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

[undealt]

[Gold swings his cane again and gets a fifteen this time. DOES IT CATCH THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM. We just don't know, but whether or not it's a victory is cut short by... all that.]

What has that damned machine brought out now?

[goodbyecaroline]

[ astrid's bullet hits! it teeters a bit, but doesn't fall down. the bullet dents its hull a bit, though. meanwhile, gold's cane catches the platform yaaaay ]

Our sentry turrets are equipped with an impressive amount of ammunition, and fine tuned to boast deadly accuracy, guided by their targeting lasers.

Perhaps a demonstration would prove more enlightening. Go ahead. Stick your head out.

[pathology]

[ugh go away glados.] One of you magic at it! I don't want to shoot the target again until the turret is dead. Well, the robot version of dead. Immobilized.

[undealt]

It's a bit difficult when I can't see it without getting shot at, Ms. Mädchen‬. [And also Gold is expending some of his energy in trying to hold onto his cane. He manages to hang on, once he lets Faye's hand go, but he can't pull himself up any further. So there he is. Dangling from a platform by his cane.]

[pathology]

Ugh, fuck! [fine she'll shoot at the damn thing again. BECAUSE SHE JUST HAS UNLIMITED FUCKING BULLETS RIGHT. (ranged atk 24; 7 dmg)]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ again, she hits, but it doesn't fall over, and it still looks like the light is on and functional??? ]

[reallywicked]

Save the bullet. I've got it. [Maybe. We'll see. Faye will pull herself up with a str check of 19 (damn gurl) and hook her arm over the platform while she does her damnedest to cast flaming sphere over on top of that damn turret >| IF she successfully casts without getting shot in the face and IF it doesn't go wonky with wild magic and IF the damn thing doesn't make the 16 reflex save... it will do max damage of 12. Or it will do nothing because of one of those previous things. But damn. I rolled two sixes in a row. That's pretty cool. This has been a tag.]

[undealt]

[Meanwhile, Gold pulls himself up to the edge of platform, which, unfortunately, has to involve him poking his head out for a hot second, while he collects himself (strength 21).]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ it's ok gold, because the sphere rolls into the turret and... sets it aflame.

so this is what they hear as it slowly reduced to a pile of ash. ]

[reallywicked]

Fuck. Yes. [Not even a little upset about your pathetic turret whining.]

Please shoot the hell out of that target. [She says to Astrid.] I'll set anything else she throws at us on fire. [Gold you just hang out, I guess.]

[pathology]

Hell yeah! [FINALLY USEFULNESS. wynn's angel's save the day. (ranged atk 18; 10 dmg at the target)]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ success! the platform moves closer, making the gap now twenty-five feet. two more panels slide open on the other side, dumping out another two turrets.

one of which compliments astrid on her fine shot. ]

[undealt]

[All right, Gold. Here's your chance to shine. He pokes his head out enough to try to cast a Burning Arc. If Wild Magic doesn't ensue, he deals 21 damage to the first turret and 13 damage to the second one.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

and suddenly gold's cane

is made out of clay

i don't think that's gonna hold long, buddy ]

[reallywicked]

[In order to not miss my chance once my lunch hour ends, just gonna tag with my texted question jdhdhje.

Faye's spells is meant to last three rounds. Without being in true init idek if that fire ball is still around but if it is, it will go after one turret for 7 damage.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ the ball strikes one of the two turrets, which also goes up in flames. it screams as it burns slowly. ]

I think your inner sociopath is showing.

[reallywicked]

It's not inner, bitch. [And using the last round of the spell to roll right on over to the last turret. 9 damage.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ annnnd the last one fries as well. two flaming turrets, just 4 u.

please stop :( ]

[undealt]

Well done, Faye.

[PROUD PAPA... with his cane made out of clay. Maybe you can lightly roast it until it dries or something and can actually be usable...]

[pathology]

And really, hypocrite much? [firing again at the target ... (ranged atk 18; 20 dmg bc she is just mad as hell ok. SO MUCH TARGET PENETRATION.)]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ what are we at? twenty feet. TWENTY FEET. the gap closes even more :) ]

[reallywicked]

Just empty the clip on it before she sends more creepy robot babies out here.

[A+ motivational speaking. Faye spares a glance back at the busted statue of Emma and grits her teeth.]

I'm going to fry every damn circuit.

[undealt]

[Gold is just gonna accept that he's useless and let the womenfolk handle it.]

[pathology]

[astrid uses her beautiful mind do some spatial calculation and figure out that they're only moving about five feet with each shot and are at about 20 feet apart now. (int 22) so they only need ... four more shots. if she can make them!!] I shouldn't need the whole clip. [but she's just gonna go for it and stop pussyfooting now. (ranged atk NAT 20, 17, 14, 23)]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ the platforms crash together, creating a bridge to reach the other side and the open door. glados sounds less than pleased. ] You didn't even attempt to begin a meaningful discourse with the friends I sent you. You merely mowed them down, without thought or mercy. I don't know what I expected, considering the way you let your friend die in this very room.

Oh well. I'm going to go ahead and record the results of this last test. Do you know what I'm going to put?

"No."

That's it. Just "no". Although I should commend the three of you for your ability to survive at any cost. Who needs friends anyway, when you have science?