Kaktus 2013/08/19(Mon)12:52 No. 535757 ID: b3ca75
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Why did you br-br-bring it here!? It’s jap-jap-jeopardizing the whole experiment!
[Current subject: Most promising. Direct intervention: Necessary.]
It seems to be malfunctioning. We must repair it!
…um… what? Where am I? …I’m dreaming, aren’t I?
…what is “dreaming”?
[Dream: Succession of images / thoughts they experience during their recharging cycle.]
Shu-shu-shut it down and rep-rep-repair it already!
They can only be shutdown permanently… They… “Die”…
…Th-th-then it is a failure, like the re-re-rest.
[Subject has potential. Experiment will continue.]
…what?

Insert get on with it_

Hmmm... Those visible metal bits don't look as attractive on you when you're a lizard. Still sexy, just not as sexy

An experiment implies you are trying to prove a theory. What is it?

>>535757
At last, the true nature of your reality is revealed. This looks like virtual reality though. Could it be that when you connect to virtual reality, you're actually approaching the true reality? Hmm, that's Sigma, Tau, and Upsilon. Red, yellow, and blue respectively. Are they Aether forms? Ask them why they're experimenting with the Voices of the Many. They're not trying to recreate the Vessel, are they?

I find it interesting that you're a lizard here. How's it feel?

Just ask the lights to explain themselves. You're not submitting to shutdown or repair or augmentation or anything else without full disclosure.

do the talking orbs sound like anyone you know, cause the stuttering one reminds me of Serki for obvious reasons.

Kaktus 2013/08/19(Mon)13:56 No. 535777 ID: b3ca75
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>Those visible metal bits don't look as attractive on you when you're a lizard. Still sexy, just not as sexy
…Is that really the most pressing issue right now?
[Malfunction detected! Unidentifiable input detected!]
De-de-delete them!
Negative… they might be the cause of the subjects success… proceed.
>do the talking orbs sound like anyone you know.
…not really… they all sounds like machines... trying to imitating voices. Let’s see, the red one sounds male and really angry. The blue sounds like a female and more… curious then anything. The yellow one meanwhile sounds completely emotionless, just like a robot.
>cause the stuttering one reminds me of Serki for obvious reasons.
He… It doesn’t really stutter. It’s more like it’s lagging…

>You're not submitting to shutdown or repair or augmentation or anything else without full disclosure.
What make you bel-bel-believe you have a choice!?
…she chooses? …interesting.
>Just ask the lights to explain themselves.
We are Upsilon, Tau and Sigma. We’re the supervisor of this experiment. You are us.
>An experiment implies you are trying to prove a theory. What is it?
Prove? Create!
[Correction: Recreate]
To regain what was once lost.

>Are they Aether forms?
…Aether?
[Aether: Fifth element. The material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere.]
…yes.
>Ask them why they're experimenting with the Voices of the Many. Or the souls of the many.
…The voice of the many? …The souls of the many?
[Error! No data found!]
>I find it interesting that you're a lizard here. How's it feel?
…why am I a lizard?
Your form is that of your true self… a form not bound to your corporeal form.
>At last, the true nature of your reality is revealed.
So… I was stuck in a simulation the whole time?
…she is mal-mal-malfunctioning! Her brain must be dam-dam-damaged!
[Subject ignorance is beneficial]
…yes. You were.
Incorrect! Why did you express that?
Concept: Lie.
[Lie: A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive]
:SigmeKAK: …Unable to process concept: Lie?

Insert Lies, dammed lies and statistics_

So, what exactly did you guys lose?
Have you tried putting flyers up?
Maybe offering a reward for its return?
Ask people on the internet if they've seen the thing you lost?

Do they even know what they are trying to recreate or are they just kinda throwing things at the wall to see what sticks? Also what are they trying to recreate?

>>535777
Sigma appears to be an angry idiot, Upsilon is smart but doesn't have all the information, and Tau has knowledge. Why do they keep Sigma around? Is he the only one with the motivation to get things done, perhaps?

It sounds like this isn't the surface reality or anything. It sounds like these guys are inside you, and this is inside your head or something. They also suck at lying, a lot.

Ask them what was lost. And what you need to repair.

Oh man, you guys don't know about lies? That's going to be a problem because, you see, I lie. I always lie. In fact, I'm lying to you now.

What did you lose? We could find it for you.

Also, I still haven't gotten my goddamn refund.
You know what the alternative is.

Kaktus 2013/08/19(Mon)14:51 No. 535807 ID: b3ca75
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>what are they trying to recreate?
What we have lost.
But what did you lose?
What we are trying to recreate.
…But what did you lose that you’re now trying to recreate?
What we are recreating is what we lost.
>We could find it for you.
…how do you fi-fi-find yourself?
>Have you tried putting flyers up?
…Flyers? Possible solution?
[Flyers: Not yet tried]
Who wo-wo-would read them, you mor-mor-moronic fools!

>Sigma appears to be an angry idiot. Why do they keep him around?
…angry?
[Error! No data found!]
Anger is the thi-thi-thing I’m going to fuck-fuck-fucking force down her throat!
[Error!]
*sigh* Anger: Emotion - a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong.
>Ask them what you need to repair.
…Voices.
They are corrupting our experiment!
[Unknown data… corrupting or benefiting? Unknown]
>Oh man, you guys don't know about lies?
What I’m saying right now is a lie~
…Meaning is True/False.
The truth is a falsified truth about lies lying lies that tells the truth of lies about truths.
…what?
> Also, I still haven't gotten my goddamn refund.
Did you save the receipt?
[All purchases: Final]
You didn’t pay any-any-anything!

Insert No refunds_

>>535807
Her throat? Ask Sigma who he's angry at. Claire, maybe? Fleshvoice seems to know who Claire is. Or was that Sigma who controlled Nev, through fleshvoice?

Do the names Claire or Lizbeth mean anything to you guys?

have you three heard about something called the vessel?

Kaktus 2013/08/19(Mon)15:52 No. 535833 ID: b3ca75
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>Do the name Lizbeth mean anything to you guys?
[Lizbeth: Corpse god. Material used to create subject]
Just a footnote of the event. Irrelevant.
>Do the name Claire mean anything to you guys?
[Claire: Destroyer of the sleeping god]
Her action was the first step of the event… but… she is irrelevant for the current experiment.
It still blames her. It still seeks her.
[Irrelevant]
>have you three heard about something called the vessel?
[Error! No data found!]

>Her throat? Ask Sigma who he's angry at.
Your throat! You called me stu-stu-stupid!
Do not direct your anger to the subject. Direct it against the Cause of the event.
[Experiment corrupted. Reason: The Cause?]
How can it still live!? It’s organic! It’s not endless!
It existed in the time before dawn. It will exist after the event.
…I’m just getting more and more confused listening to these guys.

Insert Me too_

Huh they made you from Lizbeth.

Explains your sex drive at least.

What is this Event?

... They made you out of an insane god? Neat.

Elaborate and explain the event, and the cause.

I find it funny that the two things they just said where irrelevant probably are much more relevant then they realize

I mean we guided Lizbeth, then we guided Clkrlgb Clíodhna or Clair for you non-mantises out there, and now we're guiding Erin. also don't tell them that least part don't know if we can trust them yet.

I wounder if we can make a form for us in here
[Spawn black orb name:VOM]
Now if this works you three can now see the thing/things that make up the base of space,time and magic but if not just ask them if they have data on the 4th? era

>>535833
We're the Cause. Why do they think we're organic?

So what is it that seeks Claire?

I will find the electronic components you reside in and pour orange soda and cheeto dust EVERYWHERE.

>>535867
Also, what's the cause.

They are beginning to fade out as well.

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)03:25 No. 536013 ID: b3ca75
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>...They made you out of an insane god? Neat.
Gods don’t exist.
What do you mean? I’m made from a god?
They are all sons and daughters and sisters and brothers of you, mother.
>I will find the electronic components you reside in and pour orange soda and cheeto dust EVERYWHERE.
…now that’s just plain evil. Just as evil as kittens! EVIL!
>[Spawn black orb name:VOM]
[Unable to run command]

>What is this Event?
It’s the event the cause caused.
>what's the cause?
It’s the one that caused the event.
…you’re no help at all, you know that?
It’s the one clad in red, the lordly! The master of the woodsy lords and makers of rust!
>So what is it that seeks Claire?
The cause.
Why?
Because.
She failed.

>They are beginning to fade out as well.
[Repair completed]
…Does it dream?
Wake up, Erin!

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)03:25 No. 536014 ID: b3ca75
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Mng?
Wake up, Erin…
…gnt?
Um… y-your… um… j-joystick is p-poking my leg… and y-you’re kind of n-nibbling on my head crest…
Nom…
Ah… a-actually… y-you can continue to n-nibble if you want…

Insert Morning Crono_

Morning Erin! It seems your life's about to turn upside down again. Might wanna get some info on the things we saw in that dream because otherwise we're gonna be blindsided.

Yay for useless dream sequences and pointlessly cryptic messages not revealing any information we can actually use.

So, what does he taste like?
Also, good morning! Do you remember all that bullshit with those flying balls? I've read somewhere that people have difficulty remembering dreams.

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)07:35 No. 536036 ID: b3ca75
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>So, what does he taste like?
Strawberries~
>Do you remember all that bullshit with those flying balls? I've read somewhere that people have difficulty remembering dreams.
Actually… I remember it with crystal clarity. It didn’t really feel like a dream at all!
>Yay for useless dream sequences and pointlessly cryptic messages not revealing any information we can actually use.
Let’s see… We now know that this is all an experiment and I’m a big part of it. I’m made by part from some “god” called Lizbeth. Someone named Claire failed something which caused something called the “cause” to do the “event”, whatever that means. Oh, and apparently the “cause” is the leader of the woodsy lords and the rust makers… which I’m pretty sure the voices called the cogs and purity earlier.

>Might wanna get some info on the things we saw in that dream because otherwise we're gonna be blindsided.
So… that’s… a very weird dream. I don’t really know what to make of it.
Then what’s on today schedule? Don’t we have enough info to get the empire to come here?
Well… um… yes… but… you see… According to the news all the portals in orbit of the planet have been shut off.
…what? So we’re stranded here?
Yes. The Morgani blames purity for a terrorist attack on them… but I don’t know…
So… what do we do now?
…I don’t know. Don’t worry, I’ll think of something… I think…
Um… E-excuse me! B-but… g-guys… y-you should r-really watch t-the news right now…

*BEEP* You got one new message from… “Lord Elatros Wyrmeye, Morgani” entitled: “An invitation to lunch” *BEEP*
*BEEP* You got one new message from… “Lord Elatros Wyrmeye, Morgani” entitled: “Why do they whisper…?” *BEEP*
*BEEP* You got one new message from… “Lord Elatros Wyrmeye, Morgani” entitled: “…” *BEEP*

Insert Stop spamming me!_

Welp, turn on the news.

Then read those messages.

Forward every single one of those messages to a secure external device before opening them. We've had enough unwanted attachments take root in your brain, thanks.

Long story short, lizbeth had us and the vessel, which was powered by some billions of souls and as a result became all powerful (and all perverted) Claire eventually destroyed it, we couldn't connect, then we woke up in your brain later on.

Anyways, we might see if we can get some more defensive mods. After dealing with something like the metal monster it might be prudent to become stronger.

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)08:57 No. 536044 ID: b3ca75
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>Long story short, lizbeth had us and the vessel, which was powered by some billions of souls and as a result became all powerful (and all perverted) Claire eventually destroyed it, we couldn't connect, then we woke up in your brain later on.
…and Claire apparently failed to destroy this… vessel? …and you guys are somehow connected to all this? …was it you she failed to destroy?
>Anyways, we might see if we can get some more defensive mods.
Good idea… Though I have no idea what mods would be good to fight giant monsters.

>Forward every single one of those messages to a secure external device before opening them.
They are all safe. They are just voice messages.
*BEEP* Hello, Claire… we need to talk. Meet me at the forwarded location at 12.00 today… it’s important… it’s… why did I say Claire? …it’s supposed to be Erin… Erin… ERIN! Be quiet! I’m trying to thi- QUIET!
*BEEP* Why do they whisper such horrible things? Why… why don’t they let me sleep… why… I… I can’t even recognize myself any longer…
*BEEP* …he’s glorious… a god… unmaker of everything… he’s behind the extinction… he whispers… he’s… endless… but… what am I?
…Okay… someone definitely gone crazy.

>Welp, turn on the news.
-he bloodbath continues! I repeat, if you are in district 30-40 evacuate immediately! These creatures can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you all are dead! The Police force and the Morgani Sec are successfully keeping them at bay, but anyone still in the area is in mortal danger! I repeat-
…what the hell are those things?
I saw one of them down in the lab yesterday… in one of the test tubes… it asked me to kill it.
<Sister… Mother is finally waking up!>

Insert Meanwhile, Hoax News are sending an emergency broadcast about the dangers of the Holodeck_

...right. Do we go get information from the obvious trap set by the crazy person and/or his voices purportedly trying to give us information, or do we go fight monsters?

We connect to those who had the vessel or are heavily involved with its power, but she succeeded, after her death we lost connection with the world and was unable to reconnect. However something has caused us to return which is not something we or anyone expected. Considering it was practically medieval when we left and now we've gone space age it's been a very, very long time.

Also something that could make your body slicker would be useful, when you were caught having a slippery body combined with your agility should allow for you to slip out of such a grip.

So district 30-40 is fucked huh? Where are we then? Also with mister crazy... I say we meet with him and just have Wiz or someone cover us, he could have answers, and he could be so crazy he might let some of Morgani skeletons they keep in there closet out.

>It’s the one clad in red, the lordly!
Hans?! ...but Claire ate Hans' soul. He's double-dead. It can't be him. Unless that doesn't destroy the soul completely? Another thing of note, Lizbeth has been implied to be "Mother", but if that's the case, there should be nothing to "wake up". It kinda sounds like Claire succeeded in destroying the Vessel, but not in killing Lizbeth. So that's what we're going to do this time around. Finish things for good.

I think we'd better go to that meeting.

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)13:34 No. 536101 ID: b3ca75
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>So district 30-40 is fucked huh? Where are we then?
About 10 kilometers outside the city…
>We connect to those who had the vessel or are heavily involved with its power, but she succeeded, after her death we lost connection with the world and was unable to reconnect.
…but here you are. That means she must have failed, doesn’t it? Maybe she missed a piece of this “vessel” thingy?

>Also something that could make your body slicker would be useful, when you were caught having a slippery body combined with your agility should allow for you to slip out of such a grip.
…Hey, Nev, do you have mod for… making me slicker? You know, so I can slide it in easier?
W-wha-
In case someone tries to grab me again. So I can slip out of their grasp.
…You did that on purpose! …but yes, I think we got something like that.

>Do we go get information from the obvious trap set by the crazy person and/or his voices purportedly trying to give us information, or do we go fight monsters?
That’s easy!
Let’s go kick monster butt then!
…why? We don’t really have anything to gain from that.
…well… dammit! Fine… let’s go to that meeting. Have Wiz cover me, alright?
Well then… let’s roll?

-------------------

Well… there he is… He seems to be alone too…
So… where do you want me? Should I come with you or do you want me on a roof with the sniper? …maybe I can hide nearby on the roof if you want to.
…Why is his face covered in bandages?

Insert Do you have the goods?

his crazy voices most likely told him to mutilate his flesh in some manner.

>>536101
Not just his face. His tail too.

Have Wiz be a sniper if there's an angle he can get to that covers the whole roof. If not, have him nearby on the roof but relatively hidden. Also Nev should probably keep the car nearby just in case.

Kaktus 2013/08/20(Tue)15:42 No. 536128 ID: b3ca75
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>Have Wiz be a sniper if there's an angle he can get to that covers the whole roof.
Done.
>Nev should probably keep the car nearby just in case.
You can count on me, alright?
---------------------
Mr. Elatros Wyrmeye?
L-Lizbeth! You came! You must stop him! He’s twisting them! For extinction! He whispers to them… corrupting them…
…Who is doing what?
The Cause! The one clad in red! The god! He’s twisting them for the event! But… if the event has already happened… who am I? Where am I? What am I?
…err…
Keycard! It will help! Take it! Before he twists it too!

>His crazy voices most likely told him to mutilate his flesh in some manner.
…so… what’s with the bandages?
He’s twisting me… whispering to me… making me in his image… soon he will be once again… and then he will come for you… seeking you… for what you have done… for your failure…
…what?
He will crush you like the insect you are and feast upon your soul!

Insert Crazy…

Oh man it's Hans, and I'm guessing he wants to have fun with us, Ja?
Either way...This will be...Hrrm. That's going to be interesting to deal with I think...

is this about us waking up in some cargo room with a decapitated body next to us or something else?

What's the keycard for, or look like?

>Lizbeth, He
We need to narrow down who this might be, assuming he isn't completely nuts.

Can you tell us more about him? The one clad in red? What did he do before?

What is he doing, and why? What can you tell me about my failure?

>>536128
That sounds like Hans alright. Ask if the man in red is a blonde human. Then ask if he would like to die. If so, Wiz should snipe him.

If hans is back we need to get to them they were part of lizs old crew and is both badass and insane so dont make him/her(never found out if hans is male or female?) Pised off at you youll only die by being staped in the head:/

>>536154
Okay I guess you weren't here for Pixel Adventure 2 or just forgot, but Hans tried to destroy the world. Like, that was his motivation for trying to steal the Vessel- he wanted to destroy EVERYTHING.

>>536157
Oh ive read PA2 its just i liked hans in PA1. Wait if hans has come back what about all the others from PA1/2?

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)00:49 No. 536255 ID: b3ca75
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>What's the keycard for, or look like?
It got Z4 on it…
It leads to where it all began!
>can you tell us more about him? The one clad in red?
His greatness cannot be described! He’s magnificence is beyond you comprehension, insect! He is greater than all things!
>What is he doing, and why?
Finding a way to die… to end it all…

>What can you tell me about my failure?
She forgot a piece! A piece still lives!
>it's Hans
HOW DARE YOU! How dare you compare him to that insignificant fool! To that… mortal?
>Then ask if he would like to die.
Do you truly think you can hurt him? That you can even lay your eye upon his awesomeness without them bleeding in his greatness, vermin!? You insignifica-
Alright, enough. I get it already… geez…
Um… Erin… one of those creatures is coming your way. It’s on its way to the roof right now…

Insert Insects with vermin, fried with some honey and garlic_

>>536255
Someone in red, but not Hans? We haven't met them, then. Wait. Those egotistical rantings... Oh for crap's sake, it can't be PRIDE can it? "clad in red"- Pride is a red lizard. That's why he's got bandages, his scales are red, possibly from clawing at himself. We spared Pride's life during Claire's adventures. He must've found some way of avoiding... getting stuck in the Vessel's containment- no, oh god. Alyssa didn't bring him out with her. Pride escaped on his own. Shadack Wyrmeye. To think, he's the final boss. He wasn't even lying when he said he was the God of Death, was he? Why has he been such a pushover until now? Was he just biding his time? Or lulling us into a false sense of security until he had a perfect plan to destroy everything? Eh, maybe he's still a pushover and this is a desperate plea for attention so we can destroy the Vessel properly. The last piece is us, by the way. You have to kill us, somehow.

Tell Pride that we'll do our best to end his suffering. Then kick him off the building and get to Nev's car. If Wiz can start sniping the creatures, that'd be great. The fewer of them around, the better.

Don't kick him off just yet. Also there's an invisible purple robed lizard coming up..behind you.

>>536262
Good catch. Erin, time to activate your enhanced senses. Oh, from now on, we should probably have them on whenever we're out in the field.

I think our invisible friend has a gun pointed at the back of your head. If ever there was a time for a ninja backflip it was right now. I suggest landing directly behind with a snappy one liner. Might I humbly suggest "It's not very nice to sneak up on people you know.". Tasing optional.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)06:14 No. 536306 ID: b3ca75
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>here's an invisible purple robed lizard coming up… behind you.
Not anymore.
Blurh!
>If ever there was a time for a ninja backflip it was right now.
…Oh, right… I should have tried to take her alive… wops…
>If Wiz can start sniping the creatures, that'd be great.
I’ve been trying to… but I can’t hit it. The bullets just stops right before they connect.

>It can't be PRIDE can it?
How dare you associate him with that name! The name of that pathetic creature!
So… not Pride then?
>Tell Pride that we'll do our best to end his suffering.
There’s only one way for it to end… and for that you must die… I… no… don’t force me… I… I won’t harm her!
>Then kick him off the building / Don't kick him off just yet.
If you can, try taking him alive. He’s bound to have a lot more information.
Easier said than done.
Lo, child of dawn, we cometh! We are the pure, the beginning of the new dawn! Kill the diseased one, before his corruption spreads!
It’s pointless… you… you need to rebuild her! They hold the pieces! The maker of rust and the woodsy lords! She in Z4! Rebuild her! Make her whole! Make mother whole…
Silence! Hand him over… or resist and die!
Only she can stop him…
…why is everyone crazy but me?

Insert Only sane man_

>Why is everyone crazy but me?
Dunno. Grab ninja sword and shoot the monster. We know you know how to use a sword, and you can electrocute it for extra-deadly, if necessary.

Uhhh...Soo, diseased one is this guy, and the creepy floating thing wants to have Tyros' wife put back together?
That...Raises soooo many questions.

You have a mechanical voice, a flesh voice, and the voice of many souls speaking in your head.

You're just less crazy then the rest.

Though at the same time, the guy before you might have voices like us in a manner speaking to him, making him like you that couldn't take it. Grab him and run.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)07:24 No. 536317 ID: b3ca75
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>You have a mechanical voice, a flesh voice, and the voice of many souls speaking in your head. You're just less crazy then the rest.
…Why is everyone crazy, including me, then?

>Grab ninja sword and shoot the monster.
Welp… this gun isn’t doing a whole lot to it.
Your resistance means your death, metal head.
>Grab him and run.
…a bit late for that.
He is mine to consume!
AAHH!!!
He is ours, rusted one!!
Um… didn’t I kill you?
Death is not an excuse! The twisted cog is ours, fleshling!
Your death will please us, metal one!
I’m on my way with something heavier. Just stand by…

Insert Civil war_

Shoot the regenerating Cog (nano-assemblers?) again and sword the monster. Cut off that spinal column, or those creepy tendril things. Electrocute the sword for added fun.

And now they are producing metal machine COGS... Well this planet has become the official proving grounds between machine and flesh.

Speaking of which, can you emotionally harm the flesh or the cog, or force them to have peaceful thoughts.

are we still trying to save the guy in the white coat or is he fucked, cause if he is then I say use your flesh burner aug to take both of those guys out and see if you little empathy on cogy here. either hit her with mind numbing fear or hit her with lush as I'm sure both would be funny and useful (fear to get her to run away, Lust to try and make her easier to capture so you can at least say you got someone)

and if all else fails remember one thing, you got a sword that can cut through anything right now and are a badass ninja... I don't believe I need to say anything more.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)10:20 No. 536350 ID: b3ca75
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>are we still trying to save the guy in the white coat or is he fucked?
He’s still alive, if that what’s you’re asking.
>can you emotionally harm the flesh or the cog?
I can’t feel the cog… it’s like the son of steel thing I fought yesterday… err… wait, that was two days ago, not yesterday… never mind. I probably need it… her to feel something first like last time. As for the flesh one… it’s just… wrong… I don’t think I can do anything to it.
>Shoot the regenerating Cog again.
It’s regenerating faster than I can shoot…

>You got a sword that can cut through anything right now and are a badass ninja... I don't believe I need to say anything more.
Nev, I need a car!
On it!

-----------------

Stop the rusted cog!
Give the meat back!!
So… do you still need help? I’m dying to test out one of these weapons we stole yesterday…

Insert Riding on cars!_

I have a feeling both will be going to try and chase you. Go ahead and give Wiz the ok to shoot.

well it looks like mecha lizard is about to shoot some kind of beam weapon so I'm torn between letting it fire it's weapon and then giving wiz the go ahead with the hopes it takes out the horrible hentai monster of the damned and that Nev is a good enough driver to dodge the shot or not risking it and have Wiz take the lizard out while we deal with The hentai monster that never should have been.

Eh just tell wiz to take out the lizard, we have no guarantee that the lizard could even take out the thing and to much risk from being shot ourselves. Plus we still have the flesh burner aug to take out tall, gruesome, and could use some makeup... in the form of a paper bag.

Get the Cog first. Erin can dodge the laser but the car probably can't. The Purity guy is attacking with tentacles, but we can just chop them up again.

Blow 'em to hell, Wiz.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)11:12 No. 536357 ID: b3ca75
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>hentai monster.
As the only girl close to the tentacle monster I’m not sure if I should feel horrified or exited.
>Tall, gruesome and could use some makeup... in the form of a paper bag.
Hey! That’s not nice! Maybe he’s sensitive about his weight… I mean looks…

>just tell wiz to take out the lizard.
Let’s see what this baby can do.
AAAAAAAHHH!!!
AAAAAAHHH!!!
IIIIIIIIIHHH!!!!

[WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING]
[MAJOR MALFUNCTION!]

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)11:13 No. 536358 ID: b3ca75
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[Emergency shutdown initiated!]
[Do you wish to save any unsaved data? Y / N]
[Do you wish to enter another form while waiting for the repairs?]
[Do you like cinnamon or butterscotch more?]
[No reason…]

Insert Ctrl alt delete_

Yes I'd like to save any unsaved data.
Nah, lets stick with Erin until she wakes up.
I fucking love butterscotch.

[Y]
[Y]
[BUTTERSCOTCH]

...um, yes to the save data?

as to who to such to... lets try someone that can tell us what the hell just happened, don't care who just get us to someone so we can see just how messed up Erin is right now.

>>536362
You forgot to answer the most important question!

>>536363
cinnamon

Y
Switch to the Mantis-Doc. Seems relevant.
Cinnamon

Also, Erin has the worst luck with arms.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)11:41 No. 536367 ID: b3ca75
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>[Y]
[Saving data…]
>[BUTTERSCOTCH]
[But you don’t hate cinnamon, right? I mean, you wouldn’t turn your head if it was served on a plate in front of you, right?]

>Let’s try someone that can tell us what the hell just happened, don't care who just get us to someone so we can see just how messed up Erin is right now.
[Targets found: Jara, Tyros, Nevros, Wiz (Unable to connect!), Elatros (Already occupied!)]
[Please choose a target to connect to.]

So… what, she just started screaming and went unconscious when you pulled the trigger?
Pretty much. She would have fallen to her death if Void hadn’t caught her.
What happened to the monsters?
They both fell from the roof, screaming.
Well… Kyra said she’s fine… she just needs to rest for a while…

Insert Choose your destiny!_

well we just got done with Nev so I say Tyros.

To Nev!

Have Jara and Kyra examined our prisoner, yet? I half expect there's something strange waiting in his biology or augs. And we certainly want to know what he's capable of.

>>536367
I wanna say Tyros.
*chime a bell*
What the FUCK was that gun!?

Tyros. Also GIANT BLACK INKY DARKNESS GUN. What the hell!?

If I had to make a guess about the gun I'd say it was some kind of stun gun meant to harm only those effected by whatever the hell was wrong with that cog and whatever those flesh monsters are while not harming anyone else (maybe, I mean Nev wasn't hurt at all but then again he was in the car)

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)13:09 No. 536398 ID: b3ca75
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>Tyros.
*chime a bell*
Hmm? Oh, it you guys. Welcome once again to my brain… I think? You guys are in my brain, right?
>GIANT BLACK INKY DARKNESS GUN.
…Black inky what? From the footage from both Wiz and Void the gun didn’t shoot anything.
>What the FUCK was that gun!?
We don’t really know. The only thing we know about them is… well, it’s where all the people that’s been disappearing have ended up. The gun have brain tissue inside it and for some reason they needed tissue that’s at least ten years old and has been used… so that’s probably where my kids ended up… Made into weapons…
>If I had to make a guess about the gun I'd say it was some kind of stun gun meant to harm only those affected by whatever.
Well, they were made to combat them, so probably.

>Have Jara and Kyra examined our prisoner, yet?
They made sure that’s his alive, but that’s about it. They were more concern with Erin…
You’re right, we should check him. Wiz, take him to Kyra!
Don’t worry, I won’t let him out of my sight.
…so… lunch anyone? While we wait? Tyros?
I’m staying here… to make sure Erin is alright.
Not really hungry…

…Oh, and you were right… what you said last time. I shouldn’t rush thing. Better if I waited for all this to be over. Besides, there isn’t anyone here to really start anything with.

Insert oblivious_

>>536398
Jara is interested in you. I thought you were considering going out with her? She even tried to have a sortof date-ish thing with you last night but you fell asleep like a doofus.

I'm guessing the gun is an Aether disruption weapon. Finding out how it works could be very, very important. That technology may be the only way to destroy the last piece of the Vessel.

Do we have any more of those brain guns?

Those 'brain guns' are Purity Weapons-they basically shoot 'suffering' in a cone in front of the user, which is why they need 10 year old tramatized brain to do it.
It should be noted that we saw it as 'inky black darkness' and that any receptive to it (flesh/steel) beings are the only things vulnerable to it, including us, somehow.

Kaktus 2013/08/21(Wed)15:17 No. 536421 ID: b3ca75
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>Jara is interested in you.
Yeah, right. She’s half my age. The only thing she would think of me is “perverted old man” if I tried anything.
>I thought you were considering going out with her?
You can’t blame an old man for dreaming, can you?
>She even tried to have a sort of date-ish thing with you last night but you fell asleep like a doofus.
A date? That? Hardly. She said she just wanted to show me a good place to relax.

>Do we have any more of those brain guns?
A few, yes. Why do you ask?
>Finding out how it works could be very, very important.
Well, then you’re in luck. We have the schematics for them… we just don’t have anyone who can read them. I’ve tried to figure out how they work but they are way beyond my understanding.
>they basically shoot 'suffering' in a cone in front of the user.
…how the hell do you shoot an emotion?

…right, I’ll go get lunch then… all by myself… geez… maybe Serki is up for a bite?
Are you going to be alright in here by yourself?
Shhh, playing Tetris… don’t disturb me.

…maybe I should take one of the guns apart? …or try it at the shooting range again now that I have evidence that it works. Hmmm…

Insert I mean, really?_

>>536421
GO HAVE LUNCH WITH JARA.

>>536422
Yeah, then we can go do science to the evil brain guns.

Have you tested for brain activity, yet? Or tried to match the DNA against records of the missing?

I'm guessing that they work like Erin's emotion screwing powers somehow, or on a simmilar basis...
And I think taking the thing apart won't be very useful if no one here can make sense of the schematics for them.
A shooting range might be more workable, but don't be surprised if we vanish after the first shot.

>>536434
I have a hunch Erin might be able to make sense of the schematics.

But yeah, back when Jara was trying to fix the car she was all nervous and jittery and trying to impress you a bit. While we know it's an odd thing, she was actually trying to impress you a bit.

Also lets go to the shooting range, safer that way we hope, we don't wanna take one apart just yet till we can see if it works right.

have lunch with Jara and ask her if she has any ideas on the gun, anything from how to make our own (preferably without having to kill a whole planets worth of homeless), how to defend ourselves (or at least Erin since she is the only one we really know of that is hurt by that thing for sure), or even how to jam it if we come across enemies that are armed with the things. I mean both of you work in our groups R&D so you should be able to come up with something.

notice how it's always the lizard that is lonely in this things, first we had... meggie? (the ninja) then we had Thanras, and now Jara. Why is it the lizards that always suffer?

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)01:33 No. 536576 ID: b3ca75
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>Why is it the lizards that always suffer?
Clearly because I’m a racist against scales! Down the lizards! Mantis power!

>GO HAVE LUNCH WITH JARA.
…I’m not really hungry… but okay, I guess?
So, what do you want to eat?
Oh, anything you make is fine… oh, and Tyros?
Well… I can cook up an omelet… I know you love those.
That would be splendid! …and… um…
>Have you tested for brain activity, yet? Or tried to match the DNA against records of the missing?
Not yet. I need to break one apart to do so. But we got all the data about from the labs and they detailed all the missing people.
…are you even listening?

>I have a hunch Erin might be able to make sense of the schematics.
Hmm… well, she is a special gal, that for sure…
Tyros?
>make our own.
We already have enough of them… at least for the time being…
…m-maybe we can… when thing calms down again… go out somewhere… you know, just the two of us?
>how to defend ourselves.
That would be a priority, wouldn’t it? Hmm… maybe do like Wiz and block emotions completely?
…
>While we know it's an odd thing, she was actually trying to impress you a bit.
Impress me? With repairing a car? I’m impressed that she even knows what she’s doing with those things. I can’t make head or tails of them.
I don’t even know why I bother…

>ask her if she has any ideas on the gun.
Hey Jara?
H-huh?
Do you have any idea how these guns work?
W-wha- I… oh… no, not really… I haven’t had the time to really look them over…
Hmm… maybe I should take it to the shooting range then…

Insert Deafness_

She said this, doofus:
"…m-maybe we can… when thing calms down again… go out somewhere… you know, just the two of us?"
Tell her you're distracted with Erin's voices but that you'd totally love to go out on a date with her. SAY IT.

Also yeah let's hit the range next. I... don't think we can just block our emotions though. Wiz doesn't even have that part of his brain anymore, right?

Yes but to do it like Wiz involves replacing yourself to the point of being a machine. Being a bit emotionless is also quite a bit boring and..well it feels lifeless as you go on.

Plus we can't connect to you after that point, so we can't even deduce you as alive.

>>536578
Well, that's not entirely accurate. We can tell Wiz is alive, we just can't connect to him because he doesn't have the right brainmeats for it.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)05:48 No. 536587 ID: b3ca75
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>don't think we can just block our emotions though. Wiz doesn't even have that part of his brain anymore, right?
It’s worth experimenting with. In case there’s a way without taking away parts of the brain.
>Tell her you're distracted with Erin's voices but that you'd totally love to go out on a date with her. SAY IT.
I’m sorry, Erin’s guiding AI was distracting me but …did you just ask me out on a date?
No- I mean ye- I mean… um…
…are you alright? You seem a bit nervous.
It’s nothing… forget about it.

…Hmm… it almost looks like she’s swearing to herself under her breath… meh, I’m probably imagining things.

>yeah let's hit the range next.
Couldn’t you eat a bit with me? …or at least wait for me to finish eating?
I already told you, I’m not really hungry. I made that for you, because I know you love my cooking.
It’s delicious, yes… but… at least show some common decency!
I’m sorry… but I really wanted to try this thing out as soon as possible.
Try it out on what? Last time you tried to fire that thing nothing happened.
Hmm… it shoots emotions… it only affects people… but I don’t really have…
Then shot me!
W-what?

Insert Target acquired_

Tell her to put that plate of whatever it is down or elsewhere first- this thing is set to shoot PAIN! Or alternatively, it only effects people vulnerable to emotional overload, somehow?
Basically, if she were to shoot you? You wouldn't be effected. But if Erin was shot, she'd scream like a sinner in the lake of fire.
Nev didn't seem to be effected, but that might have been because the car shielded him from it.

>not hearing her
>'imagining' things
Man, Tyros wins the willful ignorance championship, hands down. That's some master class obliviousness.

>Shoot me!
...what, just to see if painfully knocks you out like Erin? That doesn't seem like such a great idea.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)10:29 No. 536616 ID: b3ca75
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>Man, Tyros wins the willful ignorance championship, hands down. That's some master class obliviousness.
What? What did I miss?
>...what, just to see if painfully knocks you out like Erin? That doesn't seem like such a great idea.
I’m not going to shoot you Jara…
Well, you are going to have to shoot someone if you want to know how that thing works. I at least got an implant capable of scanning brain activity, so we’ll know what’s happening in there.
I don’t care if you’re volunteering, I’m not going to fire a gun in your direction. It should be dangerous!
So… how are you going to test it?
I… don’t know… I can’t put you in danger, Jara… I… I can’t lose you too. No, we need to find another way… maybe an animal? …no… that would just be cruel… maybe Kyra can make some kind of… artificial brain? Hmm…
…I can fix this…

Insert Stupidity_

um, you know how you have more then one of those guns... she's about to shoot herself with one of the spares.

Quick! Shoot her to stop her from shooting herself!

Oh wait, no, that's stupid.

Just stop her.

'I can fix this'? Spin around and see what she's talking about. She may or may not be planning on shooting someone with that gun.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)12:09 No. 536641 ID: b3ca75
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>Quick! Shoot her to stop her from shooting herself! Oh wait, no, that's stupid.
…not if I shoot her with my stungun… except I don’t have my stungun… Sod…

>she's about to shoot herself with one of the spares.
ARE YOU INSANE!?
He whispers… I… I must obey…
I… Wha- just let go of the gu-

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)12:09 No. 536642 ID: b3ca75
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…
…
…oh sod…
…
…It felt like… I lost them again… like I was watching my world burn again… that feeling…
…ow, my head hurts…
…
…what did you say? Strangle her like the traitor she is? Yes… I should finish of the trai- wait… what? Why did I… what?

Insert The leprechaun tells me to burn things…_

>>536642
We need to move those things off-base, now. If you two are exposed any longer you'll probably go crazy within the hour.

ok now there is something floating above your head and looking back on it, it was above Jara's head right before she pulled the trigger. We now have a third player in the mind games and he seems bent on causing nothing but harm and pain to others. Whatever you do don't lesion to it cause to do so will only bring you further suffering that you don't deserve. Jara is your friend you would never hurt her and she would never hurt you that thing that is speaking to you and telling otherwise is full of shit and you should know better then to lesion to its lies.

Nope. She's no traitor. I'm guessing her implant that lets her scan brains she used on the stuff in the guns, and that's why she shot it.
Jara is not safe to be around those guns. Serki sure as crap shouldn't have them.
At this point, I only trust Wiz with them. Either get them to him, or destroy them outright, but those things are bad news I think.

...you saw the gun shoot something this time, right?

>Strangle her like the traitor she is? Yes… I should finish of the trai-
No, don't do that!

Something is trying to influence your mind. Well, besides us. And it was affecting her- she was talking about whispers or something before.

We gotta get these guns locked up or something, they aren't safe to be around. Wiz might be the only one who can handle them safely- he's missing the parts of his brain that can be affected. At least by us?

And get her and yourself back to medbay, stat.

>>536642
Watching your world burn again? What world burned?

Oh, that reminds me. Now that we're hopefully done messing with the brain guns, I want you to look up some ancient history. Kevros was a very important person, right? Find out WHY.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)13:28 No. 536662 ID: b3ca75
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>No, don't do that!
Of course I’m not going to do that!
>there is something floating above your head and looking back on it, it was above Jara's head right before she pulled the trigger.
There was a what? I… I can’t see anything.
>Watching your world burn again? What world burned?
...my home planet. It was destroyed in the end of the war forty years ago…
>I want you to look up some ancient history. Kevros was a very important person, right?
Um… according to Wiki… he was some dude that started some religious order worshiping some kind of man bat… and then he got a star named after him. Can’t really find anything important about the guy.
>We gotta get these guns locked up or something, they aren't safe to be around. Wiz might be the only one who can handle them safely.
…yes… I need to get Wiz to take care of them…

>And get her and yourself back to medbay, stat.
Doc, I need some help!
I’m fine… really… I’m just stupid.
You were manipulated! You’re not stupid! Don’t worry, I won’t let you get hurt again.
It just shocked me a bit… I mean, I didn’t even go unconscious like Erin did or anything.
…wait, if you were conscious… then why didn’t you say anything when I picked you up?
Because getting carried in your brave, strong arms was worth it~ …beside, you didn’t even check if I was conscious or not before you ran here, doofus.
…sorry… I was just so worried I’m… sorry…
...

Insert In your arms tonight_

Tell Kyra now's not the time for jokes. Jara here was somehow manipulated into using the gun on herself, and that force then tried to manipulate you. Either it decided to spare you for some unfathomable reason, or the headvoices which you have right now block it. Neither you nor the voices know what gives though.

Though the weird thing is we didn't hear a thing, usually when there's invading headvoices we typically can hear them through the mind. This is something we can't actually hear for once and that is terrifying.

Kyra, checkup, please? We had another one of those crazy guns go off.

I bet that thing was attached to the crazy lizard guy and when we brought him here it decided to wander around.

well you might as well worn people that there is another crazed AI running around in people's minds but unlike us (Erin's) This on is trying to hurt people. Not to sure how much that will help but hey at least people will have a heads up about it.

Kyra: Silently prescribe prophylactic.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)15:10 No. 536689 ID: b3ca75
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You were about to, I saw it on your expression!
>Kyra: Silently prescribe prophylactic.
…you’re still in my mind, not hers.
Done and done!
Wha- how did you-
I have my ways~
Huh? What’s going on?

>Kyra, checkup, please? We had another one of those crazy guns go off.
She’s fine. Can’t find anything wrong with her.
See, I told you I was fine. Stop worrying so much!
But her mental recorder on the other hand… fascinating… she went into a depression for a while there. So the gun fires despair? Hmm… interesting… It’s like one of those negative cannons on super power morphing mechas that the Emergon have and-
Kyra!

>warn people that there is another crazed AI running around in people's minds.
Another one? I’ll message the others.
So that’s what that was…
>I bet that thing was attached to the crazy lizard guy and when we brought him here it decided to wander around.
Well… that does explain his ranting’s the last few minutes. Here, listen to this.
*Static* -m free? He doesn’t whisper anymore… is he gone? No… no… I have to stop him… I need to rebuild her… They hold the pieces… the bones… Rust makers and the pure! I need to stop him before the event! He’ll exterminate us all! …but if it’s already happened… then… what am I? WHAT AM I!? *Static*
Well, he isn’t going saner by the minute… I guess it was a mistake taking him here.
It probably would still just jump over to Erin when they me-
AAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Speaking of her… here we go again…
*BEEP* Everyone who just heard me scream, please ignore it. Um… I had a nightmare… that’s all… bye!*BEEP*

Insert Tyros received key item: Cond-
HEY!

Kyra managed to slip you a condom from that far. She's good, very good.

Though we should probably go check on Erin to make sure she's okay. Good luck Tyros!

Well Tyros seems he's going to have a busy night tonight so I'm going to say we go back to Erin just to see if she's fine.

..Her?...I don't even. What. Can one of us tell what's going on here? Because I'm thinking we have to find and somehow reassemble what's left of Tyros' dead wife and use her somehow to fight the 'invisble' floaty voice monster.

Kaktus 2013/08/22(Thu)16:10 No. 536696 ID: b3ca75
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>Kyra managed to slip you a condom from that far. She's good, very good.
She’s not good! She’s breaking the laws of physics for Sod’s sake!
>Well Tyros seems like he's going to have a busy night tonight…
…I haven’t had a “busy” night in three years. I’m pretty sure that won’t change anytime soon.

>We should probably go check on Erin to make sure she's okay.
[Connection successful… connected to Aether form: Upsilon!]
Oh, you’re back! I just had a terrible nightmare! I saw everyone… all of mankind… and lizard / mantiskind die out… in some kind Nano machine apocalypse. It was started by a red lizard dressed in purple… and… everyone… the screams as they were devoured alive… I… I needed a hug…
>I'm thinking we have to find and somehow reassemble what's left of Tyros' dead wife.
Actually… In my dreams… I saw a figure that I felt should stop this… a female lizard clad in a purple robe… I… I just feel it has something to do with this…

Insert Illusions and dreams_

so we gotta resurrect Lizbeth eh?

Shouldn't be too hard. Just gotta locate her soul.

Red Lizard in purple? Damnit Pride, we didn't drown you face-first in a puddle of shallow water, and this is the thanks we get?

The other lizard is Lizbeth, our original host. Not sure how we're supposed to resurrect her. Even cloning wouldn't work- she was a pre space age construct. And thousands of years dead, and not even on this planet.

>>536700
she is probably the mother...

that or the mother is Alyssa in her broodmother form

>>536702
don't even mention Envy.

But yeah if you kinda want something to take your mind off of the dream here's some useless facts. Waaaaaaaaaaay back when there where 2 types of lizards, the normal green ones you see today, and a desert verity which where red. The red lizards however where smug pricks and in an attempt to keep there race pure... while to make a long story short they killed themselves through inbreeding, not exactly sure when they died off but we know they where still kinda kicking around the end of the 5 era.

Red lizard clad in purple is definitely an accurate description of the Pride-golem who drowned to death like a pussy.

Erin, I hate to say this, but I think you might need to become Lizbeth. Ask Nev if he'll still date you if you change into a Lizard. It means saying goodbye to your breasts. On the other hand, Lizbeth... well, let me quote her creator, Jacob Waechter: "her appearance is based on the highest standard of lizard beauty." So, that unnervingly perfect tail you have now is actually totally appropriate.

Oh, and if the world is destroyed by nanobots, that means the Purity monsters are NOT going to destroy the world. We must oppose the Sons of Steel. It might even be necessary to merge with the Purity monsters? I dunno how you're going to properly become Lizbeth, to be honest. An alternative is that you can find a way to help the Purity monsters become Lizbeth, but I feel like there are crucial pieces contained in you that they are missing.

>>536706
I have a feeling if we concentrate on any single faction the other will win.

>>536706
This dream doesn't at all mean that nanomachines are going to destroy the world. We aren't even the type of psychic that sees the future to begin with.
What this dream means is that someone in out head says that nanomachines are going to destroy the world, and roughly half the factions around seem to have sufficient mind-influencing tech and a desire to 'reconstruct the mother'.
In particular BandageLizard over there was ranting about basically the same message as this dream. Lets go ask him for answers, keeping in mind that he is probably crazy, has likely been deceived, and has a decent chance of having one or more weapons implanted into him to burst out at an inconvenient time.

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)01:22 No. 536809 ID: b3ca75
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>so we gotta resurrect Lizbeth eh?
Wait… Lizbeth… as in the one you keep referring to as a god?
>Not sure how we're supposed to resurrect her.
…crazy dude did say “The maker of rust and the woodsy lords hold the pieces” …also known as the cogs and purity… oh, and he said she’s in Z4… why do I keep hearing about Z4? What is that?
>2 types of lizards, the normal green ones you see today, and a desert verity which where red.
Red lizards? I’m starting to accept the weird existence of gods and stuff, but red lizards? That’s just going too far.
>I have a feeling if we concentrate on any single faction the other will win.
…Can’t we make both of them lose? I mean, they are both bat shit crazy.

>Ask Nev if he'll still date you if you change into a Lizard.
What? Why do you even need to ask!? I like you for who you are, not your physical appearance! …err… it is a plus though…
>Lets go ask crazy lizard for answers.
I’m sorry, no one gets to see the “prisoner”, Wiz’s orders. But you can talk to him through the radio if you want…
*Static* -ch a pathetic creature… how can he have so much power? How can someone like him do something like this…
Um… hello?
You! Erin! You have to stop him, mother! The cults! They have pieces of her! Bones! Get them to her! In Z4! She’ll stop this! He fears her! He boasts that he’s greater than her but he still fears her! Get her back!
…Bones? Wait… didn’t the cog leader I met have a necklace made out of bone?

Insert Twenty questions_

>>536809
Oh reeaaaally? Well, that's a lead we can pursue very quickly. First ask him where the hell Z4 is though. Also, why it's "Z4". What labeling system is he using?

how the hell did they get Liz's bones in the first place? I mean she died near the end of the 5th era and even then it happened because Claire slayed her in a dream, we weren't anywhere around her body so even we don't know where she was laid to rest. I mean I know she was ageless but how the hell did they know those bones where her bones?

Oh and Erin before you ask we where made WELL before the first era.
for more information on that press 1
if you would like us to store that information till another time press 2
if you really couldn't care less press 3

>>536814


Which is weirder considering she turned to DUST due to her age!

Also find it funny we'll now be hitting Serki's enjoyment of Lizards.

>>536820
Well if "Lizbeth" is in Z4 then perhaps Erin doesn't need to become a lizard, and just needs to get the bones there and... I don't know, we'll see what we need to do when we get there.

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)04:58 No. 536824 ID: b3ca75
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>if you would like us to store that information till another time press 2…
Two… TWO… I said two, dammit! …stupid automatic answering machines…
>perhaps Erin doesn't need to become a lizard…
Hopefully not. I’m happy as I am, thank you very much.

>First ask him where the hell Z4 is though. Also, why it's "Z4".
It’s where we found it… deep within the planet… hidden away… bones of a lizard… older than our time with the stars. Its power drew us to her… but we were fools… believing we were ready for that kind of power.
…that doesn’t explain where it is at all!
It’s hidden in plain sight within the city… the way down… its name betrays it!
…can we get that in non-cryptic, please?
…w-w-what am I?
>how the hell did they get Liz's bones in the first place?
Bones… thousands of years older than the first spacecraft… hidden away on a dead planet tens of thousands light years away from Origin… it wasn’t meant to be found… it wasn’t meant to be used… I… I can’t… if it already has happened… then what am I? WHAT THE HELL AM I!? HAHAHAHAHA- *Static*
I think the patient needs some alone time for a while…
So… did you get anything from that?

Insert Insanity_

Huh. I guess hiding the remains of a mad god on a distant planet would be a good idea. Gotta remember that for the next time it comes up.
So name off some important landmarks.

Deep within a hidden city under the surface..It can't be our old city can it?

>>536827
I wonder how Lizbeth managed that.

Well, the remains thousands of years older than spaceflight rings true, although I don't know how the hell they made it to this world.

As for hidden in plain sight... anyone got a map?

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)07:22 No. 536834 ID: b3ca75
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>Deep within a hidden city under the surface…
I’m pretty sure he said that the entrance to whatever’s down there was hidden in the city… not that there was city down there… but maybe I’m wrong… he didn’t really say what else should be down there.

>As for hidden in plain sight... anyone got a map?
Hmm… can’t find anything that looks like a Z or a four… maybe the four means a crossing? And Z is the road? …no, there’s to many roads starting on Z…
How about if we put the map on a grid?
Z4… it’s just in the middle of a residential area… too big to just check… Hmm… what do we know that start on Z? ...maybe it something numbered with letters? Like the warehouse district? …no, wait… those are numbered with the alpha, beta and stuff… not normal letters…
>Cogs and purity.
How about the cogs and purity? Can we find them?
The cogs we already know where they are. They are probably still in their temple… but it’s going to be well defended. As for purity… I have no idea. The only thing we’ve seen from them was the attack earlier today. The one on 30-40 district… but why there? That place is just a bunch of houses and parks…

Insert Once more, from the beginning_

...hey, what about the mascot for the lizard wizard blizzard? That's basically who we're looking for. What locations are connected with that? (Either places where the adds are up, or it's sold, or the stuff is coming from).

>>536841
...we'll... We've seen stranger so sure lets give that a look through first.

Failing that would it be impossible to just give the Cogs a call or something, save us a lot of time, effort, and bullets.

>>536841
There are four Zs in Lizard Wizard Blizzard.

>>536834
If we are at all ready to wage war on the cogs, we should. Gotta get dem bones.

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)12:27 No. 536856 ID: b3ca75
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>There are four Zs in Lizard Wizard Blizzard.
That… got to be coincidence…
>...hey, what about the mascot for the lizard wizard blizzard? That's basically who we're looking for.
Let’s see… the ads are strewn about places where a lot of people would see them… the dairy queens are in places where a lot of people would eat ice cream. As for where it comes from… apparently it’s shipped from off world and stored in warehouse district epsilon… say, didn’t you wake up in the warehouse district?
yeah… why, do you think the ice cream man dragged me there?

>Failing that would it be impossible to just give the Cogs a call or something, save us a lot of time, effort, and bullets.
I got their number but… what are you going to say? Hello, your leader have a piece of bone belonging to a dead god, can I have it, please?
I can ask them where Purity is…
They are enemies, If they knew they probably should have attacked already…
…so… let’s steal from the cogs first, then try finding where the other pieces are?

Insert Calling your enemy_

I guess its possible that there's something going on with the place selling the lizard wizard blizzards, what with them being old enough that they can sell an item for thousands and thousands of years and still consider it to be a new item.
You should go investigate them first.

Oh that's right, we still need to check the magical mystery fridge. Lets get some lock-opening and cutting equipment then head over there.

...oh my god, the warehouse you woke up in had Zeta 04 painted right on the wall. Let's go there first unless someone has a good plan for raiding the cogs.

We have a security card... the fridge is probably an elevator, that's why it's really hard to open.

How about we check out where we first woke up to see if we can't find any clues (like the fridge... Bring the cut through anything sword as well incase that lock is still going to be a little bitch) and you guys try to figure out a less suicidal way into the cog compound... and maybe start looking for where purity might be based so we can hit them too.

>the warehouse you woke up in had Zeta 04 painted right on the wall.
>we still need to check the magical mystery fridge.
>There are four Zs in Lizard Wizard Blizzard.
What we're looking for is totally going to be inside a Lizard Wizard Blizzard inside that fridge inside the warehouse you woke up in.

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)13:16 No. 536867 ID: b3ca75
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>...oh my god, the warehouse you woke up in had Zeta 04 painted right on the wall.
…oh, son of a bi-
I know what Z4 stands for… it’s warehouse Zeta 04… the place where I woke up!
I’ll contact Wiz… give me a sec.
Oh, and hi Serki.
Don’t mind me, I’m just checking some stuff Jara asked me to.
Oh, okay…
…did he just… never mind. Wiz is going to meet us at the car, so go get anything you want to have with you. Oh, and here’s the mod you asked for. The “escape someone’s grasp” mod… It basically enables you to sweat… um… a kind of lubricant at will…
Ew…
[New mod installed!]

Insert Forget the threat_

Guys, Serki has a brain thing on his head. Look out, he's gonna try something violent. Erin, try attacking the spot directly above him.

Serki is a danger. Be ready to jump over him and strangle, or something like that. IDK what level of implants he has, but I figure your speed should make dealing with him easy enough- as I recall, Mantises are slow, but are stronger, with a longer reach, than humans or Lizards.

well since we just found out where to go I have some bad news and good news to add to it. The good news is we have found the other rouge AI, the bad news is it is currently in Serki and I think he's about to strangle you or Nev so you might want to do something about that.

...oh snap, Serki's under mental influence. He's either a threat to himself or others. Be ready to dodge and tase.

>>536870
Seconding this. Dodge away from him then shoot about a foot above his head.

>>536867
We really need to find a way to solve this mind-control problem permanently. At least we now for sure now that the brain guns aren't the cause. We can actually give those out freely, because they don't do any lasting damage to anyone but Erin and the monsters.

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)14:18 No. 536883 ID: b3ca75
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>Serki has a brain thing on his head.
…well, crap.
>Be ready to dodge.
Um… he wasn’t going after me…
Give her back!
Argh!
>Erin, try attacking the spot directly above him.
...It’s just like attacking thin air…
She’s mine!!
*Gurgle!*

>Tase him.
…I… I can’t bring her back… I… must destroy her… mother…
[Flesh burner set to maximum charge!]
…Burn…

Insert He whispers_

no, nonono, NO
normal taz or a hit to the head just hard enough to knock him out NOTHING MORE. Erin you don't kill friends, NEVER think that way. You don't want to kill your FRIENDS, that is someone else trying to control you so for gods sake stop being a moron and HELP nev AND Serki

[Cancel Flesh Burner Charge]

Quick, use Calm of yourself.

...oh goddamnit it's in Erin now.

Erin! Stop it! Don't you listen to that stupid purple thing!

[Override flesh burner activation]
[Encrypt flesh burner module access and set password FuckYouFuckingFucksandYourCheatingMindControlNyahNyah]
[Quarantine brain-sector at tentacle access point]
[Establish back-connection via mental access point]
[Begin uploading every memetic virus we have- audio, visual, and sensory, via back-connection]

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)14:50 No. 536891 ID: b3ca75
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>no, nonono, NO!
Yesss….
I won’t let you take her away from me like the others!
>[Override flesh burner activation]
He won’t let you do that…
I won’t… I can’t… I can’t lose her…

>[Quarantine brain-sector at tentacle access point]
He whisper such beautiful things…
Erin… I…
>Erin! Stop it! Don't you listen to that stupid purple thing!
Shh… quiet now… everything will turn out alright…
…E-Erin…
>Quick, use Calm on yourself.
…wait, what the hell am I doing!?
I’m s-sorry!! I d-didn’t- I- Oh sod! I d-didn’t m-mean to! I’m s-sorry! S-so sorry!
*Cough* Air… ahh… *Cough*

Insert He wakes_

Not your fault, Serki. Everyone okay?

We really need some kind of countermeasure for that thing.

Hrrm...Whatever the purple things (or thing, we've only seen one and have difficulty tracking them...) Are, they don't seem to be able to maintain their control for long.
So, we can plan around this, I think what we want is a buddy system, seems like coming into contact with others might help the victims shake their control...Or it could be a timing thing.

>>536891
Alright from now on everyone's in quarantine. If we leave things as they are now, everybody's gonna kill eachother. Wiz is immune to emotional manipulation so he can be in command of the doors/base while we're out.

Also holy crap we owe a debt to those Purity folks, because without these empathic powers we'd be proper fucked. Speaking of which, tell Serki it's okay for him to be jealous- we're sure he doesn't actually want to hurt Nevros.

Something occurred to me. Where are fleshvoice and steelvoice?

Kaktus 2013/08/23(Fri)16:25 No. 536902 ID: b3ca75
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>Seems like coming into contact with others might help the victims shake their control...
…It felt confused when I calmed myself… and outright fearful when Serki started feeling regret.
>Alright from now on everyone's in quarantine.
So everyone can kill themselves? The crazy guy we got this thing from had self-mutilated himself, after all.

>Everyone okay?
…I’m a-alright *Cough* just a bit sore…
Oh sod, w-what have I d-done!!
>Not your fault, Serki.
Y-yes it is! I h-hurt him!
>Tell Serki it's okay for him to be jealous- we're sure he doesn't actually want to hurt Nevros.
…no… n-no it’s not… I… I-I wanted to h-hurt him… I’m s-sorry…
You what?
…I d-don’t think I can t-take it… n-not again…

>Something occurred to me. Where are fleshvoice and steelvoice?
…hello? …anyone in here?
<We have him trapped… we have him snared for the moment… trick him into someone else… He can’t jump far He can’t jump through walls… Trick him… and kill his puppet! and imprison his puppet!>

Insert Jealousy_

>I wanted to!
Serki, everyone has crazy thoughts, sometimes. It's not your fault the blobby thing taped into that.

>We have it trapped
Way to go! You guys are helping! And cooperating with each other! Nice change!

...although we need a vessel to trap it in? I'm not ready to condemn anyone on base to death or mental torture and imprisonment.

We need a dummy brain, or something. A braindead clone, or something. Or maybe spare parts from Kyra's medical stash?

i wonder if a plant would work.

>>536902
Well that's bad. Uh. Putting aside Serki's serious issues, let's go visit the prisoner. Tie him up so he can't hurt himself, and pump yourself full of regret until the thing jumps over to him. Then we just keep the door closed. Problem solved.

>>536905

Do we really want to inflict that upon him again however? Putting aside the things already done do we want him to suffer for longer?

Also Serki it was alright, while you had the thoughts to do such a thing, you kept it in check. It was that beast that unleashed you and essentially caused you to lose control of your own actions.

Well I guess if he wasn't going to actually do anything until the tentacle-thing grabbed ahold of his mind, it's relatively normal.

>>536903
wait a brain... like what ever is used to make those emotion guns we have? could that work, we just store the guy in one of those guns since they run one brains and then just destroy the gun?

>>536974
The only problem there potentially plugging the evil thing into a gun. Then we've got a terrifying gun that gets to chose to shoot at people.

The other problem is if the brains are still conscious. Rescuing it from being a living ammunition clip to be endlessly tormented by that thing ain't great.

>>536977
Well we could get Wiz to do it since he can't be effected by the gun and we are just going to smash the thing when we put the guy into it so it's not going to be suffering long.

>>536989
The best solution would be to find some random mook, get the psychovoice to transfer to him, then take him out to the middle of nowhere and kill him from a safe distance. Do it right, and the voice will be stranded in the middle of the wilderness until we're equipped to come back and destroy it.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)01:49 No. 537023 ID: b3ca75
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>Serki, everyone has crazy thoughts, sometimes.
It’s alright, Serki, you wouldn’t have acted on those thoughts if it wasn’t for that thing.
…
Everyone has dark thoughts sometimes…
…
…and… um… I still like you?
…

…dammit, this is not the time for an emotional breakdown!

>We need a dummy brain, or something. A braindead clone, or something. Or maybe spare parts from Kyra's medical stash?
Hmm… I don’t think we’ll be able to trick it into a nonfunctional brain… it seems to go after emotions, after all. Besides, Making a nice brain takes time…
<We are losing our grip, Hurry!>
>I wonder if a plant would work.
…plants don’t have brains!

>let's go visit the prisoner.
Well… I don’t actually know if he’ll suffer for it or not. He isn’t mentally stable, after all… so maybe he won’t even notice it? Hmm…
>wait a brain... like whatever is used to make those emotion guns we have?
…that can work… maybe… I don’t know how this thing decides what to jump to but… maybe I can trick it with the gun?
>if the brains are still conscious.
They are just a piece of the brain. There’s no way they are still conscious!
>The best solution would be to find some random mook…
But where do you find one? I mean, you can’t just drive to Mantis mart to buy a six pack of them…

<Hurry! He’s almost free! Do something! We can’t hold him for much longer!>
…well, seems like I only got one chance… so, crazy guy, gun or try to find a random mook?

Insert Total breakdown_

we already have the gun and we have more then one, according to Tyros we have lots of the damn things so it's not like we're throwing away our only defense against the cogs and purity. just grab a gun and throw him in (get Wiz's help with this since I believe he can't be effect by the gun since he removed that part of his brain, or something) then smash the damn thing ridding us of the problem. Besides I"m pretty sure that if we grab some random guy off the street just to trap an insane voice in his head and kill him it will come back and bite us in the ass... HARD.

Let's use the prisoner. He's already in a secure location, is already half-crazy and has no more useful info for us, and we know it will work.

The gun, while the guy is half-crazy do we really want to inflict more pain and suffering on him? He was sane enough to know they left and was thankful.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)05:34 No. 537042 ID: b3ca75
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>The gun.
…yes, it wouldn’t be right to infect Elatros again… let’s hope this works.
Nev, can you take care of Serki for a sec?
What? Me?
Just keep an eye on him… and call Jara or something. I need to fix this first.

---------

So… how are you planning on getting him into the gun?
Well… thinking regretful thoughts and hope he jumps into it?

<He is lose… We failed…>
…I can hear his whispering… I… regretful thoughts… regretful thoughts! …it isn’t working! I don’t think I’m regretful enough! …or maybe he can’t sense the gun because it isn’t feeling emotions… or both… I… his whisper, it’s so beautiful…

Insert Regret the Insert_

Concentrate your powers on the gun! Think about how you would feel if you would hurt Serki, Or Nevros, or anyone else here. Know how much pain you would do to anyone else here if you were lost. Do not let it control you, it is not beautiful!

>>537042
Use your empathy on yourself, turn it into Regret. If that doesn't work, just do Calm and ask Wiz to carry you to the prisoner. Uh, after he tells everyone to stay behind closed doors while you move through the building.

Er, well, let me give you a boost. If it weren't for you getting so personally involved with Serki and making out with him, he wouldn't be in the state he's in now.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)08:45 No. 537056 ID: b3ca75
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>Do not let it control you, it is not beautiful!
But so soothing… and alluring… its perfect… but… he whisper such bad things… why does he whisper?
>Think about how you would feel if you would hurt Serki, Or Nevros, or anyone else here.
…that just makes me angry…
I can’t…
Have you tried positive emotions? Like happiness?
…Nev’s butt…
Now it’s just disgusted…
…what the hell did you just think about?
Err… nothing?

>If it weren't for you getting so personally involved with Serki and making out with him, he wouldn't be in the state he's in now.
I… oh… y-you’re right… this is m-my fault, isn’t it?
…I can feel it trying to escape… but… it doesn’t go for the gun…
Maybe because the gun isn’t feeling anything?
>Concentrate your powers on the gun!
Yes… make the gun feel some negative emotions… like envy…
It’s working! Quick! Take the gun away from me!
Done… so… what do you want to do with this thing? Destroy it? Lock it up? Personally I would like to test a few things on it… with me being immune and all…
…I… I want to hear it beautiful voice again… I want to hear its whispering… I… I need to get away from that thing!

Insert The new drug_

I'm thinking destroy the gun and the voice-thing.
We've got the schematics for them-more can be made. Those wisperers may not be so easily created though...

Uh, test firing it might be crazy dangerous now. What if instead of emotions it now sprays mind control all over the place? What if it makes more of those things?

I'm for locking that gun up, until we know what that thing is.

Let Wiz go test it for a while, and go scrub down somewhere inside. We also need to make sure Serki is Okay.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)09:56 No. 537077 ID: b3ca75
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>Uh, test firing it might be crazy dangerous now.
Don’t worry, I’m not going to fire it.
>I'm for locking that gun up, until we know what that thing is.
That’s exactly what I want to do. If we don’t observe it, how will we ever know what it is and how to fight it?
>Let Wiz go test it for a while, and go scrub down somewhere inside.
…fine, do your research on it… just… be careful.
Don’t worry, I’m not stupid.

>We also need to make sure Serki is Okay.
You! You bitch! I told you this would happened!
Jara… please…
I… I’m sorry… it’s just… see what you’ve done!
…how’s he feeling?
…
He isn’t really responding to anything…

Insert Witch with a capital B!_

...
Oh. Crap. Uhhh...
Apologize. both for being a flirt that didn't realize how much he fell for you, and for the voices who completely failed to deal with this. Even with warning from Tyros that this was going to happen.
Both has failed in this regard.
That said, however, the same force that compelled Jara to fire the gun recklessly also compelled him to act on his jealously.
So while the seeds for this was there, it was ultimately forced into the worst outcome by that...Thing.

go over to Serki and tell him it's all right no one is mad at him. Since he feels that it's his fault that he wanted to hurt Nev because of feelings he felt for you tell not to worry about it, nobody is perfect and everyone has there flaws, I mean if you want to now our just ask Jara she seems to have a good idea of our flaws. It also wasn't his fault that he attacked Nev, That other AI tricked him into that by amplifying his negative emotions tell he couldn't think of anything else. I mean back when he tried this crap on Jara and Tyros he got Jara to shoot herself and almost got Tyros to strangle her if we hadn't talked him down. (if he asked why we didn't try and talking him down it's because we can't jump into someone he's in, but he can jump into someone we're in which is BS... the jerk)

In all honesty nobody expected a negative spirit to transfer to him and force him to strangle nev. Its not like we broke his heart ev in if we'd prefer you together.

>>537077
Personally I think this is the fault of whoever gave him that "social therapy" program. It never dealt with his emotional problems in any real way. He needs a therapist, not a hugbox.

Also, Erin, in order to get him out of that catatonic state I think you should just manipulate his emotions to calmness or whatever so that he will actually respond, at least for a while.

Then, don't tell him it's okay and all that nice stuff. It's not okay. He thought you were "his", despite you two never having a real relationship. All you were doing with him was fooling around, and you weren't interested in dating him, because he's was so emotionally crippled, and then everyone told you to stay the hell away from him so you stopped even trying to give him positive feedback. He didn't "lose" you, he never HAD you.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)13:36 No. 537132 ID: b3ca75
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>He needs a therapist, not a hugbox.
He got a therapist! The hugbox was just for practice… but… um… maybe he did misuse it…

Serki… don’t worry… no one is mad at you. It wasn’t you who did that terrible thing… alright?
Err… I don’t think that’s what he’s so de-
And I’m sorry… I’m sorry I was such a flirt with you… I’m sorry I hurt your feelings… I’m… sorry that I hurt you… but… I don’t want to see you like this, Serki… I still like you, you know… and I wanted us to become more than just friends… it just… you’re a bit… emotional crippled…
…b-but Void?
I like him a lot too, yes… but he got faults just like you. Nobody is perfect, Serki… and I’m technically not seeing anyone right now…
Err…
It was only one date… and shush! I like both of you, okay? And I’m technically not in a relationship yet…
...I s-s-still… no…
Son, you heard the lady, she still fancy you… but she also fancies another gentlemen, so now it’s a competition! Do you really think you can win her heart by sitting on the floor crying? Get up, move on and win her god dammed heart!
Y-you r-r-really t-think-
Of course you can do it! You just have get over your fears, so show some bravery! Remember that even the bravest man feels fear… he just knows how to overcome it!
You’re right! I c-can’t just sit here! It’s time f-for action!
Now, who want’s cookies? Fresh from the oven! ...um… weren’t you guys supposed to take care of the Cogs and purity before their fighting tear the city apart, by the way?
Ooo, cookies!

Insert Join the lizard side, we have cookies!_

Why would a male mantis be bothered by you wanting multiple men? Don't female mantis' still collect harems? Or was that something that died out?

>>537132
Huh, good thinking, giving him hope again. Even if it might be false hope. Keeping him functional during this crisis is pretty important. ...I wonder if Serki would be okay with you having a dick. Tell him later when you have a private moment.

Okay, uh, yeah, stopping the Cogs and Purity would be important. Time to run off to Z4 now that the base is secure. Tell everyone that Wiz has the mental invader trapped in a braingun, so they should be safe while you're gone.

Grab a cookie on your way out.

Tyros is one incredible man, without the anger and depression he's actually wise and charismatic...If slightly dense, but still!

Also keep a link open with Wiz, to learn how the testing is going.

Ok, so I guess it is time to eat cookies, check to make sure the mind-leech is still contained, then head for the fridge of doom.

Kaktus 2013/08/24(Sat)14:43 No. 537152 ID: b3ca75
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>Why would a male mantis be bothered by you wanting multiple men? Don't female mantis' still collect harems?
Oh… um… I’m okay with y-you having multiple p-partners… as l-long as you still love me… it’s just… y-you’re not a f-female mantis… and Void isn’t a m-male one…
…but the concept sounds promising…
Erin…
A lot of women think it sounds promising… before they realize they have to take care of several relationships at once.
There is a reason why Mantises has the highest divorce rate of all the species… and the rest of their relationships end in death!
Jara… everything ends in death.

>Also keep a link open with Wiz, to learn how the testing is going.
I’ll message you when I got something. I’ve just started poking in this thing.
>Time to run off to Z4 now that the base is secure.
Next stop, Z4!
Um… weren’t we supposed to get the parts from the cult leaders first?
They are getting more aggressive too. According to the news the cog temple is under attack by those monsters… and the monster nest in 30-40 district is being attack by the cogs…
But where is Purity’s base?
Err… in the middle of 30-40? The biggest park in the city is there… the one with that gigantic tree in the middle… and those guys loves nature, right?
Why didn’t I think of that!? Of course! …Now, the question is… how do we hit them? Maybe we should split up? Hit them both at once? Erin hits one while Wiz takes the other?
But what about Wiz work with the weird AI?
Well… I can go instead. I haven’t been in the field in some time but… I think I still got it… hmm… maybe my membership in the cogs still works… or maybe purity will let me in because I’m almost pure… hmm…
…or we can check out the fridge of doom first?
Maybe… hmm…

>Grab a cookie on your way out.
Grab as many as you want.
You’re the best male lizard that I don’t have the hots for that I know! And these things are delicious! Om nom nom!

Insert Cookie monster_

His membership in the Cogs probably still works. When we were in their base they weren't talking about him as if he were a traitor.

Erin was contacted directly by Purity before, so there's our in.

Pretty safe bet.

Though they did know his bolts with screws secret, but I don't think they knew much more.

Purity sounds like our best bet currently however. Plus they live in a tree and we can set things on fire with overpowered lightning fist.

>According to the news the cog temple is under attack by those monsters… and the monster nest in 30-40 district is being attack by the cogs…
That actually doesn't sound like a bad short-term situation. It isn't as good as it could be since they are still there and can just regenerate instead of wearing eachother down, but it still sounds like a very good chance to do other things while they are occupied with eachother.

On the other hand, if we do go for the fridge secret we most likely won't be able to activate it (if that is even what we want to do), and I doubt our base defenses are good enough for stealing it to do more than change the site of the eventual fight over the secret. Unless... do we have any remotely detonated explosives or other trap materials we can acquire on short notice? If so we might want to sneak over to the fridge location and set up traps that we can use later when we can actually do something about the secret and (near-inevitably) have to fight someone to get to it.

>…or we can check out the fridge of doom first?
Yes. Fridge of doom. Before someone beats us there. There's a lizard wizard blizzard inside we need to claim.

Hey, I just realized, if Serki doesn't mind if his girlfriend has multiple partners, then Kyra would be perfect for him.

Let's hit the fridge since nobody is really fighting over that piece yet and I would like to grab it before someone beats us to it.

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)06:11 No. 537346 ID: b3ca75
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>Hey, I just realized, if Serki doesn't mind if his girlfriend has multiple partners, then Kyra would be perfect for him.
I’m pretty sure Kyra is more of a no relationship; have sex with everything that moves kind of lady… of course, that’s not really lady like behavior but still… maybe I should talk to them about it?

>Nev is still a member of the cogs. Erin was contacted directly by Purity before…
>Fridge of doom. Before someone beats us there.
Hmm… I really want to hit all three of them at once… hmm… but we need wiz to do the testing on the AI…
We only got two people suitable for the field, so it won’t work.
Actually… I used to be in the military… I still think I got my old combat suit at home…
Wait, you were in the military?
How did you think I learned so much about weaponry? Of course, I used to drive a power armor, so I’m a bit rusty with combat on foot.
…well, it can’t hurt for you to check the place out. If it’s empty then you can grab whatever is in there, if it’s not… well, then we aren’t in a hurry to get there.
Sounds like a plan, let’s go!

Choose who to follow first:
Erin / Purity.
Nevros / Cogs
Tyros / Doomy doom fridge of doom! …from outer hell and space! …at the same time! …Doooom!

Insert Let’s sing the doom song!_

Lets hit up Tyros, we should be able to assist him better not to mention the fact that it likely involves stuff that he may not understand.

Fridge fridge fridge.

Tyros! I wanna see whats in the magic fridge of DOOM!

Nev

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)09:44 No. 537395 ID: b3ca75
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>Tyros! I wanna see what’s in the magic fridge of DOOM!
Is the camera working?
I can see everything you can… and your soothing voice is coming in load and clear.
And the colors? Do I look like a Morgani sec?
I’m sure you look as handsome as ever. Why do you even worry about the Morgani?
Because they made this place? They are bound to have someone here. Bah, why did it have to be a model that looks nothing like their armor…
Halt! Who goes there!? What’s your business here?
Speak of the devil.
[Weaponry analyzed… no weaponry capable of piercing armor found…]

Insert Friend or foe? Best friend or… the greatest friend_

So... does this room smell like days old rotting corpse? Because I don't know if anyone cleaned up after Erin, or if her headless body is still in that crate.

>no AP weapondry
Well, what weapons do we have?

>Who goes there!? What’s your business here?
...refrigerator repair. Heard you had some trouble with a jammed door? (And if it smells: And then maybe we can throw out whatever's making that godawful stench).

you don't really look like you're part of Morgani since there armor is white and orange and your's is more of a black and orange so unless you look like some kind of special tactics unit in Morgani or something you done goofed

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)11:36 No. 537417 ID: b3ca75
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>Well, what weapons do we have?
Let’s see… a stungun, stunrod, a vorpal proton knife and a heavy plasma… I think the computer meant that they don’t have any guns that can pierce my armor, not the other way around.
>So... does this room smell like days old rotting corpse?
The only thing I can smell is the mildew on the walls… this place doesn’t seem to have any cleaning droids.
>you don't really look like you're part of Morgani.
That the problem with having a heavy armor compared with their light armor.

>...refrigerator repair.
I’m here to fix the fridge. I heard its door was jammed.
Geez, Ty, is that the best you should come up with?
…Alright, wise guy, Tell us who you are or we will open fire… and what is that armor you’re wearing? …Is that heavy? How did you get it? It almost looks imperial!
[Light laser gun detected… unable to breach medium or higher armor…]

Insert What are you wearing?_

Seriously? They ask about the heavy armour? Do they know the horrors that lurk in old, abandoned refrigerators? Nightmares born of old food and eons of mutations, slime creatures evolved from old jello, incomprehesible squid creatures born from old takeout? Heavy armour is a must for refrigerator repair!

>>537418
this also accounts for the heavy weaponry you are brining to bear upon them if they shoot at you.

>>537418
If they still give you trouble after that, say that OK fine, you are here on imperial agent business, and are they really getting payed enough to obstruct that?

(Their superiors already know there are imperial agents on the planet, so telling them that won't give away much.)

...I have the sneaking suspicion these guys are about to open fire and splatter themselves in the process.

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)12:39 No. 537435 ID: b3ca75
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>Do they know the horrors that lurk in old, abandoned refrigerators?
It’s against the horrors inside the refrigerator. Haven’t you ever had leftover that became so old, that they got a life of their own? Creatures beyond the human understanding rises from even the weakest of dips… and let’s not even think what happens to your mum’s old casserole! It will drive you mad even thinking about it! MAD! MAD I TELL YOU!
I was attacked by a four months old yogurt once… I still got the scar on my arm… Maybe he has a point?
You moron! There’s just an elevator down to the secret lab in there!
Who’s the moron!? We weren’t supposed to tell anyone about the elevator! Just shoot him!
*Pew*Pew*
N-nothing is happening!
Then shoot harder!
I’m shooting as hard as I can!
…you’re not really good a deceiving people, are you?

Insert No sell_

... just shoot them

It might not be a bad idea to outright say something like:
"Your weaponry can't deal with my armor. I'm just here to open the fridge, nothing more. That said, if you wanna get splattered here, go ahead and try it."
Warn them that they may be about to shoot something that won't take damage so they don't kill themselves from their bullets deflecting off us into them.

>…you’re not really good a deceiving people, are you?
They're worse. Who posts guards in front of a secret entrance? Kind of gives away there's something there.

>N-nothing is happening!
You two have three seconds to stop firing and surrender before I walk over there, rip your ineffective guns out of your hands, and blow your faces off with them.

Also why they hell would someone make an out of the place fridge a secret elevator when crates would be much more believeable and much less noticable.

No... leftovers......? This was supposed to be a legitimate business call! YOU LIED TO ME

Then charge at them.

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)12:56 No. 537447 ID: b3ca75
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>why they hell would someone make an out of the place fridge a secret elevator when crates would be much more believeable and much less noticable.
>They're worse. Who posts guards in front of a secret entrance?
The same guys who can’t spell safety correctly?

>Your weaponry can't deal with my armor.
…You have no way to harm me… I on the other hand can disintegrate you easily. Is your meager salary really worth it? I’m just here to open a fridge after all.
…you’re not going to kill us?
No…? Just stay out of my way… now… where did I put that keycard…
Access granted!
Oh shit, he’s actually going to open it! Run away!!
I don’t want to die!!
Err…

Insert Run away little girl, run away!_

get out that knife. gunfire did nothing to Purity shielding.

Right. Open fridge, acquire lizard wizard blizzard.

get gun ready and have your knife somewhere where you can grab and use it quick for whatever reason.

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)13:34 No. 537455 ID: b3ca75
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>get out that knife.
>get gun ready.
Weapons are ready to be used in a moment notice…
>Right. Open fridge, acquire lizard wizard blizzard.
…That’s not a Lizard wizard blizzard… that’s not even an Ice cream!
[Warning, remote controlled bomb detected!]
…I guess I know why they put some guys here… those weren’t guards, they were demolishers.

Insert Big boom_

Huh. Any indication how much time we have left (assuming it's on a timer), what the trigger is (if it's not on a timer), or what the yield is?

You know anything about how to defuse a bomb? Or does Jara?

>>537455
Well we can't have that bomb destroying the elevator. You any good with defusing bombs? Or Jara? If not maybe you could try taking it and throwing it outside.

They stole (part of) our plan!
Is it viable to just close the door again and dig our way in later?

Kaktus 2013/08/25(Sun)15:26 No. 537496 ID: b3ca75
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>Any indication what the trigger is?
I’m going to guess the guys who just ran out had a remote…
>Is it viable to just close the door again and dig our way in later?
…I don’t think we have any equipment to dig… so no.
>You know anything about how to defuse a bomb? Or does Jara?
Jara, do you know how to defuse a bomb?
Don’t just stand there, you idiot! RUN!
No, wait, I think I got th-

--------------------

[You have lost contact with Tyros Bravesword]
[Connection successful… connected to subject: Nevros Voidsword!]

Holy shit, that thing almost took my head off… man, and here I thought the secret way in would at least be safe…
You there, new cog, why are you spinning in pipes of the machine instead of spinning for the grand cog? Are you rusted!?

Oh right… cog speech… Um… why I’m in the secret tunnels?

Insert You spin me ‘round and ‘round_

You're in the tunnels because you needed a way to safely enter the cog-complex and join with the machine of your fellows while avoiding the blasphemous attackers.

>>537496
Because you didn't want to get killed by the monsters assaulting the base? Alternatively you could say you were making sure none of them could get in through this entrance.

Say uh, you wouldn't happen to have a line of communication to the base would you? Tyros may have been blown up and we'd like to know if he's okay.

Kaktus 2013/08/26(Mon)01:38 No. 537687 ID: b3ca75
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>you wouldn't happen to have a line of communication to the base would you? Tyros may have been blown up and we'd like to know if he's okay.
Void to base… is Tyros okay?
Um… Jara c-can’t c-contact him… so w-we don’t k-know…
…Serki? Why are you my operator?
B-because everyone e-else was b-busy?

>You're in the tunnels because you needed a way to safely enter the cog-complex and join with the machine of your fellows while avoiding the blasphemous attackers.
-to evade the rusted ones… err… wait, let me just use the translater…
But why were you outside in the first place? Why wasn’t you here when the grand ascension happened?
…because I was tasked to do some things first… and I need to see the grand cog right away!
…very well…

---------------

-then build another one! I’m not going to have my plan hinge on one antenna! …and get me one of those blasted Morgani guns!
Grand cog! This acolyte wanted to see you!
…acolyte!? What is an acolyte still doing alive!? Infest him with the Nano machines and kill him! We need more soldiers!
Wait, no! nonono!

Insert Boss of the year_

Don't think you're able to use diplomacy here, run and shoot!

Well shit. Our largely unarmored and un-augmented buddy is alone with a bunch of guys who want to kill him, and there's already a gun to his head.

Huh. Unless we can use our own remote AI powers to hack something (make that shiney lightning thing in the middle of the room explode?) he's kind of lucked. Or unless fleshvoice or steelvoice kindly feels like throwing up a deus ex machina (fleshina?).

Kaktus 2013/08/26(Mon)07:51 No. 537721 ID: b3ca75
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>we can use our own remote AI powers to hack something.
Um… I w-was able to c-c-connect to something called “Antenna (Important!)”… B-but the o-only thing I c-can g-g-get to is the on / off b-button…
>run and shoot!
I got-
*Click*
…did you forget to put in a battery in the gun?
…I swear, it was there a moment ago!
…Seems like the Maker what you to still live… give me one reason why not to kill you.
Err… I got a gun?
Unless it’s a very special gun I don’t really care… and please stop pointing that thing at me…
Well… err…

[Current Equipment: Cog laser gun (Stolen), Gun battery (Stolen), beer (Stolen), “Brain” gun (Kind of stolen), Cog membership card (Stolen), Universal cog key (Stolen)]
[You receive item grenade (Stolen) from cogs pocket!]

Insert (Stolen)_

..Did you just steal the battery and gun out from under the Cog's hands? Very impressive.

Also Serki, Turn it off as it's very likely the thing controlling all the sentient nanobot machine monsters we've been facing.

>>537721
Nev, I am very impressed. Pull out the brain gun, and tell him he is to hand over his necklace or taste DESPAIR.

Can you clear out those cogs behind you with the grenade as soon as you get the necklace? Actually, it might be a good idea to ask what the antenna is for, to find out if it's a good idea to turn it off. If he doesn't tell us, let's turn it off and find out.

>Unless it’s a very special gun
>“Brain” gun
I do have a special gun.

Actually you know what just shoot him with the brain gun, grenade/laser the others, then take the necklace and run. No need to use intimidation when we don't care about killing these guys.