Go try a different machine for a while.
You try a rowing machine.
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You row a grand total of twice before being completely out of breath. Jim laughs at you.
"I would like to go on missions, Mr. Doctor. I've got my sentence to serve and all. I would also like to, um, not die and stuff. Yeah, I would really like that. Could you please let me go, kind Mr. Doctor, sir, I promise not to cause any trouble. Or I could cause some, if you want me to. Just say the word, and I'll do whatever you want me to. You could probably research me better if I went on missions, anyway! Just don't kill me, please?"
Timmy suddenly looks slightly stumped.
"Wait, what do you mean by not entirely human? Am I like some sort of magic mutant? 'Cause that would be cool."
((If I still have powers, I probably could turn him into ash, restrained though I am. I could also try to reform my limbs and any number of other perverse fleshcrafting tricks. I wouldn't like to harm the Doctor, though. He's my favorite NPC!))
The doctor nods, though it seems more to himself then to your barrage of pseudo-begging.
"Will leave you for now. Perhaps condition will evolve further under stress."
He undoes the straps on your arms and legs and walks to the door.
"Oh." he says, as he walks out, "Mr.Pillow. Try not to overuse such things. Dna profile matched missing crew member. Seems flesh has to come from somewhere nearby."
Roger ducks back into the trench and moves to the gauss cannon position, disregarding the shoulder wound.
You drag yourself out of the mud, hand on your wounded shoulder, and run to the gauss cannon position as best you can. Half way there the ground heaves up under your feet and knocks you to the ground as a shockwave rolls over the trench. In the distance the sky seems to glow with a new sunrise. You get up and finish your run to the cannon. The men there, 3 in total, continue working without even acknowledging your presence, the cannon hurling massive slugs every 1/3rd of a second.
Exit VR and go on a exercise machine if available.
"Steve, when the next mission is accounced I'd like to volunteer ahead of time is that ok?"
((Duel seems a bit confusing.))
(duel can be very complex or very easy. You can say something as simple as "I wanna fight Milno in a field with a laser rifle.")
You hop out of the vr machine and walk over to the exercise machines. Looks like there are plenty available, weight lifting ones, some sort of punching dummy thing, a big wall of senors with "Punchtime" stenciled on it, etc.
We need a better way to handle signups that isn't totally terrible to people in non-US timezones. I'm not sure what to do about it though.
Anyways, first things first, who here as not gone on any missions and would like to go on the next one?