sage

Downturn city for /tg/

Explain that Tom has escaped and throw yourself at his feet and ask for help

ATTACK

Let Ace make the first move.

Ruby: Ride Ace like a mechanical bull!

Try to talk, but keep your guard up

hide behind the dummy

Ace can't enter. He's too big.
Talk with him.

TOM: Shove dummy on wheels into Ace

[whoa that's a lot of posts]

>>3379272
>Attempt to talk with Ace, ask what he wants
The figure enters the room, squeezing through the doorway. Ruby attempts to greet the figure, asking about its intentions, its identity.
The figure does not speak.

Tom: Brofist the figure!

hide in box

Is this one Ace? 'Birds', not 'Bird' were part of the poem and whoever this fellow is, I see don't see the 'Single Spade' marking that identifies Ace.

Either way; back up toward the far side of the room away from the door. Have Ruby wave nervously; even if this guy can't speak he might respond to hand gestures.

Offer RED'S HAND

>>3379315
Shit, I don't like the looks of that pose...

Attempt to create a distraction, and dive under his legs to the door.

>>3379315

TOM+RUBY: Back away from Ace, getting into Box if need be.

Push tom into his path to slow him down and escape.

Reposting. Not deleting this post.

Unleash third Eye powers to mesmerize him.

RUBY: Spin dummy at Ace, looks about stomach level?
TOM: Get behind and push him into the box with MANLY PHYSIQUE

[Seriously, trim down the posts, people. This is way, way too many. Have some patience.]
>>3379308
>TOM: Shove dummy on wheels into Ace
The dummy is bolted down on a pivot.

>>3379322

>Give ace Red's hand.
Ruby offers the dismembered hand. The figure doesn't seem to want it.

The figure approaches and reaches for Ruby.

Submit, DO NOT FIGHT.

Goddamnit Weaver, I need to run a game in 3 1/2 hours.

>>3379367
TOM: Pull Ruby back. Enter Defensive Stance.

Attempt to dodge it, brandish scalpel.

>>3379315
Swing the Dummy around in an attempt to make one of its stick-arms nail the figure in the groin, then make a run for it.

>>3379367
Have Tom scream like a little girl.

Try to escape, betheen his legs!

>>3379367
CAN YOU AFFORD TO BOARD
THE CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO?

Ruby: Reach toward the figure as well.

This shit is absolutely terrible. Please, please for fucks sake take this somewhere private!

>>3379367
Just attack him already!

TOM: pull ruby aside.

RUBY: Dive through his legs if it comes down to it.

[Jesus Christ please cut down on posts, this is ridiculous.]
>>3379375
>>3379377
>TOM: Pull Ruby back. Enter Defensive Stance.
>Attempt to dodge it, brandish scalpel.
Ruby and Tom are not going without a fight.

Ruby: Back up, stand in front of the OPEN BOX then evade when he lunges.

Tom: Get behind the bird whilst he concentrates on Ruby; then use MANLY PHYSIQUE to shove him into the OPEN BOX.

Evade as much as possible, go for the legs and get the hell out ASAP.

>>3379417
Reconsider, Ace is far to big to fight

Try to crowbar his knees!

Ruby and Tom should work together to throw the box at Ace.

>>3379418
>>3379423
>Evade as much as possible, go for the legs and get the hell out ASAP.
The figure lunges at Ruby, who ducks out of the way of its massive arms.
Tom dodges around.

>>3379469

Shove it up where his asshole should be.

I don't care who the fuck you are, that's a vulnerable spot that will hurt like shit.

>>3379469
TOM: Crowbar to back of head
RUBY: Scalpel to back of leg. Try to sever a tendon to slow him if he attempts to pursue.

>>3379469
Try communicating with Ace, holding a hand out to motion him to stop.

Use manly physique to vice-grip Aces genitals.

Run for the Z-hatch!

Crobar knees, then push him inside the box!

>>3379469
Run!

TOM: Get out of there, fuck the mutant bunny.

[Last time I'm going to say this: STOP POSTING SO DAMN MUCH. This thread is rapidly flooding out of control and I can barely keep up as it is. We've got about 10 posts just saying RUN, for example.]

>>3379445
>>3379494
>>3379484
>>3379477
>Try to crowbar his knees!
Ruby bolts from the room while Tom drives the sharp end of the crowbar into the figure's leg.

Get out of there now, Tom!

When they leave, shut the door behind them.

ditch the crow bar and run at the very least it will make movement dificult for him.

c'mon people, Weaver is giving us fair warning. Don't make him bomb the thread.

Again.

>>3379558
Weaver should probably quit being a bitch and leanr to ignore the repeats.

>>3379531
>>3379535
Tom runs. The giant figure seems unphased.

Flee through the Z-Hatch

Tom: Aim at the general area of kidneys in the creatures body, hoping that there are, infact, kidneys there.
Ruby: Try and find something else to fight with in the room. Boards with nails works too.

>>3379574
More posts means everything goes slower, since Weaver has to go over every post (and consider or reference many of them, less people scream and cry RAILROAD) and the session will require more unnecessary threads to finish.
Unnecessary posts are unnecessary. Don't defend them.

Attempt to trip ace into the pit in the other room.

>>3379593
retarded, he's too big and heavy.

>>3379579
>Flee through the Z-Hatch
Tom follows Ruby to the Z-Hatch.
The figure is right behind him.

Y'know, it might not have been the best of ideas going through the Z-hatch. It's a dead-end, and has nothing to use against the creature: If it ever gets through, it could be over.

>>3379599
Unhook the cable, sail gracefully out through the exit, pulled by the lever mechanism.

>>3379599
You wont get out in time! Grab the rope, cut it, and let it pull you to safety of the room above with your CATLIKE REFLEXES!

Ruby helps Tom as he dives through the hatch.

>>3379622
this is dumb. the pull strength of the cable is weak enough that we dragged it into place several threads ago.
read archive. post intelligently(ish) stop shitting up the game with OMGSECOND posts of ideas that were bad to start with.

climb into the broken pipe!

First the couch, then through to the tube room. Then have a quick, comforting hug to calm the nerves. It's not like the thing's going to come through in the very first second.

>>3379624

Climb into the pipes

>>3379643
>It's not like the thing's going to come through in the very first second.
There is a horrible sound of wrenching metal.
Large white hands are tearing the Z-Hatch open.

>>3379670
Attack the hands.

Use SOFA to climb into PIPE, then crawl along PIPE?

>>3379670

through passage, pull couch back in front of it

>>3379670
Surrender

Holy jesus fuck run!

let's stop posting the same shit guys.

Climb pipe, if that's not possible, STAB ACE'S HANDS with the SCALPEL

READ THE NOTE

TOM: see if they can climb through the pipe.
RUBY: check painting of an eye, stab Scalpel into it

I now understand why Red blew himself up.

That didn't work, though.

Fucker's like Pyramid Head.

>>3379695
>Climb pipe
Ruby easily clambers up the pipe with her GIRLISH FIGURE.
Tom follows behind her.

If Tom can't go up the pipe have him split away from ruby.

By that I mean go sideways through the pipe.

>>3379717
I hope Ruby doesn't get clobbered by balls :-O

TOM: If he can't fit through the pipe, hide in the closet.

TOM and RUBY ascend the narrow pipe, desperately clinging to the rusty walls.

[Take a pause break here and stop suggesting actions for a few minutes, I have to draw up a new area -- I wasn't expecting people to go this route and it'll take me a couple to finish the new place]

>>3379759

Given weavers words here....I don't want to hear any whining about railroading!

Ruby and Tom should head upwards in the pipe if possible. Using hands and feet to push against the inside of the pipe for traction.

They should also look for any exit points in the pipes or breakable sections that Tom's manly physique could crack open from the inside.

Hey guys, while Weaver is breaking to draw the new area, let's all show our MAGICAL APPRECIATION by deleting all our old action posts. :3

I'll delete this one in a second, too. Don't yell.

What makes Tom a Manly cat? He's a Cat Scottish Cyclops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxps--huGKY
It's his

>>3379759
Very much fixed

>>3379831
Besides, it's not like the view's changed from last time, right?

Right?

...It may be for the best to check. Just to make sure.

[thanks for the patience]

TOM and RUBY emerge from the pipe after a long and winding climb. They feel very turned around.
They emerge in a new place they have never seen before.

>>3379918
OH FUCK WHAT IS THAT FACE

Look at the monitor, only to see static.

Then examine everything else.

>>3379918

Shut hatch. Use debris on floor to barricade it shut.

>>3379918

Explore the room

>>3379918
Thorough examination of room, no touchy, just looky.

>>3379918
TOM: Break padlock on wardorbe/cupboard/closet using MANLY PHYSIQUE.

RUBY: Swoon.

>>3379933

I don't think such a big and heavy monster could get through the pipe.

Shovel on the lock, meantime is that wood on the floor, or a wrench. Can we quickly look in the vent on the side too?

>>3379950

There's more than just Ace to worry about.

Examine room.

>>3379957

Like, for example, where all that blood in the ventilation shaft came from.

>>3379925
>Look at the monitor
A large, shadowy face stares back.

>>3379972
Say hello to Tortimer.

>>3379972

Ask the face to identify itself.

>>3379972

'Who's there?'

Any cameras that idicate that it can see us?

>>3379972
greet face tentatively. take stock of items in room at some point.

>>3379972
Say "This is Major Tom calling ground control! Come in ground control!"

Wave in a way that expresses all of your anger, confusion and outrage.
An "Enough of this bullshit, let us out of here" wave.

>>3380013
>>3379996
>>3379997
>>3379989
stop doing this.

>>3380026

They normally call those punches.

>>3379983
>Ask the face to identify itself.
Ruby asks the face who it is.
The screen goes to static.

Ruby and Tom move on to explore the room.

This room is full of broken science equipment, including shattered beakers and tubes, a broken table in the southeast corner, and lots of spilled liquid. The room spells of chemical vapors.
Tom can see something vaguely through the steel vent, but it's too sturdy to bash down by brute force.
There are scraps and tatters of cloth at Tom's feet. They look like the remnants of a labcoat.
By a very LARGE CABINET (which is locked with a chain and padlock), Ruby finds a SEVERED FOOT on the ground, with minimal blood.
The door has no visible lock, but is wired to the MONITOR.
Ruby pockets the HEAVY GLOVES she finds on the floor.
Also of obvious note in this room is the ACCESS HATCH leading down, which is secured in place with some sort of STAFF.

>>3380046

H-hug time now..?

>>3380046

Take STAFF

Quickly peek down hatch to see what lies beyond.

What's that on top of the cabinet? If need be, have Tom give Ruby a boost up to see.

>>3380046

I'm assuming the inventory's old, since it has the Bludgeony Caneshovel in three parts instead of one.

Also, Check the Odd Picture in the corner of the room, look at object on top of Locked Cabinet, using Teamwork if need be.

Tom: Examine LAB COAT REMAINS and see if anything is in the pockets.

Tom: use the shovel to prise open the vent and see wahts in there, ruby hippty hop and get the syringe looking thing from ontop of the wardrobe.

>>3380046
Examine SEVERED FOOT

>>3380057
A syringe maybe?

Take syringe from rop of cabin, additional to other actions.

>>3380061
In event of danger, replace with Red's cane so we can examine staff properly.

>>3380046
PIPE IS NOT AMUSED

>>3380046

Man, check out that vent with those fucking pieces of wood on it! Tom, go apeshit on that mother fucker with your crowba-

>>3379575

:(

Well, what about that electrical panel? The one all those wires lead to? Is that secured? It looks like the panel's separate from the wall.

DONT remove the wood blocking the hatch.

Close the lid on the pipe and see what the damn it is. There's a chart behind there too.

Don't take the staff until is neccesary, Ace is still out there.

>>3380099

And he can't come through the door that the monitor is hooked to?

He'd have an easier time with the door with how big he is.

Ask Tom if he snuck a peek while climbing the pipe.
Remove staff

>>3380061
>Take STAFF
Ruby takes the ODD STAFF. It's made of some kind of green-stained wood.

>>3380066
>What's that on top of the cabinet?
Tom climbs up and takes the EMPTY SYRINGE.

>>3380077
>Attempt to pick cabinet lock with scalpel.
Don't be silly! Neither Tom nor Ruby is CRAFTY enough to know how to pick locks!

Are you confirming that it's wood, or just suggesting?
Is it possible that it's the same material as the fetus-statue?

Also, we need some hugs, goddamn.

Check poster behind the pipe.

>>3380118

TOM: Fill syringe with chemical on floor.
RUBY: Peek into hatch?

>>3380118
I bet red is CRAFTY enough

>>3380118
Use scraps of fabric to finally make Tom an eyepatch!

>>3380129
>>3380090
>>3380059

Do we REALLY need to hug every 2 rooms, people?

>>3380133
Inject chemical into neck

>>3380118

Take a look down the hatch. Close it and shove the staff back in place if it's something scary/threatening.

Looks like there are some writings on the... table? Try to read them. Also take the foot.

>>3380140

If you went through the same stuff these two, you'd want hugs just as bad. You can't expect them to take everything like stoic emotionless machines. We're just trying to roleplay a bit - or I am, at least.

Maybe the severed foot is an indication of another trap or something dangerous in the very large cabinet. Are we sure we want to mess with the padlock?
TOM should try to peek into the steel vent, maybe use caneshovel to poke whatever is there.
RUBY should open the hatch to see how it looks.

Tom removes the MEDICAL POSTER on the wall and discovers a small recess with a SHEAF OF PAPERS inside. He takes the papers and prepares to read them [automatic action upcoming].

Ruby examines the vent. There are tiny warnings that indicate it is used to channel gaseous chemicals and that gas masks should be used when operating the chemical pump, which is nowhere to be found.

While Tom prepares to read the note, Ruby looks through the hatch to the familiar lower level.

>>3380183
Gaaaaaaaaaaaarbage. There are places you can do this that arn't here.

Break case open with Shovel

Check Tom's Inventory for access card.

>>3380192

THIS WILL KILL WHOEVER DOES IT

>>3380188
I'd say: RUBY: use the keycard on the glass case, get the finger, climb up the ladder, block the hatch with some garbage, then use the finger. In and out quickly in case Ace wanders by.

Spray syringe liquid on ball of hair.

sage

Tom begins to read the sheaf of papers.

[cutscene]

>>3380229

We need the finger in order the hight-tech medkit. People, read the archives.

Private board for private interests, gentlemen

Ok, so Red was tricked by Ace huh?

Tom continues reading, sharing his findings with Ruby.

[cutscene]

sage for fail

Hmm.

Ruby was blind: They gave her a third eye: Probably the "Recommended Treatment". Then her normal eyes started to work too. Tom got crippled, so they gave him extra arms. Then his original ones cured too.

This is interesting.

>>3380268
>>3380243
>>3380220
>>3380190
same bitter fag

Tom is almost out of pages.

[cutscene]

Tom reaches the last page in the pile of loose papers.

don't smash the case

>>3380287
I like how every special interest group claims that people "don't understand" them when those people state quite clearly that they understand, yet disagree with whatever it is the special interest group is touting.

I understand now.

"Stitches" is the original Ruby. The new one is a clone or something.

>>3380303

Stitches is a fucking bear.

Go down hatch, use ACCESS CARD on CASE

(note: shouldn't the shovel head and cane be a blugeony caneshovel? Or was that a joke?)

>>3380310

Good advice, but have Tom stand ready with a weapon in case the fetus does anything wierd. The BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL should do....

>>3380303
Stitches is 1, he was reassembled and ressurrected!

Can we use anything to pull out whatever is behind the vent? If not, we should quickly use the keycard on the case, take the finger, open medkit, and examine contents.

>>3380292

There's, uh, nothing on the back of any of these, right? No hideous markings or "JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING"? Sane Red seems a bit off color, although I suppose this gives us a bit more insight.

A man decides, a slave obeys

Ruby grabs a piece of TATTERED CLOTH.

>>3380310
>Go down hatch, use ACCESS CARD on CASE
Tom and Ruby uneasily put away the notes, unsure quite what to make of them, especially the last two entries.
They head down the hatch into the hallway below.
Tom prepares to use the ACCESS CARD he got from the hole in the wall below.

As Tom feeds the access card into the slot, the glass cover on the display stand descends, revealing the STATUETTE and the SEVERED FINGER.

>>3380334

A man chooses. Chooses.

If the cover descended then what the fuck happened to its lid?

Take finger. DO NOT touch statue.

>>3380345

Use FINGER on MEDICAL BOX THING

>>3380336
Take STATUETTE and the SEVERED FINGER

Statues mean death. Ninja Gaiden taught us this much.

>>3380345

Move the finger away from the statuette using the cane or something.

The finger had to get off of the hand somehow.

k

Poke statue with Cane, if nothing happens, take finger and use on medkit, examine contents. And then take the statue too, who knows, it *could* be useful...

>>3380376

If you consider a teamwipe useful, then sure.

>>3380383

At least then we'll get rid of the guy.

>>3380345
Tom, eat the statue.

Ruby gives Tom the FIRST AID KIT, which Tom unlocks with the SEVERED FINGER.

He empties it for its contents, which turn out to be:
A pair of WIRE CUTTERS
A ROLL OF GAUZE
And a STRANGE DISC of green-dyed wood. It looks like it was broken off of something.

Combine the disc with the staff.

We've got some gauze, let's get poor Tom a bandage.

>>3380408

Ruby- attach the wood bit you just found to the staff that blocked the hatch!

Tom- Swipe the card on the case again to close it and shut away the fetus statue!

Some random observations.

The 'statuette' seems t have wings.

By "what must be done", Red is probably referring to the creepy cult-sacrifice-ohgod resurrection of Stitches.
Maybe that's why he went insane in the first place, and Ace tried to stop him?

Ace could have been against his "alternative treatments".

Wrap up Tom's eye with the GAUZE. If he's willing.

DISK is clearly the key to the door. But first, can we cut the BARBED WIRE downstairs with the WIRE CUTTERS?

RUBY: Use gauze on Tom.
TOM: Try the green disc on the card reader.
RUBY: Go upstairs, wear heavy gloves, use wire cutters on wires going to the door.

>The wire cutters can be used on the barbed wire, but do we think ace will pound us if we go down?

Why wouldn't he just come up?

Ace is NOT trapped on the ground floor.

Ruby: insert Stone Fetus into Womb

>>3380415
>>3380419
Ruby fits the two pieces of greenish wood together into an ODD STAFF.

>Tom- Swipe the card on the case again to close it and shut away the fetus statue!
Tom re-seals the display case.

>>3380429

He was referring to bashing Ruby's head in with his cane. Pay attention to dates.

>>3380467

Now can poor Tom get an eyepatch? He's been soldiering on without for long enough.

Tom doesn't have the crowbar anymore. And what's that third item, again? After the champagne?

>>3380470

But in that case, what does it have (directly) to do with the death of patient one, who is most likely Stitches?

>>3380433
>>3380441
Ruby uses the GAUZE and TATTERED CLOTH to bandage Tom's eye.

>>3380481

We don't know that yet.

But we do know that he knew what he had to do, he bashed Ruby, and then he said 'the deed is done.' They happened on the same day.

This is not rocket science. You're too caught up in the idea of things being cryptic, to the point that you are ignoring the obvious. If you're not even going to try to make sense of something, you'll never reach a proper conclusion.

Also, patient 1 IS stitches. Go back and read the notes from earlier.

Pull out PLUNGER on SYRINGE such that an AIR BUBBLE can be injected into the neck of any AGGRESSORS.

>>3380502
The notes are on the wiki for convenience!

>>3380498

TOM: Arr!

Yeah like I said, Ace pushed him to do it.

TOM's turn for Pirate Impression!

Anyone got any idea whose body parts we keep finding?

>>3380528
Red's, presumably.

>>3380528

Whatever wasn't used in Stitches I assume.

>>3380528

Foot was probably Red's.

>>3380539

-AND WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GUY WHILE DOING IT

>>3380528

I'm guessing it's Dracula.

Ruby: Kneel with blue crystal

KISS EYE. MAKE IT BETTER. :3

>>3380444
>cut the BARBED WIRE downstairs with the WIRE CUTTERS
Tom and Ruby go back downstairs, wary of any potential aggressors.
Tom uses the WIRE CUTTERS on the BARBED WIRE which is tangled so tightly around the SHUTTERS.

>>3380528

Random staff members, killed by whathever happened to the facility.

>>3380528

Eventually we'll have enough stuff to patch the poor fellow back to shape. Then we'll see.

>>3380551
Heads up Weaver, we're on autosage

>>3380565

"JUST KIDDING!"

Pick up the barbed wire: It can be used for a tripwire or something.

>>3380578

wrap around ODD STAFF for +1 damage

I think Tom needs a weapon. See if you can find a sticklike piece of rubble, and wrap any long remaining bits of the barbed wire around one end to make a spiky club for him.

I'm out. Remember to post suggestions the result in Tom's early demise to piss off the IRC group.

>>3380587

Brilliant!

Have tom keep it to replace the crowbar.

Thread is close to the autosage cap...

>>3380601
>>3380587

Not really all that good idea: The staff is clearly not only fragile but also important to keep intact. It'dn't be very smart to use it as a weapon.

Open shutters.. how?

Also, have Ruby ask the water cooler why it thinks it's ok to stare at her ass like that.

Behind the metal shutters is some kind of cabinet shelf for cafeteria food.

What's inside is not food.

>>3380628


That why I think a piece of clublike rubble should be picked up. Certainly expendable enough.

>>3380639

BAAAAA!

>>3380639

Ruby - gasp in horror and ready BLUGEONY CANESHOVEL.

Tom - Take keycard

>>3380639

Use wire cutters to take the card from her maw.

>>3380639

YAAAAY!

NEW CHARACTER

Careful take card with TOOLS

>>3380639

what's that on the top shelf?

>>3380673

Gibs, I guess.

>>3380677

the white thing what looks to be made of blocks, smartypants.

Goat skull?

Now we know how they brought Stitches back.

>>3380682
BONE

>>3380657
>Use wire cutters to take the card from her maw.
Tom carefully removes the card from the jaws of the severed head.

Tom pockets the HIGH-CLEARANCE ACCESS CARD.

>>3380698
CLOSE the SHUTTER.
Just in case.

>>3380698

High clearance?

What about those super-confidential video recordings?

Examine thing on upper shelf. If it seems at least marginally useful, pocket it.

>>3380698

Close shutters, go upstairs use card on reader.

>>3380698

Tom shouldn't have the crowbar, it was left in Ace's leg. Wasn't it?

>>3380703
that's the cane

>>3380713

FFFF. Not Ace.

after finishing with this room, run upstairs and open the keycard-locked reinforced door.

Remember Ace is on the loose. Be prepared to hide up the ladder, then potentially escape down the pipe again.

>>3380639
Oh god...Sven...is that Sven?

>>3380731

Oh, kinky.

>>3380740
It's just that Sven was in my Animal Crossing village D:.

>>3380749

NOT ANYMORE

>>3380749

Why are we talking about animal crossing now?

>>3380760

because this thread's autosaged and Weaver already made a new one

>>3380760

All the characters are named after Animal Crossing characters.

>>3380760
All the characters are based off of Animal Crossing characters, so why not?