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guiltrip2023-06-23 02:58 pm
killerwaves) wrote in guiltrip2023-06-23 02:58 pm
FINAL INVESTIGATION
FINAL INVESTIGATION
No announcement, or gruesome discovery greets you today, but you probably don't need to be told that it's time to make a move given the ominous change in the atmosphere, and in the weather itself. Sometime in the night, the stormclouds have moved in, darkening the length and breadth of every island and blotting out both the sun and moon -- it seems your summer vacation has ended. What's worse, if you're looking carefully as the stormfront rolls in, you'll spot the telltale shimmer of the distortion; not just low down on the sea or landbound as it usually is, or even up in the heights as with the waterfall.
No, these seem intertwined with the clouds themselves, descending from the heavens like divine catastrophe. Louder than any thunder or lightning -- the telltale rumbling pitch of the dimensional warping is overlaid with the watery wailing you heard last week, but much closer. Multiple whirlpools have opened up around Sungem's Peak, while snaps and booming across the water belie the safety of the other islands.
Attempting to travel away from the main island will tell you the following: several of the railways have been beset and partially destroyed by both whirlpools and aerial distortions. If you manage to get far enough to see the other island destinations: the peak on Kingfisher's Retreat seems a lot lower than before. The planetarium has vanished from Dodo's Outlook. And there seems to be a small tornado cresting the back of Seagull's Playground. Is that a go-kart caught in the whorls???
Beneath the storm-driven sky, the haven of Sungem's Peak carries an audible din of future tidings as well: what whirlpools haven't set upon the ways off the island have shaved off at least some of the shoreline and, judging by how loud they are, the singing fish are not having a good time. The disturbances in the water are enough to have the tide itself receding from the shore, farther than it's ever gone: to the point where the continental shelf is exposed, baring parts of the sea floor and the island that haven't been accessible until now.
While the dead have provided you with a map, it's not a GPS; you'll still need to navigate your way into the inner workings on the island and confront whatever challenges you find, along with your two administrators.
Hopefully the encouragement of those beyond the grave will be enough to buoy you as you descend into the depths of the island, since it's just you, and the scream of the waves. (( OOC: Welcome to your final investigation! While we will provide AREA CLEARS, the choices you make here will affect end game. Good luck!))
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Even as it’s pushed back from the force, the fish in its head form a question mark.]
NUMBER OF INTRUDERS HAS INCREASED. RECOMMEND: REINFORCEMENTS.
[Hm. That said, how closely is Shuda looking at the bot he’s fighting?]
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cough cough Deep Snow cough coughBut first off, what happens if he targets a small explosion at the base of its electrical arm?]
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What does hinder its combat operations is the little explosion that sneaks behind its invisible guard -- there's a chirrup of alarm as the joints in its arm are loosened, swinging the electricity every which way. Kind of looks like the bot is cartoonishly windmilling its arm at this point, actually.]
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Once that arm is loosened and he sees that the explosion was effective, he's going to try to repeat the same thing to see if he can't just blow that arm clean off and get rid of the force field.]
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When the bot sees the same attack repeated -- it can't block the explosion, but it brings its shield arm to the explosion sphere, which if Shuda is watching closely enough... he'll see that the shield is able siphon some of the energy, though not quite enough to prevent the explosion. The electrical arm gets yeeted, all's well that ends well...
But much like in Xiao's case, the fishbowl bot will then try to use its shield arm as a battering ram. But at least its offensive capabilities have been cut.]
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WE DO THIS OLDSCHOOL, and by that I mean Shuda is going to try to just run it straight through with the sword.
Which is longer, fishbot arm or Alecto's longsword? Jeopardy theme plays]
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But he can probably tell by now that the shield only covers an area equivalent to the front of the bot and radiates off the arm.]
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NutsTime to try another explosion targeted at the bot's back while it has its shield in front.]
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Bofa deez??The bot gets knocked forward, still windmilling its weird taser stump. It does slam the shield down on the floor to get its balance, though!]
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He'll just swing his sword down from above to try to get its back while it's tipped forward and balancing itself on its shield like that.]
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His sword sinks into the back of the bot at the same time as the bot is finishing up on its rebalancing -- it tries to ram him with its shield even as it's slowly getting crushed under his sword, but probably there's not too much force behind that last attack.
Also, there's a rustle as his sword goes deeper, because there's still something jammed in this one too. Perhaps it'd be a good idea not to bisect it, even though it would be satisfying.]
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Fine, fine, as much as he wants to cleave it in two, he'll resist for the sake of not destroying whatever is in this one.
So what do we have here?]
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LOG 3.0112
Stranded on an archipelago of some kind; accessing the other islands is difficult, and the natives aren’t cooperative. Still, they’ve probably learned a lesson or two. We’ve had some success in making them talk, but they can’t cough up what’s not in their brains.
Pretty easy to see there was a previous catastrophe here. The technology was probably more advanced before they blew themselves up, but it’s still usable. So are the current test subjects. If I can stop Shigaraki from destroying the rest of it.
(Last time I was told to take a vacation I was in school. And there were less problem children.)
Space-time isn’t stable. From the way they talk, it might be a feature of the dimension. Ridiculous. How does this place exist?
(There’s a rough but to-the-point sketch of the archipelago, though it’s missing a couple of islands. There’s some notes on guesses as to where the labs or facilities other than resort facilities might be, the odd comment on the wildlife, and scribbled calculations without context nor conclusion.)]
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Hopefully Lacus has also been having luck on her end...]
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...Thank you.
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[He's assuming so since he doesn't see any blood or immediately obvious injuries, but.]