I13: Test 00002 - MAJORITY RULES

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:33 pm

Code: Select all: You taught me too well last time for me to take that offer. Also, you've already killed one of them, at least. My terms are my own escape, and in a manner that won't leave me under suspicion of collusion. Your terms?

by **Narrator** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:40 pm

Code: Select all: >>>> We would consider letting you go. >>>> If you were willing to leave the others behind.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:45 pm

Code: Select all: That would leave me open to a lot of suspicion of collusion. Alternate proposition: this is supposed to be an experiment. Give me access to enough tech to make this interesting.

by **Narrator** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:49 pm

Code: Select all: >>>> We are not stupid, Calvin. >>>> You will be assigned lab equipment as needed. >>>> You will be tested. >>>> Until we are satisfied. >>>> Welcome back. >>>> We missed you. channel offline

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:53 pm

"Don't go down that hall!" Cal blurted out suddenly. "Whatever they did, it's not going to be a one-off thing, don't go down there!"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:12 pm

"What? We've got to get them out!"

She peered into the darkness.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:19 pm

"Yeah, but we need to do it without letting them hurt us," he said, scanning the hall for energy or any detectable devices.

by **Thomas Bowen** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:22 pm

Tommy stood still, clearly deciding against taking any sort of silly initiative without the others.

by **Haley Crusek** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:24 pm

Haley let out a grunt of frustration as they broke off the effort to search for their classmates mentally.

"God damnit...suck at telepathy..."

She watched her roommate do her thing with satisfaction--she looked like something out of an action movie, and then regarded her boyfriend curiously as he halted anyone from going into the hallway.

"Well...I can probably grab him with my TK." she offered

by **Calvin Strong** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:34 pm

"Best idea we've got. Anything that could put a whammy on Rusty, we don't want doing its thing on our fleshy selves."

by **Thomas Bowen** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:15 pm

Tommy nodded, looking Haley's way.

"Go for it.."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:59 am

Haley reached out with her arms to guide her TK and gently lifted Alex up, pulling him towards the group. This? She was good at this.

by **Aisha Khan** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:01 am

"If that doesn't work, maybe I could try going invisible and sneaking up."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:50 am

"This isn't getting watched by people," Cal pointed out.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:46 pm

As the others discuss their strategy, Emily shifts her hands into large claws and begins shredding the door that Sidney disappeared behind.

She was smiling brightly and humming a cheerful tune.

by **Narrator** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:50 pm

Haley lifted the figure and brought it closer to the group. Nothing in the tunnel seemed to react to this. As she brought it closer to the light, they could see that it definitely looked like Alex. Blonde hair, cocky and punchable face, smooth baby skin...

Calvin's scan of the walls revealed some sort of teleport circuit integrated into the side.

As Emily tore away at the door, she could see a figure that looked like Sidney slumped over in the dark.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:47 pm

Cal frowned, not saying anything yet as he took the other halls one at a time to do a similar scan for anything detectable.

by **Steve Jones** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:27 am

With a sinking feeling in his gut, Steve double-checked for the brain activity they hadn't sensed earlier.

by **Narrator** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:37 pm

Steve would sense no brain activity from either figure.

Calvin would find that the halls that Alex and Sid had gone in both had the same teleportation circuits installed in the walls. The remaining hallway did not, but there was some sort of telepathic beacon that was no longer functional.

by **Steve Jones** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:46 pm

He gulped.

"Check... for pulses..."

by **Thomas Bowen** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:06 pm

Tommy did so, checking worriedly for a pulse at the carotid artery, with a sickening feeling.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:25 pm

"Oh my god..." Haley said covering her mouth with her hand.

by **Calvin Strong** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:39 pm

Cal was, for the moment, uncertain how to proceed. H didn't want to give anyone false hope, but...

As they all focused on the bodies, he started trying to work on the systems, first trying to access them remotely before he went into the hall for a more direct approach. He delegated a sub process to scanning the bodies for energy patterns while he did this.

by **Aisha Khan** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:22 pm

"I think they're dead." Aisha whispered.

by **Narrator** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:16 am

But then they were robots!

A set of thrashing robotic tendrils erupted out of Alex's chest and immediately attempted to start wrapping themselves around Haley.

The one pretending to be Sidney likewise began charging down the dark hallway, a limp body propelled by robotic limbs.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:13 pm

"That's more like I remembered," Cal muttered, pushing past Emily to send a wash of lightning down the hall at the charging robot.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:16 pm

Haley let out an ear piercing scream as the tendrils snaked around her, trapping her arms at her sides. She tried to just blast the hell out of the tendrils with her TK as they snaking towards her.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:49 pm

"No you don't!"

Brigid gritted her teeth and tumbled forward to grip the Alex-robot's shoulders and try to toss or yank it down into the (apparently bottomless) expanse.

by **Narrator** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:58 pm

Cal's lightning bolts shot from his fingertips, dancing around and striking robot!Sid right in the chest, knocking her off balance and down, if not out yet. It staggered back to it's feet, pseudo-flesh dripping off the robotic skeleton underneath.

Haley's blasts kept a couple of the tendrils at bay, at least temporarily--which was what Brigid needed to roll under them, grabbing the shoulders of the robot, and throwing it into the pit! Hurray!

Less "hurray" was one of said tendrils snaking up as the robot fell to grab Brigid around the ankle.

by **Haley Crusek** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:36 pm

"Shit!" Haley yelped, throwing her arm outward to aim a telekinetic yank that could pull her roommate back from certain doom.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:18 pm

Brigid struggled to stay on the platform, kicking at the tentacle that had her leg.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:12 pm

Brigid was steadied by Haley's quick TK burst, and a couple swift kicks would be enough to damage the tentacle enough to where Brigid could slip free, allowing the Alexbot to keep falling down the pit of despair.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:23 pm

Cal gave his clock a quick check to see how long they still had to make their choice as he fired off another lightning bolt at Sidney-bot.

Record and analyze. Identify any notable systems seen or suspected on the target robot.

by **Narrator** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:47 pm

The clock showed they had 29 minutes and 37 seconds remaining to make their choice.

The Sidbot took Cal's next bolt, and flailed down to the floor again, beginning to spasm as the electricity coursed through its circuits.

The bot, from a cursory scan, seemed to be mostly a punch-and-grab kind of thing, without many ranged weapons capabilities. While though, Cal would have faced tougher in previous experience--possibly leading him to believe this was the equivalent of a jab to test defenses before bringing the knockout blow.

by **Narrator** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:30 pm

"Well done team. You've managed to come 0% closer to obtaining your goal. A remarkable achievement. We knew you had it in you." the voice over the loudspeaker announced.

Cal's private channel opened up once more

Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone
Can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you...

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:25 pm

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! I'M GONNA FUCKING RIP YOU IN HALF WHEN I FIND YOU!!!!" Haley screamed, a corona of psionic energy burning around her.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:56 am

Cal walked over to Haley, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Easy, babe," he whispered. "It's going to be okay. Don't listen when they're trying to piss you off."

Meanwhile, Cal tried to push his way into the teleport systems he'd detected, trying to reverse the last operation it'd done.

by **Narrator** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:27 pm

Code: Select all: Lonely, are we? What would you give to have them back?

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:40 pm

Code: Select all: Well, you already played out your little farce with the doubles. And you couldn't have picked two more boring people to study. So let's make a deal. There's something in my head you want... You give me the two tools back so people will stop crying and being difficult to wrangle, maybe I can open a few firewalls.

by **Narrator** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:35 pm

Code: Select all: Hrm. No go. We are open for...negotiation, but you do not have, and will not have, control here.

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