ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas cranks the makeshift lever the other way just to make sure.
Maybe if I flip it turn ways?
Psion
Nope.
NocturnalOccultist
Should I put another fridge on it >:?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Ok, this thing needs to work or I'm dead
so maybe put that plan on ice
Thomas examines the cruxtruder for entry points, are there seams, bolts, is the display still working, things like that?
Psion
It seems to be made up of various plates and bolts, at least on the outside.
Just need to find one that can be taken off.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas takes his trusty wrench to use.
Psion
Roll engineering.
(lemme get tyche first)
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll d20+5
→ Kaiserbot[Dice] has joined
ImpulsiveEngineer
(oh, poop)
!roll d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
Error: Invalid Expression
ImpulsiveEngineer
(how do I add the modifier)
Psion
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=2 ] | {7}
Psion
You need the 1.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(oh)
hmm... might need the screwdriver
Psion
I mean.
Probably.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas roots around for his power tools.
ImpulsiveEngineer
He finds them because he spent the past day putting a computer together inside of a wall, he needed power tools to do that.
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {17}
Psion
Why did you even bother with the wrench to start with?
This is obviously the right tool for the job.
ImpulsiveEngineer
The tools of power, I have them
I have the power
NocturnalOccultist
:D
Also where did your seizure orb go :?
Psion
The machinery inside is unlike anything you've seen before.
ImpulsiveEngineer
kind of busy here
you can try to find it of you want
Thalia said to throw something into it?
go do that I guess
Psion
The seizure orb is circling around the ceiling of your room.
NocturnalOccultist
It steals anything you love
ImpulsiveEngineer
Too bad sleep is abstract then
can't take what I don't even have
Psion
However, a lot of it has been damaged by the junk you dropped on it.
Several circuits and cogs have been twisted and turned.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas tries to see if there's any discernible way to fix this inside the deadline of ten minutes.
I might have to weld some of this, dang
NocturnalOccultist
We could always drop another fridge
Psion
The core of the machine seems to convert energy into matter.
Everything else seems to be there to generate enormous amounts of energy from the cranking of a wheel.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Does Thomas think that he can manually operate the core, or maybe hackjob a quick fix?
Psion
It doesn't have any visible controls.
Define operate.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas abandons the first thought in favor of trying to fix the machine
(This is where I roll engineering I assume)
Psion
Yeah.
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=1 ] | {6}
ImpulsiveEngineer
(wow)
Psion
The energy amplifier short circuits.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Okay
yeah
this is awesome
NocturnalOccultist
Are you sure we don't need another fridge
ImpulsiveEngineer
Ellen, you wouldn't happen to be able to move this thing to the power plant
Psion
It is effectively ruined.
Forever.
ImpulsiveEngineer
I think I need to hook the core up to it
Psion
The core is still fine, relatively speaking.
NocturnalOccultist
Uh I think I can
ImpulsiveEngineer
cool
I shall survive the apocalypse with the power of farts
go methane
NocturnalOccultist
[You pick up the cruxtruder and put it in the power plant]
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas makes a beeline for the plant.
After grabbing some jumper cables
Psion
You drop the cruxtruder halfway there.
ImpulsiveEngineer
and a battery
Psion
You have ran out of "grist"
Grist is apparently required to lift this thing.
NocturnalOccultist
Oh no I can't pick it up anymore
ImpulsiveEngineer
how far away is it from the plant
NocturnalOccultist
Halfway
ImpulsiveEngineer
Is that 50 meters or less
→ Jaczac has joined
Psion
I dunno dude.
Probably about a hundred.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas scans around for an extender cable or just some plain old copper wiring on the way there
He's not really picky at this point
Psion
Roll for fate. 1d4 + 1d6+ 1d8.
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d4 + 1d6 + 1d8
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d4 --> [ 1d4=4 ] | {4}
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d6
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d6 --> [ 1d6=6 ] | {6}
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d8
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d8 --> [ 1d8=2 ] | {2}
Psion
Slightly above average does not an extender cable make.
There is plenty of metal junk however.
Not just any wire that you can find.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Anything copper will do.
Psion
Do you have an easy way of detecting copper? I imagine everything here being kinda rusty.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Actually Thomas remembers that his dad locks away anything metal in the shed because it's comparatively valuable relatively to the rest of the junk
Psion
Is that so.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(dude it would make sense people steal copper wiring from train tracks all the time)
(shit's valuable)
(also I meant copper, not metal, derp
Psion
(ah.)
Well, you did say the shed is locked.
ImpulsiveEngineer
It is.
Power tools time,
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas runs to the supply shed at the corner of the dump, then takes a crowbar to the lock.
Psion
!roll 1d20+5 vs reflex resistance.
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=4 ] | {9}
Psion
You just manage to let go of the crowbar before it electrifies you.
Turns out a passion for traps goes in the family.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Dad why
Psion
You're really not one to talk.
NocturnalOccultist
Oh my
Psion
Also, that seems to have triggered some kind of silent alarm.
NocturnalOccultist
Isn't there any other way to get in?
Like dropping a fridge on top let's say
Psion
!roll 1d20+5 for the turret to hit.
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {17}
Psion
!roll 1d8
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d8 --> [ 1d8=6 ] | {6}
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas takes cover.
Psion
Apparently, your old man hid at least one turret there.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Ellen, fridge time!
Psion
You just manage to take cover before it shoots you.
NocturnalOccultist
Coming right up
Psion
(also, HP status?)
ImpulsiveEngineer
(10/16)
NocturnalOccultist
[You grab a fridge and drop it on top of the shed. Hopefully getting rid of the turret?]
Psion
The turret is in the junk around the house, but the trigger is ruined by the fridge.
Without direction, the turret seems... aimless.
You can now enter the shed through the second door.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas runs into the shed, then grabs a coil of copper wiring, throwing it over his shoulder.
Psion
====>
ImpulsiveEngineer
He runs to the plant, on the way exposing the wires on the jumper cables and taking out his blowtorch.
When he reaches the cruxtruder he stops and hooks up the jumper cables to the core.
Psion
I assume there's a switch somewhere there as well.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(do you mean on the cruxtruder or what)
Psion
Somewhere on the wiring so it doesn't go off until you're ready.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(the cruxtruder isn't producing energy, the plant is. Thomas is going to hook up the other end to the plant energy reserve, hopefully providing enough power to make a dowel)
(the jumper cables are a conduit, not a lever)
ImpulsiveEngineer
(if a switch is needed the battery would provide that)
Psion
Ok, sure.
Its hooked up.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas welds the exposed wires of the jumper cables onto the copper wiring, then uncoils it in the direction of the plant.
Psion
====>
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas doesn't have to worry about voltage or ampere, since he just needs raw power, so he tries to hook the wire up directly to the reserve, taking care to not touch the wiring after he pulls the lever to empty the tank.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(Do I roll here?)
Psion
Sure, but the roll is just to do it without shocking yourself.
ImpulsiveEngineer
!roll 1d20+5
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {8}
ImpulsiveEngineer
(This is not my day)
Psion
!roll 2d6
Kaiserbot[Dice]
rolled 2d6 --> [ 2d6=7 ] | {7}
Psion
zap
ImpulsiveEngineer
(hp is at 3, yay)
I really need rubber gloves
can't feel my fingers
shit
NocturnalOccultist
Ohnoohno
Be careful!
This is very hard to watch
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas hobbles over to the cruxtruder. Did it work?
Psion
You went kinda blind for a while after the flash, but a single precious cruxite dowel is resting in the core.
ImpulsiveEngineer
YES
POWER IF FARTS
*OF
MAN IT'S HARD TO TYPE
oops caps
NocturnalOccultist
:D!!
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas checks to see how much time he has left.
Psion
You picked apart the cruxtruder.
Makes checking time difficult.
ImpulsiveEngineer
hmm, we deplayed the totem lathe in the bunker, right?
NocturnalOccultist
Yes
Stick the card in
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas keeps running, for the bunker this time
Psion
Ok
Now what?
ImpulsiveEngineer
He puts up the lid, then climbs down the ladder, puts the card in the totem lathe and makes his dowel into a totem.
Psion
Consider it done.
ImpulsiveEngineer
He heads for the plant and sticks the totem in the alchemiter
we could have just put the cruxtruder here couldn't we
so much space
*facepalm*
NocturnalOccultist
Oops
ImpulsiveEngineer
feels like being slapped by someone else
weird
NocturnalOccultist
I think you should head over to the alchemiter now
You took a while with the Cruxtruder
ImpulsiveEngineer
I am
It's in the plant
ImpulsiveEngineer
Again, Thomas heads for the plant and sticks the totem in the alchemiter.
Psion
After a moment, it produces....
ImpulsiveEngineer
*Holds breath*
Psion
where did I put my notes
Psion
A lot of mechanical scrap.
It reminds you of the early stages of your Rube machine.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas starts putting the pieces together into a whole.
Ellen, can you put something into the seizure ball
It's distracting
NocturnalOccultist
Okay
[You try to find another fridge. They seem to stick with you]
[You dump it on the seizure ball]
ImpulsiveEngineer
I trapped a racoon in that waste bin over there, maybe use that?
NocturnalOccultist
[In a seriousness you decide that might not be a good idea]
Alrighty
NocturnalOccultist
[You pick up the waste bin and try to tilt the racoon out into the seizure ball]
Is this animal cruelty
Psion
Not if its dead.
ImpulsiveEngineer
I'm pretty sure it's been in there for two days so at this point, no?
NocturnalOccultist
It didn't even get a little goodbye D:
Psion
You tilt the dead racoon into the sprite.
One racoonsprite, coming up.
ImpulsiveEngineer
I was going to feed it but then the apocalypse happened
If anything it would have died even without my intervention
NocturnalOccultist
Uh didn't the apocalypse only happen today?
And raccoons take your stuff
Now it really will steal everything you love
ImpulsiveEngineer
I passed out and woke up a couple of hours ago, give me a break
I could throw my backpack at it I guess, but I love my backpack
so that's not an option
NocturnalOccultist
It'll probably steal it eventually
ImpulsiveEngineer
Kind of busy here
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas enters a trance as the pieces start to form a narrative, describing a sequence of events, the consequence of which is immaterial, it's the journey, not the destination, that matters.
(I can roll for engineering if you want)
Psion
Nah man.
This is your passion.
ImpulsiveEngineer
He sets it off, then turns around to give the finger to the meteor.
Psion
Aren't you in a bunker?
ImpulsiveEngineer
(no, we're in the plant
(and it's a symbolic gesture)
Psion
Oh, ok.
So you can see it?
ImpulsiveEngineer
(no, but Thomas said he'd wing it and this is the bird)
Psion
Instead of giving the meteor the bird, you give it to a bright blue sun on a black sky.
Welcome in.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Oh my god I thought I was going to die.
NocturnalOccultist
Well you didn't :D
ImpulsiveEngineer
Thomas steps out into the dump, to survey the damage.
Psion
The dump is gone.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Fuck
The bunker?
Psion
It has been replaced by a futuristic landscape, with skyscrapers and what looks like sky cars.
The entire world is painted in a black, blue, and red color scheme.
Actually, as you look closer the junk isn't gone.
As you entered, it scattered across the landscape.
It is now being collected by drones, you think.
Could be something else.
ImpulsiveEngineer
Dad's gonna be pissed
Psion
Some kind of automated waste disposal system.
The bunker followed you, as did the plant.
ImpulsiveEngineer
The guard station, the parking lot?
Psion
Off in the distance, you see the silhouette of your house. Seven spirographs in the sky above it, leading up towards the blue sun.
Just about everything seems to have come with you, but it blended with the natural cityscape.
Welcome to the Land of Progress.
ImpulsiveEngineer
(progress and what)
Psion
Land of Progress.
ImpulsiveEngineer
I'm gonna need that trash back before dad gets home
where is my dad anyway?
NocturnalOccultist
Oh he was out?
ImpulsiveEngineer
Ellen, did you see him?
NocturnalOccultist
No...
ImpulsiveEngineer
I have no idea where he was
Psion
That man is an urban ninja.
Of course you didn't.
ImpulsiveEngineer
he kind of knocked me out with a point blanc paintball volley
NocturnalOccultist
Oh.
ImpulsiveEngineer
eh, that's pretty normal
the beanbags hurt more
ImpulsiveEngineer
I'm gonna go sleep that off in the bunker now
good night?
I have no idea what time it is
NocturnalOccultist
Okay see you later then