I see a key on the body!

God, what the hell happened to that poor fellow?

Snatch the keys and, as much as I hate to suggest this, dive into the heads to hide. Even if it's a friendly coming our way we don't want to surprise them in the dark (is case they have a weapon). Best to just hide.

Get the key and dive into the pile of heads, yes.

Put the body back in the safe, then hide.

Herbert 2010/10/23(Sat)12:29 No. 247127 ID: 6d1860
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I can't cram the body into the safe in this short time, so I just grab the key and crawl back between the heads. The steps are louder now. They seem to come from the other side of the wall of skulls.
Some wet heavy objects are dropped on the floor and the visitor leaves, loudly scratching the doorframe during the process. I can hear some of the heads shifting above me, before it is quiet again.

Herbert 2010/10/23(Sat)13:33 No. 247137 ID: 6d1860
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When I'm sure to be alone again, I climb back out. Somehow I have to get to the other side of the heads. I probably have to climb, although this won't be easy with my broken leg.

>>247137
Stack stuff to aid in climbing.

See if you can find stuff around you that can be used to help you with the climbing. Like, see if you can move the table the body is strapped at.

I guess that that fails, you could release the body from the table and pile it up, along with the corpse that was in the safe on top of the heads, to make a DISGUSTING CORPSE PILE aid you climbing up.

eat your way through

Herbert 2010/10/24(Sun)09:36 No. 247519 ID: 3fef4a
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Although I must have great talent in standing on the corpse piles of my slain foes, I am glad to see, that I am able to move the tables. You just can't stack every corpse you find along your way and then stand on top of the disgusting corpse pile. They have to be your sworn enemies or else you're just impolite.

There are two tables only one occupied. I'm going to use the empty one for my cunning escape plan. Climbing over the heads should now be managable.

>>247519
Excellent. Dragging this table probably made a lot of sound, though - pause for a moment and listen to see if anyone is coming before climbing over.

>>247519
Awesome. Let's continue on... unless there's something we haven't inspected? I think we've pretty thoroughly combed over the place.

Oh, a good thing to do would be to wait for a second before climbing over the heads. Don't want to run into Tall Dark and Monstrous.

>>247519
>>247528

Now that you mention it, we havent had a look at those test tubes. Im not sure if they'd be any help to us, though. Unless one was a strong acid, or food.

Herbert 2010/10/24(Sun)11:35 No. 247552 ID: 3fef4a
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The test tubes are all clean and empty. They must be storing the chemicals somewhere else.

I guess if there's nothing else to do here, I'll climb back now.

>>247552
Erm. If the thing next to the trash can is the computer, what's the thing to the right of the monitor? For that matter, what's that thing in the upper-left? There's a triangle symbol and a box on top of the shelves.

>>247555
WE GOT WHAT WE NEED LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

>>247552
Let's skedaddle. Isabel is in mortal peril!

Herbert 2010/10/24(Sun)20:18 No. 247822 ID: 01247d
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There are some machines standing on the table, but we don't have the time to examine them. We have to save Isabel.

I climb back to the room I came from. Should I head straight back? Or is there something you think I should investigate prior to my return?

>>247822
Straight back up.

We could try the number pad, if our friend thought to write that passcode down we might as well see what's in there while we can. We could look inside rather than going in, if possible, so we would be close to the vent.

It could lead to Isabel, and if Happiness is waiting in there it's not like it could fit in the vent.

We might not be able to come back here to try it again, since the passage is blocked and Happiness is hanging around.

>>247822
Check the blood trail in the other room real quick. The monster just deposited a head so that corpse is old now.

>>247878
I'd like to see that room, but... Are you capable of running back to the vent in your current condition, Herbert?

Herbert 2010/10/25(Mon)11:29 No. 247988 ID: d090ad
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I don't think I really am able run anywhere, but I should be able to get back to the vent before anything happens as long as I just peek through into the rooms. Carefully I sneak through the hallway.

I stretch myself to reach the number pad.

Herbert 2010/10/25(Mon)11:30 No. 247989 ID: d090ad
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The door slides open. It's even colder in here than in the other rooms.

>>247989
How the hell did that head get in here? First, look up to make sure nothing's about to ambush you. Second, get some food packs. Third, check the other room real quick.

Yes, make sure there isnt anything in there to kill you and stuff as many food packs as possible into your bag. Dont take your eyes off that head or the door. Check the cupboards afterward, and get the hell out of there.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)02:32 No. 248366 ID: 011b60
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I take as many food packs as my bag can carry, while cautiously watching the single severe head.

The cupboard is closed, but with the help of the keys we just found I am able to open it. It's filled with vials containing various chemicals.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)05:25 No. 248409 ID: 011b60
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I walk back to investigate the other room.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)05:26 No. 248410 ID: 011b60
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The blood-trail vanishes in the darkness behind the broken glass.

think we are done here, let's head back.

Can to get a closer look at the cmputer mointor and the broken glass. See if there is any residue runnig off of it.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)06:21 No. 248435 ID: 011b60
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I don't want to go into this room any further than necessary. If something would surprise me in here, I wouldn't be able to return to the vents fast enough. Also nothing appears to have changed since we've last been here, except for the blood trail.

I glance to the monitors, that still show he same rooms. For a short moment there seems to be a movment on the one, showing the hall behind me. I whirl around but nothing is here.

Maybe my nerves were playing a trick on me and all I saw was my own movement caught by the surveillance camera. Maybe it would be best to head straight back before somehing bad happens.

>>248435
Yes. You have the keys, you also have food. Return. Maybe close the keypad door first if it will so that anything on a mindless rampage won't trash the place.

>>248435
Let's get out of here.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)10:50 No. 248478 ID: 011b60
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I crawl back through the vents as fast as I can. The flashlight dies after the first half, but the way is simple enough to find it in the dark.

I arrive at the corridor. The once closed door is now slightly ajar and the assistants voice wispers to me from gloomy room behind it "Finally. Hurry up and come in here."

>>248478
Enter yon door.

Tell her you found the keys and give them to her, and offer her a food pack. Dont give more than one or two for now, though.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)13:22 No. 248513 ID: 011b60
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I enter the room and the door slams behind me.

>"Do you have the keys?"

"Yes, and I also have something to eat if you want."

>"No. Just give me the keys and we'll be out here in a few minutes."

awwwwwww fuck nuggets. she isn't herself anymore. there is a ... chunk in front of the book case behind you. calm reach into the back pack and instead of the keys grab a food and then swiftly throw it into it's face.

>>248513
Out of here? Like, out of the facility? But we need to find Isabel!

What's that thing on the floor over there? Also ask how she knew where the corpse was.

>>248514
Protest that Isabel is still in there, but dont do anything too violent or drastic. Ask her why she's in this room.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)14:27 No. 248538 ID: 011b60
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"Out of here? But we have to find Isabel first."

>"Yes that's what I meant. Give me the key and we'll find your friend in no time."

"Why are you in this room?" I ask.

>"You took a long time. It's not safe to just wait in the gangway."

Slowly I take my bag and pretend to search for the key, while tightly grabbing one of the food rations, ready to throw it, in case she tries to attack me.

"I was wondering," I say, as I slowly take off my bag and pretend to search for the key, while tightly grabbing one of the food rations, ready to throw it, in case she tries to attack me,"how did you know where exactly the corpse was anyway?"

>"... well... that's because... I just assumed it would be where the accident had taken place."

In the corner of my eyes I see a crumbled piece of paper lying on the floor in front of the bookcase.

>>248538
Eh, hand over the keys. Then check out the paper.

Oh, and tell her that there was a pile of severed heads you had to work your way past to get to where the body was, so the monster was apparently using it as a nest or something.

Also say it was not perfectly safe and we're not happy that she told us it was.

tell her to stand aside and let a gentleman unlock the door.

>>248544
That's a good idea, suggest you unlock the door so the kind lady wont get jumped by anything.
And ask why the corpse was in a safe.

also, when she talks again watch her mouth. if it doesn't move then she it absolutely evil now.

Herbert 2010/10/26(Tue)15:33 No. 248564 ID: 011b60
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I watch her closely as she slowly approaches me, but I can't find anything strange about her. "This was dangerous. You send me right into the monsters nest. I had to climb over severed heads and retrieve the corpse from inside a safe. Why did you tell me this was harmless?"

>"How should I know all that? I'm just a simple lab assistant. I thought you just had to get inside and grab the key."

"Well, maybe I should open the door instead of you. Just in case there's any danger behind it. It is my duty as a gentleman to protect a young lady such as you." I say, while taking a step back.

>"You're currently not in the condition to face any danger."
She holds her hand towards me.
>"Just give me the key and everything will be ok."

get that table between you two.

...why is everyone being so paranoid? Remember last time you did something like this? You thought Isabel was 'being controlled by darkness' and it turned out she was just scared of the MONSTER.

Right now I would suggest just handing over the key and inspecting the piece of paper. What's she gonna do, stab you with the key? It's not like we're giving her our knife!

>>248572
It could be because of the dim lighting, the ominous bloody table, the paper in the corner and the face she was making when we first entered.

Either way, might as well give her the key.

...!

See if any of the keys fit your mask before you give them to her.

>>248615
No, hand her the keys and ask if she thinks any fit your mask. We dont want to seem any more suspicious around her or she might freak out.

Herbert 2010/10/27(Wed)14:25 No. 248933 ID: d07dc3
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I take out the key and before I'm even able to have a closer look on it, she grabs it out of my hands. She turns around and starts walking to a table in one of the room's dark corners.

"Hey, do you think one of the keys might open my mask?" I ask.

>"What? ... No, no. I don't think so."
She doesn't even look up as she answers me.
>"We can't be bothered with trivialities now anyway. I'm going to make some final preparations. Be ready for departure in a few moments."

Herbert 2010/10/27(Wed)14:26 No. 248936 ID: d07dc3
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She starts working something in the back of the room. I unfold the crumbled piece of paper. It's some kind of list.
>'Test 2.33 - failure - both subjects eliminated; Test 2.34 - failure - both subjects eliminated;...'
It goes on like. The only variations are the two last entries.
>'Test 6.35 - success - subject and avatar stable, increase of mental responses ; Test 6.36 - due to the stolen data, selftest will be preponed to tomorrow.'

>>248936
I wonder if test 6.35 is you? It sounds like 6.36 created the Monster due to someone doing the... whatever on THEMSELVES. Crazy fucker.

Inspect the trash can then see if you can find out what the lady's doing with those keys.

We've got eyes dont we? We can watch her while you check the place out.

Herbert 2010/10/27(Wed)17:05 No. 248988 ID: d07dc3
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I can't see exactly what she's doing. It seems as if she's gathering some stuff she's stored back there.

Just in case something strange happens you should have an eye on her.

I examine the trashcan. It's filled with a lot of other documents. All of them have been torn to shreds, but I doubt I would have understood what was written on them anyway.

Wait, why the fuck is that poster bleeding?

shit, yeah look at that.

Herbert 2010/10/27(Wed)18:33 No. 249047 ID: d07dc3
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The old cellotape breaks away from the wall almost instantly as I touch the poster, revealing what's behind it.

I think I speak for all of us when I say FFFFFFUUUUUCK.
Also, not to be an alarmist, but we ain't watching her right now. Replace poster, turn around.

Turn around, be ready for anything. And I mean ANYTHING.

god dammit, i TOLD you that something was wrong, but the rest of you thought everything was all a-okay!

Get the knife out, turn around and find out what she's doing.

>>249063
I think this is more a case of her being inherently bad, not being taken over by something! Sheesh. If you had just said not to trust her I might've been a little more cooperative.

>>249099
Dont let her see the knife, though.

Can't be helped. You were always a sucker for a pretty face!

Herbert 2010/10/28(Thu)12:42 No. 249350 ID: 675305
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I spin around grabbing my knife. But my hands stay empty. Damned, now I remember. I've lost the knife when I fell and broke my leg. Now my manliness is the only reliable defense left.

>"Could you come over here for a moment. There's something I have to do before we depart."
she says, her back still turned towards me.

>>249350
This is a horror fakeout if I ever saw one.

Tell her "sure thing friend" and head right on over.

Say "Just a moment!" and sneak out through the door.

>>249350
I support sneaking away. Let's see if we can get that knife back.

Herbert 2010/10/28(Thu)14:29 No. 249372 ID: 675305
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"Just a moment."

I grab you and sneak to the door. I press against it as hard as I can, but it doesn't move.

>"Where are you going? I've closed the door. We don't want any monster to come in here, do we. Now come here. Your bandage needs to be fixed or you'll bleed to death before we can reach the exit. I can help you. I'm a doctor after all."

>>249350
Grab your leg
"Sorry, my broken leg is having muscle spasms so I can't walk right now. What do you need, though?"

Suggest flipping on the lights, as the dark has you understandably on edge.

>>249372
Examine the bookcase. Maybe we can get the door behind it to open.

Herbert 2010/10/28(Thu)15:38 No. 249425 ID: 675305
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"Sorry, my broken leg won't let me walk at the moment. What do you want me to help you with?" I ask and try to move silently to the door behind the bookcase.

>"All I want to do is to treat your wounds. I have the proper materials right here. Also your leg appears to be working fine. You can't really sneak if your splint clicks with every step. Is there something wrong?"

"Well I'm just a little nervous in this dark room. Can't we turn on a brighter light?"

>"I'm sorry."
she says
>"I'm afraid I damaged the cables when I broke open the doors electric lock. But there's no reason to be nervous. I trusted you earlier, can't you trust me now? We don't have time for mutual mistrust, we have to treat your wounds and then head straight for the exit."

>>249425
"Sorry, dark places make me paranoid. I'm not one to fear the dark, but I've met some violently malicious shadows. Also, if you want the truth, some of them are shape-shifters, so I can't tell if you are you or an impostor wearing your skin."

Ask her where all the blood came from.

Herbert 2010/10/28(Thu)16:19 No. 249449 ID: 675305
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"Sorry, dark places make me paranoid. I'm not one to fear the dark, but I've met some violently malicious shadows. Also, if you want the truth, some of them are shape-shifters, so I can't tell if you are you or an impostor wearing your skin. There are other things that turn me suspicious. Where did the blood come from for example?"

>"Listen! The blood was already here when I entered this room. I worked down here and I know that there are no such things as shapeshifters. That's something they didn't invent yet. But I can understand that you don't want to believe me. I can understand that this place drives you mad and paranoid."
She stocks for a moment and I can see her shivering.
>"This whole place makes you see monster everywhere you look, but you can't give in to this fear. The monster down here don't have to betray you. They're faster and stronger. If they want to kill you they'll just do it. You can't face them alone. Currently I am your only friend down here. I only want to help you because I might need your help to escape again. PLEASE! TRUST ME!"

Grab us and try the door behind the bookcase.

Ask her to come into the light if all she wants to do is fix the bandage. She doesn't need us to come to her.

Just trust her.

She's the only one who can help you.

Tell her if your leg needs bandaging, her legs work fine, can't she come to you so you don't lose more blood?

OK you're considering distrusting her while trapped in a room by her design and otherwise helpless to her devilish machinations. There was a dire warning left not to trust her, but the one who left it has given you no more reason to trust him than this lab assistant has given you to trust her. Notice they both said they're your only friend. I say trust her, with your knife out. You can't take much more betrayal since you're nearly as un-ambulatory as we are. Tell her we're all scared right now and the best thing to do is just calm down and take things carefully.

>>249449
The last time you thought someone helpful was turning against you you dragged them out in front of our grinning friend and ended up poisoning them hiding in a barrel.

Hobble forth already.

Herbert 2010/10/29(Fri)04:22 No. 249632 ID: e04dc8
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"Well, we're all a bit scared. Why don't you come over to me. It's brighter here and you don't have trouble walking."

She stands there a moment before she answers.

>"Ok... I was just a bit grossed out by the blood there. I'll come to you, just wait a moment while I gather the things I've prepared."

There's a moment of silnce before she carries on.

" There's one thing I'm wondering about though. Why are you asking me all this stuff the whole time? You're much more intelligent than the others. A bit too intelligent. You should just be a dumb little puppet with a memory span of some hours. What makes you ask all those questions?"

well, those are separate. when we met you you showed you were already intelligent. just we are helping give direction to you.
so tell her "i don't know, was just self aware one day i guess, and remember waiting in my cell for many days. but the one asking he questions is my friend here."

>>249632
Don't give up too much on that, just say you don't know why you are the way you are.

Better stuff us into your pack and play dumb. She might take us from you. Also I'm pretty sure you said you had memories from a long ways back, before you got us.

uuh, is she putting eyes on her face? What is that?

>>249688
Glasses, silly. She wasn't wearing any before though. Strange.

>>249632
"I have vague impressions of the past.
I used to be... something. A person, I think.

I have another friend around here. She's some kind of... dog person, I guess. She got poisoned, and somebody kidnapped her while I was trying to get supplies to help her. I hope she's ok..."

Herbert 2010/10/29(Fri)16:32 No. 249848 ID: 3f3745
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My memory contains indeed far more than the last two hours and my intellect was always far above standard. I strain my thoughts to see how far into the past i can see. I remember growing up in the french monastery as an orphan with a mysterious past ostracised by the other children, who were afraid of my superhuman intelligence and strenght. I remember how I went out into a world full of adventure and learned about my royal heritage. And I remember the hate in the eyes of my evil brother when he threw me into his dungeon, where I had to battle terrible monster to save both you and Isabel many a time.

But it would be the best not to tell her too much and not to tell her about you. I don't want to put you into danger.

"I have vague impressions of the past.
I used to be... something. A person, I think. I don't know why, but I have been this way as long as I can remember."

She turns around and steps closer.
>"...Interesting. It's as if there's a part acting as an advisor inside your brain. Something that tells you what to do and which questions to ask, who to trust and when to flee... something they searched for all this time..."

Herbert 2010/10/29(Fri)16:32 No. 249849 ID: 3f3745
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>"I wonder if I could find this part..."

"even if you do you wont be able to use the knowledge you gained. the monster will kill you and you will have earned nothing.

>>249859
Well, the good news is that she probably didn't cut up Herbert, since that blood is the wrong colour!

...right?

>>249877
He bleeds black, so lets hope.

>>249849
"If a full team of scientists couldn't do it after this much time in a controlled laboratory setting then I really doubt you could do so here and now. Patience.
Oh, I've got a friend named Isabel. She was poisoned, then kidnapped, and I'm worried about her. Any idea where she might have been taken?"

Noo crazy lady, noo!