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The acrid smell of pulverized cockroach still wafted in the air as you and the others returned to the bikes. You had more than given a glance to the carnage left behind by Chris's weapon and the now hole-punched remains of the Metro's rail where its shots landed.

Even having witnessed the sheer destructive power of Chris's weapon before, it still amazed and terrified you that something that destructive could be so easily compact. It made you all the more grateful that you managed to shake Chris out of his nihilistic stupor beforehand, as you dreaded what he would do if he was still with that murderous mindset.

The thought was stopped short as you recoiled to a continuous, ringing hum in your ear and a blinking blue light from your radar. It wasn't just you, as you spotted Chris wincing back to look at his own wrist, with a similar blue ping emitting from it.

"We need to move" you state, hurrying to the bike's seat even faster now, "they shouldn't be too far off this station."

"It must be a bunch of those bigger bugs," Chris replied, as you started up the bike's motor, "just wish that damn ping on the radar wasn't so annoy-"

His reply was cut short by yet another humming ring in your ears, followed by another blue glow from the radar. It was irritating enough that you could hear Chris curse at the radar in front of you, yet it wasn't the most troubling thing about the second ping. You had figured the first ping had come from the other station, as the other half of the group had been there since the start of the mission, yet this one was coming from a separate direction entirely. In fact, as you touched the screen to expand the radar's map, you noticed it wasn't even on any of the rails or stations.

Two signatures were placed beyond the boundaries of the metro, yet were surrounded by what you could only guess were dozens or even hundreds of other signatures moving and darting about.

"It's coming from inside the tunnel wall?" Yukino chimed in, looking over your radar, "how can those things be so strong to dig through the concrete?"

"Goddammit, I was right" Chris interrupted her question, as you heard the start up of his engine, "There's a whole damn swarm on that other station. I'LL MEET YOU THERE PAULA!"

Chris's motor roared as he sped his way towards McPherson's Square. He didn't even give you a chance to object or speak up as he accelerated to his destination.

"We have to follow him" Yukino spoke up, getting up on the vehicle's passenger seat, "If the others are there, then they could use our help as well!"

"I know, but something is bothering me about that other ping" you speak up, looking back to your radar, "if they can just come out of the tunnel walls, then that means the have to have a place where they're coming from. Like a hide-out or a-"

"Nest." Yukino interjects, worry clinging to her voice.

You let the words hang, as you rev up the bike's engine.

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>>4047232

>McPherson Sq, help out Chris against that giant swarm
>Out of bounds, seek out that odd signature outside of the tunnels
>Bug Hunt, use your radar to find and intercept any signatures moving towards either location
>Write In

>>4047219
Damn bitch, I forgot that we're STILL Paula. Shit's been forever.
>McPherson Sq, help out Chris against that giant swarm

>>4047249
>McPherson Sq, help out Chris against that giant swarm

>>4047511
>>4047550

>McPherson Sq, help Chris against the giant swarm

Alright, let's go with this.

>>4047585
WHAT THE FUCK? YOU'RE BACK TO THIS? WHAT HAPPENED?! EXPLAIN PLEASE!

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>>4047585

After aligning yourself towards McPherson Sq., you pressed hard on the bike's right pedal. The acceleration of it along almost made you lurch back, but you kept your grip steady as you headed down Metro Station's platform crossing. The station's platforms were mere speed bumps against the bike, as the wheel's size merely passed over them towards the far Orange lined tunnel.

"Yukino", you called back, causing her turn back to you, "get ready to start shooting the moment we head in there. Those things are too strong to take up close and target the ones engaging the others."

"I will Paula" she replied in a yell as the tunnel's entrance passed you, "but how are we going to help out the ones in the tunnel walls?"

"We'll come back for them" you state in reassurance, "after we have helped out the others. We'll need everyone's help if we're heading somewhere not even the radar can show us."

Yukino nodded in agreement, as you focused your attention on making it to the other station.

<2:30:59>

You had been staring at the bike's radar while keeping a focus on the tunnel before you. The amount of signatures on the radar had begun to drop after you saw a high velocity signature make its way to McPherson Sq. It had to have been Chris, as you found out upon making it out of the tunnel.

The disgusting stench of several splattered bodies of cockroaches lined the platform landing, along with the clean, circular incisions on the railing. It was a slight, gruesome diversion from the ongoing chaos further into the platform. By your quick observation, there were about 10 or 12 of the larger cockroaches attempting to climb up to the upper platform.

You had noticed the escalators to it had been destroyed, no doubt in attempt from the others to slow them down. Only Dante, Kurtis and Allie were shooting down at them, as you couldn't spot anyone else nearby on the upper platform or in the platform proper. Chris wasn't anywhere in sight either, though you didn't spot a single body from anyone in there either.

"PAULA!" Kurtis called out, trying to wave at you, "GET OUT OF HERE! IT'S A TRAP!"

"THEY'RE ON THE CEILING!" Allie added in between shots to the other cockroaches, "YOU NEED TO RUN!"

You barely got a chance to look up at the several dozen or so cockroach aliens latched onto the ceiling, their craggy carapaces almost blending to the concrete above, before one of them landed right besides your bike. It let out a hideous hiss from its mandibles, before Yukino let out a shot against its head; splattering it against you and the bike.

A few more began to descend from the ceiling as several more began to climb the ceiling toward the platform where the others were. Their carapaces opened up to reveal spindly wing that flapped to soften their heavy descent. Giving your pedal a hard kick, you increased moved your bike away from the monsters towards a more advantageous position.

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>>4047667

>Out of the Tunnel, try to bottleneck the pursuers and try to finish them off there
>To the platform, use your bike as a platform to make your way to the upper walkway
>Stand your ground, use the bike's speed and mass to hit and run as many roaches that attempt to attack you
>Write In

>>4047662

Work, but moreso I had a hard time writing a satisfying continuation. Updates will come out a little slower since I'm still taking classes and working but I can at least keep updating again.

>>4047675
o shit it's back after 50 years

>Out of the Tunnel, try to bottleneck the pursuers and try to finish them off there

>>4047675
>Out of the Tunnel, try to bottleneck the pursuers and try to finish them off there
Numbers will work against them here.

>>4047676
>>4047692

>Out of the Tunnel, try to bottleneck the pursuers and try to finish them off there

We'll go with this, writing now.

>>4047733
You forgot to tweet again you big dummy.

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>>4047733

You quickly spun the bike around, the maneuver almost seamless in execution as you managed to also hit some of the cockroaches surrounding you. The bike's handling still seemed impossible given it single wheel, but you used the momentum to speed over to the tunnel's entrance.

"Paula, there's more coming from the ceiling!" Yukino yelled back, as she let off a few shots with her pistol.

You gave it a sideways glance, seeing that half of the group heading towards the upper platform were now moving towards you and Yukino. Whats more, the other group at the bottom floor were moving towards you at high speed on all of their skittering legs. In all, there were 8 or 9 heading towards you both, but they wouldn't be fast enough to reach you before making it to the tunnel entrance.

Skidding a little as you braced the bike sideways across from the tunnel entrance, you reached into the dufflebag for some weaponry.

"Yukino, stay in the back and cover me" you commanded, taking out one of the rifles from the dufflebag, "don't get down from that position and aim carefully. If they manage to get past me-"

"I'm not moving from here Paula" she intensely replied, as you moved out of the bike, "I'm not going to let you down."

You wished to reply, but you knew that it would be pointless now that her mind was made up. As the small swarm of roaches approached from the main tunnel, you aimed through the rifle's digital scope. Using the bike's seat as a shooting platform, you let out some shots to the crowd, with Yukino's own shots lighting up the tunnel along with you.

>Roll 1d20 +2 INT (DC is Lowered due to Novice X-RIFLE)

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>>4047744
Don't use it anymore for updates, mainly check through the /qst/ discord for it.

Sorry, should have posted it on the OP.

https://discord.gg/QBfMms2

ID: GeneralBolivar

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4047770

>>4047774
but the discord is full of gays

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4047774
I refuse to join that cesspit.

>>4047774
Ah damn it, you all wanting me to stay online all the time aren't you.

Rolled 4 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4047770
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>4047785
>>4047795
>>4047816

>4+2 = 6

Ok then.

Writing.

>>4047785
>>4047795
>>4047816
Oh, right.
I forgot how much I fuckin hated the dice luck in this quest.
I'm goin to bed.

>>4047785
>>4047795
>>4047816
revived for all of 3 updates before we died

I like how we counted up though

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>>4047831

<FAILURE> -1 STR

The roaches's numbers begin to reach the tunnel entrance but not before your volley of shots impact against the crowd. The delay on the impact gives them a few more feet of movement, before they're splattered against the platform rails. Their bodies expanding with a sickening squelch and subsequent crunch as parts of their torso, abdomen and limbs shatter and crunch like eggshells.

Their numbers still range at 5 or more, and some of the ones struck by the weapons are managing to still make their way towards you. Upon reaching the rifle's maximum shot number, you quickly drop it for a pistol from the dufflebag. Without the rifle's 5 second reload to slow you down, you let loose another barrage of shots into the crowd.

Knowing the pistol's delay on the shots impact wouldn't down these aliens before they arrived, you dropped the pistol and took out Erick's sword from your holster and prepared yourself for the worst. The roaches were but 10 feet away from the bike's makeshift barricade when you saw more of their bodies explode; not even attempting dodge the closer shots for a fully committed charge.

Even with your additional volley, there's about 3 still gunning for you and Yukino at high speed. You hear more of that eerie hissing from their mandibles as they reach the bike's frame.

"YUKINO RUN DAMNIT!" you shout as one leaps from its running gait, wings extended to strike at the bike.

The roach's talons extend to strike at you from the bike's center, as it almost tips it over with its sheer strength against you. It hits home right on your left shoulder, and you let out a yell of pain as your blood is drawn out to splatter against your suit. You don't wait for Yukino to answer, before severing the alien's limb and attempting to stab at the roach through the central hole of the bike. Even though you manage to pierce it, the monster continues to move erratically to dislodge itself from the sword.

You would have answered in kind by swinging the sword to slash it apart, but two more aliens leap onto the bike and do manage to tip it over completely. You knew these things were able to match the suit's power if you tried to engage them directly, so you could only dart back to avoid being trapped beneath the bike. The alien's crept right over, not wasting a moment to try and attack again, yet you noticed Yukino was nowhere in sight of the bike's back seat.

Steeling yourself against the pain, you readied a defensive stance against the three roaches once again trying to rush you down. Even against one, it had been a struggle to just kill them with the sword. Though, you quickly dissuaded those thoughts from your head as the aliens closed the distance. Before the closest one to strike however, the small form of Yukino leaped from a divot in the tunnel with a scream. She actually managed to strike the right-most roach with a slash against its side, cutting off a pair of arms.

"YUKINO! I TOLD YOU TO RUN!"

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>>4048019

>Help Yukino, but you'll be prone to attack from the two other roaches
>Defend Yourself, but you'll don't know if Yukino can kill that one roach
>Escape with Yukino, try to dodge all of the roaches and take Yukino from here but you'll face all 3 at once
>Write In

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OOC: Heading to bed in a few minutes.

We'll restart at 11:00 AM EST Tomorrow.

Have a good evening /qst/.

>>4048031
>Defend Yourself, but you'll don't know if Yukino can kill that one roach
Trust in her. Besides, Yukino would be way worse off here if Paula fell to the other two.

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>>4049040

"NO, I CAN HANDLE IT!" Yukino yelled back, as the two roaches approaching you now blocked your way to her.

Your breathing sped up as you could hear the hissing now so heavily resonating in the tunnel and her shouts of struggle beyond the two roaches. It made you want to push through the two aliens, but you knew that it would be unwise as it could get you surrounded if you failed. It was a moment of betraying your natural motherly instincts, but you had faith in Yukino's abilities to handle that monster.

"JUST-ARRRGGHH!!!"

Yukino's scream was gut wrenching but you couldn't get a chance to even look to her as the roaches were now closed in. You would have to keep your mind from her fate, as much as her screaming kept ringing in your ears. As the roaches extended their talons as well as their salivating mandibles, you steeled yourself for the onslaught.

>Roll 1d20 +4 AGR (DC Lowered due to Sword Intermediate & STR)

OOC: Early update, I'll be back today a littler later for more updates around 2-4 PM EST.

Rolled 3 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4049129
The dice in this quest ruins all the fun most of the time.

>>4049168
SEE THIS IS THE SHIT THAT RUINS EVERYTHING, BOLIVAR

Rolled 16 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4049129

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4049129

>>4049168
The dice is the fun

>>4049168
>>4049268
>>4049312

>19+4 = 23

Cool, writing results.

OOC: Got home a little early, updating.

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>>4049430

<GREAT SUCCESS>

The aliens' hissing erupts into shrill shrieks as their talons slash wide, attempting to no doubt decapitate you. You dodge the first barrage, seeing their talons quickly yet predictably slicing forward.

'Disarm them and move on,' you plan, as the closest alien lunges forward with a vicious bite of its mandibles.

It's reckless, just like their wild charge to bike and you deftly side step its attack. Using the momentum of your dodge, you press hard against the ground of your landing and give a grunt of effort as you put full force on a downward slice. With a swift slash, you bring the blade down on the roach's neck, sending its beady head skipping to the other end of the tunnel. A spurt of viscous, brown fluid splatters your suit, as the alien's decapitated body twitches and spasms next to you.

'I don't have time to kill them for good', your thought continues as the other alien moves to your flank.

You don't have time to dodge it, as its charge more than catches you in mid recovery from your earlier slash. Its full body presses against you, as well as painful pinpricks on your stomach as the alien's mass begins to move you back against the tunnel's wall. A resounding slam against the concrete causes your suit's lights to blink as the alien's strength holds you in place along with its lower pincers against your stomach.

You grunt and shout in effort against the alien's pin, but it's almost impossible to break free even with the suit's enhanced power without getting disemboweled by the lower pincers. The alien doesn't waste a moment as you see it ready its remaining claw at you, no doubt the one you didn't blow up completely in the tunnel's entrance. So, you resolve to gamble on a trick you remember Chris attempted during your fight in the forest.

'Just, got to stop them for now...'

With the hand holding the sword, you retract its blade with the lower button and hold the hilt's opening straight up to the upper talon. The alien's massive talon swings for your head, and the extending blade meets it in mid flight. The bisected remains scatter limply to the tunnel's floor, though the alien only increases its grip on your stomach driving those pinpricks even deeper into you. It wouldn't keep you held on much longer, as you once again retracted the blade and aim straight into the alien's midsection.

A revolting squelch and crunch resound in your ears as the sword pierces the alien's stomach, but it barely relents in force. Using the suit's strength, you lift it up the alien's impaled body and bisect it with a maddened yell. The pinpricks in your stomach loosen up, and you quickly kick the alien's twitching body away from you.

"Paula!" Yukino's voice resounds in the tunnel, earning your attention forward, "there's more coming in!"

You barely get a chance to see Yukino's still ongoing fight with the roach, as you spot the skittering forms of the remaining roaches moving quickly against you both.

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>>4049531

>Aid Yukino, help her kill the roach attacking her
>Intercept, go for the approaching roaches
>Escape, finish off the two last roaches and escape with Yukino
>Write In

>>4049531
>Intercept, go for the approaching roaches

Yukino can take one roach, right? She's taking it so handily she can even notify us of new ones coming in.

>>4049547
>Intercept, go for the approaching roaches

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>>4049554
>>4049559

Even without their limbs or even whole sections of their bodies, these aliens had proven to be beyond relentless. They moved as a surprisingly fast speed, not even hobbling as they seemed to just adjust to the lack of body parts. It was a disturbing sight you didn't dwell on, as you charged straight ahead to the approaching swarm. Though, as you did, you quickly saw Yukino's state in fighting that roach.

She was bleeding from a visible gash in her scalp, no doubt a glancing hit from the roach, as well as several cuts on her arm. Her opponent looked worse though, as it was missing one of its talons as well as part of its torso. Yukino's small size had no doubt given her an advantage over the alien, but you knew she'd need help fast if you were to make sure she survived.

'Please, just hold out for a little longer.'

Even with the pain in your stomach and shoulder, you didn't slow down as you made your way to the collapsed bike and mounted it to meet your oncoming pursuers. As the skittering roaches made their way to you quickly, you once again gripped the sword's hilt hard before leaping to the attack.

>Roll 1d20 +4 AGR (DC Lowered due to Sword Intermediate & STR)

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4049627

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4049627

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>4049627
roll again?

>>4049686
OOC: Sorry, can't accept dual rolls from the same person. Just need one more though.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>4049627

>>4049648
>>4049653
>>4049717
>17+4 = 21

There's the third one. Writing.

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>>4049746

<GREAT SUCCESS>

'Two in the front' you examine, as you bring down your sword on the first roach's head, splitting it in half along with the rest of its body.

The roach's left half twitches, its front talon still trying to pierce your neck but it tumbles forward pathetically. It's slow enough that you don't bother dodging and focus your attention on a new roach lunging at you with a shriek. Even with its top left side missing, it still manages a wide slash to your torso with its upper talon. It only reaches to your shoulder before you slash the sword up and cut the talon completely off.

It almost tumbles forward into you and you see its mandibles widen to catch your neck. Without much room to dodge, you raise a foot to kick at the roach's body. It didn't move back an inch, but you only needed keep the mandibles away as it pressed you against the bike's frame. You can feel the pinpricks of its lower pincers again, but only for a second as you stab the blade forward into its neck and take its screeching head clean off with a swift slice.

The body still attempts to grab hold of you but you deliver another heavy cut to its abdomen, cutting it in half and leaving its twitching remains to the side. With the roach's body off of you, you see the three remaining roaches all converge on you from the front in another reckless charge. Lacking true legs, their speed was somewhat reduced, giving you a chance for a heavier attack.

You planted your foot back, held Erick's sword at the ready and placed your thumb on the lower button. The roaches all lunged with a leap at the same time, their wings extending out and their wicked talons extended to end your life. With a single, swift motion, you drew a slash across all three at once, as the blade extended to almost dig into the walls of the tunnel itself. The suit's muscles bulged with power as you pulled everything you hand into this attack.

A revolting deluge of brown, viscous liquid splashed over you as the roaches' remains splattered to the floor and walls. You'd been reeking of that disgusting smell that followed their entrails, but you ignored it as you took in a breath of relief.

"AAAEEEGGGH!!!"

Your relief was cut short, as you saw Yukino being pinned down by the remains of the now headless roach you'd killed at the start of the melee. It had managed to disarm her, but was having a hard time hitting her with the larger talons given her size. Without a moment of hesitation, you took a running leap towards them using the suit and delivering a slash from above to the alien's midsection.

It split apart like a log of wood, twitching in place and Yukino used the opportunity to quickly move back to the tunnel wall. The roach's twitching body finally stopped as you tore it to pieces with the two swift slashes from Erick's sword, before turning back to Yukino.

"P-Paula...it really hurts..." she cried out, holding the bleeding areas of her stomach where the lower pincers had gotten her.

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>>4049876

>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies
>Try to stem the bleeding, but you'll have to improvise
>Find medical supplies, though you don't know where they'll be in the metro
>Write In

>>4049886

>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies

Carry her, tell her to put pressure on the wound.

I don't think there is any piece of cloth around here

>>4049886
>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies
Let the specialists do their work. Even if he has to improvise materials, it's better than attempting it ourselves, right?

>>4049886
>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies
Oh shit when did this come back?

>>4049886
>>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies

it's her best shot, if we try to stop the bleeding but it's internal we will only make it bleed internally

>>4049900
I was thinking the same thing, almost missed this

>>4049892
>>4049900
>>4049906
>>4049893

>Take her to the others, and hope Tanjeet still has medical supplies

4 for this, writing.

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>>4049963

About six different areas were punctured on her sides and abdomen. All of them about a penny in width and seeping out blood at an alarming rate. The ones on your own body were were almost benign compared to hers but you figured the alien's lower pincers had probably punctured deeper due to how much smaller she was compared to you.

Either way, you had no time to waste in order to get her medical attention.

"Yukino, don't take your hand off that" you commanded, moving closer to her, "please just hold on a few moments."

The pained grimace on her face only nodded in reply, as she kept pressure on the wounds she could. You hoisted her up in your arms, causing her to wince in pain as you began moving forward. Every step elicited a slight whine from her as you made your way over the bike and the carnage of the tunnel entrance. As the dim lights on the platform greeted you both, an eerie sight held your attention to the upper platform.

Neither Dante, Allie or Kurtis were overlooking the lower platform from the upper walkway. What's more, there were no new fresh corpses around the broken escalators or the upper walkway's stone railing. Thoughts of a horrible outcome for the others surged in your head as you approached the downed elevators. The middle sections had been blow completely apart, leaving no gap for a normal human to even jump up from the base.

It was barely a hindrance as you used the suit's leg musculature to propel yourself up from the base with a running jump. Yukino let out a yelp as you landed up there, the pain in your left shoulder coming back. The adrenaline was starting to leave your body, as the strain was starting to take hold on your arms. You took a look around the upper platform, seeing a new display of carnage as roach bodies lay exploded to pieces everywhere; some with trails of blood leading further into the platform.

'They must have headed out of the subway' you surmise, quickly moving forward to find them.

As you headed further in, another gruesome sight greets you as a severed human arm and a small mound of roach body parts line the walls and floor of the subway's escalator entrance. You make your way quickly to the elevator as several footsteps descend to its landing. Allie and Kurtis come into view of you, yet you speak first.

"Help! Please!" you shout, almost running into them, "Yukino's bleeding out and I can't stop it myself. Where's Tanjeet?!"

"H-he's in the entrance, but-"

You don't wait for Allie to finish as you rush even faster to the elevators. A destroyed maintenance grate closes off the entrance but you run through the massive hole in the center. The others are huddled up beneath the stone awning of the entrance, but you spot Tanjeet immediately tending to a slumped Chris.

"Hey, Tanjeet I need your help!" you exclaim, no doubt alerting the others nearby, "Yukino's bleeding out and-"

"Paula, stop!" Allie speaks up again behind you, "He can't help! He's out of supplies."

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>>4050026

>Aggressive, then go and get more supplies goddamnit!
>Compliant, Hold on to her, I'll go get more then.
>Passive, please, Tanjeet can't you scrounge up anything?
>Write In

>>4050031
who are we talking to? allie or tankeet?

>>4050031
>Tell them to at least keep her stable while we go find something to use.
Man, Tanjeet really needs to get some kind of medical weapon supplied by Gantz. His supplies run out so quickly...

>>4050031
>>4050032

>Write In
Tanjeet can improvise better than I do while I look for supplies

subways must be filled with emergency stations so we just need to check those

>>4050031
>Aggressive


Use Chris' supplies

>>4050031
> ^Comliant] I will look for some then. Do you have any idea where they may be?

As a police officer, did we had any instruction on how to coordinate with emergency services? Perhaps we where told where supplies are commonly found in this situations.

>>4050034
>>4050037
>>4050058
>>4050079

Oh boy, 4 way tie.

20 min to tie-break before I roll on the decision.

>>4050090
My post and another dude's are basically the same idea, just worded differently.
>>4050034
>>4050037
So they should be considered basically the same vote.
But if you don't want to accept that, I'll just 'switch' to the other guys to make it simple.

>>4050090
I think these
>>4050034
>>4050037

are basicaly the same right? ask tanjeet to improvise while paula looks for things

>>4050099
>>4050094
kek

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>>4050102

>>4050094
>>4050099

Oh, I thought you meant for Tanjeet to get the supplies.

My bad, writing.

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>>4050106

"What do you mean, you always carry a bag full of-" you start, before hearing a weary sigh from Tanjeet.

"I used up a lot of supplies to get Rick and the FBI officers patched up" he states, finishing up wrapping Chris's...right stump, "and the last of my bandages are on Chris now. There's nothing left Paula."

"Can't we go get more?" You ask frantically, looking around to the others, "there's got to be a pharmacy out here we can reach and-"

"No use, Gantz's map isn't going to let us" Kurtis interjected, now pointing out to the awning's edge, "we go any further than the entrance here, and the beeping starts in our heads. One of Rick's FBI friends proved that when they tried to book it out of here."

Your breathing got a little more raced, as possibilities began to get deleted out with further revelations. Yukino let out a groan of pain and you saw how much blood was beginning to seep through your own hands. Tanjeet immediately motioned her to his side and you placed her down next to Chris as he began to apply pressure onto the wounds. You could only look and try to think of a solution, when a familiar voice chimed in behind you.

"What about the emergency kits" Luis spoke up, earning a look of surprise from you, "they always have them in station clerk desks."

"No dice" Dante added, sitting down near a pillar, "looked around the upper platform and that booth isn't there. Pay stations are still there of course, but no station booth."

"What about the station maintenance rooms" Luis continued, earning a look of confusion from Dante, "Not the ones on the platform though, the ones in the tunnel system where the rail workers are at."

The words were a spark in your head, as you remembered a large maintenance door and divet where Yukino had attacked the roach in the tunnel. If there was a chance to find the supplies in there then you would do well to head there for them.

"I know where one of those is" you reply, conviction building in your voice, "we can head in there and get out quick before anymore of those things return. Tanjeet, please keep her stable, I'll be back quickly."

"Paula, there's something else though" Allie interjected, and you held yourself back from saying 'Can it wait?', "when we went into the tunnels looking for you, Yukino and Chris, we got ambushed by those things and they took Claire and Silvia. If we go back in, we'll have to split up to look for them and the supplies."

'That's who the signatures were from...' you concluded in your head.

"We can't wait any further either way" Kurtis states, readying his rifle and launcher, "Allie can go with you to get the supplies, but we're going to head over to find those girls. It's only a matter of choice on your part Paula."

You felt everyone, even Rick and the officers', eyes on you in that second. It wasn't any different than any other decision you had made before, yet you still wondered what Erick would have done in that moment.

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>>4050207

>Maintenance Room, head over there with Allie
>Claire and Silvia, let Allie and Dante handle the supplies
>Yukino, help out Tanjeet keep the pressure on her and let the others handle the supplies and rescue
>Write In

>>4050215
>>Maintenance Room, head over there with Allie

we know where the maintenance is

"I'll head after you guys after I help the kid."

>>4050215
>Maintenance Room, head over there with Allie

>>4050219
>>4050247

>Maintenance Room, head over there with Allie

2 for this one, writing.

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>>4050266

"Allie, come with me to the maintenance room" you command, and she nods in responds holstering her net gun and pistol, "Kurtis and Dante can handle getting the twins. I saw it not that far from the tunnel entrance on the right wall, so it shouldn't be too far."

"I'll come with you too" Luis adds, standing up to meet you both, "I dropped that suit the ball gave me in the bathroom, so I'll look for you both there. And more because...I'm sorry about everything Paula."

"Fine, but let's get moving" you reply, and motion them to move quickly to the escalators.

"Hey, what about us?" Rick speaks up, looking almost panicked in tone, "what if those things come back? We don't have your suits!"

"Then you should have listened instead of being difficult" Dante retorts, earning a look of despair from the officers, "Just yell if anything happens, Tanjeet and Chris should be able to help."

You could hear a grumble of frustration from Rick as you descended down the subway again, followed by Dante and Kurtis's heavier footsteps. You paid it no attention, as your determination to save Yukino superseded it.

<2:15:01>

"Dante had been expecting an ambush" Allie recalled, as you entered the tunnels, "But I don't think even he knew just where they were even with that radar. Even with Chris's help, we almost lost everyone back there."

She'd been recounting the events on their end up to now as you made your way to the maintenance room entrance. They had apparently arrived from in the station's entrance and, almost immediately, the FBI personnel tried to make a run for it along with Rick, but stopped the moment one of their bombs detonated. Not that they would have made much help as they had refused to put on the suits and only Luis had brought one over.

They had argued in a panic for some time before Kurtis shut them down and decided to look for you. That's when the were ambushed, the twins were dragged away and Chris arrived to attack the swarm on the station. Even though he killed a lot of them, he didn't account for the ones on the ceiling before Dante and Tanjeet had to rescue him out of there.

"I can't believe they managed to get Chris, even with that weapon..." you stated, earning a nod from Allie, "wait, we're close, follow me."

You stopped the discussion as you found the divot with the gray colored metal door. In any other scenario you would have used the handle, yet instead you readied one foot for a solid kick to that door. With the suit's enhancement, the kick managed to displace the door, hinges and part of the frame itself to a throttling slam on the concrete. Allie and yourself moved in quickly inside of the large, dimly lit hallway.

"Radar tell you where these tunnels lead?" Allie asked, looking around, "Cause I don't see any maps, anywhere."

"No, nothing" you replied, looking at your radar screen showing your signatures nowhere in the tunnels, "so much for reliable tech Gantz. Guess we'll have to wing it."

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>>4050362

>Take a straight path, look for signs near the halls
>Take deviations, see if there's signs on the corners
>Random, take any way that seems right and hope you make it somewhere
>Write In

>>4050367
>>Take a straight path, look for signs near the halls

the most traveled path is the most probable to have signs

>>4050367
>Take deviations, see if there's signs on the corners
Logic would dictate that this is where most people would put location indicators, right? Because it's at split-off points where people get most confused.

>>4050379
Semms good

Here's a +1

>>4050367
>Take deviations, see if there's signs on the corners

yea no one puts signs on straight paths
nowhere to turn

>>4050379
>>4050403
>>4050417

>Take deviations, see if there's signs on the corners

3 for this, writing.

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>>4050437

"Wait, maybe we won't have to completely wing it" you infer, looking around the top parts of the hall, "look for any signs near splits in the hallways or intersections. They might have something hanging off of a wall side or ceiling that can probably lead us to the maintenance room."

"Alright, I'll keep an eye out" Allie replies, also following your gaze around the sides, "also, keep an eye on the radar Paula. There don't seem to be any of those things in here, but they could come in at any minute."

You nodded in reply, and kept moving forward to your expected destination.

<2:10:14>

"Maintenance & Storage Room!" you call out, looking a metal sign hanging from the side of the intersection, "that has to be it, let's go Allie!"

Not too much time had passed since you had left the entrance of maintenance tunnel, yet you had found many of those signs right where you had guessed. It had been an educated guess to look for the signs on the walls of the intersections as you remembered they had similar layouts in the police station storage rooms. Figures that maintenance tunnels would follow a similar layout, though you were still glad that you guess was correct regardless.

The next turn revealed a large set of double doors, which you and Allie took no issues in kicking them off their hinges once again. With the obstructing doors out of the way, Allie and you entered a large storage area that seemed to have hallways of its own. Supplies for wires, plumbing and hundreds of boxes lined the walls of this place yet it wasn't long before you found what looked like a small office near the far wall.

"Management office" Allie stated, as you both moved towards it, "they'll have a first aid kit right on the wall."

"Yeah, I see it" you replied, harshly kicking down the office's door once again off its hinges, "we need to get moving though. May as well take the whole damn box-"

"Holy shit...Paula" Allie spoke up in fear, as you literally tore the whole medical cabinet from the wall, "there's another swarm of those things, much bigger than before. Holy shit there's...hundreds of them...'

Holding the cabinet under your arm, you took a glance at your own radar and found that Allie's observation was dangerously accurate. Two swarms of those things were moving from separate stations, and were converging in Metro Station. Judging with how quickly they could move, it wouldn't take more than a 25 minutes to get to McPherson.

"How can they coordinate like that?" you ask in disbelief, and then shake the thought away, "Damnit, we need to get to the others, now!"

"Alright, but who's going where?" she asks, as you both make your way out of the maintenance room, "Dante and Kurtis are probably further down the tunnel, so we can find them on the radar easily. Might have to use that bike of yours to make it to them since Dante probably took Chris's."

"Hey guys!" Luis's voice sounded off further out of the tunnel, "where are you? I think I'm lost..."

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>>4050503

>Yukino, head back to the surface with Luis and help Yukino and let Allie take your bike
>Dante and Kurtis, take your bike, warn them of the incoming swarm and let Allie and Luis take the supplies back
>Allie and Luis, let them take your bike over to warn Dante and take the supplies back
>Write In

>>4050511
>>Dante and Kurtis, take your bike, warn them of the incoming swarm and let Allie and Luis take the supplies back

allie can handle the supply drop

>>4050511
>Dante and Kurtis, take your bike, warn them of the incoming swarm and let Allie and Luis take the supplies back
I had to read the choices a few times. They're slightly confusing at first glance.

>>4050514
>>4050520

>>Dante and Kurtis, take your bike, warn them of the incoming swarm and let Allie and Luis take the supplies back

2 for this, writing.

OOC: Last post of the night.

>>4050589
gonna hit the bed too, thanks for running

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>>4050589

"Luis!" you shout out into the tunnels, "If you can hear me, meet Allie back at the entrance! You guys will have to get the supplies to Tanjeet!"

You hear Luis's voice shout out a little closer now with an, "Ok!"

Following through on your plan, you hand over the first aid box over to Allie as you both keep sprinting for the entrance. Allie herself almost falls over when Luis almost runs into you both, yet you just swerve out of the way without losing a bit of momentum. The tunnels main access-way comes into view, as well as your tipped over bike. Moving over to the upper side, your suit's enhanced strength let's you easily right the bike back up

'Please still be functional...' you plead in your head, putting your hand on the control pad.

The screen flickers slightly, but after a moment you hear a slow hum from the bike's motor as well as see the blue lights shine to life on the sides; except the right side which just flicker slightly before staying dark. You almost let out a sigh of relief and amazement at the bike's durability, before you put a foot on the accelerator.

"Paula!" Allie's voice cuts in, along with a look of amazement from Luis, "we'll meet back at the entrance! Help them out if they found Claire and Silvia if you can, otherwise just get out of there!"

"Will do!" you shout back, and rev up the bike's accelerator forward with a growl.

The tunnel's dim lights are but blurs to you, as you make your way toward Dante and Kurtis.

<1:58:02>

You found the other bike parked near what looked like an upturned refuse pile and an eerie metal grate that looked like it had been opened forcefully. Your bike's on-board radar displayed two signatures near one of the tunnel's turns at high speed and lead you to this area where you saw them stop. No doubt it was Kurtis and Dante, but they were now somewhere out of the bounds of the map and heading over to an area filled with those aliens.

'This has to be the way in' you surmised, looking into that large hole, 'certainly looks like it could let out a dozen of those things at once.'

It wasn't time to ponder on it too much, as you made your way down that hole and found it had uneven stairs or steps to help mark its way to the surface. You used the lights on your pistol to look around the makeshift tunnel, and saw that it was practically carved and held up by everyday refuse. Street sign parts, car doors, wooden box sides, sofa frames and other such items seemed to frame this fissure into the earth.

It was about the only thing that kept you from being overwhelmed by the revolting odor within that place, which seemed to only get stronger the further you went in. It felt almost an hour before you found Dante and Kurtis's signatures...just standing outside of that large expanse of roaches. You were probably not even a few feet from their positions, when you heard a horrifying scream. It was a young woman's scream and it was followed by yet another.

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>>4050660

>Scream, see what is causing that screaming
>Escape, get to Dante and Kurtis and get them to leave this place
>Leave, if they're smart they'll leave as well
>Write In

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OOC: Thanks for the good weekend of posts and sorry for not giving prior warning to this return.

Like I said, I'm not using twitter anymore so any further updates will be posted on the /qst/ discord server.

Thanks for playing everyone, we'll be back tomorrow after 8 PM EST for an update since I got work and school on the weekdays.

Be sure to vote on the above post before we come back.

Have a good night /qst/.

>>4050674
Night

So, we are not getting the girl's signatures or are they probably mixed with the ones from the roaches?

>Scream, see what is causing that screaming

>>4050669
>Get to Dante and Kurtis, inform them of what you know and get ready to support them with whatever they decide to do.
I trust that they know more about what’s happening in this exact location. Rushing in might just fuck everything.

>>4050669
>Scream, see what is causing that screaming

worry

>>4050731
>>4050674
supporting

>>4050731
Seconding

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>>4050731
>>4051269
>>4052269

The sudden dual burst of sound almost caused you to jump as they reverberated from the concrete and metal laced walls of the tunnel. Then, the hissing started, no doubt from the roaches beyond your position, yet it almost seemed in unison. The noise was eerily controlled, like they were almost singing to a tune; yet these thoughts were in the back of your mind as you quickly made your way to the others.

The wide passageway of the tunnel expanded almost comically as you hit a turn and exited it to what you could only call a carved chamber. The walls were littered with even more refuse and junk like rotting wallpaper and several massive pillars of garbage seemed to reach to the ceiling of this area. And overlooking it all were Dante and Kurtis, crouched down behind a makeshift railing.

"Can't just let them do this Dante" you overheard Kurtis speak, as you crouched down and moved closer to them, "if we take out those pillars, the debris may give us an opening to get in and get out-."

"Even if we take them out, that big one won't let us leave alive" Dante hisses back, and takes notice of you approaching, "shit, Paula you need to leave right now. There's too many of these things for us to take and the twins are already-"

"Like hell they're dead" Kurtis interrupted him this time, trying his best not to shout "and I'm sure not going to let them die here."

"Wait, what is even going on here?" you ask, moving to look over the railing with them.

Your eyes opened wide to a living, swarming carpet of roaches. From your overlook, it was nearly 30 feet down from two circular ramps to several dozens of the aliens, circled around a large, central platform. Its design and shape was truly alien, almost organic with the contorting, swirling architecture more than half the chamber's width. The roaches themselves all seemed to their attention however on the central four figures on that platform.

Claire and Silvia were at the very edge of that platform, wrapped down to the platform by some sort of brown resin but trying to break free still. The other two were alien: a massive insectoid creature with a bloated abdomen seemingly attached to the center of the platform while the other was almost human in stance yet betrayed by the roach sections of its long, crowned head, talons and torso. And all of this, was happening but a few hundred feet down below the surface of a bustling city.

"We can only guess what they're planning on doing" Dante answered, looking back at the spectacle, "but whatever it is, that big one in the center seems to be in charge of everything. Not even the one with the big head moves without it hissing anything."

"Christ..." you uttered in disbelief, and then shook yourself stead, "well, whatever it is we're doing, we got about 10 minutes to get it done. There's a huge swarm coming in from the other side of the rails and we need to get back to McPherson if we have any chance of living through this."

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>>4052523

>Dante, get out of here but potentially lose Claire and Silvia and maybe even Kurtis
>Kurtis, go after the pillars rush in to save the twins but potentially lose your lives in the attempt
>Hunt, take out the largest target in the room but you won't know what will happen then
>Write In

>>4052538
>Hunt, take out the largest target in the room but you won't know what will happen then
Think about it - they don't do anything without that central bug telling them what to do. It's clearly acting as some kind of hivemind, so at the very least the bugs will probably be far less coordinated without that fucker sticking around.
Who knows, maybe we'll get extra lucky and all the roaches will die without their leader?
Either way, I think our best shot for it is right now. We have three well-armed well-trained people right here, ready to move on the target, who isn't aware of where we are.

>>4052538
>>Hunt, take out the largest target in the room but you won't know what will happen then
>>4052559
agree, that part about them being very organized makes me think it's their doing, the approaching swarms too

>>4052538
>Hunt and pray

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>>4052538
>Hunt, take out the largest target in the room but you won't know what will happen then
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD

>>4053504
not so much boldness as it's desperation, we may never again have a shot against the big one unprotected and even if we run away here that swarm will rip us to shreds, our only hope is to weaken them somehow if we take out the leader

>>4052538

>Hunt, target the big ones.

If fighting the Tyranids has taught us anything, shoot the big ones! Break that synapse control! FOR THE EMPRAH!

>>4052559
>>4052568
>>4052580
>>4053504
>>4053960

>Hunt, take out the largest target in the room but you won't know what will happen then

5 for this one. Writing.

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>>4054432

"Holy shit" Dante speaks in disbelief, looking up from his radar to verify your claim, "there must be just as many heading in from Metro Station, maybe more. We need to get out of here right now."

"Goddamnit..." Kurtis replied, equal disbelief in his voice, "even if we manage to escape with the twins, we could get intercepted either way. Isn't there anything we can do to slow them down...?"

"The others are probably already readying for what's coming" you explain, looking back over the railing, "but there might be some we could do. Didn't you say all of those bugs followed the big one's orders or something?"

Dante nodded his head before responding, "yeah, I don't how it does it but every single one of those things knows to just act in unison somehow. It's not like some leader or commander they follow, more like...it's controlling them."

"Then that's where we make our move" you simply state, and then look to Kurtis, "give me your rifle. I'll get three shots in at the head, chest and abdomen; while you two either head down there to go after the twins or start running out of here."

"Paula, what the hell kind of plan is that?!" Kurtis almost shouts, barely keeping his voice down as the chittering below seems to get louder.

"If Dante is right and that giant bug is controlling all the roaches" you retort, keeping your hand extending for his rifle, "then killing it has the chance of throwing the whole swarm into chaos. Giving enough time to get in there and getting the twins out."

"And if he's wrong...?" he counters with an expectant twinge in his voice.

"Well, that's where the 'Or start running out of here' part comes in" you finalize, and place your hand on his rifle, "it's not like we're gonna get another at that thing anyways."

"...Fine" Kurtis exclaims in defeat, before passing you the rifle, "just don't miss or we're dead meat out there."

You give a confident nod to Kurtis, as he places one foot on the top of the railing ready to jump down there. There's a smile on his face, but you know he's probably afraid of what could happen either way. Dante places a foot against the other end of the rail, mirroring Kurtis's stance.

"You know, it was just a theory," he speaks up, looking somewhat worried, "no real reason it could affect the roaches on the outside..."

"You haven't been wrong before with that intuition of yours," you reply, earning a chuckle from Dante.

The small reprieve ends as another set of screams are elicited from Claire and Silvia below. You look down and see that the massive bug's mouth has split apart and from it emerge several thick, barbed tendrils that approach Silvia and Claire. The screaming continues, reverberating around the chamber and enhanced by the even louder chittering of the roaches.

'Three shots' you think, aiming down the scope of the rifle, 'and we can end this whole thing right now..'

>Roll 1d20 +2 INT (DC Lowered due to Novice X-Rifle)

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4054494

Rolled 15 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4054494
wow late update

Rolled 16 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>4054494

>>4047219
>We still haven’t brought back our BF

just to be sure, I can't remember who the op pic is, is that Cris's dead girl?

>>4055177
I think so. No other girl on the quest had glasses.

>>4054518
>>4054764
>>4054876

>16+2 = 18

Writing

OOC: Sorry about late update, worked a really late shift.

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>>4056284
<SUCCESS>

Claire and Silvia's screams get louder with every inch those barbed tendrils close in between them. Along them, the roaches' incessant chittering reaches an almost chorus-like crescendo as the twins writhe and scream even harder than before. The tendrils are not centimeters away from their necks when they suddenly writhe and lurch as if shocked by electricity. The tendrils, the massive alien, the roaches and even the twins all seem to stop and peer right at the upper rafter.

Three flashes of light had escaped Kurtis's rifle, with three shots aim by you straight at that monstrous alien bug. Its bloated form almost winces back, as if it knew something was irregular had just occurred in those seconds. It didn't take long for the room to catch on, as nearly all of the aliens were now facing right at your position. You would have dived for cover had you not clutched your ears at high pitched shriek emitted from that giant bug.

Dante and Kurtis were just as afflicted, as both groaned in pain, clutching their ears and looking on at that monster. Your ears were ringing still as you saw that living carpet of roaches either take flight or skitter away towards your position. It was at that moment, when you saw the head of the massive bug alien burst to pieces like a chunky water balloon. Its chest followed soon afterwards, split apart by the rifle's shot, and so did its abdomen, bursting apart and flooding the platform in that rancid brown fluid as it collapsed onto the humanoid looking alien.

The roaches' charge was almost immediately shattered as nearly all of them collapsed to the ground in shrieking spasms, and those that didn't limply fell over motionless. The room's static chaos gave you and the others time to recover from the ringing and aim your sights on the twins. They were still thankfully at the pedestal but their bodies were buried in the fluids and viscera of the giant bug.

"Dante you were right!' you shouted, earning a nod from Dante, "Now get the girls out of there! We don't know how long they'll stay like this!"

You heard a shout of reassurance from them, as they both leapt from the railing and down to the ground floor. There was a crunching sound as they landed, no doubt probably squishing a roach's stomach or two underfoot, before making their way to the twins. Meanwhile, you kept a watchful eye for any signs of normal movement from the twitching roaches, not daring to shoot yet for fear of breaking whatever seizure they were in.

Then, an errant twitch in the podium caught your attention as Dante and the Kurtis were trying to remove the girls from that resin around their waists. It had come from the big bug's carcass, though it did not look like it had moved on its own as the twitch almost looked like something was moving inside it. Then, a long, thin looking tendril burst out of the bug's back, followed by several more in unison going down its back.

"GET THEM OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW!"

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>>4056388

>Snipe, try and blow away whatever that thing is
>Help, jump down there yourself and help them get the twins
>Melee, draw your sword and engage whatever comes out of that bug
>Write In

>>4056398
>Melee, draw your sword and engage whatever comes out of that bug

Pretty sure tentacles are easier to cut than snipe.

>>4056398
>Melee, draw your sword and engage whatever comes out of that bug
Can we like, max out the range on the sword so we can keep as much distance as we can from it, though?

>>4056461

Sure, just specify it as a write in with your selection.

It may change the DC though per context.

>>4056398
>Melee, draw your sword and engage whatever comes out of that bug

>>4056461
maybe not max, but keeping away from the tentacles by extending the sword has my support too

>>4056412
>>4056461
>>4056545

Your shout causes Dante and Kurtis to double take to you and then to the crunching, squishing noise behind them. Six, black tendrils writhe from within the body of the giant bug, whipping around it as if something was trying desperately to escape. The new situation only causes the guys to start clawing at the resin faster, yet even with the suit's strength at their side their progress is strained at best.

'I have to buy them more time' you conclude, and pull yourself back for a running start while holstering Kurtis's rifle.

"KEEP AT IT!" you shout, and take a running leap from the ledge as you draw Erick's sword.

The acrid air of the chamber whizzes past your head as you descend to the platform. Your aim is straight at those tentacles, as you arch your arms back with a descending slash to try to at least get some of them. All the while, another writhing tremor begins to take hold of the giant bug's carcass as you see if shake even more violently where the tentacles erupted.

>Roll 1d20 +4 AGR (DC Lowered due to Sword Intermediate & STR)

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>>4057383

OOC: Capcha ate my picture.

Update for today comes in a little later at 10:00 PM EST.

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4057383
>>4057386
Rolling up a nat twenty for you then chief

Rolled 6 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4057383

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>4057383
no 1 pls

>>4058020
Now is to hope that the ssord training lowered the dc enough for a pass kr a barely pass

>>4057398
>>4057629
>>4058020

>10+4 = 14

Alright, writing.

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>>4058319

<BARE FAILURE> +1 INT, - 1 AGR

With a single forward motion, your arms will the sword to the tentacles. The sheer force and speed of your slash could have cut right through concrete, yet it's not well aimed at the writhing tendrils before you. Regardless, as the sword moves, so too do the tentacles struck as you see two flying in pieces with the stumps spraying crimson blood.

The half second of surprise in your eyes fades just as quickly, as the remaining tendrils slam into you with surprising force. The world spins, as you splash onto the platform's viscera with a wet squelch several feet away, with your head dazed by the impact and the momentum your landing. The Dante is quick to help you up, right in time for a much louder squelching, crunch to resonate from the big bug's carcass. Two long, thin, black blades emerge from the carcass and quickly shred the remains above it like wet paper.

From the gore and viscera of the big bug, emerges a familiar humanoid entity. You hadn't taken a full look at the other cockroach alien, but it seemed all the more taller and imposing at ground level. It was well over seven feet tall, probably more with that massive headcrown and antennae, sporting both whipping tentacles and those long blades that seemed to retract back to its forearms. Your breathing was held throughout all of this, readying yourself for the slightest twitch of movement from it. Dante was reaching for his own weapon as well, while you could hear Kurtis and the girls' breathing also increase.

The twitch came in the form of a hiss, as the alien's mandibles split its lower jaw apart and rows of human like teeth seem to coat the inner part of its jaw. You got up with Dante's help, as he began to fire off at the alien with shots from his own rifle before diving to help the twins. To your horror, the alien's body almost seemed to predict the shots as it evaded them with ease, almost contorting itself around the shots themselves. The alien closed the distance at an alarming rate with its evasive momentum, and you drew Erick's to meet it head on.

Like in the tunnel and the apartment, you drew the sword back and swung it all your might at the incoming alien. The sword's blade grew longer as you pressed the lower button to increase its range and you readied yourself for another torrent of ichor. It never came, as you felt heavy, insurmountable resistance hold your sword back. You stared in complete disbelief as the alien's chitinous hand had managed to catch it. You pressed with even more might against the alien's grip, but even with both arms and the suit's strength this monster managed to easily hang on with a single hand.

"How the hell-"

It was all you managed to get out before the alien's foot crashed against your chest cavity and sent you skidding backwards off the platform. The sword's grip loosened from your hand as the suit's buttons blinked in response to the damage, and you saw the alien start to make for the others.

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>>4058438

>Sword, re-engage that monster but you might not make it in time
>Side Arm, shoot with your pistol but it could cause friendly fire
>Drastic, throw the sword or something at it but risk getting disarmed if it decides to go in melee again
>Write In

>>4058451
>Bring out your sidearm. Verbally coordinate with your team-mates to use Alternating Fire and keep the bastard suppressed.
If he's too focused on dodging fire from all angles, he won't be able to attack effectively. And if we're firing at him on three different angles, we might actually be able to hit him.
Remember, we have skills in the charsheets we can actually use to our advantage here.

>>4058451
>Side Arm, shoot with your pistol but it could cause friendly fire

Was I the only one who thought that the twins were gonna become bug incubators because /d/ had somehow infiltrated this quest?

>>4058469
Alternate fire seems good, support

>>4058917
>>4058469
And we can use our climb ability to get up there in no time

>>4058469
Supporting

>>4058469
>>4058917
>>4059008

>Bring out your sidearm. Verbally coordinate with your team-mates to use Alternating Fire and keep the bastard suppressed.

3 for this write in, writing

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>>4059847
>Didn't ask for a roll
This will either be very based or very bad.

>>4059864
We did come with something different anon, faith

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>>4059847

"MOVE!"

Your voice resonates through the chamber, as the alien reaches Dante. The sheer speed at which it manages to strike him beats out the sound of your voice, as Dante is hit with a similar kick to the chest. His body bounds back, only stopping as he hits several roaches after leaving the platform. A few feet away, Kurtis takes this opportunity to step back and away from the alien; retrieving a net gun from his side holster.

The alien hisses at you both, before going straight for Silvia and Claire. They girls manage another scream before a flash of light emanates from your side arm and the alien evades with a side step. Before it has time to recover though, Dante's own rifle lets out a flash as the alien has to back step in order to evade the shot. This continues on as Kurtis's net gun, lets out a shot that manages to zero in on the alien's body.

Even with its inhuman speed, the net opens up to the alien's torso and starts to wrap it up before it extends both of the blades and rips the netting apart at its forearms. It hisses in frustration but neither you nor the others let up the barrage, hoping that something or anything between your rounds of fire will hit it or at least slow it down long enough to get the girls unwrapped.

"Just like the warehouse!" Kurtis shouts out, looking over to you, "sooner or later, something's gotta hit him!"

>Roll 1d20 +4 AGR (DC Lowered due to X-GUN Novice)
>Alternating Fire - Re-roll anything less than 5.

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>>4059941
OOC: Shit, sorry that should read

>Roll 1d20 +3 INT (DC Lowered due to X-GUN Novice)

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4059946

Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4059941
>>4059946

Gods I hate this quest's dice

Rolled 4 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4059946
I'VE GOT A BIG DIIIIIIIIIIICK

Rolled 18 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4060025
Of all the times to not get a nat 20 this hurts the most

At least I get to reroll because it's below five

>>4059963
>>4059969
>>4060036

>18+3 = 21

Thank you for rerolling. Writing.

>>4060036
Yes!

Clutch anon for the save!

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>>4060040

<SUCCESS>

'Suppress the target' you recall, trailing your shots for the alien's next movement, 'don't let it have a moment to breathe.'

The alternating screen of shots kept a near constant barrage on the alien, as the constant firing rate had kept it on its toes. It was a tactic that had helped to assuage the major flaw of Gantz's weapons, their delay timers and recharge. With the near continuous rate of fire from your weapons interchanging between each shot, the alien didn't have moment to even approach Claire and Silvia, much less you, Dante or Kurtis.

The continuous hisses of, no doubt, frustration kept up as the alien's near futile attempts to move forward. Yet, it didn't seem to slow down one second as it seemed that every single shot was being evaded to a ludicrous degree of precision. What felt like several minutes had gone by as the alien didn't slow down for a moment as it kept its evasive movements around the platform. Then, Kurtis began to move forward towards Claire and Silvia.

"Kurtis, what are you doing?!" you shouted, continuing to chain your shots with Dante's, "if we break formation it'll-"

"Yeah, I know!" he interrupted, and pointed at the twins while shooting off another net, "we can't get them out of that shit on the floor since it just keeps growing back whenever we tear at it. And there's no telling how long we can keep this up before those other roaches get up."

"Wait, what the hell are you suggesting?!" Dante replies in a shout, aiming and firing another shot, "This isn't the time to be a hero, damnit!"

"I'm not, believe you me," he replied, and pointed straight at the pedestal below the girls, "on my signal, blow up the floor below them. If it's hollow, like I think, then it'll snap right off, I'll catch them and you two can cover me while we break for it."

It wasn't long before you heard another hiss at the other end of the chamber, as you glimpsed a roach starting up with a talon clicking against the wall for leverage. Kurtis was less than a few feet away from Claire and Silvia now; as the alien continued to evade the suppressing fire. Even if you didn't follow through on Kurtis's plan, you knew it wasn't going to be too long before the other roaches started to regain their heads.

"He's right!" Silvia speaks up, trying to struggle against the resin, "they got our feet sealed into the ground. Just-"

Silvia let out a shriek as a long, black tentacle seemed to whip around and leave a long cut against her cheek. The alien let out a horrifying hiss as it continued to dodge, yet it seemed to be getting tired of dodging the barrage and started to attempt to prod attacks of its own. It wasn't going to be long before more of its attacks managed to reach beyond a small sting against the girls. Maybe, it had finally noticed a pattern in the shots before it attacked.

Whatever the case, Kurtis was inches away before you acted.

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>>4060155

>Melee, try to cut off those tentacles again and let Dante shoot the ground
>Ground, do as Kurtis asked but try to keep alternating fire on the alien
>Assault, shoot the ground and then engage the alien in melee
>Write In

Battle Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B3GmXkYax0

>>4060171

>Assault, shoot the ground and then engage the alien in melee

Use our skill to climb tge platform quickly

>>4060171
>Melee. Let Dante shoot the ground. This Alien thinks he has got us figured out. Let´s surprise him. Swing at him from a distance and change the blade to max while mid swing.

>>4060203
>>4060272

Tie for each choice.

Tiebreaker this in 15 min.

>>4060272
Is the foe big enough to trigger Aikido specialist?

>>4060285
Good question

>>4060285
OOC: It is, but you have to be unarmed or with a glove weapon to use it.

>>4060294
Damm, who did we gave the gauntlets to?

>>4060303
Paula should train with it next week if we get out of this

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4060203
>>4060272

Alright, no tiebreaker.

Rolling for it.

>Assault - 1

>Melee - 2

>>4060283
>>4060272

>>4060322
Alright, it's been decided for Assault.

Writing, last update for tonight.

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>>4060330

It had been playing you this whole time, letting you think you had it on a back-foot. Right down to your initial attack against it, this thing knew just where to strike and managed to do so with whatever kind of adaptations it had at its disposal. Playing dead, fooling you into attacking it and even giving you a chance to fight back. The alien had calculated a cunning play against your group and so far it had worked out expertly in its favor.

With signs of the other roaches waking, it wouldn't even need to attack you or the others to win. It was a chess game already in check and the only options now were built on desperation and wits of one of your teammates. A teammate that had now crossed into range of the alien's now renewed attacks. As Kurtis let out one last shot from his net gun, you thought of only one other thing that could salvage this situation.

"DO IT NOW!"

Both you and Dante fired off two shots against the floor beneath Silvia and Claire, making sure to aim as low as possible to the pedestal. The alien's fast movements evaded the last thrown net from Kurtis and as it began to close the distance, Dante fired off against it with his rifle. The alien's body twisted back, almost flipping backwards as it evaded the shot; one of many that had made several cracks and holes into the platform. You followed up on Dante's shot, keeping the alternating fire going before you charged straight ahead for the alien from the right.

You thought you heard Kurtis shout at you, no doubt telling you to stop, yet you ignored it, if it had come at all. The alien's evasive maneuver had managed to keep its momentum going as it began to close the distance between the girls and Kurtis. The platform's meter high ledge wasn't anything to the suit's power, as you leapt up from the ground to arc another slice against the alien. There was a sound of cracking to your left, as another shout from Kurtis and now the twins had been elicited.

It was ignored once again, as the alien's own blade collided against Erick's sword. There was a moment of satisfaction in your eyes as you determined that it probably hadn't expected something like this as it hissed a shriek of anger at you.

"Let's dance, you ugly bastard."

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>>4060403

>Distract, keep this thing's attention and focus defensively
>Destroy, aim to kill, full assault against its head and chest
>Dissect, go for the appendages and other dangerous parts
>Write In

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OOC: Posting starts up again tomorrow at 12 PM EST, where we'll be posting all day.

Same with Sunday, as I'll try to keep a consistent upload schedule again like last weekend. I'll update you guys on any changes in here and in the /qst/ discord.

Thank you again, and have a good evening /qst/.

>>4060425
>Dissect, go for the appendages and other dangerous parts
Should be easier, and defanging it will help with all the other things

>>4060425
>Dissect, go for the appendages and other dangerous parts
I know this is weird to say, but technically, capturing it alive would be ideal.
Reduce its mobility so a net gun can work, ja?

>>4060425

>Distract, keep this thing's attention and focus defensively

The goal is to get the fuck out with the others

>>4060425
>Kill

>>4060438
>>4060440

>Dissect, go for the appendages and other dangerous parts

2 for this one, sorry for the late update, writing.

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>>4061710

This thing had proven to be much stronger than you when it had stopped Erick's sword single-handedly. It beyond your own speed, as it managed to maintain its momentum even when dodging incessant shots from your whole team. With its more apt mind, it had managed to keep you all held to the chamber in spite of your plans to escape. And yet, even with its more vast abilities, this thing could still be fooled given enough of an unpredictable attack.

You focused yourself for an all out assault again, as you felt the crushing weight of the alien's strength as it pushed back against Erick's sword. Each attack would have to be as unpredictable as the next, without giving this thing any reason to expect a pattern all while keeping yourself away from its blades and tendrils. Close combat wasn't something the DC Metropolitan had trained you in, including dealing with armed individuals, the only difference was that the principle would need to be applied a thousand fold.

"TAKE THE GIRLS!"

Your shout ached against your lungs, as you began to feel another twinge of pain from your still wounded shoulder. It would have to be ignored, as the alien's strength won out against yours and you instinctively pulled back as it reared a strike with its other blade to hit you on the retreat. You gave it no quarter, as you aimed a slice against the extended limb, which was in turn deflected by the alien's blade which almost seemed to twist its forelimb to block. A flash of light emitted beyond the platform, which caused the alien's body to veer left away.

The ground erupted into more viscera and chucks of material, as you witnessed Dante line up another shot against the alien. Further away, you saw Kurtis heading for the ramps up to the top ledge with the girls, no doubt making their escape. The alien hissed in rage, as it sprinted to charge at Dante and Kurtis but not before you lined up a strike for its back leg. Somehow, quickly lifted up its leg and tumbled expertly to the floor to make up for the loss of momentum and was on all four limbs before its head hissed in rage at both you and Dante.

"I'll get you covering fire" Dante stated, reading another shot at the next sign of movement, "something tells me even if we make it out, this thing isn't letting us leave that easily."

"One hit, it's all we need" you reply, readying another strike against the alien, "one leg or arm."

>Roll 1d20 +3 INT (DC Lowered due to Sword Intermediate & STR)

Rolled 16 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4061754
Get it!

Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4061754

Rolled 14 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>4061754
can I beat a 16?

>>4061807
>>4061819
>>4061940

>16+3 = 19

Damn, I was about to head out to the gym. Writing.

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>>4061942

<BARE SUCCESS> +1 INT, -1 WIL; BLEEDING OUT (4 Posts)

The alien's form seemed to clutch the floor of the platform, digging into the strange material below and cracking it under its powerful claws. Dante anticipated the alien's movement, shooting at it before the alien's body almost flew straight at you. The sheer speed of the lunge didn't give you enough time to dodge, as you barely managed to put the sword up to block. The alien's blades struck, and your arm almost buckled under the strength, as you were dropped to the ground to attempt to displace the damage, falling off the pedestal again.

You attempted to roll back quickly enough, but the alien's blade beat you to it as you felt its sharp point strike a few inches above your heart. A shout of pain left your lips, as the suit's defenses began to buckle through the flashing of its blue lights. The sound of the rifle's fire stopped a potential death blow to you, as the alien evaded backwards again. Your chest screamed in pain, as you forced yourself to recover and make another attempt to cut the alien apart.

Using the suit's strength, you willed a free arm to push you off the ground, then took a lunge of your own at the alien. Even on the back-foot, as it evaded Dante's attack, the alien whipped around struck you with several of those tendrils. The impact struck your head and knocking you to the ground flat, but not before you managed slice up to cut off two more of the tendrils. The alien shrieked again in pain, actually flinching back before Dante fired off another shot at it. The alien's body was still tensing with pain, as the shot seemed to reach it, before you witnessed it reach out for a roach squirming nearby.

A squirming splat rang out in the chamber, as a roach's upper body exploded to pieces. Behind it, the crouched form of the humanoid roach held out the remains like a shield against Dante's shot; who's eyes were wide with surprise. The now twitching lower body was tossed aside and the alien shrieked out as it readied another leap to strike at Dante. You wouldn't let it get up, as you pressed the sword's lower button, causing the blade to extend out to the alien's leg.

A sickening crunch, followed by a disgusting squelch, could be heard throughout the chamber. The alien let out a shriek, as it glimpsed back at you and its now impaled leg. There as no hesitation from you, as the suit's strength channeled a flick from your wrist to slice out the alien's leg. A horrifying shriek from the alien followed it almost trying to retreat behind the newly awakening roaches.

You were almost waiting for another shot from Dante, but noticed he was shooting at a now awakened roach approaching him with its talons. It wasn't going to be a pursuit you were willing to make right now, as you felt the liquid twinge of blood leaking from your wound. Even with the roaches now awakening, you had a better opening at escape as you saw Kurtis and the twins reach the entrance of the chamber.

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>>4062038

>Carry, let Dante carry you out whiling giving supporting fire
>Sprint, head out of the chamber yourself and deal with stragglers
>Alien, head out of the chamber a bit slower but try to get another potshot against the alien
>Write In

OOC: Heading to the gym, be back in a few.

Vote away people.

>>4062038
>Alien, head out of the chamber a bit slower but try to get another potshot against the alien

If we're bleeding out we need to win so Gantz recovers us fully healed.

>>4062046

>Carry, let Dante carry you out whiling giving supporting fire

If we reach tanjeet he can patch us up, we just got supplies and he won't possibly use them all on Yukino

>>4062077
The roaches are awakening, if we linger here we are dead

>>4062046

>Carry, let Dante carry you out whiling giving supporting fire

Won't bleed as much as if we start spinting around

>>4062046
>Carry, let Dante carry you out whiling giving supporting fire
Jesus. A 19 is a bare success which results in us bleeding out, even with str and intermediate sword skill. This niggy is ridiculous.
At least he’s a crippled fuck now.

>>4062192
Imagine if we went for the kill, only a 20 to succeed probably

>>4062099
>>4062174
>>4062192

>Carry, let Dante carry you out while giving him supporting fire

Alright, back from the gym. Writing for this.

>>4062228

Haha, yeah. Sure.

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>>4062476

BLEEDING OUT (3 Posts)

"Dante!" you shout, making your way to him as several more roaches begin to awaken around the room, "I need help, please."

He takes notice almost immediately after blowing up another roach torso.

"Shit...Paula!" he responds, running towards you and putting your arm over his shoulder, "you're losing a lot of blood, we got to get you out of here."

"I'll lose a lot more if I try to sprint out here" you state, sheathing Erick's sword and retrieving your pistol, "gonna need you to carry me out of here. Don't worry, I've got your back just don't drop me."

"Gotcha, hop on" he complies, as you climb on his back, slinging one arm around his torso, "Just hold on tight and watch your head!"

You don't get a chance to reply as Dante takes off in a sprint for the ramp. His running speed is almost as fast the alien, as he almost leaps to the other side of chamber. You almost have a hard time aiming your weapon, as you struggled to hang on. Thankfully, Dante's speed was able to quickly make their way past most of the waking roaches in the chamber. It seemed their once powerful and swift gaits had turned sluggish.

It made you wonder if it was a lingering side effect of killing the massive bug, but didn't think much on it as Dante made his way up the ramp. Any of them that managed to follow you, were swiftly dispatched by your pistol; not that any of them could catch you at your current speed. As you and Dante reached the entrance, you kept a cautious eye behind you to see if that monster would attempt to follow you out.

<1:47:21>

The humanoid roach never returned, as not even its shrieking reached the tunnels. It hadn't been a long trip, but Dante's speed didn't slow down as you reached the scrap entrance to the subway once again. The tunnel and the chamber's revolting air had seeped into your lungs so much, that you almost coughed in gasps as you breathed in the dusty air of the subway tunnel. Thankfully, Kurtis and the twins were there to assuage your fears that they'd not made it.

"Paula, you made it!" Silvia was the first to speak as you got off of Dante's back, "Oh my god...you're bleeding so much..."

"We need to get back to the others" Claire added, looking over to Kurtis, "and thank you so much...I-I...we..."

"We can continue pleasantries after we get her some help" Dante interrupted, and running to the bikes, "I don't think you can drive in your condition Paula. Hop on the back, we can still outrun the swarm in the-"

"Actually Dante" Kurtis interjected, pointing back to the other side of the tunnel "they're already here. But...they're...killing each other, just around the other bend."

"What do you-?" You started, before Silvia spoke up.

"We saw them, little roaches but still the size of dogs were eating each other across the bend. Kurtis almost had us take the bikes when we-"

"You were going to leave us behind?!" Dante shouted at Kurtis, who shot daggers with his gaze at Silvia's comment.

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>>4062602

>Enough, talk Kurtis down, before heading back to the others
>Ignore, tell Dante to forget it and head back to the others
>Penance, tell Kurtis to stay back and deal with the remaining roaches
>Write In

>>4062609

>Ignore, tell Dante to forget it and head back to the others
"Dante, we can shout each others ears off after I'm not bleeding all over the tunnels, how about it. And before I forget, thanks fpr the ride."

"Oh, and I'm taking the bike, I think that is a given isn't it?"

>>4062609
>Ignore, tell Dante to forget it and head back to the others

Literally dying here guys, can we quibble later thanks

[you can wait to respond after the mission or if you respond atball but. The humanoid bug was going to breed the shit out of the twins and maybe even transform them into other control units right? That's why he was so desperate to reach them even though we were more dangerous targets

>>4062625
>>4062639

>Ignore, tell Dante to forget it and head back to the others

2 for this, writing.

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>>4062699

BLEEDING OUT (2 Posts)

"Dante" you interject, earning Dante's attention, "we can shout each other's ears off after I'm not bleed all over the tunnels. How about it?"

He gives you an frustrated look before letting out a sigh of resignation.

"Right, let's go" he admits, but not before giving Kurtis one last look, "we'll discuss this later. Paula, get on the backseat."

Kurtis doesn't say anything, though you can certainly see a degree of shame on his face. As you approach the side seat, Dante helps you up while you keep pressure applied to your still bleeding wound. The rumbling of bike's motor starts up, as the hum reaches the elevating back seat. Looking at Kurtis and the others, you see they are equally as ashamed yet you know their actions were almost tantamount to treason.

"Before I forget Dante, thanks for the ride", you state, earning a nod of gratitude from him, "And Kurtis, hope you understand that we need to stick together; there's more than enough bikes for everyone here."

"There's not enough seats on the other bike" Kurtis states, pointing to it, "How are we supposed to make it back like this?"

"Guess the twins will have to ride in each other's laps" you reply, causing Claire and Silvia to exchange an awkward glance, " either way, I think it's a given we're taking this bike now. See you back with the others."

Kurtis's shamed expression passes from your sight as Dante revs up the bike's engine and you speed away from the others at breakneck speed. It was a disturbing thought to think Kurtis could leave people behind, yet you weren't totally surprised. This pragmatic outlook of his wasn't anything new, as he had shown in wanting to kill Mahsann and Chris previously. You just hoped it could be addressed before it got someone killed.

<1:42:15>

The drive back was mostly uneventful, as Dante spoke out that the tunnels seemed pretty clear of most of the roaches on the radar. Besides the large swarm back in the chamber, which he stated seemed to be just staying put for the moment, and the remains of the swarm that was headed from Metro station, it seemed the assault on their nest had broken their offensive. It almost made you smile knowing that the worst part of this nightmare was more or less over.

As you and Dante reached the McPherson Station, you the growing pain on your should and chest had increased substantially. So much so that, when you finally arrived at the platform, Dante had to carry you out again to the second floor. Upon heading for the top most escalators, you were greeted by Chris holding out that massive weapon his with his remaining arm.

Hey, they made it back guys!" he shouted with a smile, and then noticed you, "holy shit...Tanjeet! Paula's wounded, get her some help!"

Chris actually dropped his gun to help Dante pull you up to the top of the escalators, where Tanjeet was waiting with what looked like a trauma kit and gauze. They pulled you up and set you down near a pillar to let Tanjeet work.

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>>4062784

>Kurtis, let them know of what he was about to do
>Group, ask what's been going on this end
>Roaches, tell them about what happened in the tunnels
>Write In

>>4062790
>Roaches, tell them about what happened in the tunnels
Best they be informed of the newest developments that involve a fucking super-bug.
Assuming that nothing interrupts us, we can ask about what's happened on their end afterwards.

On a different note, how much time is left on the mission clock?

>>4062790

>Roaches, tell them about what happened in the tunnels

All the info we can give, and how killing the big one disturbed the others

>>4062790

>Roaches, tell them about what happened in the tunnels
The damage we done and the big guy's tactic

>>4062811
>>4062826
>>4062874

>Roaches, tell them about what happened in the tunnels

3 for this, writing.

>>4062811

<1:42:15>

OOC: Since Paula has the radar, she can see the timer remaining at any point.

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>>4062894
<BLEED OUT STOPPED: -1 STR, -1 DEF, -1 MOV>

Tanjeet's handiwork started with disinfectant, causing you grit your teeth in pain as he asks for help from Luis to raise your back slightly so he can get at the other end of the wound. Thankfully, this is over quickly enough with Luis's help, which helped keep pressure on the back part of your wound with gauze. It almost terrifies you how close the impact had been to your heart, which Tanjeet is no sooner to make comment on.

Throughout his aid, you recounted of your experience in the tunnels, the chamber, the fight against the super alien and your escape with the others. Dante kept them informed on the smaller details, interjecting to explain about his observation about the big bug's control over the other aliens and about the effect it had when it was killed. He subtly omitted the part about leaving Claire and Silvia behind, and about Kurtis's plan to escape the tunnels with bikes.

"It's gotta be their boss" Chris chimed in, after your retelling, "no doubt about it. Wish I still had my other arm, would have loved to fight it sword to sword along side you Paula."

"Honestly, I don't know it if would have made a difference," you admit, wincing as Tanjeet applied the last of the medical bandages, "we were fighting it three on one and it seemed to just be toying with us. Thankfully, I think it's going to be a while before they attack again."

"That really big one though" Tanjeet interjects, finally closing your wound, "sounded like an incredibly advanced form of swarm intelligence. To affect that many at once upon death, it almost sounds like they were psychically linked to it."

"It's worrying me though" Allie states, looking at her radar, "that big mass of signatures you pointed out hasn't moved at all since you told us Paula. What's more, the remains of that big group from the other station is moving down to join with them."

"Could be trying to bide their time" Luis adds, wiping his hands from all of the blood, "regroup and refresh before they hit us again."

"I hope that's all they're doing honestly" you blurt out, taking in a long, painful breath, "damnit...what about you guys? How's Yukino?"

Everyone fell silent at the question, causing a twinge of worry in your mind. Tanjeet was the first to speak up, though you could also sense concern in his voice.

"Well, Yukino is alive but with the amount of blood she lost from her abdomen...I don't think it's a good idea for her to keep on fighting."

He stepped back and pointed to Yukino's covered body, laying on the side of the pavement in some blankets. You didn't need to step forward to tell that she was deathly pale, and that her breathing was coming in quiet sighs. You were about to ask Tanjeet if there was more he could do, before a quick rush of footsteps up the stairs stopped you.

"Paula!" Kurtis's voice rang out from the escalators, as he and the twins approached, "There's something big, really big coming in from the tunnel."

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>>4062999

>Write In

>>4063005
It could be either a swarm or some kind of abomination formed by all of them.

Is there a gas pipe here we can use to cause an explosion when it comes?

Let's try to move somewhere where it's big size would be detrimental to it, where we could funnel and make it unable to manouver.

Focus on flanking and cris hits with the big gun where it hurts

>>4063045
Oh

And when we have an idea about what we are fighting against we should use
Synchronized Flurry
Along with chris

>>4063005
squash it with a cave in or an explosion?

We can trybtonlure it away to somewhere we could have and advantage too

>>4063005
We probably are almost as bad off as Yukino, if we fight our wounds might start bleeding again.

Yea if we can get into a tunnel or other chokepoint where they can't overwhelm us with numbers or have room to dodge our shots that might let us survive.

Since it’s been a while, can you remind us of the total stock of weapons available to the group right now? Who has what, etc?

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>>4063091
>>4063137
>>4063245
>>4063259

Lost track of time with another group I am with. I will take these choices into account.

I'll update tomorrow at 12 PM EST. Sorry no responses up til' now guys.

See you again tomorrow, have a good evening /qst/.

>>4063259

Paula - Sword, X-Gun

Dante - Gauntlets, X-Rifle

Kurtis - X-Rifle, Y- Gun

Claire - No Weapons

Silvia - No Weapons

Tanjeet - Turtle, Y-Gun

Allie - X-Rifle, X-Gun

Chris - Z-Gun, Sword

Luis - X-Gun

Rick - Ordinary Handgun

FBI Operatives (2) - Defenseless

Yukino - Sword, Y-Gun

>>4063346
...Turtle?

>>4063368
The mine, the group calls them turtles because of their round shape and appendages.

>>4063386
Oh, that is a good one, we could use that.

And any spare guns should gontonthe twins too

>>4063593
Actually...what happened to that big stash of guns Paula brought in from the apartment?

Another idea, in the subway there are massive power cables right? We could set those up as traps too, maybe shoot one to break it on top of the thing and fry it.

We should set up as many of those traps as possible

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>>4063276

"Is it that human roach again?" Dante asked, picking up his rifle.

Kurtis shook his head, with a genuinely terrified look, "No, we have no idea what it is. But it sounded even bigger than that giant bug Paula killed in the roach tunnel."

The revelation caused the others, mostly the FBI officers to earn a look of terror in their faces. Though, neither you nor Allie were all that convinced.

"How can you be so sure?" Allie replied, still looking at her radar, "I'm still reading those hundred signatures from the inner tunnels and they haven't moved since those other roaches arrived. Did you see it?"

"N-no, but we felt the ground shaking" Silvia answered, and Claire finished her thought, "yeah, everything around there started shaking like an earthquake. And those smaller roaches all swarmed past us and headed for their nest."

"We left as soon that happened" Kurtis continued, "and unless you guys felt an actual earthquake out here as well, then-"

"Wait, I'm seeing something on the radar" Allie interrupted, earning everyone's attention, "the signatures, those bugs seem to be overlapping over each other. It's not some radar glitch this time either, since they're moving towards something..."

The worrying tone in Allie's voice caused you to open up your own radar screen, with the others surrounding you or Allie. Adjusting the screen to a wider range indeed showed you that swarm in the roach tunnel and the odd movement they were exhibiting. The dots on the radar seemed to be overlapping each other near a central signature, before coming closer to that one figure. Then, they all disappeared earning sounds of confusion from the others.

"They're all gone...?" Tanjeet spoke up, before losing his voice much like the others as the radar showed a new signature.

Your eyes went agape as a dot, almost four times the size of one of the regular signatures, popped up on the radar. What's more, it didn't remain static for too long as it started moving out of the roaches' tunnels, heading right for the subway lane. The only reprieve, was that it appeared to move much slower than any of the previous aliens you'd seen here.

"Christ...I hate being right" Kurtis spoke out, and looking over to the others, "anyone got any ideas? Besides just running in and shooting it dead?"

"What's wrong with that idea?" Chris joked, earning an annoyed look from Kurtis, "hey, it's not as if that isn't what we'd do either way. Why don't we set an ambush, corner it somewhere it can't move."

"Don't think that's gonna work" Tanjeet interjected, looking over Allie's radar, "it doesn't seem to slow down even in the tunnel's concrete. It might slow it down a little, before it breaks through."

"That rules out a cave in then" Dante adds, looking at you, "what about the gas mains? There's pipes running throughout the tunnels, just burst one and we could fry in there."

"And set off another explosion underground?" Kurtis speaks up, and begins another argument with Dante.

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>>4064527

>Ambush, lead it somewhere where its size won't matter and kill it
>Trap, use a gas maine or electrical coupling to fry this creature
>Assault, retrieve your weapon stash and go after this thing head on
>Write In

>>4064467
OOC: Including your suggestion in the options as well since I was still writing.

>>4064532

>Ambush, lead it somewhere where its size won't matter and kill it
>Trap, use a gas maine or electrical coupling to fry this creature

Can we group these two?

Find a chamber where we can move aeound and keep away from it, since ot seems to just destroy anything in its way going for a cramped space might not play in our favor, but having somewhere where we can dodge and manuver around it might be good
And to add to that, we make the eletrical trap or an explosion at the entrance to weaken it before the fight.

>>4064540

OOC: You can select two, but it will alter how the DC for the rolls required as well as how much time you'll have to set up.

>>4064555
How's the place we are right now? How much room we will have once it arrives? Can we move around? We are at a station right? It would be difficult to find something bigger than this right?

Some of us could set uo the trap while the others prepare the terrain, witth covers and vantage points for us to use.

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>>4064568

The topside station is a few meters wide, but the lower station in the subway is several dozen meters in size to accommodate for the train arrivals and for several hundred the people entering and leaving.

That's as much as I will disclose.

>>4064578
Ok, new vote.

Move to the lower station and set the
>trap
There.

>>4064584
+1

>>4064532
>Trap, use a gas maine or electrical coupling to fry this creature

I am fully willing to cause massive structural damage to increase our chances of survival

>>4064584
>>4064613
>>4064621

>Trap, use a gas maine or electrical coupling to fry this creature

Was waiting on additional votes. Writing for this and including this anon's >>4064584 write in.

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>>4064624 -1 <TRUST> Kurtis

The argument had quickly turned into a shouting match from both of them very quickly. It seemed almost funny, considering what had just been revealed, yet Kurtis continued to oppose the idea of causing greater structural damage to the city. Dante's perspective was your own however and you knew full well that you needed to get this resolved before that thing reached the station. For a moment, you wondered if Erick had shouted as much as you were about to.

"BOTH OF YOU BE QUIET!"

Your shout rang out over the whole group, as Kurtis and Dante looked at you for an answer.

"Slowing it down isn't going to do much for us" you started, as everyone's attention was on you again, "and we don't know what thing is capable of if we were to take it head on. So, we need to trap it in the subway station and kill it somehow."

"It's non negotiable Paula" Kurtis spoke up, earning a look from Dante, "I'm not going to responsible for another incident like the one in April."

"Then we'll find another way" you reply, and then recalled something you saw earlier in the tunnel, "Allie, do you think those extension cables and couplings we found in the maintenance warehouse could be hooked up to the rail system?"

Everyone's eyes shifted to Allie, as she thoughtfully responded, "Yes, I think we could but I don't know if we'll have enough time to set it up. I've never worked with electrical systems before, much less a railway."

"Then find a way" you command, earning a look of worry from her, "otherwise, we'll have to use the fuel barrels from that same maintenance room to blow up the tunnel itself."

"I already said it was non-" Kurtis starts, before you flash him a glare.

"And I'm not going to let our team die because we didn't use an option we had available. You helped to make drones before, help her with this and we won't have to explode the gas mains."

Kurtis returned a glare back to you, before sighing and nodding in response.

"Everyone else still able to fight", you continued, shifting your gaze to the others, "we're gonna need two groups on this to make this work. One to lead that thing to the trap and another to get those supplies from the maintenance room to the station."

"I'm down to help in leading that thing Paula" Chris perks up, surprising everyone.

"I'll go with him" Dante states, looking over to his side, "Everyone else can go to that maintenance room with Kurtis and Allie, and start setting up both traps. One in the tunnel, and another on the rails to the platform."

The others nodded, and even some of the FBI officers were getting up to aid in the effort; except for Rick. He seemed to just be sulking next to Yukino, which you could just ignore for now. For the moment though, at least you had a plan set to account for this new threat, though you could see the fractures in the group. You were no leader, but at least you could keep it from self-destructing.

"What about Paula?" Dante spoke up, "what will you be doing?"

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>>4064682

>Help out with Supplies, go with the team into the maintenance room
>Bait, go with Dante and Chris to bait that thing into the trap
>Rest, stay by Yukino and Rick's side and rest up a bit
>Write In

>>4064692

>Rest, stay by Yukino and Rick's side and rest up a bit

"I lost too much blood, sit a while with Yukino."

Nod in rick's direction for him to see, we already saw how people lose it in Gubtz and rick is not looking good

>>4064715
I wpuld support going with allies group too

>>4064692

>Help out with Supplies, go with the team into the maintenance room

>>4064754
Wait, is no one else staying with Yukino besides rick? If he is the only one staying we better stay too

>>4064715
>>4064720
>>4064754
>>4064755

OOC: I...uh...which choice are you guys deciding on? Cause it sounds like it's both.

>>4064780
Wait for me

>>4064780
>>4064755
This

>>4064754
>>4064807
>>4064819

>Rest, stay by Yukino and Rick's side and rest up a bit

Alright, going with this then. Writing.

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>>4064831

"I don't think I'll be of too much help out there at the moment" you admitted, earning a look of worry from the others, "I've lost a lot of blood, but not as much as Yukino. I'll keep her and Rick company while I rest, but I'll defend them if trouble comes around."

"I won't argue with that" Tanjeet responds, giving you a look of sympathy, "considering what you just went through. Though, I'm worried we're going to be outgunned for what's ahead, since you wont be joining us."

"Actually, I can help you that as well" you reply, getting up with a groan, "I left a dufflebag in the tunnels full of guns where I entered the station for the first time. It should still be there, you guys can arm whoever needs it with what's inside."

"Thanks Paula, we'll check it out!" Silvia and Claire spoke out in unison, running down the escalators.

"Well, we better hurry and get this thing set up" Dante reminded, and everyone standing nodded in confirmation, "let's hustle people! And stay safe Paula."

The others left for escalator, though Chris gave you smile before he descended with the others. It was too fast to return, but you shared his sentiment for this plan. As the sound of their footsteps descended underground, you headed over to the concrete wall where Rick and Yukino resided. It was still painful to walk with your injury, but you made it to them without pause.

You let out a wince as you sat down, though not earning even a glimpse from Rick who's sullen head hung staring at the ground. It wasn't the real concern, as you looked over to Yukino's face. The sight was much worse up close, as her skin looked almost stark white compared to the blue and red veins almost seeping out of her skin. You reached out a hand to her forehead and let out a sigh as you felt a dull warmth. They had done good to find her the blankets, as she would have been deathly cold without them.

"I didn't want to do it you know" Rick's voice blurted out, almost making you take your hand back, "we were all just doing our jobs here. I didn't want to look weak, incompetent or whatever excuse sounds better for you, Paula."

"Rick, it's not-" you attempted to speak, but Rick kept going.

"I've seen people ridden with bullet holes, split open with knives and every after effect of physical trauma with vehicles. And yet I can't take my mind off of what's happened here, how something like this can just..exist."

"I'm not th-" you started again, but he continued without listening.

"Yet somehow, you could still do it all. This whole thing, the killing, keeping this little secret from everyone who trusted you, yet somehow at the end of the rope I'm the one who ends up feeling apologetic about it all...ain't that some bullshit?"

Rick let out a small laugh, though it sounded like sobbing with how sullen he looked. It would have been pitiful, yet it had ultimately been his own doing. Could he even really complain if he wasn't in a similar condition to you or Yukino?

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>>4064883

>Sympathy, you're stronger than this, you're my boss remember?
>Neutrality, we have to endure if we're going to get through this
>Apathy, just be quiet you're lucky you weren't even hurt
>Write In

>>4064891

>Sympathy, you're stronger than this, you're my boss remember?

We could not tell, the bombs and all that.


Qm: just to be clear, we will take part in the figjt right? I was under the impression Paula would rest while thw others set the trap and bait the alien but that we would help in the actual fight.

>>4064891

>Sympathy, you're stronger than this, you're my boss remember?

>>4064891
>Sympathy, you're stronger than this, you're my boss remember?
Rick did what he thought was the right thing to do. He's not really to blame, in the end - Gantz is. Gantz set it all up to align perfectly, all so he could get a fresh batch of soldiers to play his game.
The most fucked up part is that absolutely nobody outside of the game can know about any of it.

>>4064900
>>4064930
>>4064931

>Sympathy, you're stronger than this, you're my boss remember?

3 for this, writing.

>>4064900

OOC: Entirely up to you if you even want to join it. I'll give context clues when it starts happening if you want in.

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>>4064939

A part of you wanted to call Rick out on his attitude and on the events that had led up to his entry into Gantz. But you knew full well that what had transpired had been ultimately out of everyone's control. He only acted in what he thought was right, something you would have done as well had things not turned out like they did. You let out a sigh and gave Rick a look of genuine comfort.

"We couldn't have told you" you started, though Rick kept his gaze on the floor, "Gantz would have killed us if we even if we mentioned it. And now the worst part of it is, that you're under in that same place with us."

Rick didn't respond, as he kept his face sullen and staring to the floor. He was a headstrong leader to the station, someone who stubbornly looked at trouble in the face and growled back at it. To see him like this would have demoralized you in another time.

"We all did what we had to do to survive" you added, earning a chuckle from him, "it's not something I am proud of either. I know you're not proud of what you did as well, but you were ultimately pushed to do something to keep someone from putting strings to you."

"I guess you'd know all about that" he replied, his sullen expression not facing the wall, "it's just a matter of how much you end up living with yourself afterwards. At this point though, I don't know if I should keep living..."

"Rick-" you stated, before Rick stared to look at you.

"They were going to indict everyone there Paula" he interrupted, his expression changing to apologetic, "we all did what we could, we followed the rules, yet ultimately it doesn't matter to people above you. Did you really think I wanted to use Luis to get to you, to smile and cheer while the feds took you away?"

"I already know the answer to that Rick" you simply replied, earning a sigh from him, "but I'm honestly through blaming myself for things that happened in the past. If we want to live, we need to look in the present and plan for anything in the near future."

"Heh, here you are giving me a sermon and I'm your superior" Rick stated with a slight chuckle, before laying on the wall again "I just don't know anymore Paula. It's all so impossible to imagine, much less think about, even that little girl is managing it better than me."

"Give it time" you respond, looking at Yukino, "and if you need help, then we'll be here if you just ask."

Rick didn't look back at you, but you could swear you heard a 'Thank you' as he looked above. You didn't stare further, as you let yourself take a rest, sitting right next to you Yukino.

<1:31:10>

A rumbling, or rather a quaking beneath you caused you snap awake from your nap. You winced slightly as you quickly got up to look for what was going on around you. Not long after, Yukino let out a cry of pain as you saw her body bounce slightly from the covers, as well as a cry of exasperation from Rick. Then, you heard a low gurgling shriek emanate from the subway's entrance.

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>>4065012

>Subway, check out what's happening down there
>Yukino, move Yukino to a safer location
>Defend, hold your ground here and wait for it to pass
>Write In

>>4065017
>Subway, check out what's happening down there
Tell rick to fire that pistol of his if anything weird happens. The sound is pretty distinct compared to the GANTZ weapons, so we should be able to discern it and come running ASAP.

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OOC: I'm heading to bed in a bit, but I'll be back to update for the remainder of the week around 8 PM EST,

We're coming close to our final confrontation, so please stick around for votes and rolls.

Thank you again /qst/, have a good evening.

>>4065017
>Subway, check out what's happening down there

Bugs 2 numerous and belligerent

>>4064682
Also, man, fuck Kurtis.
That bitch wanted to leave our asses behind for some thots over “pragmatism” and then gets pissy when we declare the pragmatic plan of blowing up the boss if and only if we would die otherwise?
Fucking Kurtis. Can’t believe we brought his ass back when we were Eric. A real cunt.

>>4065017

>Subway, check out what's happening down there

Tell rick to grab yukino and to follow us to the entrance and be near in case something happens

>>4065773
Agreed

>>4065029
>>4065104
>>4065773
>>4065983

>Subway, check out what's happening down there

4 for this, early update. Writing.