JECTION PHARM, LEVEL -2
Turgidly attempts to disguise himself as the hostage. With some subtle changes to attire, Turgidly starts to look more and more like the prisoner, perhaps he could pass for the scientist. The decryption still has four minutes top go, so you complete the disguise.
Lokk attempts to move his arm, but the extreme pain dissuades him from that action. The bones are likely melded, so that arm is out of business until you get some surgery done. Still, Lokk-Agar keeps going, spitting on his knife and walking up to the Mothers. The one that was already downed looks dead, but just to make sure Lokk slips the knife into her armour. Moving to the next one, the one he blasted, Lokk is able to finally get a look at what kind of face is hidden beneath the mask, as the full armour helmet was blasted away by the magic. It isn't a pretty sight. Her sunken eyes and grey-brown, wrinkled skin tells you that the Dread Mother basically lived in this armour. Just when he is about to slit her throat, the Mother's eyes open. It only takes her a fraction of a second to leap up and onto Lokk, baring her rotten teeth as she lets out a furious roar. Her dull, yellow eyes stare into Lokk's as she forces him to the ground and pushes her forearm against his neck. Lokk instinctively stabs at her side, but her armour is too thick to be penetrated by wild slashes. He tries to spit, but he already used up the gland poisoning his blade. She puts her full weight down onto Lokk's neck, fully intending to choke the life out of him.
NOOOO! the weapon bellows as the Mother lets out a scream of pain. This gives you the opportunity to push the Mother off you. She rolls to the side and clutches the sides of her head, before falling limp. Lokk notices he is bleeding out of his eyes and ears, and feels a bit nauseous. Shrugging off these feelings, he finishes off the downed Dread Mother and loots her card key. This will get him into the containment area, but is he sure he wants to enter?
JECTION PHARM, LEVEL 1
They're not all there yet, but Armoth expects the remaining four mercs to be here soon. That means there will be eight total.
"Sir, shouldn't we wait for gen sec?""If we don't stop them from releasing that item, we'll need a lot more than general security to stop them. As soon as the others get here, we're moving in."THE CISTERN
Both Bekter and Alexis watch the next round of fights. The matches get closer and closer, as the best of the fighters are further distilled into a small group of 6. Well, it would be 8, but two matches end up with both fighters seriously injured, and the winners are unable to continue fighting in the tourney. As such, the tournament master decides that instead of the traditional one vs one fights, the next round will be comprised of two free for alls between three fighters. A few fighters complain, but the crowd seems to think it's a great idea.
In the next round, Alexis will be fighting Shammy and Rang the Undermining. Shammy is a big guy, but his true strength lies in his defensive style of fighting. This means he has suffered few injuries so far. Rang is a Ramok. Besides the fact that that means he gets free armour via his chitinous plates, he also has a natural aptitude for brawling. He's suffered several injuries so far (a battered face, a cracked plate in his right forearm, a bad right foot), but they haven't slowed him down. Before the fight begins, Shammy approaches Alexis.
"You're a pretty tough bitch. I can respect that. That's why I'm comin' here with a plan. Hows about me and you both team up to take out the Ramok, hm? If we team up and fuck him up, it'll mean me an' you can fight squares. How about it, lass?" the man asks. His square jaw, curly red hair, and foreign accent shows you that he's from the island chain north of here. The Depths are lousy with Islanders, you've noticed. People say Islanders have a strange way about them. Something about bestiality. Or was it incest? Regardless, Islanders aren't well liked on the mainlands.
Bekter (and Alexis) finds the odds are skewed in favour of the woman this round. She's a crowd favourite. As such, the payout is decent. The best odds put her at 2:5, while the worst odds put her at 4:3. The takers are getting more cautious with their odds, but are accepting higher bets. How much would you like to bet this round?
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