Where's the hum coming from? You should probably investigate that.

The hum is some electrical shit, like a transformer or something. Watch out for power surgee and shit.
Also be all over the computer, but be quick about it. No one likes to stare at lots of computer text for a prolonged time.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)18:33 No. 83397 ID: 51d0f5
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It's coming from near the tube.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)18:33 No. 83398 ID: 51d0f5
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Hey, what's this?

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)18:33 No. 83399 ID: 51d0f5
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Shit!

push the switch off with your boot hand!

So they had a big elaborate throw switch and button to... zap the crap out of you?

No, wait, those things were originally plugged in.

Turn off the switch / button, plug those in, and try again. I wonder what they do when they're in proper.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)19:42 No. 83424 ID: 51d0f5
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Ah! Ow! Fuck!

>>83424
HITTHESWITCHHURRY

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)19:51 No. 83432 ID: 51d0f5
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I open the circuit!

The arcing bolts weaken, and then stop.

>>83403
It's a detainment mechanism. The liquid she was in was probably water or another good conductor, serving as the circuit. It was most likely installed to knock her unconscious in the case that she decided to try and break out. Once she's out from the chock, they can up her sedatives until her heart rate goes down and then slowly reduce them to a normal level.

Or maybe it's a giant defibrillator, in case she flatlines and they don't want to risk taking her out, whether for health(hers; too long at 0 heart rate can leave you brain-damaged) or safety(theirs; she's likely dangerous) reasons.

or its a "in case of escape , fry monster" switch.

which lends more credence to the "We probably should get the hell out of here" theory

>>83433
That's not how defibrillators work. They actually stop the heart from beating. Fibrillation is the heart pumping too fast to pump blood efficiently.

>>83432
Check to see how badly you were burned by the electricity.

>>83438
Same general idea; it fixes something wrong with the way the heart's beating.

>>83438

Don't defibrillators only administer a shock to try and recover someone's heartbeat rhythm? Like some sort of a jumpstart?

Even if that thing's a defibrillator or just a torture apparatus, it's rather strange that you're being left out alone there. Shouldn't someone be looking after you?

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)20:46 No. 83477 ID: 51d0f5
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>Check to see how badly you were burned by the electricity.
The bolt arced into my hand, then out my foot. I have small but painful surface burns on my left hand and leg, plus across my midsection. Don't seem too terribly bad.

Apart from that, I just feel like an airplane crashed into my chest.

>investigate the big door
Same as before, it's big and thick and I can't move it. There's a key-card slot next to it.

>>83476
Are there any pockets on that coat?

>>81719
>In the labcoat pocket is a key, and a card.

Use card on card reader.

>>83481
...

How have we not done this yet??

>>83477
How do you know what an airplane is?

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)21:03 No. 83484 ID: 51d0f5
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>Are there any pockets on that coat?
Yeah.

Currently carrying, uh...

>>83484
Something just hit me. Are the E-Rats in a shiny plastic or foil package?

>>83484
Wait, then where'd the card go?

>>83484
You dropped the keycard?

You seriously dropped the keycard?

Find it! The voices in your head command you to!

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)21:15 No. 83490 ID: 51d0f5
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>You seriously dropped the keycard?
I took it out earlier when I was messing with the other key. It's not melted or anything.

It doesn't fit in the slot the wide way. Doesn't do anything the narrow way. Well, a red light comes on, but I don't think the red light's what I'm after.

>>83490
Looks like the card has writing on it.

READ CARD.
Hug self?

>>83490
Examine that keycard. Both sides.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)21:28 No. 83497 ID: 51d0f5
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>Examine that keycard.
OK. That's the same name as is on my new jacket.

>Both sides.
The back's just bar codes.

>How do you know what an airplane is?
Same reason I know what electricity is, or bar codes, or jackets.

...no idea.

>>83497
>Sec Level: HIGH

Well damn. If the thing /worked/ that would be pickles and sunshine for us.

Are there any card slots in the equipment around the room? Perhaps it has to be activated.

>>83498
Maybe it DID work and the light was SUPPOSED to be red. Maybe.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)21:41 No. 83504 ID: 51d0f5
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>Maybe it DID work and the light was SUPPOSED to be red. Maybe.
Yeah. Maybe it's one of those automatic doors that stays closed when you activate it.

>>83500
Of course. Scour the room for any new light sources, or changes in the color and intensity of existing ones.

There's more stuff on the desk. For instance, there's what looks like a card slot just below the monitor. Try the card there.

>>83504
Did you try reversing the orientation of the card?

Jiggle the handle.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)23:25 No. 83533 ID: 51d0f5
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>there's what looks like a card slot just below the monitor. Try the card there.
The computer screen changed since I last saw it. Probably from the electricity arcing everywhere.

When I put the card in, it starts booting up.

>Hug self?
...would that be like hugging you voices? Or would I need to hug my head for that?

Why not do both.

>>83533
Wait for the computer to get to a point where you can interact with it.

And as far as hugging yourself goes, uh, crossing your arms and grabbing your shoulders would probably work, but it's unlikely you're going to get the emotional benefits of a normal hug without another person involved, so, y'know, whatever.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)23:45 No. 83538 ID: 51d0f5
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Okay. The thing starts up. It wants a password, but I can log in as a guest.

I'm not familiar with this crap, but it seems fairly straightforward.

I can either click things at random, or you can tell me what to look for.

The first file I clicked on was password protected, so don't get mad if I can't actually open much stuff.

>It's unlikely you're going to get the emotional benefits of a normal hug without another person involved, so, y'know, whatever.
Owing to present circumstances, I am willing to seriously consider the possibility that I am completely insane.

>>83538
FIND: Tozol

>>83538
Well, you're not so insane as to be incapacitated by it, at least.

And yeah, try putting "Tozol" in the FIND thing there.

Actually, while you're at it, try "Qillig" as well.

You could also attempt to browse the web.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)00:22 No. 83550 ID: 51d0f5
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>FIND: Qillig
Pulls up a big pile of what look like journal entries, most of which I can't open. The rest are long and meandering.

This is really wordy. I'm just going to skim, if that's fine by you.

Harold Qillig was a person, a human, I think, assigned to 'Quadrant Five.' He came here, and 'here' is called 'High Sec 3,' I think, from time to time to check up on things. He seemed interesting in some creatures he calls 'Ophion,' 'Nyx,' and 'Phanes,' and some kind of alien machine called 'Tethys.'

>FIND: Tozol
Narrows down the previous list. A 'Tozol' is what they store in this room, I think.

Weird. The word ONLY brings up journal entries. Nothing that looks official.

>Well, you're not so insane as to be incapacitated by it, at least.
Woo.

>>83550
Can you read any of the 'tozol' journey entries?

type in facility.

try and drag up a name for this place.

>>83550
I'd see if you can skim any of the "Tozol" entries for anything useful.

But of course you know after that we're probably going to ask you to look up all of those terms you found in the information about Qillig...

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)00:48 No. 83560 ID: 51d0f5
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>browse the web.
Connection is down. In fact, I can't even access a local network.

>try and drag up a name for this place.
Just keeps pulling up Quadrant Five. Maybe that's it?

>Can you read any of the 'tozol' journey entries?
Uhhh... Here's an early one:
"Eerie. This room is eerie. The kill switch is within arm's reach. Is always within arm's reach. They used to keep the tozol guarded constantly. It seems so weak. Like a person."

After this is a list of scientific and medical talk I don't understand.

Looks like you're a pretty tough customer.

Strike a manly pose, then uhh.. search for "procedures" or "protocols"

>>83560
So I'd say that pretty clearly establishes that the electric thing you activated earlier was not a defibrillator.

Anyway, previous suggestion stands.

>>83550
FIND 'goatse'. Trust me on this.

>>83560
Are there any other non-scientific Tozol entries? Wait, read out some of the scientific stuff to us. We might know what it means.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)01:00 No. 83570 ID: 51d0f5
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>I'd see if you can skim any of the "Tozol" entries for anything useful.
Most of these are useless and perplexing. They're clearly written assuming that the reader already knows all of the shit I'm trying to find out.

Even then, it's getting less interesting as I go. Blah blah, no change, blah blah, no change...

Wait, this one's different.

"The tozol hasn't so much as twitched since I've started taking these records. The thrill of this research is largely gone where this one is concerned. The younger bioengineering subjects hold my interest now. Nothing's happening here. Nothing will happen. I'm just here to record the fact that nothing's changed since the last recording, and watch its endless sleep.

Does it dream?

I imagine not. The skin's closed up, but the rot remains. The brain is finished. It tries and tries to heal, but it's like trying to un-burn ashes.

Vital signs unchanged and minimal."

>>83570
You know what? I think you're this "tozol".

>>83570
Fuck yes, you're a zombie!

Apparently, you were abandoned here since... well, you were pretty much DEAD. But you aren't dead now, which is awesome.

Wonder if there are anymore subjects around here. ...and if they are allies.

you dont seem very braindead though.

>>83570
Thaaaaaaat's a little unnerving. It'd be nice to know the whole story here, but what I'm taking out of it (and what you to appear to have taken out of it as well, judging by your expression of shock there) is that you were severely "damaged" at some point in the past. Wonderful.

Anyway, if there are no other interesting entries there, you could either start inputting other search terms, or, if you've gotten bored with the computer, go back to trying to figure out how to get the door open. Possibly, the former could lead to the latter, but I kind of doubt it.

>>83570
It sounds like they found you dead and rotting, and tried to resurrect you. Or, perhaps 'rot' isn't used in a literal sense here, and your brain was simply damaged somehow. It looks like you finally recovered anyway. I guess we're a side-effect of the treatment they did on you, or just the brain damage.

What's the last entry for Tozol? Also, the last entry for Qillig? It would be useful to find out why nobody's here.

Well, that probably explains the amnesia.

Why don't you use the ID card's number as the network password? At worst, it doesn't work, and you might be able to access something useful (if this Quillig is an uncreative hack).

Otherwise, you might want to check to see if there's any non-password files on some of Q.'s interests (Ophion, Nyx, Phanes, Tethys).

>>83570

wait. If you're a Tozol, does that mean you actually can regenerate from having your brain shot out.

Does the computer display a time? Compare it to the dates on the journal entries you can find.

Wait! Try the numbers from the keycard on the safe.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)20:01 No. 84025 ID: 51d0f5
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>I guess we're a side-effect of the treatment they did on you, or just the brain damage.
Who knows? This might just be how my brain's supposed to work. Okay, probably not.

>Does the computer display a time? Compare it to the dates on the journal entries you can find.
It's 24:09, 6/13/2204

Qillig's journal entries start in 2202 and end last month.

>Search Ophion, Nyx, Phanes, Tethys
The vast majority of these files are locked or not resident. 'Ophion', 'Nyx', and 'Phanes' are experimental biotechnology... creatures... kept in this portion of the facility. Mutated or engineered or... something. 'Tethys' is code for some kind of artifact that was recovered a long time ago, from something called the 'Athelhom Impact Event.'

>What's the last entry for Tozol?
"The tozol's of no further use. What seemed like an assignment of prestige is clearly a joke they play on the new guy. A joke that has gone on for far too long. No matter. I've talked down the number of analyses per quarter.

Keeping this thing sedated is a waste of perfectly good toxins. I can't believe they expect it to wake up. All efforts to gain useful data from its structure have proven unsatisfactory. I'd just destroy it now if I had the authority. If the Diplomats find out about this project, it'll be on all our heads."

>>84025
So to sum it up. Apparently someone was SUPPOSED to be watching us. But apparently he just got bored and left. Or something involving death or something, who cares he wanted to kill us. Anyway, I wonder if anyone plans to check on us again any time soon. It would be nice to learn more about this place and whats going on. But for now I think we're done here. We should probably look for a way out or something or at least something to eat or whatever.

>>84025
Alright, so we've messed with the console, we have a keycard that the main door won't accept for a scientist who should have access to the room...

I dunno. The only things we haven't looked into are the safe and the other tube yet, and we don't know the safe combination. I guess open up the other tube.

Wait, 24:09? That means it's the middle of the night. Everyone might just be gone for the day.

Anyway, try clicking the 1, 2 or 3 icons on the desktop.

Also what's that device with the switch on it that's in front of the IV controls?

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)20:31 No. 84050 ID: 51d0f5
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>something or at least something to eat or whatever.
Nom nom nom nom.

This tastes pretty awful. No wonder they were all unopened.

>I guess open up the other tube.
It's empty, unless you mean scour the walls and stuff?

Try searching for safe codes in the computer if you haven't done so already. Failing to find anything, just try the numbers on the business card.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)20:58 No. 84067 ID: 51d0f5
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>Try searching for safe codes in the computer if you haven't done so already.
Oh! That seems pretty obvious now that you mention it.

Let's see...

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)21:00 No. 84069 ID: 51d0f5
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"... Matthei was on my case again about the keycard. I locked it in the safe. (Can't remember why.) I don't see the point. We're not even allowed to operate in High Sec zones without someone watching from the control point to open all the doors for us.

Reminder: Safe combination is the base number, then that plus forty, then THAT minus eleven."

>>84069
... try 5 - 45 - 34

>>84050
They're emergency rations. That's why they save them for emergencies; all the nutrition you need, but with a horrible taste and after-taste. Either that or they're meant to be put in water and cooked, being freeze-dried and whatnot. Not that it makes a difference, we don't have a way to do that anyway.

Start searching around for anything with numbers on it that might be a safe combination.

>>84069
Well, that's good to know.

Unfortunately we don't know what the "base number" is.

But we also now know why the keycard won't work.

Uh, try searching for "base number?" It's got to be between zero and one hundred, if I'm remembering how a combination lock works properly.

>>84069
Try 5-45-34

>>84074
Right, try five first. Not thinking clearly.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)21:19 No. 84080 ID: 51d0f5
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>5 - 45 - 34
Naw, see, 'Quadrant Five' is a play on words. 'Quadrant' just means you're splitting something up four ways, into four quadrants. You can't have a fifth quadrant. It's not a base n-

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)21:20 No. 84082 ID: 51d0f5
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Oh, it worked!

Inside is a gun, a key card, and a scrap of paper with '2914' written on it.

>>84082
>A gun
Take gun.

Pose.

Then loot all.

>>84082
Get the gun and keycard. Check what;s on the other side if the paper.

Fuck yeah, a gun. Pose as a team cause SHIT JUST GOT REAL. No, it doesn't matter that your team is only yourself.

>>84082
Try using 2914 as the password for the protected files. That, or his birthday; 050278 or 522178.

Try opening the files for Ophion, Nyx, and Phanes. If we run into them it would help to know their capabilities.

Also try finding a map of the facility via the terminal.

>>84094
This. Knowledge is power.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)21:42 No. 84098 ID: 51d0f5
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>Pose as a team cause SHIT JUST GOT REAL. No, it doesn't matter that your team is only yourself.
The voices in my head make me feel less alone.

Yeah. I'm crazy. I'm crazy and I've got a gun.

>>84098
See if the codes unlock files on the computer.

If not, use new keycard on the door.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)21:53 No. 84106 ID: 51d0f5
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>See if the codes unlock files on the computer.
"HINT: Name of old girlfriend's pet + Molecular weight of favorite food"

>Check what's on the other side if the paper.
Um...

>>84098
>I'm crazy. I'm crazy and I've got a gun.

A convincing mantra if ever there was one.

Did we get a new name off of the keycard?

>>84106
Yyyyyup, totally not creepy at all.

>>84106
Molecular weight of favorite food? Uh, that sounds tricky. Search his journal entries for 'girlfriend' and 'food' anyway.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)22:10 No. 84117 ID: 51d0f5
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>Did we get a new name off of the keycard?
This one just says 'HI SEC.'

>Search his journal entries for 'girlfriend' and 'food' anyway.
This returns one text file:

"Quit trying to guess my password."

>>84117
There's no way we can guess this at the moment.

I say we return to the compy later. Apply keycard to lock.

>>84117
>This returns one text file:
>"Quit trying to guess my password."
...I suddenly like this guy.

I would search to see if there is a map of the facility on the comp before we try to go further. would be best not to get immediately lost.

>>84117
Can you create a new textfile? If so, type in that you have awakened. Then try the new keycard on the door.

>>84117
Hahahaha.

Well, see if the other card works on the door, I suppose.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)22:28 No. 84131 ID: 51d0f5
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>Type in that you have awakened. Then try the new keycard on the door.

Alright, fuckers.

>>84124
Do this, then prepare to do naked fluffy kung fu to anything outside the door.

Test Pattern 2009/11/30(Mon)22:28 No. 84133 ID: 51d0f5
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Here I come.

So is that it for now, or are we gonna keep going?

((That's it for now.))

>>84131
To be clear, this should be saved as "tozol.txt" on the desktop, with no password or encryption of any kind.

Might've been more prudent to search for "love" and "delicious"