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901588 No. 901588 ID: d49498

Dis: https://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/125429.html

1-As known space becomes ever more crowded and claustrophobic, the innumerable residents of the innumerable overpopulated worlds will inevitably spend at least one night of their lives dreaming of unpolluted air and untrodden toes. To spend one day without being physically stuffed shoulder to shoulder during work, rest and play.

2-Many settle, unwillingly, for virtual realities in many forms or the many surgical options that promise to dull the anxieties or remove concerns all together. For those with the means there exists one ultimate solution. Single subject expeditionary teleportation, one way.

3-For the cost of a single-use teleportation-shock-proof suit, a bag of survival needs, and joining two points over lightyears of cosmic mystery. Any single person of suitable fitness and regulatory agency satisfying reputation can be sent to an untouched corner of the most current probe charts. To a statistically-likely-to-be-liveable world that has never suffered a single penis enhancement e-mail or alternative energy marvel.

For a significantly reduced cost, pirates will make all the same promises.

Most people prefer the lobotomy to either.

4-The teleshock kicks some automation to life and incredibly dim lights wink on to no untamed alien landscape. A nameless protagonist drops her blown-out helmet to a bare cement floor and breathes a lungful of just-barely circulated air. Aside from tiny claws scrambling over metal, and the fading rumble of a shockwave bouncing back from corridors unknown, there is only her quiet breathing. It is a new and exciting sound to her.

She happily breathes in place, with no greater obligation than the need for air, and want of a better idea of what to do with herself...
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No. 901589 ID: ff82d2

This structure around you seem more than just a "statistically livable world". Inspect your surroundings. What do you make of this technology? Is that a rat scowling away in the passage to the right?

Does the excitement turn you on?
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No. 901590 ID: 094652

1) Retrieve bone from pouch.
2) Remove body from sheath-like suit.

3) Take the dildo out of your vagina already.
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No. 901591 ID: b1b4f3

>>901588
What kind of survival supplies do you have?

Start looking around to see what sort of place you've arrived in. Looks a bit dilapidated, but is that from simple neglect, or from being completely abandoned? Is that can freshly discarded or has it been there for a long time?
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No. 901592 ID: 33cbe7

Nice suit, you can use it as a mattress when you take shelter.
I saw a rat in that trashcan. Catch it and cook it. Ahh, nothing beats outdoor living!
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No. 901593 ID: ab52c1

Check out your kit and that big machine on the wall.
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No. 901595 ID: ad51b8

explore
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No. 901596 ID: debc40

Better give us a rundown of what you have and what you can do. What's your name, what was your job, and do you have any hobbies?
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No. 901799 ID: d49498
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901799

1- As she soldiered forth into the empty room to do a closer inspection, her battered protective suit began to shred off of her. Little pieces of punished impact foil falling from the burst quilting like confetti, and the heavy quilted sections themselves fell away, taking the rest of the bluish foil with them piece by piece.

Unknown: 'This room almost looks like some of the derelict city blocks back home... but this air circulation system isn't big enough, it looks like it's more dedicated to climate control than forcing breathable air around the building. The piping on the roof, only a few thin ones and that big fat one, I'm used to banging my head on the cables and pipes back home. There's no way this building was made to hold the same packed crowds I'm used to. There's very little here, as far as spooky concrete rooms go this is pretty poorly furnished.'

'A big rolling shutter to my back, no obvious way to open it, there's a locked box right next to it with cables leading down inside. A small open door with a few ventilation fans around it to my right, it looks like it leads to a stairway. A huge mechanical thing to my left, it looks like it opens but there's no control for this one either, just a little window in the front... I can't see anything back there. No light. Dark and smelly machine oil leaks out from under the huge metal gate too. The wall to the front of me is covered in thick condensation, this isn't normal liquid, it's almost like it's sweating some kind of thin, clear grease from this big globe in the cement, weird.'

'Whatever was running away has already escaped through the right hand door, I can't even hear it anymore. Just a whiff of vermin from the doorway, and a... hint of antiseptic and exhaust fumes drifting up the stairs?'

'The garbage around the room is... inconsistent? All of it's worn and obviously very old, a lot of the paper has been reduced down to blank and brittle patches stuck to the floor. This can has been opened more recently though, there's still a sticky fruity smell coming from it, even though the label is just a colourful smudge now. It hasn't been leaking out, the tab has been pulled open like normal, the inside is still shiny.'

'I don't know if it's the excitement or... oh! My... uh...'



2- Suddenly stopping to peel off the last shreds of foil from herself, revealing a simple and not terribly flattering under suit, she unslung the satchel and quickly glanced over the inventory. Immediately disappointed to see there wasn't another set of clothes, she'd have to shake the busted foil out of the under suit and make do.

The shoulder bag was made to last, it was still sturdy unlike the suit, though the foil in the quilting felt clearly depleted.

1x Bottle of water. 'Still sealed with a little piece of metallic tape. It's a large enough bottle, I'm sure I'll find more before I run out.'

2x Ration packs, each enough food for one day. 'Beef stew, or beef curry. These look pretty small, I don't think I could stretch them out longer than intended. Luckily I kept my lunch down, so I should be alright for today.'

1x Telecrash Emergency Medical instructions. 'Required for all teleportation survival packs, in the event of a suit failure on arrival. The pages are made of rubbery plastics that self-illuminate for an hour when they feel the landing shock... it looks like I don't have any of the symptoms. Perfect health. I can probably get rid of this.'

10x Kipple. 'Hey, they took all the little bits from my pockets and stuffed them in one of the sections here. Some stationery, little widgets I was carrying around. I guess I could find use for some of this stuff... you never know.'

1x Survival Computer, repackaged. 'I've heard of these before, but never used one. It's like some kind of basic smart device made of flexible stuff. The power never runs out somehow. This one was partially pre-programmed for me, it's got expanded software, and when I look through there are info tags for the items in my satchel already. Voice control only, bring light function, heads up display. The help manual just repeats the three main features in a couple different languages. And they left the lanyard in the box. I don't know what the extra info it's showing me means, it's all in shorthand.
This doesn't need to take up a whole section in the bag, I'll throw away the packaging and carry it.'


0x Bone. 'No bones, it'd be unlikely the beef in the rations even came from a real animal.'

'Oh, and...'


3- Opening the small front zipper and rolling down the thinner suit, she retrieves one final item.

1x Broken vibrator. 'Damn, it looks like regular batteries really don't survive the teleporter, at least they didn't explode or something. The rest is still in one piece. My favourite style, reminds me of that time I was in the dorm full of... huh, I guess I'll never get another Christmas card from them again.'

Suddenly the Survival Computer flashed on the floor, it couldn't really vibrate, but managed a buzzing noise through simple speakers.

4- When she lifted the clear sheet to her face it flashed once, brightly. An unflattering snapshot of her face appeared in a little box on the screen. Images and windows on the clear pane appeared like pieces of tracing paper suspended in acrylic, the plastic shell could illuminate but the display only coagulated images inside, it didn't project them.

'Oh no, I don't even know how to change that, at least there's nobody around to see it. This kind of looks like a profile, there's a section for a title, a uh... picture, a section for notes. Also some of those numbers from before, but two have changed.'

'I could fill it in, but does any of that really matter anymore? My old designated alphanumeric code, my old job in supervision. Where I watched different screens in different rooms day by day, waiting for the crush of workers to break something, slack off, or trample each other to death. I barely had a minute to be myself. Not enough room to be special there.'

'I could be a whole new person now, tabula rasa, almost.'

'But who am I now. Should I even bother to fill it out, who would ever read it.'


She stands, holding the bright little screen in the dark, with her thin suit half rolled back up to her chest. Left to her thoughts as a little cold began to creep through to her skin...
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No. 901803 ID: 33cbe7

>Dick stat lowered
>Storage capacity raised
Try to open the door behind you.
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No. 901809 ID: 93f082

This is a lot to process.

>locked box
The shutter does seem to be connected to the locked box next to it, so perhaps opening that box could lead to a way to open the shutter. But let's leave that for later.

>A small open door
Definitely the way to go once we're done with this room and prepped up.

>grease
Get some of that grease in your hand and see what sort of smell and other properties it has.

>set of clothes
Remove whatever foil and useless parts of your suit that you can and wear what's left. If there's not enough usable stuff then improvise. Btw, how are your boobs doing?

>Survival Computer
This seems pretty important. I'm not sure what that "bring light function" means but, for now, I can guess there's 3 purposes to this gadget:
- It shows our stats
- We can talk to it and maybe get some answers to our questions
- If we point it at a person, it will show their stats
We should definitely try to figure what those A D S C R abbreviations stand for, so I think we should try talking to it, perhaps by using voice commands such as "help", "menu", "options" etc, and find some sort of explanation there.

>two numbers have changed
Masturbate for like 10 seconds and see if that changes any stats. Use the grease if it helps heh.

>Broken vibrator
I'm sure we'll find something better for the purpose as we progress, so as far as I'm concerned, this item can be discarded. The rest of the items you should leave in the bag for now.

>a section for a title
Doxy
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No. 901815 ID: fd0bee

An electronic survival manual is a great tool to have, I just fail to see a reason to use it as a social media profile. What will this thing connect with anyway? Writing your data will have to wait until you have nothing else to do.

Currently you are an alien in a civilized world. Inevitable you will need to interact with inhabitants of this world, but since you know nothing about them you better avoid contact until you learn some basic information.
First thing to do is secure temporary shelter. This container could be adequate but the garbage and functional air refrigeration system lead me to believe your presence will be prematurely discovered if you stay here for too long.
Your priority should be finding out if you can safely consume the same kind of food the natives do. Unless your inventory includes something capable of detecting toxins there is nothing you can do if a certain food is lethal to you in any quantity, so let's hope this isn't the case. Assuming less fatal intoxications, you can eat small amounts of local food between your safe rations to see if it make you sick.
There must be a way to learn about the natives from a safe distance. First contact will go much smoother if you can learn their language prior to the encounter. Get anything with write words you can use to figure out what they mean by the context, including packages from the garbage.
When you are ready to leave pack all your stuff, including the trashed suit, and go see where that open door leads you.
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No. 901825 ID: debc40

Seems like a reasonable chance there are other people around, and the state of the place suggests maybe they're lacking some things. Keep anything that anyone could possibly want to trade for. Of course, trade presumes it's not possible, or troublesome, to just take. Got many defensive options? If you lived in such crowding I have to assume you've been in at least a couple of fights in your life.
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No. 901866 ID: 094652

Roxy Reefer
Adventurer

BTW are you calling this computer a PDA or a Phone? Either way, look for the survival analysis map app, see if you can scan beyond doors and stuff.
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No. 901877 ID: b1b4f3

>>901799
>label is colorful smudge but has been opened recently
Sounds like scavenged food. Hope you didn't arrive in a post-apocalyptic world.

>it's cold
Mildly concerning. Might want to start walking to find shelter and a source of food/water, but if I were you I'd familiarize yourself with your new computer first. Maybe see if you can take a better picture with it.

Also keep the health manual. The material it's made out of could be useful.
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No. 901883 ID: b1b4f3

>>901799
>name, job
Helen, explorer
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No. 902197 ID: dae531

>>901803

Not necessarily, they could be a herm. Their vibrator could have been blocking it.
Additionally, we also haven't seen their chest size yet, so that is still in flux.
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No. 902344 ID: 3740b1

>>902197
Seconded for penis.
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No. 902347 ID: 93f082

>>902344
No penis plz. Also, the MC is referred to with a "she" so, as far as I'm concerned, the gender is already decided.
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No. 902361 ID: a6405f

>>902347
Now hold on there buckaroo, just because they have extra equipment, doesn't mean they aren't a she. Esp since they have a feminine build and feminine parts (which may or may not be their only parts).
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No. 902372 ID: b1b4f3

No extra dick shenanigans.
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No. 902375 ID: 864e49

Dick shenanigans! Count me in!
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No. 902376 ID: 094652

>>902197
Third
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No. 902457 ID: e3e99e

>>901799
I'm on board the herm train.

Follow the thing that ran off. Attempt to make contact.
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No. 902511 ID: 2202fb

Herm with or without balls?
(partial to "with" myself, since, assuming it is functional, that would make more sense, biologically speaking)

Also what chest size?
(voting for large, but not unnaturally so)
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No. 902512 ID: 2202fb

btw, is the sweaty ball biological? (biological computer perhaps?)
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No. 902513 ID: 2e0f31

What the hell are you all on about. unless that thing gets intergalactic internet coverage, worry about food/shelter now and social media profiles later.
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No. 902514 ID: 93f082

>>/questdis/125561
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No. 902536 ID: 2202fb

>>902513
Second post was about the huge ball that secreted the greasy stuff. It reminded me of a thing i read once upon a time where there was a huge fleshy ball that was a biological supercomputer. (first post was unrelated)
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No. 902543 ID: 2202fb

>>902511
I want to make it clear that this is assuming we do go this route, which we may not (and that is okay).
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No. 902806 ID: c9afbd
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902806

Re-inspecting the shutters to the rear, she didn't find much chance of getting them open right now.
'These metal shutters aren't going anywhere soon. Weird, they're rumbling, veeery slightly. I can't really make it out. Bad weather? I'd better leave it for now.'

Taking a close look at the strange spherical shape in the cement didn't reveal much more to her.
'Definitely cement, or at least something as solid.'
'This stuff oozing through is kind of unpleasant, it's almost like a bunch of different fluids that don't mix to well are leaking through different parts of the surface. Some oily, some watery, some sticky. Smells I just don't recognize, it's... totally alien.'
'I think I'll stop messing with it.'

She cleaned her palms of all trace of the slightly unpleasant secretions using the scraps of suit.
'Whatever it is, it's not doing anything more than be wet and drippy right now.'

With an extra pocket in the bag, she saw no harm in keeping her deceased sex toy around for a little longer, and took a few more minutes organise inventory and dust the last little bits of itchy foil from her body.
'If I throw this thing on the floor here I'm never going to feel it's clean enough to use again. I've got a spare pocket now that I've unpacked the survival computer thing anyway.'
She stowed her deceased sex toy in the final empty pocket of her carrybag. Bag now filled with, 1x B.Water, 2x Food, 1x T.Shock E.Kit, 1x Vibrator(unlogged), and a pocket of kipple.
'Well, most of this suit is just scraps now, I couldn't even salvage enough of it to make a shoestring bikini. The gloves and boots are made of sturdy rubber though, I'd better keep those. Plus the undersuit, it's not much but it'll give my chest a little support for now.'

Focussing some attention to the survival computer, she poked around the system with experimental voice commands.
'Survival Computer is kind of a mouthfull, I can't call it a Smartphone, it's not really a phone. I'll go with PDA for now, Personal Digital Assistant, sounds close enough.'
Profile item updated, Survival Computer renamed to PDA.
'That was easy enough, I bet I could get the hang of this thing quickly.'
Let's see...'

"Hello? Settings? Options...?"

Working with the fairly limited voice interface didn't reveal all that much more than different lists of voice commands that often had only heiroglyphic descriptions. The device itself seemed to take only the most simple instructions, light on, light off, and program selections, the individual programs pre-loaded onto the simple computer each had their own interfaces.
'The profile program is easy enough, camera seems to work mostly by itself and automatically records images of things the first time it sees them and puts them in a list of unknown entries I can browse and update later. I can't change those numbers though, they seem to be generated automatically... huh, the four numbers on my profile went back to 10. Fondling myself doesn't seem to do anything, even in front of the camera, the thing must figure all that out on its own. At least I managed a more flattering photograph. Simple as point and say click. Old one seems to be saved permanently though... dammit. Maybe I'll leave the rest of the info blank for now, maybe I'll feel a little more decisive later.'
'Each of the mystery stats has it's own profile though, weird ones separate from the unlogged or categorised items lists. It just has that single letter in the title bar, there's no room for an image and the bottom section is just... pages of encrypted nonsense. It just keeps going, and all the symbols are scrambled into obscurity.'

'It looks like I can get a list of software intalled on the PDA, just the three. Profiles. Then a much more cryptic one coming second that seems to just bring up a big magnifying glass asking for voice commands. There don't seem to be any words in it, no matter what I ask the search panel, it just gives me a list of different sets of numbers. It seems useless.'

'The third one is some kind of encyclopedia, but it doesn't seem to be any different from the digital labraries back home, all the same books and public records, no new ones. It's different from the other two, the interface has a nice commercial design and all kinds of clear instructions. That's kind of comforting. No info for my current predicament, but at least there's intructions for how to do basic things I could need. Sadly it's no instruction manual for the other software though.'

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No. 902807 ID: c9afbd
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902807

She shivered, sighed, pulled her simple protection from the elements back over her chest then slung the packed bag over her shoulder. It was time to move on, there was little left to pick over in this little slice of concrete wasteland, and the chill was getting a bit cruel on those exposed nipples.
'Well, the empty cans and packaging around the place looks familiar enough, even if I can't make out the branding. That can could have come out of any old vending machine back home, by the looks of things. I'm sure there's more around... among other... things.'
The room felt a little quieter, the cold pressed down on her back a little more.

She marched forward into the only open door she could see, until interrupted by the flashing of the PDA, which now made a slightly different alert tone. A clean bell ringing until she brough the device up.

The screen showed only the magnyfying glass from the second program again, venturing through the forward seemed to have irritated it, as she took a couple more steps into the stairway the screen only started blinking, ringing, and flashing more insistently.

'What the heck do you want...?'
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No. 902810 ID: 094652

Your PDA is making loud noises to get your attention. That's an indication of danger, so try finding a different route.
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No. 902817 ID: 93f082

It seems to be detecting something. Some environmental hazard perhaps.

My suggestions (in order of preference):
A) Nothing to worry about, it's just a tentacle trap. Ignore the warning and walk up the stairs.
B) "lights on", and look around if you notice anything suspicious. Open the scanner app and check if it's got any new info to show. If it's still only numbers then, well, nothing to do but to ignore the warnings and keep moving on.
C) Turn around and try your luck with the box next to the shutter. Perhaps you can find a sharp object in your kipple that could open it.
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No. 902820 ID: b1b4f3

>>902807
Stop. Turn the light on, look around.
Ask it to "search" or "scan". Maybe try asking it for a threat listing?
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No. 902832 ID: 2202fb

Make finding duct tape (or whatever analog you can find) a top priority. Strong tape is crucial to just about anything you may try to do (seeing as you dont have welding, soldering, sewing, bolting, riveting, or other attaching tools).

Is that hair or a horn?
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No. 902836 ID: ad51b8

"scan?"

maybe it's picked up something, kinda like how a metal detector beeps a lot when it's over metal.
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No. 902903 ID: 864e49

Maybe it wants you to take pictures of this alien place before you leave?
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No. 902920 ID: 2e0f31

Scan the doorway for tripwires or other hidden dangers.
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No. 902948 ID: 2202fb

You have a tooltip!
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No. 903644 ID: c9afbd
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903644

"Lights on."

The little light in hand made a big difference. Colour vision was restored, though there was still very little to see yet. A small set of bare cement stairs lead down to a little utility nook with a deep stairway at the back. Her own very certainly stylish hair also easier to make out in the light.
'Well, it's safe at least. Though I wouldn't eat off of it.'
'A little old cabling and some buckets stacked in the corner, but it's all so old that the plastic has begun to collapse in on itself. There's nothing of use in this little room.

'This incline is pretty steep and there's rust all over the stairs, but they're sturdy. Nothing dangerous yet.'
'There's those smells again, getting a little stronger, like a hospital mixed in with a dirty old motor. It's blowing right up the narrow stairway.'


She navigated the voice command interface on the PDA, after she began interacting with it again it had stopped complaining.
'None of the numbers in the profile and inventory program have changed, in fact it doesn't seem to be looking for attention at all. This second one with the magnifying glass screen is the only one actively doing anything.'
"Scan...?"

The small 'mouth' icon that advertised the mysterious search screen's voice command interface vanished. Replaced with a simple animated 'waiting' icon that blinked for a moment while she spoke, which was then replaced with a simple representation of a spinning radar display in the ring of the icon, just like from the movies. The plastic grew slightly warmer, even moreso than it did when the light was first turned on. A completely new screen of numbers showed up for a split second, too fast to make out, before a large red X covered it, the program then returned to the magnifying glass, and the device cooled down again.
'I... guess it's looking for a different input, that seemed to get halfway there though. Maybe I just need to be more specific?'

She sighed, slightly more frustrated, slightly more excited, peeking over the edge of the handrail at the stairs below. She could see it went down a few floors, maybe even more, many many more. She got a little vertigo, but the handrail held her weight well...
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No. 903650 ID: b1b4f3

>>903644
"scan for threats" or "scan for movement"?
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No. 903651 ID: deec6e

>>903644

Guess we gotta figure out what it wanted.

"Scan me." "Scan area." "Scan room." "Scan IFF." "Scan for energy." "Scan this metal." "...Scandalous?"
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No. 903656 ID: 93f082

Heh, this PDA is so frustrating to use.
"Scan air", "Scan atmosphere", "Scan for life", "Hazard scan"... we could sit here all day trying to figure out what this app does. Or maybe it doesn't do anything - the reason for that red X being the lack of internet connection.

Anyway, try those and then climb down and if nothing points to extreme danger.
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No. 903657 ID: 2202fb

"help"
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No. 903662 ID: 05ff2f

Try "scan for electromagnetic emission sources." This should catch not only any radio transmitters that may be nearby but other EM sources like electrical transformers or high voltage lines. Failing that, try "scan for radio signals" to narrow it down to something this annoying PDA might be capable of doing.

Also, "scan for hazardous radiation sources" would be a good one to do. That'll pick up anything like nuclear waste or fuel who's containment has failed or a active nuclear reactor with damaged shielding, all things you'll definitely want to avoid.
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No. 903673 ID: 2e0f31

Scan for electrical activity. Also, grab that extension cord.
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No. 904068 ID: c9afbd
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904068

Unfortunately the length of extension cable, like the other dregs left upstairs, was too decrepit to be carried along, it began to fall apart when handled.
She hiked down the stairwell, every second landing had a doorway, but each one was either bricked over or welded shut. All the while speaking to the brightly glowing device, which refused or drew blanks on command after command.
'Atmosphere, hazards, radiation, life... all blanks. It just gives me a single row of zeroes, but at least that's better than a big red cross.'

Until she came to the first open doorway, what looked to be the only open doorway for the next few stories worth of stairwell, a quick peek showing a couple more blocked entries further down. She stopped in the open entry, the actual door missing completely. Improvised spiked barricades barely visible in the distant hallway. The walls weren't bare concrete here, but plastered smooth then painted, and then spattered with bullet holes.
"Scan for electrical, or electromagnetic activity."
The little screen spun, warmed up, then spat out a new set of numbers. Finally.

'There we go. Four sets of three numbers, under an hourglass, an exclamation point, and what looks like a stack of shiny discs pushed to one side by the little speaker ring.'
'How this little thing figured these numbers out is anyone's guess, they could be exact measurements, they could be guesswork.'
'Maybe they're even wrong.'


She quieted, lowering the light and listening down the hall, there was a slightly stronger breeze in this hall, the air was a little fresher.
'I guess I'll have to pick one and see what happens...'
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No. 904073 ID: 7816e7

wow this room's chewed up by bullet holes, better be careful. check out the sign above you, maybe your PDA has some kind of translation software available? Try telling it to translate
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No. 904080 ID: 93f082

Hmm. The first question about these numbers would be, are they related to the icons? If not, then maybe these are some sort of coordinates. But if these numbers are related to the icons above, then my guess as to what they mean would be:
Hourglass icon (something related to time): Use Duration or Cooldown Duration?
Discs icon (something related to battery or storage): Use Duration, Storage Consumption?
Exclamation icon (something related to danger or warning): Chance to Fail, Intensity, Warning something something
Oh, we can select one of the 4 number rows? If we can select one of them, then either we're selecting a scanner type, a value type, or one of the electromagnetic sources.

Anyway, pick the second one, 9.7.14. If nothing too interesting happens then proceed down the hall.
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No. 904087 ID: bad12e

>>904068

Could be coordinates of some sort, could be frequencies and amplitudes. Even measurements of general interference. Could be a lot of things with electromagnetism.

Also it definitely looks like we teleported into the remains of a massive warzone.

Let's follow the fresh air, for now -- try to make our way outside, figure out where we even are.
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No. 904089 ID: 2a7417

Go towards the highest number, it's either closest or strongest.
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No. 904096 ID: b1b4f3

>>904068
Pick the first one. 20 either means an immediate threat or a very far away one and we need to know which.
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No. 907769 ID: 1d9a0d
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'Luckily the signage here is pretty readable. It looks like old computerised glass, really old glass, it's run down to the point it's gone a cloudy green and the display is frozen halfway through showing whatever was ticking accross it.'
'Unluckily, the rooms nearby are picked clean. I already came from the "EMERGENC" exit, and the UTILITY side rooms are filled with furniture so old there's nothing left but rusty pipe frames collapsing under their own weight.'
'There are a lot of bed frames in there, but I don't think they've seen a mattress in a long time.'


'There's not much else I can do now. This scanner's probably the best lead I've got, whatever it's going to do.'
'So.. the first option has the biggest number up front, there's really only one way to figure out what these really mean from here. Here's hoping those aren't hours of walking time.'


"Select... option 1?"
The little palm full of glowing plastic thankfully responded right away this time. It returned to the magnifying glass, the spinning 'radar' popped in, and the needle stuck in one direction, pointing further into the dark hallway. Three numbers from the previous screen hovered off to the side, none changed.

'Ok, no inspiring phrases come to mind.'
'Please don't be spiders?'


The little black wedge reoriented itself as she turned around, and she followed it into the shadows. The halls wound around, there was a maze of looted rooms and blocked hallways, but the little black marker lead the way around locked doors and cieling high barricades with surprising reliability.
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She eventually turned a corner to find a larger junction, with sets of doubled stairways leading in different directions, one partially blocked with metal barricades, the other weakly sealed with hanging plastic sheets. However, before she can begin picking through the details, something scrambles into the middle of the light.

A blur of white fuzz and scratching claws made it half way accross the hall before coming to a sudden halt, the moment its pink eyes stared right at her the little screen in her hand took a photograph, made a new entry, and displayed four numbers next to the snapshot.

The slightly runtish, albino rodent, quickly grabbed at a buckler-looking mess of rusty metal than hung from its hip. Scruffy body compressing like a steel spring.

It does not speak anything intelligible.
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No. 907775 ID: b1b4f3

>>907770
Looks like the first number in the scan gives relative distance. Like "time to reach". I'm guessing the third number is how strong the reading is, and the second one... not sure. Area maybe?

>a ratman approacheth!
Should've picked up a weapon. Try backing away slowly.
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No. 907778 ID: 7efe6b

When you were moving, did any of the 3 numbers on the scan change?

A = Attack, D = Defense, S = Special, C = Constitution ...maybe.

Pull out your trusty dildo and take a defensive posture. If it attacks you, prepare to evade and counterattack.
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No. 907780 ID: b1b4f3

>>907778
S is probably speed and C is charm/charisma.
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No. 907784 ID: 7efe6b

>>907780
S is Swag and C is Chutzpah
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No. 907794 ID: 3740b1

>>907778
+1 for going en garde with your dildo.
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No. 907806 ID: 080aaf

Well, the good news is, this metal hellscape still supports life!
Grab one of the barricades and play lion tamer with the rat before bashing its head in.
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No. 907816 ID: 1872dc

>>907806
Those things are massive. The bed frames in the other room are weak enough that maybe she could grab some pipe off it, or do the lion taming with those.
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No. 910373 ID: 396f54

Grab a pipe or something sharp, we might have to stab or bash its head in, cuz that thing don't look too friendly.
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