Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)21:34 No. 600338 ID: defceb
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You come to in someone's bedroom.
What do you do?

>>600338
Get out of the fucking escape pod

Apologize for the inadvertent property damage.

...then wonder who chains and padlocks cabinets shut in their bedroom. Or who has a heavy duty mechanical door controlled by a keypad for entry.

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)21:47 No. 600341 ID: defceb
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Your attempt to leave the escape pod is hindered by the glass cover.

You apologize, though you don't see anyone to apologize to. The chain and padlock are quite odd, though in wondering over the door you notice that the wreckage seems to have damaged it's control panel.

see if you crushed someone.

>>600341
Give it a good shove.

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)22:18 No. 600345 ID: defceb
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You attempt to give it a good shove.

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)22:19 No. 600346 ID: defceb
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...and succeed!

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)22:19 No. 600347 ID: defceb
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Perhaps a little too well.

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)22:19 No. 600348 ID: defceb
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THUD!

You have now made two graceful landings in this room.

uh, before you do much else I think you should find something to smother the fire with before it spreads to much. I mean being stuck in a small room while it's burning to the ground around you is generally a fatal experience, even if the flames don't get you the smoke will... although with the hole in the celling that may not be to big of an issue.

>>600348
Alright great. See if you can stamp out some of that fire, first off. Lacking any progress in that endeavor, first priority is getting out of the room. Go investigate the control panel for the door, see if you can get it working so you can escape.

Apollo 2014/11/03(Mon)23:00 No. 600353 ID: defceb
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A quick glance around the room reveals a small fire extinguisher left in your escape pod. You could use it on this fire, but you can only use it once. No other immediately apparent tools to end the fire can be seen.

Do you use it, or attempt other means to extinguish the fire?

Can you lift the escape pod door easily? You might be able to stamp out the fire using that.
What else is in the escape pod?

grab a shard of roof you broke off and beat the fire out.

grab everything from the pod, also what's that on the counter in the corner? is that a pen on a chain/

Anyways, see if you can't get out first before we try and put out the flames... if they start getting to big though use the fire extinguisher before they become to large to put out.

Personally I think if there's another way to put out the fire, you could just use that to put out the next fire. There's no reason to save the fire extinguisher, so use it.

Apollo 2014/11/04(Tue)00:34 No. 600359 ID: defceb
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>>600356
You proceed to bludgeon the fire into submission.

Apollo 2014/11/04(Tue)00:37 No. 600360 ID: defceb
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>>600357
>>600355
You search the various nooks and crannies of the pod to find:

A small fire extinguisher (1 use)
A swiss army knife, perfect for small repairs
A radio that has been broken down for parts, with a note from an old friend saying "Sorry, had borrow a few things. Hope it's not important. Will pay you back."
A small package of cookies, with a sticker saying 'for emergencies only'

Apollo 2014/11/04(Tue)00:46 No. 600361 ID: defceb
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>>600352
>>600357
The stuff in the corner appears to just be rubble tossed around from impact.

Upon close inspect you see that the panel appears to function purely by completing an electrical circuit. You could attempt to jury rig it if you had some sort of conductor that you could fit into place. A wire, perhaps?

Take "Hang in there" kitty poster you will need it...

Attempt to pry open locked cabinet with a " swiss army knife".

Inspect panel next to the door. (Is it broken?)

uh oh, you totally did mangle someone, under some rubble, closest to your current position.

Any wire left in the radio?

There's some red left that wasn't fire. Check the rubble for blood and/or bodies.

The door circuit can probably be competed with a part of the radio. Or possibly you can tear wire out of the escape pod. Or worst case, you can complete the circuit with the knife.

Use wire from your radio to complete the circuit after you grab the poster from the wall and put it in your inventory. Also, have your swiss army knife ready to defend yourself when the door opens.

Now that the fire is gone there is still a bit of red left... my guess is that is someones bloody hand and you crushed the occupant of this room.

Think you can shift the rubble to check if she\he is still alive? Though I doubt it.

Apollo 2014/11/04(Tue)10:06 No. 600382 ID: defceb
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Ha, that's silly. There's no way somebody would under the- oh.

Oh my.

Apollo 2014/11/04(Tue)10:06 No. 600383 ID: defceb
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You take a closer look at the hand.

It appears to be a prosthetic, though of a vastly inferior model to your own. The blood seems real though.

>>600383
Move the rubble away so you can get a look at the body (and maybe loot it)

Dig them out- it's the least you can do after landing on them.

Either they're hurt and need help, or they're dead and you need to do what you can to make up for it.

well it does look like you landed in a hospital, might as well dig the guy out if nothing else

You're not a looter.

Get the door open and call for help!
>A vastly inferior model to your own
What is the extent of your prostheses? May we see you in a detail shot?

>You're not a looter.
We aren't? Kleptomania is second only to paranoia in the attributes of spooky-place survival.

Apollo 2014/11/05(Wed)02:01 No. 600433 ID: defceb
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>>600384
>>600386
You dig away the rubble, revealing the person stuck underneath it. Miraculously, they're still alive. But they will die soon of blood loss if you do not save them.

>>600394
>>600399
>>600362
You pocket the kitty poster, but choose not to loot the person.

>>600395
You are wholly mechanical, and have been since your initial 'uplift' operation in 2263. Sometimes you wonder about your organic body, but only in the same way that you wonder about your childhood home. You can take a closer look at yourself once you have access to a mirror or similar tool.

provide first aid to injured person... it seems to be your fault anyhow.

Lets try and keep them alive; this is kind of our mess, and nearly all landings on strange worlds are improved by not accidentally killing natives.

>You are wholly mechanical
Do we even have the systems to eat the emergency cookies then?

Yup, provide first aid. If you need bandages check the bed for sheeting to rip into bandages.

crap, see if you can't find a way to stop the bleeding and then see if you can't find more supplies in the cabinet. maybe see if you can't open it with you swiss army knife. I mean this place looks like a hospital, maybe some medical supplies are in the cabinet.

>But they will die soon of blood loss if you do not save them.
Well, then, save them!

If your artificial body includes medical protocols or first aid equipment, put them to use. Failing that, it would make sense if there were a first aid kit included in your escape pod (since it's only meant to be used in an emergency anyways). Failing that, you have to improvise ways to stop the bleeding. Tear up sheets for bandages if there's a bed someone in what you identified as a bedroom. Or if nothing else, I guess there's the poster.

Apollo 2014/11/05(Wed)15:15 No. 600494 ID: defceb
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You attempt to activate any medical programs you have. Sparks fly out of your wrist instead. Perhaps you weren't as unharmed as you thought.

You proceed to search the room, finding no medical kit. Tinkering with the lock on the dresser seems fruitless, you can't even find any pins to move inside. Something tells you this isn't a normal lock.

You resolve to tear apart the sheet with your trusty Swiss Army Knife, and acquire makeshift bandages as a result.

Apollo 2014/11/05(Wed)15:16 No. 600495 ID: defceb
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You begin treating their wounds to the best of your ability.

>>600497
Tell him/her to stay still. They're badly injured. Also, apologize for landing on them.

-inspect the bracelet
does it have something written on it?

...well they're moving so that's good but how do they look. Cause I mean it looks like they're messing both legs (or at least one and the other is just hidden behinds some rubble)

tell them to calm down. and you are treating their leg.
if they ask way explain you feel guilty since it was your escape pod that did it. also explain it is unguided.

Calm your patient with some soothing exposition. Tell him things like what planet you're both on and the circumstances surrounding your crash.

Apollo 2014/11/06(Thu)00:48 No. 600559 ID: defceb
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You think of a dozen different things to say. Apologizing, trying to explain, telling him to stay calm, or even attempting to exposition him back to sleep. But he weakly cuts you off before you can say any of that.

"d-Doctor Anselm, fifth floor. Elevat.." They slip back into unconsciousness.

Apollo 2014/11/06(Thu)00:48 No. 600560 ID: defceb
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You finish treating him and then inspect the bracelet on his arm. There is a card attached to his belt that has the same information plus a mugshot and a magnetic strip on the back.

Apollo 2014/11/06(Thu)00:51 No. 600561 ID: defceb
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You rise back to your feet and check your inventory.

You have:
One small fire extinguisher.
One swiss army knife.
A package of emergency cookies.
A 'hang in there' kitty poster.
A wire, gained from pillaging the radio.

open door, look around hall, follow his directions.

Check his belt, I think that might be an id-card for more high-tech locks. You might need it to get to the fifth floor.

If he's stable, going to get this doctor he told you about isn't a bad idea.

...although, normally, when something as large as your escape pod crashes into a facility, there's some response. People come to see what that noise was. First responders or security or Samaritans show up. The fact that it's been minutes since you landed and no one's come isn't a good sign.

well at least we have somewhere to go now, lets see if we can't open that door

Apollo 2014/11/07(Fri)00:40 No. 600631 ID: defceb
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You pocket his ID card, open the door, and proceed to poke your head out into the next room.

It's quiet. Oddly quiet, given your dramatic entrance. Now that you think about it, you haven't heard the sound of other people at all since you landed.

There is an elevator in the middle of the room.

Well, there doesn't seem to be anyone else around. But given that there's a bleeding guy in the other room, it might not be a bad idea to call out for help? Maybe wave at that security camera-looking thing on the ceiling?

the floor is covered n blood and the other door had something massive slam into it.

>>600634
Do this, but close the knife first. And mention that you have an injured person.

Some suggestions on what to do.

Check the safety poster for clues on to what the facility is about.

Look at the camera bubble to see if there is any indication that someone is watching.

Bust open the vending machine for snacks and leave a couple for the injured guy. Emergency situation and all that.

Check if the elevator will respond. Warning, bleeding guy moved or dragged into it. Stay on your toes.

If if doesn't see if you can climb on top of the vending machine to get at that venting.

Not good. I see blood, what looks like bullet holes, a seriously damaged security door from an impact. Your crash landing apparently is not the first disaster to befall this place.

The the sign, first of all.

Elevator up to the fifth floor, and don't waste time messing around with anything else until you've told Dr. Anselm about Morgan's location and condition.

Apollo 2014/11/07(Fri)10:32 No. 600656 ID: defceb
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You jump and wave and shout but receive no response. The camera quietly follows your movements. It's a little discomforting.

Apollo 2014/11/07(Fri)10:34 No. 600657 ID: defceb
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You inspect the notice on the wall.
Dr. Haley Anselm.
That name sounds familiar.

Apollo 2014/11/07(Fri)10:35 No. 600658 ID: defceb
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You call the elevator. -DING- How convenient! It was already on your floor.

Looking through the full of the area, I think the guy was injured before he came into the room. Likely, there's something large and hostile, judging from the other door, and they probably assumed that the "Dramatic entrance" was such a thing, and intend to avoid it.

well the guy told us to head to the fifth floor so might as well start there. Also how good are you in a fight cause I really think you might run into some crazies. Last thing is what should we do with the guy we maybe crushed? I ask because if this place is dangerous I don't want to leave a bleeding cripple along to be easy pickings.

>>600658
Make sure to close the door to the room.

Well, great. This is some kind of secure medical experimentation facility. That's not good. And it's worse when you consider security didn't respond to your entry. Something bad happened here.

I suppose we should try for the fifth floor. Be alert.

It's less of a mystery where everybody in the hospital is when you consider a spaceship just crashed.
I bet everybody's in the air raid shelter.
Is there something you want to tell us, Marie? Maybe something about being an alien invader?

Looks clear, but check the ceiling and the sides of the elevator before you enter.

And yeah, definitely close the door to that room. Don't want to make it obvious that someone is defenseless there.

Not gonna bother with the vending machine?

>>600687
Snacks are a lower priority than recon and triage. If hunger becomes a factor we can always double back later on.

Apollo 2014/11/07(Fri)22:55 No. 600752 ID: defceb
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>Is there something you want to tell us, Marie? Maybe something about being an alien invader?

T-that was only one time! It was an accident, too!

>Not gonna bother with the vending machine?

Urgency dictates saving looting for the return trip.

You move to close the door before realizing that there doesn't seem to be a visible means to re-open the door on this side. Furthermore, the massive hole you left in the room means closing the door would not secure the space anyway. Do you still wish to close the door and leave Morgan behind while you search ahead?

can we at least hide him under the bed or something, so at least if someone comes in looking to do harm they won't see him on a casual glance.

Apollo 2014/11/08(Sat)00:19 No. 600755 ID: defceb
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You go back and stash Morgan underneath the bed to keep them safe.

>>600755
Onward to the 5th floor!

Apollo 2014/11/08(Sat)01:02 No. 600757 ID: defceb
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You leap back to the elevator and activate it's control panel with Morgan's ID card. You select fifth floor as fast as you can.

Apollo 2014/11/08(Sat)01:03 No. 600759 ID: defceb
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You don't feel very good.

Well, that wasn't ominous at all.

The static at the edges of the room makes me think interference from something. Maybe a jammer targeting her synthetic body?

Onwards, or backwards as the case may be since the time stamp moved back about 15 years.

This is the year you got your "uplift" operation.
If it hasn't happened yet, make sure you ask for bigger knockers this time.

da fuck happened?

Apollo 2014/11/08(Sat)09:55 No. 600783 ID: defceb
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"Wake up sleeping beauty, it's almost noon."

Your name is Marie and you have a horrendous headache.

You doctor Anselm?

Geeze, you're over 150 years old? Robot bodies are handy.

>and you have a horrendous headache
Do you know why?

Perform a self-diagnostic with your new robot body.

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)00:18 No. 600869 ID: defceb
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"Oh good, you're awake. I was starting to worry that something went wrong with the operation."

>the headache
"You're probably still adjusting. Try drinking some water. You don't actually need it but your mind hasn't caught up to that yet."

>You Dr. Anselm?
"One step at a time, dear. Do you remember your own name? Where we are?"

>Ask for bigger knockers.
She giggles. "I don't see why not. I think one of our tinkerers on the tech floor was trying to make a way to let you control features like that on the fly. I'll ask them how that's going for you."

>Perform a self-diagnostic with your new robot body.
Your vision floods with windows showing various charts and graphs. It's all jargon to you at this point. You try asking the doctor what it all means.

"Trying to run before you walk still? I like that about you. Would you please usher those away and sit up for me?"

sure thing doc.

No reason not to.

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)01:41 No. 600874 ID: defceb
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The doctor is distracted by the sudden sound of a rock hitting the window. "Protesters must be back," She mutters as she walks over and peeks through the curtain. "Must have a slingshot or something to shoot this high."

You sit up and rub your temple as it throbs. Or you think it throbs. Someone said you'd feel like this while talking about 'phantom limbs' and 'adjusting period' and other nonsense.

"The crowd gets bigger every day. They must really hate you too. Looks like they dredged up an old photo and now they're waving around some unflattering signs." She says. She almost sounds amused by the protest.

>I didn't exactly have a choice.

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)01:55 No. 600876 ID: defceb
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"Oh but you did! You could have chosen to lie down and die quietly. You COULD have chosen to let yourself rot away. But you didn't. You took a leap of faith in me and I won't soon forget it."

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)02:16 No. 600880 ID: defceb
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She moves in uncomfortably close.

Now kiss.

Or not. Maybe mention personal space? Since you are uncomfortable.

Smile shyly and turn away.
Say "I remember my name is... Marie."
Reach out and take her hand.
"And y-your name is..."

>>600880
GEEZ, lady! Scared the poo outta me!

uh... wake up?

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)10:47 No. 600911 ID: defceb
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>Look away shyly

"We wouldn't have been able to make this kind of leap without someone in your... condition." She continues. "I really must thank you. You saved us years of research. If you ever need anything-" She lets the word hang in the air.

>"I remember my name is... Marie."
>Take her hand.

Her grin widens and she moves closer

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)10:50 No. 600912 ID: defceb
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>"And y-your name is?"

Static fills your ears. A distant roar coming closer each second. "Most people just call me doctor, but you can call me-"

You can hardly hear your own thoughts over the growing din. Her lips move but nothing reaches you.

>Now kiss. Or not.

-ding-

Apollo 2014/11/09(Sun)10:51 No. 600913 ID: defceb
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-ding-

The elevator rings again as your body prevents it from closing.

-ding-

You've arrived at the medical wing!

-ding-

Ugh. So are you normally prone to corrupted memory files and flashbacks? Is this a sign you've been damaged, or is this place fucking with you somehow?

Read sign, check corpse under the blanket, check the piece of paper on the desk.

See if you can figure out where the colored lines lead.

There seems to be some kind of key hanging on top of the shelf on the right there. I suggest we try getting it (hopefully without falling and ending up like our friend under the sheet over there.)

Did the boffins on the tech floor ever get that upgrade installed? They've had 150 years to get around to it.
Enlarge knockers, then get the key.

have you been here before? anyways there's a dead body by you so you might want to see how it died, That and a poster behind you that may be helpful and someone left some paper on the desk that might have some useful information on it.

Might want to quickly browse through the various drawers and shelves. Maybe look for a weapon? A corpse in the middle of things makes me suspect foul play.

The corpse is covered by a sheet, which suggests he died in the presence of allies, rather than enemies. Whoever covered him did so in haste, possibly fleeing an imminent danger (otherwise they would have taken the body with them).
This hospital obviously deals with uplift technology, it's possible that its situation parallels yours from 150 years ago, and the facility is under attack by forces which oppose these experiments. If that is the case, the staff and any ambulatory patients are probably in a place of safety.

Check the key, then note, then corpse.

By the way, do you have fighting skills and/or any physical abilities an unmodded person does not? With all the blood stains and corpses around this will probably become relevant sooner or later.

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)01:28 No. 601197 ID: defceb
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>Fighting capabilities?
You suppose you'd me more resistant to some organic failures, such as exhaustion or oxygen deprivation. Your body seems like it'd be notably tougher to harm as well. You aren't a trained fighter though, not even much of one for a bar brawl.

>Enhance knockers
You suppose it HAS been some time since you updated your settings.

All done!

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)01:30 No. 601198 ID: defceb
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>Inspect note and shelves
You approach the desk and take a look at the thing. After removing some of the dust it appears to be a small, flat mirror that somebody left behind. You add it to your inventory. The shelves seem to be stocked full of medical books and files. It's all a chaotic mess, though it may have always been a mess.

You opt to go for the key last given it's position.

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)01:34 No. 601199 ID: defceb
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>Inspect the corpse.

Based on their blue-ish tone, you conclude that they died of suffocation. The person has extensive limb replacements, including his neck and lower jaw. It's all quite gross at this point.

Is the body the same species that you originally were? Now that I think about it, are more than one biological sapient species even a thing? In general what sort of spacefaring civilization do you come from?
The body has more blood stains on it now; was that due to your investigation messing with existing wounds or blood on it? If so, what kind of wounds did it have, and if not get the hell away from the body because all the other potential sources of new bloodstains are things you don't want to be around.

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)02:07 No. 601204 ID: defceb
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>>601202
Now THAT's a round of 21 questions. You rack your brain to come up with all the answers. They certainly LOOKED human. You couldn't be 100% sure, you guess, without some thorough DNA testing. You've encountered a few other forms of intelligent life, but not many. Most of the time you arrived either a little too early for any meaningful conversation or a little too late. Only two fully realized species stood out in your mind, and you accidentally invaded one of them. So effectively one that you have a friendly relation with. But they look more like octopi than people.

As far as you know your group of robot buddies pretty much are the be all, end all of space faring civilizations so far. The people who stayed behind were still struggling with keeping their organic bodies alive in space when you left.

Since then they have made a few planetary colonies, but nothing that marks a unified civilization.

>The body has more blood-stains on it now.
The body has more what- oh shit

oh no it's a zombie! leap over the counter and look for WEPON.

>>601207
Don't be silly. Follow standard procedure and ask if he's OK first.

>resistant to oxygen deprivation
Resistant, but not immune? So your artificial body still has a respiratory system?

>you conclude that they died of suffocation
...there's air on this floor, right? If there's not, that might be a problem, depending on how long you can hold your breathe.

>The body has more what- oh shit
A different line of tech advancement, maybe? Regeneration or restoration systems that took a long time to kick in instead of upgrades to fully artificial bodies?

Get behind the counter, just in case, wait to see what happens. Try talking to him. If he acts like an aggressive zombie, or a violent crazy person, uh, start grabbing stuff from the shelf to throw a him.

Get behind the desk!

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)09:59 No. 601238 ID: defceb
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>>601223
[I was unclear. You do not need oxygen to survive.]

You move to leap behind the desk. With a sudden purr of electric motors the thing bursts to it's feet. The prosthetics tears at the skin they're held against as it moves.

>>601238
I feel as though you should've brought the fire extinguisher with you as a weapon. Oh well! Time to run. Follow the red line.

uh, undead cyber-zombie aside, the elevator just went up a floor if that means anything to you.

As for what to do right now, what do you know of prosthetic limbs moving after the host has died? I mean is it just a malfunction, does someone have to directly change the limbs to move without their host's input, or could someone control them wirelessly? Because depending on how they do it is going to tell us what the fuck happened here and might give us some way of beating this thing without fighting it. Also try to put the desk between you and blue over there should he charge or something.

Keep your distance, and try communicating with it. If it doesn't respond, or it tries to attack, flee and keep your eye out for an improvised weapon.

>elevator moved it six
Well, that would suggest there's someone alive on a floor above us. Well, mobile, at least. Hopefully alive.

>The prosthetics tears at the skin they're held against as it moves.
Well, that suggests they're not working as intended. Is this because the meat part of the body is dead?

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)10:31 No. 601249 ID: defceb
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You suppose it's possible for digital limbs to move with a dead host, but you're not given time to ponder this as Blue catches up to you.

Take it out!
Rocket fist! Optic Blast! Tiger uppercut! Scissors kick nightmare!

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)10:32 No. 601251 ID: defceb
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THUD!

If you were organic, that would hurt a lot. As is, it just kind of really hurts.

>>601250
Make a mental note to ask for these features on your next jaunt back in time so you can use them right now.

Elevator still going up.

Strength assessment. You know your own strength, you know your mass, and you know how hard he threw you. Is he stronger than you?

If you think you can fight, I would try to hit him where the prosthetic are attached. If you damage the connection, they can't move the body around, and they lose leverage to act effectively.

Otherwise, just run.

I like how his crappy older prosthetic limbs seem to be outclassing yours. Anywho you might want to start running... try the going left... failing that go right, this guy doesn't look to fast so he should be easy to get around.

>>601251
It's faster than you? Alright, new plan. Grapple. If it struggles enough, it will tear itself apart.

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)10:57 No. 601261 ID: defceb
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You wouldn't say they're stronger than you, but they had the element of surprise and apparent single-minded-ness.

>Rocket fist!
A little window pops up saying "system offline"

>Optic blast!
"Update required."

>Tiger uppercut!

Apollo 2014/11/10(Mon)11:14 No. 601270 ID: defceb
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You move as if possessed, striking Blue right in the chin as they charge.

Follow it up with hurricane kick!

grab the leg and spin slam into the wall!

Do you know how to dismantle or dislodge someone's prosthetics? If so, go for a dismembering strike: The less limbs it has, the less of a threat it is.

Oh shit the time travel thing is happening again!

>>601270
Hurricane Kick!

Perform an armlock and charge him straight for the reception desk, maybe even trying to throw him at the large shelf. The force might jostle the stuff on the shelf and fall on him, dealing BONUS DMG.

Someone one floor up just called the lift.

>>601288
Let them come. You'll kick their ass too.

>>601288
You mean 3 floors up. It just stopped on floor 8.

Disabling strikes, now. You want to hit it where the limbs connect, or use the limbs as leverage to slam the body. If you can remove limbs from the body, or damage their physical connection, the mechanical parts lose their leverage and can't bring any power to bear on you.

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)09:57 No. 601525 ID: defceb
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>Hurricane Kick!
"TATSUMAKI!" You shout. You're not sure why you shouted it, but it felt like the right thing to do.

>Armlock!
>Disabling Strikes!
>Dismembering Strikes!
>This is all terribly violent, isn't it?
That last one sounded... wrong.

More static.

If that doesn't mean you're blacking out this time, is it associated with your combat moves? They're not something you know, they're hidden subroutines or preprogrammed techniques you activated? That would be consistent with your sudden prowess and word shouting.

Unless it's all bullshitting and you're just flailing around and succeeding because you're faster and stronger than this guy.

Oh, also, the elevator is coming back down, now. Possible company, coming.

here's hoping that you kicked blue hard enough to hit the wall with enough force to knock the key loose

Also the elevator is now moving back down, not to sure what's coming but I'm getting the feeling that you may want to leave before it get's here.

Don't give him time to regain his balance. Wave dash over there and pulverize him by spamming Lightning Kick.
Once he's toast, dive behind the desk and wait to see if the person coming out of the elevator is friend or foe.

>>601525
Maybe you should try a bit of diplomacy? Tell him to stop attacking you. Ask him why he started doing it in the first place.

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)10:21 No. 601535 ID: defceb
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You don't know! It doesn't FEEL like bullshit! More like.. riding a bicycle?

Is it possible you received training in Panzer Kunst some time in your past? Maybe in the hazy period before being reconstructed by a kindly scientist (who happened to outfit you with a reconfigurable body)?
Regardless, Blue has executed his Last Order. FINISH HIM!

Id it's not bullshit, that it's due to missing memories (were you damaged in the crash? How long would a self-diagnostic take, and would preforming one take you offline or leave you vulnerable?) or preprogrammed stuff you didn't know was in the body. (Maybe what's her name thought it prudent you be able to defend yourself?).

Make sure the zombie is disabled, double check if the organic portion is dead, and be alert. Elevator still coming down.

so uh, any of those doors unlocked? may want to try and find a way to get the hell out of here before the elevator comes down, you know, just encase they have guns or some BS like that.

get a screwdriver and remove robot limbs from body.

>>601535
Duck! He's about to throw shit at you.

Circle around to the right side of the desk and crouch behind it. That puts you out of sight of both the elevator (which someone or something is riding down from floor 8) and the cyberzombie. Use the mirror to peek around corners.

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)22:13 No. 601712 ID: defceb
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Blue pops back up. With a sickening crunch metal protrusions erupt from his hands.

>Crouch behind the desk.
It's already back up there's no time!

>FINISH HIM
You execute a leaping knee strike, hoping to strike him and tear at his prosthesis. He makes a clumsy jab which you effortlessly knock-

>>601712
...away?

>you effortlessly knock-
...and?
does this have anything to do with the static forming around your body?

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)22:32 No. 601722 ID: defceb
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>>601719
Apparently not

>>601722
Ouch. That's not good. Alright, let's hope whoever's in the elevator can help you out.

Fight's not over though. End the threat. Pull out the spike and judo flip him behind you into the wall.

grab head, twist till it comes off.

How important is that blue stuff?

Try and remove the head, and if you can do so before the elevator opens hide behind the table.

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)23:08 No. 601736 ID: defceb
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Momentum takes over, and the two of you collide into the bookshelf.

You're in a lot of pain.

Apollo 2014/11/11(Tue)23:19 No. 601739 ID: defceb
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You have now made three graceful landings!

Ouch.

>>601739
You're also now in tight quarters. Better make your next moves as effective as possible. Take that fucker apart. Rip and tear.

is blue dead yet or is he still kicking?

also if you care the elevator stopped on the fourth floor.

Pull his head off!

Grab the limb you've been impaled on with one hand and break it, probably at the shoulder. Elbow/knee joints are weaker than shoulder/hip joints on organic humans, but for a mechanical limb, joints with fewer degrees of freedom are easier to reinforce and thus likely to be sturdier... but that's working from first principles, with no background knowledge of this guy's specs.
Use your other hand to fend off the free arm, until you've got the stuck arm disabled, then use what you learn from that destructive testing to similarly disable the robozombie's other arm.

Do you have a blood-analogue? Be careful about how you remove the spike from your torso, it might cause more damage on the way out, or an open wound might simply leak more than a plugged one.

>>601867
I think she has impaled him...

>>602009
No he got her :(

Apollo 2014/11/13(Thu)23:47 No. 602256 ID: defceb
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>Is Blue dead yet?
Unfortunately no. You hear the motors kick back into action as soon as he lands.

>How important is that blue stuff/Do you have a blood-analogue?
You're leaking coolant all over the place. You still have a functional amount of it left, for now.

His shoulders appear to have been harmed from the impact, weakening them.

Apollo 2014/11/13(Thu)23:49 No. 602257 ID: defceb
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>Tear that fucker apart.
A swift kick tears off his arm. You grab hold of the spike sticking through your gut.

>Use your other hand to fend off his attacks.
You do your best, but still take a nasty scratch.

Use the spike to poke out his eyes, if he still has them

spin hand to grab the wrist. then pull that arm off too.

>coolant leak from being impaled
Assuming there aren't any moving parts caught on that spike, you probably don't want to pull it out, yet. That'll just allow you to leak, faster. You might want to break the spike off his arm so you aren't attached to that.

If your coolant reserves are significantly lowered after this fight, would we be able to top it off with something we can find? (I don't know if any machines around here use anything similar). Or is it something your body has to synthesize on it's own?

Grab the wrist of his still-attached arm with both hands, use that as leverage to pivot on your butt and force him over against the counter, while sitting up enough that the spike protruding from your back doesn't drag along the ground.

Then repeat that kick, but mirrored. Left foot to left shoulder. Assuming similar circumstances produce the same result, proceed to stand up and wield severed left arm as a short spear.

Apollo 2014/11/15(Sat)00:59 No. 602404 ID: defceb
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>re:Coolant
You could synthesize a replacement if you had access to various chemicals. Maybe there's a collection somewhere around here?

>Disarm Blue
You grab his remaining arm and give it a similar treatment to the first. You wield the metal spike like a shiv and move to pounce on Blue.

NOW you can remove his head.

Apollo 2014/11/15(Sat)01:00 No. 602408 ID: defceb
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After the damage done to itself, Blue's organic parts pop off with surprising ease. The prosthetic neck gleefully pumps all his remaining blood against the walls in short order.

The elevator seems to have stopped. Lay low for a bit and if you hear anyone come out, play dead.

think you could throw that spike to free the key up there? or at least parts of blue, he's not using them any more? Also how badly are you beaten up? You don't sound to bad but still then again that could just be adrenaline or whatever you have now.

>>602409
It's on a different floor. We're on the 5th floor.

As a matter of fact, it went down to where Morgan was. Priority one is finding Dr. Anselm though. He can help both Morgan and Marie.

Marie, get that key and then follow whichever colored line goes to the doctor's office.

If you still don't see a legend or labels for the lines on the floor my guess is that the Red and Black lines aren't what you are looking for, security\danger or similar. Colour coding and all that.

So head down the green\blue path.

Apollo 2014/11/15(Sat)09:55 No. 602446 ID: defceb
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>Current injuries
Besides the spike in your gut, your wounds don't seem to be too bad. You wouldn't suggest anything that strenuous until you can repaired.

>Throw the spike at the key
You hurl the spike, but it clatters against the bookshelf and comes to rest on the top shelf.

Apollo 2014/11/15(Sat)09:58 No. 602451 ID: defceb
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>Search for a legend or label.
You look around and spot a sign just around the corner.

think surgery would have the right tools to fix you up? I mean seeing all the prosthetic people we've seen it seems like a good bet but you said it yourself you are a bit more advanced then these guys. Also grab the other spike off of blue and move one, we're not going into the unknown defenseless.

How are you holding up, mentally? A zombie just attacked you, you're impaled, and you ripped a man to pieces and decapitated him. That could be a lot to deal with for someone who's never been in combat.

>You wouldn't suggest anything that strenuous until you can repaired.
What would you need for that? I mean, for the moment, I suppose we can leave the spike in to try and reduce bleeding, and we look for something to patch the hole? Is there internal damage to components we need to repair or replace, or is it through and through your coolant tank?

>where go
Stay the hell away from the morgue. There are probably more of those things.

Try Dr Anselm's office. Maybe he'll help, and an office isn't much to search. Surgery might be a good place to check for repairs, too, although there's the risk we'll run into more hostiles, too.

>>602451
Search the body for an ID or something. Then head towards surgery. There's no indication which way the offices are unfortunately... We'll just have to look for room numbers.

Dr. Anslem first. If he's alive he can probably patch you up.
Reroute power from your knockers to boost your damaged systems.

Check to see if the shelves are securely attached to the wall, and if they are, just climb up to retrieve the key.

Follow the blue line to shipping, since that seems least likely to have a whole swarm of corpses and the most likely to have a cargo pallet loaded with coolant-synthesis reagents and spare parts for your model of body. On the way, check the numbers of any offices you pass.

As a side note, how much could someone potentially hostile deduce by examining your escape pod?

Apollo 2014/11/16(Sun)20:00 No. 603084 ID: defceb
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>Move towards Surgery/Dr. Anselm's office.
You move into the hallway. The morgue appears unlit. There are large metal doors next to them that appear to be a freight elevator of some sort. Across is the incubation room. There is no color strip leading to it, and the door is shuttered. You don't see any offices in this hallway.

>Repair?
You suppose it's possible, though performing repairs on yourself would be awkward. If you had some time and a mirror/light you could remove immediate risks with simple tools. If you're lucky and find the right machinery, you could fashion up a few parts, but restoring yourself to back to 100% doesn't seem possible with available tech.

>How much could someone deduce from your escape pod?
They would probably realize you're from a more advanced civilization rather quickly. If they're especially patient, savvy, and know the right programming language they might even be able to hack into the black box stashed somewhere inside of it and gain some degree of knowledge on your flight here.

Apollo 2014/11/16(Sun)20:01 No. 603086 ID: defceb
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You stumble partway through the hallway.

>Mental health?
You're... fine. You can do this.

Apollo 2014/11/16(Sun)20:01 No. 603087 ID: defceb
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You need to be able to do this. They're depending on you.

welp I see no reason to head to the morge and if other bodies are like blue back there I think we should just try to avoid all dead bodies from here on out. Also peek into incubation just because I want to see what they are trying to incubate, and baring anything of interests in that room, keep moving towards surgery. Even if we can't find anything we might be able to find something to help that guy we landed on.

>>603087
snap out of it, also I think I see a red light coming from the morgue, you may want to keep moving

>They're depending on you.
Who? Who's depending on you?

Is that the doctor there, under you? What happened to her? You're getting coolant all over her. I see damage on your back... did you take bullets meant for her?

>>603087
Would removing the spike help? It might increase the loss of fluid but it would likely reduce the pain you're in.

...are you having a flashback? What have you done?

Apollo 2014/11/16(Sun)21:23 No. 603128 ID: defceb
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It all happened so fast. The alarms, the gunfire. She collapsed soon after. You need to-

>Snap out of it.
You slap yourself back to reality. Morgan's depending on you now, even if he's too unconscious to know it. Can't let yourself slip away like that again.

>Red lights in the morgue.
You spare a glance to the morgue. It's time to leave this hallway.

>>603128
Why do you have memories of this place if you're from a more advanced civilization? Are you from the future?

>Morgan's depending on you now, even if he's too unconscious to know it.
Where is she? Unconscious on your ship? In another escape pod?

Why did you need to resort to using an escape pod, anyways?

>It's time to leave this hallway.
Agreed. Keep moving.

anything you can do to stop the dripping you have going on there? would like it if people after you couldn't easily track you down by following your blood trail.

Apollo 2014/11/17(Mon)01:46 No. 603177 ID: defceb
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>Memories
You've never been to this place before. You recall your time at the old uplift facility, but it was markedly different. For one, it didn't have prosthetically powered zombies trying to kill you.

>Morgan
As far as you know, he's still stuffed under the bed where you hid him on the third floor.

>Dripping coolant everywhere
If you had something to use for bandages maybe. Looking back, the trail does strike you as unnerving.

You enter the next hallway. You're not alone.

>>603177
507. That's the door you need.

Duck into that waiting room and watch the figure in the hallway to see if it will just pass by.

Any idea what an OFF GRID is? I have a bad feeling about it and what it might do to prostheses.

Actually it would make sense if these prosthetics need an external power source. They are obviously still developing the things unlike you. So Off Grid is probably safe for you, not so much the zombies.

>Looking back, the trail does strike you as unnerving
And followable, if there's anything left around here smart enough to follow a trail.

>what do
Duck into the waiting room (after looking inside and making sure there's not a zombie waiting for you) and watch the one down the hall. See what he does, or if he does anything.

any reason why that person looks more like a shadow then a person? might be wise to duck into the waiting room real quick and see if shadow over there moves away or something.

Apollo 2014/11/17(Mon)11:57 No. 603225 ID: defceb
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>Hide!
You duck into the waiting room and peek at the person.

>Off Grid
You don't know, but the static seems to have creeped up to it and stopped there.

The person doesn't do anything. You try to squint but can't seem to focus on them.

>>603225
Wait, that static is real? Step across the threshold. See if you can get into the door without being noticed.

hey maybe the reason your having this flashbacks and the reason cyber zombies are after you is because there's something In the grid that fucking with cybernetics. Maybe that one guy out there was a cyber zombie that walked out of the effected zone and just shut down because the user was dead and the grid wasn't making him crazy any more. Maybe come out of hiding and see if he reacts, if not that's a point towards the corrupted grid theory and if he does, you can probably outrun him if he's as slow as the last guy.

First stick some object over the border to make sure it isn't some directly harmful field, then try a foot to see if it gets disabled before walking through.

That door appears to have a keypad rather than a handle; I don't think you can expect to get through that without key noises or beeps that would alert the figure if it is hostile. Once we are across the threshold we need to determine if it is a cyber-zombie (or a corpse that might become one at some inopportune time) and disable it (perhaps by destroying the legs) if it is.

The shadow is probably an hallucination. Go over and touch it on the shoulder so it can turn around and startle you by being someone familiar/alarming (might even be your own face!).
Also, what were you doing over this planet in the first place, again?

Why does the door look like static if the static doesn't go past the grid?

Apollo 2014/11/17(Mon)23:10 No. 603398 ID: defceb
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You poke your head out of the corner, which draws no reaction. Sticking your foot over the line doesn't seem to cause any problems either. You step over.

The smell hits you first. Whoever that corpse used to be is long gone. The occasional twitch from their prosthetics is the only thing keeping them standing. Eugh, you wish you had a gas mask or something.

>Why is the door static?
The door, or rather, where the door used to be, appears to have been paved over. There is a slight indent around it’s old shape but unless you can bust the walls down this won’t do for an entrance.

[And you spot the red line now, which was totally always there. I certainly did not forget to draw it in before.]

Ominous figure in the static is ominous.

Try to disable the prosthetic zombie before any thing else... then I guess look over the keypad?

whelp you made it this far, might as well press forward. Also I'm noticing something behind the static grid with a red eye looking thing. Be careful hun.

Check that control panel next to the former door. Looks like it might have a command line.

First, shoot a glare back at the sinister shadowy silhouette in the corridor behind you. It will more likely than not disappear when you do so, but better that than it hang around for a while.
Second, incapacitate that standing corpse, starting by sneaking up and breaking its legs and then proceeding to break its arms. (Once one zombie shows up every corpse is an enemy waiting to happen.)
Third, examine the keypad at the door.

>>603398
I say just push the corpse over, it's probably not structurally sound enough to do anything. Examine the keypad, maybe you can use it to communicate with the doctor?

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)01:08 No. 603429 ID: defceb
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>Ominous figure in the static.
You look over, but can't discern anything through the static. The haze is very thick now.

>Deal with the corpse.
It offers no resistance as you dismantle it. For you efforts you've acquired a spine! You... don't add it to your inventory. It's really gross.

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)01:08 No. 603430 ID: defceb
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>Inspect the keypad.

>>603430
"no shit, so mind telling me what happened here"

I.. guess there's no real way to answer that other than the affirmative, is there?

>>603430
Let's be explicit in the answer: "Am not."

Follow with "Morgan needs help" before whoever is on the other end has time to ask another question.

>Eugh, you wish you had a gas mask or something.
Can't you just turn off your nose? It's not like you need to actually breathe, and your senses are all cybernetic at this point.

>>603430
No, I am not.

Are you Doctor Anselm? What happened here?

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)09:37 No. 603502 ID: defceb
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>Turn off nose.
Huh, the thought hadn't occurred to you before. You turn off your nose and are spared from the horrible stench.

>No shit, so mind telling me what happened here?
You begin typing that in frustration, but take a deep breath and reconsider.

>what did he do this time?
He happened to be occupying the room my escape pod crashed into.

>>603503
Tell them your escape pod kindof landed on him and he lost a leg and a lot of blood.

Also ask what's with all the zombies. One of them stuck a spike in your gut so you're in need of some repairs.

Ask if there's a safe way to disengage the prosthetics, besides resorting to brute force.

Why would a mechanical eye be a threat? Limbs could puppet him, but hijacking his sight wouldn't do much. (And don't say eye beams! The energy costs are ridiculous! And it would have to dump heat into his brain!).

>>603522
Last question. What's the static, and the grid?

do you know who went down to the 3rd floor from the 8th? noticed that will fighting one of the zombies. And yes I know you don't like calling them that but the name fits will enough and it's easier then calling them malfunctioning prosthetic ridden corpses.

Asking about the static might be prudent. You're getting weird interference, here.

Instead of zombies: drones? It's a more mechanical term, and connects to the idea of remote control (even if it's the machines controlling the person rather than the alternative).

There stretchers or anything like that nearby, or will you just have to improvise getting him up here?

>>603535
oh and on the stretcher note, is there any anesthesia in the surgery room for when we try to remove Morgan so we don't cause undo pain.

Ask about the possibility of spare coolant, reagents from which to synthesize it, and/or some sticky patches to help retain however much is still inside your system.

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)19:56 No. 603611 ID: defceb
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You hear the sound of wheels off to your right, followed by a door being hastily slammed shut.

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)19:56 No. 603613 ID: defceb
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The screen goes blank.

well check out the room to make sure nothing is going to kill you in there and lets go back and get Morgan.

Okay, that explanation of what the grid is probably explains why the rotting "zombie" you relieved of its spine didn't put up a fight at all; Its cybernetics were disconnected from the grid and thus lost the link to whatever is controlling them.

Considering whatever is controlling the "zombies" is almost certainly using the grid you better take a minute to pick through your internal settings and disable any and all wireless networking and radio systems and modules you have installed; Just go through and turn off everything that can pick up radio signals to be safe. Doing that might clear up the "static" you're seeing in the "grid zone." And here's hoping if you did have a wireless network interface open you weren't hacked while in there.

If the static doesn't clear up check if you can see if anyone or anything is hiding in it by looking that way in the reflection of the terminal screen. Maybe the visual glitch won't transfer to there.

Collect the gurney Dr. Anselm provided and wheel it over to the "off grid" marker, make a check for anything in the way, then press on. Oh, but first mentally compare the size of the gurney to your memory of the elevator; You don't want to wheel this thing all the way there only to find out it won't fit.

Also, once you're out of olfactory range of the putrid corpse make sure to remember to turn your nose back on.

>>603613
Hmm, only you can see the static. This means whatever's taken over the Grid is somehow making its presence known, intentionally or not.

Check to see if the static is gone. I think you're going to have to go to the sixth floor to get some repairs done so that you can move Morgan and fight any more drones you face.

>>603620
The wifi disabling idea is good. I don't suppose we are fortunate enough to have the physical antenna or such reachable without specialized equipment?
Also, are we able to get diagnostics on our senses? I am curious about whether we have been literally seeing (as in, with our eyes) the flashbacks or just forcefully remembering them.

Huh. So the static is probably this network then interfering with your own systems. It's not like your parts were made to talk to it.

Collect the gurney he deployed. Getting Morgan to the doc takes priority over finding replacement coolant.

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)23:02 No. 603680 ID: defceb
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>Check internal settings, disable wireless et. al.
You attempt to check those settings, but instead a window pops up in the corner of your view. A glance over confirms that the static is still in plain view. You check the reflection off the screen and don’t see any of the static through it.

Unfortunately, all of your comms are internal.

>Seeing flashbacks vs. forcefully remembering them.
When you were having the flashbacks, it felt like you were back in those moments. Like when you first lived them.

You move on to the next room to get the stretcher.

>>603680
There's something big with red on it behind the static now. Probably time to run on by.

Apollo 2014/11/18(Tue)23:41 No. 603687 ID: defceb
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You spot the stretcher and a haphazardly packed medkit immediately. The medkit contains some bandages, a filled syringe, a questionable amount of cotton balls, and an unmarked bottle of pills.

>unmarked bottle of pills
anyone else not trusting these things?

alright we got a stretcher, we have a goal, now all we need to do is cross the valley of static death find the guy we re-crippled, bring him back, doing all that while avoiding the drones, stick around long enough to make sure we aren't sending the guy to be ripped apart by a mad doctor, then go up to floor 6th floor to see if we can't stop you form leaking. Also if you have spare bandages use that to stop the leaking. Sounds simple enough right, so lets get started.

>>603687
Consider using some bandages and cotton balls to stop up your wound.

That shadowy figure on the other side of the boundary is still hanging around. Pile some rubble onto the stretcher for throwing purposes and lets be off.

>anyone else not trusting these things?
Considering Ansalem's helpfulness so far, I find them to be a pretty suspicious character in general.

>>603689
That might work. Just remember not to use too many, as we have a flash and blood patient waiting.

>an unmarked bottle of pills
Well that's going to make dosing difficult to dangerous.

I don't suppose you have the means to analyze the chemical content? Can you 'taste' one? I mean, taking unknown pills is a dumb idea, but if you don't actually eat anymore, or have a body that would be affected, that's sort of different.

Screen's right there so ask the good doctor about the pills?

Apollo 2014/11/19(Wed)23:45 No. 603882 ID: defceb
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>Use bandages and cotton balls on your injury.
You treat your injury, being sure not to use too many as Morgan might need them. This should stem the bleeding for now.

>Try testing the pills.
You grind up one of the pills and try taste testing it. A moment later two windows pop up. You stash the medkit into your inventory.

You're now carrying:
One small fire extinguisher.
One swiss army knife.
A package of emergency cookies.
A 'hang in there' kitty poster.
One haphazardly packed medkit.

>Grab some rubble for throwing and head off.
You grab the most menacing chunks of rubble you can manage and head back towards the elevator.

>>603882
Well I'm no chemist but I can recognize an opiate. I did some googling on that basis and figured out the first one. That's Hydrocodone and... the second one doesn't look familiar to me and some attempts at googling various medicines doesn't reveal anything.

Don't forget the stretcher.

Apollo 2014/11/20(Thu)00:10 No. 603885 ID: defceb
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You charge headlong into the static, ready to bludgeon, bruise, and otherwise harm anything that stands between you and the elevator.

Huh, that wasn't there before.

[Also, there's a small mirror in your inventory. SOMEONE (it was me) forgot to write that down.]

Oh hey, a giant bloody eye appeared.
That's not concerning at all.

Well the more blood they spend making menacing graffiti the less we need to beat out of them later I suppose. Still, a bit odd considering how neither zombies nor killer robots are known for being artistically inclined.
Next time we talk with the doc we really should insist on some answers about what exactly those mechanical eyes do.

Anyway, keep going.

Apollo 2014/11/20(Thu)01:51 No. 603891 ID: defceb
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The rest of the path to the elevator is uneventful.

You call the elevator. It'll take a moment to arrive.

Probably best if you turn around and keep your back to the wall.
There's weird shit around, so you need to be aware what's going on.

>>603882
>>603884
Yeah. The first one is Hydrocodone, the second one is Cocaine.

Cocaine is kind of a weird choice in a modern (or post modern) medical setting, but it can used as an anesthetic.

Not really sure we have enough information here to determine the proper or safe dosage, but it's better than nothing I suppose.

alright watch your back and also be careful incase something comes up the elevator as well. You've been jumped once and I'd like to keep it on that number.

>>603891
Whoever went down to that floor is still there. This could be a problem. You'll have to prepare for combat. Anything interesting on those shelves or in the cabinets?

Apollo 2014/11/20(Thu)10:31 No. 603951 ID: defceb
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-ding- The elevator reaches the fourth floor.

>Anything on the shelves?
The only things still up after your fight with Blue is paperwork. The key at the top row is still there, but it's very high up.

You hear something like metal being dragged across the floor in the distance.

Apollo 2014/11/20(Thu)10:33 No. 603952 ID: defceb
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-ding- Elevator is here, time to go. You do a quick sweep inside and don't find anything dangerous.

Using Morgan's ID card, you select the third floor and are on your way.

have blue give you a 'hand' with that. aka use an arm as an extendo grabber.

Incoming, prepare to repel boarders in case they try to rush the elevator.

>>603952
Something is coming and is nearly within view. See if you can get a visual on it before the elevator closes.

something coming form the hall you just came from so stay alert.

Rapidly press the "close doors" button on the elevator.

Apollo 2014/11/21(Fri)01:04 No. 604107 ID: defceb
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You take a look down the hall as the doors close.

That doesn't look too bad.

Apollo 2014/11/21(Fri)01:04 No. 604108 ID: defceb
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It suddenly rises up when you make eye contact.

It looks bad.

Apollo 2014/11/21(Fri)01:52 No. 604110 ID: defceb
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>Rapidly press the "close doors" button on the elevator.
You rapidly, repeatedly, press said button. Consciously you know pushing it over and over won't close the door faster, but here you are.

-ding-

You're now on your merry way to the third floor.

Enhance knockers if you have the strength.

Um, so any plan on getting past that thing when you have to go back up?

Welp
Avoid that floor for now, prioritize fixing Morgan

Hopefully that thing is going to go away, or you need a different route back up.

>>604112
Nah. You're... really not in the mood, right now.

That thing looked like a ball of shitty prosthetics. I expect it to be a very tough opponent.

alright be careful when you get down there, when you were fighting blue the elevator went up to the 8th floor and then came down to the third so unless they went back up while you went down to surgery you're going to have company. let's hope they're friendly.

Apollo 2014/11/21(Fri)09:58 No. 604148 ID: defceb
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>Enhance knockers if you have the strength.
You consider doing so, but you might slip into the wrong genre if you keep updating them so you choose to wait.

-ding-

You've arrived on the third floor!

It's very quiet.

Turn your nose back on, so something smelly and terrible can't sneak up on you. You can turn it back off later, if you need to.

>changes
Okay, something ripped that door open, flipped the picture over on the soda machine, and... replaced the security camera with a smaller one. Weird.

>It's very quiet.
Can you tell what noise is missing? You didn't think that before. Is there a hum or fan or background noise that stopped or...?

>what do
Peek around the door that pried open. See if we're going to have any problems from that direction.

Then we should go check on the patient.

make sure nothing is about to jump out and kill you, then move quietly as you can towards Morgan.

>>604159
[For the sake of clarity, the camera being different is the result of an error on my part in saving the background files. The rest is accurate.]

Go in immediately and close the door. Treat the patient and get him on the stretcher. The pills would act as a painkiller and stimulant, which would allow him to do things. There's a small risk of addiction but this is an emergency.

Focus on the patient for now, but be on alert. Turn your nose back on as all your senses are going to be important, probably.