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[Naturegirl1999]

Get to the cave and drink the water

[NAV]

"Yeah, I know! We should just proceed with caution, think before we leap. Make a bit of plan first. Fuck, I don't even know what's going on."

Get a good stout fir branch. For the general poking or bludgeoning of dangerous alien stuff.

Watch those other people interface with the strange tech, from a safe distance.

[King Zultan]

"I don't know all this alien stuff seems safe to me, and maybe if we're lucky we can get some death rays or something."
Wonder around and look for something that could be used as a weapon.

[Trinculoisdead]

Turn 3:

Spoiler: "Elizabeth Fripp" (click to show/hide)

Description: A fifty year old woman, in a grey business suit, of average build, slim, slightly severe, spectacled.
Favourite sci-fi movie: Moon
Worst way to die: Old age

"You're approaching this with the wrong mindset. The alien technology has already messed with us, we're playing by its rules now."
Choose option 8, then go into the cave mouth. Drink some of the water dripping from the ceiling.
2
You select the image showing a person in a kneeling position with little radio-waves emanating from their head.
Immediately, you can feel a sense of connection to a powerful network. It's like you've just hooked up an old computer to modern wifi: your mind is far too slow to encompass and understand all the noise out there. However, you know that if you formulate your inquiry into a simple question, you will receive an answer, twice.

You step thirstily towards the cave, but trip over one of the cables.

Spoiler: "I" (click to show/hide)

Description: An almost entirely human-looking figure whose features, while impossible to make out, are perfectly normal. Any feelings of alarm at this lack of data are simply overwhelmed by an overwhelming force of normalcy pushing down upon your psyche.
Favourite sci-fi movie: The Thing
Worst way to die: Bored

"Playing by the rules? But which rules are they? I know a few different sets."
Punch tree to acquire wood.
1
Bizarrely, unexpectedly, the tree punches you first. As you wind up, a branch whips down and knocks you off your feet, up into the air.
You land about 30 feet up in a fir tree, grasping at the branches so you don't tumble to the ground. The branches grasp you back, wrapping around your ankles and wrists and, alarmingly, coiling loosely around your neck.
After a moment, the forest is again still, although you remain suspended by the tree.

Spoiler: "Ronda" (click to show/hide)

Description: Blonde haired woman, she was studying to become a teacher before waking up here
Favourite sci-fi movie: Haven’t seen many of them
Worst way to die: Don’t know, probably getting slowly killed by prions

Get to the cave and drink the water
5
In a pulsing rhythm, warm air is blowing out of the cave. Consequently the cold stone of the cave mouth is moist and dripping. The water tastes so good! It refreshes you and clears your mind of uncertainty. The cave winds away into pitch blackness.

Spoiler: "Burt Smith" (click to show/hide)

Description: A regular looking dude with a mustache
Favourite sci-fi movie: Alien
Worst way to die: Probably being set on fire.

"I don't know all this alien stuff seems safe to me, and maybe if we're lucky we can get some death rays or something."
Wander around and look for something that could be used as a weapon.
2
Oh you look around the clearing for a while, but get bored pretty quickly. Nothing looks very weapon-like, certainly not your little regular-person fists: they look like they'd break before anything you punched would.

Spoiler: "Douglas Fir" (click to show/hide)

Description: A regular looking dude with glasses
Favourite sci-fi movie: They Live
Worst way to die: Buried in a tank of industrial desiccant

"Yeah, I know! We should just proceed with caution, think before we leap. Make a bit of plan first. Fuck, I don't even know what's going on."
Get a good stout fir branch. For the general poking or bludgeoning of dangerous alien stuff.
Watch those other people interface with the strange tech, from a safe distance.
2
Aw man, all the good fir branches are up high, too far to reach. Everything down on the ground is moulding and crumbly. The ground is pretty wet throughout the clearing actually, unlike the surrounding woods. Like it had been hosed down recently.

You watch the others. It looks like they're enjoying being upgraded.

[Naturegirl1999]

“Let’s see what’s in the cave, I’d rather not be the only one going in”
Head into the cave

[Egan_BW]

Peel bark off of tree and eat it, demonstrating the dominance of kingdom animalia over planthae.

[NAV]

"We should get a light source before going too deep into that cave. Maybe some torches."

Make a pile of soft underneath the person who just...got pullet up into a tree? Leaves/needles, dirt, small branches, etc.

Check my inventory. We were abducted while sleeping, right? So I'm probably just wearing pyjama pants and a t-shirt.

[NJW2000]

"How clumsy of me. I suppose my head must still be spinning from the modifications."

Go into the cave, hopefully don't die.

Spoiler: "Elizabeth Fripp" (click to show/hide)

Description: A fifty year old woman, in a grey business suit, of average build, slim, slightly severe, spectacled.
Favourite sci-fi movie: Moon
Worst way to die: Old age

[King Zultan]

Go and look for a rock I can use as a weapon.

[Trinculoisdead]

Turn 4:

Spoiler: "Elizabeth Fripp" (click to show/hide)

Description: A fifty year old woman, in a grey business suit, of average build, slim, slightly severe, spectacled.
Favourite sci-fi movie: Moon
Worst way to die: Old age

""How clumsy of me. I suppose my head must still be spinning from the modifications.""
Go into the cave, hopefully don't die.
3
You pick yourself up and go into cave, passing by the blond-haired woman who is holding her shin in pain. The way ahead is uneven and requires careful traversal with hands and feet. You pass around a bend in the cave, and it becomes very dark indeed. All you can hear is your own breath and movements.

Spoiler: "I" (click to show/hide)

Description: An almost entirely human-looking figure whose features, while impossible to make out, are perfectly normal. Any feelings of alarm at this lack of data are simply overwhelmed by an overwhelming force of normalcy pushing down upon your psyche.
Favourite sci-fi movie: The Thing
Worst way to die: Bored

Peel bark off of tree and eat it, demonstrating the dominance of kingdom animalia over planthae.
4
The bark is a little sappy and very chewy, but you get it down. The tree shivers--truly dominated--and drops you like you're hot, directly into a heap of moss and mud and fir-needles that the regular-looking dude with glasses is standing next to proudly. You go in head-first, and the pile splatters under you like a ripe tomato. Needles are stuck into your hair, moss into your ears and mouth, and mud coats your top half.

Spoiler: "Ronda" (click to show/hide)

Description: Blonde haired woman, she was studying to become a teacher before waking up here
Favourite sci-fi movie: Haven’t seen many of them
Worst way to die: Don’t know, probably getting slowly killed by prions

“Let’s see what’s in the cave, I’d rather not be the only one going in”
Head into the cave
2
The cave winds away into pitch blackness. You take a few steps forward before bruising your shin on hidden, unyielding rock. The floor feels uneven here, but you can't see the details.

Spoiler: "Burt Smith" (click to show/hide)

Description: A regular looking dude with a mustache
Favourite sci-fi movie: Alien
Worst way to die: Probably being set on fire.

"I don't know all this alien stuff seems safe to me, and maybe if we're lucky we can get some death rays or something."
Go and look for a rock I can use as a weapon.
4
You wander around a bit, and find a piece of reddish chert wedged into the bark of a fir tree. Eh it's nothing fancy, but it'll do: it's the size of a hatchet-head.

Spoiler: "Douglas Fir" (click to show/hide)

Description: A regular looking dude with glasses
Favourite sci-fi movie: They Live
Worst way to die: Buried in a tank of industrial desiccant

"We should get a light source before going too deep into that cave. Maybe some torches."

Make a pile of soft underneath the person who just...got pullet up into a tree? Leaves/needles, dirt, small branches, etc.
Check my inventory. We were abducted while sleeping, right? So I'm probably just wearing pyjama pants and a t-shirt.
6
You pile up a great heap of the moist dirt, moss, and needles. An excellent pile of soft! The size of it is actually very impressive.

Yeah, just your PJs. And your glasses.

[NAV]

"Are you okay? Did that tree seem more alive than normal?"

Doug helps up the person who just fell.

"We should probably get some fire going. Already have some shelter and water in that cave, so fire's the next thing."

Start scavenging along the forest floor for fire starting supplies. Brush away the layer of needles and moss to look under it.
"I could probably start a fire with my glasses, if it's a very sunny day and I have good tinder."

Look for rocks. Any sharp flint rocks would be a jackpot, but keep any rocks I find. Pile them up near the cave entrance.

Also keep any sticks, especially ones that could be used as a torch handle. I know there aren't any good stout branches, but there might be some smaller ones that can still make a good torch handle or firewood. Make a pile of sticks near the cave entrance next to the rocks.

And keep an eye out for any litter, you would be surprised how much garbage there is out in the deep wilderness. A tin can would be great.

[NJW2000]

"It's fine, I'm over here. It's pretty dark though, so move slowly. I'd wait until we have some kind of light source."

Turn around and go back into the light. If that works, start getting some sticks together, for basic torches.

[Egan_BW]

"Any changes to my status condition are immaterial."

Peel a sheet of metal off of the spawn-contraption and sharpen it with a rock, then bind it to a wooden handle using some clothing, to form a basic machete.

[King Zultan]

"So does anyone have any kind of plan as for what we're doing?"
Go over to the spawn area and see if I can't pull up one of those car charger like things or at least get some parts off of it.

[Egan_BW]

"Not going into that cave, for sure. Not sure why I'd want to engage with the failure condition like that."