Is /tg/ interested today?

>>14450340
Sure

Oh, a little early today.
Good thing I was browsing.

Can I get a confirmation that the Head of Security has admitted to being on the take from Biosyn to Dispatch?

>>14450368

It's the weekend, no school.

Well, you did get him to admit to being paid off, and he didn't dispute you saying Biosyn. So yeah, he did.

>>14450383
"20 mil, huh? Well, that's too bad, since we're already here..."
Say that as we pull up to the Visitor Center.

>>14450433

You here a shuffling noise, followed by the door opening.

>>14450515
One of the car doors? Check back, see if he somehow undid his restraints!

>>14450550

Yeah, you see him fall to the ground and get back on his feet. Only his hands were bound.

>>14450586
Oh, honestly! How terrible are we at this?

Get out and run him down, I guess.

>>14450604
Oh, and inform Dispatch of what's going on in case they can't grasp it from context.

>>14450586
RUN HIS ASS DOWN
failing that, shoot him with the tranq pistol

>>14450604

You didn't restrain him, Juan did. You were looking around the boat at the time.

>>14450613
Agreed. Yell out "He's making a break for it!" and then hop out of the car with the AK.
Run his ass down and rifle-butt him.

Make an Athletics check.

rolled 75 = 75

>>14450671

>>14450684

Catching up to him is an easy task. You're rifle-butting him?

>>14450707
Yes. If he refuses to go down fire some shots from the AK in front of him.

>>14450707
Beat him down, but don't knock him unconscious. We need him able to talk.

You smash his head with the stock of the weapon and he drops to the ground, groaning and cursing.

>>14450815
drag his ass inside

>>14450858
And THIS time, make sure his legs are tied up.
And take his shoes; let's see him run through the area in his bare feet.

You make sure to tie his legs up with the rope, though he doesn't make the task easy. For good measure, you take his boots, which had a taser in them.

>>14450956
Pocket the taser. Could be handy.

Hello hello, you're early today ECW. Now that he's been re-detained, let's lead him into the center and see what Dispatch wants us to do now.

>>14450968
Second. Keep that for ourselves. Then as we drive the rest of the way to the Center, get on the radio.
"So, did you get all of that, Dispatch? Any more questions?"

"*static*....Bring him inside."

You are in the Visitor Center parking lot.

>>14451029
Bring him inside the Center. Keep the AK trained on him.

>>14451047


He can't exactly walk now that you tied his legs up.

Lazy bastard daring to make us drag him.

Drag his sorry ass into the center, but make sure to safety and unload the AK

>>14451124
Haul him upwards and push/drag/make him stagger and hop. If he fails to try and move, he falls on his face and can't catch himself since his arms are bound, so he won't. This is not an insurmountable problem.

>>14451157
>>14451164

Are you dragging or prodding him forward?

>>14451199
Prod him forward.
"There's two types of people in this world, Jason. Those with guns, and those without. Get hopping."

You prod him forward with the gun. He falls over a couple of times, but you get inside the visitor center. There are a number of workers effecting repairs about the place, and a couple of compys are running around, with frantic workers chasing after them. There are a pair of security guards near the front door, and they gesture for you to follow them.

Come to think of it.... since Jayson killed the guy who had the evidence of sabotage before Dispatch could look at it, once we hand over Jayson this might be a good time to show it to them. Prove that there's been some kind of sabotage and that at the least, the old HoM was in on it.

>>14451279
We handed all the evidence over to Muldoon.
There's the sealed envelope, but we don't know what's inside.

>>14451291
Well then, never mind.

I'm assuming you're going to follow the security guards?

>>14451519
Yes.

>>14451519
Yep.

One of them takes Jason and unties him, before firmly leading him up the stairs, taser at the ready. The other wants the AK-47 from you.

>>14451590
"Hey, I want a receipt for that! It's evidence."

>>14451606

"Cry me a river. Hand it over."

>>14451720
Let's not make trouble. Hand it over. AND the tazer, come on. You can bet it'll come up when they interview him that we took it, and if we don't give it up now it'll look bad for us. Besides, we have a magnum, chainmail, and a tranqu pistol. I don't think a tazer's gonna be THAT much of a help.

>>14451823
Pff, we took all kinds of shit from him; we can hand it over if they ask. And I'm not entirely convinced that Dispatch isn't going to try to cover this all up using a lot of corpses. Too much paranoia?

If you really want to hand it over, fine.

>>14451720
"Fine, fine. Here, and this tazer that Jason had on him. Dispatch and Administration will be wanting to know about those, so don't lose'em."

>>14451902
We've still got our Magnum, so we're not unarmed.

"Alright. Follow me. Dispatch wants to see you."

>>14451918
"Glad to hear it. I want to see them, too."

You follow him up the stairs and into a conference room. You walk into a conversation. Watson is sitting in a chair with the guard at his side. In front of him are an Asian man in a lab coat, a black man in the same, and a bearded, balding man in a jumpsuit.

"...I told you before someone was trying to sabotage the park. I was getting him to fess up by pretending to be another agent."

The bearded man turns and sees you come in. His voice is very familiar.

"Porter, get over here. What's your side of the story."

>>14452102
From the top.
"I stumbled across the dead body of the Head of Maintenance when I was seeking shelter from predator dinos and the storm in the Maintenance building. On his computer he had up emails implicating him in industrial espionage and sabotage, being paid by Biosyn to shut this park down.
"In the Water Desalination Plant, I found a letter confirming the Head of Maintenance was being paid off by Nedry and Biosyn. I alerted a security guard to it, so that it could be taken to the Head of Security.
"Next thing I hear, is that the guy I gave the letter to is dead, and I'm under suspicion of being a saboteur.
"On the way back from the Old Hydro Plant, I tried taking a shortcut, when I found Jason here loading a boat. When I told Dispatch about his AK, Dispatch called Jason. I called out to him to put the gun down, which is when he opened fire on me.
"Me and two of the other guys tranqed him, and I found some of Wu's reports, along with a lot of papers, this thermos, and this sealed envelope.
"On the way over here, he tried to bribe me, so I turned the radio on so that other people could listen to him."

"Where is the stuff you say you found?"

>>14452216
"The papers are back in the Explorer I parked in the lot; you can't miss it, with all the Hell it's been through.
"Here's the thermos and the letter."

"Well, I'll take a look at the letter. What's the point of giving me the thermos?"

>>14452392
"I dunno. He had it with him, so I assumed it was important or something."
Open the thermos, reveal the embryos.

>>14452400
Do NOT open thermos. See if either of the scientists (presumably that's who the white-coated guys are) it and see if they know.

>>14452392
"Being thorough here. I was going to bring you his gun, too, but the security guys grabbed it. I pretty much stripped his car and boat, although I can't be sure that I didn't miss anything; I'm not sure if he was stealing anything more than the papers and concealed it well enough that I couldn't find it."

AKs use 7.62 rounds, not 5.56

>>14452499
andnotasingleshitwasgiventhatday.jpg

>>14452499

Thanks for correction.

>>14452453

"Well, bring in what you find. I'll have Security get rid of the gun."

>>14452400
>>14452415

What's the thermos situation?

>>14452551

Hand it over to them, say that since he kept it safe it's probably not a regular coke.

Also, welcome back ECW. I missed this.

>>14452551
>thermos situation

I figure, if it's something important like embryos, then we don't want to expose them. The scientists will know what's best. They might even recognize it right off the bat. I vote we at least show it to them and ask what they think before we just open it.

>>14452551
Show it to the scientists, see if they recognize it. If not, just open the damn thing. We can't use it as evidence if we don't know what it is.

>>14452564
I say lets go with this

Oh cool, this is back. I guess I missed 15.

>>14452583
Agreeing with this. Since we don't actually know the embryos in-character we can't be TOO genre savvy.

You hand over the thermos to them. Jason pipes up.

"There's just some Coke in there. Don't even bother with it."

>>14452647
"Oh well if it's coke you won't mind if we have it will you? I'm absolutely parched after all this...." Make as if to open and drink it, but don't actually. If he doesn't react, hand it over to the scientists.

>>14452647
Really, great lets open and all have a glass, I know cloud use some caffeine how you gents?

>>14452647
"Maybe it is. But forgive me if at this point, if you said the sky was blue I'd want to make sure you weren't shitting me."

>>14452647

"Smooth Jason, not suspicious in the least."

What are you saying?

>>14452743
"Right. This is the point in the movies where the heroes would open up whatever it is to find the McGuffin. If it's just Coke, then you won't mind us opening the thermos, then."

>>14452672
I like this one the best

>>14452743
Do not use >>14452671 or >>14452672. If he's clever, it will function as an actual thermos in addition to holding stuff. I'd go with >>14452679 as it casts doubt on him without actually making us claim anything or making us look too antagonistic, like >>14452715 does (otherwise, that's my second choice).
.

>>14452783
On second thought this man speaks great amount of sense

>>14452679

So we are going with this?

>>14452872

Yes.

>>14452872
Yeah, let's do it.

>>14452872
I guess so. The one in the movie, after all, had actual shaving cream.

"Fine, see for yourself."

"Porter, go get the stuff you mentioned. We'll take care of this."

>>14452933
Ah shit. Somethings going to go wrong, isn't it?

Let's get to the car and start hauling stuff in.

>>14452933

Grab the stuff in the car as fast as you can, but make sure you are not forgetting anything.

You head out to the Explorer and gather together all of the stuff you found. You then head back to the room.

"...I'm going to be living on an island full of dinosaurs that can kill me, so I wanted some form of lethal protection. So sue me for smuggling it in."

>>14453046
Dump out all our stuff and listen to what the others are saying rather than making snide comments. I am not comfortable with the lack of dialogue that we've heard on their part to this point.

>>14453046
Drop everything on the table, and slide the R&D reports to Wu.

You put the boxes of paper on the table and Dispatch takes a look at them. His eyes widen and he gestures to the Asian man, who comes over and takes a look as well.

Dispatch looks at Jason.

"What's your explanation for this?"

Jason shrugs.

"In case you haven't noticed, this place is going to hell. Having a hard copy backup off of the island seemed like a pretty damn good idea to me."

remember the trick bottom on the shaving cream, if the normal container holds coke ask about how oddly cold it is when the whole point of a thermos is to keep the cold on the inside

>>14453208
>Having a hard copy backup off of the island seemed like a pretty damn good idea to me.
Really? Thats the best lie you can come up with? I suppose your going to say, shooting up the area you thought we were in happened because your finger slipped.

>>14453212

They can't possibly accept this. Just because he's HoS doesn't mean he can leave the island with classified information just because there were a number of breakouts.

Also, didn't Dispatch hear when he spilled the beans and trying to bribe us?

>>14453290

"Yes, because sneaking up one somebody on a dino infested island is a reaaaaal good idea."

>>14453313
>>14453290
None of the people here are complete idiots. We don't need to point out how transparently false his claims are to them.

>>14453354
Guys. Let's stop arguing with him and getting drawn in by his obvious attempts to antagonize us. What do the eggheads have to say about the papers. What are they?

>>14453441

Are you asking that in or out of character?

>>14453512

That didn't come out right.

Are you actually asking them what the papers are, or are you wondering if you know what they are?

>>14453528
not really, from what the HoS said it sounds like they are copys of all the important info on the island.

Hey, how about saying this.
"So, hey, was Jason here ever near the Geothermal Plant within the last day?"

>>14453572

You couldn't really make sense of anything on the papers. Aside from the fact that it has something to do with genetics.

>>14453590

"Nope, I was busy managing the clusterfuck called Jurassic Park."

>>14453754

"And the next day you're trying to escape on a boat filled with documents and a suspicious can. If you want to, we can hear what Emmanuel and Juan has to say about what you did down at the boat."

>>14453754
OP, can we get more of a sense of how the people NOT being accused are responding to all this? They are the ones that matter, and all we're seeing is the jackass baiting us with dialogue. Which works every time, because /tg/ bites at obvious trolls.

>>14453808

"What the hell is so suspicious about a thermos filled with Coca-Cola? And the geothermal plant blowing kinda made it look like this place was going under just a little bit. So I figured hey, this might be a good idea. I know how completely unlikely it would be for the park to fail after one of its main power generator gets destroyed, but I figured taking chances would be bad."

>>14453828

This is Jurassic Park, dawg. The staff are cheap assholes who are too afraid about losing their jobs to do anything risky, except for FRANK FUCKING PORTER.

>>14453835

Could I get a description of this thermos?

>>14453842
Yet they are still the ones with authority over us, so we should not be wasting our time bitching at the guy we just brought in while they (presumably) stare at us and drool like the brainless morons that they apparently are. I mean, as entertaining as it is to have OP write up post after post of us bickering with some jackass, it's ultimately an irrelevant waste of time.

>>14453842
Hey, don't be dissing on our bro Muldoon!
If he wasn't busy hunting T-Rexes, bitch-slapping triceratops, and showing those raptors just why we're the fucking top of the food chain, I'm sure he would have been all over Jason's shit.

>>14453828

The Asian and the black man are off discussing things. The Asian man has an annoyed look on his face, and you can't really read the black man. Dispatch has a bored look on his face.

>>14453851

The thermos looks as the picture. Opening it up reveals a dark liquid inside. It's very cold to the touch.

>>14453886

empty the coffee and unscrew the bottom of the thermos, revealing the dino-DNA samples.

>>14453886
Well, let's pour out some of the coke into the cup and take a sip.
Might as well drink the villain's soda if we can.

And examine it, see if it has a false bottom. Odd that a thermos would be cold on the outside.

>>14453909
>>14453886

Could be a reverse-threaded bottom, twist both ways.

Remark that the thermos seems improbably cold for something that was just out in the warm jungle weather. After all, a thermos basically contains a small layer of vacuum pressure, the outside should in theory be room temperature.

I'm gonna play devil's advocate and suggest against drinking the stuff. Just, on the chance that it could be not-coke. If we need to empty it, let's find a trash can or something, or empty it out the window.

>>14453900
>>14453923

Problem is, Frank hasn't seen the movie, he doesn't know that this could be like that can of shaving cream.

>>14453935

This is good though.

>>14453955

I bet Frank's seen those little shaving can safes that novelty shops sell though.

>>14453909

To drink or not to drink?

>>14453955

I'm inclined to agree with this. I don't think Frank would think to look for that.

>>14453963
Most of those don't have a compartment to hold the actual shaving cream or drink or whatever though.

>>14454019

I say we don't drink it. But we should make sure that Dispatch and the other guys still bring it with them, just in case.

>>14454019
Give it a look and a smell to make sure it actually is a beverage, then offer Jason a sip.

How long has it been since we found the HoS at the dock?

>>14454067
We should see if we can expose what's going on quickly, the coolant could run out and if we save the embryos, that would reflect well on us.

>>14454067

Not long. Half an hour at most.

>>14454047

Well, it's fizzing like Coke should. It smells drinkable alright.

Wether we drink or not, we should say:

"Well, Jason, I wonder what made you throw your walkie-talkie into the river? Dispatch was only wondering what you were doing and if you were gonna be hero and save the park, wouldn't destroying your radio that be a weird thing to do?"

Ask Dispatch what he thinks of this.

>>14454127
Pour a little into a styrofoam coffee cup and slide the cup to him.

>>14454165
Second.

"Ummm...I...wasn't thinking that clearly at the time, getting caught with the AK kinda made me not think."

Dispatch is frowning at this.

"That seems like a flimsy story."

>>14454240

"Sure does, Mr Dispatch (does he have a name?). A Head of Security who can't handle stressfull situations isn't much of a boss. Espically one who fired incendiary rounds right into the jungle as soon as Dispatch told him there were some maintenance guys around."

Christ, what is he, Phoenix Wright?

>>14454167

He takes the cup gratefully and drinks it.

"Thanks, I was parched."

Pour some more soda into the cup. when it's relatively empty, accidentally drop it onto the table and see what his reaction is.

>>14454302

Ohh, this I like.

>>14454302
Do it!

>>14454302
We are going to accidentally destroy millions of dollars of priceless dino DNA. By trying to make this guy blink.

But hey, can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.

>>14454359

Hey, he does'nt know what's in the thermos.

>>14454286

"Hey, like I said, sneaking up on someone on a dino infested island is not a good idea! He never told me there were some maintenance workers around."

You drop the thermos as he's taking a drink and he does a spit take back into his cup.

"Be careful with that! You know how expensive that damn thing is?!"

>>14454402
Check the reaction of others in the room. Are they sharp enough to have caught what his reaction probably means?

>>14454402

"Oh really? I didn't know an ordinary thermos of coke is expensive around here. Or maybe you meant something else?"

>>14454402
"Really? You can get a thermos like this from L.L. Bean for about $25. Doesn't look that expensive to me.
"Let's see if there's anything else in here, shall we?"

Now examine the thermos for a false bottom.

>>14454402
"Maybe 10 bucks at a Wal-Mart on the mainland. Or are you referring to something else?"

"That's high quality thermos, even though it sucks at keeping the cold in. Cost me a pretty penny, s I'd thank you to not drop it again."

>>14454531
"Uh huh."

Examine the thermos more closely.

>>14454531
"Can't be that high-quality if it doesn't keep the cold in worth a damn."
Pick it up again, feeling for any kind of seam on the bottom.

"Yeah, I got ripped off. But hey, the thing is sturdy as hell."

Roll 1d100.

rolled 3 = 3

>>14454694
Okay.

rolled 83 = 83

"Then there's no reason to worry about it falling such a short distance."
Prepare to drop it again if nothing turns up.

>>14454721
Hell yeah.

rolled 21 = 21

>>14454694
This to find the false bottom?

>>14454738
You think you find a seam, but it could just be a crack in the casing.

>>14454798
Carefully twist, first one way and then the other. Just to be certain.

>>14454798
Examine it more closely.

There's definitely some kind of crack there, and it's very smooth. But twisting either way doesn't do anything.

>>14454886
Is there some kind of latch or something?
Run our nail down the crack.

>>14454906

Where are you looking for a latch? All over or around the area of the crack. And the seam is too small to fit your nail in.

>>14454976
look every where but focus on the crack first.

>>14454976
All over. Might as well.

>>14454976
Hand the can to Wu or Dispatch or something.
"Here, do you feel the gap just here? There's some kind of seam."

You can't find a latch, but there is a hole on the bottom of the thermos.

>>14455041

Straighten out a paper clip and press it into the hole.

>>14455064
Agreed.

>>14455041
Try to determine if it's a secret compartment, if not continue fiddling with it, if we're sure there is one give it to our superiors so we don't accidentally fuck up something important and get the blame.

>>14455064

Paperclip will only fit inside the hole a little bit, then it stops.

>>14455151
Push it. It might be a release button.

>>14455161

Nope, what's happening is that the hole is slightly oblong and the paperclip won't completely fit.

>>14455164
"Fuck it"
Toss thermos haphazardly in direction of lab coat. Realize it's a bad idea only afterwards.

>>14455164
Straighten out a staple and try that.

>>14455164
must need a key. but due to the size of the possible lock(really tiny) we may be able to pick it if we bend the paperclip carefully.

Playing by the rules hasn't gotten us very far. Let's hit him with the thermos and demand he gives up the key.

>>14455175

Staple fits in easily, and it seems the hole goes in farther than the staple can reach.

>>14455277
You're aware that we'd look crazy?

>>14455284
We don't have the key, and we can't get it open.
Let's just tell the scientists that the thermos seems to have a hidden compartment, and let them try to get it open.

>>14455296

Fiiiiine. Let's try a toothpick.

>>14455317

A toothpick fits inside, but it still doesn't do anything.

Fetch toolbox
Find hammer
Smash off the bottom, or watch jason give us the key when he realizes this could destroy babies
???
Profit

>>14455401
this will just make us look crazy stupid and destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars of bino embryos.

lets just bend that paperclip a few times and keep trying

>>14455443
You're right, I was being foolish. New plan:
Fetch toolbox
Find hammer
Beat jason until answer is recieved
???
Profit

You know it could require that the liquid chamber be empty for it to work.

>>14455443

This doesn't work either.

>>14455550
Dammit. Let's just alert them that there seems to be some kind of lock, but we can't quite get it open. Maybe ask if we or security can search him for a key.

>>14455550
This has wasted a lot of time already.
We should probably hand it over to the scientists so they can attempt to open it with the equipment in their labs.

>>14455309
This, we obviously can't open it. Let's give it to the guys with brains.

The nitrogen would need to be able to vent as it slowly boiled away. The hole is probably just a vent for that.

Empty the thermos, then press your fingers against the interior chamber and spin it around. It'll come off and give access to the vacuum chamber where the smuggled goods are.

>>14455621
Huh. Good thinking. Try it.

What's Jason been doing while we've fiddled with the thermos? I'd imagine it would entice some reaction from him.

>>14455637

He's very attentive towards your attempts to stick things in the hole.

>>14455664
if were getting WTF? looks from the higher ups, point out how interested the HoS is in our fiddling with the thermos

>>14455716

They're pretty much not paying attention to you, being too wrapped up in discussion near the door.

>>14455621

The interior chamber seems to be sealed onto the casing.

>>14455727

Theres gotta be some security station somewhere.

Can't we just xray that thing?

>>14455844

Since the thermos is empty now, shake it and listen for sloshing liquid.

>>14455844

There aren't any x-ray machines on the island.

Whoever archives this should put "In which we get meta as shit and waste hours poking at a thermos while ECW acts coy and uninformative" in the thread description. Because things have taken a sharp turn for the pointless here.

Obviously without better tools or knowing the trick, we can't open the thermos.
So why don't we stop wasting time, give it to the scientists, tell them there's something hidden inside, and let them figure it out while we just timeskip forward.

>>14455901
I have to agree, we have been messing around with this thermos for nearly 3 hours. we either need a hint or a clear sign to quit messing with the thermos

>>14455954

Check for the sound of liquid inside, so that we have something to demonstrate to the eggheads so that they will take it seriously.

You do hear some liquid sloshing. In addition, after a little shaking, you start to hear a small clinking sound. Jason's eye gives a twitch.

>>14455901

I'm sorry if I've been unhelpful. Was there anything you wanted more information on?

>>14455888
Once again, hand the thermos over to the scientists, tell them what we think and see what they can do about it. I just want to progress damnit.

>>14455984

Flat out ask Jason how many he's got in there. Point out that you've already figured out that there's something in there that needs to be kept cold and is fairly delicate, and there's only one thing on the island that fits that bill. Tell him he can either give up the key, or risk the scientists breaking the samples when they try to open it up, and have the bill for the lost material added to the growing list of sins he's going to have to make up for.

>>14456031
Yeah. I think we're not going to be able to open the fucking thing.

>>14456067
Second.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

You notice his hand approach the pocket of his jeans, only to freeze and move to scratch his thigh.

>>14456100

"God you suck at this. Empty your pockets, you ass."

>>14456100
"Just empty your pocket now, dumbass. Or I'm going to empty it for you."

>>14456100
"You don't fool me. The only thing that makes sense is that this thing is holding frozen embryos you stole. You're caught already, maybe if you're lucky InGen will just sue you out of house and home and not prosecute you."

He rolls his eyes, and blanches slightly. He empties his pockets of a Red Security Card, a small case of some kind, like a cigarette case; a pen, and some loose change.

>>14456209

Open up the case, it's probably got the key in it. If it doesn't, open up the pen and check inside its compartment for its ink cartridge.

>>14456209
Open the case, examine the pen. Open the pen, too.

>>14456209
check his hands, he may have palmed the key. His poket as well

The case has "With Love" engraved on the top. Inside are a set of 6 plastic toothpicks. They all have notches on both ends, so they must see a lot of use.

The pen seems to be a run of the mill click pen.

>>14456289
How similar are the notches in the toothpicks?

>>14456289

Bingo, these are the keys. Got to use them in the proper order.

>>14456314

On close inspection, the notches seem to be exactly the same across all of the picks.

"Heh, wife gave those to me for Valentine's Day, as a joke gift."

>>14456343
"You'll forgive my doubt."
Let's try one.

>>14456429

Roll a Survival check.

Well, I've got a D&D game to run tomorrow, so I need to get some sleep. Whether I'm on tomorrow or not depends on if my players show up. Good night everyone, sorry if things bogged down tonight.

>>14456568
All good, man. I'll get this archived if nobody else has. See you tomorrow, I hope.