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dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#251: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:15:37 PM

Boom! Headshot! (5; critical success): Gouging it's hand with your handguard, you manage to free your blaster enough to blast the diminutive horror right between the eyes. The parasite drops all pretense of its host being a kid and pops into a scrawny version of the bear zombie you fought in the utility level.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
3_D_S #24601 from Mitras Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#24601
#252: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:21:56 PM

((aka, how all of the little buggers should be. well, they should all be dead, but you know what I mean.))

Another headshot?

Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#253: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:26:41 PM

Boom Headshot II: Moar Headshots! (4; success): your bolt spashes the thing in the face; boiling it's eyes away and setting it on fire.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
3_D_S #24601 from Mitras Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#24601
#254: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:36:19 PM

Get out the pulse rifle - then headshot, part 3.

Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#255: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:42:37 PM

You stow the blaster and cutlass while the creature rages, and draw the pulse rifle.

Boom, Headshot III: Revelations (5; critical success): Your burst of shots finally decapitates the monster.

It lowers its shoulder and charges, but you can see it's on its last legs...

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#256: Jul 10th 2015 at 12:52:24 AM

Use the Psi-Amp plasma burst.

While shouting Hadoken.

dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#257: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:12:56 AM

HADOUKEN! (1; critical failure): As you attempt to draw a bead on the thing, it bowls you over and raises it's claws...

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#258: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:15:16 AM

Mighty Boot to the chest! FOR OUR SURVIVAL!

dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#259: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:18:57 AM

Mighty Boot of abjuration (2; failure): your kick dislodges the thing for about a second or two before it's all over you again, claws ripping at your instinctively-raised arm...

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#260: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:21:51 AM

Fire the blaster at its head!

dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#261: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:32:46 AM

Headshot IV: We've run out of sequel names (impossible): The creature is missing its head; therefore we can't aim for it.

The creature's blows weaken, the fire taking it's toll. Unfortunately, blood loss also takes a toll on you...

Victory...?

As the monster slumps to the floor, you take the time to cauterize your wounded arm with the blaster's barrel; firing a shot to get it hot enough. Reload blaster?

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#263: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:38:44 AM

You manually trigger the battery extractors, and slot in fresh ones. Total: 7

You stow the dead ones; hoping you can recharge them soon.

You dose a med hypo into your arm. The pain subsides, but the lightheadedness will stay with you untill you can get another snack.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#264: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:40:19 AM

Search the bodies. Maybe eat a ration bar if we have.

dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#265: Jul 10th 2015 at 1:48:53 AM

Fighting the urge to cry, you find some things of obviously more value to the juvenile fem than yourself: A necklace consisting of a shiny rivet on a string, a Your Tiny Horse doll, and a crude drawing of her mother, done in wax crayon.

You think back on the ration bars. While unappetizing, they got the job done. The kid seemed to love them, though...

edited 10th Jul '15 1:50:57 AM by dvorak

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#266: Jul 10th 2015 at 5:56:29 AM

Take the mementos of the little girl. It's possible that one of her parents is still alive!Not Zombie and will want them. Worry about what to tell them later.

General area assessment: any useful items (like a vending machine or autodoc) in sight? If not, continue along the white line slowly, with as much stealth as a HAZMAT suit can muster.

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
3_D_S #24601 from Mitras Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#24601
#267: Jul 10th 2015 at 6:49:09 AM

((Wait, if the "girl" had mementos, doesn't that mean she had to be an actual person at one point? I mean, it was implied, actually stated, that "she" was actually an example of They Look Like Us Now, but wouldn't that mean there would be no items to loot? And if there was an actual host at one point, what in hell was a little girl doing in the engine room? On the ship, even?))

edited 10th Jul '15 6:49:40 AM by 3_D_S

Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#268: Jul 10th 2015 at 7:11:39 AM

((It could be a Slower Than Light voyage. STL implies either suspended animation or generational strategy.))

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
3_D_S #24601 from Mitras Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#24601
#269: Jul 10th 2015 at 8:15:59 AM

((Ah. That could be the case. But if this is a generation ship, wouldn't we have seen more zombified passengers by now than this one little girl? Almost every zombie we've seen was a crew member... Right?))

edited 10th Jul '15 8:16:42 AM by 3_D_S

Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#270: Jul 10th 2015 at 8:24:35 AM

((I don't know...I just know that they were definitely hostile. Unless we're in a complete Mind Screw, and we are the problem...))

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
BlackMageAnolis At the heart of the world... from about three miles away from you. Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
At the heart of the world...
#271: Jul 10th 2015 at 9:08:10 AM

So what of these ration bars, can we take 'em? And hey, here's the snarky one back for some cookies.

Seriosuly, I was promised cookies, where are they?

dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#272: Jul 10th 2015 at 9:55:20 AM

You collect the toy, the drawing, and the crude jewelery. Her parents may still be alive. They deserve to have something to remember their daugher by...

You ponder the wisdom of having civilian colonists piggybacking on a military/scientific endeavour. However, very few civilian companies can afford to build even a space craft, let alone a jump drive; the ones that can are mega corps that would charge for air if they could get away with it. Travelling to colony worlds on the government's dollar may not be perfect, but it's better than the alternative.

The jump drive requires a specific point in space/time to use: the one spot in the solar system where all the other planets gravity cancels out. Getting there takes some time. Usually, a ship jumps to just outside a new solar system and goes towards the habitable band at STL speed. Both of these take enough time to warrant cryogenically suspending non-essential personell; essential persons are on a rota to prevent Cabin Fever-the true cause of Space Madness.

With a fresh bout of greif, you realize whatever is controlling the zombies is using your instincts against you: nobody's just going to go around capping juveniles. This thought takes a lot more mental effort to get into the mass grave you've been burying bad thoughts about this mission in.

You want another cookie. It and some orange juice would help your body make more blood and the lightheadedness go away. Hell, even a ration bar would be good right about now...

You search the blaster zombie for anything you might have missed. Nada.

It occurs to you that the auto doc behind the supply room in life support could do blood transfusions. Or you could nip up to the mess hall for a snack.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#273: Jul 10th 2015 at 10:02:55 AM

Let's cautiously make our way to the mess hall. Being clearheaded and not woozy from blood loss trumps speed.

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
dvorak The World's Least Powerful Man from Hiding in your shadow (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
The World's Least Powerful Man
#274: Jul 10th 2015 at 10:08:23 AM

Moving carefully to the elevator, you head up to the mess hall, following the Red Line. There are two zombies inside. Luckily, they're not the sort with guns or armor, and don't notice you. Yet.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#275: Jul 10th 2015 at 10:16:17 AM

Pulse rifle, one burst each, center-mass.

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...

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