Turn 20: Combat mutations, how exciting! Well, maybe for you. For me, it makes no difference, you're still accursed players that need to die obviously.
Finish off scientist 2 with a Knife to the chest and follow it up with shoving him over.
[11]: You attempt to stab scientist 2 in the chest with a knife, then try to shove him over. You succeed in the former somewhat, stabbing him in the chest but not in the vitals, yet the latter you find one of your friends, Nick, knocking you and the infected onto the ground just as you start pushing the infected.
How inconsiderate.
Suddenly, you feel tingly and you find your chest bursting out of your clothes and becoming both longer and larger. You are probably far tougher now, but on the other hand you are now incredibly unwieldy and melee is likely going to be a severe challenge. You can barely hold yourself upright now.
You also are probably going to hit the ceiling a lot more now. Watch the doors, they'll probably be a source of many headaches.
Take the failing hard drive out and use wereboar strength to bash it over scientist 3's skull
[11]: You take out the harddrive and smash it on scientist 3's skull. Despite your strength, there is only so much damage a non-heavy object can do in blunt force damage. You manage to hurt her, but only slightly.
The harddrive, on the other hand, has its casing rather noticeably dented. Keep this up and it probably will go from "failing" to "non-functional".
Suddenly, however, you feel tingly. And before you can stop to think, you notice your body shifting dramatically. You're still quite buffy, but it takes only the extension of your nose forward and the large amount of furs, and some serious claws to realize that you have become--as one might typically expect from a "were" disease--a werewolf. This is not stereotypical at all.
But then again, the RNG rolled a canine and the other alternatives would be roughly equally deadly or far less cool dogs, so yeah, I opted for cool.
Nom nom nom
[3]: You fail to nom as the scientist opens your jaws, and pushes you violently away.
You regenerate slightly.
Attack one of the people that aren't my friends. Any one of them will do.
"What is this?"
[14]: With the decision of the dice, you pull out your machinepistol and begin firing at the third scientist with a short burst. Slightly less than half the shots hit, but you seriously wound her.
Unfortunately, this gun is very loud. In a confined space. It doesn't take an absurdly intelligent person to realize that if there isn't very loud gunfire going on somewhere else, people are going to be attracted to the noise... This may not have been the most thought-out decision you've made.
Ah! Perhaps a kick to the same area will do the trick?
If the scientist I'm currently fighting is dead for some reason before I get to kicking him, try it with another enemy scientist.
[18]: You wind up a mighty kick, and smash the first scientist with your foot. It hurts you, but it probably hurt him far worse. He looks like he is in quite a bit of pain.
However, due to the fact that one of your friends is shooting their gun around, he's far more worried about being shot than being kicked.
Onwards! Search for humanoids!
[16]: You sear-oh, gunfireohgod it's loud. There's some gunfire coming down from the Section C Primary, that of a rapid fire weapon. Light, but rapid fire. An SMG or a machinepistol.
Well, you don't have to search. However, do you want to go out to meet people with guns, who might freak out at the sight of your tail and shoot you?
Tackle clawed scientist, and stab his face
[11]: You run and knock over the second scientist, and by extension your friend Starn. You then try to stab his face, but due to it being his face he violently dodges it and you only succeed at cutting the side of his face.
You also put yourself in the prime position to be retaliated by him.
On the other hand, you feel tingly and suddenly find your spikes on your back extending and sharpening further. But what is especially noticeable is the large alteration of your intestines and the long and thick tail now coming from your rear. It has a spiked mace-like bone formation at the end.
I do not post yet I must mutate.
Indeed you must. You tingle and suddenly you feel as though tendrils reach down from your head and into your chest. The same skin coloring, composition, and bumps extend somewhat down into your chest. Tendrils also begin sprouting out of your back, like your head, and your back is now incredibly black and filled with bioluminescent bumps. This hurts. A lot!
Argh! I'm being accosted by a horrible facemonster! Attack her back!
[4]: He swings violently but apparently misses every single time despite Felicia not really dodging massively.
Nick, you ass! Time to die!
[9]: The infected scientist, angry at being repeatedly stabbed and nearing death, sees no reason to hold back and begins swinging violently at Nick and despite his claw strikes being relatively inaccurate there are enough to hit Nick several times and slightly wound him.
Holy crap, somebody is shooting at me! I need to take him out.
[1!]: No, ma'am, you don't need to take him out.
What you do need to do is to cringe in pain and swing randomly in the air. Yeah. Good job, girl.
The fudge, do I need to add MORE scientists in order to provide something even remotely challenging?!
On another note, the Critic virus apparently does not believe she is doing so well, especially against bullets. So--and this is fairly visible--her skin begins growing very hard scales throughout large portions of her body. She probably is far less agile now, but killing her is going to be a challenge.
Link to Sheet.Health: Mostly healthy.
Infected with: Strain D.Mutations:A maw of teeth and flesh for a mouth.
13 black, icky, oozing tentacles out of back.
Items:Severely Damaged Alexandria Corp Hazmat suit.
Slightly Dirty Surgical Mask.
Standard Taser.
Link to Sheet.Health: Slightly injured.
Infected with: Strain V.Mutations:Yellow eyes.
Sharp teeth.
No hair.
Scales throughout the body.
Large, beefy legs.
Large feet.
Long, clawed toes.
Large and long chest.
Items:Combat Knife.
Level 1 Security-class Security card.
Link to Sheet.Health: Otherwise healthy.
Infected with: Strain P.Mutations:Is a Mantisman
Thin and somewhat fragile.
Mantis spiked forelegs.
Compound eyes.
Insect wings.
Other details relating to Mantises, adapted for a humanoid shape.
Items:Ruined, ripped scientist suit.
Delusha V13 Machinepistol (mostly full)
Heavily Damaged Body Armor
Link to Sheet.Health: Otherwise healthy.
Infected with: Strain X.Mutations:Is a Werewolf.
Massively muscled.
Heavy fur.
Large claws.
Face very akin to a Wolf. Except grimier.
Other minor details relating to wolfs.
Items:Broken Glasses.
Couple of USBs.
Failing External Hard Drive.
External Hard Drive.
Couple Bags of Candy.
Net Shooter (unloaded).
2 Large Nets.
3 Large Electrified Nets.
Large Backpack.
Link to Sheet.Health: Otherwise healthy.
Infected with: Strain T.Mutations:Head and back has almost woody, black tendrils in place of hair.
Head and back are increasingly black and woody in composition.
Has blue bioluminesent bumps on black portions of body.
Items:Ruined Tennis clothes.
Scalpel.
Link to Sheet.Health: Otherwise healthy.
Infected with: Strain G.Mutations:Head is a transparent, slightly cyan gelatinous mass.
No bones in arms or hands.
No fingers.
Hand is almost liquid.
Items:Damaged Alexandria Corp Hazmat suit.
Scalpel.
Needle.
Standard Electric Prod.
Link to Sheet.Health: Somewhat injured.
Infected with: Strain I.Mutations:Black bone spike back.
Chest is covered with very dark, slightly brown carapace and scales.
Long, hunched over back.
Long foot, long clawed toes.
Armored and spiky feet and legs.
Agile legs.
Mace tail.
Items:Mostly destroyed Hoodie.
Damaged Jeans.
Half-used roll of bandages.
Cutting Knife.
Link to Sheet.Health: Otherwise healthy.
Infected with: Strain R.Mutations:Extremely long tail with a spear-hook on the end.
Items:Slightly damaged scientist suit.
Baton.
1 Flashbang grenade.
2 Teargas grenades.
Taser.
Location: Section C Primary.
Health: Somewhat injured.
Infected with: Probably Strain L.
Weapons: Working Circular saw hand.
Armor: None, basic clothing.
Health: Seriously injured.
Infected with: Probably Strain K.
Weapons: Large, clawed hands.
Armor: None, basic clothing.
Health: Heavily injured.
Infected with: Probably Strain J.
Weapons: Large, strong fists.
Armor: Large, penetration-resistant scales.
blazing glory
Harry Baldman
Samarkand
Wade Wilson
TamerVirus
BlitzDungeoneer
Location: Level -5, Portion B (Research), Section C (Dangerous or Unknown section), Section C Primary
Travelable locations (all can be traveled to): Portion Hub Hallway, Sub-Section A, Sub-Section B, Sub-Section C, Sub-Section D, Sub-Section E, Sub-Section F, Sub-Section G.
Sarrak
Location: Level -5, Portion B (Research), Section C (Dangerous or Unknown section), Sub-Section F, Research Hallway
Travelable locations (all can be traveled to): Section Exit to Sub-Section E, Microbe Breeding Room, Larger Creature Breeding Room, Gene Manipulation Room, Surgery Room, Containment Room, Panic Room, Animal Control Armory, Camera and Break Room, Miscellaneous Experimentation Room, Section Exit to Section Primary, Storage Room.
scapheap
Location: Level -5, Portion B (Research), Section C (Dangerous or Unknown section), Sub-Section F, Gene Manipulation Room
Travelable locations (all can be traveled to): Section Exit to Sub-Section E (via Research Hallway), Research Hallway (Sub-Section F), Microbe Breeding Room (via Research Hallway), Larger Creature Breeding Room (via Research Hallway), Surgery Room (via Research Hallway), Containment Room (via Research Hallway), Panic Room (via Research Hallway), Animal Control Armory (via Research Hallway), Camera and Break Room (via Research Hallway), Miscellaneous Experimentation Room (via Research Hallway), Section Exit to Section Primary (via Research Hallway), Storage Room (via Research Hallway).
This is a big info dump on the building you guys are currently in. This will exist until the building is left. The information may be read at will, however you may want to verse yourself with the information sooner rather than later.
Building Layout Guide:
Understanding how the building codes work is important to know where you are. Here is a brief guide. The building is divided into Floors/Levels, Portions, Sections, and Sub-Sections.
Levels are each floor of the building, numbered from +25, the top of the building, to -6, the bottom of the basement. It's fairly self-explanitory: Level 0 is the ground floor, the floor above +1, and the floor below -1. Levels are very highly secured from eachother, and can only be traversed by the central elevator or the central stairway. The levels under the ground are separated far, far more than the levels above ground--for every level underground, roughly 3 levels above ground could be fitted in the gap.
Portions are large sections of the specific floor in question that are managed separately for any number of reasons. Due to how much area they encompass, there are rarely more than 8. Portions use the alphabet to number themselves, so A for 1, B for 2, C for 3, etc. Potions are highly secured from one another, often having to go back to the central area near the central elevator before you can go to another. However, sometimes there are paths between sections if they happen to be related in what they are used for.
Sections are parts of Portions that are specialized towards a specific task. For example, a Portion dedicated to Vehicles might have a Mechanic section, a R&D section, and so on and so forth. Sections also use the alphabet to number themselves. Sections are moderately secured from one-another, except for when the jobs of some are related and bordering.
Sub-Sections are parts of Sections specifically specialized at specific task and nothing else. They are numbered using numbers, rather than the alphabet, as some Sections can have a large number of Sub-Sections. Sub-Sections are somewhat protected from one-another.
That's basically it, I'll add more if I think of anything else you might need to know.
List of Levels:
These are the levels I think might be relevant to everyone's interest.
Level +25 is the VTOL Landing level. VTOL craft store in here and take off from here.
Levels +24 to +6 are various levels that probably aren't important for the players for a while.
Level +5 is Upper Security, which deals with everything from Level 0 up. This means they control the doors leading out, folks.
Level +4 is Business. They deal with business deals and other public corporate matters.
Level +3 and +2 are Public. They interact with the public and employees. You've all been there before several times.
Level +1 is the Rec and Medical Level. This is where employees that need a quick break go, or if somebody's injured and they need immediate care, they are also sent here.
Level 0 is the Lobby. Let's all go to the lobby~ Let's all go to the lobby~...
Level -1 is Underground Security. These guys are the dudes that protect all the secrets and employees. There is no way around Underground Security--the Central Elevator refuses to go past without authorization, and the staircases are in plain sight.
Level -2 is Mechanical R&D. These guys deal with mechanical things, obviously. They make neat vehicle stuff--all employees have a couple neat things in their car that originated from one of these in one of the various Vanaard Corp buildings. They also make other things, but you don't know what else.
Level -3 is Computers and Digital R&D. These guys house the central computer, have a large computing force dedicated to managing things, and research and develop various softwares.
Level -4 is Weapons and Destruction R&D. These guys deal with experimental weapons and other destructive things. The entire level is reenforced with solid Steel in each Section, and the outer part of the level is heavily reenforced with Concrete. There is also a noticeably larger security force here.
Level -5 is Bio R&D. You guys work here, obviously. You deal with biological experimentation, and other things related. Quarantine procedures are far, far more strict here than any other level. Well, at least, that you know of...
Level -6 is Restricted. The stuff down here is highly classified, apparently even more than alien life. Unfortunately, the entire level is highly secured, and it's already locked down massively, so unless something comes OUT of -6, you're NEVER getting in without some sort of mechanical monstrosity than can punch through massive amounts of concrete and steel.
Discovered Locations:
Level -5:
Portion B:
Section C:
Sub-section A:
Sub-section B:
Sub-section C:
Sub-section D:
Sub-section E:
Quarantine Room Hallway.
Quarantine Room (x16)
Research Hallway (Sub-Section E)
Research Room (x3)
Contaminated Research Room
Research Room
Computer Room
Storage Room
Sub-section F:
Research Hallway (Sub-Section E)
Microbe Breeding Room
Larger Creature Breeding Room
Gene Manipulation Room
Surgery Room
Containment Room
Panic Room
Animal Control Armory
Camera and Break Room
Miscellaneous Experimentation Room
Storage Room
Sub-section G:
I'll add more as I think of more.
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