CHAPTER THREE ♔ in an isolated system the entropy can only increase

[goodbyecaroline]

♬ the device has been modified - victims of science

WHO || Gold, Faye, Emma, Mars, Astrid, GLaDOS
WHAT ||  The Knights become unwitting test subjects for a psychotic AI  
WHERE || Luckman Industries computer-aided enrichment center, Germany
WHEN || May 31st/June 1st [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

Why Wynn ever thinks there will be such a thing as a 'simple recon mission' we just don't know.  

Several Knights were dispatched to a small isolated town in Germany where magic was rumored to not function, only to discover that the situation was a bit more complicated.  Yes, magic didn't function when attempted - sometimes.  But other times it had bizarre and dangerous side effects, including driving townspeople insane.  

Research led the team to a company called Luckman Industries who had bought digging rights to make a large quarry beneath the town, but further investigation revealed that they had actually constructed a massive underground laboratory instead.  Some sort of strange device stood at the center of it, magical in nature, but when they attempted to leave, they found the doors locked, and were forced into trying magic despite the potential side effects.

The spell seems to have attracted the attention of something within the building itself - a disembodied voice that's offered them a (mostly) pleasant greeting - to the Luckman Industries computer-aided enrichment center.

There will be cake.

Comments

[uncurse]

All refusing to play by the rules is gonna do is get us all stuck. We can't come back and get him if we're all trapped in here too.

[reallywicked]

What if that's the game? Figure out a way around it? Because if we leave him here? He could die. And I'm pretty sure a cleric doesn't know how to wave a magic wand to bring you back to life when you're a pile of ash.

[pathology]

[she sighs and explains the game as ... she's analyzed in her head it to them. (wis 20 total)] We have to operate the panel to get to the next level. Two go up, then two more, then the last one is stuck because no one's left to push the button for them. Can any of you guys ... I don't know, do telekinesis or teleport or something?

[undealt]

I know one spell that might suffice- assuming it doesn't produce another undesirable effect. [HE HAS MAGE HAND NOW. MAYBE IT CAN BE USED TO PRESS DOWN ON THE BUTTON.]

[reallywicked]

I think I might have something that could work too. [She is okay with Gold stepping up but she's not leaving bitches behind. We are all in, fuckers.]

[uncurse]

Assuming it goes right and doesn't backfire.

[ JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN PERSPECTIVE. begrudgingly, she adds: ] I might be abl eto do it, too. So who goes last?

[charismapotion]

I'll go last then, just in case. Ill trust in you guys.

[goodbyecaroline]

[ GLaDOS' voice cuts in, helpfully. ]

I wouldn't.

[reallywicked]

Shut up. [Faye growls.]

Emma, why you don't you an Astrid go first. [Astrid keeps having shit for luck here and Gold is... old. So they need to split the difference on keeping tabs on everyone. Which is hilarious since she can't fucking see people.]

[undealt]

[DOES THE INVISIBILITY EVER END.]

And then once Faye and I have reached the door, we'll try what spells we have that might allow him [HE WOULD BE GESTURING TO MARS IF HE COULD SEE MARS or if anyone could see his hands] to cross over.

[and hopefully not kill each other.]

[charismapotion]

No one asked you. [ He grumbled at GLaDos's chime in, then to Gold.] Sounds like a good plan to me.

[uncurse]

[ Emma moves to stand on the platform, turning to ... try and find invisible Astrid. Yeah. ]

I'm standing closest to the button. Astrid, you wanna stand on the other side of the platform? Let Faye know when you're on.

[ Since she's the one with the plan, Emma assumes she's near the button to press it when they're ready. ]

[pathology]

[being invisible kind of sux. it'd be cooler if she was the only one, but alas. she hops onto the platform, happy to be one of the first. praise jesus.] Okay, I'm on.

[reallywicked]

[And for the second time tonight, Faye hits a button and we all HOPE REALLY HARD that it goes better this time...]

[charismapotion]

[ Mars moved over to the button by them, as soon as Astrid said she was on, Mars hit the second button. Figuring both needed be be pushed of course.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ oh to clarify there is one button down below, and one up by the door. not two buttons down below. \o/

the platform lights flash, and then it starts to slowly ascend, taking astrid and emma up with it. wheeeeeeeee. ]

[undealt]

[As the platform ascends, Gold addresses some vague spot where he thinks Faye might.] You know, I do believe there was a time when you wouldn't have hesitated to leave someone behind, Faye.

[reallywicked]

[Turning her head towards the sound of Gold's voice, Faye is quiet for a few beats. Which probably feel like more because they are invisible and maybe Gold is just talking to thin air. But no, she's there.]

I guess things change.

[uncurse]

[ Right! Stepping off at the top floor. ]

I'm clear. Astrid?

[ Her hand hovers over the red button to press it when Astrid confirms that she is no longer on the pad. ]

[pathology]

[she got off the pad without saying anything ... and then remembers that she needs to confirm this with the world after emma speaks.] Yeah, I'm off.

[uncurse]

[ Pressing the button! Boom, magic return-o-pad. ]

[undealt]

[it's our time, daughterchan. gold waits until the lift stops and steps onto it, looking over to his left in the vacant spot to... hopefully where Faye will be soon.] Faye?

[charismapotion]

[ Mars was waiting for them to let him know they were on so he could hit the button to send them up.]

[reallywicked]

[Faye joins Gold on the platform.]

Ready.

[And since I'm in road trip land and on my phone I will just also add that once they get to the top, she hops off and announces that for the group to know she's off.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ the door behind them on the top platform whirs open. ]

Well. That wasn't such a hard decision. He does look like the runt of the litter.

Please proceed to the next test chamber.