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ClanOverdosed
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
On July 08 2010 07:41 Omnius wrote: >reexamine the pile of computer parts to see if you can find some way to play the tape You make your way to the pile of computer parts and sift through it. There's plenty of broken vacuum tubes, bent computer cases, piles of ancient microchips and magnetic tape writers with their old corroded wires hanging out of them like electronic viscera. Among this detritus you see nothing that could play this tape - it must have come from a personal voice recorder or answering machine. On July 08 2010 07:23 [NyC]HoBbes wrote: >examine the bookcase for any change, try to move it again You walk back to the bookshelf as your heart pounds in your chest. You don't like the idea of some high security facility in the middle of the mountains, and you especially don't like the idea of it while you're exploring said place alone in the dark. You move to the side of the bookshelf and get ready to push it. There is a faint flow of air coming from behind it, the only breeze in this stale cabin. The smell of ozone is stronger. In your head you get yourself ready by counting down. 3... 2... 1... NOW! And on 'now' you push as hard as you can. The shelf rolls smoothly on rails and casters into the opposite wall. Your push was way too hard and you fall flat on your face. After a moment of stunned silence, you sit up and look at what was behind the bookshelf. ![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_55GLukgbBwo/SWQOI68m9nI/AAAAAAAAAsI/Rh8ehl0vBIE/s400/27+ORCA+exit+tunnel+door+(800x600).jpg) The cabin sits on the side of the mountain, and this tunnel goes well into the hard granite rock. Halfway down the tunnel a sodium lamp is fastened to the stone ceiling giving off the lonely orange glow of a street light. At the very end of the tunnel you see a thick steel blast door. On July 08 2010 10:35 Beloth(OD) wrote: > Start hammering away at the bookshelf to get rid of it, play some heavy metal on the ipod for motivation No glorified shelf is going to humiliate you, no sir! It's time to bring the noise on this sorry excuse for a bookcase. You pull the bookshelf back out of the wall, put in those earbuds, do a couple quick push-ups to get you pumped, and blast some Metallica. Blow after furious blow is dealt to the bookcase. Shelves buckle under your rage, splinters of particle board fill the air like the atomized blood ejected from a broken nose. Boards collapse, and you keep swinging. Your face and hair are matted with sweat and covered in shards of wood. After a solid five minutes of beating the shelves into wood pulp, you breathlessly survey the damage. Man, that shelf had it coming. You slide the barely recognizable remains back into the wall. It feels like hiding a dead body. Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 1 can of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > | ||
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ClanOverdosed
691 Posts
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
On July 08 2010 14:02 A3iL3r0n wrote: >checks pants for genitals. After a quick unbuckle of the ol' belt, you unzip and then extend the waistband of your undies. You are confirmed for genitals. Balls are go for launch. On July 08 2010 12:23 Beloth(OD) wrote: > Put some beef jerky inside a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and have a quick snack, then look for a way through the steel door, and if that doesn't then take out "The Fury" and being work on the steel Feeling particularly manly after beating an inanimate object back into its component atoms and then making sure your jibblies were securely fastened, you decide to make a particularly manly sandwich. Peanut butter, jelly and beef - a PBJ&B. You wolf down that bad boy and march down the tunnel like you own the place. ![[image loading]](http://www.nps.gov/archive/mimi/history/srs/images/fig44.jpg) You reach the door, and it looks heavy. It has three levers, one which looks like a handle and the other two are attached to pipes that work their way inside the door. It's interesting to note that the door is designed to be sealed from the outside... As you reach the door, a cobwebbed speaker blares out a grainy computerized voice. "THIS AREA IS OFF LIMITS. SECURITY SYSTEMS POWERING UP. ESTIMATED TIME BEFORE COUNTERMEASURE DEPLOYMENT *tick* *tick* *tick* 45 SECONDS." The smell of ozone is nearly overpowering. Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 1 can of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > | ||
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BottleAbuser
Korea (South)1888 Posts
(gdroxor you are an AMAZING writer. I love you in a non-sexual way.) | ||
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
On July 08 2010 15:23 BottleAbuser wrote: >Leave. Return to circuit breaker. Turn security door off. Return to tunnel. (gdroxor you are an AMAZING writer. I love you in a non-sexual way.) ![[image loading]](http://flashoffroad.com/Accessories/Horns/images/sirenSpeaker.jpg) That speaker is LOUD. You don't want anything to do with security systems or countermeasures - especially ones manufactured in the 60's, before the days where deadly guardian programs in secret facilities were governed by ethics laws. All that courage you built up with beer, pushups, 80's metal and a PBJ&B drain from your face as quick as the blood, and you book it back to the circuit breaker as fast as your legs will carry you. You flip the switch labeled "SECURITY DOOR", and again the metallic CLICK, like a very big prison door being locked. Upon returning to the tunnel, the ruined bookshelf is back securely in place, and you see no light under the secret door. It seems like you're either going to need to figure out a way to deal with the security system, or wish for longer arms so you can flip the breaker switch from the tunnel. The circuit breaker is now in the following position: + Show Spoiler + x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x kitchen____ON [X==] OFF___ON [==X] OFF___foyer living room_ON [==X] OFF___ON [==X] OFF___security door bedroom___ON [==X] OFF___ON [===] OFF__||||||||||||||| bathroom__ON [X==] OFF___ON [===] OFF__|||||||||||||||||| x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 1 can of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > ((thank you, BottleAbuser <3)) | ||
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MeShiet
Canada290 Posts
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Happy.fairytail
United States327 Posts
It'd be interesting to leave several items next to the door and allow the countermeasure to activate and see what happens to the items as a clue to what we're facing... | ||
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ClanOverdosed
691 Posts
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
I agree, let's leave whatever we dont think is useful behind to see what will happen to it. and run. | ||
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Durnic
United States19 Posts
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[NyC]HoBbes
United States803 Posts
On July 09 2010 06:23 Durnic wrote: Oh shit we're down to one can of beer! WHAT WILL WE DO?! go to the car and get more? | ||
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ClanOverdosed
691 Posts
I'm pretty sure we got every beer we could find, we were sure to be thorough on that regard. | ||
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Durnic
United States19 Posts
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[NyC]HoBbes
United States803 Posts
On July 09 2010 06:41 Beloth(OD) wrote: I'm pretty sure we got every beer we could find, we were sure to be thorough on that regard. I thought we just grabbed a couple of cans, and left a bunch in the car | ||
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
On July 08 2010 22:13 Happy.fairytail wrote: The smell of ozone is a clue to the type of countermeasure we're facing -- it indicates equipment that uses very high amounts of electricity, most likely an arc lightning-type device (think tesla coil from C&C Red Alert). Either that or just a machine that uses a crap ton of energy, or a straight-up ozone producing machine. It'd be interesting to leave several items next to the door and allow the countermeasure to activate and see what happens to the items as a clue to what we're facing... On July 09 2010 05:36 Beloth(OD) wrote: > Reopen the bookshelf and place something heavy/sturdy in between the opened shelf and the frame so that upon unlocking the security door it cannot close again On July 09 2010 06:19 ella_guru wrote: oh golly this is so much fun! I agree, let's leave whatever we dont think is useful behind to see what will happen to it. and run. Someone wise once said, "We only fear what we don't understand". Well, that and cryptic old machines that smell like ozone and danger. You flip the breaker for "SECURITY DOOR" back on. The metallic click of the lock confirms that you've opened the door and powered up the hallway once again. The circuit breaker is now in the following position: + Show Spoiler + x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x kitchen____ON [X==] OFF___ON [==X] OFF___foyer living room_ON [==X] OFF___ON [X==] OFF___security door bedroom___ON [==X] OFF___ON [===] OFF__||||||||||||||| bathroom__ON [X==] OFF___ON [===] OFF__|||||||||||||||||| x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x The warm glow of the sodium lamp can be seen under the bookshelf. You slide the remains of the bookcase back into the wall and the blast door at the end of the long granite hallway comes back into view. Time to get your understanding on. You go back into the house and grab a few items - a wooden chair, a broken bookshelf, a piece of dirty glass from a broken window and an empty beer can from earlier and make your way back down the tunnel. As soon as you get 10 feet from the door, the warning message blares through the ancient loudspeaker again. "THIS AREA IS OFF LIMITS. SECURITY SYSTEMS POWERING UP. ESTIMATED TIME BEFORE COUNTERMEASURE DEPLOYMENT *tick* *tick* *tick* 30 SECONDS." You drop the four items and get the hell out of there. As you shut the bookcase, you hear some electric dynamo spin up to a ludicrously high RPM - the pitch is so high and loud that you drop to your knees and cover your ears. Right at the point where you think your eardrums are going to come out of your nose, the dynamo spins down and every hair on your body stands straight up. The floor vibrates. Every inch of skin tingles electric. Two whole seconds of silence. Then you hear a roar of destruction like static from an old TV with the volume knob set on a million. The light from the small crack under the door gets so bright that it illuminates the entire cabin, which is now shaking violently on its foundations. You fall down. The whole thing is over in just a few seconds, but it felt like a terrifying eternity. Still shaking, you stand up and open the bookcase. Everything you put in the cave is gone - all that remains is a shadow of each of the items rimmed with scorch marks. You quickly close the bookcase. ![[image loading]](http://www.greatdreams.com/war/shadow.jpg) On July 08 2010 15:56 MeShiet wrote: >Since the power is on for the kitchen and bathroom, try to investigate those rooms for further clues You go to the bathroom to splash some water on your face. After turning on the faucet and seeing the dark brown liquid that flows out, you quickly change your mind. You sit down hard on the cracked tile and put your shaking hands in your lap while you look around the small room. There is nothing special in here, and the room is stripped of everything. No towels, no shower curtain, even the shower curtain rod has been removed. Feeling a little better, you get up. ![[image loading]](http://www.webgenstudios.com/instinctphoto/images/20090706024134_dsc_0076.jpg) You head to the kitchen. There isn't much here, aside from the refrigerator which almost killed you earlier. In the interest of not choking to death on your own projectile vomit, you make the conscious decision not to open that fridge ever again. It looks like in their haste to leave, the inhabitants of this cabin grabbed what they could and left - there is a kitchen table here with no chairs, and all the cupboards are open and empty. The single working fluorescent tube hangs from the ceiling, casting angular shadows on the far wall. You go through the cabinets, finding nothing but more dust and the occasional cockroach. You remove the latch on the pantry expecting to find more ancient food, but find it empty as well. Well, empty aside from the dead body wearing coveralls. Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 1 can of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > | ||
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
An excellent idea. You've seen a lot of things you really shouldn't have in the last five minutes, and it is most definitely beer thirty. A quick trip to the car and back nets you another six beers. If this place keeps throwing fun surprises like disintegration machines and dead people this frequently, you're going to need them. You pop open a cold one and drink it down. Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 6 cans of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > | ||
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
On July 09 2010 07:40 ella_guru wrote: >Examine the dead body and then make a funny one liner about it Returning to the pantry, you decide to get to know your new dead friend. He (you assume it's a he) is not much more than a skeleton slumped against the wall. Some black and mummified tissue still rests on the bones of the extremities and between the ribs, and there are several patches of short gray hair clinging to the scalp. His coveralls have been nibbled on by insects for decades and are filled with holes, revealing the bones beneath. A fraying belt is hooked onto a wall by one of the notches, and the other end is looped around his neck. His eyeless sockets stare up at the ceiling. A long-dried out felt tip pen rests at his feet, and in his left hand he is clutching an old leather book. ![[image loading]](http://www.elegantroots.com/images/P/Oberon_Journal_Rose_365x346.jpg) Must not have been a very good book. Inventory: + Show Spoiler + Weapons + Show Spoiler + A poor excuse for a shield made from a magnetic tape roll a claw hammer, "The Fury" Books and Notes + Show Spoiler + "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley A hollowed-out copy of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species a scrawled note on a piece of yellow legal pad Food/Water + Show Spoiler + a bag of peppered beef jerky 2 bottles of water 1 can of beer a big bag of trail mix 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches A backpack Cell phone house, car and mailbox key on a keyring Wallet with $26 and your ID a ball-point pen a tire iron an iPod with earbuds a dirty pair of socks 2 collapsed graphite ski poles a cassette tape labeled 'PLAY ME' a Phillips head screwdriver an empty water bottle > | ||
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