teamsleep 2010/03/18(Thu)11:15 No. 149227 ID: 5eedac
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...It's dark.

I can't see. From deduction I assume I'm sitting down in something, though the seat isn't very comforting- in fact it's rather hard. It's pitch black, but I have a feeling of being closed in. I might be inside something low slung. If anything, it's rather cramped in here.

My back is rather sore and it feels like whatever I'm in is sliding against something, because I'm constantly feeling a series of bumps every few minutes. My eyes sting, despite the fact I can't see anything. My whole body seems to be sore all over, but one thing I know is that my head hurts, badly. I haven't remembered a headache like this, a pain that doesn't feel as throbbing as it is just jammed into my very brain. Extremely disconcerting... I can focus through the pain but it's not getting any better. I can't think of a time I've been in so much pain.

What's more concerning, though... Is that I can't seem to remember anything at all.

Press all the buttons in order. If that fails, punch your way out of the box using latent vampiric abilities.

Don't worry about the memory loss, it's easier to lose your memory at the start of a quest than it is for characters in a sitcom to get amnesia for the episode.

Feel the walls and shit, see what you're inside of.

>>149227
Sounds very much like someone knocked you the fuck out and they're kidnapping your ass. Press against the walls and see if they have any give in them.

>>149227
Check head, check pockets.
Check you.
Anything feel odd?

Huh. I, erm...we...seem to be going insane. Maybe we should check out pockets and, are our eyes open, or is just really dark? We're not sure.

And we might be on the water, not too sure though.

Voices. This is new. I assume it's related to the head pain. But I'm happy not to be alone in this place regardless.

Even if it may mean I'm going a little crazy up there.


>Press all the buttons in order. If that fails, punch your way out of the box using latent vampiric abilities.

...I can't see any buttons.

I do a bit of feeling around and I can feel a couple of objects in front of me. They're up close if I'm correct, which seems plausible, considering I feel more and more claustrophobic by the second. There are definitely some things, though. By feeling around I'm going to assume there is one large button directly in front of me and two smaller ones to the side.

I don't feel like I have any vampire abilities, though.

>Feel the walls and shit, see what you're inside of.

I can't reach far; it appears I've been strapped to this seat. I feel around for maybe a buckle but I can't find one in the darkness. I can twist and turn a bit, but I can't really get up or lean too far.

But reaching around for walls gives me the impression I'm in a confined space, because I don't need to stretch my arms out far to hit something. It's rather light and has a hollow "thunk" when I hit my hand against it.

>Check head, check pockets. Check you.
I definitely have a throbbing headache and feel like shit, so I suppose that's odd. I don't notice a real break in clothing, but I don't consider myself to be naked- I think I'm wearing some sort of jumpsuit or something.

I've noticed that this headache is really stemming from the back of my head. That's the center of the pain.

>>149227

Hope you don't have a fear of being buried alive, and in a panic burst your way out of your container with PANIC STRENGTH.

>>149251
Ok so currently you're either working on something at some place that demands you get strapped into a small space and an accident happened and you bumped your head pretty badly.

Or you got knocked out from behind and someone is kidnapping you.

Feel around for any containers or anything sharp that would let you cut yourself free. Also check for any radio or communications device. In fact try calling out and see if anything activates.

>Hope you don't have a fear of being buried alive, and in a panic burst your way out of your container with PANIC STRENGTH.

I try to hit the ceiling of this enclosure. Nothing happens save for a loud "thunk".

My hand is kind of sore after that.

>>149253
>Ok so currently you're either working on something at some place that demands you get strapped into a small space and an accident happened and you bumped your head pretty badly.

Plausible.

I like that idea more than being kidnapped, though.

>Feel around for any containers or anything sharp that would let you cut yourself free. Also check for any radio or communications device. In fact try calling out and see if anything activates.

After some more reaching around, I've noticed a couple more things.

-In front of me there's some sort of dashboard where the buttons are located.

-There are two large depressions in the dashboard that I can fit my arms in. Inside there's some sort of grip. It takes a lot of bending forward to do, with the restraints, but I can just about grasp them.

-They're not very responsive, as I can twist them around but nothing happens.

I have to admit, I'm a little frustrated about all this. I'm yelling quite a bit but-






...One of the buttons are blinking now. It's blinking green.

>>149256
First, feel around on the back of your head.

Second, push the blinking button.

>>149256
Ok. Theory, you're in some sort of fighter craft. For some odd fucking reason you're not wearing a helmet. Your craft got disabled and you got knocked out. It's now possibly rebooting.

Press the green button and hope you don't get ejected into something nasty.

teamsleep 2010/03/18(Thu)14:35 No. 149260 ID: 5eedac
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>First, feel around on the back of your head.

...I don't notice anything different from what would be normal. I don't exactly remember what was the average back-of-head, but still, no bleeding or increase of pain to the touch. I think this is internal pain.

>Ok. Theory, you're in some sort of fighter craft. For some odd fucking reason you're not wearing a helmet. Your craft got disabled and you got knocked out. It's now possibly rebooting.

....Someone must really hate me to send me on something dangerous without a helmet.

Anyway, here goes with the green button...


Holy shit.

teamsleep 2010/03/18(Thu)14:39 No. 149262 ID: 5eedac
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Someone's talking to me, but it's coming from inside my head.

It's asking if I'm alright.

I'm not alright, I'm scared.

>>149262
Well then tell it that you're scared. You require instructions because your injuries have given you atleast temporary amnesia.

>[I queried, are you okay?]

Oh my god.

The pain in my head has gone beyond toleration. It seems like every word I "hear" slams another nail into my brain. Whatever's happening, I'm not ready for it.

>Well then tell it that you're scared. You require instructions because your injuries have given you atleast temporary amnesia.

Right. Right. I can't leave myself out in the dark like this.

"I'm in serious pain and I can't remember anything. I don't remember my name, I don't remember why I'm here, and I want to get out. I'm scared, most of all. This is unknown to me."

>[....That's not good. Do you remember my name? Are you aware of who I am?]

>>149272
Say that you can't remember that either. But you're guessing it's some sort of fighter craft in space. And your damages indicates that you have been in combat fairly recently.

>Say that you can't remember that either. But you're guessing it's some sort of fighter craft in space. And your damages indicates that you have been in combat fairly recently.


"I can't remember anything. I'm really going by sight and feel, here."

>[Nothing at all?]

"Nothing. All I know is that I'm in the cockpit of something. In space. With many wounds."

>[It is very concerning to consider that you may have memory loss. I have sent out a distress call for now.]











oh my god the inside of my head is pulsating





it hurts

>[A distress signal has been sent out. Can you remember anything about yourself? This is important.]

>>149278
Could be a good idea to mention that every word from it feels like a spike being driven into your skull. Verbal communication would be preferable.

Well can you remember anything at all about yourself? So far we don't even have any information about your gender. Name and other stuff is even more distant.

Well, for one thing I can assume is that I'm male, or having a penis wouldn't make much sense.

But that's really all I remember right now. There are somethings I recognize and I don't know why, like the cockpit and some of what it does, but the most menial tasks I can't even do. I can't recall my own name.

>Could be a good idea to mention that every word from it feels like a spike being driven into your skull. Verbal communication would be preferable

"Can I ask you something?"

>[Yes?]


"Is it possible for, maybe verbal communication?"

>[...]

"I wasn't trying to offend you or anything, it's just that it seems like I'm in a lot of pain right now."

>[Understandable. However, I would have to disable the neural interface. Considering your aforementioned injuries, I feel that would bring more harm than good.]


The what?

>>149319
Okay then tell it to just stop talking for a while, until the pain goes away a little.

teamsleep 2010/03/18(Thu)16:59 No. 149338 ID: 5eedac
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"Is it possible that I could rest for a moment?"

>[Technically, you've been resting for the last 24 hours.]

The voice is dripping with sarcasm. I'm a little embarrassed and also a little pissed.

"I- jeez, I didn't mean it like that-"

>[No, no, it's fine. I don't...]

The voice drifts off.

I suddenly realize how badly I've been roughed up. I was hurting before but I guess I was suppressing it, because just about every body part hurts. More things, though, I'm really tired, despite the fact I've apparently been under for several hours. It's becoming a labor to stay awake.

But I guess my friend here isn't exactly in top shape, either.

"You don't what?"

>[I don't remember anything except I'm your bond, and I think I've failed at that, too.]














Suddenly I feel really bad about this.











































"Listen, we might not know each other, but I'm going to find away to get home, alright?"

>[Wherever is home.]

"Yeah, wherever is home. Even if we have to make one ourselves."






[last update for the night.]

Wait, who's that? Are our voices you, or us?

>>149338
Ah, double amnesia. Let's hope they built this thing to be idiotproof. Try to initiate a return to base command. If that doesn't work then try to iniate an emergancy beacon.

I wake up feeling maybe even worse than I did earlier.


It's not a direct pain anymore, but I'm definitely sore all over. The headache has seemed to have subsided, but then again the voice hasn't communicated ye-ASSJFDSDFSJDDJGFFD

[It's good to see you awake.]





















This is just dandy.

>Ah, double amnesia. Let's hope they built this thing to be idiotproof. Try to initiate a return to base command. If that doesn't work then try to iniate an emergancy beacon.

"Um, good morning to you too. Do you have a return to base command?"

[I should have it. My primary problem is that I cannot find a nearby base in my database, whether it be through deletion in my memory banks similar to what's happened, or us simply being stranded and too far to receive information with any ISC base.]

















"ISC?"

[I'm not entirely sure what that was named for, either. I don't even remember what my call name was.]


Not even the voice remembers anything. I wish I could have a nickname for him or her, but I kind of fear that when we get our memories back I'll think I gave the voice a dumb name.


"Can we launch maybe an emergency beacon?"

[Yes, I've launched a previous distress call before you slept.]

"Has anyone received those distress calls?"

[Two, to be exact. They continue to head towards us, if my radar proves correct. However, they have not responded to previous messages.]

I don't think we're near anything good, if anything at all.

>>149979
If they responded to the distress call and started moving towards us, but won't respond to our messages...

Either our comm array is broken or they're hostile. Are there any planets nearby? We could try to land and repair the ship.

Another idea is to check to see if there are any emergency medical kits in the interior here.

>>149979
That could be very bad. Are they approaching from two different directions?

Anyway, best to check what weapons are online and what their capacities are.

run a diagnostic on the comm array.

>run a diagnostic on the comm array.

"Is the communication working? Why wouldn't we get messages?"

[The communications array is running without any major problems.]

"So they're essentially refusing to respond to us?"

[Yes.]

This is not good.

"Are there any planets nearby?"

[None inhabitable mapped out in my database are within minor flight time.]

>Anyway, best to check what weapons are online and what their capacities are.

"What weapons do we have online?"

Good idea. It's entirely possible that we are out of friendly space here. If the guys on the radar are hostile, I'd better be ready to defend myself.

On the other hand, I'm not sure of the extent of the damage we've taken onboard.




[We have one Particle Projection Cannon online.]


"How damaging is that?"

[The cannon is not a primary assault weapon.]




...Fuck.

>>150118
How quickly can a targeting solution be plotted and then the gun fired?

Because the best bet here might be to play dead in the water and let them get close. Once they're near enough and convinced enough that there is no danger you could activate your weapon and get in a suprise attack.

Unless you could outrun them. In which case you should go to the opposite direction of them while asking for where the nearest habitable planet is. Even if it takes alot of time to get there.

>>150118
So we either fight with a crappy weapon, run away without any nearby destination...

Or hope they're just going to capture you, instead of blowing up your ship.

The situation is FUBAR.

>How quickly can a targeting solution be plotted and then the gun fired?

I'm not too sure how targeting works. There are these holes/depressions in the dashboards that I can stick my hands in, but I'm not sure what they control.

>Because the best bet here might be to play dead in the water and let them get close. Once they're near enough and convinced enough that there is no danger you could activate your weapon and get in a suprise attack.

I'm not too sure if that would work. I'm not sure how quick the cannon starts up, or how to use it correctly. Maybe the voice does, but I'm still playing it by ear so far. Secondly there's apparently two of them, so I don't think I would get that far.

>Unless you could outrun them. In which case you should go to the opposite direction of them while asking for where the nearest habitable planet is. Even if it takes alot of time to get there.

I'm assuming this will be my main course of action, but I'm not sure these guys would take kindly to a suspicious figure taking up and running.

>So we either fight with a crappy weapon, run away without any nearby destination...

Yep.

>Or hope they're just going to capture you, instead of blowing up your ship.

Yep.

>The situation is FUBAR.
We're way past FUBAR right now.

[We've received a message.].

"From whom?"

[The senders have not identified themselves.]


Should I open it?

>>150913
Yes, open it. We have no options. Whatever's in this message will determine our next action.

>>150913
You don't really have any other choices than opening it now.

teamsleep 2010/03/23(Tue)13:30 No. 151140 ID: 5eedac
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>You don't really have any other choices than opening it now.

I open it up and glance down at the dashboard.

>>151140

Alright, so sit tight, and don't do anything else until they get here. You're not fighting your way out of this, so let's not get killed. Try to send back like an "Acknowledged" or something, so they know you heard them.

>>151140
Well that could be bad. Trying to outrun them in a broken mech may however have worse consequences. I think the best bet now is to surrender and hope for the best.

>Alright, so sit tight, and don't do anything else until they get here. You're not fighting your way out of this, so let's not get killed. Try to send back like an "Acknowledged" or something, so they know you heard them.

Sure. I'd send back a message but I'm not even sure how.

I asked the voice to do it, though. Still no response.

"Hello? You still there?"


No response.

"Anyone there at all?"































More


and































more












More silence.









"Are you the-"

A splitting static fills my head. I can hear it more in my chest than in my ears.

[S▓▓▓▓▓ I NEED HEL▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓]





And suddenly, nothing.
























The lights have gone out once again. I hear loud noises from outside- wait, am I supposed to hear in space?


Something is hitting against the ceiling of this cockpit, too.






This isn't good.

I think you may be under attack. Get this hunk of metal moving! Grab the controls!

>>151456

Well, you could have blacked out for a period, and are no longer in vacuum. But if stuff is banging on you, you can hear the vibrations inside. Not sure what to do at this stage other than try and figure out what's up outside. I'd reccomend scrounging around to try and find some EVA gear, but in the dark that ain't happening.

>>151456
If they're on the hull you should hear it, the vibrations should travel through the hull and then through the air in the cockpit.

Looks like they got there. And like they disabled your ship. Only thing you can do now is sit tight and wait for what comes next. Atleast you can't give out any sensitive information, since you honestly don't know anything.

put on your helmet and open the hatch.

>I think you may be under attack. Get this hunk of metal moving! Grab the controls!




...I can't see. This isn't as big as a problem as this machine not operating. No response at all.


>put on your helmet and open the hatch.

I don't have a helmet. And I don't think opening the hatch in space is a good idea.

>Well, you could have blacked out for a period, and are no longer in vacuum. But if stuff is banging on you, you can hear the vibrations inside. Not sure what to do at this stage other than try and figure out what's up outside. I'd reccomend scrounging around to try and find some EVA gear, but in the dark that ain't happening.

I don't remember blacking out, I've been conscious more or less for this whole ordeal.



>Looks like they got there. And like they disabled your ship. Only thing you can do now is sit tight and wait for what comes next. Atleast you can't give out any sensitive information, since you honestly don't know anything.

I don't even know what they want with me. Apparently I've pissed them off somehow.

The pounding is becoming more and more rapid and deliberate, and I can hear a steel edge to it, like the object being used to hit my hatch is a knife or something.



Woah, shit!


Something very sharp just came through and it's right above my head. In front of my face.




I think they're trying to cut me out. If they're not careful, though, they're going to end up shanking me in the head with that thing.

>>152729
Yell out and warn them about that danger. I guess it would remove your headache but there are less fatal ways to do that.

>>152729
Yell at them to be careful, you would prefer not to DIE.

well then duck and keep your hands where they can see them. if they can see your hands they are a lot less likely to shoot you.

I duck down, doing my best to lean out of the way while keeping an eye at where that cutter is going.

The cutter appears to still be moving though. My chest is a little sore.














"Hey, stop, stop! I'm still in here! I'm still in here! Fuck!"







That seems to have stopped the movements altogether.


I can slightly- just slightly hear words above, though I cannot make anything out. It's very garbled.



And then the massive knife starts cutting in and out again in a deliberate circle.

>>152760
Keep ducking down. And think of a few choice words for them once they have gotten you out.

>>152760
Just stay out of the way of the cutter.

The cutting seems to have stopped, although I-









Ow, shit. I think the area of the ceiling being cut just fell in on me.

I glance up and I can see what seem to be fluorescent lights. But my view is obstructed now by a middle aged man with graying hair and a five o clock shadow.

I can hear what he and some other voices are saying, though they're heavily accented, and I can only catch parts of it in some places.

"Yes, there's someone in here."

"-him out, what are you waiting-"

"-still connected, will you hold on for a second?"


The man I saw before reaches in with some sort of circle shaped mechanism in hand.

















































I'm suddenly feeling very tired.

try to say 'surrender' before you pass out. they may put you in a sealed room instead of a cell if they think you aren't going to try anything.

teamsleep 2010/03/31(Wed)13:51 No. 156153 ID: 5eedac
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I open my eyes again, but I can't see.

Wherever I am is cramped and cold. I can hear something mechanical, and it doesn't sound good.

>>156153
No that certainly doesn't sound too good. Yell out and see if you can get anyones attention.

I've also noticed feeling more harmonious all of a sudden, but I don't think that has much to do with the current situation.

I yell out for anyone, anything.

The noise seems to come more quicker and intense. I guess it's some sort of machinery working.

The machinery noise fades away.

I take it I'm locked up in someplace.

>>161993
Probably. Can you move at all? Feel around to see if you can find something to push?

>Probably. Can you move at all? Feel around to see if you can find something to push?

I can freely move around, but it's becoming more and more apparent I'm captive.

teamsleep 2010/04/28(Wed)15:09 No. 171542 ID: 5eedac
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[Ho, tgchan! As you can probably tell I haven't been the most active guy, and for that reason, Memento's more or less on hold until I can get better time to tend to it. I don't want to go on while doing a shitty quest that no one likes when I don't have to (if it isn't already). When I can get enough time in the day to make a quality quest, Memento, and some other cool stuff will resume.]