Where we play cave explorer.Archive http://anonpone.pineapplecomputing.com/sam/
Sam inspects the small light in the hole next to her. it looks like a small device of some sort. Sam should be able to reach it if she tried..
She feels strangely anxious however, like something is watching her.
>>25756515
>Grab it then
Its blinking with "NO SIGNAL", a small extendable cord hangs from the side..
>>25756564
Sam pockets the device.
She hears the tunnel shaking behind her, it must still be collapsing...
>>25756670
Touch door
>>25756564
now the questions remains
can it interface with EVERYTHING?
>>25756670
Check out the door.
>>25756670
RUN!!!
>>25756670
Get away from the tunnel exit ASAP
>>25756743
Where?
>>25756743
>>25756752
>>25756797
Something scrapes out of the tunnel, Sam has a hard time seeing what it is.. It looks transparent.
It slithers toward same using limbs from several different animals, some Sam can't even recognize.
It quietly giggles to itself,"threeeeeeee, hee heee! we sees you.."
>>25756735
>>25756707
The door is unresponsive, it looks like its been jammed together with force.mfw i misstyped the captcha and have been just sitting here
>>25757097
kick that fucker in the face
>>25757097
get out that key/syringe thing.
We might need to fight so prepare mentally for that.
>>25757097
Fug.
Prepare to fight. Tell it to back off.
>>25757169
>>25757148
>>25757119
Sam tries telling it to back away, readying herself to kick it.
It inches toward her. Sam can't help but panic as it speaks in a low tone,"Threee.. we think it looks pretty... heehe"
Something is dripping from its mouth..
>>25757240
Run around towards the hole!
>>25757264
the one we picked up the item from right?
>>25757376
I don't know. Can we fit in that one?
>>25757386
We can fit our hoof in at least
>>25757264
>>25757376
>>25757386
>>25757398
Sam tries to scramble past the thing and into the hole She grabbed the device from. Before she can take a second step, it lashes out and grips her with a clawed limb.
It pulls her close, Sam can smell its rotten breath,"threee, don't you like us? We finds you after you dies... you likes us then.."
Sam feels its nails digging into her side.
She can't think, Sam is connecting too many events in her head.
>>25757637
BITE THAT FUCKER ON THE NOSE
>>25757637
Please leave me alone.
>>25757637
Kind of hard to have an opinion on somebody after death. Do something unexpected and ask for it's name.
>>25757655
Pls no.
>>25757814
IT'S KILL OR BE KILLED
>>25757838
>>25757814
>>25757707
>>25757655
Sam panics, she kicks out at the creature.
>>25757894
Whaaaat?
Quick, try forcing the door open.
>>25757894
Try kicking the door.
>>25757907
>>25757925
Sam feels tears welling up on her face, She doesn't understand whats happening.
She wrenches the doors open and in her panic, tears one clean off the wall and sends it flying across the room. The thing gurgles, coughing up blood as it writhes in pain.
>>25758022
Double tap
Fuck it, triple tap
>>25758022
Run lil pony nigga run.
>>25758022
Out out out.
>>25758034
>>25758048
>>25758054
Sam rushes out. 815 floats idly in the hall.
"Ms.Sam? I left aft-ter i heard a crashing noise and-"
"Ms.Sam are you injured?"
>>25758258
Sort of, yeah. There was a thing.
>>25758258
Were we bleeding earlier? What was that thing? How did we get so strong? Why were we glowing?
>>25758276
There still is a thing. Writhing in pain, but still alive and dangerous for all we know.
>>25758258
I don't know. There was a thing in there. It said it knew me.
>>25758276
>>25758351
>>25758377
>>25758416
Something flies out from behind Sam before she manages to get a question out.
"HEEHEAHAHAHA, THREEEEE, COME PLAAAAY!"
>>25758516
Aww, it broke the only friendly thing we got left. Do we still have super strength? If not we should run.
>>25758560
Fucking where? Unless we can make it so it can't open doors, he'll get us eventually.
>>25758589
Head for the tunnel in the start room?
Don't die little pony!
>>25758516
So, we're some sort of robot(?) Grab the remnants of 815 and run.
got dumb shit i gotta do. be back later.
>>25757838I got that reference.
>>25760350Congratulations, anon, you're not illiterate.
ump
>>25759821
later then
>>25758516
Return to the monster, kick it until it's dead, then jump up and down on it until it's all mooshy. Then retrieve 815 and see if he can be salvaged. (Anyone else getting a bit of a 'guilty spark' vibe from 815?)
>>25763288
He hasn't exactly hidden the fact we're secondary on his priorities.
>>25763288
That hideous monster said it found us after we died, maybe we shouldn't be so quick to smoosh it completely. Could be who dragged our broken ass back to the table, put the mask on us and started up the lung goo.
>>25763288
We look kinda hurt. I don't think pushing that strength is a good idea.
>>25763549
Why's it trying to grab us while we're still alive, then? Wouldn't it just stay there and grab us all the time if that's what it's into? It seems more like a ghoul or worse.
Page ten? Oh no, you don't.
update in a bit
>>25759522
>>25763288
>>25763549
>>25763556
Sam grabs at the impaled 815, only for the thing to jump out from the room and slash at her.
It moves at a sickening, unnatural speed.. and yet Sam finds she can keep up. She gets a vague sense that something is wrong, like being wounded and the pain being suppressed by adrenaline. She can hear a voice in her head, like a thought that wasn't hers.
>DANGER DETECTED
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 100%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 100%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 70%
Sam shakes her head and tries to focus.
The thing hisses,"THREEeeeee, if you play with uss we'll make sure you won't remember anything from the samuel. that way you can be our mule. heeheee!" It scrapes its talons preparing to leap at Sam.will be doing bursts of updates for the next few hours and all day tomorrow.
>>25765610sick trip
>>25765610
>name
wew
Time to run
>>25765610
So we are a robot, or a cyborg of some sort. Apparently, we can't feel pain at the moment, and our muscle function is at 100%, so let's bring the pain. See if we can give this fuck a good buck, or disorient it in some way. If it manages to dodge and scores a hit on us, we can assume "system integrity" is our health.
>>25765610
Did he just call us a mule!!
>>25765653
>If it manages to dodge and scores a hit on us, we can assume "system integrity" is our health.
That should say: If it manages to dodge and scores a hit on us and integrity goes down, we can assume that's our health.
>>25765649
>>25765653
The thing seems to sense Sam's hesitation,"Don't worry threeeee, you should know dying again won't hurt, kyeehehee.."
>>25765851
Does it have three limbs? It'd probably have trouble moving around if we tore one off.
>>25765851
Punch him in the face.
>>25765851
See how well scrotumface likes being kicked in the eyes.
>>25765912
>>25765924
>>25765947
As the thing charges Sam, she strikes it in its center eye, narrowly dodging an attack from the creatures claw.
>DANGER DETECTED
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 90%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 100%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 55%
Heavily bruised, the creature lay at the end of the hall, weezing for breath and leering at Sam.
>>25766496
we're fucked family
>>25766496
Keep kicking til he don't move no more
>>25766496
>>25766541
https://youtu.be/AUVMScNhaPk
>>25766519
>>25766541
>>25766577
Sam pauses. Among her storm of thoughts a creeping guilt bubbles up from somewhere...
Sam's never killed anyone before..
>>25766626
That's not a pony. That's an abomination.
No remorse.
>>25766626
What about anything?
>>25766626
>>25766641
>>25766641
Abomination.. Sam thinks to herself, how much different is she?
Sam pieces together some of the things she's been ignoring, how everyone she's met seems to talk about the 'real' Sam, how her name was Samuel, not Samantha. What happened to her crew.. her friends.. Is she even a real pony?
Or is she a fake, something that's piloting a shell, an abomination.
Sam feels her head twisting inward from a nasty headache.
>>25766780
You at least still look like a pony. That thing doesn't.
>>25766780
yeah uh we're kinda bleeding a little here
>>25766780
She doesn't take joy in the suffering and death of others like this thing does.
>>25766780
So maybe we're not the 'real' Sam. We still have her memories. We still remember the good times and the bad. We know what it means to be a good pony.
Whatever we are, we're here now, and we deserve a chance to be free of this place.
This thing, though, is broken. Something that should never have existed. Maybe it was nice once, but it's broken now.
Putting it down would be better for everyone here, including it.
>>25766780
Since it claims to be the thing modifying our memories, it's just put itself way up on the list of "things to be gotten rid of". I still say "SMOOSH HIM!"
>>25766780
Whoever Sam is, >>25766895
Even if you aren't her, survival is important right now.
bebs
>>25766877
it's fine
>>25770227
sleps
>>25772970
"bleeding"
Up, ya fag.
Live !!!
>>25766804
>>25766895
>>25767001
>>25767646
>>25767902
Sam approaches the creature, she feels hollow.
Something inside her whispers, Sam decides to see if this thing is hollow, too.
>>25776962
She rams a hoof into the center of the creatures skull. it gurgles and makes what pained noises it still can.
Sam wrenches her hoof, feeling around for something to grab...
>>25776975
and rips it out once she finds it. The pulp-like mass Sam has pulled out looks like a major organ of some sort.
Sam drops it with a wet thud and watches the monster twitch a final time.
Sam stands there in the silent hall, alone with the pungent smell of torn flesh and the sound of blood dripping to the floor to keep her company.
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 80%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 100%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 30%
Alongside the piercing headache, Sam feels physically ill.
>>25776992
We need to get out of here. See if 815 is still active.
>>25776992
Lets move away from it and take a break.
Try to get the blood off. Maybe wipe it on one of the mattresses.
>>25777005
>>25777052
815 is heavily damaged, Sam is no expert on technology as it is, and the stuff in this place is way beyond standard pony gear.
>SITUATION STABILIZING
>SYSTEM STATE SHIFT
>BRACE
>PAIN INHIBITOR 100%
>>25777094
>BRACE
UHHH
UUUHHHHH
GET ON THE FLOOR
>PAIN INHIBITOR 0%
>>25777094
pain inhibitors are about to go down
>>25777170
Lie down.
Try not to cry.
Cry a lot.
>>25777170
>>25777180
>>25777170
Sams mouth fill with blood, she vomits black, thick crimson.
She suddenly becomes aware that she didn't dodge the creatures attacks as well as she'd thought. Her side burns from the open wounds and her legs feel awful.
Her right leg in particular is especially hurt, Sam thinks it may be broken.
>>25777224
lie down
>>25777224
we're fucked lol
>>25777224
Go lie down on a mattress.
>>25777234
>>25777236
>>25777297
Sam goes to the only mattress she remembers being intact.
She groans, its filthy.
>>25777365
flip it over
>>25777365
Fuck it, take a nap
Maybe things will be better when she asked up
>>25777365
Flip it over.
>>25777376
>>25777435
Sam doesn't know how to go about that, especially with her leg.
>>25777553
Grab the sheets and lay on them.
>>25777553
We're already coated in blood. Just lie down on your good side.
>>25777553
Since we're aready a mess, ignore the mattress-mess and take a restorative nap anyhow. Hell, we'd need to flip it AFTER sleeping on it anyway.
Possible suggestion for 815, can we shove it back into it's original cylender? I know we broke it kicking it, but maybe it still works enough to help 815 self-repair.
>>25777614
>>25777712
>>25778289
Sam grabs the sheet and wraps it around herself as she huddles up against the edge of the mattress. Her entire body seems to pulsate in agony.
As she closes her eyes, she wonders about where to go and what to do next.
>>25778320
I'm honestly stumped. Is there a power outlet in this room? We could hook up that hoof-held thing. Do we have a power outlet anywhere on us?
>>25778320
We need to find somewhere to plug in that device.
>>25778320
We need to go here to see if that door is open.
>>25778320
There was a shelf in the library that "shows sign of movement".
We could go back and see if our apparent super strength is enough to move it.
>>25778510
>>25778725
Sam weighs her options.
She does a quick inventory check.
>>25778839
Oh, that canister thing. Didn't the bot say that would heal us?
>>25778871
Sam remembers 815 saying something about it, it might help.
She wonders about her injuries, and almost immediately a familiar green overlay appears in her vision.
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 20%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 0%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 40%
>>25778934
Not looking good
>>25778934
Huh, integrity went up. Do we regenerate on our own then?
I'd rather hold off on using it until we know for sure. Check the leg. How's it feeling?
>>25779027
>>25779041
Still sore, but more use-able than before at least.
Sam's hurt, but she's not tired anymore. Coupled with the creeping anxious feeling from staying in one room for a while, Sam doesn't feel like getting much more rest.
>>25779191
Alright, try to get up and get a move on.
>>25779191
So, to do list:
Find somewhere to use the weird key.
Find somewhere to plug in the device.
Check the door in >>25778510 though I think we might have already opened it.
>>25779191
To the locked door in >>25778510 we go then.
>>25779263
>>25779269
>>25779407
Sam heads off. On the way she shakes her bag around a bit because apparently she totally didn't see like half of her stuff.
Sam tries her various keys on the small door...
>>25779495
>power couplings
Ah fuck, there's a bust wire in the starting room isn't there? We should fix that.
>>25779513
We already did, didn't we?
Or did we use it somewhere else?
>>25779552
I think we fixed a wire near the big pit, and we've got two couplings left. If I'm remembering wrong then I'm still pretty sure we've seen two broken wires.
>>25779578
I checked the archive and I think there were four total, we used one to fix the door in the pit room and then we used another in the starter room to open the trapdoor in the telescope room.
We never went back for the two leftover after getting a storage bag so they're still in the pit room.
>>25779513
>>25779552
The door slides open with the level 3 card to a small room. Sam guesses its an elevator...
>>25779578
Sam remembers the 2 other couplings, however she left them there as she had no real way of carrying them at the time.
>>25779621
hum elevator music
>>25779621
Lets head in and use it unless ya'll want to check the loose shelf first.
>>25779621
We should grab those couplings first.
>>25779621
Actually, Sam remembers she used one on the console to open a door and another to power a console. So theres only one left in the large room.
Sams getting frustrated with her flimsy memory.
>>25779635
>>25779645
Sam hums a tune, she feels dumb humming in the silence.
She does a check. Shelf first, or elevator?
>>25779668
Get the coupling, check the shelf.
>>25779668
Shelf I guess
>>25779668
grab the leftover power coupling and try messing with the shelf.
>>25779674
>>25779685
>>25779689
Sam makes the long journey back and grabs the spare coupling.
The smell has changed here... like a wet animal.
>>25779930
>smells like an animal
>signs of an animal
Grab and go, like, really fast.
>>25779930
Lets not hang around then. To the shelf.
>>25779948
>>25779980
Sam leaves in a hurry and makes her way back down to the archives room.
Looking at the shelf, shed need to use quite a bit of her strength to move it. It looks to be made of wood and the shelf is braced by the rubble.
>>25780014
See if we can knock the rocks away.
>>25780034
Some would budge easily, but others would be just as hard as the shelf...
Sam double checks her state.
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 20%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 0%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 40%
>>25780054
looks like we should wait to regain our strength.
To the elevator!
>>25780070
Sam feels like she's missing something.
She thinks about moving the rocks, how heavy they will be and what kind of strength she'll need.
>MANUAL CONTROL
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 100%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 0%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 40%
It looks like her muscle function and perhaps her pain inhibitor can be controlled.. but perhaps at a cost..
>>25780115
Probably at the cost of integrity which is still fairly low.
>>25780115
Figured that was it. Since we're already suited up, go ahead and try to move the bookcase just enough to squeeze through.
>>25780213
>>25780177
Sam grabs the wood which splinters at her touch. With a few good shoves and pulls the bookcase cracks under the force and moves forward slightly. a few books fall to the ground in the process.
>>25780285
Tone down the muscle so that we don't hurt ourselves further and peer inside with our special eyes.
>>25780299
>MANUAL CONTROL
>MUSCLE FUNCTION 20%
>PAIN INHIBITOR 0%
>SYSTEM INTEGRITY 35%
Nothing too damaging. Sam scouts inside, it looks to be a small room. A still figure can be seen inside, it smells of... plastic? Sam can't pinpoint its identity.
>>25780326
Can we turn on nightvision?
>>25780349
Sam tries scouting with nightvision.
>>25780363
Oh. Try saying hello to two.
>>25780363
...what number wsa the mare we met?
>>25780363
Ask two if she's alive. If there's no response grab the note quickly and back away.
>>25780397
She was 1.
>>25780381
>>25780397
>>25780399
Sam calls out, but it looks to be nothing more than a corpse. Sam grabs the paper scrap and backs away.
>>25780420
Check outside the bookcase, make sure nothing's about to close us in.
Creep back towards her. See if there's any indication of life at all.
>>25780420
Ah fuck, rip Rebecca.
>>25780420
Lets head to the elevator then.
JUST
>>25781976
ELEVATE
ending here tonight, have a suprise for you guys this weekend.
>>25782834
>>25782834g-good surprise?
>>25782834
Oh boy
>>25782834
Looking forward to it!
>>25783037
>implying
>>25786043
>>25782834
o-oh boy
