was Silent and her partner. Silent killed that other predator. The second time, it was Silent's other friend who she took from you. The third time, it was the three guys the Salikai took from you. The fourth time, some new neumono killed ALL your thralls, and one of them chased you and almost killed you.

New neumono are dangerous! You should back off, maybe even hide.

Can you have them do something you don't know how to?
Like open the door?

tell 4s not to be a dickbag.

Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)04:12 No. 399698 ID: d6af4f
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The last neumono was scary but Three Stripes can understand these ones. Three Stripes tells Four Stripes to back off. Four Stripes snorts and leaves.

The three neumono are coming and Three Stripes wants them to come faster, and they do. They help him open the door enough to let him get a good hold on the bottom, but it will fall if Three Stripes lets it go. Three Stripes does not know what is on the other side, or if he should go to the neumono side or they to his. They look all mean but Three Stripes thinks that they are nice on the inside.

>>399698
ooooh
tribals
they don't have pointy spears that go BANG BANG BANG
Nuzzle the crowned one

>>399698
lets go to the other side, might be more neumono up ahead. Also ask grumpy old four stripes if he wants to leave too

Oh, by the way, green thing is dead, so don't worry about it.

Thank them somehow. Send a positive thought or something.

so, feeling hungry? these dudes look fuzzy and delish.

It's probably better than the pen.

>>399698
Go through. Four Stripes can be a grump by himself, while you make new FRIENDS!

Are you pacifying them? Or is it more of a request for peace rather than brainwashing? Considering they are unarmed, I think either way might work, at first anyway. They probably won't let you eat any bits of them unless you brainwash them though.

Nice on the inside.

NICE AND SQUISHY

If there's already stuff to eat in this room, it's probably better to not eat these neumono. Get them to help you instead.

If you can, find something to wedge under the door, to make sure you can open it again from the other side. Then go through and see where you are.

Hey, Three Stripes, what is your actual name in the language of your people?

have them roll a big rock under the door.

Once you're on the other side have the neumono climb onto you. GET ALL THE NUZZLES!

...then try to get them to help you find a way out.

>>399698

Three new friends! (possible tasty ones, but that's for later)

We must inform them of you desire to become BEST FRIENDS with them :D

Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)13:27 No. 399773 ID: d6af4f
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>>399751
Three Stripes doesn't need a name in his own language.

Four Stripes said food came out of the wall, but Three Stripes does not know if he should believe that. He moves through and lets the door drop because there are no rocks or anything to prop the door up.

Three Stripes was trying to ask nicely and not brainwash anyone but when new neumonos came he couldn't help himself and had to control them because he is alone and bad at restraint. He wonders if he should let them keep their brains intact, but it is dangerous and much safer and easier to keep them permanently pacified.

Then Three Stripes remembers that where there are three neumono there are always more and he bets that he could find and make a lot of friends if he told these ones to lead him home.

Or he could try to find a way out. That too.

>>399773
Let them keep their brains. They don't have anything really deadly so you can always pacify them if they get violent, but you lost your last pets because they couldn't think for themselves.

What gender was the dead predator? You? Four-stripes?

>>399773
Let them keep their brains. Silent might not like it if you don't, and Silent is dangerous. Besides, they're unarmed.

Ask them to bring you to the exit, just so you know where it is, then to where their home is.

>>399773
Four Stripes may have been right, but I think something's gone wrong.

You should probably have a long-term goal of finding the silent neumono, because she is probably the only thing around here who is both able to get you somewhere you might actually want to be and willing to help you out.

Can you wait to make a decision on these three? Might be prudent to get a better grasp on where you are and where you want to be before you commit to something.

Can you figure out where these three would actually lead you if you followed them home? It wouldn't work out well if you ran into neumono prepared to stop you.

Why do you generally prefer the female neumono?

>>399776
Actually that's a point. You probably shouldn't totally brainwash anyone until you're somewhere you can be safe, unless they're being openly hostile to you beforehand.

Stand them in a line and mentally release then one at a time. If they run or attack you pacify them again and stand them back in the line. Repeat until they are all standing there on their own. Say hello.

friends! lots of friends! wheeeeeee

>>399773

Yeah, let's let them keep their brains for now. Time to see if they can lead you up and back into the spire!

1/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)16:44 No. 399842 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes will keep their minds active enough to not depend on him this time. He will try his luck with a different method, and get them to follow him home.

>>399774
The only predators Three Stripes has met recently are males. He has not seen a female in years.

>>399778
Three Stripes enjoys the company of males and females, but with females, he can make more neumonos.

>>399804
This is a very good idea and Three Stripes will try this when he learns all the differences of these neumono. But right now they are all in the same hive and it would be difficult to do anything but release all or none of them. He will put restraint on his communication until then.

2/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)16:45 No. 399844 ID: d6af4f
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Oh geez more neumono Three Stripes must go straight through the wall and come to think of it that should have been a bad idea and Three Stripes isn't sure why that worked but the cave walls are made of plants and are light and easy to run through.

3/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)16:45 No. 399845 ID: d6af4f
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Three more neumonos are here sleeping and this is supposed to be their home but there is not much here.

>>399842
Huh. So, you're not separate species at all, since you can interbreed. Can male neumonos make more predators with female predators?

: D

Not sure what to do now. Over time work on you skill at controlling them individually.

>>399847
No, I think Three Stripes means he can make more neumonos if he has male neumonos and female neumonos.

Say hi to the new neumonos! Induct them into your big happy family.

>>399847
i think he means he can use any males to breed with the females. not that he breeds with them.... i think.

>>399845
Yay, more friends! Friendly friends! See if you can get them dressed, and maybe figure out how to ask if there's more neumono around.

>>399847
>interbreed
I think he means he can make more neumonos by having the females get pregnant via other neumono.

>>399845
Huh.

Well, we can probably stay here for the moment. I guess you can, uh... practice your different method, or whatever?

But keep in mind that you might want to get out of this place sometime in the near future.

>>399854
>>399852
>>399855
That sounds more plausible. And yay Wigglytuff!

Anyways, pacify these guys. Also, I strongly recommend eating/enslaving Four Stripes.

>>399858
four stripes is locked behind the big gate.

>>399859
And we can go back to get him, can't we? Or am I missing something?

Oops! That poor neumono is indecent! D:
Be a gentleman and let her get dressed. C:

>>399862
That'd slow down the making more neumono bit. Don't.

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)17:42 No. 399876 ID: d6af4f
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>>399847
What no Three Stripes meant as long as he has one male neumono he can have all the females make more he didn't mean he does it himself he would hurt them maybe.

Three Stripes thinks that it is cuddle time and does not want to eat Four Stripes he is not that bad just stern and boring. Three Stripes can go back to Four Stripes if he really wants to.

But it is also individuality time, and will try releasing one without the others. The one with the funny hat is released and looks around confused. But she doesn't do anything. She appears disinterested in Three Stripes at first, but is not attacking and that is new.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)17:42 No. 399877 ID: d6af4f
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Then she shrugs and joins her hivemates back around Three Stripes and Three Stripes has to think because up to this point every single neumono up to now has always tried to kill him when Three Stripes doesn't actively make friends. But this one looks like it is okay with Three Stripes without Three Stripes having to do anything and he wonders if he releases all of them if it would work just as well.

>>399877
Be careful, but let's try it.

>>399877
A group of neumono who are both capable of acting as individuals and totally willing to hang out you in spite of you being a predator would be a hell of a thing to have.

Are we breaking new ground for your race?

>>399880
I would gauge their individual reactions before releasing them all at the same time, though. It wouldn't be any good to release all six if a couple of them are very hostile towards you, even if the most important-looking one doesn't seem to mind you at all.

>>399845
Uh oh, they look worried! Let's give em' just a nudge, make sure they know we want to be friends! Everyone loves having friends!

May as well try it.

>>399877
Sure, but do it slowly and carefully.

>>399877

Let's test each one. And perhaps if they all seem okay with it, maybe that is for the best. Besides, then they will be able to do more things -- and be REAL friends!

Yeah, let them all gradually loose, but be ready to single out and temporarily pacify any that freak out or something. If it works, then you'll have friends that'll be more interesting than the old mindless ones. It'd be nice to have intellectual company other than Four Stripes.

Do you think these neumono were never taught to fear the predators, or that they were raised with or by predators that don't go the full mind-wipe route? Maybe you could find them, if they exist.

if that's the queen then their personalities should be similar.

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)19:21 No. 399905 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes releases them one by one, and each one has a similar effect and simply lay down again. It seems that they have more interest in their hivemates but that is okay because this is the first time that a neumono ever considered even touching Three Stripes without being told to. Three Stripes has never considered doing this before, and he has never seen anyone like him try it either but for some reason it is the most wonderful thing not having to tell his friends to like him.

Three Stripes could be like this forever.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)19:22 No. 399906 ID: d6af4f
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Four neumono start coming back with food but all of them start being concerned over something. One of them is the biggest, tastiest looking thing Three Stripes has ever seen. Some of the ones already met get up and they start talking and explaining things to each other that Three Stripes doesn't understand, but the crowned one is pointing at me a lot and both keep gesturing at the amount of food. They have cooked meat, but there isn't enough for everyone to have a good meal.

The four newcomers slowly are eased at Three Stripes presence and Three Stripes could probably cry more but there is not enough food and that is not wonderful.

>>399906
You can probably go get some food, right?

And communicate that you're doing that to them well enough?

>>399906
Clearly you must eat some of them so there is enough food to go around. Eat the least tasty-looking male, so the better-tasting males will have tasty babies.

>>399906
Hey, you know, if Four Stripes was telling the truth in that food came out of the wall, we could go get some of it.

Keep lazing around. Next time some of them get up to go somewhere follow them. Let us know what happens and we'll try to help you figure out what to do.

What do you normally eat? Besides Neumono. They really really don't like it when you eat them by the way.

Oh dear, Three Stripes... I think they are planning to eat you.

What was Four Stripes saying about food, again?

I think they're talking about using you as a weapon against other tribes, either to take land or something. Probably, the biggest one is probably the best warrior and feels using you would be cowardly.

The green guy must have learned how to talk to you and four stripes from somewhere and how to teach you. Maybe he picked it up from these guys or they learned some things from him? You can't eat the big, juicy one though. You'll offend your friends that are nice to you without you telling them and then you'll have to tell them to be nice! And that's false friendship.

Do not eat these neumono! If you eat any of them, they will stop liking you by themselves.

Getting them some food would be a good thing to do, though.

>>399911

To be fair I don't think they mind being eaten all that much. Ears and tails grow back after all... as well as pretty much anything else. <.<

Resist the urge to become inexplicably tiny and nibble on the juicy one's ear adorably.

>>399924
They can grow things back, but they still have pain receptors.

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)20:47 No. 399934 ID: d6af4f
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Four Stripes said that food came out of the wall but that was way back at the pen and right now the big huge one is kind of scaring Three Stripes. He will not try and eat her but she looks like she might want to eat him and he also wonders if she eats neumonos too because that is a lot of neumono teeth lodged in her ears.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)20:47 No. 399935 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes decides to get some food but as soon as he starts trying to move the giant one gets on his back and that is great but wait a moment this isn't hugging.

The giant says a word all bluntly but Three Stripes has no idea what it means. Maybe it wants to wrestle because it is big enough to do that.

It's pointing. I think it wants a piggyback ride! Let's show her how fast you can go.

>>399935
It looks like she wants you to carry her some place, so start walking. She might lead you to some nuemono she wants eaten.

Try to tell her you don't understand her.

>>399935
I think she wants you to go the way she's pointing.

How well are you able to communicate with these guys, anyway?

Eh, just ignore it for now. See what you can find outside that is edible.

Also holy crap that is an enormous neumono.

What did the word sound like? It may be useful to make a sort of dictionary.

Also, what does Vaota and the rest of your language mean?

Oh, and since she's so huge you *might* be able to copulate with her! New friends with benefits! Unless your dick is spiked or something.

Watch out in case she tries to hit you in the head.

Give her a kiss/lick. :3 Then give her a fun piggyback ride! :D

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)22:42 No. 399982 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes wasn't paying attention when it was said so he doesn't know what it sounded like. He tries to lick her but she whaps him on the head just like he was supposed to watch out for and she points again. That isn't very nice and he wants to tell her not to do that but he has to try to a new tactic.

He decides instead to go fast to wherever her finger points and that pleases her so he keeps going fast and it is good.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)22:42 No. 399983 ID: d6af4f
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She stops and pulls on Three Stripes' neck when there is a small metal post. She hops off and waits, feeling more tense and wary while keeping a close eye on Three Stripes.

And waits some more. Three Stripes is getting bored and wants to run again but maybe not because he hasn't had to run in a long time and is out of shape.

Now lick her head. Then nap time.

Well you know what my grandfather always used to say. When bored, chew on the metal post.

she is wary, but of what? perhaps a enemy to their hive. capture and mind control the enemy hive into slaves, and this hive as friends. you get the best of both worlds!

but for now, the metal post may be a food spitting machine. and the groups in here fight for control of them.

Look around. She's waiting for something. Don't interrupt her focus.

Check out the metal post, I guess, if nothing happens.

Three Stripes 2012/04/09(Mon)23:44 No. 400026 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes doesn't see anything else around so he tries to show some affection for the big one but she raises her hand away to him so he stops and decides to poke the metal thing and then his finger hurts a lot! It gave him a bad shock and it really hurt and the big one just laughs. She might be mean after all so maybe not controlling her was a bad idea it would be so much easier if he did.

make a loud noise at her to show you didn't think it was funny, and can you emit that you are upset without controlling? do that.

Take a nap.

its a perspective thing, despite her size she's probably a hell of allot more durable than you. to her that would have been only a mild shock, so she probably doesn't realize how much that kind of shock would hurt you.

>>400026
Jury's not out on this one. Give her an emotional 'harumph' at least though.

I don't think we should nap. Maybe we can wander around a little near here, though.

1/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)01:14 No. 400038 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes forgot that his new tactic can still employ emotions without controlling them so he gives a whimper and tries to make a harumph but it mostly just comes out as being upset because he is.

She is surprised but for whatever reason she pats him on the head and shows Three Stripes that it is alright. Three Stripes is okay again and will take a nap but will keep it a light nap in case he needs to wake up.

2/2 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)01:14 No. 400039 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes does not have long though before the giant one wakes him up. Three Stripes senses that his new friends are coming quickly but they are still some distance away and there are a few creatures coming out and they begin hissing and they are scary. The giant is expecting to fight and expecting Three Stripes to fight alongside her and that is bad. Three Stripes is not a very good fighter.

Can you control them? Pacify the three things.
Can you minimize pain that neumono feel? Deaden their sense of pain so they can fight better.

Distract them. You don't need to fight that much. Do whatever you can to let Giant hit them.

>>400039
Do your best. Just try not to get hurt too bad.

It might work out in your favor to look extremely intimidating and distract the enemy, while not actually contributing very much to the fight. Be a distraction so she can take them out, but avoid getting hurt as much as possible.

And of course if you can like, use a rock or something as a force multiplier that could help.

If you get too badly hurt, indicate that she should get onto you, going so far as to control her to do so, and retreat towards your new friends.

your mind powers are strong enough that who knows what you can control!

>>400039
You have really long arms and seem to be strong since you were able to lift that door. So punch the fuck out of those hissing monsters

Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)03:06 No. 400046 ID: d6af4f
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Maybe Three Stripes will try and control them in just a way to be able to ignore pain and enter a fighting frenzy, he has done that before. As long as the friendship isn't forced, Three Stripes thinks it will be okay.

Those aren't neumono so Three Stripes can't control them they don't have any minds he can read to control. He'll punch them inst- OW.

Three Stripes isn't good at fighting after all. Three Stripes also conveys a feeling to run but the giant won't because she has to wait for something.

Damn we suck at fighting, so lets shake this guy off of us and get some distance. Maybe the giant is planning something since she wants to wait? Too bad we can't understand her so we cant ask whats the plan

>>400046

rip its tongue out. I heard that a 65-year-old dude killed an adult tiger once by doing just that.

You've got sharp teeth too! Bite it back while its teeth are busy! Those big eyes might be weak spots you can attack.

Can you control your own mind so you can ignore pain, or can you only do that to neumono?

1/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)05:38 No. 400061 ID: d6af4f
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He can only control neumono so he cannot control his own mind.

Three Stripes might not know how to fight well but he is strong so he tries to bite down on its tongue but only gets its face. He doesn't even notice when another takes its teeth and clamps down on Three Stripes neck and that makes Three Stripes release the first! Three Stripes is remembering why he always controls the neumono so that they're always around him and can fight for him since he is so bad at it but his friends are here anyway and they are killing off these beasts without fear since Three Stripes is telling them to.

2/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)05:38 No. 400062 ID: d6af4f
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Then Three Stripes hears a ding, and smells a lot of food as he starts losing a lot of blood and feels woozy.

3/3 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)05:38 No. 400063 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes wakes up later and there is food in front of him. Everyone is there and the giant is by him but it feels like she is disappointed or worried or something and that is the worst.

Three Stripes is a wuss.

>>400063
Hey, it's okay. I think the giant was thinking you'd be a lean, mean, killing machine right off the bat, but I don't think you have to worry too much that you're not. After all, if you were mean and fighty, do you think these neumono would be nearly this comfortable with you being around like this?

Don't feel too bad about it. Remember, you might not be strong in body, but you're strong in mind! It's not your fault you had to fight creatures who were immune to your biggest advantage. And they did outnumber you three to one.

Besides, even if you're not good at fighting, you can make everyone around you good at fighting. That can be even better!

that's what you get for not using your hands to tear out a tongue while it's in your opponent's mouth and instead going for it with your mouth like a moron.

ugh god I hope they're not talking about putting you down
Because fuck those people that put down creatures because they're not to their taste.
Anytime you feel threatened by these neumono from now on, it's cool to pacify them. I don't want you being used by these selfish creatures like a dog, even if you've sorta done the same to them.
For right now, just do the peace thing you were doing with the blue one whenever they start getting antsy with you and want to take you into battle but do that in a manner that doesn't look like they're going to kill you. You think they want to kill you? Don't hold back bro.

Is four stripes a good figher? Maybe he could teach us.

>>400063

Maybe they thought that just because you're really big, you must be really strong.

But what they will learn is that, since you ARE really big, you give really big hugs! We should seek more hugs.

You might want to find a way to train your upper body strength and such.

This is clearly how we will get giantwife.

>>400079

Yes! We will have the giant one help us train somehow so we can become a (slightly) better fighter! She shall become our waifu~

Well they are feeding you instead of feeding on you so that is good.

For now, eat the food - they can't be too disappointed if they're giving you food - and see how everyone is doing. Including yourself.

>>400063
Say "Vaota."

>>400099

we never did learn what that meant. what's it mean, Three-Dog?

you need to train. you were out of shape and lazy cause you had it easy in a cave that had nothing you couldn't avoid. you need to train!
emotion: CONVICTION, start lifting a rock over and over to get back in shape. and spar with the big one. can also learn to talk by point at things and saying their name. and then have them do the same.

>>400063
Nom the food, and try to convey your feelings.

Don't worry too much about it. You'll get better at fighting.

EAT

Aw, don't be hard on yourself, Three Stripes. You're just out of practice from not having to fight for yourself for so long. That can be fixed with training. For now, eat your food and find some water to drink.

When you do get to training, aim not for direct fighting but for dodging and hit and running. Franky, none of your species can take and recover from a hit like a neumono, since you don't have their regenerative ability. Being a distraction and annoyance to the enemy while boosting your neumono friends sounds more your style.

Hey, can you change your empathic signature to emulate and behave like this little hive's? Not to control any of them, but to show you want to be with them. Plus, it would empathically camouflage that you were a predator to other neumono who might not take kindly to you.

>>400146
Hey, that's a cool idea, actually.

that could have gone better, but it could have gone worse. your making friends with these guys rather than just ripping there minds apart, so its going to be much harder and is probably going to mean putting yourself at risk for there sake. but its worth it to have others around you who are there own people rather than just mindless shells.

If you ever feel threatened by them don't feel like you can't just pacify the lot of 'em. But it is ok Three Stripes you are a lover not a fighter and far from your home. You don't have to be good at everything.

Well Three Stripes, don't worry. You protected your new friends, and even though you may be hurt you lived to tell about it.

Now eat that steak, big guy. You've earned it.

Eat the snack and feel better.

1/4 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)20:00 No. 400224 ID: d6af4f
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Three Stripes conveys that he wants to be one of them and says vaota. It means peace. He does not know as many words as neumono but maybe he will try and learn some that he can. There are no rocks and he is very winded, but he also conveys what conviction he can.

A few get up and are happy that Three Stripes is awake? Three Stripes was thinking he might have to control them but maybe not otherwise he would be dead by now. They say words at him and even though he doesn't understand it is still nice.

2/4 Three Stripes 2012/04/10(Tue)20:00 No. 400225 ID: d6af4f
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Sometimes Three Stripes would convey certain feelings when he was going to have his old neumono buddies he was going to train them to help them get in shape so that Three Stripes wouldn't have to fight. He didn't know how to train them to fight but he kept them in shape.

Right now, the giant is giving that feeling back to Three Stripes. It is odd being on the other end but Three Stripes does not want to disappoint and they all cared enough to not let him die and even gave him food.

Three Stripes does miss his old friends too. He wishes they would have came back when Three Stripes was asking anyone to come and no one did. Not even the silent one or her friends came and Three Stripes hopes that they haven't forgotten about him because right now he is thinking about them and they were not bad even though they brought lots of trouble. He wonders how the silent one and the other two are doing. He hopes they will meet again. But for now, he has lots of work to do with his new buddies.

3/4 Polo 2012/04/10(Tue)20:01 No. 400227 ID: d6af4f
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>"Polo! These things were supposed to be on the verge of extinction!! Now they have weapons?!" Rakae yells.

I feel winded, but my voice is audible now. I never got a chance to inspect myself.

"Lots of things were on the verge of extinction! Lots of things should be extinct or close to it that are all over the place, apparently with machine guns! Rikek, what are our exits?"

4/4 Polo 2012/04/10(Tue)20:01 No. 400228 ID: d6af4f
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>"There's a door that needs a passcode, and a window that drops outside over the plants!" Rikek calls back.
>"This ceiling looks like it's shitty enough to be punched through." Kork says.
>"What about that room back there?" Rikek asks.
>"That's the bathroom. Need to change your tiny undies?"

Their willpower is impressive. Once the explosion happened, Rakae found those enemy soldiers seemed more lucid after they were lit on fire, and when the guns began firing, they became their old selves again. We hate each other, but somehow Rakae was able to call a truce in the face of otherwise certain death. I have no idea how she did it, but she talked them down.

What the hell are you fighting?

Best bet is probably a jump to the jungle floor. I mean if the fall won't hurt you badly.

Second would be ambush through the roof into the next room over where whatever is.

Shit, sounds like you owe Rakae one, then.

Okay, unless one of you can knock it down, the passcode door is probably not an option.

Honestly I'm not sure if up or down is a better idea. Tentatively saying down.

What the hell is even shooting at you?

>>400238
We can jump back down easily; it'd be harder to climb back up. Up for now, I guess?

On the other hand, we could hurt ourselves jumping down, and apparently it's easy enough to climb up through this ceiling so I dunno.

Seriously, what are we fighting and what mind-rape weapons do they have at their disposal?

Dropping out of the window seems like it could give you more options - you've just been getting more and more boxed in inside these caverns, and going through the ceiling seems like it would only prolong that, unless you want to pull a suicide stunt like Rokoa did. Getting out of the spike would give you less defense, but possibly a better chance at escape.

What the hell showed up with machine guns and a bad attitude? Is it the salikai's family?

Time to gauge options: Check the ceiling. Have Kork lift, or toss, Rikek through the drop ceiling so he can see how tough the real ceiling is. Then check how far down it is to the plant's level. Do you have enough rope to reach down that far?

Personally I'd prefer heading up, since you'd have to leave behind your rope to climb down, if you have the rope, and you might not get another chance to get back up for awhile. However, if this area is swarming with hostiles, retreating into the jungle habitat would offer open space and cover. Just don't expect Kork and his comrades to stick with you.

Oh, and Rakae deserves all the kudos for talking a temporary truce out of this bunch of war-heads. That must have been surprising.

>>400228
Use the plasma sword to unlock the door, go through that.

No problem.

>>400251
Yeah, slice one side of the door, top to bottom, and move it out of the way. That is, if the door isn't plasma-sword-proof or resistant enough that'd it take too long. Do this as well as checking on the other possible routes.

It looks like the Salikai has the entire spire hollowed out like some sort of zoo. Probably was cultivating endangered species, perhaps in order to use them in its unrelenting quest to destroy Neumono. That doesn't explain the machine guns though. I got nothing there.

1/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)01:32 No. 400316 ID: d6af4f
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>What is shooting at you?

An arkot. 4 armed barely bipedal creatures that originated in the far north. They are pests that breed quickly, but are more of a danger to themselves than anything. Or so I have heard, but their guns, to which I have no idea how they came to the possession of, are aimed at us. They have poor motor skills, cannot aim very well, are rather dumb, seem to be trying to stop their gun's recoil with their cheeks, but in the end, their numbers are overwhelming.

I began moving to Three Stripes, who was not terribly far away, but there was a room before Three Stripes' location, and that room had arkots. Things went downhill from there and we got chased.. to be frank, things have been a daze, and I have absolutely no idea where we are. Three Stripes seems to have moved, and I can no longer sense him.

"Rakae, give me cover while I go across to get through that door!"

2/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)01:34 No. 400319 ID: d6af4f
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We have plenty of rope to spare in case we want to leave through the window, but I would like to see what is through this door. Regardless of where we go, arkles are going to storm the hallway. It is going to be a question of who among us will leave last.

>"Rokoa's plasma blade."
"... yes."
>"You got on her bad end, lived, and took her things. You know that she's not going to ever rest until you're dead, right? She doesn't take defeat very well."

"She's missing a leg."

"Whatever. She got on my bad side first. FYI after the explosion the only thing left we could find was one of her legs. Just thought you'd like to know."

>>400319
"I'll give it back when she stops trying to threaten me into some suicide mission. Who is this human guy on your ship she wants dead, anyway?"

Really? She seemed forgiving and reasonable. I'm glad I have you around to fill me in and not some idiot who would state the obvious.

>>400323

this.

>>400319
"I could trap her on an asteroid forever you know? They say you can never escape from one's gravity. She should learn to deal with that and not put so much emotional investment in winning. It's gonna screw her over one day."

>>400335
what? the asteroid in question is not gravitic in nature. and how would we even know that?

>>400336
I recall something from the main quest that stated something similar, you can't escape from magnetic or gravitational pull or something so ships can't take off from one.

I thought it might be a well known scientific fact in this universe. Especially among combat troops. It's a one way ticket punishment, so I'm sure several space governments have it as a form of justice. Just make a shitty scumhole of an asteroid as a prison.

Do you still have a grenade left? That could be a quick solution for the arkot problem, if they're all in one place within throwing distance. Or you could outwait them - any idea how much ammunition they have? Do they have any weaknesses you're aware of?

Ask the soldier to kindly focus on the things that are trying to kill you right now. You can worry about Rokoa later.

>>400340
no, it's that SPECIFIC asteroid. 99.9999% of them are just rocks.

oh
my bad

>>400319
Hey, she blew herself up. Yeah, you shot her in the face first, but the explosion was totally her own damn fault.

Although if she takes defeat poorly then she's probably double-pissed at you since you've managed to not get murdered by her twice now.

Also these arkot things look like they can barely use those machine guns. Is there anything on this planet that doesn't want to kill neumono, besides plants and Three Stripes?

>>400316
That is ridiculous. You're being pinned down by four-armed hedgehogs. You could pick them up and throw them. Why haven't you killed any of them??

Polo, you're wearing a nanosuit.

Charge in there and kick their annoying little asses.

>>400358
a weaker DAMAGED biosuit.

Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)12:55 No. 400369 ID: d6af4f
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>Why haven't you killed them?
>Charge them

We've killed around two dozen. There are at least three dozen more incoming, and we barely have three dozen shots left. We've wanted to pick up one of their guns, but they've never died without 2 more of them shooting at us in their place.

I have also saved one grenade that could buy us time if absolutely necessary.

"That's obvious. She's also missing a leg."
>"I know. We still have it. It kicked me when I first picked it up."
"I'll give her things back if she stops threatening me with a suicide mission to kill some human. Who's the human she wants dead?"
>"What are you talking about... Lugh? Why would she want Lugh dead? Are you trying to fuck with us?"

Control terminal to the left, and a train station to the right.

>>400369
Does "control terminal" mean "map"? A map would be really nice right about now.

Say you've got no idea. It's hard to know how much of what Rokoa was saying was because she was so out of it when you were talking to her and how much is just her legitimately being completely bonkers.

"She thinks he's plotting against the hive. Tell me more about him."

Split up. You go to the control terminal, a few others can go to the train.

I like terminals. they give you interesting opportunities.

"She said she thinks Lugh is going to pull something that'll screw your hive over. She's nuts though, so take her observations with a huge grain of salt."

Split up: You go to the control terminal, the rest head to the train station. Get one of the radio links off of Rikek or Rakae so you can stay in contact, and a long length of rope. Hopefully there'll be a window there you can bust out to escape from the horde of machine gun wielding four-armed hedgehogs.

I think this place is some sort of bio weapon lab. think about it, your seeing alot of extinct, or near extinct creatures and most of them are smarter than they should be. I think someone was trying to weaponize them. hit the control room, if this place is a bio weapon lab blundering about without a map would be a superficially bad idea, not to mention there might be some sort of purge function you could use.

Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)15:31 No. 400401 ID: d6af4f
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"She said she thinks Lugh is trying to screw your hive over. She was messed up from a predator, and is insane anyways, so I don't know how much of it is true."
>"It's false. There's no way she'd underhand us like that."
"Fine. I'm checking out the control terminal once I get a working radio link. Everyone else will go to the train station."
>"Alone? You know there's a good chance we're not going to be able to meet up again easily. And you have the weapon with the most ammo left. At least let us switch weapons, let us have the frag, or stick together."

>"Tirrik! Quit making out with the enemy in there, we're crossing the hall!" Kork yells.

"Then we're sticking together."

fiiiiiine stick together

I think we will be ok as long as we have the sword and the bio suit. Give him your gun and frag
and lets head for the control terminal

>>400401
Switching weapons seems reasonable, I guess.

>>400406

no way, Polo sucks at melee.

don't give him anything. he can stay with you if he wants to, but stab him if he gets greedy.

"I've been carefully rationing my ammo since long before you even came to this mountain. I'm not going to give it up because you didn't bring enough ammo. We can stick together if you want but don't think that means you can waste my ammo."

Shuffle the guns around so Kork and Tirrik get the ones with the least ammo; They should be better shots, so they can make the ammo count. Leave the frag with Rakae. If you can, keep one of the magnums on yourself.

You're going to run ahead to the control terminal, slicing doors and checking for other ways out. Everyone else is going to stick here to slow down the arkots, using as little ammo as they can. If it looks like they're going to get overrun, make a fighting retreat towards the control terminal.

>>400401
Call Kork a cockblocker.
Just to defuse the situation a little.

1/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)18:46 No. 400430 ID: d6af4f
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"Fine, we'll stick together. Didn't all of you bring any ammunition?"
>"We weren't expecting predators. All of our guns and ammo is lost somewhere in the spire."
"Tell Rakae and the others to get ready to fall back to the command terminal. I'm going to look ahead."
>"I'll come with."

2/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)18:46 No. 400431 ID: d6af4f
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Another slicing of the door reveals the command terminal, and more arkots. These ones do not have guns.

>>400431
RIP AND TEAR

>>400431
I hope you and Tirrik can handle these guys?

>>400431
What. You said they were dumb! How are they operating this stuff?!

If they are intelligent, I don't want to keep killing them. Hold them hostage to get them to order the others to stand down.

Cut them.

"surrender or i start shooting"
then make good on that.

Try and conserve your ammo here. Pull out your magnum and shout "Hands up or I shoot! Everyone, face against the wall! Now!" Shoot any of them that make a move to press any buttons or do anything else. Have Tirrik keep them in line while you investigate the control console. If it's locked, interrogate one of the arkots for the password.

Just shoot them all. We don't have time to deal with prisoners.

don't waste ammo. hell, don't even waste sword battery power if you don't have to.

>>400431
Aren't these things supposed to be stupid? I mean they're more intelligent than we thought but that fucking goddamn animal is using a goddamn phone.

1/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)21:14 No. 400456 ID: d6af4f
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>You said they were dumb!
Not dumb by animal standards. Still unintelligent enough that I am surprised they are operating such things. Like a phone.

I also did not bring my magnum. We have four weapons to go around five of us, it would be impractical for one person to have two firearms. The sword energy is finite as well. I do not know much about these plasma swords, so I will line them up.

"Everyone up against the wall, we're --"
>"SCREEE!"

Damnit, they are dumb enough not to surrender!

2/2 Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)21:14 No. 400457 ID: d6af4f
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We're able to take them down using only a couple shots. Tirrik is able to incapacitate them at close range, and I shoot the one that was chattering into the phone.

Grab the phone and just start yelling angry things into it.

pick up the phone and ask who it is.

Alright, what do we got to work with? Map, controls, something.

>>400457
"HELLO THIS IS NEUMONO"

In all seriousness, is there anything at this terminal that can help you as far as finding a way out of this place goes?

Also, just who the hell was the arkot talking to?!

l room

Ask Tirrik to look over the control console for anything of interest. Pick the phone receiver up and listen for a few seconds before asking who is on the other end of the line.

>>400457
Things couldn't possibly get worse. Let's feed the phone a bullshit line about the little guys getting out of hand, and how you're sorry if they caused any problems, but as you were saying, you'd really like to order whatever your favorite food is.

Besides, Greenie over there needs to smile more.

>>400467
but who was phone?

Polo 2012/04/11(Wed)23:39 No. 400514 ID: d6af4f
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Tirrik is already looking over the control panel. I pick up the phone, and there is silence on the other end for a moment.

"Hello. This is neumono. The little guys got out of hand, and I am sorry if they caused any problems. As I was saying, I would like to order coffee cake. Who am I speaking to?"
>"The name is Su'ata Rosotki, and you will only be served death."

My questionable sense of humor does not seem to be appreciated by any nearby company.

>"Polo, we're going to have to retreat, they're getting ready for another charge!" Rakae yells from the previous room.

Right, do some quick sabotage and then retreat

cut a hole in something important looking and throw the grenade in it!

Tell the guy to stay here and figure out what he can. Go and help them repel it. Give Rakae the sword. Possibly make a fighting retreat if you absolutely must.

Polo, how well would that armor hold up to mass gunfire?

"Su'ata Rosotki?" Is that a naming style you recognize? Probably not, since it's likely another salikai.

If this console is another one of those damn cryptic unlabeled ones, you may as well jab the plasma sword in, slice it lengthwise, and run for it, 'cause you're not going to have time to figure it out. However, if it's actually sensibly labeled, buy Tirrik some time to mess with it. Hand him the radio link, if you have it, and say to work as fast as he can to get something useful out of this control terminal. Then run to aid Rakae and the rest.

How sturdy are those door chunks you carved out? Think they could stand up to machine gun fire? If so, grab at least one and haul it back to use as cover, or as a shield with some rope. And if the arkot are still outside the first door you sliced up, you could place a chunk horizontally in the opening, then lie in wait to plasma sword any try to climb over.

>>400514
"Sorry, you have the wrong number. You want Rokoa for murdering our allies and ruining everybody's day."

1/2 Polo 2012/04/12(Thu)04:10 No. 400548 ID: d6af4f
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"You'll want Rokoa for wanton murder and ruining everyone's day."
>"Rokoa has already been detained. Goodbye."

He hung up. I do not recognize the name. A salikai is likely, it sounded like one. It doesn't matter, for now I will use the plasma sword on what looks to be the more important sections.

>How well would that armor hold up to mass gunfire?
I do not know, especially when it is damaged.

"Did you find anything, Tirrik?"
>"A map. It's just a map labeled "Tropical Sector. It doesn't give a map of the whole facility, just this sec-- "

>"They've got a missile launcher, we're moving!" Kork yells.

"Talk and move!"

2/2 Polo 2012/04/12(Thu)04:10 No. 400549 ID: d6af4f
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While the carved doors could stand machine gun fire easily, they are extremely heavy and very unwieldy.

"Rakae, take the plasma sword, pass the gun off! What are our options, Tirrik?"

>"Assuming there is a train that is both available and operatable, we can take it to places called the Snow Sector, the Mountain Sector or the Upper HQ. The train also appears to go over this tropical sector, which we may be able to jump out of. Dangerous, but I did memorize the map's basic layout of it." Tirrik explains.

>>400549
Think of what other endangered or dangerous species there are, and go where the worst ones wouldn't be. Mountain region probably has windbeasts, UGH.

Having any data at all makes me lean towards the tropical sector. Would that get us anywhere, though? I mean, we need to find an exit back to the surface; was there one listed in the tropical sector map?

How many of em are left? Fighting retreat to the tram area. We really really need some of those guns and/or ammo. Kill as many as you can. If we get pushed back to the tram, get on and leave. Don't worry about killing them at that point. We've already lost.

Hit whatever button is the fastest to hit. We need to move fast if we've gotten pushed back that far. We don't want them getting shots on the car.

A missile launcher?

They have a missile launcher?

Fucking hell these things are annoying.

I'd rather be somewhere we had any sort of map of... but yeah if there are no exits from this area then that would complicate things.

>>400514
>Coffee Cake

Polo, you are my favorite.

>>400549

Tropical Sectors sounds like the place we fell to. That may be best for now?

Snow sector? A train? What the hell is going on down here?

>>400580

From what we've seen, the most probable answer is it's a giant underground set of biomes in the style of Jurassic Park -- except rather than turn it into an attraction, it's basically a massive training center or simulation.

oh and if you see any maps or something that points towards the predators are being stored. go that way.

You've got to get out of these damn hallways; Stick to the tropical sector. It's the one you know the layout to the best, and you likely just trashed the control terminal for the sector, so that'll hamper the enemy. There's also that hole in the roof where you were blown through. If you fix your grappling hook, that'd be another way out.

Think you could break the tram so it stops where it passes closest to the ground? Preferably where a support reaches down to the surface, if the tram isn't supported from the ceiling.

1/2 Polo 2012/04/12(Thu)17:50 No. 400644 ID: d6af4f
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From the sound of them, there must be a couple dozen more running for us, but in a stroke of luck, there were no artoks in the way to the stationary train. Still, it's less of a fighting retreat and more of a sprint as we're chased.

>"Go! Hit the deck!" Kork yells, as the last one to jump on.

2/2 Polo 2012/04/12(Thu)17:52 No. 400646 ID: d6af4f
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We huddle on the ground as bullets rattle around the leaving train. Tirrik began drawing out a scrawled, hasty map on some paper he had.

>"We're on the X moving down. The unlabeled wavy circles are lakes. There are also catwalks all over the place, as well as more minute details I couldn't burn into memory. This train is elevated, but supported from the ground, so we can stop the train and easily get down with ropes." Tirrik explains.

>>400646
I assume we could also get back up?

Okay, no obvious exits. I'm intrigued by "upper HQ" but trying to take the train back through artokville seems like a very bad idea right about now.

Intrigued by both the caverns and the silo. I guess we could stop somewhere in between and see if there's actually anything worth checking out?

Do you have any idea what this place is, by the by?

the silo and cavern is interesting.

make a full circle. then another. and another.

Forget about riding the tram out of this sector; It's almost certainly locked down, or will be very shortly. Even if it wasn't, there's likely a tram coming from the mountain sector filled with angry guards right now. However, you could use that to your advantage, and maybe get some supplies out of it.

Stop the tram as close to the silo as you can, and look for places you could stretch a rope over. Either use your grappling hook, if you can fix it in time, or tie a long rope to the tram and have someone swing back and forth under it until they can grab the silo catwalk. Tie off the rope to the catwalk, and have everyone but you shimmy across and move down and out of sight of the tram tracks. When the guards' tram approaches, jam the throttle to full in its direction, grab the rope and cut the end attached to the tram. With a little luck the collision will knock their tram off the tracks and down into the jungle, where you can salvage their weapons.

Polo 2012/04/12(Thu)19:49 No. 400673 ID: d6af4f
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We stop the train near the silo, and start using the rope to go down.

>"Another missile incoming!" Rakae says.

They aren't sending a train after us that we can see, but they are taking potshots at us from well over any of their weapon's effective range. We don't have the luxury to wait here for them to get lucky or surprise us with a sniper rifle. We can quickly get to the silo or caverns to hide or set up an ambush of some kind.

Do you have any idea how many of them there are? If they outnumber by a large enough amount, an ambush would probably be suicide; if your numbers are close to equal, it might work.

Uh... caverns!

Have whoever is last jam the throttle all the way open in the direction you came, then cut the rope and jump out and be caught by someone on the ground.

Get behind the silo, out of their line of sight. Hopefully they won't shoot any more missiles your way if they might hit the silo, but don't count on it. Then find an ambush location that'd double as a hiding spot, just in case there's too many to ambush.