Yeah let it have the damn tube and yes lets get Vivian to come with us so we can better protect him/her/it

>>403959
Say hey. Ask him what he's gonna do with that thing.

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:55 No. 404822 ID: 4abc95
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>>403966

While that is an entirely possible thing to encounter, I would have to say that is definitely not a case of such. We may, for the time being, roam without fear of being blown to smithereens.

>>403967
>>404103

”Excuse me Vivian.”
“Sure sure.”

”Hey, wha’cha gonna do with that there liquid sucker?”

“IT CONTAINS MY SISTER’S SOUL AND I NEED HER TO GET BACK INTO THE SWORD SO SHE CAN DO THE FIRE THING!”

”What.”

“IT’S VERY COMPLICATED, OKAY?”

”Okay, okay. No need to shout about it.”

“I DON’T HAVE AN INDOOR VOICE BECAUSE AN INDOOR VOICE IS FOR PUSSIES WHO CAN’T YELL ALL THE TIME.”

”Right then, I’ll uh, leave you to that.”

You know, I believe that he actually isn't yelling as loudly as he can. His mouth isn’t even open all the way. That takes some kind of talent.

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:55 No. 404823 ID: 4abc95
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”Okay, I’m back. More or less.”
“You never left. I could hear you talking out there.”
”I feel winded.”
“You don’t have lungs.”
”Details.”
“Or feelings.”
I’ll let that slide. It’s a sign that my façade is holding up.

>>403978

”So, can you get that door open?”
“Nope.”
”Would you like some help with that?”
“Nope. At least, not yet. I’ve some, uh… “Repairs” to make before I can leave.”
”What happened? If you don’t mind me asking.”
“I don’t. There was a man that came around and tossed me into this room, dislocating my leg as he swung me about, but before I could move said leg out of the way, the door closed down on it.”
”But there’s no limb here on the other side.”
“Oh. He must have it then. It doesn’t matter, really. I’ve got enough painkillers to make this work and a replacement limb right here. In fact, it matches my other leg quite beautifully.”
”Rather convenient then, right?”
“Yeah, I’ve been wanting to replace my organic body for a long time now. This is just one more step.”

Grunt 2012/04/26(Thu)07:56 No. 404824 ID: 4abc95
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So, maybe getting Vivian to come along will prove to be a challenge. I dunno, she seems relatively safe in there, provided that big beasty thing doesn’t come up that hole in the ground and finish the job. I’m pretty worried about that.

And yet…

Her answers really only raise more questions. Questions like “Holy shit how much blood you have in your system?” and “How could there even be this big of a mess?”, but I don’t think I really have a real mind to pursue any of them right now due to all of the other problems that I have. The problems of which I am entirely sure you are keenly aware of, because you are me.

Maybe I should try and figure out a way to keep in contact? Just to make sure. It’s up to you, though. You’re the more reasonable half.

>>404824

oh dear god he called us reasonable what the hell is wrong with us

ahem. give her your frequency in case she has or later on obtains a radio. then say buh buy and proceed to the unexplored parts of this hallway.

Remind her to watch out for blood monsters in the vents.

Ask the cloth child if it knows where we can find more coolant or arms

we might want to grab the container from the cloth child. it sounds like its important to Vivian.

>>404877
I was a little confused about this a little earlier, but upon rereading the conversation in question, I believe Grunt said "Excuse me, Vivian" and then started talking to the Cloth Child, who was the one claiming that his sister's soul was in the tank.

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:33 No. 405158 ID: 4abc95
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>>404826

Yes, of course I’m calling you reasonable. I trust your collective judgments.

The reason being that I asked you about that was to come up with a solution to do so quietly, without letting that big hulking thing know. I should have been clearer. I apologize.

>>404828

”Hey Vivian, be careful. Those little blood monsters can crawl through vents.”
“Oh, don’t worry. This room doesn’t have vents.”
”So… You could suffocate?”
“… I hadn’t thought of that.”
”Here, I’ll lift the door open a smidge.”
See? That was a pretty good call. She could've died in there if we didn’t ask about the nature of the room itself. I would’ve never thought about that on my own.
”I’m gonna get to goin’, alright? Stay safe Vivian.”
“Yeah, you too.”

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:34 No. 405159 ID: 4abc95
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>>404838

I turn to The Cloth Child, even though I already know where I can get another arm, which is from upstairs. You know, in the spare parts room. Because that’s where all the spare parts are.

”Hey, would you happen to know where I can get more coolant or arms?”

“WHAT’S A COOLANT?”

”Nothing. Don't worry about it.”

"AAAAAAALRIGHT THEN!"

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:35 No. 405160 ID: 4abc95
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>>404826 Cont’d.

Right then, there’s pretty much nothing left in this room.
I have decided to peek into the little chat room between me and Minnie.


>>404877

My apologies. I do not think I was being clear enough. Next time (that is to say, right now), I will (have) dictate(d) who I am talking to in future (or present) endeavors.

>>404902

Yes, that is exactly what happened. This day has taken a turn for the strange, has it not, friend?

Grunt 2012/04/27(Fri)05:36 No. 405161 ID: 4abc95
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Hm. Seems like I’m stuck like this for a while. Oh well. I won’t let it be a hindrance. For what I’m doing, I can’t let it be.

Gotta keep moving on.

Ask the cloth guy if we wants to go with you.

So... We kinda' need to get in Vivien's room, huh... We should have given her a means of contacting us, so we could start establishing a rapport, even while separate. We really need some coolant, too.

Tell the Cloth Child that being made of cloth, activating a flaming sword might not be the hottest idea.

that's not an unexplored part of the hallway. I don't remember if we went left already, but we should in case we didn't.

compliment the cloth childs awsome hair

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:26 No. 406938 ID: 4abc95
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>>405218
Sorry, I got a bit distracted by the bad news. I was just about to call the elevator up so I could get Minnie and Torso-Killfalllor down here to travel with me. I’m worried about them both quite terribly and I would feel quite horrible if they had expired due to my lack of physically being there to protect them. I wouldn’t think that I could live with that kind of guilt.

>>405186

I don’t know, she sounded like she had things under control. I really don’t think that I need to bother her while she attaches a new leg to herself, but you’re right in that I should definitely keep in contact. Unfortunately, I don’t really have any means of doing so, to my knowledge. No pen to send a note with, metaphorically or literally. I really don’t know what to do about it, but I’m sure we can come up with a solution if we put our heads together.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:27 No. 406939 ID: 4abc95
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>>405165

”Hey, you wanna travel around with me?”
“WHAT DID YOU THINK I WAS DOING? YOU JUST TOSSED THAT GUY THROUGH A FLOOR. I WANNA SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO!”
I’ll take that as a yes.

>>405208

”Hey, you think that maybe since you’re made of cloth, that activating a flaming sword may not be-“
“I’M FIRE RETARDANT!”
”What’s that mean?”
“I’M RETARDED AROUND FIRE!”
I’m pretty sure that’s not what he really means, and yet I cannot help but feel a miniscule pang of absolute dread for the little cloth beast.

>>405379
”You’ve got some cool hair.”
“THANKS! I STYLE IT WITH THE GREASE OF SLAIN BEASTS!”
”That can’t be safe.”
“DON’T WORRY, I’M NOT.”
There it goes again. I swear, he’s doing this on purpose.



… Onward into the depths, my dear friends.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)05:28 No. 406940 ID: 4abc95
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Oh boy, two doors. What an utterly and completely arbitrary choice. I’ll do my best to make this quick. Go on, pick a door. Any door. One’s already open and seeing as the interface is on, I can easily open the other one. No bells, whistles, or frills on this one.

Open and go through the closed door. Have the cloth child go in first because he is armed

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)07:13 No. 406960 ID: 643e13
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>>406945

I refuse to put someone else's life in danger in lieu of my own. No. Instead, I will go in by myself and face whatever lies ahead alone.

Grunt 2012/05/02(Wed)07:14 No. 406961 ID: 643e13
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What luck! A terminal room! With a power outlet in here too! With this, I can see all and know all that goes on in this fortress! Provided I have enough camerabots and provided they are all still operable, anyway. I have one already, but it needs some work before it can run again. Yes, this is exactly the defendable position I can use while I wait to recharge later, and for right now, fixing my parts.

I don’t know how many camera bots are online, and these holographic projectors on the giant console aren’t really for field use, floaty though they are. They will, however, help me keep tabs and display information that would otherwise be lost on the giant screen there.

More than that, though! I finally have a place to store these two fucking chests! Seriously, I’m going to have to figure something out after I patch myself up. Lugging them around is tiring me out faster, and I am significantly less fleet of foot. On the plus side, my inventory effects my mass directly. Unfortunately, that also happens to be the downside.

Don’t worry, I won’t bother you with it. Unless you have ideas, I won’t otherwise ask that of you.

Alright! So many things I can do right here, it’s all too much to decide! I leave that up to you.

>>406961

okay, store them chests.

why does a terminal allow you to fix yourself? also, does recharging take a lot of time?

Lets take a gander at the other room with the door already open.

I'd say that not dying comes first. Do what you gotta do to not do that.

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:25 No. 409865 ID: 4abc95
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>>407014

I only meant that it was a good place to do so. If I move these little hologram ball things, then I can have a neat little workshop, whilst keeping an eye on things. Multi-tasking, my man.

Also, I suppose it does. Takes about six hours, give or take about twenty minutes, for a full charge.

>>407120

It’ll be the first thing I do when I turn the terminal on.

>>396622

Yes, meeting my end right now would be rather inconvenient. However, I do not think that a punctured coolant tank would prove to be particularly fatal.



I suppose that doesn't matter, though. Sit tight, I'll be done before ya' know it.

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:25 No. 409866 ID: 4abc95
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One hour passes by…

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:27 No. 409868 ID: 4abc95
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Whew, glad I got that out of my system. Managed to burn up all of the crusty bits of coolant and fix the puncture wound in my chest. We’re good to contain fluids once more.

Now I just gotta find the damned things. Where’d all the coolant tanks go? Did they grow little limbs and waddle off?

Grunt 2012/05/08(Tue)22:27 No. 409869 ID: 4abc95
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Also I have company again, so that’s nice. Killfallor and Minnie don’t talk much, but sometimes they make jokes. They aren’t particularly funny, but I don’t really want to tell them that. To be honest, I’m just glad to have them around. The Cloth Child, who’s name is Nail apparently? He’s out standing guard just outside this door. Periodically, he pops in on Vivian to see how she’s doing, but she’s gone quiet in the last ten minutes. No sign of that one butch lookin’ red guy.

The terminal works fine, in case you wanted to know. I can easily scout out rooms with it on, but I believe I’ve said that already. In hindsight, I probably should have plugged myself in to recharge a bit. I guess it slipped my mind. No big deal, right?

Probably not, but you're still at half charge. You should clear up some time for that.

install sex drive and see what's up with that while you charge.

Have someone go and check the other room? Or if you are so keen on keeping everyone safe do it yourself.

>>409885

or ask Killy what it does.

use terminal to scout out the place.

Charge yourself up nooooooow

Use the terminal to find coolant.

Also an arm.

Grunt 2012/05/20(Sun)05:36 No. 414319 ID: 4abc95
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>>409878
>>410016

Don’t need to tell me twice, broskis.

>>409924

I flick the terminal on and send a little eyebot out to investigate the room. One of the hoverballs displays information about the room itself. The name of it, what can be found in it, etc.

Also, I am very keen on keeping everyone safe. I’m glad we have an understanding.

>>409885
>>409971

”Hey, Killfallor. I got a question.”
“I may have an answer. Have at it.”
”What’s the sex drive do?”
“Nothing. The big nerds upstairs wanted to make a joke, so they slapped some bunk code into it and pasted a name on the front. It’s probably likely to completely scramble your data.”
”Oh. So, why do you want it?”
“Because I think it’s funny.”



>>410026
>>410027

While I have this sinking feeling that I won’t magically stumble upon a new arm that will work with my systems, I think I would like to remain as optimistic as you. I appreciate your constant inquiries about coolant, too.

For you, I will add these to the very short list of things I should immediately be scouting for, automatically.

Grunt 2012/05/20(Sun)05:37 No. 414320 ID: 4abc95
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The little scout shows that there is hole in the floor in the next room over. One that leads to my room, in fact.

Huh, that’s strange.
It must be a new addition.

There’s also a ventilation shaft in there, but the grating has been taken off. Other than that, there really isn’t anything in there to speak of. Really, just an empty room, stripped of wares. There’s a door right over there, but to be quite honest, I don’t think there’s gonna be a whole lot in there.

Of course, I can always be pleasantly in the wrong.

>>398072
Grunt, you nincompoop, get in that door!

And where the heck is Skrags?!

See if there's anything new in your room, too

>>414320
Take a look in the door.

I'm tempted to send the eyebot down to look in the vent shaft but we wouldn't be able to get it back up easily, would we?

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:07 No. 417089 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414331

I immediately run out to the door, forgetting to store my plug. Fortunately, it's really rather much like a tail in that I can move it about if I think about it enough, so it does not impede my progress, nor get tangled in my legs.

Door’s closed. There’s a little sign a bit over to the right that reads “Due to AIDS”.

I feel that little sign is more than a bit unnecessary, but then, I do not know what AIDS is.

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:08 No. 417090 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414338

Nope, just me, Minnie, Killfallor, and Skrags. Killfallor seems to be occupied at the moment with that plug in the wall, Minnie is chillin’ on top of that chest there, and Skrags is…? I really don’t know what the strange beast is doing. It looks to be smelling things? I cannot fathom what it could possibly be doing. They appear to be in good enough standings with me to talk, but not enough to initiate conversation on their own accord.

Grunt 2012/05/29(Tue)19:10 No. 417091 ID: ce9b6a
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>>414380

Bam, sent down. I am on the ball today. It is a thing I am rolling on about like an extremely acrobatic clown, or an elf.

It appears as though the grenade’s heroic sacrifice was in vain. This news saddens me so.

Unfortunately, no energy is going to that door currently. If I were to open it, I would have to pry it open and risk garnering the attention of that multi-lanced individual up there, not to mention my buddy downstairs who is looking after my arm ever-so-graciously, and has thus far, not contacted me further. I would like our relationship to continue from a distance, for the time being.

if that is the same blood beast. who knows how many are running around. let's try someway else.

Are those tiny eyes underneath the lances?

Ask Nails where he is supposed to deliver his sisters soul? Also introduce him to Minnie and Killfallor if you haven't already.