FFD6 The Dicening, Group 1, Chapter 1, Mission 1 - Page 9

mauve · 02-01-2011, 05:08 AM

"Oh fine," sighed Elsa, shoulders sagging in defeat. "Ruin all my fun." Further torment of the poor Blue Mage would have to wait.

To be honest, Elsa was looking forward to exploring the Necroanimation chamber. It was probably a bad idea to send two people into the most likely spot for danger instead of entering as a group, but the Dark Knight was okay with that. It wouldn't be the first foolhardy thing she'd ever done, and with a great deal of luck, it wouldn't be the last either.

"I'm fine with exploring that room," she said, nodding towards the door Arden was dragging her towards. "Does anyone object, or want to join in the fun? If not, Necroanimation Chamber, here we come."

Krylo · 02-02-2011, 10:18 PM

CYBERNETICS RESEARCH
Ark and Raltz

As the two step into the room they find mechanical limbs of all sorts, robotic eyes, strange tentacles, robotic versions of organs, and weapons that look something like cannons all mounted about the room. However, they are all highly specialized. The cannons lack a function to turn back into hands, for instance, and the tentacles seem to replace entire arms with groups of whipping robotic cables.

Upon closer inspection of the objects Ark realizes that they can't be interfaced with a living android--or anyone else for that matter. The standard life or magitek energy used to power grafts would be ineffective. They all seem to be reversed--requiring energy of a more perverse nature.

NECROREANIMATION
Elsa, and Arden

The room, as they step in, is about quarter the size of an entire hospital floor. Beds lie all across, most with corpses that have been hacked open, strange machines placed within the open cavities. Strange metallic tubes connect them to even larger machines.

The feeling of shadow energies in this room is stronger than it's been anywhere else, and many of the corpses look like they're in the process of being altered in the same way the corpses in the rest of the city had been altered--though on a larger scale.

DATA STORAGE
Kole, Jhen, Bello

The ceiling in this room is unfinished, ducting and braces being visible, along with multiple magitek power conduits, all leading to a massive computer that seems to use roughly a quarter of this entire floor. Data terminals line the room, and they each flicker on one by one, giving the room an eery green glow, as the small group enters. Placing the disk into one of the drives, 'causes all the readouts to change, data spilling over them more quickly than can possibly be read, and, in a moment, it's over.

As the disk is removed Kole, in his nervousness, glances up to see a small collection of metal wires dropping from the duct work directly toward him. In a combination of quick thinking and paranoia, he jumps backward, letting them hit the ground, where they quickly knot up together and leap at him again.

The wires quickly wraps around Kole arm and form a sort of drill on one end, which they use to begin burrowing into his skin.

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Round 1!

Wires- Latched onto Kole. Have done no damage... yet.

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NECROREANIMATION
Elsa, and Arden

All around them the bodies start rising up, tearing themselves away from the machines, they turn slowly turn toward the pair. A single reanimated corpse marches in front of the door, this one bearing a large sword rather than a right arm.

More corpses seemed ready to rise at any moment.

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Round 1!

Two unaugmented corpses short range from Arden and Elsa, Sword armed one short range and behind them.

Five unaugmented corpses in medium range. Five two rounds of, along with two more augmented corpses. Another 3 augmented corpses and 3 unaugmented corpses three rounds away.

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CYBERNETICS RESEARCH
Ark and Raltz

As they study the objects in the room, the two doors facing further into the area burst open, and animated corpses begin to saunter in.

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Round 1

One augmented corpse two rounds off, two unaugmented corpses at medium range.

Menarker · 02-03-2011, 12:17 AM

As Ark stepped into the cybernetic department, sword and shield readied, his cold robotic gaze were roughly transfixed on the various objects in the proximity. As he scanned through the specifications, the results were pretty clear. The sheer raw internal resource needed to keep these highly specialized grafts could not be sustained by mere technology or from the marginally sustainable life energy of the user. He took a few of those specific ones as evidence.

The Android looked toward Jugan and Raltz periodically, but in Jugan's case, the wyvern remained content to stay in its master's shadow, the atmosphere remaining as silent and chilled as the entire mission had been so far.

Then the doors burst open with a few corpses gaiting through toward them. Jugan growled violently as it hobbled to Ark's 5 o'clock position to avoid being caught underfoot.

ALERT: NEW ENTITIES DETECTED.
LACK OF LIFE ENERGY. CLASSIFYING AS UNDEAD.
DESIGNATE AS HOSTILE.
AGGRESSION PROTOCOL INITIATED.
TARGET OUT OF RANGE. ADOPT DEFENSIVE TACTIC.

Ark put himself between the hobbling corpses and Raltz, shield especially at ready to fend off their blows.

INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING...
EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES.
POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES.
WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OF UNMARKED DEATHS UNKNOWN.
ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP.

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Would it be possible for Ark to have taken one of the hand-cannons and one of the arm tentacles as evidence prior to battle start? Perverse power sources are very suspect!
Also, is there any sort of identifying mark like a brand symbol or something like that on them?

Defensive formation, in case they suddenly can charge or something.

Teal Mage · 02-03-2011, 04:46 AM

Bello's cuteness quickly convinced Kole to quietly accept - the admittedly hastily - drawn up plan to explore this floor. Arden breathed a soft sigh of relief, releasing Elsa's wrist as she did, and motioning for her to take the lead. Between the two of them, the Dark Knight was the one most likely to survive a hit. Formation settled, Arden waved a cheerful farewell to Raltz and Ark, before starting off. Idly, the White Mage's free hand busied itself with her robe, tucking and rolling it into her trade-mark skin baring attire - she'd had enough trying to negotiate long skirts for the day.

After parting ways with Kole and the Taruts, Arden and Elsa made their way down the short hallway that - apparently - would lead them into the Necroeranimation Chamber. Though they met no resistance, Arden's grip on her weapon's handle tightened. The shadow elemental force was strongest here - her finely tuned business sense told her that she might have made a bad call, coming here with Elsa alone.

Too late for regrets! The flat chested silver haired mage reflected, shrugging, as she followed her dauntless companion into the Shadow filled room.

Bathed in the stark white light of the Hospital, the room she found herself in was large and decidedly more mundane than she expected. Ranks of beds filled the chamber - most had a corpse on them. Unlike the ones they'd encountered earlier, these bodies were clearly damaged - apparently having been ripped over, with cybernetic implants placed within them. They hadn't been sewed up yet - bodies cavities just left open.

Like the rest of the city, there was neither the smell of decay, or any signs that scavenger animals had been here. "Definitely Shadow Magic." Arden murmured, "Too unnatural to be anything else." Her green eyes critically surveyed the room.

"I wonder if the corpse Raltz found by the gate was sewn up." She continued, mostly talking to herself, "If this is where the bodies get those implants..."

A chill swept through her suddenly, as the name of the room came to her with chilling clarity. Necroreanimation. An image of the undamaged corpse they'd discovered at the city's edge filled her mind. Dead Reanimation, Shadow Magic, Dead-

"Elsa-" She felt real panic for the first time since they'd arrived. Not poison, not drain spells, but-

And that was when she heard shuffling behind her. The screech of metal dragging against the unfinished floor of the hospital basement filled the air, as around them, eviscerated corpses rose haltingly from their beds. Arden didn't need to count them to know they were horrendously out-numbered. She did glance over her shoulder long enough to confirm that, yes, their way out was blocked by a corpse that seemed far more complete. That was bad.

"- Death Spells, they were killed by Death Spells!" Arden exclaimed hurriedly, feeling a cold sweat break out on her back. Eyes darting to the only other door in the room - it was only blocked by three of the less complete corpses, which weren't clear of their beds yet. "We have to rejoin the others - there's too many of them here!"

If they all start casting...

"Move!" Black boots pounding on the hospital floor, Arden darted toward the doorway that - hopefully - would lead to a cleared hallway, and the entrance to the data analysis room. She suddenly wished she'd spent more time training her body - and hoped that the corpses blocking the door were as clumsy as they looked.

Damn it, that Blue Mage was right.

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> Arden tries an Escape from Combat Roll. Aiming for junction in the hallway between the Necroreanimation and the Data Analysis rooms. Not sure how these rolls work.

phil_ · 02-03-2011, 12:48 PM

As Bello deposited the presumably full Data Disc back into his pocket he heard something like "Tak, whump, Eeeeeee! Dr-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!" He didn't like what he saw when he whipped around.

"Holy body horror, Kole! I'll save you!" Bello whipped his knife out of his sleeve and leaped up at the wires around Kole's arm, grabbing on and stabbing for all his scrawny artist arms were worth.

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Bello attacks the drill-wires (5+1d6 dmg).

IHateMakingNames · 02-03-2011, 03:03 PM

We're going to get attacked. We're going to get attacked. We're going to get attacked.

Kole was thinking this roughly every two seconds, which was double the amount he was thinking it in the last room. He was getting really nervous now. Despite getting the biggest group, he was expecting at least four people. Now he was alone with the two Taruts, who by weight only add up to one person. And Taruts hate Blue Magic, so clearly, in Kole's mind, these two must despise him and may be planning to get him killed. Perhaps they were cultist?

The blue mage was far to busy watching his back, and front, and every other side to deal with the data. Once the disk was filled, a normal person may have breath a sigh of relief. Maybe the mission would go without incident? But instead of that, Kole decided he needed to check the ceiling.

A collection of wires was falling from the ceiling at Kole. Not bothering to even think that they may just be normal wires falling out of a partially built roof, the nervous man jumped to the side to avoid them. He was right in dodging, as the wires then came to life and leap at him. The wires were unfortunately faster than Kole, and latched onto his arm before he could recover from his initial dodge. The wires formed a drill on one end and aimed for his arm.

In mostly a state of panic, Kole grabbed as close as he could to the end of the drill and pulled. He couldn't attack the wires as he had a katana and they were attached to his arm, plus it looked like one of the Taruts was about to leap onto his arm. The two forms of friendly fire ruled out the katana. All he had left was to brace for the drill, or try to pull the drill away and possibly the wires off completely. Kole went for the latter.

If only he could self-destruct.

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Strength check on wire pulling(?).

Riin Whitewind · 02-03-2011, 04:24 PM

Watching the computer monitors pulse with barely-constrained glee, Jhen clapped her hands together. The data disc ejected itself when it was finished, falling into Bello's waiting hands. Still turned towards the gigantic computer, she failed to notice the animated wiring hitting the floor.

Luckily, the attack wasn't aimed at her - and she was quickly brought up to speed by Bello's yell and Kole's panicked flailing. Not knowing much about magitek, the young Black Mage assumed it needed a control point - either a living controller from a distance, or say, the very large, conspicuous bank of computers at her side...

Wincing, and hoping all of the information was safely stored in Bello's data disc, Jhennek whipped her arm out to its full length and pointed a tiny finger at the 'main' section of the console.

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Jhennek begins to cast Thunder at the large computer.

Bard The 5th LW · 02-03-2011, 05:01 PM

Following behind the android, Raltz was content to lazily hold his sword and allow Ark to be the first one to step inside.

"Woo I smell some dirty secrets in here," Raltz said as he took a gander at the assortment of mechanical limbs and grafts. "I wonder how many laws this room breaks. Maybe some evidence gathering is in order? The people deserve the know right?"

INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING...
EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES.
POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES.
WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OR ORIGIN OF UNMARKED DEATHS EVIDENT IN PREVIOUS CORPSES UNKNOWN.
ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP.

"...yeah what you said," Raltz replied, raising an eyebrow. "Anyways, our employers are powerful guys. We can probably get a hold of one of these and they can figure it out." With nary a second thought, Raltz reached out and snatched one of the mechanical tentavle-whips on the shelf. It had crossed his mind that these things may be valuable, but the android's description gave the impression that there wouldn't a great market for them. Also he is a good guy(?), so no black market sales for him.

*Slam*

Upon the sound the door opening, Raltz immediately spun around to the sight (and smell) of the now moving corpses. "Oh godsdammit," he muttered, "I was only joking." In any case, it appeared Ark was playing his role as guard well and put himself between Raltz and the undead. The hume dropped the tentacle to the ground for the moment to grip his sword with both hands.

INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING...
EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES.
POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES.
WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OF UNMARKED DEATHS UNKNOWN.
ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP.

"Mhhm thats nice big guy," Raltz responded, standing his ground. "I'm willing to bet there will be more of them outside the hospital to, so I agree, lets find the others and get the fuck out of this fucking cemetery of a town before Kole's cultists come by. At the moment all I can think to do besides chopping is to heal them. Guess we should hold position?"

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Follows suit with Ark.

mauve · 02-03-2011, 05:28 PM

"Ah," said Elsa as the corpses shuddered to life all around them, "Well, this explains a few things."

The room practically oozed dark magic. The sensation she had first felt at the city's gates was stronger than ever here. Of course, the presence of the mutilated and now animated corpses should have been a real telltale sign anyway.

"I've never liked hospitals," she grumbled. "I've always figured this kind of thing went on in the back rooms, you know? Funny to find out I was right."

Her companion, however, was absorbed in more pressing matters-- namely, the matter of being outnumbered in a room full of undead monstrosities. Hmph. Some people and their priorities.

"Death spells..." the White Mage gasped. "They were killed by death spells!"

"Hm. Sucks to be them, eh?" Elsa eyed the zombie who had stepped between them and the door. It appeared to be missing an arm, taking a sword on as a replacement limb. Elsa decided to call him Stabby.

"Right. I'll take care of Stabby here and we'll exit through the way we came--" She looked back over her shoulder in time to watch Arden make a break for the opposite door, across the room. "Oh. That way works too, I suppose." She shrugged. "No offense, Stabby, but it looks like plans have changed."

Not wanting to let the healer out of her sight, Elsa took off after Arden.

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Moving to Arden's location. Escape roll? Regular movement? Both? I dunno. Your call, Krylo.

Menarker · 02-03-2011, 05:29 PM

"I'm willing to bet there will be more of them outside the hospital to, so I agree, lets find the others and get the fuck out of this fucking cemetery of a town before Kole's cultists come by. At the moment all I can think to do besides chopping is to heal them. Guess we should hold position?"

Jugan stood by Raltz in a mixed cacaphony of vicious growling and high pitched babyish babbling as Ark processed the alternative request considering the locations of the various facilities he observed along the way back to the cybernetic room.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION CONSIDERED.
SURROUNDING FACILITIES NEAR DATA ROOM CONSIST OF: FREEZER ROOM, OPERATION ROOM, NECROANIMATION ROOM.
SITUATION ANALYSIS: ALLIES IN OTHER GROUPS IN DANGEROUS PROBABILITY OF BEING SURROUNDED AND HAVING BLOCKED RETREAT ROUTE.
REVISED COURSE OF ACTION:
NEW PROTOCOL ACTIVATED: RETREAT AND REGROUP.

Ark stepped back and ran full distance back toward the entrance, stopping only for an instant to scoop Jugan onto his shoulder.

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Retreat to back toward Data room, since Raltz is following suit with Ark.

02-01-2011, 05:08 AM	#81
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	"Oh fine," sighed Elsa, shoulders sagging in defeat. "Ruin all my fun." Further torment of the poor Blue Mage would have to wait. To be honest, Elsa was looking forward to exploring the Necroanimation chamber. It was probably a bad idea to send two people into the most likely spot for danger instead of entering as a group, but the Dark Knight was okay with that. It wouldn't be the first foolhardy thing she'd ever done, and with a great deal of luck, it wouldn't be the last either. "I'm fine with exploring that room," she said, nodding towards the door Arden was dragging her towards. "Does anyone object, or want to join in the fun? If not, Necroanimation Chamber, here we come." __________________ Yoo Hoo!

02-02-2011, 10:18 PM	#82
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	CYBERNETICS RESEARCH Ark and Raltz As the two step into the room they find mechanical limbs of all sorts, robotic eyes, strange tentacles, robotic versions of organs, and weapons that look something like cannons all mounted about the room. However, they are all highly specialized. The cannons lack a function to turn back into hands, for instance, and the tentacles seem to replace entire arms with groups of whipping robotic cables. Upon closer inspection of the objects Ark realizes that they can't be interfaced with a living android--or anyone else for that matter. The standard life or magitek energy used to power grafts would be ineffective. They all seem to be reversed--requiring energy of a more perverse nature. NECROREANIMATION Elsa, and Arden The room, as they step in, is about quarter the size of an entire hospital floor. Beds lie all across, most with corpses that have been hacked open, strange machines placed within the open cavities. Strange metallic tubes connect them to even larger machines. The feeling of shadow energies in this room is stronger than it's been anywhere else, and many of the corpses look like they're in the process of being altered in the same way the corpses in the rest of the city had been altered--though on a larger scale. DATA STORAGE Kole, Jhen, Bello The ceiling in this room is unfinished, ducting and braces being visible, along with multiple magitek power conduits, all leading to a massive computer that seems to use roughly a quarter of this entire floor. Data terminals line the room, and they each flicker on one by one, giving the room an eery green glow, as the small group enters. Placing the disk into one of the drives, 'causes all the readouts to change, data spilling over them more quickly than can possibly be read, and, in a moment, it's over. As the disk is removed Kole, in his nervousness, glances up to see a small collection of metal wires dropping from the duct work directly toward him. In a combination of quick thinking and paranoia, he jumps backward, letting them hit the ground, where they quickly knot up together and leap at him again. The wires quickly wraps around Kole arm and form a sort of drill on one end, which they use to begin burrowing into his skin. --------------- Round 1! Wires- Latched onto Kole. Have done no damage... yet. --------------- NECROREANIMATION Elsa, and Arden All around them the bodies start rising up, tearing themselves away from the machines, they turn slowly turn toward the pair. A single reanimated corpse marches in front of the door, this one bearing a large sword rather than a right arm. More corpses seemed ready to rise at any moment. ---------------- Round 1! Two unaugmented corpses short range from Arden and Elsa, Sword armed one short range and behind them. Five unaugmented corpses in medium range. Five two rounds of, along with two more augmented corpses. Another 3 augmented corpses and 3 unaugmented corpses three rounds away. ---------------- CYBERNETICS RESEARCH Ark and Raltz As they study the objects in the room, the two doors facing further into the area burst open, and animated corpses begin to saunter in. -------------- Round 1 One augmented corpse two rounds off, two unaugmented corpses at medium range. __________________ I am very tired. Last edited by Krylo; 02-02-2011 at 10:20 PM.

02-03-2011, 12:17 AM	#83
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	As Ark stepped into the cybernetic department, sword and shield readied, his cold robotic gaze were roughly transfixed on the various objects in the proximity. As he scanned through the specifications, the results were pretty clear. The sheer raw internal resource needed to keep these highly specialized grafts could not be sustained by mere technology or from the marginally sustainable life energy of the user. He took a few of those specific ones as evidence. The Android looked toward Jugan and Raltz periodically, but in Jugan's case, the wyvern remained content to stay in its master's shadow, the atmosphere remaining as silent and chilled as the entire mission had been so far. Then the doors burst open with a few corpses gaiting through toward them. Jugan growled violently as it hobbled to Ark's 5 o'clock position to avoid being caught underfoot. ALERT: NEW ENTITIES DETECTED. LACK OF LIFE ENERGY. CLASSIFYING AS UNDEAD. DESIGNATE AS HOSTILE. AGGRESSION PROTOCOL INITIATED. TARGET OUT OF RANGE. ADOPT DEFENSIVE TACTIC. Ark put himself between the hobbling corpses and Raltz, shield especially at ready to fend off their blows. INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING... EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES. POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES. WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OF UNMARKED DEATHS UNKNOWN. ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP. --------------- Would it be possible for Ark to have taken one of the hand-cannons and one of the arm tentacles as evidence prior to battle start? Perverse power sources are very suspect! Also, is there any sort of identifying mark like a brand symbol or something like that on them? Defensive formation, in case they suddenly can charge or something. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL! Last edited by Menarker; 02-03-2011 at 11:10 PM.

02-03-2011, 04:46 AM	#84
Teal Mage Political Studies Student Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada! Posts: 1,577	Bello's cuteness quickly convinced Kole to quietly accept - the admittedly hastily - drawn up plan to explore this floor. Arden breathed a soft sigh of relief, releasing Elsa's wrist as she did, and motioning for her to take the lead. Between the two of them, the Dark Knight was the one most likely to survive a hit. Formation settled, Arden waved a cheerful farewell to Raltz and Ark, before starting off. Idly, the White Mage's free hand busied itself with her robe, tucking and rolling it into her trade-mark skin baring attire - she'd had enough trying to negotiate long skirts for the day. After parting ways with Kole and the Taruts, Arden and Elsa made their way down the short hallway that - apparently - would lead them into the Necroeranimation Chamber. Though they met no resistance, Arden's grip on her weapon's handle tightened. The shadow elemental force was strongest here - her finely tuned business sense told her that she might have made a bad call, coming here with Elsa alone. Too late for regrets! The flat chested silver haired mage reflected, shrugging, as she followed her dauntless companion into the Shadow filled room. Bathed in the stark white light of the Hospital, the room she found herself in was large and decidedly more mundane than she expected. Ranks of beds filled the chamber - most had a corpse on them. Unlike the ones they'd encountered earlier, these bodies were clearly damaged - apparently having been ripped over, with cybernetic implants placed within them. They hadn't been sewed up yet - bodies cavities just left open. Like the rest of the city, there was neither the smell of decay, or any signs that scavenger animals had been here. "Definitely Shadow Magic." Arden murmured, "Too unnatural to be anything else." Her green eyes critically surveyed the room. "I wonder if the corpse Raltz found by the gate was sewn up." She continued, mostly talking to herself, "If this is where the bodies get those implants..." A chill swept through her suddenly, as the name of the room came to her with chilling clarity. Necroreanimation. An image of the undamaged corpse they'd discovered at the city's edge filled her mind. Dead Reanimation, Shadow Magic, Dead- "Elsa-" She felt real panic for the first time since they'd arrived. Not poison, not drain spells, but- And that was when she heard shuffling behind her. The screech of metal dragging against the unfinished floor of the hospital basement filled the air, as around them, eviscerated corpses rose haltingly from their beds. Arden didn't need to count them to know they were horrendously out-numbered. She did glance over her shoulder long enough to confirm that, yes, their way out was blocked by a corpse that seemed far more complete. That was bad. "- Death Spells, they were killed by Death Spells!" Arden exclaimed hurriedly, feeling a cold sweat break out on her back. Eyes darting to the only other door in the room - it was only blocked by three of the less complete corpses, which weren't clear of their beds yet. "We have to rejoin the others - there's too many of them here!" If they all start casting... "Move!" Black boots pounding on the hospital floor, Arden darted toward the doorway that - hopefully - would lead to a cleared hallway, and the entrance to the data analysis room. She suddenly wished she'd spent more time training her body - and hoped that the corpses blocking the door were as clumsy as they looked. Damn it, that Blue Mage was right. * * * * * * > Arden tries an Escape from Combat Roll. Aiming for junction in the hallway between the Necroreanimation and the Data Analysis rooms. Not sure how these rolls work. __________________ I'm always available to chat on AIM and Skype/MSN, so if you've like to speak further with me about anything I say, or just address something to me personally, feel free to add me. I welcome such conversations. Also obligatory signature! Last edited by Teal Mage; 02-03-2011 at 04:56 AM.

02-03-2011, 12:48 PM	#85
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	As Bello deposited the presumably full Data Disc back into his pocket he heard something like "Tak, whump, Eeeeeee! Dr-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!" He didn't like what he saw when he whipped around. "Holy body horror, Kole! I'll save you!" Bello whipped his knife out of his sleeve and leaped up at the wires around Kole's arm, grabbing on and stabbing for all his scrawny artist arms were worth. -------------- Bello attacks the drill-wires (5+1d6 dmg). __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako. Last edited by phil_; 02-03-2011 at 12:51 PM.

02-03-2011, 03:03 PM	#86
IHateMakingNames Awwwwh Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,119	We're going to get attacked. We're going to get attacked. We're going to get attacked. Kole was thinking this roughly every two seconds, which was double the amount he was thinking it in the last room. He was getting really nervous now. Despite getting the biggest group, he was expecting at least four people. Now he was alone with the two Taruts, who by weight only add up to one person. And Taruts hate Blue Magic, so clearly, in Kole's mind, these two must despise him and may be planning to get him killed. Perhaps they were cultist? The blue mage was far to busy watching his back, and front, and every other side to deal with the data. Once the disk was filled, a normal person may have breath a sigh of relief. Maybe the mission would go without incident? But instead of that, Kole decided he needed to check the ceiling. A collection of wires was falling from the ceiling at Kole. Not bothering to even think that they may just be normal wires falling out of a partially built roof, the nervous man jumped to the side to avoid them. He was right in dodging, as the wires then came to life and leap at him. The wires were unfortunately faster than Kole, and latched onto his arm before he could recover from his initial dodge. The wires formed a drill on one end and aimed for his arm. In mostly a state of panic, Kole grabbed as close as he could to the end of the drill and pulled. He couldn't attack the wires as he had a katana and they were attached to his arm, plus it looked like one of the Taruts was about to leap onto his arm. The two forms of friendly fire ruled out the katana. All he had left was to brace for the drill, or try to pull the drill away and possibly the wires off completely. Kole went for the latter. If only he could self-destruct. ----------------- Strength check on wire pulling(?). __________________ "If I'm reincarnated, I want to be Musashi again!" - Musashi, Brave Fencer Musashi

02-03-2011, 04:24 PM	#87
Riin Whitewind Shyguy Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 184	Watching the computer monitors pulse with barely-constrained glee, Jhen clapped her hands together. The data disc ejected itself when it was finished, falling into Bello's waiting hands. Still turned towards the gigantic computer, she failed to notice the animated wiring hitting the floor. Luckily, the attack wasn't aimed at her - and she was quickly brought up to speed by Bello's yell and Kole's panicked flailing. Not knowing much about magitek, the young Black Mage assumed it needed a control point - either a living controller from a distance, or say, the very large, conspicuous bank of computers at her side... Wincing, and hoping all of the information was safely stored in Bello's data disc, Jhennek whipped her arm out to its full length and pointed a tiny finger at the 'main' section of the console. ----- Jhennek begins to cast Thunder at the large computer. __________________ It's such a funny story, really...

02-03-2011, 05:01 PM	#88
Bard The 5th LW Feelin' Super! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,191	Following behind the android, Raltz was content to lazily hold his sword and allow Ark to be the first one to step inside. "Woo I smell some dirty secrets in here," Raltz said as he took a gander at the assortment of mechanical limbs and grafts. "I wonder how many laws this room breaks. Maybe some evidence gathering is in order? The people deserve the know right?" INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING... EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES. POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES. WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OR ORIGIN OF UNMARKED DEATHS EVIDENT IN PREVIOUS CORPSES UNKNOWN. ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP. "...yeah what you said," Raltz replied, raising an eyebrow. "Anyways, our employers are powerful guys. We can probably get a hold of one of these and they can figure it out." With nary a second thought, Raltz reached out and snatched one of the mechanical tentavle-whips on the shelf. It had crossed his mind that these things may be valuable, but the android's description gave the impression that there wouldn't a great market for them. Also he is a good guy(?), so no black market sales for him. Slam Upon the sound the door opening, Raltz immediately spun around to the sight (and smell) of the now moving corpses. "Oh godsdammit," he muttered, "I was only joking." In any case, it appeared Ark was playing his role as guard well and put himself between Raltz and the undead. The hume dropped the tentacle to the ground for the moment to grip his sword with both hands. INCOMING DATA: PROCESSING... EVIDENCE OBSERVED: DANGEROUSLY MODIFIED GRAFTS, PRESENCE OF NECROANIMATION ROOM, MASS AVAILABILITY OF CORPSES IN TOWN VINCITY, ANIMATED CORPSES. POSSIBLE HYPOTHESIS REACHED: SUSPECT AGENCY MASS-ACQUIRING and OUTFITTING CORPSES TO FORM ARMY CAPABLE OF REPLENISHING ITS FORCES BY CREATING MORE CORPSES. WARNING: MISSING LINK IN DATA. CAUSE OF UNMARKED DEATHS UNKNOWN. ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION: DEAL WITH PRESENT THREAT AND REGROUP. "Mhhm thats nice big guy," Raltz responded, standing his ground. "I'm willing to bet there will be more of them outside the hospital to, so I agree, lets find the others and get the fuck out of this fucking cemetery of a town before Kole's cultists come by. At the moment all I can think to do besides chopping is to heal them. Guess we should hold position?" --- Follows suit with Ark.

02-03-2011, 05:28 PM	#89
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	"Ah," said Elsa as the corpses shuddered to life all around them, "Well, this explains a few things." The room practically oozed dark magic. The sensation she had first felt at the city's gates was stronger than ever here. Of course, the presence of the mutilated and now animated corpses should have been a real telltale sign anyway. "I've never liked hospitals," she grumbled. "I've always figured this kind of thing went on in the back rooms, you know? Funny to find out I was right." Her companion, however, was absorbed in more pressing matters-- namely, the matter of being outnumbered in a room full of undead monstrosities. Hmph. Some people and their priorities. "Death spells..." the White Mage gasped. "They were killed by death spells!" "Hm. Sucks to be them, eh?" Elsa eyed the zombie who had stepped between them and the door. It appeared to be missing an arm, taking a sword on as a replacement limb. Elsa decided to call him Stabby. "Right. I'll take care of Stabby here and we'll exit through the way we came--" She looked back over her shoulder in time to watch Arden make a break for the opposite door, across the room. "Oh. That way works too, I suppose." She shrugged. "No offense, Stabby, but it looks like plans have changed." Not wanting to let the healer out of her sight, Elsa took off after Arden. -------------- Moving to Arden's location. Escape roll? Regular movement? Both? I dunno. Your call, Krylo. __________________ Yoo Hoo!

02-03-2011, 05:29 PM	#90
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	"I'm willing to bet there will be more of them outside the hospital to, so I agree, lets find the others and get the fuck out of this fucking cemetery of a town before Kole's cultists come by. At the moment all I can think to do besides chopping is to heal them. Guess we should hold position?" Jugan stood by Raltz in a mixed cacaphony of vicious growling and high pitched babyish babbling as Ark processed the alternative request considering the locations of the various facilities he observed along the way back to the cybernetic room. ALTERNATIVE ACTION CONSIDERED. SURROUNDING FACILITIES NEAR DATA ROOM CONSIST OF: FREEZER ROOM, OPERATION ROOM, NECROANIMATION ROOM. SITUATION ANALYSIS: ALLIES IN OTHER GROUPS IN DANGEROUS PROBABILITY OF BEING SURROUNDED AND HAVING BLOCKED RETREAT ROUTE. REVISED COURSE OF ACTION: NEW PROTOCOL ACTIVATED: RETREAT AND REGROUP. Ark stepped back and ran full distance back toward the entrance, stopping only for an instant to scoop Jugan onto his shoulder. ------------------ Retreat to back toward Data room, since Raltz is following suit with Ark. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL!