Sombermann 2014/01/12(Sun)22:45 No. 557052 ID: 20aa8e
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Choose your side

A)Green
B)Red

Green

>>557052

GREEN

Green

Green

Red. Easier to play on the winning side if we are to allow the loser to live.

Green. Mysteries like this are best chipped away through investigation rather than given away in gone go through the perspective of someone who knows what is going on.

Red.
Because I think it will be more fun to play from the "Dark side"

The Red Green show:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show

I didn't like our apparent mortality-rate in the last thread...
I mean, we probably survived 3 times, but each chapter ends with an unclear outcome whether we survived...

Let's try having a chapter with someone we like clearly alive at the end^^

PS: I forgot about the wire-creature... we did like him, right?^^

Green because they have the berserk goat

Goat.
I mean green.

3/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:07 No. 557084 ID: 40e7f1
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Ember
-Damn it... they got her...

4/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:08 No. 557085 ID: 40e7f1
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Ember
-And this means our way out of here got just a lot more difficult...

5/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:22 No. 557087 ID: 20aa8e
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My name is Ember Sykes, im test subject who not so long ago was experemented on... one of the many test subjects...
I dont know much about the "project" and people behind it... all i know that experiments involved something they called "advent cell's"...
I once heard how one of the doctors said that should this research succeed... it would become cure form all diseases, it will change the world as we know it, stem cell researchs will become obsolete...
I dont care much about this stuff, all i want right now is to get off this hellish island, and that woman who just got killed... has only thing to open way out of here...

Ember
-Ughhh this sucks... we need that card key...
-Uh what is it now John?

6/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:30 No. 557088 ID: 78f02e
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Ember
-Oh right... sorry, i must have keep mumbling to my self... (explains what she saw)...=>

I found this guy in locked up in west wing testing chambers... looks like poor sap had it more than his mind could handle... he dont know his name, or pretty much anything about him self... oh, and he cant talk normally for some reason, and refuses to take this stupid mask off... i guess thats why he keeps this chalk board...(funny guy)
I called him John Smith cuz i guess i need call him somehow...

7/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:33 No. 557089 ID: 78f02e
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We are currently locked up in maintenance room under the monorail platfrom...

8/8 Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)06:43 No. 557090 ID: 20aa8e
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Ember
-Ether way we have to make our move now or it will be too late... I dont know if any of thouse freaks knows about the keycard, so i suggest it would be much more smart to wait see if they would just wander off somewhere else and not put ourself in danger...

John
-... (puts axe over his shoulder and makes a frown)

Ember
-I guess that mean we should go and try to save her... Its stupid you didnt see how many of them where out there, about 20 or 30 not less...
-And we didnt even know for sure if she is alive from stab like that... YOU DONT JUST WALK IT OFF!... i saw her! she is not one of the test subjects... SHE is not like US!!!...

John
-...(scribles something on his board)...

And we are not like them !

would be nice if we could cause some kind of distraction to lure some of them away, but seeing as she was doing really well at kicking there ass with nothing but a shovel you two might actually be able to take them even if it's just long enough to grab her and run like hell.

A rescue isn't a terrible idea, although it would have been nice if you thought of it before she was run through.

A head on attack isn't a good idea, though. We just saw where that leads. We need a plan. A distraction or something.

And for what it's worth- normal ordinary people can survive things like impalement, 'Em. Granted, not with any kind of high rate of success, but it does happen.

Ember, you recognize that locket John's wearing? Because I kind of suspect you should.

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)07:29 No. 557100 ID: 75dd30
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>Ember, you recognize that locket John's wearing? Because I kind of suspect you should.

Ember
-Nah, never seen it before... kinda pretty thou...

just on more reason to try and save, I mean even if she lives you can always tell her you dropped it while running or something.

Also are there any fire alarms around you? Think if you pulled one some of those guys in the station would leave trying to find where it's coming from or who pulled it?

>>557090
Please explain your powers and what John has explained to be their powers.

>>557100
Is John a dude?
Look at each others butts
This will be important later. I'm completely serious. Masked dudes going around can't tell each other apart sometimes. But each and every butt is unique.

Take inventory.

>>557133
Yes do this

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)19:24 No. 557218 ID: 40e7f1
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>Please explain your powers and what John has explained to be their powers.

Ember
-Well to make long story short... i been developing my powers for some time already, but i still dont know full extend of it, so i try not to rely on them to much... so far i been able to transmorph both my arms in projectile weapons... think, biocannon that can shoot ether liquid(blood) or hard(bone) ammo... it has its limits thou, i cant shoot too far and hard-shots are limited by 5 shoots, and then it takes about 5 min to recharge, about liquid-shots... well duh its my blood... use it too much and i will pass out...

-Other cool thing i can do is create Separately Existing Lifeforms (or SAL's how like to call them) they dont have brains of their own, but i can control them telepathically, and see what they see... but creating even one is takes a great toll on my body...

-As for the John's ability's, they dont seem be as flexible as mine... first of all he dont have control over it, ability is always ON... his skincells have properties of a very agressive flesh eating bacteria, he can absorb "dead" matter to revitalize himself...

-For the last few hours we been together one more irregularity about him... his body is basicly dead... advent cells in his organism forcefully keep pushing blood though his veins and keeping brain form decaing... i still havent told him about it, im not sure if he knows...

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)19:28 No. 557221 ID: 9667d0
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>Is John a dude?

Sarah
-well i guess he is... i havent seen his junk, if you ask this...

>Look at each others butts

Sarah
-...ok... (looks at John's butt) ... and im doing this why?

>This will be important later. I'm completely serious. Masked dudes going around can't tell each other apart sometimes. But each and every butt is unique.

Sarah
-...ok, im not showing him mine...

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)19:33 No. 557224 ID: 20aa8e
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>Take inventory.

You are currently have:
1) Fire axe
2) Pair of snazzy shades
3) Chalk board with chalk
4) Screwdriver
5) Revolver x1 bullet
6) Severed limb-key
7) Regular-key
8) Syringe with active "advent cells"

Sarah
-For some reason John keep collecting all the junk he come across...

>>557224
Well John can just eat anyone that tries to fight him, but keep one limb covered to grab the wounded survivor.

You can keep him covered with bone-bullets.

As a last resort if you can't stabilize the survivor you could inject her to see if the advent cells cause her to regenerate somehow.

i'm pretty sure there are some corpses over there. so john can run in. shrug off shit and keep moving as the bodies get ingested, and run out. while you pick off chasers that get close.

So, did you discover who made that explosion earlier?

Sorry about all the questions, now lets take a look at the room and exits and stuff!

so can you get to a fire alarm or are we just going to solder out there and grab the dead chick so we can get her key card/whatever else she may have on her and run like hell?

Could John theoretically get into a melee with the fire axe, using enemy casualties/ rent limbs to regenerate damage as needed, with you providing ranged support?

Other options include trying to scare them off with the gun (probably a bad idea) or trying to lure them into the room you're sitting in now and trapping them inside somehow.

>>557089
Looking at the map, is it possible to climb up the ladder to the top of your current building and then from there onto the upper platform? That would open up a lot of possibilities like sending someone around to flank them.

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)20:38 No. 557238 ID: 40e7f1
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>so can you get to a fire alarm

Ember
-it wont do much help with whole power outage thing...

>now lets take a look at the room and exits and stuff!

Sadly the room is empty... nothing that may help

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)20:43 No. 557239 ID: 9667d0
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>Looking at the map, is it possible to climb up the ladder to the top of your current building and then from there onto the upper platform? That would open up a lot of possibilities like sending someone around to flank them.

Ember
-Right we need to plan our action ahead... let me take another look at the place with my eye SAL...
-Soo... we need to fight our way in, get the girl, fight our way out, then escape... odds are not in our favor... and we have only two escape routes... i dont like our odds...

Well, what are they doing with the girl? It's gonna take a little while before you can get to her, so either they're gonna kill her some more or they need her alive. In the latter case perhaps you can ambush them when they move her, or attack them when the terrain favors you more.

If they tend to mindlessly attack but stop when the victim stops moving, then the solution is for John to distract them (since he's durable and can regenerate) while Ember sneaks over to rescue the victim.

is why you fight smarter not harder.

>>557239
how smart are those creatures
you could make a tiny humanoid like a child and lure them away. it'll take a toll, yes, but i think its the safest solution.
even if they are smart there's no reason for them to defend that platform, body, or keycard. they'll go for it. john can scoop up the girl with his MANLY? STRENGTH! while everyone wants to take a bite out of your SAL
stay safe and you should be able to recoup your strength you lost for the SAL

it's too bad john can't also heal you with dead tissue
might be an upgrade when he levels up

how much punch does that bone shot of yours have? Think it could have enough power to take out a part of the ceiling? If so you might be able to scatter the things on the ground so john can get in and grab the girl and get out, then you could join him and collapse whatever exit you take so they can't follow you.

>>557243
failing that you could still just shoot them with your blood bullets from the upper level and while they focus on you john can just run in and grab her. Also I thing you should try to take out the guy that fingered that chick first because he seems... different from the rest, as in a much bigger threat.

>how smart are those creatures?

Ember
-Most of them are just cannon fodder... pretty easy to kill if you are cearfull...
-The problem is Me and John are not the only test subjects to retain our will and mind...
-The one with scythe hand bothers me... he is obviously can think like us... there must be other like him, another thing is the fact that mindless ones are not attaking them or each other, i think somehow they are able to control them... and use them as shield
-Right now they Scythe-guy looks like he talking to someone... i dont like this...
-If somehow they wont turn out to be just mindless mob... we are fucked

>Well, what are they doing with the girl?

Nothing, she just lays there... in the pool of her own blood...

...ok stupid idea, if you two where just to walk out there how likely is it that those things will attack the two of you? I mean if they're only attacking normals then do you think you two might just be able to walk in there and drag her away without anyone bating an eye?

I have a plan that seems somewhat risky but plausible. Ember climbs up to the platform and snipes at them, trying to hit StabHand. This will probably get most to all of them to run after you, at which point John can come from the lower exit to grab the girl. At that point Ember can retreat back down the ladder to flee with John through the sewer entrance.

This makes me questions scythe guy's motivations
Honestly I would just bolt out of here at this point if I was super powerful and in command after killing anyone worth killing. Which seems to have happened. I mean, besides look for a cure but that sounds really hard.

Too bad we can't just talk to the guy.
I mean, I just realized that IS an option we can try if he's the sentient one controlling 'em all. Nothing so far indicates he's unwilling to negotiate. That girl was attacking his subjects, he put her down. He doesn't actually want to kill her, otherwise they'd be tearing the body apart. Right now he just put her down and that's enough. Her survival isn't a concern either though.

Actually now that I think more about it... I think they want to ride the monorail. Those other beasts are probably just mindless when he isn't around to control them, which is why they attack you.

Why don't you talk to him, then? Or listen in?

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)21:52 No. 557255 ID: 40e7f1
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>...ok stupid idea, if you two where just to walk out there how likely is it that those things will attack the two of you? I mean if they're only attacking normals then do you think you two might just be able to walk in there and drag her away without anyone bating an eye?

Ember
-Yeahhh... i really dont think that would work...

>I mean, I just realized that IS an option we can try if he's the sentient one controlling 'em all. Nothing so far indicates he's unwilling to negotiate.
Ok, that can be worked into my previous plan. Ember's role in that was to distract them and lure the horde away while John grabs the girl, and talking from up there would work for that as well as shooting (and can easily become shooting if negotiation don't work out).

Ember
-John we dont have more time to loose... if we want to save the girl...
-Listen up here is what we will do...

[CHOOSE YOUR PLAN]

A)
>I have a plan that seems somewhat risky but plausible. Ember climbs up to the platform and snipes at them, trying to hit StabHand. This will probably get most to all of them to run after you, at which point John can come from the lower exit to grab the girl. At that point Ember can retreat back down the ladder to flee with John through the sewer entrance.

B)
Same as A but with escape through entrance gate

C)
>I mean, I just realized that IS an option we can try if he's the sentient one controlling 'em all. Nothing so far indicates he's unwilling to negotiate. That girl was attacking his subjects, he put her down. He doesn't actually want to kill her, otherwise they'd be tearing the body apart. Right now he just put her down and that's enough. Her survival isn't a concern either though.

A

>>557260
A

A

Try C) as plan 1 while in position for A) if talking doesn't work out. In other words, John remains out of sight near the lower entrance to the open space Ember climbs up to the ledge near the Main Hall Entrance and tries to yell over to Stabhand to start negotiations. If he wants to talk Ember talks with him (John remaining hidden until the talk resolves in a non-violent way); otherwise Ember opens fire, aiming for Stabhand. When the horde starts to run up the stairs towards her or if something goes wrong, Ember shouts to John to either go in or not.

Of the two exits, the Sewers are more accessible, as it is faster to go down a ladder than up it and the minions' initial direction of pursuit will hopefully be closer to the Entrance.

C and A at the same time
Replace sniping with trying to talk, then get into fight mode if it gets ugly while John sneaks

>>557266
I agree with this.

Sombermann 2014/01/13(Mon)23:44 No. 557278 ID: 78f02e
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Ember
-So you got that John...
-Take your move right after me, i will divert their attention... and if all goes good try to negotiate with them...
-While i do that you flank them from the side, and wait for my signal...

John
-...(nods)

Sombermann 2014/01/14(Tue)02:31 No. 557297 ID: a7e6a0
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Ember
-Go, and stay out of their sight...

Sombermann 2014/01/14(Tue)03:18 No. 557301 ID: 40e7f1
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You climb up on the platfrom and encounter Unknown Group...

[From here will start the dialog in wich you prime goal is distract mutants long enough for John to flank them and take his position for the rear attack (upperhand in battle), secondary goal is to dug out as many information as you can about them (information is power), and finally if possible try and make some sort of agreement with them (route to avoid battle)...

As you approach mutant mob, you get an attention of Scythe-hand...

???
-So who you might be lass? And what are you doing here all alone?

A) Tell the truth (input truth)
B) Lie (input lie)
C) ... (silence is an option)
D) (give a signal for John to attack) [John is not in position] => Battle

a. trying to figure out stuff. like who you are for example? my name's ember. i don't remember much of the experiments, so i don't think we interacted as much together. you clearly have domain over these creatures at the moment, are you trying escape or killing every single staff member for revenge?

A. "I have a boatload of questions about just what they did to me, to us I suppose. Because this *gesture* this isn't normal, I know that much. You know anything?"

Lets distract AND milk for information.

"so you can talk, ran in to too many that couldn't. i am sure you can imagine how that went. wondering what you want, personally i want to stay alive."

A. But for now avoid mentioning John

>>557301
Ask if he's really going to just let her die.

>>557313
Yep. Also ask about who that is in the pool of blood over there.

ask who he is, a name for a name after all.

>"I have a boatload of questions about just what they did to me, to us I suppose. Because this *gesture* this isn't normal, I know that much. You know anything?"

[am i to assume that she shows him her ability or points at something]?

Sombermann 2014/01/14(Tue)21:05 No. 557524 ID: 20aa8e
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Ember

- My name is Ember im test subject like you...
- Im just trying to figure stuff up, like who are you guys? And how are you controlling "them"?
- That girl are you really gonna let her die like this?

Nero

- You can call me Nero... i know who you are Ember, you where locked up in the west wing...
- And this is my "merry men"... we are here to make right of this world wrongs...
- How are manage to stay alive for soo long out there...? west wing was blood bath for last few days...?

RESULTS:
+
(You know his name(fake/real)), (You know he knows who you are), (You know he knows about you r location for the last few days)...
-
(He knows that you have some kind of ability) , (He knows you are interested in the dead girl)

A) Tell the truth
B) Lie
C) ...
D) Signal John (John is not in position)

just say you are good at staying out of the way.

an ask what wrongs he means to right.

>>557524
>the dead girl
Really?

Tell him it's none of his business how you survive.

Ask him if he knows how to get out of here, and if he knows what this mutation business is all about.

say you want the girl to learn about the outside world, as in where you could find things, (like a city to either go towards or avoid) if she isn't one of us then that means she didn't come from here, which means she knows what's beyond these walls. Say you would like to talk to her before she passes to see what she can tell you about what's outside. I mean unless his plan is to stay here forever, having a sense of direction and an idea of what's around us couldn't hurt.

not sure if this is totally a lie or not. and do we really know what's beyond these walls? Might let him let us actually grab her. If he ask why we're trying to move her just say your taking her some where so she doesn't bleed out. If he ask why we're doing that just say the longer she stays alive the longer we can ask her things. If he says she already dead say you still want to try as you don't really have anything better to do right now.

A with a little bit of lies of omission
So you just want to kill Science and Administration right? Plus Security if you have to? You care about killing the cooking staff or the construction staff or janitorial? We would like justice and vengeance too, in a way, but we're really only concerned for that girl because we can tell she's one of the construction staff and probably just afraid and trying to survive which is why she attacked your boys.

Do you know where we can find information, like our personal profiles and such? We lived through West Wing by attacking what attacked us when we had to, but mostly trying to stay out of sight. Really, we've been just sort of losing our fights with the, choosing more to run and disable the creatures if we're in a corner. If you care for all the "merry men" in the facility, including the west wing, sorry about hurting those guys, but they do attack everyone blindly when they're not being controlled by you. Worst we've done so far is basically dismember their tentacles. At least, we think. Those tentacles are a bitch man. They're not even the fun Anime kind. Yes I am totally asking you to use that joke Ember, try and make him laugh.

Don't speak the "we" pronoun however, when I'm saying we I generally just mean us the instructing voices and yourself.

Sombermann 2014/01/14(Tue)22:03 No. 557541 ID: 20aa8e
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Ember
- Its none of your business
- (to say shortly keeps asking a lot of questions)

Nero

- wow... Awful lot of questions dont ya think... are stalling for something...? (looks around)

- How do you exactly got out of the west wing? Main door was sealed off...

RESULTS:

+ ...

- (He knows you are planning something)...

A) Keep going (tell something)
B) Signal to John (Jhon is not is position)...

you guys are walking landmine field, just a warning

A
"I don't really know. I just woke up out of it. I don't know if I had a psychotic episode or not and I'm ashamed to tell the truth if it really happened. I'm not much of a killer and would rather be a pacifist. I'm glad I'm out and about and can be free but still their might be blood on my hands and it freaks me out. I liked who I was before and want to go back, only I can't even really remember that myself, so I have nothing to go back to. I'm sorry, I'm just kinda stressed out about everything and I'm kinda freaking out here. I see that pierced goat girl construction worker and I'm like, maybe I can make a difference and be a good person. I don't know you, I don't trust you. I saw you impale a girl a moment ago and you have these guys with you and they terrify me and they've attacked me when I woke up and I just... I'm scared here and no idea what's going on and you look like the only person here who might have some answers that's not going to kill me on sight. But the thing is, you could kill me easily too, you impaled that scared goat girl. Sure, to protect your merry men, but you could have just thrown her down and told her to stop."

talk really fast, be frantic and scared
appeal to his gentleman side
make him feel sorry
Come on man manipulate here, girl. Be a stereotype to lure him in to believing you! Let him see a scared, incapable girl, not a plotting, potentially clever, abrasive one.

>>557541
...that was a lot of questions? Really?

Tell him you're not stalling, you're trying to engage him in conversation figure out what kind of person he is. And so far it's that he's vengeful, paranoid, and has no regard for human life.

Tell him to ask you questions that are worth answering, instead of just those meant to find out how dangerous you are. Answer: Yes, of course you're dangerous, all mutants are. Telling him your abilities would be stupid, and you're not stupid.

Stalling? Here you are growing strange mutations while stuck on a deadly island, and when you finally meet someone who seems to know what is going on around here he expects you not to have a lot of questions? (Actually say that part.)

Anyway, unless it somehow relied on having a second person helping, tell him the truth about how you got out of the west wing.
(Strategically we should try to answer more of his questions without talking about John or the specifics of our powers. If he asks specifically about the powers, tell him that frankly he is rather intimidating and you would rather not describe the specifics of what you can do for self defense to a well-armed stranger.)

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)02:18 No. 557557 ID: a7e6a0
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Ember
- "I don't really know. I just woke up out of it. I don't know if I had a psychotic episode or not and I'm ashamed to tell the truth if it really happened. I'm not much of a killer and would rather be a pacifist. I'm glad I'm out and about and can be free but still their might be blood on my hands and it freaks me out. I liked who I was before and want to go back, only I can't even really remember that myself, so I have nothing to go back to. I'm sorry, I'm just kinda stressed out about everything and I'm kinda freaking out here. I see that pierced goat girl construction worker and I'm like, maybe I can make a difference and be a good person. I don't know you, I don't trust you. I saw you impale a girl a moment ago and you have these guys with you and they terrify me and they've attacked me when I woke up and I just... I'm scared here and no idea what's going on and you look like the only person here who might have some answers that's not going to kill me on sight. But the thing is, you could kill me easily too, you impaled that scared goat girl. Sure, to protect your merry men, but you could have just thrown her down and told her to stop."

Nero
-"Heh, you are one funny gal... meh, i guess we could make this work... well for starters... are you armed?

RESULTS:

+ ...
- ...

A) -Yes
B) -Yes (show arm cannon)
C) -Yes (show revolver)
D) -Yes (show both)
E) -No

I suspect B) would be fittest here

D) Let's try winning some trust here since i don't think a revolver with a single bullet is going to be much of a trump card against these monsters.

D) We're surrounded anyway aren't we? Keeping our weapons secret isn't going to help us.
If he gets suspicious about the arm cannon it's probably worth mentioning that it takes a lot out of you to use it.

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)04:26 No. 557571 ID: 20aa8e
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You decide to show your ability and conseal the weapon...

Ember
>Well here it is, as you can see armed to the teeth...

Nero
>Oh, so you are the dynamic morpher type...

You can't really tell because of his wierd face, but for moment there you felt that he smiled...

Nero
>Bloody fine addition you will be to our happy bunch!

By using your EyeSAL you can see that John is taken his position right behind them, and all of them are focused on you...

A) Wait (Keep conversation going)
B) Attack (Signal John)

Might as well keep them talking a bit longer. "If you want me to join you, I need to know: what are you and your band of merry men hoping to achieve exactly?"

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)06:08 No. 557577 ID: 78f02e
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>Might as well keep them talking a bit longer. "If you want me to join you, I need to know: what are you and your band of merry men hoping to achieve exactly?"

You let Nero proceed with his offer...

Nero
>Together we will find our All-mother... and free her... and the take her to the new lands, into a new day...
>So... what do you say flesh-kin?
>Are you in or are you in?

A) -For the all-mother!!! (Yes)
B) -Yes im with you guys (Yes)
C) -Sadly... i must declined your offer (No)
D) -Nope (No)
E) -... (Yes???/No???)
F) -F**K EM UP JOHN!!! (Attack)

F
hold arm forward, then morph and fire bone blast and wreak him.

F)

"I was wrong, your not a monster..."

*Pause*

"You're bats***-INSANE!"

*Cheapshot*

"F**K EM UP JOHN!!!"

1/2 Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)06:49 No. 557585 ID: 78f02e
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Ember
>Oh... I was wrong, your not a monster...

E-All-Mother? What/who is that?

2/2 Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)06:52 No. 557587 ID: 40e7f1
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Ember
>You're bats***-INSANE!

You aim your "handgun" at Nero and shoot hard-round right in his stupid face...

Ember
>F**K EM UP JOHN!!!

>>557586
>E-All-Mother? What/who is that?

-hell if i know :I

DODGE the counter attack. start retreating and shoot at anyone getting close to you or john.

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)07:09 No. 557594 ID: 9667d0
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In a spitsecond before reaching its target bullet was strucked out of the air with something moving like whip...

Ember jumps backwards to gain some distance and leave reach of Nero's scythe...

that's a fast mofo.
get moving.

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)07:21 No. 557597 ID: 78f02e
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You are now "John" seconds before the Ember's shot...
You trying to decide what would be the best battle cry for you... cuz as it starts you wont have time write it down...
What shall it be?

wait you can say things coherent enough for a battle cry?

"YOUR FLESH IS MINE!"

>wait you can say things coherent enough for a battle cry?

John
-Nope, im gonna write it down and wear the board on my chest :3

How about a Rawr!

Simple and effective.

You could take the mask off and gurgle/scream at them.

don't see why you need the chalkboard when your ax will probably be doing all the talking you need

...the flesh one didn't sound to bad though>>557598

"Booyah Motherf***er!"

>>557597
Uh, but... you can't speak?

An incoherent howl seems like your best bet there.

EveryZig!Ac/akrMPao 2014/01/15(Wed)11:54 No. 557631 ID: d2995c
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>Rawr!
Write this. It gets the point across without revealing too much. We don't want an audible battle cry, as that would defeat the purpose of a sneak attack.

Ember seems to be in a somewhat different location from what I thought before, so I think the plan should be adjusted a bit. The general idea is still for Ember to retreat, drawing the mob away from the girl so John can grab her than for both to proceed for the non-mobbed exit. Ember is nearly on top of the Sewer exit now so that won't be suitable (the mob would get in John's way), so we should shout to John to head for the main exit. (I originally thought the ladder would slow us down, but since Ember just jumped that high a minute ago that route should be fine.

Your allmother so fat she killed the dinosuars

About that Allmother thing, we are probably going to have to do something about that eventually. We came here prepared to meet a Magneto, but instead we found a Sephiroth.

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)19:40 No. 557723 ID: 78f02e
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John jumps of the platform right into fray of battle, swinging his axe and ripping the flesh of the enemies bones, making his way towards girl laying in a pool of her own blood...

John
>RAWR!!!

>>557723
Don't forget, you can't touch the girl with your bare skin. Grabbing her gloved hand would work, so would pulling her away via some other part of her clothing.

Sombermann 2014/01/15(Wed)20:15 No. 557739 ID: 20aa8e
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Nero
>Huh... another one?!...
>...they want the body!?
>TWIG GET THE BODY!!! THORN, ROOT!!! LITTLE CRACK SHOT ON YOU TWO!!! BOB WITH ME ON THE SECOND ONE!!!

Choose your battle:
A) Ember vs Thorn + Root
B) John vs Nero + Bob

B
because john has to fight THE BOSS. while ember has to fight mooks.

Sigh, charging into the mob is I was hoping to avoid with the distraction and lure strategy. in retrospect I really should have stated that more clearly. Too late now I suppose.

B), because John is now in the middle of the mob and also has to deal with Nero, who seems tougher than most of his minions.

whoever is closer to the body... or Ember so we can shoot twigs if he tries to steal the body

Suggestion 2014/01/15(Wed)21:22 No. 557765 ID: 78f02e
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You choose John

John is faced with powerful adversary. Before hand John managed to thiner enemies numbers - most of them didnt pose much threat...

Now that the number of mindless ones dwindled they take a distance from you forming a circule.

Now Nero and "Bob" are the only thing that stands between you and girl... this "Bob"... ughhh... its hard to imagine that this thing was a regular person once... now it looks like slimy clot of flesh with tendrils...

Suggestion 2014/01/15(Wed)21:31 No. 557767 ID: 40e7f1
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You cant see Ember... too many of them obstruct your view...

You dont know wich of the them is "Twig", the body is still behind Nero and Bob... you need plan and fast!

not sure about bob but Nero has reach, I think the best bet is to get in close with him since his scythe hands need some distance to getting enough swing in a attack to do any real damage, but Nero is quick and I'm not fully sure about what his 'whip' that he used to deflect Ember's shot can do, and Bob is a complete unknown but if I had to guess I'd see he has something similar to your power where he can absorb things. I mean that's what blobs do right, absorb things?

So plan, plan... uh well the thing is we're not trying to win we just want the girl so I would say try to get in close to Nero while trying your best to keep Nero between you and bob and if you see a chance to grab the girl and run do so. Not a perfect plan by any means but we really don't know who can do what here.

stay near a corpse and do a "bring it" motion with your hand. take a ht and apply axe liberally when whoever closes in. then consume the corpse.

Now that I think about it, to John in particular Nero is less of a physical threat than Bob. Nero seems to attack primarily by stabbing with his scythe-hand, which is at a disadvantage because a) stabbing mainly works through organ damage, which has a rather limited effect on John, and b) Nero's scythe is made of organic matter. Nero appears to be a "dynamic morpher type", so his cells will most likely lose to John's in a contact-damage fight.
On that matter, if John gets stabbed by Nero I suspect he might be able to turn it to his advantage by chopping off the blade at the arm and absorbing it to heal himself, or even starting to absorb it while it is still attached (which I don't think we have tested yet). While John was not able to absorb the tentacles of the two-body creature (attached or detached), that was probably because it was a stronger assimilator than John.

Bob, on the other hand, seems more likely to be an assimilator and is larger and more mutated, so John will likely take contact-damage from him. Bob doesn't look all that quick on his nonexistent feet though, so we should try to just stay out of his reach.

In short, go after Nero, try and sever and/or absorb his arm if he stabs you with it, and stay out of reach of Bob.

>>557778
>>557779
guys, read the description of john's power again. he can absorb DEAD flesh. if it's ALIVE like the other tentacle beast then he doesn't work.

god!

>>557781
It might or might not work on Nero's arm when it is alive, but the arm won't be alive anymore if we can chop it off after he stabs us with it.

>>557787
assuming Nero doesn't do something we haven't seen him do yet, we can get enough distance to properly swing the ax down with enough force to sever his arm, and bob doesn't do anything.

Also can we absorb things without passing out or are is that still a problem for us?

Oooh ooh I have a great idea! Fight aggressively but don't use your absorption at all. Then when you take a "lethal" innjury, act like you're dead/dying. When they move away to assist the mutants fighting Ember, stand back up, grab the girl, absorb a corpse and run.

She's apparently dead so I don't see why we're even bothering anymore but WHATEVER LET'S FIGHT.

>>557781
Yeah those guys are so dumb right? Let's both be jerks to them!

god!

Suggestion 2014/01/15(Wed)23:40 No. 557793 ID: 20aa8e
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Right... now is most important is get the girl and the hell out, so focus on running away, not fight...

As John rushes toward the girl, Nero retaliates with a stabing movement of his scythe-hand ...

A) dodge to the left
B) dodge to the right
C) powerslide
D) jump
E) keep running straight
F) block with fire-axe

>>557793
Powerslide with the axe in line with neros arm

Dodge left. His other arm is to your right.

left takes us in line with bob.
i agree with
>>557794

>>557796
Oh right, Bob. Powersliding is better than.

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)00:39 No. 557800 ID: 40e7f1
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You preform a powerslide to dodge Nero's attack... as you do so you manage to dodge it and grab his scythe-hand (your ability cant work properly on the living tissue - its just slighty melts targets epidermis) ... Nero is ready to pierce you with his claw-hand...

A) Block it with the axe
B) Use axe to chop off the scythe-hand
C) Other...(input)

Block with the axe, then yank the other arm to unbalance him towards you. The stab wound probably won't do much to us, but this isn't the best time to find out for sure.

Can you shake your helmet off without using your hands? If so you might be able to use all those teeth bite through the grabbed arm while leaving your axe hand free.

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)02:14 No. 557803 ID: 75dd30
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>Block with the axe, then yank the other arm to unbalance him towards you. The stab wound probably won't do much to us, but this isn't the best time to find out for sure.

You block Nero's claw-hand with an axe...

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)02:15 No. 557805 ID: a7e6a0
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>Can you shake your helmet off without using your hands? If so you might be able to use all those teeth bite through the grabbed arm while leaving your axe hand free.

John
- GHAAAAAA!!!

and rip it off! it needs to die before you can 'digest' it. push through him. grab the girl(with covered arm) and keep running.

Go for it! Tear bastard apart, before Bob can help him. Grab the body(watch for the any saliva dripping on her), trample the Twig, and get away with Ember!

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)03:10 No. 557809 ID: 20aa8e
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>and rip it off!

Attained new weapon: NERO ARM

good thing you're indestructible. ignore wound. consume arm.

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)03:57 No. 557812 ID: 40e7f1
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You push Nero aside, grab the girl, put her over the sholder and run like your ass is on fire...

>good thing you're indestructible. ignore wound. consume arm.

John
-Om-nom-nom-nom...

Nero
-AAAGHHH... MY F**KING ARM!!!... BOB!!! DONT JUST STAND THERE YOU MEAT SACK GET THEM!!!

RUN LIKE THE CLAPPERS

>>557812
give bob a thumbs up he seems kinda dumb if you do a nice thing to him he might get really confused

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)04:25 No. 557816 ID: 75dd30
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>give bob a thumbs up he seems kinda dumb if you do a nice thing to him he might get really confused

You give a Bob thimbs up... you are not sure if got that...

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)04:34 No. 557817 ID: a7e6a0
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You are now Ember in the middle of heated battle with two opponents... you are almost on the limit you got one boneround and about a dozen blood rounds...
You can see John with body over his sholder running towards the stairs he is followed by small group of "dummy's"...

Kay, powers of what you're fighting? Because unless they can catch you I think you should just book it now.

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)05:25 No. 557821 ID: 75dd30
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>Kay, powers of what you're fighting? Because unless they can catch you I think you should just book it now.

Ember
-Worst kind... so i guess there is only one thing to do...

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)05:36 No. 557822 ID: 40e7f1
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-Run like hell...

Suggestion 2014/01/16(Thu)05:59 No. 557823 ID: 78f02e
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As you and John run through the door you hit the panel on its side to seal it off... you hope it will hold them off.

You keep running through the empty corridors of the facility, while you trying to remeber the way to the med-section (there must be something save this girls life) and to the docks (your only way out of the island)...

John ether way will follow you...

Wich way should you go:

A) Med-section
B) Docks

A)Med-section post haste!

>>557825
My votes with tnis

medbay, I mean after all the shit we want through to save that chick she better not die.

Since she's already dead I say we just head to the docks. Search the body to see if she has the card we need.

Check for a heartbeat. If she's dead the only thing that might help her are the advent cells we already have, but if she is alive the Med Bay might be useful.

Also, I note that this time it was someone else who got seriously injured at the chapter end this time. Progress!

This girl needs medical attention if she isn't already dead. If she is... I dunno.I suppose there's always the obvious option of what to do with a pile of dead flesh.

Sombermann 2014/01/17(Fri)23:54 No. 558163 ID: 9667d0
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Chapter 5

You decide to go in medical bay...

After some time of running the empty hallways of the facility, you manage to reach medical bay, its located in far east corner of the "main wing"
To your good luck door appears to be unlock, both you and John enter medical bay...
Varios med-equipment is surrounds you... John put the girl on the clean operating table and falls down near the wall to catch his breath... He leaves the rest to you.

Sombermann 2014/01/18(Sat)00:01 No. 558164 ID: 78f02e
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You check the girls pulse and to as you expected its gone...

Dire mesures have to be taken if you want to save her life, she is been bleeding out for some time and lost a lot of blood... you dont know when exactly her heart stopped beating, and how extensive her damage is.

You take syrige of active "advent cell" out of your inventory...

Ember
>-"This may be the only way to save her..."

You go back into your memories and recollect how unpredictable effects of injection can be... she may just turn into one of "them"...

You think for a moment about your own powers...

Ember
>-"I might be able to heal her using my own ability to "repair" her body"

A) Use the syringe
B) Use your own ability

>>558164
Repair ability, blood transfusion (find some type O blood packs), use shock pads, save the injection for the last resort.

B
Your ability probably has less risk to harm her than the syringe if she lives, I mean her personality.

Try it, if it fails well... you have the key card. It sucks for her but honestly I don't think there's much you could have done for her when Nero stabbed her. I don't even consider that injection a real option if it has those unpredictable side effects.

IF there's a decent afterlife she'd probably would rather be dead than deal with all the shit that injection might bring her if it brings her back. Not that your method might not have side effects or be just as dangerous for her but it'll be good to know what you can do. You made a good effort, even if you failed. Nothing to feel sorry about or regret if you do B and fail.

Actually, consider injecting adrenaline into her heart before trying anything. You're going to have to be quick with B right after because she'll probably start bleeding again if the adrenaline gets her heart pumping. I think adrenaline into the heart is what you do for a lack of pulse at least... I am not a medical professional.

Actually just exnay on that suggestion of using adrenaline I have no idea why I thought that might be a good idea at ALL
but if you want to do a terrible idea there will be some around here, and probably the spinal injection needle you'd require to get it in the heart will be too, if not right next to each other. Too bad we don't have time to read an emergency manual.

use powers first to see if we can't get lucky, failing that use the syringe and see if maybe you can't use your powers with that to make sure she comes out sane if you can.

use your power to make her brain alive. then inject.

A)

uh, you do know there is a defibrillator behind you right? think we could try that before anything, Also is the body still warm? If so the defibrillator might actually work on the whole bringing her back thing

A

It's the only way to be sure...

>>558165
Pretty much this.

Try B, if it fails then A.

>>558404
Defibrillators only help for fibrillation. They do not restart a stopped heart.

>>558457
What? TV HAS LIED TO ME.

>>558164
Give her an IV before you do anything; you need to increase her blood volume before anything else could help. There should be an infusion pump around - that'll boost her volume rapidly.
Then try B.
If B fails, then A.

Sombermann 2014/01/23(Thu)09:51 No. 559150 ID: 13ef94
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Ember searches through med-bay and find a number blood packs in small freezer container, she picks up one marked with (O blood type), after wich she hooks it up makes an IV shot.

With the next step Ember uses her powers to manipulate her own flesh to "seal" the wound and stitch girls body back together.

Ember
-"Come on, come on, dont die here on me."
-"Dont let John's effort to go in vain."
-"Fight!!!"

holly shit we got something. Ok now we just have to make sure she stays alive. We got her blood to replace what she's lost, we sealed the wound, uh what else is there to do other then wait for her to come around?

I guess we could grab that keycard off her since we're here. Maybe see what's in that locket.

>>559152
Alright now make sure she's breathing. Give her mouth to mouth if necessary, but there might be one of those masks with a hand pump on it.

Sombermann 2014/01/25(Sat)04:54 No. 559385 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
-"Phew... i think she is stable now... i dont know how extensive her brain damage is, but at least she is alive..."

John
-(sigh of relief)

Ember
-"Its too early to celebrate thou... we still need to reach docks if we want to get out of this place..."
-"Nero and his gang are still lurking somewhere out there, my eyeSAL in the staition cant see them anymore, only a bunch of dummies wandering around..."
-"The girl wont be awake for sometime now, she need to rest, but we dont have much time now... so, got any ideas John?"

Sombermann 2014/01/25(Sat)05:01 No. 559386 ID: 13ef94
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>I guess we could grab that keycard off her since we're here. Maybe see what's in that locket.

Ember picks up unknown girls belongings...
Obtained:
1) Key-card
2) Locket

Sombermann 2014/01/25(Sat)05:05 No. 559387 ID: 13ef94
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Ember opens locket that looks oddly similar to the one John is wearing...

Ember
-"Rose...!?" (Its my sisters photo... looks old...!?)

When was the last time you saw your sister? Is she in the facility too?

Anyway give the locket to John since he likes to collect stuff and then maybe go scout the route to docks? Can you leave an eyeSAL here to keep watch over goat.

what's in john's? Also can the eyeSAL move because if you could move it towards the dock that could be useful, also does this place have a roller bed or something for you to easily move the girl or are we just going to have to throw her over one of your guy's back and just run? Also what did you think of John's face?

Sombermann 2014/01/25(Sat)08:40 No. 559403 ID: 13ef94
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>When was the last time you saw your sister?

Ember
-"Its been years ago... before family fell apart... this photo was made on her 18th birthday on the small island in south pacific"

>Is she in the facility too?

Ember
-"I hope not..."

>what's in john's?

Ember
-"It's empty"

>Also can the eyeSAL move?

Ember
-"Sadly no... i can just shoot out of my organic gun and make stick to the clean surface"

>Also what did you think of John's face?

Ember
-"I dont even wanna think about what 'they' put him through, poor guy"

Sombermann 2014/01/25(Sat)08:42 No. 559404 ID: 13ef94
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>Anyway give the locket to John since he likes to collect stuff and then maybe go scout the route to docks?

Ember gave locket to John for safe keeping...

Ember recollect the floor plans of the facility as best as she can... to escape this place you need to reach docks, and hope there are still some boats left...

>>559385
I wouldn't worry about brain damage too much, she only lost her pulse for a little bit, and using the pulse as a measurement tool has some inaccuracy, you could be feeling it wrong, etc. Plus, if she's one of you guys (with freaky powers) she might have regen abilities past a regular persons, so brain damage might be fixable.

Is power on? Those elevators might not work to get down. Look for a staircase.

are those more elevators next to the office block or are those just stairs? cause I want to go with the stairs simply because you can't cut a wire to make whoever is using them plummet to there deaths.

We should definitely avoid the elevators if we can. With a staircase you can run back up the stairs if you get attacked upon exiting; with an elevator not so much.

>>559413
Unless the elevators have been pre-emptively sabotaged, cutting the main cables will engage the (passive, so no need for power) emergency lock, holding the elevator in place. Being stuck in a stationary elevator would be almost as bad though.
But if you can take out the elevator yourself (e.g. cutting the wires for the counterweight, if the elevator is right at the top floor) then you can use the shaft to get between floors stealthily.

Sombermann 2014/01/26(Sun)00:27 No. 559545 ID: 13ef94
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Ember decides to scout floor for possible routes to the first floor...

After quick runthrough... Ember sees three possible routes.

1) Open elevator shaft. (Elevator are on a lock down on the first floor, but one of the shafts are open and have an emergency ladder and evevator cabels to climb down with)

2) Open atrium (unless you have a way to survive 32 store drop, its not an option)

3) Starecase (you can only see as far as three floors down... its unkown what could be lower so its gamble)

well the atrium will make a good emergency escape route once we get down to the lower levels or can find something to use as a rope, slow our decent so we don't go splat when we hit the bottom, or can find a way to cushion the fall so we don't die.

The elevator would be what I would have picked if it wasn't for the fact that we're going to be carrying around an unconscious person who's still kinda hurt. I mean even if we don't have any problems on the way down, one little slip and you could drop her to her death.

While the stairs may be a risk right now they seem to be the safest route for us to take with us carrying around someone who's wounded. Could you maybe make some kind of scout thing with your powers? I mean like your eye thing but one that could move around so we can send it ahead to make sure the coast is clear or not. Either way I still say we should take the stairs.

>>559546
So, starting with stairs and switching to the elevator shaft when she regains consciousness?

if the injured chick is in good enough condition to clime down a latter with her wound sure. Not sure how badly having a hole in your chest would hinder someone but I'm guessing it certainly wouldn't help.

Sombermann 2014/01/26(Sun)10:43 No. 559584 ID: 13ef94
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Ember decides that the safest route to go with unconcious girl would be the staircase...

After she returned to the Med-Bay, Ember orders John to carry the girl and they head out...

The only light source in the dim lit staircase is omnious red emergency lighting.
As the two make their way down, they could hear uncoherent sounds of moaning and howling coming behind the doors of each floor.

Sombermann 2014/01/26(Sun)10:48 No. 559585 ID: 13ef94
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On the 10th floor the two bumped into a problem...
Lower floors where blocked off by steel bar door.
It has a card reading unit on its side...

>Could you maybe make some kind of scout thing with your powers?

Ember
-"I'm too tired for that right now, healing the girl taken a bigger toll on me then i thought"

How convenient, we have a card.

Sombermann 2014/01/26(Sun)11:10 No. 559589 ID: 13ef94
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>How convenient, we have a card.

Ember slashes the card through the device...
-Red light-... door is still locked

Ember
-Ughh... figures... nothing is ever simple...

any way for us to brake the lock or are we going to have to go around?

Sombermann 2014/01/26(Sun)11:39 No. 559592 ID: 13ef94
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>any way for us to brake the lock or are we going to have to go around?

Ember stops to consider her options...

She could try to axe her way through the door (it will take some time thou), backtrack, or take door leading to the 10th floor.

peek through the door and see if the coast is clear, if so (assuming that the layout of all the floors is pretty much like floor 32) maybe try the offices to find a keycard. Failing that or if it just looks to hectic out on this floor just chop through the gate here.

Also, how strong are your bone shots? I'm just wondering if it would be possible to maybe shoot the lock off instead to save time.

>>559592
Well, you just cut off the elevator's height by three, so it is slightly safer to descend. And there's no way there's bars in the shaft.

There also should be a fire escape somewhere or maybe this gate will open automatically if the fire alarm goes off. Surely this facility has good fire safety protocols, they're the easiest to implement! In fact, there should be fire escape plans throughout the facility if they wanted to be safe. Check in the small labs and places where there should be a lot of traffic.

I think we should go out the door on the floor above instead of this floor. Nero seems to know a lot about this building, so it seems plausible he would know about the stair lock and might try to set up an ambush on the floor with them. Listen at this door and at the door above. If every floor but this one has monster noises at it, that makes this floor more suspicious.

>Also, how strong are your bone shots? I'm just wondering if it would be possible to maybe shoot the lock off instead to save time.
On that subject, what does the blood shot do? It it heated or acidic, or does it just strike with a lot of force?

>>559592
Can't you just sortof... step around the bars? I don't see anything preventing you.

Heck, you could probably morph through the bars if you were good enough at morphing (and if you can morph your brain, how would that even work?). You'd have to morph your whole body though not just your arm.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)01:20 No. 559664 ID: 13ef94
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>Can't you just sortof... step around the bars? I don't see anything preventing you.

Ember
-Its barred all the way around, so i cant do that...

>Heck, you could probably morph through the bars if you were good enough at morphing.

-It would be possible if could morph something aside of my arms...

>Also, how strong are your bone shots? I'm just wondering if it would be possible to maybe shoot the lock off instead to save time.

-Its powerfull enough to knock somebody out... or do some minor damage to the body at point blank range... but its not good against steel.

>On that subject, what does the blood shot do? It it heated or acidic, or does it just strike with a lot of force?

-Its heated blood... applied with pressure.

Ember takes a peak through the door to check if the coast is clear... look clear enough... it quiet om this floor... too quiet.

Maybe it's quiet because no one is interested in the archives? Just sneak in and have a look around.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)04:07 No. 559671 ID: 13ef94
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>Maybe it's quiet because no one is interested in the archives? Just sneak in and have a look around.

Ember decides to scout the area... looks like the whole floor is used as an archive, each door have number on it 001-010 011-020 021-030... 221-230. Ember dont have time to check them all...

>>559671
ember do you recall ANY fire plans posted anywhere at all? they should definitely be on a bulltin board somewhere. how about at least a single fire alarm? a sprinkler system?

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)04:23 No. 559673 ID: 13ef94
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>ember do you recall ANY fire plans posted anywhere at all? they should definitely be on a bulltin board somewhere. how about at least a single fire alarm? a sprinkler system?

Ember
-Well looks like here is one of those... hmm looks really convoluted... who even come up with this shit... hmm is says "In event of emergency by following the safety protocol levels form 10 and higher, is to be put on lock down, after evacuation mesures is being taken... yada yada yada... presonal tasked with lock down procedure: dr.Philip White"

Okay well it seems in this building you need to have a pamphlet or rulebook or be a lawyer in order to survive an emergency so fuck that plan. Unless there happens to be arrows pointing to a fire escape.

Look at the doors and see how much light is shining through, only go into a lit room, preferably one with natural lighting so we can see how high up we are from the boat.

My backup plan includes opening up the elevator shaft, go down precisely one floor while john stays above, he carefully passes the girl to you as you stand on the 9th floor elevator entrance. Then we should be able to descend the staircase the rest of the way. Does that seem feasible or way too dangerous considering the heights between each floor?
If so, another backup plan is to find a mattress, shoot out a skinny window, descend outside, shoot the window below the window you just shot, get on the 9th floor, John passes you the mattress, you make a slide out of the mattress by positioning through the window, then carefully drops the girl down for you to catch in the slide, then himself. Even the significant height difference will be negligible thanks to the softness and length of the mattress, reducing danger of falling to a minimal level.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)05:37 No. 559676 ID: 13ef94
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>Look at the doors and see how much light is shining through, only go into a lit room, preferably one with natural lighting so we can see how high up we are from the boat.

All of the door have dim light coming through them, probably an emergency lighting, and the boat is suppose to be in docks at the 1st floor so its 9 floors down form here.
The only way to the docks is located on the 1st floor, thats why you needed that girl's key card.

>My backup plan includes opening up the elevator shaft, go down precisely one floor while john stays above, he carefully passes the girl to you as you stand on the 9th floor elevator entrance. Then we should be able to descend the staircase the rest of the way. Does that seem feasible or way too dangerous considering the heights between each floor?
>If so, another backup plan is to find a mattress, shoot out a skinny window, descend outside, shoot the window below the window you just shot, get on the 9th floor, John passes you the mattress, you make a slide out of the mattress by positioning through the window, then carefully drops the girl down for you to catch in the slide, then himself. Even the significant height difference will be negligible thanks to the softness and length of the mattress, reducing danger of falling to a minimal level.

Ember approaches the elevators on the 10th floor. Decending via the windows is seem to be impossible (windows are bulletproof).

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)05:38 No. 559677 ID: 13ef94
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Ember attempt to pry open an elevator shaft with an axe...

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)05:39 No. 559678 ID: 13ef94
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Ember looks inside, confuriming existence of the emergency ladder...

Get to prying open the 9th floor elevator then. You can figure out more once you're sure that floor is clear.

okay good. that makes it awkward instead of difficult.

If prying open that 9th floor door from the shaft makes you nervous, consider telling John you'll be going to the first floor through the shaft then climb back up the stairs to the 9th floor, where you can then jimmy open the elevator doors safety and begin plan "Drop the Goat". I'm suggesting going down to the 1st/2nd floor because you'll have the elevator to stand on to pry open the 1st/2nd floor's doors.

Oh and if you find yourself somewhere there might be mattresses you can carry and fit through the elevator doors to provide a safer drop for the girl, all the better.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)06:31 No. 559685 ID: 13ef94
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Ember climbs down the ladder and pry open elevator door...

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)06:32 No. 559686 ID: 13ef94
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Ember takes a peek in out of the shaft...
Nothing out of ordinary...

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)07:01 No. 559687 ID: 13ef94
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After checking if the coast is clear... Ember makes her way back to the starecase on the 10th floor to get John and "the girl"... door is open... something is not right...

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)07:07 No. 559688 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
-"OH MY GOD JOHN!!! what happened here!!?"

John is laying in pool of his own blood "the girl" is nowhere to be seen... he is out cold...

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)07:13 No. 559689 ID: 13ef94
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Ember notice bloody writing next to John...
He must have left it before he lost consciousness.

Twig? Something to do with the garden?

Anyway check Johns wounds, are they stabs or cuts so you know what to watch out for.
If John is still carrying around that severed limb-key you should press it on the wound and maybe his body will devour it and help him heal?

Then grab your axe and follow the blood trail.

had to of been a surprise, and more then one. in a one on one fight john can just hack off parts and heal faster then the enemy could do damage.

now what could twig mean...

twig...That an acronym for a powerset or something?
Is it possible that it's someone that's some sort of plant controller?
Could also be that the girl woke up and flipped out on John a bit..

Twig? you mean the little fucker Nero told to grab the girl in the first place? I'm not sure if Twig has been following us this whole time because of that order or if this simply was a new order...

Also that virus crap that turns people into monsters, who was carrying that and do we still have it? Cause at this point I don't see any reason for them to still be after goat girl except out of spite or because Nero is still trying to grow an army to free mother or whoever he was talking crazy to us about before.

Yep, that's one of Nero's goons. Not sure how he managed to take out John, considering he shouldn't even give a crap about blood loss. Maybe it's some sort of toxin?

You're going to need to find some dead tissue to feed John if you want him back on his feet. For now we should follow the blood trail to see if we can intercept Twig. He can't have gone far.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)11:07 No. 559715 ID: 13ef94
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John looks like he is gonna be fine... he just need some time to heal himself...

>For now we should follow the blood trail to see if we can intercept Twig. He can't have gone far.

Ember
-"Damn right, who ever did this couldn't get far..."

Ember prepares the fire-axe and follows the blood trail...

be careful of traps

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)11:11 No. 559719 ID: 13ef94
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Trail of blood led Ember deep into the archives...

It ends near one of doors, number on it reads 031-040, small plate on the side of door reads "ongoing experiments: project Alpha, project Omega"

...oh this sounds just lovely

can we peak through the window and see what's inside or at least creak the door and peek inside so we know what we're up against?

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)11:32 No. 559722 ID: 13ef94
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>...oh this sounds just lovely

>can we peak through the window and see what's inside or at least creak the door and peek inside so we know what we're up against?

Ember slightly pushes open door and takes a peak inside...

Its a small room filled with boxes and file drawers, the only one in the room is... that girl you saved... what!?

riiiiiiiiggght

we can see her but where's twigs, cause looking at her I don't see enough blood to make that blood trail. If you where to look at the floor can you see the blood trail going left or right of the door , might let us know what corner Twigs is in.

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)11:47 No. 559724 ID: 13ef94
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>If you where to look at the floor can you see the blood trail going left or right of the door?

Ember looks at the floor...

Blood trail leads to "the girl"... huh...!?

She might have woken up and assumed Jon was a monster out to murder her. So maybe she was the one that fought him.

Or Twigs grabbed her and then she woke up and fought him off.

Try polite conversation first.

there's also a trail to the right so safe bet is that's where we'll find twigs

So our options are
A) see if we can't sneak into the room
B) kick the door open and see if we can't use the element of surprise to our advantage
C) wait out here for them to come out and hope nothing happens to the girl or something ugly comes our way while we wait
D) leave
E) something else

Well either way I don't really want to go into that room when we don't know what the hell is or isn't in there so I'm think we could just open the door all the way and wait out here in the hall for them to come out. That way it's less likely for however to jump us. Careful though she might have the gun John was carrying but it only had one bullet assuming she didn't use it to shoot John.

yell hello n back up

Say hello
Say you're the one that patched her up after getting impaled
Ask her if she's gonna attack and that the dude with the mask was with me and friendly.
Where's the fat guy that looks like his entire face could be an organic hockey mask and that he's kinda adorable for a monster? Different guy, the one that isn't bloody in the stairway. Big, fat, was with the guy that impaled you. He followed us down the stairs and blindsided John, the bloody mask guy. Fat organic hockey Mask guy is named Twigs we think.

No wait fat adorable hockey mask was Bob
of course Bob wouldn't hurt John
John gave him a thumbs up

I forgot what Twigs looks like I never got a good look at him

Ask her why the hell she attacked John.

>>559724
Wanna bet Twig is a shapeshifter? Or something that can control people?

Hold her at arm-gunpoint. Ask her what the hell happened to John.

TWIG: an acronym maybe? They Were In Girl?

No holding her up to axe-point- we all saw her beat the freaks with another freak, and that's too close for Ember to be safe-
Open a dialogue with her around the door, so if she turns hostile we'll have room to respond without injury.

>>559731
we never saw twigs Nero and Bob were fighting John and the two called Thorn and Root where the two that Ember fought, Twigs just had to get the body... and even though both John and Ember where fighting and Twigs was free to help itself towards the downed chick John still was able to get to her first... God damn it we're dealing with a body snatcher or a shapeshifter aren't we?

Let's just back away slowly if Twig is now the girl, we won't lose her as long as that blood doesn't dry up.
You DID get her keycard though right?
Find John again and get him to a safe place, Twig may return to him if we just hide from it. Or god forbid Nero isn't far behind.

Of course it would make sense for Twig to be a body snatcher, nobody could have followed us through that nonsense and it didn't attack us while we were busy in the medical room.

>>559741
If the body were replaced, she wouldn't still have the keycard on her. I think it is being controlled. Twig is a parasite.

Hey, boneshot will knock someone out, right? Why not do that? Shoot first, ask questions later when we've got her restrained?

Sombermann 2014/01/27(Mon)19:42 No. 559789 ID: 13ef94
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Ember her organic gun to shoot a bone-round... it will hopefully incapacitate her...

What should i do?

A) "Shoot first ask questions later"
B) "Ask questions now"
C) "Something else"

even when aware a smack to the head is a smack to the head. ask questions first

how quick would you say you could draw your "gun" cause if you think your draw is quick enough just push the door all the way open put your gun arm behind your back so she can't see it and ask (from the hallway) what's she looking for. Maybe commit on your glad to see her moving after performing surgery to save her life.

If she looks like she's going to attack feel free to hit her with a bone shot.

I want to go with A.

C
if not B
For the love of god I do not want to end up accidentally killing the girl we just saved out of suspicion, no matter how much evidence it backs up, and you can't guarantee an incapacitation
Go back to John and get him somewhere safe, you splitting up with him for a significant period of time hasn't done any good for him on this floor and I;m going to feel horrible if leaving him behind is what does him in.

C.

Knock on the door frame while hiding the right side of your body behind the door frame. You'll be less suspicious hiding your gun behind the wall instead of behind you. If she doesn't panic tell her "I don't plan on hurting my patient but I'd appreciate an explanation for what happened to my friend on the stairs". If she gets violent settle for tackling and putting her in a chokehold.

C
Time for deceit!
Hide any obvious signs of mutation and stumble into the room brandishing your axe. You are going to act like a scared survivor who was hiding in the archives and came investigating the noise and is relived to see someone who is not obviously a monster.

Dude, just unmorph and ask her if she is okay. She got fataly stabbed through the chest and woke up being watched by a guy in a scary mask that wouldn't talk to her. Freaking out is reasonable. We need to tell her what happened to her, not concoct an elaborate ruse. The actual events which happened leave us looking pretty good, don't hide them. She just needs to not freak out again long enough for us to talk.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)13:39 No. 559885 ID: 13ef94
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Ember decides to ask questions first, she unmorphs her hand and opens the door...

The girl hears door opening and turns to face Ember, she does not look intimidated or surprised...

Ember
-"Uh... hello"

???
-"Are you also one of the local 'lab rats'?"

[Dialog starts] => what should Ember say...? [keep it simple (dont bombard her with questions)]

Are you? but depends, if you mean one of those mindless things running around attacking anything that moves, then no.

"what do you mean lab rat? i'm a kitty.

but seriously, im that one that stopped you from dying. or are you... Twig?"

if she suddenly gets aggressive at the word twig then you need to jump back.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)13:48 No. 559890 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
>Are you? but depends, if you mean one of those mindless things running around attacking anything that moves, then no.

???
-"That only proves that you are much more dangerous..."

Ah! Okay. I'd like to be allies with you. Basically, we saved you, so we could get out of here. I'd like that we to include you. Sound like a fair deal?

Yeah, dangerous enough to save her and bring her back from the brink of death. Ask if she remembers being attacked, and why she thinks she's alive right now. Also, ask why your friend is in a bloody heap and the blood led to HER.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)13:55 No. 559893 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
>Ah! Okay. I'd like to be allies with you. Basically, we saved you, so we could get out of here. I'd like that we to include you. Sound like a fair deal?

???
-"... As far as i know you might be in cahoots with fuckers who stabbed me to begin with, no thank you ill be better off myself!...

"you still haven't answered my question, are you one of them?"

Basically I'm just throwing pointless things in with the important things just to try and keep her off balance, Also don't just tell her we saved her, she won't believe us. If you really want to ask her a question to know whether or not she's her or Twig ask her what was in the locket she was carrying.

>>559894
ok you updated, still works though so I'm not deleting it

anyways as for what to say
"the one you stabbed you was named Nero, so far we know he can control the lab rats and has 4 smarter ones working with him named Bob, Thorn, Root, and Twig. The One who maganged to pull you away from them after you were stabbed was a guy named John who tends to wear a mask/helmet as he doesn't like to show his face. Even ripped the arm off the guy who stabbed you in the process.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)14:01 No. 559896 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
>"you still haven't answered my question, are you one of them?"
>"and why is my friend right now having a nap in his own bloody heap and trail of it led to you?"

???
-"no im not"
-"and about your friend, how i suppose to know what happened!? when i came to he was already down for a count..."

so he was already down when you woke up and yet the blood trail still leads to you? Alright but I want to ask a more personal question now, Do you know what was in that locket you were carrying?

If she can actually tell you ask her why it had a picture of your sister in it.

>Do you know what was in that locket you were carrying?
Don't ask it like that. Ask if she would like her locket back. I suspect we are talking to the impostor, so implying that it is hers would make her likely to bluff that it is hers, causing trouble for her story.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)14:13 No. 559900 ID: 13ef94
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Ember
>so he was already down when you woke up and yet the blood trail still leads to you?

???
"-Cuz i when came to i was laying right next to him..."

Ember
>Alright but I want to ask a more personal question now, Do you know what was in that locket you were carrying?

???
-"Nothing you would be interested in, so give it back."

A) Give it back
B) Keep it

>>559899
kinda meta dude, Ember doesn't know it's not hers, she just found it on her when she was out

Bur not to bad of an idea, if we have BOTH lockets on us we could give her the empty one and see if she notices, I mean if this is an impostor then it wouldn't know whether or not the locket had a picture in it or not.

"can't you see the resemblance?"

>>559903
This.

>>559900
Insist she tell you, because you already know and you want to make sure you're not talking to a shapeshifter.

>>559906
Don't say that you suspect she is a shapeshifter. If you suspect someone is lying, letting them know what you suspect lets them plan their lies to get around your suspicious.

>>559907
A shapeshifter *can't* lie around this, though.

>>559912
uh, well when someone knows next to nothing about the person they think might be a shapeshifter, yes, yes they can lie quite easily.

>>559916
But we know what's in the goddamn locket!

A, but wait a second.
Seriously, ask her to open that thing because you saw a picture of your older sister who you have fond memories of and that's not something that should be in that thing.

>>559946
that completely defeats the point of this exercise.

>Nothing you would be interested in
Give it back, but say "Really. Why wouldn't I be interested in someone I never met carrying a picture of my sister."

dammit guys. telling her/it who it is before they answer makes the test WORTHLESS, just tell them everything so the body-jacker can pretend they are real until they kill us all.

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)23:44 No. 559973 ID: 13ef94
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Ember decides to give back locket... the one John was wearing...

Ember
-"Alright... take it back... i was just keeping eye on it..."

Sombermann 2014/01/28(Tue)23:49 No. 559974 ID: 13ef94
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The girl check the locket... opens it... and the puts it in her pocket...

???
-"Soo... if you two arent with 'them' who are you exactly?"

Where did you learn to fight like that? You were like a whirlwind of fury despite not having "lab rat" powers. We saw the fight from a waiting room above the monorail station or an observing room or something with glass windows.

What are you looking for exactly, if you don't mind us asking? And would you like to team up to get out of this place? Lone wolfs don't get far in these situations if you pay attention to your educative television programming.

>>559974
whoops didn't see this
Suspicious, she didn't complain about the locket being different.
oh we're Ember and John. Team "get the fuck out of dodge and away from crazy cult following monsters" or "Team Adorable" for short.

What was she looking for in the file cabinet. You've been meaning to read stuff around but you didn't know where to start. Plus, you know, escaping with our lives in tact is a priority.
IF she turns around, look at the butt. You've probably seen that butt sway back and forth on John's shoulder enough to figure out if this one's a shapeshifter with a fake butt. Butts are unique after all, like fingerprints! Well, this would be a good test of the butt database that we've built. If it's the same butt, obvious body snatcher. If different butt, clearly it's a shapeshifter.

Imposter! This is definitely Twig.

Tell them you're not with anyone, you're just trying to get out of here. Ask what's in the cabinets, if they've found anything interesting. If at any point Twig looks away from you (like at the cabinets while talking about them), get out of arm's reach and pull out the pistol to threaten them with and demand to know where the girl is.

Or just shoot them with your bone-gun and restrain them somehow then go looking for the girl.