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[Malus]

Argos
When you open your eyes, you're greeted by a room bathed in a cool blue light. The clear glass cylinder you're reclining in slides open with a slight hum, and you investigate your surroundings. There are five other cylinders just like yours, and their occupants are waking up just like you. You realize you can't remember anything. Not why you're here, or even who you are. Struggle as you may, the most that comes to you is your name. On the far side of the room, there's something resembling a door, but it's tightly shut and you don't see any obvious way to open it.

Spoiler: Mechanics (click to show/hide)

All actions will be given a difficulty which will dictate what the 2d6 roll actually means. For simple actions, a 5 or above is an automatic success. Simple actions are things like opening doors, reloading your weapon (provided it's not some arcane piece of alien technology), asking a friendly NPC for information, buying something from a shop, throwing a grenade a few meters, whatever. This means you have an 83.33% chance of doing it successfully. Even if you do fail a simple action, chances are the outcome won't be catastrophic -- unless you roll a 2. If you roll a 2, then I roll 1d6 to determine the consequences of your critical failure.

Moderate actions are things that require a bit more finesse. Lockpicking, reverse engineering something, firing your weapon at an enemy (and hitting), sneaking around in the dark, persuading a neutral NPC to do something within reason. 7 or above is a success here, with the rewards for success becoming greater the higher the number (unless you roll a 12, which requires a 1d6 roll for the consequences of your overshot). So you have a 58.34% chance of successfully accomplishing one of these things, before any bonuses. If you fail, the outcome is also rarely catastrophic, unless it's a 2 or 3. You will earn skill points regardless of the outcome, but success earns you more.

Difficult actions are things that border on impossible for your character. This includes hacking computer systems with no relevant skills, assembling complex technology without blueprints, convincing a hostile NPC to do anything except kill you. A 9 or above is a success for one of these actions, so you have a 27.78% chance of success. Even if you fail, you will gain skillpoints, so you might have a better chance next time. If you fail a difficult action, chances are you'll break something or enrage an NPC.

Impossible actions are just that: physically impossible actions. Not even things that are unlikely or almost impossible. These are actions so far out of your character's element he/she wouldn't even have an idea where to begin. This includes going against established game rules, spontaneously wishing stuff into existence, whatever. Anything but a 12 is an automatic failure. Even if you roll a 12, I'll then roll 1d6 to determine the effects of your action, using standard RtD rules. Failures at this difficulty will be catastrophic, and you will not gain any skill points. These are actions best avoided, unless you're 'strategically' trying to kill yourself and your friends.

Spoiler: Setting (click to show/hide)

Intentionally left blank until your characters discover more about the world.

...

Watch this space.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Physical appearance/personality (if you'd like):

No backstories, please -- your backstory is literally that you've woken up with no memory of your past. You will likely uncover more about yourself as the game progresses.

Spoiler: Players (click to show/hide)

1. Felicia Hasting (Samarkand)
2. Tactius Flavius Quintus (USEC_OFFICER)
3. Angel Carlson (GreatWyrmGold)
4. Bert Rogers (Pancaek)
5. Matt Ross (dewboy)
6. Onfa Gubton (Powder Miner)

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Priority Waitlist: (players that signed up at the start but didn't make it into selection)
Adio Freyor (DarkArtemisFowl)
David David Davidson (The Froggy Ninja)
Talonis Wolf (TalonisWolf)

Genuine Waitlist: (players that expressed interest after the game was running)
Aseaheru (Everett Owen)

[Samarkand]

Name: Felicia Hasting
Appearance: Above average height, long curly brown hair, pale skin. She is not muscular, but she does have tone to her muscles similar to a runner's body.
First action: Check to make sure I have clothes!

[USEC_OFFICER]

Name: Tactius Flavius Quintus
Appearance: Short brown hair, blue eyes, tall and narrow. Beaked nose and sharp eyes. Male.
First Action: Examine the door to see how to open it.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Name: Angel Carlson
Appearance: A little girl, with auburn hair and, if clothed, a green dress.
First Action: Call for help. Because others already took the better actions and I don't want to copy.

[Pancaek]

name:  Bert Rogers
appearance: Male. Rather tall and of average build, he has grey eyes and brown hair, and an unkempt beard and moustache.
first action: inspect the tubes for anything usefull and informative, introduce myself to the others.

[dewboy]

Name: Matt Ross
Physical appearance/personality: Short male with curly brown hair. Lean, almost to the point of skinny. usually quiet and observant, except when something he feels strongly about is brought up.
First action: Examine the Cylinder via the five senses in order of sight, sound, touch, smell, and (yes) taste.

[Powder Miner]

Name: Onfa Gubton
Physical appearance/personality (if you'd like): A tall-ish, tan woman who while not obese is certainly not thin. Brown eyes and black, wavy hair which goes down to her shoulders.
First action: Examine the others. ...do I recognize them?

[DarkArtemisFowl]

Name: Adio Freyor
Physical appearance/personality: Orange, sunset-colored hair that reaches down to her waist. Hazel-colored irises, has freckles on her face. Skin is fair, on the paler side. Above-average height.
She is bright and cheery, but keeps to herself most of the time. She only trusts close friends and everything that comes from nature.
First action: Look around, see what I can find. Or who.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Name: David David Davidson (goes by Dave D. Davidson)
Physical appearance/personality (if you'd like): Albino, Tall, Wiry, ThiNks ouTsiDe The box.
First action: Meditate on whether or not he can sTeal Dreams.

[TalonisWolf]

Name: Talonis Wolf (easy to remember)
Physical appearance/personality (if you'd like): Tall, Somewhat Skinny, ?Glasses? (If allowed), peach fuzz and Mustache.
First action: Look at surroundings, search for anything which could be useful and grab it.

[Malus]

Argos: Turn 1

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Felicia Hasting (Samarkand): Check to make sure I have clothes! -> Difficulty: Simple

Tactius Flavius Quintus (USEC_OFFICER): Examine the door to see how to open it. -> Difficulty: Simple

Angel Carlson (GreatWyrmGold): Call for help. -> Difficulty: Simple

Bert Rogers (Pancaek): Inspect the tubes for anything useful and informative, introduce myself to others. -> Difficulty: Simple

Matt Ross (dewboy): Examine the cylinder via the five senses in order of sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. -> Difficulty: Simple

Onfa Gubton (Powder Miner): Examine the others. Do I recognize them? -> Difficulty: Simple

Mouse over the underlined text to view your rolls.

Felicia confusedly checks herself over, examining her attire. She seems surprised to find herself in a sleek, almost skin-tight grey jumpsuit of indeterminate material. It covers her body from wrist to ankle and is otherwise unremarkable. Looking around the room, it seems everyone else is wearing the same thing. While the clothing stretches a bit, it certainly couldn't accommodate the wide range of physiques represented here. Most likely each person's jumpsuit was custom-made for their body.

Tactius wastes no time with the glass cylinders and decides to investigate the only other thing of interest in the room -- namely, the exit. He stumbles a bit after leaving the cylinder as the blood rushes to his head after god-knows-how-long he was trapped in there, functionally immobile. Regaining his balance, he approaches the door. It's metallic and very reflective. If it weren't recessed into the wall slightly, you wouldn't even think it was a door -- maybe a mirror or something? He waves his hand in front of it to no effect. He reaches out to knock on it, but milliseconds before his fist contacts the door, it slides up into the wall without a sound. It moved so quickly, Tactius almost isn't sure it was there in the first place. Beyond the door extends a dimly lit hall. A grate covers the floor, and beneath the grate, thick piping. At the far end of the hall, barely visible in the darkness, seems to be a ladder leading up.

Angel -- perhaps the most out of place person in the room -- is clearly distressed. She glances around the chamber, seeing only strangers. Her memories are jumbled, or maybe even gone, with no idea how she's come to be here or why or who these strangers are. Holding back tears, she yells loudly, "Help! Where am I!?" Her cry reverberates through the tiny chamber, and if the others in the room hadn't yet realized the dire truth of their situation, they're well aware of it now. Everyone is silent for a few seconds, but the silence is broken by a voice of indistinct gender speaking calmly over what sounds like an intercom. Maybe Angel's cry set off a sensor of some kind?
"Six life-signs detected. Power reserves low. Warning. Warning. At present rate of power consumption, estimated one-hundred-forty-six hours remaining. Warning."
The previously dark hallway brightens as red emergency lighting comes online.

Bert Rogers immediately concerns himself with the state of the cylinders. There are two embedded into each wall, except the wall with the door, for a total of six. Investigating his own cylinder first, he immediately notices a small panel on the wall beside it. It appears to be a screen of some sort. The display reads:
Bert Rogers
TAO #003
Resuscitation Complete
Glancing around the room, it seems every cylinder is equipped with one of these screens, with almost identical readouts. He approaches the nearest other cylinder. Reading the display, he figures the short guy leaned over examining the tube is Matt Ross.
"Hi. I'm Bert Rogers. Find out anything useful?"

Matt looks up, shakes his head, then resumes his work. Besides an unidentifiable dull hum, the room is mostly silent. He notes a bizarre liquid residue clinging to the inside of his cylinder and leans closer, listening intently. It's faint, but he can hear a slight bubbling, maybe the sound of water flowing through pipes. Interest piqued, he touches his finger to the residue. It's a little sticky. He gives it a sniff. No scent. He brings his finger to his tongue. No taste, either. There is simply nothing remarkable about the rest of the cylinder. The residue hints that he may have been suspended in some kind of liquid, but it has clearly long since been drained out.

Onfa comes to a bit slower than the rest. By the time she's fully conscious, the others have already started examining their surroundings. Instead of examining her surroundings, she examines the people she finds herself trapped here with. There's a young girl in the middle of the room, clad in a grey jumpsuit. Her eyes are darting around in confusion. Onfa searches her memory for anyone resembling this girl, but she draws a blank. Panic overtakes her as she realizes she can't remember anyone's face. Not even the faces of her parents.

Spoiler: Felicia Hasting (Samarkand) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Tactius Flavius Quintus (USEC_OFFICER) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Angel Carlson (GreatWyrmGold) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Bert Rogers (Pancaek) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Matt Ross (dewboy) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Onfa Gubton (Powder Miner) (click to show/hide)

Status: Healthy.
Inventory: Nothing.
Clothing: Sleek grey jumpsuit.
Skills: Unknown. Can't remember anything.

Spoiler: Location (click to show/hide)

A small room. Six clear glass cylinders are partially embedded in the walls. A door is open, leading to a narrow hallway, bathed in red emergency lighting. At the end of the hall is a ladder, leading up.
A mysterious voice claimed that there's only 146 hours of reserve power remaining, whatever that means.

[Samarkand]

Walk over to the ladder and look up.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Walk over to the ladder and look up.

Quintus follows Felicia and looks up the ladder.

"I hope there's a window or something up there. I could use a breath of fresh air."

[Pancaek]

Also move towards the ladder, stare to where the others are staring at.

"So, you guys find anything out yet, like where this leads? Oh, I'm Bert by the way, nice to meet you."

[Malus]

Argos: Turn 1.5
Several members of the group wander over to the ladder and look up. It terminates abruptly maybe nine feet into the air, melding with some sort of hatch-like mechanism which appears to be clamped shut. If they want to find out anything else, they'll need to send someone up.