>>79883
Wake up.

Hug self.

Drink the water.

>>79883
Speak now, or forever hold your piece.

>>79883
Open your eyes.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)18:36 No. 79892 ID: 7eda8b
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>>79887
What? Hello?

>>79892
Hello. Do you remember your name, or where you are?

>>79892
Hello!

>>79892
Howdy. We're crazy voices. Be prepared to ignore a lot of us.

>>79892
You are floating in a mad science goo tube... unfortunately this one seems to be full of red goo as opposed to the standard green goo or more calming blue goo.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)18:48 No. 79900 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877170621.png - (13.03KB , 500x500 , TQ3.png )

>Hello.
Hello! Thoughts are flitting through my head at an alarming rate. This seems unusual!

>Do you remember your name, or where you are?
Uh... No. To both. Do you? Or I? Or whatever you are?

>>79900
Afraid not. Do you remember anything at all? We don't!

>>79900
Can you see anything outside this fluid thingy?

>>79901
Also, is that a bullet hole in your head?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)18:58 No. 79904 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877227790.png - (12.97KB , 500x500 , TQ4.png )

>Do you remember anything at all?
No. Nothing.

I suppose that's bad, yes?

I'm in some kind of liquid, lit by red lights, or normal lights in red liquid. There's an oxygen mask over my face, and tubes in my arms and legs.

What should I do?

>>79904
Well, can you see anything outside? Where the hell are you?

>>79904
Tap on the glass. Perhaps someone will come check up on you and let you out.

>>79904
What do your -uhn- what are you anyway? Do you even know that much?

Anyhow... tell us what those keen eyes of yours see.

you just woke up in a tube filled with goo with things plugged into you. i would panic. but you seem to be fine with it. look up is there a hatch?

>>79904
Can you see into the room you're likely in?
Anything or anyone of note that you're aware of?

Struggling to break out of your container/tube should come as a last resort, when there's nothing else you can think of doing.

There's no way of knowing if you're undergoing healing in this tube, if you're some sort of experiment, or if it's some sort of stasis thing.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:03 No. 79913 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877263357.png - (13.69KB , 500x500 , TQ5.png )

>Also, is that a bullet hole in your head?
I hope not. It itches a little. It's a spot of rough tissue with no fur. I guess some kind of scar.

>>79904
You need a name. How about Penji?

>>79913
Could you take a look at the rest of you?
I mean you could bring us along, if you really wanted~

>>79914
>Need a name
Speaking of which, do you recall having one?

You seem to have four ears. That's silly, you don't need more than two. You should remove the extraneous ears.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:10 No. 79919 ID: 7eda8b
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>Anyhow... tell us what those keen eyes of yours see.
The container appears to be made of metal. I can't see anything outside. There's seams. Might be a door? There's some mechanisms, but they don't look like they're meant to open from here.

There's a rectangle of glass in front of me, but it's backed by more metal.

Above me is a metal thing shaped a bit like a claw or tooth. There's another below me, oriented the opposite way.

>>79919
Knock on the metal.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:16 No. 79921 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877336835.png - (5.53KB , 500x500 , TQ7.png )

>Speaking of which, do you recall having one?
No.

>You need a name. How about Penji?
What does that word mean? ...And how could you know things I don't?

>You seem to have four ears. That's silly, you don't need more than two.
Do I really need more than one?

>>79921
You need at least two if you want to be able to figure out what direction a sound is coming from.

Really you need 3 to figure out precise locations, and 4 is a simpler number.

Can you move the little pointed bits of metal?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:19 No. 79925 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877358159.png - (7.46KB , 500x500 , TQ8.png )

>Knock on the metal.
Okay.

...

No immediate response.

>>79921
>What does that word mean? ...And how could you know things I don't?
It was actually the first thing I thought of. It really doesn't mean anything. If you don't like it, how about Tozol?

>>79925
Fiddle with the tooth thing on the top.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:38 No. 79942 ID: 7eda8b
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>It was actually the first thing I thought of.
I guess that makes it the first thing I thought of.

>If you don't like it, how about Tozol?
That word feels important.

>Fiddle with the tooth thing on the top.
Okay.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:39 No. 79944 ID: 7eda8b
File 125877479452.png - (16.51KB , 500x500 , TQ10.png )

Hmmmmmm.

>>79944
Er, what is that?

>>79944
... well, the fact that you're not being zapped to death is good.

Hm.

So you need a name, huh? Well, you're in a red container right now. And you look sorta girlish, so... let's see. Red, girl... there's got to be some sort of name that connects the two...

Ah, I've got it.

Emerald.

>>79944
Maybe we shouldn't mess with the electrical cords while submerged in liquid.

>>79948
No, no, Sapphire's much better than Emerald.

>>79944
You had not informed use you were female.. were you aware of this?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:47 No. 79957 ID: 7eda8b
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>Ah, I've got it. Emerald.
I like Penji.

>Maybe we shouldn't mess with the electrical cords while submerged in liquid.
Don't those have two prongs? This seems to be one solid chunk of metal.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)19:50 No. 79961 ID: 7eda8b
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>You had not informed use you were female.. were you aware of this?
I am now.

>>79961
Try fiddling with the bottom tooth.

>>79961
Good. That's plenty more efficient than getting you to crossdress.

>>79961
That's okay, we like helping girls. In fact, you could say we prefer them.
Your left arm's got some wires or sensors on it. Can you tell if they're stuck into your arm, or if they're just sticking to it - without pulling them off/out?

Suggestion 2009/11/20(Fri)19:57 No. 79971 ID: dda9dd
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>>79966
>That's okay, we like helping girls. In fact, you could say we prefer them.

Probably due to the habit of thinking with our balls half the time.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)20:01 No. 79973 ID: 7eda8b
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>Your left arm's got some wires or sensors on it. Can you tell if they're stuck into your arm, or if they're just sticking to it - without pulling them off/out?
Can't tell if they're wires or tubes or both. They're definitely going straight into the arm.

>>79971
(Half of the time?
I think you mean ALL of the time.)

Also um... fiddle with the bottom tooth thingey I guess.
Maybe something interesting will happen if we touch them together?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)20:24 No. 80011 ID: 7eda8b
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The second one's really stuck. With effort, I manage to yank it free, though I bonk my head against the back of the tube in the process.

This one looks the same as the other.

I notice there's a lot of bubbles coming from the socket. I think I broke something and now the liquid's leaking out of the tube.

>>80011
Somehow, I'm suspecting that might not be a great thing.

I could be wrong though.

>>80011
Wait a while for the liquid to exit.

>>80011
Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's not good.

>>80011
This could either be a good thing, or a bad thing. I'm thinking it could be good because I'm assuming someone is MONITORING the tube, at least, and knows something is moving around in there. Which should lead to you leaving the tube soon. Progress!

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)20:43 No. 80046 ID: 7eda8b
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>Wait a while for the liquid to exit.
Okay.

...

This is taking a long time.

>>80043
Or a person might come in and try to put you back into hibernation, deeming you not ready yet.

>>80046

Stick your head above the water and practice an amusing whistling tune.

>>80046
Touch the two teeth together above the liquid's level.

>>80046
This is boring.
PUNCH EVERYTHING!

>>80046
Is it just me mylady or do you posses multiple tails?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:05 No. 80083 ID: 7eda8b
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>Touch the two teeth together above the liquid's level.
Nothing seems to happen.

>>80083
Scream and yell for someone to let you out.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:07 No. 80089 ID: 7eda8b
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>Is it just me mylady or do you posses multiple tails?
Yeah. They're small and black and tapering. Is that unusual?

I'm not s-

*CRACK!*

WOAH!

>>80089
Yeaaaaah, that's bad.

>>80089
Oh god don't drop them in the water keep them above you D:

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:18 No. 80111 ID: 7eda8b
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>Keep them above you.
I keep one above me, hooked into its own cord. Seems to be okay.

>Scream and yell for someone to let you out.
"HELLO? ANYONE?"

>PUNCH EVERYTHING!
RRARRR!!

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:19 No. 80114 ID: 7eda8b
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Ow.

>>80069
superfluous tails, superfluous ears... whatever she is, she's not designed for efficiency.

>>80114
Did... did you just dent the door?

>>80114
Wait. You managed to dent it? That's quite a punch. If you're that strong you could try pushing on the door near the hinges to break it.

>>80114
If the water level is low enough, you can take off your oxygen mask.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:39 No. 80154 ID: 7eda8b
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>Wait. You managed to dent it? That's quite a punch.
I figured it was just wimpy metal.

I actually feel a little weird right now. Though, it's hard to tell, since I can't remember ever having felt better.

>If you're that strong you could try pushing on the door near the hinges to break it.
The metal creaks and deforms a little, but doesn't open.

Keep working it.

>>80154
Look at the celing.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:48 No. 80166 ID: 7eda8b
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>superfluous tails, superfluous ears... whatever she is, she's not designed for efficiency.
I... I can feel self conscious about my body image later!

>Keep working it.
The metal creaks more, but holds. The glass-like rectangle part makes a ping sound. My legs are getting really tired.

>>80166
Alright, the glass should be easier to break. Try smashing that with one of the teeth so you don't cut your hand on the glass.

>>80166
You can do it, Penji! Just a little more!

Almost there...

>>80166
Well, rest for a couple, then try again?

>>80166
Is the door priable? I'm not sure exactly how it works - if that seam is wide enough to slip your claws / fingers into, you might be able to pry it open rather than pushing it open.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)21:59 No. 80178 ID: 7eda8b
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>Alright, the glass should be easier to break. Try smashing that with one of the teeth so you don't cut your hand on the glass.
I bash the glass-like stuff loose. The shards flutter through the water to the bottom of the tank.

There's a piece of metal over where the glass was. A cover, I guess. It's leaking pretty bad.

>>80178
Shove the cover in various directions. It's probably right or left.

>>80178
Is the metal any thinner on the other side of the glass? How're you holding up, physically?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)22:12 No. 80183 ID: 7eda8b
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I fuck around with the plate for awhile. It's jammed due to the deformation of the door. Eventually I manage to pop it off.

Liquid's gushing out!

>>80183
Keep your extremities away from the orifice. Brace yourself against the walls until the current dies down.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)22:20 No. 80187 ID: 7eda8b
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The water levels off. I can see stuff outside.

Outside, I see a darkened room. There's equipment and machinery, a desk with a computer console, and a heavy, sliding door. I can fit my hand through the port I opened, but can't reach any of that stuff.

>>80187
Feel around the outside of the tube. Perhaps there's a latch or something.

>>80187
This is taking you too long, isn't it? Activate super strength and escape the fuck out of this metal box. Fucking metal boxes, you'll show them not to screw with you!

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)22:41 No. 80197 ID: 7eda8b
File 125878568035.png - (6.10KB , 500x500 , TQ25.png )

>Feel around the outside of the tube. Perhaps there's a latch or something.
Feels like, uh...

Yeah, definitely a latch, but there's a lock on it.

>>80197
Pick it with your wiry black tail(s)!

>>80197
You know where the lock is, eh? Can you reach around and... rip it out, somehow?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:01 No. 80211 ID: 7eda8b
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>Pick it with your wiry black tail(s)!
Okay! Let's see here.

Hoo. This is awkward.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:02 No. 80213 ID: 7eda8b
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I spend five minutes trying to pick the lock with my tails. This is incredibly frustrating!

>rip it out
Piece of shit!

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:03 No. 80214 ID: 7eda8b
File 125878702731.png - (6.35KB , 500x500 , TQ28.png )

I wrench the lock mechanism out of its housing.

Bust out.

>>80214
Unlatch it and push the door open.

Finally freedom.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:36 No. 80228 ID: 7eda8b
File 125878896216.png - (15.48KB , 600x500 , TQ29.png )

>Finally freedom.
Yes! The door comes open!

>>80228
Give yourself a tour.

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:39 No. 80233 ID: 7eda8b
File 125878919627.png - (17.47KB , 600x500 , TQ30.png )

I'm in a room now. Awesome.

There's a big, closed, sliding metal door at the opposite side of the room. On this side, there's the tube I came out of, and another one that looks like it, with a box in between. There's a rolling gurney, a locker to my right, and a console at the middle of the room. There's a monitor at the far upper corner.

Anybody in the other tube?

>>80233
What's on the monitor?

Test Pattern 2009/11/20(Fri)23:56 No. 80248 ID: 7eda8b
File 125879015817.png - (17.30KB , 600x500 , TQ31.png )

Let me just get around this... huh?

Oh. I'm still hooked by my IV tubes.

Come and think of it, I am starting to feel a little odd.

Prepare to pass out.

>>80248
Well... you'll have to pull them out I guess. Carefully.

>>80248
Well, we're not going to get anywhere with those things still plugged in. May as well go the full nine yards and yank those bitches out.

Carefully.

Test Pattern 2009/11/21(Sat)00:05 No. 80261 ID: 7eda8b
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>yank those bitches out
Well, the direct approach seems to be serving so far...

Hoo. Skin's healed around these things. I wonder how long I've been in there.

Okay. They're out. I think I'm bleeding. Definitely bleeding a bit.

>>80261
Open the lockers and see what's in there. We could use a bandage or something.

Test Pattern 2009/11/21(Sat)00:07 No. 80265 ID: 7eda8b
File 125879086691.png - (18.18KB , 600x500 , TQ34.png )

Yes, I think we're looking at a pretty significant amount of bleeding.

I feel tired.

>>80265
Shit.
You see anything you can wrap around that in here?

>>80265
Apply DIRECT PRESSURE to the wounds! Find something we can wrap our arms in as well!

D:

>>80265
Sit in the chair and hold your arm above your head while you apply pressure to it.

Test Pattern 2009/11/21(Sat)00:17 No. 80270 ID: 7eda8b
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>Open the lockers and see what's in there.
They're locked.

...

They're unlocked.

>>80270
Medkit! Grab, open, sit, bandage.

>>80270
Wow. You're strong. Check what's in the thing with the red cross.

>>80270
Our first priority is the first aid kit, obviously. Get that, bandage up. After that, clothes might be useful.

What's that thing on top of the safe?

Red thing. It's red. Like blood. Maybe it can help.

Test Pattern 2009/11/21(Sat)00:39 No. 80286 ID: 7eda8b
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>What's that thing on top of the safe?
Looks like some kind of toy in a box.

>Medkit! Grab, open, sit, bandage
Right. Focus. Getting sleepy.

Bandage arm. Hold over head.

Test Pattern 2009/11/21(Sat)00:40 No. 80287 ID: 7eda8b
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Think I'm gonna rest here a bit.

>>80287
Sleep well, Penji.

What the fuck is going on with those feet anyways?
They are hella weird.

>>80354
And that's the weirdest thing?

>>80368
Surprising enough, yes.
The two huge toes are strange enough, but I'm really wondering about the thing on the heel.

>>80372
Opposable toe, lets the feet hold onto things.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)20:36 No. 81625 ID: 7eda8b
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Awake again.

Feeling numb.

Still there, whatever you are?

>>81625
Put some clothes on, you harlot!

Still bleeding?

>>81625
Yes, we're still here.

>>81625
Yes, we're still here. We slept when you did, though.

You're feeling numb, you say? I'm not sure what the medical implications for that are, especially since you're not exactly a normal specimen. Check to make sure the bleeding has stopped, then carefully try standing up.

>>81625
Check condition
Put on lab coat.

>>81625
Hey, you're totally not dead of blood loss among other things somehow. Cool. We crazy headvoices are glad to have you back.

Well, now that you're less bleeding, what all is in this room?

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)21:02 No. 81651 ID: 7eda8b
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>Check condition
Um. Little numb everywhere. I feel slower than before. I don't think it's blood loss. Something else. I can stand well enough.

Bleeding's stopped nicely.

>Put some clothes on, you harlot!
I don't feel cold. Wait, what?

Do you have any sense of how long you were asleep?

>not feeling cold
Well, I suppose clothing is strictly optional, then. Not that we have a vested stake in the matter or anything.

Look over the contents of the locker again, would you? In particular, what's that on the top shelf, and is there anything noteworthy about the safe and picture on the bottom shelf?

>>81651
Yer naked.

Normally that is considered shameful.

But idk you're some sort of fox-cat-thing.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)21:12 No. 81656 ID: 7eda8b
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>Well, now that you're less bleeding, what all is in this room?
About the same as before, except the locker's open. Two tubes, one of which had me in it, the other which has some kind of forklift-looking machine against it. Big metal box between the two tubes. A console in the middle of the room. Blank monitor on the wall opposite the tubes, as well as a big door.

There really isn't as much fluid on the floor as was in the tube. It must've gone through a drain when I tried opening the door. I guess they'd build it that way so the place doesn't flood whenever they open one of those things.

>Do you have any sense of how long you were asleep?
Not long. Or do you mean how long I was asleep in the tube? I have no idea of that one.

>>81656
Examine the console

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)21:19 No. 81663 ID: 7eda8b
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>Look over the contents of the locker again, would you?
Okay.
>In particular, what's that on the top shelf,
Unlabeled box. You want I open it?
>and is there anything noteworthy about the safe and picture on the bottom shelf?
It's actually a cardboard box with a picture of something like a toy sitting on top of the safe.

Can we examine the other tube in detail to see what's in it that warrants blocking the door with a piece of machinery?

Put those rubber boots on
I have a feeling they might save us from something unpleasant.

>>81663
Go ahead and inspect the top box. I'm curious what's in it. :>

Open the cardboard box, there might be stuff in it.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)21:27 No. 81670 ID: 7eda8b
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>Put those rubber boots on
Hmm...

Hmm, those obviously won't fit. we need to watch out for electricity and possible corrosive or toxic fluids on the floor.

That or cut them to fit. Too bad we've got nothing to cut with.

Open the unlabeled box!

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)21:47 No. 81678 ID: 7eda8b
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>Open the unlabeled box!
Inside are long packages labeled "E RAT."

What about the labeled box?

>>81678
>E RAT
Sure, take one. Why not!

Those are Emergency RATions, I believe. Grab a lab coat first and put it on so you have pockets to hold these things in.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)22:05 No. 81684 ID: 7eda8b
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>What about the labeled box?

>>81684
That's... quite a cheerful taser box. Anyway, grab a coat so we have pockets. Wait, do the coats actually have pockets?

Can you get a closer look at that safe? It might not work to rip out the lock, so don't do that yet.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)22:36 No. 81692 ID: 7eda8b
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>Can you get a closer look at that safe? It might not work to rip out the lock, so don't do that yet.
It looks way more solid than the locker. I'm not sure if I COULD rip the lock out.

>>81692
Are your tails very sensitive to vibration? Or perhaps your own sense of touch in your hands? Do your ears give you really sensitive hearing? Try spinning the dial and see if you can figure out what the combination is.

Well it's a dial safe or whatever so you can't try that skin oil trick.

Check the lab coat's pockets, maybe there'll be something in them that can help.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)22:52 No. 81698 ID: 7eda8b
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>Are your tails very sensitive to vibration?
Moreso than the rest of me, I think... But everything just feels numb right now. I hope it goes away.

I spin the dial. I feel like I could figure this out if my body would cooperate, but it just isn't.

>>81698
Looks like the safe will have to wait. Did you check the lab coats to see if there's anything in the pockets?

Also, open the 'toy' box and grab the stun gun.

>>81698
We really ought to figure out what those IVs were pumping into you, then, if you don't think the numbness is because of losing blood. You might be in need of some substance to function properly.

... Of course it would help if I had any idea how to do that, wouldn't it...

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)23:14 No. 81706 ID: 7eda8b
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>>81700
I put on the coat and get the stun gun.

It makes a satisfying *POP!* when I hit the switch.

>>81706
Stuff your pockets full of ERATs!

Then check out the monitor... and the console.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)23:32 No. 81711 ID: 7eda8b
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>Then check out the monitor... and the console.
The wall monitor looks boring. It's just a black screen.

The console's another story. BUTTONS!

>>81711
try typing HELP or HOME or BOOTWIN

>>81711
HELP sounds like a good command.

Also, can we have a closer look at that stuff to the right of the keyboard? Actually, a closer look of the keyboard would be nice too.

>>81711
Such enthusiasm. Looks like it's just a read-out of the condition(condit) of tube 01(the one you crawled out of?), some numbers(48516[?]), and that it's failed(because we broke it?), though.

Poke buttons, see if the screen changes.

Test Pattern 2009/11/25(Wed)23:57 No. 81719 ID: 7eda8b
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I mess around with the buttons and stuff, but they don't seem to respond.

I notice a keyhole at the left corner of the console. In the labcoat pocket is a key, and a card. Should I use the key on this?

>>81719
Yes, gently try turning the key in it. You seem to be quite strong and we wouldn't want to break the key if it doesn't fit.

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:02 No. 81723 ID: 7eda8b
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I use the key.

A new panel pops up.

>>81723
Press one of them buttans

>>81723
Do the buttons have any markings? Don't push them yet, they may be tied to something dangerous.

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:11 No. 81728 ID: 7eda8b
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>Do the buttons have any markings?
I wish this place had a manual or something.

>>81728
Push the - button for 1.

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:17 No. 81730 ID: 7eda8b
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>Push the - button for 1.
Nothing happens.

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:18 No. 81731 ID: 7eda8b
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*Push*
*Push*
*Push*
*Push*
*Push*

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:22 No. 81736 ID: 7eda8b
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Hey!

"4+" makes a little squirt of liquid from one of those tubes that was in my arm.

>>81731
...I think that may be a system to control IV medications for people in the tubes. Uh, you're sure the other tube is empty right?

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:29 No. 81739 ID: 7eda8b
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>Uh, you're sure the other tube is empty right?

Oooh... That would've been a really good thing to check before I started.

Run over and check quickly

Oh boy this does not end well.

>>81739
Oh no. Check the tube.

What exactly did you press for 1-3? I know we pressed - 1, but which one did you press for 2 and 3? Were either of them +?

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:34 No. 81745 ID: 7eda8b
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>Oh boy this does not end well.
Oh shit oh shit!

...

It's empty.

>>81745
Oh. So I guess we just administered IV medication to nothing.

Back to the console; is there a slot under the screen to slide in the ID card? Maybe that will let you use the keyboard.

Test Pattern 2009/11/26(Thu)00:40 No. 81749 ID: 7eda8b
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Nobody saw that.

...

It is occurring to me that there's been no sign of life whatsoever in this place. I wonder if that's why I've gained voices in my head.

Then again, I have no memory of ever not having had them. Er, you.

Maybe the facility was abandoned(unlikely)

or maybe something escaped and killed everyone(Sufficiently more likely)

>>81749
investigate the big door and see if you can push it open.

>>81739

Make this face more often.

>>81750
Well, Penji is also something that escaped.
That's something to keep in mind until it's clear why she was in the tube.

Take a closer look at those buttons labelled 'Emergency' before you try pushing the door.

Also, I'm to take it that the computer has no power?

Have a look in that big gaping hole under the console.

look around the room for a user manual

>>81749
Figure out what happened to that rough spot on your face.

(>:B)

Test Pattern 2009/11/28(Sat)23:52 No. 83126 ID: 51d0f5
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>Take a closer look at those buttons labelled 'Emergency' before you try pushing the door.
There's two buttons here, plus a big panel labeled 'EMERGENCY' (twice!) on tracks, looking like it can slide down and open.

>>83126
Slide it down and see what's in there. Could be either a useful item, or a button for killing berserk tube occupants.

>>83126
Those other buttons might prove useful, but for now, yeah, just see what's behind the EMERGENCY EMERGENCY thing.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)00:37 No. 83134 ID: 51d0f5
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I scratch and tug at the cover, but it doesn't want to slide. I'm worried I'll break this thing...

I consider trying the 'open' button. Or is that too simple?

>>83134
Try it out.

>>83134
Oh, well if it's not the CIRCUIT Open button, that would make sense, huh? Push it.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)09:53 No. 83179 ID: 51d0f5
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I push the button and the panel slides open, revealing a large breaker-looking switch, currently off.

>>83179
Well, turn it back on, maybe use something to insulate your hand against electricity in case it's damaged. The boots for example.

What's all that stuff on top?

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)12:59 No. 83245 ID: 51d0f5
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I put the boot on my hand, then throw the switch. There's a very quiet hum, and the 'ACTV' button glows red.

press button

receive plot hook

>>83245
Yes, press ACTV button.

push the red button!

Depress the button.

Test Pattern 2009/11/29(Sun)18:05 No. 83379 ID: 51d0f5
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I push the button. There's a computer chirp, and a growing hum.

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-