LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)17:33 No. 292767 ID: 2563d4
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You have been spending the past month slowly picking your way through audio recordings from the Automotive Biological Aesthetic Decor project and transcribing, categorising, and sanitising them so that they can be presented in the right light to support the hypothesis that meaty, pulsating blobs floating in jars attract primarily positive and relaxed commentary in communal areas. It is incredibly tedious and a week overdue.

You've also just had the review comments back on your paper to the 53rd International Conference on Biocomputing, describing the control software that attempts to pick up on dominant rhythmic stimuli so that the organic lamp can throb away in time to someone's iPod. There's a strong accept, accompanied by a plethora of questions which seem to indicate the reviewer mistook this for a paper describing a new musical instrument; a weak reject on the basis that the eight-page paper needs more illustrative diagrams and didn't cite any psychiatry literature on the effect of upbeat music on mood; and a strong reject from a reviewer who you're pretty sure used to sleep with the project lead, whose name naturally ended up as first author even though you haven't seen him in three months.

On top of this, your coffee has gone stone cold.

You've had enough of this shit.
Lob your coffee cup at the monitor.

well dang. that's a lot on your plate. first things first. you nee more coffee. take cup and go to break room.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)18:13 No. 292795 ID: 2563d4
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You're not convinced that the cheap mug is actually stronger than the cheap monitor. Splashing coffee all over the place would just make the IT guys be sarcastic at you. Again.

So you set off toward the break room.

Sure is quiet, even for a Saturday night.

Roll 1d20.

rolled 17 = 17

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>>292795
OKAY

Also peek into data processing while moving past.

>prominent vents
I don't like the look of this.
Nice hair, by the way. Very X-Com.

You should make new coffee instead of just going after whatever sludge is left in the pot. This will consume additional time and result in superior coffee.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)18:51 No. 292832 ID: 2563d4
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>Also peek into data processing while moving past.
Your keycard doesn't work. Figures. Security in this place is ridiculously tight.

You hear a distant rumbling.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)18:51 No. 292833 ID: 2563d4
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SHUNK. Pyiooooo...

Everything goes dark, and you hear the air conditioning system rattle to a halt.

It is now even more quiet.

Roll 1d20.

rolled 9 = 9

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Uh, where's the nearest flashlight or something? Do you have a pen light on your keychain perhaps?

I got a natural 20. Totally.

Get ye flashlight. Or pull a fire alarm or something.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)19:09 No. 292853 ID: 2563d4
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You dig your smartphone out of your labcoat and crank the backlight. It's not much, but it's something.

There's training for this. The floor manager should be along to help escort everyone out of the facility any moment. Don't try to move about in the dark. Employee safety is a number one priority, and all that.

...

You wonder where he is.

Wander around yelling for help.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)19:30 No. 292875 ID: 2563d4
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"Hello? Paul? Paulllll?"

"Anyone?"

Roll 1d20.

rolled 6 = 6

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>>292875
Go to the nearest vending machine and break it open. This is a golden opportunity.

Find an unlocked door. Anywhere. Hell, maybe you should go back to your computer and scrounge for supplies.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:03 No. 292899 ID: 2563d4
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With a deep, flickering hum, the emergency lighting comes on. You make your way to the break room.

>>292899
Damn it. Do you know if the cameras are disabled during low power? Because we may have lost our opportunity to loot the hell out of some snacks.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:21 No. 292911 ID: 2563d4
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You're pretty sure the security systems won't be up yet. It's not really your area, but the whole facility's got this overbearing AI, and when the tech guys have to take it down for maintenance extra security has to be pulled in because the card-locks don't work right. If it were up you'd expect it to hear from the public address system by now.

Employee loyalty at an all-time low, you help yourself to some free cookies.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:22 No. 292912 ID: 2563d4
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Aw, crap! You hear a noise from the restroom! Someone might have heard you!

>>292912
TAKE AN ARMFUL OF TASTY CRAP AND FLEE!

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:30 No. 292916 ID: 2563d4
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You try to disentangle some delicious sugary produce from the vending machine's corkscrews, cutting yourself on the broken glass in your hurry.

Roll 1d20.

rolled 17 = 17

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Ow, dammit. Make your way to a first aid station.

take cookies, coffee
flee

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:43 No. 292933 ID: 2563d4
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Yeah, if you're fast you might be able to crack open a first-aid box before the system can come up and log your ID against the workplace incident recor---

Fuck. Paul, the floor manager, is here.

>>292933
"....want a snacky cake?"

Stealthily pick up a sharp shard of glass and try to get close to him then slice his carotid artery or axillary artery.

LionsPhil 2011/04/01(Fri)20:57 No. 292943 ID: 2563d4
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"....want a snacky cake?"

He doesn't respond. You step back toward the glass, and he steps forward towards you.

Do you really plan to conceal trivial workplace theft with murder?

yyyyyyyyyyyno

Claim to have broken it by accident in the darkness.

>>292943
No. Just say you tripped and fell into the machine. You kinda cut yourself, so ask if he knows where the nearest first aid station is.

pick up the glass anyway, who knows when you will need it.

Suggestion 2011/04/01(Fri)21:14 No. 292960 ID: 2563d4
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"I, uh, stumbled into it in the darkness. Heh. Actually, uh, cut myself up pretty bad! Need to report that one when we get power back. Um."

Paul continues to advance.

Roll 1d20.

Zombie detected.

What were you researching in this area, again?

rolled 4 = 4

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>>292960

Oh shit, FLEE!

rolled 17 = 17

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>>292967

>>292960
Zombies! ZOMBIES! RUUUUNNNN

>>292960
He can't bite if his mouth is fully of snacky cakes!

destroy the brain, that always works.

rolled 15 = 15

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>>292960
Slam him headfirst into corkscrewy death!

LionsPhil 2011/06/05(Sun)17:36 No. 309355 ID: 2563d4
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The lights come up.

LionsPhil 2011/06/05(Sun)17:37 No. 309356 ID: 2563d4
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You twist on your heel and shove Paul into the vending machine. He lets out a moan, cut short by a gargle of blood as several rather important throat structures are torn up by the broken device.

You are beginning to freak out.

Roll 1d20.

rolled 20 = 20

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roll

rolled 3 = 3

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>>309356
Kick him a bit extra in the back of the head to make sure he can't get up again.

LionsPhil 2011/06/05(Sun)18:37 No. 309382 ID: 2563d4
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You steady yourself as the whole room shakes. Dust falls from the ceiling. The lights dim for a moment, and you hear the restroom door open.

MOVE. Get out of that room, find Security.

Urk, this can't be a good thing...

dice 1d20

Seconding a gtfo! Security sounds like the best place to go.