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

[goodbyecaroline]

Now, now. There's no need to resort to name calling. [ the sinister tone doesn't change at all, but a panel opens up in the ceiling, and a very large robotic body descends, that appears to be hanging upside down from the ceiling, suspended from a cuboid-like structure above, which has a small sign on it that can be read with a spot 20+. visible are "model: GLaDOS," "code # 081-354-56," a red struck circle, and a red triangle.

she has one large yellow 'eye' and her whole 'body' swivels a bit as she surveys them, looming over them from above as she looks down at astrid. ]

From here, you don't appear to be in any position to negotiate. Although, if that's how you want to play, I suppose I can always warm up my Negotiation Facilitation Devices. They may look similar to our facility's Neurotoxin Emitters, but I assure you, that is nothing more than a coincidence.

[pathology]

[FUCK THIS SHIT ASTRID IS PULLING HER GUN BACK OUT. and not shooting yet ... but she wants to be fucking ready ok. also her spot check was 23; she knows ur name now glados.]

You can't just get mad and throw a hissy fit when an experiment doesn't go the way you want. That's like, the opposite of science. And that's my qualified opinion as a doctor. So ... there.

[reallywicked]

[Faye doesn't make that spot check, but she's sort of seeing red right now, so she's not at all concerned with the details. She clenches her jaw and glares at the newly emerged dev...ice? ro...bot? Whatever.

She realizes quickly that staying here is going to get her killed. And possibly also Astrid and Gold (int 20 total) and manages not to be stubborn for the sake of being stubborn on the matter... somehow (will 12).]

Calm down.... both of you. [She's just going to put her judgy mask back on since being a good person has gotten her exactly nowhere. With a hesitant glance at Emma's broken stone body, Faye gets up and... fails miserably at climbing back up the slanted floor (climb... 4).]

A little help?

[undealt]

Astrid. [You're the one without a limp, girl. Go do the thing. Meanwhile, he has zeroed in on her name. (spot 22) It's like names are important to him or something.

Also he totally knew it wasn't a person. Go team skeptical of science bullshit. He eyes GLaDOS warily, though he's smirking a bit. Because he's a dick.]

GLaDOS, is it? Lovely to have a name and a face to go with all the posturing and insults, my dear.

[pathology]

[she glares at gold like EXCUSE U I'M NOT FUCKING RAPUNZEL, but trounces off to ... go help. whatever. she crouches down and offers her free hand. idk how tall the wall is.] If you can reach me, I'll help pull you up. [but her str is 8 so this will probably end poorly.]

[reallywicked]

[Oh my god actual struggle bus. With their powers combined, Faye probably has a lot of bruises??? But she's with the others because GLaDOS is a bitch and won't let her stay 8( ]

Thanks. Let's get this over with.

[Onward to their ultimate demise???]

[charismapotion]

[ Oh and you though it was over, SILLY SILLY Knights!

Out of no where from below came one who was mimicking a roman god; being a statue, for a bit. Nothing big, just bursting through from below.]

Hey! Guys! [ Have a chipper tone.] Jump down!

[ And then he vanished back down into the floor, byebye.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ above them, glados swivels in place to watch this, but not fast enough to catch it very effectively. she sounds hella outraged as she demands: ] WHAT?

Who was that? What is this?

[reallywicked]

[whAT THE FUCK???

Faye isn't sure if it's too good to be true. Or is that the word for it because if the statue thing wears off, then Emma is sure going to come back... detached.

She glances at Astrid and Gold but doesn't say a damn word, because if GLaDOS is confused, then maybe they can get an upper hand here.

So down she goes. Wee.]

[pathology]

Fucking seriously? You're going to just — oh, for fuck's sake!

[SHE RELUCTANTLY JUMPS DOWN AFTER FAYE. this girl needs jesus. or someone who knows first aid.]

[undealt]

[Gold gives GLaDOS the smuggest fucking look.]

The spanner in your works, I imagine.

[That would... be a great one-liner if he were not wondering what the best way to approach this jump. SIGH.

(jump... 4) That was... fucking graceful. Next level- invest in feather fall.]

[goodbyecaroline]

[ monster:murder:kill - combichrist

something that sounds distinctly like disdainful horror floods the robot's voice abruptly, as she seems to have a moment of traumatic realization. ] No. No, it can't be.

[ as gold goes to jump down, a pipe comes crashing through the wall above, ready to pump neurotoxins into the room moments too late. the jarring motion of the room sends the emma statue rolling after him, and it too plummets below to... the final thread on this post.

:) ]