>>29752
Hmm.... Terminal, can we open the gate shown in feed 457?

>>29752
Where have all the mechanized units been deployed to?

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)06:15 No. 29756 ID: 197650
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>>29753
>"can you open the gate shown in feed 457 for me?"
The AI responds coldly:
>"[Unable to comply.]"

>>29754
>"[Unable to comply.]"
>"[You do not have the authority to access this information]"

>>29756
Ask where you would need to go to open the gate pictured in feed 457.

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)06:21 No. 29758 ID: 197650
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>>29757
>"Where would I need to go to open the gate in feed 457?"
>"[Unable to comply, invalid question. Records show that there is no gate in feed 457]"

>>29758
Is there no way to get Bane and Jason somewhere more Right By Alice? Augh.

>>29758

Looks like we're gonna have to do things 'Freeman' style.

Check that the door to the south really won't open for you, if it does, go through, if not, head back to the darkened office.

USE coins on VENTILATION SHAFT to loosen the screws and climb in, arm crowbar for safety and keep flash-light on.

Check out that other window on the screen.

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)07:47 No. 29775 ID: 197650
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>>29769
I expand the second window on the screen, there appears to be a large robotic arm-like contraption.
It looks like it's talking to someone but the sound is currently muted.

>>29775
Ask the computer if we can turn the sound on for Feed 002.

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)08:23 No. 29786 ID: 197650
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>>29777
>"Can you enable the sound on feed 002 for me?"
>"[Affirmative]"
And with that, the sound pops on.

>"-annot allow that, the facility will remain under lockdown. Survival of subject #5 and #6 is necessary, I will not be denied."
The AI says

In the shadows, a metallic voice speaks:
"This isnt the over, machine."

I can hear footsteps moving out of the hallway.
The voice seemed familiar to me, but I can't remember why.

>>29786
>>29775

Whoops, how did I miss that?

Ask momdad who the person she was talking to in there was.

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)14:27 No. 29859 ID: 197650
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>>29798
>"Mom, dad, who was that talking on feed 002?"

>"[Unable to comply.]"

>>29859
Alright, this console is useless. ON WITH THE GORDON FREEMAN'ING!

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)20:55 No. 30071 ID: 197650
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I turn off the Terminal and make my way to the office.
Freeman style!

Velenor 2009/08/15(Sat)21:15 No. 30083 ID: 197650
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I enter the airduct, and decide its a good idea to use my flashlight in these dark shafts.

I can tell there's 2 possible routes, both require me to climb straight up.

Dispite the climb, my spirits are high!
I'm so happy he likes me!

take the left path. it should be easier to get through, and she should be able to get back easier if she needs to run from something.

Velenor 2009/08/16(Sun)10:44 No. 30298 ID: 197650
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>>30107
Alright then, off we go.

Hmmm.. there's a large metal gear in the way, it's moving slowly, and I think I could crawl trough it just fine.
It's deffinatly big enough to fit trough.

>>30298
Well, no need to risk it. There's still another path. If its unviable, then we can try to go through the potentially deadly cog. So lets go to the higher passageway from here.

Durandal!swQABHZA/E 2009/08/16(Sun)10:54 No. 30302 ID: acdc9b
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>>30298
>Hmmm.. there's a large metal gear in the way, it's moving slowly

"Sorry kid, I'm not as spry as I used to be."

>>30298

No.

Go back and try the higher up passage.

Suggestion 2009/08/16(Sun)12:39 No. 30340 ID: 0d5afc
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>>30302

Velenor 2009/08/16(Sun)12:40 No. 30341 ID: 197650
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>>30301
>>30305
Alright then, up I go.
I take the innitiative to make the turn right, and am now starting down a vent.

I cant judge exactly how deep it is, but even if I fell, I think I would be alright.

>>30341

Drop down, carefully.

>>30341
use ARMS to slow descent. possibly CLOTH-LINED-ARMS, as that will prevent damage to the amrs in the event of this vent eventually ventilates a hazardous environment.

Fuck all that. Lets go through the gear instead. We might not be able to get back from here if we drop down.

>>30481
I'm going to have to agree, go through the gear. We know you can get back through that, but we don't know if you can get back up from this.

>>30483
>>30481

I heartily object, something really doesn't sit right with going that way, besides, she can climb back up if need be, I doubt the shaft will just drop us in the middle of nowhere, she would see the grating if it did.

>>30502
You've already voiced your opinion. Repeating it doesn't make it any more valid.

>>30525
he's just giving an arguement, dont be a dick.

>>30528
In order for it to be an argument, it has to actually include reasons. 'Something doesn't sit right' and "I doubt anything will go wrong' aren't reasons, they're speculation. And they aren't helpful whatsoever in making a decision.

Therefore he's just repeating his previously stated position.

>>30531
>she can climb back up if need be
>she would see the grating if it did.
Those look like arguments to me. But even if it was simply a rephrasing of the previous statement, is that really a problem?

Trying to crawl underneath the gear, no matter how slow moving it may be, seems like an unnecessary risk to take before it is certain Alice needs to go that way.

>>30541
I never said it was a problem. I just said repeating it doesn't make it any more valid.

And again, those are both purely speculative. He doesn't know if she can climb back up, and he doesn't know if she would see it.

Velenor 2009/08/17(Mon)17:30 No. 30864 ID: 197650
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Go down - 3 votes
Trough the gear - 2 votes

>>30373
I decide to cut off part of my skirt to wrap my arms and hands in cloth, only now I realise how cold the facility really is...

Descending trough the airduct, I use my newly discovered acrobatic skills to take a peek first.

>>30864
Seems clear. Go on in.

>>30864

Go through, read the notes, don't touch the lever.

>>30864
In addition to the previous suggestions, examine/take the CD and check the boxes' contents if possible.

Velenor 2009/08/18(Tue)20:15 No. 31441 ID: 197650
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>>30868
The only way I see to open this airduct is to wack it with the crowbar, and surely, after a few bashes, it gives.
My ears are ringing but I made it in!

>>30938
What CD?

There was something circular on the top of the box you are standing on. Maybe it was just a camera lens.

Anyway, get to the floor, girl.

>>31441
Note readan time

>>31441
READ NOTE
HUG SWITCH

>>31441
It's under the grate you just knocked off.

>>31473

I don't trust that switch, the room looks trapped.

Velenor 2009/08/19(Wed)17:50 No. 31647 ID: 197650
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>>31443
A camera le-?!

I quickly jump on top of the smaller box, I don't want anyone looking up my skirt!

>>31508
I'll take a look under the grate, and thank goodness its a CD!

>>31647
I'd say take the CD but don't bother going back to try it out just now. Read the bulletin board over there.

Velenor 2009/08/19(Wed)18:20 No. 31660 ID: 197650
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>>31648
Righto, I inventory the CD and hop down the box.
Reading the note, I can tell one of them says

>"Don't worry, nothing bad will happen -Preacher"

The other has a small scribble of a mask, one half is black, the other is white.
on the black side the grin is white, and visa versa for the other side.

I don't feel comfortable with this.
I'm also calming down a bit.

>>31660

Climb back into the shaft and go all the way back to the terminal, use the disk.

>>31660
Well, if the door on the right is open, lets head on through. If not... Wrap one hand in the torn cloth of your skirt, and use that hand to pull that lever...

Velenor 2009/08/19(Wed)21:26 No. 31746 ID: 197650
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Hmmm...
Just pulling the lever like that doesn't strike me as a good idea...
inspecting the room, this looks like a gas chamber.
there is a metal plate on rails that could slide over the airducts, holes by the ceiling, and the door is sealed off by a metal plate.

Let's have a vote, I'll put myself down for "don't":

Do it - I
Don't - II

>>31746

Definitely don't.

>>31746
DO IT DO IT DO IT

>>31746
Maybe the note is referring to the switch?

Voting Don't anyway.

Do it.

I saw this in a Spiderman movie once. You'll just get slightly bigger muscles and voices in your head, which you already have anyway.

Nothing could possibly go wrong.
Do it.

Voting don't. No switch, lever, or button that tries to convince someone to use it can possibly end well.

You could wedge the smaller box into the track of the vent before pulling the lever, or using the grate on the door.

Don't pull it.

Velenor 2009/08/20(Thu)04:42 No. 31953 ID: 197650
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doIIII
dontIIIIII

Alright, I'm not going to pull this lever.
I am honestly very relieved with this turnout!

>>31953
Think logically for a moment, Alice. If this WERE a gas chamber, why would they put the on/off switch INSIDE?

Besides, have we been given any reason to mistrust Preacher as of yet? (Honest question, as this observer doesn't have perfect memory of everything that's happened.)

You didn't get this far by being afraid of what could happen - you JUMPED DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT, for goodness' sakes. You can do it! Be brave!

>>31964
>reason to mistrust preacher?

Well, the guy nailed to the couch was put there by Preacher, and Cid was starved by Preacher. Sorta makes me a bit uncertain of the guy.

>>31964

1. To kill people silly enough to fall for it? As a sadistic joke?

2. The holes or markings at the top of the room indicate something could come through (gas? acid? water?) or that the room is 'different'.

3. The door could seal off easily, and why is there a sliding panel that covers the air vent we could escape through should something bad happen? (gas)

Maybe we could get someone we don't care about to try it.

>>31953

Go back to the terminal and see what's on that CD. And do it quick-like, before you change your mind about that lever.

Velenor 2009/08/20(Thu)18:35 No. 32178 ID: 197650
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>>31964
You know, honestly, ever since that whole mask business started, things haven't been very logical.
Besides, the lever may have been rewired.

Velenor 2009/08/20(Thu)18:36 No. 32179 ID: 197650
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I return to the terminal to see whats on this CD.
When I insert it, the AI on screen gives me a warning:
>"[warning, disk has been damaged, not all data is accessable]"

>>32179
Swear mildly.

I knew that CD was going to be scratched, sitting atop a box with a grate falling on it.

>>32179

Check whatever data we can then.

Velenor 2009/08/21(Fri)08:21 No. 32453 ID: 197650
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>>32187
Dang darnit!

>>32201
I ask the AI to retrieve as much data as possible.
>"Mom, dad, can you retrieve as much data as possible from the damaged CD for me?
>"[Comply]"
>"[Complete]"



>Video log, date included in the text file.

>Thing's have started to go missing, and I suspect it's somehow related to the sudden appearance of those odd masks.
>I think someone is smuggling items into and out of the facility.
>I've already gone around asking questions, hoping someone will misspeak, and tell me something he shoulnd't have.

<static>



>-poken to David, ever since he was locked up, he hasn't been the same.
>He's not the genius I once knew, it's a sad thing to behold...
>With a heavy heart I say, I have to question him, ever sin-

<static>

>-ut someone has to do it, so if anyone, it might aswell be me.



>"[The inserted Disk also contains classified information, enter verification code to view.]"

Well someone's fucked up big time, guess we already figured that one out.

If we have any codes, try them, otherwise guess we take the disk with us and return to the 'maybe trapped' room again?

Now we get to decide which we'd rather do - go through the gear, or pull the lever.

I'm personally voting for the gear, though I really do think the lever is nothing to worry about.

>>32458

If we have quicksave, then I'd say try the lever. Otherwise, a vote for the gear.

(I hate you Velenor, I remember...)

Lever

Velenor 2009/08/21(Fri)20:48 No. 32659 ID: 197650
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I remember the code I used to confirm dr. Andrew's identity, hoping this is asking for the same code, I enter it.

>"[Verification code accepted, please stand by]"

>"[The video you have viewed is part of Dr.---'s report, the classified data are notes of his actions in between reports]"

>"[As you have clarification, I assume you already know what is happening in the facility. Are you sure you wish to see the notes?]"

Taking a moment to let you sort out if I should go trough the cog, and if we should view these files, ill tease Jason for a bit.

>>32659
Always read the files!

>>32659

Files first.

Just got finished reading the first 3 sessions, and this is honestly one of my favorite quests now. However, my inner grammar Nazi has been screaming in my head the entire time. It's "through", not "trough", for example. Still, it's no big deal, and I love the quest.

Anyway...
>>32659
Read the files, of course.

Velenor 2009/08/23(Sun)08:10 No. 33271 ID: 197650
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Reading the file it is!
mom, dad, please show me the files.
>"[Comply]"
and with that, the text pops up on the screen.

>Subject-5 has been sad recently
>Subject-1 has displayed signs of unstable behaviour recently
>Subject-5 was given a playmate recently
>subject-2 has been confined to his room recently
>subject-6 has shown interrest in subject-5 recently
>Implants on subject-1 have shown mutations recently
>Subject-3 has lasted a week without food recently
>subject-4 has displayed signs of extreme agression recently

>"[Complete]"

>>33271
So... let's see.

1 might be Pete.
2 miiiight be Bane.
3 is probably Cid.
4 is probably the unknown prisoner guy.
5 is you, Alice.
6 is Jason <33

>>33271
Alright, lets try our chances with that slow moving METAL GEAR now.

>>33420
Indeed.

Let's just hope it's not too solid.

>>33421

Or too fast.

Velenor 2009/08/23(Sun)18:19 No. 33480 ID: 197650
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>>33274
That sounds like it makes sense, but if that's true, then Jason liked me even from before we woke up! Eeeee!<3


>>33420
>>33421
Right, now focuss, I can do this..!

Velenor 2009/08/23(Sun)18:21 No. 33483 ID: 197650
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Wait... something's wro-

Velenor 2009/08/23(Sun)18:24 No. 33484 ID: 197650
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OH GOD
MY LEG, I CAN HEAR IT BREAKING

um, cry? I don't really know if we can do anything about it at this point.

>>33484
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You can 'hear' it breaking.
Can't you feel it breaking?

Anyway try and pry your leg free, use what ever you have as leverage.

>>33484
QIUCKLY

TOURNIQUIT WITH SKIRT!

BEFORE YOU DIE FROM LOSS OF BLOOD!

SZ!qeSHINYzSw 2009/08/23(Sun)18:48 No. 33498 ID: 448a65
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>>33484

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

inb4 it's not actually her leg at all

...Failing that...
OH GOD PULL IT OUT JESUSFUCK
TOURNIQUET THAT SHIT LIKE RIGHT NOW

Suggestion 2009/08/23(Sun)19:05 No. 33505 ID: fdc826
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>>33484

SHIT, PULL IT OUT!

>>33505

That's what your Mother said!

Velenor 2009/08/23(Sun)19:12 No. 33510 ID: 197650
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>>33487
I already am!

>>33494
Of course I can feel it, jesus christ

My foot came straight off, it hurts so bad!
I can't help but cry...

>>33511

...Oh my god.

>>33511
Alice if you don't patch that up you will be dead in minutes.

You're already going to pass out from the pain in a couple seconds.

Basically, you are already dead.

>>33510

Man, too bad it didn't rip more of your leg off. You would look great with a peg leg.

>>33515

Actually, this is totally not true. If a limb is completely severed, your body stops sending blood down that way. Everything closes up and just kinda seeps. Having something taken all the way off is better than a massive wound on a still-attached limb (well, as far as bleeding to death goes).