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[Parsely]

Bop the rusty part of the wall with your booted foot to test how sturdy it is.

[Kadzar]

The box! The box!

+1

[Solifuge]

...smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a HELP, from HURRY, in the year PLEASE, who likes <INSTRUCTION_COHERENCY_EXCEPTION: NULL DATA AT INDEX>

Yeah, that's right! You're a Human, and Humans are awesome! No sense in getting freaked out over these spotty memories. Sometimes folks just forget things. Hell, folks forget things all the time! Even really important things. For right now, you just gotta keep moving forward. Nothing is wrong. ...right?

Knock on the metal wall to see if there is something behind it (i.e. If it sounds hollow, there's a room behind it) Bop the rusty part of the wall with your booted foot to test how sturdy it is.

After reassuring yourself, you turn your attention toward the Corrugated Metal Wall. You wonder how sturdy the wall is, and whether there's anything behind it. You square up toward a rusty-looking patch, and brace yourself with a free hand. Then, you give it some firm investigatory nudges with your Leather Boots.

The entire wall rattles slightly as though it was suspended, rather than fixed firmly to the floor or walls. It feels thin as well. Maybe a centimeter or so? It's still metal, but it's certainly not heavy-duty. As it clatters, you hear a dull, hollow ring, almost like a broken bell. It sounds a lot like there's a large empty space behind it. As you kick, small clouds of rust drift around in the flashlight beam. A few substantial chunks of rust begin to fall off as well. The tangy, earthy smell of iron fills the air. The patches seem to be heavily corroded. With enough time and effort, you could probably chip a hole in this.

Wait, back up. There was a green box next to the touchpad. Looked like some sort of utility box, maybe? Mayhaps we might find a switch of some sort in there? >Investigate ye green box

You back up a few paces, and head over to the Green Box that butts up against the brickwork. It looks to be a cabinet of some kind, made of painted metal. Is it for storage? Maybe a Utility Box protecting controls or mechanisms? Unless you open it, there's no way to know. There seems to be no keyhole or latch on it. Just a simple handle, sitting opposite two crusty-looking hinges. Judging by those, the hatch might be tough to open, but you give it a try.

Spoiler: 1 Might + 2 Stamina ★★★ <VS> Difficulty ★★ (click to show/hide) Failure...

After just a few moments tugging, you can already tell this is sturdier than the Corrugated Wall. The box doesn't budge in the slightest. Either it weighs a ton, or it's fastened firmly in place. On top of that, the hatch won't budge. Looks like it's jammed. It might be the hinges, the hatch, or the whole thing. You're going to need to find another way to get this open, if you want to see what's inside.

Spoiler: GM NOTES: (click to show/hide)

Heya Nuke! Good to see an old face around!

Quick Holiday Announcement: I tend to be pretty busy over the holidays, and this year is no exception; I'm hosting family this weekend, and was charged with cooking the holiday meal at the last minute. On top of that, with family and friends in town, I'll likely be out and about for most of the time until after New Years. Don't despair though: I'll try to get us to a good break-point first, and I'll update whenever I can in the meantime. Semi-regular updoots will resume after January!

I'm really excited we're starting to get this adventure underway. Thanks to all y'all who are doing clever investigative things; feel free to get creative, and even ask questions!

Unfortunately, I'm still having problems with formatting; now random Quotes and Image Tags are eating my posts, for reasons I don't understand, forcing me to go through every BBCode Tag and test which ones are causing problems. I really hope the issues get resolved, or we roll-back to old SimpleMachines soon. ._.;

Aw man I love that representation of sweeping the flashlight around.

Thanks! It sorta came out at the last minute as a thing of convenience, but I liked it too! Sorry to Tiruin, and anyone else confused by it; I'll work on making these sorta effects more clear in the future.

Stick hand into mysterious wall-hole. What could possibly go wrong?

I want this so bad. Don't give up! You'll convince the rest of 'em to give you their +1's!

Spoiler: CHARACTER STATUS: HANA (click to show/hide) SATED: ≫ HANA HAS EATEN RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME HUNGRY AFTER A DAY WITHOUT FOOD. AWAKE: ≫ HANA HAS SLEPT RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME TIRED AFTER A DAY WITHOUT SLEEP. ENERVATED: ≫ SOME OF HANA'S WILLPOWER IS BURNED. ≫ IT WILL NOT RECOVER BY NATURAL HEALING. ITEM SUMMARY: (Capacity: 23kg / 30kg) Boots (1 kg): Rugged leather. Travel-Worn. Clothes (N/A): Warm-Weather. Beet Pun. Flashlight (1 kg): Some Power. Semi-reliable. Duffel (1 kg): Brown Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots. DUFFEL CONTENTS:  ≫ Cat Plush (N/A): Handcrafted. Cute and useless.  ≫ Duffel (1 kg): Red Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots.  ≫ Rope (8 kg): Natural Fiber, 20 meters.  ≫ Toolkit (10 kg): Assorted Crafting and Repair.  ≫ Ukulele (1 kg): "Memento Mori". Sturdy and Travel-Worn.

[Tiruin]

* Tiruin boops da Solifuge on the Soli

I can clean up the formatting if ever there's any messiness. I think I've done enough to know when it'll mess itself up x-x (Usually the presence of a within tables or mixing up abbr tags after image ones cause messiness and 'ghost' tags to pop up). Also that I like cleaning things up just cuz :v

Stick hand into mysterious wall-hole. What could possibly go wrong?

+1!

Also recap of our inventory at every end-of-post if able?

Attack the rusty box hinges! Please open!

[Solifuge]

Also recap of our inventory at every end-of-post if able?

Ask, and ye shall receive.
^{_{Like, sometimes. When I feel like it.}}

[Parsely]

Tip the cabinet over to see what's behind it.

[Tiruin]

Tip the cabinet over to see what's behind it.

Check to the left of where we were when we were viewing the box.

There's got to be passages leading to this place!

[Egan_BW]

Investigate suddenly non-spiky hair!

Perhaps something in our toolkit will help open this box? Just be sure not to pick something flimsy and then break it.

AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOU MISSED SOMETHING I SAID BACK THERE. THAT'S OKAY, I CAN REPEAT IT.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!And smash the memory-fuzz! Don't let it boss you around! You're a Human, from Earth, in the year 2016, who likes Real Things, such as Shitposting, and Illustrated Suggestion Games!

IF THIS SCREAMING DOESN'T HELP YOU REMEMBER, THEN SORRY, YOU ARE BEYOND HELP.

EDIT: and stick your hand in the suspicious hole, of course.

[NUKE9.13]

AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOU MISSED SOMETHING I SAID BACK THERE. THAT'S OKAY, I CAN REPEAT IT.

I think that was a subtle way of indicating that that isn't going to work >_<

Anyway, yes, Look for something useful in the toolkit. Maybe you can damage those hinges enough to break them?

[Kadzar]

Stick hand into mysterious wall-hole. What could possibly go wrong?

+1!

+1

Attack the rusty box hinges! Please open!

+1

[birdy51]

Attack the hinges... With the extra duffel bag!

[Solifuge]

Attack the hinges... With the extra duffel bag!

Spoiler: 1 Might + 10 MetaDuffel Bag <VS> Difficulty: Yes (click to show/hide)

Hope y'all are having a good holiday!

[Solifuge]

Look for something useful in the toolkit. Maybe you can damage those hinges enough to break them?

The Green Box is jammed tightly shut. You're not sure why.
Still, it ought to open if you can take the crusty-looking hinges off, first.

You rummage around in the Toolkit, looking for something sturdy to break them with.



Here we are! A Hammer and some patience ought to do the trick.

You set to work, swinging at the Hinges. Each strike clangs against the metal.
The noise fills the Dark Passage, and continues to echo loudly into the distance.

Spoiler: 1 Might + 2 Stamina + 2 Hammer ★★★★★ <VS> Difficulty ★★ (click to show/hide) 10 Again! +1 Bonus Success! 10 AGAIN: ≫ IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTING A SUCCESS, EACH ROLL OF 10 GRANTS A BONUS DIE ROLL. ≫ BONUS DICE THAT ROLL 10 ALSO GRANT THESE BONUS DICE. ≫ BONUS DICE DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TOWARD CRITICAL FAILURES.

You keep loudly hammering for several minutes straight.
Eventually, the Lower Hinge starts to split, and snaps free from the Box!
It clatters to the stone ground, in a pile of twisted metal and rust.

There's one more hinge to go before the door will be free.
You take a break to rest your arm, and stow the Hammer for now.

Investigate suddenly non-spiky hair!

Huh? Non-spiky hair? Was your hair spiky?



Oh! It feels like your hair is pretty messy, right now.
No doubt you've got an acute case of Bed-Head.
Perhaps due to waking up from a nap on the Cave Floor?

You haven't seen yourself since you woke up, and didn't think to fix your hair.
For some reason, you get the sense that you ought not bother.

Stick hand into mysterious wall-hole. What could possibly go wrong? stick your hand in the suspicious hole, of course.

There seems to be a Square Alcove, on the opposite side of the Corrugated Wall.
It's roughly the same height as the Button / Touchpad, but rather dark.
You're curious what you might find inside!

Normally, something like this would deserve basic precautions.
Maybe looking into it first? That sort of thing.
But right now, you're apparently still in Fuck It, Let's Do It mode.
So you just go right on ahead and Stick Your Whole Arm inside.

You feel around, crawling your hand back into the darkness of the Square Alcove.
Eventually, you make contact with a cold and spiky surface in the back wall of the hole.
The moment you touch it...

Spoiler: Search Result: (click to show/hide) ...a Tremendous Surge of Electricity courses through your body! HANA IS ELECTROCUTED FOR 6 POINTS OF BASHING DAMAGE! 1 EXCESS BASH OVERFLOWS INTO LETHAL DAMAGE!

BATTERED: ≫ HANA HAS TAKEN FULL BASHING DAMAGE. ≫ EVERY MINUTE, SHE MUST FIGHT TO STAY CONSCIOUS.

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Spoiler: 2 Stamina + 1 Composure ★★★ <VS> Difficulty ★ (click to show/hide) Failure...

Spoiler: GM NOTES: (click to show/hide)

Happy holidays, and have a great New Year, y'all!

Your gift is a dead protagonist. :Y :Y :Y

Spoiler: CHARACTER STATUS: HANA (click to show/hide) SATED: ≫ HANA HAS EATEN RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME HUNGRY AFTER A DAY WITHOUT FOOD. AWAKE: ≫ HANA HAS SLEPT RECENTLY. ≫ SHE WILL BECOME TIRED AFTER A DAY WITHOUT SLEEP. BATTERED: ≫ HANA HAS TAKEN FULL BASHING DAMAGE. ≫ EVERY MINUTE, SHE MUST FIGHT TO STAY CONSCIOUS. ENERVATED: ≫ SOME OF HANA'S WILLPOWER IS BURNED. ≫ IT WILL NOT RECOVER BY NATURAL HEALING. ITEM SUMMARY: (Capacity: 22kg / 30kg) Boots (1 kg): Rugged leather. Travel-Worn. Clothes (N/A): Warm-Weather. Beet Pun. Duffel (1 kg): Brown Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots. DUFFEL CONTENTS:  ≫ Cat Plush (N/A): Handcrafted. Cute and useless.  ≫ Duffel (1 kg): Red Canvas. Zip-Top. 12 Slots.  ≫ Rope (8 kg): Natural Fiber, 20 meters.  ≫ Toolkit (10 kg): Assorted Crafting and Repair.  ≫ Ukulele (1 kg): "Memento Mori". Sturdy and Travel-Worn.

[TankKit]

...Dream about mind kittens and hugging guitars and hugging stalagmites.

[NUKE9.13]

>Dream
>Dream some more
>Wake up