[WolfEx]

Shadow/Krystal/Vincent(Guest)

Through Shadow's efforts and barrage of attacks, the burning tyrant with a rage problem was slowly being dwindled down to nothing. With each strike of Shadow's spiny limbs the parts of the Tyrant's flesh kept ripping away. Spurts of blood shot from him at various times during each strike. Towards the end of his assault Shadow got a few charged heavier attacks in and nearly ground the enemy's head off. It staggered badly and could barely maintain its balance. Krystal finished it off with some grazing ice blasts and a spray of bullets shredding the thing apart with the fire scorching its body devouring the rest of it causing it to eventually fall to a heap.

Bleedout Chance Roll From Vincent FYXVS3YYp_1d100

Despite Vincent's bloody slash attack earlier, the creature did not bleed out. The fire simply charred it to nothing. As for the other nearly dead tyrant it had burned to death quite some time ago. The flames on it and surrounding it consumed it and its life quickly ended. With the beasts defeated the room began to shake even more violently and the fires began to grow hotter around them climbing up the walls and ripping through the rusted metal the various machines nearby were made of. Shrills and screams of other Tyrants and creeping beasts that were trying to come to the group's location and surprise them with a sneak attack were being burned alive in the vents and pipes they were attempting to travel in to reach the team. All paths were blocked by burning pieces of wreckage from the flames and consumed by fire to escape the area.

Vincent looked around trying to find any means at all of escape now that the enemies were taken care of. "We're trapped like rats! We took too long." Despite Shadow and Krystal's efforts, there was no way to flee from the flames. Vincent then looked directly above them, and noticed a weak spot in the ceiling; a part of the room the flames have yet to touch. He pointed his gun upwards and alerted the team. "You two. Come over here and grab on to me. I may have found a way out of here. It'll be a bumpy one however, but trust me, I'll see to it we safely escape and make it to the next floor." Vincent gestures to the others to latch onto his cape and fires a hole into the ceiling. He then clicks a button on Cerberus and a harpoon pops out of the gun. He was thankful they were all not trapped for a doomed fate after all.

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Wolf/Ghor/Yumiko

The group overall decides to deal with the chained up Master Hand while the divided part of the team above were being surrounded by flames. It seemed between them all a few ideas of what to do with the Master Hand fluttered in their heads. Blowing up its chains being one of them; along with seeing about curing whatever disease it may have and setting it free in a more diplomatic way. One was more aggressive while the other was risky and close quarters. It would certainly be wise to make haste on whatever decision was decided, due to the crumbling room above and the danger the others may be in as the flames scorch through that vicinity. The Hand continues to breathe subtly and remains weak and suffering. No signs of aggression from its end is yet apparent; at least not in its current state. It wouldn't be too hard to free it from its binds without struggle.

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

Wolf listens to Yumiko's idea about the fire and a possible alternate route. He was admittedly intrigued where that other locked gate may lead them. It was the only path they have left alone. And climbing upwards into a burning room may lead to some major pain and hopeless efforts. With concern and a decision to make both about Master Hand and the route above, Wolf makes a judgment call. "I appreciate your thoughts on this matter lady, but putting all the pieces together, I honestly think freeing that Hand is the right move. Maybe it can rip that other metal gate we have yet to open over there and take it off its hinges in order to find us an alternate path to regroup with the others. I think if we were to try and climb that ladder now, the flames will be too strong, thoughts?" Aside from his current idea, he was fresh out of options. 

Wolf then heard Ghor's suggestion of lobbing a grenade into the chained space and releasing the creature that way. Wolf immediately disagreed. "As much as I love explosions and alien body parts raining down around me reminding me of my days surviving Venom with a high kill streak, I have to disagree this time." Wolf remembered how calm in nature the Hand was and how much suffering the chained creature was going through. He didn't feel an explosive would help the situation other than anger it and hold a grudge with the team for the methods of its freedom being less than ideal. "We don't have the time to get into another battle right now, especially with a Master Hand. As weak as it looked, I am sure it is still capable of quite a bit of destruction. Besides...." Wolf touched on the matter of its nature. "It appeared...calling out for help in a way. It had a certain...sadness to it. I don't know. I just don't think blowing up its confines is the way to go." Wolf turns to the unlocked gate the Master Hand was resting in and makes his way there.

"Let me handle this." He gives an aside to the group with determination and confidence, then headed through the gate and finds the Master Hand exactly as it was before. Laying in pain, and its condition almost looked more dire than before. It was running out of time to be saved. Wolf slowly tip toes towards it and whispers to himself. "Ok there fella...nice and easy...let me get you out of there....please don't make this a thing." Wolf makes it to his chains until he was right next to the Hand and using his claws slashed with a quick swipe the weakest link on the chain. A subtle clink sound was heard and the Hand turned over on its palm and pushed itself up to a floating stance. It let out a groan of both relief and confusion. Wolf took a step back and gave a defensive pose.

"Shit did I make a mistake? What's your deal?" Wolf suddenly grew worried that his actions caused the Hand distress. But, after a moment of slight panic, the Hand stopped its commotion and pacing around the gated area and then faced Wolf; still flashing a purple hue and ended up pointing at his vest pocket. Wolf looked down and pulled out the black case holding the vials he received at the black market to cure the peculiar disease that seemed to riddle this place other than Starvia. The Master Hand then gives him a thumbs up.

Wolf, intrigued now, takes a vial out and attaches it to one of the syringes in the case and holds it out in front of Master Hand. "Is this what you want?" The Master Hand waves up and down confirming. Wolf smirks with a nod. "Alright. As long as you don't crush me to death. Then we're cool, ok?" The Master Hand turns his index finger upside down and presents it to Wolf. Wolf takes the syringe and injects it into its finger. It lets out a savage yell and the purple color began to flash around it excessively. It then began to squirm violently. Wolf jumps back even more creating space between the two.

After moments of discomfort, the aura around the Hand begins to dim. Its color returns to normal. It then calmly floats over to Wolf and pets him lightly on the head. "What...the hell..." He didn't like that gesture much. The Master Hand then began to psychically connect to Wolf's mind and speaks to him by raising his fingers in a pulling motion. Wolf freezes in place and hears a voice. Thank you for freeing me, dog. I am lucky to have been saved as my life force was quickly fading. We have much to discuss. I was experimented on by two powerful men that are atop this tower continuing their savage experiments on other beings and creatures they come across. Mixing a dose of Starvia with something...else. Something much more unpredictable and barbaric. Luckily the dose of Starvia they tried to inject me with wasn't strong enough to get me sick with that plague. But the other dose of what they used on me...that crazed drug....made me ridden with disease. I felt wild and careless. Craving things our species never have before. Flesh. Death. Blood. I was beside myself. Wolf listened with glassed eyes. He knew something was up here, just not to such a caliber.


"That's terrible. Insane. So I was right....something uncanny is going on around here. Do they just throw all their experiments down here after they no longer serve a purpose or don't produce the desired result or effect they want? How heartless." The Master Hand waves in agreement with Wolf's deliberation. I'm afraid so, canine. When they saw that I wasn't adhering to their commands and giving into their hive mind ways, they knocked me out, chained me up, and threw me down here. I was no match for their power. Their psychotic, evil power. More than what my own masters Galeem and Dharkon were even capable of. Together they have found a way to nearly perfect whatever concoction they are working on up there, and I fear they have Injected themselves with it. Now that I see what mindless power can do, I no longer wish to go down such a dark path. The Master Hand seemed completely serious in his statement. Staying firm to how little he did not want to go down that road. 

"Who are they? And does this mean you'll help us?" The Master Hand hesitated, but ultimately gave Wolf an appropriate answer that would serve his needs, and the team. Yes. I will help you and your friends to get higher up this tower. As for whom those tyrannical individuals are. All I can tell you is they're human. They have unmatched wisdom and psychic power along with the effects of that drug they're making which would make any being much stronger than they were. And if they have mastered a mix of Starvia with this newfound savagery their making, they have already injected themselves with it and increased their strength tenfold. And they won't stop until they're powerful enough to craft an army and crush your precious Life Sphere. They want a land ruled by unpredictable chaos, not order. Master Hand makes a fist angered at their ideals. And I want my revenge on them. I want to break their insane machine up there turning the sky black. Then when I have it, I can continue my search for Crazy Hand and get a grasp on where his spirit is at these days. I hope they are well. Wolf exudes a sense of relief hearing the Master Hand's cooperation and offered aid in the battle here.

"That's fantastic. How is your ability for putting out fires by the way?" The Master Hand showed confusion and a bit of concern. Not something I can really do without my brethren Crazy Hand. Tornadoes and such are more his thing. And I am not entirely sure how that would help put out a flame. Wolf then went to Plan B and the team would have to follow along. "Right. Thought as much. Then, there's another gate over yonder. It's locked tight. Mind pulling it off the hinges so me and my team and find another way to regroup with the others?" The Master Hand obliges Wolf's orders. Now that I can do. Show me where we are to go, Fox. I will follow in return for saving my life. Wolf suddenly gets annoyed and shudders at the comment. "Wolf...it's Wolf." The Master Hand does not respond and simply follows him aimlessly. "Right. So, it's this way." Wolf guides him through the gate and then towards the group and introduces them.

"Hey you guys, told ya my way would work. This is Master Hand. A good one. Not a bad one. It's pretty grateful we saved its life." The Master Hand simply waves to the group and Wolf grins. "It can't talk, by the way. It communicates telepathically. But it'll help open that gate over there to find us another way to the rest of the team." The Master Hand gestures with a nodding motion as Wolf points to the other locked gate and it floats over to it. It then grips it tightly and with little effort rips it off the hinges and tosses it behind it. It then motions the group to enter. "This thing is awesome ain't it!?!" Wolf says this in hopes the team can trust it. But for now, they needed all the help they could get with the level of crazy they were dealing with.

"I guess we should get goin then. Unless one of you want to take the risk of climbing that ladder and hope you don't get burned by fire. Up to you." Wolf heads through the now gate less path and Master Hand follows behind him. There was alot more ground to cover, and with a new ally by their side, it's possible it won't be so hard to traverse. Maybe.





Wolf: HP: 132/150

1d100

[Sunnivale]

Yumiko lowered her guard a little when Wolf said that the Master Hand needed it's help, despite the fact that it might be infected with the starvia. That was when she remembered the serum that Wolf was carrying. "Do you think those serums that you have will help it. At least be able to take back it's mind?" Yumiko said, it seems as though Wolf was going to try anyway.

"Alright, be careful, and move back if it does anything weird, or call for us." Yumiko suggested and watched as Wolf had entered the path towards the chained Master Hand, while she stood in front of the path's entrance.

"I hope this works. It would be good having another ally when we get up to that facility and we don't find Shadow and Krystal, considering that there's likely more of those monsters similar to that frog creature we fought a few minutes ago." Yumiko said. Soon after, Wolf emerged, with the Master Hand. Yumiko was about to prepare herself for the worst, however, it was no longer glowing purple, in fact, he appears to be good now. Wolf explained who it was and how it talked and how it can help lead them into another path towards the Facility.

"Really?" Yumiko looked towards the Master Hand, now that it was good.

"It's nice to meet you, even if you can't talk back to me. We're grateful for you helping us with getting into the building." She then watched as the Master Hand ripped open the other gate that was closed off. When he did, Wolf asked if anyone wanted to go back up with the ladder again, to which Yumiko looked up to it.

She saw smoke coming out from the hatch.

"It's no use going back up there now. The room we climbed in from is likely in flames again and I'm not in the mood to get burned today." She then proceeded to follow Wolf and Master Hand towards the second path, likely to another entrance to the Facility.

"So, what were you two talking about before you met back up with us? Anything about what happened to him in the Facility?" Yumiko asked to Wolf, before realising that earlier, he said that the Master Hand was a good one.

"Also... Is there more of these Master Hands. I did hear that there was more of them at a book back in a library." Yumiko would say as she continued to follow the two down the tunnel.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 19/35
Diarahan Cooldown: Six Turns Remaining

[cynda1]

Shadow started running for the entrance that he and Krystal had came from, only to realize that the exit had been blocked. The hedgehog started scanning the area, desperately in search for the exit, but was met with no results. Vincent voiced the concern that they were trapped rats, but Shadow couldn't bring himself to accept that. He knew if he could just get his powers to work, they'd be warped out of there in less than a second. But his powers weren't working, and it seemed like that one Chaos Spear he used was a... a fluke or something, cause no matter how hard he tried, not so much as a spark was being made. Crap... Shadow thought they had more time.

Shadow looked up into the vents, apprehensive and exasperated, hearing the screams of pain and horror coming from them. The screams sounded like those of the creatures they had just destroyed. Were... were they planning a surprise attack on them? Well, Shadow would've been grateful that the fire prevented that... if it weren't for the measly little issue of... well... them not exploding. In any case, it still wasn't exactly a pleasant sound, for sure. And while there still seemed to be time, the vibrating of the entire room indicated there wasn't much, and the fact that they were trapped there meant the extra time they had didn't really make a lick of a difference.

That is, until Vincent spoke up.

Or rather, fired his pistol into the air to gain everyone's attention. He quickly instructed them to grab onto him and trust him, and while Shadow was quite hesitant on the idea of grabbing onto him, it wasn't like he had much of a choice. "C'mon!" Shadow yelled over to Krystal, as he grabbed onto the man's cape.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor retrieved his explosives, stepping back as Wolf advised them to handle the Master Hand otherwise. “They aren’t necessarily high-yield explosives, in fact the creature would barely feel a thing if I dialed them back to the lowest setting” he replied as his metal finger tapped against the side of the grenade. “I wouldn’t be so quick to trust a strange creature in a facility full of ravenous, corrupted beasts, but I suppose if you see this as the best option, we’ll be here to back you up if the occasion calls for it” he added as he placed his hands behind his back.

It was perhaps a bit unwise for Wolf to go alone, but Ghor figured that the canine had a bit of experience with the Master Hand before they got wrapped up in the fight with the sewer beast, something that suggested it was more than the mindless creatures they’ve fought against up to this point. Ghor nodded along with Yumiko’s assessment though, cautiously watching Wolf as he unshackled the hand. “Indeed, if there’s still a horde to face, then we’ll need as many allies as we can get. We can only hope that this creature is that friendly though.”

Ghor didn’t have his weapon pointed at the Master Hand, but he had his optics fixated on it, watching its movements and ready to throw his weapon up like a quick slinger. Where Ghor came from, one did not simply trust an alien creature and live to tell the tale. An unfortunate truth of his home world.

It seemed that a dialogue was being exchanged between the two, though Ghor could only make out the words of his bounty hunter ally. It seemed as if there was an understanding, especially after Wolf administered the syringes that he had brought with him. Soon, their conversation came to a conclusion, and they walked back to them, side by side. At the notion of it being their new ally, Ghor looked up at Master Hand. “Well, it is certainly an interesting development. Hopefully this is only the beginning of the suffering we will cease” be added sensibly as he followed behind the rest of the group.

They returned to the main room, allowing the Master Hand to remove the gate in their way. At the suggestion of returning up the ladder, Ghor’s amber optics flashed over to the manhole, the flickering flames reflecting off the lights of his eyes. He thought on it for a moment, the heat wouldn’t affect him for a brief window of time, especially with all the sewer water he was covered in. At the same time though, the fire had been brewing for quite sometime. If he went up there looking for Krystal and Shadow, it was likely that he wouldn’t find them at all, as they had plenty of time to retreat. He had to trust that they found their own way out.

Ghor followed behind the rest of his squad, descending into the mysterious tunnel and following the trail of blood in the water.

[heirtothemonado]

As the last of the Tyrants burned up, Krystal gave a satisfied sigh. Finally, those things had gone down! They were certainly a stubborn bunch. Hopefully they won't run into that many more. Although, Krystal thought as she looked around a little frantically, if they didn't get out of here soon, they might not have to worry about that at all. Running back to the door her and Shadow had come in from, Krystal attempts to push the debris out of the way, but it was no use. They were blocked in!

"Urh...no good. We can't get back through here!" Krystal called out, moving back to Shadow and Vincent, her heart beating a little faster as the flames grew higher. They didn't have any way out....were they really going to die here?

Fortunately, Vincent had spotted a way out! Looking up to where he had fired his pistol, Krystal did spy a way out of here! Wasting no time following Vincent's instructions as Shadow called out to her, Krystal grabbed on to the other side of Vincent's cape, and looked up to where he had hooked his harpoon to. Well, if this was their only way out, Krystal wasn't going to complain. She just hoped that they got out of this crumbling cage in time...

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Krystal
Helath: 129/145
Shild: 0/45
Status: Ready to leave

[WolfEx]

Shadow/Krystal/Vincent(Guest)

After grabbing on to Vincent, the three of them propel upwards through a hole in the ceiling of the crumbling engine room. It seems they have made their escape just in time. The entire room turns to dust and rubble being eaten by the scourge of attacking flames below with the cries of the zombie like creatures that had tried to enter the room through the vents in the walls filling the smoky air now being devoured by the fire on their way to assault the group and aid their previously fallen comrades. Unfortunately for them, the plan of being backup failed tremendously. 

The new area around them was vastly different than the engine room the group occupied. Vincent's harpoon of his gun clipped the edge of the hole and he climbed into this new territory helping the others up and onto a metal floor. Smoke continued to billow from below up through the hole Vincent had created. He let out a few coughs and covered his mouth with his cape. He looks around and notices a large hallway. It looked to be a sleek corridor with various different doors to the left and right of the corridor lining the walls. Each with a machine next to the knob in which something would likely have to be swiped or inserted to open them.

There were 3 visible doors down the hall in front of the group. Behind them was a pair of steel bars blocking access to any route to their rear. They appeared to have descended down from the ceiling above them and were likely activated when the alarms sounded giving the group limited access to escape. it was a failsafe system. But little did the masterminds behind the facility know that the team had found a much more forceful route by blasting a hole in this floor to get them where they are, and ofcourse, burning down a whole engine room. And at the other end of the hall in front of the team there was another set of steel bars blocking off more access of the space. The doors were the only plausible means to move forward.

Vincent looked to Krystal then Shadow and pointed at the doors. "That's our only route. I say we check the doors and see if they open as well as where they lead to." Vincent goes to the first door on the left of the hall and tries to open it. It doesn't budge. He then steps back and fires a shot from his gun at the handle attempting to blow it off, but the bullet simply ricochets backwards nearly grazing Vincent and does nothing to the door lock. "Damn. These doors are reinforced." He then quickly rushes over to the other doors and tries opening them as well. Nothing. He was growing impatient, that was until he remembered something and turns his attention to Krystal. He gestures at her coat.

"You had my gun in those pockets, but didn't you grab something else too?" If he recalled he had seen a key card in that coat pocket of hers. "That card you nabbed. I would say maybe try it on one of these doors? If we're lucky it'll work on one of them, maybe even all of them." Granted Krystal didn't mention anything about the card to Vincent, but he wasn't exactly mortal, and had very keen senses so he easily noticed it right after noticing his gun was in the opposite pocket she harbored. He struck an idea with Shadow as well.

"You, hedgehog, you seem to possess some interesting abilities. Would any of your powers be able to blast through or get into one of these rooms if Krystal's card does no good? I would like us to spend as little time as possible to get to the top of this place. But with all these doors and trap rooms with those...things....I'm afraid we may be in for more unwelcome surprises along the way. So we have to ensure we are a step ahead of their game." Vincent raises his pistol and reloads it with a grimaced look. "I can stay and guard the halls while you two investigate those rooms. Who knows how many more guests we will have in our funhouse." He remains as alert as possible while the others investigate the rooms ahead.

((There are three doors that all lead to different rooms. Krystal's key card can be used on all three but with no guarantee to work. If there is a door or several, that the card does not open, a Perception Roll of 18 is required to find other objects or tech that may help open the rest of the doors since they are reinforced and cannot be broken into; unless there is magic or ability that can allow one to walk through walls or teleport to unseen places. In which a WIS roll of 19 is required to teleport or phase through the door. Limit, 1 chancery/perception roll per post.))
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Wolf/Ghor/Yumiko

Opening the remaining gate by force with blood flowing beneath this group's feet, Master Hand leads the team down a tunnel riddled with floating bones of bodies long gone; human and otherwise. They became more copious the further the group walked along. Likely failed and destroyed experiments of the past that were dissected in this facility. As the group went they arrived at a metal fan embedded in a wall of the same material. It blocked their path. The fan was large and had to be passed through to get to the next area.

As the group observes the fan they will notice in the crevices of the blades that there is a laboratory like space. From a distance various jars full of multi colored liquids and body parts line multiple shelves filling the room up allowing for limited walking space. The room from the distance the team was currently at seemed to be a storage space that doubled as a lab for quick experiments. The trail of blood in the water flooded into that laboratory making it unusable because of the damp conditions, but still accessible. That is, if the group can squeeze through the fan space. And if they looked down they would notice a rather chunky body of a zombie like creature wedged in one of the blades causing the fan to get stuck in its spinning process. This seemed to be where the blood was coming from. The blade pinched into the body's stomach and is clearly caught in its intestines. The creature was well beyond dead.




If the team would like to proceed to the laboratory area, they would need to squeeze through the stalled blades space or would need to blast the body and the fan away giving them plenty of space to move ahead, but that would require quite a bit of oomph. If they just blasted the body, the fan would spin at a rapid pace preventing further access and it seemed to be doing so on its own via automatic settings from a hidden control. The only route to move ahead would be to squeeze through the blades or, blow the entire thing up. One would create quite a bit of noise, while the other option would be quiet but tricky. But either is possible.

((To move forward, a DEX Roll of 17 is required to squeeze through the blades. If that doesn't seem likely for your particular character, then a STR, DEX, or WIS Roll of 19 is required to blow away the the fan device and the corpse to give access ahead to the lab. Only 1 chance each to roll for both types of access is allowed per character. So two chances total per post.))

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

Covering some more ground slowly but surely, the team unfortunately reaches another dead end. And also, a disgusting obstacle. Wolf rolls his eyes when Master Hand gestures to them showing a dead end involving a wedged fan and a corpse stuck in its blade. "Aw come on! How many of these nasty lookin things are gonna be causing us trouble?" He takes out his blaster and aims it at the fan and the body. "Probably best to blow this damn thing away." Master Hand interjects by filling Wolf's mind for a moment with his words. Wait a moment, Star Fox. Is that the best solution? Unfortunately I can't risk getting my fingers chopped off to get us through, but the blast from your blaster might misfire and hurt us in this small space. Shall we allow one of the others to put their heads to the test and find a solution for us? Wolf points the blaster suddenly at Master Hand and briefly growls.

"I told you it's Wolf. And I know what I'm doin. Just let me try ok?" Master Hand backs off, and gives Wolf some space to try his paws at getting the path cleared. Not that the team knew what Wolf wanted to do anyway, since it just looked like he was talking to himself since Master Hand communicated with thought which made the circumstance a little odd for everyone. But Wolf went ahead with his line of thinking anyway on trying to clear the way himself, but deciding against his gun in the end putting it away. Instead he took out one of his Smart Pup devices and tapped it causing it to beep and prepare for a detonation.

"Alright, let's all back up. These things are small but pack a punch." Wolf leaps back and chucks the device into the fan hoping to blow it up.

DEX Roll for Smart Pup on Fan NfSowpmzp_1d20 + 3 (FAILURE!)

The device explodes but literally does nothing to the body or the fan. The wedge was very tight. Wolf grumbles. "Dammit. Alright then, I'm small enough, let's see." He then rubs his paws together and walks over the fan and grabs on to one of the blades trying to squeeze himself through the fan space.

DEX Roll for Squeezing through the fan p_1d20 + 3 (He's too fat.)

He tries his best but he simply can't fit through and nearly gets stuck in the process. He pushes himself back out of the space towards the others and kicks the ground in frustration. "I think I'm eating too many Lylat Cakes and Bloop Patties. Or maybe it's this vest I'm wearing and my steel tipped boots. I ain't takin anything off or pukin up any calories if I don't have to though. Anyone else wanna give this a shot?" He folds his arms giving up for the moment and sees if anyone else can try to get through. Master Hand waits patiently secretly finding Wolf's failure humorous but says nothing and remains obedient to the team's efforts.



Wolf: HP: 132/150

1d20 + 3·1d20 + 3

[Sunnivale]

Yumiko looked down at the water as she followed the group and noticed the mixture of blood and bone floating in the water, she tried her best not to have her legs touch them as best as she can. "We must be getting close to another entrance. Huh?" That was when she noticed a fan that looked like the group would have trouble getting into.

As well as the body that was jamming the fan, Yumiko looked in between the blades to notice a laboratory like room up ahead. "Huh, I think I see some sort of laboratory if we go through this fan. That might be where that creature we fought came from, and likely how you got chained up here." Yumiko looked towards the Master Hand, it appeared Wolf was talking to it again, seeing as how he was talking to himself.

He tried to break open the fan so the group can get through, but when that didn't work. He tried to get through himself, only, he was too big to do so.

"Ugh, unlucky." Yumiko said in reference to the corpse in the fan, before looking towards Wolf.

"I'm sure it's just bad luck. Here, let me try and see if I can get in." Yumiko tried to go through the fan herself.

Y6vf41vVp_1d20+2(Which didn't work.)

Yumiko only managed to get halfway in, but stopped herself when she was worried that the body will fall out of the fan and the fan will be activated again and slice Yumiko in two, or worse, Yumiko get's stuck like the corpse. She moved out and shook her head. "Even it's too big for me, maybe a little wind magic can break it open." Although it will likely make a lot of noise. Yumiko couldn't see any alternative option for what the group should do, so far nobody seemed to have a quiet attack.

So Yumiko fired a shot of magurudyne towards the fan in the hopes that it would topple over.

p_1d20+5(Almost too, but not quite.)

When Yumiko thought that something might have happened, she was disappointed to see that the fan was stuck in place. "Damn, do you guys have any ideas about getting through this fan?" Yumiko asked Master Hand and Ghor. Even if Master Hand can't give out a response, he can surely try and break open the fan for the group.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 22/35
Diarahan Cooldown: Five Turns Remaining
1d20+2·1d20+5

[cynda1]

Shadow held onto Vincent's cape as the three of them shot up into the hole in the ceiling as the room was engulfed in flame. Any screams of agony Shadow may have heard before were now silenced by the inferno as it blazed relentlessly. Shadow squinted in slight annoyance. Anything else that may have been of any use to this mission was now burning along with the Engine room itself. In any case, Shadow was glad they were able to keep a hold of the tools they had found.

One of which, as it would turn out, would be useful now. Or... supposedly, anyway. Krystal had a key card that may or may not have been useful on any or all of the doors. Of course, there was the possibility that the card wouldn't work on any of the doors, which got Vincent to try and think of other solutions. Shadow couldn't help but wonder if there were other card keys in that room they missed out investigating, though it wasn't like wondering would do them any good now.

Shadow nodded at Krystal, thinking getting the doors unlocked manually was the only way to really get through. But then, of course, Vincent voiced a suggestion that caused Shadow to do a double take. “Hm?!” Shadow voiced a bit of concern, but not really coherent enough for anyone to understand really what the problem was. Shadow turned to face the three doors ahead of him and took them all in very carefully.

There was no telling what the three doors held, all that was known was that someone didn’t want anyone going in them. Well, at least at some point. Whether they were barricaded for any coherent reason was yet to be seen, if at all. In normal circumstances, this would be no issue. In one door, and if it was a problem he’d just warp out, easy peasy. But seeing as the hedgehog had just rescued Vincent from a cold prison, the hedgehog wasn’t so sure he’d really be capable of pulling anything off involving his powers again. Not any time soon anyway.

Still, the Ultimate Life Form, or whatever he was now, couldn’t exactly see the harm in at least giving it a try. Unless, of course, it fails halfway through the door, but he didn’t find that to be a likely scenario. Maybe if he were his inferior Prototype that would be a concern, but even as faulty as he was now, Shadow didn’t think he had been weakened to that level…

...Had he?

Smoke was really starting to billow, and the three of them were coughing really bad by now. Time was of the essence.

Well, in any case, Shadow took his focus to the first door right down the left. Regardless of which door he chose, it wasn’t likely he had more than one shot at this, so he really needed to focus. The hedgehog straightened himself out and took a big breath before blowing it out. Shadow’s eyes remained closed for a few minutes before his eyes flashed open. Shadow held his hand out in front of the first door, and glared before shouting “Chaos Control!”

02HcdjGjp_1d20+4 (Shadow's attempt to teleport through the first door... a crit! Wonder what'll happen?)

And… as expected… nothing seemed to happen. Still Shadow kept his stance as he tried to keep his focus. Still… nothing was happening, and it caused the hedgehog’s shoulders to slack a little as he breathed out an exasperated sigh. “Yeah… about as expected.” Shadow glanced at Vincent. “You see-!” Before Shadow could even finish his thought, the hedgehog felt something, and in an instant, he vanished in blue.

However, instead of ending up in the first door, he was behind the second one. The door in the middle. Shadow blinked a bit bewildered as he glanced around in confusion, before feeling a sort of… wave flow through him for a moment, causing him to cringe a bit before shaking it off. Okay, he was definitely going to make an effort to use his powers less until whatever was wrong with him was fixed, that was not normal. Shadow then pressed his ear against the door.

“Can you guys hear me?” Shadow called out, not quite sure if he had teleported quite where he should’ve. “Well, that’s one way to do it. Not exactly how I planned, but at least it worked. Krystal, maybe you should use that card on another door.” Made sense. Shadow’s effort to warp through the door would’ve been useless if she’d tried it on the second door and it worked. Hopefully the hedgehog’s luck was looking up and he didn’t end up being forced through the wrong door... 1d20+4

[Mr. Game & Watch]

As the group continued down the path of the bloody sewer river, Ghor’s optics fell to the water, watching as the various body bits floated past him. The thoughts of all the horrors that transpired within this facility passed through his mind once or twice, trying to count the end total of atrocities that whoever ran this place has committed. All their sins, all the evil they inflicted on the people who set foot in this place. It was astronomical. No amount of action could possibly reverse the damage done. All that was for certain, was that they had to be stopped, at any cost.

With the concept of justice swirling through his mind, Ghor only barely noticed that the team had come to a sudden stop, a new obstacle in their path. While it seemed as though the corpse wedged into the fan was the source of the trail of blood, Ghor had a feeling that it wasn’t only the zombified creature’s blood they were following, possibly a mixture of the several body parts they passed by as well.

Regardless, Ghor’s advanced optics were able to deduce what Yumiko had pointed out, on the other side of the fan was a laboratory, given the location, it was likely of the secret variety. Given the peculiar and sketchy nature of the entire facility, it was no surprise that such a place would exist, the question became what sort of horror would they find inside? Well, if they were to get any closer to putting a stop to this horror factory, they needed to learn.

As Wolf and Yumiko tried their hands at fitting through and blasting through the fan, Ghor stood back, watching the two of them work with his analytical optics, weighing his options. Neither his explosives nor Yumiko’s magic seemed to do much of anything, which was quite astonishing. Perhaps Ghor’s advanced weaponry would prove more viable. As such, Ghor carefully approached the fan, just in case Wolf and Yumiko’s attacks jogged something loose. Neatly, Ghor placed the grenades he initially planned to use to set Master Hand free on either end of the fan, swiftly backing away. Summoning his holographic wrist mounted device, he set off the charges, two sets of explosions popping off.

[Phazon Grenade: pjkt15CPp_1d20+4 // dud] <12>

When the smoke and spritzing sewer water settled, the fan remained as it was, nary a dent in its structure. A hand was placed at Ghor’s ‘chin.’ “What do you suppose this thing’s made of?” he openly asked, a subtle confusion in his undertone.

It seemed that brute force wasn’t the way to go, so perhaps it was time for Ghor to put his days in espionage to work. While he was marginally taller than the other two, Ghor was at least much thinner, his lithe chassis probably had the best chance of slipping through. He looked to his holographic watch-like device once more, tapping his fingers across its surface. “Rerouting power from weapons to chassis joints” he muttered.

[Rerouting Power: Damage decreased by x0.5, +2 to DEX Mod for 3 turns]

Suddenly, his ridged body become much more limber, illustrated by his torso bending from side to side as he prepared himself to take the plunge forward.

[DEX check: p_1d20+4 // SUCCESS] <19>

While only barely fitting through, Ghor was able to squeeze his limbs through the blades of the fan, slinking around the mechanical bits and pieces that made up the thing. It felt like he was back on Elysium, invading some pirate conquered facility through the air ducts again.

Miraculously, he made it to the other side. “Diet and exercise go a long way, my friend” Ghor drolly announced to his comrades on the other end. “Now then, let’s see about getting you lot across” he wondered aloud as his optics rolled across the landscape, seeing what the obstructions of the fan wouldn’t allow him.1d20+4·1d20+4

[heirtothemonado]

Krystal grabbed a hold of Vincent's cape and held tight as they rocketed up through the ceiling. and not a moment too soon as the room below them crumbled away to nothing. As the reached the floor above them, Krystal collapsed off of Vincent and onto the ground, trying to catch her breath for a bit. Something that was harder then she thought, since the smoke from the fire below was still billowing up into this room. Pulling the collar of her lab coat over her snout, she attempted to catch her breath, before looking forward to see what this room had in store.

It seemed that there were a number of locked doors in front of them, with no way to exit the room otherwise. These doors were their only option. As Krystal inspected them, Vincent caught her attention, asking if she'd gotten anything other then his gun in the lab coat. "Hm? Oh, hang on, let me see...." Digging through her pockets, Krystal fished out what looked like a key card. She glanced between the card and the doors, then back at the key card. "Well, let's find out if this works." With that, Krystal made her way toward the first door. 

However, before she got there, she heard Shadow shout loudly. Whirling around, Krystal stared at Shadow worryingly, starting to make his way toward him. "Shadow, wait..!" she started, but before she got to the dark hedgehog, he disappeared in a flash of light. Slumping her shoulders, she started back toward the doors, before she heard a knocking on the other side of the second.

"We can hear you, Shadow." the blue vixen responded, resorting to telepathy that both Shadow and Vincent would be able to hear, just in case her voice would attract anything else that might be roaming around. "Are you sure that you want to go on your own? That sound dangerous!" Even as she said that, though, Vincent's words echoed to her. They didn't want to be around here for longer then necessary, and it'd be faster if her and Shadow searched separate rooms. Still...splitting up felt like a really risky tactic...

Realizing that she didn't have a choice in the matter, she gripped onto the key card. ".....Good luck, Shadow" she said, before going to the first door and attempting to open it with her card. Hopefully this would work. If not, she could just try the other door.

(Krystal uses her key card on Door #1!)

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Krystal
Health: 129/145
Shield: 5/45
Status: Nervous

[WolfEx]

Shadow/Krystal/Vincent(Guest)

Through tapping into his deepest and most hidden potential, Shadow manages for the first time in a long time, or perhaps even ever, to unleash the full force of his uncanny chaos abilities. The ability to manipulate space and time itself. A power hidden and locked away deep inside of the hedgehog for the amount of danger and unpredictability it had! But for a circumstance such as this, there was no better time to unlock such raw power, than now. Reaching within the depths of his soul, Shadow focuses his chi and his energy and seemingly at first, thinks a breakthrough is made, but notices no movement or result. He comments to Vincent, and before Vincent can respond, suddenly, his power reacts to his wishes, and whoosh, he teleports into the middle room and finds himself in immediate darkness.

Vincent is in shock at the sight of Shadow's sudden disappearance. He looks around for him with mouth agape. Shadow after noticing he was separated from the group and in the room, tries to harken to them, but no sound escapes the door. They seemed to be soundproof for some odd reason. However, the ability of telepathy often utilized by certain Life Sphere dwellers seemed to serve purpose in reaching the group. Vincent now hears Shadow's voice in is head and is still frantically looking all around for Shadow. Though it's been a while, Vincent latches on to Shadow's energy and eventually finds him behind one of the doors with a mental connection and uses his old telepathy skills to respond to the hedgehog's own.

"How...how did you...what power....what dangerous...untapped potential. For...a HEDGEhog? Perhaps...maybe you are...." Vincent puts a hand to his chin wondering if Shadow played a bigger part in this scenario on Li than even Vincent could comprehend. "No...the key to this plague is yet to be found...Shadow...you may at least be the clue..." He wonders as he spoke, if Shadow knew what he spoke of, but Vincent immediately disregards his thoughts and turns to Krystal noticing she likely communicated with Shadow successfully herself, finding out the door he was behind, and trying her key card on another door. She chooses the first door on her left swiping it causing a beep and then a click to be heard.

The door successfully opens but before what is behind it is revealed, Shadow observes his surroundings....

Initially Shadow sees nothing but darkness, however, a lamp suddenly turns on hanging from the ceiling in the center of the room and beams down to a table that seemed to expose a...diorama? Planted promptly on a large wood table in the room's center point, a large and very uncanny and near flawless replica of the Life Sphere is seen. Not a single detail was out of place. If Shadow observed it closer he would notice everything about the Life Sphere right down to the innards of the Grace Academy and the library within it, was all properly modeled in front of him. It would have taken someone an extremely long time to replicate this model so perfectly. But was it made for bad intentions, or good ones?

This table was the only thing lit in the room. If Shadow looked around elsewhere, he would notice nothing of importance. A trash can filled to the brim with crumpled paper and torn pages of something. A mop and bucket in the far left corner of the room, dusty and unused. An empty metal shelf to his immediate right, and a few bolts and screws on the floor to his immediate left along with a metal medical cart with empty rusty syringes and broken glass on an aluminum tray atop it. To the far right corner of the room however, was nothing but a cloak of darkness. He couldn't make out a single object or thing in that section of the room. He could walk closer there to investigate what could be resting in that vicinity, however, before he can, he hears a voice beckon him.

"Shadow, is it? Welcome back." The voice was mysterious and one Shadow did not recognize. Its tone was raspy and deep. Definitely not friendly sounding. It continues to speak commenting on the diorama. "Like what you see there, chaos controller?" The voice comments on the table itself. "Made it myself. Much like you were made...Shadow....an experiment gone unpredictably wrong. And now playing hero....how sad..." The voice now taunts the hedgehog. How will he respond? Ignore it and blatantly blast the corner of darkness it may be coming from? Or try and turn back to escape the room? Or confront it with a verbal response of your own? Tread carefully, hedgehog.

Back to Krystal and Vincent....

As Krystal opens the door, unfortunately, out of the darkness, she gets an unpleasant surprise. 



Zombie Dog

HP: 150/150

DC to hit is 12.

Zombie Dog surprise attacks Krystal from the shadows! The animal pounces the blue fox attempting to tackle her to the ground and sink its teeth into her collar bone! It seems to have been locked up in that room for quite some time, and thirsts for some blood!

DEX Roll for sneak attack on Krystal XvbOB54Fp_1d20 +4 (Not a bad effort. If it hits it will do 15% DMG and zombify Krystal.)

The dog's power of its attack was not the strongest due to likely being malnourished but it was still a solid effort! If Krystal does not dodge this, and gets bitten, she will be zombified! All this happened in the blink of an eye as Vincent watched in horror at the sudden assault on Krystal and unleashes a fury of bullets on the dog right after its attack regardless on if Krystal successfully dodges or not. "KRYSTAL HANG ON!" He hopes she manages to dodge the bite, which may not be a sure thing.

Vincent uses Blazing Bullet, if it hits it will do 22% DMG with a 30% chance of burn. He fires three times out of panic at the dog attack.

1st Shot: p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS!)
2nd Shot: p_1d20 + 5 (SUCCESS AGAIN!)
3rd Shot: p_1d20 + 5 (FAILURE!)

The third shot misses, but the first two seem to do justice penetrating the dog for decent damage and likely giving good knock back to send it barreling off Krystal to help the fox hybrid escape. Vincent anxiously awaits to see if Krystal is ok afterwards keeping his gun closely pointed at the beast as well.
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Wolf/Ghor/Yumiko

The group wasn't having the best luck getting through the fan, that was, until, the most unlikely of the team the one known as Ghor, squeezes through the fan with his tough metallic body while the others fails miserably but only after failing at using an explosive first. After he made it through the fan and taunted the group, he scans the area for a solution to get the rest of the team through. Luckily, he didn't have to look very far. He would notice without even trying his efforts at perception skills, that there was a release button on the back of the fan's motor that would both turn it off, and easily dislodge it from the metal frame in which it was connected to. After pressing the button and holding it down, he would simply have to pluck the fan off the hinges of the frame dislodging it also from the fleshy body it was stuck in and let the group go through.

Additionally, in the lab ahead of the group, Ghor could now hear a voice crying out for help. It seemed all the ruckus with the fan brought some attention. The voice coming from the lab didn't exactly seem hostile, but did seem to emote panic and worry. "Hello...HELLO!?! Oh my, is someone actually out there!? Please, help me! I'm in the lab! I've been stuck here so long!" Whether the group would decide to assist the voice crying out for help or not, would be a decision all their own. And trusting the one with the cry of help, is also another decision entirely. Assist or destroy the one producing the distress as the team moves forward. Investigation is imminent.

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Threat Code Xelot: Breeding Evil - Wolf O'Donnell - FS: Hungry Like The Wolf - Highest Stat: DEX

To Wolf's dismay, he was unable despite his efforts, to get passed the fan, or...blow it up. And neither was Yumiko. But of all those out of the team itself, it was ofcourse the robot with their super flashy strength and tools and incredibly abnormally sleek body that made it passed the fan. Although, Wolf did find it somewhat funny that Ghor couldn't blow it up either. "Not as easy as it looks is it pal?" Once Ghor made it through, he commented on Wolf's weight and the animal hybrid groans. "Yeah whatever. I'm gonna feast like a king when we're done with this place. Let's just move on so we can stop this threat and keep the Life Sphere from a zombie invasion. Then you can tell me all about your special robot diet later and how we didn't get bested by a dang busted fan of all things." As Wolf says this, a cry for help is heard on the other side coming from the lab. Wolf's ears perk up and he sniffs the air.

"Trouble. That don't sound like something that can wait. Hurry up robo cop, we need through." Master Hand also notices this cry and comments. I sense high levels of irradiated energy and cortisol readings from the individual emitting the cry. It may be a trap. We should be cautious. Master Hand picks up on some heavy duty perceptiveness and Wolf heeds its warning. "As much as I hate to use this analogy as a dig at my breed, in this case its appropriate, do you think that individual is crying Wolf?" Master Hand responds with a slow nod. I would say it's highly likely, or, perhaps they may be hiding danger ahead that we are unclear about. A random and blatant cry for help at that perceived tone simply tells me there may be something currently and dangerously impacting the individual that could be risky to us as well. Wolf ponders this and takes note of it. "I am very glad I brought you along with us partner you know that? But to trust you, or the person in there needing help, hmm...how about we just go find out and deal with it then, eh?" Wolf was not always the go in guns blazing type. But he didn't have anything to lose anymore and winks at Master Hand then turns his attention back to Ghor. "Now come on metal mouth, get us in!" He takes out his blaster and readies himself for anything.



Wolf: HP: 132/150

1d20 +4·1d20 + 5·1d20 + 5·1d20 + 5

[Sunnivale]

Yumiko looked back towards the corpse again, unphased by it's appearance, which her reaction creeped her out on the inside. Was she really that desensitized at this point with seeing a corpse, it appears so with all the things that she had seen, but she looked back when she saw that Ghor had managed to get through the fan. After being unable to destroy it like everyone else had done. "Great job!" Yumiko complimented Ghor, while looking over towards Wolf, who was somewhat angry by the robot's comments.

"Come on, you weren't the only one that wasn't able to get into the fan. Although that was because I was worried about being sliced in two." Yumiko looked back at the fan again, that worrying thought made her shiver at least out of everything that she had seen so far in the mission.

But hopefully Ghor was able to find something that would allow her, Wolf and Master Hand through the fan without anymore trouble and it would get rid of that corpse that had been lodged---But that was when Yumiko heard something. A cry for help, which Wolf thinks might be someone crying wolf.

He also appeared to be talking to himself again, likely to Master Hand.

"It could be more then a trick, considering what we're dealing with. It could be that this person might be infected with this virus from the Facility. We really should be cautious about it either way because even if they're not, they could be still be working with whoever caused this mess in the first place." And Yumiko was ready to blast them away if they did try and attack the group or bite them with the virus.

"Do you see anything weird too?" She asked to Ghor from behind the fan. She made sure that the robot was alright now that he was at the other side of the fan, as who knows what might happen while the robot tries to make the fan accessible enough for the trio to go through it and reunite with him.

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Yumiko Shirasagi: 105/120
Bubble Shield: 27/35
Diarahan Cooldown: Four Turns Remaining

[cynda1]

The hedgehog heard Krystal’s voice first, though not audibly. The vixen let him know they heard him through her telepathy. It seemed as though shouting through the door would be pointless as it was completely soundproof. That being said, as long as the three of them could communicate, at least for the moment, everything would be fine. Shadow glanced around his surroundings a bit and… yep. He couldn’t see a thing. Not the floor, not the walls, the room was pitch black. He started to wonder if there was an exit anywhere, or if he’d warped himself into a dead end. If it was the latter, hopefully he’d be able to at least open the door from the inside if he needed to.

Vincent’s response was the next thing he heard, and the flabbergasted response that Shadow received honestly caused him to feel… quite a bit confused. Had he never seen someone teleport before? Perhaps that would’ve been a normal reaction to literally anyone else, but seeing as Shadow had been capable of warping time and space his whole life though maybe not quite to the degree he’d just displayed it was quite difficult for him to comprehend.

Perhaps it was something Vincent could sense about Shadow’s power? Well, that made a lot more sense. People did tend to get quite shocked upon first seeing Shadow’s abilities, so maybe that was it. “So I’m told…” Shadow responded, quite unsure if he even deserved such a compliment when what happened at that very moment was a fluke. A mere accident if anything. It just happened to get him through the door, and frankly he was glad he didn’t end up fused into it.

Shadow paused a bit and squinted his eyes as Vincent shared a bit of what could’ve possibly been a theory. However, it was brushed off and Shadow couldn’t help the slightest of smiles. Was that… relief? “You might be thinking of someone else, anyway,” Shadow confirmed. “I happen to know two other individuals who can use the technique I just used. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was someone else who could as well.” That response lacked quite a bit of his usual arrogance, acknowledging that Sonic and Silver, at the very least, could do the same thing.

...Could Mephiles use Chaos Control? Honestly, as far as Shadow was concerned, he didn’t care to ever know the answer to that.

Shadow physically shook his head before responding to Krystal’s concerns. “Unfortunately, it seems that way, Krystal, even though it’s not exactly ideal,” Shadow responded telepathically. “I wasn’t exactly expecting that to work this time, but since it did, I don’t exactly want all that energy to have been for nothing.” And if she had used it on the door he’d just entered, and it worked… well, not gonna lie, even if it wasn’t the door he intended to go through, he’d still feel a bit salty.

“Don’t worry about me, though,” Shadow tried to reassure her. “I’ll be sure to meet back with you soon. Take care of yourself, I’ll be fine.” ...There he goes again. But then, that was Shadow for you. To expect him to be anyone else was asking for a mouse to moo. Shadow tried to get a grasp of his surroundings, but it was… really dark in there. Once Krystal and Vincent stopped talking, the quiet almost felt chilling. To Shadow, though, it would’ve been comforting if it reminded him of anywhere else but home. And even then, the Ark wasn’t this dark.

Shadow started moving in one direction when… a light suddenly flashed in the center of the room. Shadow flinched, surprised by the sudden light, but at least he could see now. Still, it was rather ominous… Why would the lamp in a pitch black room suddenly turn on by itself? Was someone there with him? Was he being watched? The hedgehog brushed those thoughts aside as he cautiously approached the item in question. He slowly crept around the… diorama. Nothing else seemed to be of contingents. Whatever was thrown away in the trash wasn’t of anything of importance enough to shred or burn, so it was most likely just unfinished plans or something. Everything else, as far as Shadow could see, wasn’t anything Shadow really needed to worry about.

However, this diorama seemed to fill the hedgehog with some sort of dread. It was just… so perfectly made. It was almost like a mini Life Sphere, every single detail was perfectly preserved and captured everything Shadow knew about the dome covered civilization. The school that Shadow once protected, the stadium, that… one square Shadow really didn’t like, everything was just captured so perfectly.

If there had been any doubts that this was where the Life Sphere was made, this diorama seemed to completely absolve that. Still… it seemed a bit eerie that it looked so much like how the Life Sphere was currently. Had the Life Sphere really never changed from day one? Or had the design of this diorama not been changed?

Before Shadow could approach the diorama and step into the light, or even inform Vincent or Krystal about it, a voice spoke up in the corner of the room, catching Shadow completely off guard. The hedgehog almost tried over himself, but managed to catch himself, and back away from the voice as far as he could. “Who’s there?!” Shadow shouted, in a defensive position. He was well hidden within the shadows, but that gave the hedgehog no comfort when this person, someone else he didn’t know, seemed to know his name. If Black Doom, Mephiles, or Infinite were any indication, Shadow didn’t like it when people he didn’t know knew his name.

And the fact that Shadow couldn’t see this stranger didn’t exactly make him feel much better, nor did the stranger’s voice...

The voice continued talking, basking more in the “glory” of his diorama, which… while impressive in all other standards, it just kind of creeped Shadow out in this one. The fact that the voice seemed to know about his powers didn’t help either. “How did you-?” Before Shadow could finish his thought, the voice started making this oddly personal. He mocked Shadow for being an experiment, for “pretending” to be a hero, which annoyed Shadow more than anything. “I don’t pretend!” Shadow barked back, actually somewhat offended by that comment. “And how do you know about that? I don’t know you, so how do you know me? Are you the one behind whatever’s going on here?”

It would be… unlikely that he would have a meeting with the mastermind so soon, this guy gave Shadow very bad and seriously dangerous vibes. Shadow also couldn’t hear Krystal or Vincent at all anymore, which made him all the more tense right now. Shadow glanced around to try and get a good read on where the exit was, trying to slowly make his way toward the door he came in... not that it would do him much good. The door was sound proof and heavy. Forcing his way through would be impossible, even with his above average strength. Maybe if Omega was here and that's a big maybe, but Shadow just didn't have the strength to pull something like that off.

[heirtothemonado]

QyNQADtvp_1d20+2 (Krystal's Sneak Attack dodge: Just barely made it!)

As the door Krystal unlocked hissed open, she could hear a growling noise from inside. Suddenly what looked like a rotting corpse of a dog leapt out at her! Krystal deftly stepped to the side, out of the dog's way, just barely managing to avoid the dog's slobbering jaws latching onto her tail. Barrel rolling into a better position, Krystal readies her staff once again, ready to take on this new foe. While she did hear some kind of commotion going on behind the door Shadow disappeared behind, this wasn't the time to worry about that now. Nodding at Vincent to let him know she was okay, Krystal prepared to fight.

p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Staff Combat: DMG 5% Freeze Chance: 10%)
p_1d20+2 (Again)
p_1d20+2 (And again)

Gripping her staff with both hands after that quick combo, Krystal launched herself in the air, before landing with a resounding thud, swinging her staff at the Zombie Dog's head, hard enough to cause the hall to tremble a little bit.

p_1d20+2 (Krystal's Rocket Quake! DMG 20%, Stun Chance 40%)

As she gets to her feet again, Krystal whirled around on the dog once more to launch more blasts of razor wind from her staff, hopefully knocking the dog away before it got too close to either her or Vincent.

p_1d20+4 (Krystal's Razorblade Typhoon! DMG 16%)

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Krystal
Health: 129/145
Sheild: 10/45
Status: Fighting fit

1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+4

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor’s optics flickered from jar to jar, noting the various body bits contained in them. It was as sickening as the rest of the facility. Untold genetic horrors, stuff that didn’t seem out of place from his universe. That didn’t make it any easier to look at though. Just reminded him why he became a bounty hunter, searching across the stars for the type of scum that would do these sorts of things.

Regardless of the irking injustices in front of him, there was still a job to do. Looking back at the fan, he noticed a small console. His technical brain needed less than a few milliseconds to deduce its function, it was rather rudimentary after all. Ghor got his little fingers on the panel, carefully pressing and holding the big red button to release the fan.

His little mouth flaps winced at Wolf’s words about a feast. “Bleh. I haven’t the foggiest idea how you could have the stomach to eat. If I had the ability to, I’d probably skimp out on the next few meals after this place.”

As the mechanical fan blade whirred with its movements, Ghor looked back on the room, trying to pick out any objects of interest to point out to satisfy Yumiko’s curiosity. “Well, doesn’t seem out of the ordinary for a crazed scientist’s biolab. Back in my universe, you’d find a couple of these in every space pirate facility” he spoke sensibly, raising his voice so that he wouldn’t be drowned out by the moving fan blades.

With a sudden clicking sound, the fan ceased its process, allowing its hinges to move freely. Ghor’s current chassis wasn’t quite notable for its strength, but it seemed easy enough to push out of the way, so he did with gusto.

As the creaking stopped, Ghor’s audio sensors picked up on a voice further into the lab. A cry for help never went by him unnoticed, immediately breaking his attention away from the group over to the area where his core processor triangulated the voice to come from. The concerns raised by Wolf seemed to fall on deaf ears though. “I’d rather fall into a trap than leave a possible innocent to whatever fate this lab has in store for them” he dutifully chimed before springing off toward the sound of the voice.

Swiftly searching through the lab, head zipping all about as he tried to pinpoint the origin of the distress call. “Remain calm! The worst of it is over, I promise you that. Where are you?”