Aw yeah starting it up once again. Is the unknown door within the real world, if so the probe droid might be able to open it up for us. unless the key we obtained is what unlocks that door. but before opening the door we should make sure that everyone is ok, don't need to walk into a bossfight unprepared.

>>17019510
Alright, Meta Quest!

Okay, first have Data take a quick scan of Alessa's statue.
Then, have both the team and the probe droid return to the antechamber and open the left, unknown door.

Hmm... Heather is to continue providing moral support to Douglas.
Actually, now that there's a lull in things trying to kill us, might as well ask her if she'd prefer to be called Heather or Cheryl.

>>17019578
>>17019579
>>17019560

"Cheryl, actually," Heather says. "No reason to hide anymore."

Data's tricorder reveals that strange energies are surrounding the statue and not only that, there appears to be a living human encased in the stone.

The probe droid advances to the door in the real world and finds it unlocked. It opens to a long, straight hallway with a single vault-like door at the end.

>>17019684
Well, can we get the person out?
If it doesn't seem possible currently, then have the team go to the antechamber and open their version of the left door. If it's clear, then have both the team and the probe droid open their respective vault doors.

Can the probe droid scan the vault like thing? if it looks like something unpleasant is in it, we should wait to open it up.

>>17019705
Data tries to smash the cracked stone, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

Douglas goes to open the left door. It opens into another small antechamber instead of the long hallway. Carved stone pillars line the walls and twin doors are at the far wall, carved with images of coiling dragon. A large keyhole is at the center of this door, and a hole in the ceiling about two feet wide is in the ceiling.

At this point I will begin referring to Heather as Cheryl.

>>17019684
Alright so there's someone inside the statue, and the artifacts we're gathering are the requirements for the Crimson Ceremony.
I'm betting the 'final boss' is in that statue, but if we attack it now, it will turn out not to be, because Silent Hill is wise to our games.
Let's just play along for now.

Can Data use his tricorder to analyze the 'White Chrism" like, what it's supposed to be?

examine the statue and see if anything is out of place, well, for the otherworld. take a closer look at the coiled dragon statue.

>>17019758
Have the probe droid open the vault door.

Have the team enter this new antechamber, and Data, Douglas, and Cheryl check out the pillars and dragons, while Spike keeps watch on that hole in the ceiling. Something might be up there and might attack.

>>17019758
How high is the ceiling? Like can we hoist people up through the hole?
Or hell, can Data jump through it?

...Dragons eh?
Look's like you're up Spike.
Does this remind you of any location in particular?

>>17019805
Oh right, Red Dragon Syndicate.
Have Spike take a look at the doors and dragons, while Douglas keeps an eye on that hole.

>>17019722
The probe droid's sensors cannot pierce the door, but on closer examination, he notes an intricate series of panels worked into the metal. There are 22 panels, each corresponding to the major arcana of a tarot deck; The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World, and The Fool.

>>17019796
Data attempts to, but cannot reach the hole.

Spike looks around the room, frowning.

"Looks kind of like the audience rooms some of the higher ranking Syndicate members would spoil themselves with," Spike says. "I don't like it."

do the panels seem to move, or are they just set in the door? if that door is unlocked open it, but if not look around the rooms to see if anything of interest is obtainable.

Yeehaw TG Quest!

>>17019510
Don't forget the vial of Aglaophotis that Spike found in the storage room.

>>17019822
Engraved panels or slidable/movable panels?

>>17019848
>>17019822
Do the panels on the vault-door in the realworld move?
If so, this is likely another puzzle.

As for the team, are there any hidden switches or latches among the columns or dragon statues?

rolled 12 = 12

>>17019848
Forgot my roll.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17019859
>>17019882
>>17019883
The Otherworld team is in an antechamber not present in the realword.

The door is locked. The panels appear to slide inward slightly, when pressed.

>>17019884
Well we don't like it either. Stay on high alert everyone, and be prepared for enemy combatants from either above or from that door.
Also watch out for that dragon statue, since it might feel like coming to life.

Hm. Well I have no idea what combination would open that door.
Maybe the Farseers do?

>>17019848
This look familiar to anyone else? Cheryl?
If not, we might be coming up on whatever Silent Hill has in store for you, Spike.
Be careful, and remember to let your allies help. Don't go it alone, we're in this together- friend.

Well, looks like we've got a puzzle on our hands. Now we have to figure out just which symbols to push in, or do they pop back out after being released? if that is so than we have a code to find.

>>17019938
He isn't really our friend. He's our employee. A damn good employee, but I don't think any of us staff members have actually hung out with him.

>>17019971
We seem rather fond of him. Even if the relationship is professional, and there are certainly members of our command staff here that would hang out with him given the opportunity.
Hell, we all were drinking that Rivendell booze with him and Holtz not long ago.

rolled 46 = 46

>>17019935
>>17019956
They pop back to their original position after being pressed.

The Farseers pit their intellect and psychic powers against the puzzle...

>>17020006
"We pierced the veil of time with our sight, but all we managed to see of the puzzle's solution was that the probe droid pressed four different panels before the door opened."

>>17020027
Okay, I have an idea.
We need to press 4 tarots, and we have 4 people in the away team. My guess is that we need to match up the away team to tarots, and press the corresponding 4 tarots.

well while we try to think up the winning combo for the realworld door puzzle, lets take a closer look at the otherworld room that the away team is in.

>>17020042
Not a bad theory.
Though what aspect as we going for?
What troubles them?

>>17020042
Sounds plausible.
I suspect that Spike would be the Fool, but I don't know about anyone else.

Sorry I'm late. Sup /tg/ quest?

we got some new rooms, a dragon statue, and a door puzzle with the tarrot arcana.

>>17020093
I wouldn't say any of them are the Fool, most are far from the beginning of their stories. As for who would match with what exactly.. that is a hard one, you could stretch the interpretation all over the place to find several matches. Maybe we show look for more clues.

>>17020174
Good point. Let's table that matter for now I suppose.

>>17019822
>The Empress
>The Devil
>The Star
What bullshit tarot deck is this?

Spike, see if you can pick the lock at the end of the hall. It's Spike's puzzle, perhaps his lockpicking skills will come in handy.

>>17020093
Nah.

The Fool is the first card, and represents the beginning of life's journey, and untapped potential.

Spike isn't The Fool.

>>17020209
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona's?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TarotMotifs
Once again, Tvtropes proving to be the major source of information on all things related to this quest. Get matchin' personalities.

>>17020209
Looks like a standard deck to me.

I wonder if we should be looking at cards to describe what stage they must go through here.
Judgement, The Hanged Man, Death, and the Hermit? All focused of resolution, absolution, closure, and introspection.

Data:
>VIII - Justice (La Justice): a woman, sometimes blindfolded, holding a sword and set of scales. A very traditional allegory of justice, objectivity, rationality, and analysis,

Spike:
>X - The Wheel of Fortune (La Roue de la Fortune): a six or eight-spoked wheel decorated with elemental symbols and surrounded by different animals wearing wealthy and beggarly clothes. A symbol of fate and varying luck, fortunes, and opportunities, and the cycle of life. What goes up will go down, what goes down will go up.

Best match I could find for Cheryl:
>II - The High Priestess (La Papesse): an old woman with a closed book, a symbol of hidden knowledge, wisdom, female mystery, and magic.

Silent hill itself:
XVIII - The Moon (La Lune): two dogs howling at the moon, around a pool with a crab in it, with two towers in the background. Associated with creativity, inspiration, dreams, madness, illusions, fear, fantasy, the subconscious, and trickery.

Couldn't find an obvious match for Heather's Bum.

>>17020265
Meh, personality matching is too vague, and not something the cards descriptions are meant for. More of a description of a story or a life's journey.

Let's go ahead and try these:
>>17020319

>>17020319
>>17020346
And if that doesn't work, we phone a friend and see what Egon has to say on the subject, he's be the best expert we have for interpreting this if we can't.

>>17020333
Doug's obviously the Hanged Man.
>>17020346
Could always try both.

>>17020319
Death and the Hanged Man stick for a moment when you press them, but when you try the others, they release back.

>>17020399
Okay, so that's 2 out of 4

>>17020399
Hm, looks like it might be person-based.
Let's try: Death, The Hanged Man, Justice, and the High Priestess.

>>17020431
The first three stick, but when you press The High Priestess, they all release.

>>17020472
Death, the Hanged man, Justice all stick.

Hmm. Justice is obviously data.
The Hanged Man is most likely douglas.
Death might be Cheryl.
Try the Wheel of Fortune for spike.

>>17020431
Or it could be going for the cards that can have particularly depressing interpretations: Death, Hanged Man, Devil, Moon.

>>17020481
I was figuring Spike for Death when I suggested it.
Which else might describe Cheryl..

>>17020502
Hm. Perhaps The Moon for Silent Hill itself.
I mean, Cheryl basically IS Silent Hill.
Or, we could try The Fool. The Fool is where everything starts, and usually represents the protagonist. That'd be Cheryl here.

>>17020502
Perhaps the Moon.
Represents dreams, nightmares, confusion, illusion, psychological conflict.
Thinking on the history of Alessa/Heather/Cheryl, that's not a bad fit.

>>17020502
What about Death represents Spike? I mean, a change and transformation would be better for Cheryl, considering that she's become one with Alessa and Heather.

>>17020472
Puzzlan gaems
We spent 2 hours on one room. I hope we're able to get through Silent Hill today.

>>17020472

Try the same combination again, but substitute the Moon for the Priestess.

>>17020548
Elimination of old patterns, transition into new, but in the end being caught in the inescapable and trying to end the cycle with his old life while dealing with loss.
Sounds like a fair description.

>>17020548

She was already one with Alessa. She just didn't know it.

>>17020472
OP has transformed into Writer-Dude and/or Vedibere.

>>17020518 is the combination that finally gets it.

The probe droid enters the Hanged Man, Death, Justice, and the Fool and the vault door slides up into the ceiling, revealing a room with a large key hanging down from a number of ceiling-mounted chains. The floor of this small vault room is covered with holes that descend into darkness.

OP Note: It actually flat out states in the wiki that Cheryl and Douglas are associated with the Fool and Hanged Man... I was surprised you didn't get them right off the bat.

>>17020673
Alright. So there's the key; but how do we get it to the guys in the Otherworld?
Or, maybe we don't need to get it to them. Maybe the act of taking the key is enough to unlock the door in the Otherworld. Either that, or dropping the key into one of the holes leads to the hole in the ceiling in the Otherworld.

Regardless, tell the away team to get ready for trouble, and have the probe droid go forward and grab the key. Have it avoid the holes where possible, and have its sensors scanning for possible hostiles.

>>17020673
Didn't think to look at their wiki entries for that.
Though we all seemed to agree on Douglas/Hanged-Man and Data/Justice.
Bit of a waffling on the Cheryl being Fool or Moon though.
Glad I was got it for Spike at least.

Onward brave probe! Hover over there and claim the key, and hope nothing too terrible happens.

>>17020698
This seems reasonable. Grab key, drop it in a hole, it might fall through to the otherworld team.

>>17020737
But we shouldn't just drop it into a hole too quickly, there's no way to know which hole is the right one.

>>17020748

I'd say have both Data and the probe scan the holes for dimensional quantum flux bullshit. If they detect any, we should drop it through.

Waiting for op

>>17020698
>>17020659
>>17020764
Considering how well Void Quest went, I'll take that as a compliment.

The probe droid rolls forward and claims the key, with nothing happening in response.

Examining the holes, the probe droid can find nothing to distinguish one from any other and it is not equipped with quantum sensors.

>>17020858
Have Data or Spike throw something up through the ceiling hole and see where it pops out.

>>17020865
What every game with distractable enemies, or triggerable traps has taught me:
Always keep a supply of useless shit around for purposes of throwing.

>>17020865
Spike chucks a pack of cigarettes up through the hole. The probe droid immediately locks onto this hole and drops the key through. The key falls down into the Otherworld room.

>>17020886
Alright, everyone get ready.
Have Data take the key, unlock, and then open the door.
Spike, Doug, and Cheryl to spread out and cover Data.

>>17020882
So, from now on, all away teams will carry a bag full of bolts?

>>17020901
The door opens to a long, darkened corridor filled with mist. You can barely see more than a few feet into the foggy hallway.

>>17020923
Man, I really wish we had a bag of bolts now.

Have Data scan the hallway, using his tricorder to send out pulses of modulated millimeter waves to try to cut through the fog.

We're going to have to go in there, but I'd rather be prepared first.

>>17020923
Everyone, stay in arm's reach of one another. If possible, tie some rope around each-other so you don't get lost in the mist.
Data takes point, everyone walks slowly forward. Spike covers the rear. Heather in the middle, with Heather's bum behind her. Ensure that Heather's bum remains covered - with all the attention we've given Heather's bum thus far, it'd be a shame if anything were to lay hands on Heather's bum in this hallway.

Move forward, be ready for tons of monsters.

>>17020947
Good plan. Let's combine with this >>17020945

>>17020882
those are half inch UNC chromed bolts

ABOUT 3 BUCKS A POP

these are 10cents a pop

>>17020945
>>17020947
Data detects several 'living' things moving around in the fog, but not obstacles or traps. Some property of the fog is making their pinpointing impossible.

As you tie up and prepare to advance into the fog, a high-pitched shriek is heard, and a skeletal bird, half made of metal flies out of the fog, alights on one of the pillars and caws at the group.

>>17020989
>ABOUT 3 BUCKS A POP
Seriously? Holy shit, I didn't realize that bolt prices were that high.

>>17020998
Skeletal Bird, eh?
It's probably acting as a spotter for the enemies. Fire a 10mm round at it (to see if it's adapted to 10mm rounds).

>>17021006
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the bolts are old rusted Soviet made bolts. Of course they're cheap and plentiful.

>>17020998
Oh fuck, Vicious' bird.

>>17020998
>a skeletal bird, half made of metal flies out of the fog, alights on one of the pillars and caws at the group.
If that thing says "Nevermore", I say we blast it.

Anyway, ask Spike if that bird looks familiar. This section is likely tuned to his memories.

>>17020998

Gentlemen, the smoke is a distraction, as is the bird. We should have them go back-to-back so that we can cover all angles. We don't want a skilled swordsman coming at us through the smoke.

>>17021030
...It's probably going to blow up if it gets to close?
Vicious implanted grenades in it, didn't he?

>>17021030
>Vicious' bird
>>17021050
>Vicious is seen with a black bird on his shoulder. Though he is even shown feeding it in one scene, he eventually hides explosives in its stomach and detonates them as a distraction during an escape.
>distraction
>explosives

Also, of particular note:
>[Vicious's] weapon of choice is not a firearm, but a katana which he wields skillfully, even against gun-wielders.

Apparently he can even bissect a tank with a simple vertical slash. I know Reality Emitters don't work on canon characters, but f*cking come on. A Katana? Against people with Shields, Kevlar armor, and Guns.

No one panic. Even if Vicious is around, kinetic barriers should stop a rapidly moving blade easily.

>>17021068
It could be made of some remarkably sharp future metal, with like, carbon nanotubes and stuff.
But yeah it is kind of bullshit.

>>17021068
Kevlar actually is very bad against puncture and slashing. Also, our kinetic shields work a lot like Dune Holtzmann shields, so a melee weapon could get through.
And if he's able to get in close, than a sword may be better than a gun in close quarters, especially as we're using rifles, not PDW's or pistols.

>>17021050
>>17021022
The bird shatters into many shards of bone as the retort of a gunshot fills the air. Spike lowers the gun as the bird clatters to the ground.

"Yeah. It looked familiar," he says. He turns to the corridor. "We doing this thing or what?"

>>17021091
...How's Data at hand-to-hand combat? I'm pretty sure his reflexes, agility, strength, etc are significantly above that of a human, and his durability definitely is.

>>17021109
Should we send just Spike and Data into this next section?
Neither Doug or Cheryl have close-combat skills, and this next section will likely involve a Vicious-analogue.
I don't like separating the team, but this might be the safest way to go forward.

>>17021104
First, that shot gave away our position. Move about 20 meters in any random direction quickly, keeping an ear open for movement near where we were before.

Second, Yep, we're doing this thing. Move forward, be ready to apply Bullet to Enemy.

>>17021104
There's nowhere to go but forward.

get everyone together and cover the angles, the swordsman could be coming from anywhere.

>>17021119
My only objection is that there's a good chance that if we split up, Cheryl and her bum will be ambushed.

>>17021068
Man, if he were to use a superior European-made sword, we'd be completely fucked.

>>17021145
>there's a good chance that if we split up, Cheryl and her bum will be ambushed.
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of.
But there's still the problem of getting Doug and Cheryl into a swordfight when they really shouldn't.

>>17021121
Isn't like Silent Hill doesn't know where we are.

>>17021068
>>17021087
Given what he's been seen to do with that blade without nicking it, we can safely assume an enchanced blade for the real thing, but that is beside the point. This is a version constructed from Spike's nightmares, meant to be a challenge to him. We'll be looking at Pyramid Head meets Vicious.

>>17021119
Aye, Doug and Cheryl should do their damnest to stay back. We're fortunate they have the best passive defense here, they may very well need it.

Also willing to bet there is going to be more to this that just Vicious..

>Also willing to bet there is going to be more to this that just Vicious..
Julia? Or maybe more Red Dragon goons?

>>17021183
Julia or Spike 'himself'.
There's a few ways for this to fuck with him, but Vicious is pretty well built up as his externalization of everything wrong in his past that haunts him.

>>17021145
Plus, we're in fog. You can't go Out of fog. So, the opportunity has passed.
Heck, if we could go in and out of fog, the first thing we'd do is hop in and out of every major city on the planet until we find one with survivors in it that we can ask wtf's going on.

>>17021204
The thing is, Vicious would be missing a component both Data and Doug's son had: guilt.
I mean Vicious was, with the exception of Julia, pretty much a sociopath who I can't imagine Spike mourning.

>>17021219
No, none of us have entered the misty hallway yet.
We're still in the room with the pillars and the hole in the ceiling.
We still have a chance to leave Cheryl and Doug here.

>>17021183

Let us assume the worst and prepare for a huge smorgasborg of Julia, syndicate goons, and any other people dredged up from Spike's past. Off the top of my head, I can remember three:

1.) Julia

2.) Vicious

3.) Rocco (that one hispanic-looking guy who pestered Spike to teach him martial arts and got mixed up with the mob so he could cure his sister)


Other enemy archetypes may include people who have opposed Spike in the past but weren't really a part of his backstory.

>>17021219
Wait, I have a brilliant plan.
Lets have Data and Spike lift Cheryl and Doug through the hole, where the Probe Droid will be able to protect them.

And YOU guys wanted a Culexus Assassin instead of Data.

>>17021109
Data is fairly competent at it, and of course has superhuman strength, speed, and durability.

As your team enters the corridor, their range of vision swiftly fades, and the sounds of their footfalls become muted. A cold chill begins to seep into them as strange sounds echo around them. Hoots and murmurs seem to come from mouths just out of view, but when someone goes to investigate they find nothing. Soon the entrance is lost to the mist, but thanks to the rope, everyone stays together.

Some of the voices become clearer through the mist.

"...run away. Let's just leave all this."

"You can't run."

"...this is all a dream..."

>>17021280
Ah, dammit, it's Julia.

"Mr. Spiegel, as we've already told you, this entire place gets inside your head to find your greatest regrets.
"Steel yourself, Mr. Spiegel, because Silent Hill is going to test you next."

>>17021280
I'm not familiar with my Cowboys of Boobeep. Are those quotes familiar?
I see no option but to move forward until we find something to talk to or kill.

>>17021257
I imagine the hole is either too small or they bang their head.
Besides, we still need Cheryl to figure this mess out.

>>17021299
Here's Spike:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Spiegel

And read up on Julia and Vicious.

>>17021299
IIRC the dream one was Julia's last words. beena while since I've seen the show

>>17021298
Pretty much this.

I hope we get that Bonus Content of what would've happened had we sent other persons into Silent Hill. Thus far, Data and Spike's segments have been pretty neat-o.

rolled 74 = 74

"There's no way out."

Then the mists explode in a hail of gunfire as unseen attackers spray the group with bullets from further in the mists. Looking around, all that can be seen are tall, dark shapes with what look like firearms moving around just outside of range to be clearly visible.

>>17021329
Use GUN on DARK SHAPES

>>17021329
Try to find a wall and then move forward; hugging a wall will eliminate the angles from which the enemy could attack us by half.

Man, we need to pick up grenades when we pick up those bolts.

I agree, fire upon the dark shapes, they won't have many nice things to say to you.
>captcha: figure fockse

>>17021329
Hm, a recreation of the night he faked his death?

rolled 83 = 83

The bullets strike Data to no effect, deflect off of Cheryl and Douglas' armor, and do not manage to hit Spike. Your away team responds with a devastating salvo of fire that manages to cause several of the dark shapes to fall backward into the all-obscuring mist. The second round of shots is more scattered and less overwhelming.

>>17021434
Use GUN on DARK SHAPES

>>17021434
Keep moving forward! Shoot and scoot!

>>17021434
The four slam themselves against the wall, turning to fire on the few shadowy figures in the mist that are left. They fall before managing to inflict any wounds beyond draining Cheryl's shields and inflicting superficial damage to Data.

"Well it figures this is all we'd get for me," Spike says with a grin. "I've dealt with my demons before."

Gentleanons, I present reference material:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzFSsZo7rfA

I imagine you might call spoilers if you haven't seen it before, but why wouldn't you have seen it?

In all events, let's try to even this up.
Fire on 'goons', keep covering each other.
Let's see if we can bring a better end to this bad dream Spike can't wake up from...

go forth and kick some ass! but make sure to keep an eye out for enemy 's trying to pull a ninja strike on you.

>>17021453
>"Well it figures this is all we'd get for me," Spike says with a grin. "I've dealt with my demons before."
>mfw
"I sincerely hope so, Mr. Spiegel. Let us proceed.
"Mr. Data, have you any more luck with the tricorder and the modulated millimeter wave pulses?"

>>17021453
Apply SLAP to SPIKE. Hubris gets you killed, and it gets you double killed in Silent Hill.
Keep moving forward, lecturing Spike on the negative effects of pride.

>>17021453
>"I've dealt with my demons before."
Huh, that is mostly true. Doesn't stop Silent Hill from trying though.

Proceed forward. Keep an eye out for more figures coming out of the mists or such; it's not like SH has any limit on "regular" it can spawn, as opposed to the custom-tailored regret monsters.

>>17021483

We're starting to sound a lot like Jet now. But still good advice nonetheless.

>>17021453
Indeed you have, Mr. Spiegel. However, our recent experiences have shown Silent Hill to be nothing if not inventive, so I wouldn't be surprised if it can whip something up just for you.

Your group moves forward through the mists once more. They encounter a small group of the shadows, but blow through them rather swiftly. Then for a full minute all is silent. Then, your team begins to hear something ahead. It starts off quiet and grows louder the further you progress. The sound of something metal scraping across stone.

>>17021654
Fuck. Can they judge how fast it's being dragged?

>>17021654
Uh oh. That's trouble coming our way.

Until Spike and Data from Cheryl and Doug; they'll need the extra mobility to fight against Vicious.

>The sound of something metal scraping across stone.

N

O

P

E

:|

>>17021463
Final battle..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0hryrytbO0

Possible Issues: Spike going at it alone. Shin's death. That Spike and Vicious seemed to be set on being killed by each other to set themselves free.. and Spike is still alive.

>>17021671
>Untie
Dammit. I meant 'untie'.

Well this is about to get serious

>>17021654
This would be a good time to get ready to cut or untie the joining ropes.

>>17021654

Mr. Data, can you detect any disturbances or life signs (excluding the group) in proximity of you? Regardless, be ready to repel a close-quarters combat type monster.


A Pyramid-Head Vicious is unlikely since Pyramid-head was exclusively James Sutherland's subconscious thingy.... unless you count the movies and arcade game. But I bet we'll see some sort of variation on it.

>>17021672
>>17021654
Balls.

>>17021171
>We'll be looking at Pyramid Head meets Vicious.
Sometimes I hate being right.

>>17021675
Spike wants to punish himself for surviving, for living. Julia's death, Shin's death, hell- even Vicious' death. All that he's done and all the people that have been killed in the crossfire..
He's got to deal with that.

Shit. Well guys, since PH is invulnerable, the main goal should be evasion. Any ideas?

>>17021688

This may be a prudent idea.

If anyone has any spare tracking devices or such, it might be a good time to pass them around the group. While defeating this next thing will probably dispel the mists, it'll probably be a bad thing if the group gets separated and lost while that thing is loose.

>>17021689
Pyramid head is also the Boogeyman, and might be part of Valtiel as well. He's appeared in several games now.
He's believed to be tied to a feelings of punishment and vengeance.

I say that the tracking device split up strategy is good, if we have the spare trackers. if not than evasion until a better course of action comes up.

>>17021716
He may be invulnerable but bullets slow him down.
>>17021730
Stay in visual range of each-other. We don't know that it is Pyramid Head yet, so we might be able to kill it with conventional weapons. If not, we just have to trust in Spike's ability.

>>17021689
"No, but up ahead, all of my reading cut out."

The sound gets louder until finally you come to a large wooden door. The sound is clearly audible on the other side of it. The door itself is carved with images of a beautiful woman weeping.

>>17021730
>>17021718
Everyone has Federation communicators, so we could track them that way.

>>17021741
Everyone untie. Doug and Cheryl on one side of the doors, Data and Spike on the other. Spike opens the door; everyone prepare for an attack.

>>17021736
>>17021729

Whatever that thing is, Spike has to come to terms with whatever is haunting him before he or the rest of the group can deal with it effectively. It might be a well-hidden survivor's guilt. Or hell, maybe even denial of some sort of past regret.

Otherwise, we'll just be like how James was against Pyramid Head the first time around. Running around in a cramped room with bad camera angles against a THING that can kill you in two swipes.

>>17021741
It's Julia isn't it?
I mean, who else could it be?

Reference material:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCzusHlI9qA
This could take awhile..

Well Mr. Spiegel, it would seem you have one last demon left to face.
We would greatly appreciate it if you don't die this time around.

>>17021759
Only this time around, I somehow doubt that this thing is going to have the decency to just kind of stagger around.

>>17021741

Mr. Spiegel, do you recognize the figure on the door?

Open the door *very* slowly and be sure to jump back if anything tries to attack from behind there. Or if the door tries to attack or something. Peer into the room from the small gap when the door is being opened.

>>17021759
Pretty much both PH fights in SH2 were like that.

Part of me wants Spike to face this on his own, if only for dramatic purposes. Anyway, run, don't let him get near you, and grab Cheryl's bum for luck.

>>17021826

The second round with the multiple Pyramid Heads was a lot better. Shooting them actually caused them to commit suicide faster, and you had a LOT more room to work with.

It may have been indicative of James on the verge of coming to terms with what he did. Or merciful design.

>>17021741
Waiting for op

>>17021859
Honestly, I think going it alone and trying to get himself killed in the process is what he needs help with. He's a tad self destructive when facing certain issues.

Let's try to avoid this ending..
http://youtu.be/cIZ_1b6yk28

>>17021880
Indeed.
Although I do believe that the assistance should be limited to Data.
I mean it's one thing to make Spike appreciate that he's not, and was never, as alone as he likes to think he is, but it's another to give Vicious Head some juicy targets who probably can't defend themselves.

>>17021914
Heather can defend herself, can't she?

>>17021914
I agree. Doug and Cheryl should stay out of there. Just Data and Spike.

Your team forms up and Spike slowly pushes on the door, which seems to open with a low moan.

Behind the door is a large gothic style worship hall with an impossibly high ceiling. Light streams in from many large stained glass windows depicting a blonde woman weeping red tears alternating with coiled red dragons, and carrion birds.

Behind row upon row of pews is an altar. There, a nun prays on her knees, her back turned toward you. In front of her is a tall humanoid in a longcoat, beneath which is a suit Its head is obscured by a streamlined mask, almost in the shape of a beak. It drags with it a very long katana, its blade easily five feet. A long scratch in the tiled floor of the cathedral leads from a door at the end of the hall to the altar, indicating how long the figure had been slowly advancing.

As you enter, the figure raises its weapon and with deceptive ease, decapitates the praying nun. The body collapses as the head rolls over to Spike's feet. Spike's face goes taut with emotion as he looks at the beautiful face staring lifelessly up at him.

"Julia..."

>>17021953
First question is: is Silent Hill preying on Spike's guilt over Julia's death, or unresolved issues with Vicious, or a combination of the two?
Second question: is this a boss-fight, or are just supposed to run?

"Mr. Data, do not be fooled by the being's apparent speed; once combat is initiated, it will likely move much faster.
"Mr. Spiegel, you ended your fight with Vicious. You finally killed him, and supposedly put that chapter of your past behind you. What still keeps you there?"

>>17021953
Pyramid Vicious.
Right.
Spike, you're not alone. You've got backup from Heather, Data, and some useless bum. For the love of fuck don't try to do everything yourself this time.
I don't know about Spike's relationship with Julia, so someone who is Cowboyier and/or more Bebopish can resolve that one.
Look for evil symbols on the floor; the idea is to lead Pyramid Vicious over them and apply bullets to him.

Data, you know the drill. Scan the place for hidden evil symbols and mechanics, if you're not currently applying bullets to and/or dodging the Pyramid Vicious.
Heather, try not to get yourself anywhere near the decapitating decapitator of decapitatage. If possible, just support Spike and apply some pressure to Vicous so Vicious can't get easymode cheap shots on Spike.
Douglas, don't stand near the decapitating decapitator of decapitatage. If possible, look for hidden items and switches and plot coupons and such.
Spike, resolve inner traumas.

>>17021953
Seriously, we need to get a drawfag in on OP's Silent Hill creations, they're freakin' awesome.

Also:
FUUUUCK.
Spread out, spread out. Big cathedral space, might as well use it. Prep to fire, try to aim away from the armored head. Mr. Data, keep that phaser rifle turned up, you'll have to play the part of the 'grenades and explosives' in this version of the battle. Everyone: Do not get hit, that's an order.
Good luck people.

Mr. Spiegel, try to keep control of yourself. Remember, you are not at fault for the misery Vicious brought to others in your life. He chose his own path, and there was no way for you to know or change that at the time.

>>17021984
If similar occurrences are an indication, this is a boss-fight that you run from a lot.
If Spike resolves the issues tied to this creature, we may slowly wear it down. It he doesn't, we may wear ourselves down, which will lead to cleaving down.

>>17021984

As I recall, it was implied in the series that Spike and Vicious were friends back in Spike's Syndicate days. But something happened involving Julia, and things went to shit, forcing Spike to flee (and get a cybernetic eye), and creating a lot of bad blood between Vicious.

It could be Spike feeling guilt or regret over how things turned out with Vicious and Julia.

>>17022038
So we have to apply psychotherapy to Spike while Data, Doug, and Cheryl fire on Vicious and stay ahead of its blade.

Given the size of the cathedral, Cheryl and Data should be able to run and stay ahead of Vicious. I don't know about Doug, though. It's been years since he left the police. He might not be up to doing a lot of running.

>>17021953
Mr. Siegel, what happened to Julia was Tragic, and I mean that in the ancient Greek or perhaps Shakespearean sense. You know, 'star-crossed' 'the mocking laughter of cruel gods' things like that.
As for Vicious? ...He can just choke on a bag of dicks. Even if he felt something that closely resembled love for Julia, he was still a sociopath.

>>17021984
>>17021990
>>17022017
>>17022038
>>17022041
>>17022053
>>17022055
Well, we have a plan. Now to wait another 30 minutes for op.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17022096
I've been here. Watching. Waiting.

"She STILL died!" Spike shouts as you ask him your questions. "I took everything from Vicious... but he took everything from me, too!"

Pyramid Vicious suddenly breaks into a run, lifting his long-katana as he charges directly at Spike. The others scatter as the stained glass windows shatter, peppering those in the room with shards of sharp glass and covering the floor with it. Billowing clouds of mist begin to pour in from the windows, which now show only darkness outside the hall. Likewise, nearly all light in the hall is extinguished.

"Most of the hall is uniform, but I have located anomalies," Data reports. "They are not 'evil symbols', though. They just seem... out of place."

>>17022132
Good. We can work with that. What do they look like?

>>17022132
"Mr. Data, please attempt to identify these anomalies visually.
"Mr. Cartland, Ms. Mason, stay as far away from Vicious as you can."

>>17022132
Good work, Data.
Spike: Okay. You hate Vicious. I can get that. But the LAST thing he has left to take is your life. So calm down, keep a level head, and stay the fuck alive.
Whenever you're pissed off, It's pissed off. Whenever it's pissed off, it cuts shit open.
So. Calm down, and wait for us to figure out how to beat it. All you'll do by fighting it full force right now, is just kill yourself along with it.

>>17022132
A man like him should never have had those things, had -her-, to begin with. The real Vicious was more of a monster than the farce currently trying to murder you.
Do you really think that you and him are even remotely comparable?

rolled 8 = 8

>>17022153
>>17022156
Vicious' sudden speedy charges catches Spike a little off guard and he is unable to completely get out of the way in time. The katana blade catches the edge of his shoulder as he jumps away, opening up a shallow cut. Cheryl and Doug open fire, but the bursts go wide, wildly aimed as they put distance between them and the monster with the sword.

"There are four engravings on the floor around the central altar. One is a pair of dice. Another appears to be a robotic arm. The third looks like a dog... and the fourth... it appears to be some a stylized 'smilie face," Data reports.

>>17022132
"Mr. Spiegel, calm down. This is a manifestation of your anger and regrets that Silent Hill has pulled from your mind. The more angry you become, the stronger it becomes.
"And while he may have taken much from you, Mr. Spiegel, he failed to take your life. Don't give him a second chance."

>>17022132
"'Out of place' how Mr. Data??"
"Spike, you didn't take shit from Vicious. Everything that man lost either left willingly, or was destroyed by him. Julia, Gren, hell even the Red Dragon Syndicate was destroyed in the process of him 'owning' it. He was a cancer on everything around him in those years. You may have been friends once, but he was just too twisted up inside to know what to do with friends besides getting them all twisted up inside as well- Is that really what you want, to get twisted up inside like him? Or is that what you are trying to avoid by throwing yourself headfirst at death?

>>17022190
>pair of dice
Faye.
>a robotic arm.
Jet
>a dog
Ein
>Smilie Face
Edward

"Mr. Spiegel, Vicious was not able to take EVERYTHING from you. Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Ed, and even Ein. For all that he tried, he could not take the Bebop and its crew from you.
"Remember that, hold on to that."

>>17022190
Aheheh... excellent.
And I see we're already into the 'getting terrible rolls' portion of the boss fight.

>>17022053
So- Heather's bum is a little flabby?

>>17022132
We picked up a candle earlier. Might as well light it now. One light in the darkness beats 0 lights in the darkness.

>"I took everything from Vicious... but he took everything from me, too!"
And you both think you'll be the death of each-other. Mutually destructive. While that works in the real world, THIS version of Vicious is just a copy made by Silent Hill. It's NOT worth dying over. In fact, chances are it's fucking with your head to try and MAKE you suicide into it. Stay cool and keep your distance, and remember, this fucker is only as big of an enemy as you make him.

>>17022216
I see! That makes a lot of sense. Wonder how we get the memories from Spike to take physical form.

>>17022204
Damn I type slow.

>>17022190
"His friends.. Mr. Spiegel, take note of the marks Mr. Data is pointing out. We will likely have to hit this creature while he is within those circles, also- I think you know what those marking represent.
Work with the team and bring this this down."

>>17022190
This is kind of a cool.
Wonder what would've happen if we had sent Darius or Star-Lord down instead?

>>17022190
Ah. So, Spike stays calm, leads Vicious over the symbols representing his friends (possibly using the mental image of his friends to calm himself down), while Data, Heather and Bum apply bullets to Vicious.
That seems like it'd work, but we'd have to calm Spike down.

If I know my Spike (and I don't really know my Spike), he's itching to dive face first into death for a chance to shoot the bastard.

>>17022216
>>17022204
These.
Vicious destroyed his own connections to the world, not Spike.
Spike hasn't lost everything either, he still had friends, allies, people he could have relied on but cut them off..
Damnit Spike, don't let go of your connections to the world. Only you can break them, not Vicious.

rolled 77 = 77

Spike finds it difficult to answer as Pyramid Vicious turns and drives his katana through the Space Cowboy's left arm. Blood flows freely as Spike screams in pain, the monster suddenly driving its beak-like mask into Spike's chest over and over again, "pecking" at him to open a small wound. Each peck that follows the first makes the initial wound deeper and deeper...

The mist flooding the room and the lack of light is making things difficult to see, though it is not yet as bad as the corridor that led here.

Data fires his phaser rifle at the monster, notes it has no effect, then begins to run towards Pyramid Vicious.

>>17022190
Well, looks like Spike will be continuing his tradition of fighting while terribly injured.

>>17022283
> then begins to run towards Pyramid Vicious.
He'd better be running to apply Healing to Spike. Don't try to melee Pyramid Vicious.
>>17022289
Bang.

>>17022283
"Ms. Mason, Mr. Cartland, our analysts up here believe that you have to get the creature into one of the four circles, at which point it'll become vulnerable to weapons fire. Please keep that in mind."

Uh oh, is Data going to try to tackle Vicious?

>>17022310
Bad thing about Data is, a nanite bag can't bring him back to life if he's downed. He really needs to not catch a case of the Beheaded.

>>17022303
>>17022289
Every fight involving that guy gets him shot repeatedly by mooks that he keeps fighting for some time before fighting Vicious and getting knifed some more while fighting on equal footing despite injuries. I swear, if there was ever an even Spike vs Vicious fight, just the two of them in perfect condition, Spike would wipe the floor with him.

>>17022283
Mr. Data, if you could throw or shove the creature towards one of the symbols, it would be greatly appreciated.
Invulnerable does not mean unmovable, after all.

Is there someplace that has a list all the archived threads?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Meta%20Quest
There seems to be a few missing, or with different tags maybe?
Sage for not contributing.

>>17022344
Yeah some were mistagged.
Try 'meta' or possibly 'orz'.

>>17022338
...That's actually a pretty good point.

>>17022329
Beheaded would be the best case scenario, that head just snaps back on.

>>17022329
Actually, even if Data is beheaded, we can recover his head and body, reattach them, and then reboot.

The only problem would be trying to lug his body around.

>>17022338
>I swear, if there was ever an even Spike vs Vicious fight, just the two of them in perfect condition, Spike would wipe the floor with him.
Well we're in one now.
Spike just got stabbed.
Your counterpoint?

>>17022366
Technically that's not the real Vicious, but a manifestation of Spike's issues, of which he has a lot of?

>>17022366
I'm pretty sure supernaturally invulnerable horror doppelgangers don't count as the real thing, nor as an 'even fight'.

>>17022283

Hmm. Those circles on the ground obviously represent Spike's companions during his stay on the Bebop.

Those circles will either empower Spike (yay friendship) or weaken Pyramid Vicious/Corvus Vicious (also yay friendship?) whenever one or both of them step on them.

>>17022388
Well, either way, Spike needs to make for those sigils!

>>17022388

Er, that is, either Spike will draw strength from the circles or Corvus/Pyramid Vicious will be weakened if it steps into those circles.

Guys, Crazy idea that might work:
What if we apply Sedatives to Spike, and have Data carry Spike around?
That should greatly slow down ▲Vicious.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17022344
I maintain a full list. I'll post it the next thread I make, unless you need it now? Some of the tags were messed up, yeah.

Data runs into Vicious, grabbing him and using his momentum to half push and half throw him towards the nearest symbol. Though he doesn't reach the symbol, Pyramid Vicious is hurled a sufficient distance that Spike is able to recover himself, get to his feet, and start jogging towards another one.

Cheryl and Douglas start opening fire on the monster, but though this time many of their shots hit despite the mist and darkness, it doesn't seem to even slow the monster.

>>17022408
You know how this fight works. Spike and ▲Vicious need to stand on a symbol - preferably a DIFFERENT symbol, if they're both standing on one. Then we put lots of bullets into ▲Vicious.

Hope you're also working on the list of what would've happened had we sent other people down into Silent Hill. :)

>>17022408
Excellent work Mr. Data. Now if possible, force it all the way back to the symbol.
I believe extremely close range is the best tactic, because no matter how fast he is, there are disadvantages to wielding a sword that big against someone closer than arms length.

>>17022242
>>17022242

Try to light a candle and put it in one of the circles. Or try to get Spike to one of them.

Also, remind Spike that Vicious didn't take EVERYTHING from him. He still has people who cared for him! Like Jet, and Faye (who, despite her being a huge pain in the ass, risked life and limb to hold off a huge fighter fleet so that Spike could speed on toward his final showdown with Vicious).

rolled 28 = 28

>>17022394
I like Corvus Vicious far better than Pyramid Vicious and it is far closer to what I envisioned. I will now steal it.

Spike stop as he steps over the arm symbol, pivoting on his heel to fire a few rounds at Corvus Vicious, who slowly gets up and begins to walk toward him. Spike fires a full magazine, then reloads, the bullets not affecting Corvus in the least. Finally the monster breaks into a lightning-fast charge as he did before, and Spike jumps out of the way.

The moment Corvus Vicious steps onto the engraving, he suddenly stops, dropping to a knee and convulsing as the symbol glows green.

>>17022447
"Now! NOW! Everyone, fire!"

>>17022432
>there are disadvantages to wielding a sword that big against someone closer than arms length.
In real life, yes.
But this is some type of Weeabomination with a Katana.
>The moment Corvus Vicious steps onto the engraving, he suddenly stops, dropping to a knee and convulsing as the symbol glows green.
Use GUN on VICIOUS.

>>17022447

I don't suppose anyone brought a net gun? Or some sort of freeze ray?

Regardless, now we know that Corvus Vicious is weakened by the circles. Now we just need to display the power of friendship by pumping him full of bullets while he stands on them. Together.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17022454
>>17022456
Cheryl opens fire, fully automatic, but this just makes most of her shots go wide, unused as she is to assault weapons. Douglas does better, manage to strike the monster with a few well placed bursts. Unfortunately, Data miscalculates and his phaser beam strikes a pew instead, lighting it on fire. Spike's few shots go wide as he runs for the next symbol.

Corvus Vicious finally pulls himself upward with a shrill, inhuman screech, and begins to move towards Spike once more.

>>17022344
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Meta
Gets all of them.

rolled 28 = 28

>>17022493
Corvus Vicious charges even faster this time, striking Spike before he can get into position with the edge of his long-katana. A long gash is opened on Spike's chest and he is forced back, off his feet as Corvus Vicious raises his huge blade for an overhead blow...

>>17022493
>4
Oh, this is not an indication of good.

We really need to get Spike better clothes. Like a suit with nano-fiber armorweave.

>>17022493

FFFFFFFFFFFFF

/tg/ DIIIIIIIICEEEEEE!

>>17022511
God damn it.
Right, get Spike's head in a nanite bag and we can revive him later. In the meantime, keep leading Corvus Vicious over the symbols on the ground and putting him full of bullets.

Also Spike, you really need to stop getting dead.

>>17022511
"Dammit. Mr. Data, try to shoot that katana."

rolled 2 = 2

>>17022511
The blade comes down squarely on Spike's left arm, cleaving it to the bone and crippling the limb. Spike howls in anguish as the arm goes limp, useless at his side. Gunfire suddenly rakes the back of Corvus Vicious as Douglas and Cheryl open fire.

"Get off him you bird-brained freak!" Cheryl shouts.

>>17022513
Even some of the platemaile from LotR would be useful at this point.

>>17022531
>2
For fuck's sake.
For FUCK'S SAKE, DICE.
Anyway, prep for corpse retreival, put down Corvus Vicious ASAP, and brace for badness.

>>17022531
>8
>4
>2

All right, we fucking get it, Spike Died. Are the /tg/ dice going to roll 1 next?

rolled 44 = 44

>>17022531
Unfortunately some of the bullets ricochet INTO SPIKE. Spike cries out in pain once more and Cheryl immediately lowers her rifle in shock.

"Oh shit! Sorry!!! Sorry!!!!!" she yells.

Then Data bursts forward from the mist to try and body-slam Corvus Vicious into the next symbol, the dice.

>>17022531
/tg/ dice fucking loves silent hill.

>insprov cleve
Yes, that is what's going to happen to Spike now.

rolled 21 = 21

Don't worry guys! I'll step into the doorway and take the next dice roll.

rolled 86 = 86

>>17022546
The manuever manages to get the monster off Spike, but fails to get him over the circle. Vicious grabs Data, pecks him viciously, and then hurls him into a nearby pew, which splinters into shards of wood.

With almost inhuman endurance, Spike gets to his feet and attempts to move around Corvus Vicious, drawing his hand-phaser with his good arm while his left sags at his side, leaking blood all over the floor.

The fire Data started begins to grow in the background.

>>17022554
Good job, rookie. Your sacrifice might not be in vain.

>>17022531
Fucking hell.
How many times does Spike need to die fighting Vicious..
Everyone keep firing on Corvus Head, keep him off Spike.
Mr. Data, be prepared to gather up Mr. Spiegel should he fall. If this does happen we need to keep him as whole as possible until the RED kicks in.
Party be advised that without Spike the creature is likely undefeatable and heavy evasive action is advised.

>>17022567
"Mr. Cartland, take a look at that fire; does it look like it'll be a danger to you or anyone else?
"Mr. Data, are you still operational?
"Mr. Spiegel, just get Vicious into the circles, everyone else can shoot, but you need to be the bait."

rolled 61 = 61

>>17022567
Perhaps driven to distraction by the smell of blood and the sight of its victory on the horizon, Corvus Vicious stops paying attention to his surroundings and steps DIRECTLY ONTO THE SYMBOL of the dice. The symbol suddenly shines with yellow brilliance and Vicious begins to shriek, convulse, and fall to his knees once again.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17022592
Takin' the 10 before it kills anyone.

>>17022594
ROOKIE! YOU ARE SAVING US! GOOD JOB!

Hell, 4chan just borked, I had to switch browsers, looks like they changed gateways or something, fuck if I know but connecting to the site might be spotty for some.
I'll go ahead and blame Silent Hill for this.

>>17022592
"Mr. Cartland, Mr. Data, Ms. Mason, fire now!
"Mr. Spiegel, get to the next circle!"

rolled 98 = 98

>>17022583
"I think we've got bigger things to worry about right now!" Douglas yells, firing a pair of bursts that strike Corvus Head in its mask.

"I'm fine, commander. Merely a scratch," Data says as he stands and opens fire, landing a direct hit on the monster as Cheryl manages to land a few herself in the storm of fire she opens up.

"Yeah... yeah... Going..." Spike murmurs, limping towards the next symbol.

>>17022594
Holy shit, rookie! You are doing great! Keep it up!

>>17022613
>>17022594
Rookie is credit to team!

>>17022613
>98
Yes! Die, you damn freak of Silent Hill, die!

I think the next roll is over 70, so I won't be stepping into the doorway this time.

Just so you know: $80,000 of Rookies have died to bring you this victory today thus far.

>>17022613
FIRE EVERYTHING!!

>>17022613
Fire ALL the weapons!

>>17022629
>$80,000 of Rookies have died to bring you this victory today thus far.
That's okay, we'll just hire some more.

>>17022613

Finish him!

rolled 66 = 66

>>17022613
Spike is just over the next symbol, the dog, as Corvus Head breaks free from his paralysis with another inhuman shriek, this time almost more like a caw. He breaks into a charge immediately, barely missing Spike as he rolls out of the way. Douglas suddenly lowers his rifle, as if bracing it.

A deafening explosion tears up the floor near Corvus Head as Doug fires the M41A's grenade launcher at the monster. The explosion knocks the monster off his feet and pushes him into the next symbol, which lights up in brown. Corvus Head's shrieks progressively get more agonized this time as Data, Heather, and Douglas fire, all hitting home. Another explosion tears up the area as Heather fires her own grenade, the explosive actually tearing off one of Corvus Head's limbs. Then the effect ends and the monster is loose again, Spike having used this time to get far, far away from all the explosions.

rolled 96 = 96

>>17022659
Takin' it

>>17022659
Out of curiosity, is Corvus Head actually bleeding blood, and is its mask starting to crack?

>>17022663
rookie, why?

>>17022663
Fuck

>>17022663
>96
NOOO!!!
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!! WHAT HAVE YOU DOOONNEEE!!!

>>17022663
...2 out of 3 ain't bad, especially by our standards.

>>17022659
Well, we've lead him over all 4 symbols. What do we do now?

>>17022663
>96

>>17022659
"Mr. Spiegel, are you in position over the next symbol.
"If our calculations are correct, this last one should weaken the creature where your regular weapons will work, or even kill it completely."

>>17022659
>>17022682
Keep leading him over the first one again, I'd assume. Also, Spike has WAY too much endurance to be a regular human being.

>>17022659
Transition from this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn144yWiZF4

To this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAzPR0ACVw

Bad Corvus Head, no biscuit.

Take 'em down Spike.

>>17022682
No, there's still 1 more symbol left. We did Arm (Jet), Dice (Faye), and Dog (Ein). There's still the Smiley Face (Ed).

>>17022715
No, we got all of them now, we got two on post when the grenade blew him from one into the next.

>>17022733
No, it was the grenade from Doug that pushed Corvus Vicious into the Dog circle.
He hasn't been into the Smilie circle yet.

Corvus head, suddenly stops, turns, and THROWS its massive katana through the air like a javelin. The weapon catches Spike in the back, pinning him to the ground just short of his goal. Corvus Head shambles over to his prey as fast as he can, black blood sickly oozing from the open and jagged stump that is all that remains of his left arm. The monster ignores the gunfire directed at him by the other members of the team as he moves towards Spike, who lies still. Finally he reaches its quarry and pulls his sword free with one arm, leaning down to run it through Spike...

...and then suddenly Spike rolls onto his back and kicks up with his foot while grabbing Corvus Head's shoulders, throwing him over himself and into the circle, which shines with an orange light. Spike rolls over again, draws his phaser and fires, point blank into the monster. The thing gives out a long, pained groan, falling still as thousands of tiny smiling faces boil out from the final symbol and begin devouring the monster, leaving nothing behind save the long katana as they consume the final demon of Spike Spiegal.

Spike collapses with a long sigh, pulling himself up against the half-destroyed altar as the fire spreads to half the hall behind him. He shakily pulls out a cigarette, puts it in his mouth and then points at the spot where Corvus Head died, his thumb upright.

"Bang."

>>17022733
Nope, the symbol light brown, which is Ein's fur color.
We didn't see any yellow signs lighting up yet.

>>17022754
All right.
Spike, get the fuck out.
Heather, Bum, Data, look for a book or a black goblet before this whole fucking place becomes fire.
Once you've found the book, or the goblet, or ideally BOTH, get the everloving fuck out of the burning burning hellhole.

>>17022754
"Well done, everyone!
"Mr. Data, please administer emergency medical aid to Mr. Spiegel immediately.
"Ms. Mason, Mr. Cartland, are you two alright?"

>>17022774
Wait, Data can set either his phaser rifle or Spike's phaser to disintegrate. It can be used to disintegrate what's on fire, denying fuel to the fire and preventing its spread.

>>17022754
Cue this music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M3R2WvFQk
Replace 'pumpkin' with 'Corvus'.
Haters shalt hate.

"Mr. Data, please see to Mr. Spiegel's injuries. Spike, how you feeling down there? Everyone else intact?"
Make a note to have Data grab that damn big sword.

>>17022754

Mr. Data, perform emergency field medicine on Mr. Spiegal immediately!

Cheather and Doug, assess the fire, then start looking around the cathedral for potential weird puzzle shit items. Be mindful of the blaze.

>>17022784
Good plan.
And if that doesn't work, Data's immune to smoke inhalation damage, and can explore the room even as it becomes extremely On Fire.

I bet the Katana's a puzzle item.
Wait, Katana. Supernaturally sharp. We can use it to break Alessa's statue, I'll bet.

>>17022774
If fire really does look to be a real concern we can have Data use a phaser to vaporize the burning pews.

rolled 46 = 46

>>17022775
>>17022784
"We've been better... but a lot worse too," Cheryl says.

"I swear if you call me a bum one more time..." Douglas grumbles.

Data attempts to use his phaser to control the flame as Spike nonchalantly uses a flaming piece of pew to light his cigarette.

rolled 26 = 26

>>17022818
Data eventually manages to get the blaze under control, though it takes some time and much of the church is burned before he manages it. He then begins tending to Spike's wounds while the other two look around.

>>17022835
Other than the katana, there doesn't seem to be anything else here that the two find.

>>17022835
>28
Damn, Spike's arm is going to be out of commission until we can get him to the EMH, isn't it?

>>17022835
Take 10 on that search roll. Hopefully it didn't burn the Book we need for the 100% True+ Golden ending.
Hell, send in the X-com rookie.

>>17022842

Acquire katana.

Have Data secure it and carry it, and try to act as nonchalantly as one can while carrying a sword with a 5-foot long blade.

rolled 50 = 50

Absorbing blows for you guys! Or else this is a great blunder.

>>17022870
It was the most average thing you could possibly have done.

>>17022842
Once Spike has been stabilized, Data should examine the katana, and given his strength, it'll like be him that'll carry it.

"I am unhappy to report that Mr. Spiegel is severely injured and should not be placed in any sort of combat situation for a long time until he is fully recuperated," Data states as he finishes treating Spike. "By all means, he was a hair's breadth from death. I myself am not entirely sure how he survived. To put him into another fight now though, would be to seal his fate."

Explore a bit, get a feel for the area. Single level to the cathedral room?
Probably pointless, but anything to be seen out the broken windows?
Any other doors or exits?
Signs of trap doors, or anything interesting around/on the sigils?

>>17022893
Spike and Doug might be able to hang out. Maybe they can stay in the burned cathedral and search it for stuff while Heather and Data finish the rest of the puzzle.
I know there's a Black Goblet or a Book in there somewhere.

>>17022893
Well, we have a Katana, and the only likely use is on the Alyssa Statue.
Spike should hang back somewhere safe. Maybe he can be in charge of "Looking over rooms we've already cleared for healing items". It's a vital role in every video game.

>>17022893
"Understood, Mr. Data.
"Well, Mr. Spiegel, it appears that you will need to be sitting the rest of this one out.
"Also, could someone check the altar for a hidden compartment?"

>>17022893

At least he has that shot of RED he took prior to coming down here, if it comes to that.

Is there anything that Data can do to improve/stabilize Spike's condition? If he can even mend Spike enough so that he can walk unassisted, that would be fantastic.

Alright now what?
The only thing I can think of is to use the sword on the Alessa statue, but I don't really feel comfortable doing that.

Data picks up the long katana just fine.

>>17022904
There is a door at the rear of the cathedral that Corvus Head apparently entered by, given the long scar on the floor where he dragged the tip of his sword.

>>17022922
Health Drink.

Health Drink.

HEALTH DRAAANK.

HALTH DRAAAANK.

The voice will never leave my memory.

>>17022937
>health drink voice

Who?

>>17022937
Well, Data, Heather, and Douglas (who is apparently not a Bum) can go on through it.
Where is that Health Drink line from? I don't recognise it, but it sounds humorous.

>>17022937
Alright, I suppose have Data cautiously open the door and see what's in the room?

>>17022937
Okay, let's have Cheryl and Data check out the door that Corvus Head came through, while Doug covers their back.
Is Spike able to at least move on his own?
We need to find a secure place we he can be until we're ready to leave.

>>17022937
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcZhyH-ODd4

Let Spike rest if we can get him to.

Once we're ready to move, let's see about that rear door.

In the meantime, >>17022923
has a good point, check out that altar. Examine the 'nun' if still present as well, though try not to be rude with it.

It's 2:30am and we're autosaging. Let's check out the room behind Corvus. The Altar, Confession booths, and where the Nun was standing are good places to check.
ESPECIALLY the Confession booths. There's always something awesome hidden in those, if the curtains to enter them aren't locked.

>>17022979
Add: Data should also tricorder those places to look for hidden switches or compartments. Because why not? Might be somethin' useful.

>>17022947
>>17022945
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRaZFp6uWE&feature=channel_video_title

Yeah since we're autosaging this is a good place to stop, I think. We'll open that room in the back in the next TG QUEST! (which will be Sunday at 7 PM.)

Hope everyone had fun tonight.

>>17022999
Neat.
Hope you're workin' hard on that Bonus Content, OP.
Get some rest, I'll see you in 2 days.

See ya, OP. Get some rest.

Oh, also, someone remember to archive the thread.

>>17022999
Alright man, thanks again for running this roarin' good time.
Sleep well and see ya Sunday.