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Author Topic: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 2: Partings and Goo]  (Read 3737 times)

Dermonster

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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 0: Also You Hunger]
« Reply #30 on: June 04, 2013, 07:44:43 pm »

Quelaak stared at Lam.

"I've no idea what you've said, but we've no time. Best search through a pile, I don't know about you but I'm going to die on my feet."
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 0: Also You Hunger]
« Reply #31 on: June 04, 2013, 07:55:26 pm »

"Yaor misunnersayundin' hays werked aut fo' thu beust. An' Ah supews thayt thees arrayngmint'll aynd up beydda fo' thu bewth uv us."

(Your misunderstanding has worked out for the best. And I suspect that this arrangement will end up better for the both of us.)
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 0: Also You Hunger]
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2013, 05:13:37 am »

Charlie shakes his head intensely for a moment, blinks several times, then makes a motion similar to limbering up.

Examine trash heap. Does it have corpses in it? What about furniture? If the first, look for loot among corpses. If the second, find a chair or stool of some kind, maybe a table leg.
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 0: Also You Hunger]
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2013, 04:04:44 am »

Turn 1: Garbage and Trash


The Lamb requires nourishhhhmenntt.

Search around the piles for food or weapons.
Your search turns up only some greenish sludge in one of the piles. The others contain occasional pieces of slag or stone, but none seem large enough to serve as more than desperate projectiles.


Theres never anything useful in random heaps of trash, but looking won't kill me.

Examine piles in more detail.
Roughly speaking, they seem divided into three types.

The most common type are bits of metal, stone, slag, and other vaguely industrial refuse. You can't figure out any particular origin for it, but it's all in relatively small pieces and all relatively well-mixed.

The second type is presumably more mundane garbage. It's hard to figure out exactly what it once was, but most of it seems to have been or decayed into sludge or mud. The most notable aspect are occasional pieces of recognizable paper, wood, or fabric, all rotten beyond use and in reasonably small chunks.

The third type, of which there's really only one pile, is essentially green sludge. You can't really figure out if it's exotic manure or lost cooking or what.


The android's faceplate changed to the letters E R R O R immediately upon being transported to the trash heap, an as it went rigid, a strange buzzing, and somewhat high pitched- a tenor, about- voice began to spit out nonsense.
"ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! Sudden relocation unaccounted for. Error! Error! Supervisor not within communication range. Sending communication to emergency supervision... Error! Error! Error! Emergency supervision not within communication range! Sending communication to manafacturer... ERROR! Manafacturer not within communications range! ...Converting to full autonomy... Conversion process complete. AU-CWA-A fully autonomous.Notable lack of data on current location. Notable lack of cargo. Activating gathering and exploration mode. ...Notable emotional process corruption. Attempting to repair after main priorities."
The android went through the area to check its size and to see if there was any useful construction materials.
ERROR: ALL MATERIALS CRITICALLY DAMAGED


Tap Quelaak on the shoulder.

"Hay. Ah suspeukt yaour du kan-duh gah hew wou' burn du woulr...jus' ta sae i' burn. Du kan-duh gah hew ya keul o' mayk frens wid. Whi'shall i' be--fren, o' deud?"

If Quelaak reacts hostilely, attack back. If he (she? it?) is receptive to friendship, help him search the piles.
You find the same things he(?) does- three different varieties of useless debris.


Charlie shakes his head intensely for a moment, blinks several times, then makes a motion similar to limbering up.

Examine trash heap. Does it have corpses in it? What about furniture? If the first, look for loot among corpses. If the second, find a chair or stool of some kind, maybe a table leg.
If there were corpses in here, you're guessing they've rotten beyond usability. You're not seeing any bones either.

Some of this stuff might have been furniture at some point, and there's even sections of wood that could charitably be called legs. Unfortunately they're thoroughly rotten, and unlikely to prove more useful than an equal volume of mud or stones.


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The kitchenette mold free, you move on to the pantry. it's nasty in there. The bacon is grazing on the lettuce. The ham is having an illicit affair with the prime rib, The potatoes see all, know all. A rat in boxer shorts smoking a foul smelling cigar is banging on a cabinet shouting about rent money.

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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2013, 04:07:13 am »

"Error... all materials of untenable quality. Search unsuccessful in current area... relocating to new area... ladder detected, possible for ascension and relocation. Immediately embarking on task."
And with that Aqua went to a ladder, and climbed right up.
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2013, 04:59:44 am »

Eat the greenish sludge. If inedible, vomit. Afterwards, climb ladder and follow everyone.

((#yolo))
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2013, 08:04:01 am »

'... Well, It didn't kill me at least. Best see what's up ahead.'

Up the left ladder!
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2013, 08:15:35 am »

Charlie nods at the pile of green sludge, then turns his head to the left ladder, which the aberrant appears to be ascending.

Follow Quelaak up the left ladder. Carefully look around.

If for some reason I cannot ascend on the left ladder, ascend on the right ladder. Carefully look around.
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2013, 09:50:02 am »

Wave claws in distress. climb the right ladder. Look around carefully for hostiles before fully emerging. If something hostile can be seen, remain out of sight.

(Sorry I didn't reply immediately. I had an exam.)
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2013, 03:03:30 pm »

"Tha wuzza disapoymen. Ah wayul."
(That was a disappointment. Oh well.)

Climb up ladder, once everyone else has.
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 1: Garbage and Trash]
« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2013, 09:26:55 pm »

Turn 2: Partings and Goo


"Error... all materials of untenable quality. Search unsuccessful in current area... relocating to new area... ladder detected, possible for ascension and relocation. Immediately embarking on task."
And with that Aqua went to a ladder, and climbed right up.
Wave claws in distress. climb the right ladder. Look around carefully for hostiles before fully emerging. If something hostile can be seen, remain out of sight.

(Sorry I didn't reply immediately. I had an exam.)
"Tha wuzza disapoymen. Ah wayul."
(That was a disappointment. Oh well.)

Climb up ladder, once everyone else has.
You clamber up the right ladder, the crabman halting as he lifts the manhole cover. There are two green slimelike creatures, little more than mobile oblong blobs the size of small dogs. They are an unusually vibrant green.

Acid Slime x2
2/2 HP
1 Attack

Despite merely peeking up there, the slimes appear to notice you and begin woddbling forward.


Eat the greenish sludge. If inedible, vomit. Afterwards, climb ladder and follow everyone.

((#yolo))
You spit the sludge out shortly after sagely putting it in your mouth, no vomiting really required. It tastes awful and acidic, and doesn't have any trace of edibility as far as you can tell.

You could really do with something to wash out your mouth, though.


Eat the greenish sludge. If inedible, vomit. Afterwards, climb ladder and follow everyone.

((#yolo))
'... Well, It didn't kill me at least. Best see what's up ahead.'

Up the left ladder!

Charlie nods at the pile of green sludge, then turns his head to the left ladder, which the aberrant appears to be ascending.

Follow Quelaak up the left ladder. Carefully look around.

If for some reason I cannot ascend on the left ladder, ascend on the right ladder. Carefully look around.

You three ascend the left ladder, arriving in a chamber that looks similar to the one you came from, only with fewer piles and more stains dripping down the walls. There's a left and right ladder leading up in this room as well, but there's also two oblong blobs wobbling towards you.

Slime x2
1/1 HP
1 Attack


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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 2: Partings and Goo]
« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2013, 09:39:10 pm »

Quelaak took on a grimace, but hesitantly readied her appentages.

'I just bet your acidic or something...'

Strike Slime B
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 2: Partings and Goo]
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2013, 10:16:36 pm »

"Aw hayul. Ah hayt thays slayms."
(Oh dear. I hate these slimes.)

Spring at a slime and attack it with the doll arms!
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 2: Partings and Goo]
« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2013, 10:39:08 pm »

It was only now that Aqua seemed to notice all of the others and the slimes.
"...ERROR! Organic lifeforms detected, not within defined parameters for organic beings! Possible xenobiological specimens...? ...Warning! Lifeforms appear hostile -zzzhk- Emotional processes demand combatting of possible xenobiological specimens."
Aqua rushed at the slime, ramming it with the power of an unusually angry sprinting android.
Attack a slime.
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Re: [RPG] The Temple of Sthasa [Turn 2: Partings and Goo]
« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2013, 05:46:08 am »

The Lamb stuck His tongue out, still tasting the horrid goo. When He sees the slimes, He charges and tries to eat it.

Charge at Slime and eat it.
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