After some hours of rest, the humans are ready to continue exploring the supply depot.

There's only one exit from the Visitors Center, so they start off from the large hallway again...

Across the hall, to the left, are three unmarked doors.

To their right, on the wall, is a big (about five inches across) red button, also unlabeled.

The Duke also notes the hidden panel in the wall that he noticed earlier. It's almost seamless, but not quite. (Whether he tries to do anything with it, or points it out to the others, is up to The Duke.)

It looks like there might be at least two more doors down the hall to your right (as you leave the Visitors' Center), but you can't tell much about them.

If there are more doors down the hall to the left, past the ladder that brought you down here... it's hard to be sure from here. Possibly not. But possibly.

The Duke who hasn't slept at all but been clearing all the leftover soda and the candy dispensers was now twitchy and hyperactive in ways that might make intelligent people uncomfortable. Luckily his friends where not burdened with such a negative trait and followed the giant around. Passing the panel he points it out to Ajakstu.

"There is a...

His voice switches over.

"Sneaky thief, long fingers squiggly wiggly sleek don't go where things reek. Locks tight in light so bright. Move in a haze for this is a race and with a simple pop you'll open the lock."

And like nothing happened he finishes gesturing at the panel.

... panel over here."

He himself moves on to the button and seems ready to give it a solid smack.

17:34, Today: Ajakstu Gul rolled 7 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 2,4.  Insightful.
Actually I think I am carrying one last -1 from the trap above, so this is a....6!


Ajakstu peered at the panel, both for traps and also a mmeans to open it. Worst case he would knife it open.

"Please don't touch that," he cautioned The Duke.

23:49, Today: Alyn Reed rolled 5 using 2d6+1 ((2,2)).

Alyn also tried inspecting the panel with Jak, seeing if he could point out anything or sense anything or otherwise help Jak. But yeah...his mind was on other matters, apparently.

Well that's a fail lol! But on the plus side I'm always down for another xp! 2->3

The Duke pouts for a second as he turns around and then all of a sudden his massive hip accidentally bumps into the button. That hip sway is absolutely imagined.

"What?"

(I'm treating hitting the red button as the bad consequences for the failed rolls.)


Ajakstu studies the panel-- it's a typical pressure-point thing-- you push on it THERE, and THERE, and it should open easily.

But before he can actually try it, The Duke pushes the button, and an alarm starts going off. Four robots, with a sort of bayonet on their left arm and a slightly-spiky fist in the other, balancing on one wheel, come rolling up from down the hall. "INTRUDER ALERT-- INTRUDER ALERT-- PANIC BUTTON PUSHED-- PLEASE BECOME UNCONCIOUS IMMEDIATELY-- THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION--"

One robot shoots a hard beanbag sort of thing very fast at Alyn's head. Pow! Ow.

(Alyn takes 1 damage...)

OOC: The 1 damage is soaked by forcefield.

The sudden beanbag shot seems to hit Alyn for a moment, before bouncing off of something invisible and falling to the ground harmlessly. His armor was the Ziggurat's greatest gift to him when it prepared him for the outside world and much of the allocated gift-resources went into its creation, and Alyn was ever-grateful for it because it has saved him several times now.

Alyn looked at the robots as his eyes suddenly flickered with energy. Sparks of electricity suddenly arced in the air around the young man as the Duke's and the newcomer's hairs stood on end from static electricity.

"Wrong move, asshats. Maybe you ought to take a nap instead!" he said as electricity suddenly arced from Alyn toward the offending robots!

16:31, Today: Alyn Reed rolled 8 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 2,5.  Weird.

Alyn is using electrokinesis on them to short-circuit them and get them to shut down. If he fries them a little he doesn't mind, but he's trying not to completely obliterate them just incapacitate them.

The Duke displeased by the red button dispending battle bots instead of something nice just rips it out of the wall together with pieces off wall mostly anything several inches deep in the wall as his mutilator gloves aid his massive strength.

(Alyn, choose:

EITHER

--You knock all the robots out, but the electricity rebounds, and it slightly damages your force field armor

OR

--You knock out only one robot (but your force field armor is untouched)

Electricity arcs from Alyn across the hallways, striking into one of the robots!

OOC: Choosing to protect my armor. Duke and new-guy? sic em!

"Ooof, trouble!" Ajakstu shouts. "Rake! Attend me!" With that command, he scurries to put The Duke between himself and robots, reaching out for the insect.

Seeing his companions struggle and scatter the Duke pops his neck and moves in close to inflict upon the poor robots what not even their makers imagined would be possible upon the poor things.

ooc: Atrocity 8 So just a weak one but then these robots are weak going down from just a little jolt. Taking +1 forward if we do more violence.

20:56, Today: The Duke rolled 8 using 2d6+1 with rolls of 1,6.  Atrocity.

Reed knocks out just one robot.



Rake had been exploring sticky islands of dried soda on the floor and walls (and ceiling) of the hallway, but now he comes flying to Ajakstu's shoulder.



The Duke tears into the robots, and puts two of them down with his bare hands (and not taking a scratch).

The remaining robot hesitates, even backing away a bit, very slowly. "SITUATION MODIFIED-- RE-EVALUATING... RE-EVALUATING..."

"So robot gonna be our guide to this place or be scrap?"

He cracks his powered knuckles.

"Im getting really tired of every robot in this place trying to hurt us."

"I look forward to the labors of our robot butler," Ajakstu pipes up.

"Clearly they have access to power, and their security system stands, so perhaps a map and intelligence is to be had."

Alyn stepped forward, his eyes blazing suddenly.

"I think you want to be very helpful to me. And by extention, my companions. And I think you want to tell me all your secrets too, and be a nice guide for me while I'm here. Because as far as you're concerned, I'm the fleshbag that's the closest thing there is to royalty. Now attend me, and stop acting so...uncouth!." Alyn said.

The man man share Duke's sentiment about robots being annoying, and Alyn had had enough and was more than willing to mind-jack them at this point.

OOC: Alyn is trying to use telepathy - which yes due to whatever weird metaphysics make his powers work - actually works fairly well on machines lol. And he's basically trying to "charm" it in a "Charm spell" or "I'm a Vampire using a charming eye stare / presence disciple from world of darkness / etc.


16:46, Today: Alyn Reed rolled 13 using 2d6+3 with rolls of 6,4.  Charming.

"RE-EVALUATING... SITUATIONAL MODIFIERS BEING CALCULATED..." The robot comes to a decision. "ALERT CANCELLED. CLEAN-UP IN MAIN HALLWAY 1 NEEDED. FIRST, VISITORS NEED TO BE ESCORTED. WHERE CAN THIS UNIT GUIDE YOU, VISITOR...?"

Ajakstu FINALLY opens the panel, now that the excitement has somewhat dies down.

"Robot!" he commands, although he is fully ignoring the new mechanical servants. "Please present to us a list and description of any and all non-mechanical sentient beings in this facility, excluding those in this crack team before ypou."

Alyn nodded.

"And provide us a map of the facility as well as telling me where I can go pick up my Alynwalker....errr I mean Doomwalker hardware?" he said.

The duke crosses his arms and leans againt the wall waiting for the robot to do as asked but also already itching to stomp the things. He started to think all robots just needed to be destroyed. They where always hostile after all.

I can promise that, save in a sudden case of instant death like getting hit by lightning or some freak accident, I will never just ghost a game I'm in. Never.

"PROCESSING..." The robot begins to shiver and shudder. "...THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO PROCESSING BOARDS... POSSIBLY DUE TO: VERMIN. IMPROPER CLEANING SCHEDULES. SEISMIC UPHEAVAL. SABOTAGE. CAN REPORT THAT THERE ARE... BOTH BIOLOGICAL, CYBORG, AND ROBOTIC UNITS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL IN THIS FACILITY. CANNOT GIVE NUMBER NOR IDENTIFICATION." The robot shakes harder. "IF IT IS HELPFUL, CAN REPORT THAT THERE IS A HUMAN LIKE YOURSELVES CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL IN STORAGE BAY FIVE, NOT FAR FROM THIS LOCATION. SHALL I ESCORT YOU THERE NOW?"




"CERTAINLY, SIR. THE PANEL THERE CAN PROVIDE A PRINTOUT OF THAT RIGHT AWAY."

Ajakstu's panel makes many clicking noises for several seconds, and then a whirrring noise for about four seconds. Then: "This panel is out of paper. Replacement paper rolls are available in Storage Bay Six. Please be kind to your co-workers and replace promptly thank you"

---

Alyn Reed:

I can promise that, save in a sudden case of instant death like getting hit by lightning or some freak accident, I will never just ghost a game I'm in. Never.

(I think you meant to say this in the OOC thread)

OOC: Yes meant that for ooc lol.

Alyn sighed. Of course the damned printer was out of ink! He considered trying to just rip the data from it, but that had the risk - if his powers fluctuated as they often did - of damaging or destroying it and he worked so hard to get the thing charmed to their side. He couldn't waste a party resource like that.

"I suppose we ought to go meet this other human who's in here and determine if they are friend or Foe. If they are friend...I'll give them into the care of our Human Resources Ambassador, Dukie. If they are Foe...I'll give them over to our Human Resources Ambassador, Dukie...for some tough-love diplomacy." Alyn said with a grin.

"Plus...we need to head to bay 5 to get to bay 6. I want my damned map, which means we need to go grab a print cartridge or whatever. So robo-steward? Lead the way to area 5 and from there, after we meet the other human, we'll go to area 6!"