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  1. [2014-03-31 10:40:11] -->| YOU (Tehpillowstar) have joined #redpool
  2. [2014-03-31 10:40:11] =-= Topic for #redpool is ``Pool Status: Better dead than red | http://far-recon.wikidot.com/unlockable-equipment Check the Pre-Run Equipment Repository if you wish to have your character bringing one of the items on the run.''
  3. [2014-03-31 10:40:11] =-= Topic for #redpool was set by Roget on Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:45:00 AM
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  6. [2014-03-31 10:41:52] <ShotgunFiend> Zay shows up in the subbay, geared up and ready for action.
  7. [2014-03-31 10:41:54] -->| MonkeyBomb (you.s@w.nothing) has joined #redpool
  8. [2014-03-31 10:42:33] <TheRaven> Taggart shows up with his usual gear.
  9. [2014-03-31 10:42:42] <Balthazaar> Mark wanders in, looking vaguely curious
  10. [2014-03-31 10:44:09] <Wallace> Will walks in a bit out of breath.
  11. [2014-03-31 10:44:37] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe jogs in, a bit chilled in her temperate weather gear, the normal stuff she wears for runs as the cold weather gear she usually wears when needing to go outside is almost always too warm for the Pool.
  12. [2014-03-31 10:45:00] <MonkeyBomb> There is a dude standing by, checking his rifle and pack. He looks kind of gruff, but not in an unfriendly kind of way. Shuffling through his pack, he rearranges various field medical supplies as he prepares for whatever awaits on the other side of the pool.
  13. [2014-03-31 10:45:31] <ShotgunFiend> "So, you guys start to forget this thing was even here like I was?"
  14. [2014-03-31 10:45:43] <PresidentEvil> Everyone's gathered around a flatscreen near the bay chief's desk. Chloe... you're late. Corbette raises an eyebrow at you.
  15. [2014-03-31 10:46:08] <Balthazaar> "Yeah, a bit."
  16. [2014-03-31 10:46:37] <Wallace> "I wouldn't know."
  17. [2014-03-31 10:46:55] <PresidentEvil> "Is this everyone?"
  18. [2014-03-31 10:46:57] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe gives a flat look at Corbette. She looks at him. Huh, not even going to come down here.
  19. [2014-03-31 10:47:07] <MonkeyBomb> Satisfied with his gear, Griffin Cross hefts his pack over his shoulders and swings his rifle around onto his back. He crosses his arms and observes the others.
  20. [2014-03-31 10:47:37] <PresidentEvil> (Corbette is not on the flatscreen. He's sitting on the chief's desk.)
  21. [2014-03-31 10:47:37] <PresidentEvil> (Sorry.)
  22. [2014-03-31 10:47:52] <TheRaven> Taggart is standing around, waiting.
  23. [2014-03-31 10:48:07] <PresidentEvil> The flatscreen is, in fact, full of scientific readings. Seismic, thermal, a bunch you don't recognize.
  24. [2014-03-31 10:48:25] <ShotgunFiend> Zay looks around. "Looks like no one else's comin'."
  25. [2014-03-31 10:48:33] <Balthazaar> Mark just waits around
  26. [2014-03-31 10:49:31] <PresidentEvil> "Good, let's begin then. I'm seeing a couple fresh faces, so let me give you the basics:"
  27. [2014-03-31 10:50:19] <PresidentEvil> "A half hour ago, we picked up anomalous spikes in several of these areas." he says, gesturing at the flatscreen. "Coming from the pool, that normally means an imminent emergence event."
  28. [2014-03-31 10:51:22] <PresidentEvil> "So, either you get in that sub, go through whatever tunnel's opened up, and do what you need to do, or we're going to get some new nasties bursting out and trying to kill everyone. Questions?"
  29. [2014-03-31 10:51:48] <Balthazaar> "Nope."
  30. [2014-03-31 10:52:43] <Wallace> "Any details on the nature of the spikes?"
  31. [2014-03-31 10:52:45] <Tehpillowstar> "Could you be more specific on "what we need to do" for those who haven't done this before.?"
  32. [2014-03-31 10:52:46] <ShotgunFiend> "Any specifics on what's on the other side?"
  33. [2014-03-31 10:53:04] <PresidentEvil> "Fraid not!" he says, in answer to all three questions.
  34. [2014-03-31 10:53:20] <PresidentEvil> "I'm not the one who's done this before, but it's usually different each time."
  35. [2014-03-31 10:53:21] <Wallace> Will grins. "All clear, then."
  36. [2014-03-31 10:53:54] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe sighs.
  37. [2014-03-31 10:53:57] <TheRaven> Taggart boards the sub.
  38. [2014-03-31 10:54:00] <PresidentEvil> "Just try not to wreck the sub this time. It does take quite a bit of time and money to manufacture."
  39. [2014-03-31 10:54:13] <Tehpillowstar> "Yes, yes, move out team."
  40. [2014-03-31 10:54:25] <PresidentEvil> Corbette raps the heel of his hand on the desk and hops off. "Good luck, don't die."
  41. [2014-03-31 10:54:34] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe gets out of her chair and out of the little meeting-place and out in the FREEZING cold air.
  42. [2014-03-31 10:54:37] <PresidentEvil> And then he's walking across the bay to talk to another of the labcoats.
  43. [2014-03-31 10:54:44] <Balthazaar> Mark shrugs and goes with the gang
  44. [2014-03-31 10:54:51] <ShotgunFiend> Zay just nods. He honestly didn't expect an answer. There never is one.
  45. [2014-03-31 10:54:55] <ShotgunFiend> He boards the sub.
  46. [2014-03-31 10:54:58] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin makse his way over to the sub.
  47. [2014-03-31 10:55:00] <MonkeyBomb> *makes
  48. [2014-03-31 10:55:02] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe waves towards Will and New Guy as she boards the sub.
  49. [2014-03-31 10:55:09] <Wallace> Will takes one last look at the screen and then follows the others onto the sub.
  50. [2014-03-31 10:55:14] <Tehpillowstar> "I'll give you more details while we're in, kay?"
  51. [2014-03-31 10:55:28] <Wallace> "Cool."
  52. [2014-03-31 10:56:31] <PresidentEvil> Sub's open. The techs have just finished the final checkout,
  53. [2014-03-31 10:56:47] <Balthazaar> Mark buckles up. ~Last time I was in this fucking thing, Simon died...~
  54. [2014-03-31 10:57:29] <Tehpillowstar> "Alright guys."
  55. [2014-03-31 10:57:43] <Tehpillowstar> "New guy, what's your name and specialty?"
  56. [2014-03-31 10:57:53] <ShotgunFiend> Zay buckles in, doing a check-off on his medkit.
  57. [2014-03-31 10:57:55] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin piles in as well, finding a comfortable seat that is not by any portholes or whatever they're called.
  58. [2014-03-31 10:58:17] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe buckles in. "Alright fuckers, listen up."
  59. [2014-03-31 10:58:21] <MonkeyBomb> "Griffin Cross, medic."
  60. [2014-03-31 10:58:26] <Wallace> Will sits down and straps in quietly.
  61. [2014-03-31 10:58:47] <TheRaven> Taggart just pulls on his gasmask.
  62. [2014-03-31 10:59:26] <Tehpillowstar> "When we go down there, almost always we have no clue what we'll face. That means you gotta be on full alert."
  63. [2014-03-31 10:59:56] <PresidentEvil> Once everyone's in, the sub hatch closes and the vehicle begins to descend.
  64. [2014-03-31 11:00:13] <Tehpillowstar> "Don't do any stupid shit like turn off your radios and split from the group by your own volition."
  65. [2014-03-31 11:00:27] <Tehpillowstar> "Generally what we need to do is some kind of...ah, task."
  66. [2014-03-31 11:00:48] <Wallace> Will cocks an eyebrow. "Task?"
  67. [2014-03-31 11:00:50] <Tehpillowstar> "It usually becomes clear as we go along. Anyway."
  68. [2014-03-31 11:01:04] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe slips on her gas mask and her voice becomes slightly muffled.
  69. [2014-03-31 11:01:33] <Tehpillowstar> "We gotta destroy the anchor that lets us travel to the other place via the Pool."
  70. [2014-03-31 11:01:34] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin follows suit and grabs a gas mask from wherever everyone else got theirs.
  71. [2014-03-31 11:01:55] <Balthazaar> Mark waits anxiously
  72. [2014-03-31 11:02:10] <Tehpillowstar> "This anchor can be anything: object, person, task, event, or just survival."
  73. [2014-03-31 11:02:52] <Wallace> As he listens, Will puts a gas mask on as well.
  74. [2014-03-31 11:02:53] <Tehpillowstar> "Once we nail anchor, we return back home."
  75. [2014-03-31 11:03:27] <Balthazaar> "If we don't die first."
  76. [2014-03-31 11:03:55] <TheRaven> "Which is something I'd like to avoid, so don't be an idiot."
  77. [2014-03-31 11:03:56] <Tehpillowstar> "Worry about dying when it happens."
  78. [2014-03-31 11:04:06] <Wallace> "Good advice."
  79. [2014-03-31 11:04:53] <MonkeyBomb> "Quick question," he asks through the gas mask. "How exactly do we get back /after/ we eliminate the anchor? Sounds like that would kind of fuck up our way back, wouldn't it?"
  80. [2014-03-31 11:04:54] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe stares out of the porthole.
  81. [2014-03-31 11:05:13] <ShotgunFiend> Zay stays quiet for the most part.
  82. [2014-03-31 11:05:37] <Tehpillowstar> "Two ways, either we have to get back to the sub and dive back down, or we're transported back anyway."
  83. [2014-03-31 11:05:46] <PresidentEvil> Everyone, there's a brief moment of vertigo. The quality of the water outside the porthole... changes, subtly.
  84. [2014-03-31 11:05:48] <MonkeyBomb> "Ah."
  85. [2014-03-31 11:05:53] <PresidentEvil> It's more rusty than arterial, now.
  86. [2014-03-31 11:06:11] <MonkeyBomb> "Well, as long as we can get back in one piece." He glances out a window.
  87. [2014-03-31 11:06:16] <Tehpillowstar> "We're there now..."
  88. [2014-03-31 11:06:27] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe checks her MP7 again.
  89. [2014-03-31 11:07:03] <ShotgunFiend> Zay locks and loads his SCAR, going over his mental checklist of medical supplies again.
  90. [2014-03-31 11:07:33] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe points to Griffin and and Will. "How good are ya with your guns?"
  91. [2014-03-31 11:08:07] <Wallace> "I can hit the broadside of a barn, if that's what you're asking."
  92. [2014-03-31 11:08:15] <PresidentEvil> You can feel yourselves ascending, now, rather than descending.
  93. [2014-03-31 11:09:35] <MonkeyBomb> "Decent," in answer to Chloe's question. "If I miss I'll have done it on purpose."
  94. [2014-03-31 11:09:37] <Tehpillowstar> Not really, but she just shrugs and looks out, a familiar well spring of anxiety and terror in her chest.
  95. [2014-03-31 11:10:15] <Tehpillowstar> She takes several deep breaths.
  96. [2014-03-31 11:10:22] <Tehpillowstar> She's gotta take the initiative.
  97. [2014-03-31 11:10:32] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin seems pretty calm considering.
  98. [2014-03-31 11:10:34] <PresidentEvil> The red water is definitely thinner and rustier, now.
  99. [2014-03-31 11:11:09] <Balthazaar> "This water is gross."
  100. [2014-03-31 11:11:55] <MonkeyBomb> "I wouldn't want to take a dip in it. Don't know about the rest of you."
  101. [2014-03-31 11:12:03] <ShotgunFiend> Zay runs a hand over his short-cropped hair. He settles himself mentally.
  102. [2014-03-31 11:12:13] <Tehpillowstar> "Hopefully not. Sometimes we do have to wade, though."
  103. [2014-03-31 11:12:33] <MonkeyBomb> He grins. "Fun."
  104. [2014-03-31 11:12:44] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe looks at Taggart.
  105. [2014-03-31 11:12:54] <PresidentEvil> With a shudder, the sub surfaces.
  106. [2014-03-31 11:13:26] <PresidentEvil> As it does so, the sides scrape and bump against something.
  107. [2014-03-31 11:13:33] <Wallace> "Showtime?"
  108. [2014-03-31 11:13:40] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe glances at the console to see if any alarms pop up.
  109. [2014-03-31 11:13:49] <Tehpillowstar> "Yeah. Who takes point?"
  110. [2014-03-31 11:14:16] <Tehpillowstar> She also looks at the meters that test the environment for anything nasty.
  111. [2014-03-31 11:14:20] <PresidentEvil> No alarms.
  112. [2014-03-31 11:14:24] <ShotgunFiend> Zay cautiously unbuckles, but doesn't stand yet.
  113. [2014-03-31 11:14:35] <Tehpillowstar> Earth-like atmosphere?
  114. [2014-03-31 11:14:39] <TheRaven> "I'll lead." Taggart unbuckles and pops the hatch.
  115. [2014-03-31 11:15:04] <PresidentEvil> Well, Taggart hasn't killed you all, so yes.
  116. [2014-03-31 11:15:07] <Balthazaar> Mark makes sure a round is chambered and gets up
  117. [2014-03-31 11:15:10] <PresidentEvil> Probably breathable.
  118. [2014-03-31 11:15:16] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin takes a breath through his gas mask as the outside air filters into the sub's interior.
  119. [2014-03-31 11:15:18] <Tehpillowstar> *probably*
  120. [2014-03-31 11:15:50] <PresidentEvil> (Probability intensifies)
  121. [2014-03-31 11:15:59] <Tehpillowstar> (ALL THE DICE. ALL THE LUCK.)
  122. [2014-03-31 11:16:02] <Wallace> Will unbuckles and checks his rifle one last time.
  123. [2014-03-31 11:16:21] <ShotgunFiend> Zay decides if they haven't been knocked over yet, they probably won't be. He stands up.
  124. [2014-03-31 11:16:35] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe waves the others to go after Taggart. She'll bring up the rear.
  125. [2014-03-31 11:17:04] <Balthazaar> Mark climbs out second
  126. [2014-03-31 11:17:17] <Wallace> Will goes up after the others.
  127. [2014-03-31 11:17:25] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin makes his way outside as well.
  128. [2014-03-31 11:17:31] <ShotgunFiend> Zay comes up somewhere in the middle of the group.
  129. [2014-03-31 11:18:00] <PresidentEvil> Once you're all out, pause for description.
  130. [2014-03-31 11:18:14] <MonkeyBomb> Once he's outside of the sub, he readies his M4 and looks around as the GM describes stuff.
  131. [2014-03-31 11:18:16] <Tehpillowstar> Once everyone is out, Chloe follows suit.
  132. [2014-03-31 11:20:33] <PresidentEvil> You appear to be in some sort of low garage dimly lit. The sub has broken through the floor, and puddles of poolwater surround the up-twisted metal.
  133. [2014-03-31 11:21:37] <PresidentEvil> The walls curve upwwards, and most of the light seems to be coming from a porthole in the thick, reinforced door.
  134. [2014-03-31 11:22:21] <PresidentEvil> To your right looms a large vehicle of some sort. You can't tell what make or type from the outline...
  135. [2014-03-31 11:22:39] <PresidentEvil> Unpause.
  136. [2014-03-31 11:22:46] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe flicks on the tac-light on her MP7 and looks around.
  137. [2014-03-31 11:22:59] <Balthazaar> "Depressing bloody place..."
  138. [2014-03-31 11:23:07] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, your light flickers.
  139. [2014-03-31 11:23:14] <Tehpillowstar> :/
  140. [2014-03-31 11:23:15] <PresidentEvil> You can't really make out much detail with it.
  141. [2014-03-31 11:23:18] <ShotgunFiend> Zay flicks on his flashlight. Any better luck?
  142. [2014-03-31 11:23:22] <Wallace> Will pulls out his flashlight, turns it on and then straps it to his vest.
  143. [2014-03-31 11:23:34] <Tehpillowstar> "Hey Tags, what d'you see with your optics?"
  144. [2014-03-31 11:23:44] <PresidentEvil> Oh! Almost forgot. You can hear some sort of whistling, scraping noise outside. Sounds like the wind... but not any wind you've heard before.
  145. [2014-03-31 11:23:56] <TheRaven> Oh, I may have forgotten he had those
  146. [2014-03-31 11:24:17] <PresidentEvil> Flashlights won't have any better luck. Does Taggart use his optics.
  147. [2014-03-31 11:24:17] <TheRaven> Taggart flips on his night vision/thermal unit and looks around. Percep?
  148. [2014-03-31 11:24:31] <Balthazaar> "... This is fucked."
  149. [2014-03-31 11:24:31] <ShotgunFiend> Zay flicks off his flashlight and stows it away, opting to carry his rifle instead.
  150. [2014-03-31 11:24:50] <PresidentEvil> Yes, Taggart.
  151. [2014-03-31 11:25:21] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin frowns at his failing light. Goddamnit. He cradles his rifle and keeps his eyes peeled for any movement.
  152. [2014-03-31 11:25:29] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe pulls out her glowsticks and cracks them. Any luck?
  153. [2014-03-31 11:25:39] <TheRaven> 6df+10 I assume this counts as low light for bonus purposes
  154. [2014-03-31 11:25:40] <Glacon> TheRaven: I assume this counts as low light for bonus purposes: 9 (6df+10=0, 4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
  155. [2014-03-31 11:27:08] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, something's futzing with your optics, but you can make out a fairly clear picture. The giant vehicle to your left is vaguely cylindrical, on big, fat, chevron patterned tires.
  156. [2014-03-31 11:27:25] <Wallace> Will hits the switch to turn off his flashlight but keeps it strapped to his vest.
  157. [2014-03-31 11:27:43] <Tehpillowstar> Any luck with the glowsticks?
  158. [2014-03-31 11:27:57] <PresidentEvil> There's a hatch towards the front left. One of the wheels has been jacked up and removed.
  159. [2014-03-31 11:28:11] <PresidentEvil> There's something flickering from the porthole, as if something is moving across it outside.
  160. [2014-03-31 11:28:23] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, yes. You can very dimly make out what Taggart is seeing.
  161. [2014-03-31 11:28:35] <TheRaven> "Getting some interference, but we've got a bigass wheeled vehicle with-wait, possible movement spotted."
  162. [2014-03-31 11:28:51] <ShotgunFiend> Zay raises his rifle in the general direction.
  163. [2014-03-31 11:28:58] <Tehpillowstar> 'Huh, alright."
  164. [2014-03-31 11:28:59] <ShotgunFiend> Since he can't really see that for himself.
  165. [2014-03-31 11:29:32] <Wallace> "Movement outside as well." Will says as he raises his rifle toward the porthole.
  166. [2014-03-31 11:29:58] <Tehpillowstar> Shooting into the dark might not be wise. Since everyone's electronic lights seems to decide to go "fuck this" Chloe breaks out the entire packet of glowsticks.
  167. [2014-03-31 11:30:36] <Tehpillowstar> Actually...redact that.
  168. [2014-03-31 11:30:41] <Tehpillowstar> She only breaks out two more.
  169. [2014-03-31 11:30:52] <Balthazaar> Mark looks around
  170. [2014-03-31 11:31:10] <PresidentEvil> Okay, so it's Taggart and Wallace looking out the porthole?
  171. [2014-03-31 11:31:17] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin raises his own rifle and peers in the direction of the porthole.
  172. [2014-03-31 11:31:20] <Tehpillowstar> and then pulls her gun up towards the porthole.
  173. [2014-03-31 11:32:42] <PresidentEvil> Outside, it's lighter, but not by much. A massive dust storm of some kind has almost blotted out the sun.
  174. [2014-03-31 11:33:40] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin makes his way slowly and carefully over to the door, and stops to the side of it. He ventures a glance out the porthole.
  175. [2014-03-31 11:33:46] <PresidentEvil> In the distance, to your left, is a squat, vaguely cylindrical shape. You can make out a ladder, four legs... and what looks like three short rocket nozzles underneath it.
  176. [2014-03-31 11:35:20] <Tehpillowstar> ~A rocket?~
  177. [2014-03-31 11:35:32] <ShotgunFiend> Zay moves with them, inspecting it.
  178. [2014-03-31 11:35:36] <TheRaven> "Doesn't look very nice out."
  179. [2014-03-31 11:35:58] <Wallace> "No, not exactly sunbathing weather, I'd say."
  180. [2014-03-31 11:36:00] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin raises an eyebrow.
  181. [2014-03-31 11:36:13] <Balthazaar> "Fuck me..."
  182. [2014-03-31 11:36:15] <PresidentEvil> That dust is moving incredibly fast...
  183. [2014-03-31 11:36:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Hope that we don't have to go outside."
  184. [2014-03-31 11:37:35] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe holds three glowsticks with one hand and raises it up to try and to see if they can see more things.
  185. [2014-03-31 11:37:44] <TheRaven> "Shit, that'd skin you alive. No way we can go outside."
  186. [2014-03-31 11:38:08] <Tehpillowstar> How big is the place?
  187. [2014-03-31 11:38:11] <MonkeyBomb> He turns around, looking around the dark room once again. "Hrmmm..." He glances at the silhouette of the vehicle standing in the garage.
  188. [2014-03-31 11:38:14] <PresidentEvil> Three glowsticks aren't going to do shit against this storm.
  189. [2014-03-31 11:38:57] <Balthazaar> "Maybe we take that... Thingamajig over there
  190. [2014-03-31 11:38:58] <Balthazaar> ."
  191. [2014-03-31 11:39:18] <Wallace> "Maybe we should take a look at it first."
  192. [2014-03-31 11:39:20] <Tehpillowstar> She then cracks the rest of the glow sticks. "Hey, does anyone have tape?"
  193. [2014-03-31 11:40:14] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin pipes up. "I do." He digs around in his medic kit and pulls out some sticky strip thingies. He holds them out to her.
  194. [2014-03-31 11:40:23] <MonkeyBomb> "Better than nothing, I suppose."
  195. [2014-03-31 11:40:46] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe tapes all the glowsticks together into a much brighter bundle.
  196. [2014-03-31 11:40:58] <Tehpillowstar> She then ties it off securely with some of her parachute cord.
  197. [2014-03-31 11:41:34] <Balthazaar> "Nice."
  198. [2014-03-31 11:42:17] <Tehpillowstar> PresidentEvil: Is the interference from flashlights and NVGs from dust in the air or from some unknown source?
  199. [2014-03-31 11:42:31] <PresidentEvil> Some unknown source.
  200. [2014-03-31 11:42:55] |<-- Rehash has left irc.synirc.net (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  201. [2014-03-31 11:43:03] <Tehpillowstar> "Looks like we'll have to run with glowsticks we don't want that fuzziness."
  202. [2014-03-31 11:43:05] <Wallace> Will pulls out a glowstick of his own and cracks it. He walks towards one of the objects in the room. "Well... This thing's not going anywhere till we put the wheel back on."
  203. [2014-03-31 11:43:23] <Tehpillowstar> "Man...I wish we had Elif here."
  204. [2014-03-31 11:43:32] <Wallace> "You think the radios are fucked as well?"
  205. [2014-03-31 11:43:54] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe walks a few steps, raising up the glowsticks to try and determine big the place is..
  206. [2014-03-31 11:44:01] <Tehpillowstar> She chips her radio experimentally.
  207. [2014-03-31 11:44:10] <Tehpillowstar> <<Testing.>>
  208. [2014-03-31 11:44:53] <Tehpillowstar> <<Poolboys, do you hear me loud and clear?>>
  209. [2014-03-31 11:45:14] <PresidentEvil> Well, of course they do, Chloe, you're standing right next to them.
  210. [2014-03-31 11:45:23] <Balthazaar> "Yes."
  211. [2014-03-31 11:45:29] <Tehpillowstar> >__>
  212. [2014-03-31 11:45:30] <Balthazaar> "Yes I do."
  213. [2014-03-31 11:45:41] <Balthazaar> Mark gives her a stupid grin
  214. [2014-03-31 11:45:47] <Wallace> "Wise ass..."
  215. [2014-03-31 11:46:03] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe gives Mark a look that says, "If we weren't on a mission, I'd punch the grin off your face."
  216. [2014-03-31 11:46:08] <MonkeyBomb> "Ask a question, get an answer." He grins.
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  218. [2014-03-31 11:46:32] <Balthazaar> Mark looks to Wallace. "Better'n being a dumb ass."
  219. [2014-03-31 11:46:45] <Balthazaar> He laughs a little
  220. [2014-03-31 11:46:57] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe scouts around, determining their surroundings.
  221. [2014-03-31 11:47:31] <MonkeyBomb> "You guys are just too goddamn hilarious." He peers outside the porthole again.
  222. [2014-03-31 11:48:03] <Wallace> "Glad you find this entertaining. You tried checking your radio yet?"
  223. [2014-03-31 11:49:08] <Balthazaar> <<Test.>> Mark gives Will a little frown.
  224. [2014-03-31 11:50:39] <MonkeyBomb> Pres, does the door have a special kind of hatch on it, like a fancy locking mechanism or something?
  225. [2014-03-31 11:51:03] <PresidentEvil> It has a control panel next to it. Looks like the entire garage door folds down and out, into a ramp.
  226. [2014-03-31 11:52:42] <Tehpillowstar> Pres, is there anything else besides Sub, cylindrical rocket thing, garage door and porthole?
  227. [2014-03-31 11:52:54] <TheRaven> "Anyone have any ideas?"
  228. [2014-03-31 11:52:55] <Tehpillowstar> How big is the place? Are there any other windows? Temperature?
  229. [2014-03-31 11:53:05] <Tehpillowstar> "I'd say we check out the rocket thing."
  230. [2014-03-31 11:53:06] <Wallace> Will bends down to take a closer look at the missing wheel of the vehicle. Is there anything special about how the wheel assembly?
  231. [2014-03-31 11:53:07] <PresidentEvil> There's also a door, in the rear right corner.
  232. [2014-03-31 11:53:10] <Wallace> assembles*
  233. [2014-03-31 11:53:16] <Balthazaar> "Find a wheel..."
  234. [2014-03-31 11:53:20] <PresidentEvil> Yeah, Wallace, the axle looks bent.
  235. [2014-03-31 11:53:37] <Wallace> "Shit."
  236. [2014-03-31 11:53:51] <PresidentEvil> You're not going to be reattaching the wheel unless you can replace the axle, and you don't even know where you'd start...
  237. [2014-03-31 11:54:02] <Wallace> "The axle looks pretty fucked."
  238. [2014-03-31 11:54:18] <MonkeyBomb> "Damn..."
  239. [2014-03-31 11:54:18] <Wallace> "I don't think this thing is going anywhere fast."
  240. [2014-03-31 11:55:25] <Balthazaar> Mark shrugs
  241. [2014-03-31 11:55:44] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin gives up his position at the porthole and walks around the room, looking for anything of use.
  242. [2014-03-31 11:55:55] <MonkeyBomb> "Well, we're not getting anywhere just sittin' here."
  243. [2014-03-31 11:55:56] <PresidentEvil> Again, there is a hatch in the rear right corner.
  244. [2014-03-31 11:56:50] <MonkeyBomb> He stops at the hatch. "There's another door here."
  245. [2014-03-31 11:56:55] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe walks over to the hatch. "Hey guys, look at this."
  246. [2014-03-31 11:57:09] <Wallace> Will rises, hitting his head on the fender of the vehicle. "Son of a..."
  247. [2014-03-31 11:57:15] <TheRaven> Does it go outside?
  248. [2014-03-31 11:57:16] <Balthazaar> Mark goes over. "What's up?"
  249. [2014-03-31 11:57:30] <PresidentEvil> Good job, Will! No, it leads to a corridor.
  250. [2014-03-31 11:57:40] <PresidentEvil> Althought what's inside said corridor, you can't seem to make out.
  251. [2014-03-31 11:58:02] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin readies his rifle. "Seems like our best bet. Who wants to do the honors?"
  252. [2014-03-31 11:58:45] <TheRaven> "Chloe, you open it, I'll lead in."
  253. [2014-03-31 11:59:17] <Tehpillowstar> "Okay."
  254. [2014-03-31 11:59:28] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe holds out the packet of light. "You want it?"
  255. [2014-03-31 12:00:54] <TheRaven> "Nah." He taps his fancy goggles.
  256. [2014-03-31 12:02:39] <TheRaven> He stacks up on the door. "Hit it."
  257. [2014-03-31 12:03:48] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe opens the hatch and hopes no stream of fire comes out and roasts Taggart.
  258. [2014-03-31 12:04:44] <Balthazaar> Mark stands by
  259. [2014-03-31 12:05:02] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin's ready to follow after Taggart.
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  261. [2014-03-31 12:06:57] <Wallace> Will raises his rifle.
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  263. [2014-03-31 12:10:18] <PresidentEvil> Corridor's deserted. There's a couple of switches to your left... at the moment, your lights illuminate a few meters of the narrow corridor before fading out. It's crowded with pipes and conduits...
  264. [2014-03-31 12:11:20] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe examines the switches.
  265. [2014-03-31 12:11:42] <PresidentEvil> Lights, most likely, Chloe.
  266. [2014-03-31 12:11:44] <TheRaven> "Looks clear."
  267. [2014-03-31 12:12:11] <Balthazaar> MArk looks around, frowning
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  269. [2014-03-31 12:12:56] <Tehpillowstar> chloe flips one of the switches experimentally.
  270. [2014-03-31 12:14:06] <PresidentEvil> Two strips of red emergency lights illuminate on the ceiling. Perception, all.
  271. [2014-03-31 12:14:44] <Wallace> 6df+6
  272. [2014-03-31 12:14:44] <Glacon> Wallace: 6 (6df+6=4-, 3+, 3+, 4-, 0, 0)
  273. [2014-03-31 12:14:53] <MonkeyBomb> 6df+6 Griffin keeps his eyes peeled.
  274. [2014-03-31 12:14:53] <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: Griffin keeps his eyes peeled.: 4 (6df+6=4-, 4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-)
  275. [2014-03-31 12:14:54] <Tehpillowstar> 6df+5 WHY DIDN'T I BUFF MY PERCEPTION I ASK?
  276. [2014-03-31 12:14:55] <Glacon> Tehpillowstar: WHY DIDN'T I BUFF MY PERCEPTION I ASK?: 5 (6df+5=3+, 0, 3+, 4-, 4-, 0)
  277. [2014-03-31 12:15:00] <TheRaven> 6df+8 assuming we call this visual and in fair light
  278. [2014-03-31 12:15:01] <Glacon> TheRaven: assuming we call this visual and in fair light: 6 (6df+8=4-, 0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
  279. [2014-03-31 12:15:03] <Balthazaar> 6df+6
  280. [2014-03-31 12:15:03] <Glacon> Balthazaar: 10 (6df+6=3+, 0, 3+, 3+, 0, 3+)
  281. [2014-03-31 12:17:35] <PresidentEvil> Mark, for a split second, you see a shadow at the end of the corridor. It looks distorted, too elongated. That could be the lighting... or something else.
  282. [2014-03-31 12:17:45] <PresidentEvil> Then the lights flicker a split second later, and it's gone.
  283. [2014-03-31 12:18:02] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe flips ALL of the switches. One at a time, of course.
  284. [2014-03-31 12:18:18] <PresidentEvil> Nope! None of the others do anything else.
  285. [2014-03-31 12:18:24] <PresidentEvil> Must be some sort of malfunction.
  286. [2014-03-31 12:18:24] <Balthazaar> "CHRIST!"
  287. [2014-03-31 12:18:52] <Balthazaar> "Yeah, there was something down there... Maybe..."
  288. [2014-03-31 12:19:09] <MonkeyBomb> "What kind of something?"
  289. [2014-03-31 12:19:52] <Balthazaar> "Looked like a weird shadow thing..."
  290. [2014-03-31 12:19:57] <TheRaven> Does Taggart pick it up on thermal?
  291. [2014-03-31 12:20:15] <PresidentEvil> Nope!
  292. [2014-03-31 12:21:12] <TheRaven> "I've got nothing."
  293. [2014-03-31 12:21:16] <Wallace> "Did you see which way it went?"
  294. [2014-03-31 12:21:32] <PresidentEvil> There's only one turn at the end of the corridor... left.
  295. [2014-03-31 12:22:17] <Balthazaar> "The left, I'd assume."
  296. [2014-03-31 12:22:35] <Tehpillowstar> "My instincts tell me that chasing after the thing is a bad idea. But I don't think we have a choice."
  297. [2014-03-31 12:23:21] <MonkeyBomb> "Nowhere else to go, unless any of you fancy a walk in the lethal sandstorm outside?"
  298. [2014-03-31 12:23:45] <PresidentEvil> Don't forget the carbon dioxide atmosphere, Griffin!
  299. [2014-03-31 12:23:58] <Wallace> "Yeaaaaah, no thanks. It's down the rabbit hole for me."
  300. [2014-03-31 12:24:16] <Tehpillowstar> "I'll take point since I have the only reliable light source then."
  301. [2014-03-31 12:25:12] <Tehpillowstar> "Everyone ready?
  302. [2014-03-31 12:25:13] <TheRaven> "I'll bring up the rear."
  303. [2014-03-31 12:25:29] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe ties the light on a place where it can still brightly light up stuff while keeping her hands free
  304. [2014-03-31 12:25:34] <MonkeyBomb> "I got your back."
  305. [2014-03-31 12:25:55] <Wallace> "All set."
  306. [2014-03-31 12:26:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Let's roll." Chloe walks forward, down the corridor.
  307. [2014-03-31 12:26:50] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin follows closely, rifle aimed down the corridor.
  308. [2014-03-31 12:27:51] <PresidentEvil> Nothing happens. You reach the end.
  309. [2014-03-31 12:28:07] <Wallace> So we're at the turn?
  310. [2014-03-31 12:28:09] <MonkeyBomb> Game over. The end. Oh, wait, there's a left turn.
  311. [2014-03-31 12:28:15] <PresidentEvil> Yep. Nother hatch.
  312. [2014-03-31 12:28:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Again?"
  313. [2014-03-31 12:28:42] <Balthazaar> Mark is gettin nervous. "Really claustrophobic in here..."
  314. [2014-03-31 12:28:58] <Wallace> "Anybody else get a 50s alien spaceship vibe?"
  315. [2014-03-31 12:29:01] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe points her gun at the hatch. Who will open it?
  316. [2014-03-31 12:29:03] <TheRaven> "Same as before, Chloe. Open it, I'll cover you."
  317. [2014-03-31 12:29:09] <PresidentEvil> Pause.
  318. [2014-03-31 12:29:42] <PresidentEvil> Who are the two people in back?
  319. [2014-03-31 12:32:27] <PresidentEvil> Taggart and Will, Perception.
  320. [2014-03-31 12:32:46] <TheRaven> 6df+8 oh shit
  321. [2014-03-31 12:32:47] <Glacon> TheRaven: oh shit: 8 (6df+8=0, 3+, 4-, 3+, 0, 4-)
  322. [2014-03-31 12:33:13] <PresidentEvil> NON-visual, sorry.
  323. [2014-03-31 12:33:15] <Wallace> 6df+6
  324. [2014-03-31 12:33:15] <Glacon> Wallace: 9 (6df+6=3+, 0, 3+, 0, 3+, 0)
  325. [2014-03-31 12:34:13] <PresidentEvil> You feel a trickle of ice run down your spine and hear- no, feel something behind you.
  326. [2014-03-31 12:34:39] <Wallace> "Rear!"
  327. [2014-03-31 12:34:54] <Wallace> Will turns around to see what's behind them.
  328. [2014-03-31 12:35:27] <PresidentEvil> The shadow is standing right behind you!
  329. [2014-03-31 12:35:57] <Balthazaar> Mark looks behind and basically shits a brick
  330. [2014-03-31 12:36:12] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, Will, whaddya do?
  331. [2014-03-31 12:36:31] <TheRaven> Taggart spins around, drawing his sidearm and turning on the light and blasts it with 500 lumens.
  332. [2014-03-31 12:37:25] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe stiffens at Taggart's sudden movement.
  333. [2014-03-31 12:37:32] <PresidentEvil> 1d8 agility.
  334. [2014-03-31 12:37:32] <Glacon> PresidentEvil: agility.: 3 (1d8=3)
  335. [2014-03-31 12:37:37] <PresidentEvil> Err
  336. [2014-03-31 12:37:46] <PresidentEvil> 6df+8 Agility. For realsies.
  337. [2014-03-31 12:37:47] <Glacon> PresidentEvil: Agility. For realsies.: 7 (6df+8=0, 4-, 0, 3+, 4-, 0)
  338. [2014-03-31 12:38:07] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, roll a ranged touch attack against it.
  339. [2014-03-31 12:38:32] <MonkeyBomb> In the meantime, does the hatch look like it leads outside?
  340. [2014-03-31 12:38:46] <TheRaven> 6df+8 okay
  341. [2014-03-31 12:38:46] <Glacon> TheRaven: okay: 10 (6df+8=3+, 0, 0, 4-, 3+, 3+)
  342. [2014-03-31 12:39:17] <PresidentEvil> The thing recoils. All of you in the corridor feel a sort of hissing, before it flattens itself, impossibly, against the wall and blurs past you.
  343. [2014-03-31 12:39:25] <PresidentEvil> Before anyone else can react, it's gone.
  344. [2014-03-31 12:39:46] <TheRaven> "...I knew there was a reason I went with the stupid bright model."
  345. [2014-03-31 12:40:14] <Balthazaar> "... See, this is why kids are scared of the dark. I'm fucking scared now."
  346. [2014-03-31 12:40:23] <MonkeyBomb> "...." He turns to the hatch.
  347. [2014-03-31 12:40:28] <PresidentEvil> MB, the hatch does not go outside.
  348. [2014-03-31 12:41:21] <Wallace> "We've /got/ to get out of this corridor. We're just waiting for it to come at us from the wall."
  349. [2014-03-31 12:41:56] <MonkeyBomb> "Sounds good. Let's get this hatch open." He raises his rifle and waits for Chloe to open the damn thing.
  350. [2014-03-31 12:42:12] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe opens the damn thing.
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  352. [2014-03-31 12:42:58] <PresidentEvil> As the hatch slides open, people feel more than hear a deep, basso profundo of a chuckle. It's contemptuous. It's patronizing. And it's all around you.
  353. [2014-03-31 12:43:30] <TheRaven> "Oh, fuck me...did anyone bring flashbangs or flares?"
  354. [2014-03-31 12:43:36] <Wallace> "Very amusing" Will whispers under his breath.
  355. [2014-03-31 12:43:47] <Wallace> "I've got some extra glow sticks."
  356. [2014-03-31 12:43:57] <MonkeyBomb> "...." What's on the other side of the hatch?
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  358. [2014-03-31 12:44:04] <Balthazaar> "... Fuck."
  359. [2014-03-31 12:44:11] <Tehpillowstar> "I did."
  360. [2014-03-31 12:44:16] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe pulls out a flare.
  361. [2014-03-31 12:44:59] <TheRaven> "Don't light it yet, just keep it handy."
  362. [2014-03-31 12:45:38] <PresidentEvil> It's a dimly lit, cramped space with a low ceiling. There's a bunch of chairs and what appear to be computer terminals.
  363. [2014-03-31 12:45:46] <PresidentEvil> To your left and your right, two more portholes.
  364. [2014-03-31 12:46:02] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin points his shooty into the room.
  365. [2014-03-31 12:46:37] <Tehpillowstar> "Clear?"
  366. [2014-03-31 12:46:39] <MonkeyBomb> He eases in, checking the corners first.
  367. [2014-03-31 12:46:55] <PresidentEvil> Nothing in the corners. Another light switch.
  368. [2014-03-31 12:46:58] <Balthazaar> Mark walks in
  369. [2014-03-31 12:47:03] <MonkeyBomb> "Clear."
  370. [2014-03-31 12:47:16] <Wallace> Will follow, rifle at the ready.
  371. [2014-03-31 12:47:19] <MonkeyBomb> "Or, you know... Probably clear."
  372. [2014-03-31 12:47:20] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe walks in. The low ceiling probably doesn't bother her as she's not very tall.
  373. [2014-03-31 12:47:21] <Wallace> follows*
  374. [2014-03-31 12:47:25] <MonkeyBomb> He flicks the light switch.
  375. [2014-03-31 12:48:01] <Balthazaar> Mark is a bit stooped
  376. [2014-03-31 12:48:48] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin waits for death to rain down upon him.
  377. [2014-03-31 12:48:54] <PresidentEvil> More emergency lights.
  378. [2014-03-31 12:49:16] <Wallace> Will takes a look at one of the computer terminals. Anything noteworthy?
  379. [2014-03-31 12:49:17] <PresidentEvil> In the corner, a red light winks on next to one of the terminals.
  380. [2014-03-31 12:49:40] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin moves over to the left porthole and ventures a glance.
  381. [2014-03-31 12:49:58] <Wallace> "Hey, what's that?"
  382. [2014-03-31 12:50:06] <Balthazaar> Mark stays away from it and just keeps an eye out for trouble
  383. [2014-03-31 12:50:40] <PresidentEvil> Griffin, you can see what looks like a tank farm in the distance.
  384. [2014-03-31 12:50:55] <MonkeyBomb> What kind of tanks are we talkin' about here?
  385. [2014-03-31 12:51:24] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe walks over to the terminal with the red light
  386. [2014-03-31 12:51:25] <PresidentEvil> Squat, upright cylinders.
  387. [2014-03-31 12:51:30] <MonkeyBomb> Awww.
  388. [2014-03-31 12:51:33] <Tehpillowstar> is there any way to interact with it?
  389. [2014-03-31 12:51:44] <Wallace> "That computer just lit up. I'll take a look. Watch my back."
  390. [2014-03-31 12:51:51] <MonkeyBomb> He checks the right porthole as well.
  391. [2014-03-31 12:52:17] <PresidentEvil> There's a keyboard, trackball, and a couple of switches built into the monitor frame.
  392. [2014-03-31 12:52:34] <PresidentEvil> There's also a couple of status lights. The winking red one says "AUX PWR".
  393. [2014-03-31 12:53:18] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe spins the trackball a bit
  394. [2014-03-31 12:53:59] <PresidentEvil> Nothing happens.
  395. [2014-03-31 12:54:20] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe examines the keyboard. Anything special or weird about it?
  396. [2014-03-31 12:55:00] <PresidentEvil> It's one of those waterproof chiclet keyboards.
  397. [2014-03-31 12:55:09] <Tehpillowstar> After examining the keyboard, she tries the switch on the monitor that seems to indicade the power button?
  398. [2014-03-31 12:55:24] <PresidentEvil> The screen blinks to life!
  399. [2014-03-31 12:56:01] <Tehpillowstar> What doth the screen sayeth?
  400. [2014-03-31 12:56:18] <PresidentEvil> "Loading..." and a progress bar.
  401. [2014-03-31 12:56:29] <MonkeyBomb> Anything notable outside the right porthole?
  402. [2014-03-31 12:56:38] <MonkeyBomb> Strife tanks, perhaps?
  403. [2014-03-31 12:56:51] <PresidentEvil> Nope! Just a raging dust storm.
  404. [2014-03-31 12:57:11] <MonkeyBomb> Could be worse, he supposes.
  405. [2014-03-31 12:57:15] <Balthazaar> Mark pokes around the room. "Creepy..."
  406. [2014-03-31 12:57:29] <Tehpillowstar> chloe waits for the screen to load
  407. [2014-03-31 12:57:46] <MonkeyBomb> Are there any other ways out of the room excluding the way they came in from?
  408. [2014-03-31 12:59:02] <PresidentEvil> There's another door. Chloe, after about 60 seconds, the bar fills up and a list of systems appears. Communications, power, atmosphere, housekeeping...
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  410. [2014-03-31 12:59:07] <PresidentEvil> A couple others, in the same vein.
  411. [2014-03-31 12:59:18] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe checks POWER.
  412. [2014-03-31 12:59:20] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin heads back over to the hatch and pulls it shut. It closes with a loud bang, despite his trying to close it as quietly as possible.
  413. [2014-03-31 12:59:41] <PresidentEvil> Good job, Griffin!
  414. [2014-03-31 12:59:46] <MonkeyBomb> He shrugs.
  415. [2014-03-31 13:00:23] <MonkeyBomb> Subtlety has never been his strong point.
  416. [2014-03-31 13:00:34] <Tehpillowstar> gg going griffin
  417. [2014-03-31 13:00:38] <Tehpillowstar> gggg
  418. [2014-03-31 13:01:09] <Wallace> Will looks around some more. "You guys... /heard/ that cackling from before, right?"
  419. [2014-03-31 13:01:21] <MonkeyBomb> "Yes, unfortunately."
  420. [2014-03-31 13:02:00] <Balthazaar> "Mhm."
  421. [2014-03-31 13:02:05] <TheRaven> "$5 says it was from something in those tanks."
  422. [2014-03-31 13:02:13] <Wallace> "What I mean is that it sounded kind of weird."
  423. [2014-03-31 13:02:17] <Balthazaar> "You're on."
  424. [2014-03-31 13:02:32] <MonkeyBomb> He moves over the the door on the other side of the room. "$10 we're gonna find out soon enough."
  425. [2014-03-31 13:02:48] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, the computer presents you with a complex readout resembling a circuit diagram. Most of it's red.
  426. [2014-03-31 13:02:49] <MonkeyBomb> "Anything on those computers?"
  427. [2014-03-31 13:03:10] <PresidentEvil> There are vertical status bars near some nodes, though, which are mostly full.
  428. [2014-03-31 13:03:10] <Tehpillowstar> "Er." Can I roll anything to try and interpret the graph?
  429. [2014-03-31 13:03:30] <Tehpillowstar> Try and get the main power up?
  430. [2014-03-31 13:03:30] <PresidentEvil> Electronics. Or engineering.
  431. [2014-03-31 13:03:39] <Tehpillowstar> Can I roll academics?
  432. [2014-03-31 13:03:46] <Tehpillowstar> Or use a maneuver?
  433. [2014-03-31 13:05:37] <PresidentEvil> Unless she has some points in electronics or engineering, no.
  434. [2014-03-31 13:06:15] <Tehpillowstar> 6df Hell with it. Roll the dice.
  435. [2014-03-31 13:06:17] <Glacon> Tehpillowstar: Hell with it. Roll the dice.: 0 (6df=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
  436. [2014-03-31 13:06:55] <Tehpillowstar> "Can't read it. Too goddamn technical."
  437. [2014-03-31 13:06:55] <PresidentEvil> You can't roll electronics/engineering unless you actually /have/ it. So nothing happens.
  438. [2014-03-31 13:07:48] <Wallace> Will takes a look. "Well... I'm guessing red means 'bad'."
  439. [2014-03-31 13:08:05] <Balthazaar> Mark looks over, but knows he'll be useless. "Have you tried hitting it?"
  440. [2014-03-31 13:08:35] <MonkeyBomb> "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
  441. [2014-03-31 13:08:56] <Wallace> "It was /just/ off."
  442. [2014-03-31 13:09:31] <MonkeyBomb> He shrugs.
  443. [2014-03-31 13:10:29] <Tehpillowstar> "There's gotta be some way that /isn't/ smash everything in sight." Unless that's how you do it.
  444. [2014-03-31 13:10:44] <MonkeyBomb> "Nine times out of ten that works."
  445. [2014-03-31 13:11:11] <Wallace> "I'm gonna go ahead and say that that goes against the 'don't be an idiot' doctrine."
  446. [2014-03-31 13:11:22] <Tehpillowstar> "Probably won't bring the main power online."
  447. [2014-03-31 13:11:53] <Tehpillowstar> She looks around, looking at Communications and Atmosphere, trying to find some info about their location and what happened
  448. [2014-03-31 13:11:54] <MonkeyBomb> "It was a joke."
  449. [2014-03-31 13:11:57] <Tehpillowstar> If anything
  450. [2014-03-31 13:15:33] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin scratches his nose.
  451. [2014-03-31 13:15:43] <PresidentEvil> Communications is even more red than the power readout. Apparently, a combination of the storm and power outage has knocked out all short and long range communications.
  452. [2014-03-31 13:16:30] <PresidentEvil> Atmosphere is at least better. The emergency power has the fans circulating. You should have a couple days of breathable air as-is, assuming nothing happens to make the situation worse.
  453. [2014-03-31 13:17:02] <Tehpillowstar> This is Far Recon. Something always has to happen to make the situation worse.
  454. [2014-03-31 13:17:05] <MonkeyBomb> That last statement does not breed confidence.
  455. [2014-03-31 13:17:56] <PresidentEvil> As you esc out of the Atmosphere screen, you notice a new entry, or at least something you missed before at the very bottom. The line says:
  456. [2014-03-31 13:18:13] <PresidentEvil> ! - EMERGENCY NOTICE
  457. [2014-03-31 13:18:36] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe clicks on the emergency notice. It might be really important! Like moving the narrative forward important!
  458. [2014-03-31 13:18:44] =-= ShotgunFiend is now known as Fiend|Sleeps
  459. [2014-03-31 13:20:13] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin stands idly by beside the next hatch while Chloe does her thing on the computers.
  460. [2014-03-31 13:20:34] <MonkeyBomb> He watches the hatch they came through like a hawk.
  461. [2014-03-31 13:20:34] <Balthazaar> Mark sits down on the floor and cricks his neck
  462. [2014-03-31 13:20:44] <PresidentEvil> "Following the events of Thursday evening the evacuation order HAS BEEN CANCELED. Until communications with Houston are reestablished and we can figure out what the fuck we've disturbed, the risk to Earth is simply too great."
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  464. [2014-03-31 13:21:16] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe reads the message out loud so people who are not breathing over her shoulder know what she's read.
  465. [2014-03-31 13:21:24] <Tehpillowstar> "Uh...fuck."
  466. [2014-03-31 13:21:27] <TheRaven> "...son of a bitch."
  467. [2014-03-31 13:21:37] <Wallace> "Houston? Like NASA Houston?"
  468. [2014-03-31 13:21:39] <Balthazaar> "... That honestly sounds like total recall."
  469. [2014-03-31 13:21:45] <Tehpillowstar> "Maybe?"
  470. [2014-03-31 13:21:49] <MonkeyBomb> "That doesn't sound good at all."
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  472. [2014-03-31 13:22:10] <Tehpillowstar> "Lemme look..." Chloe tries some files that may hint at their location.
  473. [2014-03-31 13:22:21] <PresidentEvil> "Remember your training, continue to man your assigned posts and report any anomalies to your ranking officer. It is imperative that the station remain in working order."
  474. [2014-03-31 13:22:50] <Tehpillowstar> Is there an internal clock? And a timestamp for the message?
  475. [2014-03-31 13:23:10] <PresidentEvil> "And if things get worse... You were all soldiers before this. You know what you have to do."
  476. [2014-03-31 13:23:30] <Tehpillowstar> "Hmm. Sounds personal."
  477. [2014-03-31 13:23:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Interesting."
  478. [2014-03-31 13:23:47] <Tehpillowstar> She reads it all out loud, after she makes her comments.
  479. [2014-03-31 13:23:56] <PresidentEvil> "Regretfully, CDR Stockton, Expedition Four, Ares Outpost. December 24, 2025"
  480. [2014-03-31 13:24:18] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, the clock reads January 1st, 1970.
  481. [2014-03-31 13:24:48] <PresidentEvil> A few minutes from midnight, UTC.
  482. [2014-03-31 13:25:15] <Tehpillowstar> "Ares..." Can Chloe look out of a porthole from where's she's at?
  483. [2014-03-31 13:25:24] <PresidentEvil> Yep.
  484. [2014-03-31 13:25:30] <Tehpillowstar> Red dust, correct?
  485. [2014-03-31 13:25:36] <PresidentEvil> Rusty red.
  486. [2014-03-31 13:25:40] <Wallace> Will gets an idea. "Hey, didn't that vehicle back there look vaguely familiar?"
  487. [2014-03-31 13:25:45] <Tehpillowstar> "...Are we on...?"
  488. [2014-03-31 13:25:46] <TheRaven> "Earth...son of a bitch, we're on Mars, aren't we."
  489. [2014-03-31 13:25:59] <Tehpillowstar> "I think so, Taggart."
  490. [2014-03-31 13:26:08] <Tehpillowstar> "Or some Alt-Mars."
  491. [2014-03-31 13:26:12] <PresidentEvil> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I
  492. [2014-03-31 13:26:13] <Glacon> PresidentEvil: Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War - length 7m 27s - rated 4.93/5.0 (10217) - 2,267,110 views - siegenblahblah on 2008.03.13
  493. [2014-03-31 13:26:26] <Balthazaar> "... For fucks sakes..."
  494. [2014-03-31 13:27:02] <Tehpillowstar> "Looks like the clock reset."
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  496. [2014-03-31 13:27:05] <Wallace> "Judging by that timestamp, it's definitely an alt-Mars. There's no way our NASA would be able to set all of this shit up by 2025."
  497. [2014-03-31 13:27:23] <MonkeyBomb> "Jeez."
  498. [2014-03-31 13:27:26] <TheRaven> "Whaddya want to bet some idiots started digging around that Face thing and pissed off something they shouldn't?"
  499. [2014-03-31 13:28:16] <MonkeyBomb> "...$10?"
  500. [2014-03-31 13:28:34] <Wallace> "Alright then. So if we're in some sort of space station, then what happened to all the space... /people/?"
  501. [2014-03-31 13:28:45] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe looks at the time, frowning.
  502. [2014-03-31 13:29:03] <TheRaven> "I'm guessing dead."
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  505. [2014-03-31 13:29:23] <Wallace> "That much I figured. But where are the bodies?"
  506. [2014-03-31 13:29:25] <Tehpillowstar> "Where's the bodies, then?" Chloe looks to see supplies.
  507. [2014-03-31 13:29:30] <Balthazaar> "Eaten?"
  508. [2014-03-31 13:29:44] <Wallace> "Could be."
  509. [2014-03-31 13:29:53] <MonkeyBomb> "Better not be fuckin' space zombies."
  510. [2014-03-31 13:30:30] <TheRaven> "Zombies are easy shit."
  511. [2014-03-31 13:30:49] <Tehpillowstar> "Says you Taggart. Remember when you and Jason almost died to a hoard of them?"
  512. [2014-03-31 13:31:09] <TheRaven> "We've all seen Alien, stay close and watch the corners. And those weren't zombies, those were brainwashed fucks or something."
  513. [2014-03-31 13:31:16] <PresidentEvil> The supply manifest was last updated the same day as the emergency notice.
  514. [2014-03-31 13:31:18] <MonkeyBomb> "...."
  515. [2014-03-31 13:31:43] <Wallace> "Whatever happened, it fucked this place up good. Power is out and something tells me that thing we saw back in the hall likes the dark."
  516. [2014-03-31 13:32:03] <PresidentEvil> You scroll through page after page. Plenty of abbreviations and opaque part numbers. And some things you recognize. Like food, CO2 scrubber canisters. You have both of those in abundance.
  517. [2014-03-31 13:32:48] <Tehpillowstar> "Maybe, but you said that it fucked with Taggart's optics. That doesn't add up."
  518. [2014-03-31 13:32:52] <PresidentEvil> Water stocks are at 50 percent...
  519. [2014-03-31 13:33:57] <TheRaven> "That could be atmospheric, sandstorms tend to bring a lot of static."
  520. [2014-03-31 13:34:21] <Tehpillowstar> "Mm, could be."
  521. [2014-03-31 13:34:22] <MonkeyBomb> "But the flashlights too?"
  522. [2014-03-31 13:34:24] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, are you still paging through?
  523. [2014-03-31 13:34:28] <Tehpillowstar> Yes, she is.
  524. [2014-03-31 13:34:40] <Tehpillowstar> She just happens to be talking at the same time.
  525. [2014-03-31 13:34:45] <Wallace> "Chloe, is there a map to this place on there?"
  526. [2014-03-31 13:35:00] <Tehpillowstar> "Lemme find it..." Unless she's found something interesting.
  527. [2014-03-31 13:35:14] <PresidentEvil> Parts, parts, tools, parts, condoms...
  528. [2014-03-31 13:35:21] <PresidentEvil> It's all pretty boring.
  529. [2014-03-31 13:35:23] <Tehpillowstar> Hahaha.
  530. [2014-03-31 13:35:29] <Tehpillowstar> -_-
  531. [2014-03-31 13:35:41] <PresidentEvil> No. Nothing of use to you here.
  532. [2014-03-31 13:35:56] <Wallace> No map?
  533. [2014-03-31 13:35:56] <Tehpillowstar> She clicks out, nothing more to really see, and looks for a site map and perhaps the files to things like missions and going-ons.
  534. [2014-03-31 13:36:16] <Wallace> Oh, never mind.
  535. [2014-03-31 13:36:34] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, when you click out, the screen goes staticky. MDef.
  536. [2014-03-31 13:36:42] <Tehpillowstar> 6df+6 oh shit
  537. [2014-03-31 13:36:44] <Glacon> Tehpillowstar: oh shit: 5 (6df+6=0, 0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
  538. [2014-03-31 13:36:55] <PresidentEvil> 6df+9 What do you seeeeeeeee
  539. [2014-03-31 13:36:55] <Glacon> PresidentEvil: What do you seeeeeeeee: 9 (6df+9=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-, 0, 0)
  540. [2014-03-31 13:37:21] <Balthazaar> Mark waits to be useful
  541. [2014-03-31 13:37:44] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, it looks like static at first, but you realize it's like a magic eye illusion. There's something in there if you can just align your eyes correctly...
  542. [2014-03-31 13:38:12] <Tehpillowstar> "Wait...I see something." Chloe shifts and bit and kinda crosses her eyes...
  543. [2014-03-31 13:38:31] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin chills by the hatch, half-expecting space zombies to pop out at any moment.
  544. [2014-03-31 13:38:33] <PresidentEvil> There! A shadowy figure, hidden in the gaps between the pixels. It raises its hand and beckons you forward with a single long finger...
  545. [2014-03-31 13:38:33] <Balthazaar> "What is it?"
  546. [2014-03-31 13:38:44] <PresidentEvil> YOu're transfixed, Chloe.
  547. [2014-03-31 13:38:57] <Balthazaar> "Chlo?"
  548. [2014-03-31 13:39:35] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe doesn't say anything,
  549. [2014-03-31 13:40:00] <MonkeyBomb> "Yo, what do you see?"
  550. [2014-03-31 13:40:06] <PresidentEvil> It beckons you, again...
  551. [2014-03-31 13:40:28] <Tehpillowstar> "S-something..." She sounds very distracted, and leans in...
  552. [2014-03-31 13:40:30] <Wallace> "Chloe, you seeing that ma-" Will turns around and sees the look on Chloe's face. He grans her by the shoulders. "Hey! Snap out of it!"
  553. [2014-03-31 13:40:39] <Wallace> grab*
  554. [2014-03-31 13:40:43] <Balthazaar> Mark goes over to her. "Chloe!"
  555. [2014-03-31 13:41:09] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, all of a sudden it's gone. Someone has your shoulders. Someone's yelling at you.
  556. [2014-03-31 13:41:32] <Wallace> Will shakes her and pulls her back. "I said... snap. the fuck. out. of. it."
  557. [2014-03-31 13:41:42] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe blinks, confused, She realizes she's been holding her breath.
  558. [2014-03-31 13:41:56] <Tehpillowstar> She shakes her head, trying to focus.
  559. [2014-03-31 13:42:03] <Tehpillowstar> "....Fuck."
  560. [2014-03-31 13:42:12] <MonkeyBomb> "What the hell happened?"
  561. [2014-03-31 13:42:17] <Balthazaar> Mark squats down beside her. "You okay there?"
  562. [2014-03-31 13:42:22] <Wallace> Will's grip softens. "You back?"
  563. [2014-03-31 13:42:25] <PresidentEvil> There's nothing in the screen anymore. Just static.
  564. [2014-03-31 13:43:33] <Tehpillowstar> She rubs her eyes. "I saw..." Does she remember what she saw?
  565. [2014-03-31 13:43:43] <PresidentEvil> Yes.\
  566. [2014-03-31 13:44:06] <Tehpillowstar> "It was /fascinating/"
  567. [2014-03-31 13:44:17] <PresidentEvil> The screen is back to normal now. A layout. Perception, all.
  568. [2014-03-31 13:44:20] <Tehpillowstar> "It...wanted me to come closer."
  569. [2014-03-31 13:44:22] <Balthazaar> "What was it?"
  570. [2014-03-31 13:44:23] <Tehpillowstar> 6df+5
  571. [2014-03-31 13:44:23] <Glacon> Tehpillowstar: 1 (6df+5=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-, 4-, 3+)
  572. [2014-03-31 13:44:26] <Tehpillowstar> "i don't know."
  573. [2014-03-31 13:44:26] <Balthazaar> 6df+6
  574. [2014-03-31 13:44:27] <Glacon> Balthazaar: 8 (6df+6=4-, 3+, 0, 0, 3+, 3+)
  575. [2014-03-31 13:44:29] <Wallace> 6df+6
  576. [2014-03-31 13:44:30] <Glacon> Wallace: 6 (6df+6=3+, 0, 0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
  577. [2014-03-31 13:44:46] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe is too dazed to focus on the screen. Or maybe a magic plastic bag bloped her.
  578. [2014-03-31 13:45:42] <MonkeyBomb> 6df+6 EYES
  579. [2014-03-31 13:45:43] <Glacon> MonkeyBomb: EYES: 8 (6df+6=0, 3+, 0, 4-, 3+, 3+)
  580. [2014-03-31 13:45:46] <TheRaven> 6df+7 because fancy NVGs aren't much good to look at screens with
  581. [2014-03-31 13:45:46] <Glacon> TheRaven: because fancy NVGs aren't much good to look at screens with: 9 (6df+7=0, 0, 0, 3+, 0, 3+)
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  583. [2014-03-31 13:46:29] <PresidentEvil> Everyone except Chloe sees there's a new node and length of corridor added to the base. West of here, then south.
  584. [2014-03-31 13:46:58] <PresidentEvil> The door to the north of you, not the one you came in with, leads to a 4-way intersection that can take you there.
  585. [2014-03-31 13:47:01] <Balthazaar> "Huh, look..."
  586. [2014-03-31 13:47:24] <TheRaven> "Did that just show up out of nowhere?"
  587. [2014-03-31 13:47:46] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe looks up.
  588. [2014-03-31 13:47:47] <Wallace> "What the fuck? Are the rooms shifting or is the computer broken?"
  589. [2014-03-31 13:47:50] <Tehpillowstar> "Huh?"
  590. [2014-03-31 13:49:44] <Wallace> "Something weird came up on the screen again, Chloe. Extra rooms, it seems."
  591. [2014-03-31 13:50:11] <Tehpillowstar> "Huh."
  592. [2014-03-31 13:50:24] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe looks back at the screen. Anything else to browse for?
  593. [2014-03-31 13:50:33] <Tehpillowstar> Not like it'll mean anything, as it's probably time to move on.
  594. [2014-03-31 13:50:46] <PresidentEvil> Housekeeping, if you're interested.
  595. [2014-03-31 13:51:08] <PresidentEvil> But it doesn't sound very interesting.
  596. [2014-03-31 13:51:40] <Wallace> "Hey, maybe you should leave that damn thing alone before it starts fucking with you again."
  597. [2014-03-31 13:52:09] <TheRaven> "Let's get moving."
  598. [2014-03-31 13:52:14] <MonkeyBomb> "Sounds good."
  599. [2014-03-31 13:52:27] <MonkeyBomb> He stretches a bit and turns to the next hatch.
  600. [2014-03-31 13:52:55] <Tehpillowstar> "Alright then."
  601. [2014-03-31 13:53:13] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe shuts the terminal down and gets up.
  602. [2014-03-31 13:53:17] <Balthazaar> Mark heads for the hatch, his rifle ready
  603. [2014-03-31 13:53:40] <MonkeyBomb> "Ready?" He has his hand on the latch, ready to open it.
  604. [2014-03-31 13:53:48] <Balthazaar> Mark nods
  605. [2014-03-31 13:54:07] <Wallace> "Go for it."
  606. [2014-03-31 13:54:14] <MonkeyBomb> Griffin pulls the hatch open.
  607. [2014-03-31 13:54:46] <PresidentEvil> It's an intersection. The emergency lights here are already on.
  608. [2014-03-31 13:56:04] <Tehpillowstar> How many alt paths?
  609. [2014-03-31 13:56:24] <Balthazaar> "Always go left..."
  610. [2014-03-31 13:56:28] <PresidentEvil> 3.
  611. [2014-03-31 13:56:40] <PresidentEvil> And you believe the new room was on the left, Mark...
  612. [2014-03-31 13:57:17] <Balthazaar> Called it
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  614. [2014-03-31 13:57:43] <Balthazaar> Mark shrugs and goes to check the left tunnel. He's invincible in his mind, so he'll be fine
  615. [2014-03-31 13:58:04] <Wallace> "Wait up. I've got your back."
  616. [2014-03-31 13:58:30] <Wallace> Will follows Mark around the corner.
  617. [2014-03-31 13:58:32] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe raises her gun and walks with the group.
  618. [2014-03-31 13:58:40] <Tehpillowstar> She makes sure that Taggart is with them.
  619. [2014-03-31 13:58:50] <TheRaven> Taggart is at the back of the group, scanning
  620. [2014-03-31 13:59:04] <PresidentEvil> Still nothing. More doors lead off to your right. Mess, quarters, storerooms...
  621. [2014-03-31 13:59:25] <Balthazaar> Mark keeps going, checking shit out
  622. [2014-03-31 14:00:28] <Wallace> Will follows along.
  623. [2014-03-31 14:01:34] <PresidentEvil> There! A single hatch on your left. This one has no markings or number on it, unlike the others...
  624. [2014-03-31 14:01:50] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe heads to the hatch on the left.
  625. [2014-03-31 14:01:54] <TheRaven> "Well that's not at all ominous."
  626. [2014-03-31 14:02:03] <Tehpillowstar> "That means we'll have to go in."
  627. [2014-03-31 14:02:27] <Wallace> "Yeah, I mean, what could possibly go wrong, right?"
  628. [2014-03-31 14:04:26] <Tehpillowstar> "Don't say that kind of thing. You'll jinx us all."
  629. [2014-03-31 14:04:41] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe prepares to open the hatch. "Ready?"
  630. [2014-03-31 14:05:00] <Wallace> "I was kidding. Whatever the anomaly here is, it's probably a pretty good bet that it's in the room that appeared out of nowhere."
  631. [2014-03-31 14:06:23] <TheRaven> "Get those flares ready, Chloe."
  632. [2014-03-31 14:06:32] <Wallace> Will gets clear of the hatch and prepares his weapon. "All set."
  633. [2014-03-31 14:07:12] <Tehpillowstar> She takes out a flare and opens the hatch...
  634. [2014-03-31 14:07:53] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, this is a tiny, circular room. There's a hole in the flooring, through which you can see bare rock, in a roughly cylindrical shape, and a metal ladder.
  635. [2014-03-31 14:08:21] <PresidentEvil> You're not suffocating right now, so it's likely the cavern is safe.
  636. [2014-03-31 14:08:42] <Tehpillowstar> Likely. Another phrase that inspires more confidence.
  637. [2014-03-31 14:08:47] <Tehpillowstar> "Clear."
  638. [2014-03-31 14:08:53] <Tehpillowstar> She moves forward.
  639. [2014-03-31 14:09:03] <Tehpillowstar> And looks down the rabbit hole.
  640. [2014-03-31 14:09:11] <PresidentEvil> Dahkness, Chloe.
  641. [2014-03-31 14:09:13] <PresidentEvil> Dahkness.
  642. [2014-03-31 14:09:28] <Tehpillowstar> "I'm going to toss a flare down."
  643. [2014-03-31 14:09:37] <Tehpillowstar> "Unless you want me to toss a glowstick."
  644. [2014-03-31 14:09:49] <Wallace> Will walks in behind her. "Wait... save the flare."
  645. [2014-03-31 14:09:50] <TheRaven> "How many flares do you have?"
  646. [2014-03-31 14:10:20] <Wallace> Will hands her a couple of glowsticks.
  647. [2014-03-31 14:10:26] <Balthazaar> Mark heads down with them. "Fuck this is creepy..."
  648. [2014-03-31 14:10:41] <Wallace> "I've got extras. Something tells me the flare is gonna be more useful."
  649. [2014-03-31 14:11:30] <Tehpillowstar> Uh, Chloe's inventory doesn't actually specifically state how many flares, but I'd say "at least 3"
  650. [2014-03-31 14:11:41] <PresidentEvil> Let's say a 4-pack.
  651. [2014-03-31 14:11:49] <Tehpillowstar> To Taggart: "I've got a 4-pack."
  652. [2014-03-31 14:12:17] <PresidentEvil> Is Chloe sure it's a good idea to light a fire in a confined space with a fixed oxygen supply?
  653. [2014-03-31 14:12:20] <TheRaven> "Go with the glowstick for now."
  654. [2014-03-31 14:12:29] <Tehpillowstar> To Will: "Okay." She holds her hand out for Will's glowstick.
  655. [2014-03-31 14:13:06] <Wallace> Will drops the stick in her hand.
  656. [2014-03-31 14:13:57] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe crack the stick and shakes, then with the remaining paracord, she threads the cord through the little loop at the end of the glowstick and lowers it down the hole in the flooring, rather than tossing it down.
  657. [2014-03-31 14:15:05] <PresidentEvil> The shaft is 5 meters or so. Then there's a bare rock floor 8-10 meters below where it opens up.
  658. [2014-03-31 14:15:26] <PresidentEvil> Fortunately, the ladder goes all the way down.
  659. [2014-03-31 14:15:33] <Wallace> "What do you see?"
  660. [2014-03-31 14:15:59] <Tehpillowstar> "Shaft's 5 meters or so, then below that is 'bout 8-10 meters. Then there's the ground." Correct Pres?
  661. [2014-03-31 14:16:12] <Tehpillowstar> "Ladder goes all the way down."
  662. [2014-03-31 14:16:20] <Tehpillowstar> Any structural defects in the ladder?
  663. [2014-03-31 14:16:27] <PresidentEvil> None you can see.
  664. [2014-03-31 14:16:35] <Balthazaar> "Good thing there's a ladder then."
  665. [2014-03-31 14:17:25] <TheRaven> "I'll go down first, one person on the ladder at a time."
  666. [2014-03-31 14:17:42] <Wallace> "Gotcha."
  667. [2014-03-31 14:17:48] <Tehpillowstar> "Radio us what you can see."
  668. [2014-03-31 14:18:06] <Tehpillowstar> "If something's spooky, don't fight, get back up to us."
  669. [2014-03-31 14:18:07] <TheRaven> Taggart slowly heads down the ladder.
  670. [2014-03-31 14:20:25] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, eventually, you reach the bottom unmolested.
  671. [2014-03-31 14:20:56] <TheRaven> He scans the area with his goggles on. Percep?
  672. [2014-03-31 14:21:25] <PresidentEvil> Pause for 5 minute break, all.
  673. [2014-03-31 14:21:32] <PresidentEvil> Last one, I promise.
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  678. [2014-03-31 14:27:46] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, you're in a roughly dome-shaped chamber, hewn from raw martian rock. Lining it from base to ceiling are roughly coffin shaped holes, much smoother, cut into the walls.
  679. [2014-03-31 14:28:26] <PresidentEvil> In one corner... you see the remains of the base's former inhabitants.
  680. [2014-03-31 14:28:53] <PresidentEvil> Piled in a heap.
  681. [2014-03-31 14:29:02] <TheRaven> "Aw, fuck."
  682. [2014-03-31 14:29:23] <Tehpillowstar> Are they skeletons or rotting corpses?
  683. [2014-03-31 14:29:42] <PresidentEvil> Mummified. Must be dry down here.
  684. [2014-03-31 14:30:01] <Wallace> <<Taggart, you down there yet?>>
  685. [2014-03-31 14:30:25] <PresidentEvil> From the level of decay, though, you think they've been down here... decades, at a guess.
  686. [2014-03-31 14:31:06] <TheRaven> <<Yeah, I'm down. Cavern, looks like. Pile of bodies, too.>>
  687. [2014-03-31 14:31:55] <Balthazaar> "... Tasty." Mark rolls his eyes. "Who's next?"
  688. [2014-03-31 14:33:17] <Wallace> <<Taggart, I'm coming down.>>
  689. [2014-03-31 14:33:35] <Wallace> Will starts climbing down after Taggart.
  690. [2014-03-31 14:33:52] <Tehpillowstar> "I'll be last."
  691. [2014-03-31 14:35:50] <Balthazaar> Mark nods and heads down after Will
  692. [2014-03-31 14:37:59] <Tehpillowstar> chloe goes down, and wraps the cord up as best she could...well
  693. [2014-03-31 14:38:01] <Tehpillowstar> She bunches it up.
  694. [2014-03-31 14:38:34] <PresidentEvil> Okay, now you're all down in the creepy chamber full of coffin-holes and dead people. Whaddya do next?
  695. [2014-03-31 14:38:36] <Tehpillowstar> And stuffs it into a pocket.
  696. [2014-03-31 14:38:51] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe around. Is this it?
  697. [2014-03-31 14:39:07] <Balthazaar> "This is fucked..." Mark looks around
  698. [2014-03-31 14:39:21] <Wallace> "Well... we found the bodies."
  699. [2014-03-31 14:39:36] <Tehpillowstar> Are there any passage ways?
  700. [2014-03-31 14:39:59] <PresidentEvil> No passageways. It all ends here.
  701. [2014-03-31 14:40:19] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe approaches the mummified corpses, in the vague hope that she could determine their death.
  702. [2014-03-31 14:40:24] <Tehpillowstar> *how they died.
  703. [2014-03-31 14:40:42] <Tehpillowstar> "...Unless we've gone down the wrong way, we might have to...bury them?"
  704. [2014-03-31 14:41:01] <PresidentEvil> Does Chloe have medical?
  705. [2014-03-31 14:41:14] <Wallace> "I wonder if that cackling asshole is around here somewhere."
  706. [2014-03-31 14:41:15] <Tehpillowstar> She doesn't.
  707. [2014-03-31 14:41:39] <PresidentEvil> Then all she can tell is that they died with what looks like an expression of acute terror on their faces.
  708. [2014-03-31 14:43:28] <Wallace> "So, you think that's the task then? Just place the corpses in the holes? Sounds too good be true, doesn't it?"
  709. [2014-03-31 14:43:55] <Tehpillowstar> "Or it could be a trap. Or a waste of time."
  710. [2014-03-31 14:44:17] <Tehpillowstar> "You guys have any rubber gloves?"
  711. [2014-03-31 14:44:57] <Balthazaar> "We can just wash our hands after
  712. [2014-03-31 14:44:57] <Balthazaar> ."
  713. [2014-03-31 14:45:13] <Wallace> "No gloves."
  714. [2014-03-31 14:45:19] <TheRaven> "No rubber, but mine are fire-resistant and Kevlar or some shit like that."
  715. [2014-03-31 14:45:33] <Tehpillowstar> "I've only got ballistic gloves. Guess they'll do."
  716. [2014-03-31 14:46:27] <Wallace> How many bodies and holes are there?
  717. [2014-03-31 14:46:39] <PresidentEvil> About a dozen bodies. Way more holes than that.
  718. [2014-03-31 14:47:01] <PresidentEvil> The lowest are completely vertical. The highest are carved in the ceiling.
  719. [2014-03-31 14:47:25] <Wallace> Are there any other visible markings on the walls besides the holes?
  720. [2014-03-31 14:48:09] <Tehpillowstar> Wait, so there are holes carved in the ceiling and in the walls, not just the floors?
  721. [2014-03-31 14:48:15] <PresidentEvil> Aside from the walls themselves being roughly carved?
  722. [2014-03-31 14:48:26] <PresidentEvil> There are no holes in the floor. ONLY the walls an ceiling.
  723. [2014-03-31 14:48:47] <Tehpillowstar> Ah.
  724. [2014-03-31 14:49:08] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe shines her glowstick bundle into a hole.
  725. [2014-03-31 14:49:55] <Wallace> Yes, aside from the roughness of the walls. Are there any symbols or anything?
  726. [2014-03-31 14:49:56] <PresidentEvil> It's a cut and polished hole in the wall, roughly the size and proportions of the inside of a coffin.
  727. [2014-03-31 14:50:06] <PresidentEvil> Nothing, Wallace.
  728. [2014-03-31 14:50:11] <PresidentEvil> Un momento, por favor...
  729. [2014-03-31 14:50:18] <TheRaven> "Alright, maybe it is zombies."
  730. [2014-03-31 14:50:29] <PresidentEvil> http://firsthour.net/screenshots/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/castlevania-symphony-of-the-night-coffin-save.jpg Like this
  731. [2014-03-31 14:50:42] <PresidentEvil> Except these holes are stretched, longer and thinner.
  732. [2014-03-31 14:51:09] <PresidentEvil> (Alucard not included)
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  734. [2014-03-31 14:53:06] <Tehpillowstar> "So we're at agreement? Place corpse into hole?"
  735. [2014-03-31 14:53:14] <Wallace> Will sighs. "Well, unless anyone has any better ideas, we should get this over with then. Someone should stay on watch while the rest of us deal with this, though. I vote Taggart since he's got the optics."
  736. [2014-03-31 14:55:19] <Balthazaar> "Sounds good." Mark picks one up from under the shoulders
  737. [2014-03-31 14:55:35] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe winces and helps Mark.
  738. [2014-03-31 14:55:45] <Tehpillowstar> Let's try and respect the dead now? (Like we ever did that.)
  739. [2014-03-31 14:56:39] <Wallace> Will goes over and starts pulling the corpses from the pile and lining them up individually for the other two to pick up.
  740. [2014-03-31 14:56:52] <Wallace> "Christ..."
  741. [2014-03-31 14:57:35] <Balthazaar> Mark nods. "Of course."
  742. [2014-03-31 14:58:07] <PresidentEvil> So, I assume you attempt to put the corpse in the coffin hole now?
  743. [2014-03-31 14:58:27] <Tehpillowstar> Yes.
  744. [2014-03-31 15:00:10] <PresidentEvil> It won't fit.
  745. [2014-03-31 15:00:24] <PresidentEvil> The shoulders are too broad.
  746. [2014-03-31 15:00:29] <Tehpillowstar> Are the holes different sizes?
  747. [2014-03-31 15:00:38] <PresidentEvil> They're all identical.
  748. [2014-03-31 15:00:42] <Tehpillowstar> And what does this guy look like?
  749. [2014-03-31 15:00:47] <Tehpillowstar> *his clothing
  750. [2014-03-31 15:01:58] <PresidentEvil> Blue jumpsuit and boots. A mission patch with a picture of a centurion helmet on it. A nametag that says "F. STAMPER".
  751. [2014-03-31 15:02:14] <PresidentEvil> There's a pair of what looks like cloth or polymer gloves tucked into his belt.
  752. [2014-03-31 15:02:44] =-= Devereaux is now known as Sleepereaux
  753. [2014-03-31 15:02:50] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe takes it. It might help on their quest.
  754. [2014-03-31 15:02:59] <PresidentEvil> The gloves?
  755. [2014-03-31 15:03:06] <Tehpillowstar> Nvm
  756. [2014-03-31 15:03:13] <Tehpillowstar> Try and put the body in the hole feet first?
  757. [2014-03-31 15:03:16] <Balthazaar> "Hmm..."
  758. [2014-03-31 15:03:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Try and put the body in feet first?"
  759. [2014-03-31 15:03:37] <PresidentEvil> Whoever is closest to the ladder, roll perception?
  760. [2014-03-31 15:04:02] <PresidentEvil> And that won't work. His body, at its widest point, is wider than the hole at its widest point.
  761. [2014-03-31 15:04:14] <TheRaven> 6df+10 that would be Taggart, assuming it's low light, if not -2 that, or -3 if non-visual
  762. [2014-03-31 15:04:15] <Glacon> TheRaven: that would be Taggart, assuming it's low light, if not -2 that, or -3 if non-visual: 12 (6df+10=3+, 4-, 0, 0, 3+, 3+)
  763. [2014-03-31 15:04:22] <PresidentEvil> Taggart... it's back.
  764. [2014-03-31 15:04:34] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe shakes her head. She tells Mark to lay the body down.
  765. [2014-03-31 15:04:49] <PresidentEvil> The shadow figure is leaning over the edge of the tunnel. Observing you.
  766. [2014-03-31 15:05:03] <Balthazaar> He does so
  767. [2014-03-31 15:05:21] <TheRaven> "Uh, Chloe, now might be a good time for a flare."
  768. [2014-03-31 15:05:42] <Wallace> Will looks up from the corpse he was dragging. "Oh-oh."
  769. [2014-03-31 15:05:53] <PresidentEvil> Everyone else, perception.
  770. [2014-03-31 15:05:58] <Tehpillowstar> 6df+5 Ohhhhh fuck
  771. [2014-03-31 15:06:00] <Glacon> Tehpillowstar: Ohhhhh fuck: 5 (6df+5=3+, 4-, 4-, 0, 0, 3+)
  772. [2014-03-31 15:06:03] <Wallace> 6df+6
  773. [2014-03-31 15:06:04] <Glacon> Wallace: 6 (6df+6=3+, 3+, 3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
  774. [2014-03-31 15:06:27] <Balthazaar> 6df+6
  775. [2014-03-31 15:06:28] <Glacon> Balthazaar: 4 (6df+6=0, 4-, 0, 3+, 4-, 4-)
  776. [2014-03-31 15:06:43] <PresidentEvil> Everyone has been using flashlights and glowsticks up until this point, right?
  777. [2014-03-31 15:06:47] <Tehpillowstar> Yes
  778. [2014-03-31 15:06:56] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe has not used a flare yet.
  779. [2014-03-31 15:07:11] <PresidentEvil> Well, in a chamber this size, those light sources would cast plenty of shadows.
  780. [2014-03-31 15:07:16] <PresidentEvil> Some of them are moving now.
  781. [2014-03-31 15:07:19] <Balthazaar> Scary
  782. [2014-03-31 15:07:36] <Tehpillowstar> Are... their own shadows moving now?
  783. [2014-03-31 15:08:16] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, a figure steps out of your shadow.
  784. [2014-03-31 15:08:25] <Tehpillowstar> Ohhh fuck.
  785. [2014-03-31 15:08:29] <Tehpillowstar> "Flare time?"
  786. [2014-03-31 15:08:30] <PresidentEvil> It looms above you on the wall.
  787. [2014-03-31 15:08:43] <Balthazaar> Mark looks around. "Flare time."
  788. [2014-03-31 15:08:48] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe lights a flare.
  789. [2014-03-31 15:09:28] <PresidentEvil> The shadow above you flattens and /crawls/ down the ladder. It gets to the aperture at the top of the dome and stays, shifting...
  790. [2014-03-31 15:10:04] <Tehpillowstar> "We...should go now..."
  791. [2014-03-31 15:10:07] <TheRaven> Taggart draws his 1911 and blasts the shadow with the tactical light again
  792. [2014-03-31 15:10:09] <PresidentEvil> More shadows are coming now, stepping out of the coffins and crawling out from the pile of bodies.
  793. [2014-03-31 15:10:26] <PresidentEvil> Taggart, one of them darts away, but there's just too many to paint at once.
  794. [2014-03-31 15:10:33] <Wallace> "Up the ladder!"
  795. [2014-03-31 15:10:34] <Balthazaar> Mark goes O_O
  796. [2014-03-31 15:10:46] <Balthazaar> "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...."
  797. [2014-03-31 15:10:52] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe lets go of the body and grabs mark and pulls him closer to Taggart.
  798. [2014-03-31 15:11:15] <Wallace> Will runs over to his comrades.
  799. [2014-03-31 15:11:26] <TheRaven> Taggart hurries everyone up the ladder, trying to keep the shadow creeps off them.
  800. [2014-03-31 15:11:29] <PresidentEvil> The one on the ladder crawls back up and... spreads... over thin air at the lip of the steel ring, blocking your path.
  801. [2014-03-31 15:11:49] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe stops. Ohhhhh crap.
  802. [2014-03-31 15:11:58] <Tehpillowstar> "Fuck! What do we do?"
  803. [2014-03-31 15:12:18] <Balthazaar> 6df+6 Shooting
  804. [2014-03-31 15:12:19] <PresidentEvil> Chloe, you're about halfway through your flare...
  805. [2014-03-31 15:12:20] <Glacon> Balthazaar: Shooting: 9 (6df+6=3+, 0, 3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
  806. [2014-03-31 15:12:49] <Tehpillowstar> PresidentEvil: How many turns of action does a flare last?
  807. [2014-03-31 15:14:21] <PresidentEvil> You've got bigger problems than a flare, Chloe. You hear the bullets pinging against metal, followed by a telltale hissing...
  808. [2014-03-31 15:14:43] <Tehpillowstar> Does the temperature drop?
  809. [2014-03-31 15:14:49] <Tehpillowstar> Along with the pressure?
  810. [2014-03-31 15:14:56] <PresidentEvil> The flare does seem to be burning unnaturally fast, though. And yes, it starts to.
  811. [2014-03-31 15:15:07] <TheRaven> "Oh shit, run."
  812. [2014-03-31 15:15:12] <Wallace> Will aims his flashlight at the asshole blocking the ladder.
  813. [2014-03-31 15:15:25] <Balthazaar> "Fuck!"
  814. [2014-03-31 15:15:31] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe flicks on taclight on her PDW. Time for a game plan.
  815. [2014-03-31 15:15:34] <PresidentEvil> It bows away a bit in the middle, but holds steady. Chloe, the flare begins to sputter...
  816. [2014-03-31 15:15:49] <Wallace> "Focus your light on that thing!"
  817. [2014-03-31 15:16:05] <Tehpillowstar> A human being can last 60 minutes in total or near total vaccum.
  818. [2014-03-31 15:16:17] <Tehpillowstar> 60 seconds
  819. [2014-03-31 15:16:17] <TheRaven> Taggart shines 500 lumens on the ladder shadow.
  820. [2014-03-31 15:16:27] <Balthazaar> Mark pulls out his zippo lighter
  821. [2014-03-31 15:16:31] <Wallace> 60 minutes :O
  822. [2014-03-31 15:16:32] <Tehpillowstar> But only have 15 seconds of worthwhile action.
  823. [2014-03-31 15:16:36] <Tehpillowstar> *60 SECONDS
  824. [2014-03-31 15:17:06] <Tehpillowstar> Afterwards they'll all pass out.
  825. [2014-03-31 15:17:25] =-= YOU (Tehpillowstar) have been booted from #redpool by PresidentEvil (OOC in IC =()
  826. [2014-03-31 15:17:32] -->| YOU (Tehpillowstar) have joined #redpool
  827. [2014-03-31 15:17:32] =-= Topic for #redpool is ``Pool Status: Better dead than red | http://far-recon.wikidot.com/unlockable-equipment Check the Pre-Run Equipment Repository if you wish to have your character bringing one of the items on the run.''
  828. [2014-03-31 15:17:32] =-= Topic for #redpool was set by Roget on Saturday, November 30, 2013 10:45:00 AM
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  830. [2014-03-31 15:18:13] <Tehpillowstar> But since it's leaking out instead of explosive decompression...
  831. [2014-03-31 15:18:17] <Tehpillowstar> "EVERYONE UP THE LADDER."
  832. [2014-03-31 15:18:26] <Tehpillowstar> Fuck it, they don't have time to go one-at-a-time.
  833. [2014-03-31 15:18:55] <Balthazaar> Mark runs to the ladder
  834. [2014-03-31 15:19:19] <Wallace> Has the thing on top moved after focusing more light on it?
  835. [2014-03-31 15:19:40] <Balthazaar> He goes up last, as it's his fault they might die
  836. [2014-03-31 15:19:41] <PresidentEvil> Taggart's got enough light to pop the soap bubble. It retreats, letting loose with that itch, telepathic hissing again.
  837. [2014-03-31 15:19:49] <PresidentEvil> itchy*
  838. [2014-03-31 15:20:13] <TheRaven> Taggart hauls ass up the ladder, shoving Mark ahead of him. "Go go go!"
  839. [2014-03-31 15:20:35] <Wallace> Will starts climbing up after Taggart.
  840. [2014-03-31 15:20:48] <Wallace> "Chloe, leave the flare at the bottom!"
  841. [2014-03-31 15:20:52] <PresidentEvil> Dust is sifting in from the bullet holes.
  842. [2014-03-31 15:20:56] <Balthazaar> MArk go go go's
  843. [2014-03-31 15:21:10] <PresidentEvil> The omnipresent scratching wind has become a combination screech and howl now.
  844. [2014-03-31 15:21:18] <PresidentEvil> It seems to be intensifying.
  845. [2014-03-31 15:21:20] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe marches up the ladder, tossing the flare down and climbing up as fast as possible. It doesn't seem like she's going fast enough.
  846. [2014-03-31 15:21:31] <Tehpillowstar> Is everyone up the ladder?
  847. [2014-03-31 15:21:48] <Balthazaar> Think so
  848. [2014-03-31 15:21:57] <Wallace> Yup.
  849. [2014-03-31 15:22:06] <PresidentEvil> The compartment you're in begins rattling.
  850. [2014-03-31 15:22:24] <Tehpillowstar> They're in the small cylindrical room now, correct?
  851. [2014-03-31 15:22:28] <TheRaven> "Go for the door!"
  852. [2014-03-31 15:22:33] <Tehpillowstar> "Shut it!"
  853. [2014-03-31 15:22:34] <PresidentEvil> Yes.
  854. [2014-03-31 15:22:52] <Wallace> Will sprints outside the room.
  855. [2014-03-31 15:23:22] <PresidentEvil> Suddenly, there's a deafening screech of tearing metal, as the compartment ruptures, and you're all pulled out of the cylindrical room and into #redpool
  856. [2014-03-31 15:23:32] <TheRaven> We're in #redpool
  857. [2014-03-31 15:23:39] <Tehpillowstar> Chloe runs and then slides, trying to stop her momentum so she can shut the hatch--fuck!
  858. [2014-03-31 15:23:46] <PresidentEvil> I didn't say redpool. I said #farrecon
  859. [2014-03-31 15:23:49] <PresidentEvil> =P
  860. [2014-03-31 15:24:02] <Tehpillowstar> Suuuure you did.
  861. [2014-03-31 15:24:13] <--| Balthazaar has left #redpool
  862. [2014-03-31 15:24:14] =-= Mode #redpool +m by PresidentEvil
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