>You climb the stairs and peer into the hall.
>You see the robots gathering around the cargo crane control room.

What do we do?

>>23672281
>Whatever shadowy thing is in the very top picture

Jesus fucking christ what is thaaaaaaaat

>>23672397
We haven't gotten that far yet.

>>23672291
wait for them to go in, easier and safer to sneak if there's less eyes on the hallway.

also, tell spearmint what we see and ask what she thinks.

>>23672291
So last thread we still had yet to master "condense"

We need to get those drones out of there.

Earlier they followed the crane? Maybe we can lure these away.

>>23672601

Now's probably a good of a time as ever to work on mastering condense. Isn't spearmint still in the cargo room? If those robots get in there it could mean trouble. We can't use the crane either, the controls are inside the room.

Practice condense twice, and just like how we splashed ourselves in the face, let's splash the top of the stairs with a few puddles. After we got the stairs nice and wet, let's go give big boy by the door a call over. We'll see him off for his nice trip down the stairs.

Yell out for spearmint to take the controls and make the crane go haywire. The yelling should get big boy and his friends coming over. Hopefully stopping the crane from freaking out will be a higher priority to the flying ones then some random patrol code, and they'll leave you alone before they get too close.

>>23672846
i assume spear came with us, why would she stay in there?

>>23672601
They seem to be following the disturbance. They saw the crane move, now they're checking out the control room. If this is still the area I think it is, those should be security bots, so they're probably packing some sort of weaponry. We might be able to sneak past while they're inside the room (assuming one doesn't stay outside), but we don't have too many options without revealing ourselves

>>23672846
Using condense for a distraction might work. Lets not bet on the robots being susceptible to water, mmkay

>>23672466
>>23672868
>You tell Spearmint that there are robots in the hall checking the crane controls. >You tell her that you're going to wait for an opening so you don't get shot at again.
>Spearmint seems a little panicked, but nods in agreement.
>The robots open the door to the cargo crane control and begin moving the large bipedal one into the room, the two drones hover near the entrance.

What do we do?

>>23672977
Which way are they facing? Do you think it would be possible to sneak to the other side of the wall and sneak under them in their blind spot? This idea might be too crazy though.

>>23673076
They are facing away from the door.

>>23673118
So it should work then. Why does it look like the end of the hall is a dead end? Are there any doors there or does the hallway go left or right?

>>23672977
There's not anyway we can really fight so time to sneeki breeki

>>23673166
A better shot of the area we are in.

we don't want to go into delta, we'd just get caught between robots.

we should sneak to the hallway we came from because even if there are firebots there now, we can duck into that hole for cover.

options i can think of:
use crank radio as a distraction somehow.
sneak and hope we're ninja
try to get into the paneled ceiling in overlook.

>>23673446
I like the vents idea.

Even a orange power armored physicist could sneak through air vents!

we're close to the door leading out of delta right?
could be telekenesis the door open, the robots would see the open door and 'chase after us' into the flaming hallway, then all we have to do is either sit pretty or sneak in behind them.

We still have the option of flinging water somewhere as a distraction, but we don't know if the robots can detect magic; it might backfire.

Anyone want to find out if robots are water resistant? Because if we're condensing water then we should be able to short circuit them right?

>>23673580
Its pretty trivial to waterproof a robot if you got full bipedal legs to work.

>>23673184
>>23673405
>>23673471
>You slam the Lobby door open as a distraction. and the drones fly right in.
>Before the larger Bipedal robot turns around, you and spearmint dart into the Ops Xi access hall.
>Spearmint freezes and looks back at the robot for a brief moment before shrugging something off.
>The hallway smells like smoke but the fire seems to no longer be lighting the hall.

Where do we go?

it was offices vs biolabs, right? both were through this door? i say offices.

>>23673868
Is this the ammo room?

Might want to pick up some more 7.62x51

>>23673909
no, this is the hallway we exploded.

>>23673909
What do ya reckon one or two of those mortars would do to the big bot?

>>23673931
we don't need to find out right now.

>>23673868
Let's see what's ahead of us.

>>23673868
>"Spearmint freezes and looks back at the robot for a brief moment before shrugging something off."

>INB4 the reason Spearmint dislikes the robots so much is because they have the brains of fellow ponies she once knew inside. She just recognized this one in particular.

This might help your decision.

>>23674006
We can either go down to the biolab or go down into the next room. Priority vote is biolabs though. Why do you not like robots spearmint?

>>23674006
the hole is like a mystery prize, but sadly it goes down and down is robot hell.

biolabs it is.

>>23674006
I guess biolab.

The map helps slightly, though I wish it showed where the roberts were too.

>>23674065
you honestly can't tell?

>>23674079
I assume the black delta space, but it took longer than it should have...

>>23674027
>>23674058
>>23674065
>You go in the bio-lab entrance and find a locker-room with the P.A. system blaring something at you.
>You ask spearmint Why she is so skittish around robots.
"They just."
>She sighs
"I don't like thinking about it, but I guess you have a right to know. When the scientists still made me do their magical stress tests they would tell me things to to make me keep doing what they wanted. But.. but when I didn't obey, they would send in the machines. It was always punishment based on how much I didn't obey and they... Sometimes when I was being punished, I wouldn't survive. The robots determined that the punishment needed to escalate in severity every time I did something wrong as well. and... and the machines also like to manipulate you. They record everything you say and do around them, and they use it against you. They know how to get inside your head... and they enjoy it..."
>spearmint shyly looks away from you as if she's keeping something to herself.

It's getting late, I'm going to pass out.

>>23674441
damn. these griffons and/or saddle arabians were up to some shady shit.

loot lockers.

>>23674441
Sounds like the opposite of fun Spear. I'm sorry.

>>23675147
this

>>23674441
give that a pone a hug.

>>23677313
Agreed to the hug. Let's practice condense while walking, but be careful about it. Also loot lockers, and try to find a safe spot to build into a camp.

Do we still want to talk to the broken terminal and figure out if we can somehow trick it into giving us higher credentials then test subject?

>>23678272
we have higher credentials, we have the security guards badge.

>>23674441
no sense in trying to get anything out of spearmint from that

>>23675147
Yep, we need to keep an eye out for goodies or other significant stuff.

>>23679073
I doubt that would work, it's a griffon's badge. The machines check dna and photos. Both of which we fail. So showing that badge may backfire.

>>23681485
no they don't. read it again, it was DNA or employee number.

or.

>>23681489
There we go.

Unless terminals are smart enough to realize the employee information associated with the number is plainly different than our own appearance.

>>23681489
Was it or? I thought it was and... But trying it out on a broken terminal will give us a clue if it will work on a non broken terminal. So my point stays, the broken terminal should be our test point for breaking security in this facility. Mostly because it cannot summon security bots to come kill us. If the card doesn't work then we can see from there.

>>23681648

>When you arrive The terminal says, "Oh so you are there! Please provide your ten digit worker number or place your hoof in the biometric blood sampler to the left of the screen for identification."

boop

>>23674441
"I fell in love with one once! Security robot 343-A! But he used me, it was just a long and roundabout way to emotionally hurt me because I stopped responding so well to physical injury!"

>>23676186
>>23677313
>>23678272
>After making Spearmint sad by asking questions you decide to brighten things up.
>you ask Spearmint if she would like to watch you practice your new spell she perks up a bit and agrees.
>You close the doors and snuggle up to spearmint where she is sitting. you can feel the warmth coming from her body as you close your eyes and once again summon an orb of water from the air.
>>23675147
>>23678272
>>23681406
>After some bonding time you decide the raid the lockers.
inside, you find a very clean set of dissection tools, a bottle of see-through brown fluid with the label scratched off, a PDA with no power, a lab-coat and a clean-suit.

What do we do?

Can anybody here translate chinese?

gonna be honest, im probably going to randomly vote for hugs every now and then just for more QT ponies doing QT things.

>>23683225
equip cleansuit to spear. if someone gets their face melted off, it should be the one who we know respawns.

>>23683225
whats the picture on the back of the locker?

>>23683282
Take some sharp bits from the dissection kit.

I'm willing to bet the bottle is iodine, but I'd be careful with it. Do we take it with us?

>>23683316
i bet its cola.

>>23683225
Does the PDA have it's charger with it? Check the lab coats pockets. Look inside the bag with the name "cliff" on it. Examine the photo.

>>23683346
the bag is the dissection kit

>>23683298
Take picture of scientist's family

>>23683570
>>23683346
>>23683298
> You look at the photo in the locker.
>There is something written on the back.

>>23683857
Well that's cute. Put photo back. Let's check those pockets that are probably empty.

>>23683857
Do we take photograph with us and make a vow to reveal the truth to the world about what happened here?

>>23683857
alight, so I'm leaning away from this being a government project and towards an umbrella corporation situation.

so good news, we wont get black bagged once we're out.

>>23683923
this family never came looking for their missing loved one, so that might suggest that some employees escaped. so escape is possible.

or they locked us in and just cloned their whole staff, but thats kind of a downer. better to have hope.

>>23683923

>Rifle through biohazard container.
>Contract super disease
>Cloned Mare who contracted P-Virus: "I am growing Stronger."

>>23683282
>>23683316
>>23683346
>>23683880
> You tell Spearmint to wear the Clean-suit.
>She puts it on and asks, "How do I look?"
>You also take a couple of scalpels and small hook from the dissection kit You give one to spearmint.
>You also search the pockets of the lab-coat and find a cafeteria receipt.
-eggs............1.50
-2 sausage....2.00
-orange juice..1.50
Total..............5.00
>>23684123
>You learn the bio-hazard thing on the wall is a chute. that is too dark to see down.

What do we do?

>>23684317
Fit you better than it fit me.

>>23684317
You look pretty good. Keep exploring the room. Are there anymore lockers or anything else in here? I thought there were supposed to be medical kits in the biolabs.

>>23684427
You are not inside the bio-lab This is a Locker-room that is connected to the bio-lab.

>>23684456
Well I'm an idiot. To the biolabs then!

>Altare Valley

This is the same place the notes in the first lounge told us natural magic absorbing crystals come from. Who knows if other shit from the region reacts unpredictably to magic?

We need to be cautious.

>>23684427
>>23684463
>>23684546
>You notice a note about the Altare Valley on a whiteboard in the locker-room You tell spearmint to be careful because you remember the magic absorbing crystals originally came from there.
>After that you both head into the Bio-lab.
>Inside you see a bunch of random samples that are left in the room, almost like this room hasn't been raided by scavenging creatures. Plants have grown into the room and there is a door at the other end of this first room.
What do we do?

>>23684918
The last plant thing we saw ate us, so we should be very careful around those.

>>23684918
Hey what were those sacks supposed to be again? Do you know what's inside them spearmint? Should we ignore it or destroy it? Examine paper on the desk. Examine ... that white thing in front of you. Please don't tap on the glass.

>>23684918
Don't mess with the scary thing in the tank. It's still alive somehow, and that somehow might be feasting on anyone who gets near it.

>>23684972
>>23685005
>You stay away from most of the plants until you ask Spearmint about them.
>Spearmint tells you that the red fruit hanging from the ceiling is very bitter and that the blue fruit growing from the big vine will melt the lining of your insides if you eat it.
>Keeping your distance from the tank you unwrap the thing on the desk. inside you find an unrecognizable skull that was marinading in a dark tar-like substance.
>The smell is horrible you are now feeling sick to your stomach. Spearmint looks like she's feeling the same way.

What do we do?

>>23685493
Pick the blue fruit.We're going to throw it inside the mouth of an enemy creature in the future and it's going to be SO AWESOME! I wish we learned that fire spell so we could "light a match" and help get rid of the spell. Run out of the room and leave the door open so the place can air out a little. Then come back inside and let's try opening that door.

>>23685493
Oh god fuck

>>23685493
>marinading

He chose that word on purpose, something's gonna be coming back soon for it and we need to be ready for it. Either prepare for siege or let's get the hell out of Dodge.

>>23685493
Well wash it with our final condense spell so it is "Mastered" That may get rid of the smell. I agree with the future use of blue mushroom as weapon. So maybe use it on a scalpel, to make a poisoned blade? We can throw it via magic at something later on. Collect bitter fruit. Let's gather any medical supplies.

Forgot to include the papers on the table. Sorry.

>>23686521
Skull is the AV308. Crush it.

>>23686521
Ohfuckohfuckohfuckohfuckohfuckohfuck

Guyyyyyyyyys, do we we have any light spells handyyyyyy?

>>23686548
Do NOT touch the skull, and look at the fucking ceiling. Jesus christ if it's not on the table then it's probably right above us oh god why

>>23686521
RETREAT. CHECK FOR ROBOTS/MAKE A DISTRACTION AND GET OUT OF THERE.

>>23686630
If they aren't attached to the skull they can't do shit. Smash the skull and its fucking dead.

>>23687053
How do we know concussion will do the job?

I agree though, it was wrapped up probably to protect it from the light, and now's likely the best time to strike.

What's the backup plan if crushing doesn't work? Light will do the trick but that should make it hostile.

Plus I don't like Mr. Pack Hunting three tusk monster over there. Whatever we do we need to keep an eye on it too.

>>23687120
Toss the skull in the other thing's enclosure, assuming no risk to us.

Let those two duke it out while we escape.

>>23687120
We could pour that bottle of whatever we found in the locker onto it and see what happens, lol.

>>23686548
>>23686630
>>23687053
>>23687120
>>23687136
>After reading the documents you panic.
>You crush the skull with the nearest blunt object you find and turn your flashlight to the ceiling to search for more AV308. Then you use your telekinesis to toss the remaining parts of the AV308 sample into the tank containing the remains of a AV305 and you watch the brains and the slime that surrounded AV308 homogenize with the fluid in the AV305 sample aquarium.
>This actually improved the smell a little bit.

What do we do now.

>>23687400
Explore the rest of the lab, you might find something useful

I'm going to sleep now. This next panel just isn't coming out and I've been at this for a long time today. Good night.

>>23687826
G'Night, we wait with tightly clinched buttholes.

>>23687826
it happens
gnite

oh fuck. i think i figured out what's going on here.

>>23687486
Agreed, but keep an eye on that aquarium. Also have we mastered condense? If so we should ask about combust, just don't learn it here in the confined space where many things can catch fire. But a fire spell will always be useful.

>>23689877
Have you?

>>23689877
Explain

>>23689877
Besides SCP shenanigans?

page 10

>>23691429
>>23692980
>>23693367
sorry, i was at work.

this is my guess:

10 years ago there was an SCP style breach in this lab, the employees either escaped or the ones who didn't make it out were cloned so that their family's wouldn't report them missing. The purpose of the lab is to create bioweapons and the holy grail project is to create an alicorn. In order to do this, the lab created spearmint as their unicorn archtype, and killed/tested her until they had a clone that was good at magic. The end goal was probably to create a perfect clone of each of the three pony races and then combine them into an alicorn, part of my reason for believing this is that the alicorn we saw had a horn the same colour as spearmints/ours. Most likely the containment breach happened before they finished and that's why the alicorn was incomplete.

I think that when the breach happened, the company responsible sealed the building and then ordered the machines to kill every bioform inside in order to contain the incident. my reasons for this being the console not believing that machines can be insane, the fact that we've seen no evidence for the machines being developed or worked on here [we've only seen biolabs] and that the machines were already present and assisting in the biolab research when spearmint was being tested.

facts from the story:
1 things went wrong 10 years ago
2 the world is still alive outside
3 the employees are of multiple species and from multiple countries
4 the broken console does not believe machines can become insane
5 spearmint was involved in magic tests
6 many biolabs studying many different types of creatures
7 the machines took part in the biolab studies
8 spear is talented in magic beyond what is normal for a unicorn
9 the alicorn clones horn was the same colour as spearmints/ours

>>23685493
Uhh guys

>>23695635
... Dang, this makes a lot of sense actually. Which means we could run into more ponies that are clones that are like us. At the very least an earth pony and a pegasus. If they haven't escaped already. Hmm... Man now I feel doubly bad about abandoning the alicorn, coulda been like our daughter biologically speaking.

>>23695635
Have we asked Spearmint if she knew exactly what the point of this whole place was?

>>23696168
There'll probably be more of them. I'm just worried about that sack of flesh that got grabbed by the bird. Is that the earth pony version being reborn? Did the clone chamber break?

>>23695635
I'm not going to tell you how many things you just got right.
But I really want to.

>>23698363
>made a thing that's supposed to happen or be revealed later
>really wants to reveal it early for players
I know that feel. Just know that you're doing a damn fine job

>>23698363
senpai noticed me!

>>23687486
>You take the fruit off of the vine and continue through the door. inside you find more lab with a door in the back marked "Altare valley habitat"

What do we do?

>>23699491
OOps

>>23699509
loot med kit, check fire locker. figure out whatever that thing on the bench is.

its unlikely that door is the only barrier between the lab and the habitat, so we can go further in. watch your ceilings.

>>23699509
Medical stuff would be nice.

>>23699509
Loot the area? Stay the damn far away from that hair thingie though. Burn it, burn it with fire instead.

>>23699566
i think thats more roots, but better safe than sorry.

Looks a bit like the mouth of the plant that killed us the very first time, but less blood around. Give it a wide berth, check med chest, keep an eye on the hole in the ceiling.

I made a thing.
sorry i am bad at making things.

>>23699638
Oh, that's cool man.
Waiting for pokey intensifies.

>>23699638
only THREE MORE DAYS ASSHOLE.

>>23699559
>>23699560
>>23699566
>>23699606
>You move over to the first aid box, keeping your distance from the glass enclosure in the center of the room.
>You keep a keen ey on the hole in the ceiling just in case there is something up there.
>Inside the first-aid case you find two rolls of gauze, an AED, a box of assorted size adhesive medical strips some ibuprofen, scissors and a bottle of rubbing alcohol.
>You check the hole again. There is a large arthropod there now.

What do we do?

>>23699638
>"In Pokeys We Trust."

>>23700055
Grab all that we can carry, and is the AED a extra life?

>>23700055
Move, the supplies can wait until the creepy spider thing is dead, tell Spear to shoot it if it comes out of the hole.

>>23700055
Kill the fucker

>>23700073
The AED possess all the powers of an everyday defibrillator.

insects are evil little shits.
YouTube: Praying Mantis eats fly alive

look at this shit.
this is what insects do.

alert spear, ready your weapon. the med kit would be nice but its not worth dying for, and firing our weapon may alert the creatures in the habitat.

that said, if it even looks like its thinking about moving into the room ot attacking, shoot it.

rubbing alcohol might be fun with a combustion spell, but i'm going to say its probably not worth the trouble.

that thing has a web, webs are catching prey.

>>23700100

>>23700100

>>23700055
Use telekinesis.

>>23700055
Use telekinesis to hold something solid between us and the bug as we back away slowly

>>23700082
>>23700089
>>23700100
> You tell Spearmint about the creature in the ceiling and back away.
>Spearmint points her gun at the hole.
>As the creature emerges from the hole Spearmint Squeezes off a three round burst with two of the bullets penetrating the creature which falls to the floor.
Spearmint says, "Why is this thing on burst!? Who sets these things to burst!? Does this thing have a non burst mode? whew..."

It's early in the morning here I'm passing out. I may do this a bit tomorrow but if not I'll be back on Monday night.

>>23700641
Selector switches are usually on a lever on the side.

Looks like some bastard version of a FAL or G3/CETME, either way fire selector is near the trigger guard on the frame.

>>23700641
Well it's dead now. It was probably on burst because the last pony who used it needed to be sure that whatever he shot was dead. Look at the gun. There has to be a way to make it single fire. Let's get those medical supplies that we've been needing.

>>23700641
Wonder if it's edible?

>>23700641
I wonder if we could use the web, could be nifty to have pony sized spider silk rope. But for now lets try to get somewhere safe.

>>23700641
hope you'll enjoy the episode

Should we make sure whatever we shot is really dead?

>>23705604
Yeah, let's get into the habit of double tap for now. That might be useful.

>>23705604
>>23705966
execution style

Can we somehow rig the power supply on the AED to turn on the PDA we found in that locker earlier?

>>23707247
You'd need a pretty big downstep transformer.

That said the AED should have a charging station that we could rig.

>>23700641
Tell Spear to watch the bug, it might not really be dead. Check the firebox on the wall, if there's an axe, use it to make sure spider is dead, if there's just a fire extinguisher, use it to smash spider to make sure it's dead. Afterwards look around the room for a bag or container of some sort to pack all the medial supplies into so they're easier to carry with you.

boop for spearmints happily ever after.

>>23707824
This. We have someone very special to look after here. She's self sufficient, but we have a fresh set of paranoia that she doesn't.

>>23709092

>>23709092

>>23709110
We'll be the guardian we can be

>>23712017
because we can take it.

bump for QT ponies doing QT things

boop

>>23715806

>>23716877