Now mankind struggles to live in a desecrated wasteland. We eke out a survival on tainted water, we hunt strange beasts to feed, and if we're lucky, we pass on what we learn to the next generation. That is all we can hope for, even now. There is, as far as we know, no way to erase the death that shrouds the world. Occaisionally, we find pieces of the past. Seemingly magical artifacts of power and technology. We hoard, we try to learn.

COROSSIA is the capital of humanity, such that it is. Built in a massive building that has been reinforced by our efforts, COROSSIA is home to the greatest minds of science and art of our generation. But it is a small beacon in a darkness vast and unrelenting, and unless something is done, the tide of darkness will consume COROSSIA, and everything in it.

Consort!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)00:30 No. 343675 ID: 715620
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This world has people of many callings. But these stories and adventures concern three people in specific:

THE WARRIOR: A strong, powerful individual. A man-at-arms, prideful of his might.

THE SCAVANGER: A sly individual, who sifts through the ruins, creates from the dead world new hope.

THE PSYCHIC: Blessed rather than tainted by the vile mutagens that taint the air itself, the PSYCHIC is strong in realms that defy explanation or any reason.

scavenger.

Scavenger seems like a half-decent profession, at least when you aren't dealing with various toxic chemicals.

>>343675
Can scavengers be psychics?

>>343682
i think we aren't picking a class, but a person BASED on class. like tales of meigara.

scavenger

Psychic

Scavenger

Psychic

Consort!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)10:10 No. 343712 ID: 715620
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L O A D I N G C H A R A C T E R . . . P L E A S E W A I T . . .

Consort!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)10:11 No. 343713 ID: 715620
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L O A D I N G C H A R A C T E R . . . P L E A S E W A I T . . .

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)10:25 No. 343715 ID: 715620
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My name is Jack, and I solve problems.

I'm a scientist of Corossia, a man with many talents. Some call me mad, some call me stupid, I'm happy to know that they live in light and some comfort due to my efforts. It's not an easy life, but what life is easy out here? You take what you can get, make of it what you can. At the end of the day, it's up to you to smile, to look at the world as half-full even if it's half-empty.

So that's why I'm in these ruins. Dark and barely lit by my torch (You can always assume, unless otherwise noted, that Jack can fashion a torch from objects at hand in the environment), it's a terribly dangerous place. But then, the world isn't fixed by cowards in ivory towers, now is it?

There's a door dead ahead, but it's probably locked, and a pile of refuse in the corner. After some inspection, I note that the eastern wall has large cracks - I could probably kick it open if necessary.

(EXITS: N, S, E (ENTERED THROUGH: E)
(P.O.I.: PILE, WALL)

>>343715
((SMALL TYPO: ENTERED THROUGH S))

check that thing in the corner.

Recall what we know about these ruins

Search the refuse, check for exposition, and look at the world as half-full.

Do you solve problems like, "What is beauty" or do you solve "practical problems"?

Examine the panel.

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)20:46 No. 343893 ID: 715620
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>>343734
>>343874
>Refuse

I rummage through the garbage - at this point mostly dust and strange liquids I've learned not to touch - And, aha. A [DISC]. These are used to store information. I'll have to head home to analyze the information within, but for now? I think I can head a little deeper.

>>343773
>>343874
>Exposition

This ruin is the fifth one I've found on my trips out of the capital. From what I can tell, it used to be a medical research center of some sort... There might be something of real value here for all the people back home.

>>343878
I look over the panel and I'm amazed. It's still functional! This boggles me, there's no power for any ruins. That would make this one such a wild outlier!

Of course, this also means that the door is locked shut and needs a code...

Hm...

Cor', I could just unfasten it and fool around with the wiring, too.

let's check the broken looking wall first. then we can fiddle with the wiring.

>>343895
Yeah, I agree.

Sounds good.

As a person who regularly deals with strange sludge, shards of wreckage, and just maybe electricity, we do have some nice heavy work gloves, right?

Miniupdate: keep suggesting on previous, please JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/08/29(Mon)23:18 No. 343924 ID: 715620
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>>343917
But of course! As well as:

A solid hard hat, which was difficult to manufacture but entirely worth it,
A coverall suit of denim (made from stitched together pants, overalls, and other overworn clothing that would otherwise be discarded) with additional long pockets,
Some heavy-duty boots with added iron toes,
Safety goggles,
and a medical mask.

SAFETY FIRST!

Broken wall.

Confirmed for solver of practical problems. Go ahead and see if you can do something about the panel. Try not to break it.

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/03(Sat)19:33 No. 345303 ID: 715620
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I examine the wall.

There's any number of ways to open this sucker. The wall doesn't... appear to be load-bearing, so I could set my grenades as an explosive charge. Though, this would consume all of them, and I'd have to get out due to the intense heat. It might also affect the console, rendering it inoperable. These bad boys are pretty strong, and if I fuck around with them, well... Yeah.

I could use the butt of my rifle to slam it open, but that might take a while, and alert enemies while I'm chipping at the wall.

Looking closer like this reveals that I might not be able to kick it in after all... but it's still worth a try.

hmm... what about a single grenade through the hole? if that probably wont work then yeah go mess with the console.

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/03(Sat)23:20 No. 345360 ID: 715620
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>Fiddle with the thing, since the wall is not viable.

Alrighty.

I unscrew it from the wall and pry it free, looking over the bared back. There are three connectors here I could sever:

The green connector probably relays information of the code being correct or incorrect.

The red connector relays power from the main source to here. Probably don't want to fuck with this.

The blue one probably logs all entries.

Which one should I fool with?

When he says 'fool with' he means 'mess about with to achieve a result that would open the door', not necessarily 'cut'.

have any signal transmitters of your own? could hook it into the green wire and have it send a ton of different signals, quickly finding the right one.

There's some numbers scratched in the bottom left. Try those for the code for the door.

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/04(Sun)14:54 No. 345496 ID: 715620
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>>345389
... Well I'll be damned. The administrator or engineer must have been forgetful enough to put them there.

I think I'll put those in. Sound good?

worth a shot.

Yeah, we might as well try. We have already seen inside it so there is little chance of some kind of trap.

QUICK TIME EVENT JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/06(Tue)18:29 No. 346151 ID: 715620
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The door opens with a soft hiss, revealing...

ohshit

be-deep!

You have fifteen minutes to suggest.

dodge

just dash to the right so you are behind the edge of the door.

Also pull out your handgun.

SAP THAT SENTRY
WITH YOUR EMP GRENADE
BUT GET BEHIND COVER TOO I GUESS

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/06(Tue)18:47 No. 346163 ID: 715620
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I move behind cover as I hear a reel pull in wire.

I pull out my handgun, just in case.

JACK!hyCjwCgUiw 2011/09/06(Tue)18:47 No. 346164 ID: 715620
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And then a loud gunshot - sounds like a shotgun - blasts inside the hall, and something falls over after the front door is cracked by shot.

Close... No wonder Kate hates these expeditions.

think the recoil was too much for it, hopefully falling over disabled it enough.

Close the door and open it again to make sure it is actually down.

Do you have a mirror? You could try looking around the corner with it.

As soon as you saw the powered console, sou should have expected powered defence system. As soon as I saw the turret, I was half-expecting it to say "I'm different".

JACK!H508X.HbJ6 2011/09/19(Mon)10:59 No. 350420 ID: 715620
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>>348344
No mirror. Note to self - bring mirrors. As another note, a turret like that was self-powered, likely with a simple power pack. Those are everywhere.

>>346168
I turn to look - and note that the turret, while still functional, is now no longer a threat, as the detection system it has is pointing the wrong way.

In fact, I take the time to dissasemble it quietly.

(SHOTGUN (damaged) GET!)
(CAPACITOR GET!)
(TURRET BASE (damaged) GET!)
(FOUR (4) SHOTGUN SHELLS GET!)

>>350420
Ok. Now, you might have learned it already, but you might have not, so I'll elaborate.

Once upon a time, there was a game called Doom. Everyone who played it were... changed. In subtle ways. One of the changes was this: a Doomer would never walk around the corner without peeping first.

So, peep around the corner. And then immediately retract your fragile head, so we may decide upon the correct course of actions without the distraction of a bullet in your squishy brain meats.

Oh, and while you move to the corner, be as silent as you can: there's no reason to let the enemy waiting in the ambush time their shot to your footsteps.

Oh, and while you do that, be ready to react to an enemy peeking/walking around the corner by immediately shooting him in his treacherous face.

good haul. now if we could find another shotgun damaged in a different way we could make one perfect one.

anyway yeah pop your head around for a quick look and then move it back. if another turret is there you will already be out of the way before it fires.

JACK!H508X.HbJ6 2011/09/25(Sun)17:02 No. 352561 ID: 715620
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>>350422
Peeking.

What I see is... What appears to be a Hyen camp. Not a big one, though, thankfully. Though when there's one Hyen, there's almost sure to be more... And they're always hostile. I know for a fact, though, if he's away and he has the fur out, he's not away long.

can you explain the always hostile thing? how can something smart enough to make fire be so crazy?

anyway, do you think you could take one in a fight? even if you risk using the shotgun?

whats the crystal on the ground? to the left of the fire.

>>352561
Peek a bit more, then retract head. You didn't see the other wall of the corridor, and I can't shake off the feeling that there might be something relevant hugging that wall. Like, a Hyen aiming his/her rifle at your head.