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Finally... => Forum Games and Roleplaying => Roll To Dodge => Topic started by: Ozarck on September 23, 2017, 11:24:09 am
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You all grab your gear and climb into an indicated metal pod. the portal is a tight squeeze for the two bigger of you, with the Gorrilla having to go in one arm at a time. Once inside, however, it's roomy, almost as if the higher-ups were planning to send more than four of you, one of which is an eyeball. there are no windows, and the lighting is quite dim. You sit and stare at each other awkwardly.
you sit for a while. Several clunks are heard. Suddenly, you feel very nauseous and disoriented for several minutes. the pod suddenly jerks sidewways as if rammed by an angry bull. The sound is like the inside of a large bell, and you are the strikers. So naturally, yo uare not in tip top shape when the portal opens again and you look out on a short, brightly lit hallway with no corners. The other end of the little hallway is a similar portal to the one you are looking out of. You stare for a minute while you attempt to get your nausea under control, but nothing happens.
((Don't worry if you are not fully ready yet. the start of this mission will be fairly leisurely to get you familiar with the setting and all, and you will have time to finish up on-base loose ends as well. Just, I wanted to actually get you on-thread, so I went ahead and posted here.))
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Start by trying to examine the portals, the hallway and the other allies that have joined me and the ape. Then try to gaze into the near future to know what should be expecting when they said something about a "swarm". If we are going to fight against them, then having knowledge of how they look or attack would greatly help.
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"Fucking magic."
Get out of the bell, walk down the hallway, go through the portal.
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Before she goes she makes sure to get a small shield preferably an aegis to go with her usual fighting style. ((last base action))
Quiet. Rubbing their hair touching a small nub gently as they tried to focus.
Breathing deep and trying to get their bearings their eyes narrow.
Let's look at my allies here. Also, let's make sure I'm fine. Nothing wrong with me. Also...uh make sure my nubs are hidden behind my hair well...it would be unfortunate if my hair was tousled enough that they are visible.
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((The giant magic eyeball intrigues me. Thus I will be PTWing here.))
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Ask around Omega for a pouch until I find one, or until the mission starts. Also ask to see who could fuse an enchantment with the steel gauntlets.
Oh and if i didnt already equip the gauntlets as well as the apron and helmet mentioned earlier, do that too.
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Start by trying to examine the portals, the hallway and the other allies that have joined me and the ape. Then try to gaze into the near future to know what should be expecting when they said something about a "swarm". If we are going to fight against them, then having knowledge of how they look or attack would greatly help.
The portals are round doorways with round doors that seal neatly and snugly into their doorways. They have heavy hinges and a circular valve-like handle that you have to turn wit htwo hands to open. So, you know, someone else would have to turn them. You note that there is a light next to each portal: the one next you your current portal isgreen. The one next to the far portal is red. The hallway is white, appears to be metallic in nature, is about four feet in length, and has two windows - one in the floor and one in the ceiling. Your other allies are a large, surly brute of a woman with a greataxe and an arbalest, and a smaller woman with horn nubs and a tendency to strike dramatic poses and speak in monologues. Has an affinity for armor that looks like dresses, complete with giant poofy shoulders.
I believe that the one bit of farsight that i disallow in this game is future sight. Because the future lies "in the realm of Chaos." That is, it is completely undefined. Any attempt to look into the future gets basically static. I suppose very close future sight could grant a rather vague vision, but eh, I'm not going to split hairs about it. Especially since you can use that farsight in a much more direct way - by looking right at the horde. You attempt this, but you find nothing. Strange.
"Fucking magic."
Get out of the bell, walk down the hallway, go through the portal.
You climb out of the sphere and immediately fall onto the wall. Grumbling, about wizards and such, you atand up, hands bracing the floor and ceiling and step forward to teh portal. It's a short step. the portal does not open. You grumble again about sorcerers and stuff.
Before she goes she makes sure to get a small shield preferably an aegis to go with her usual fighting style. ((last base action))
Quiet. Rubbing their hair touching a small nub gently as they tried to focus.
Breathing deep and trying to get their bearings their eyes narrow.
Let's look at my allies here. Also, let's make sure I'm fine. Nothing wrong with me. Also...uh make sure my nubs are hidden behind my hair well...it would be unfortunate if my hair was tousled enough that they are visible.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aegis
hell no, you do not get "The shield of the gods." That's the exact kind of unique special item I was referring to when I said "special items do not come into Omega with you."
What are you after? the shield in your picture? a small round shield? tower shield?
The eyeball ... wearing a blue hat and a thick lens which constantly emits a small stream of bubbles, which tehn float around it, giving the impression of many tiny eyes around a singel large one ... definitely saw your nubs. Your hair was laying as flat as could be - not tousled in any way. But it lacked all it's normal volume and shininess, so the nubs stuck up throughand were clearly visible.
Hard to say if the two large ones noticed. Neither seem particularly insightful. Hard to tell if a gorilla would give a damn, anyway.
Ask around Omega for a pouch until I find one, or until the mission starts. Also ask to see who could fuse an enchantment with the steel gauntlets.
Oh and if i didnt already equip the gauntlets as well as the apron and helmet mentioned earlier, do that too.
Since we've talked in PM, I know you want a lightning enchantment on the gauntlets. You get that. The QM gives you a belt that contains eight pouches so you can store up to eight separate samples. You wear everything, but do not equip the gauntlets just yet, as it would make navigating the sphere (well, the portal actually. The sphere is roomy enough) and the hallway awkward. Those are for battle. Of course, you can equip them the moment you get into a more open area if you want, or go ahead and equip them now and risk electrocuting your allies in the tight spaces.
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Thaumas floats towards the woman with horn nubs
Hello, are you an imp or a demon? I can see you used to have horns.
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((Sorry! I was thinking video game Aegis lol! I was really tired the shield in the picture works fine.))
A slight clunking sound made manifest as the blond-haired short woman....looked up grey catlike eyes visible. Scrunched up distressed clearly at being called out? Touching their hair and twirling a bit of it in their finger they seemingly took a breath of fresh air before their voice responded. Gruff...Cautious prepared clearly and a hand already locked onto their weapon. This person clearly was...a cautious one.
"I am no Demon."
Gently parting their hair to the side-biting their lip a scar small and visible on their lip. Their nubs were made clear hair parted to the side. Conventionally she could be considered...attractive one supposes at least facially. Besides the horn nubs of course.
"I am a Tiefling....does...that bother you in any way? Do you know what a tiefling is?"
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Max, leaning against the closed portal with her arms crossed, rolls her eyes.
"Drama queen."
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I don't know what a tiefling is. Is it some kind of demon? And why would I be bothered?
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Blinking slowly. Okay, they didn't know. Which meant they most likely....and their general attitude that they most likely wouldn't....React extremely badly. As such they gently let a smile cross their lips. Eye's gently closing before they spoke slightly warm informative and teaching they had...used this tone a few times before...they have had a few students and they certainly liked helping the younger initiates in her order.
"A Tiefling is a type of....A..."
Quietly...their voice tapers....off for a moment their eyes opening....at a loss for what to say....clearly before they managed to regain their voice.
"I..A tiefling is a half-Human. Part Fiend or Demon. My mother was a human my father an incubus..as such I inherited....some traits due to his blood within me. As for why you might be bothered.....People dont really like tieflings...due to how they are usually conceived and a preconceived notion that Tieflings follow after their..demonic lineages."
Sitriana ignores Max's little comment.
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Hybrids? Oh, like demonspawns? Then, why do you lack horns?
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Quietly they tap their horns and make a small sawing motion with a finger.
"I sawed them off. They used to be kinda big. I also used to have a tail. But I cut that. I suppose..I...could be called a demon spawn...But...I prefer to just be called a Knight. I was the Grandmaster of my order.
We were dedicated to protecting the innocent to protecting people. Also, it's Sitriana."
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You... Cut them off? That sounds horrible! Why would you do that? You should not be ashamed of your heritage, you should be proud of it and let the world know about it.
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She stares kinda aghast just a bit...stunned one would suppose. She had never heard anyone say that. Say to literally be proud that her father was a demon and that she was born of rape. It took them a few moment's to respond an eyebrow raised their voice confused.
"I..you do know that I was basically born from rape right? Why would I want to be proud of that? I mean...I..Don't think I have anything to be proud about for my heritage other than the fact I proved people wrong about me. As for why? I was young and I was sick of being treated by shit by everyone and I wanted to have a chance at making friends. It worked out well and I don't regret it despite how it...hurt quite a bit."
This eye was certainly a strange one. Sitriana honestly kinda wondered where he came from. She....would actually like to see it maybe they would actually be accepting of her....It would be nice to meet people other than her knights who were okay with her...Heritage. But perhaps...Omega legion. People didn't care about race as much...they were all trapped in this together after all?
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Demons are strong and their strength flows through your veins. If humans don't want to accept you as one of them because of your heritage, then you should have tried to live with demons.
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"Your blood may be that of your father's, but his sins are not yours. If his blood is your strength, use it."
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Their word's were intriguing to Sitriana. Interesting and while she disagreed heavily with living with demons. She would never have wanted that.....Not with what demons where she wouldn't be the same person. She wouldn't be the woman....that Sir Galloway was proud of. She wouldn't be the woman who made her mentor proud and wouldn't be the grandmaster of her order. She wouldn't have experienced the best time in her life. Her mentorship under him and her time in the order......She wouldn't trade in those memories for anything.
Shaking her head vigorously at the eye vehement and catlike grey eye's almost burning with righteousness their arms touching their sides their face serious and adamant as their voice comes out strong and without hesitation.
"I'm afraid you're wrong eye. I would never want that. To have picked that choice would have been a mistake. I would never have become a knight. I wouldn't be the woman I am and I wouldn't be someone my mentor Sir Galloway rest his soul could be proud of. I'm proud of who I am. I am a grandmaster of the order of the Aegis! I protect the innocent and those who cannot protect themselves! I am proud of myself."
Taking a deep breath eyes closing before reopening and then looking at max with a stern look.
"His blood is strong and helps me be stronger than a normal human. I do use it. I have magic do to his blood. Fiendish magic that can cause pain with a glance. His blood is a strength but it is one that I will be careful with. For I have no intention of falling from grace. His sins are not mine and I will not let them become mine, Max. But. I think we need to get a move on don't you think?"
Letting a small smile grace their lips scar across it twitching ever so lightly as they rearranged their hair to cover their horns best as they can.
Try to hide my horns best as I can. Examine the portal and wait for it to open.
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"The light is red. I think that means we have to wait.
It's curious, you speak so much of honor. Have you ever taken a life? Do you really think that the job of a knight is honorable?"
Loiter until the light turns green or something else happens.
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You say you are proud of yourself, but then you try to cover what remains of your horns. You must not try to contain your strenght, as when the time to fight comes, you must give everything you have. Don't hold back and embrace your heritage.
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Giving a wry smile they let a chuckle leave their lips before answering warmly honestly.
"Max. I have taken many a life. Bandit. Marauder. Murderer. Rapist. Soldier's of the queen's army and a Corrupt Baron. I speak of honor max because I do not serve a lord. We were independent in a way. We served only the people and while we were on a barons land we did not serve under him. The job of a standard knight is not honorable it is a slave to the beuerogeis.To the rich and corrupt. The Aegis is something that I am proud of and am happy I joined. They saved my life when I was about to be killed for my fiendish magic in the church I grew up in."
The memory flooded their mind. Soft and warm as they remembered one of the better days of their life and the days of revelry with her friends. A frown crossed her face for a moment worry clouding her eyes. She....wondered how many of her friends were alive. She hoped they were still alright. Still fighting the queen and doing what was right. She....believed in them. Her face changed to one of open fondness her voice nostalgic and caring.
"I am Sitriana The Aegis Galloway and my mentor Sir Galloway showed me what the Aegis was about. I speak the truth when I say we were honorable. We were almost akin to paladins at times I will be honest in our dedication to the protection of the people. We did what was right and I did what was right."
Their smile going now their voice going serious.
"I took my job seriously. I killed the baron who murdered my mentor. Who tried to silence and stop us and I took over the city with me and my men. I am here because I fought against the queen for the way that the people were treated. I lost my fight impaled on a lance but my men still live on. I know we are honorable and I am honorable because I stick to my ideas and what I believe and my knights believe is right. I wouldn't in a million years choose another path than the one I trod. Becuase I feel proud and I feel like what I did mattered and helped people."
You say you are proud of yourself, but then you try to cover what remains of your horns. You must not try to contain your strength, as when the time to fight comes, you must give everything you have. Don't hold back and embrace your heritage.
They breath out quiet for a moment before they look up and speak cautiously still on a high from their speech a moment ago.Catlike eyes dilated almost.
"I will consider it."
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Would you also consider regaining your horns and tail?
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"The act of killing men is not righteous, not ever. You would do well to accept that now, rather than when it can hurt you."
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Thoughts whirled through their head feeling their nubs silently with their right hand her pinky obviously missing. Her left hand going to her backside feeling a...long cutoff nub of a spaded tail. She could truthfully sometimes feel it almost moving about like a ghost limb. Her voice came out...pondering and reflective weighing the pros and cons of such an act.
"...My horns could possibly regrow I do not know. I do not think I will ever be able to grow back my tail. it was of flesh after all and I do not think it can regrow without some form of advanced magic. I...think I might consider it...here especially perhaps the horns could be useful here. I am weary though because people will likely trust me less if I show more demonic traits and I do not wish to lose the ability to stop a fight with words. Some may refuse to even speak with me if I show such demonic traits or attack me on sight perhaps."
"The act of killing men is not righteous, not ever. You would do well to accept that now, rather than when it can hurt you."
Frowning silently shaking their head. It was true it was a shame that people went to the dark path. But that they did such made them a threat to the innocent. While if it was possible she would try diplomacy if there was not an innocent at risk at the moment she held..little empathy for them unless they accepted her offer. Some of her knights were bandits she offered a new life after all.
"I give them a chance if the situation is not dire and an innocent is not at risk to repent or throw aside their ways. I have had several bandits and the like join my knights and become good men. I see no problem with striking down those who refuse to change and who willingly continue to hurt innocent live's. It is righteous to end their lives in that case. While it is better to bring someone to repentance it is acceptable and necessary to end the lives of those who refuse."
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Why do you still care about what people will think? If they are not going to trust you just by having horns, then they aren't worth your time.
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Rejoin the others if I didn't already, examine the area for a bit, maybe get some combat practice in, try NOT to hit anyone while practicing, and also act like I'm not paying attention to the conversation, not like I care anyway.
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Their word's were intriguing to Sitriana. Interesting and while she disagreed heavily with living with demons. She would never have wanted that.....Not with what demons where she wouldn't be the same person. She wouldn't be the woman....that Sir Galloway was proud of. She wouldn't be the woman who made her mentor proud and wouldn't be the grandmaster of her order. She wouldn't have experienced the best time in her life. Her mentorship under him and her time in the order......She wouldn't trade in those memories for anything.
Shaking her head vigorously at the eye vehement and catlike grey eye's almost burning with righteousness their arms touching their sides their face serious and adamant as their voice comes out strong and without hesitation.
"I'm afraid you're wrong eye. I would never want that. To have picked that choice would have been a mistake. I would never have become a knight. I wouldn't be the woman I am and I wouldn't be someone my mentor Sir Galloway rest his soul could be proud of. I'm proud of who I am. I am a grandmaster of the order of the Aegis! I protect the innocent and those who cannot protect themselves! I am proud of myself."
Taking a deep breath eyes closing before reopening and then looking at max with a stern look.
"His blood is strong and helps me be stronger than a normal human. I do use it. I have magic do to his blood. Fiendish magic that can cause pain with a glance. His blood is a strength but it is one that I will be careful with. For I have no intention of falling from grace. His sins are not mine and I will not let them become mine, Max. But. I think we need to get a move on don't you think?"
Letting a small smile grace their lips scar across it twitching ever so lightly as they rearranged their hair to cover their horns best as they can.
Try to hide my horns best as I can. Examine the portal and wait for it to open.
You just had a ...*counts on fingers* nineteen post conversation about your horns. You aint hiding shit.
You climb out of the sphere and, after dfalling on your face onto the wall, you edge up beside Max, next to the portal. The Portal looks like a metal door with a circular handle in the middle.
"The light is red. I think that means we have to wait.
It's curious, you speak so much of honor. Have you ever taken a life? Do you really think that the job of a knight is honorable?"
Loiter until the light turns green or something else happens.
Oh, you're going to love this.
Thaumas floats towards the woman with horn nubs
Hello, are you an imp or a demon? I can see you used to have horns.
I know this wasn't a bolded action, but your location mattes, so I'm going ahead and assuming you are in the narrow cramped corridor here.
No, you can't convince me otherwise.
Rejoin the others if I didn't already, examine the area for a bit, maybe get some combat practice in, try NOT to hit anyone while practicing, and also act like I'm not paying attention to the conversation, not like I care anyway.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
You climb out of the sphere, pointedly ignoring all the dramatic posing and so forth. You put on your gauntlets and attempt to shadow box. In a four foot long corridor. With three companions beside you.
(5) you manage not to hit anyone with the gauntlets. You manage even to avoid hitting the windows. You do end up squishing everyone up against the walls. Ol' Bubbleeye there emits a could of bubbles between itself and you, which inflate and harden. So now, you are all wedged into the hallway, comfortably cocooned in a seafoam concrete of some kind.
(2) and the portal remains closed.
To be clear, you are all now stuck in that little hallway, encapsulated in some kind of hard seafoam, thanks to The Bubble defense and your teamamate's attempt to do imaginary battle indoors. The doorway you are trying to get through remains closed.
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Fuck. Ill try to get this door open.
Examine the inner mechanisms of the prtal with my improved vision (Maybe try X-ray first). Then use my intellect and telekinesis to move the inner components of the door and open it. If it uses magic, try focusing and magic it open.
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"Look, I'm no expert, but if that thing really is some sort of dimensional magic, which it is, reaching inside and opening it while it's not ready is probably just gonna make it explode and kill us all.
Break apart the foam constraining me and the others.
Except only free the eye if it promises to not mess with the inactive portal. That is exactly the sort of thing that would kill us all before the mission starts.
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Says the human trying to swing her axe on an enclosed space. Don't worry, im smart enough to not mess up and teleport our organs out of our body. I have seen similar stuff before and magic is my field.
Also my name is Thaumas.
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"What? why would I do that?"
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Just don't try to strike at this bubble foam. I don't know it's magical properties yet, maybe it could be explosive.
(When you said break the foam, I would expect you for reach for your axe.)
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"Don't know what else you expect me to do, eyeball, we're all trapped."
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Wait until I try this, okay?
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"...How are you going to do that while trapped in foam?"
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With "Fucking magic"
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Quiet. Silent. Stuck in foam and shaking partly in anger partly in shock. Quietly they began to move.
Just. Get this shit off me.
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"Sorry. My fault. I didn't think that would happen."
Examine the sea foam for possible weak points to help with breaking it, and also to see if it could react lethally to electricity or not. Don't strike yet.
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((The foam is there for a reason guys. Trying to attack it will probably generate more, as it was made because someone tried to shadow box in a small hallway >_<.))
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I advise you guys to start reading the whole turn, rather than specifically your own parts. Because information that i give to one character is often useful or important for everyone. For example, the red and green lights on the portals.
Fuck. Ill try to get this door open.
Examine the inner mechanisms of the prtal with my improved vision (Maybe try X-ray first). Then use my intellect and telekinesis to move the inner components of the door and open it. If it uses magic, try focusing and magic it open.
(3) The inner mechanisms look locked in place. Almost as if they are connected to another locking mechanism. (5) Your attempts to unlock succeed, you poor bastard.
The light on that portal turns green, and the door flies open, and a huge rush of wind shoves you all toward the sphere. Unfortunately the sphere is also shoved away, torn free from it's connecting port. The lights on both portals are now glowing a pulsating amber, and an alarm is sounding.
(5) Lucky for you guys, you get ejected right back into the sphere, still encased in the seafoam bubble wrap. Door's still open, and you are most definitely tumbling away from ... something. Whatever your destination was.
Anyway, good work there. You got the door open, and you got yourself and your allies free of the hallway.
"Look, I'm no expert, but if that thing really is some sort of dimensional magic, which it is, reaching inside and opening it while it's not ready is probably just gonna make it explode and kill us all.
Break apart the foam constraining me and the others.
Except only free the eye if it promises to not mess with the inactive portal. That is exactly the sort of thing that would kill us all before the mission starts.
"Sorry. My fault. I didn't think that would happen."
Examine the sea foam for possible weak points to help with breaking it, and also to see if it could react lethally to electricity or not. Don't strike yet.
Quiet. Silent. Stuck in foam and shaking partly in anger partly in shock. Quietly they began to move.
Just. Get this shit off me.
After a minute of struggling, the foam begins to break off in chunks, then dissolves completely, leaving you all in a slowly tumbling sphere, drifting toward gods knows where.
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Well, good news is that the door is ooen. We should probably leave right now before another stupid thing happens.
Float towards the portal and examine the area in the other side. Does it looks dangerous? Then try to determine which is more dangerous: staying inside or leaving.
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i can't wait to be a useless piece of shit all mission and cast these spells
FUCK IM FALLING DOWN ALL THESE PORTALS
I WARNED YOU ABOUT HATCHES BRO!!!
I TOLD YOU DOG!
IT KEEPS HAPPENING
I TOLD YOU MAN
I TOLD YOU ABOUT HATCHES!
[Smugness Intensifies.]
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where doing it man
where MAKING THIS HAPEN
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"The only way stupid thing are gonna stop happening is if you start thinking for a fucking single second about what you're doing. I'm assigning myself as your common sense officer, from now on ask me before you try anything fucking idiotic and listen to me when I tell you to stop."
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Grey cat like eyes wide inside a tumbling sphere panting almost as they tumble and tumble and tumble down slightly nauseating in fact but they needed to get ahold of their situation where they in danger of death due to falling?!
Okay. How fast am I falling? Does it look like where going to hit anything. Is their any real cause for concern and furthermore if I needed to could I jump to some kinda other platform to save myself? Do not leave sphere unless Im certain its safe.
"...Why...."
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You have absolute no idea how magic works at all. Im not going to let someone as stupid as you to be my "common sense officer". You may designate someone else that I consider worthy to do that, like the demon lady.
(You think someone like this
Intelligence: -1
Memory: -2
She is illiterate and has extreme difficulty forming new long term memories.
would carry a notepad or notebook? :P)
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My memory appears to be terrible indeed. I'm just deleting that, cause wow.
Max: memory so bad, she forgot that she can't write. Fits with -2.
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((Would a Dark Souls protag expy really be illiterate? You can leave and read messages, which are forced to maintain something resembling proper grammar. How would illiterate people write things like... uhh, "try tongue but hole"?
...Nevermind, illiteracy is actually a good explanation.))
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Well Thaumas, you wanted either a meatshield or a dumb muscle or both, and you quite literally got both, so don't complain too much that I make mistakes because I was bound to make them anyway. Besides I was trying to be prepared for the Swarm, in case you didn't know.
Now with that out of the way, does anyone have suggestions related to the current situation?
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(What? Are you mixing IC with OOC stuff? I havent talked about the meat shield IC and that was just a joke. An OOC joke
An I wasn't complaining about you. Currently, Thaumas thinks the gorilla is smarter than the axe human.)
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"Wait until we hit something."
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We actually should get out before we hit something.
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"Getting out won't make us less likely to hit something, and I'd rather have the metal shell."
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At least we would know what is hittinf us in the first place. Also consider the posibility of stable ground outside where we could probably not hit something just by the fact that we would be standing still.
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"The way you go from moving, like we are, to standing still is by hitting something."
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Well, if we leave we wouldn't be hit by the metal walls once the force launches us arround the room. And I can kind of fly. I would preffer to fall on dirt or water than a steel wall.
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Well, if we leave we wouldn't be hit by the metal walls once the force launches us arround the room. And I can kind of fly. I would preffer to fall on dirt or water than a steel wall.
Well what if the material we're about to hit is worse than steel? I mean seriously.
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Well, good news is that the door is ooen. We should probably leave right now before another stupid thing happens.
Float towards the portal and examine the area in the other side. Does it looks dangerous? Then try to determine which is more dangerous: staying inside or leaving.
(1) "We got this, guys! Trust me!" You say confidently, as you float out of the sphere, into the purple flow of antiwater. You are immediately whisked downstream, tumbling and bouncing.
(3) Something large and orange swims by you at speed. something similar follows rather quickly.
Grey cat like eyes wide inside a tumbling sphere panting almost as they tumble and tumble and tumble down slightly nauseating in fact but they needed to get ahold of their situation where they in danger of death due to falling?!
Okay. How fast am I falling? Does it look like where going to hit anything. Is their any real cause for concern and furthermore if I needed to could I jump to some kinda other platform to save myself? Do not leave sphere unless Im certain its safe.
"...Why...."
You're more bobbing along sideways than falling downward at this point. You are going fairly fast though and yes, there is indeed cause for concern as evidenced by your suddenly disappearing teammate and the things that swam after him almost immediately.
Edit: You can always try to jump out of the rapidly moving sphere to save yourself.
i can't wait to be a useless piece of shit all mission and cast these spells
FUCK IM FALLING DOWN ALL THESE PORTALS
I WARNED YOU ABOUT HATCHES BRO!!!
I TOLD YOU DOG!
IT KEEPS HAPPENING
I TOLD YOU MAN
I TOLD YOU ABOUT HATCHES!
[Smugness Intensifies.]
Danger! Smugness approaching maximum! Danger! Beware of Smugness overload! WOOP WOOP WOOP!
Well Thaumas, you wanted either a meatshield or a dumb muscle or both, and you quite literally got both, so don't complain too much that I make mistakes because I was bound to make them anyway. Besides I was trying to be prepared for the Swarm, in case you didn't know.
Now with that out of the way, does anyone have suggestions related to the current situation?
(5) the flashing amber light next to the door, and the alarm that is still going off have a suggestion.
Edit: That suggestion would be "close the door."
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Use my levitation to get out of the water and go up as much as possible. Once I am out of the water examine the surrounding area and the two objects, and try to find the place we were supossed to go.
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IT KEEPS HAPPENING
Close the hatch.
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Grey cat-like eyes. Shining armor and glow from her eyes visible in the sphere as her eyes dilate as her muscles tense and she moves. Years of training not nesscarilly the fastest but strong enough to definitely help close this hatch. They had to hope that the eyeball out there would be able to help them out here.
She was certain the eyeball was going to be fine, to be honest, if she wasn't she would have jumped out after them. Her honor and her dedication to her ideals would not allow otherwise but for now, her body rushed along with max to close shut this hatch.
Close shut the Hatch! If there is by chance a button that says close hatch press that instead of course. Also, make sure to save Max if something goes horribly wrong.
Yes, this means jumping outta the sphere after her if necessary.
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((I mean, I am sorry for causing this but are you guys going to leave me outside and not even attemp to help me? I tried to help. Sorry if I was too rude but I don't want to die.))
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((what do you want me to do? I'm in armor and I will probably drown if I get trapped in the current. Sitriana is trusting you to survive since you can float/Levitate and get outta there. She needs to protect max and find a way out herself since it in her mind would be harder and max is more at risk than you. She thinks you will be fine and escape. So don't think she hates you it's more a vote of confidence as in she thinks you will be just fine. :3))
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((Max thinks that the eye has had nothing but bad ideas so far, and is as such content to leave it outside.))
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((I mean, I instantly die after a single hit and a thing is currently hunting me. As far as we know, the sphere could be either sinking on a lake or falling from a waterfall. I wouldn't stay inside and would recommend that everyone else leaves too.))
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((I mean Sitriana has no way of knowing that. How would she survive if she went out? She would get rammed agasint a wall and probably drown in rapids))
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((Well, that makes sense. R.I.P. me.))
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((its not over until the dice roll buddy. Characters have survived a lot with a good role. Just hope for luck. Plus its fish or whatever they probably arent expecting something to just levitate away upwards.))
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((its not over until the dice roll buddy. Characters have survived a lot with a good role. Just hope for luck. Plus its fish or whatever they probably arent expecting something to just levitate away upwards.))
((Maybe but some normal fish have decent reflexes and will easily jump to catch bugs. With that in mind I suppose I could try to grab one and try to prevent it from attacking Thaumas. Besides if I am correct, Kongor owes him one anyway. If anyone doesn't like that idea please say so now.))
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((Actually I don't think Kongor would do much better than abstract's character would in terms of swimming, but I can try to not let that stop me entirely.))
See if the aquatic creatures are within jumping distance. If so jump on to one and prevent it from attacking Thaumas. If not, definitely help close the hatch
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Use my levitation to get out of the water and go up as much as possible. Once I am out of the water examine the surrounding area and the two objects, and try to find the place we were supossed to go.
The antiwater does not seem to have an up or a down. (5) but you become intensely aware of your surroundings: The sphere is drifting out of reach, there is a massive cliff, wall, or maybe it's the ground to your right. Along that wall you detect several of the ports like the one your sphere connected to. You note with dismay that you are essentially in a 'river' full of hostile, aggressive life. Swarms of small, bulbous creatures that rip and tear to shreds anything that comes into their reach, larger, more toothy predators like the ones chasing you now, Silent, ambush predators lurking in the shadows, behemoths in the distance, far to the left - a place where few of the 'smaller' creatures dare to swim.
(6) v(4) you make your way as quickly as possible toward your original target, dodging the two creatures in a panic. they follow, hot on your tail and gaining. In this unfamiliar terrain you are at a disadvantage. Next round, both will get a roll to attack.
((Actually I don't think Kongor would do much better than abstract's character would in terms of swimming, but I can try to not let that stop me entirely.))
See if the aquatic creatures are within jumping distance. If so jump on to one and prevent it from attacking Thaumas. If not, definitely help close the hatch
(6) you realize quickly that the distance is too great for you to to any good chasing after the eyeball. You wish him luck and reach for the door. See below fo rth e outcome of this action
IT KEEPS HAPPENING
Close the hatch.
It's just like old times, eh?
Grey cat-like eyes. Shining armor and glow from her eyes visible in the sphere as her eyes dilate as her muscles tense and she moves. Years of training not nesscarilly the fastest but strong enough to definitely help close this hatch. They had to hope that the eyeball out there would be able to help them out here.
She was certain the eyeball was going to be fine, to be honest, if she wasn't she would have jumped out after them. Her honor and her dedication to her ideals would not allow otherwise but for now, her body rushed along with max to close shut this hatch.
Close shut the Hatch! If there is by chance a button that says close hatch press that instead of course. Also, make sure to save Max if something goes horribly wrong.
Yes, this means jumping outta the sphere after her if necessary.
I could three stooges this and make the three of you roll for it, but I'll just auto it. Max and the Gorilla (I forgot his name) knock the -ugh- the tiefling -shudder- to the floor, unintentionally, of course, in their haste to hut the door. They slam it shut, and their GM doesn't even roll a strength check to see if they break something in the process.
the amber light turns red, and the world outside disappears. for a moment,nothing happens. then, the htree of you are jerked sideways again as the pod clangs against something. the light turns green again, and the door swings open.
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*Sigh*
Exit the hatch, provided it's at solid ground now.
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(These have been the worst 5 results ever, one ended with me opening the door then getting stuck outside and the other put me in combat with -2 in all physical stats. What the fuck is antiwater?)
Paralyzing gaze attack both creatures then push them away telekinetically. As long as I can see them, they should be affected by it. Hope they get eaten by the bigger fishes on this... uh... whatever this place is.
Then move towards the closest port in the wall and open it in the same way I did with the other hatch.
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After what just happened, I won't even DARE myself to shadowbox when the eyeball is around. Speaking of Thaumas, though, I kinda feel bad for leaving that super-extra-fragile thing behind.
Examine the area outside the hatch and look for more plants if there are any.
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"Huh, that's funny, because I don't."
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Thaumas? Ah. Their name.
Silently grey eyes opened having closed for a breath moment putting a hand reassuringly...though probably looking very goofy while doing it on the gorilla's shoulder their voice ringing out encouragingly.
"Thaumas will be fine. We can't-do anything for them right now so we just have to have faith they will be fine. For now, we stick together and ensure each other's survival. Alright?"
Sitriana exits with Max keeping an eye out for an eyeball named Thaumas.
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"Oddly optimistic."
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Grey cat-like eye's glowing slightly flicker with amusement? A weak smile gracing their lips.
"Optimism is better for the spirit generally. Better for one would say morale as such optimism can be quite useful and it can inspire others to push harder. Optimism has its advantages and I think for now we should remain optimistic."
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Ok, optimism it is. Oh and could one of you remind me that I still owe Thaumas for pointing me in the right direction to get to Omega in the first place?
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*Sigh*
Exit the hatch, provided it's at solid ground now.
Thaumas? Ah. Their name.
Silently grey eyes opened having closed for a breath moment putting a hand reassuringly...though probably looking very goofy while doing it on the gorilla's shoulder their voice ringing out encouragingly.
"Thaumas will be fine. We can't-do anything for them right now so we just have to have faith they will be fine. For now, we stick together and ensure each other's survival. Alright?"
Sitriana exits with Max keeping an eye out for an eyeball named Thaumas.
After what just happened, I won't even DARE myself to shadowbox when the eyeball is around. Speaking of Thaumas, though, I kinda feel bad for leaving that super-extra-fragile thing behind.
Examine the area outside the hatch and look for more plants if there are any.
you three crowd out into an exact replica of the previous hallway. Same weird portal, same red and green lights, same cramped little space, same two windows. You all, once again, fall comically on your sides when you switch from the orientation of the sphere to the orientation of the hallway. There are no plants in this hallway. Three might be some further in, if you guys can learn to defeat the mighty villain Sir Portal and his sinister henchmen Red Light the Terrible and Green Light the Foolishly Optimistic.
(3)ATH's person fails OT locate the eyeball in the hallway, so she looks out the window. She sees wildlife. Specifically aquatic style creatures and kelp.
(These have been the worst 5 results ever, one ended with me opening the door then getting stuck outside and the other put me in combat with -2 in all physical stats. What the fuck is antiwater?)
Paralyzing gaze attack both creatures then push them away telekinetically. As long as I can see them, they should be affected by it. Hope they get eaten by the bigger fishes on this... uh... whatever this place is.
Then move towards the closest port in the wall and open it in the same way I did with the other hatch.
hmm. now I gotta go look up your character sheet. Hmm "very minor ability." okay.
(6) (5) well well well. Never give up, never surrender, eh? You make eye contact with the two beasts - no easy task with creatures whose eyes are in the sides of their heads. Your paralyzing gaze keeps you focused on them as you lock up their brains, so you end up drifting further downstream in the process. But you are able to push the two fish away from yourself, out into faster moving water, and they drift out of sight, finally freeing you from your own spell. You look about - no sign of the massive cliff, portals, or your friends. Just kelp, mud, antiwater and omnipresent !DANGER! in the form of more sea monsters as yet unseen.
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What happened to the wall with the ports and hatches? I thought my vision was almost perfect. Use farsight to map the whole area and find a safe place. If any big monster gets close to me, paralyze then telekinetic push it or the water to move it away.
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Wait for the light to turn green.
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Stay on guard. Wait.
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Wait, and be ready in case of attack.
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Wait, and be ready in case of attack.
Stay on guard. Wait.
Wait for the light to turn green.
You three sit in the hallway, uncomfortably close, and stare at the closed little portal with it's little red light, back lit by the open portal to the sphere behind you and it's little green light. Congratulations, you didn't kill each other this round.
What happened to the wall with the ports and hatches? I thought my vision was almost perfect. Use farsight to map the whole area and find a safe place. If any big monster gets close to me, paralyze then telekinetic push it or the water to move it away.
You already know what happened to the wall and portals: you drifted far downstream of them. Your farsight shows upstream to contain the wall and portals, outstream to contain emptiness and monsters, downstream to contain faster water and monsters, and instream to contain ... eh, call it "shallow" water. I mean, you don't find any evidence of a surface or air or anything like that: the antiwater goes on as far as your vision can determine, in all directions. (1) what you don't find is any safety anywhere, except possibly the wall and it's portals. (2) and once again, you are set on by monsters. This time a school of small bitey things. (4) at least you maintain position against the flow of water this round.
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"Hmm."
Close the hatch leading to the sphere.
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Hatch closes, other hatch opens.
((sized so everyone sees this and responds. don't want you dinguses to sit in the hallway a whole additional round))
Through the hatch is a wide, circular room with an inset circular couch facing inward toward a small fire pit with a wide ledge. A rather large (larger than the gorilla), round being sits near the couch on the opposite side of the room. A much smaller, slender being reclines on the couch. It's eye level is slightly below the eye level of teh bigger being, whose head is lowered. They appear to be in conversation, having just stopped when the hatch opens. The bigger guy blinks at you a couple times. The slender guy waves you in.
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"Well, that was stupid. We've already lost one of our team to that contraption of yours."
Though the hatch.
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well then, wander arround until I find something or die, using my gaze attack on anything that gets close and moving away from the fishes if it doesn't work.
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"Let me guess, Len and Lengton?"
Step through the hatch and move to a spot in the vicinity where I'm not squishing anyone.
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Giving a small bow toward's the creatures and a gentle smile they move forwards.
Through the hatch.
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"Well, that was stupid. We've already lost one of our team to that contraption of yours."
Though the hatch.
You step into the room and piss and moan. No one pays any attention.
Giving a small bow toward's the creatures and a gentle smile they move forwards.
Through the hatch.
In you go.
"Let me guess, Len and Lengton?"
Step through the hatch and move to a spot in the vicinity where I'm not squishing anyone.
It's a reasonably large room. You step to the side and stretch out a bit.
The large ball shaped guy speaks in response:
"Ington, actually, my fellow. Ington. But yes, you have found us. And now, about your duties - come, follow us."
The two of them start to rise, but freeze in place at a sound like shattering glass.
"Impossible! The Swarm cannot have arrived yet. We have days before they are due! Quickly!"
And with that, Ington trundles off down a wide corridor. Len turns to blink at the three of you momentarily, waving you forward, then he turns as well and strides after his rotund friend.
well then, wander arround until I find something or die, using my gaze attack on anything that gets close and moving away from the fishes if it doesn't work.
Until you find something or die? Well, eventually you get set upon by that school of fish, and your bubble shield activates. The fish make rather short work of it, though, before piercing through and tearing you to shreds.
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Die, I guess.
(Sorry but lost interest after being stuck alone and not being able to do anything.)
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Die, I guess.
(Sorry but lost interest after being stuck alone and not being able to do anything.)
your guy already died. If it helps, you weren't ever supposed to end up in that environment to begin with. I hope you aren't too disappointed. Got any ideas for another character?
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Die, I guess.
(Sorry but lost interest after being stuck alone and not being able to do anything.)
your guy already died. If it helps, you weren't ever supposed to end up in that environment to begin with. I hope you aren't too disappointed. Got any ideas for another character?
I don't know, a giant octopus?
Actually, that is a great idea. Sheet soon.
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Follow Len and Ington, and make sure if the others are coming or not.
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well, basically they run out into a wide observation room with a huge window onto an enormous atrium with what feels like a very low, slightly curved ceiling. But the ceiling is actually two stories up, it's just that the atrium is wide enough and deep enough that the ceiling looks low. also, the ceiling is made of thick glass. The atrium is filled with row upon row of plants larger in the middle of the room where the ceiling is highest, smallest along the edges. The ceiling is a rich green color and glows, making the whole room appear verdant.
Opposite the Atrium is another smaller, flat window. It is still several dozen feet across and eight feet tall. This window is pitch black. Len and Ington are facing the atrium, inches from the glass, frantically looking for evidence of damage. Ington approaches a pedestal with a console on it and begins pulling up holograms as well.
You notice something shift, on the far side of the room, near the blackened window.
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get a better look at the unknown moving object. Be ready to dodge or counterstrike in case it attacks.
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I think it's just you anymore in here.
Well, what you see is that something black has oozed into the room over there. form the looks of it, it is still oozing in. You note glass shards nearby - the ooze slowly covering them. And then a portion of the blackness rises up. It's still only a couple feet tall, but the ooze is spreading.
And the glass of the window into the inky blackness is cracking in other places.
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((Did they all go back to the base?))
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Nothing happening here. Two people doesn't make a mission, so I say we go back home and go to Lathal.
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Grab Len and Ington and stuff them in an escape pod, then go back to Omega. I can't fight alone...
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((I have been pushing this off way too long because I felt I did not have time for a post and I barley do now so quite frankly.))
Sitriana Galloway will be helping people escape and genuinely doing what is expected of her station.
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Alright, you all stuff the two principals into an escape pod, and climb in after them, leaving their entire estate to disintegrate under the onslaughts of Chaos.
New guy gets a full level up, for actually begin here and, yo know, moving the action along. (that's you, superdino85. +5 points to stats, +5 points to skills)
You Absentee Alices get none.
Now get back to the Base thread and do whatever while the Lathal mission gets organized.