DEATH TO THE CRAB

>>516083
One of the 'things' is red!

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/06/15(Sat)15:00 No. 517117 ID: f595d3
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Voice: You Will Cease..
Amy: No.
Voice: You Will..
Amy: I said, NO! Look, i dont know how you do it on planet zog or what ever, but we are not going to leave her behind ok? so if you want us to do you poorly defined task on your vaguely defined timeline either start helping us or butt the hell out!

There is no reply from the voice, just a low phlegmy growl on the other end of the line before it cuts off suddenly

Amy: Well that shut him up, ok whats the range on this plasma thing?
Korrok: About twice the length of this corridor.
Amy: ok, ill stay here and give you cover, you go see if naoko is ok. Lolumalus, you stay beck on the ramp.
Korrok: Sounds like a plan.
Lolumalus: No argument here.
Amy: Before we do that however, CHILLISE! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!

Chillise stops tugging on the distant object and runs over, she is noticeably larger with several patches of peeling skin.

Amy: Whoa, what happaned to you? You got Big!
Chillise: Im molting, what your excuse fat ass?
Amy: You little!
Chillise: Argue later, now shush, the other one fell and wont get up!
Korrok: Right, stay here.
Chillise: No, everyone needs to come help! C'mon!

While chillise starts tuggin on your skirt Korrok walks down the corridor slowly. he keeps to the glass wall whilst checking the odd little booths before stopping at the far side.

Korrok: Ok, good news is she's still alive, bad news is she's been arrested...

Was that a translation bug, or did he say 'arrested' as in specifically captured by a sort of law enforcement agent?

Who leaves their prisoners in the middle of a hallway and wanders off? Chances are whoever did it is still hiding around somewhere. Can Korrok carry her back here by himself?

Keep your guard up. Whatever "arrested" her might still be around.

>No, everyone needs to come help! C'mon!
...that sounds an awful lot like concern from the aloof little princess. That's unusual. And there's no sign of whoever knocked out and bound Naoko. Put together, that's highly suspicious. Like crab girl is trying to get you all to run into a trap.

>she
Oh hey, lookit that. Your explanation of earth genders stuck.

does she have a list of charges pinned to her or something? you can't arrest someone for nothing.

>>517117
"What kind of idiot would arrest somebody at a time like this? We're de-facto ambassadors!"

uh please enplane what you mean by arrested. Back where we come from that only happens to people who have broken a law or had a little to much to drink and they are usually brought to a law enforcement center, not left out in the middle of no where.

Also who the fuck goes around arresting people how have been abducted onto an alien ship?

Yeah, this is 99.9% certainly a trap, Chillise is in on it, and Naoko is the bait. This situation was suspicious to start with, but with Chillise showing a sudden inexplicable concern for Naoko, and demanding that everyone come help her at once, that screams "trap." And if she really gave a damn about Naoko, Chillise would have come and told everybody, not stay here ineffectually poking her.

Don't let on to Chillise that you suspect her, yet. Ask Korrok to tell you what he means by "arrested," since you seriously doubt there are police roaming around on this ship. If he says it's 'cause she's bound with handcuffs, then tell him to go check the door at the end of the hall while you come up to cut them; Not like there's any cops around to stop you.

Move up in front of the booths, like you're going to Naoko, and put distance between you and Chillise. Then spin around and get a bead on her and step behind the nearest booth panel, since it'll provide cover if there's gunfire. Tell her if she moves or speaks that you'll shoot her, and that if this is a trap, you'll make sure she'll be shot when it goes off.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/06/21(Fri)13:57 No. 518578 ID: f595d3
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[[[[Holy crap ive been doingthis for (almost) a year! This calls for a celebration!]]]]

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/06/21(Fri)17:02 No. 518658 ID: f595d3
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Amy: What do you mean Arrested!
Korrok: I.. mean arrested.. not really sure what else you could have gotten from that..
Lolumalus: Whats he saying?
Amy: He said she's been arrested!
Lolumalus: Thats simultaneously the best and the worst news ive heard all day
Amy: What? why would.. No, ok lets not go off on another tangent just yet, im guessing a police officer wouldnt just leave her here so.. Trap?
Korrok: Trap
Lolumalus: oh, of course its a trap.
Chillise: What? No, dont be stupid she just fell is all, you all need to come help me!
Amy: Yeah, its definatley a trap, that basically sealed it.
Chillise: Ok, wow, im feeling the trust here..
Amy: Korrok! Can you drag her over here or something?
Korrok: Hell no! im not touching him, theyll say i was "Interfering with a prisoner" and kick the shit out of me!
Amy: I.. wow, ok well is there, like, a note or something? something that tells us why she's been arrested, i mean its a little odd to me that they'd arrest a kidnap victim..
Lolumalus: Well technically were breaking the law just being here, what with the laws against messing with Alvari stuff. As for Naoko its basicaly standard practice for the police to knock suspects the fuck out now and ask questions later.
Amy: And.. your all totaly fine with rampant police brutality?
Lolumalus: Well when you taker into account the raw strength of certain races and the massive proliferation of high powered easily concealed weaponry, incapacitating everyone in the area is pretty much the only way they can safely get their job done. As for moving him i dont recommend it, as the officer's are more then likely still here, watching us to see what we do.

Your Paranoia bar jumps massively at this bar, Reaching Flighty Broad status.

Amy: So, what do you recommend?
Lolumalus: Put the guns down and walk over there, worst case scenario it kicks the shit out of us and we wake up on a prison ship, best case same thing but the cell is pretty plush.

... isn't Lolumalus part of the council or something? can't he do something about this or is that tittle just more honorary then anything else?

Oh and if we just started to run like hell what would happen then, not saying we do that I just want to know what a space cop is likely to do to us if we try something sane.

On that note if we do just bend over for the ass kicking then what happens after we wake up? do we actually get a trail or something or should we just jump out an airlock now to save time and effort?

Wait, how do we know the space cop even has a ship to lock us up in? What if the space cop was kidnapped just like we were? Then we're just going to end up knocked out and taken prisoner here. That's hardly an improvement!

...not that getting throw in a police cruiser for breaking laws I never knew about and had no way to avoid breaking is a great alternative either, although I suppose if we made it back to some kind of civilization we might have more options and be in less immediate danger.

What's the punishment for messing with Alvari stuff anyways? Even though it's more like Alvari stuff messing with us.

Plan B: Shoot everything!

>>518658
"You assume that the one who 'arrested' Naoko is actually an officer of the law, which can be faked.

But assuming you're right? Any space cop that would be arresting people while an Aius is on the loose isn't smart enough to get sent here, so they have to be a kidnapping victim themselves. From this I can conclude that their intent is to kill or bring under their control all sophonts on board, but being dumb means they're just going to get everybody killed.
Chillise, your 'friend' is using you as live bait. Meaning it either doesn't care if you live or die, or it doesn't think we're a threat and is just being a bully.

Personally? I think this thing is impersonating an officer, which is highly illegal. Meaning that you not only betrayed us, but you're willfully aiding and abetting a criminal.
Lets test this theory. Weapons free, everybody."

Point your weapon at Chillise, then call out "I demand proof that there's a legitimate law enforcement officer here. If not, then I'll execute Chillise for her crimes in five seconds."

You don't actually have to mean it, of course. It's pushing for a response.

wait... why wasn't the princess here arrested? does she have permission to be here somehow?

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/05(Fri)14:27 No. 521694 ID: f595d3
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pt 1
You decide on the entirley sensible option of simply shooting everyone in the room, it shouldt take to long a simple bolt to the back of the head should suffWAIT WHAT!

Amy: Were the Fuck did that come from! Id never just..execute someone!
Chillise: Stop babbling [INSULT EQUATING WEIGHT TO LARGE WHALE LIKE CREATURE] and move it! I.. God how much do you weigh? its like trying to push a building!
Amy: No matter how satisfying that would be..

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/05(Fri)14:34 No. 521699 ID: f595d3
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[[[[lets see if this works, crappy gif DEPLOY!]]

While amy suppresses the desire to cap a bitch, she fails to notice Korrok frantically signaling Lolumalus.

Korrok: Shes doing it again!
Lolumalus: i know its getting worse, now shes talking about murder, i may have to get that gun away from her if she starts anything..
Korrok: lets hope she dosent..

Amy, come to the conclusion that you're being hacked. Either by the things in your arm, or the thing in your ear. And considering what you're fighting the urge to do, it's not safe to be holding a weapon.

Turn and hand that space-gun to Lolumalus.

>>521699
Pfff, hahaha, that's great. Reminds me so much of dialog images from Star Control 2.

Someone needs to tell crab cake there to get off Amy's case before she loses her absolute shit.

>Turn and hand that space-gun to Lolumalus.
With the barrel facing away from him.

amy: it must be the stress, that hit to your paranoia bar is making it suddenly get to you. while you want to stick together maybe you should lay off being mobile until it passes. like, get tied up and slung over korrok's back.

... what do you normally do to relax Amy because I really really think you need something to calm your nerves, I mean just today you've been abducted, meet hostile aliens, meet not so hostile aliens, have found technology that is both amazing and horrifying, you apparently have a cybernetic (or soon to be) limb now, the only person from 'home' was arrested for crimes you're not totally sure of and it seems you're about to also be arrested via horrible beating, and now the little crab thing is calling you fat. You have to admit that today has been one hell of a stressful/exciting day so your nerves are probably shot to hell which is why you're a little wacky right now. I mean Korrok said he freaked out the first time he was abducted and he at least had an idea of what else was in the galaxy so it's understandable if you're a little out of it.

but yeah we really need to figure out what to do here first otherwise we will never have time to relax. Maybe pick up Chillise and ask why she's trying to lore everyone into a beating and how did she herself not get arrested since she's just as guilty as the rest of us.

Amy, irrespective of where it came from, considering that the thought of murdering everybody in this room wafted through your mind and you momentarily thought it was a good idea, you have to come to the conclusion that you should not be holding a gun right now. You should get rid of it as quickly and as safely as you can. You can figure out where the fuck that thought came from once you're not an immediate potential danger to your allies.

Crouch down, lay the plasma pistol flat on the ground, and slide it under Lolumalus. Flatly state that you just had a perfectly reasonable idea pop into your head from out of nowhere to kill everyone here, that that's definitely not normal for you, and you think something is wrong but you don't know what. Slip your holster and improvised rifle sling off while doing that and slide them over to Lolumalus as well.

Then gently sit on Chillise, 'cause if she's going to insult your weight and you're not going to get to shoot her, she's at least going to get to experience your mass first-hand.

>>521699
Tell them this is a trap, and they can have your gun as soon as they acknowledge that crabby there is in on it. Also ask if it's reasonable to want so shoot her for it.

>>523538
They already know it's a trap, from back in this update >>518658. Yeah, I somehow missed it as well. Made this update a little odd until I looked back a bit.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/12(Fri)13:39 No. 524015 ID: f595d3
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pt.1
Lolumalus: Amy, Is there something wrong?
Amy: No, im ok, im just getting stressed out and need to get tied up on Korrok.
Lolumalus: What?
Amy: I...i dont know why i said that..

A number of odd scenarios begin running through your head ranging from the sensible to the bizzare, yet all of them seem totally reasonable to you.

Amy: I...I dont think i should be armed right now..i.. if i surrender to this thing what will it do? i mean, how do we know its got a ship? or that its even really a cop?
Lolumalus: true, we dont realy know for sure that they have a police ship, but if you rember the map we saw earlier there were two large rooms, one was the engine room, the other a hanger. At the very least it should have a shuttle we can use to leave the ship and reach the Transmission beacon. As for what going to hapane when we disarm? well unless were dealing with a total moron they'l have found a safe area to set up base were they will hold us until they can get us of the ship, after that we'll all be identified then dropped of on our homeworld's. steps will be taken to ensure you and the other guy dont contaminate your native culture's.
Amy: Steps?.. like.. memory erasure?
Lolumalus: Used to be, but that shit costs way to much long term, so instead we just get you really REALLY high then put you in a embarrassing position that ruins your credibility.
Amy: Sounds alot like my average holiday..

...I am becoming increasing annoyed that our only two options seem to be giving into the crazy or letting ourselves be arrested.

On the one hand, yes, obviously, crazy thoughts bad. On the other, this is an unknown, dangerous, complicated situation. I'm not exactly comfortable being boxed up and trusting the lone police alien to solve the mystery of the automated ancient abduction fleet itself.

Step one- remove the creepy thing's communicator from your ear, Amy. See if that stops the bad thoughts.

Step two- give your spacegun to Lolumalus already before you shoot anyone.

Step three- can we talk to the invisible alien, please? We're not unreasonable, here.

you know if you guys are just going to ditch us back home... if you can even find it, I don't think anyone would believe us anyways as most people who shout alien are usually seen with as much credibility as a drunk talking to a coat rack but not nearly as funny. And for those who do pay attention are those nobody else lesions to either so you could just drop us off back at our place and we could just drink ourselves happy. Still think you should let someone else hold your gun for now.

>>524015
Wave your stump in front of him
"For some reason I don't see that working. What would they use for plan B?"

Holy moley Amy is under direct control

AMY KISS KORROK

>>524838
FUCK NO

>>524839

I WILL HAVE MY SLOPPY MAKEOUTS ONE DAY MARK MY WORDS

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/18(Thu)15:53 No. 525360 ID: f595d3
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[[[Been feeling unwell lately, so bad art is bad, also plot -,-]]]]]



Amy: Ok, first thing, here.

Amy hands Lolumalus the plasma pistol and the communication device, she dosent know if thats the source of the odd ideas, but she dosent want to risk it.

Amy: Next thing is dealing with little crabby here

Chilise: Oh you think you can take me? Bring it Beta! ill beat theMMMFFF!

You smother chillise under your Poofy tail, burying her under its huggable layers. after a few second she manages to struggle her way to the top.

Chillise: PWaa! Thats it? Thats your master plan? Hahahohgoditssocomfortable!
Lolumalus: Impressive.
Amy: Thanks, anyway back to business, first off youll be able to fix the whole.. robotocizing thing ive got going on here right?
Lolumalus: Oh yeah, thats not going to be a problem.
Amy: ok cool, as for the rest cant we negotiate with the invisible cop? we seem to be narrowing our option's massively here and truth be told, im not really comfortable with simply handing my survival over to a unknown agent.

Lolumalus pauses before answering, his limbs move in a way that manage to convey his nervous embarrassment despite not having any facial features.

Lolumalus: I must confess that is a option, in all honesty ive been talking them up a tad, i just want to take the fastest route of the ship available, im sure if you tried peaceful communication youll get some results. judging by your luck so far theyll probably declare you a ambassador or something.

Amy pauses for a moment to think this through, what exactly dose one say to a unseen cop? amy thinks about this and absolutely NOTHING ELSE! YEP, NOTHING AT ALOHGODTOUNGESWHYTOUNGES!

OK clear mind and try to talk to the cop if you can, maybe ask about what the other members of you party home worlds are like to help get your mind off of things if the cop doesn't show up.

We can at least try peaceful communication first. If that does not work can figure something else out.

Also if you are going to fantasize about anything it should be the giant floating robot tentacle monster over there.

I would try this.

"Hello unseen authority figure. We are sorry if we have broken some of your vague and unknown rules. We are willing to cooperate with your lawful authority if you in fact are the lawful authorities. Deliver upon to us a sign that you are in fact listening and our friend was not just caught by a rogue handcuff sex robot."

>Strange thoughts continue
Dang. Well, it wasn't the communicator causing that, then. Unless it just takes time to wear off.

> i just want to take the fastest route of the ship available
Understandable, but there's no guarantee he can actually get us off the ship quickly.

>what exactly dose one say to a unseen cop?
Um, hello? We come in peace? And we're not intentionally breaking any laws. I understand just being here is against the rules or something, but we really didn't have a say in our abductions.

So... could you not knock us out? And maybe drop the obvious trap you set with my friend there?

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/22(Mon)14:55 No. 526349 ID: f595d3
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[[shit dialogue because its hot as hell here! Brain not be good if heat...]]]]

You try to ignore the other bizarre ideas that spring into your head. you really hoped it was something to do with the headset as the only other explanation you can think of is your family's history of schizophrenia.. poor uncle Efran..

Amy: Ok, uh.. Hello officer.. if, you know you actually are a officer and not some kind of handcuffing sex bot.. uh, were willing to co-operate and we didnt mean to break any laws, i mean, ive only just found out that its illegal for us to be here so... sorry about that.
Actually no, you know what im not sorry, i was god damned Kidnapped! Who the hell arrests a kidnap victim?. And then uses her as bait in the most obvious trap ive ever seen!? And why the hell did you snatch her but let this little brat go?
Chillise: So Snuggly.

After a moment of silence, you hear a voice speaking but are unable to place were its coming from, theres a strange reverb to its speaking that makes it sound like its coming from everywhere at once

???: While Ignorance is no defense against the law, it is true that you are the victims here. However when i encountered the Lagomorph her reaction to my appearance was to arm herself then utilize a child as a basaltic weapon, Such actions are not the marks of a reliable individual, so i have restrained her lest she exacerbate the situation.
As for this situation, it is less of a trap and more of a test. i wanted to ascertain whether you, the most heavily armed individual at the time, would follow the pattern set by your companion. to that end i instructed the child to bring you here, and withdrew to observe, im pleased to say you seem far more agreeable and i am prepared to discuss things further face too face's. Turn around.

...Don't freak out, don't freak out, don't freak out.

say hi, introduce yourself, and ask now what happens?

Also, don't freak out, don't freak out... by either a giant alien appearing right behind you or the fact that he has the ability to become invisible at will.

(i forget, did naoko ever tell her that she has a fear of spiders?)

Aaaah! No wonder she panicked if you appeared right behind her like that! Do you have any idea what you look like?!

...and you're not one to complain about children-projectiles, Mister send the child in to scout threats while you hide safe and invisible. *hmph*

You know at this point I'd be in a anger-induced adrenaline high rant. Probably going on about how I have no idea or frame of reference of any alien specie's age, culture, or appearance other than several creatures have already threatened my person or afflicted me with strange maladies like cybernetic growths and I just want to go home.

But that's just me.

This officer is asking too much of a random Earthling and being way too assumptive of your knowledge base.

>>526349
"Oh, I see why she did that. Absolute unbridled horror."

Um, you should probably warn the space-cop that while he is sneaking behind you, the eye-goop is sneaking behind him.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/07/29(Mon)12:43 No. 529181 ID: f595d3
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You spin round, full of adrenaline and indignation, ready to give the space cop a verbal thrashing, however the anger quickly dies as you take in its spidery bulk.

Amy: What the hell kind of cop sneaks.. behind... people..
Ah, i think i know why she attacked, Pure Bowel destroying terror..
???: i had considered that and noted it among other mitigating evidence, but the fact remains that..
Amy: Uh.. You may want to move..

You gesture to the large bay window behind the spider cop, on the other side you can plainly see the strange, meaty fungus rapidly growing up the outside.

???: Ah yes, the Infection. i dont know what you did but you've really pissed it off, fortunately it seems most of the ships inhibitors are still online, as such while it grows rapidly, it will take it some time to reach the size necessary to break through. however i do recommend we conclude our discussions sooner rather then later.

The Alien climbs down from the grey device, its limbs moving with a silent, fluid grace that would be beautiful on a ballet dancers, but just adds to this creatures otherness.

???: As i was saying, her fear based response dose not excuse her from endangering a child
Amy: Oh you're on to talk, you were going to use her to spy on us!
???: I think youll find human, that there is a massive difference between asking a unrestrained, unguarded member of a group to, effectively, Pass notes to others in that group and using her as a projectile weapon.

Tossing someone in a blind panic is hardly a "projectile weapon".

Also you look somewhat like a creature on our planet that causes irrational fear in some of our species.

I know some people who wouldn't be able to be in the same room with you without huddling up in a ball and crying.

And finally if someone in your group lures you away then makes snarky comments about how you should have never messed with them while something unknown appears out of nowhere what are you supposed to think?

If you really believed us hostile and dangerous, sending her to pass notes to us was endangered her as much as throwing her around. At least she would have been reacting out of involuntary irrational fear- you made a decision.

...semantics, though. Is your situation the same as ours? Were you abducted here, or are you actually here in some kind of official capacity with a ship or way out?

>human
What?

wait you've been talking with Lolumalus this whole time or do you mean she was just spying on us. But yeah we can bitch at each other all day about who is and isn't right but I think the first question we should ask here is "Does he have a way of this ship?" Cause if he does I say we take it and then continue this discussion once where off this ship.

transcribe the words leading up to this "using as a projectile weapon". would show that chillise was acting in a very suspicious manner and that caused naoko to assume she was speaking with something actively hostile and not a defensive thing.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/08/10(Sat)18:09 No. 533389 ID: f595d3
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[[[Sorry this took a while, things have been pretty.. well depressing this end -,- but heres the fun time goodness! with the traditional Crappy background tm and me forgetting wich of the arms is robot! ~.~ this may be rusty dialogue wise too, blame the sad drama. and attack on titan. that show is my cocaine!.]]]]

Amy: Well of course she freaked out Look at you! Your a giant spider! there are people back home who couldn't even be is the same room as you! And correct me if im wrong but if someone says Dont mess with me bitch then some giant thing decloaks behind them your not going to assume friendly intent are you?... wait what did you just call me?
???: while it is true that.. wait how did you..

Lolumalus slithers forward quickly, interrupting the conversation whilst Korrok frantically signals the officer to drop that line of questioning.

Lolumalus: While im sure we would all like to clear up the confusion could we please do it once we are off the ship? id rather not be overwhelmed by what ever that stuff is while arguing the minutia of council law.
???: that is probably for the best, but there is a slight complication preventing our departure/
Lolomalus: ..please don't tell me you don't have a ship..
???: oh no, i have procured transport, but there are things i must attend to before we can depart, the benefactor will be able to explain more when we arrive.
Lolumalus: A benefactor? here? well that explains why you haven't simply detonated the ship..

okay something weird is happening, she heard us talk about something that she ahd no knowledge of happening...
i think we are the ship, and she is hearing us more clearly because of the thing on her arm.

You know more about this ship than we do. Let us know what we need to do to get out of here and we will help you.

Quack like a chicken!

>>533422
no we seem crazy enough and we don't need to be seen as crazy in front of spider cop here

Also pretty sure they know something here but at the same time I'm a bet worried to just ask. I say just ignore it for now but keep eye's and ear's open from now on. Just ask what the plan is for now and we can figure the rest of this crap out later.

Benefactor?

Also, just detonating the ship seems rash. We don't know who or what else might be trapped on board. Like, that scary german talking alien who eats people. Well, bad example. You don't really want to see him again. But he doesn't necessarily deserve to be blown up! Nor does anyone else stuck here.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/08/26(Mon)10:28 No. 537752 ID: 36f0d9
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[[[ new scanner that im still getting used to so this will look a little of color for a while]]]

> quack chicken

You manage to force the increasingly bizarre urges into the back of your mind, the last thing you need is for them to think your crazy right now.

Amy: Isnt blowing the whole ship up a extreme reaction? you dont know who else is trapped on this thing. also whats a benefactor?
Lolumalus: You haven't seen the things that can come crawling out of a alvari ship, whole planets have been rendered barren by just one of their sick jokes, its best to not take the risk. As for Benefactors, they are the Panspermia of a race of sentient planets comprised of what can only be called living metal.
Amy:...Seriously? thats... actually kind of awesome!.
Lolumalus: Isnt it just? There a fascinating species, ill explain it all later when were safe.

You turn you're attention to the Spider-cop, making sure to try and ignore the Growing fungus on the glass behind him.

Amy: Indeed scientific enthusiasm aside it would be best if we made our way out of here. You know more about all of this then any of us here, so lay the plan out and well see what we can do to help.
???: Well First step is to retrieve the anthropomorph, if someone would be so kind as to bring her here?
Korrok: On it.
???: Thank you, be careful, the repair patch should have finished by now but her ribs will be sore for some time.

The Spider-Squid Points to the vents on the ceiling, which seem to have grown in size somewhat since you last looked at them.

???: Next i shall carry you through the vents to the safe area, were i shall go through standard retrieval procedure, as well as getting you to agree to the official secrets act. after that the benefactor will no doubt wish to explain the situation to you in more detail.
Security Protocol dictates that i restrain you for the journey, but considering the alarming disconnect between distance, size and time that i encountered within the vents, i believe you shall be far too disorientated to find your way back alone. If the disorientation gets to much for you, i can provide a blindfold that may help.

They're warping the fabric of space and time for ventilation?!

>>537753
yeah at this point I think the guys who built this thing are just doing half of this crap because the can and not because it practical or anything logical.

Well it's not like we have any real plans to get off this ship so hey if this is our ticket home hot damn... still be weary of a backstabbing though. I don't think they will actually try and betray you (especially since right now if they really want to get rid of you they could do so easily) but we diffidently know they are keeping things from you.

>>537753

Where else are you gonna get air in space??

>>537753
When you have the world's shiniest hammer...

>>537752
"These guys sure did love their space folds. Do you even know for sure if we're even actually on the ship, and not off on some planet with portals leading to it?"

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/09/25(Wed)08:42 No. 542028 ID: d3c43e
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[[[Whew man, life just got in the way of this big time, first i somehow take over a homestuck RP with about twenty people in it then my pc explodes on me -3-. but im back now and hopefully will pick up the pace somewhat sharpish once more, thanks for the patience :)]]]

Amy: So... there shredding the fabric of time and space..for ventilation? im starting to think these guys were doing all of this simply beacuse they could..

???: Well yes and no, my understanding is that the ship, while always capable of altering its internal structures, is despretley routing power into every system it can in order to drain its malfunctioning power supply.

Amy: Thats worrying... Quick question before i forget, but are you sure were are actually ON a ship? I mean, couldn't the thing have just wormholed us to a base somewhere?

???: Wormholes do not work like that, they are very delicate creations that require constant monitoring and a un-iteruptable power supply to function, you cant slap one ofn a ship and turn it of and on as you wish, once the vortex collapses its gone for good, leaving you with a very expensive piece of junk.
Theres also the fact that the only way to make them is to create the entrance and exit right next to each other then ship one side off to the exit point, a long and slow process hampered by the fact that wormholes do NOT react well to Jump drives, meaning the whole thing has to be done with conventional sub-light drives.
Hell of alot of effort but once there in place there a damn site faster, and more secure, then jump drives, there's far to many reports of some poor sod trying to avoid a toll gate and just Jumpign his way to a system, only to either vanish or arrive.. wrong.

As the strange Space cop finishes his tale Korrok returns to the group, Naoko nestled safe in his arms.

Korrok: Here we go, he's sleeping like a buddling, kinda cute in a ugly kind of way. Whats the plan now?

again, Naoko is a girl, please don't call her a him or at least when in her presents as that is kinda seen as an insult back where we come from to call someone by there opposite gender.

Also are we heading back to the escape ship now or what. if so I guess we'd be fallowing the cop and if so we should try and place someone between him and Naoko so she doesn't freak out again if she where to see him.

Absent mindedly correct the pronoun and move on.

I guess we do the vents things now? I've run out of questions, and there isn't much here to do but what for the space-fungus to break though that probably-not-glass.

Still not sure I'm sold on the blowing the ship up plan, but I guess we play this by ear.

Well, plan Vent Run seems to be the best and nearly only option right now, so go with it. Though wake Naoko up first (while facing her away from the space cop) and bring her up to speed on what's happening and get her used to the space cop. You really don't want her to wake up mid-trip in its arms and freak the fuck out.

And tell the space cop about the strange voice on the communicator, since it should know in case it didn't know already. What it wanted you to do and how it knew where your group was and probably knows where they are now. And it didn't want you to come up here after Naoko and got very peeved when you did, likely 'cause it didn't want you to meet the space cop.

This malfunctioning power supply, does the cop have any idea how long it'll be until the ship runs out of places to dump the energy out and what will happen when it does? You can take a guess that it'll be catastrophically bad just on from the fact this ship seems to be built out of wormholes and what'll happen when their power source becomes unstable.

Also, before going any farther, ask space cop what his/her/its name is, or at least an alias or designation you can use, just so you can properly address it.

>wormholes have to be dragged around in normal-space
Well that would explain some of the Time Shenanigans that seem to be occurring. If one end of the wormhole is moving at relativistic speeds and experiences time dilation, and the other is not, you could end up jumping in and out of your own light-cone with impunity.

these guys may just be crazy enough to move wormholes through a jump.

cthulhlu 2013/12/20(Fri)17:40 No. 552919 ID: 100739
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[[[*charges back in, throwing things around and screaming* Hooo wow, sorry for dropping of the face of the earth for a bit there, i got involved n about 15 things that kinda ate my attention -3-, but i have returned so let us resume!]]]
Pt 1

Amy: Enough! I understand cultural differences and all that crap, but youve heard me call Naoko She like four times now, she is female and your refusal to use the correct pronoun is starting to offend me.
Korrok: Female?
Amy: YES.
Korrok: ...this is some whacked out sexual dimorphism right here..

Gritting your teeth you force down the urge to smack Korrok Right in his stupid goat face, you distract yourself by turning back to the cop

Amy: Can we please just go now..
Officer: of course, if youll just allow me..

The cop snakes out its many thick tentacles and carefully lifts Naoko from korrok arms, it then places her on the flatter area of its back and secures her with a lengths of sticky fiber. it then reaches out once more and lifts both you and korrok into its arms with seemingly no effort.
Meanwhile lolumalus floats around the back of the Cop and takes hold of another length of string, attaching it to his shell.

Amy: Oh hey, what are we going to do to prevent Naoko freaking out when she wakes up?
Officer: Well cross that branch when we come to it, but i think i have a few ideas that might work.
Amy: hmmn ok, oh by the way do you have a name or title i can address you by? ive basically labelled you Space-cop in my head..
Officer: While on duty we have no names, we are mearly extensions of the law.
Amy: ..huh, ok then.

After placing you on its back the space cop quickly moves into the air vents, strangely while you know the journey to the vent took far longer then it should have, you cant actually remember moving, you just seem to suddenly be inside the oddly large ventilation shaft.

Amy: whoa that was odd..
Officer: If you thought that was disorientating...

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/12/20(Fri)17:40 No. 552920 ID: 100739
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Officer: Your going to hate this..

[[[ill probably redo the vents, up date it as i go along but itll do for now -3-]]]

MC Escher would have a non-euclidean boner right now.

I have a feeling you shouldn't look at any odd angles for too long lest you go blind.

huh, it's kinda like an acid trip after you spent all of finals week studying for a science test and decided to relax/reward/forget about that horrible experience by tripping balls.

Space cop knows where to go right?

HMMMmmmm.... Well, carry on. If you feel yourself descending into madness, I suggest closing your eyes. Maybe BEFORE you actually start the descent, actually.

>then places her on the flatter area of its back and secures her with a lengths of sticky fiber
...I hope she doesn't wake up before we reach our destination. Waking up strapped to the back of a terrifying spider-monster ain't going to be a fun experience for her.

>Your going to hate this
Get all over-scienxcited over the prospects of actual, functioning non-Euclidean geometry. Immediately begin making up preposterous naming conventions for the unusual dimensions and directions.

...does space-cop know the way, or do we need to solve the maze?

>>552920
"So, you called that fungus The Infection. What IS it? You speak like it's a serious threat; is it? Can it be killed?"

>>552943
>Waking up strapped to the back of a terrifying spider-monster ain't going to be a fun experience for her.
Tell the cop to secure her head against turning around on the universal principle "Out of Sight; Out of Mind".

When Naoko looks like she's waking up, make sure that you're the first thing she see, rather than the Giant Damn Spider.

Right after regretting with every fabric of your being the lack of a rubber ball to bounce of surfaces that form an actute angle but never intersect.

Abducted cthulhlu 2013/12/27(Fri)16:21 No. 553870 ID: 100739
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[[Tried a different paper, suuuuuuuucccckkkssss Cthulhlu: >return to normal paper]]]

pt1
Your head starts too pound and your vision swims, Its hard to stay upright as your mind struggles to take in all the conflicting information. the situation is not helped by another of the bizarre urges forcing you to calculate and plot out the trajectory of a small rubber ball bouncing its way down the non-existent surfaces.

Amy: Is. is she gonna be okay back there? i mean what if she wakes up before we get there?
Officer: The Medical Patch currently repairing her will ensure she remains unconscious, she will regain consciousness approximately 7 minuets after its removal, until then a super nova wouldn't wake her.
Amy: thats good, wont have to deal with that at least.. um.. that stuff back there, you called it a infection..

The officer scuttles forward in a odd rocking motion, ignoring the semi question you leave hanging in the air.

...Is Lolumalus being dragged along like a party balloon? Probably not becoming treatment for a councilmember, but it certainly is adorable.

I love how that crap wrapped around Naoko looks like a spider web, she's just going to love how much effort we're putting in her to help deal with her fear of spiders, I can tell.

But yeah seeing as this guy seems to be the only one here that has any real combat experience, plus he's the only person here that has a ride of this ship, we probably should prob to hard less we piss him off. But I still don't like how he's not telling you things, could be he just doesn't want to talk about it, but it could also be something else. I mean the others have been doing that weird sign language crap around you when they think you're not looking. Just something to think about.

Abducted cthulhlu 2014/01/09(Thu)17:44 No. 556232 ID: 100739
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pt2 Fabulous Photoshop skillz!
[[[ok its kinda crappy on that panel, but it was taking long enough without drawing the same face 6 times -3- ]]]]

The sheer amount of SCIENCE on display causes the Science bar too mutate into a science Tesseract

Amy: ..Mutate into science tesseract..
Korrok: pardon?
Amy: I said do you know the way to go officer?
Officer: Yes and no, the suit itself is doing most of the work directing me, but im remaining in constant contact with the benefactor just in case.
Amy: Good, im glad someone is keeping me informed rather then being cryptic and making hidden hand signals behind my back, Korrok!

You Stab a accusing finger towards Korrok, who stares at you in confusion, as you look at him the background seems to slip away creating several after images of him staring at you

Korrok: Uuhh..
Korrok: Uuhh..
Korrok: Uuhh..
Korrok: Uuhh..
Korrok: Uuhh..

You feel your stomach lurch and you vision start to spin.

Amy: I.. i think im gonna pass out...

>>556232
Amy? Your nub looks like it developed a complete cybernetic interface and it's SPARKING.

huh, not to add to your list of problems but your arm thing is grow and now is doing something, also you probably shouldn't have told him that... Oh well just grab on to robo-space cop here and close your eyes and try not to lose your lunch.

I don't see it sparking. However, you should probably stop looking at the scenery or anything that isn't really really boring. Maybe even close your eyes and just let them guide you.

Okay, don't pass out, and whatever you do DO NOT barf. Vomiting into a non-Euclidean zone would likely be extra messy.

Don't look at the scenery. Instead fill your vision with a close inspection of the surface of Space Cop's back.

Your stump cap looks like its grown some extra bits on. Take a glance at it and feel it, then hold it up and ask everyone if they have any idea that it's doing now.

[[[[Just to let you know the next bit may take a while as its one of the more complex gif animations ive ever done -3-, i dont thin its going to take more then a few days though, so ill probably have it up on sunday.]]]]

Abducted-Animated cthulhlu 2014/01/13(Mon)23:59 No. 557281 ID: 100739
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[[[short one, the difficulty here was finding something to animate it with -3- tanks to the anon that helped :)]]]

Amy: What!?

You wheel around and stare in alarm as the mechanical limb assembles itself seemingly out of thin air. You sit dumfounded for a moment swaying under the new weight and the shock of what you just saw.

Amy: ...uuuhh...

wow. uhh. close your eyes and just stop thinking for a bit.

Compare it to Lolamus's. Does it look the same?

>>557281
I've heard of two left feet, but geez! Bad luck there Amy. Either that or your fingers can bend in both directions, which is pretty awesome.

First off-get out of madness-enducing area, this place is subjecting your brain to things it just can't cope with yet. You need a moment to chill out.
But afterwards, or next time you catch a break? EXPERIMENT! See just what that mechanical arm can do!

...

...

That's a left hand.

Hold your new hand in front of your face, confused. Try to wiggle your fingers.

>>557281
Cooooooooool. Be totally distracted from the mind-melting scenery.

...deal with it later.

you know after all the crap that has happened so far and all the crap we've seen on this ship however cool the arm thing is kinda actually killed by all that. But still kinda cool though, I mean once we get out of this room and our science bar goes down a bit we can drool over this for awhile.

Abducted cthulhlu 2014/01/16(Thu)18:01 No. 557960 ID: 100739
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You stare at the limb as it slides together, forming one solid lump of gleaming metal, the resemblance to loumalus's limb is undeniable.

Amy: ..left hand.. of course..


Your vision begins to dim and you feel yourself letting go

>wow. uhh. close your eyes and just stop thinking for a bit.

Amy: Yeah that sounds like a good idea..
Lolumalus: What is a good idea amy?

>subjecting your brain to things it just can't cope with yet even close your eyes and just let them guide you close your eyes and try close your eyes.

Amy: i.. i think.. i

You pitch backwards as conciousness departs.

Korrok: Woah there she goes!

As the darkness sweeps in you feel limbs grasp you tightly and gently push you back onto the officers back. you pass out.

Lolumalus: Surprised she lasted as long as she did.. by the way how exactly are you still concious?
Korrok: Ive done meth on the silver shores, after that this is a walk in the park.
Lolumalus: Oh..
Korrok: Myep.


END OF PART ONE!

[[[HOLY CRAP THIS GOT BIG! thanks for sticking with me for over a year's worth of questing, i hope youll stick around for part 2, Abducted: Things Get Worse.
There will be a short break before two interludes, then the story will resume once more, cya soon!]]]

Yaaay!