Thomas starts installing the game on his computer
@Psion
Game installing.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Are you still there, Ellen?
NocturnalOccultist
Yeah! Is the game installing for you?
ImpulsiveEngineer
yeah, have you started on the server installation?
NocturnalOccultist
I clicked a few buttons so I think so
ImpulsiveEngineer
I don't want to be that guy but you did put the disc in as well, right?
Just making sure
NocturnalOccultist
Yes
@Psion
Your connection is initializing.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Cogtus said something about a lightshow happening right around now
kind of hard to enjoy it, considering
NocturnalOccultist
Oh the meteors?
I enjoyed mine
ImpulsiveEngineer
Like, I haven't looked out a window so I don't know if a meteor is impending
but I'm not sure knowing would even matter, so yeah
How do you enjoy a meteor, anyway?
NocturnalOccultist
They are quite pretty :o
ImpulsiveEngineer
Aside from smelting it down to make a sick ass weapon out of space metal
Oh yeah, I guess they are from a distance
NocturnalOccultist
They're pretty like many things from space
Such as the aurora borealis
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh yeah, another thing that would kill us all horribly if it weren't for our planet's geography
I think we survive that because of magnets?
like how does that even work?
Magic probably
@Psion
Science magic.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Although I guess we Swedes would be the first to go if the northern lights decided to stop playing nice
NocturnalOccultist
They're made when the sun's flares penetrate the earth's magnetic field :D
So you were right about the magnets
ImpulsiveEngineer
My geography teacher was a hoarder
a hoarder of secrets
NocturnalOccultist
How rude of them
ImpulsiveEngineer
why didn't she give me the knowledge that turned out to be imperative to surviving the acopalypse?
NocturnalOccultist
Adults just like power >:/
ImpulsiveEngineer
It's so typical, people never get to be genre savvy in horror movies
No one knows what zombies are in the flicks
@Psion
What about meteor flicks?
NocturnalOccultist
Yeah it kind of ruins the movie to be honest :\
ImpulsiveEngineer
There was that one movie with oil drillers wasn't there
directed by Michael Bay
lots of explosions
NocturnalOccultist
I haven't been keeping track of horror movies since they aren't that scary :\
ImpulsiveEngineer
I still don't get why they made oil drillers into astronauts and not the other way around
like wouldn't it be easier to get your highly trained astronauts a drill and a manual
it's not rocket science
NocturnalOccultist
Yeah I don't understand either
ImpulsiveEngineer
while their stuff is, well, rocket science
@Psion
The game continues to establish connection.
You keep talking.
NocturnalOccultist
Movies are weird :I
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas bites the figurative bullet and peeks out the window.
@Psion
Yeah there's no way there wasn't going to be a meteor there.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas doesn't know what he was expecting.
Well shit
You got the meteor being pretty thing right at least
@Psion
Pretty far away though.
NocturnalOccultist
See? Streaks of fire in the sky :D
ImpulsiveEngineer
Pretty much everything that makes space pretty is fire though, isn't it
NocturnalOccultist
A lot of things in space have to do with rocks and light I guess
ImpulsiveEngineer
you don't look at the sky and say, man the everlasting darkness makes me feel large and significant in the grand scale of things
NocturnalOccultist
Sometimes I feel the opposite since the same darkness can kill us all
ImpulsiveEngineer
If Earth wasn't a dude who knew exactly where to stand next to a bonfire I wouldn't even be here, you know
that kind of thing
NocturnalOccultist
Yeah you do have a point
We're pretty lucky to have the earth orbit the way it does
@Psion
Synchronization just about complete.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas scrambles around for his phone in preparation
@Psion
You get your phone.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Okay, so you know what we have to do to get me out of here, right?
NocturnalOccultist
I think
I've been the one to get out of the situation, not the one to know
ImpulsiveEngineer
I'm kind of iffy on the last part, Cogtus seemed about as clued in on that as I was
I think we're just gonna have to wing it
NocturnalOccultist
I mean the guides for this game aren't that clear right
This game is a mystery
ImpulsiveEngineer
most of them seem to end at around the second or third part
kind of ominous really
@Psion
Aaaaaaaand its done synchronizing.
You now see Thomas on your screen.
He looks tired.
→ ragingStronghold has joined
NocturnalOccultist
Oh you look kinda tired :o
ImpulsiveEngineer
That's my secret
I'm always tirede
*tired
oh man maybe I am a little out of it
NocturnalOccultist
That's unfortunate since the world is about to end and you wouldn't have the energy
ImpulsiveEngineer
familiarize yourself with the menu, try to get the totem thing down
((I guess I should describe the room, shouldn't I))
NocturnalOccultist
Alrighty
NocturnalOccultist
((Yes probably))
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas is standing in a dimly lit room, behind him is a desk and chair, with 8 screens hanging over it. The computer seems to be built into the wall. He's surrounded by projects in various stages of completion, parts and debris. There's a door to his left and a window to his right, but other than that there aren't very many discerning features to t
he room
NocturnalOccultist
Uh the totems and such are quite large so is there anywhere I can place them :?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh yeah none of those would fit here would they
NocturnalOccultist
I can only place this card down
[You deploy the Captchalogue card]
ImpulsiveEngineer
There's some room in the bunker, and plenty of room in the factory, I guess
I don't know if you can place any of the machines outdoors
Oh thanks
Thomas picks up the captchalogue card
NocturnalOccultist
[You also deploy the Totem lathe in the bunker]
Do you think you have enough room in the bunker for anything else
ImpulsiveEngineer
((That's up to zion))
@Psion
For the sake of making things interesting, there isn't enough space.
ImpulsiveEngineer
No, it was only made for one family
NocturnalOccultist
Uh the factory it is then?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Yeah I donöt know what would happen if you put it in the dump and I didn't get to bring it with me afterwards
that would suck
*don't
NocturnalOccultist
Can you clear your room a bit then?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh, um, well yeah I can try
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas puts a bunch of stuff on the reject pile, even though it pains him. It's not like he's a hoarder or anything. No, YOU have a problem.
NocturnalOccultist
[You deploy the Alchemiter]
Do you think you have enough room for one more big thing :?
@Psion
Not without thrashing some *really* promising projects.
ImpulsiveEngineer
We'll have to think of something
Maybe just put the crux truder in my room?
Oh fuck the floor is covered there too
NocturnalOccultist
Maybe you want to take some of your stuff into your inventory :I
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas looks around for an appropriately sized portal for one of his largest projects. Ah, the wall socket will do. He shoves it right in there for comedic effect.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh man why didn't I think to put a rug in here I could have swept so many things under there
NocturnalOccultist
Can I place it down now? I don't want to crush anything :\
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas puts on an unfinished pair of goggles and picks up his blunderbuss, all the while shoving things into the various compartments of his backpack.
I need a new thing to put something in for every new inventory slot, I don't think I could do any better than this
((Is it enough?))
@Psion
Some things more.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Just, put it down somewhere
Thomas turns around.
I don't want to look
NocturnalOccultist
Uh
ImpulsiveEngineer
Just do it
NocturnalOccultist
[You deploy the Cruxtruder over the least amount of things possible]
@Psion
The true modern tragedy.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas blocks out the sickening crunch, then walks up to the Cruxtruder
How did Cogtus push this thing down
NocturnalOccultist
[You wince a bit]
@Psion
Don't know.
NocturnalOccultist
Sorry about that
@Psion
There's a timer on it.
You have about 10 minutes until...
NocturnalOccultist
Uh I rolled the wheel I think?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas climbs up on the cruxtruder then empties his backpack onto the top. A small landslide of items come pouring out.
((do I roll to push the thing down?))
@Psion
Sure.
→ Kaiserbot[Dice] has joined
ImpulsiveEngineer
((what was the command now again?))
@Psion
.!roll 1d20
ImpulsiveEngineer
((with my strength mod that would be d20-1 right?))
@Psion
(Just do a neutral roll. You're not really using your strength, are you?)
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d20
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {10}
@Psion
It won't budge.
It is, however, covered in junk.
ImpulsiveEngineer
well then
I'm pretty sure all of that was heavier than I am
You don't think you could bring something to push this down with?
NocturnalOccultist
Hmm
ImpulsiveEngineer
like a fridge or a bathtub or something
NocturnalOccultist
[You try to scrape the junk off]
ImpulsiveEngineer
there's an entire junkyard out ther so I guess just pick something
NocturnalOccultist
I think your stuff is blocking it
ImpulsiveEngineer
*there
Find something heavy while I put all of the things back in the bag
NocturnalOccultist
[You examine the junkyard and find a fridge]
Although I'd rather not ruin more of your things
ImpulsiveEngineer
The meteor doesn't seem to care
NocturnalOccultist
[You drop the fridge on the Cruxtruder]
@Psion
It crashes down on the Cruxtruder, which opens up. It then falls over and crushes even more of your projects and dreams.
A flashing ball of light pops out of the Cruxtruder.
NocturnalOccultist
I'm so sorry oh geez
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas stifles a sob
ImpulsiveEngineer
Okay, um, I need one of those cylinders now, Right?
NocturnalOccultist
Yes
ImpulsiveEngineer
which machine did that
NocturnalOccultist
Uh I think the one that just made a seizure ball as Steven calls it
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh yeah I just crank the thing
Thomas cranks the thing.
@Psion
It resists a bit.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas channels the power of his hopes and dreams, albeit a bit crushed, to crank the thing
@Psion
You pull with all your might, and it...
snaps.
ImpulsiveEngineer
what
@Psion
Instead of colorful cylinders, you get black smoke.
ImpulsiveEngineer
no
NocturnalOccultist
Oh no what happened
@Psion
Ya broke the cruxtruder, kiddo.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas starts rooting around after a metal pike, a sixer and a screwdriver
@Psion
You find it.
ImpulsiveEngineer
I'm gonna crank this thing whether it wants to or not
Thomas uses his improvised crank on the cruxtruder
@Psion
More black smoke.
ImpulsiveEngineer
So
NocturnalOccultist
Do you want me to get the fridge again?
ImpulsiveEngineer
You wouldn't happen to be able to make another one of these things, would you?
NocturnalOccultist
Uh let me check
@Psion
No.
NocturnalOccultist
[You check to see if it's still available]
Oh
No it isn't
:(