((Reggie is...gonna need some time to think.))
Keep heading to the lake probably crying Lakeward the cart carries you as you sit and contemplate in sadness and sorrow. You hear Clunker's announcement about the goop. Somehow, you already knew.
((I just want you to know, that wasn't a punishment or me being angry. looking back at the way I worded it, it could have been. It was how the rolls and actions played out, and I tried to throw in some flavor text with the language and all. Like Egan said, it's an opportunity for character development. Poor naive Reggie :/ )0
You seem better at robocomp than at alchemy, anyway.
((Yeah. Maybe I should get more robot/construct related things if I get out of this.))
Clunkers looks around him.
"Surprised statement: This one would have though the goop would have consumed this one while this one was out cold."
Make my way out of the goop. Take it slow and easy, only start running if the goop starts moving again.
Observe the goop for a bit, if it doesn't move after a solid 5-10 minutes shout: "The goop has gone inert" at the top of whatever I've got for lungs.
You find some dry land and observe the black crud for a while. You yell so loud a nearby bird drops out of the sky. the feeedback leaves your ears ringing. Anyone within town limits probably heard and understood you. outside of town (where most of the pcs are, apparently) they would have heard something like the feedback from an amplifier and some distortion - enough to make the words incomprehensible. You consider yourself very fortunate to have survived this little episode.
((I got clothes? not complaining but when did that happen?))
I circle the area, searching for anyone injured that might need help, any teammates, or anyone with a clue what is going on with this goop.
The town is rather empty, except for Clunkers shouting and the priest and Reggie heading shoreward. You see some cows i nthe distance, and what looks like a bull running for the woods for some reason. You see the mayor or village head or local gang leadert -it was never really made clear exactly -standing north of town with a couple other people on the road, looking after a couple stragglers heading out of town. No one seems injured.
Out on the lake, you see a boat, where a boat was not a moment before. it drifts unassisted over to the upturned craft you guys came in on, and that craft rights itself. Something begins collecting what few crates remain bobbing about on the surface nearby. the newly arrived boat then proceeds shoreward - toward the platform that passes for a dock here.
OH, UH, HELLO THERE. YES. YES,I AM FINE. SORRY ABOUT THAT- I WAS JUST IMPRESSINNG UPON THAT THING, THAT SIR OR MADAM BACK THERE, THAT WE ARE IN A BIT OF A TIGHT SPOT, AND THAT HE OR SHE MAY WANT TO PUT SOME SPACE BETWEEN ITSELF AND THE TOWN. I THINK I EXPLAINED MY POINT A LITTLE TOO WELL, IN HINDSIGHT.
YOU ARE WITH OMEGA, I TAKE IT? PLEASE DO NOT PANIC, BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY BEING RAPIDLY CONSUMED BY A MASS OF WHAT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY INERT ALCHEMICAL WASTE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU COULD FLEE WITH ME.
I mostly just wanted to go somewhere that the goop wasn't- out of town, or at least to a different part of town. My biggest takeaway from this game so far is that when in doubt, you should always flee either into or out of town. (Depending where you are at the moment).
If you want more specifics.... Well, I don't really know where I'm at right this moment, so I don't have much. If there's a nearby hill, that would be good, but otherwise I guess I'll run for the woods (unless that necessitates crossing the goop).
You wander around for a bit, looking for high ground or trees. You fall into a well. It hurts. A lot.
"I know about the goo, I ran out almost immediately after I heard it was advancing. I got about this far when I felt something really wrong with my mark. Any idea what that was? Does that mean we failed the mission or something?"
I'm assuming you are hanging out with Terrance at this point. You guys chat for a while about livestock and dirty work while Terrance leads you with confidence. Mid sentence, he disappears. You stop just short of the well he overlooked "Terrance? Terrance? Are you hiding from that gunk? Were you dehydrated? Sh-should I come down there too?"