Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)15:44 No. 402217 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402216

Garth and Bertha believe this to be the most intelligent course of action.

They're here too!

Well. Time for the Raid. Also, they do seem to just want you back at your posts, given their reactions. Perhaps your boss can possess them somehow.

keep running.

>>402217
You guys... you made promises to them. Are you planning to break those promises? That might be unwise.

Initiate telepathy.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)16:22 No. 402221 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402219
>>402218
>>402220

While Garth maneuvers for the entryway door, Bertha attempts to communicate with the spiders via telepathy.

Fulfill your promises.

Right now, go together and do the bowl thingy with the water. Ask where the spiders who helped you out want it.

Raid 2012/04/18(Wed)16:32 No. 402223 ID: 0d2bec
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An endless, chittering, broken hissing sound echoes inside of Bertha's mind as she extends her psychic presence. There are spiders everywhere. In the floorboards, in the ceiling, crawling between the wall's insulation...

And they're all hungry.

They want food, now.

Below the infinite, hungry chorus, Bertha can hear the very faint mental voices of other sentient creatures. However, the inky thought-mass of the spider horde drowns out any words or feelings that could otherwise be understood.

Spiders.

Everywhere.

Boss really wasn't looking out for your best interests, huh. Get the fuck out of there. Time to seek new employment.

SPIDAS! run! you should be able to handle a bite or too, you got some basalt in your system too.

Garth, how many can you kill with your gravity magic? Also, can you set something on fire, with or without magic? Kill them with fire. And run like fuck.

Uh tell them you will get that sugarwater or fly attractant or SOMETHING set up right away if they back off.

Don't they have a normal source of food? They can hardly just turn up out of nowhere.

If they insist on trying to eat you, remind them that that isn't very ICE of them. By which I mean shoot them with magic.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)00:57 No. 402318 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402231
>>402242
Bertha, through a massive mental effort on her part, singles out the one among the teeming thousands that made the deal with her. It is not following the roiling conglomerate of spiders that are currently trying to converge on the two guards' positions.

It pleasantly asks when it will be receiving its flies. Bertha says as soon as she gets out of this particular mess, finds a bowl, and finds some sugar water. He says fine.

He asks what you're going to do about the other several thousand brothers and sisters currently hunting for their flesh.

She says she doesn't know, then asks if this kind of thing was regular with guardspeople in the Bossman's Compound.

He says yes. That's why you're the only two guards.

>>402228
>>402226
>>402230

Garth has difficulty killing ANYTHING with gravity magic just yet. He can push or pull things with some effort. Trying something harder might push him to his limits and leave him vulnerable.

Bertha believes she can freeze a number of them, but not the entirety of the swarm. Where did it even come from?

Yeah. Seeking new employment sounds like a good idea.

>>402318
Time to run away, then.

Could the two of you quickly form a barrier to try and stop the spiders following? Garth moves stuff, Bertha freezes it into place?

If it'd take enough effort/concentration as to distract you, never mind.

Just leave. Open that door and run.

Yeah you're at the entrance. Your contract says nothing about getting devoured by spiders. Get the hell outta Dodge!

Your contract *does* say nothing about being devoured by spiders, right? Because if it does, you really should have read it better.

Oh, and also, run.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)14:39 No. 402367 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402365
>>402347
>>402339
>>402325
>>402324

One step ahead of ya.

Close the door close the door CLOSE THE DOOR!

>>402371
Yank it closed at range with gravity powers, perhaps.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:14 No. 402373 ID: 0d2bec
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"They're right on us!" Bertha wails, failing to close the door in her panic.

"I know, I know! Keep running!"

garth make it close with gravity!

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:24 No. 402376 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402372
>>402375

Great call!

Garth is satisfied with the result at first. Spiders clearly don't have the appendages to open doors.

Unfortunately, something massive seems to be pushing up against the portal, struggling to outdo his gravity manipulation.

If he weren't completely sure it wasn't possible, he would have thought that a tsunami of chitin and spinnerets were shoving into the door frame.

"Keep running!" he yells to Bertha, who had paused momentarily to watch the display.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)15:48 No. 402377 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402376

Garth ramps up the GRAVITY JUICE, tapping deep into the adrenal glands and fear that drove him out of his guard post and onto this soft, trimmed grass carpet.

Fear motivates.

Fear drives.

And damn, is Garth driven.

>>402377
Idea: Collapse the whole entrance via gravity. Screw the door, just block it with ROCKS. Possibly squish all the spiders at the same time.

>>402378
I don't think we have enough gravity magic for that.
It would probably be best just to leave.

>>402380
Yeah, all we can do is push/pull things. Bertha could use thermal stress or water erosion, but those take way too long.

In short, best option: Ollies outy, bitches.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)16:34 No. 402387 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402378

I've got this.

-animated-

>>402387
Garth? Garth! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTH!

Hm. Fuck.

>>402389
You might want to try to catch Garth so he doesn't go over the edge.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)16:54 No. 402393 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402391

He was flung far, but not that far.

Oh god.

Oh god.

>>402393
What's with the purple stuff?

It is somewhat risky to move injured people, but you might or might not have a horde of spiders trying to tunnel their way out towards you. Can you do a quick psy-scan for that?

Wait, the entrance to the place isn't connected to anywhere else? It's just up on a cliff? How did you get up here?

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:11 No. 402401 ID: 0d2bec
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>>402399
The spiders are gone.

He isn't.

We're still in deep trouble.

>>402396

If I had to guess, it has something to do with that... Whatever he just did. That was more than impressive. That was absolutely nuts.

>>402401
Hmm. You may have to pick him up and get moving. What he did may cause a landslide. What's that stuff over the edge?

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:31 No. 402408 ID: 0d2bec
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"Here, I'll try to patch you up." I don't know a lot about medicine, but I make a makeshift tourniquet out of my sleeves.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. What hurts?"

"Everything."

There's a big problem, I don't know if Garth saw it.

See, I noticed this when we first got outside and there was only one place to run.

This isn't the place I walked into a couple days ago.

I don't know when. I don't know how.

Raid 2012/04/19(Thu)17:34 No. 402410 ID: 0d2bec
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But we're flying.

WHAT A TWIST!

So would that be the "S.S Miyazaki" or the "Isle De Miyazaki" that they're on?

>>402439

I haven't actually named it yet, but Castles in the Sky, the Feel Good Inc. music video, and Spirited Away were the primary influences in how I designed it.

I would have gone with Isle de Miyazaki out of those two, though.

Suggestion 2012/04/20(Fri)03:39 No. 402501 ID: a2853b
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>>402488
>not influenced by The Island of Dr. Brain
Shameful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlF0HSLmh_U

The last point and click game I played was the Homestuck one. Before that, it was probably Pajama Sam.

Humongous Entertainment taught me about point and clicks as a kid, but I never played Monkey Island or the Island of Doctor Brain.

or Myst.

Reported this thread, next chapter might be today.

Oh no, it's cave story all over again!

>>402521

Yes! I love Cave Story! It completely slipped my mind when I was listing references.

Yeah, now that I think about it, a lot of the overall island scheme is very cave story-y.

next you're gonna find out that garth and bertha are robots also you need to find the polar star oh gosh