Suggestion 2009/09/23(Wed)17:04 No. 49939 ID: b94893
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Hmm. That's strange. Ikar just chased Little One into the woods. I hope she doesn't play too rough, Little One always was... well, little... One of the other Niras is probably nearby.

You realize you just lost sight of your daughter in a strange woodland area with potential hostiles right.

Continue towards the scout's camp. Perhaps Ikar took her back to his campsite.

>>49955
Why do you think he looks worried.

What is our location and surroundings?

Suggestion 2009/09/23(Wed)18:08 No. 49973 ID: b94893
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>>49956
Ikar's a good girl, that's exactly what she'll do.

>>49960
We're about a third of the way to a Clan Shigu fort. The Kishir Matadia mountains are to the west, we're currently in the eastern fringe of the Clan Shigu lands of the Tatola. The fort we're going to was a major headquarters back in the Reono-Shigu war a few years ago, luckily we weren't all that effected. Shigu scouts are known to patrol the area, recently it's been a group from the Nira tribe. I've run into them a few times before in my travels.

>>49973
You are being stalked. Move quickly and stay wary.

>>49973
What's that... thing, back there? Is that a sergal with an axe?

Look behind you!

>>49973

Better have that gun at the ready, Pops.

Suggestion 2009/09/23(Wed)18:49 No. 50004 ID: b94893
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>>49977
I AM!?

>>50005
BEHIND YOU

>>50005
BEHIND YOU

Suggestion 2009/09/23(Wed)18:54 No. 50008 ID: b94893
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>>49979
I'm not sure. It's amazing how the trees shade the area. I hope it's not one of those Agudner, they're not too happy with us joining Clan Shigu...

>>49996
I really don't want to waste any more bullets unless I absolutely have to...

>>50008
Behind you again! Eyes?

If that's a hostile sergal, you might have to use that gun again. We don't know if you have any other weapons, though!

Just... um.

Don't die. That's probably priority one.

>>50008

Better to have it out and not need it, then to not have it out when it could save your feathery ass.

>>50008
Yeah, but it would be rather pointless to conserve your bullets if that prevents you from living long enough to use the rest of them.

Just keep your gun out, try to avoid being spotted, and find some way to lose your pursuer.

Turn around, you fool!

Suggestion 2009/09/23(Wed)20:43 No. 50050 ID: b94893
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Alright, Alright!

I draw Sweetness, turn around and-!

well..he has his weapon shouldered. he might not be about to kill you.

>>50050
Well, it looks like the pointed end of the polearm is pointed away from you for the moment, so let's not have an itchy trigger finger.

Keep your weapon out, take a few steps back, and... assess the situation.

Say "HALT OR I'LL THUNDERBOLT YOU!"

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)21:57 No. 52153 ID: b94893
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>>50056
>>50058
I stand still a moment and let my head clear so that I get a good look around. Aruuchi Nira is standing before me. He looks happy to see me.

I must have been right in guessing it's the Nira camp up ahead.

Finger off the trigger liam, dont wanna accidentally blow your friend's head off.

>>52153

Guess you can put the gun away now.

>>52153
Put away gun, HUG SERGAL!

Seriously, how often do you get to hug the fluffy? Hug the fluffy!

Offer salutations.

Say "We should head to camp. Ikar and <insert yet unmentioned name of your offspring here> are probably there by now."

Proceed to camp.

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)22:12 No. 52158 ID: b94893
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"Paranoid, are we?" the Shigu Scout asks.

I put the gun away and sigh. Hugging Aruuchi, as much as he'd like it is not a good idea. I can't ever breathe when he does that, and the armor doesn't make it very comfortable nor fluffy.

>>52158

"Sorry, can't afford to take any chances out in the wilderness."

>>52158
Proceed to camp. Lament your inability to hug the FLUFFY.

Plot to hug the fluffy once armour is disposed of.

"I got jumped by a talyxian not long ago. We should warn the others they're in the area."

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)22:53 No. 52195 ID: b94893
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>>52160
"Tell me about it. Seems like the agudner have been actively hunting us lately. Pretty easy to lose them when we want to, though."

>>52182
"A Talyxian? That's weird. What you saw was probably a theif, I really doubt the relatively peaceful mountain-dwelling monks as a whole just decided to invade the Tatola, and if they, did, well, we'd crush them. They know better than to mess with us. What happened to the one that jumped you?"

>>52195
He met Sweetness.

"I thunderbolted him."

>>52195

"I offed him when he tried to hold my daughter hostage."

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)23:09 No. 52209 ID: b94893
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>>52203
"..."

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)23:10 No. 52210 ID: b94893
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"...You'd go far in Clan Shigu, Liam, if you ever decide to join."

Remain ambiguous about the kill's particulars, then.

"I don't want to fight often."

>>52210
I only killed him because my daughter was in danger. It probably traumatized her enough.

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)23:20 No. 52219 ID: b94893
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>>52211
"Stay a messenger and you won't. I admit, as a scout I don't get to fight as often as I'd like, but perhaps it's for the best. They say you live longer that way."

On that very ironic note, arrive at the camp.

Suggestion 2009/09/26(Sat)23:55 No. 52244 ID: b94893
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Aruuchi slows down a bit the closer we get to camp, and sniffs the air.

"This isn't right..."

>>52244
Better investigate, eh?

... see if Little One and/or Liam left any tracks you can scout.

>>52244
Weapons, arrows,.. blood?
Take it slow and careful.

Indeed. Check for tracks or signs of activity.

>>52244
The bloody knife is still on the ground. Little One hasn't arrived yet.

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)00:48 No. 52275 ID: b94893
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>>52245
I'm Liam!

Ikar and Hatch don't appear to be here. Either they haven't gotten here yet or they've left already.

Aruuchi is very clearly growling as he walks around the area. He finally emerges from behind one of the tents and very plainly says "Javinn and Kishi are dead."

If I remember right, Javinn is... well, was his wife's sister, but I don't remember who Kishi is.

There are some older sergal tracks and several fresher agudner tracks everywhere. I can quite clearly make out their hooves where the grass is thinner.

>>52275

Examine carving on tree.

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)08:21 No. 52299 ID: b94893
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>>52295
I have no idea what it means.

The first priority should be figuring out where the kids are.
The Sergal can scout around the camp for tracks and Liam can check the tents for any hints.
Both should should keep an eye open for any remaining enemies.

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)09:02 No. 52304 ID: b94893
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>>52302
I check inside one of the tents.

There's two bedrolls inside, but nothing else. Either the scouts travel light, the people who attacked them took it all already, or they managed to take most of their stuff with them.

Aruuchi comes up behind me. "Liam." he says. "Where were you headed? We've got to get out of here. It looks like one of the agudner had one hell of a rifle..." He swallows a bit before saying "Took the top part of Javinn's head clean off...

>>52304
So no signs or tracks of the kids then?
In this case you guys should probably start to look for them, no idea where to start though. Ask Aruuchi if he got an idea, he's the scout after all. Also ask him about the sign carved in the tree.

So he knows about guns. Wonder why he was surprised about Liam killing the talyxian, then.

Ask about the tree carving and whether the agudner took supplies.

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)10:32 No. 52321 ID: b94893
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Aruuchi says that the carving is a mark they use to let each other know of the route to take back to the fort in case of emergencies like this. Specifically, this one is used for some nearby ruins. He says that the ruins contain a tunnel that leads straight to it. Ikar knows the way to the ruins and the tunnel, if she sees this marking she'll lead Little One to us there.

There's no way to tell who took what.

He reassures me that these ruins in particular aren't haunted, though it's been a while since he last went through them.

He says we need to get moving.

>>52321
Nnngh. You're sure you're comfortable with leaving the kids unattended out there?

May as well get a move on, I suppose.

Can you find tracks for the kids? You should follow those instead, link up with them, then continue on together.

>>52321

Better get out Sweetness again, in case you get jumped. Let's move.

>>52321
Yeah, he probably knows best. Having military training and everything.
Be horrible concerned about little one anyways.
Got any own sings for her to leave on the tree? To let her know your ok for example.

>>52339
I modify the carving for Little One. I hope she sees it.

Should I do anything else before I head out?

Hide in the bushes to wait for the kids to come back. Don't stay out in the open in case agudner come back.

>>52386
You've checked for survivors, made sure Little One can follow us... there's not much left to do, unless you want to check to see if there's anything useful lying around.

You could pick up the bloody knife and cause a Time Paradox!

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)11:55 No. 52407 ID: b94893
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>>52386
(Oh wow, I failed. Here's the image.)

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)12:43 No. 52447 ID: b94893
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We arrive at the ruins around sunset.

It's apparently the entrance to a series of underground tunnels. Someone has erected a Clan Shigu banner next to the entrance.

>>52447

Enter in a cautious manner.

>>52447
The banner should be probably removed, the kids will know you're in the ruins and there is no reason to announce your hideout to random enemies.
Ask Aruchi what exactly he knows about the ruins.

>>52447
If the kids know well where it is, remove banner.

If not, leave it up.

Go in to investigate. Maybe there's more sergals here and there's a reason to have the banner up.

Suggestion 2009/09/27(Sun)14:24 No. 52560 ID: b94893
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The banner is a territorial thing, those things are everywhere around here whether the place is inhabited or not.

We head inside, cautiously, just in case it's a trap. I just hope Little One and Ikar are in there waiting for us...

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)17:31 No. 57427 ID: b94893
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Little One dreams...

Listen to it

Listen to it

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)17:41 No. 57447 ID: b94893
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But this dream isn't like a normal dream. Little One just sees darkness and brief flashes of a red dot...

Eventually a booming voice enters her mind.

"LITTLE ONE." it says. It doesn't sound like it's speaking to her, but coming from within her own mind.

"DO NOT WAKE."

...What will Little One do?

Immediately wake up.

It's a trick. Wake up.

don't wake up, we need to see what it's about.

Do not wake

>>57447

Stay asleep.

>>57447
Creepy ... right, see what it has to say. Be ready to wake up at a moment's notice, though. Because creepy. D:

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)18:15 No. 57513 ID: b94893
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Little One tries to "listen," and stay asleep, but once she starts focusing the thing seems to fade more and more away, and the harder she focuses the more she wakes up.

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)18:17 No. 57517 ID: b94893
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Little One also slowly realizes there are outside forces disturbing her slumber.

Or rather one pointy outside force.

That is in her nose.

"Hey." Ikar says. "Wake up! The sun's up! Come on..."

Hey, doesn't she know that saying that "you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose.."

>>57517
Glare.

Grab her foot and tickle it.

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)18:32 No. 57550 ID: b94893
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>>57522

Bite her toe.

>>57550
"You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose... but you can't pick your friend's nose."

>>57629
"...especially not with your toes."

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)21:03 No. 57763 ID: b94893
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>>57629
>>57672
Hatch: "Ikar... You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose, especially not with your toes."

Ikar: "Heeheehee! Well, I had to wake you up somehow... Come on, we got to get moving, the fort's still a day away."

Little One remembers that they ran off from the camp without a second thought, the only equipment they grabbed being the BLOODY KNIFE. It is now the following day.

Little One is also beginning to get hungry.

Tell Ikar not to stand like that while wearing no clothes.

Check the area for tracks and scent trails.

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)21:35 No. 57805 ID: b94893
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>>57765
Ikar: "What's wrong with standing like that?"

>>57782
You can't smell as well as Ikar probably can, but from the tracks, you can tell that Ikar's family passed through here recently, going the opposite direction. Ikar seems to be leading you back the way she came from the fort.

You're still hungry.

You still have nothing but the BLOODY KNIFE in terms of equipment.

>>57805
Forage for fruit and veggies. If Ikar knows how to hunt, perhaps she can use the dagger to kill a rabbit or something.

Also ask if this is the route that's supposed to be used in emergencies.

Ask Ikar if she can smell anything good to eat.

Look for nuts, fruit, etc.

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)22:20 No. 57842 ID: b94893
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>>57808
>>57813
Little One leaves Ikar the knife and tells her to wait there while she looks for food.

At first she looks for standard nuts and berries but then something FAR MORE DELICIOUS flitters into view.

>>57842
GET THE BUG. EAT THE BUG.
FEAST ON ITS BUGGY FLESH.

>>57842
It is delicious insect. You must eat it.

>>57845
Oh and share it with Ikar! They like to eat animals right?

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)22:39 No. 57854 ID: b94893
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>>57844
>>57845
Little One follows the bug waiting for it to land.

As soon as it lands she can pounce on it...

>>57854

Hey what's that orange thing?

Damn it, why does this keep happening?

Ignore the intruder. Obtain breakfast.

Suggestion 2009/10/04(Sun)23:07 No. 57866 ID: b94893
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>>57855
The Orange thing?

It's a tent.

You could have sworn you've seen this before...

>>57866
BREAKFAST!

FOCUS!!!

>>57866

Let's go investigate!

Pounce bug, carefully approach tent.

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)00:08 No. 57910 ID: b94893
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>>57869
>>57880
YES! The merchant can clearly wait, it's time to catch that bug!

Little One steps lightly and gets ready to pounce...

Why is there always blood!?

Breakfast abort, tree check, tent check!

>>57910
Okay now I think it's time to say

Why does this keep happening?! This is the worst road trip ever!

We will not be denied!

Get the bug! The corpse will still be there in ten seconds!

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)00:46 No. 57928 ID: b94893
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>>57912
Little One takes a step back and looks up the tree.

High up in the branches, she appears to have found the merchant.

>>57928
>Creepy occult symbols and crap.

... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

>>57928
Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
They should be long gone, look at the tent, get back to Ikar.

Oh, look, the cheerful merchant who sold us our cute hair clip.

And that's Ikar's clan symbol carved into its genitals.

That's just super.

Freak out. Foolishly run into the tent to look for survivors and to get away from Ikar.

>>57928
...Looks like a territorial disagreement to me. What a pity. Northerns don't like Southerns very much, you know...

Pounce bug. Investigate tent.

rolled 41 = 41

>>57928

Rolling a SAN check.

So is this TRAMATIZE LITTLE ONE QUEST?

>>57928
I liked the cute, nice sergal trader.

I do not like that no one can stay alive in this quest.

Sad times.

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)07:56 No. 57958 ID: b94893
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Ikar walks up behind Little One.

Ikar: "Oh hey! I forgot Dad hung that guy up there. Maybe we should cut him down and see if he's still good..."

"I knew that guy :/ "

>>57958
Why? He was a nice person! He was nice and he sold me this hairclip and talked to me like a person!

Why did your dad kill him? I HATE YOU

>>57958
Can bird monster cry? If so, do it.
Tell Ikar you don't eat people and be kinda hysterical about it.

cry

>>57958

"What is WRONG with you people?!"

Slap Ikar. You don't eat people. Aren't Fluffies and Dusties the same but just with different colors and fluffyness!

Freak out. Run away.

Hiro!J02Ujjg4Nw 2009/10/05(Mon)11:54 No. 58057 ID: 2819cf
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>>58055

>Ikar eats people
>slap ikar
no lets not do that.

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)13:32 No. 58085 ID: b94893
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>>57959
>>57961
>>57964
>>57967
>>57986
>>58008

Hatch turns around and shoves Ikar as her feathers puff up and she begins to cry.

"What's wrong with you people!?" she shrieks at the sergal girl. "I knew that guy! He was a nice person! What did he ever do to you!?"

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)13:33 No. 58086 ID: b94893
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Ikar grabs Little One by her clothes and pulls her to where she is within inches of her face.

Suggestion 2009/10/05(Mon)13:41 No. 58089 ID: b94893
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"He was a southern and thus an ENEMY of Clan Shigu, and THAT is what happens to the enemies of The Brutal General. They are killed, they are eaten, and they serve as an example to all others who would oppose us."

With that, she releases Hatch and walks over to stare at the merchant's corpse, glaring at it.

Little One has lost her appetite for now. Perhaps it would be best to not mention this again, or should she push further?

>>58089
She might get dangerous if you push it further and you're kinda helpless alone. Bring it up later, if at all.
Just keep your distance to Ikar for now and mourn or something.

"Why are southern sergals bad? Aren't they sergals too?"

>>58089
Let's... not inquire further, no. Ikar's only going to get worse in demeanor if we press it right now.

Gotta remember that she just lost a family member, too. It wouldn't be a good point to start confronting her about the Bloody General's... less than friendly demeanor.

>>58089

"...You really believe that? You really think it's okay to do this to people?" Motion to the merchant. "What makes them any different from you?! Don't they bleed, and laugh, and cry, and get angry, and love, just like you?! Why should they deserve to die just because of some dumb prejudice?! That's stupid! YOU'RE stupid! You're ALL stupid!"

Break down crying.

>>58089
Don't touch this issue with a thirty-foot pole in the future.
Find someplace quiet to have a good cry.

>>58089
Little One, let this be a lesson to you.

Sergals aren't like you. They aren't people. They don't love. They don't have happy times. They can't make friends. They can't enjoy anything aside from slaughter and death.

All they want, all the do, all they ever feel is bloodlust and carnage. You can never trust a sergal to do anything but size you up as a meal. They are horrible creatures and are terrible things that should be loathed and hunted down whenever possible.

Always keep this in mind, Little One.

Wait for her to look away, then run for it.

>>58089
Why does being southern make them an enemy? Why does the brutal general hate them so much?

>>58089
Say nothing. Ikar is your only guide to where your father is.

They aren't people but you sure as FUCK better ally yourself with them if you don't want to get your face ripped off.

Don't worry Little One, blood makes the grass grow. It's better to be the alive person standing next to Ikar than the dead person hanging from a tree.

Cry but go silent. It's clear she's not going to be talked into anything. You need to avoid antagonizing her until you have a good opportunity to run away.

Suggestion 2009/10/06(Tue)00:10 No. 58578 ID: b94893
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Little One doesn't say anything further as she starts to cry. She tries not to make much noise as Ikar walks off to go cool down. At least, Little One assumes that's what she's doing.

>>58578

Go to the tent. See what's inside. Use it as a sanctuary to cry to your heart's content.

Suggestion 2009/10/06(Tue)00:13 No. 58580 ID: b94893
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Little One decides to go into the merchant's tent so that she can cry more openly without the sergal girl watching.

It's not the best location, in the least. There are handprints in blood everywhere with something written next to each one, but Ikar can't read what they say. She tries to ignore them as the stress gets to her, and she just lets herself cry, missing home, missing her father and hoping that Ikar didn't just leave her alone in the wilderness. Never before has she felt so helpless and alone...

>>58580

Pick up long tubelike object. Wield as improvised weapon.

If the world wants to be a bitch, then it's time to make it OUR bitch.

Check the pouch, chest, and tube-like thing. Find letters from home in chest, become even sadder. Find one unsent letter TO home, become emotionally dead inside.

Child trauma quest is so much FUN!

Tuck your sorrow away in a place where it can fester and bore a hole in your soul.

Distract yourself by looking in the bags and such around you to look for food, supplies, or a weapon.

Suggestion 2009/10/06(Tue)00:52 No. 58589 ID: b94893
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>>58580
Fixed two of the names.

The two that were messed up were Allor and Javinn, the latter of which is obscured by Hatch.

>>58580
War gets even nice people killed. What's important is that your family is safe, and you have someone to travel with.

Remember that the sergals are little more than monsters playing at civilization. Your only hope is to just stay with the ones that are winning at the time, that's the only way to stay somewhat safe.

>>58580
Remember that dad tried to take you to those monsters and wanted to join them.
He's probably with more of them right now.

>>58636
Because they're far less likely to kill and eat you if they see you as useful or an ally.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)12:37 No. 59468 ID: b94893
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>>58636
SPEAKING OF DAD...

Aruuchi and I arrive at the ruins.

We look down from the entrance up the stairs.

Aruuchi says that it's strange, that red door's never been shut before.

I wonder if these are the ruins Dekustir and the other researchers were at.

>>59468
Check the ruins out then, let Aruuchi take point and ask him if he sees any other differnces to last time.
Is any of that tech stuff functional?

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)13:00 No. 59489 ID: b94893
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>>59483
Aruuchi stays up by the entrance, as down here appears to be a dead end. He keeps a lookout for any Agudner.

This glass thing has two buttons on it but I don't know what pushing them will do.

Press red and green buttons on box to the left. If that doesn't work, try to pry open door with your hands.

Green button first!

If that doesn't work check the vent grill to your upper left.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)13:32 No. 59507 ID: b94893
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>>59489
I push the green button and the glass lights up like a lantern, flickering a few times before a red shape fades into view.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)13:34 No. 59511 ID: b94893
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It looks kinda like Dekustir, only it looks like he's underwater.

Suddenly his voice comes from the glass, sort of, sounding like he has a heavy scarf around his mouth, though he doesn't look like he has one on in the image.

"What? Who's there?" he says. "Radou, one of the intercoms switched on. What the... Liam?"

>>59511
tell him you're inded Liam.
Ask what's going on and if they are behind the closed red door.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)15:52 No. 59672 ID: b94893
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>>59511
I ask him what's going on and if he's behind the red door.

"No, we're not behind the red door, you idiot." he quickly replies, "We're in the laboratory in one of the lower levels. As for what is going on, you and your damn sergal sympathizers nearly got us killed. Everyone else has evacuated and the rest of the facility is under lockdown, what in the name of Alh Mene are you doing here?"

>>59672

"Uh...Yeah, about that...I think we need to have a little talk."

Ask him what actually happened.

>>59672
What sergal sympathizers? We're joining with Clan Shigu.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)16:27 No. 59755 ID: b94893
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>>59680
"Talk? What talk? I thought you would be the one to deliver the message of our 'surrender,' or rather our annexation or whatever you want to pretty it up as. Or are you out delivering some other message?"

>>59698
You must be one of those very "special" voices.

>>59755

"Look, now's not the time for slinging words around. Something out there with a REALLY big gun wants me dead, and if I can't get this message out, then we're ALL fucked."

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)16:56 No. 59826 ID: b94893
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>>59784
"YOU might be fucked, but I won't be. I'm perfectly safe down here."

>>59755
Ask, again, what actually happened. WHO nearly got him killed, and how?

"You got a food-and-water machine down there?"

>>59826

"Alright, listen, asshole. While you're sitting on your ass munching crumpets and sipping sherry, I'm out here putting my life and the life of my daughter in danger just to get this little piece of paper to the right folks. And if I don't make it, then Clan Shigu won't consider us an ally. And we both know what they do to people who they don't consider allies. Are you prepared to be responsible for condemning everybody outside your little safety bubble to that fate?"

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)18:39 No. 60110 ID: b94893
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>>59830
"Yes, in fact, I do. Radou got it working three weeks ago."

>>59828
Dekustir smirks.
"There's been agudner and sergals moving through the higher levels all day. I locked down the facility and activated all the security drones. They should all be dead by now."

Aruuchi immediately moves behind me and snarls, saying "What are you talking about!? My family's here!? Where are they!?"

"Somewhere in the facility." says the red nevrean. "As I said, probably dead."

"You underestimate them, sorcerer." the sergal growls.

"Anyways." the nevrean continues, "I think we're done here."

"No, we're not." I say. "Listen, asshole. While you're sitting on your ass munching crumpets and sipping sherry, I'm out here putting my life and the life of my daughter in danger just to get this little piece of paper to the right folks. And if I don't make it, then Clan Shigu won't consider us an ally. And we both know what they do to people who they don't consider allies. Are you prepared to be responsible for condemning everybody outside your little safety bubble to that fate?"

Dekustir is a bit silent and then shakes his head, saying "Don't try to guilt me, Liam. This is your problem, not mine, I-"

Suddenly the screen cuts off from Dekustir.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)18:49 No. 60133 ID: b94893
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Another figure appears in the glass.

The door to the outside slides shut, and the door to the rest of the facility opens.

"You there." the figure says. "Nevrean."

Aruuchi backs up against the wall away from the screen. I take a step back myself and gulp. I hear the sergal whisper "Devil..." behind me, and frankly, I think he might be right.

"Come and see me." the black figure says. "I need you to deliver a message for me as well. You won't be leaving here until you do."

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)18:49 No. 60135 ID: b94893
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The glass goes dark again.

Well fuck. We're trapped. Brace for a dungeon crawl, and ask Aruuchi if he knows what's going on.

>>60135

Glance at Aruuchi. "...Who the hell was that?"

We best listen to the maniac... We don't know if Little Oneis trapped somewhere in this hellhole.

Aruuchi better get his weapon ready and stay sharp. You too.

Ask Aruuchi "What the heck species was that?"

One eye'd Devil Agundar?

There are those that are quite nasty. I recall the one that's as tall as a sergal with a hammer that could probably crush you.

Liam 2009/10/07(Wed)23:32 No. 60371 ID: b94893
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I look from the blank glass to Aruuchi and back again.

"Do you have any idea who or what that was?" I ask him.

"No." he replies, sighing as he says "I don't trust these magicians. You know that red one?"

"Yeah. His name is Dekustir, he's a young researcher of the lost Agudner technology."

"Technol... ah, right. The... things like this... thing." as he motions to the black glass, "And the guns."

"Right."

"I don't understand how it's not magic."

"Well... it's hard to explain. What matters right now is the person whose picture we saw. Do you have any idea who or what that is?"

Aruuchi thinks for a moment, and then shakes his head, saying "I don't think so. The horns are something only the agudner have, but agudner ones are usually shorter than that. And... the eye."

He purses his lips for a second before continuing, "Liam... Your people and the agudner always say there's no such thing as demons or magic. With all the things here... and the man in the glass... are you sure?"

>>60371

"The only true demons reside in the hearts of men."

Say "Ask me again after I've found my little girl."

Go into the dungeon.

Liam 2009/10/08(Thu)10:00 No. 60407 ID: b94893
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>>60376
"Ask me again after I've found my little girl."

Aruuchi frowns, saying "I don't know if I should hope the girls are in here or not..."

Now is probably a good time to prepare ourselves for the ruins. Is there anything we should do before going inside?

>>60407
Ask Aruchii to tell you everything he knows about the ruins, even even stuff he might consider unimportant. I assume you got a much better understanding of the technological marvels around here than some savage Sergal.
Also about the other Sergals roaming the ruins.

Examine the wreckage for useful implements.

Liam 2009/10/08(Thu)10:40 No. 60412 ID: b94893
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>>60409
"So, Aruuchi... What do you know about these ruins?"

"I know that they weren't haunted the last time we passed through here a year ago, and demons and sorcerers weren't living in it."

"Aru, Dekustir's not a sorcerer, he just knows how to use the ancient technology."

"So he knows how to use the artifacts that use magic."

"Well... yeah."

"I don't see the difference."

"Just... trust me. They're not sorcerers. They can't use it directly, only through the artifacts."

He frowns a bit, and then nods, saying "I suppose that is a key difference."

"Anyways... about the ruins..."

"Right. If we go one floor down and then go east for a couple hundred reks we'll come across an exit a short walk from the fort. It'll probably take a few days. Most of the ruins are just a series of tunnels."

"Anything else? Even unimportant things?"

"Not that I can remember."

"Hmm."

>>60412
So enter your doom, I mean the tunnels.
Aruuchi should get the privilege to lead on. He knows at least something about the ruins and he's big enough to trigger any traps that might be around. Just keep behind him.

Liam 2009/10/08(Thu)10:55 No. 60416 ID: b94893
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>>60410
There's a cylinder in here. Looks like metal with a red stripe across the top.

>>60416
Does it look obvious dangerous in any way? If not get it out, maybe use some kind of tool to avoid touching it directly.

>>60416
Any idea what it is? Does it look much like a grenade launcher round? Maybe a battery?

Let's take a chance and bring it with us.

>>60416

Let's take it with us. You never know when it may prove useful.

Liam 2009/10/08(Thu)12:23 No. 60495 ID: b94893
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>>60421
I don't know what a "grenade launcher round" is. It might be a battery like they had in the lab back home, though this is much bigger than the little coin-like things they had there.

It's heavy and feels pretty solid. I feel like I could probably chuck it at something with pretty good accuracy.

>>60463
Who should carry it?

I'm carrying:

SWEETNESS
NUT RATIONS
BULLETS (3)
TREATY
ROPE
TRUSTY KNIFE
TORCH

Aruuchi is carrying:
MEAT RATIONS
FIRE STRIKER
ROPE
UTILITY HATCHET
MAP
GRAPPLING HOOK
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
TORCH
BLANKET

Treaty's too important to potentially mess up. Have aruuchi carry it.

Yeah, the Sergal should do the carrying. Light torches if necessary and do this >>60415

Let's not have him carry the treaty, that's ours to deliver, not his. plus he's gonna be going first.

Liam 2009/10/08(Thu)21:20 No. 61105 ID: b94893
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I walk inside, Aruuchi follows. He doesn't seem too happy to see Dekustir on the intercom again.

"Liam." he says. "Radou can't get the drones deactivated. I can try to guide you to the drone control center but they might spook the savage. And ah, they're a little hostile."

"Savage?" Aruuchi glares at the intercom for a moment before shaking his head and looking elsewhere.

"What do you mean, a little hostile?" I ask him.

"I mean they'll probably try to kill you. The folks back home gave you a gun, right?"

"Well... Yeah."

"Aim for the head and don't be scared. We think these things were designed to scare off the savages."

"NOTHING scares me, you blasted canary..." the sergal growls from across the room.

"Yes, you tell yourself that." the nevrean in the monitor says under his breath. "Anyways. They look like ghosts. Don't let them see you and especially not for more than a second."

"Uh, Dekustir?"

"Yes?"

"I only have nine bullets."

"Then I hope you're a really good shot."

What an asshole. At least this intercom looks better than the last one. Maybe I should talk to Radou and Dekustir a bit more before continuing, the drones sound dangerous...

When we encounter Dekustir in person we must remember to put a bullet in his brain for endangering Little One. Smug bastard trying not only to kill a child but endangering the entire area with by interfering with the damn treaty.

Last thing we want is a Nevrean having killed one or more members of Clan Shigu in cold blood.

>>61105

See if there's anywhere in the facility where you can get some more ammunition.

Suggestion 2009/10/08(Thu)22:24 No. 61215 ID: b94893
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>>61132
It's starting to get pretty tempting. He hasn't directly killed anyone yet, he's more of an asshole than a murderer, though if someone dies due to his inaction...

>>61147
"More ammunition? Depends on what kind. Did they tell you-"

"Thirty-eight."

"What?"

"They said it was a thirty-eight revolver."

"I'll assume you mean a .38 calibur revolver. In which case, yes."

"Well... How can I get it?"

"You remember that smashed green thing in the entrance room?"

"Yeah?"

"If you can find an intact one of those I'll send you some."

"How?"

"It doesn't matter. It'd take too long to explain."

"...I see."

Hmm. Well, I suppose him sending me ammo is nice of him. Doesn't mean he's not a dick though.

>>61215
Is there no way to shut off the drones at all?

No, he'll only give you more if you find goodies for him. After you have to expend irreplaceable bullets on these equally irreplaceable combat drones, instead of using them for something actually useful.

The fucker. Stay mad at him. (How old is he, anyway?)

...presently, continue inside.

Suggestion 2009/10/08(Thu)23:13 No. 61282 ID: b94893
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>>61246
"Is there no way to shut off the drones at all?"

"Yes. I just said I'd lead you to the manual controls."

"Ah."

"Now is there anything else or can you stop wasting my time now?"

>>61253
He's... How old is he? Late teens, most likely. Those goggles cover like half his face.

>>61282
"I meant from your nice little bubble. Fine, let's go."

Liam 2009/10/09(Fri)16:24 No. 61802 ID: b94893
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>>61309
Alright, alright, I shut off the intercom and turn to the-

Liam 2009/10/09(Fri)16:27 No. 61804 ID: b94893
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FFFFFF There's one of those things in there.

It's scary as hell. It floats and makes this whirring sound with glowing green gas coming out of it.

Aruuchi and I quickly get out of it's direct line of sight but I think it's coming this way...

What do I do!?

Two shot rapid into the head of that monster

Is your trusty savage frozen with fear or still battle worthy?
What do you know about the drones? If they got ranged weapons take em out with your revolver, if not it might be better if you tell the Sergal to crush it with his halberd.

If possible, wait for it to come abreast of the hallway and then have aaruchi smash its head in. That way you don't have to waste a bullet.

>>61804

Shoot it!

wait

>>61817
This. Let's not waste ammo.

>>61845
We don't know how durable these defenders are and what they have for weapons. For all we know melee combat against them will doom us.

>>61852
If a single bullet to the head will kill it, then so will a halberd to the head. We have very limited ammo.

I'm sorry but letting something that emits green gas near you seems stupid, shoot it.

Liam 2009/10/13(Tue)21:26 No. 64569 ID: b94893
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Alright. I stand to the side as Aruuchi readies his halberd.

Liam 2009/10/13(Tue)21:27 No. 64570 ID: b94893
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Aruuchi hits the floating skull with his halberd. Hard. But aside from a few sparks, the skull just bounces away without seeming to do much damage to it.

Liam 2009/10/13(Tue)21:28 No. 64571 ID: b94893
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"SCREEEEEEEEEE!"

The uh... the thing looks pretty pissed off and it seems to have noticed Aruuchi...

maybe that was not the best of ideas, let's see if we can book it to the control room before something armed shows up.

Attempt to tackle it to the ground and fire a round into the "Eyes" hopefully it will be disabled that way.

also next time hit them with the ARMOR PIERCING SPIKE ON THE BACK, not the BLADE on the front.

>>64571

SHOOT IT! SHOOT IT NOW!

>>64571

Let me just say that YOU ARE FUCKED unless you manage to LOCATE A WEAKPOINT and FUCK IT'S SHIT UP FAST.

DOUBLETAP. TWO TO THE HEAD. WE'LL GET AMMO LATER.

Suggestion 2009/10/19(Mon)16:58 No. 66992 ID: 3d8e92
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I step up to help Aruuchi deal with the drone and just before I fire, it fires these little darts at Aruuchi's chest. They just ping off his armor, but they still make little lights like I've never seen before.

Aruuchi starts to adjust his grip while I focus my sights on the now slow moving skull. I... guess it's harmless? Maybe I should fire a round or two at it anyways...

Oh, and uh, Aruuchi seems to be pissed at it right back.

>>66992

Underestimating your enemy leads to death. Down the thing before it pulls out something with more punch.

>>66992
Warn Aruuchi not to touch the wires.

Shoot the thing.

>>66992

That's a Taser. Electrical Current runs through the wires to shock the victim.

Aim for the mouth. If it's shooting from there, there's got to be a weak point.

Or the eyes. Have Aruchi stab it's eyes.

>>66992
Either you or Aruuchi needs to break that. If those darts hit home in any flesh, the target is going down. Be careful.

Tell aruuchi to use the armor-piercing side of his weapon. Save your bullets.

Liam 2009/10/19(Mon)20:29 No. 67050 ID: 3d8e92
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I take aim and fire.

The drone blows apart with just a bullet. I casually open up the revolver and put a new one in from my satchel, keeping me at six bullets in the gun. Never know when you might need all six...

"Hey..." Aruuchi says as I do so.

"What?"

"You could have told me you were going to fire that thing. Scared me half to death..."

>>67050
Well, it's sufficiently dead. Apologize to Aruuchi, look over the wreckage if you want, and move on. Watch out for more of those.

>>67056
Have Aruuchi try and see if he could damage its armor with the armor piercing spike. We need to know if we can eliminate others if we have to. We need to try and conserve ammunition until we can find more. (Even then we need to be ammo cheap)

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)17:07 No. 68001 ID: 3d8e92
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>>67056
"Sorry about that..."

"It's alright. At least the thing is dead."

>>67070
"You think you can damage that thing with the hook end of your halberd?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean try out the hook end on it now, just to see if you can puncture through the armor."

"Oh. Yeah, uh, sure. Hang on..."

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)17:08 No. 68003 ID: 3d8e92
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*CRACK!*

"Yeah." Aruuchi says. "The problem was that it was in the air, so the force of my strike just made it bounce away. If it's against something I can break through the armor easily."

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)17:20 No. 68011 ID: 3d8e92
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The monitor flickers to life again.

"Nevrean. Tell me you did not just destroy one of my irreplaceable drones using an irreplaceable weapon with irreplaceable ammunition."

Sorry, i feared for my irreplaceable life.

>>68011
"Do you know of an alternative?"

>>68011
If you had ordered it NOT to attack us then we would not have use out weapon to destroy your toy...

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)17:45 No. 68021 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68012
>>68013
"You have no idea how insignificant you are. If I killed you right now, what would happen? Nothing. Your little town would be crushed, and the world will not care. Within a generation everyone will have forgotten you and your people ever existed, especially with Clan Shigu at everyone's throats... Just one more chicken dinner among many."

>>68016
"It's programmed to attack any intruders. You're an intruder. If you had waited I could have gotten it shut down. I just need more time."

>>68021
IT COULD HAVE KILLED MY CHILD.

>>68021

"You could have mentioned that the FIRST time we spoke."

>>68025

Yeah, seriously. Way to drop the ball there guy.

Don't want us to break your terrifying, murderous shit, make sure you tell us you can make it stop being terrifying and murderous first >:V

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)18:06 No. 68037 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68025
"I thought I would have them shut DOWN by now! You will stay put until I get the rest down or I'm going to start closing all the doors I can and locking them. Would you prefer THAT?"

>>68037
"At least that would keep us safe from the rest of them."

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)18:17 No. 68044 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68041
"Fine then. Sit there and rot, Nevrean."

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)18:23 No. 68050 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68044
The doors slide shut.

I think we're pretty securely locked in here now. The doors don't have any handles or visible ways of opening them. The only thing in this room appears to be the monitor we just stopped talking to that guy on. What did Dekustir say his name was? Radou? Something like that.

Aruuchi looks a bit worried.

>>68041

You jackass >:I

Apologize, that was rude.

"Promise you'll eat me AFTER i starve."

"or suffocate from lack of oxygen or shoot myself, whichever comes first."

>>68050

"Brilliant. Looks like we're gonna be here for awhile." Look over at Aruuchi. "You know any good jokes?"

Try pushing the various squares at the front of the monitor.

Say "If you don't let us out after you fix the problem, we're gonna chop open this machine and pee in it!"

Tell aruchi how attractive you've found him over the years.

oh wait you're married..crap.

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)18:41 No. 68073 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68053
Apologize to who? Radou switched off the monitor. I guess he doesn't want to talk anymore.

>>68057
>>68060
"Well... Promise you'll eat me only after I starve to death?"

"That's really not funny, Liam."

"Yeah, sorry. Well, we have to pass the time somehow... Do YOU know any good jokes?"

"No, but I know some good stories..."

>>68071
He's married too.

Double crap.

>>68073

"Well, alright, let's hear one."

>>68073
Well, shit. Nothing better to do, may as well pass the time.

Liam 2009/10/21(Wed)21:26 No. 68152 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68076
>>68078
Aruuchi tells me about an old tragic romance story about a southern sergal who fell in love with his nevrean attendant at a bathhouse. The southern sergal promised the nevrean to return one day, but a fire-eyed Talyxian mercenary killed him to add his skull to her collection. It's a very sad story.

>>68152

HEY.

>>68152
FFFFF-

;_;

y u do this?

>>68152
We have heard the same story... but it had a different ending in that telling.

>>68153
>>68157
>>68158
Well in AQ there was a Sergal that told stories about a nevrean girl that was killed. Perhaps its a take that kinda thing

>>68152

"Well, guess it's my turn now."

Let's tell a story about...something!

Balance is key. Tell a happy story with a kickass ending!

Liam 2009/10/22(Thu)10:36 No. 68540 ID: 3d8e92
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"I've heard that story before." I tell him. "But in that version the talyxian killed them both back at the bathhouse."

"Huh. I guess there's different versions to every story."

"I know a good one." I tell him. "And it's got a happier ending. My mother told me once of when, a young hare wandered from her den..."

>>68540
D'awww. <3

Liam 2009/10/22(Thu)10:56 No. 68542 ID: 3d8e92
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Before I can finish the story though, Dekustir comes on the monitor again.

"Liam." he says. "Listen. Radou can't fix the controls from down here, you're going to have to go with my plan and shut them down from their control center. It's going to piss him off but this is the only way. I'm going to open the doors. If he asks what happened don't tell him I did it, say they opened by themselves or you managed to pry them open, alright?"

Any way to deal with them nonviolently? Flaws in their sight, predictable movement? Nevertheless, we'll get moving and you'll lead the way, right? Let's go.

"What the hell are we supposed to do about them if we're not supposed to hurt them?"

Liam 2009/10/22(Thu)11:12 No. 68545 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68542
"Well sure, they "See" using a motion tracker mounted on the front of them, and when they detect something, they then turn on a sort of heat vision and attack heat sources until said heat sources stop moving. What was the one you destroyed armed with?"

"Some kind of darts-on-a-string device."

"That's a taser. Okay well ah... not all of them have those. Some of them have tranquilizers, and some of them down closer to where I am have actual guns."

"What's a tranquilizer?"

"Darts that make you sleepy, and tasers are darts that hit you with lightning."

"...Ah."

"When they see you they turn from green to red and make an ear-piercing shriek. Follow the maps and try to get to room 142. There should be another monitor like this one in there. Try to avoid the drones but if you have to destroy one or three, do it. Honestly, there's a ton of those things in here..."

>>68545
Wait for the door to open, I guess. Ask Aruuchi how he is at this whole 'stealth' thing.

So if one comes by, try freezing in place, got it.

"So, if we don't move, it'll just fly by?"

Suggestion 2009/10/22(Thu)18:17 No. 68719 ID: 3d8e92
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>>68603
"So if I just stand still it'll just float by?"

"You could try that." Dekustir replies. "I don't think it'll work though."

I ask Aruuchi if he thinks he can keep quiet and sneak around.

He politely reminds me that he is a scout and that is basically what he does for a living.

Dekustir manages to get the door open. I think we've wasted enough time in this room.