Archive https://www.anonpone.com/11-54/11-54 is the story of a filly exploring a strange facility filled with hostile creatures and unstable architecture.You've gone quite a ways in the last few days but as it stands, your journey is not over.So far you were born into this facility from mysterious tubes that litter the building. You've managed to die twice, only tobe re-born from the tubes. Along the way you met a pony who is your clone, who is much older than you, and remembers thefacility before if fell into disrepair. Your older clone who you've named Spearmint told you about the mental conditioningprogram that the facility used to run, which left her a bit of a psychological mess. There are various hostile artificialorganisms created by the facility that lurk the halls. You are also being hunted by the automated security who seeks tocontain the artificial organisms. Along the way you've also meet an investigative reporter by the Name of Photo Bomb who wasin a helicopter that crashed into the building. Upon meeting the reporter you choose to name yourself Peppermint. After escaping a lab housing a bio-computer's and recently exploring an aquatic biology laboratory you got your ass kicked by a telepathic creature which lost you a good portion of your inventory.You then traveled up stairs with your companions only to find another giant mole and a lab protected by a new active A.I. that frightens Spearmint for some reason.What will you do now?Come on in to the 11-54 CYOA and help this filly and her companions escape.
Current supplies, a crowbar, a .45 sub machine (2 bullets), a scalpel, your flak jacket, ID badge for security guard Steak Styles, a .308 rifle (15 rounds), a first-aid kit [partially used], a pen and some loose sheets of paper.>You consider you options a bit more. Ahead is that stupid giant mole thing. That won't be easy to get by you imagine.>There is also the laboratory but the seem to have detected that two of you are bioform 11-54. Fortunately, they believe this is a mistake in the scanners at this point, but you worry about what they will do if they learn that you and Spear are essentially the same pony. You could always also head back down stairs through the stairwell but you think that might feel like negative progress. >All this time you start to worry about Spearmint. She still seems a little shaken up after you talked to that A.I.>Your concentration is broken by PhototBomb letting out a little squeak of pain, followed by the word, "fuck.">PB sits there scrunching her muzzle and looking back .What do you do?
>>28085291check with pb on what that was about. we dont need her being a hero and hiding an injury that might screw us later.
>>28085291Is PBer's wing all right?
>>28085291Check if PB is okay.
>>28085291Tell photo bomb that if she needs rest to just say so. It would be counterproductive to ignore it. I think we should attempt to find and break the scanners by opening a wall and making the robot blind.
>>28085291Don't cry little arfpone.
>>28085377maybe we could find her a fish
>>28085291Would the scanner accept the ID badge?
>>28085291Relay our current options to the other two and see what they think.
>>28085340>>28085346>>28085356>>28085374>>28085377>>28085389>You consider trying to use your I.D. badge on the A.I. gain but, you kinda already told it that you got the badge from a guard who told you to come up here. You're not sure how long these computer's memories last but you figure that they don't like it when you lie to them.>As you snap back to the situation at hand you give P.B. a half-smile and take a step towaed her."Are you okay? We can take a rest if you want P'Bers.">Photo Bomb turns around and hangs her head.>"No. I'm fine...""You don't need to be tough for us. We...">Photobomb cuts you off, "You know what? Maybe you could give me another swig of that vodka you found. Maybe that's all I need to do what needs to be done...">Spearmint looks at you with worry in her eyes. She shakes her head, "no" and tries to sign out at many other negative gesture as she can.What do you do?
>>28085616Relay our current options to the other two and see what they think.
>>28085616Sorry, no vodka until the pain becomes unmanageable. We have to use it sparingly.
>>28085616>Maybe that's all I need to do what needs to be done..."What do you mean? We're to get through this together okay.
>>28085562Happened last post of the last thread.https://www.anonpone.com/11-54/27564943#navbarAlso, I've been listening to this during this session.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckkYuwhc5Pkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls4rYfW_MkQ
>>28085626Oh, sorry Bath. It's been awhile...
>>28085632Naw, that's cool that's why I felt the need to tell ya.
>>28085616Would somehow making PB pass herself off as part of the "tour group" work in fooling the scanner?
>>28085616Where's the electronic "eye" that the scan and voice is coming from? Would taping it over with paper work?
>>28085616>Maybe that's all I need to do what needs to be done..."What did she mean by this. Seriously, lets ask her
>>28085616Since there is a "Bio containment failure" would there be some sort of override of the door restriction to allow access inside?
>>28085616Look around the room for any items or other things of interests. Maybe there's a computer panel or something.
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>>28085624>>28085625>>28085658>>28085659>>28085684"I'm sorry, no vodka until the pain get unbearable... W-we don't want to run out.">"Fair enough...""When you said "what needs to be done," what did you mean?">"Don't worry about it.""No, I am worried about it!">"I said, don't! worry!.. about it..." PhotoBomb's voice trials off."I-I was thinking about telling the A.I. that you were part of a tour group. maybe we could use that to...">PhotoBomb snaps back, "I don't think they're fucking stupid!..""Photo Bomb? We're to get through this together okay. we're all going to be okay andd..>PhotoBomb interrupts you again, "No we're fucking not!" you hear a couple of sobs and a sniffle come fro P.B. before she sharply inhales and continues, I can only do so much. I'm a useless pony now. there's only one more thing I can do. The last thing I do before I die in here." you hear her sob a bit more. I don't want to die ass a selfish bitch. I need to do something..."What do you do?
It's touching butts with 3 A.M. here, I'm going to pass out.
>>28086097w-wew, night bath
>>28086093What do you need to do PB? If you're thinking of leaving us alone, then that's the most selfish thing you could do, cause we want you to stay. We need you to stay. Please Photo Bomb.
>>28086093Photo the only thing you need to do is survive this place and help me and spearmint integrate into pony society. We would really like it if we could live with you when we're out. While doing so you will also publish pieces exposing the patwrite corporation for who they really are (anonymously of course) and what they really do.
>>28086093You can do one thing. You can trust me. You're gonna make it.I also just wish you'd open up. It irks me most to have you hiding stuff from the group. There's so much bothering you and we've only swept the surface.
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>>28086093Is there a way to get it into a maintenance mode. It already thinks there's something wrong since it detects two 11-54's. Maybe there's a way to convince it that it's broken and needs to shut down.
>>28086093>The last thing I do before I die in here."No Photo Bomb, you're going to live. You're going to live and expose what's been happening here. Now if you have an idea then tell us! It would be better if we all took part than you just doing whatever it is all alone.
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>>28086093Look, barring the fact that it's horribly rude to think of someone in terms of how useful they can be to you, we'd very much prefer you not play hero. If that's what you're thinking about. About the mole, what if we managed to disguise our smell as something else? like, if we can find anything that might be a bit smelly, rub it on ourselves and hope that it's a smell that wouldn't cause it to wake up?
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>>28086093Give PB a comforting hug. Tell her it's okay and that she isn't useless.
>>28086093Look around the room to see if there's anything that could be useful in our dilemma.
>>28086093She's looks like she's gonna go suicidal and sacrifice herself whenever she gets the chance. We should tell Spear to keep a tight watch on her.
I wish that fucking lobster wasn't down there so that we can put on the scuba suits and look for the pumps and get all the water out of the floor and have new areas to explore.
>>28094959I am annoyed there there is places we'll never get to explore just because of how dangerous they are. Not blaming Bath or anything.
>>28094971Well, it's not like we can truly die or anything...>I think I'll go in this door!>Respawn>Okay, maybe I can go through the other door!>RespawnWe could always do this if we ever feel the need to.
>>28095007I can't imagine dying repeatedly like that would be very pleasant though...
>>28095026It'll be fine anon. We're all dead on the inside at this point anyways.
>>28095042i thought the only thing keeping pepper sane was the focus of getting out of here and protecting spear. Otherwise if we were just on our own we would eventually not care about anything and be like that pegasus we encountered.
>>28095042WE are, Pepper is still full of the bright eyed optimism that we as players only wish that we still had. Or maybe that's just me.
>>28086093Tell PB she doesn't have to sacrifice herself. She is more important after all. We are just a lab creation. Just a 11-54 according to the scanners. She has a life, friends, family, a job. Things we don't have, things she should try to live for.
>>28086155>>28086229>>28086575>>28087229>>28091342>>28094656"No, NO! Just No! I can't believe that you would think of someone in terms of how useful they can be to you. That's just... Wrong! I don't care how much you can do for us. We're all going to leave together! Alive!">Photobomb seems to be shaking a bit. You wait for a response but she doesn't give one.>You don't need to play the hero for us, you don't need to sacrifice yourself. We just, we just want to help you... Besides, Who's going to show us how things work on the outside, and who's going to tell the world our story when we get outside?">PB's voice wavers as she speaks in between her sniffles, "So that's it, ou think you need me to guide you after you get out of here. Well you're asking the wrong fucking pony. It's funny I start feeling bad about trying to use everypony and you tell me just how sick it is right before talking about using me. It's a vicious fucking cycle. All I want to do is something good now, but I'm scared... I'm rambling, URgh...">You take another look around the room for something useful. There are some sticks near the plant growth but not much else. This area doesn't look like it was really supposed to be used. You remember a room marked security near the terminal you talked to next to the labs but the A.I. will detect you if you try slipping by.You try thinking of something you could use to mask your scent but the only thing you can see around you that you could smother yourself with is the fluid from inside the tubes running through this room. oddly enough there does seem to be some leaking on the floor around these tubes.What do you do?
>>28095107We are not talking about using you. You are friend and the only one that we trust. It's because that we trust and care about you that we want you to show us what the outside world is.
>>28095107if you don't want to be with us when we're out that's fine. but don't think that we just want to use you. we do want to hug you though, and cuddle, and do fun things together. alright how about this. we have security send the robots up to us and then poke the mole thing with a stick. we then have them take each other out and run past where the mole was sleeping.
>>28095107>but I'm scared...We're all scared PB. But we can't give in to fear or despair.
>>28095107Examine the fluid. What does it smell like? Does it look hazardous?
>>28095107>and you tell me just how sick it is right before talking about using me. It's a vicious fucking cycle.Friends help each other out, it's only using one another if you're doing it with intentions of only helping yourself and never giving back. Which is not what we are thinking.We won't give up on you just cause you're scared, but we need to you work with us on this. We're all scared, look at this damn place. You'd have to be insane NOT to be scared. >>28095149Let's give the fluid a closer look, not sure what else to do at the moment.
>>28095107>You remember a room marked security near the terminal you talked to next to the labs but the A.I. will detect you if you try slipping by. Since the Ai is confused by two 11-54's have one confront the Ai and keep it occupied while someone else checks out the security room and see if anyhing could be done to open the door.
>>28094656>>28095133>>28095134>>28095140>>28095149>>28095206>>28095236"We're not trying to use you. If you want nothing to do with us after we escape that's fine.">You notice that you're nearly growling at this point. taking a deep breath, you you calm yourself down."But, We... At least I want both me and Spearmint to be friends with you. I want to be able to just hug and cuddle with you and just do fun things. You wanted a story, you told us this, and I want you to have it.">PB shutters, "I'm sorry that's just how... I think about ponies, and it should make me sick. but I'm. I'm just like that.">You come up behind the pegasus and wrap your hooves around her. She tenses up but slowly settles into your hug."I know that you're scared and that you're feeling horrible right now, but you can't let that get to you. Just stay with us, Friends help each other.">The two of you are silent for a while before PhotoBomb lets out a pathetic, "okay.">Eventually you gather up a couple of sticks and examine the fluid. The fluid seems to be the same that you were birthed in. You also notice that the tubes seem to be running from the lab that the A.I. is protecting.>You all climb back up to the lab and you begin talking to the A.I. while Spear and PB raid the security room.>"Ah, you're back. Have you reconsidered being escorted away from this area? We require you to identify all members of your party before we escort you out of this restricted area for the safety of Patwrite operations."What do you do?
I'm going to call it a night.
>>28095669Ask what is the nature of why this area is restricted. Biological, Mechanical, Constuction, etc?
>>28095724Okay. Sorry you're feeling frustrated.
>>28095669>Have you reconsidered being escorted away from this area?Ask where would we be escorted to? What is the protocol for it?
>>28095669Ask if it's aware of the current state of the facility and ask when was the last time it had a diagnostic check?
we should ask what exactly would be sent up here.
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>>28095669You don't have to be this way. Look, all of us are at least a bit "selfish" when you think about it. But as long as you strike a balance between self preservation and consideration for others, you'll be fine. If you feel a selfish thought coming on, just think about how the other pony would feel. Anyways, ask it where we would be escorted to more specifically.
oh, my favorite adventure is backi'll just knock it off of page 9 for now.
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>>28099175We're going to cuddle away all of PB's bad feelings.
We're going to be the best friend pb has ever had.
>>28101099I certainly hope so, she seems like she needs a really really really good friend at her side.
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>>28095736>>28095767>>28095776>>28096446>>28097597"Where exactly would you be taking us?">"There are potential locations we could take you all to, the east and west exits from these labs. Only after we confirm your identity of course.">You read the sign over the door again, that says "Bio Production Access Bravo"."What are these labs exactly anyway?"We are not allowed to reveal that information, although you may be able to piece that together once escorted through."What will be escorting us?">"A laboratory caretaker unit. You likely do not have any frame of reference for what that is though.""So a robot?">"Essentially yes.""Why is it so important that we reveal our identities?">"It is still part of emergency protocols in the case of campus wide emergencies to identify potential threats to this delicate sector.""So, do you know the current state of this facility? When was your last diagnostic check?">"Our last diagnostic check was 4 cycles ago as is regularly scheduled.We are also very aware of the state of this facility as we have had to make several changes to operations to keep this part of the facility running.""Then why so much effort keeping this place under locked up if you know that there is an emergency? Why is it important you stay operating?">"Operation of this area cannot be changed without direct order from Doctor Brolich, a Patwrite CEO o a Patwrite board-member. All changes to this lab's operations must be approved through these proper channels and only these channels. >You hear something to your right. Looking over you see Spearmint peeking around the corner looking frightened.What do you do?
>>28102211Mouth "what's wrong?" to Spearmint. Is there not a override or something? Or is there something much worse going on?
>>28102211>Doctor Brolich, a Patwrite CEOWhere is Dr. Brolich currently stationed?
>>28102211Where is the ceo's office?
Why do I keep expecting a conversation like this to happen at some point.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ9SprG3Nvg
>>28102211"What's wrong?" you whisper.
>>28102211Is this the only entrance and exit of this laboratory?
>>28102211Ask where could we get a printout of this sector's layout?
>>28102237>>28102248>>28102262>>28102393>>28102407>>28102420>You mouth out "What's wrong" to Spearmint.>Spearmint shakes her head "no" and slinks back into the hallway. visibly shaking the entire time."Uhh... Sorry, where can I find the CEO offices?">"There are no permanent CEO offices on site, you would have to go to Manehatten or Canterlot in Equestia to find them.""What about Doctor Brolich? where is the doctor's stationed?"Doctor Brolich's office is on the 25th floor C-wing, but Doctor Brolich has been absent from this site for twelve year four moths and fourteen days.""How many exits does this laboratory have?">"There are only supposed to be two but at present three. One past the fissure that has opened up near our position another on the west side of these labs and the last being in this fissure you currently find yourself in.""Can we, maybe get a map of this section of the building somewhere.">"You cannot have a map of these labs without permission from Doctor Brolich, a Patwrite CEO o a Patwrite board-member, but there is a fire plan map near the west entrance to these labs. At least there should be, the area west of these labs has suffered a considerable amount of damage due to growth of floral organisms taken from the Altare Valley."What do you do?
>>28102800That looks like a tear. We need to go see what's going on.
>>28102800Politely excuse ourselves from the Ai and go check to see what's wrong this time.
>>28102800where does a pony go if they want to get hired?
>>28102800What is the fastest route to get outside?
>>28102800What is your current functioning status? The fissures haven't damaged your systems have they? In fact what caused the fissures? Why is there so much rampant vegetation?
>>28102800Who's currently stationed and alive in the building?
>>28102800>"Doctor Brolich's office is on the 25th floor C-wing,Hmm... what floor are we on again?
>>28102800Go see what the problem is. Tell the Ai we'll be right back.
>>28102800Does Patwrite still receive data results from this Laboratory?
maybe we should take the robot escort and then ditch him?
going up the board is a lot of fun.
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I tried rotating these before posting them but Clover refuses to accept that.
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Wasn't here for half a year or so.Did we manage to eat out Photo Bomb yet?
>>28106881We hit her with a crowbar, does that count?
Robots are annoying.
getting a little bump to page 1.
>>28106202>>28106206OCD anon to the rescue
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>>28109211This one was really cute and I played around with the filters
Working on it bump
>>28112816RADIOACTIVE
>>28102813>>28102846>>28102940>>28102971>>28103001>>28103068>>28103098>>28103109>>28103151"What floor are we on?">"You are currently on interstitial level twenty three.""Okay... If I wanted to get out of the building what would be the fastest way?""There are hangers on the roof of the build stocked with aircraft, there are also stairs leading to the 14th floor located at many convenient points throughout the building.""Alright, if I wanted employee privileges what would be the best way of becoming a Patwrite Employee?">"In the website click the careers tab and search "jobs or mail a physical app to the Patwrite HR offices in Baltimare Equestria which can also be obtained through the Carers portal on the Patwrite website.""Okay, are there currently any "living" Employees in the building?">"Although we only know about the status of key Patwrite genetics team personal we doubt highly that there are any living team members on the campus. For more detailed information, you should ask the superintendent A.I.""Does Patwrite still receive data results from this Laboratory?">"No, we are not a testing laboratory. Really this is more of a FAB. The only data that comes into this laboratory is operational emergency information from the superintendent A.I. and the only information output by this laboratory is maintenance requests to the superintendent A.I.""What is the status of these labs, and what's with all of the vegetation?">"The vegetation is samples from the Altare valley feeding off of a nutrient rich fluid used by these labs. Current status of this sector is... Fair. With maintenance and devegetation scheduled in less than one cycle.""E-excuse me for a moment, I'll be back, I just need to check something.">You slip into the security hallway and find Spearmint shivering on the ground.>PB looks at you worried as if she is waiting for some kind of answer. .Meanwhile, Spearmint is whispering, "I'm a good pony. I'll do what you want," on repeat.
>>28113198What happen?
>>28113198Looks like Spearmint is having a ptsd flashback to one of her punishments by the robots.
>>28113198Then I want you to cuddle me.Then engage tactical cuddles, telling her she's a good pony over and over until the PTSD goes away.
>>28113198Calmly talk to spear, tell her who you are, whats happening, where you are and that she is safe now. Keep talking to her until you are sure she's grounded in reality before going in for the hug, let her come to you first.
>>28113198I'm not sure how much longer our party can last. PB is suicidal and Spear is loosing it. If we had a sanity meter i'm afraid is dangerously low. I wish we could find a safe place. Like maybe fort up in a break room or employee lounge and have a short R&R.
>>28113198>one cycle."Did we ever figure out how long is a cycle?
>>28113198>level twenty three.So Brolich's office is two floors up.
>>28113198Once Spear recovers tell them both our options.
>>28113198Comfort Spear. Tell her it's okay.
>>28113198I wonder if Spear is afraid that if we are escorted out we'll be sent to a punishment room?
>>28113198I wonder if we could pass ourself off as security officer Styles again?
>>28113224>>28113226>>28113250>>28113268>>28113294>>28113337>>28113409"Spear?">Your sister continues shaking on the floor."Spear!? Spearmint. Spearmint!">Spearmint, opens her eyes you and shoots up to her hooves, "I'm sorry, I'm Sorry! I won't do it again! I'm sorry! I won't do it again please!">Spearmint begins baking herself into a corner until she cant go any further. Eventually her rump begins sliding down the wall until she is using her hind hooves in a futile attempt to push herself further into the corner."Spearmint, shhh shhh. It's me, you know who I am right?">"eleven fifty-four I'm eleven fifty-four.""Spear, It's me, Pepper... Peppermint do you remember me?">"Peppermint? I-I'm sorry, I failed, I'll do better next time! I promise!""It's okay, you're doing just fine, you're a good pony.">You begin to hear her breathing slow down and you slowly go in and start cuddling with her.>You feel that she is soaked in sweat and she is very tense. as you hold her you feel her tension quickly waning. >"Pepper?""Yes.">"I'm sorry, I thought that I could... That voice I thought they were.""Shhh, it's okay now.">After Spearmint calms down you tell PB and Spear about what you discussed with the A.I. In turn they tell you that they found a security jacket, a shotgun with 10 shells and two tear-gas grenades.>After being told about the exits upstairs PB seems to think that the West exit the A.I. described to you where the lab entrances you passed by when you climbed down the growths that feed into this room. >Neither of them seem o have a good idea of what to do next. >As you speak to them you start to worry about the status of your group, you can't keep dealing with all of this crazy, it's starting to drive you. well, it's uncomfortable. You just want to relax but you know this isn't the place and you already tried that.>You just want out of this place.What do you do?
Alright, I've gotta go to sleep, Night fellas.
>>28113603Is there a name tag on the security jacket? Any pockets?
we can shoot something at super close range now and make it regret it! heck yeah.
time for the filly to take charge
>>28113603Okay, I could be wrong but our I think options are. 1. Have the Ai send a escort bot to take us somewhere.2. Attack or fool the Ai into letting us in3. Go back and try to find another route4. Wait a cycle for maintenance mode to occure and see if we can get through at that time.5. Go back and try to sneak past the giant mole monster thing. Which of these should we try players? Also should we tell PB and Spear of these options and see what they think?
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spearmint deserves all the hugs and kisses.
>>28115076We should turn back and try to find a way to one of these staircases, lest Spear snaps. Also yes.
>>28113603Try to think positive thoughts yourself. As stressful as this place is and as hopeless as things may feel we can't give in now.
>>28113603Ask the Ai what's on the 14th floor? Why is that a quick way out? Also does it know what the status is on the Hangers?
Is that a lobotomy scar above Spear's eye?
>>28113603Since the scanner is confused by the fact there are two 11-54's, maybe if we convince it that there's only two of us and the scanners are mistakenly detecting a third one, the escort bots will miss the other 11-54 when we are being escorted out.
>>28120243probably not, im sure spear died atleast once after the incident.
>>28120771You're probably right but still that suspiciously looks like one. Maybe this incarnation of Spear had something happen to her.
>>28113621>>28114142>>28115076>>28118179>>28118728>>28119132>>28120490>Still comforting Spearmint, you decide to check on the cut Spear has on her forehead from having it slammed into the wall by Bio-form Twenty. It looks like it's scabbed up nicely.>While you're taking care of your sister you remember that you haven't exactly been the sanest pony either. You're little angry outbursts even got you all stuck in Apollo's lab for a while. you decide that you might need to take some time to center yourself now and again as things continue, for everyone's sake."So girls, I think we have a few options here, We can have the Ai send a escort bot to take us somewhere upstairs, Attack or fool the Ai into letting us in... somehow... Go back and try to find another route, wait a cycle for maintenance mode to occur and see if we can get through or go back and try to sneak past the giant mole monster. I wish we could just convice the A.I that it's seeing two 11-54s when there's only one of us but I think it has cameras to see us with and recognizes that there are two ponies dressed differently, so I think we should turn back and try to find a way to one of these staircases, mostly so we don't cause Spear any unneeded stress.>Spearmint sighs, "I-I'll be fine, please don't worry about...">Photobomb cuts her off, "No the kid is right, you were a mess there. I thought you were going to start going savage there for a momant. and I'm just. Really happy that you're doing okay now.">"I can be fine, that was... Just a little episode, I'm okay.">"I think you forgot where you were for a moment there. That was, frightening to say the least. Something clearly happened to you, ponies don't JUST do that.">You inspect the security jacket. It's a simple blue jacket, no markings that distinguish it's former owner.What do you do?
>>28121358"So PB, Spear, what are your thoughts on our options?"
>>28121358"So, if we're done arguing about what is normal behavior. What do you girls think we should do.">PB speaks up first, "I want to distract the mo... I mean, I think that the robot escorting us sounds safest but. I think that we might have a good chance getting past the mole."Something doesn't feel right about the way Photobomb said that.>Spearmint follows PB,"If it would be safest to take the escort I think we should, even if it's hard for me to keep my composure, I'd rather not be the reason we have to do things the hard way."What do you do?
If we go the avenue of the AI guide, we may want to see if we can sedate Spear with anything in the medical kit to keep her calm.
>>28121481Give PB a concerned look.
>>28121481>>28121358We might need to inform PB sometime about the fact that Spear was often tortured to death for disobeying instructions. I don't think now is a good time but it is something we might want to tell her sometime.
>>28121481PB's plan can work if we use the smoke grenades- And if she's not suicidal, but I fear she is. Pepper's going to need earplugs and a bag over her head if she's going to survive the robot escort.
>>28123351>And if she's not suicidaShe is very clearly planning to sacrifice herself.
>>28121481Have you guys forgotten that we can still backtrack down the stairs and explore that area? It doesn't hurt to try (probably). Perhaps there is a third option here. If not I vote for AI escort route because I don't want PB to die.
>>28121481Let's go back down the stairs and see if we can find anything of use. If not we are coming back and see if the escort bot can take us somewhere.
>>28124462this has my vote too
Did we ever find out who the mystery pony was that poked it's head out from one of the dorm doors before closing it?
>>28127288She looks sad. My 'potential waifu in possible danger' senses are going off. We should look for her when we have the chance.
>>28127421>>28127288>>28121481Well if we do go back down the stairs. If it isn't too far we might as well scavenge the dorms for things and see who it was. Best be careful though, it might be crazy mcstabstab for all we know...
Well I guess no Bath tonight. I'm turning in.... Here's a night bump.
>>28128287Sorry, I passed out at like 6:40 last night and didn't wake up until 3 this morning.
>>28129193Is that a shaving razor in PB's mouth? Did she just cut her mouth with that?
>>28129922I think it's meant to be a toothbrush and toothpaste
>>28130501>>28129193You might be right but it does look like blood coming out of her mouth.
Bump for more ponerventures
Oh no, the ponies are in trouble.
8 I'm going to bed.
>>28129193happens
Bump.
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>>28121481If we go anywhere have Spear keep a close eye on PB so she doesn't try to play martyr.
>>28121551>>28122614>>28123182>>28123351>>28124076>>28124462>>28124483>>28124810>>28127674>>28140430"Yeah, maybe we can use the smoke..."You suddenly catch that PhotoBomb isn't very good at hiding her intentions right now. She also seems to be having a little trouble sitting still.You bring your headinto the crook of Spears neck."We're going to try back-tracking, Keep an eye on PhotoBomb and make sure she doesn't try sacrificing herself."Spearmint gives you a soft nod and you let go."I think we can find a better way if we head back down stairs."You then flash PhotoBomb a worried look before you muster up a nervous smile.You all climb up the plants that grew into this interstitial floor and head back past the stairs that also lead down and the room Twenty left you in. As you continue down the hall you begin to see some larger hallways as well as a working light. Further down the hall you can hear some movement, but you're having trouble seeing past the florescent fixture.
>>28141985Do we still have a map of this area?
>>28141985Move with caution, weapons ready.
>>28141985Does that sign say something about medicine? We should pop our head around that corner and have a peek.After making sure that nothing is lurking behind that entryway on the left, of course.
>>28141985Who's the figure down the hall? Look's like the goggles guy that invaded Pepper's mind and took blood.
>>28141985Anything of interest on the bulletin board? Or the desk on the right?
>>28141985Judging from the height and what looks like an outfit, I think that's one of the mole-headed suit guys from before.
>>28141985we should go to the med bay
>>28141985Why are the image urls marked 11-52 instead of 54?
>>28142024Isn't that room where we came from though? We need a better fix on where we are and what we have left to poke through. I'm kinda lost.
>>28141985>>28142296Do we have a way to mark we have been? I can't remember if we've been through the med place or not.
>>28142323That med place is where we woke up at, I think. And we found the vodka .
>>28142323The most we could do is make a map of sorts and mark where we have been, but fuck if I have the brainpower to do that right now.
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>>28142296>>28142368I don't think so, we came from a room labeled Lab 454 when we left the vodka room plus the place had "Bio-research" signs everywhere, don't think we went to medbay yet.>>28141985So yeah, another vote for checking out medbay. As for the weird dapper bear dude...point our guns at him and see if he will open console and use /kill again like last time so we can save some bullets, if he's heading for us then put a bullet through his head.
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>>28151997
boop
Maybe Bath will run tonight. Maybe....
>>28154603
>>28156240Where's the horn?
>>28156261
>>28156297What a nice pone.
if whoever was the boss around here is dead, i'm going to their gravestone and taking a piss on it. If they're alive i'm punching them in their shit bag face
>>28142010>>28142023>>28142024>>28142065>>28142232>>28142247>>28146316You search the desk for anything useful, you find some pens, rubber-bands paperclips and a scrunchie. After raiding the desk you check the bulletin board in the hall. Nothing seems to be that useful, most of it is covered in policy changes for smoke breaks announcements for the employee picnic flyers for CPR and first-aid classes as well as optional training for a hazard course and another memo about phasing out the help of bio-form 13. As you're reading you keep a bit of your attention on the thing lurking around in the dark that spots you and begins to act like it's going to charge. Feeling rather done with this shit you take aim and fire the rest of your .45 sub machine gun ammo at the creature, quickly dropping it. The creature rolls around in the shadows in pain but it seems like it will very quickly expire.Without a bat of an eye you turn around and head into the medical bay the was marked on the wall. It looks like someone or something raided this room a long time ago. and left it a mess. You kind of wish that you could have gotten a map from the A.I. but the only one it offered was near the entrance to the lab that you didn't visit since they insisted on escorting your party.As you scan the room with your eyes you remember that you wanted to ask Spearmint about a few things she's done, like her weird lie in Apollo's lab when she tried to make something up to tell him. You also remember that you should probably tell Photobomb about Spear's past so she understands why Spearmint is the way she is. In fact, there's a lot of things you should tell PB about this place but you just never seem to have the time. Maybe you shouldn't dwell on that. You do still just want to get out of here right? You feel like you're so close that you can taste the fresh air.What do you do?
Sorry about recent days, I've been kind of out of whack.
>>28156297Oh, also Thank you! It looks nice with the horn.
>>28157946Check around for usefuls, then go ahead with your impulses and chat up PB and Spear, get them up to speed on the things you've been meaning to tell (and ask) them. Then forge onward as a group.
>>28157965Happens to everyone, glad to see you back.
Thanks. Updated because I used a shaded source and all the colors came out muted.
>>28157946Ask photo bomb what she thinks of the place so far and we can tell her some of the other things we've seen like that bald male alicorn and that giant bird and the crazy pegasus. maybe we can go towards where we shot that bio form?
>>28157946Check out the blue lookin' thing in the cabinet in med bay room and for anything else that might be of use. Give scrunchie to PB and say that she would look cute if she tied her hair.
>>28157946Check the drawers. Also does that smashed window lead to anywhere?
>>28157946Is there a medical log somewhere in this room? Maybe it could give us a clue as to what happen to everyone.
999
>>28157946When we are done exploring the medbay can we peak on that hall with the blown open doors?
>>28157984>>28158043>>28158639>>28159015>>28159020>>28160557You poke around a bit trying to salvage anything useful in the medical bay. Despite all of your searching through the cabinets all you find is a blue plastic tub and long emptied pill-bottles. All of the glass cabinets seem to have been deliberately smashed but in one of the glass cabinets you find a lap-top computer. Feeling a bit let down with your salvage you ask Spearmint if she can leave the room for a bit so you can talk to PhotoBomb. Spearmint promptly follows orders and guards the room."So, Photobomb... What do you, uhh, think of this place so far?">"I think we both know the answer to that question.""Yeah, heh... About earlier when you said that something must have happened to Spear... Well"You pause as you get ready to unload a bunch of information.>"She looked like she was going to go savage, that kind of scared me.""Well, uh, look. Spearmint used to be... tortured. a lot. From what I've been able to tell there was something that they were experimenting with to try and make her more obedient and they would use her ability to re-spawn to kind of take their torture to the next level, if you know what I mean.">PB just stares at you for a moment, "Why the hell would they think that would work? Wouldn't that just make her hate the ponies doing that to her?""I don't know, but that isn't the only thing they used to do to her, as far as I know. Either way, she's just a little damaged and she seems to have a little trouble being independent. That's kind of why she tends to just listen to what I tell her. I've seen her getting a little better but she still has... Episodes, I guess.">Photo Bomb looks at the door, Okay. I guess I'll try not to say anything about it then. ""Yeah, I mean, this place has done a lot of questionable things like making an alicorn with muscular dystrophy and...">PB cuts you off, "I'm sorry what? Did you just say that they made an alicorn?"
>>28163005"Yeah it was unable to move and.">"Okay, I'm holy shit, the stuff I saw so far was crazy enough but, shit... Kid, Pep Pepper.I need some time to think about what that means."As PB seems to be lost in thought you slip the scrunchie you found earlier over PhotoBomb's mane.>"What are you doing?""I just wanted to get your mane out of your eyes.>PB cracks a smile and says thank you.You walk out of the Med-bay and start walking over to the doors you saw busted out. as your walking you ask PB if she can let you talk to Spear for a bit. she agrees and pulls the shotgun she found from her hoodie while she guards the hallway both you and spear head down. The hall opens into another hallway with doors that are leaking in a yellow light."So, um Spearmint. I think we haven't really talked as much as we should have.">"Okay."Feeling like your at a loss of words you ask the first thing that comes to mind."So, when I told you to make up a lie for Apollo, what was that?">"Oh that, it was just, something I remember from the researcher's music.""Oh, um...">"Did you want to ask about earlier?""Excuse me?">"It's fine if you want to talk about me loosing myself there for a moment," Spearmint looks like she is embarrassed, "I can't really blame anyone else for what I did, it was kind of weird... and I'm sorry."What do you do?
>>28163015There's nothing really to apologize for Spear. Just promise me that next time you'll try to keep your composure a little better. Try to empty your mind next time. Look through the glass door and see what the light is.
>>28163015We all need to keep our head on as tightly as we can manage to get out of here in one piece. I don't want to lose either one of you and i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that we get out of here and have our happy ending. >>28163086This too.
>>28163015Listen closely to the door and peak through the window.
>>28163015Tell Spear the next time she feels something like that again. Try to take slow breaths and think on something happy instead.
>>28163344I'd also like to add that she shouldn't apologize for being panicked by her not so pleasant past. Just try to think of something else next time that happens.
>>28163086>>28163344>>28163476>>28163519>>28163580"Spear, you should feel sorry about what happened nobody blames you for getting panicked because of what happened to you in the past.">"But what if this happens again? What if somepony gets hurt because I was too occupied by my own problems to help. I don't want to get anyone hurt."Well, I don't know, just try taking a few breaths and thinking happy thoughts next time. I have confidence in you I think that..."You're interrupted by some banging around in the next room. In the door's window you see what looks like large windows and boxes but the room is too dark to make out much else, you think you see something moving in there but it might be just part of your imagination.Spearmint gets close to to looking through the window as well, she seems to have snapped to attention.What do you do?
>>28164509Carefully push the door open and see what's around in that room. Don't enter the room unless you have too.
>>28164509We should inform PB what we are doing quick, or even go get her. Then cautiously make our way in.
>>28164509Tell PB we just saw something in this room and to get ready to shoot.
>>28164509We should check the window on the other door before we go in there.
>>28164509Let's peak through the window on that other door first.
>>28164538>>28164560>>28164623>>28164670>>28164792You scamper back over to Photobomb and let her know that there is something in the room past where you left her. You bring her over to Spearmint and peek through the other door. All you see is more boxes. "I'm going to check inside really quick, you both stay here."You crack open the door and poke your head inside. As you do, the door makes a horrible racket and hear hear the movement cease. you look around for a but before a falling metal crate causes you to jump. The falling crate is followed by continued silence. You can smell something musky in the air.What do you do?
>>28164959Whip out our gun. I think we'll need it.
>>28164959Uh hmm, i'm really not liking the look of that thing. I say we skip this room for now.
>>28164959Yeaaah, I don't think this room is worth the potential risk.
>>28164959Is the smell familiar?
>>28164959Back away slowly from the door with the gun trained on it. Whisper to the others that there's something in there.
>>28165009>>28165010>>28165023>>28165253>>28165263You try to figure out what the smell is but it doesn't seem to be familiar.You reach for your gun before you realize that you just finished using your last two bullets for it on the last creature. You slowly back up and slowly close the door with some sickening squeals of the hinges.You flop onto your rump and just stare at PB and Spear.>"W-what happened?" PB asks."There's something in there. I don't know what it is but I think it knows that we're here. I don't think this room is worth exploring.">"Where should we go now?" Spearmint asks."I don't know but these doors also open this way so you two might want to keep your guns ready. I think I'm out of ammo.What do you do?
>>28165423Go further down the hall or something, there should be more rooms to look through.
>>28165423Take the broken door on the floor in the hall and raise it up to serve as a miniature wall and lay it across the broken entrance. That way if the creature goes into the hall to look for us we can hear it knock down the makeshift door wall.
>>28165541That sounds like a good plan to me.
>>28165423dammit, we could have climbed those boxes and then looked inside them.
>>28165664We'll come back to it, I don't think we were prepared to handle that creature. Whatever it was.
>>28165464>>28165541>>28165567"Come on, lets go."You all head back to the broken doors and prop them up so you'll hear them fall if you are followed.You listen for the creature but so far you hear nothing.What do you do?
>>28165892Let's go further down the hall now and see what other rooms there are. But before that let's see how much ammo all of us have at the moment.
I'm feeling tired I'm gonna call it here for the night.
>>28165963>>28165892Maybe we should check those other three labs behind us first, before we go further down the hall.
>>28165963If those stairs go up then go up them, if not then RUN deeper into the hall.
>>28166389Those stairs are where we came DOWN from. Upstairs is the sleeping mole monster and security locked door.
>>28166460>implying we can't sneak past the mole.
>>28165963Searching the other labs might be worth it, we did find a lot of good stuff in the first one, go for that.
Bapo
>>28165963>>28165892Search the other labs and then perhaps the restroom.
Is this based off SCP?
>>28168828Sort of.Imagine as if SCP, System Shock, Half-Life, and MLP had a mutant baby together. That is this cyoa.
Page 10 is quite the scary place to find yourself in.
>>281694779 isn't much better.
>>28166935Could always try it, but if we were to try it, it would be wise to use something to disguise our smell. They have, really, really sensitive noses if I remember correctly. Not to mention the longer we would wait to do that, the more likely it would be awake already.
Boop
My favorite rooms are the ones with nothing in them but stuff we can use.
so we're heading for the unexplored?
>>28174315Seems that way.
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>>28177234
I want to cuddle and have sweet dreams with Spearmint and Pepper.
>>28178351Do you have a license for that?
bumpp for you
gnite bump
Unlucky page 7
>>28166014>>28168030>>28168671>>28174315>>28175303You check some of the other labs again finding some stethiscopes a minifridge full of something long expired an eye wash station bottles of base compounds, a hot plate, a book of matches, latex gloves, safety googles, a couple more lab coats, what you assume is a lead lined apron, bottles labeled catalyst 165, 320, 226 and 4 which may have also expired and a webby sack of eggs.After raiding the labs you set off to the unexplored part of the hall to find a double door labeled "Power core" and a single door labeled pump control. Both doors seem to be locked and have a keypad on them.What do you take from the labs and what do you do?
>>28180909lead vest seems key, eye wash bottles, hot plate (yum fried pokeies), matches gloves, googles, lab coats, and the catalysts, just in case.See if we can open those doors with force, if not maybe one of the compounds is corrosive. Start with the pump room, don't want to get a face full of radiation if we don't have to.
>>28180909look at the keypad and see which numbers are smudged.
>>28180909Take the hot plate, goggles, lead apron, gloves, and matches.Peak through the window on the powercore door and check the keypad for marks.
>>28180909>bottles labeled catalyst 165, 320, 226 and 4Are there any notes or logs pertaining to what that may be?
>>28180981>>28181022>>28181090>>28181196You didn't find any notation on the bottles of catalyst in the labs and the bottles didn't seem to have much more information themselves. The compounds you found were a bottle of zinc a bottle of hydrochloric acid, powdered aluminum, sulfur gallium, a bottle of francium-fluoride, potassium nitrate, Boron, iron oxide, arsenic, Tetraethyllead and silver nitrate.You end up taking a hot plate, goggles, the lead apron, gloves, and matches which PB carries. She complains about how heavy the apron is as she starts moving around, wearing it under her hoodie.Taking a look in the Power core door's window you see a broken door and equipment scattered all over the ground. you think you can see some sort of light pacing around the back room but you can't tel what it is or if it's just you mind playing tricks on you.You try to pry the Pump control door open but it won't budge. You also take a look for smudges on the numbers but all of the keys seem to be very dirty.What do you do?
I'm passing out sorry for the short update.
>>28181475>a bottle of hydrochloric acidWe might want to go back and get this one. If we really get in a jam we could use it to melt a doorknob or some monster.
>>28181475Tell the others that it looks like our choices are to try to get this door or the other door open, explore that warehouse room that probably has a monster lurking in it, or go back and either sneak past the mole monster or try to be escorted by the bots through that lab.On that bright side we have a hot plate now! Maybe we could cook something later.
>>28181475>Power core that's possibly on nuclear power and is probably leakingGood thing we have that lead apron.
>>28181475Those chemicals are useful we should go back and fiddle with themthermite with the iron oxide and powdered aluminium would probably be useful. Also francium flouride that sounds really dangerous and radioactive we should take that and make sure we don't drop it. and the catalysts might be able to ignite the thermite or we could throw them at something if all else fails. also i probably sound like a retard to anyone who actually knows chemistry>>28181507 also this
>>28181972oh and the hotplate might be able to light the thremite if we add a catalyst to it. I forgot that
>>28181507As much as I like the idea but Hydrochloric acid isn't the strongest of acids and any sort of general use bottle you're going to find in a lab is unlikely to be anywhere near strong enough to do something like that quickly. Probably the best you could hope for is blinding something if you managed to hit it right in the eyes plus given it's age it's likely lost most of its original potency.
8b
lunch bimp.
should we press key's randomly to see what we can enter? Should we also clean the pad?
>>28181475Ask PB if she could help us figure out which keypad buttons are the right one to press.
>>28181475Hydrochloric acid (HCl) can be used as an anti-corrosive compound.Powdered aluminum is one half of thermite. The other is powdered rust. Use the HCl on some corroded metal, then dry the rust residue and grind it into a powder. Mix 3 parts rust powder with 2 parts aluminum for thermite.Francium Fluoride is highly unstable and will react violently the second the two elements are combined. Stay the fuck away from it.Potassium nitrate is saltpeter, one of the main components of gunpowder. Combine 75% saltpeter with 15% charcoal and 10% sulfur to make basic black powder, like in fireworks and explosives.Boron can be mixed with HCl to make boric acid, which repels bugs and has antiseptic and fire-retardant properties.Iron oxide is rust. Mix with the aluminum powder.Arsenic is fucking poisonous.Tetraethyl lead (TEL) is a gasoline additive that isn't used anymore because it fucks up spark plugs and converters. Probably not useful unless you desperately need fuel.Silver nitrate is another first aid chemical. It disinfects and can be used to burn off warts.Forgot this. Gallium sulfide is a semiconductor that's also used in water treatment. I don't know the specifics, though.
>>28184121>>28181475Those materials sound like we might be able to create a thermite bomb. I wonder if the lab is functioning enough to build one.
>>28184121Additional discussion of the chems.>>28184165>>28184201>>28184228
>>28181475Ask Spear and PB if they know anything about chemistry.
>>28163005She looks cute as fuck.
>>28184121Silver nitrate is also very shock sensitive.
>>28186589Good primary explosive. If we can make gunpowder, and use the nitrate as a primer, we might be able to light the thermite.Thermite doesn't light without a FUCKTON of heat dumped into it.
>>28187043Perhaps Flashpoint Mcgee over there can help with that.
>>28187043Spear knows a pretty good fire spell iirc
>>28187514That's why they call her Flashpoint McGee.
Do we really need to try making thermite? bump
>>28181507>>28181524>>28181972>>28183948>>28183990>>28184121>>28184517>>28187043>>28186589You fiddle with the key-pad for a bit to see if you can open it. After a while you ask PB for help but she doesn't seem to know more than you do about it.Eventually you tire of the key-pad and remember some of the chemicals you found.You and your party head back to the lab you found the chemicals in and you start to look through them again."PB, what do you know about chemistry?">"I made a balloon pop with baking soda in grade school, and I also did a baking soda volcano... and I remember them freezing marshmallows in high school with liquid nitrogen... So yeah, not much.""Right, what about you Spear?">"I was really never taught anything about chemistry so probably as much as you." Spearmint takes a look at some of the bottles."Wait... Does rust and aluminum make thermite?""Yeah..." You're confused about how you know that. "And I think we have most of what we need for gunpowder too."As you continue to stare at the bottles you decide that the arsenic is too dangerous to handle and you see something else that looks out of place."Francium Fluoride?">"Spear give you a confused look, "Does it really say that?""Yeah..."You pick up the bottle and swic it around a bit. you feel something shifting it's wait around in there but it feels like it's packed to thee top of the bottle and doesn't seem to make much noise. Something else that you notice is that the label for this one looks like it's just some marker on a piece of masking tape instead of a printed one.>Photo Bomb just stares at both of you, "What- what are you two talking about? You said something about gun-powder?"What do you do?
>>28188410Apparently we know something about chemistry, PB. I wonder why that is.
>>28188410Tell PB that we think the chemicals here might be the kind we could use to build a bomb. Maybe to blow up a wall, a locked door, or maybe a big monster...
>>28188410Lets see what's in that bottle, have uhh.. PB... open it.
>>28188517No nigga, we have tk so we'll do it.
>>28188410>>28188517Careful with the chems PB that might be volatile.
>>28188540good point
>>28188410If we open this bottle we should take it to a spot that if something happens the only one that get's hurt would possibly be us. Is there a secured room for chemical testing? Or would we have to just take it to a spot.
>>28188410See if our combined knowledge of chemistry be enough to make something with it. Are there any functioning tools around?
>>28188410Tell the others that it looks like our choices are to try to get this door or the other door open, explore that warehouse room that probably has a monster lurking in it, or go back and either sneak past the mole monster or try to be escorted by the bots through that lab.Or we can see if we can make something here that might help even the odds.
>>28188410Ask for the gloves, goggles, and lead apron. We're going to need it.
>>28188678If we open the francium flouride and it gets on us, we have to be prepared to tear off our clothes if needed.
boomp
>>28188410Use our TK to open the bottle from a safe distance.
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here, have a bump at page 10.
Let's get you bumped up the board.
>>28188451>>28188495>>28188517>>28188540>>28188541>>28188627>>28188661>>28188678>>28189170>>28189938"Well P'bers, I think Spear and I know more about chemistry than we thought... I don't know why.">"Yeah, you two do this kinda thing often? like when you just knew what radiation poisoning's symptoms were out of nowhere?""I'm not sure... Anyway, Spear and I think we can make cool bombs out of these chemicals. for opening doors and blowing up monsters!"As you think about explosions you realize that your mood is brightening up.>Spearmint keeps looking at the Francium Fluoride bottle, "So, what do you want to do with this thing.""I think PB should open it!"You float it over to PhotoBomb."Now be careful that bottle's contents might be radioactive, explode or both.">"W-what!?""Wait, no. on second thought, I'll open it from a distance. Get me a pair of googles that lead apron and some gloves."You put on all of those supplies and Spearmint and PB duck behind an upturned desk."By the way, if I don't make it, it looks like our choices are to try to get this door or the other door open, explore that warehouse room that probably has a monster lurking in it, or go back and either sneak past the mole monster or try to be escorted by the bots through that lab."You swallow a lump in your throat and begin to grip the cap.You Tightly close your eyes and pop the cap. After you're sure that nothing is exploding you open your eye to see a small spring-loaded toy snake slowly emerge from the bottle and lazily flop out of the bottle. You look at the bottle more closely and find a note at the bottom of the bottle that reads, "Didn't you learn anything in college intern?"You breath a sigh of relief and tell your companions that it's safe to come out.What do you do?
>>28194799It was a prank. Rather funny one too.
>>28194799Wow. Okay, that wasn't half bad.
>>28194799Laugh, mostly from relief. Then TK the snake and carry it over to the others and say that I don't think this will kill us.Give the snake a squeeze and it makes a squeaky sound.
>>28194799damn that was cuteI really want to get through those doors but don't know how. Should we try the chemicals? Seems like a long shot, thermiting through is my best guess but I could see that going terribly wrong.
>>28194799Real talk, best moment in 11-54 so far.
>>28194799Well I guess we can assume that whatever happened to this place happened suddenly. A gag like this would've probably had been set-upped on the day of the disaster.
>>28194799Discuss with the others whether we should risk making a bomb or not. It might take time and could be risky after all. Look around to see if there any tools around to work with the chemicals and possibly build a bomb if we decide that course of action. Cause if there's nothing around to help make it then there's no real need to bother with it.
>>28194799How long would it take to make thermite?
>>28194799If we're going to be here for awhile then we might want to set up a temp camp and have guard shifts to keep an eye on the hall and stairs.
>>28194817>>28194837>>28194849>>28194888>>28194960>>28195219"Heh.. H-ha ha ha hah"A sile comes to you face as you realize that you've been pranked, or because you're relieved that it wasn't anything dangerous, you're not really sure which.You take off the gloves and googles and pick up the snake before plopping your forehooves over the table."Hey, hey girls it was just a prank! Look, there was a snake in it! Hiss hiss!"Both ponies peer up at you.>Spearmint cracks a smile, "Oh thank goodness. was worried for a moment there."PB just kind of stops bracing herself and gets up."So Spear, do you think we should still make the thermite and gun-powder?">"Uh huh! we can mix them right in the chemical bottles if you want! We can just shake them up in the bottles although we're just going to have to make some charcoal for the gunpowder.""Maybe we should just stir the thermite together instead of shaking it.">"Yeah... That sounds a whole lot more safe.""We sould probably use the thremite pretty soon after mixing it, I don't want it going off in a pocket.">"Yeah, do you think we should take the silver nitrate of the Hydrochloric acid?""I don't know, the acid sounds like it might irritate sompony if it gets on them and I'm not sure what we should do with the Silver Nitrate."What do you take with you?What do you do?
>>28195219https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpantDvWKUM
I'm going to go to bed.Sorry about the late start.
>>28195311>"Maybe we should just stir the thermite together instead of shaking it.">"We sould probably use the thremite pretty soon after mixing it, I don't want it going off in a pocket."Wait wut? I'm a lot more worried about finding an ignition source intense enough to get this stuff going in the first place.
>>28195311We're totally keeping the toy snake.
>>28195311Silly Pepper, thermite is overall pretty stable and hard to ignite. You can even turn a blowtorch on it and it won't go off.>>28196716Typically, the ignition powder is a mix of barium peroxide and aluminum, which is ignited by a magnesium ribbon. Unfortunately, we don't have barium peroxide.Do you think a fire spell from Pepper or Spear would be enough without any ignition powder? Cause I don't think it would be.
>>28195311If we're going to be here for awhile then we might want to set up a temp camp and have guard shifts to keep an eye on the hall and stairs.
>>28198437
>>28197573I don't think it will take much time to mix any of this.
>>28197178ThisThis shouldn't even need to be said, it's just that obviouswhat should we name it though; that's the real question
>>28200132Boomer
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get up there little thread.
>>28195311>>28200132How about "Sneaky the snake" or maybe "Francy the snake" you since it was in a bottle of Francium.
>>28195311I think we'll carefully make a bomb. As we mix and make it how about we share a bit about ourselves. Ask PB about how and why she became a reporter and which company does she work for or is she freelance? Maybe ourselves we share a little bit of our early experiences such as encountering the mole creature, getting eaten by a flower, and meeting Spear. Lastly maybe Spear could share a little bit of her childhood, the good moments, or maybe what she recalls what happened during the disaster 10 years ago.
>>28202620>>28202185>>28200161>>28200132>>28197434>>28197178>>28196716You begin mixing the powders together for the thermite and gunpowder. The whole time you worry about the thermite going off as you stir the aluminum and rust together. even though it seems safe... "Hey Spearmint, how do we set off thermite anyway?">"I, uhhh maybe we light it on fire?... or we throw it... on fire?"You realize that despite knowing how to make thermite, you have no idea how it works.You decide that it might be best not to think about this."Hey PhotoBomb? What company do you work for?">PB snaps up, "Oh, me? I'm actually a freelance reporter.I mean I used to work for E Q D but I got tired of doing forgettable stories about flower festivals and fucking water-skiing dogs, So I started doing my freelance thing like... 4? Years ago? I remember my first solo story was about this ring of illegal prosthetics research in Griffinstone, it even had a run in a magazine but most of my other leads have been pretty much bullshit.""Well you found this so I guess you must be good at your job.">"I don't... Maybe you're right."1/2
>>28203970"Hey Spear do you have any stories like from when you were a foal?">Spearmint looks up at the ceiling, "Well, There was this one time that a researcher gave me a chocolate bar and said that if I tell anybody that I had that chocolate bar or where I got it from I would get in trouble. I ate the chocolate bar and two days later another researcher tried asking me questions about the chocolate bar, and I told him I never had it. Then they put me in the detention room and the machine smacked me around until I admitted to having the chocolate and then I was punished twice for lying and for breaking rules about my diet. I remember the machine cutting down my belly before it started ripping out my intestines telling me that, I did this to myself...">PB blinks a few times, "H-holy shit... Can you fucking warn me before you say dark shit like that?">"I'm sorry, I'll stop talking about myself.">"I don't think that will help, You might need to get that shit off your chest so you won't like, freak out on us or some crazy shit.""Hey girls!"You decide to change the topic."I'm gonna keep this snake, but I haven't decided on a name yet. I was thinking Boomer, Sneaky or Francy or something."What do you take with you?Where do you go?
>>28203973have we looked up at the ceiling and walls to find a vent into the pump room?
>>28203973Take everything we made that we can carry for sure, and the snake. How about "Fernando" the snake?
>>28203973Boomer is good.
>>28203973I like Boomer.
>>28203973Well, I mean, the snake does say "boomer" on its side so that would make the most sense
Francis Boomer t. Snek
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>>28203973We gotta find Spear some therapy and good meds when this is all over.
We must show spear the good in ponies and give her the strength to kick ass.
>>28203973Francy.
>>28203973Ask PB and Spear if they have any name ideas.
>>28211234ummmmm
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>>28203973Is the bomb mixed and finished? If so we take it. We also take the snake as well.Before we go anywhere I suggest we take stock of how much ammo we have.
>>28204002>>28204133>>28204166>>28204204>>28204385>>28204867>>28211234>>28221368Having finished mixing your thermite and the 2/3rds of what you need for gun-powder you stuff both of these in PB's hoodie with the apron and shotgun.As you do so you also take stock of how much Ammo you have left >You are Carrying a .45 Sub-machine gun which is out of bullets.>Spearmint is carrying a .308 rifle with 15 rounds>Photo Bomb is carrying a shotgun with 10 shells"Do you girls have a name for my new snake.">PB shakes her head, "No I think you've already com up with some good ones on your own.">Spearmint says, "I Didn't even give myself a name before I met you, I'm not good at naming things."PhotoBomb looks at Spearmint with a bit of confusion but seem to hold her tongue."Well." You think for a bit."He will be known as Francis Boomer t. Snek and he is a very dignified gentlemen. Boomer for short, I mean Boom is written on him."Now that you've named your snake you poke your head out of the door and begin making your way... you're still not sure where you're going. but before you make a decision you hear what sounds like the door you set up fall down.What do you do?
>>28221689Have both of them ready their weapons. Can we see from our spot what knocked it down?
>>28221689Ready the weapons and hide behind cover! Go inside the door and shoot around the corner if you have to.
>>28221689How close are the stairs to us? If we have to run could we make it?
>>28221689Ready your crowbar just in case.
>>28221790>>28221843>>28221894>>28222783You pull out your crowbar and turn to warm PB and Spear.Before you say anything Spearmint has her gun ready and PhotoBomb fumbles with the shotgun in a sort of worried haste.You try to look down the hall to the door you set up but the hallway is too dark.You have a straight shot to the stairway which is about 15 feet away, the problem being that there are no doors on the stairway entrance and nothing blocking the stairs on the higher level either.What do you do?
>>28223939Head to the stairs.
>>28223939Do we hear anything? Any sounds coming from the where the door barricade fell?
>>28223939Go to the stairs and make a stand with our back facing the stairway, with us being in the front. Get any light you can going so you can see the thing approaching. If we can't shoot it to death, being in a room with it would really suck. And we can sacrifice ourselves while they run up the stairs, if we really have to. I would suggest possibly using the explosive that we made, but we'd have to carefully set those in place so it would get in the explosion, and I don't think we have the time for that.
>>28223939Hey, do you think we could douse the toy Snake in the Arsenic and toss it out there as bait? That way we might kill the creature without using the bomb or using bullets on it.
Gotta warn Pb about the knockback of that shotgun.
>>28224300I don't know I'm not sure if I want to lose the toy snake so soon after getting it.
>>28223939Ask PB if her gun is ready and loaded. She does know how to use it right?
>>28224300I think that's a good idea, personally. Not sure if it will go for it, but it might be worth a shot. Could even put some blood on it if we really wanted it to go for it. Trouble with that is, I can't imagine anyone wants to draw their own blood.
Go up and FUCKING RUN.
>>28224300No. All options involving the damaging or loss of mr. Snek are off the table.PERMANENTLY.
Reminder that thermite is an incendiary compound. It melts things.Unless you put it on a block of ice, it won't explode.
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>>28230891That's great,Too bad mr. Snek is gonna bite the bullet for us.
>>28223939Get prepared, but be sure to remind our company that there are some potential friendlies around that we'd do best not to alienate. So let's be ready, but not fly off the handle the minute something comes within view until we know it's a baddie.
>>28234500Well there is a good chance that it's the thing that was in that storage looking room, considering the door fell down that we put up so we could tell if something was leaving that room.
bump for a happy ragtag family ending
>>28231844yeah nigga, it MELTSmetal doors included.
>>28234391The hell he is.
>>28234391>>28236504He would though, he's that good of a snek.>>28231844Expodes on ice eh? That might solve our flaspoint problem, but I'm guessing it dosn't work like I think it does. I don't know if either of us unicorns can cool water into ice anyways.
>>28237639So here's how thermite works.It has a melting point of around 600 degrees celcius, and burns incredibly hot, around 2200 degress celsius. Magnesium burns at around 3100 degrees C, which is why a strip of magnesium is typically used to start the reaction. Thermite basically melts. That's the reaction. It won't explode unless you put it on top of a piece of ice and THEN ignite it.https://youtu.be/o8gapa8ibK0?t=1m28sNormal thermite reactionhttps://youtu.be/w6cMmk8LZgQ?t=2m9sOn top of a piece of iceThermite has a few useful properties for us.1. Burns 3 times hotter than lavaWe can melt through almost anything.2. Is too bright to look at.Can theoretically be used as area denial if we could get it lit.But really, 600 degrees C is our magic number here. If we can find something that's about as hot as molten lava, we can light our thermite.
>>28237713Informative, thanks. If Flashpoint McGee can get something that hot we should use it to melt through the mole's brain. We can also throw small amounts of it and ignite it with TK for an explosion since it would be areosolized. But that's making things too complicated.
>>28224097>>28224166>>28224179>>28224389>>28225395>>28230161>>28234500>>28234533>>28236504>>28237639"Okay, maybe It's not something out to get us, maybe it's friendly.">Spearmint shakes her head at you, "I don't think we can chance that."You consider poisoning Boomer and feeding him to the creature, but you soon drive those ideas out of your head. Mister Snek is your first toy, and you know that Spear only played with pillows and blankets when she was a foal so you imagine how rare something like Mister Snek really is and you would much rather give him to Spear than feed him to some drooling monster. Also Poisoning it with Arsenic might not be the safest thing to do or most effective thing to try."Let's go."You usher your companions to the stairs and begin making your way up.As you make it to the stairs you hear something approaching but you can't see it.Eventually you realize that you can hear it coming from near the ceiling.You stop at the base of the stairs and look at the concrete that separates the stairwell from the other room and it's dropped ceiling. What you hear is a bit of a low growl and irregular dripping.You look left and right as you try to figure out what you're going to do."P-pB... Is your gun loaded.>"Yes.""You do know that the shot-gun is going to kick like a mule right?">"I don't... Sure...""Alright."What do you do?
>>28237821Motion for everyone to back away to the stairs and aim their weapons at the ceiling.
>>28237821On the count of three we're going to light up our horn and see what's on the ceiling. If it looks bad we shoot it till it's dead or until we get away.
Sorry I need to pass out bad.I feel like I'm slowing down on the drawing part and I don't know how to speed my ass up.Also I've tied to start doing actions and events in normal text >Instead of writing everything that Pepper does and happens as green text. Do you guy prefer the old way or is this new style better?
>>28237821Position the crowbar in a more defensive stance.
>>28237821Weapons at the ready, back up slowly>>28238018I like this way better, personally; it clarifies who's speaking.
>>28237821Tk that gun away from PB and tell her to stand back. Let the filly handle this.>>28238018>>28238249Yea me too, just throw some commas in those longer sentences and you're good.Thanks for running
>>28238018Green is better.>>28237821Proceed forward and try to be quite as possible yet also fast and aware.
>>28238018Try knocking back the linework detail and maybe shading and coloring. I noticed your drawings getting more detailed a while back and thought "uh oh, he's falling into the trap were it's going to take him forever to draw an update" It looks great when people take the time to appreciate it, but I'd save it for occasional posts and when you have extra time.
>>28238306This. Fancy is all well and good, but there's no need to make every update picture top-notch. You should keep things simple; only go ham when the update is super important.
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>>28237821Keep backing away up the stairs.
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>>28238018>I feel like I'm slowing down on the drawing part and I don't know how to speed my ass up.I'd suggest doing gesture drawings of random things you see around you when you have the spare time. I think that after doing that long enough you should be able to be quicker about putting details into things without getting too caught up on how to start them.
>>28238018You could streamline the process by drawing a series of expressions and poses for each of the characters. Thus you could use that as a base to build your images off of when needed.
we must tell PB how to correctly fire the shotgun. She's seen pictures of how they hold it right?
>>28242975I think it's something you have to practice, not something you learn by listening. I really feel like we should get it away from her, somebody's going to lose a hoof.
>>28237841>>28237877>>28238026>>28238249>>28239676>>28242975>>28244185"Aim at the ceiling, I think it's up there. You approach the doorway with your crowbar out, to try to bait the creature. As you approach you realize that PB doesn't seem too sure of herself. Maybe you shouldn't trust her with a shotgun behind you.Before you fully realize how bad of a decision you may have just made really sinks in a large creature quickly drops from the ceiling. A shotgun blast sails over the creature but before it swipes at you one of Spear's bullets tears into it's back leg.The creature screeches in pain and lights up! The creature then reels back bending it's legs away from you. You're standing right between your friends and the beast and although you've taken a couple steps back you may be blocking a clear shot.What do you do?
>>28245631back up so you won't be in the way of the other two's shots. If it get's close though try to bash it to keep it away.
>>28245631>>28245637Yea move, get out the way.
>>28245631Back up while firing.Always remember we can respawn while our friends can't. If the monster gets a successful attack, we should try to tank it. It wouldn't be so good if our friends got injured badly from this, since it'll be there for a while.
>>28245667>Back up while firing.We are out of bullets...
>>28245689We can always believe anon. Just make "bang, bang!" noises.
>>28245703Would she aim the crowbar like a gun?
>>28245710Yes. that's a perfect idea.
>>28245631Get close beside our friends so they can shoot without hitting us. Have all three slowly back away up the stairs. If the monster does get close to us or our friends we hit it with our crowbar.
>>28245631jump to the right and tell pb to run forward and stick it in it's mouth and pull the trigger
>>28245745This kills the seal.
>>28245760Rip in P'bers.
>>28245760yea, it's a little risky if that monster decided to charge at her too. She'll be seal meat.
>>28245774Ya know, we could always take the gun with our magic and do it ourselves.
>>28245778yea, that's what I been sayin'. Maybe their isn't enough time.
>>28245631If it get's closer try to hit it's eyes with the sharp end of the crowbar.
>>28245631This looks diffrent from the wip monster yesterday. >>28238018
>>28245631Guy's maybe we should see if we can lure it to the mole monster. Maybe it would smell that and eat the monster instead of us.
>>28245637>>28245658>>28245667>>28245689>>28245703>>28245728>>28245745>>28245778>>28245857>>28245897You continue to back away from the creature and veer to the right. As you do you realize that maybe you could do a a whole lot more damage with that shotgun than PB.You envelop the shotgun in your magic."I'm taking the shotgun!"PB releases the shotgun and backs up quickly. As you're taking the shotgun from PB the creature leaps at you claws first, It misses and you swing your crowbar at the creatures head. You miss the eyes and hook it on the crown ridges the you discover are part of a hardened plate.Suddenlly your crowbar is ripped from your grip as Spear lodges another round through the creature's back causing it to suddenly thrash and hiss.The surprise of the crowbar being yanked from your grip causes you to loose a hold of the shotgun.While you are staring face to face with the creature which is now fully fixated on Spear you have an idea pop into your head, perhaps you could feed this thing to the mole, perhaps eating this thing will be enough of a distraction to simply walk past the mole.What do you do?
>>28246016Grab the shotgun and hurry up the stairs tell the others of possibly luring this to the mole.
>>28246016iirc just waking the mole up would cause a lot of collateral damage, taking out whole floors just by moving around. If we're going the mole route we might as well bring it's carcass along, but I think we'd be better off sneaking. Oh and get the shotgun back and shoot that fucker. Get it's attention away from spear.
>>28245878It's more froggy, less batty.
>>28246016Grab the shotgun and shoot it either at it's eyes or mouth.
Alright, I have to go to sleep.>>28238249>>28238284Right on, I'll keep it this way and see if I can remember to use my commas... and maybe proofread my writing... >>28242412I don't want to CTRL ALT DEL this CYOA part of the reason 11-54 I enjoy making a new picture each new update and I feel like pre-made assets would take some of the fun out of it for me and affect the feel of the quest. Also I at least want to believe that making a new drawing for each post of this and other quests is helping me grow as an artist, and honestly when I first started one of my goals was to use this as a way to force myself to get better at drawing.>>28238306>>28238321I might be able to cut some of the detail in places but I at least want to keep the heavy shading and colors. I started off doing that and I don't want to change the "feel" of the quest's environment. I don't know maybe I'm just being stubborn.>>28242376This sounds like a good idea, I probably get in the habit of doing that anyway since, it's good for all kinds of practice.
>>28246085Hey bro, just do whatever the fuck makes you comfy. This quest has been fun as shit from the getgo, so you've absolutely earned the right to do things your way.
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>>28246029>>28246039>>28246066As the creature is distracted you grab the shotgun with your telekinesis and point it right at the creature's head. You pull the trigger and the shotgun blows a whole through the creature's head. The Creature immediately flops over and it's lights die out.As your adrenaline dies out you begin to slow your breath, heat still pounding."Whew, that was crazy, huh?">Spearmint looks at you confused, "I guess.""Hey, do you think we could feed this thing to the mole?">"I guess, Although... Never-mind, Are those eggs on it's back?"You check the white orbs on it's back and they do seem to be eggs."Yeah, I think so?">"Ms. PhotoBomb? Are you hungry?">PB pokes her head out over the stairs,"I uh. Are you taking about eating it's eggs?">"Yeah. And actually we might be able to eat the creature to." Spearmint says shyly.>"Eating the creature's... Meat?">"Yeah...">"Are you serious?">"Yes.">"I don't know what to say to you. Are we that bad off?"Spearmint does not have an answer for her.What do you do?
>>28253942I wonder if it would be safe to explore the warehouse now.
>>28253942Check our current food supplies. How much rations do we have left? How many days or hours till we run out?
>>28253942If we do try to eat this creature do we have any tools to cut the meet out? It's body is pretty hard.
>>28253942Have you one of these before? I wouldn't want to eat anything poisonous. Eggs sound good though.
>>28253942Are the eggs still alive? If they are, c-can we keep one? That monster is kind of cute, and I would imagine a baby one is even more so.
>>28254058>If they are, c-can we keep one? That monster is kind of cute, and I would imagine a baby one is even more so.We really probably shouldn't. Besides that thing nearly killed us i wouldn't call that cute.
>>28253942Maybe we should check out the warehouse. Also that's the only creature right? Check the ceiling for any more.
>>28253942to answer your question, yes.
>>28254138Yea. where's poppa monster?
>>28254070Anon, if our face is the first thing it sees when it hatches, it will imprint on us. We'll be its new mom, because we drilled a hole through the face of its old one. It's our moral duty, and besides, what harm could a baby do?don't answer that last part
>>28254386We just got boomer, one step at a time anon.
>>28253942Attempt to somehow put the monster near the mole creature and RUN REALLY FUCKING FAR.
>>28254512That thing has a powerful sniffer, if it doesn't eat it, it will eventually get tired of the rotting monster smell and leave. Lets explore the warehouse first though.
>>28254780Nice!
>>28254780Maybe sometime you can redraw this and make it the titlecard.
>>28254452AnonAnon plsPls
>>28254780>>28255356Sublime.
BOOP
>>28085287bump
>>28254780"Get away from her you bitch!Except she's talking to PB.
I think we can do it.
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Ayy macarana
>just noticing this thread.>Tfw OP seems tempting as fuck.>18 threads over a year.I want to dive in, how long is this quest going to last? I have already been cucked trying to catch up a CYOA just as it died (and it was urban survival ;_; and I'm afraid it'd happen again here.
>>2826621011-54 has a pretty short backlog. Only 75k words. Shouldn't take you more than a weekend.
>>28266210We're pretty close to the end I think, but it's well worth it.
>>28266210To give you an idea, the quest is less than half as long as Hijack and Threshold with somewhere around 475 posts. As far as when it's going to end is really up to what decisions are made by the players. Although I have tried to push players whenever things seem to be going nowhere I try not to set any sort of pace, but it will likely take a couple of months to find an ending.
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>>28266335Stealthbath?
>>28253949>>28253957>>28253964>>28254003>>28254058>>28254138>>28254224>>28254386"Yes PB, we are that desperate. We ate the last of our food in that lab we woke up in and I'm afraid that this is all we might find for a while.">"Fucking, That's horrible! Ponies don't just go around eating creatures.That's barbaric!">"Nopony eats meat outside of here?" Spearmint asks.>"Well I mean, some will eat fish because they are fucking weird... And some other species that have moved into Equestria also brought some traditional meat dishes with them, but eating meat isn't natural! I mean the eggs were iffy but Meat? Really?""Don't worry I ate some squid like things with Spear before. It's not that bad.">Photo Bomb Shivers, "I don't know how hungry you have to be to try something like that but," PB shivers again, "I don't think I'm that hungry.""Well, we might just be able to give you just some eggs.By the way, have you eaten one of these creatures before Spear?">"Yeah, they are... A bit Stringy. "You pick up one of the eggs."Do you girls think we could keep one and hatch it... Maybe keep it as a pet?">Spearmint Seems to think about it for a moment, "Why would you want to do that?""I don't know, it seems kind of cute in it's own way.">"They aren't so cute when they are digging their teeth into your ribs with that stinging pain that comes from their teeth!""So you've had some bad experiences with them too?">"Their bites sort of paralyze you. If you get bitten before you fight them off, you're usually still vulnerable for the next thing that comes along which drags you into a dark corner with it's teeth and btes down on your neck.""Are you okay Spearmint?" >"Y-yeah, I'm sorry."
>>28268919>>28253949>>28253957>>28253964>>28254003>>28254058>>28254138>>28254224>>28254386"Umm, Hey, do you think it's safe to check out that warehouse?">PB Speaks up," No! This thing has eggs What if we find the thing that knock up this bitch!?">Spearmint crack in, "That's not how eggs work. They lay eggs regardless of if they have a mate or not.">And where the hell did you learn that?">spearmint opens her mouth and stops for a bit, "I'm. Not really sure, but still we have to check to see if they are fertilized to see if she mated.""Do you think it's safe Spear?">"Yeah as safe as most other rooms.""Alright, lets check it out before we try to cook anything."You go to the storage room you've been referring to as a warehouse and make a quick sweep of the room. Inside you find that a few boxes have been knocked down. You also find a door leading to another room as well as a fork-lift.>Spearmint yells to you, "Hey Pepper, look at this!"You head over to Spear and find a blanket and pillow with a tape playing radio, notebook, knife and streaks of blood that make it look like something was dragged out of here sort of recently.What do you do?
>>28268923Huh, wonder what was playing on the radio, maybe there's a tape in there. That'd be cool. Let's look through the pillow fort first then see where the blood leads us. All while trying to resist the urge to play demolition mare with forklift.
>>28266274>>28266279>>28266335Thanks, I'll try to do it this weekend.
>>28269099Cool
>>28268923Pick up the notebook. Is it still readable?
>>28268923Follow the blood trail.
>>28268923Have PB and Spear search the little camp while we follow the blood trail.
>>28268923start randomly panicking because the thread has no posts left
>>28272984Hey, look, it really does not have any :^)
>>28273303501st?
>>28272984>>28273303>>28273315Great job guys. Now it will die.
Sorry about the short thread this weekend I've Been trying to buy a new 22R but I've been having trouble scheduling a meeting with the seller to look at it. Of course if I wasn't dealing with this crap I'd be camping with family this weekend but fixing my car happens to come first since I've been car-less for a week now.
>>28273438It's ok.