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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...
#176: Jul 9th 2015 at 9:59:11 AM

Oh, no, I quite like my hand getting singed each and every time I use the blaster because someone keeps rolling 6's.

Anyway, what's next? We did the thing with the cleaner, so we head to Life Support now?

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#177: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:00:29 AM

First, I think we should go restock on batteries.

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
#178: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:01:09 AM

Life support: complete!

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
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...
#179: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:03:43 AM

Oh, great. Now we gotta do it two more times. Freaking joy.

Anyway, let's head to the engines and get this done before we blow a collective fuse.

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#180: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:06:36 AM

Oh, we're going to blow a collective fuse if you keep insisting on thinking of that cookie. Plus, restocking should take precedence before we head to the engine.

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
#181: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:12:57 AM

Opposite the elevator is a map showing that the engine room can be reached by following the Orange Line. Before you can act on this information or head back to the hab level, that dreadful feeling assaults your brain again. A voice echoes in your head; seemingly in the center of your mind. A voice of many smaller voices: " No more. It threatens us. This will not harm us further..."

A loud BAM! is heard; as something monstrous lands on the elevator car, pushing it down deeper into the shaft. A hulking brute; vaguely humanoid and all the more horrible for the resemblance, extricates itself from the doorway...

edited 9th Jul '15 10:15:01 AM by dvorak

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
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...
#182: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:15:13 AM

Oh, crap, it's that rogue AI.

The voice was, not the...aye. Well, take out the shotgun and starts firing, soldier!

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#183: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:16:04 AM

SHOTGUN! Blast the thing straight at the chest, let the spread do the rest.

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
#184: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:20:54 AM

Shotgun! (6: overshot): The shotgun blasts the abomination square in the chest. The noise makes your ears pop and bleed a teeny bit. Bloody hell this thing's loud...

The thing roars in pain and swings a paw at your head.

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...
#185: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:21:50 AM

Duck! Then PSI-plasma burst.

edited 9th Jul '15 10:22:11 AM by Ripsaw

Be careful what you wish for, 'cause you might just get it all...
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#186: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:22:00 AM

Duck! And then distract it with a hallucination, followed by another shotgun blast.

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...
#187: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:23:17 AM

Duck!

No seriously, I just saw a mallard behind the brute.

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#188: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:25:00 AM

Can we also shoot the part of the brain obsessed with cookies and mallards? I vote for being the one to do it!

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...
#189: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:27:22 AM

What, I had to do rule of three. Besides, we have a shotgun, and shooting any part of the brain doesn't seem like a good idea.

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#191: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:29:40 AM

Hey! Aim for him and you might hit me!

((Is it just me, or is "us" starting to sound like the Three Stooges?))

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
UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#193: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:31:44 AM

But we have hair! Who's going to be Curly?

But back to the situation at hand...

Can we PLEASE use the blaster to shoot the cookie and duck obsessed part of our brain? Pretty please?

After we kill the brute, of course.

edited 9th Jul '15 10:32:22 AM by UndyingPhoenix

Ripsaw These are the voyages... from The Belt Since: Jan, 2001
These are the voyages...
#194: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:32:58 AM

I'm going to say "no" to self-inflicted brain surgery by incendiary firearm.

I am going to reiterate: We need to duck, and then attack again. I'd like to try out the nifty little offensive part of the PSI-amp (plasma burst).

edited 9th Jul '15 10:33:10 AM by Ripsaw

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...
#195: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:34:10 AM

Oh, yea, that's be cool. Though, what if he reflects or absorbs that element?

...I guess we'll have to find out for ourselves.

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
#196: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:36:46 AM

Dodge! (5; critical success): You duck out of the way, and combat roll out of range of it's swings

Infusion (5): You pull your blaster in your off hand (yay multitasker!) and infuse your will into the glob of plasma brewing in it's insides. Your desperation to kill the beast infuses it with corrosive properties. The bolt smacks it center of mass and begins gnawing heartwards...

Hallucination (1; critical failure): Despite how hot you found that picture; this guy doesn't like it at all. Your nose begns to bleed...

The monster charges forward like a linebacker...

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
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...
#197: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:40:03 AM

Dodge! And let's try using the pulse rifle to shoot some...future stuff into the brute!

UndyingPhoenix Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#198: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:42:55 AM

Yeah, dodge! And plasma rifle the guy!

Keep reconsidering the incendiary brain surgery.

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
#199: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:44:48 AM

Dodge! Again! (1): you are sent flying like a rag doll. There's that shocked diaphraghm again...

Pulse rifle (4+1; critical success): Your burst streams over it's face, blinding it and giving you time to reboot your lungs again.

Now everyone pat me on the back and tell me how clever I am!
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...
#200: Jul 9th 2015 at 10:45:02 AM

No, think about cookies! Cookies is the answer!


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