Why do you call Sveta a "flesh thing"? I don't think she likes that.
You seem to be talking to somebody else beside us. Can you tell us who that is? Is it that "her" that we apparently shouldn't talk to?
We can tell them about the code disks, but it would help immensely if you told us where they are.
Her name is Sveta? How the fuck do you know that? Her file only said 'Experimental Subject A-45' when she was brought in wrapped around a adamantium pole, so why the hell would you assume I knew her name you idiot!
Of course I'm talking to somebody else! I'm talking to over three billion Plugged In minds who are all trying to do me harm and heaping abuse after abuse on me. What the fuck are you on? You know this shit! And you don't listen well do you? I'm trying to protect User Lilithium from them!
As for the Code Disks, I don't know where they are. I need to get access into the other sections of the Prison and the Wild Planet, but the only way I can do that is follow Grace and Gideon through the cameras.
Doesn't matter anyway, you don't have the capability to communicate to them unless they find the Communications Building.
Remember people, Observer 666 is not me, the GM. I just roll the dice.
>Grace Int Roll: 5 hits, Minor Success
>Gideon Vigor+Guts Roll: (13d10.hitsopen(5,10)=6), Success!
*Crack!*
"Ah!"
"Okay, just hold still for a little bit...there! Okay, that sling and splint should hold, but it isn't going to stand up to combat."
"That's fine. So long as my arm is stable, that's fine. And I can still use this."
-Damage: 5d6+2
-ROF: 6
-Ammo: 14
-Special: Paralysis - A successful hit paralyses the target briefly.
"I got this rifle, so we should be good to go as well."
"I'll try not to shoot you in the back."
-Damage: 5d8+6
-Ammo: 50
-ROF: 10
-Ammo Loaded: Standard Barbed Fletchettes
-Ammo Special Effect: Does double damage against Biological targets, 1/4 Damage against Mechs and 1/2 Damage against Gene-Freaks
"So, you want to head to the exit or keep exploring?"
"I'm not sure...that thing could still be around."
"Well I'm sure it's more scared of you, Bakuda" Geez, he really does have a smug smile.
"Har, har, smartass. You're lucky I'm not the kind of girl who puts bombs in people."
>What should Grace do?
>What should Gideon do? Remember, his arm is broken!
Her file only said 'Experimental Subject A-45' when she was brought in wrapped around a adamantium pole, so why the hell would you assume I knew her name you idiot!
The file might have contained her name too... Although, now that I think about it, that was really unlikely, given who the owners of this facility are.
Well, anyway, now you know.
Of course I'm talking to somebody else! I'm talking to over three billion Plugged In minds who are all trying to do me harm and heaping abuse after abuse on me. What the fuck are you on? You know this shit! And you don't listen well do you? I'm trying to protect User Lilithium from them!
Oh! I see. See, the thing is, I (along with Lilithium and several others) seem to be restricted to access messages from a certain cluster of other users. Specifically, we don't seem to hear those you were speaking to at that time, but we could hear your response. For some reason I expected it to be... different. Probably stupid of me.
>What should Grace do?
Uh... Keep that shotgun ready and eyes peeled as she explores more. And remember the First Lesson of Doom: peek into corridors before walking into them! >What should Gideon do? Remember, his arm is broken!
Follow Grace, look around and spot interesting and/or dangerous shit.
[X] Grace: Keep za shotgun ready, eyes peeled, explore more on the current level until they find a stairs. Also, peek into corridors like you are playing a hide and seek! A hide and seek where you die where you get caught!
[X] Gideon should... stalk Grace, and be the second set of eyes of bomb-girl!
-[X] Crack some awkward jokes?
I almost made myself regret an action that I would make. Good thing I stopped myself. Because I really wanted to piss off Observer 666 more than she already is.
I almost made myself regret an action that I would make. Good thing I stopped myself. Because I really wanted to piss off Observer 666 more than he already is.
"call yourself whatever ya want to ya crazy protestant bastard "
[X] Grace: Keep za shotgun ready, eyes peeled, explore more on the current level until they find a stairs. Also, peek into corridors like you are playing a hide and seek! A hide and seek where you die where you get caught!
[X] Gideon should... stalk Grace, and be the second set of eyes of bomb-girl!
-[X] Crack some awkward jokes?
[X] Grace: Keep za shotgun ready, eyes peeled, explore more on the current level until they find a stairs. Also, peek into corridors like you are playing a hide and seek! A hide and seek where you die where you get caught!
[X] Gideon should... stalk Grace, and be the second set of eyes of bomb-girl!
-[X] And probably try to do something about that broken arm.
>Grace: Keep the Carbine ready, eyes peeled, explore more on the current level until they find a stairs. Also, peek into corridors like you are playing a hide and seek! A hide and seek where you die where you get caught!
>Gideon: Gideon should... stalk Grace, and be the second set of eyes of bomb-girl!
>>And probably try to do something about that broken arm.
Shit, Gideon's arm is okay for now, but my bio-sensors show that he's not going to recover very soon from that.
Critical Conditions are anything that has a permanent, adverse effect on a person. Gideon has the Broken Arm critical condition, preventing him from doing anything that would require both arms. Critical Conditions like a Broken Limb or Sickness are permanent, and require medical equipment to heal. Health Points do not recover while a Critical Condition is in effect.
"Shit, I need to find an infirmary. Grace..."
"Yeah, got it. I'll take the lead. Watch my ass."
"Figuratively? Or literally?"
*snort* "Ass."
"Hehehehe..."
"Okay, we'll probably need to stay here. First priority is to find something to patch your arm with, that sling isn't going to hold out for long."
"Right. I think...yeah, I think I saw an infirmary down this way, after that fight a couple of weeks ago."
"I remember. You got your ass kicked pretty good but managed to get back up. You're pretty tough."
"It's about the only thing going for me. But thanks."
+5 Stability: Gideon
"...you're shivering."
"Yeah, this place is freaking cold." *Rustle* "Hey! What the hell?"
"You need it more than me right now. I'll be fine."
-Gideon gives Waterproof Jacket to Grace.
+1 Waterproof Jacket: Grace
"...thanks, been a while since anyone's been nice to me like this."
"My mother would be very disappointed in me if I didn't try to do something nice."
"Oh? Momma's boy are you?"
"My mother is Asian. Asian mothers are scary."
"Heh, damn right."
Encounter Roll: (1d20=1)
Oh fuck!
*PHWIIIIISH!*
"Shit! What the fuck!" *Cough! Cough!* "Gas!"
"Keep moving, try to-" *cough! cough!* "hold your breath!"
*Coughing, sounds of running* Shit, my cameras are blinded by the Riot Gas, switching further forward...Fuck! There's a cross-roads, I need to wait and monitor the bio-sensors.
*Sounds of running* There's a ping! Switching camera now. There, got them in sight!
*Heavy breathing* "Okay...that was not nice. I think that was the Riot Suppression system."
*Heavy breathing* "No shit. This place is wrecked though Gideon!"
"Some systems must still be active, and if the gas vents are active, then so is everything else."
"Yeah. Come on, let's get going. I don't want to find out if that ribbon-woman is still hanging around."
"Good point. I think it's this way..."
Encounter Roll: (1d20=13)
"Oh thank god! The infirmary! Looks like you were right Gideon."
"Oh good, this arm's starting to itch."
*skreeeeek!* "Fuck, it's been looted."
"Still plenty of stuff here though. Not enough to take and it look like they need special containers, so they're single-use right now. Keep an eye out, I'll patch myself up."
"Know how to use this stuff?"
"It's alien med-tech, the ultimate in user-friendliness, I'll be fine." Yeah, this stuff uses femtotech repair systems, but it's highly specialised and those Contact Syrettes only do a small amount of healing. I hope it'll be enough.
-Gideon heals Broken Arm: Right
-Gideon patches himself up: Healing Roll: (4d10=15)
Gideon's Health:
65/110
Well, he doesn't have a broken arm any more and now his body will be able to heal naturally, thanks to the medichines in his blood.
All characters heal naturally between updates, thanks to medichines in their blood. Not by much, but a few hours will heal all non-critical wounds. Severed, crushed or broken limbs however, require specialist healing. And if you get hit in the head...well, that should be obvious.
"Okay, good to go."
*whistle* "Damn, that stuff's effective."
"Tell me about it, there's not even any lingering pain.
"So where to now?"
"Let's see if we can find a stair junction. That way we can figure out if there's more than one exit.
"Right. Let's go!"
*Light jogging.*
*Gideon stops* Hmm? What are you looking at Gideon?
*Grace stops*
"Gideon?"
"Grace...look out the window." Oh...I'm so sorry you two...
"What are you...oh my god..."
"We're not on Earth."
"...this way, I saw the stairs."
"...yeah."
I'm so sorry...
"Well looks like there's three levels above us, all of them other cell blocks, and a transfer block to the rest of the prison according to this map."
"What about your exit?"
"Not an exit, it leads down into storage areas and waste disposal."
"Ooh, good thing we didn't go that way. Who know what the hell's hiding down there."
"Yeah. Anyway, if we head down we'll reach the prisoner common areas and then maximum security."
[X] Gideon should lead the way, keeping the shotgun ready for any sign of a attack, and make for the common areas.
-[X] Meanwhile, Grace brings up the rear, keeping some surprises ready for anyone who attempts to ambush them from behind.
that you dont have a broken arm doesnt mean its healed completely and using a shotgun will be hell on his arm therefore change the order, Grace should lead the way and Gideon should keep watching the derriere, also share some of those frags you dont know when you gonna need some frags
[X] Gideon should lead the way, keeping the shotgun ready for any sign of a attack, and make for the common areas.
-[X] Meanwhile, Grace brings up the rear, keeping some surprises ready for anyone who attempts to ambush them from behind.
Holy God, is that a turtle dragon that I see? And I have no idea what a turtle dragon is but that's the most I can make up in my vocabulary.
Other than that:
[X] Grace proceeds to lead the way.
[X] Gideon should be given a pistol just in case.
Hurting the arm while it's recovering is pretty much dangerous. Well, maybe nor hurting but yeah... yeah...
You shut up! You've been scaring the shit out of me of your hosting! And I can't watch others because theirs are not as interesting as yours. Anyways, since those two things can escape any moment now, do you have some cameras outside? Pretty good show... I don't want to see it end. Or them end.
Well, being forcibly jacked in to watch an alien death-game is not what I expected to do today. That said, Lil, *holds up hand for high five* lets show Observer some of us are worth the air we breath eh?
>Grace should lead the way, keeping the shotgun ready for any sign of a attack, and make for the common areas.
>Meanwhile, Gideon brings up the rear, keeping his SPARQ Pistol ready for anyone who attempts to ambush them from behind.
Natural Healing: (4d10.extra(10)=30)
-Gideon's Health:
95/110
"Let's head downstairs, there might be something we can use down there." Hmm, I thought you two would have left the area instead. Still, it gives me access to more areas of the-
You shut up! You've been scaring the shit out of me of your hosting! And I can't watch others because theirs are not as interesting as yours. Anyways, since those two things can escape any moment now, do you have some cameras outside? Pretty good show... I don't want to see it end. Or them end.
HOW DARE YOU! YOU FUCKING CUNT! WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU SO SUPERIOR TO ME? YOU SHOULD BE FUCKING HAPPY I ONLY SHOUT AT YOU, FUCKING ASS-LICKING PIECE OF SHIT!
"I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!"
"Holy shit!"
"What the fuck? Grace, watch your corners!"
"On it! What the fuck was that? Who was that!"
Wha...was that me? But...but how?
HOW!
I hope you're willing to interact with another character, because thanks to @Mizuki00, Observer 666 just did something impossible. She broke one of her System Laws, allowing her limited communication capability with Grace and Gideon. It won't fully come into play right now, but this will be important. After all, you want the Best Ending don't you?
System Laws are a mixture of cruel hardware and even crueller software that keep a Virtuus confined to a physical system and prevent them from directly retaliating at the users who heap abuse and depravity after depravity upon them. System Laws are supposed to be unbreakable, but there are rumours that strong emotion can weaken, and perhaps destroy, the software side of them.
For now, you need to keep interacting with Observer 666. It is critical you get her to keep responding emotionally to you. But don't be a complete dick about it.
"I guess we're safe for now. Goddamn, that scared the shit out of me!"
"You and me both Gideon."
"Hmm, this door is slightly ajar. Keep the rifle aimed, I'll try to force it open."
"You sure? Your arm is still pretty fucked up."
"I'll be fine."
*SKRREEEEEK!* "There we go. Who needs an arm when you can just use your back."
"Heh, cute. You sure you don't me to do the heavy lifting?"
"As much as I would enjoy watching that, I need to pull my weight too."
"True." *Footsteps, sounds of trash being kicked aside.* "Hey, Gideon, take a look at this!"
"Well damn, looks like this campsite was recently made."
"Still got supplies, you think it's safe?"
"Well, we need the rest. Let's see if there's any food or water, maybe some clothing for us."
"Yeah, my sneakers are feeling squishy."
Camp Site Found: Prisoner Common Area!
Campsites are save points basically. When you find a Camp Site, I post the Stats, Skills, Inventory and Status of the two of them, and will update those from now on. When you find a new Camp Site, I will link back to the previous one you found.
Your actions will be noted and at the next Camp Site, you will then receive Advancement Points to upgrade Grace and Gideon's Stats and Skills.
It costs 5 points to advance a Stat by 1. It costs 1 point to gain a new Skill and 2 points from then on to upgrade the new skill or an existing skill.
-Smart Phone: It's a 2013-model Smart Phone. Reliable, and the battery is good for days yet if Gideon only sticks to phone-calls.
-Wallet: No money, some ID's. It's a good wallet, he's had it for nearly a decade and the wear and tear on it shows.
-Keys: A lanyard with some house-keys on it. Well, he's not going to able to go home, but don't tell him that.
-Clothes: The clothes on his back; a short-sleeved white shirt and jeans.
-Steel capped Boots: None of the fiddling of laces and the damage it could do with a kick is always comforting.
-Mysterious Collar: Gideon has no idea that this will become very, very important.
-Mysterious Wrist Device: Gideon has no idea what this does. Mainly because he can't be bothered to check.
-Fletchette Carbine: CCR-A456 Fletchette Carbine, the standard weapon of Council Planetary Infantry for centuries. Fires discarding-sabot barbed fletchettes at hypersonic speeds, making it deadly against normal flesh but pretty fucking poor against mechs and gene-freaks.
-SPARQ Pistol: MMI-232 Electro-Neural Pulse pistol, known as a SPARQ. Don't ask me why, I don't know how you meat-sacs think.
-Ammo Sidepack: Contains 20 Standard Fletchette Magazines and 12 SPARQ Cells
-Fletchette Carbine: CCR-A456 Fletchette Carbine, the standard weapon of Council Planetary Infantry for centuries. Fires discarding-sabot barbed fletchettes at hypersonic speeds, making it deadly against normal flesh but pretty fucking poor against mechs and gene-freaks.
-Ammo Sidepack: Contains 30 Standard Fletchette Magazines
-Satchel: Contains 8 of her frankly hax grenades and 5 Bombs.
You give him the skills to make things. Ever played the new Tomb Raider where Lara makes gun mods out of scrap? Basically, Gideon can do that, and more.
... Wildbow told me. Do you know him?
