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>>47456895
Oh, so when I need actual company from my auditory hallucinations, you all are quiet as can be but when I don't need you guys, you all come crawling out of the woodwork.

That's just great. At least Secord over the radio would be nicer and I don't even know what he looks like.

>>47457028
I'm here, but sadly I have to leave town for a few days. And I leave in an hour.

>>47457028
>>47456895
huh, what? sorry didn't realize you were done talking.

well, how did you get assigned to this gig? and what is the deal with the sea life here?

>>47457028
What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?

>>47457055
I'm sorry, voice-that's-leaving-my-brain. The lack of coffee is getting to my nerves. You have fun.

>>47457067
I'm an Engineer, Stillwater is -or was- my security detail. We run an Auxiliary Sub for the Fleet, we do repair work, cargo hauling occasionally, salvage, maybe we get pulled into some xenoarchaeology or something. The works.

As for the sea life, this is a different planet. Meropis isn't exactly the Colony Station I grew up on, and it certainly isn't Earth. To be frank, I barely know most of the sea life here, most of my time is spent on the SCV-R Holland.

>>47457116
Coffee flavor.

Or chocolate, I like chocolate I guess.

>>47457146
Is there anything that you like about this place and this job?

>lack of coffee
I know your pain.

>>47457207
I like the work, I like fumbling with wires and building things occasionally. Sometimes I get to dive and do salvage.

I don't like that my superiors refuse to invest in drones or new workers and thus keep me overworked. Then again, that's not particularly the reason I'm addicted to caffeine and coffee.

As for this place eh... I bet it was nice before things went to utter shit.

Wait, I got the door open, yes! Haha!

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>>47457248
... oh.

Okay, this is a problem. If it's flooded in here, the emergency bulkhead to Security is going to be shut. And I can't unlock that bulkhead with just a regular miner's keycard.

And those bulkheads are very, very thick.

Hm, where should I go? What should I do?

>>47457264
Where do the other doors lead?

>>47457264
What's that circle-y thing on the ceiling, and why is there a big hole in the floor?

Oh, and do you have object that can produce light? Do you have a mutation that enables you to pulse hypnotically with bioluminescent glowstick arms?

>>47456895
>>>/qst/

>>47457264
Time to check doors methinks.

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>>47457316
The door you see to the center is the lift door, which will work since it's powered by hydraulically. The other door probably leads into the Miner's lockerroom.

>>47457339
That's the central camera. Secord can track me using that.

The big hole in the floor is the Mine Shaft downwards into... wherever they were mining.

Also, I actually don't have anything that can produce light on me at the moment. In fact, my harness is basically full. I might need to dump something soon.

And ew, no. Glowstick arms? Fuck are you talking about?

>>47457396
Yeah, you're right. Which one do you think, the bulkhead, the elevator, or the locker?

>>47457488
Locker. Would you trust an elevator considering the condition of this place?

>>47457488
>And ew, no. Glowstick arms? Fuck are you talking about?
You know, bioluminescent cells in your skin. Either you absorb ambient light then emit it over time later on, or you burn glucose in respiration and use the energy byproduct to glow. We didn't really have much time to have some heart-to-heart conversation, so I thought I may as well ask if you were any more unique than usual, what with your literal jade spheres and head embers.

Also, seconding >>47457530.

>>47457488
Lockers. May be useful things in there.

>>47457557
Listen, I'm special, but I'm not that special. Besides, glowing cells or whatever you're saying are kind of a teenager thing. I'm 20.

And don't make fun of me for being small for 20, I get a lot of jokes about that. I don't need my own voices mocking me for being small. I hate being small. I HATE IT.

>>47457530
>>47457588
Alright, voices, whatever you say. Lockerroom it is. I walk over to the lockerroom and give the console next to it a swipe of Stafford's keycard. It slides open.

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>>47457619

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>>47457637
Um.

Uh.

H- he doesn't look very happy.

D-... do something. DO SOMETHING.

>>47457637
HUG IT

>>47457668
Give him a face full of darts!

>>47457668
Utilise ANGRY FACE and ACTUAL ANGER to unleash your inner dragon.

>>47457637
>>47457668
No, seriously, it's cute. Can't you adopt it as a pet or something?

>>47457668
>[x] Pet monster

>>47457673
>>47457731
>>47457778
I think democracy is winning here. And I didn't even double post!

Bet you didn't expect it to go in this direction, now, did you?!

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>>47457673
>>47457693
>>47457731

>>47457679
I'M OUT OF DARTS, WE USED THEM ALL ON THE OCTOPUS

STOP NO NO IT'S COMING CLOSER

GODDAMN IT VOICES YOU BETRAYED ME, I'LL NEVER TRUST YOU AGAIN

AAAAAAHHHHHHH

>>47457800
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

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>>47457940
It just wants to sniff you. It's curious.

Open your eyes. Blink freely. Breath freely. It gives the animal the sense that you're at ease, and therefore not a threat. Don't appear scared, or it'll probably mimic that emotion. Don't appear aggressive, or... y'know. Just feel at ease.

Move your hand slowly and, assuming it doesn't back away or get agitated, gently brush down its fur. Smile.

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>>47457974
It takes a very curious sniff. He might be smelling the octopus goop in my thermos, or the coffee in my other thermos.

oh shit oh shit oh shit please please please

>>47457974
Don't smile! At least don't show teeth! Teeth are a sign of aggression in most animals!

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>>47458013
It suddenly decides to take an interest in that Audio Log on the ground. The flashing light must have caught his attention.

Okay, okay. Just gotta stay calm. No sudden movements.

I REALLY NEED COFFEE RIGHT NOW

>>47458036
VOICES, THIS IS YOUR CUE TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO

>>47458014
Good point. Thanks.

>>47458036
Sit on the bench and catch your breath. It may help to remove most of the goop, and tighten your thermos just in case. It's more important that you're alive, unharmed, calm, and focused than whatever requires you to run around. The seal thing clearly isn't that scared of you, so it won't attack you, and it also clearly has no reason to eat you (assuming they DO eat people, which is unlikely).

They're called raft otters? They look cute. What's the spiney things on its back?

>>47458036
Move past the Raft Otter carefully. If its not interested in you, check out Ramerez's locker.

>>47458036
Check out RAMIREZ's locker, are those claw-marks?

>[x] Pet monster

>>47458036
Have you looked if any of the lockers have some sort of opening mechanism?
If they do try every keycard, key, and whatelse in your inventory to open them.
Seriously have some common sense.

>>47458152
Hey, she's stressed. Give her time to calm down.

Seriously, though. We need a plucky but loyal animal companion.

>>47458152
Oh also, pet the thing.
>>47458196
It's a she? Huh. It would help if we had some recollection of what happened before. Open your memories to us.

>>47458223
Well, besides the fact her submarine is on fire, there's a spooky monster in the sea, the base is flooded, everyone is dead except a mysterious person we're forced to trust via Morse code, there's a gloopy octopus monster, a 'swam' of something, she has every right to be stressed.

Oh, and not to mention the fact she just got rather intimate with a raft otter, who thankfully has non-aggressive intents. Of course she's stressed.

But yeah, if we could have some exposition that'd be greaaaat.

But not as great as a raft otter pet. It looks very huggable.

>>47458270
Her submarine? She has a submarine?
How'd she get from the submarine to the base?

>>47458287
Very carefully.

>>47458287
where we started this quest. coffeeless and alone.

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Look, it's just a water cat.

>>47458287
Were you here for the first thread? I'll find the 4plebs in the moment.

>>47458287
>>47337411

>>47458311
"wet cat" are not the words I use to describe cuddly.

>>47458320
thanks.

>>47458325
You've clearly never handled an Earth otter before. Those things are feisty, but no less huggable.

Think about snakes. Snakes are hard (so much muscle), thin, and lacking any real handholds. Doesn't make them any less cuddly.

Also, most aquatic animals that live out of water as well have fur that loses water very easily, as otherwise they'd be bogged down with weight (both whilst swimming and on land), and also to stop them from losing control of their body heat. Given this otter is in here, I assume it's been out of water for some time now.

>>47458311
Adorable!

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>>47458138
>>47458140
>>47458152

Fine, I'll do it. Reluctantly.

>>47458078
>>47458223
>>47458287
Let me recap you, voice that apparently wasn't here for everything that happened a little while ago.

Me and my co-worker Stillwater were sent to Varuna Base to investigate and possibly salvage anything useful after SCV-R Holland lost contact with it six months ago. We were attacked by Skirmisher Crabs that filled our subs with darts that caused numerous hull breaches and set the engine on fire, which means the sub is useless.

Now, it's like the other voices say, I'm forced to rely on Secord who can only talk in Morse code. I was almost killed by one of those Octopus things, and now I'm having to find my way through Mining to get to Security where Secord is.

Fun day.

-

Also, upon trying the lock, the cabinet actually opens. Inside is a rebreather mask with built in oxygen cells, super light-weight, probably for emergencies.

I can't carry it with me now though since my inventory is full, not unless you want me to put it on, it's not exactly something I can see out of very well.

>>47458355
>>47458196
>>47458078
>>47458355
Raft Otters here on Meropis are... well, I and most people I know don't know much about them. They're carnivorous for sure, they actually prey on some of the octopus I've seen.

However, we call them raft otters because they build rafts out of big fish carcasses. We're not sure why, they just do.

Also, the spines are rumored to be poisonous. I'm not interested in finding out.

-

Well, that's it mostly. What do you want to do no- ah fuck, he's looking at me.

Why the fuck do you fags have a quest here when you have your own quest board?

>>47458403
Okay, that's more reason to remove the octopus goop. I would advise against being stabbed by the spines, yes, though as long as you stroke DOWNWARDS you won't be hurt (like a shark!).

>they build rafts out of big fish carcasses
Metal. Even more reason to have one as a companion.

>he's looking at me
Step back, slowly, from the locker, and sit on the bench. Same advice as before about remaining calm.

>>47458403
Ehhhhh...what's in your inventory then?

>>47458403
what's our current inventory?

>>47456895
>>>/qst/

Du huckel.

>>47458403
lead it to octopus corpse.

>>47458403
It's looking at you because you've moved. Think about spiders. If it stays in the corner, you don't care (even if you're tense because of it). When you've got one of those floor runners, you're STARING AT IT TO DEATH because you don't want it going near you.

Same here. You're clearly not a threat, but you're doing something, so Ottington McRaftstein is interested again. Its eyes aren't narrowed in aggression, so don't be too afraid.

>>47458550 here. Also seconding >>47458539. Make clicking noises or something to attract its attention once the door's open. Remember to move slowly!

>>47456895
>>>/qst/

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>>47458487
>>47458511
Current inventory consists of:

> Rivet Gun: Feels half full, fired two shots
> Thermos: Very little coffee in it left
> Thermos: Full of Octopus Goop
> Radio: For contacting Secord
> K. Stafford Keycard: Accesses any place Stafford can
> Crowbar: For crowbar things
> Lindhelm Air Rifle Barrel: Can double as a short range blow gun if I find more darts

That's about it.

>>47458483
>>47458539
>>47458550
>>47458564
Look, I understand if you guys think it looks cute, but right now I'm fucking terrified that it's going to eat me. It's sniffing out the thermos with the goop right now!

>>47458625
open the thermos and put in on the bench.

Alas, I must go. Good luck all!

>>47458625
Open thermos. Let it sniff it, then pour it on the floor slowly. If you give it food, it'll be happier to spend time around you, and won't be as aggressive. Not only do you get to be calm, but us voices get to see your future unfold correctly!

>>47458403
Did you dock at the base with the submarine? Where's stillwater?

>>47458416
valid question.

>>47458625
These things eat octopuses and you have octopus goop on you.
Feed him!

>>47458625
It's confused because it sees you as a not-octopus, but smells octopus. Remove octopus from you and you'll just be non-octopus.

>>47458625

> Open thermos.
>Offer half of the contents.
> Begin leading toward octopus.
> If it gets aggressive, throw thermos toward octopus and move slowly in the other direction.

>>47458625
>[x] Pet
>[x] Otter

>>47458740
... via giving it octopus goop treat, you mean.

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>>47458645
>>47458655
>>47458656
>>47458670
>>47458695
Alright, fine I'll feed it for now. I'll put the thermos with the goop here and unscrew the lid for the little monster, then pick up the rebreather mask.

> ITEM ACQUIRED: Rebreather Mask
> Good for 24 hours of continuous use.

Right, right. The little monster's attention is away from you now.

Suddenly, your radio vibrates. Secord.

... --- .-. .-. -.-- .-.-.- / -.-. .- -. .----. - / --- .--. . -. / -... ..- .-.. -.- .... . .- -.. / ..-. .-. --- -- / -- -.-- / . -. -.. .-.-.- / -.-- --- ..- / -. . . -.. / -.-. .... .. . ..-. / -- .. -. . .-. .----. ... / -.- . -.-- -.-. .- .-. -.. .-.-.- / .... . / .-- . -. - / .. -. / - --- / -- .. -. . / ... .... .- ..-. - / - --- / .... . .-.. .--. / --- - .... . .-. ... / -.. ..- .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .- ...- . / .. -. / ..-. .. ...- . / -- --- -. - .... ... / .- --. --- .-.-.- / .... .- ...- . / -. --- - / ... . . -. / .... .. -- / ... .. -. -.-. . .-.-.- / ... .-- .- .-. -- ..-. .. ... .... / .- .-. . / -.. --- -. . .-.-.- / .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. / .-. . -.-. --- -- -- . -. -.. / ..-. .. -. -.. .. -. --. / .- / .-- . .- .--. --- -. .-.-.- / -- .. --. .... - / ..-. .. -. -.. / --- -. . / .. -. / .... .. ... / --- ..-. ..-. .. -.-. . .-.-.-

Great, what's the good word, voices?

>SORRY. CAN'T OPEN BULKHEAD FROM MY END. YOU NEED CHIEF MINER'S KEYCARD. HE WENT IN TO MINE SHAFT TO HELP OTHERS DURING CAVE IN FIVE MONTHS AGO. HAVE NOT SEEN HIM SINCE. SWARMFISH ARE DONE. WOULD RECOMMEND FINDING A WEAPON. MIGHT FIND ONE IN HIS OFFICE.

Are you sure that you unscrewed the lid? It looks pretty much like it's still on.

>>47458979
That you should get back to your containment board.

>>47458979
Office, huh...well, do you know where the chief miner's office is?

>>47459042
See, anon, the thing is that's not 'good' word at all. Please improve your reading comprehension next time.

>>47458979
Looks like we're gonna have to go down. Can we open the other lockers? Recognise any names on them?

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>>47459081
Stafford's is the only one I recognize. Lemme open it up.

The locker beeps.

> ERROR: NO EXOSUIT AVAILABLE.

The bottom cabinet opens. It's only personal effects, a book, a picture of...

Oh. His family.

Yikes.

You look over at the audio log. Hm. You pick it up.

>>47459054
It must be that other door. I'll check it out now.

>>47459040
Yes I did. Don't be so pedantic.

>>47459403
Because if you build rafts on an ocean world, you can stay above water. Raft otters appear to be mammals (especially by name), so they need gaseous oxygen to survive, as opposed to aqueous oxygen (as fish do). Moreover, if you're above water, you're safer. No big fish can see you up there. It also gives you a platform in which to store things for later, in case you get hungry.

They can dive deep by holding breath and swimming, I guess. I don't really know how deep 'deep' is, but quite a few aquatic mammals can dive deep, such as sperm whales. Even if it's not that sort of animal, seals can go quite far down, and they're pretty similar in anatomy.

They could do the penguin thing and hold air in their fur.

But I guess I'm over-analysing this loading screen. It's fun whilst we wait.

GS, you better give us Ottington McRaftstein as a companion. Fanservice is required for any serial media to survive.

>>47459471
Whilst you wait, you can ask more questions while I finish doing the thing I should've done days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EOg5LI3v4Q

>>47459081
It's the true word. You have had your golden piss age on /tg/, time for you to reside in the cancer ward.

>>47459471
>Ottington
pls

>>47459502
I'm actually gonna go to sleep, sorry! Solve the rest, anons.

>>47459515
Hey, Ottington is a great name. It just rolls off the tongue easier than 'otterington', which sounds quite silly. We could just call him (her?) Water Cat or something similar.

>>47459502
What's protagonist's name?

>>47459559
I honestly forgot to give her a name when making this Quest. But I alternate between Anne as a shoutout to Trespasser or Celia or Dora (shortened from Eudora). Choose whichever you'd like.

>>47459502
Do you want more fanart of the raft otter?

>>47459613
I'd go with Eudora. Failing that, Cecilia.

>>47459658
I appreciate fanart of all types, especially of cute otters doing cute things.

>>47459471

No, see, what they probably do is build rafts that they can fill with gaseous oxygen then drag it down into the depths with them by adding ballast, maybe using it to refill an oxygen rich den underwater.

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Ugh, it followed me inside.

Alright, so this is the Chief Miner's Office.

Cleaner than I thought it'd be if I'm honest. Nice speargun though. Three spears. Definitely usable if I drop some weight.

>>47459859
You get that gun whatever you do!
Then...check his locker. Carefully.

>>47459859
well without more darts the dart gun tube is useless, so drop that here, and if we really need the goo thermos we could come back for it but leave it for now.

>>47459859

Don't drop your weapons. You'll probably need them later. Instead, try to see if the man has anything useful in his office, like a diver's backpack. If anything has to go, drop the dart thrower.

>>47459859
Yay, it's got a beard!

Drop metal pole, I guess, for a spear. The crowbar can be used for blunt force. What's written on the paper? Take a quick scan.

>>47459859

Search desk for snack cakes and instant coffee. Share with Raftenstein.

>>47459859
Check the desk for interesting stuff like food and coffee flattie

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>>47459882
I pick up the Speargun

> WEAPON ACQUIRED: Gaston Arms Spear Rifle + 3 Electric Spears

>>47459886
>>47459892
>>47459933
>>47460048
For now, I guess I'll leave the Lindhelm Rifle barrel on the desk. I get the feeling I won't have this Speargun long anyway.

Searching around, the locker is depowered, and poking into the cabinet I find nothing except personal effects. Spalding has a photo of his kid back on the Colony Station, couldn't be more than 6 by the looks of him. A couple of drawings from his kid too.

Hm. Yikes.

Searching around the desk, I do spy the papers.

The first one reads:

> Writing this down on paper so the AI can't see. The defense field around the base failed for no reason. I suspect the AI that got moved in last week did it. DO NOT TRUST THE AI. Have to inform the other miners too. Have to tell Chief Harding as well. Can't tell Newkirk, she's crazy.

The second one reads:

> Things have gone to shit. The bulkhead into Sub Bay 3 is down and won't come back up. I'm down two suits for Loby and Stafford. The other miners tried to dig their way out and come into the bay from the outside, but got caught in a cave in. Worse still, the Swarmfish have moved in through the breach caused by the cave-in.

> I have to help them. I'm taking most of the mining explosives to try and blow a hole through. If anyone finds this and I'm not around, please tell my wife and son I love them.

... yikes.

You search through his desk, and do indeed find a Ration Pack. Oooh, snack cake. Strawberry flavor and-

Hey, little monster. It sniffs me. Ugh... I am pretty hungry.

>>47460387
Uh... question. Is Secord an AI?

>>47460387
Eat the ration pack. Crack the snack cake in half and give half to Ottington McRaftstein?

>>47460387
Back off slowly away from the cute sea otter monster

>>47460458
It's hungry. Stop being so mean to our future love interest friend.

>>47460387
lead otter to octopus corpse. eat food.

>>47460387

Give him half the snack cake for now. That should satiate him and you long enough for you to lead him over to the octopus. Then he'll have ample food and so will you, for the moment anyway.

>>47456895
please go to /qst/

>>47460504
>>47460527
>inb4 octopus has glooped away so it can return as a recurring villain

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>>47460450
>>47460504
>>47460527
Now there's an idea. I toss a bit of the snack cake over to him, and he immediately whips it up into his mouth and chews down on it. He lies low to the ground, looking up at me.

Alrighty then, that got his attention.

Let's see...

>>47460809

A quick clicking noise with your tongue and begin walking him toward the octopus. Giving him some of the octogoop to keep him interested as you walk him to food you don't want to eat.

>>47460809
drop a crumb trail

>>47460890
>>47460891
Seconding the combination of these two. Drop crumbs slowly, and make sure you always have his attention.

>>47460891
I have reflected on our memories, and come to the conclusion that we haven't established that you are a girl at all.
What are these other voices basing their assessments upon?
Are you a boy or a girl?
Or something else...
Come to think of it...
Are you even human?

>>47460809


>>47460891
>>47460890
Sound not too bad

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>>47461008
Hey, what did I say. I AM a girl. I may be a small girl, but I'm a girl! And I'm human as anyone else!

> ONE CRUMB AND OCTOGOOP TRAIL LATER... <

Alrighty, Otty, there's your meal. That's your reward for not eating me. Go on, eat it.

It stares at the corpse curiously.

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>>47461008
We'll never know for sure.

>>47461049
Crouch down next to it and nudge it gently. Cock your head to one side in a questioning pose.

>>47461049
I don't remember you ever saying that you were before. And i remember everything you said and did.

>as human as anyone else...
....
anyone else huh?
....

i'm watching you.

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>>47461049
>>47461073

>>47461103
What is it looking at?

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Uh.

Wow, it does not play around with its food.

Okay, you're getting a little sick. What do we do now, voices?

>>47461103
Okay, okay, let's stay calm. Keep still. It obviously thinks something is wrong, but previously it had no reason to hurt you. If you remain the same as before, there can be no reason still to do so.

Continue blinking freely, as before. Spread your arms out on the floor, slowly. If it continues to not do anything, very slowly start wriggling away from it, in the direction from your feet to your head.

If it starts attacking, I'm going to be so sad that our friendship is over. Don't you dare, GS.

>>47461215
Oh dear. I interpreted >>47461103 that it had pinned you to the ground, seeing as it's from a first-person perspective, and the light is above you in the picture.

>>47461206
Lean against the wall and eat your food while you can. Try to cover it and avoid crumbs.

>>47461206

He was hungry, and so are you. Eat up while he is distracted and try to save a small morsel to tempt him with after (clicking your tongue as you give it to him). Basically, make it clear to him that if he follows you, you will probably keep finding food together.

>>47461206
I don't think it will be hungry anymore.

Eat up your strawberry food bar thingie

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My Gimp skills aren't too good, but I'm bored.

Since this is a blue board, we'll never truly know, will we?

eat your food then lead otter back to the pool, equip gear and dive. having the otter with you down there would be great.

>>47461206
I don't know how intelligent Raft Otters are, but the violence could be a show of power. Even if you're currently not a threat, it wants to make sure that you'll never be through intimidation.

That, or it may be because octopuses fight back and so it's an instinct to be violent. Did he smash the flask or something in the locker room?

That... or he's just a messy eater. It's personality. You'll learn to love it in time.

Go eat your food.

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>>47461238
>>47461289
>>47461333
>>47461419
Yeah...

Eat my food. Yeah, okay.

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>>47461637

>>47461652
Okay, maybe scoot along a bit.

>>47461652
Come on, it would be impolite to let otterbro eat alone, don't be so flatly impolite.

>>47461692
SECOND PERSON, WE MEET AGAIN FUCK

>>47461692
Touch his head gently and pet him now? Crouch down to his level and smile whilst doing so. :3

>>47461692
>>47461710
Wait, I accidentally used an older concept pic. Lemme correct that.

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>>47461729
Nevermind, I've done the bad thing and now that's the Mining Lobby.

>>47461758

>But you're not sure if you should continue or not.
Well, if something is scaring that otter, I wouldn't risk myself there. Try another way?

>>47461758
Can you walk around the other side of the big hole and see if there's anything hiding amongst the vehicles?

Also >>47461724.

>>47461758
You might want to repost narration.

>>47461758

Find a flashlight before you go down there. Animals have good instincts about this sort of stuff.

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>>47461724
I won't smile, but I do decide to reach out and give him a little pet. I mean, he's no dog that's for sure.

And ew, his fur feels so slimey and wet strangely dry at the same time. I hear a purring noise come from his mouth.

At least SOMEONE is enjoying this.

>>47461786
>>47461792
>>47461926
Doesn't look like there's any other way. Not unless I find something big enough to wreck the bulkhead into Sec, and if I do I run the risk of flooding the rest of Mining and possibly Sec too.

Ugh...

Maybe I should just leave him here. It's not like this little monster will remember me anyway.

>>47462020
>>47462020
then go on ahead, flatly into danger

>>47462020

So, you are debating jumping into the dark, lightless pool the otter is afraid of, with no light source of your own and no easy way back up? Do you recall what the captain said about swarmers busting through? If so, you need to find a battery and/or some long jumpers and shock the ever living shit out of that pool.

>>47462020
Find object. Throw object into water. See what moves.

>>47462164
>>47461792
>>47462020

> Go into vehicle area
> Acquire battery and disposable item
> Drop item into pool, see what comes up
> Drop battery at assembled mass of horror with leads rigged to contact when they hit the water.
> You get to enjoy an explosion and your otter gets to eat like a king
> Also, you get to explore with far less chance of getting eaten.

>>47462317

Also, for a better monster lure.
> Grab audio log
> Grab rope
> Grab heavy, disposable item
> Tie object to the very end, audio log higher
> Turn on audio log at max volume and throw rope over the side
> Now you are monster fishing with sound and lights
> When the monsters come calling, blow them the fuck up

Recommended jamming device
> A piece of wood between one lead and the other metal contact
> When the heavy battery hits the water, the wood's bouyancy will carry it upward
> The spring like characteristics of the metal will then force the contact followed shortly by a detonation

>>47462164
>>47462191
>>47462317
>>47462400
See, this is why I enjoy having voices like you in my head.

Unfortunately, rigging all this stuff is going to take a while, so let's get cracking.

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>>47462457
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EOg5LI3v4Q

>>47462317
>>47462400
A-fucking-star. You are the voice we need, but not the one we deserve.

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>>47462164
>>47462191
>>47462317
>>47462400
Right then, voices. Here is my plan. I couldn't find any rope, or anything to cut the wood desk with, so I just decided to play it simple and get the car battery out.

Thankfully, when I dove in, nothing attacked me, so I was about to get it and the jump leads out with no problem.

Only thing that worries me is that these things have been submerged for about six months and I'm not sure they carry any electricity any more, but it's worth a shot.

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>>47462969
The leads are linked up to the metal railing. And thanks to my SmartSkin I won't be in too much trouble if it accidentally conducts electricity through it. What we have now is some kind of bomb.

I'm sure all of my flapping and swimming about will have attracted something. All we do now is play the waiting game.

...

Already bored. Need coffee.

>>47462992

save that last sip for desperate times or victory.

>>47462992
Is Ottington still agitated?

>>47462992
Don't lean over the water

>>47462969

Always consult the voices, because I could have walked you through that one.

Around any office, you should have been able to find an extension cord, which would have acted as well as rope. For the wood, you just needed a chip of the desk, which you could have broken off by beating it with the crowbar. Even had that not been possible, you could have pried plastic or wall molding off of something.

Oh well. As for that bomb you're carrying, please make sure it goes off somewhere far away from you. Those are batteries rated for aquatic vehicles and not only likely still carrying a charge, but the sort that act as a primary source rather than conventional fossil fuel. With shockwaves traveling well in water, it will be dangerous for you to be near and in the water.

In a pinch, drop the audio log, probably also water proofed, and the connected bomb. The light and sound ought to cause the fish to swarm toward that rather than you for long enough to get the battery bomb off.

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>>47463073
You're right. I'll keep it close.

>>47463109
Actually, he's rather calm right now. He's observing the water with me. I think he might just be full after eating that octopus.

>>47463226
Hey, I'm not an idiot.

>>47463240
Ooooh... that sounds much better than what I thought.

Actually, idea. The lift in the center of the room is mechanically powered. I could just send the battery through there and have it blow up when the doors open. But your idea, I do like your idea.

However...

I squint. Do any of you voices see something down there?

>>47463315
Are those bubbles or...

I T C O M E S

>>47463315

Tiny fish, I believe, judging by the specks. However, I also see that you are still up on the catwalks. No need to concern yourself then.

>>47463315
>>47463315
looks like supplies. maybe mining gear?

OH SHIT

Mining explosives?

>>47463315
Oh yeah, something is coming up

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>>47463435
>>47463439
>>47463442
>>47463537
Yeah, there's quite a few of them coming up.

Oh, whoa, that's... that's a lot actually.

D-... do I drop the bomb now or...?

>>47463682
Now or never. Might want to go to another room afterward

>>47463682

You need them to swarm first. Alright, so remember that thing I told you about the extension cable? Now might be a good time if it isn't too far away. Hell, knotted together seatbelts with a buckle at the end could work.

Your goal here is the same as a fisherman. You want to entice them to take your bait. You do that by bringing noise, light, and motion close to the water. The thermos with the octo juice could make a good lure actually.

Once they are enticed, you take the battery, now smeared in octogoo, cross the leads and drop it. By this point, your prey has a taste for the goo, and to their eyes, the dropping battery is going to be like a huge catch suddenly handed to them. They'll all swarm it.

And then they die. Again, this battery was a primary source on vehicles that should have been designed to withstand moisture. It should still have enough juice to nuke the little bastards.

>>47463682

BRING IT DOWN

>>47463781

If you absolutely can't wait though, throw down some goo on the battery and then at the surface of the water to get them circling.

You want them swarming, packed into a tight location so the shockwave will hit all of them. Then you want to bring them down.

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>>47463701
>>47463781
>>47463791
>>47463868
They're coming up, I think they see me.

Oh.

OH. That's a lot of fish.

Okay, dropping it, forget it.

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>>47464250
FUCKING RUN YOU BLUE PIECE OF SHIT RUN RUN RUN

>>47464334
Oh.

We do need to pick up that glowing thing.

PICK IT UP.

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BOOM

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>>47464401
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6laPiPI4RKU

This is a good spot to leave off for now. Thanks for coming and hope you all enjoyed. One day or two days this weekend I should be able to run LGA2, but I got family coming home I think, which will dig into my free time a bit. I'll update y'all later on that.

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>>47464429

Soon Raftington... Soon we will eat like kings!

>>47464429

Thanks for running.

>>47464429
Thanks for the fun, Boss. Hopefully I can catch some of the weekend quests. stupid work making me work

bump

>>47468589
Don't bother bumping. The quest'll continue in a day or two (or three); it's just taking up space until then. Check GS' Twitter if you want updates.