Thanks dude. Broken Glass inside you hurts crazy bad.
Pull out 2 lumirods. give one to Yhngi, activate the other and follow Aeonos, staying about 10 feed behind. I walk in jammer in one hand, lumirod in the other, looking at the walls, floor and cealing, miner senese alert.
Yhgi hold onto that for now just in case you need to come in and need light. Don't waste it though, they're like 16 credits each.
Lumi-rods last for years. Way better than glow sticks, plus you can drink the fluid inside it in an emergency! (+1 Water Ration, gross!)
You grab two lumi-rods from your pack and toss one to Yhgi, then twist one end on yours. It emits a harsh red glow, and you hold it far out in front of you while keeping your Jammer ready in your opposite hand. You head into the tunnel and quickly catch up to Aneos, who has set his lamp down and seems to be feeling the walls.
Grab the combat blade and examine it. Look for potential modifications, then strap it on and activate the windows.
You slide open the MRU drop-box and grab your new weapon and accompanying belt. From the outside, you can't see much thats mod worthy, aside from the obvious addition of a guider blade. You activate the energy and test its reactor. Mediocre at best, it can barely hold a twelve inch length at full density, and taking it all the way to 20 causes it to flicker and threaten to short out. You set it back to the optimal twelve before hanging it from its holster on the belt and walking over to key the window band. You check the entire exterior from your position behind the band, but the mongrels are no longer in sight. Thats a relief.
Proceed into the cavern and find the shiny thing, if it gets strangely deep, head back, hold knife and hope for the best. "If something starts attacking me, please don't shoot me instead."
You're still feeling for vibrations when Reggie walks up and frightens the holy living shit out of you. You give him a good shove in response and motion wildly for him to "FUCKING SHHH!!!". You're just about to grab your light when you feel the ground vibrate ever so slightly. You only felt it for a moment, but the scary part is that you felt it at all. You scoop up the floodlight and delve into the black, blade at the ready, Reggie at your side.
Good work Perrin
Walk back to the rover
<Vixen what are your functions?>
You head back to the rover with Vixen at your heels. She reports that she functions as a mobile scouting and diversionary tactical unit, and possesses limited sensor capabilities along with advanced combat and evasion programs. She also carries a launcher in her back currently equipped with illumination and obscuring ordnance, but you note that any compatible projectile can be loaded into the feed manually. Her load bearing capabilities are limited, but you surmise that she could easily carry a few small items.
Yhgi grabs Reggie by the back of the head and pushes their visors together. He says, "Don't worry, after we get back up Perrin'll patch both of you up.". Exiting the embrace, Yhgi follows Aneos into the cave, shouldering his rifle and telling Reggie to take out his utility blade (via radio).
It was just a
moment okay?! You activate your lumi-rod and hang it from the front of your harness before bringing your rifle to bear and following behind Reggie
while wondering if he'll ever learn to love you. You tell Reggie to draw his blade, but he disregards this and continues to heft his Jammer instead. The two of you meet up with Aneos partway down the tunnel and keep moving. The tunnel is wide enough for you all to stand abreast and still have space to bring your weapons to bear, which is a good thing too, since you think you just saw something shifting in the dark.
((You may want to change your colour for Vixen's commands. That pink is sorta hard to see.))
Disregard. You will be punished accordingly, mentallama, if you post her actions in any other colour besides pink. Have a nice day.
Thanks, Haurk.
Is anyone else injured?
Move towards Vincent.
You move towards Vincent entreatingly. He crawls away from you while asking for mercy through his sobs and begging you not to perform experiments on him after you finish implanting nightmares into his brain.
Vincent stands up and radios the others
You could have put my arm back a bit slower, or at least woke me up gentler. Any thing odd down there?
You get to your feet and stumble away from Perrin as he tries to do more !!MEDICINE!! on you. You key your helmet mike.
KEEP THIS MOTHERFUCKER AWAY FROM ME!!
WHY?!! WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU SICK BASTARD!!!!! AGGHH!H!!!!H!G!H!"Be nice to each other, guys. We need to work together, here. Also, be careful in the cave. ... Oh, and one more thing- Reggie, I am dissapoint."
Keep my watch.
Sorry about no actions for the Hoisting Team. I'm trying to liven it up over there, as you can see.
You keep the watch. You notice a beetle the size of your head crawling up your leg and tell it to halt. It snaps at your fingers instead.