The bomb weighs about 180 pounds, Chimp Man Z could carry it. It appears to be constructed of biological materials identical to those that constructed the ship, whether or not the goddess deems this as inanimate would determine Runa's success in destroying it.

"In case it cannot be so destroyed, I will be waiting by the airlock to clear you a path. You are already quite committed to your action. It is an adhesive bomb, as we were notified, so let us hope I am wasting my time." As Winter Herald moved to the airlock, he noticed something shining on the floor, and stopped to pick it up. His badge, right where he had thrown it.

He placed it back into his pocket. A temporary emergency resuming of my old role will simplify things. Unmasked, but the Winter Herald identity never needed one in the first place.

He continued to the airlock.

Finding nothing in her immediate vicinity to measure her power on and time being of the essence, Runa placed her faith in the goddess and touches the living bomb. _{"Goddess, by your divine power may this evil device be excised from the world,"} she says softly but intensely.

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I've put some thought into this and I think the destroy inanimate objects power should work.

First, it says inanimate, not inorganic. That rules out the power not working simply because the inanimate object in question is made from biological/living material.

Second, the bomb is, so far as I can tell, inanimate, as in not animate. While organic and technically alive, it has no more will than a tree or even a carnivorous plant. It has no mind, no sense of self and is completely non-sentient. It is a bomb that just happens to be made from organic tissue.

Third, I considered the source of Runa's power. In her case, Power Touch is a gift from a divine source, Ishtar, goddess of war, love and sexuality. Looked at through that lens, she is the ultimate arbiter of when, where and how her power works. Now she is no doubt a busy goddess and so can't be keeping an eye of everyone of her avatars/priestess/priests around the megaverse, every moment of the day or even only when they use a power she has given them. That's why she gave them the power; she vetted them (I assume) and trusts them to make the right decisions in her name.

So after reading up on her from various sources, I think it would be in keeping for her to smite a device like this. It fits her aspect of war as well as her contradictory nature; "a goddess of contradictory connotations and forces—fire and fire-quenching, rejoicing and tears, fair play and enmity." In this instance, using the power of destruction (fire) to destroy a bomb is a form of fire quenching. A play on the classic, "fighting fire with fire".

Assuming you agree with this, on page 70 of HU2E, there is no handy SDC amount for bombs listed but it does a wooden shipping crate as having 12 SDC and a metal shipping crate as having 48 SDC. Just to be on the safe side and utterly disintegrate the bomb, Runa will spend 300 power points to do 300 SDC to the bomb.

As Runa puts her hand on the bomb, and begins to plead to the goddess, the bomb reacts. It doesn't move, it grows. Runa's hand is stuck to the bomb, not because of adhesion, but because the bomb is now a part of her! She can pull her hand off the bomb but there will be some skin left behind (1d8 SDC damage).

So her power made it grow? Or did she not spend the points/use the power and it grew the instant she touched it? I need to know before I can have her react properly.

To be clear, as soon as the bomb is touched it grows into whatever touches it. That is why Aeaea insisted the deck had to be removed around it. It's like tearing off a portion of Aeaea's skin that the bomb grew into. Runa can't destroy the bomb with a power touch because as soon as she touches the bomb she becomes a part of the bomb. If she can work around that, she still needs the bomb removed from the floor because the object in question is the entire island until the bomb is removed from it.
[Private to Chimp Man Z: Of note, the bomb can't 'grow on to' Chimp Man Z because to do so requires penetrating the surface layer, Chimp Man Z's skin is impenetrable.]

I'm afraid I don't see the issue. The power destroys Inanimate objects. The bomb would still be the Inanimate objects regardless of it being connected to anything else.

But you're saying the power won't work so that's that. OK, ill make an IC post in a bit.

Runa's eyes widen in surprise when the bomb swells and and adheres to her hand. She pulls her hand away, leaving behind a small bit of her skin as she does.

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Runa rolled 2 using 1d8 - ripping her hand off the bomb

Power Points: 2000/1436
SDC:195/134

Did you just lose skin to that thing?  CMZ is surprised at this revelation.  I guess it is up to me.
He reaches down to grip the fleshy device.   He even wraps his tail around it to help grip it.  Then he begins to strain, rocking back and forth to weaken the floor upon which it is attached.
Anyone got something they can use to cut the floor?

Winter Herald heard what was going on, although the lack of visual would probably be an issue. "A moment."

He had already repeatedly smashed the flooring around it with his fists earlier, so the impromptu surgery should not have a problem. He drew his sword and knife, and got to work, aiming for precise, deep cuts, and using the knife as a lever when needed. "It attempted to bond with your skin, and somehow, your power registered it as... part of something else? Probability says you."

Winter Herald glanced to the door while doing his work. "Let us hope it only detonates once, or cannot get past its own skin anymore. There are many effects it could have from bonding with Z. I cannot predict them all."

As Chimp Man Z grabs the bomb and begins to work at it, the bomb begins to smoke where he's touching it. After a few jolts from being rocked back and forth, there is a slight rhythmic thumping sound from inside the bomb. Almost as if a small explosion occurs every second and a half or so, but it's muffled from the bulk of the bomb.

"Hmm. I wonder if it has developed your indestructible nature. This would result in a rather curious explosive. It would be afflicted with constant volatile chemical reactions while being rendered incapable of flying apart, only stopping when it was no longer capable of producing the combinations causing the detonations." Winter Herald shrugged as he moved to the door, assuming that the bomb was actually out of the floor at this point, as if it was not, he'd be still trying to get it out of the floor.

"It could also be the bomb preparing to detonate. Again, there are a lot of interactions at work here." He paused at what he doing before he finished, speaking flatly as his consensus felt the need to bring the attention of others to a detail. "We are in Doctor Phage's lab."

"Perhaps something in here can explain what is occurring, or the bio-ship itself could do that and save us time? I would like to get this bomb off... hmm... this could be quite terrible."

Runa was concerned by the bomb's reactions. "What is the fastest wat to remove it from the island? Is there a sturdy vessel we can place it in?"

As if it had heard her, which it probably had, one wall develops a screen. It's probably not all that helpful as the island seems to be in some distress.

Runa says nothing but lays a hand on CMZ. She speaks a word and then power flows from her and into her teammate.


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Power Touch - Speed attribute boost - 100 points. Congrats CMZ, you are now 100 SPD points faster. ^_^

500 power points spent.

CMZ struggles to wrench the flooring attached to the device free from the rest of it.  I'm working on it, he says through clenched teeth.  I can feel it trying to attach to my skin and hair.

Do I need to roll anything?

The bomb comes loose, and Chimp Man Z stands straight with the thing in his hands and begins running down the corridor towards the exit. In horror, Runa and Winter Herald see a band of the same off-white substance that surrounds the bomb growing across Chimp Man Z's back!
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I don't know what CMZ's SPD is before the boost but I'm guessing he is WAY too fast for Runa to catch now.

"To the airlock, then. Good luck, Z. I'd offer to take it off your hands, but I am convinced it would simply kill the both of us. I'll open the way." If the bomb is pried out of the floor, Winter Herald will prepare the airlock for CMZ. "I hope I am wrong about how this will go."

"I will investigate following the explosion. I am hoping you drift to within three hundred feet of the airlock. Beyond that point, the risk of becoming lost to the sea recovering you becomes extremely high."

Apparently, the island is rapidly surfacing as Chimp Man Z is shown, by glowing arrows on the walls, to use the surface hatch closest to the bomb. It is only after he reaches the edge of the island that he realizes the bomb has grown around him, and the internal thumps are much louder.

CMZ takes off at unbelieveable speed, slamming into walls, and leaving dents, as he rounds corners, and shooting out of the hatch several feet in the air.  As soon as his feet touch the surface, his is off and running, unable to stop and sliding far off the shore and into the water with a hearty splash.

He goes from 13.63636363 mph to 81.81818181 mph

The island slowly moves away from Chimp Man Z, and the water around him begins to boil! Just as the bomb comes free, it explodes with a WHUMP! There's no fire or smoke, but instead a fifteen foot sphere of the substance the island is composed of suddenly grows out from the bomb. Chimp Man Z is completely encased and the odd ball is slowly drifting away from the island.

Winter Herald was up on the surface. He didn't say anything as he watched the birth of a new island. Instead he simply return to the bioisland for now.

Winter Herald got on the radio as he moved back into the ship, and used the process of elimination to locate Vitaly/Provider's personal room. He couldn't do anything for CMZ yet, and his time was finite.

Runa hears the radio message of Winter but doesn't respond. Instead she runs as fast as she can after CMZ and when she reaches the surface dives into the water to swim for the newly forming island where he is trapped.

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Runa rolled 46 using 1d100.  Swimming @65% - Success!.

Having made sure to hold his breath as he knew he was going into the water, CMZ can feel the heat as his clothing begins to burn and char around him.  He begins to try to claw his way out of the mass surrounding him, using his great strength to try to free himself, since he knows he only has about fifteen minutes to work before he passes out, then asphyxiates.