Apollo 2015/01/24(Sat)23:46 No. 622094 ID: defceb
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You hear a sudden burst of air before Rudy is pushed forcefully against you.

Shit. The one we thought was gone popped up from behind the counter and attacked Morgan. Harpooned him or something?

...I don't know whether to to impressed he didn't cry out, or to be really worried he didn't.

Can you whip around and cut the tether with the knife?

>>622094
*ALERT SOUND*
Grab the cable on the gauntlet that's now attached to your friend, and pull it to yank the drone off balance. Apply spike to drone, aim for its optics. Then try to get the gauntlet off of Rudy and run for it.

fuckers just shot rudy!!!

Apollo 2015/01/25(Sun)20:20 No. 622232 ID: defceb
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The drone rips out the knife before you can grab it.

Apollo 2015/01/25(Sun)20:20 No. 622233 ID: defceb
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You whip around and introduce the drone to your spike.

>>622233
damn, grab Rudy and see if you can't find a way out. We need to see how badly hurt Rudy is and then find a way to treat it.

>knife
Shit. Rudy's been stabbed. And killing that drone will have made noise.

Look around, see how much attention that attracted, and get to Rudy. We gotta get him out of here.

>>622233
Stealth is no longer favorable. Get to the exit quickly. Find somewhere you can make light without attracting attention, then find a medkit. Should be one somewhere. Hell, there might be one in here.

Apollo 2015/01/25(Sun)23:06 No. 622263 ID: defceb
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>Look around, see how much attention that attracted

Doesn't look like anyone noticed.

Apollo 2015/01/25(Sun)23:08 No. 622264 ID: defceb
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Nevermind.



"I don't want to cause any alarm but I think something punched me in the back." Rudy speaks up meekly.

>>622264
and I'd hate to tell you that we need to run like the building is on fire.

"Actually it was a stab, they see us, RUN."
>skedaddle the fuck out

>punched
Good, it seems to have just pushed him instead of piercing (perhaps his skin grafts have some perks).
That is especially good since now is time to tell him to open his eyes and run (doing the same yourself).

Drone's not down for the count - tell Rudy to get out and fend off the drone. Looks like it hasn't retracted its knife yet. Grab the knife, maybe see if you can cut the cable.

Alarm has already been caused, you need to get out of there and examine the potential stab wound and/or injection of unknown material.

You could barely handle one of these things in a fight and that was in top form. Giving the ones that just spotted you time to close in? Bad idea.

So grab him and run.

Ready says 'punched', but the UI said 'knife', and I'm pretty sure I can see blood on his shirt, even with all that red light. Not good. I'm pretty sure it's just shock and the dark keeping him from realizing how bad it is.

Get him the fuck out of here. I know you're not supposed to run or do anything strenuous while low on coolant, but no choice right now. (Worst case, you may have to [i]carry[i/] him).

Objectives just changed. We were trying to find our way to the coolant and then eventually hook back up with the others. Priority now is getting him back to medical.

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)14:48 No. 622323 ID: defceb
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>"Actually it was a stab, they see us, we need to run like this place is on fire."

You grab Rudy's hand and run as fast as possible.

"Stabbed? You're joking right I hardly feel it."

I hope he's right and you're wrong but first we got to get the heck out of this room. We'll check how bad he's hurt once we've got a shut door behind us.

Ok, then he was punched with the pointy end of a bladed weapon.

Well, it looked like it hit him with a knife. Maybe it wasn't a knife, and just something that looked like one?

Keep an eye on the drones to the left, but... what's that red light?

>Stabbed? You're joking right I hardly feel it.
maybe my eye's have been playing tricks on me when I'm in grid effect areas, or you're in shock. Anyways we need to leave NOW.

We got hostiles in between the pillars on your left. And your old follower in at the door you are heading for.

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)20:04 No. 622372 ID: defceb
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>What's that red light?
Suffice to say, bad news approaching fast.

You run to the door, forcing it open for Rudy.

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)20:05 No. 622374 ID: defceb
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"Sweet merciful light I can see again!"

keep moving, find somewhere kinda safe for now and treat Rudy's wound.

Maybe you should check his wounds to make sure they haven't worsened.

>>622374
Close the door behind you. Then tell Rudy he is bleeding heavily and he needs to tell you where the nearest medical station is.

Answers that. It was definitely shock.

Jam door behind you.

Take something cloth and bind it tightly around where he's cut. Sacrifice your old cloak, or your new jacket, or his shirt or something.

Then ask him where we are. Which way do we need to go to get that door open, and get to the stairs? (Priority is getting to the stairs, safely off gird, and then getting him to medical).

...your invisible friend doesn't appear to have followed.

oh god blood get some pressure on that. use a shirt or some kind of cloth.

Right, he needs to be sewn up, and probably needs some blood as well. head to security, they probably have a first aid kit there and we wanted to head there anyway.

But before you go swipe everything off that bulletin board. No time to read it but a few seconds to stuff it all in your inventory won't hurt and it might contain clues.

Oh and destroy any and all cameras you come across.

I er.. don't think you can save him. Might want to apologise in advance.

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)23:15 No. 622422 ID: defceb
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"Medkit? Treat my wounds? I already told you I feel f-"

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)23:16 No. 622423 ID: defceb
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"-ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-"

Time to catch him.

Apollo 2015/01/26(Mon)23:17 No. 622425 ID: defceb
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"-udgesicles, it's starting to hurt."

...do we still have those painkillers?

>udgesicles, it's starting to hurt
Sorry!

Seriously, though, the best we can do for now is bind the wound to try and prevent blood loss. And then get him to medical, asap.

>>622425
Painter lady ran past back there! Radio her for help. Grab Rudy before he passes out and help him towards the lady.

>>622427
Wait actually that... looked more like you than the painter lady. What the fuck?

CRAZY THEORY TIME

Okay consider that you've got a bit of evidence that you went back in time somehow. What if there are multiple versions of yourself that went back in time, all running around here? That would explain how your face is painted on the walls, and the painter lady's reaction to you as well- some of the versions of you are hostile to humans. Heck, maybe the entity that started all this is another version of you!

Fella is probably stunned while she's off grabbing stuff.

>>622437
Entirely reasonable theory considering what we have seen so far. Multiple alternate versions of you, some of whom are hostile, would explain a lot. Not only would it explain "painter lady"'s reaction to you, it would also explain why the blue 'paint' on her looks exactly like your coolant.

>>622423
what the fuck? was that you? Or is that just the grid fucking with us again?

>>622425
relax you're going to be fine Rudy, we just need something to bandage the wound and get you out of the grid and you'll be fine.

Then see if there's something we can do to bandage the wound. Also I think we should keep moving seeing how there was a small army of drones behind us and the only thing keeping them away from us is a door which I don't believe is locked.

Alright, Rudy, the good news is it looks like you maybe got hit in the liver. If you're gonna be impaled through the torso, as a baseline organic human, that's one of the better spots for it. Punctured intestines would mean a massive e. coli infection, lungs or kidneys bleed so fast you might already be unconscious by now, stomach's got all that acid and digestive enzymes, spine... you get the idea. Liver doesn't have a lot of tricky internal macrostructure, all the important functionality is at the cellular level. Stop the bleeding, keep the wound clean, and you'll be fine.

Apollo 2015/01/27(Tue)20:57 No. 622602 ID: defceb
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>"Is there a way to jam this door?"

"y-yeah, just break the part by the handle it should trigger an-" SMASH "...emergency lock mechanism." A dull series of thuds emanate from the door.

>"Great, now where's the security room? We need to patch you up fast."

Rudy's voice wavers with uncertainty. "Do you... think I'll die?"

>"You'll be fine, it looks like they just hit your liver. We need to tend to it fast. Just relax, let's go."

"I don't want to die."



"I really don't want to die down here."

End of Thread 2

>>622602
huh, at least this time it didn't end with US getting stabbed. progress. Now we just need to get it to where the threads end with the bad guy getting stabbed instead of us or people we like and we'll be in the clear.

>I really don't want to die down here.
You'll be fine! I got stabbed and I was okay!

...let's just get out of here and get you to medical as soon as possible, okay.

(And don't forget to bind the wound to limit blood loss).

Might wanna turn night vision back on, too.