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>>4188039
D@15Y.

Officially not the official name. The proto-type shell you had to work with was stripped down. Live rounds weren't even provided, for safety. You aren't sure if that turned out to be ironic, or just a normal "fuck you" from the Universe. At least it had the guns themselves, and rubber bullets for testing the aiming capabilities. Also manual manipulators shaped like human arms. Finally, the power source that allowed it to work more or less indefinitely within a short range of the operator had already been installed, since apparently it was a bitch to put the systems together separately. Although that's also the reason you only had one to work with.

Daisy Fuentes, Commodore 1st class of Her Majesty's Royal Navy's DOLL initiative, was responsible for working on

> Motor systems integration

Rapid-target acquisition and manual dexterity. Shoot first, ask questions later. (1d12 to hit with ranged/CQC)

> Zero moment type stability

Get places easier. Run faster, jump higher, do a little dance, get down tonight. (Movement bonus +10DC)

> A/V visualization and environmental enhancement

Accuracy bonus, investigation bonus. (1d12 to hit for ranged weapons, +10DC to perception rolls)

>>4188069
> Zero moment type stability

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>>4188069
> So no shit, there I was, when darkness fell and the Earth entered the Long Night, trapped in a downtown office building hooked up to a secret Government murder bot. 2120 was the year that really just kept on giving.

Aw shit, you are stuck in the the grim future of the Long Night. Radiation has hit the Earth, and you're some science scrub with a squishy body (-20DC anything physical) who luckily has an autonomous Shell to do all the shooting for her.

The sky has cracked. Already dealing with an infectious wave of genetic breakdown caused by Sino-Federation shipments of malignant vat cloned McRibs due to shoddy gene programming, the burst of solar radiation drove many mad. And violent. Especially violent.

Good news is that you work in a robotics office. The bad news was that it was for the Government. The worse news is now that Security has progressed from prepared to paranoid and have started executing "traitors to the Sky Lord" in the building.

You have to get out of the building, and reach your hobby ranch just outside the city where you can bunker down, have a pint, and wait for the whole thing to blow over.

"Challenges" will be a roll low 1d100 system.

Crit fail (100) - Malicious DM action
0 passes - Failure w/ penalty
1 pass - failure
2 passes - success
3 passes - success with bonus
Crit pass (1) - I give you something nice.

Most of the time I'm gonna make DCs up along as I feel like it. I'll warn ya if it's hard. moderate, easy etc.

Anyways. Are you ready to venture forth and fight your way to freedom?

>>4188083
That's one vote! At 20:50 voting closes, going for 20 minute windows here.

>>4188069
> Zero moment type stability

>>4188109
Woah mama, this looks pretty cool

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>>4188126
>>4188083

Called. Writing.

> Zero moment type stability

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>>4188158
You are in the TESTING ROOM (7). You hear muffled thumps, not unusual until you realize that they aren't caused from the movements of D@15Y maneuvering over the obstacles.

> Unlocked Climb
> Unlocked Jump

Quickly you have D@15Y exit the room and enter the resting station on the west.

> Unlocked Door

You hear the voice of the PA system through the soundproofing of the testing area, but are unable to make out the words.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss2hULhXf04

Wat do?

> Switch headphone to company alert mails

> Head into the main office to see what the big fuss is.

> Walk D@15Y back into storage first.

> Check calibration readings on D@15Y. Whatever is happening, someone will let you know if it's important.

> Write in

>>4188170
> Check calibration readings on D@15Y. Whatever is happening, someone will let you know if it's important.

>>4188170
> Switch headphone to company alert mails

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Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4188184
>>4188174
Y'all doing this to me? Right off the bat? Making me roll to see who wins?

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>>4188220
> Check calibration readings on D@15Y. Whatever is happening, someone will let you know if it's important.

Called. Writing.

>>4188233
Huh? Wasn't my vote the first one in your post?

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>>4188174
The PA continues to drone on, but you tune it out as you toggle the channel to review D@15Y's performance.

> Basic movements no longer require rolls, "take 20" instead. More complicated actions may require rolls.

The readings seem good. You start running the Shell through basic stretches and hand exercises, checking for any signal lag or catching by video review after moving around in VR.

Sometimes, you feel so comfortable in D@15Ys body that you forget about your own. You definitely wish you had the range of motion she did, wincing as you move with her to touch your toes and find yourself stopping a good 6" before she bends down to place her palms flat on the floor.

At some point, the droning noise of the PA system in the background had stopped. So had the thumping noises, although you vaguely remember them sounding different briefly before stopping.

A sharp, acrid tang in the air pulls you out of your revery, pulls you away from D@15Y.

It seems one of the hyper-physic monkey's has either made a huge mistake, or written the robotic equivalent of Shakespeare by accident. (You think of the cubicle peons, because they're "cubes". It's a higher math joke, you don't really get it, but Steve insists it's funny. You keep telling him you're not a nerd like he is, you focus more on applications than theory. He has a running bet that at least one of them will accidentally kill themselves, kill everyone, or invent a killer AI by accident given enough time to mess around while they should be working.)

Infinite possibilities aside, so far there hasn't been any "Shakespeare" but there have been a fair number of accidents, inter-cubical atrocities, and one incident of someone microwaving fish for lunch.

Hopefully this isn't as bad as the fish.

Wat do?

> Go out and yell at someone.

> Send a nasty email to the monkeys.

> Ignore it. You're being very productive with your time, unlike them, and since there are no alarms going off it's at least not something on fire.

>>4188238
Nope. See >>4188174.

R

>>4188238
OH SHIT in THIS post >>4188220

Sorry I clicked them backwards. I was thinking 1 being the first vote, and 2 being second.

Sorry. I was unclear. Have a singing Necron for an apology.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJL70Lvt8OI&list=PLmjMOYjphH17k7-WCMTMrbpn_s1U23fDP&index=4

>>4188262
> Ignore it. You're being very productive with your time, unlike them, and since there are no alarms going off it's at least not something on fire.

>>4188264
>>4188270
Ok, so long as it all worked out.

>>4188262
>>4188238
Do you want me to post an additional "check your email for company alert messages"? I can do that.

>>4188275
Nah it's fine.
We'll find out everyone has been cleansed when the time is right.

>>4188277
k. 20 min window from now.

>>4188262
> Go out and yell at someone.

REEEEE time

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4188272
If we roll 1

>>4188294
If we roll 2

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>>4188272
> Ignore it. You're being very productive with your time, unlike them, and since there are no alarms going off it's at least not something on fire.

Called. Writing.

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Rolled 54 + 25 (1d100 + 25)

>>4188262
Well. If you can smell whatever it is from in here, it's only going to smell worse out there.

Eric is out there to keep the monkey's under control. The one thing security is good for, well Eric from Security is at least. He's fairly pleasant and professional, which means you've only exchanged greetings with him when you come and go.

After the Fish incident, you took the effort to remember his name after being impressed with how he suddenly was able to speak more than a single word as he chewed out the monkey that did it. You didn't even step in to correct him when he referred to it as "A nuclear bio-weapon" in reference to it being heated by micro-waves. That's not how nuclear energy works!

No. Far more important to continue playi-, er, calibrating D@15Y.

Which you do, until someone starts banging on the door.

>Roll me 3 1d100's. Looking to get under my roll. I prefer separate rollers, 15 minute window for repeat rolls.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>4188341

>>4188346
Whelp. Give it another roll.

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>4188341

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>>4188361
>>4188346
2 successes so far! If I don't get a third roll by 22:50 then I'll just roll the third one, like a filthy hack QM who compromises his quest integrity to keep things moving.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>4188341
>>4188360
>>4188366
come to papa

>>4188368
>>4188361
>>4188346
3 successes! Writing! A little something special for getting two of the same rolls.

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>>4188341
The interior testing door is just cheap particle wood. I mean, it's not like there's anything particularly valuable kept in there, it's mostly just an empty area for testing range of motion and basic movements. Running and fire-arm tests are done on the range in the center of the lab. Yes, you complained about that too but apparently it actually was the least dangerous placement in case of "over-penetration" (with rubber bullets?!?) and OSHA wouldn't allow it to be placed anywhere else.

Yep, nothing valuable in here except a military grade robot and a squishy high value intelligence target.

Judging from who just broke down the door, however, what they're after IS YOUR FLESH OH GOD IS THAT A ZOMBIE!

It's Eric, but he's covered in blood and waving a pipe with a crazily vacant stare on his face. You didn't really think he would beat the next person who cooked fish in the microwave to death!

> 3 passes!

You're still logged in to D@15Y. You still feel the grace, the precision, the POWER of her metal frame. Managing to not rush towards Eric with your squishy flesh, D@15Y instead rushes towards him and manages to wrap her metal hands around his wrists, holding him in place while he struggles against her.

> Twin roll bonus

A 100Kg mass of metal is difficult to move normally, and between D@15Y's Zero moment type stability programming and the fact that some of the blood appears to be Eric's, he is unable to break free.

Eric: "They aren't human. Not really, it's inside them. They put it inside them! They weren't human, I HAD TO GET IT OUT. I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THEM PUT IT INSIDE ME!"

Wat do?

> Crush his wrists. The man is mad, and maybe a murderer. Best to incapacitate him now and then seek help.

> Kill him! It's self defense, he's got a pipe and he's covered in blood oh god oh god what if he hurts D@15Y! What if he breaks free and hurts *you*, her hands are only rated for so much pressure!

> Option locked, guns unloaded

> Try to talk him down. Whatever has happened, can be handled rationally. He just has to start making sense. Whatever he's done, it can't have gone unnoticed.

> Write in.

>>4188389
> The DC for subduing him was going to be an easy roll anyways, so for 3 successes + a twin roll bonus, you got an out-of-context bonus for subduing him in a state where he can be questioned. If he's able to answer them is another story.

> Whenever you get a twin or triple of a number for dice rolls, you get something special!

If you choose to talk him down, feel free to add any write-ins or questions to ask him while doing so.

>>4188389
> Try to talk him down. Whatever has happened, can be handled rationally. He just has to start making sense. Whatever he's done, it can't have gone unnoticed.
>What the hell happened out there?
>Is anyone still alive?
>Who are they?
>What did they put in you?

>>4188395
I'll run with one player! That's all I need, bay-beee.

Called. Writing.

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>>4188395
Leaving D@15Y in autonomous holding pattern mode, where she follows the last command Follow, stay, repeat last action, simple commands that I'm not gonna make people do, you, Daisy, flip up your VR goggles and approach Eric.

> What the hell happened out there?

Eric: "They . . . they told us the ssssky, the sky was falling" He grunts and throws his weight against D@15Y in vain "IT'S FALLING, IT'S ALL FALLING AND WE'RE BUT ANTS BENEATH IT!"

>Is anyone still alive?

Eric struggles for a bit more while you repeat your question until he runs out of strength. Exhausted, he manages a moment of lucidity to look directly at you, instead of through you.

Eric:"I hope to god they aren't."

Grim.

> Who are "they"?

Eric: "They . . . the people, no, THINGS that were in the lab? Why . . . why would you ask that. You know who they were! The graddies, Amy, and you. Steve . . . who are you! Daisy wouldn't forget Steve! You - YOU'RE ONE OF THEM TOO!" He resumes his struggle against D@15Y with a new panic. "YOU CAN'T PUT IT IN ME! I TOOK IT OUT!"

You get closer to Eric, to try and help D@15Y hold him without hurting herself. Or Eric.

As you grab his right shoulder, something *writhes* beneath his clothing that feels like a muscle, but one not properly attached.


> What did they put in you?

Eric: "NOTHING! I TOOK IT OUT! I TOOK IT OUT! I TOOK IT-"

Eric slumps to the floor suddenly as the muscle beneath your hands suddenly flexes and then something comes flying out of his shoulder towards your face!

> Give me 3 rolls of 1d100. Same 15 minute wait before repeat rolls.

> Daisy: Squishy (-20DC). D@15Y (Occupied). Surpised (-10DC)

> Flesh Worm: Writhing one (-10DC for lack of limbs). Wounded (-10DC). Incomplete (-20DC, it cannot use the strength of the host)

> Critfail: New friend gets really attached to you. Fusion starts.
>0 success: A feast of flesh for the worm! Roll against 5DC with 3 1d10
>1 success: Clingy new friend. Roll against 3DC with 31d10
>2 success: Slapfight success! Slap it away from you and throw it to the ground!
>3 Success: The hand is faster than eye! Before Daisy even realizes it, she's got the Flesh Worm firmly in her grasp. It's surprisingly not slimy but warm and almost dusty.
>Critical success: Ghost in the Machine, D@15Y grabs the Flesh Worm without harming Eric.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>4188466

>>4188466
Supposed to read "Eric slumps TOWARDS the floor". D@15Y is still holding him, hence you being in range of THE FLESH WORM.

Fuck. I should probably start writing posts in Libre or something so I can check them.

>>4188467
Well keep fukkin' rolling I guess.

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>4188466
>>4188488

>>4188490
Hey, how late can you play tonight? Just for scheduling purposes.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4188466
>>4188491
As long as you're up to writing.

>>4188493
Aight. Well, that's two passes so writing!

I can only stick around for another hour or so.

>>4188495
I'm up pretty late most nights, so if I'm the only player that's not something you'll need to worry about from me.

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>>4188466
>2 success: Slapfight success! Slap it away from you and throw it to the ground!

Quickly slapping towards your face, you knock away the *thing* that lunges at you. You feel a wet smear on your skin, but not on your hands.

At your feet, slowly draining blood, is a worm like mass of flesh writhing away from you.

Blood is coming out of Eric at a noticeable rate now, staining his clothes. It looks like he won't survive without immediate attention.

Wat do?

> Stabilize Eric (requires rolls)

> Finish the Flesh Worm now! (No roll required)

> Catch the Flesh Worm! (1d10 to-hit roll, DC 3)

> Leave Eric and the Flesh Worm and run towards the West side of the Lab where your office and all of D@15Y's equipment is!

> Leave Eric and the Flesh Worm and run for the Exit! Fuck this place!

> Write in.

>>4188498
I might be able to come back for a bit after the hour. Gotta clean the kitchen before bedtime, walk the dog. Life shit.

>>4188504
>Grab Eric's pipe and throw it at the worm in an attempt to finish it off or immobilize it before stabilizing Eric.

>>4188504
>> Finish the Flesh Worm now! (No roll required)
>> Stabilize Eric (requires rolls)
in that order

>>4188512
Gonna be a 1d10 DC 6 for that.

Daisy is a squishy science lady! Gotta hit the Worm, and hit hard enough to kill or immobilize it.

>>4188521
I'm afraid you don't have time to do both, unless you try something like >>4188512

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>4188523

>>4188523
3 rolls here too?
And it's still roll under right?

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>>4188530

You grab the pipe from Erics limp fingers and whip it towards the worm. With a silent spray of fluid gushing from the end full of tubes, the Flesh Worm stops moving.

Probably for good, you tell yourself as you turn towards Eric and try to staunch the wound left by the Flesh Worm when it detached itself from him.

3 1D100s please!

>Critfail: Turns out there was more than one worm!
>0 Success: Where were you when Eric was kill?
>1 Success: Well, he's only unconscious, but he's going to need a proper first aid kit or medical help. if you want him to stay not-dead.
>2 success: He's awake and stable! He's crippled, though, weak and unable to move his right arm at all. Will need help moving long distances.
>3 success: 'Tis but a Flesh Wound

DC: 50. Mandatory first aid didn't cover this, but hey, robot anatomy is based on people and you know that! Just gotta stop the pressure from pushing out all his blood.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>4188547
O shit

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>4188547

>>4188560
>>4188548
Feel free to roll again to get a 3rd roll

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4188547
>>4188567
Roly Poly Oly

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>>4188547
>2 success: He's awake and stable! He's crippled, though, weak and unable to move his right arm at all. Will need help moving long distances.

In an impressive feat of multiple tasking, you manage to have D@15Y support and hold Eric while you bandage up his wound. A large hole has been dug out of the muscle in his upper back, luckily it appeared he had some to spare so while the wound is incapacitating, it stops bleeding with pressure when you tie a bandage around it. You use your lab coat to do so, it's fairly clean and none of the greases on it are toxic.

Hrm. That arm doesn't look too great. Terribly inefficient design to begin with. You know up on sub-basement one they were experimenting with augmented limbs and such, perhaps Eric would prefer an upgrade?

Eric: "Mhughmgh" That's probably him saying he's pretty tired right now, but a robot arm sounds great!

If not, there's at least medical equipment up there. Hopefully medical staff as well! Probably, in fact! Whatever happened here is an isolated incident and the rest of the world is still sane! Sometimes you've wished you could lose an arm in a work related accident so they would buy you a top of the line prosthetic limb.

You keep telling yourself this while refusing to look at the strange Flesh Worm, aside from glancing at it every other moment to make sure it isn't moving.

Wat do?

> Eric is stable for now. Have D@15Y help him get to your office and her equipment in her storage. You even have a proper medical kit there with bandages and tylenol! Eric probably really wants a tylenol.

>There's nothing you really *need* here, but Eric probably still needs medical assistance beyond a clean bandage and an extra strength over the counter pain-killer.

> Eric wasn't really *clear* on where everyone is, or what happened. But nobody came to see what was happening to you, and that's not a good sign. Stay with Eric and send D@15Y to look around the Dollhouse first.

>>4188584
> Eric wasn't really *clear* on where everyone is, or what happened. But nobody came to see what was happening to you, and that's not a good sign. Stay with Eric and send D@15Y to look around the Dollhouse first.

>>4188569
I can probably get one more post in.

Then I have to crash.

Future run time will be tomorrow about 7pm Mountain Time. I'll also tweet on my twitter

https://twitter.com/Bonesinger1

>>4188594
Got pulled away. Writing!

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>>4188594
A lot has happened in the past couple hours, most of which you were lucky enough to miss.

Eric really wasn't clear on what happened to everyone else, but there's a chance they might not be dead. You are unsure as to whether or not that's a good thing.

With the help of D@15Y you pile up what you can in the doorway of the testing room, while Eric rests on a chair. Sure, you had to use Duct Tape to keep him from slipping off, but you're pretty sure you're supposed to keep wounds elevated so people don't leak out.

Also, that way he can be wheeled around if needed, freeing D@15Y up.

D@15Y starts to prowl around the office.

Gimme 3 1d100s please!

>Crit Fail: Something finds you first!
> 0 success: D@15Y doesn't find anything, but something finds her.
>1 success: Find nothing, and nobody.
>2 success: Find something, get the drop on it!
>3 Success: Solid Robot Snake. Full knowledge of the area.
> Crit Success: Find something special that one of the monkeys was working on.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>4188640

>>4188640
I forgot the DC

> D@15Y: Silent movement (Zero moment type stability +15DC) Familiar Environment (+10DC)

>75DC

> ?????? Supernatural Senses (-10DC)

> 65DC

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>4188640
Interesting quest, I like the weird half life Lovecraft vibe. I think you should hide the outcomes to increase suspense though.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>4188640

>>4188750
>>4188680
>>4188642
And that's two successes!

>>4188680
Later on that's the plan. This is kinda the warm up round. Don't worry, I have a plan for if Daisy dies!

>>4189156
I'll write later today. In about 10 hours.

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>>4189156

And I'm back only an hour and a half late! You know how when you lie down for a half hour nap and wake up two hours later? Anyways. Writing.

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>>4188640

D@15Y gets yet another one of many office tours under your observing eye. It's not much effort to steer her through the brightly lit main area, around the cubicles.

The lack of people, and the eerie pristine cleanliness of the office, makes it fairly quick to survey the main area, so you send D@15Y to check the smaller side rooms.

The meeting room is empty, the coffee bar inside it in its usual untouched splendour. Nobody in robotics drinks the coffee from the meeting room, the consensus being that the coffee in the "Brainstorming room" (especially after being "modified" to be able to inject pure synth-caff and other, stronger stimulants).

The firing ranges are both clear, and the security rooms in the north are locked down with metal doors slammed down and sealing them in place.

Turning around D@15Y south and driving her past the firing ranges, head towards the south security rooms and exit where you can see what appears to be fire damage. Perhaps that's the source of the strange smell that crept in earlier? Shame, being a Shell interactive smelling features are probably a ways away. At least until people are more comfortable having their VR also plug directly into their brains to simulate smells. It's odd that the fire systems didn't go off, however.

D@15Ys microphone pics up the sound of singing, or more technically something since it has a distinctly auto-tuned quality, coming from the "Brainstorming" room in the South East.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk

Creeping up to the door, looking in through the window, D@15Y is able to see a short, squat shape rummaging around in the room. It appears to be digging through the mini-fridge, with its entire front end stuck inside it.

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>>4190494
Wat Do?

> Engage the robot doggo dialogue. Maybe someone is running it remotely like you and D@15Y!
> Engage the robot doggo in combat! D@15Y is not built for whatever is happening, Daisy can scavenge its parts to improve D@15Y!
> There's nothing in that room that you need, and D@15Y isn't worth damaging if it turns violent. Jam the door closed with extra chairs from the supply room opposite the "Brainstorming" room.
> Avoid it

>>4190501
> Write in

Always an option too, but just letting people know.

>>4190494
>Barricade the door before attempting to engage in dialogue.

>>4190501
>> Engage the robot doggo dialogue. Maybe someone is running it remotely like you and D@15Y!
if that fails then pet it. 'good doggo'

>>4190537
>>4190546

> Try to talk to it

Called. Writing.

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>>4190551
Thinking it's better to be safe than sorry you get D@15Y to barricade the door first with some extra chairs from the supply room.

You try to think if any of the monkeys were working on something similar to this. It appears very similar to the stability testers you used for the early programming of D@15Y before it was changed to a bipedal version under pressure to humanize the robots designed to destroy each other.

Engaging D@15Y's speakers, you call out to the robot dog.

D@15Y: "Hel-hello? Good boy? Or possibly person if someone is controlling you?"

The robot freezes up for a moment, during it's rummaging. Turning up the volume a bit more in case it can't hear you from D@15Y's speakers, you continue.

D@15Y: "I mean. I hope that if you're a person operating the robot dog, that you're a good person. Boy or girl." Oh gosh hopefully you aren't scaring them off.

It seems like you have their attention though, as the robot backs out of the fridge AND SUDDENLY LUNGES TOWARDS THE DOOR. Not terribly fast, though, which kind of kills the suspense. You do notice however that one of its limbs is noticeably pointier than the other.

It squawks out a burst of static 01000100 01000001 01001001 01010011 01011001 00100000 01001001 00100000 01001100 01001111 01010110 01000101 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 while waving its pointy limb around.

> Wat do?

> Hahahaha nope. Fuck that.
> It appears to be trying to communicate. Keep trying back! (Requires roll)
> Well, it's not being run by a person. Or not a sane person. It might be one of those people that put that THING in Eric! Better to smash it now and use it to make D@15Y better.

>>4190576
> It appears to be trying to communicate. Keep trying back! (Requires roll)

>>4190610
Is there anything in particular you want to say to it?

>>4190623
01010111 01101000 01101111 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111
As a geek we obviously know binary by heart.
Right?

>>4190624
Aighy. Well, gimme a 1d100 roll to see if it/they are able/willing to answer!

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>4190630
Beep Boop

>>4190624
DC 60 (+10 for binary, although I was going to assume you were using that anyways haha. Daisy doesn't actually know it by heart, but D@15Y has a translator so . . . )

>>4190634
Do you wanna wait for other rollers, or should I roll all 3?

>>4190632
Oooh, you lucky bitch.

I really have to remember to put DCs in the same posts I call for rolls. I was waffling on whether or not to give you a bonus for taking the initiative to use Binary haha aren't you lucky I did.

Writing.

>>4190636
Give it 15 and if nobody else rolls, go for it.

>>4190636
It's all you, bruh.

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4190656

y'know that was my 3rd 54 in this thread

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>4190656

>>4190659
Yeah, but it wasn't on the same DC sooo

> 1 Success

Writing!

>>4190665
I was just commenting.
Maybe 54 is my lucky number.

>>4190668
Well, as it was your only pass, technically *yes* in this case.

>>4190665
The robot doggo stops at your query. It doesn't have much of a head, so instead it tilts it's body down and towards its left, mimicking the movement a person's head would make if they were being inquisitive.

> DAISY I LOVE YOU
> DAISY I LOVE YOU
> DAISY I LOVE YOU

D@15Y receives the same message on repeat in burst of static. Suddenly, the sound kicks in to start playing what sounds like current news casters.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caXeAMseve0

The robot doggo is clearly excited. Or angry. One of the two, as it starts to hop from side to side behind the barrier on three legs, the pointy limb waving up and down either for balance or for stabbing.

Looks like it's limited in how it can speak with you.

Wat do?

> Well, it DOES say that it loves you. Can't be that bad to let it out, right? It's just a big ol' metal puppers.
> The pointy arm is disturbing. Nope. Nada. You tried, time to cut your losses and walk away.
>It's just a robot. Whether or not someone else is actually using it, you need its parts more than they do to make sure you can get out of here safely. Omelette's, eggs. (Combat)

>>4190682
> Well, it DOES say that it loves you. Can't be that bad to let it out, right? It's just a big ol' metal puppers.

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>>4190687
Second pet acquired!

> DAISY I LOVE YOU

Well, it doesn't hurt to be loved. D@15Y pulls back the chairs blocking the door, and before she can pull the door open the robot doggo burst out and starts racing around the office. It heads first to your office door and jumps up, banging its legs against it a few times, before it continues running around the office. It soon finds the broken down door of the testing room and the second chair barricade to frustrate it of the day.

While not particularly heavy, they're awkwardly jammed together so that the robot doggo's efforts to knock them loose go unrewarded.

You have D@15Y follow it back to your spot quickly, and notice that when you get there the message has changed.

> DAISY I LOVE YOU
> 01010111 01101000 01101111 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111
> DAISY I LOVE YOU
> 01010111 01101000 01101111 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111111

Is it. . . . is it asking who you are? You're Daisy, though? It seems like it was looking for you too, so it doesn't make sense that it wouldn't recognize you.

Perhaps it's only able to repeat what it's heard, and is actually asking who it is?

> Give your new pet a name, and a short reason for why Daisy picked it!

>>4190758
>Quark
>Because Quantum Computing is the best! And quarks are related to quantumness righrt?

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>>4190769

Well, this dog isn't a genius that's for sure. Given how random it was that it showed up here, with it's quirky behavior . . . Quirk? No, that's not very clever. You went to *University*, you have a *Degree*, you can do better than this. Besides, you just have to come up with a clever name first and think of a justification for it later.

>Quark
>Because Quantum Computing is the best! And quarks are related to quantumness righrt?

>You have acquire 1x

> Quark, the Quantum Robot Dog.

Quark's attempts to shove the chairs get more frantic, the stabbing arm waving around and eventually getting stuck in one of the arm rests of a chair.

You hear a weird groaning sound, making you jump slightly as D@15Y looks around her before you realize the sound was right beside *you*.

It seems like Eric might regain consciousness soon. That's probably a good sign. You switch from D@15Y direct control to take a look at him.

In the moment between seeing through D@15Y's eyes and your own, Quark suddenly shifts. Where he was once on one side of the chairs, they are now in the room with you. Their shape seems somewhat different now, more streamlined with sharper angles,but when you try to focus on his outline it becomes fuzzier and fuzzier the more you look at it.

> Quantum Leap: If you are ever uncertain where Quark is, he's probably right behind you! Only works when nobody is looking.

It takes your brain a moment to process what you're seeing. Quark is lying down. "shouting" in static bursts. Not being logged into D@15Y at the moment, you aren't certain what he's saying but it sounds the same as his first >Daisy I love you.

Nervously, you laugh and make sure Eric is between you and Quark. Quark remains lying down, but does shift his body so his cameras can continue to see you.

Well. Work on that later. Eric is now awake, and not a happy camper.

>>4190800
Sorry, gotta stop for tonight. But you got a new friend!

I'll write up a dialogue post tomorrow with a vote around noon (12.5 hours), Eric should be able to be more coherent (in pain is better than insane, right?) but I want to make sure I do it properly.

Yes, your name choice affected how your pet worked. I actually have some really good ideas for how to work it all together with the name Quantum.

>>4190803
This is a pretty nice quest here, very interested in seeing how it'll develop.

>>4190809
Me too! Thanks for playing. I was gonna end earlier and wait to see if naming a pet could get more players, but I figured fuck that. You've been pretty solid the past couple of days so might as well let you name the dog.

Special treatment for every ID who joins the first thread! Not like I'll know who you are in the second thread.

If the other IDs come back I'll probably give them the chance to do some special in this thread too. SHAMELESS PANDERING.

Dang, i'm late

>>4190800
Oh hey cool, teleporting doggo

>>4190832
10/10 would recommend

>>4188083
>>4188174
>>4188294

This is me btw, my id changes a lot, i dunno why

>>4191309
Gonna start writing in 10.

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>>4190800
Eric: "Fuck".

Huh. You had expected something more. Overall, Eric seems to be

Eric:" FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK"

Ah.

Eric: "Fucking cocksucker goddamn dick worm teeth, where are you you sentient fuck sausages, I'll fucking show you what it means to bite off more than you can chew!"

Okay, so he's speaking gibberish. That's one checkmark for "still crazy".

Eric rants a bit more while you politely wait for him to finish. Once he starts to gesture with his arms it appears the pain quickly focuses him on the here and now, particularly your presence.

He stares at you with the same wild look you saw on him when he first broke down the testing room door, but with an uncomfortable intensity replacing the previous vacuousness.

Daisy:"Um. You broke the testing room door down and interrupted me."

Eric continues to stare at you, but with mild confusion creeping in. Okay, not the first time you've gotten this response to your complaints against improper co-worker behaviour.

Daisy:"I think someone was microwaving fish and it went wrong somehow? Maybe it was only technically fish. I think it might have actually been an eel. Do you remember what happened?"

Eric is now making a very strange facial expression indeed.

Eric:"Okay. So you're still weird as fuck, Daisy, and I can't believe I'm happy that it's somehow the most normal thing happening. No. Nobody was microwaving fish. It's . . " he pauses for a moment, collecting himself with a deep breath that then send him into another round of painful cursing, much quieter this time.

Eric: "...goddamn mumble shoulder mumble fuck. Okay. First of all, Daisy, what made you think that this was because of someone microwaving fish? No, nevermind. I don't really have any fucking clue what happened. Something topside went down, and security went fucking nuts. Demanded a lockdown, and then changed the order. I shut my security doors down, because the counter-order involved a bunch of praising The Sky Lord whoever the fuck that is. When I went to check on the south rooms and why they had re-opened and weren't responding on the comms, all the graddies were staring at their monitors like fukking zombies. It was terrifying, they all moved their heads in unison. Allan from maintenance was there and he came walking up to me. He reached out his hand as if to say hello, but it was full of *worms*, like something got out of Bio in the 3rd basement. After that . . . I don't want to remember. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"

Eric starts to rave a little bit and jerk against the tape wrapped around his torso. Once again, pain proves to an effective way to get his attention.

Eric:"Aaaaugh. Huh, hah, hah. I don't . . . I don't think anyone else is okay. Hahahaha I'm not fucking okay HAHAAHAHAHA."

(1/2) (Warning, body horror in pic.)

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>>4191667
Well. Eric seems to be able to communicate. Not very well, you aren't terribly clear on the whole worm hand Allan from maintenance apparently had. Or what happened to the monkeys. Still, since it apparently wasn't a microwave radiation induced revived eel that jumped out of Eric's shirt to attack you, the next most likely explanation is that the "worm hands" and the flesh worm were related.

Oh no. If it WAS something from the 3rd basement, that doesn't bode well for the rest of the facilities. Lots of weird, icky stuff was going on in there. Not like the clean and controllable robotics lab you prefer working in. Anything could come out of a Bio-lab.

Quark sees you shake your head in frustrated worry and "barks" another burst of static.

> 01000100 01000001 01001001 01010011 01011001 00100000 01001001 00100000 01001100 01001111 01010110 01000101 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101

Aww, who's a good boy.

Anyways. The Bio-lab is between you and getting out of here. It doesn't sound like it'll be easier to get back out, either. You could consider holing up here for a while and seeing if things calm down enough for a rescue to come, but it's concerning that Security as a whole was being affected. The order to lock down has to come from the central dispatch in the 1st basement. Still, with the snacks and water available you and a few people could probably last a few days. If nothing else, it would allow you to modify D@15Y a bit more. It could also allow whatever is happening to get worse, though.

Alternatively, you could grab what you can now from D@15Ys storage, loot the lab for supplies, and try to get out quick. This is pretty much the reason why you and Steve originally got that hobby ranch in the first place. Well, okay, partially to get away from your in-laws who kept insisting that you were trying to avoid having children by channeling your motherhood into robots. And you had expected it to be some sort of AI revolution, hence having it be off the grid and self sustaining.

Still. It's as good in a biological horrorpocalypse as in an inevitable technocrash with hostile AI military robots.

Quark appears to shed particles of smoke and sparks as he scratches at an external wire that had gotten loose. Absent mindedly you reach over to tuck it back into place.

Wat do?

> Bunker down for a couple of days. D@15Y needs more work before she's ready to face the outside world. Oh yeah, Eric will be a little bit better too. Ugh. People are so messy.

> GTFO now. You have a place to go, and Steve will be worried if you stay here. Eric can keep up if you maybe make some sort of chair-sled and get Quark to pull it, or maybe you can rig D@15Y to carry him.

> Write in

Okay, this is gonna be a bit of a decision that will impact the short term plot of the quest. So I'm gonna leave it for a few hours and resume running around 7pm.

I'll check in a couple of times to answer any questions.

>>4191667
>"No. Nobody was microwaving fish"

Sad

>>4191700

> GTFO now. You have a place to go, and Steve will be worried if you stay here. Eric can keep up if you maybe make some sort of chair-sled and get Quark to pull it, or maybe you can rig D@15Y to carry him.

Use a chair, wasting D@15Y in holding him doesn't look like a good idea

>>4191700
>> GTFO now. You have a place to go, and Steve will be worried if you stay here. Eric can keep up if you maybe make some sort of chair-sled and get Quark to pull it, or maybe you can rig D@15Y to carry him.

>>4191735
>>4191741
+1

>>4191700
>>4191735
Sounds good, I assume you mean an office chair with wheels right?
Maybe we could swap it out for a wheelchair later?

>>4191819
I mean. You are in a robotics lab. You can relatively quickly slap together something similar to a wheelchair using two chairs and duct tape.

>>4191796
>>4191741
>>4191735
>>4191819

Alright, my head FUCKING hurts. It's snowing AGAIN in fucking APRIL. My goddamn dog is having backpain on top of not wanting to go outside and is a surly snarly dick.

I was gonna nap, but let's fucking do this shit. Writing.

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>>4191700
Time to blow this joint. Not literally, you checked for explosives when you first moved in. HR was insistent nothing explosive be placed this far down due to issues with the closed ventilation.

But it's time to get out of here.

Eric is barely able to stay conscious, getting him to be able is likely impossible. You quickly cobble together a more comfy version of your current tape chair Mk1. This is achieved with copious amounts of duct tape, and screwing another set of legs to the seat of a second rolling chair. It's slow and cumbersome, but it works.

Eric does look a bit better once you get him some juice from the "Brainstorming" room. You grab the remaining snacks from there too, and have him carry them in his lap.

Daisy:"See Eric! You're not a useless cripple, you're helping!"

Eric: Continues to say the nothing about being a useless cripple that he wasn't saying before Daisy brought it up.

You also make sure to grab some coffee from the meeting room. It's instant, but since you can't bring the synth-caffe blender with you, it's better than nothing. If anything, it can be mixed with water for a quick burst of energy.

> Allows Daisy 1 reroll for physical tests if she slams a powdered stimulant drink. remember, she has a -20 due to being squishy.

Next, you quickly check the south security offices for bullets. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a weapon there!

Finally, you head back into your private lab area. There are three workstations with parts that are being worked on to integrate into the D@15Y unit, as well as a software station.

> I need ONE roll of 1d20 to see how many bullets you find in the security rooms.

> I need a 1d4 to see if you find a pistol. Feel free to vote on what pistol to find there.

> D@15Ys pistols have an electromagnetic firing mode and capable of firing rounds of scrap pressed into bullet shape. They are not as powerful as normal bullets. I am not going to track scrap bullets, just assume you found a future bullet press or something in the lab.

> D@15Ys guns can be switched out, but this takes time. Her manipulator arms can currently fire *small* handguns.

I need THREE 1d100s for her parts.

> Critfail: Don't do this. (100)
> One success: One piece is usable. Other two are scrap.
> Two success: One piece is usable. One piece is partially finished. One piece is scrap.
>Three success: Two pieces are usable. One piece partially finished.
>Critical success: Find something for Quark in addition to getting a piece of equipment(1)

>D@15Y already has the Zero moment type stability legs. The remaining pieces are HEAD SENSORS, MANIPULATORS, and GUNS.

>State what piece you're rolling for when you roll your 1d100. First come first served. Feel free to post a picture of what you want (if you succeed), but I'll stat it up.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>4192557

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>>4192557


While busying yourself around the lab, you notice that the acrid smell which you had noticed first while in the testing area is much stronger the closer you get to D@15Y's storage bay. The large equipment you need to attach the test parts are all in there, unfortunately. The door is currently closed, but you can see that there is rusting around the opening. Which is weird, because it's actually a high temperature absorbing ceramic in case of any accidental (or intentional) explosions as part of the Health and Safety and Security requirements. Guaranteed to keep whatever is in it worth several hundred million of not billions of aState Bucks safe, regardless of what happens to the much more easily replaceable and less expensive people outside of it.

Without access to that room, at best you will be able to change one of D@15Ys parts, and it will have a risk of failure at that.

Then again, opening it up might not be worth it .. . .

>>4192566
Congrats! You have found MANY BOOLETS.

4 full clips! You can use boolets for 4 ranged attacks in fights, either with D@15Y or . . . well Daisy is *technically* a military officer.

>>4192566
My head is seriously killing me.

I'm going to leave these rolls up for a while and come back in two hours after a nap. Feel free to roll for finding a gun in 15 if nobody else does.

You also still get a 1d100 roll for a part, regardless.

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>4192557
Colt .45

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>4192557

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>4192557
>HEAD SENSORS

>>4192659
sorry, was meant for guns

>>4192621
You found a Colt .45 antique pistol! Daisy and Eric can use it, but D@15Y cannot because you didn't get a 1.

>>4192659
What were you rolling for?

>>4192669
Post a picture of what guns you want to be in her secondary arms!

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>>4192671
Forgot pic. In the year 2120, this is an antique.

>>4192675
does something like this work?

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>>4192693
sorry, this.

>>4192698
> You have found that the upgraded rail propulsion system is in good condition!

> D@15Ys scrap bullets will no longer have a damage penalty.

Ayup that works. That from Perfect Dark?

>>4192708
Yeah, campers best friend.

>>4192662
Make a redemption roll for MANIPULATORS

in 15 minutes

if nobody else comes back

and then I will write.

Post a picture of your ideal robot arms.

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Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>4192799
Perfection

>>4192835
noice

Did I not put a DC? It was gonna be 50. I'm not very good at QMing.

Writing.

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>>4192835
> Full Metal Arms

> a full steel skeletal frame layered with steel armor-plating to protect the various wires and intricate machinery inside

1 re-roll in CQC for D@15Y.

>>4192835
Sorry I spent all this time reading about FMA and doing really bad MSPaint editing.

>>4192862
You find the lab in disorder. Same as you normally do every day. Parts strewn about, shipping receipts cushioning them.

There are three main stations in your private lab. One focusing on guns is, unsurprisingly for a military base, a mess of skookum. Precision tools not available to any civilian (except those with an illegal 3D printer.) lay scattered around a masterwork of malice. The XR-20 Rail Systems that were designed for regular combat. A rugged and simply yet powerful design that lets D@15Ys weapons fire at speed similar to chem-charge bullets. It seems like the final adjustment have been made, allowing it to be used immediately.

> Scrap shots do damage equivalent to normal bullets

Next are the manipulators. D@15Ys inner set of limbs, you usually work with stripped down carbon fiber versions that allow for easier adjustments and reshaping during trials. It looks like these are the final production version made out of Alchemical Steel. While they seem to be near to the final version, currently they only provide a stronger frame and some protection to deflect impacts. There are movement assist motors, but until they can be calibrated to D@15Ys systems which is a time consuming task they won't be able to be used.

> Full Metal Arms can deflect one attack during combat, allowing for a re-roll. Calibrating them to D@15Ys systems will give a bonus in CQC to-hit rolls.

Sadly the table containing the augmented vision upgrades merely has an exploded diagram of lenses, wires, and drawings for machined parts needed to put them all together. It looks like this was in redevelopment and is unable to be assembled.

An acrid smell continues to permeate the lab. You almost swear you could see it curl in the light of the monitors left on at your station, the software design station.

Quark appears agitated and seems to be both trying to keep an eye on the Storage Vault while simultaneously hiding from it.

> Open the Storage Vault. Attaching D@15Ys new guns might be possible without the specialized lift and equipment inside it, but replacing the manipulator arms won't be possible.
> Make like a tree and leaf the vault alone. Download all current D@15Y data from the software design station to a hand-top.
> Head into your office and check your emails.

>>4192902
> Open the Storage Vault. Attaching D@15Ys new guns might be possible without the specialized lift and equipment inside it, but replacing the manipulator arms won't be possible.
We'll be doing this with D@15Y right?

>>4192920
I mean, she has to go in there, right?

>>4192920
Sorry I gotta crash. I can't get another post in tonight

>>4192902
>> Open the Storage Vault. Attaching D@15Ys new guns might be possible without the specialized lift and equipment inside it, but replacing the manipulator arms won't be possible.

>>4192961
Night QM

>>4193078
>>4192920
I aint'nt dead. Or anything else bad, just a really busy day.

At 1pm Mountain Time tomorrow (16 hours from this post) be prepared to find out what is hiding behind the Stinky Storage Vault Door!

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>>4194482
Well, despite wanting to get out NOW from the Robotics Bay basement and be safe on your property where you can bunker down and ride things out, it's going to be a pain to have D@15Y working at sub-optimal performance. Not to mention that it'll be far, far easier to equip her than to have to carry the XR-20s and FMA.

Sure, the Storage Vault smells incredibly bad, and seems to be getting worse. Sure, whatever it is that is causing the smell also appears to be able to corrode the ceramic indicating it's an exceptionally energetic reaction.

So you hide yourself and Eric behind one of the lab benches. You then swear and push Erics Wheely-Chair back into your personal office, as his Wheely-chair prevents him from being able to cover himself from whatever comes out of the Storage Vault.

Slightly panting, Eric is not a small man and the Wheely-Chair itself is rather cumbersome and loaded down with snacks and synth-caff mixed drinks, you figure there's no sense going back out yourself and have D@15Y open the Storage Vault.

Even in your office, the sharp tang you had been smelling becomes a palpable tactile sensation crawling down your nose and into your throat. More disturbing, however, is that there's something oddly pleasant about it. Like the stink of a really good high-end cheese, or natto.

It makes you uncomfortable enough to be very glad technology has not reached the point of VR smellography that you had been thinking about earlier for D@15Y.

Before the lights flicker on in the Vault, D@15Ys cams have picked out a grainy image of a figure, floating in the back! As the lights come on and resolve it, however, you find it somewhat anti-climatic to find that it's merely Allan from Maintenance floating in the air like some horrifying ghost. Orrrrrrrrr Eric killed him and hung him like some grotesque trophy? Warning? Food to be saved for later?

You are now much more uncomfortable with Eric, and your hand wanders down to the antique Colt .45 you found.

(1/2)

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>>4195136
Cautiously, curiously, you have D@15Y reach out to check the corpse. A metallic hand reaches out, lifeless, to hold the hand of flesh that lacks even the semblance of life that D@15Y's digits have.

You don't see the holes in them that Eric described, supposed to be filled with writhing worms.

Your real body inches slightly further away from Eric. Your memories of your most recent firearms certification, almost an entire year ago, quickly go through your mind as you check to see the safety on the Colt .45 is off.

It appears to be an older model weapon without any of the usual gene-locks, so there's no worry about you firing it.

You flick back to D@15Y who has been continuing to film and manipulate the corpse, investigating it for cause of death. It slowly spins one way, than the other on the cord that must be holding it up in the air.

Well, not like you had much of a relationship with Allan. You did make a point of distinguishing him from the Janitorial staff, as he was fairly handing at getting things like additional power supplies and helping to run cables when needed. Might as well get him down from there, if nothing else it would be far too creepy when working on D@15Y.

D@15Y reaches up and pulls Allan to the side to see how he is hung up. This also provides an excellent chance to confirm the earlier calibrations you did with D@15Y in the testing room for climbing and fine manipulation.

Strange. Allan appears to have had a thick, brown cable actually impaled into the back of his neck and then it disappears into a vent. It's clearly the work of an insane person, given the several exposed struts that this would have had to thread around to do so.

More and more disturbed by what was done to him, as D@15Y grabs the cable to snap it, you read a sudden resistance to her movement.

Allan's hand has suddenly moved to grab D@15Ys you see as you look down at it, and [r]oh god there are the holes and they are writhing and calling to you. The sharp smell sings to your senses, cloying, calling you to see Him as Allan's head twists back far beyond what a human neck should be capable of and grins warmly and grins widely and smiles from ear to ear as his mouth stretches back further and further and [/r] with a shuddering scream you switch out of D@15Ys systems and

> Run to save the Shell! It's your life's work, you can't let anything happen to it, especially now since you might never get the chance to work on it again!
> Log back in to D@15Y. Maybe you can get away from the Allan-Worm with it, it appears to be restricted to the Storage Vault by whatever the tube leading to the vent is. If D@15Y can get out, you can lock down the Vault and close the vent anyways. However waiting for it to cycle will require staying a full 24 hours after.
> Write-in.

BOSS FIGHT!

Running away is always an option, but it will mean giving up on some things.

Trying to starve it out is possible, but it might not work and it will take time.

Remember that D@15Y doesn't actually have any upgrades mounted on yet, so that is something that can be done while waiting.

Of course, who knows what will happen elsewhere on the floors you'll have to pass through while doing this?

If you can use the equipment in the Storage Vault, though, it'll go much faster and be more stable.

> Fight
> Non-aggressive Kill
> Abandon.

> D@15Y can be used to fight in CQC, and can use one volley of scrap bullets at 1d8 to hit.

> Daisy can use the gun to fight while giving D@15Y *simple* instructions.

also I am unsure how to format words and should have looked this up first.

>>4195164
Vote is open until 6pm Mountain Time, 4:20 from now.

I did not expect eldritch stuff when I opened this quest tbqh

>>4195162
>> Run to save the Shell! It's your life's work, you can't let anything happen to it, especially now since you might never get the chance to work on it again!

>>4195164
> Fight

>>4195162
>>4195164
This: >>4195212

>>4195308
>>4195212
> Run to save the Shell! It's your life's work, you can't let anything happen to it, especially now since you might never get the chance to work on it again!

> Fight

Wriggity Wriggity Writing.

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>>4195493
You need to rescue D@15Y! You quickly sprint out of your office, leaving a confused Eric behind.

Eric tries briefly to move the Wheely-Chair and gives up immediately in favor of continuing to swear about his hurt back/shoulder.

The smell now seems sweeter moreso than acrid, with a tang of rot, as you rush up to the Storage Vault. Drawing the Colt .45 you prepare to blast away whatever it is you saw through D@15Ys eyes.

> Gimme 4 1d100s

>Critfail: Don't do this. (100)
>1 success: D@15Y cannot be used this round due to panic
>2 success: Daisy can either send D@15Y a SIMPLE command for +2 to her to hit rolls with the Colt .45, or she can choose to control D@15Y directly.
>3 success: Daisy and D@15Y get to roll to-hit Dice
>Crit success: Do this.

Daisy: Squishy(-20 DC). LOVED by Quark(+20DC). Out of practice w/ guns (-10). Multitasking (-10DC)

Allan from Maintenance: Tethered(Can only attack D@15Y). The Flesh Is Weak (+10DC due to CQC w/ D@15Y). Man-sized target at close range (no penalty)Smells like mothers home-cooking (1 re-roll).

Allan will use his re-roll this turn.

>>4195543
DC=60 w/ one adverse re-roll

I gotta go eat.

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>4195543

>>4195545
RIP

>>4195545
Huh.

Well. I mean. There are two more rolls so?

I don't know why I asked for 4 1d100s. That is a typo and should read three. So I guess you guys get a redemption attempt.

>>4195551
I need two more 1d100s and one more after that to see if it's a nat 1 to counter >>4195545

Shameless. Pandering. First thread only guys!

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>4195543


>>4195545
anon just fucking why. dead on first thread, must be a new record

>>4195564
>>4195543
>Allan from Maintenance: Tethered(Can only attack D@15Y).
Daisy should be fine.

>>4195564
>>4195545
K. I seriously have to go eat, if nobody else comes in feel free to roll the third die after 15 minutes.

The "redemption" roll is a special first-thread-only "I fucked up and asked for 4 1d100s and gotta figure out something to justify it" so if the redemption is a Nat 1 then clearly the Dice Gods don't want you dead yet.

Don't worry. I'm a big proponent of "fail forward" and just one nat 100 alone won't kill you. It's uh, not good, though.

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4195543
>>4195545
Wtf mate.

>>4195570
Guse we has no roboya booty any more or we get infected/ stolen.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>4195564
Allan is using his re-roll against this.

>>4195566
D@15Y isn't

>>4195580
Huh.

>>4195545
K. Re-roll your redemption sometime between now and 7:15 (current time here 6:25)

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>4195591
All right, here we go!

>>4195545
> Critfail
>>4195599
> Failed redemption.

>>4195564
>>4195580
Pass

>>4195571
Pass.

K. Gonna start writing in a bit for

> 2 success: Daisy can either send D@15Y a SIMPLE command for +2 to her to hit rolls with the Colt .45, or she can choose to control D@15Y directly.

20 minute window to decide how you want to use D@15Y in combat. I probably should have asked for this during the 1d100 rolls. This quest is a learning experience!

Don't worry about that natural 100 critfail. For this round. You should definitely worry about it for later though.

>>4195724
Can we get D@15Y to wait for 5 seconds while we shoot Allan 3 times in his head, then slam Allan onto the ground, and hold him down with her weight?

>>4195741
You want her to let Allan move around while you are firing at him?

I mean. Okay. But Allan is going to get to roll to-hit against D@15Y with a bonus while she's waiting doing nothing.

>>4195753
>>4195741
In case you're concerned, the +2 for Daisy's to-hit roll prevents rolling a 1 from having D@15Y get hit.

That would have been the penalty for only one success since D@15Y wouldn't have been able to be used.

Annnnnnd I forgot to put down

>0 success, D@15Y gets hit.

>>4195724
SIMPLE command for +2 to her to have d@15y move away from allen but a way that makes it easyer for us to shoot him.
So distract out of harms way.

>>4195757
> Have D@15Y Kite Allen

K. 5 min and I'll roll to decide between >>4195753 (1)
>>4195757 (2)
if nobody else votes.

>>4195757
this

>>4195772
>>4195757
K.

Someone gimme a 1d12

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>4195780

>>4195782
Writing.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>4195783
Haha forgot Allans to hit roll.

Hope it's over a 4

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>>4195812
Things have officially gone off the rails by the time you enter the Vault. Allan from Maintenance's head has split and distended into a grasping maw that is attempting to latch onto D@15Y's metal frame. Questing tubules similar to those you saw on the smaller Flesh Worm that came out of Eric's close writhe over her frame, tipped with black dull spikes that fail to find purchase on the skeletal structure.

Reflexively concerned about the potential for D@15Y being damaged, you order her to move away from Allan, with D@15Y managing to break away from his grasp leaving him lunging at the end of the now pulsating cord he is tethered by to the vent.

> Trait: NEEEEEEERD

Focusing on the job in front of you, you wait for a clear shot. The details of what the fuck is happening, and why the fuck is happening, are problems that can wait after you stop it from happening right now. If only the Allen-Worm would just fucking stop for a moment.

Suddenly, Quark dashes up from behind you and stabs his pointy leg into Allan's back, the weight of his metal body balancing out Allan's lunging.

Legs spread, two hands on the pistol, you take a deep breath in and let it half-way out while sighting on the wormy head and fire.

Your first shot misses, as putrid yellow fluid begins to spill from the middle of Allan's back. The now sickeningly sweet background stench fills the room and makes you feel lightheaded, but all that means is that the next two shots that you walk up his body and into where a human head should be are a surreal, dream-like experience.

You've never actually shot a man before. You should be more bothered by this than you are, you think. You're probably in shock. A murderer shouldn't feel this okay.

People's heads don't turn into worms. Especially not dead people's. The whole situation suddenly seems unreal, a ringing in your ears suddenly rising along with your horrible suspicion that you might have gone mad.

(1/2)

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>>4195851
Your moment of horrified introspection is disrupted as suddenly a spray of bloody red fluid is ejected from Allans head, as the tether bulges and twists. It jerks the body backwards to the vent, slamming it into the grate. Wet dull snapping sounds start to come from the body, not how one would imagine a bone breaking but more rapid fire snapping akin to bubble wrap being pressed .

The body quivers for a moment before the skin almost seems to melt and deflate as the Allan Worm shrinks in diameter, and then suddenly it snaps out extending past its previous reach towards you!

Gimme 3 1d100

>Critfail: It can't happen twice in a row, right?
>0 success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you AND D@15Y
>1 Success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you OR D@15Y (1d2)
>2 Success: You get to roll To Hit against the Allan-Worm
>3 Success: You get two rolls to hit against the Allan Worm
>Critical Success: Something good happens. Not to the Allan-Worm.

Daisy: Squishy(-20 DC). LOVED by Quark(+20DC). Out of practice w/ guns (-10). Multitasking (-10DC)

THE ALLAN WORM: Inhuman Physique (Increased reach allows it to attack Daisy), Blunt Attack (No penalty for attacking D@15Y since it's no longer trying to penetrate metal), Tethered (+10DC)

DC: 40

> You can choose to FLEE for a +20DC, bringing it up to 60, but re-entering the room will re-engage the battle. You can make preparations to try and make the fight easier. You still risk getting hit as you flee, though.

> You can choose to have D@15Y take a hit, giving THE ALLAN-WORM a free To Hit roll (DC 4) against D@15Y in exchange for a re-roll of any failed rolls. D@15Y can be repaired, after all.

If you choose to try and FLEE, or to have D@15Y take a hit, write it in with your vote.

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>4195896
>Keep fighting

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>4195896

>>4195908
>>4195907
The usual 15 minute delay before rolling again applies.

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>4195896
Keep fighting
> You can choose to have D@15Y take a hit, giving THE ALLAN-WORM a free To Hit roll (DC 4) against D@15Y in exchange for a re-roll of any failed rolls. D@15Y can be repaired, after all.

Have her dive in front of us and try to hold ailln in place for us.

>>4195913
Take a re-roll then.

>>4195908
>>4195907
I am just ASSUMING you guys are okay with D@15Y taking a hit for a reroll.

This might make an ass of me. Are you guys cool with it?

>>4195919
Cool with me. I don't want my crit to fuck up much more than it already has.

>>4195921
I mean, right now it's one To Hit roll that MIGHT miss.

Daisy, or D@15Y.

A re-roll gives you the chance to hit back, but at the risk of giving THE ALLAN-WORM a second To Hit roll against D@15Y.

>>4195924
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ok then I dun want

i'll just hope for a good roll.
wonder wat the other anon thinks tho

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>>4195913
>>4195921
But we DO have a vote, and I don't want to drag things out so re-roll, bro!

> This will be a common feature when performing what I kinda want to call a D@i5y Chain attack.

>>4195924
well i'd like to reroll but my roll passed

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>4195927
hahhh...
lets just hope this is a good roll.

>>4195925
>>4195908
I had some wine with Dinner, so I'm feeling kinda jumpy haha.

At least I'm remembering to put DCs before Dice Rolls now.

If you're here still, let us know if you want a reroll or not.

If a roll has been made before I post this and it's a pass I'll take it, as an apology for being all over the place

>>4195929
It was a vote to see if one of the failure's could be re-rolled. I didn't really mind who did it.

>>4195930
Pass!

Rolling THE ALLAN-WORM's To Hit (DC 4)

Roll me Daisy's To Hit (1d12 DC 5)

>>4195930
it passed. thanks anon

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4195935
And here is the roll.

>>4195935
I'll let someone with decent luck make this roll.
Are we supposed to roll higher than the worm, or lower?

>>4195936
only 8 more and our effort would've been in vain

>>4195935
Anyone can roll Daisy's To Hit BTW.

>>4195940
You have to roll under the DC (5).

Daisy is not really a great shot.

THE ALLAN-WORM's roll here >>4195939
had to be under 4.

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>4195935
it's a d12

Rolled 7 (1d12)

>>4195935
Here we go.

Rolled 12 (1d12)

>>4195935
oh boy

>>4195948
Well then....

>>4195951
It's time to stop.

Rolled 4 (1d5)

>>4195952
>>4195954
You can't crit-fail To Hit rolls.

Unless you're firing into CQC in which case a 12 would have hit D@15Y

>>4195913
> Have her dive in front of us and try to hold ailln in place for us.

Uh.

Well.

1: Guns
2: Manipulator arms
3: Head sensors
4: Torso core
5: Legs

Good thing you're in the Storage Vault where all the spare parts are kept

>>4195964
> D@15Y loses power

> With a damaged power core D@15Y cannot take action every other turn. However, Multi-tasking penalty will not apply during these turns.

>>4195967
Anyways. Writing.

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>>4195896
As the grotesque person-tube comes towards you, you send D@15Y a command to grab it, quick! THE ALLAN WORM twists and snaps towards her like a heavy whip, the arms flapping and flailing before smashing off against the floor as it misses her! D@15Y locks her arms around THE ALLAN WORM, attempting to hold it in place.

Unfortunately, the thrashing of THE ALLAN WORM pulls D@15Y around and into your line of fire just as you pull the trigger. The round penetrates her core, and suddenly you find your link to her feeding you a sea of red error signals as her systems erratically begin to lose power. Backup power engages, but it's not meant for heavy use and will need a minute to charge after strenuous activity.

THE ALLAN WORM, it's fluids spreading over its body, manages to slip out of D@15Ys frozen grip and it rears back to strike again!

>Critfail: It can't happen twice in a fight, right?
>0 success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you AND D@15Y
>1 Success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you OR D@15Y (1d2)
>2 Success: You get to roll To Hit against the Allan-Worm
>3 Success: You get two rolls to hit against the Allan Worm
>Critical Success: Something good happens. Not to the Allan-Worm.

Daisy: Squishy(-20 DC). LOVED by Quark(+20DC). Out of practice w/ guns (-10).

THE ALLAN WORM: Inhuman Physique (Increased reach allows it to attack Daisy), Blunt Attack (No penalty for attacking D@15Y since it's no longer trying to penetrate metal), Tethered (+10DC), Bleeding out (+10DC)

> THE ALLAN WORM's bashing attack is as damaging to it as it is to whatever it hits. +10DC for every To Hit roll it makes, regardless of a hit or miss.

DC: 60

> You can choose to FLEE for a +20DC, bringing it up to 60, but re-entering the room will re-engage the battle. You can make preparations to try and make the fight easier. You still risk getting hit as you flee, though.

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>4195991

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>4195991

>>4196016
>>4196008
It's been over 15 minutes, feel free to make the third roll.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>4196029
badda bing badda boom

>>4196030
>3 Success: You get two rolls to hit against the Allan Worm

I need TWO 1d12s DC 7 (Weakened Worm +1, D@15Y down +1)

Rolled 3 (1d12)

>>4196034
DIE MONSTER

Rolled 11 (1d12)

>>4196034

>>4196043
>>4196035
1 wound! +20 DC (Making holes!)

Writing.

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>>4195991
Embarrassment, rage, fear, emotions that flash through you as you focus past the data scrolling in the bottom left corner of your vision. D@15Y is down for now but not out, allowing you to focus fully on THE ALLEN WORM.

Even as sparks start to sparkle in the hole you made in D@15Ys torso, you maintain your stance and breathing and take a second shot, and a third, at THE ALLAN WORM.

The first one hits clean, snapping it back as the spray of blood counter-intuitively sprays towards you belying the high fluid pressure keeping THE ALLAN WORM flexible and turgid. The recoil of the gun however pushes your aim up and the follow-up shot misses, chiming as it ricochets back out of the Vault.

The yellow fluid originally it originally leaked out is almost invisible by now as blood continues to gush from the entry and exit wound the bullet made, as well as the continually bleeding arm. The Allan Worm is visibly slowing, appearing to sag as it jerks unevenly back towards you.

Green lights up in the corner of your vision as D@15Y comes back online.

>Critfail: It can't happen twice in a fight, right?
>0 success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you AND D@15Y
>1 Success: The Allan-Worm rolls To Hit against you OR D@15Y (1d2)
>2 Success: You get to roll To Hit against the Allan-Worm
>3 Success: You get two rolls to hit against the Allan Worm
>Critical Success: Something good happens. Not to the Allan-Worm.

Daisy: Squishy(-20 DC). LOVED by Quark(+20DC). Out of practice w/ guns (-10), Multi-tasking (-10DC)

THE ALLAN WORM: Inhuman Physique (Increased reach allows it to attack Daisy), Blunt Attack (No penalty for attacking D@15Y since it's no longer trying to penetrate metal), Tethered (+10DC), Gore Fountain (+30DC)

DC: 70

> You can choose to have D@15Y take a hit, giving THE ALLAN-WORM a free To Hit roll (DC 4) against D@15Y in exchange for a re-roll of any failed rolls. D@15Y can be repaired, after all.

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>4196072
DIE

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>4196072
YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD

>>4196074
is the dice broken? rolled 51 thrice in one thread already.lol

>>4196078
Too bad it wasn't twice for the same DC.

I mean. It replaced a 51 with a 51 which is close but not quite the same.

>>4196078
I rolled 54 3 times.

>>4196078
>>4196094
15 minutes is up, anyone want to roll for the third die?

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4196107

>>4196074
>>4196076
>>4196121

>3 Success: You get two rolls to hit against the Allan Worm

Gimme 2 1d12 DC: 7 (Flaccid Worm +2)

Rolled 9 (1d12)

>>4196128

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>4196128
agh

>>4196143
This roll gives me mixed feelings. Because I need a 1d12.

Rolled 1 (1d12)

>>4196147
just gotta get rid of dem failures first

>>4196150
WELL! It worked fantastically!

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for someone to get a 1 on their To Hit roll.

Because it's a milestone.

Anyways, writing.

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>>4196072
Leaky and limp The Allan Worm may be, but it's still moving around. The top/tip of The Allen Worm shrinks even more, the blood flow slowing as it builds up pressure in its base. It pulls back as the almost completely collapsed tip falls to the floor, before making a short sharp circle to try and whip the tip towards you!

You waste another shot aiming at the tip before you curse, realizing the futility of it, and aim at the still swollen stem. You hope you can hit it before you get hit yourself, and prepare to trade one hit for another.

Suddenly Quark pounces on the tip, tangling it up in his legs! While he does so, you take the shot and blow out the over-pressured base of the allan worm.

In almost an explosion of blood, the tip detaches and the allen worm almost completely deflates. Oddly, it appears to be leaking that yellow fluid you saw from your first shots into the body.

It starts to slither backwards, trying to pull back into the vent.

> FINISH IT

>Critfail: Don't do this.
>0 Success: the allan worm leaves a "present".
>1 success: pop pop pop making worms drop
>2 success: Loot the body!
>3 success: Gross fluid.
>Critical Success: Something special

DC: 90

Gimme 3 1d100s

>>4196187

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>4196187
Let's try that again.

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>4196187

>>4196143
>>4196191
Really weird dice in this thread.

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>4196187
>>4196191
Omg mate, just stop.

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>>4196195
>>4196192
>>4196191

the allan worm isn't even able to escape. Quark pounces on it again, pinning his pointy leg through it at the base of the vent. D@15Y holds the rest of it down as you administer the Coupe de Grace down the length of its body.

The yellow liquid it was leaking must have come from a gland you burst, rapidly pouring out onto the floor and evaporating in a now nauseating stench that burns the nostrils. The sweetness is gone from it, as the life seems to be from the rest of the allen worm.

The broken and abused body of Allan from Maintenance is shredded and barely recognizable as human. However, his maintenance access keys are easily recognizable. Cautiously pulling it off the corpse, a few dead worms spill out like candy from the worlds worst pinata, crunching underfoot as you search for anything else useful.

The adrenaline from the situation suddenly leaves you feeling shaky, but good. Very good. >>4196150 You never really expected to use your firearms training against another person, let alone a horrifying WHAT THE FUCK WORM. But you managed to keep it together under pressure.

> Daisy now rolls 1d10 for her To Hit rolls.Firing into melee still presents a danger of friendly fire, but will require rolling over 10 or in other words a negative modifier to do so.

The Storage Vault might be messy, but there is surprisingly little damage from THE ALLAN WORM.

You are able to quickly repair the damage in D@15Ys torso, restoring her to full power, and to switch out her dummy guns for the XR-20 Railguns as well as mounting the FMA arm exteriors. Additionally you grab the handheld scrap press, used to press scrap metal into the ammo used by the XR-20 guns.

> D@15Y can now engage in ranged combat. This allows To Hit rolls at a distance. D@15Y will roll 1d10s for her to hit rolls. Due to having two weapon arms, she will be able to re-roll a missed To Hit roll at the cost of not being able to roll To Hit with her weapon arms the next round.

> With her heavier manipulator arms, D@15Y can now engage in CQC and roll CQC To Hit

> D@15Y gains 1 adverse re-roll of enemy's successful To Hit roll due to her armored manipulator arms.

> The Maintenance Access key will allow you to open Storage Room Doors in all the sub-basements.

>>4196227
> NAT 100 CRITFAIL

So, it's the first Critfail. I'm not a huge fan of using Criticals to just kill players, I feel it should be used to create extra challenges. I also didn't want to do it during the fight, especially after the first round, because I had already planned to make it suddenly get really hard. Also I was completely unsure how my second-hand system would work.

So, it's going to be a different kind of challenge. And you get to pick from the list below1

1)
> Psychic Shriek

2)
> Itchy Bum

3)
> Abyssal stare

Voting will remain open until tomorrow at some time, probably 4pm Mountain time. I will announce it when I run on twitter https://twitter.com/Bonesinger1

Complaints, criticisms, first borns, all are accepted here.

>>4196230
>> Psychic Shriek

>>4196230
Psychic Shriek

>>4196230
> Psychic Shriek

>>4197082
-> 40 mkm delay before writing.

>>4197082
>>4196938
>>4196354

Whew! That took longer than I thought, sorry. Writing.

>>4197387
Im ready...

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>>4197387
> Psychic Shriek

>While Daisy is unaffected by this, as are mechanical constructs such as Quark and D@15Y, others are more susceptible to the final call of THE ALLAN WORM.

You're quickly finished with D@15Ys upgrades and the examination of Allans gross corpse, which mostly consisted of you being heartily sick about it because you are a roboticist not a biologist or doctor or any other person particularly comfortable with the sights and smells of people's insides. You aren't even certain if that weird yellow gunk was abnormal.

You grab some basic tools for making repairs, some spare wiring and other useful things related to your skillset, toss them in a boc and bring them back to your office to let Eric help more by carrying them in his Wheely-Chair.

You notice that Eric is still asleep in his Wheely-Chair. Hmph. You have mixed feelings upon seeing this. On the one hand, it's probably a good sign given his injuries that's he's able to get some sleep. On the other hand, it's vexing that he doesn't wake up to hold the supply box you brought, resulting in you having to duct tape it in place on top of him.

On the gripping hand, it's intensely annoying now that you have time to think about it that you're the one who has to do all the grunt work, while the actual Grunt naps through it. You're a woman, you're an officer, for gosh sakes you're a nerd! You having to do this with your squishy self is tiring and an annoyance you've not had to experience for a long time.

If only you had better Grunts, then you might not even NEED D@15Y, who you point out to Eric as you go through your external monlogues, managed to take a bullet an hour ago and was already better so clearly there's no competition from Grunts there.

Eric, in his sleep, grunts what you assume is agreement with your expert opinion and twists slightly in his once again taped down position under the supplies.

Quark roots around your office, finding a power plug and extending a plug from his "head" into it.

Anything left to do before leaving, and do people want to take the elevator or leave Eric behind and take the stairs?

>>4197424
I think we can just use the elevator.
Take Eric with us, he's got all our supplies.

>>4197428
Back this.
We gota hook up napman with some robo parts

>>4197429
>>4197428
Vote will be open for another 40 min or so at which point I'll start writing. Gotta eat.

>>4197429
>>4197428
> Do not violate the NAP

Writing. Just . . . . figuring out how to approach the next part.

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>>4197551
Luckily, the elevator to the robotics bay is quite spacious. It can be taken up to the 3rd Sub-Basement, at which point you'll have to get off and proceed West over The Tank to the Elevator to the West.

Sub-basement 3 is biologicals. Mostly research on specialist crop strains for different environments, you do know that some virology and work on animal to human disease transmission is done as well. Finally, some work on alternative fuel sources are done as well on that level.

The Floor Head is Karla, a brilliant scientist in her 70s who has been at the forefront of many modern revolutions in agriculture, bio-fuels, and was personally responsible for nano-serum surprisingly early in her career, targeted bio-bots that could be coded for specific viruses and bacteria to hunt them down in the human body nearly eliminating the risk of death from most common, known diseases. With the recent issues of viruses mutating rapidly, however, it has been less effective as each mutation must be studied before The Serum can be calibrated for it.

She has been working here in this multi-field(ha) operation in order to find inspiration, hoping to be able to refine a true Panacea before the end of her career.

The floor indicator of the elevator chimes, as a holographic map springs forth from it displaying the various areas of Sub-basement 3 for you to peruse.

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Hey hey lurkers, rollers, and voters! Let's talk about preparing for quests, and the absolute none of that I did for this one!

I've got some vague ideas fleshed out, but this honestly turned more eldritch spooky than I had originally intended and I'm not sure I want to go the same direction I originally planned in going.

By which I mean, I'm considering taking this quest seriously.

Anyways. While I'm working on actually putting something together for this floor that's a coherent story arc (It's much bigger than the robotics room) I plan to run on Friday night, for tonight and tomorrow people can ask questions about what Daisy knows regarding Sub-Basement 3, the setting, and anything else really. No promises on answers being exactly true (they'll be to the best of Daisy's knowledge though).

If I can get some feedback like >>4188680 where they mentioned a preference for hiding outcomes, that would be great. Tell me, what do you want from a quest like this?

In the meantime, tonight and tomorrow, I'll whip up some pastebins and plots and plans. Well. I posted the floor plan already.

Thanks to everyone who came and voted and rolled and wrote-in plans! I hope nobody was spooked by me saying I was gonna kill Quark for the nat 100 in the QTG.

Because you didn't select that option.

Anyways I have attached 1 ART as a preview for what's coming up in Sub-basement 3. Made with my finest skills in paint 3D which is kinda nice. I might re-do D@15Y's weapons in it too, or keep the blocky white "Equipment Slot" feature.