# Ruby Quest

## Thread 1

3195067 In light of the apparent fact that interactive adventures are acceptable here, I've decided to continue Ruby here. For those who already saw the first part back when I had to post it on /r9k/, hopefully you'll just bear with me on this one and not provide any undue spoilers until we're past the end of the last one. A flood of /b/tards migrating from their dying board sort of put a damper on that attempt.
So, get out your parser interface and let's see what we can do here.

3195071 Time to begin.
It is very dark here. Hardly anything can be seen.
Please recommend an action.

> 3195072 Turn on the damn lights.

3195083 >>3195072
>Turn on the damn lights
Unfortunately it's too dark in here it's hard to tell where the lights are.

> 3195092 >>3195083
> In that case, search my pockets.

> 3195100 >>3195083
> Walk over to the red thing.

3195104 >>3195092
>search pockets
Feels like something metallic with a rubber grip. But there's no lighter, matches, or flashlight.
>>3195100
>Walk over to the red thing.
As near as you can tell, the little red light is only a foot or so away from your face.

> 3195116 >>3195100
> I figured the red light was you, and you were a robot.

> 3195119 Reach out and grasp for the red light.

3195145 >>3195119
>Reach out and grasp for the red light.
Ah, there we go.
Ruby can see now.

> 3195161 watch out! that red light is a train in the distance! I can tell cause WE ARE GETTING RAILROADED.

> 3195169 >>3195145
> Cool. Have her examine that thing we found in her pockets.

> 3195173 >>3195145
> Grab the handle near the ceiling of the cell.

> 3195178 >>3195161
> Don't be so hurtful to others.

3195183 >>3195169
>examine that thing we found in her pockets
Apparently, it's a hand-turned can-opener.
>>3195173
>Grab the handle near the ceiling of the cell.
A row of small mesh holes open in the wall, venting in fresh air.

> 3195190 >>3195183
> Attempt to tap into her latent vampiric powers to see if she has a high enough level in Protean to turn into mist and escape the cell through the mesh wiring.
> Failing that, press every button she can find, in sequence.

> 3195192 >>3195183
> Yell, "Is anyone there?".

> 3195194 >>3195161
> >WE ARE GETTING RAILROADED
> Well he did say the first part of this has been done already, so I'd imagine it'll play out mostly the same way (i.e. same puzzles have the same solutions) until we break new ground, but hopefully he'll at least respond to people who don't happen to do things the exact same way they happened the first time.

3195223 >>3195192
>Yell, "Is anyone there?"
Ruby yells, but there's no response. Her voice echoes in the small room.
>>3195190
Sadly, Ruby has no vampiric powers.
>press every button she can find
Ruby gets the feeling that pressing all the buttons would probably be a bad idea. There are buttons of multiple colors -- which one should she try?

> 3195235 >>3195223
> For the hell of it, purple.
> We already pressed the red button, the green buttons ALWAYS GET PRESSED IN EVERY MEDIA EVER, and the blue button... well, that's pretty, so we don't want to smudge it with our fingerprints just yet.

3195245 >>3195235
>For the hell of it, purple.
Sweet success! Ruby presses the purple button and the top of the cell suddenly opens up to cool, clean air!

> 3195255 >>3195245
> Well, awesome.
> Toss the can opener up in the air and catch it.

> 3195257 >>3195245
> get out, look around

> 3195262 >>3195257
> You dumbass, what if there's an automated security drone waiting to blast your goddamned head off?

3195268 >>3195257
>get out, look around
Ruby surveys her surroundings. There are no doors here, except for a portal on the north wall of this room. Unfortunately, there are metal shutters over the door.

> 3195279 >>3195268
> search that trashcan in the back or whatever that is
> and
> check the shelves

> 3195289 >>3195268
> Look for a way to open that other cell. More friends would be nice right now.

3195291 >>3195279
>search that trashcan in the back
Ruby tries her best, but the lid of the barrel refuses to be pulled from its base. It won't open.
>check the shelves
Do you mean the metal shutters? They're blocking the portal to the north.

> 3195328 >>3195291
> oh shit they;re not shelves, it's another cell.
> attempt to open cell, if it doesn't work press the buttons on top of it.
> use can opener on can thing in the back.

> 3195333 >>3195328
> Oh, sure, steal my idea. That's cool.

3195334 >>3195289
>Look for a way to open that other cell.
The cell/locker/coffin on the ground has a latch on the outside, but it's sealed with what appears to be a digital lock. There's no obvious way to undo the lock from the locker itself.

> 3195359 >>3195334
> Damn, if we had a cell phone we could call Tank and have him upload hacking knowledge into Ruby's head.
> Okay, first off, can I get a loadout of all of Ruby's abilities, general knowledges, and physical capabilities?

3195363 >>3195328
>use can opener on can thing in the back.
The barrel's lid comes up with the can-opener's tenacious efforts!
Inside there's a few small lengths of BARE ELECTRICAL WIRE, but nothing else.

> 3195397 >>3195363
> Well, shit, she's a rabbit. There's some wire. Chew on that shit!

> 3195400 >>3195363
> Firstly, shlick furiously.
> Then check the terminal next the door.

> 3195406 >>3195363
> >Chew wires.

3195413 >>3195359
Ruby stows a piece of wire in her inventory.
>get a loadout of all of Ruby's abilities, general knowledges, and physical capabilities?
Ruby has no magical or otherwise extraordinary powers. She has no knowledge of where she is or how she got here, and though she is not a specialist and holds no particularly special knowledge she is reasonably competent with things most people would be.
Her physical capabilities are varied. She's limber, in good shape, but not particularly strong.
She is currently carrying:
CAN-OPENER
BARE LENGTH OF WIRE
>>3195397
>chew on wire
Ruby is above such primitive practices as chewing on wire and cannibalizing her young. If she had any.
And besides, that would not be productive right now!

> 3195415 >>3195363
> Pocket the wire and knock on the other cell.

3195464 >>3195400
>shlick furiously
Ruby has slightly bigger concerns at the moment. Slightly.
But besides, there could be hidden cameras around!
>check the terminal next the door
It would appear these controls are out of order. But even Ruby can tell this looks like an easy fix. Firstly, one of the wires is missing. Splicing it back together would be easy enough with the BARE LENGTH OF WIRE Ruby found. Then, there are connectors at the back of the control panel itself, so it will need to be screwed back into place.

3195493 >>3195415
>knock on the other cell
Ruby knocks insistently on the metal locker cell, but there's no audible or visible response.

> 3195512 >>3195464
> Hmmm... fine. But as soon as we're somewhere where there are definitely no cameras, the Revolution begins!
> UP WITH MINISKIRTS! DOWN WITH PANTIES!

> 3195520 Um... can we open the trap a tthe back left corner, but not go down yet in case there's no ladder?

> 3195522 I nearly had a joygasm when I saw the OP's picture, but then I realized it wasn't the top of Max's head.
> FOR SHAME.

> 3195527 >>3195512
> >UP WITH MINISKIRTS! DOWN WITH PANTIES!
> Ruby's definitely wearing the former, but how do we know she's wearing the latter?

3195541 >>3195520
>can we open the trap a tthe back left corner, but not go down yet in case there's no ladder?
Unfortunately, it's the other way around!
There's some kind of access shaft in the corner of the room, complete with a ladder set into the wall, but it's barred off and Ruby can't fit through!

> 3195542 >>3195522
> I would just like to extend a FUCK YEAH to the thought of Max and also to you I guess

> 3195549 >>3195527
> You make a persuasive argument.
> Request Ruby checks to see if she's wearing panties today.

> 3195560 >>3195542
> highfive.jpg

> 3195563 Move the remains of the barrel to one side, see if anything lies under it.

3195578 >>3195563
>Move the remains of the barrel to one side, see if anything lies under it.
Ruby tries to shove the big barrel aside, but her physique is just too admirably girlish. It won't budge.

> 3195590 Create a saw using the barrel pieces, wrapping the handle with the BARE ELECTRICAL WIRE.
> Attempt to saw through bars

3195603 >>3195590
>Create a saw using the barrel pieces, wrapping the handle with the BARE ELECTRICAL WIRE. Attempt to saw through the bars.
Not only would a saw made of razor-sharp barrel-metal and bare wire be INCREDIBLY dangerous to use in ANY way, it certainly wouldn't have the durability or control to cut through these bars, which appear to be a stronger metal than the barrel anyway.
You do get +1 INGENUITY for your idea though.

> 3195604 Check the terminal situated on the wall behind the barrel

> 3195608 >>3195549
> Seconded. I think it's an important peice of information that needs to be established before we take any further action.

> 3195615 >>3195603
> Attempt to fashion a crude screwdriver using the barrel shards and either the handle of the can-opener (if it slides off easily) or, by shredding off part of the currently worn clothing.

3195629 >>3195615
>by shredding off part of the currently worn clothing
Ruby sees where you're going with this.
>>3195608
>>3195549
>Is Ruby wearing panties today?
Yes. A quick check verifies she's got her underwear accounted for.
>>3195604
>Check the terminal situated on the wall behind the barrel
The digital console appears to be waiting for a command.

> 3195635 >>3195629
> Saw that, was not going there. Intended to remove an extraneous piece of clothing for the sake of hand-protection, not for /tg/'s fapping pleasure.

> 3195636 Enter command, "open locker"

> 3195642 >>3195636
> While we're at it, enter command "sound horn"

> 3195643 >>3195635
> >part of an extraneous
> fix'd

3195651 >>3195635
>Intended to remove an extraneous piece of clothing for the sake of hand-protection
Ruby doesn't have enough clothing on for anything to really be considered extraneous.
>>3195636
>Enter command, "open locker"
That seemed to do something. A soft click comes from the other locker.

> 3195655 >>3195636
> Also, enter "open door".

3195657 >>3195642
>While we're at it, enter command "sound horn"
The console doesn't appear to recognize that command.

3195663 >>3195655
>enter "open door".
That got a response, but unfortunately the results weren't what Ruby had hoped for.

> 3195665 >>3195657
> Enter command
> mov 0 1.
> Then see if the locker opens

> 3195668 I guess we should look in that other locker now.

3195671 >>3195651
>>3195657
>>3195663
I just realized I messed up and the barrel appears closed in all these. Obviously, it should be open.

> 3195673 ... can we open the locker now plz?

> 3195678 >>3195671
> the shreds fell in from when she tried to make a saw then realized it was a horrible idea.

3195687 >>3195668
>>3195673
>open the locker
Ruby takes the two small coins off the top of the locker and pockets them. She opens it up to find...
There's no one inside the locker.
Instead, all that's inside is a pair of rubber gloves.

> 3195694 >>3195687
> That's a lot of evidence pointing to that Shlicking session...

> 3195699 >>3195687
> Don the gloves, fix the terminal with the wire, and screw it together using one of the coins?

> 3195701 Return to console
> Enter "open access shaft"

3195716 >>3195694
>That's a lot of evidence pointing to that Shlicking session...
Heavy rubber gloves don't make for very enjoyable shlicking!
>>3195701
>Enter "open access shaft"
It's asking for a code.

> 3195720 >>3195716
> inspect the coins

3195725 >>3195699
>Don the gloves, fix the terminal with the wire, and screw it together using one of the coins?
A brilliant idea, especially since it negates the possibility of electrocution.
Ruby sets to work splicing the door panel's wires back together.

3195735 >>3195720
>inspect the coins
The two coins seem to just be ordinary-looking quarters.
But the edges make functional screwdrivers for the flathead screws in the panel!
Ruby screws the repaired panel back in place, and the UP ARROW button lights up green.

> 3195738 >>3195735
> Press the green button, then do one last check of the room

3195745 >>3195738
>Press the green button
Here goes nothing.
Ruby presses the button.

3195749 >>3195745
The metal shutters start to lift...
...oh.
[ANIMATED!]

> 3195756 >>3195749
> oh big blue light source of plot development?

> 3195762 >>3195749
> If it moves, take cover behind the coffin.

3195772 >>3195749
...it would appear that Ruby is underwater.

> 3195781 >>3195772
> WHAT

> 3195783 push down arrow
> open access shaft 017

> 3195785 Take off gloves, reach out, touch the water

> 3195800 >>3195772
> Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

3195814 >>3195783
>push down arrow
The down arrow still isn't lit, and doesn't respond to being pressed.
>>3195785
>Take off gloves, reach out, touch the water
Thankfully, there's a big glass window separating Ruby from a horrible drowning death.

> 3195822 Look outside, see how far it is to the surface. Also, see if any predatory fish are visible.

3195826 >>3195783
>enter "open access shaft 017"
Using the number on the plaque outside as a reference, Ruby attempts to try opening the bars to the access shaft via the computer terminal once more.

3195833 >>3195822
>Look outside, see how far it is to the surface. Also, see if any predatory fish are visible.
The water is murky. Ruby can see neither the surface nor any details on the sea life swimming past the glass.
>>3195826
After entering the code, the bars on the grate finally slide open with a loud "clank"! The access shaft is accessible!

> 3195838 >>3195833
> go down

> 3195840 Climb down. Hope nothing reaches up the shaft and grabs her from below.

> 3195849 >>3195840
> >Climb down. Hope nothing reaches and shafts her from below.
> Fix'd

> 3195855 >>3195849
> >>Climb down. Hope something reaches and shafts her from below.
> fix'd again

3195862 >>3195838
>>3195840
Ruby descends down the access shaft's ladder.
Congratulations! You've escaped the first room!
[From here on out the adventure may slow down a bit as I don't have anything at all drawn (e.g. scenery, objects, interface, key shots, etc.) after this point. We're breaking brand new ground here.
We're not stopping, though! Keep the commands coming and I'll do my best to keep up with Ruby's story.]

> 3195865 >>3195840
> >>3195849
> >>3195855
> Can we do all three?

3195909 Ruby descends the access hatch and comes upon a new room.
There's lots to see here.

> 3195936 >>3195909
> say hello.

> 3195939 Snob other rabbit, check out fishtank first.

> 3195941 >>3195909
> What be that in the fish tank?
> Other than the fish.

> 3195942 >>3195909
> attempt to make contact with the other being

> 3195944 >>3195909
> "Player 1, is that yo--oh nevermind, thought you were someone else"

> 3195948 >>3195941
> Looks like a buried treasure!

> 3195949 eat the fish.

3195950 >>3195936
>>3195942
>say hello.
Ruby introduces herself and says hi.
The prisoner introduces himself as "Tom", and says hi back.
He doesn't seem particularly chatty.

> 3195956 >>3195950
> Ask tom how long he's been here and what he knows about this place

> 3195960 >>3195950
> Walk into the grid.

> 3195967 Walk into the SQLFAI LSQLFA ILSQLFAIL

> 3195969 >>3195959
> >>3195960
> Ruby is sliced into cubes.
> GAME OVER.

> 3195971 Carve pumpkin into the shape of a keycard and insert into slot.

> 3195975 >>3195950
> Also, ask tom what he has at his feet

3195977 >>3195956
Tom won't say how long he's been here. Just that he woke up in the cell and hasn't gotten out since.
He seems uninterested with this particular line of questioning and returns to contemplating his little sculpture.
>>3195960
>Walk into the grid.
It's just a metal grating.
>>3195971
>Carve pumpkin into the shape of a keycard and insert into slot.
Unfortunately you are not sleuthy enough to figure out how to do this.

3195982 >>3195948
>>3195941
>What be that in the fish tank?
The fish tank seems to contain, along with the fish, a tiny treasure chest for decoration.

> 3195994 EAT THE FISH

> 3195995 Ask about statue.

> 3196002 >>3195982
> Hm. There could be something inside! Never know.
> Any of the fish look dangerous?
> And what is that grate below the tank?

3196005 >>3195995
>>3195975
>Ask about statue.
Tom explains that this is his Opus, titled "The Room is Boring". It appears to consist of a TIN CAN, a LETTER-OPENER, and a METAL PLATE with screws on its four corners.

> 3196015 >>3196005
> ask about those round things in the wall next to him.

> 3196016 >>3196005
> Hmm..
> Examine that upside-down flower/light/water sprinkler thing above Tom. You know what, I'm gonna call him Bombadil.R ename Tom to Bombadil.

3196029 >>3196002
>Any of the fish look dangerous?
The fish are all quite tiny.
And as far as Ruby can tell, none of them are sharks.
>And what is that grate below the tank?
It appears to be another sort of access hatch, this time with metal shutters over it. It's labelled "Z-HATCH" and just underneath where that's written there's an empty space with four holes. It looks like something used to go there.

> 3196034 Alright, I'm heading offline
> 's been fun
> Also, good end get: use barrel saw/can opener (Wearing thick rubber gloves to protect hands from being cut apart by saw) to cut through fence, show Tom first room and water.

> 3196056 >>3196029
> Grab treasure, then dump aquarium on Tom.

> 3196068 >>3196029
> Ask Tom to give me the sculpture. Explain it may get the both of us out of here.

3196069 >>3196015
>ask about those round things in the wall next to him.
Tom explains that the five things on the walls are very functional buttons, but so far he's only tried pressing the middle one.
>>3196016
>Examine that upside-down flower/light/water sprinkler thing above Tom
It's some sort of switch that can be pulled, but it looks like it's out of reach.
>use can opener to cut through fence
The grate is thin, but given that it's a cell the metal is clearly very strong and unlike the barrel, it's not worn. The CAN-OPENER would have no chance against it.

> 3196075 >>3196029
> ...The metal plate Tom has! That spot is missing the plate.
> How do we get Tom out though? Hm.

3196083 >>3196056
>Grab treasure, then dump aquarium on Tom
The fishtank is bolted to the pedestal it's on, which in turn is bolted to the floor.
But the little treasure chest is coming with Ruby. It gets added to her inventory, a little wet. It's about the size of her hand.

> 3196085 >>3196083
> Open treasure chest.

> 3196086 Get the metal plate with screws off Tom and screw it into space at the grate with letter opener or coins.
> Get Tom to press buttoms in sequence from left to right. Ask him what pressing the middle button did.
> Ask him what the hatch above him does.
> Go back upstairs and see if you can push the coffin/container that held Ruby to see if you when the hatch opens you can rescue Tom.

3196102 >>3196085
>Open treasure chest.
It refuses to open. It must be locked.
>>3196086
>Get plate, screw in plate, tell Tom to press buttons
Firstly, Tom refuses to hand over the plate with the funny numbers on it, because it's a part of his Opus. Secondly, he couldn't pass it through the small openings in the grate even if he wanted to give it to Ruby.
And thirdly, Tom tells Ruby that when he pressed the middle button, he was ELECTROCUTED. He hasn't pressed any of the others and he will refuse to press any of the others until he's confident they won't result in another near-death experience.
Lastly, he has no clue what the overhead hatch does. He's never seen it open.

> 3196115 Remind us, what is Ruby's current inventory?

> 3196118 tell tom that "you dont believe him unless he presses another button."
> Also examine z hatch.

> 3196119 Hand over gloves to Tom to press the button.
> Try prying opening the chest with the coins.
> Ask him what funny numbers is on that metal plate.
> Go back upstairs and type, access hatch followed by the numbers.

> 3196120 >>3196102
> What are the numbers on the plate?

> 3196125 Return to the terminal up the ladder and try "open z-hatch". Also try "free Tom" or "electrocute Tom" ... or free/electrocute Prisoner.

> 3196128 >>3196102
> >ELECTROCUTED
> Oh shit, Tom's DEAD. Or at least undead!

> 3196131 If we can get Z-HATCH open, perhaps items placed in it will be transported into the cell at the press of a button?

3196142 >>3196115
>Remind us, what is Ruby's current inventory?
Ruby is carrying TWO COINS, a CAN-OPENER, a pair of RUBBER GLOVES, and now a TINY TREASURE CHEST.
>>3196118
>tell tom that "you dont believe him unless he presses another button."
Tom pouts and says that's fine, because he doesn't trust you either.
>examine z hatch
It's a small portal in the north wall. Ruby might be able to fit through if she crawled. But it's a moot point since it's blocked by a metal shutter.

> 3196146 >>3196142
> use can opener on chest.

3196149 >>3196119
>Hand over gloves
The gloves won't fit through the grate.
>Try prying opening the chest with the coins
No luck, there's not enough of a gap to pry it.
>Ask him what funny numbers is on that metal plate.
Tom says he doesn't trust you now and he won't tell you the magic numbers on the plate.
Maybe getting him to dislike you was a bad idea; you're probably going to need those numbers.

> 3196153 Kill self.

> 3196158 >>3196153
> That's not being very creative. Just how will she kill herself?

> 3196159 What is Tom? he doesnt look like a Rabbit.

> 3196163 >>3196149
> Apologise for being a cold-hearted rabbit, and that I mean no ill will, and just want what's best for both of us.
> Also, try and cut through the metal grating with the can opener.

> 3196165 >>3196159
> Obviously a cat.

> 3196166 >>3196149
> Apologies but point out, that the only way either of them are going to get out is if they work together.

> 3196167 >>3196163
> Already been tried, the metal's too strong for the canopener. Treasure chest won't open either because it doesn't have an edge.

> 3196169 >>3196149
> Offer sexual favors for his cooperation.

> 3196170 >>3196149
> Tell him you'll sex him up if he cooperates.

> 3196171 >>3196125
> If it's anything like the other hatch, we'll need a room code for it to open. Chances are the plate that used to be above the hatch said what number it was, but unless we know that we can't open the z-hatch. We need to make friends with Tom. We should try giving him something.

> 3196172 climb upstais, jump on bin until it falls through the floor killing the mean rabbit

> 3196176 >>3196170
> >>3196169
> Bunny mind.

> 3196180 >>3196172
> Hey, nice observation. Move the barrel upstairs.

> 3196184 >>3196180
> Tried that back in the first room. Its too heavy to move.

3196188 >>3196169
>>3196170
That seems a little extreme! Ruby's not very eager to just give up her body for some stranger to ravage just so she can get a few numbers, especially if there's an alternative. And anyway, she's shy.
There must be a way to win over the cat that's not quite so embarrassing.

> 3196191 >>3196188
> COMPLIMENT HIM ON THE STATUE

> 3196192 >>3196188
> give the cat the fish

> 3196194 >>3196188
> How about Ruby just flashes him her tits?
> It's still an immediate sexual incentive, but it's way less embarrassing than sex and won't involve any unwanted touching.

> 3196196 rule 34 Ruby/tom

> 3196197 Apologize to Tom, and mention nonchalantly that you were jealous of his epic Opus. If he picks up on the hint, mention that you'd like to look at his Opus in all its glory... ideally he'll turn it around and show the numbers.

> 3196198 >>3196188
> RAAAILROOOAAAD
> ...please? I'm getting real Player 1 vibes here ;_;

> 3196201 >>3196196
> SECONDED!

> 3196204 >>3196169
> >>3196170
> >>3196198
> >>3196194
> >>3196196
> What the fuck is WRONG with you people?

3196206 >>3196194
>How about Ruby just flashes him her tits?
Oh no! Unfortunately for all parties involved, Ruby is flat as a board! That probably won't work.

> 3196217 >>3196197
> I second this suggestion. Will tom let us see his glorious statue in all it's magnificence so we can properly bask in his creative genius?

> 3196220 >>3196197
> This.

> 3196222 >>3196206
> That's fine...

3196225 >>3196192
>give the cat the fish
Ruby slips Tom some of the small fish as a gesture of goodwill. He's hungry, so he accepts.

> 3196234 >>3196225
> Hmm... damn.

3196235 >>3196197
>Apologize to Tom, and mention nonchalantly that you were jealous of his epic Opus
Feeling a bit calmed by your offering of fish, Tom graciously offers to rotate the piece to face you.

> 3196241 >>3196225
> If he can take the fish through the bars, then he can take the gloves. Give him the gloves so he can press the buttons safely.

> 3196249 >>3196241
> I was thinking that but fish can be really small. Don't think goldfish, think smaller. Of course if he turned around and said the metal plate can fit I'll rage.

> 3196251 >>3196241
> He said the fish are teeny-tiny, haven't you ever had a fishtank? They can be the size of a finger. Heavy-duty electrical gloves are massive.

> 3196257 Go back upstairs and type 'access hatch 211' or any variation with 211 in it changing the 2 to 5 or changing the 1's to I's.

> 3196258 >>3196235
> Go upstairs and enter "open z-hatch 211" into the terminal.

3196265 >>3196257
>>3196258
Sure enough, Tom's code seems to work, and the system accepts the function.

> 3196272 >>3196265
> GHOST BARREL!

> 3196274 Guess there is only one thing to do, climb back down tell Tom you'll see where the hatch goes and crawl through it and try to come back to him.

> 3196279 Put shoe on head

> 3196285 This is by far the most adorable King's Quest style game I've ever seen.
> Kudos.

3196298 >>3196274
>climb back down tell Tom you'll see where the hatch goes and crawl through it and try to come back to him
Climbing back down, Ruby finds that the z-hatch is now open. Just on the other side of the wall is a small room.
Ruby tells Tom she'll be right back. Tom nods absently in reply.

> 3196307 >>3196298
> oh God! He pulled apart the Opus! THE OPUS!!
> ...Crawl through the hatch.

> 3196309 >>3196298
> Now Ruby gets down on her hands and knees and crawls through. Also, she shouldn't bother adjusting her skirt first, I'm sure it will hang fine while she shimmies through the hatch.
> What was the word on whether she was wearing panties, again?

> 3196319 >>3196298
> What's that slot of three holes next to the aquarium? Have Ruby inspect that before she goes into the next room.

> 3196320 OP should have made Ruby male...

3196321 >>3196307
>Crawl through the hatch.
Ruby gets on all fours and crawls through the hatch with a rather suggestive series of movements. But since that's boring let's just skip ahead to the part where she emerges in the room on the other side of the wall.

> 3196326 >>3196321
> Take diagram of buttons and give it to Tom. Explain what each button seems to do, based on the symbols. Have him press the button with the down arrow and the grating.

> 3196331 >>3196321
> Tell Ruby to inspect the sign. The middle one is electrocution, the second from the right has a grate sign, the one after has an arrow, but I don't know the other two. The one of the second left is death so avoid that and I'm guessing the far left is water. Tell Tom to press the one, from his side, the second from the left for him which will be the second from the right on this side saying the grate.
> Inspect what looks like a safe on the wall in this room.
> Inspect what looks like a portrait of a fish on this side of the room.
> Look through what looks like a grate in the door to the left of the room.

> 3196332 You know what amazes me, /tg/?
> You're playing a text parser RPG as an anthropomorphic, if crudely drawn, female rabbit.
> There have been innumerable cries for sexually related content regarding said anthropomorphic rabbit.
> And in 190 posts, not ONE person has said "furry".
> Fucking props, /tg/, seriously. You just might grow up yet.

> 3196339 Take a breather...
> Take off clothes...

> 3196344 >>3196332
> Its not really a "furry" as it doesnt have any real human features nor is the style detailed enough to be considered "furry".
> However to confirm this she needs to take off her clothes...

3196351 >>3196326
>Explain what each button seems to do
Ruby has no idea what each button seems to do. Perhaps you should interpret.
>Take diagram of buttons and give it to Tom
It looks like there was something behind the diagram.

> 3196358 >>3196351
> ...did the painting change?

> 3196360 >>3196351
> SWEET CHRIST IS THAT BLOOD?
> Take down picture of fish...

> 3196366 >>3196351
> POKE THAT FUCKING PAINTING IN THE EYE

> 3196367 >>3196321
> >>3196351
> THE EYE IS MOVING. TAKE IT DOWN.

3196369 >>3196331
>Inspect what looks like a safe on the wall in this room.
It's some sort of metal cabinet, but it's locked up with a padlock.
>Look through what looks like a grate in the door to the left of the room.
The slot in the door is closed, and appears to be opened only from the other side.
>>3196360
>Take down picture of fish...
It looks like an eye, actually.

> 3196370 >>3196351
> Ok, middle is electrocute, as Tom knows, left of middle is death, so don't press that, left of death is either fire or water so let's not press that either, right of middle is grating, could open the cell or close the z-hatch, have Tom push that one, right of grating is down arrow, it could lower the bars or lower the ceiling so have Tom push that if the grating button doesn't work.

> 3196378 in b4 death of Tom
> possibly gruesome.

3196385 >>3196370
You bring the diagram to Tom. He is already starting to trust you, and with the added incentive that only one "electrocution" symbol is present on the diagram, you manage to convince him the other buttons will not administer shocks.
It's time to choose.
What button should Tom press?

> 3196388 >>3196385
> 4. If that doesn't open the cell, 5.

> 3196392 >>3196388
> Wait, isn't the diagram effectively reversed in this image?

> 3196396 >>3196385
> 4

> 3196397 >>3196378
> Noting that the barrel from room 1 is sitting on the trapdoor in the roof directly above our new friend Tom, I am hoping for a whole lot of gruesome death.
> >>3196385
> This is an entertaining trap. The sign was plastered directly opposite the switches through the wall. The question is: Are the switches in that order or is it a mirror image?

> 3196398 >>3196388
> >4
> NO
> OH MY JESUS CHRIST NO DO NOT PRESS BUTTON FOUR
> DIDN'T YOU GUYS NOTICE THAT THE DIAGRAM WAS ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WALL AS THE BUTTONS? EACH BUTTON PROBABLY LINED UP WITH THE BUTTON ON THE DIAGRAM!
> IT'S MIRRORED, FOR GOD'S SAKE! YOU'LL KILL HIM IF YOU PRESS FOUR!

> 3196399 >>3196385
> FOUR. OR FIVE. OR BOTH.
> SWEET JESUS

> 3196404 >>3196397
> >Noting that the barrel from room 1 is sitting on the trapdoor in the roof directly above our new friend Tom
> No it isn't. The hatch Ruby went down is in the upper-left corner of the room. The hatch over the cell is in the LOWER-right, not UPPER-right, where the barrel is.

> 3196405 >>3196385
> Tell him to stand closer to the grate, and ask him to press 1. If the trapdoor opens or something involving water happens, then we know whether to press 4 or 5.

> 3196406 STOP TRYING TO KILL TOM, HE'S A GOOD KID
> DO I HAVE TO TURN THIS CAR AROUND?
> I WILL, I SWEAR TO GOD, IF YOU DON'T STOP TRYING TO KILL TOM WITH YOUR BUTTONS.

> 3196407 >>3196385
> IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU, TOM.

> 3196408 >>3196397
> There's a simple way to test that. Let's press button 1 or 5 and see what each of them do.

> 3196409 >>3196405
> Yes! This is a perfect idea!
> Choose the button whose reverse does NOT spell instant death!

> 3196411 >>3196398
> SWEET JESUS
> >>3196405
> THIS

> 3196413 >>3196405
> >4 or 5
> Should be 4 or 2. My bad. But the 1/5 idea still stands.

> 3196414 Thread's autosaging. Recommend OP to post next image in new thread.

> 3196415 >>3196412
> Again, stand closer to the grate for personal safety and press 1.

> 3196416 >>3196405
> >>3196405
> >>3196405
> THIS. ALWAYS THIS.

> 3196417 >>3196412
> Press 1 or 5.

## Thread 2

3196421 Moment of truth.
Which button does Tom press?
Pick one you can agree on.

> 3196423 Button 1.

> 3196425 Number One seemed to be the consensus.
> Did we get an archive of the last thread? For awesome-ness.

> 3196432 STEP AWAY FROM DOOR ABOVE HIS HEAD
> PRESS BUTTON ONE.

3196433 >>3196423
>Button 1
Tom hesitates, standing close to the grate... then presses button 1, not for a moment considering the diagram could have been coded based on the key sequence listed on the wall panel by the fishtank.

> 3196434 Button One for great justice.

> 3196437 >>3196433
> Wall panel beside the fishtank? What wall panel beside the fishtank? OH GOD

> 3196438 >>3196433
> Oh god this is going to end badly.

> 3196439 Also, good thing this is a new thread. The first reply on the old one would have us a dead tom.

> 3196444 >>3196433
> SLOW RELPY
> I WAS WRONG
> TOM IS GOING TO DIE.

3196445 >>3196433
Luckily that doesn't seem to be the case anyway!
...but nothing appears to happen. Except that the button sinks into the wall just like the electro-button did, and for a moment, there seems to be a faint, distant "beep"...

> 3196447 >>3196445
> in b4 disaster

> 3196448 >>3196445
> CHECK THE AFOREMENTIONED PANEL

> 3196449 >>3196445
> OH SHIT, OH SHIT I JUST GOT IT
> I KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED
> GO BACK UPSTAIRS

> 3196450 put a coin in the slot next to the fish tank

3196456 >>3196448
>CHECK THE AFOREMENTIONED PANEL
In actuality, the panel seems to be some sort of card reader. It has three lights, all red right now.

> 3196458 >>3196449
> This.
> UPSTAIRS.

> 3196460 button 2

> 3196464 >>3196458
> FOAR GREATE DJUSTICE!!!
> DO IT FAGGOT

> 3196469 Can someone make a quick recap and tell me what has happened up until now?

> 3196472 >>3196469
> >>3195067

3196478 >>3196464
>>3196458
>>3196449
On returning to the first room, Ruby notices something's changed.

> 3196480 >>3196469
> The first thread is still live, check it here: >>3195067

> 3196482 >>3196478
> HOT DAMN.
> It was flipped after all!
> Good thing we didn't kill him. BUTTONS THREE FOUR AND FIVE ARE OFF LIMITS.

> 3196487 SOMEONE ARCHIVE THE THREADS.

> 3196489 >>3196478
> Press the green button.

> 3196490 >>3196478
> PRESS DOWN BUTTAN

> 3196492 >>3196482
> How do you know? What if it's the "water" button after all? There's water on the other side of the door...

> 3196494 >>3196492
> ......
> >>3196489
> >>3196490
> WE ARE NOW DEAD.

3196500 >>3196489
>>3196490
Ruby presses the DOWN ARROW button, and in the far corner of the room, another hatch opens up.
Looking down, Ruby sees that the shaft leads straight into Tom's cell.
But there's no ladder.

> 3196508 >>3196500
> Go back down stairs. Press button 2.

> 3196509 >>3196500
> So it IS flipped. Have Tom press button 2 now.

3196520 >>3196508
>>3196509
Ruby calls down the open shaft and tells Tom to press button #2 now.

3196522 >>3196520
Tom presses the second button, which causes the metal shutters on the Z-Hatch to shut immediately.

> 3196523 >>3196522
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3196525 This is enjoyable. Well played, all.

> 3196526 >>3196522
> Fucking figures. Input the code to open the hatch again.
> Also, we've assumed that one symbol is a skull. Is it really? BAD DRAWING.

> 3196531 >>3196522
> try the access code 211 again, or tell him to press button 2 a second time.

> 3196535 Don't kitties eat bunnies? What if he's like locked up for a reason and he's soem kind of nympho rapist cat?
> ...
> Well?

> 3196537 >>3196535
> JUST AS PLANNED.

> 3196538 >>3196522
> It didn't recede, did it? Have him press it again so the hatch opens.

> 3196540 Okay I'm done with this thread. So I'll tell Ruby to just jump down the hole to met Tom and have constant raw sex until they are both exhausted.

> 3196541 >>3196535
> Then considering most of the posts in the last thread, he'll be out as soon as we figure it out.

> 3196542 Check inventory again, what do we have?
> Ask Tom exactly what happened when he pressed the third button. What was the source of the electricity? Was that thing hanging in the roof there before he pressed it, or did it come down after he pressed the button? Was that thing what electrocuted him?

> 3196544 Button 4, please.

3196547 >>3196531
>tell him to press button 2 a second time.
Tom presses the button again and the hatch slides open.

> 3196554 >>3196547
> OK, let's go back down and through the Z-hatch. Time to search that room again.

> 3196562 >>3196547
> That's a relief.
> Climb down and tell him to NOT press 4 or 5, since you expect them to do bad things. Let's save them for some last-chance measures, and only if Tom wants to, aye?

> 3196564 Can we have another look at that poster?
> We need a closer look at the symbol that looks like a skull.. Is that what it is?

3196567 >>3196542
>check inventory
Ruby is carrying five items at the moment.

> 3196569 Hey, wait a minute! Direct access to Tom's cell means you can pass large items through! What does he have that we need, or vice-versa?

> 3196570 >>3196562
> No just tell him not to do anything. If he thinks they might harm him, then when the time comes to press them he won't.

> 3196573 >>3196564
> Yeah, examine all the symbols closely.
> Also, we want Ruby's opinion on what she thinks each symbol looks like. For example, does she think that one symbol do look like a skull, or what's her opinion?

> 3196576 Press Button 4

3196584 >>3196573
>examine all the symbols closely.

> 3196585 >>3196567
> Yeah, CAN OPENER, TWO COINS, PAIR OF GLOVES, SMALL CHEST and CHART WITH SYMBOLS
> Try and combine each of the items with each other in any and all ways that would not destroy any of the items.
> Adventure games YUCK FEAH

> 3196592 CLIMB DOWN
> Ask Tom what he thinks of the situation. What does he want to do? He got any ideas on what's the next thing they should do?

> 3196593 >>3196584
> That is most certainly a skull. Oh well.
> We can't really know what the water drop does.
> OH. IS RUBY'S ARM LONG ENOUGH TO REACH DOWN FOR THE LEVER ON THE CEILING OF TOM'S CELL?

> 3196594 >>3196584
> Maybe the water button will drain the water outside, we never were able to determine if it's even got that much water out there.
> I say press 5.

> 3196600 >>3196592
> Do not climb down. We get stuck.

> 3196602 Button 1 did what button 5 shows: shows the down arrow.
> Logic dictates we should press button 2. Button 4 is the skull, if that's what it is.

> 3196605 >>3196602
> >Logic dictates we should press button 2.
> Button 2 opens and closes the Z Hatch.

> 3196606 Press the Down button again. If nothing happens, ask Tom to press button 1 again, if possible.

3196607 >>3196585
>Try and combine each of the items with each other in any and all ways that would not destroy any of the items.
Using one COIN, the RUBBER GLOVES, the TINY CHEST, and a piece of the BUTTON DIAGRAM, Ruby fashions together the JUNKOTRON MISSILE LAUNCHER! This baby could break through a steel wall!

> 3196608 >>3196607
> You're tired and want to quit, I see.

> 3196611 >>3196607
> FUCK YEAH, Ruby is actually MACGUYVER

3196616 >>3196607
NO WAIT, THEY DON'T.
Too bad, I thought you were really on to something there.

> 3196621 >>3196616
> That made me chuckle.
> Hey, does the computer have a HELP function? Can it provide some information on what this place is?

> 3196625 >>3196605
> Oh yeah, forgot that's how we got the diagram well at least I was right =3
> Lets try to reach for th lever for now.

> 3196626 OKAY.
> TOM HAS A LETTER OPENER AND A TIN CAN AND THE METAL PLATE IN HIS CELL.
> Again, try to see if ruby can reach for the lever on tom's ceiling through the trap door..

> 3196628 >>3196607
> Climb down if not done already
> Ask Tom to take cover
> Blast a hole through the fourth wall (the one we are spectating through) in a manner that would also partly open up a hole through the wire that holds Tom capture.
> Then steal a car outside, ride to town.
> Ride to Max's place, ask him on a date, and live happily ever after.
> You know which Max I'm talking about.

3196629 >>3196621
>'help'
The help and information prompt is markedly unhelpful. The system seems to be local, rather than connected to any external source. Which means no internet.

> 3196640 enter 'access administration account' into the console

> 3196642 >>3196626
> >TIN CAN
> HOLY SHIT
> DROP THE CANOPENER DOWN THE CHUTE AND HAVE HIM OPEN THE CAN.

> 3196643 >>3196629
> Try to persuade Tom to lend us the letter opener and throw it up the hatch, so we can use it to pry open that little treasure chest, promising him that we'll throw it back down after we're done with it.

> 3196646 >>3196642
> This

3196650 >>3196625
>>3196626
Unfortunately, the shaft is too far to reach the lever from above.

> 3196651 >>3196642
> >>3196643
> Let's make a TRADE instead
> SO: Convince Tom to trade our CAN OPENER for his LETTER OPENER

> 3196653 >>3196642
> >>3196643
> TRADE CAN OPENER FOR LETTER OPENER.
> DO IT NOW.
> NOW

> 3196659 Tom stand under shute. Ruby drop items on Tom to kill him and end this.

3196666 >>3196642
>DROP THE CANOPENER DOWN THE CHUTE AND HAVE HIM OPEN THE CAN.
Look out below.

> 3196668 >>3196651
> >>3196653
> TRADE-MIND

> 3196673 Hmm. The Z-hatch room should require some further examination. Perhaps agree with Tom that after Ruby crawls in, Tom presses the button that closed it, so that we'll see whether anything changed inside the room. Also remember to have him open the hatch again when Ruby knocks on it.

> 3196679 >>3196542
> >Ask Tom exactly what happened when he pressed the third button. What was the source of the electricity? Was that thing hanging in the roof there before he pressed it, or did it come down after he pressed the button? Was that thing what electrocuted him?
> Descend to the lower level and do exactly this.
> DO IT NAO

3196681 >>3196666
Tom sets to work opening the can.

> 3196682 Is the letter opener small enough to slip through the grate?

> 3196690 So that the game won't crash and we'll lose progress, SAVE GAME
> If ruby doesn't understand that, type it into the console.

3196693 SUCCESS!
Tom completely mangles the tin can beyond anything useable due to his incompetence in operating a canopener.
But from inside the sealed can, he recovers an access card!

> 3196694 >>3196487
> WRT archiving, sup/tg/ is still down, BUT I have a zip now of the first thread. If it's not up by the time the first thread disappears, I'll forward it to Lord Licorice.
> I HAVE DUBBED IT RUBYQUEST. IS THIS ACCEPTABLE?

> 3196697 >>3196693
> Have him toss up the card AND the letter opener.

> 3196699 >>3196693
> Climb down and examine the card-slider-thing even closer. Are the small red lamps actually buttons?
> If not, I'll assume they're the amount of times you have before the console is locked forever.

> 3196702 >>3196693
> Can he throw the access card through the hatch to the upper level?

> 3196708 >>3196694
> YES
> DO THE SAME WITH THIS THREAD

3196711 >>3196697
>Have him toss up the card AND the letter opener.
Despite Tom's impressive and manly physique, the card has too much air resistance because of its shape, and refuses to be tossed up the shaft.

> 3196718 >>3196711
> Toss it so the edge goes into the wind, TOM.
> DUH.

> 3196720 >>3196711
> Give him the diagram, have him roll the card into it along with something heavy, and have him throw that to me. I'm sure a dense ball will be easier to toss.

> 3196721 >>3196711
> Have him toss up the LETTER OPENER then. If he can't throw that up, he's a pussy. Oh wait...

3196723 >>3196718
It's no use. The ACCESS CARD can't be thrown that far without fluttering uselessly out of control.
The LETTER OPENER on the other hand, sails through the shaft easily.

> 3196724 How long was the wire? Can we drop it down to tie the card and pull it up?
> Also try open door and open locker in the computer.

> 3196735 >>3196708
> Done and done. Even checked everything to make SURE it was all good.

> 3196743 >>3196723
> Pry open treasure chest.

> 3196744 Open up the treasure chest using the letter opener.
> >>3196724
> We don't have the wire anymore.

> 3196747 >>3196723
> Slip the letter opener into a crack in the little treasure chest. Then, using the edge of one of the cell's (the one we woke up in) walls as a fulcrum, and the letter opener as a lever, crack open the chest like an oyster.

> 3196751 >>3196723
> Use LETTER OPENER on TREASURE CHEST

> 3196752 Also, we are totally fucked. We can't get Tom out of that room now.. the card won't go through the mesh.

> 3196753 Can he throw the panel with 4 screws up? Not as easy as a knife, but worth a try seeing as we have a nice screwdriver knife now

> 3196757 >>3196744
> There were more lengths in the barrel. BUT, they were small lengths.
> Oh well!

> 3196764 >>3196751
> If this treasure chest thing doesn't work out, I know an eyeball we could stick that into. >=)

> 3196765 Probably should have thrown the can up before opening it.

3196773 >>3196744
>Open up the treasure chest using the letter opener.
Unfortunately, there are STILL no cracks in the treasure chest big enough to pry anything in! It's sealed flush.
>>3196753
>Can he throw the panel with 4 screws up?
No problem for someone with such manly physique.

> 3196778 Oh fuck.
> OH FUCK.
> OH FUCK.
> Ok better idea.
> Wrap the scraps of the mangled tin can AROUND THE CARD. Bend them on it so it is heavy enough to throw up.

> 3196784 I think we can still get that card out. Drop down some of the wire, and instruct him to tie as much of it as he can around the card, with a knot so it doesn't come off. Then, tell him to try throwing the card back up. The extra added weight from the wires should stabilize the flight and let it be thrown up.

3196785 >>3196777
>wire plans
Sadly, there's not NEARLY enough wire left in the barrel to make a cord down, even less considered they'd have to be twisted together well enough to hold. Even with the cannibalized circuit panel, there wouldn't be enough.

> 3196786 Compliment Tom on his manly physique.

> 3196793 >>3196785
> SEE
> >>3196778
> THIS
> THIIIIIIS.

> 3196795 We should've tossed the can up!
> Load game!

> 3196797 will the card fit through the wire mesh?

> 3196799 >>3196747
> Sorry. The Chen pictures have been popping up in the thread so many times my resistance is failing. I have to do this.
> HONK HONK

> 3196801 >>3196784
> All the wire together probably doesn't weigh more than the card, and the narrator specifically noted that there was nothing useful left of the can, meaning it's essentially obliterated.

> 3196808 >>3196778
> If you're going to do that, why not just put the card in one of the gloves?
> If they're really lightweight (like, latex gloves?) just stick the coins in there too.

> 3196822 I think we're on the wrong track, all the weight you can add right now won't make it easier to throw. A big crumpled-up paper ball or a few tiny lengths of thin wire aren't going to make it suddenly throwable, and a big floppy rubber glove throws only marginally better. Time to consider other options?

> 3196824 >>3196808
> They would need to be heavy rubber, I think.

> 3196832 >>3196801
> We have paper, don't we? Send the plate of metal back down, along with the diagram. Have him sandwich the card between the plate and the paper, folding the diagram neatly around the edges of the plate, and tying it up with wire. Then throw the paper-wrapped metal plate (with the card inside) up.

> 3196833 OK it's obvious there's a way to get the card out without using a method of throwing so let's go look for useful stuff in the Z-hatch room.

> 3196834 >>3196822
> Agreed. Screw the Z-hatch plate back in for now, and perhaps examine the room beyond again. Try closing the door behind you as suggested earlier.

> 3196840 >>3196822
> The problem isn't the shape of the card. Well, not just the shape. It is how the overall mass is distrusted. Very little spread out.. making it hard to throw. Heavier on a smaller area should make it easy. Even just on one end would work.
> Making it heavier by any means will mean it can be thrown further before losing control.

> 3196844 >>3196832
> This one might just work. The metal plate is heavy enough.

> 3196853 >>3196832
> This would work too.. but it is rather elaborate.
> Anything to make it heavier.

3196856 >>3196833
>>3196834
Wisely giving up on this poorly-imagined line of thought, Ruby instead descends back to explore the lower levels more, now armed with a heftier inventory.
She waves to Tom, whom she is happy to see is still alive.

> 3196858 >>3196786
> This. Tom just needs some more self confidence so he can rip the grate asunder.

> 3196859 >>3196844
> Just use spare wire and wrap them together. No need for paper sandwitch.

> 3196861 >>3196856
> The plate has cloned itself!

> 3196866 Ruby takes of her shirt. Since she's up there and there's no one to see her, she shouldn't terribly mind. Then let Tom fill up the shirt with lots of junk, along with the access card. If needed (which is probably likely), Ruby can drop down junk for Tom to fill it with.
> Knit shirt with junk+access card, and then throw it up again, like a ball.
> All that wire, the treasure chest, the otherwise unusable remains of the can (even if it's just utter scrap, no amount of weight has just "disappeared"), the letter opener and the can opener together really must pack enough weight.

> 3196868 >>3196856
> NO.
> THE PLAN WOULD WORK, DAMMIT.
> RAILROADING FUCK.

> 3196870 Fun fact: Tom and Ruby started out as parody characters in a comic about Animal Crossing. Tom was disaffected and reluctant, while Ruby was sex-obsessed and friendly.

> 3196873 >>3196856
> You know what? Fine.
> Tell tom to press button 4 for freedom.

> 3196874 Wait, this is an adventure game. Put the fishtank in the Z-hatch, close it, type "empty tank" into the command prompt, and watch as the water empties out the door.
> Unfortunately, there's no cupcakes for the fish.

> 3196878 >>3196856
> Go through the Z-HATCH
> Extract screws from 211 PLATE
> Examine EYE PAINTING
> Examine COUCH

> 3196883 >>3196856
> as a quick aside before we head into the Z-Hatch room: Is it possible to use the knife to prise the mesh a bit? pus it through, turn it flush and then pull against it.
> That is... get Tom to do that, seeing as he has a manly physique.

> 3196884 >>3196861
> As has the letter opener.
> It would seem throwing something up from that room simply duplicates it. So let's toss down a coin and toss it up again over and over, making us filthy rich!

> 3196887 >>3196884
> So if Tom leaves the room... will there be 2 Toms?

> 3196889 >>3196884
> And creating a mountain of coins tom can use to climb up. Genius!

3196893 >>3196861
All right, so I'm not perfect. Which would you prefer, accuracy or speed? I'm doing my best to keep up with you guys.
>>3196868
I'm trying to keep the plot moving forward and I'm doing the best I've can. Lots of solutions so far haven't been what I've planned and numerous things weren't even decided on until you guys made the decision.
I'm doing my best here, if you don't like it, fuck off. Your plan is stupid, and my choices are either to respond to EVERY COMMAND someone enters and explain why it doesn't work or isn't being used, or I can just continue on with the ideas that DO move the story along or at least provide some sort of interesting narrative.
Now let's move on.

> 3196897 >>3196866
> It was established before that she's afraid that there might be hidden cameras.
> >>3196874
> Tank's bolted to the pedistal, which is bolted to the floor.

> 3196898 OP, without complaining, because this really is fuckwin awesome, but a little less railroading would be nice. That doesn't mean you should listen to faggots who're just trying to derail the story, but suggestions like >>3196866
> is completely feasible.

> 3196901 >>3196898
> I agree, Ruby should take off her shirt.

> 3196902 >>3196868
> >>3196873
> Man, no wonder /tg/ always has such horror stories about their sessions in tabletop games.
> If I had a player like you I'd be fucking embarrassed.
> Shrieking "RAILROAD" at every possible opportunity and then when you don't get your way you try to throw it all in the trash and run home.
> Go back to playing Dungeons and Dragons and throwing your character sheet across the table when the DM doesn't let your attempt to slay the mission-giving king succeed.

> 3196904 OK FUCK, JUST SHUT UP EVERYONE
> LET'S EXPLORE Z-HATCH ROOM AGAIN ALREADY
> OP YOU'RE A GOD AMONG MEN, OR IN THIS CASE, RETARDS

> 3196906 >>3196893
> Don't be a pussy, OP. They would all have the same result. Just PICK ONE. What would it matter which one was used as long as it worked?
> Just have him press 4. Even better, press 5.

> 3196911 I wonder if there's some significance to the name Z-room. Any ideas guys?

> 3196912 >>3196906
> I wish we could vote you out of this thread.

> 3196913 >>3196898
> It's an adventure game. There's a 'correct' solution. Just how they work.
> Besides. We've paid woefully little attention to the creepy eyeball and water button.

> 3196916 >>3196906
> >Don't be a pussy, OP
> Just leave. Seriously, go away.

> 3196919 Getting off this whole WEIGHTED CARDS bullshit and back on track, how about first screwing (via coins) the plate back where it belongs?

> 3196920 >>3196913
> >water button
> That's been established as a last resort. In all probability it's something that will flood the rooms and kill both.
> If only we could use the water to make Tom float up and get through his shaft, without drowning both of them.

3196922 >>3196919
>screw plate back
Ruby decides to replace the nameplate before exploring the Z-Room again.
Despite the fact there are no visible mechanisms, however, once the plate is replaced, an access card emerges from a hidden slot on the fishtank's pedestal.

> 3196924 >>3196902
> Get out, troll.
> This game relies on clever solutions, and we came up with something clever. Completely ignoring it and not even letting us discuss the merits is total bullshit.
> We had chances to discuss the button thing and the OP didn't whine about us having a discussion over what to do.
> THIS IS A PUZZLE GAME. WE HAVE TO DISCUSS THE GOD DAMN PUZZLES.

> 3196925 >>3196919
> I'd rather use our letter opener, it'll be easier on her hands

> 3196927 >>3196911
> I assumed it was because it's movement along the z-axis. This adventure is 3d!

> 3196928 >>3196922
> FUCK YEAH AWESOME

> 3196929 >>3196922
> Use ACCESS CARD in SLOT

> 3196933 >>3196922
> Examine the card.

> 3196934 >>3196922
> Have Tom pull out his access card and compare the two.

> 3196936 >>3196922
> SCIENCE!

> 3196941 >>3196933
> >>3196934
> Change my post to this.

> 3196943 >>3196924
> I don't think anyone disagreed with you dude, but you're stating it in a very douchebag/asshole fashion while the OP is basically trying to move things along and taking time out of his day to keep moving it along.

> 3196944 Examine the new access card and compare it to the other one.

> 3196946 THE MORE YOU BITCH AND WHINE AND TRY TO OVERTHINK YOUR STUPID SOLUTIONS, THE MORE POSTS YOU USE UP IN THIS THREAD, AND THE FASTER IT REACHES 200 POSTS AND AUTOSAGES.
> SHUT UP AND KEEP IT BRIEF

> 3196948 Now have Ruby look closer at the card-slider beside the fish tank and see if she can see which side it reads the card with, effectively knowing how to orient the magnetic strip.
> However I don't think we should make guesses here people. It might be that we need to slide three individual cards, and not the same card three times.

> 3196954 >>3196948
> And the third one is in the locker?
> Can Tom just pass the card through the grate (without damaging it of course)?

> 3196956 >>3196946
> starting a new thread isn't that hard bro.
> But to conserve space: Have her see if there's any way to open up the card slider. Like, remove some screws or anything?

3196961 >>3196929
>Use ACCESS CARD in SLOT
The card-reader eats the card. It's gone.
In response, one of the lights turns from red to green.

> 3196965 >>3196956
> I'd try the cards before starting hacking.

> 3196969 >>3196943
> I've been in an irritable mood for weeks now for no reason, and it isn't going away. Get off me.
> AND GOD SAKES. Use our card on the card reader. We have no other choice.

> 3196971 Check upstairs to see if anything has changed.

> 3196972 >>3196954
> Yeah, first ask Tom what material the card is made of. If it's like you would expect, the normal kind of plastics, then he should be able to bend/squeeze it slightly and pass it through the fence. Just tell him to be careful and not damage it at all.
> If that doesn't work, cards with magnetic strips will work as long as the magnetic strip is undamaged, right guys? So if it was split in half, along it's longer sides, it should still work? Just a thought.

> 3196973 >>3196961
> So it does need 3 cards. Time to go through the z-hatch room.

> 3196975 >>3196961
> Yep, Going to need all three, and we pretty much lost the one for good.
> Fuck Tom. He's dead to us now. Go into next room and examine again.

3196981 >>3196975
>>3196973
>Go into next room and examine again.
Ruby re-enters the Z-Room.
Something seems different.

> 3196982 >>3196975
> What? We used one, we can still go back to THROWING CARDS if it doesn't fit through, and we need to take a look at the other side.
> And go read some Yotsuba to better your mood.

> 3196984 >>3196961
> Alright. I expect the final card to be inside the chest. Place the chest in the Z-hatch, press the hatch-closing button, and see if it has the force to crack it open.

> 3196987 >>3196969
> menstruation?

> 3196988 >>3196981
> Say hello to whoever's behind the door.

> 3196989 >>3196969
> YOUR FIRST PERIOD! :D

> 3196991 Is it possible for Ruby to squeeze down through the hatch and climb up on top of Tom to hit the leaver?

> 3196992 >>3196981
> Anyone know where the previous image is so we can compare? I've just jumped in here.

> 3196993 >>3196893
> >Your plan is stupid, and my choices are either to respond to EVERY COMMAND someone enters and explain why it doesn't work or isn't being used
> Also, it would have worked. At least the "tie it to the plate with wire" one would have.
> If it wouldn't have then there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE EVER GOTTEN THE METAL PLATE UP THROUGH THE HATCH.

> 3196997 >>3196981
> brix were shat

> 3196998 >>3196981
> The hatch on the door... is... is that... a face?
> Hold me, I'm scared.

> 3197000 >>3196981
> HOLY CRAP EYES. IN THE FAR DOOR. NEW.

> 3197003 Examine the red stain.

> 3197006 >>3196981
> DE)*&)%&E*)YIOGHKLDH~!!!!!
> THERE ARE EYES LOOKING AT US THROUGH THE DOOR.
> FUCK.
> RUN.

> 3197008 Is that a person behind the door?
> Introduce yourself, Ruby.

> 3197009 Hey, the pipe in this room... It probably drains the water from the room above! Tell Tom to press button 5!

> 3197012 >>3197003
> That's blood, Tim.

> 3197013 >>3196981
> What is the blue inside the pipe? Water?
> And what about the couch or whatever? Anyway try to remove the eye, use the letter opener to pry the frame.

3197016 >>3196988
>Say hello to whoever's behind the door.
Ruby's attempts at conversation are futile. The eyes stare coldly and silently from behind the slot in the door.

> 3197020 >>3197016
> Examine COUCH

> 3197021 >>3197016
> She's standing right in front of the bloodstain. Her head lines up perfectly with it.
> ...and the eye is looking much more intense than before.
> oh jesus

> 3197022 Give the eyes a gentle poke.

> 3197023 >>3197016
> open the door.

> 3197025 >>3197016
> Seriously.
> Run.

> 3197026 Examine couch. Fully. Disassemble it if possible even. For now lets not damage it thoguh.

> 3197030 Examine the eye closer. What happens when you touch it (preferably with gloves on)?
> Examine the pipe. What's that blue thing on it? Knocking on it, how does it sound?
> Examine the couch. See if there's anything under the cushions or in any orifices anywhere. Is there anything behind it?
> Examine the red thing on the wall. Is it graffiti or is it some sticky liquid-ish substance? Is it blood?
> Examine the locker in the middle of the room. It's locked right? If it is, see if there's any obvious mechanism as to what would open it. Is it possible to lockpick it with the letter opener?
> Also would be nice to have a rough layout of where this current room would be situated in regards to the former room, the one with Tom in it. A map from above just to see how the rooms are located relative to each other, as best as Ruby can tell from crawling through the hatch?
> Thank you.

> 3197033 Draw the knife, just in case.

3197040 >>3197020
>Examine COUCH
The only interesting thing about the couch is how unremarkable it is. It doesn't even have distinct cushions to rifle through.
>>3197013
>try to remove the eye, use the letter opener to pry the frame.
Ruby fiddles with the letter opener, and in doing so finds out that it fits perfectly into the empty pupil of the eyeball painting.
It locks into position! How about that?
A soft "click" comes from the door.

> 3197045 >>3197040
> Well, let's open the door, then!

> 3197046 Try and open the door.

> 3197047 if the door opened inwards, it would smash the head of someone standing where Ruby was standing right into the wall where the red stains are

> 3197048 >>3197040
> OH GOD.

> 3197049 >>3197040
> Ram her shoulder into the door, applying pressure to it, then open the door very slowly. If she feels pressure coming from it from the other side, push it back.

> 3197050 >>3197040

> 3197051 >>3197016
> The eye's pupil is now hollow! OH MY GOD RUBY DUCK AND ROLL IT'S GONNA SHOOT LASER.
> DUCK AND ROLL!
> (also, 200 posts, new thread OP?)

> 3197057 >>3197049
> I endorse this approach.

> 3197058 stick arm down between the seat of the couch to retrive coins

> 3197059 >>3197030
> THIS

> 3197063 You fools, what have you done?!

> 3197064 >>3197047
> Good point. Change my post here >>3197049 then to "Stand with her back against the wall opposite the bloodstained wall, twist the doorknob, and pull it open a little."

> 3197076 >>3197040
> >A soft "click" comes from the door.
> DON´T OPEN THE DOOR, IT´S SCISSORSMAN!

> 3197103 New thread: >>3197061

## Thread 3

3197061 The door makes a soft "click" as Ruby fits the LETTER OPENER in the pupil of the eye painting. Maybe it's unlocked.
She doesn't remember if that handle had been there before or not.

> 3197067 404?

> 3197071 >>3197061
> open the door
> shit brix

> 3197073 Open DOOR

> 3197078 >>3197061
> Open the door, cautiously. Be ready to attack.

> 3197079 Uh... the door might open quite violently, judging from the stain. Better be careful, and have Tom ready to close the hatch when Ruby's crawled through VERY quickly, in case the eyes on the other side of the door belong to Pyramid Head.

3197081 >>3197071
>open the door
Fair enough.

> 3197082 I cast my vote for not knowing WTF to do. If you open it, you could be dead. If you go to try and do something else, that thing could be roaming free.
> WTF TO DO?
> We could offer it the chest as a peace offering?

> 3197085 put arm down between the cushions of the couch and retrive items first

> 3197086 Approach A: Ram her shoulder into the door, applying pressure to it, then open the door very slowly. If she feels pressure coming from it from the other side, push it back. This is so she can rebuke it if someone's trying to get through.
> Approach B: Stand with her back against the wall opposite the bloodstained wall, twist the doorknob, and pull it open a little. This is because if the door opens inward with enough force, it will smash her into that bloodstained wall, explaining why there's blood on it.
> Which will it be?

> 3197089 Maybe we should check on Ruby?

> 3197092 Shit, shit, SHIT!

> 3197095 F5'ing like there's no tomorrow.

> 3197098 Examine the pipe. What's that blue thing on it? Knocking on it, how does it sound?
> Examine the red thing on the wall. Is it graffiti or is it some sticky liquid-ish substance? Is it blood?
> Examine the locker in the middle of the room. It's locked right? If it is, see if there's any obvious mechanism as to what would open it. Is it possible to lockpick it in any way?
> Also would be nice to have a rough layout of where this current room would be situated in regards to the former room, the one with Tom in it. A map from above just to see how the rooms are located relative to each other, as best as Ruby can tell from crawling through the hatch?
> Thank you.

3197101 >>3197081

> 3197102 I hope she has her knife ready T_T
> >>3197095
> I know! This has been the thread of the hour. Well, year, as far as I'm concerned

> 3197106 Open it, carefully.

> 3197108 >>3197101

> 3197109 Is a hamster? Or a bear?

> 3197111 >>3197101
> Hey, it's a bear! Hello, bear. Um... I come in peace?

> 3197112 Did anyone taste the red to see if it was ketchup =3

> 3197115 Brandish the Letter Opener menacingly.

> 3197116 >>3197101
> Say hello to your third party member, explain your situation, place complete trust and faith in this new guy immediately. That always works in the movies.

> 3197119 >>3197102
> More like several hours.

> 3197120 >>3197101

> 3197122 >>3197101
> Get into CQC position with the letter opener and demand his name and what he's doing here.

> 3197124 >>3197116
> and in roleplaying games.

> 3197125 >>3197116
> Don't listen to this Anon he's clearly stricken with brain fever.

> 3197127

> 3197129 >>3197101
> Jiiiiiiiii~

> 3197132 >>3197124
> Double true. Might as well give all your items to the bear as well, just to be sure he knows that you trust him.
> But seriously, I guess try talking to the bear thing.

> 3197135 SAY HELLO
> IF IT DOES NOT RESPOND, EXAMINE TO SEE IF IT STILL LIVES

> 3197138 >>3197122
> This this this. Easier to explain away paranoia than to defend yourself from an unprepared position.

3197139 >>3197101

> 3197141 >>3197132
> Even though it didn't work last time.
> Ummmm. I don't know WTF to do dudes.

> 3197144 >>3197139
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

> 3197145 Is anyone still archiving this?

> 3197146 Use the glove to examine the corpse.

> 3197151 >>3197139

> 3197152 >>3197139
> WHAT THE GOD FUCKING DAMN HELL!
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

> 3197154 >>3197139
> KHAAN NAAMA FH'TAN CTHULHU!

> 3197155 >>3197139
> WHAT A TWIST, I COMPLETELY DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE ALREADY DEAD.

> 3197156 CRAWL BACK TO TOM FERKING IMMEDIATELY, AND TELL HIM OF THE SITUATION, ALSO ASK FOR SOME COMFORT BECAUSE YOU ARE A FUCKING WRECK NOW
> ALSO, SANITY CHECK

> 3197159 >>3197139
> Eat the Haloween themed jellow trapping this poor individual.

> 3197161 >>3197139
> oh motherfucker

> 3197162 >>3197139
> Stay calm, stay calm. If it's an unmoving corprse, put on the gloves and examine it. If it's a moving corpse, GET THE FUCK BACK IN THE HATCH.

> 3197164 >>3197139

> 3197165 >>3197146
> Pretty sure that thing isn't hiding anything. You can clearly see right through it.
> I would return to Tom for emotional consolation. Maybe sit there crying for a few hours with your hand pressed up against the divider, with Tom doing the same, just hoping to be able to feel his warm embrace, it's all you want right now.

3197167 >>3197139

> 3197170 I wonder if it either wasn't there before, or if there was just a slide covering the hole in the door? Fucking creepy.

> 3197178 RUN YOU DUMB MOTHER FUCKER! WHATEVER KILLED THAT BEAR IS GONNA KILL YOU FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

> 3197180 >>3197139

> 3197182 >>3197167
> maybe button 2 WAS kill =D

> 3197183 >>3197167
> Go into the closet/hallway of death.
> Search your feelings, /tg/. You know what you must do.

> 3197185 Examine the room/closet where the body was.

> 3197186 >>3197167
> Pick up the head and act out your sanity loss by looking into its eyes, laughing, and petting it while curling up in a corner and still laughing like a madman, its blood staining your dress.

> 3197190 >>3197146
> As this guy said, use the gloves to check if there's a shiny card in that corpse.

> 3197191 QUICK LOOK BEHIND WHERE THE CORPSE WAS STANDING, IF YOU CAN SEE ANY IMMEDIATE THREATS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DISINTEGRATION RAYS

> 3197192 So uhh. Was that some kind of closet that gurobear just fell out of?

> 3197194 "Hello, Ruby. Do you want to play a game...?"

> 3197195 >>3197190
> You would be able to see a card. Especially a shiny one. You can see the damn things skeleton, it's not hiding anything.

> 3197201 >>3197098
> Do this.
> Do it already.

> 3197203 >>3197192
> Or was it just some kind of teddy-bear waffle-iron?

> 3197204 Look in the room behind the corpse, try to not have a breakdown.

> 3197209 In before crazy 6 Days A Sacrifice shit.

> 3197211 get the head, it might be useful later, how much space left in our inventory?

3197212 >>3197183
>Go into the closet/hallway of death.
It's a small closet, not much room inside. It reeks of death, but at this point, what choice does Ruby have?

> 3197213 SIT ON THE COUCH.
> You need a rest after that.

3197225 >>3197212

> 3197227 >>3197225
> OH SHIIIIIII-

> 3197228 >>3197225
> AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE BACK IN THE HATCH NOW SHIT SHIT SHIT.

> 3197229 >>3197225
> Use letter opener, stab stab stab.

> 3197230 >>3197225
> I USE BANISH TO SEND IT TO THE ABYSS.
> ..Wait. This isn't stone soup. THIS IS WORSE.
> RUN.

> 3197231 >>3197225
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3197234 >>3197225

> 3197238 Smash it with the chest?

> 3197240 >>3197225
> Be the alpha male. Tell it to keep its hands of the merchandise.

> 3197242 >>3197238
> The chest? The little ornamental chest the size of her hand?

> 3197245 KICK IT IN THE HEAD
> KICK IT HARD
> WITH YOUR HEEL
> HARD
> NOW

> 3197246 >>3197195
> But what if the card is inside the intact parts of the bear? Maybe Ruby should have a look.
> >>3197209
> Oh, yes please!

> 3197247 Hide in the closet!

> 3197253 >>3197247
> Then she dies anyway.

> 3197254 Run.

> 3197255 Have Ruby run back into the other room and tell Tom to hit the button corresponding to the skull before climbing up the ladder.

> 3197256 >>3197242
> Kinda just got here. I figured the chest was normal sized, sorry.
> Crawl back through the hatch, and wait for the thing to follow you, tell Tom to close the hatch when the things head is halfway through or something, and slice his head in half.
> Victory?

> 3197259 RUN BACK RUN! TELL TOM TO KILL IT WITH THE HATCH COMING DOWN!

> 3197262 I KNEW the z in "Z-Hatch" meant "zombie."

> 3197263 >>3197256
> This sounds reasonable.

> 3197264 Archiving guy here. I have an exam in two hours, and the traffic is hellish, so I won't be able to do this one in it's entirety until 6:00 EST or so. So, hopefully this one won't fall off the edge of the board in the meantime. The first two threads are archived, though.

> 3197269 Draw draw draw.
> Our OP is drawing. What is he drawing I wonder?

> 3197270 >>3197264
> Tell me where/how to archive please.

> 3197271 >>3197256
> Not a bad idea.

3197272 >>3197230
>RUN.
Ruby flees the room as fast as she can, but the monstrous thing is hot on her heels snaking after her.

> 3197279 Oh God, what the hell is this? It's like Trilby's Notes or something.

> 3197280 >>3197272
> TELL TOM TO HIT BUTTON TWO THE MOMENT YOU ARE THROUGH.

> 3197283 SOMEONE ARCHIVE LIKE THE MOTHERFUCKING FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

> 3197284 >>3197256
> >>3197256
> >>3197256
> >>3197256

> 3197285 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7C53v5_H8Y
> YOU ARE NOW HEARING THIS AS THE SOUND THE MONSTER MAKES

> 3197287 >>3197256
> ALSO HOPE THIS HAPPENS.
> OAOHGLIDHLHJLHGLJHDLJK

> 3197290 >>3197272
> Shutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshut
> thehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshutthehatchshuttheh
> atch...

> 3197291 >>3197285
> Weird movie. I fully recognized how shitty it was, but it still gave me the creeps.

> 3197292 >>3197272
> Spend as much action points, Willpower, Fate Points, whatever the game calls those points of BREAK THE LIMIT as you can and get the hell out of there, telling Tom to shut the hatch when you're out.

> 3197296 >>3197272
> When on the other side, tell Tom you're being chased by some sort of monster. Tell him to close the z-hatch the moment that monster shows its head, and not before.

> 3197298 >>3197256
> buttons remain depressed after pressing them... we'd be better using the console upstairs to close the bars on the ladder
> >>3197255 this probably makes more sense...

> 3197300 >>3197061

> 3197309 >>3197298
> No, this one doesn't. Tom has already pressed it twice, both times it either opened or closed.

3197314 >>3197290
>Shutthehatch
As Ruby re-enters the room, she shouts at Tom to press button 2 again, and fast. Tom's already in a confused panic after hearing the unearthly screaming.

> 3197319 >>3197314
> Oh god, he's gonna panic and shut it while she's still crawling through.

> 3197321 >>3197314
> Time it correctly to kill the monster for the love of god.
> Unless the hatch isn't ultra strong, and will just bop the monster on the head before returning to an open position.
> Also hope Tom doesn't freak out and shut it on you.

> 3197323 >>3197314
> NO NOT YET NOOOOOOOO
> HE'S GONNA SPLIT YOU IN HALF

> 3197324 >>3197314
> 50 gp says the hatch closes too early decapitates her, cuts her torso, or cuts off her legs, or that the hatch closes too late and we're left with the Bone Naga with us.

> 3197325 >>3197314
> Oh God she's gonna die.

> 3197328 >>3197314
> Bitch better start pressing buttons.

> 3197329 Lateguy here, what's the divider made out of?

> 3197331 >>3197314
> Oh god don't close the hatch on Ruby!

> 3197338 IF BUTTON 2 CANNOT BE PRESSED AGAIN, PRESS BUTTON 4!!!

> 3197339 >>3197324
> I am not taking that bet. TIS A FOOLS BET
> CHOO CHOO. Here comes the guro train!

> 3197340 First time in a while I haven't felt like I've been wasting time on 4chan.

> 3197341 We should feed the monster a fish, that will calm it down =3

3197346 Tom presses the button.

> 3197348 >>3197341
> >advicedog.jpg

> 3197349 >>3197314
> GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND SHUT THE DAMN HATCH TOM

> 3197350 >>3197346
> THANK YOU GOD

> 3197351 >>3197346
> OH DEAR GOD WHAT?!

> 3197352 Silent Hill: Ruby

> 3197353 >>3197346
> GO UP THE LADDER! UP THE LADDER! JUST IN CASE!

> 3197355 >>3197346
> I THINK ITS DEAD
> HAVE TOM OPEN AND CLOSE THE HATCH A FEW TIMES MORE JUST TO BE SAFE

> 3197356 That's a rather impressive splatter scene there. Now we'll have an even more traumatized Ruby on our hands, especially if she has to crawl through there again. Oh, and, examine the remains of the monstrosity more carefully when it stops twitching, in case it has a card.

> 3197359 >>3197355

> 3197360 >>3197355
> IF IT ISN'T DEAD, IT'LL JUST COME IN MORE!

> 3197371 ohgodfuckwhatisthisIdonteven
> F5
> F5
> F5

> 3197375 avatar roleplaying to a whole new level

3197376

> 3197381 >>3197376
> We didn't cut the head in half, I doubt it's fully dead.

> 3197385 >>3197348

> 3197395 Fucking hell.
> this thread is made of win.

> 3197398 Well, I assume it's dead.
> Now that the panic's over, head back into the Z-Room, check the closet the monster was in for items, or see if anything is visible in the remains.

> 3197400 >>3197376
> Head back up the ladder, get on the console, and shut the grates right outside the hatch. Only go back down if there is absolute silence down there.

> 3197409 I was supposed to go Christmas shopping today.

3197410 >>3197398
>head back into the Z-Room
Tom opens the hatch just to make sure the monstrous thing is dealt with. No signs of movement come from it or the room beyond, and there is only silence.
Ruby knows that with Tom behind the grate, if she doesn't do this no one will.

> 3197414 Wait, so let me get this straight...the second button, the one corresponding to the skull closes the hatch?

> 3197415 >>3197410
> F5 F5 F5 F5!!
> Draw faster!

> 3197419 >>3197410
> How intact is Ruby's sanity, mental health, and willpower, now that she has to crawl back into a bloody shaft?

> 3197421 >>3197414
> 211

> 3197422 >>3197414
> The buttons were mirrored, since the poster was on the other side of the wall in the Z-Hatch room.

> 3197425 Use the hatch door to crack open the skull just in case there is something interesting inside.

> 3197427 I still say they need to press the water button.

> 3197430 >>3197425
> Like an access card! :D

> 3197431 >>3197422
> Ah, I think I understand.

> 3197442 >>3197430
> Exactly.

> 3197443 >>3197427 could be right. The thing will propably pump the water outside via Z room pipe into the room right of the Z room. Which is propably Tom's cell. The roof hatch is open for floating out, but what about the lever thing on the roof? Why does it remind me of a tazer? And that electrocution button...

> 3197448 >>3197427
> Do we know what the water button does?

3197451

> 3197465 >>3197451
> Ew.

> 3197467 >>3197451
> The song "Wave of Mutilation" just got stuck in my head.

> 3197469 >>3197443
> I'm pretty sure that the designers of such a flooding mechanism would be wise enough to make the hatches shut once the flooding starts.
> >>3197451
> It's alright, Ruby, you don't need to fight your inhibitions, just let it all out...

> 3197470 >>3197451
> Holy Jesus.

3197471 Inside the small closet is a ball of string. Ruby takes it with her.

> 3197472 /inventory
> /equip robe
> /equip wizard hat
> It's on now bitches

> 3197474 >>3197471
> There's something gold in the remains! Pick it up!

> 3197476 >>3197451
> Ruby doesn't look happy. :O
> Try the locker, then examine the room and the closet again.

> 3197478 >>3197471
> Examine that yellow thing on the ground. I'm pretty sure that wasn't there before.

> 3197480 Take the string and use it to retrieve the 2nd card from Tom.

> 3197481 >>3197471
> what;s the yellow patch on the floor?

> 3197482 >>3197451
> Gosh, that's bloody.

> 3197486 THE CREATURE IN THE SKY
> GOT SUCKED THROUGH A HOLE
> NOW THERE'S A HOLE IN THE SKY
> AND THE GROUNDS NOT COLD
> AND IF THE GROUND'S NOT COLD
> EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BURN
> WE'LL ALL TAKE TURNS
> I'LL GET MINE TOO

> 3197488 >>3197451
> >>3197471
> Wow. Now it looks like a Survival Horror.
> Anyway, GOLDEN THING ON THE FLOOR, WHAT IS IT!?

> 3197490 >>3197481
> >>3197474
> >>3197478
> YELLOWMIND

3197493 >>3197474
>There's something gold in the remains! Pick it up!
It appears to be a teeny-tiny key.

> 3197505 >>3197493
> USE IT ON THE TINY TREASURECHEST! :D

> 3197508 >>3197493
> Open the chest with the key.

> 3197513 >>3197471
> USE STRING TO RETRIEVE KEYCARD NAO?
> Is it long enough?

3197517 >>3197505
>USE IT ON THE TINY TREASURECHEST!
It clicks open softly.
There's an access card inside.

> 3197519 >>3197505
> COMPLETELY forgot about that. What with the ZOMBIE.
> OP completely freaked me out.
> ;_;

> 3197528 >>3197517
> Swipe the second card. Once we get the third one, we need to set up heavy battle fortifications in the room with the divider, with a barricade and weaponry at hand. Tom may very well turn on us and try to kill us once we swipe the third card and release him.

> 3197532 >>3197517
> Sweet, we're 2/3 on the cards now, all we gotta do is use the ball of string to get the 3rd from Tom and we can light the last 2 lights.

> 3197534 Feed the keycard to the machine like you did the last one.

3197535 >>3197513
>USE STRING TO RETRIEVE KEYCARD NAO?
Ruby heads back into the room with the cell...

> 3197536 >>3197519
> Now we're finally - hopefully - ready to let Tom out. Assuming that's what happens when the cards are used... gosh. And assuming that we want to.

> 3197537 >>3197528
> Thats... Yeah.
> It occurs to me that Tom seems a bit off. He might be locked up for a good reason.

> 3197539 >>3197532
> THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

> 3197544 >>3197536
> What choice do we have though?
> I say we get the third card from Tom then think if letting him out is a good idea.

3197545 Ruby calls down the instructions, then lowers the string.
Tom ties the card to the end, and Ruby pulls it back up.

> 3197548 >>3197528
> This. We need to prepare for the release of Tom. There must be a very good reason why he is imprisoned and quarantined.

> 3197554 Third card will flood the room. We need to find a code that enables or diables the lightbulb at the top to kill/not kill Tom.

> 3197557 >>3197548
> Give him a few more fishies so he's not hungry for rabbit?

> 3197561 >>3197545
> Drag as many things as we can from the upper room down the ladder, to the room with the divider. Topple the submarine too, but leave a clear path to the Z-Hatch and the ladder. We must prepare ourselves for the moment of judgment and fate.
> THEN we should decide whether or not swiping the third card is a good idea.

> 3197563 Okay now what?
> Do we let Tom out? What do we do after that? What about the lever at the top of Tom's cell?

3197567 Tom asks Ruby to let him out.

> 3197569 btw, kudos to /tg/ for not drawing their own pictures and pretending to be Weaver and throwing in sudden rule 34's or retarded crap. This has been the best thread I have seen in 4 years; it's a lot of fun. Thank you Weaver

> 3197572 >>3197569
> >kudos to /tg/ for not drawing their own pictures and pretending to be Weaver
> That happened in the /r9k/ thread, originally he didn't have a tripcode, then everyone started posting as him. That wasn't even close to the worst of it though.

> 3197573 Why is Tom IN the cell? why are you here? we didn't ask tom anything because he wasn't talking to us earlier

> 3197575 TOM WILL KILL YOU RUBY

> 3197576 >>3197567
> And now - it's time to move on from Trilby's notes. On to DEMONOPHOBIA.

> 3197577 >>3197572
> I don't post over there; got an archive of the mayhem?

> 3197579 >>3197567
> I'm too paralyzed with fear to answer him.

> 3197580 >>3197548
> Why? We were locked up too.

> 3197582 >>3197573
> >Why is Tom IN the cell? why are you here? we didn't ask tom anything because he wasn't talking to us earlier
> Actually in the first thread we asked him a bunch of things, and he said he just woke up in the cell with no idea how he got there (just like Ruby woke up in her much smaller cell/locker), and that he hadn't seen anyone and didn't know anything about where they are.
> It seems unlikely, but consider that Ruby's story sounds just as unlikely.

> 3197586 Tom might press button 4 if we don't help him.

> 3197587 >>3197548
> >There must be a very good reason why he is imprisoned and quarantined.
> Was there a very good reason RUBY was imprisoned and quarantined?

> 3197591 Let's set up a barricade just in case, guys.

> 3197592 >>3197586
> or 5 and flood the place or something.

> 3197593 >>3197587
> Yeah! What does Ruby know about her own past?

> 3197595 >>3197587
> she wouldn't take off her top

> 3197596 Use the cards! End the pain!

3197598 Tom really wants to come out.
Tom says he's scared and he's trapped.
Tom asks Ruby to please let him out now.

> 3197605 Choices:
> 1 Let him out
> 2 Press the water button and explain we need to pull the lever first.
> I vote water: what about /tg/?

> 3197609 >>3197598
> We let him out.

> 3197614 >>3197598
> Break down and cry. Also sob "I don't know" over and over with incoherency.

> 3197615 >>3197605
> 2
> 2
> 2
> 2

> 3197617 >>3197598
> release him, but prepare to run up ladder

> 3197620 Oh come ON! Tom has given us NO REASON to distrust him, he's been giving items up on request, and he fucking SAVED RUBY'S LIFE. That should count for something.
> And now we won't even let him out of his deathtrap of a jail cell?!
> You people are falling prey to the paranoia!

> 3197621 >>3197598
> Get the letter opener back, then let Tom out.

> 3197623 >>3197605
> How sure are we that's a lever? It could just be a taser, the source of the electricity.

> 3197628 >>3197614
> AFTER I AM DONE HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
> I let him out.

> 3197630 New thread, presumably the last:
> >>3197627

> 3197631 >>3197623
> The wall between is only metal grating. If the water is pumped into the room, it won't matter to the subject of letting Tom out.

> 3197644 >>3197621
> Yeah, that letter opener might come in handy.

> 3197769 >>3197644
> Isn't the letter opener currently stuck in the eye that's in the z-hatch room?

## Thread 4

3197627 Tom asks Ruby to please let him out.
Tom asks Ruby to please not leave him here.

> 3197632 let him out

> 3197636 Let him out. He's done nothing but help Ruby, and given no reason not to trust him.

> 3197643 Let him out. Won't matter for the water/lever plan either, since the wall is metal grating with gaps.

> 3197645 >>3197627
> Let him out.

> 3197648 let the poor guy out, we can try to flood the room later

> 3197649 I'm afraid of suggesting the wrong choice, so I'll just let the others decide. Though, it would be nice if we had the letter opener right about now... but going back to retrieve it would probably make him press one of the unwanted buttons out of frustration.

> 3197652 Let out
> Hug
> Prepare to kick where it hurts, just in case.

> 3197658 Let him out, he has helped us. And even if he turns out to be some ghoulish monster, we don't know any other way out. We have to take the leap of faith.

3197667 >>3197632
>let him out
Ruby uses the two remaining access cards, and the reader promptly turns green for all three lights.

> 3197668 Don't let him out. It's a trap.

> 3197671 Oh God, I don't know. How do they even know that he'll be able to get out? I missed the first thread.

> 3197673 HAVE NERVOUS BREAK DOWN.
> PREPARE TO DIE.

> 3197674 >>3197668
> too late.

> 3197678 >>3197667
> oh god. inb4 he's killed in horrible ways.

> 3197679 FUCK NO! Don't let him out! If I saw a bloody head chasing somebody at close proximity, I'd shit my pants. Tom's reaction to the whole ordeal has been nothing short of nonchalant. Something is fishy with Tom and it's not what he ate.

> 3197681 F5F5F5F5F5...
> Fuck. I was supposed to go get groceries, but looks like I'm going to go hungry tonight.

3197683

> 3197684 HUG HIM
> YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN THROUGH ALOT TOGETHER, HE WAS ALMOST ELECTROCUTED TO DEATH, AND HAD TO TRUST A COMPLETE STRANGER TO DO SOMETHING HE KNEW COULD POSSIBLY DO THE SAME TO HIM AGAIN
> AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT HORRORS RUBY HAS FACED
> MORAL CONSOLATION FOR DAMNIT, HUG!

> 3197688 >>3197684
> YES.
> HUG TIME.

> 3197689 >>3197684
> THEY HAVE NO ARMS, YOU CRUEL FIEND

> 3197690 >>3197683
> HERE WAITS THY DESTINY, RUBY.

> 3197691 >>3197684
> >>3197683
> HE'S GOING TO KILL HER! THE WHOLE THING WAS A TRAP!
> RUN UP THE LADDER DAMNIT!

> 3197692 >>3197679
> He said he was scared in the end of the last thread.

> 3197693 Wait. What if ruby ends up being the crazy one and eats Tom?

> 3197697 >>3197692
> He was lying. He doesn't look scared. He looks calm.

> 3197698 Hug!

> 3197700 >>3197697
> But he made that clever sculpture. He can't be that bad a person.

> 3197702 >>3197683
> OH FUCK RUN! HE'S UP TO SOMETHING!

3197703 >>3197684
>HUG HIM

> 3197706 Tell tom not to look up your dress, stand on his shoulders, pull the ceiling lever

> 3197709 >>3197703
> HERE COMES THE BACKSTAB! BRACE FOR IMPACT!

> 3197710 Awwwwwwww!

> 3197713 >>3197703
> Cry on his shoulder.

> 3197717 >>3197706
> This, now that we can see it really is a lever from the hug panoramic view

> 3197718 d'awww

3197721

> 3197722 >>3197706
> Floor opens under them, to an endless pit.
> Tune in next week for, Rubyquest!

> 3197723 >>3197703
> gnaw his head off. you've gone completly insane from what you've seen anyway. Then draw your murder on the wall in +Tom's Blood+ and =Tom's Organs=

> 3197725 >>3197703
> Noooooo, he's going to break her neck!

> 3197726 >>3197703
> Regain your wits quickly, and realize that the buttons form an arrow pointing at the lever.

> 3197729 >>3197721
> WHAT IS IT

> 3197732 >>3197726
> He's probably busy drawing it

> 3197734 >>3197721
> Wait, what's he doing?

> 3197735 >>3197721
> HERE IT COMES

3197738 ~To Be Continued~
Thank you all for your patience, encouragement, and participation.
This is not the end of the story by any means.
There is still more to come.
But for now, we must close the book on this story.
And resume another time.

> 3197741 >>3197738
> Please provide a time/timezone when you are likely to continue

> 3197742 WHAT.
> FUCK YOU OP.

> 3197743 >>3197738
> NO CLIFFHANGER YOU MEAN BASTARD

> 3197744 >>3197738
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF hate cliffhangers

> 3197745 >>3197721
> Why does he look shocked?
> RUBY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

> 3197748 >>3197738
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
> Damn you suspense! DAMN YOOOOOOOOOOOOU

> 3197750 >>3197726
> Oh shit, you're right. Stand up there and pull the handle.
> AND THEN RUN THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM

> 3197751 >>3197738
> Damn you!
> I'd better be on when you continue this, or there will be rage.

> 3197752 >>3197721

> 3197754 >>3197738
> NOOOO :(((((((

> 3197756 >>3197738
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3197757 >>3197738
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Also, someone got a saved copy of all threads?

> 3197761 >>3197738
> FUCKING ASS I LOVE YOU MAN
> SO FUCKASS EPIC
> Normally I'd hate myself for spending lots of worthless hours browsing 4chan, but this has seriously been the most rewarding session ever. You are truly, like I said earlier, a god among retards.

> 3197763 So, anybody has the link to the archived thread? I missed the first one.

> 3197764 >>3197738
> NO CLIFFHANGER YOU MEAN BASTARD

> 3197765 >>3197738
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> You can't leave us hanging like that!

> 3197766 >>3197726
> DOH!

> 3197767 Awwww... is everything archived at least?

> 3197770 Masterfully done, OP.
> You've left us broken paranoid husks of our former selves.

> 3197771 EVERYONE
> GO SAVE EVERYTHING

> 3197772 >>3197738
> Thanks for the threads. Feels good, man.

> 3197775 >>3197738
> GET BACK HERE YOU QUADRUPLE NIGGER!

> 3197776 >>3197767
> I have "save page"d the last two threads.. but I won't have the enlarged full images.

> 3197777 >>3197721
> OH GOD SHE KILLED HIM

> 3197782 >>3197703
> >>3197721
> DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN...

> 3197783 >>3197770
> Just as planned.

> 3197789 ALSO.
> IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY, /tg/
> THIS WAS AN AWESOME WAY TO SPEND HALF THE DAY. FUCK YEAH. Didn't really have plans, considering my birthday is a week from Christmas. No one can ever really celebrate cause they are busy preparing for Christmas stuff.

> 3197792 Everything that has happened so far led up to the moment depicted in this pic.
> And now you know... the REST of the story!

> 3197793 so where's all the rule 34 stuff from r9k?

> 3197794 >>3197738
> Well, that was a brand new and exciting experience on /tg/ for all of us. Thank you for the refreshing change of pace.

> 3197795 >>3197789
> Happy birthday!
> :D

3197800 >>3197743
>NO CLIFFHANGER YOU MEAN BASTARD
Oh come on, I've been doing this for over ten hours (eleven if you count initial prep time), starting just before midnight. It's now 10:30 AM.
I haven't slept.
And besides, I figured this was a great stopping point. You achieved your biggest goal yet, it's not right in the middle of the action or a big decision...
Come on, admit it. Of all the places in the story I could have stopped, this has the most closure so far.

> 3197802 Best /tg/ threads ever - kudos to you, Weaver.

3197807 >>3197789
>IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY, /tg/
Really? It was my birthday just a few days ago.

> 3197812 >>3197800
> Fine...
> But you better not leave us unsatisfied!

> 3197814 >>3197800
> you should have stopped at >>3197703 then.
> oh well.

> 3197818 >>3197792
> >Everything that has happened so far led up to the moment depicted in this pic.
> The reverse is true. The characters Ruby and Tom first appeared as parody characters in a short series of comics about Animal Crossing, but evidently they were later adapted to this medium.
> More Crossing Pals!

> 3197819 >>3197792
> Reminds me of a certain flash... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161181

> 3197822 Despite the volcano of rage building within me, I must admit, Weaver, this is the most enthralling thread I've seen on /tg/ in weeks. Good on to you, sir. I only hope the next one is up when i get back from work tomorrow morning.

3197823 >>3197814
Well I didn't want to give TOO MUCH closure.

> 3197827 >>3197795
> WOO.
> BIRTHDAY DANCE.

> 3197830 Hey OP
> When you start this again, come straight to /tg/ plox.

> 3197833 OP still there? Is Ruby's likeness to Max from Sam and Max intended?

> 3197835 More Tom/Ruby.

> 3197837

> 3197842 >>3197807
> Yes.
> Really.
> My birthday comes exactly a week before Christmas.

> 3197847 >>3197818
> I was aware - it was a joke.
> But yes, more Ruby.

> 3197850

> 3197852 OP next time give one of them a gun.
> Will make for interesting mindfuck situations of questioning each others loyalty and stuff like that.

> 3197855 in b4 rule 34
> taking bets on how long it'll stay that way

> 3197856 Parents brought me loads of food with which to stuff my face. Pizza, hot wings, cheese bread. There is cake for later.
> Maybe I should lay off though.. before I..
> Uh..
> Uh oh...
> A little help..?
> ;_;

> 3197857

> 3197862 Now I know why Tom opened his eyes.
> He's staring at the monster. It has gathered all it's entrails and is alive again.

> 3197863

> 3197869 >>3197855
> >in b4 rule 34
> >taking bets on how long it'll stay that way
> hopefully not long

> 3197875 >>3197856
> You need to stop acting like a avatarfag.
> For your own sake.

> 3197882 >>3197738
> You.. You..
> DOUBLE HANGER!

> 3197885 I really hope some of our more detail-oriented drawhores take notice of this thread and do some Ruby art. Scene recreations, character portraits (obviously re-imaginings, new styles, etc.), what have you.
> Hell, even Rule 34 I wouldn't mind, just because I want to see some new takes on these characters.

> 3197892 So, now that the adventure's over, how about some post-adventure discussion?
> What was everyone's favorite scene or puzzle? I've got a feeling the monster's reveal will probably take this title for most people, so if so, second favorite?
> Seriously though that scene where The Monstrous Thing appears was fucking terrifying and awesome in every possible sense. And the blood effects were goddamn amazing.
> I can't get over those blood effects.

> 3197894 >>3197885
> In before Ruby opens the closet. The zombie looks at Ruby.
> RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY
> RUBY.. I FEEL GOOD..

> 3197896 Fuck this makes me want to do a computer game about this story.

> 3197902 >>3197892
> It isn't over. It's probably not even technically in hiatus.
> OP clearly said it will be continued at a later date.

> 3197905 >>3197902
> Well yeah, but I meant for tonight.
> Can't we discuss this session of the adventure, then?
> I've got a good feeling about Tom. Screw the naysayers, he seems like an honest sort of guy.

> 3197908 >>3197896
> It seemed a little Neverhood to me. But with horror. Anybody got the earlier threads somewhere I can see them? I missed the beginning.

> 3197910 >>3197908
> ALL FOUR RUBY THREADS ARE STILL LIVE, HURRY, READ THEM BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR!
> >>3195067
> >>3196421
> >>3197061
> >>3197627

> 3197913

> 3197916 >>3197875
> Wha..?
> Oh.. okay..
> ;_;
> *Puts her shirt down and walks away*

> 3197925 >>3197903
> Suddenly, Rule 34 of Ruby.

> 3197926 >>3197903
> Delicious tribbing.

> 3197929 >>3197903
> Ruby's a LESBIAN? No wonder she was so hesitant to do anything sexual with Tom.

> 3197930 He is looking over her shoulder, at something behind her. From her perspective, the monster's head is behind her.
> OH FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

> 3197932 Technically, since she's based on the Animal Crossing character named Ruby, wouldn't this count as Rule 34 of her?

> 3197940 >>3197930
> >He is looking over her shoulder, at something behind her
> Or he just opened his eyes while hugging her.
> In a way, it's almost creepier. Hugging her and he just opens his eyes and stares blankly, coldly into space.
> The kind of creepy "I have no emotions" move that could be immediately followed by a murder attempt.

> 3197944 >>3197903
> Can you post that in r9k or something?

> 3197948 >>3197930
> No way - that's the look of a vampire if ever I saw one.
> Ruby's about to become a batbunny.

> 3197955 >>3197910
> Thanks, I thought they might be.

> 3197972

> 3197976 >>3197948
> >Ruby's about to become a batbunny.
> Strangely arousing.

> 3197990 This is by the same artist who did the real Epic Fail Guy, Player One, the Cutebolds, and about half of every major drawhore.

> 3198007 >>3197944
> Or anywhere it wont get deleted.

> 3198024 >>3197990
> Oh god..
> That is from when the DNS servers were screwed.
> I have that thread saved.

> 3198040 Req previous threads

> 3198044 >>3198007
> >>>/r/3409307

> 3198046 >>3198040
> >>3197910

> 3198047 >>3197990
> If this is true, that man has done more for 4chan than pretty much any other single non-admin/mod poster.
> Or most other posters all put together, really.

> 3198053 >>3198040
> All of them are still live.
> Read the fucking thread, you blind idiot, it's been asked like three times already. They're all linked to.

> 3198055 Fucking awesome.
> I hope I'm not the only one who thinks Ruby is a great protagonist.

> 3198063 >>3198055
> She's a REASONABLE protagonist, which is what makes her great. She gets scared, but not paralyzed. She's reasonably competent and strong, but not some genius kung-fu-fighting bull dyke. She's feminine, but not to the perverse degree that she goes around flashing guys her bits just to get ahead.

> 3198098 What's going on here? /tg/ version of MSpaintadventures?

> 3198103 >>3198098
> LucasArts adventure game, drawfag-style.

> 3198126 >>3198103
> >>3198098
> Makes me want to go play The Dig again.

> 3198186 It's a shame suptg isn't up for this.

> 3198256 Someone summarize or format this in a narrative without chaff.

> 3198264 >>3198256
> Okay.

> 3198286 >>3198264
> You awaken lying on your back in the dark. Above your head you see a red light. You have no idea how you got here. Feeling in your pockets, you find something metallic with a rubber grip. You reach for the red thing, and it turns out to be the button that turns on the lights.
> You can now see that you are lying in a coffin-sized cell, and that you are Ruby. Ruby grabs a handle, and some small vent holes open. She yells, but gets no response other than her echo. There's some buttons in there too. She presses the purple one, and the top of her cell opens.
> Climbing out, Ruby finds herself in a small room containing a barrel, a computer terminal, a door access panel, a sliding door (closed), another coffin like hers, and a barred shaft in the floor.

> 3198338 >>3198286
> Ruby finds herself unable to do anything with the barrel, so she goes to mess with the other coffin. It's got a digital lock and seems to be shut tight. The thing in her pocket turned out to be a can opener, and she uses it on the barrel to find a few small pieces of BARE ELECTRICAL WIRE. Examining the control panel by the door, she finds that while it is broken, a person with a bit of wire could do it good.
> Ruby turns her attention to the computer terminal, typing "open locker". The locker clicks. She notices two small coins on top of it, pockets them, and opens it. Inside is a pair of rubber (work?) gloves. Ruby dons the gloves for safety, repairs the door controls, and screws the door control panel back together with the coins as screwdrivers. The UP ARROW button on the panel lights. She presses it.
> The door slowly raises. Looking down, Ruby sees her body being bathed in blue light. On the other side of the door is....

> 3198347 >>3198256
> Ruby: Huh?
> Tom: Meh.
> Monster: GRAAAH.
> Ruby: FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFU-
> Grate: *sching*
> Ruby/Tom: [hug]

> 3198368 >>3198338
> WATER! Behind glass, luckily. Through the window she can see fishes and a placard reading 017. Into the computer terminal, Ruby types OPEN ACCESS SHAFT 017. With a clank, the bars blocking the shaft in the floor slide away. She climbs down the shaft.
> The room below is about the same size as the one she came from, but it's divided across the middle from floor to ceiling by a tough metal grille. On Ruby's size is a little fish tank with a small treasure chest and some fish inside, and a small sliding door in the wall labeled Z-HATCH. On the other side is an arc of five buttons on the wall, some kind of pull-handle on the ceiling, and a little pile of junk.
> Ruby introduces herself to the guy on the other side of the grating. He responds and introduces himself as Tom, but doesn't say much else. Ruby asks what the statue at his feet (the pile of junk) is, and
> > Tom explains that this is his Opus, titled "The Room is Boring". It appears to consist of a TIN CAN, a LETTER-OPENER, and a METAL PLATE with screws on its four corners.

> 3198433 >>3198368
> Ruby asks Tom about the buttons, and he tells her that they are buttons. He's only tried the middle one. Ruby spends a moment thinking while she fishes the tiny chest out of fish tank, then asks Tom for the metal plate from his Opus (the other pieces are a can and a letter opener), tells him to press some buttons, and asks what the hatch over his head is. He refuses the plate, since it is part of art now. Also it wouldn't fit through the grille. He won't push the buttons because when he tried the middle one it shocked him. He doesn't know what the hatch is, and has never seen it open.
> Ruby tells Tom she doesn't believe him about the buttons, and he is miffed, saying that's fine because he doesn't trust her either. She then asks what it says on the metal plate, but he won't tell her the magic numbers because he doesn't trust her. Ruby gives Tom a fish as a peace offering, apologizes, and says she was just jealous of his opus. He feels better, and turns it so she can see the numbers on the plate. It says, "211".

> 3198443 >>3198433
> I just realized you can reread as fast or faster as I can recap, so get to it.

> 3198674 Why'd you stop?

> 3198688 >>3198674
> Better stuff to do than sit and amuse you?

> 3199353 Archive Guy back from Examtime! (SEE THREAD THREE, YA GROTS) I have full archives of the four threads, with fullsized pictures, so FEAR NOT. The threads will LIVE ON.
> All together, they're around 9 megs unzipped, so I'll easily be able to huck them onto mediafire or something until sup/tg/ returns from it's icy grave.

> 3199420 >>3197819
> >Reminds me of a certain flash... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161181
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF...!
> I FUCKING LOVE THAT FLASH! AND I DIDN´T KNOW HE HAD DONE STEP 4! THANKS!

> 3199493 Now every time I browse /tg/ I'll be looking for Ruby threads.

> 3199550 Anyone else notice how the initial blood stain on the wall in the Z-Hatch room resembles something of a lower case "t"?
> t...
> t... om...
> Tom...

> 3199585 >>3199550
> It means "time to leave."

> 3199741 >>3199420
> Holy crap, I hadn't seen any since part 2. How do I love those flashes, it's an instant DAWWWWWW every time.

> 3199953 Just got around to seeing this, it's very nice.
> I think the blowjob scene was a bit much though, it seemed out of character for the protagonists, but whatever, the rest was good.

> 3199966 >>3199953
> Your trolling aside, I liked that despite the sexual possibilities (and one occasion where they might actually have served a purpose), this whole story managed to avoid implementing them.

> 3199987 I notice that in four massive threads of /tg/ controlling an anthropomorphic, female rabbit protagonist, there's been basically no protests of "furfag!" by the general crowd.
> Which, to me, only helps cement the idea that /tg/ isn't just a bunch of children like most other boards here.

> 3200008 Yeah it was nice that no one posted stuff until after the closure; Throw this up on rapidshare (get a collector account). It was great being a part of this X3 I love classic point n click adventure.
> What time did this first start? I joined in at the tail end of the first thread

> 3200013 Definitely didn't see the horror twist coming, though waking up in a metal coffin probably should have been a warning sign.

> 3200024 >>3200008
> Started about 10:30 PM, Pacific Standard Time.
> Wrapped up at around 8:30 AM.

> 3200025 >>3200013
> You didn't? I was fucking paranoid from the start, haven't you watched cube or saw? Or played call of cathulhu?
> When will this be starting again?

> 3200040 I'm waiting for OP to get back so he can stop leaving us in suspense with the cliffhanger.

> 3200055 >>3200025
> Yeah, but I mean, come on. They're cutesy cartoon animals. The protagonist is a cartoon bunny rabbit.
> I wasn't expecting the hallway of gore or the horrible monster or the risk of violent death or anything like that.
> This is like... Trilby's Notes + Call of the Cthulhu + Sphere + Sanrio.

> 3200066 >>3199966
> >I liked that despite the sexual possibilities (and one occasion where they might actually have served a purpose), this whole story managed to avoid implementing them.
> I didn't!
> It meant no blowjob scene!

> 3200091 >>3199966
> It almost seemed like sexuality was intentionally avoided to an unnecessary degree -- in fact, by so much it only emphasized it further.
> I mean, why couldn't she have used her shirt to transport items through the hatch? We would have gotten the second access card sooner.

> 3200092 Was there a thread preceding this one?
> /r/ a link to it. Anyone?

> 3200099 >>3200092
> >Was there a thread preceding this one?
> There were THREE. This part four.

> 3200113 >>3200066
> I liked Ruby's modesty. It made her more endearing.
> It also took a step away from the trope that any time there's a female character, she HAS to use her gender as a means of getting what she wants, throwing away sexual favors like candy and showing her body off to every passer-by. And despite that we got a whole bunch of suggestions for her to do just that, probably by the same people who in a tabletop environment would play a female character EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
> Ruby's refusal to fuck some stranger in a creepy, dangerous, and unfamiliar place is a welcome feature of the story and her character.

> 3200127 >>3200091
> >why couldn't she have used her shirt to transport items through the hatch?
> Same reason she didn't take it off to begin with: she's shy, and there could be hidden cameras. She doesn't want to find out she's been caught on candid camera without her clothes on.
> Most people wouldn't.
> Besides, the only way the shirt's fabric would extend far enough down the access shaft is if she ripped it up into strips, and then she'd be left topless. And even hidden cameras aside, she'd have to go back in front of Tom like that.
> Her self-consciousness is perfectly justified.

> 3200156 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h5th2mzmdmf
> Here are the four archived threads, along with the pictures. Unfortunately, I don't have the real means/wherewithal to jigger with it to make it fancy and automatically link to the bigger images... BUT, they're THERE. Also, you can still click on the image, and it'll bring you to the actual 4Chan image.
> This'll all be moot once sup/tg/ revives anyways.
> -ArchiveGuy aka That Tau Spreadsheetguy

> 3200161 WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
> Went to bed after playing in the first thread (left when we entered this exact room for the first time), turn on the computer to find the OP pic?!
> FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK ;_;

> 3200187 >>3200127
> >Her self-consciousness is perfectly justified.
> And pretty cute, honestly.

> 3200206 >>3200099
> Do they still exist somewhere? Were they archived?

> 3200268 >>3200206
> Funny you mention that:
> >>3200156

> 3200296 >>3200206
> sup/tg/ is down, last I heard, but they'll show up there once it's up, I'm sure.

> 3200335 >>3200187
> Ruby's such a cutie.

> 3200367 Sup /tg/, have some Ruby drawfaggotry.
> [spoiler]No, I didn't have anything better to do, why do you ask?[/spoiler]

> 3200404 >>3200367
> Hell yes! Very well done.
> It manages to pull of a simple yet effective use of perspective without making the characters look wonky.
> Also summarizes how I feel about the tone of this whole adventure, what with the juxtaposition of cute cartoon animals and horrible, unspeakable monstrosities.

> 3200424 >>3200367
> Great stuff. Though I seem to remember the bear-monster being a bit more liquefied at the time. I sort of interpreted it as a massive bundle of twisted muscle tissue, spinal cords, and nervous wound together like a big frayed snake. Sort of a human body reassembled. Great composition, though, and good linework.
> You know, that makes me wonder: what's the tone going to be like for the rest of the adventure? Are we going to constantly run into unearthly horrors like that? Or will it be more of a Pyramid Head sort of thing, where it's just that one horror that keeps coming back to life? Will the bear zombie end up being unique?

> 3200435 >>3200367
> The bear had a skeleton body.
> ALSO THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE

> 3200437 >>3200127
> You know, the idea of her being caught on camera or having to spend the adventure topless doesn't actually seem that bad.

> 3200446 >>3200435
> Still, I think it conveys the essence of the scene pretty well.
> Besides it's probably much harder to draw a realistic mass of bone, muscle, sinew, and nerves than it is to draw a limp corpse.

> 3200453 >>3200367
> I think the monster had less of a bear body and more of a random set of bones it surrounded by an oozing blob of blood.

> 3200469 >>3200424
> >Though I seem to remember the bear-monster being a bit more liquefied at the time. I sort of interpreted it as a massive bundle of twisted muscle tissue, spinal cords, and nervous wound together like a big frayed snake. Sort of a human body reassembled.
> Crap, you're totally right. Now that I look at it, I don't know why I drew his body the way I did - I think I was too caught up in drawing the head and forgot.
> I'm curious to see Weaver make a realistic picture of one of the scenes - the fact that he can get such drama and action out of simple stick figures make me willing to bet he's an awesome drawfag.
> >You know, that makes me wonder: what's the tone going to be like for the rest of the adventure? Are we going to constantly run into unearthly horrors like that? Or will it be more of a Pyramid Head sort of thing, where it's just that one horror that keeps coming back to life? Will the bear zombie end up being unique?
> Judging from Tom's expression in the last shot, I'd say he comes back - but I wanna see some of the other animal crossing characters as abominations. I bet Nook is the evil mastermind.

> 3200522 >>3200437
> >You know, the idea of her being caught on camera or having to spend the adventure topless doesn't actually seem that bad.
> Save it for the spin-off Rule 34/Drawfaggotry/Writefaggotry.

> 3200528 >>3200469
> >I'm curious to see Weaver make a realistic picture of one of the scenes - the fact that he can get such drama and action out of simple stick figures make me willing to bet he's an awesome drawfag.
> OR he's not a very good drawfag when it comes to technical ability, so he makes up for his lack of realism by emphasizing style.
> Someone who can draw cartoons really well isn't necessarily any good at doing portraits or scenery or realism.

> 3200534 >>3200522
> I think it would make a good premise for that, at least. What with the getting caught on cameras in compromising positions or modes of dress.
> Then again I have a raging voyeurism/exposure fetish, so what do I know?

> 3200603 >>3200534
> >Then again I have a raging voyeurism/exposure fetish
> God damn, you and me both.
> When she mentioned the possibility of hidden cameras, all I saw was MORE reason to get her to take her shirt off.

> 3200624 >>3200534
> >>3200603
> Then it's settled. Once it comes time for this idea, like all other ideas on the internet, to be completely defiled and perverted, we have a good premise.
> All we need now is to find a competent writefag/drawfag.

> 3200642 >>3200603
> Honestly now, who DOESN'T like voyeurism?

> 3200664 >>3200642
> >who DOESN'T like voyeurism?
> ...Ruby?

> 3200686 >>3200664
> Yeah but that's kind of the point isn't it?

> 3200720 >>3200686
> Is it?
> I'm not all that familiar with the basic tenets of voyeurism. You're saying they can't enjoy it?

> 3200816 Threads dangerously close to autosage and the OP isn't even here to continue in another thread.

> 3200864 >>3200816
> OP's already stated that he's done for the day. It was pretty much assumed a new thread would launch sometime in the future to continue the story.

> 3200875 >>3200816
> His comments lead me to believe it won't be for a few days, so we'll just have to keep our eyes peeled for a new thread.

> 3201378 >>3200720
> >I'm not all that familiar with the basic tenets of voyeurism. You're saying they can't enjoy it?
> Well generally speaking the point of voyeurism is watching them without them knowing that you're watching.
> If she's willingly, actively showing herself off, that's exhibitionism. But that's fine too.

> 3201386 >>3200875
> But what if she's aware she's being watched, but despite her shyness and embarrassment of the situation, she reluctantly continues anyway?

> 3201417 >>3201386
> >But what if she's aware she's being watched, but despite her shyness and embarrassment of the situation, she reluctantly continues anyway?

> 3201418 >>3201386
> that's exhibitionism

> 3201431 >>3201418
> >that's exhibitionism
> Isn't it more like forced exposure? Reluctant exhibitionism, maybe.

> 3201436 >>3201431
> at its core its still exhibitionism

> 3201447 >>3201436
> But it's unwanted. Exhibitionism is about the thrill of showing off and the pleasure of being seen. If it's unwilling, does it really apply?

> 3201460 >>3201447
> hmm... in that case its more of a humiliation deal

> 3201468 >>3201447
> Unwilling exposure. Enforced nudity, forced exhibitionism.
> Probably more akin to voyeurism in that the pleasure comes from the act of watching someone who doesn't want to be seen.
> In any case, it would certainly make interesting 34 fodder for this subject.

> 3201477 You know you should probably wait until the adventure itself is over before twisting it apart with perverted write/drawfaggotry.

> 3201482 >>3201477
> Then it's agreed. Once the adventure is over we'll tear into it with all manner of perversion, primarily based around unwitting exposure.
> I'm glad we all agree.

> 3201532 >>3201482
> that wasn't really my point

> 3201567 >>3201468
> well that right there depends on the perspectives of those involved

> 3201602 >>3201567
> >well that right there depends on the perspectives of those involved
> How do you mean? Explain that comment.

> 3201619 >>3201602
> well to the person watching, it's most definately a form of vouyerism but to the person who is exposed its only exhibitionism if they want it, otherwise its just humiliation

> 3201622 >>3201619
> Either way, we can all agree it needs to be applied to Ruby as soon as possible.
> Time to find some writefags.

## Thread 5

3221863 Tom is free from his cell, but both he and Ruby are still stuck in an unfamiliar place.
Please recommend an action.
[For those just joining us, you can catch up on the past 4 threads here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=19ryypjy ]

> 3221867 FUCK YES! RUBY THREAD 5.0! Both go up ladder?

> 3221870 Sex.
> Hot, sweaty, terrified sex to comfort each other in this horrifying place

> 3221874 Sing "I'm walking on sunshine" to celebrate a minor victory.

> 3221875 >>3221867
> >>3221870
> >>3221874
> Go up ladder, have sex, and listen to "I'm walking on sunshine."

> 3221876 Ask Tom what he has in his pockets.

3221879 >>3221867
>Both go up ladder?
Tom and Ruby both go back up to the room Ruby woke up in.
>>3221870
>Hot, sweaty, terrified sex to comfort each other in this horrifying place
Ruby is far too shy to do something like that with a stranger, especially in this situation, especially with the fact there could be hidden cameras watching. It's not the kind of thing she'd want to have someone get on tape.
Besides, there are more pressing matters right now!

> 3221881 >>3221879
> check for cameras, get really drunk, then have sex

> 3221884 >>3221879
> Inspect the fishtank?

> 3221885 FUCK YOU!!!
> I have to get up early to go to work tomorrow, and this is the time you decide to continue the adventures,
> GOD DAMNIT I HATE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH!!!

> 3221886 >>3221879
> Break glass?

> 3221889 >>3221881
> >>3221884
> sex in front of fish tank

> 3221891 >>3221889
> GOD DOMN OT STOP OT WOFF DOH SOX

> 3221892 >>3221876
> Also, after this, point to the other cell (the one which we DIDN'T wake up in) and ask him if he woke up there originally. After that, ask him to demonstrate his MANLY PHYSIQUE by pushing the barrel over to the side to see what's under it.

> 3221893 >>3221879
> Ask the bugger if he knows what this place is, and why he was imprisoned.

> 3221894 >>3221885
> QQ

3221896 >>3221876
>Ask Tom what he has in his pockets.
Tom is carrying the canopener Ruby found, as well as a tap and one unopened condom.
>>3221881
>check for cameras, get really drunk, then have sex
There are no cameras visible here, but Ruby is still too self-conscious to ignore the possibility they might just be hidden.
Also, there's no alcohol around!
>>3221884
>Inspect the fishtank?
A few large fish-shaped shadows move through the murky water beyond the large porthole. It's hard to see much of anything through it.

> 3221898 Tear his throat out with your bunnyhands. He's a SPAH.

> 3221904 >>3221896
> Three things, preferably in order:
> 1.) Point to the other cell (the one which we DIDN'T wake up in) and ask him if he woke up there originally.
> 2.) Ask him to demonstrate his MANLY PHYSIQUE by pushing the barrel over to the side to see what's under it.
> 3.) Go back down the ladder, position ourselves under the switch, ask him to climb onto our shoulders (not the other way around, lest he see some panties), and then have him pull the lever.

3221905 >>3221893
>Ask the bugger if he knows what this place is, and why he was imprisoned.
Tom already explained he woke up in his cell downstairs, and doesn't know what this place is.
>>3221892
>ask him to demonstrate his MANLY PHYSIQUE by pushing the barrel over to the side to see what's under it.
No problem for a strong man like Tom!

> 3221909 >>3221896
> >one unopened condom.
> ...
> Sweet.

> 3221910 OH SHI-
> I need to go to bed - now I'll NEVER get to sleep!

> 3221913 >>3221892
> >>3221892
> This~

> 3221915 >>3221904
> >>3221892
> Goin' with these.

> 3221918 >>3221905
> INSPECT CUBBY HOLE

> 3221921 Explore the new hatch.

> 3221922 >>3221905
> Go in the tunnel.

> 3221923 >>3221904
> >3.) Go back down the ladder, position ourselves under the switch, ask him to climb onto our shoulders (not the other way around, lest he see some panties), and then have him pull the lever.
> FFFFFFFFFFFF, why didn't I think of that. That's the ONE important thing Tom couldn't do without us. After we inspect the new niche, we pull the lever.

> 3221924 Check that shit out, yo.

3221925 >>3221918
>INSPECT CUBBY HOLE
The small recess in the wall doesn't lead anywhere. However, there is yet another ACCESS CARD inside. Tom pockets it.

> 3221927 Also - ask Tom w-why he has a... condom...

> 3221929 >>3221905
> have Tom PUSH BARREL down the open, ladderless hatch into the cell below. Go back down, flip the barrel over so the open end is on the ground and stand on the solid bottom (now top) and PULL LEVER

> 3221932 >>3221898
> Hudda hudda hudda.

> 3221937 >>3221925
> CLOSE INVENTORY
> Seriously, that's starting to bother me.

3221939 >>3221927
>Also - ask Tom w-why he has a... condom...
Tom says he doesn't know. He just woke up with it in his pockets. He doesn't remember carrying it.
>>3221923
>After we inspect the new niche, we pull the lever.
Tom and Ruby head back down the access hatch.
The lever is rather high. It's possible that even the two of them together won't be able to reach it.

> 3221942 >>3221939
> SEE
> >>3221929

> 3221944 examine the access card.

> 3221946 Swipe the new access card.

> 3221948 while downstairs, go back into the creepy room, and retrieve the penknife.

3221949 >>3221929
>have Tom PUSH BARREL down the open, ladderless hatch
Look out below.

> 3221954 >>3221949
> OMG RUBYGETOUTOFTHEWAYSHITSHIT

> 3221956 >>3221949
> Have Tom flip the barrel over over so that the open end is on the floor. Ruby climbs onto the barrel, Tom climbs onto Ruby (forming the Tower of Babel), and Tom pulls the lever.

> 3221959 >>3221954
> Saving throw vs Common Sense

3221965 The barrel got a little crushed from the impact.
>>3221956
>Tom flip the barrel over over so that the open end is on the floor. Ruby climbs onto the barrel, Tom climbs onto Ruby , and Tom pulls the lever.
Tom flips over the barrel. But Ruby realizes that with her girlish figure she'd never be able to lift Tom.

> 3221969 >>3221949
> Use Barrel to reach switch~

> 3221974 Oh dear - I guess Ruby will have to get on Tom's shoulder's then. Tell Tom no peeking.

> 3221977 >>3221965
> Tom hold up Ruby?

> 3221978 Sup Weaver. Nice of you to return.
> 1. Swipe access card in access card reader, wait for response. If no response, proceed to 2.
> 2. Flip over barrel to side that hasn't been can opened. Attempt to climb on top of it to reach lever, possibly with Ruby on shoulders.
> 3. Failing that, press the water button to flood the room to float to the top and reach the lever.

> 3221979 >>3221965
> That barrel is looking awfully dented. I don't have a good feeling about this.

> 3221980 >>3221965
> No way to avoid it, huh?
> Well, may as well get on Tom's shoulders to pull the lever and just get it overwith.

> 3221982 I summon Rule #34 Impulse on the nearest drawfag.
> Ruby porn, GO.

> 3221983 >>3221965
> Have Tom lift her instead. Real gentlemanly too, he compliments her on her figure, suggests if they get out alive they should maybe hook up sometime.
> ...what?

> 3221986 >>3221982
> Not during the game.

> 3221990 >>3221965
> Then we have no choice. Tom positions the (slightly crushed) barrel under the lever, Tom climbs onto it, and we climb onto Tom's shoulders to pull the lever, all the while telling him to close his eyes and not be a fucking pervert.

> 3222003 >>3221990
> >Tom climbs onto it, and we climb onto Tom's shoulders to pull the lever
> >we
> I love the fact that /tg/ forms Ruby's collective consciousness enough that we refer to her as "we".

3222004 >>3221974
>I guess Ruby will have to get on Tom's shoulder's then. Tell Tom no peeking.
Tom obligingly lifts Ruby up with some effort, and they balance precariously on the dented barrel.
Ruby reaches for the pullswitch.

> 3222011 We roll a mandatory reflex save.

> 3222013 >>3222004
> Pull the switch. (OhgodfuckIhopeitsnotatrap)

> 3222014 Oh man oh man oh man the suspense!

> 3222021 >>3222004
> OH GOD SO MUCH TENSION I WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT WHY DO YOU DO THIS?!
> PULL IT PULL IT PULL IT!

> 3222031 >>3222004
> SUDDENLY, THE FLOOR BECOMES LAVA
> DON'T GET OFF THE FUCKING BARREL GUYS!

3222032 Ruby yanks the pullswitch down with determined force.
Something upstairs gives a low, ominous rumble that echoes through the walls.

> 3222037 >>3222032
> Go back up and see what that noise was.

3222039 The pullswitch cord suddenly snaps up into the ceiling. The noise has stopped.

> 3222041 Why isn't Tom eating her out? He's positioned perfectly...

> 3222044 >>3222032
> >>3222039
> Oh God Oh God Go upstairs hurry hurry hurry.

> 3222047 do we still have that string? could we tie the string to where the cord has cut off, in case we need to use it again

> 3222052 GET THE FUCK UPSTAIRS TOM AND RUBY!

> 3222056 >>3222032
> We /carefully/ get down from Tom's shoulders before proceeding.

> 3222057 >>3222039
> HEY
> SOMEONE'S PEEKING

> 3222058 >>3222041
> Because he's a gentleman and because he's got bigger things on his mind.

> 3222061 go into the previous room and retrieve the penknife

> 3222063 >>3222044
> BUT!! Before we enter the room all the way, use the awesome power of Ruby's rabbit ears to listen in to the room. Listen in from the top rung, that is.

> 3222066 >>3222039
> TAKE PULLCHORD WITH YOU.

> 3222068 >>3222032
> >>3222039
> ...I hope that was the nice "Secret passage opening woohoo!" kind of rumbling and not the "Foreshadowing something bad you just stupidly let loose... again" kind of rumbling...
> Anyway I say we cautiously peek up above and see if we opened something good, but get ready to run like hell.

> 3222072 >>3222066
> >>3222047
> It went up into the ceiling. It's no longer in the room.

3222079 >>3222037
>Go back up and see what that noise was.
Upon climbing back up the access hatch, the change seems immediately obvious.
[whoops]

> 3222081 >>3222079
> WTF!
> Hey guys - should we swipe the new card yet?

> 3222085 >>3222074
> What do we see?
> WHAT DO WE SEE?!

> 3222086 >>3222079
> Step through carefully into the darkness.

> 3222092 did we just take the whole building undergrou- HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUCKING STINGRAY

> 3222093 >>3222079
> Did we just... retract the ocean?

> 3222094 >>3222079
> Toss something into hallway.

> 3222097 >>3222079
> >Window to ocean is suddenly a hallway.
> wat
> >Ominous darkness
> WAIT!
> DON'T GO IN!
> Scan that card we got and hope for a flashlight or it turns the light on or something.

> 3222100 >>3222097
> >>3222097
> >>3222097
> >>3222097
> THIS. SCAN CARD. ALSO ASK TERMINAL ABOUT HALLWAY.

> 3222101 >>3222079
> Type into the console "query current location".

> 3222103 >>3222093
> We may have drained it through the Z hatch pipe.

3222108 >>3222086
>Step through carefully into the darkness.
Ruby decides they should both simultaneously step blindly into the darkness beyond the doorway.

> 3222109 >>3222108
> FUCK

> 3222112 >>3222097
> This. Use the keycard before going in there.
> Also, make Tom go first. After all, he's the tough male and he owes us one for freeing him. Make him work for it.

> 3222113 >>3222108
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

> 3222114 >>3222108
> Ugh, yeah, this is exactly what I meant.

> 3222115 >>3222108
> OH GOD WHAT NO D:

> 3222116 go back downstairs, into the secret room, search for anything useful, and retrieve the penknife, (add it to Ruby's inventory)

> 3222117 >>3222108
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> GET BACK OUT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

> 3222123 >Tom is eaten by a grue.
> >Ruby is eaten by a grue.

> 3222130 We get scared of the surrounding darkness and cuddle up to Tom so as not to lose him, and decide to /go back and try the keycard/.

> 3222131 >>3222108
> GO BACK NEGRO DON'T JUST WALK INTO A PITCH BLACK ROOM LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU KNOW THERE ARE FLESH EATING ZOMBIES IN THIS PLACE WHAT THE SHIT IS WRONG WITH YOU FUCK

> 3222132 in b4 Penumbra

3222140 As they enter the room, the lights suddenly turn on. Luckily for them, there appears to be no danger here.
There is a sealed door to the west, with a padlock.

> 3222145 Remember: the more unnecessary posts you make, the faster the thread dies. Don't spam the thread.

> 3222146 Check the console. If it's inoperable, we should try the card in that slot.

> 3222148 >>3222140
> OHSWEETDEARZOMBIEJESUSthankgod

> 3222149 Inspect that console.

> 3222150 >>3222140
> RAILROADDDDDDDDD

> 3222155 >>3222140
> Uh, we inspect the strange hook like thing on the wall. Also, is that a 7.1 home cinema system?

> 3222157 >>3222150
> oh fuck off and die already

> 3222159 >>3222140
> MAIN SCREEN TURN ON

> 3222164 Is that a keycard slot on the lower left of the console there?

> 3222166 >>3222140
> Inspect the buttons to see if they match the ones in Tom's cell.

> 3222169 LOOK
> a card scanner, the pipe from the z-hatch room, another arc of buttons, and are we standing on a trap door?
> So, is that the door we came in by at the bottom of the screen?

3222171 >>3222146
>Check the console. If it's inoperable, we should try the card in that slot.
Tom slips the card into the slot, where it disappears with a click. However, there's no response from the console whatsoever. It's not even turning on.

> 3222174 What happened to the arch doorway and the stone marker telling them what to enter in the computer terminal??! And the lurking shadow?!

> 3222176 whats that box thing in the bottom right?

> 3222180 Do we still have the button diagram from the Z-Hatch room? We might need it for those buttons.

> 3222190 Inspect the objects in the room one by one. What is that thing to the left of the console? What is that thing on top of that locker to the right?

> 3222191 >>3222171
> Inspect the floor plate that tom has his foot partially on in case it's a hatch of some kind.

> 3222192 >>3222171
> Oops.
> Well uh, lets check that box thing in the corner, maybe it opened that?

3222195 >>3222169
>are we standing on a trap door?
No, but there's a rectangular imprint here, as if something used to be here.
>So, is that the door we came in by at the bottom of the screen?
Yes.
>>3222155
>inspect the strange hook like thing on the wall
There's some sort of raised rectangle on the wall which prominently features some strange marking. At the bottom of the marking, where the lines meet, there's a cross-shaped indentation.

> 3222199 >>3222195
> Is that a key chain on the chest to the right?

> 3222201 >>3222171
> Oh balls. D:

3222204 >>3222192
>lets check that box thing in the corner, maybe it opened that?
The box doesn't appear locked, but around the latch it's been sealed shut with what looks like glue or calk.
>>3222190
>What is that thing on top of that locker to the right?
Some kind of disc lies on top of the locker. It features an image of an eye and has a single protrusion.

> 3222205 >>3222204
> Poke it.
> Poke it now. In the eye.

> 3222208 >>3222204
> Go back to the Z hatch room and grab the letter opener so we can pry open the chest.

3222210 >>3222205
>Poke it now. In the eye.
Tom gives Ruby a strange look as she pokes the eye. It feels like wood, and doesn't react in any way.

> 3222212 Take the disc.

> 3222215 >>3222204
> That protrusion looks kind of rectangular. Try fiddling around with it and the indentation?

> 3222216 >>3222210
> Try turning the eye like a dial.

> 3222217 use tiny key on lock,
> go back into the previous room
> see if it had changed

> 3222218 return to the previous room with the monster closet and retrieve the paperknife, look for any changes while there

> 3222226 >>3222210
> Check to see if it's possible to move the locker from where it's sitting.

> 3222227 >>3222204
> ITT: Ruby becomes Satori Komeiji. Have Ruby affix it to just below her left shoulder somehow.

3222242 >>3222212
>Take the disc.
Ruby grabs and pockets the wooden disc.
>>3222217
>use tiny key on lock
The tiny key (from the TREASURE BOX) has already been used up.
>>3222208
>Go back to the Z hatch room and grab the letter opener so we can pry open the chest.
FROM NOW ON, commands should be specific. Because Ruby is the protagonist, your actions are through her. It is assumed any action will be directed at Ruby. FROM NOW ON, actions will not assume to be shared, so "go downstairs" will result in only Ruby going downstairs. Alternately you could "Tell Tom to go downstairs" or "Go downstairs with Tom".
Ruby heads back to the room beyond the Z-hatch.

> 3222243 image max?

> 3222244 WHEN DO WE GET TO THE SEX

> 3222245 what the fuck has happened to the eye?

> 3222247 >>3222242
> I wonder if we can do anything with that couch now that we have Tom on our side.

> 3222248 >>3222242
> >BLOOD EVERYWHERE
> wait what

> 3222249 >>3222242
> Inspect the eye to see what happened to the letter opener. Also compare the eye ruby is carrying to the bloody eye on the wall.

> 3222250 >>3222242
> Oh. Shit. Why is the eye bleeding?
> Run back to Tom as fast as our bunny as will carry us!

> 3222251 >>3222248
> Good job not reading the first four threads.

> 3222252 >>3222242
> Ruby should take a closer look at that pipe. Is the blue stripe painted on, or is that a window to the interior? If the latter, what's in there?

> 3222254 you guys dont think that poking that wooden-feely eye fucked this one down here?

> 3222255 >>3222251
> silent hill ripoff?

3222257 >>3222249
>Inspect the eye to see what happened to the letter opener. Also compare the eye ruby is carrying to the bloody eye on the wall.
Dark red stains have trailed down from the eye. The letter opener is gone.
The eyes are similar in that they are both eyes, but they're not particularly distinctive and they're obviously not the same size.

> 3222258 Also call down Tom to see if you can work together to force open the wall safe.

> 3222259 >>3222252
> Not a bad idea. Check the blue stripe on the tube.

3222262 >>3222252
>>3222259
>Ruby should take a closer look at that pipe. Is the blue stripe painted on, or is that a window to the interior?
Upon close inspection, the pipe running from the ceiling to the east wall is painted with a blue stripe, probably for identification purposes.

> 3222269 What do things look like in the Zombie closet now?

> 3222271 >>3222140
> >>3222262
> So this is probably the same pipe...
> Dunno if there's any significance to that.

> 3222272 >>3222262
> Inspect the Wall Safe

> 3222277 >>3222271
> It's a water pipe I think.

> 3222280 Inspect the buttons.

> 3222283 I have no idea. Im sure we need todo something with that tube thing with the + in it, uh... press the buttons in the newest room above the box you found the disc on? uh... attempt to raise the + in the raised rectangle.

3222290 >>3222269
>What do things look like in the Zombie closet now?
Nothing's changed. It's still a rather bare and bloody closet.
>>3222272
>Inspect the Wall Safe
Nothing new there either. Still locked, the cabinet refuses to budge.

> 3222294 >>3222290
> Is it possible to use the disc on the wall safe/cabinet?

> 3222295 >>3222247
> >I wonder if we can do anything with that couch now that we have Tom on our side.
> There's no cushions, so nothing to search. Maybe Tom could try moving it.

> 3222304 >>3222290
> Pull the couch together then.

> 3222309 >>3222290
> Use eyedial on safe?

> 3222314 >>3222304
> >Pull the couch together then.
> Good idea, the blood will act as a lubricant.

> 3222317 >>3222290
> Move Couch? Or call for Tom to assist with couch moving?
> Actually, jsut go check on Tom and bring him along. :C

> 3222320 >>3222317
> Yes this. Call for Tom!

> 3222321 Throw baby

> 3222323 >>3222317
> This. We need Tom by our side at all times.

> 3222331 >>3222321
> I'm surprisingly okay with this

3222336 There doesn't appear to be any way the disc can work on the safe. Further, the circular symbol on the safe is not a recess, it's simply painted on.
>>3222258
>>3222295
>>3222304
Ruby returns upstairs to get Tom to come down with her.

3222339 Ruby and Tom return to the room. Tom doesn't look so well.
Ruby realizes Tom hasn't seen this room yet.

> 3222340 >>3222339
> Oh dear... ask him if he's Okay.

> 3222344 >>3222339
> Hug of friendly comfort.
> Immediately.
> :|

> 3222345 >>3222339
> Comfort Tom. Remind him that we're a herbivorous bunny girl, and he's supposed to be Mr. Gar Cat Guy. If we can stomach it, so can he.

3222349 >move couch
Ruby politely asks Tom to move the couch. With his MANLY PHYSIQUE, the task is no problem, and the wide couch slides away from the wall, revealing a small access hatch even smaller than the Z-Hatch used to enter this room. It appears to open into a lit room on the other side.

> 3222353 >>3222349
> Carefully peak into other room. CAREFULLY.

> 3222354 >>3222345
> >we're a herbivorous bunny girl
> /tg/ - a herbivorous bunny girl

> 3222359 >>3222349
> Peer inside the opening. Are Ruby and Tom small enough to fit?

> 3222370 >>3222349
> Crawl through the hatch and ask tom to follow you.

3222371 >>3222353
>Carefully peak into other room. CAREFULLY.
Ruby kneels down to see that the room beyond has bare metal walls and exposed pipes and circuitry, and is probably some sort of maintenance area. There don't appear to be any immediate dangers like people, fire, or big, obvious traps.
Due to the size of the hatch, however, only Ruby, with her GIRLISH FIGURE would be able to squeeze through. Tom would have to stay behind somewhere.

> 3222376 this is seriously like the worst porno ever

> 3222377 >>3222371
> NO WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO US? D:
> Ruby: Slide through slot and explore next room.
> Tom: Stay alive.

> 3222385 >>3222371
> Crap. Get out the can opener for self-defense, and crawl through?

> 3222386 >>3222371
> you can tell tom really really wants it in that picture

> 3222394 >>3222371
> Ruby needs to watch out for KILLER MAINTENANCE ROBOTS. Also I'm afraid the gore room will drive Tom crazy. Not everyone has the fortitude we herbivorous bunny girls have. We tell him the story of El-ahrairah and the zombie attack to take his mind off it.

> 3222395 >>3222386
> >you can tell tom really really wants it in that picture
> He's just too polite to say or do anything about it.

> 3222397 Crawl through the hatch and have Tom wait back in his cell where he won't be at risk of being driven insane by the blood.

> 3222398 screwit, crawl through.

> 3222405 >>3222397
> Tom should go back to the newly opened room with the big console... just in case.

3222411 >>3222385
>Get out the can opener for self-defense
Ruby requests the canopener back from Tom, who returns it.
>>3222397
>Crawl through the hatch and have Tom wait back in his cell where he won't be at risk of being driven insane by the blood.
Tom agrees to wait where you found him, rather than in the bloody room. Ruby crawls through.
Ruby emerges in the new room, which does indeed appear to be a maintenance room. Piping is everywhere. A glass tube runs to the ceiling, and the east wall features a vent and a circuitboard. The blue pipe runs through here.

> 3222417 >>3222411
> OH MY GOD ANOTHER ZOMBIE!(?)

> 3222419 >>3222411
> OSHIT GO BACK ZOMBIE BEAR PART DEUX

> 3222422 >>3222411
> WHO THE FUCK IS THAT (ask them nicely).

> 3222424 >>3222411
> examine Purple fluid
> Say hello to mr.zombie bro
> examine tank (the can with the funnel looking thing?)

> 3222425 >>3222411
> INSPECT FACE.

> 3222427 Tell tom to return to room with the big console and inspect the lock on the door, and see if he can retrieve the access card. listen out for ruby if she needs help.
> Ruby, crawl through small space and inspect the next room.

> 3222428 >>3222411
> Examine the small, rectangular window in the room, and then examine what seems to be a grape juice dispenser.

> 3222429 umm, face with bloodstain behind him....
> have Ruby wave at the person looking at her.

> 3222436 >>3222411
> Climb through blue striped pipe

3222441 >>3222429
>have Ruby wave at the person looking at her.
There's no one in the room but Ruby.

> 3222444 Ruby, wave at person in the window.

> 3222445 >>3222441
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf

> 3222446 >>3222411
> Examine that motherfucker in the window and get ready to bolt like the herbivorous bunny girl we are.

> 3222448 Warily attempt to communicate with the fellow in the other room, and then investigate the canister on the left side.

> 3222449 >>3222441
> Check to see if tom is fine
> if so, example purple fluid

> 3222451 >>3222441
> oooo crap.
> have Ruby look though window

> 3222454 >>3222445
> UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

> 3222455 >>3222441
> OH
> FUCK

> 3222456 >>3222441
> Inspect fluid dispenser
> Inspect hatch
> Inspect pneumatic mail
> Inspect painting

> 3222457 >>3222441
> Hurry back to Tom!

> 3222460 >>3222441
> examine the picture on the far wall. it looks like a map to me.

> 3222461 >>3222441
> Well played, you magnificent bastard.
> Examine the pneumatic tube, the grape juice dispenser, and the map on the wall.

> 3222463 >>3222441
> OHGODOHGODGOGHDOGHDGOHDGOHDGOHDGOHDGOHDOGHODGHO
> FIND TOM

> 3222465 >>3222411
> Open the chute under the window and say hello.

> 3222467 tom gunna die

> 3222468 >>3222460
> >>3222456
> Painting or map you are thinking of is a circuit board.

> 3222472 >>3222461
> >>3222460
> its a mess of circuitry and wires.
> i wouldnt touch it. just look at it.
> that slot in the wall below the window looks like a feeding hatch.

> 3222477 >>3222441
> Inspect the contraption directly behind Ruby.

> 3222485 Okay, I think we're safe where we are. That (guy who isn't in the next room)'s head looked to big to fit through the slot we crawled through. Now we need to scream our bunny head off and warn Tom. Elil!

> 3222488 Recheck Inventory

> 3222489 >>3222441
> Get a cup from the water cooler and get some of that PURPLE DRANK there

3222490 >>3222456
>Inspect everything.
There's a circuitboard on the east wall. It appears to be missing a square component, but no wires are damaged.
Above it is a closed vent.
There's a device containing purple liquid, with a sort of pluglike hole set it in, and beneath that, drips of purple. There's no visible faucet to remove the liquid.
There's what appears to be a pneumatic tube running through the ceiling with a small compartment here.
There's a metal transfer compartment in the wall, like a bank deposit drawer.
There's a strange device near the west wall with an LED readout that says "sample", but has no obvious buttons, controls, or instructions beyond that.

> 3222491 Examine circuitboard

> 3222497 open the deposit drawer

> 3222500 ask if anyone is there

> 3222502 >>3222490
> Open the transfer compartment and see if there's anything inside.

> 3222503 >>3222490
> Fuck I am so stumped.

> 3222510 >>3222502
> ...and hope that that something isn't a disembodied head.

> 3222511 >>3222490
> We're probably gonna regret this but...
> LOOK in WINDOW

> 3222519 >>3222490
> Call to Tom and get him to pass the tap he keeps in his pockets through the hatch. Then affix it to the purple water cooler.

> 3222521 >>3222490
> Open compartment, check it. Close
> Open pneuamtic mail, check it. Close.

3222522 >>3222488
>Recheck Inventory
Ruby is carrying two coins, rubber gloves, a button diagram, a ball of string, and a canopener.
>>3222489
>Get a cup from the water cooler and get some of that PURPLE DRANK there
There are no cups here, and even if there were, there's no faucet on the front of the liquid's container, just a socket.

> 3222527 Use disc.

> 3222529 ask tom for his faucet
> fix faucet to purple drink dispenser.

> 3222530 >>3222519
> Good memory, Anonymous. Lets go back to Tom and get his tap.

> 3222541 >>3222529
> after fitting tap to drink dispenser, fill one glove with purple drink and tie it off.

> 3222545 Do we still have the can we opened from the other thread? When we get the tap, we might want to fill it with PURPLE DRANK, then transfer it to the sample dealie to the west. Actually drinking the purple stuff will probably lead to a BAD END.

> 3222552 >>3222521
> >>3222502
> >>3222497

> 3222566 Get Tap from Tom. Also, hug Tom while there. Please.

> 3222570 We could always offer the purple drink to tom.

3222571 Continued:
>>3222564

## Thread 6

3222564 Ruby is in the maintenance room.
>open the metal drawer
There appears to be something inside.

> 3222573 Put severed hand in plastic glove.

> 3222577 >>3222564
> Oh for cryin'... close the drawer and stay far away from that DEVIL ZOMBIE HAND.

> 3222578 Is... that a training dummy with a cleaver stuck in it?
> Because that's what it looks like.

> 3222579 Hey. a hand.
> close metal drawer.
> go check on tom.
> while there get his tap for the purple drink despensa

> 3222581 I was really expecting this...
> I wonder if there's a handprint scanned anywhere.

> 3222582 Put on GLOVES (do we still have them?) and pick up the severed hand to see if there's anything under it. Then, remove one of the gloves on our hand and put it on the severed hand, then place it in our INVENTORY.

> 3222585 >>3222573
> why would you ... !? fuck it, do it, and then close the hatch

> 3222589 Get Tap from Tom. Also, hug Tom while there. Please.

> 3222591 >>3222577
> >>3222579
> No she should get the hand. I don't trust anything in the room on the other side.
> >>3222564
> Look out the window and scout the surroundings.

> 3222592 Call for Tom to bring you the tap he keeps in his pocket. Have him hand it to you through the hatch so you can affix it to the water cooler.

> 3222593 also, inspect the hand, does it look as if its been cleanly cut or just mauled off?

> 3222600 ask tom for his faucet
> fix faucet to purple drink dispenser.
> after fitting tap to drink dispenser, fill one glove with purple drink and tie it off.

3222611 >>3222591
>Look out the window and scout the surroundings.
At this angle Ruby can't see much in the small adjacent room, save for three things:
1. Some sort of dummy on a post.
2. A large red stain on the opposite wall.
3. A round device on the wall -- looks like a clock.
>>3222582
>Put on GLOVES (do we still have them?) and pick up the severed hand to see if there's anything under it.
Ruby uses her gloves to pick up the icky hand, but there's only stains underneath it. She can't tell how it was severed, but it looks fairly fresh.
>Get Tap from Tom
Ruby calls to Tom, who tosses his tap through the hatch for her.

> 3222614 put severed hand in pneumatic mail chute.

> 3222615 >>3222611
> Attach the tap to the purple water cooler.

3222616 Ruby attaches the tap to the container of purple liquid, which now seems ready to dispense.
>>3222600
>fill one glove with purple drink and tie it off.
The gloves are too thick and sturdy to just tie off with the thin string. They certainly wouldn't keep the liquid in.

> 3222617 >>3222614
> NO! Don't do that. We might need it.

> 3222619 >>3222616
> so the gloves are like rubber kitchen gloves not latex exam gloves?
> tell tom everything is ok and describe the room to him.

> 3222621 >>3222581
> oh god why is ruby so hideous?

> 3222622 >>3222617
> need? a severed hand? eew.

> 3222623 >>3222616
> The oxygen looking bottle on the left, is it full? If not, fill it with purple liquid.

> 3222625 >>3222616
> use toms *ahem* condom to hold the purple stuff
> >>3222617
> a hand? i doubt it unless the thing hiding in the next room really wants it back..

3222628 >>3222614
>put severed hand in pneumatic mail chute.
Ruby puts the disembodied hand into the pneumatic chute.

> 3222631 >>3222628
> lol wut.

> 3222632 >>3222619
> >so the gloves are like rubber kitchen gloves not latex exam gloves?
> No, they're like massive, heavy electrical engineer's gloves.

> 3222635 Does the open-ended barrel fit through the gap into this room? Tom can push it through, then we can use it to transfer purple drank into the metal drawer, thus, feeding whatever's inside. At least then we might be able to get a looksee at it.

> 3222636 >>3222628
> use toms condom to carry liquid into sample dish

> 3222639 >>3222628
> Open the faucet and let a little of the purple liquid pour onto the ground. Just enough to establish whether or not it's corrosive.

3222642 As soon as the chute's door closes, the sound of loud pneumatic pressure comes from the tube. The hand quickly and messily travels up the tube and out of sight.

> 3222643 >>3222639
> there already is some on the ground
> >example purple stuff on the ground

> 3222647 >>3222635
> This.
> >>3222643
> Also this, what does it smell like?

> 3222648 >>3222642
> ruby giggles to herself at the mecabre notion that some mailboy is getting a severed hand present for xmas.

> 3222656 >>3222642
> well at least now if we find another mail chute with a hand in it, we know were it goes.

3222657 >>3222625
>use toms *ahem* condom to hold the purple stuff
Ruby calls Tom to the hatch and explains that she needs his condom.
Tom gets an odd look on his face.

> 3222658 >>3222642
> Great, we lost the hand.

> 3222660 Standing on top of the water cooler and leaning against the pipes, see if Ruby can reach the air vent.

> 3222661 >>3222657
> :3

> 3222663 >>3222658
> >Great, we lost the hand.
> That's what you guys get for crying RAILROAD!

> 3222664 >>3222657
> Explain what we intend to do with it

> 3222666 >>3222657
> Tell him we're catholic.

> 3222668 >>3222621
> Wat did you want her to look like? I went for the 'tired horror protagonist' look

> 3222671 >>3222648
> No she doesn't Ruby's not like that. :\

3222676 >>3222664
>Explain what we intend to do with it
Tom's expression changes, but passes the condom through the hatch nonetheless.

> 3222680 >>3222671
> well i am.

> 3222681 >>3222676
> What? was he thinking of goryhole?

> 3222683 >>3222676
> "tom can I have your condom?"
> :3
> "No. not for that reason."
> :[

> 3222686 $10 says the device on the left performs some kind of chemical analysis.

> 3222687 >>3222681
> Whether he was thinking about her coming back onto his side or just doing it between the rooms, it's pretty clear Tom is pretty sexually frustrated at this point. Remember, we don't know how long he was in that cell.

> 3222688 Fill condom with purple liquid. tip some into sample machine.

> 3222690 >>3222686
> Ill take that bet.

3222694 Ruby unwraps the condom and fills it with the purple liquid, which smells unpleasantly plastic.

> 3222695 >>3222687
> he was kinda odd when he was in his room.

> 3222703 >>3222668
> She has Tewi Inaba's color scheme. Well, minus the hair, because Ruby's an actual anthropomorphic rabbit.
> >>3222694
> Pour some of the liquid into that funnel... thing on the left.

> 3222707 >>3222694
> put it in sampler thing

> 3222713 >>3222687
> >it's pretty clear Tom is pretty sexually frustrated at this point
> Well plus he looked up Ruby's skirt when she was on his shoulders, stared at her butt when she was crawling through the hatch, and reacted strangely when she hugged him.
> He's either VERY sexually attracted to her, or he's just sexually frustrated and needs release. Or both.

3222715 In a somewhat unpleasant move, Ruby tips the condom upside down and pours out the purple liquid into the funnel.
The LED display changes after a moment.

> 3222721 >>3222715
> Condom full of AIDS, fuck yeah!

> 3222722 >>3222715
> Hm. We seem to be in a medical facility for finding a cure to something (cancer, perhaps?), wherein Ruby and Tom are guinea pigs, because they're animals, of course. Why is it abandoned though? That is the question.

> 3222723 >>3222715
> "no cure" Hm...
> put on the gloves and take some of the blood from the box (like scoop it out or just get some blood someway) and put it in the sampler

> 3222726 >>3222715
> D:

> 3222729 This would be awesome except for the furry.

> 3222731 >>3222703
> That's too weeaboo for me.
> >>3222715
> Well seems the condom is contaminated now.
> No Cure... might be a poison, might be disease. The only poison I know no cure, that I can name off hand, for is Talium, but it's a white powder that doesn't give a purple colour when made into a water solution.

> 3222733 >>3222729
> You have to spoil this, don't you?

3222734 >>3222723
>put on the gloves and take some of the blood from the box (like scoop it out or just get some blood someway) and put it in the sampler
Ruby uses the gloves to drip a quantity of blood into the funnel, which prompts a new LED display.

> 3222735 >>3222715
> ok nvm the one where you put the box blood in the analyzer. cut yourself (like your finger) with the can opener and put a drop of blood into the analyzer.

> 3222736 >>3222731
> Clearly the disease is whatever killed the unholy zombie monster Ruby recently faced. Killed and Raised.

> 3222738 >>3222734
> So the blood isn't contaminated.

> 3222741 >>3222729
> >This would be awesome except for the furry.
> In over 1000 posts, this is the first complaint of furry.
> Everyone else here has grown up. Stop caring about furry.

> 3222742 >>3222736
> This gives me an idea. Why not put the blood of the zombie inside the sampler and see what happens.

> 3222743 >>3222735
> DO YOU REALLY THINK GETTING AN OPEN WOUND ANYWHERE NEAR SOMETHING THAT SAYS "NO CURE" IS A GOOD IDEA? IF SHE'S NOT FUCKED NOW SHE WILL BE.

> 3222744 >>3222735
> If this is possible, it'd be a very VERY good idea to check Tom out too.

> 3222748 Tell Tom about the analyser discovery

> 3222758 God, I can't wait until Tom turns.

3222767 >>3222742
>This gives me an idea. Why not put the blood of the zombie inside the sampler and see what happens.
Ruby flecks some of the spilt blood into the sampler, which displays yet another new prompt.

> 3222768 >>3222731
> >That's too weeaboo for me.
> Well, if you had picked that poster's other suggestion for a -white blouse and blue skirt, you would've ended up with Reisen's color scheme. Or at least her color scheme in Scarlet Weather Rhapsody. And that would be somewhat more distinct than the all-pink dress, which is generic enough to pass off as an ordinary outfit.
> >>3222744
> Okay, we have three options here, as to which blood to test first:
> 1.) The zombie's.
> 2.) Ruby's.
> 3.) Tom's.
> Which will it be? Keep in mind that, as >>3222743 points out, it may be very dangerous to expose a wound to anywhere near the purple liquid.

> 3222770 >>3222767
> Ask Tom to try drinking the blood.

> 3222773 >>3222767
> Have ruby use the glove and collect a sample directly from the head.

> 3222776 >>3222767
> Figures. We need a sample FRESH from the body. Which at this point is quite... redundant, Uggghhh... what to do now? I wonder if there's anything in the duct.
> >>3222768
> I don't understand any of this.

> 3222778 >>3222767
> So there is a disease, and we might have been exposed to it already. Is there any way we can sterilize the area and then prick ourself to let loose a drop of blood?

> 3222780 >>3222767
> So basically, testing someone's blood won't reveal a thing. Presumably.

> 3222783 >>3222767
> It seems as though it performs a chemical analysis. Blood doesn't seem to yield useful results. Perhaps you'd need a sample of what's IN the blood, or what's affecting it, since the blood itself is too dilute.

> 3222785 >>3222780
> Fake assumption. I think what may be the cause is -
> 1) the rubber glove got too dirty thus the readout is wrong
> 2) the blood from the zombie got contaminated and we need a pure sample - purple liquid is in an airtight container...
> 3) I wonder if the first reading was "NO CURE" as it's not a remedy.

3222787 >>3222773
>Have ruby use the glove and collect a sample directly from the head.
Ruby crawls out of the hatch to get a sample from the head itself.

> 3222788 >>3222767
> Get some blood straight from the dead guy's head.
> Also, test Tom and yourself to see if you're infected.

> 3222792 >>3222788
> This. Ask Tom for a sample of his blood. Just to make sure he doesn't turn on us halfway through.

> 3222793 >>3222788
> >>3222792
> Paranoic that much? Open wounds = risk of infection.
> Would you like to risk that?

> 3222798 >>3222793
> I agree, no open wounds.

> 3222802 >>3222787
> Touch tom's crotch.

3222804 >>3222787
That's odd.

> 3222806 >>3222793
> I just came in but is there a sterile syringe?

> 3222809 >>3222787
> while getting the zombie sample ask tom to check in the controll room (where we found the wooden eye thing) to see if anything has happened

> 3222817 >>3222804
> Oh shit. Take Tom with us and explore the upper floor, the room we originally woke up in. That head must be tracked down.

> 3222818 >>3222804
> Foolishly check upstairs alone.

> 3222819 >>3222804
> Look under the barrel?

> 3222822 >>3222804
> OH MY GOD
> IT FLEW AWAY
> FLYING ZOMBIE HEADS THEY ARE SCREWED

> 3222826 >>3222804
> :O
> where did it go?
> ask tom if the head was still there when he was in his cell just before.

3222843 >>3222826
>ask tom if the head was still there when he was in his cell just before.
Tom insists he was just in the other room and the head was still there. He definitely didn't see it come through here.
Tom speculates that if it went anywhere there would be a blood trail. He suggests perhaps it simply dissolved like the rest of the body.

> 3222849 >>3222843
> Sounds... plausible. There's no blood trail, and it's unlikely that the head just flew away.

> 3222851 tell tom, "dissolving zombies are improbable. lets be logical here"
> with tom, check upstairs for any obvious changes.
> didnt that console answer questions?

> 3222853 >>3222843
> So we have two theories -
> 1) HEADS CAN FLY JESUS CHRIST WE'RE FUCKED.
> 2) The infection causes the body to morph, but upon death by either dismemberment or beheading the whole body becomes too unstable and just dissolves.
> Check the rooms above. Just in case.

> 3222855 >>3222843
> tell tom the theory about the purple goo

3222856 Tom's looking a little uneasy again.

> 3222859 >>3222851
> >dissolving zombies are improbable
> But the thing DID dissolve! After it was decapitated it lost all coherency and turned into a room-covering puddle!

> 3222862 >>3222855
> >tell tom the theory about the purple goo
> We have a theory?

> 3222863 >>3222856
> In before Tom rapes or turns on us. Tell him all about the sampler machine, the purple goo, and the thing about contaminated and sterile blood in the adjacent room.

> 3222865 >>3222859
> witch tom and ruby have both been standing in. might wanna go get some fresher air..

> 3222868 Stay together and try to find something to use as a weapon before going upstairs to check for the head.

> 3222869 >>3222862
> We don't. We don't know what the purple goo is.
> >>3222856
> Hug Tom and comfort him.
> Kiss if appropriable

> 3222875 >>3222863
> Stop talking nonsense again. The blood in that room wasn't contaminated, but the sample from the room with the zombie was contaminated that made the machine say "Sorry I can't analyze that because the sample is too dirty."
> No need to raise panic, since Tom is already stressed

> 3222879 >>3222856
> Go back into the adjoining room with the exposed electrical wires and pull one or two out to see what happens.

> 3222880 Maybe the purple stuff was an attempt to create a cure for zombification?
> Try mixing some purple goo and zombie blood, see if that does anything.

3222881 >>3222865
>might wanna go get some fresher air..
Ruby and Tom move back into the prison room for fresher air.
>>3222869
>Kiss if appropriable
Ruby contemplates kissing Tom, and wonders if he might get the wrong idea.

> 3222883 >>3222880
> Or mix the zombie goo with the fresh blood and see what happens?
> >>3222881
> Hug then

> 3222884 head back up to the control room (as i think thats the farthest room away from the blood pool) to help tom calm down and poke around a bit more up there till he's feeling better

> 3222889 >>3222869
> >Kiss if appropriable
> No, you fool. If we're infected, he catches it through transmission of bodily fluids, and if he's infected, we catch it.
> >>3222875
> The blood in the sampling room was in conditions no more sterile than the blood from the zombie room. The sampling machine was telling us that the zombie's blood was, in fact, contaminated with a virus.

> 3222890 >>3222881
> whats that line in the roof? look up at it.

> 3222893 >>3222881
> Offer him another fish from the fish tank.

3222897 Tom begins vomiting.

> 3222898 >>3222890
> The raised grate
> >>3222889
> > No, you fool. If we're infected, he catches it through transmission of bodily fluids, and if he's infected, we catch it.
> PARANOIA.
> >>3222893
> Good idea
> >>3222884
> And this is another good idea

> 3222899 >>3222890
> thats where the wall that was keeping tom fenced in rolled up into

> 3222902 >>3222897
> Is it blood?

> 3222903 >>3222897
> Fucking hell, he's vomiting BLOOD. He's not just nauseous.

> 3222904 >>3222898
> >PARANOIA.
> >>3222897
> Called it!

> 3222905 >>3222897
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFuck.
> New to this whole thing, does anyone wanna give me a quick plot summary?

> 3222906 >>3222897
> Quickly knock him backwards and hit the middle of the five buttons. Hopefully it'll shock him unconscious.

> 3222907 Edge slowly backwards to the ladder. keeping a close eye on Tom. reassuringly ask if he is alright

> 3222908 >>3222903
> Maybe it's lupus?
> >>3222904
> If we draw conclusions based on impulses we might as well run all the way up and close the fucking hatch.

> 3222910 >>3222903
> Maybe it's lupus?
> >>3222904
> If we draw conclusions based on impulses we might as well run all the way up and close the fucking hatch.

3222914 Tom says he is having excruciating, sharp stomach pains. He says he wasn't feeling this before. It's very sudden.

> 3222916 >>3222897
> Quickly now, tell him it'll be alright and you need to do something extremely important, collect some of the vomited blood with the condom or something, make a mad dash and crawl back to the sampler room, and pour some of Tom's blood into the sampler machine.

> 3222920 >>3222914
> Sample the blood. Use on checker. Do it fast. He might be dying.
> A lot of stress might've caused a stomach ulcer or worse.

> 3222922 >>3222906
> >Quickly knock him backwards and hit the middle of the five buttons. Hopefully it'll shock him unconscious.
> Good GOD, where's your HUMANITY? This guy saved your life!
> You're all jumping to conclusions. You see something about cures and suddenly everyone assumes this is some Resident Evil T-Virus shit. Tom's obviously sick, but there's nothing to imply he's going to turn into a monster! We should try to HELP him, not hurt him!

> 3222923 >>3222914
> get him to sit on the couch in the blood room with his eyes closed.

> 3222925 i dont suppose anyone stopped to check if the fish were poisonous or not..or if they had sharp barbs before eating if so tom's gonna need a doc or hes gonna keep upchucking.

3222931 >>3222920
>>3222922
Ruby dabs some blood up on one of the fingers of the glove and excuses herself. She promises to be right back.

> 3222934 >>3222922
> Paranoia, what else?
> >>3222925
> Of all the acts of kindness that might've been twisted against you...

3222938 Back at the sampler, Ruby inserts a sample of Tom's blood and the LED triggers a familiar message.
Maybe the machine isn't made to analyze blood.

> 3222940 >>3222931
> He looks so fucking depressed. Goddamn. I feel bad for the little guy.

> 3222942 >>3222793
> >>3222898
> PARANOIA IS A GOOD THING FFS
> HAVE YOU NEVER PLAYED A SURVIVAL HORROR GAME BEFORE?
> >>3222897 >>3222897 >>3222897

> 3222944 >>3222938
> ohfuck.. Tom.. noo. ; ;

> 3222947 >>3222938
> Give Tom some of the purple stuff.
> If it really is a cure of some sort, it'll help him.
> If not... well, he's fucked anyway. It's worth the risk.

> 3222949 >>3222942
> This is an adventure game you idiot. Losing logical thinking and submitting into instincts will lead to more frustration and possibly insanity.
> >>3222938
> Hmrr...
> Purple goo and Tom. Might be the only way.

> 3222952 >>3222938
> Head back to Tom and ask what he wants.

> 3222954 >>3222938
> Plan B, use the condom to take a sample of the water from the fish tank for testing.

> 3222956 >>3222947
> >>3222949
> >purple goo
> >a cure of some sort
> ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY?
> THE MACHINE SAID THERE'S NO CURE FOR THE PURPLE STUFF.
> FOR ALL WE KNOW THE PURPLE STUFF IS WHAT _CAUSED_ THE ZOMBIES IN THE FIRST PLACE!
> The machine just obviously wasn't made for blood samples!

> 3222958 fill up another condom full of the purple stuff tie it off and put it in the metal hatch,then go tell tom it was probably the fish and you are sorry its not agreeing with him.

> 3222966 >>3222954
> Better yet: take a fish.

> 3222967 >>3222938
> We have no choice left. Take some of the purple liquid and feed it to Tom.

> 3222968 >>3222956
> Did it say there is no cure for the purple stuff, or that the purple stuff -is- no cure?
> Eh, either way you're probably right...
> But we can't just leave Tom to die. If he wasn't feeling anything moments ago and now has sharp stomach pains and is vomiting up buckets of blood, whatever he's got is happening extremely fast. We gotta do something right now or he's gone.

> 3222972 >>3222967
> >We have no choice left.
> Fuck you, yes we do. What kind of fucked-up logic do you have to follow where a liquid that reads "NO CURE" is somehow an all-purpose cure? What the fuck? That's the opposite of what it said!

> 3222974 i dont think tom's gonna be too keen on drinking anything that comes out of a condom..

> 3222977 >>3222974
> >i dont think tom's gonna be too keen on drinking anything that comes out of a condom..
> Sudden mental image of Ruby drinking something out of a condom.
> ...why do I find that so hot.

> 3222980 >>3222972
> Question: Cure for what?

> 3222982 >>3222980
> It wouldn't be much of an adventure if we knew...

> 3222984 - Take Tom's blood
> - Mix purple stuff with Tom's blood
> - See what happens

> 3222985 >>3222977
> Save it for the after-game discussion.
> I say give Tom some of the purple stuff. It's either that or let him bleed out internally. He'll probably die either way, but we may gain some insight as to what the goo is if we use it as a last resort on him.

> 3222992 >>3222984
> - ???
> - PROFIT!

3222993 Ruby considers her options carefully. Tom's suddenly sick and there are no doctors around. This could be serious.

> 3222996 >>3222993
> LOOK BEHIND YOU
> (in b4 whatever it is disappears again)

> 3222998 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> LOOK BEHIND YOU

> 3222999 >>3222985
> >I say give Tom some of the purple stuff.
> NO.
> NO.
> ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?
> AM I TALKING TO MYSELF?
> IT SAID "NO CURE"!
> WHAT PART OF THAT MAKES YOU THINK IT IS MEDICINE OF ANY KIND?
> WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?

> 3223000 >>3222993
> Um, Ruby, look behind you.

> 3223002 >>3222993
> Behind you.

> 3223005 >>3222999
> Adventure game logic.
> Combine everything with everything, use everything on everything else. See what sticks.

> 3223010 Okay, so I've missed everything from where we'd just opened the z-hatch.
> Can some give me a quick summary of how bad the situation now is?

3223012 >>3222996
>LOOK BEHIND YOU

> 3223015 >>3222992
> the chem scanner is having fits cause the samples are too diluted witch means there's not enough there for it to actually read,its probably not meant to handle blood
> also we dont actually know if hes gonna die from a stomach pain seeing as he isnt still coughing up or vomiting blood tom may just be suffering a wicked ulcer and is turning out to be a sissy boy.

> 3223016 >>3223010
> In short: We discovered new rooms and now Tom is dying and it's all your fault.

> 3223017 >>3222999
> Never claimed it was medicine. Actually, if you read the rest of my post you'll see that I fully expect Tom to die no matter what we do. At least his death will provide us with valuable information if he's given the goo.
> Also, way to read into an obviously intentional vague message.

> 3223019 >>3223012
> OUR OWN CLONE!
> NOW NEITER OF US WILL BE VIRGINS!

> 3223020 >>3223012
> Nervously wave.

> 3223021 >>3223012
> Hello there Tom 2.
> Write in fresh blood - "Hello" on the glass. Remember to write it backwards so he can see it normally.

> 3223022 >>3223016
> ;_;

> 3223026 >>3223010
> >I've missed everything from where we'd just opened the z-hatch.
> You absolutely HAVE TO catch up on the whole thing, or you're missing out. Trust me, no summary would do it justice, especially since you have the chance to read the thing in full.
> Archive 1-4 here:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=19ryypjy
> Thread 5 still live here: >>3221863

> 3223028 >>3223015
> Yes, because in a zombie game people who are vomiting blood are completely unrelated to anything. Ever.
> Fuck your theory.

> 3223029 >>3223012
> high pitch scream of surprise?

> 3223033 >>3223017
> >At least his death will provide us with valuable information
> You're a fucking monster. Ruby wouldn't kill Tom just for that, not after all he's done for her, after all they've been through together.
> >read into
> IT SAID "NO CURE"
> NO READING INTO IT IS NECESSARY, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD

> 3223037 >>3223028
> > zombie game
> We found one zombie (or rather a monster) so far and it's already a zombie game?
> IT'S A HORROR GAME

> 3223038 >>3223016
> ;_;
> We... we never meant to hurt him, did we?

3223041 >>3223020
>Nervously wave.

> 3223042 >>3223037
> >IT'S A HORROR GAME
> Same difference. My point still stands.

> 3223044 Examine the picture on the right, perhaps it says something or shows something of importance.

> 3223046 >>3223033
> Histrionic much?
> I see no other alternatives, aside from watching him bleed out. Vomiting up blood is usually a pretty serious thing. Shit has gone wrong inside of him. Ruby's not a doctor and the only item at hand that even has a /chance/ of fixing the situation is that purple stuff.

3223048 ...it's just a mirror.

> 3223050 >>3223041
> It's a mirror? Why wasn't it a mirror before? Or is it just someone waving back?
> Make funny faces at it.

> 3223052 make a silly face?

> 3223054 So what, something happens, everyone posts responses, and Weaver picks the thing Ruby would most probably do and elaborates on it?

> 3223055 >>3223048
> What the hell? There was a window there... it's gone now?

> 3223056 Check inventory.

> 3223058 >>3223046
> I say we test the purple stuff on the fish.

> 3223059 >>3223048
> Spit into the analyzer, see if it can process saliva.

> 3223062 >>3223048
> Give Tom the purple stuff already. It's the only thing anyone can seem to think of, and I for one refuse to just ignore his imminent death.
> Best case scenario it cures him.
> Worst case scenario it kills him, which isn't worse than doing nothing because it looks like he's already dying anyway.

> 3223064 >>3223048
> hm. so its a mirror.. so all the stuff weve been seeing has been a reflection..has..has ruby looked behind her yet?

> 3223068 You're all jumping to fucking conclusions here.
> First of all we know NOTHING about the purple stuff. It could be POISONOUS ACID for all we know! And from the reading it's more likely it's a disease itself rather than a cure for one!
> Second of all, you all see the word "cure" and instantly this turns into a quarantine situation. We know the machine can't analyze blood by itself, but it can analyze chemicals. So we need a purer sample.
> >>3223046
> >the only item at hand that even has a /chance/ of fixing the situation is that purple stuff.
> No, that is the item that is LEAST likely to cure him, because it said "NO CURE", and I can't think of any possible interpretation of "NO CURE" that means "CURE".

> 3223069 As I've been saying for a while now, try mixing blood with the purple stuff.

> 3223074 Head back to Tom to see if he is alright and needs anything. Ask him how he feels. Keep him awake.

> 3223075 Think about this rationally:
> What could be affecting Tom?
> Not just being near the blood. Ruby's been near it and she's fine.
> Could be the fish, he ate those, and now his stomach's having trouble. You could all be ready to kill him over a bad case of food poisoning or something.

> 3223076 >>3223046
> Haven't you played Resident Evil? The main character's infection gets serious and he gets incapacitated for a while, then you control his buddy who has to go out and perform some more explanation for the key item that serves as the cure. That could possibly be the case here, there's still much more to explore.
> >>33223058
> I say this is a very prudent course of action. We test it by putting it into a fish's mouth first.

> 3223081 >>3223068
> By definition, a cure has no cure. What would cure a cure? It wouldn't make any sense.

> 3223082 >>3223068
> Unless you want to start ramming the various non-chemical, very solid objects we have in our inventory down his throat, I'm pretty sure that "lowest chance" is better than "no chance."

> 3223085 >>3223062
> >Give Tom the purple stuff already. It's the only thing anyone can seem to think of
> NO IT'S NOT
> IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN THINK OF
> OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING OTHER IDEAS

> 3223088 use PURPLE STUFF on FISH

> 3223092 >>3223068
> >from the reading it's more likely it's a disease itself rather than a cure for one
> I disagree. If it was a disease, it would make no sense for the readout to be "NO CURE". No cure WOULD however make sense if the purple stuff is a non-functioning attempt at a cure.
> >we need a purer sample.
> A purer sample of what?
> If we're not going to feed it to Tom, at least let's test the purple stuff SOMEHOW. Feed it to the fishes or something. If the fish don't die from it, I'm willing to take the gamble that it won't kill Tom, and thus it's safe to at least test if it cures him.

> 3223099 Ignore the one screaming faggot who's too pussy to try the purple stuff.
> The purple stuff is the key.

> 3223100 Stuff all this deliberating, walk over to those exposed wires and rip out a handful. Time is running out, what Ruby needs now is results.

3223101 >>3223054
>So what, something happens, everyone posts responses, and Weaver picks the thing Ruby would most probably do and elaborates on it?
The action taken on is generally either the fastest or the most agreed-upon. If there's a lot of strong opposition to an idea, it's put on hold. Such as now.
>>3223069
>As I've been saying for a while now, try mixing blood with the purple stuff.
Thinking of no other way to do it, Ruby pours a little of the purple stuff from the tap to the floor, then flecks blood onto it from the glove.
It hisses and smokes violently. It smells caustic, like burnt plastic.

> 3223104 >>3223088
> Seconded.

> 3223109 >>3223101
> fill the condom with purple stuff and use on the wall safe. It should dissolve the metal unless it's organic acid.

> 3223110 Why the Hell doesn't this facility label shit? Isn't it usually a safety standard for chemicals and whatnot to be clearly labeled?
> If Tom isn't about to bleed-out, let's use a fish as a guinea pig first. If he is, skip it and feed him the purple drank.

> 3223114 >>3223101
> Put the mixture of blood and purple stuff in the analyzer.

> 3223115 >>3223092
> >A purer sample of what?
> >If we're not going to feed it to Tom, at least let's test the purple stuff SOMEHOW. Feed it to the fishes or something.
> >feed it to tom
> >the fishes
> THAT'S IT.
> ANALYZE ONE OF THE FISH.

> 3223116 >>3223101
> so purple stuff + human blood =horrible burning

> 3223117 >>3223101
> Is that Tom's blood or Zombie blood?

> 3223119 >>3223109
> >It should dissolve the metal
> It's not dissolving the FLOOR, so if it's an acid, it's got to be an organic one.

> 3223120 >>3223101
> Well, that's not a good sign.

> 3223121 >>3223101
> Was that zombie blood?
> If so, I think we just found our anti-zombie weapon.
> Also, I now agree that giving it to Tom might not be the most prudent course of action. Unless he's turning into a zombie.

> 3223122 >>3223101
> BOY I BET THAT "DON'T LISTEN TO THAT ONE FAGGOT, FEED HIM PURPLE DRINK" GUY IS FEELING PRETTY STUPID RIGHT ABOUT NOW

> 3223127 >>3223119
> well it just started give it a minute..

> 3223128 >>3223119
> Or the metal is chromed.

> 3223130 >>3223115
> OH SHI- YOU'RE RIGHT
> Maybe the fishes we fed to Tom made him ill. Go catch one and stuff it down the analyser machine.

> 3223132 Examine the analyzer, does it appear to have any other functions, buttons, sample chutes? Maybe there is more to it than meets the eye.

> 3223133 >>3223122
> Being on the right side of the argument is no excuse for acting like an insufferable, histrionic faggot.
> Also, I'm good with still feeding it to him. Clearly it will burn out all of the bad blood, then we can use the blood all over the floor to replace it. =D

> 3223138 That little eye token... would that fit into the missing spot on the circuit board?

3223139 >>3223088
>use PURPLE STUFF on FISH
Ruby goes back to the other room, retrieves the last two fish from the tank, and touches one of them to the purple puddle.
It sizzles and smokes visibly, and the scales start to dissolve slightly.

> 3223143 >>3223139
> use FISH on ANALYSER

> 3223144 >>3223138
> Good thinking anon.

> 3223145 >>3223133
> My only regret is that when this faggot shouting "give him purple stuff no matter what it's the only option despite all signs to the contrary" finally gets proved wrong, he'll still smokescreen it with this "well whatever I was still smarter than all of you" bullshit.
> Your idea will kill Tom. Some of us have said that from the start. You persisted with your idiotic idea and even when proven completely wrong you'll still refuse to face it.

> 3223147 Why don't you both shut up. You're both acting like twats. Everyone has their own opinion and Weaver said that the fastest/majority will win. You can argue but damn, stop acting like children about it.

> 3223151 >>3223145
> >You acted like an ass, but you were right, and I was wrong.
> > Lame joke to further point out how badly my course of action would've turned out.
> Yeah man, I'm definitely still in the mindset that I was right. Clearly feeding Tom fucking ACID was a great idea.
> Also, OGOD SQL WHY?

3223155 >>3223138
>That little eye token... would that fit into the missing spot on the circuit board?
No. The disc is thick and circular. The missing spot on the circuitboard is small and square.
>>3223143
>use FISH on ANALYSER
Ruby, feeling a bit disgusted, mashes up the fish as best she can to get it to fit in the funnel.

> 3223157 >>3223143
> how about we see what it does first? before we throw a possibly acidic melting thing into the equipment?

> 3223158 >>3223139
> Okay, so unless these are zombie fish, it's pretty clearly anti-organic, and we should definetly never give some to Tom unless he becomes a zombie.
> Use the can opener to try and smash the mirror.

> 3223160 >>3223139
> Lets not use the purple stuff on Tom.
> Go back to Tom and see how he is doing.

> 3223162 How about trying to look at the "safe" on the wall in the bloody room please?

3223169 Continued:
>>3223168

> 3223170 Head back up to the room with the big computer, maybe if Ruby can get that working we might be able to find a way to help Tom.

## Thread 7

3223168 Moments after Ruby inserts the fish-paste into the funnel, a new message appears on the LED display.

> 3223171 Fucking poisoned fish.

> 3223173 Well crap, see if Tom is still alive.

> 3223174 Lovely. Can we check on Tom?

> 3223176 We need to find some charcoal or something.

> 3223178 >>3223168
> God fucking damn it.

3223181 A few seconds later, a new display comes up.

> 3223183 If someone accidentally ingests arsenic administer 5 charcoal tablets immediately. Take 5 more charcoal tablets 15 minutes later and again every fifteen minutes. Go immediately to an emergency room. Charcoal tablets should be a part of every medicine cabinet for any type of poisoning.
> Chelation therapy is an option if you have arsenic poisoning. Chelation therapy is used to remove toxic metals such as cadmium, arsenic, lead and mercury from our bodies. Metals and minerals can clog our systems and can be removed with chelation therapy. The procedure has been done for forty years in the United States and is safe. Chelation therapy is a series of injections of ethylenediaminetetra aacetic acid (EDTA) that is done in a doctors office.
> You can also do chelation therapy at home with over the counter chelation formulas bought at a health food store or a drug store. Most are made with alfalfa, garlic, fiber, turin and selenium. Alfalfa liquid or tablets, taken three times daily with meals, detoxifies the liver and chelates substances from the body. Coenzyme Q(10) improves circulation of the blood which allows the toxic substances to leave the body. L-Lysine, an amino acid, detoxifies harmful heavy metals from our systems. Rutin and apple pectin can be taken to bind with unwanted toxic metals and remove them from the body through the intestinal tract.
> When doing any chelation therapy, make sure that you replace lost essential minerals by taking alfalfa, iron, kelp and zinc in addition to your regular multi-vitamin.

> 3223185 Damn, why did it have to be arsenic. At least if it was thallium we could cure him with blue paint.

> 3223187 How about trying to look at the "safe" on the wall in the bloody room please?

> 3223189 >>3223181
> The acid can cure Tom?
> I can't stop lolling.

3223191 A third message pops up with a loud buzzing sound.
Evidently something is not receiving power.

> 3223193 Wait... stomach cramps... vomiting blood.
> Tom has arsenic poisoning.

> 3223194 >>3223181
> Is that the name of the purple stuff?

> 3223197 W-what? I don't know much about arsenic poisoning but...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning
> >Symptoms include violent stomach pains in the region of the bowels; tenderness and pressure; retching; excessive saliva production; vomiting... death
> >It is extremely important to seek medical advice immediately if arsenic poisoning is suspected. One way to test for arsenic poisoning is by checking hair follicles. If arsenic is in the bloodstream, it will enter hair and remain there for many years.
> So, um... I guess Tom is very unsafe to touch now, since his hair is infected?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimercaptosuccinic_acid
> >Dimercaptosuccinic acid, or DMSA, is the chemical compound with the formula HO2CCH(SH)CH(SH)CO2H. This colourless solid contains two carboxylic acid and two thiol groups, the latter being responsible for the mildly unpleasant odour of this dicarboxylic acid. It occurs in two diastereomeric forms, meso and the chiral dl forms. The meso isomer is used as a chelating agent.
> Well, that doesn't tell us much.

> 3223198 >>3223181
> okay, NOW we feed him the purple stuff.

> 3223199 >>3223191
> It's not delivery, it's dimercaptosuccinic acid!

> 3223200 >>3223189
> No, dimercaptosuccinic acid is succimer, it's a chelating agent used to treat arsenic poisoning.

> 3223202 >>3223194
> That type of acid is not purple.

> 3223203 >>3223191
> so from the looks of it this little machine can deliver us the cure..soon as we get the power back on..

> 3223204 >>3223202
> well maybe they put in a bit of food dye for identification.

> 3223205 Looks like we need to restore main power, any ideas?

> 3223206 >>3223194
> I don't remember DMSA being purple in a water solution. Let me fetch my books.

> 3223208 >>3223191
> Jesus christ, get searching for anything that could be either disabled or electrical, and also the chip to complete the circuit there

> 3223210 >>3223197
> >So, um... I guess Tom is very unsafe to touch now, since his hair is infected?
> There are tiny trace amounts, but not enough to hurt Ruby.

> 3223211 >>3223191
> Oh shit! It can give us the cure directly? FIX THE FUCKING MACHINE!
> Ten to one the circuitboard piece is the reason it's not operating.
> ...in fact, that could be the reason that the huge console upstairs isn't working!

> 3223212 ITT: A surprising number of Medical Doctors invade a traditional gaming board.
> Seriously, how do you guys know so much?

> 3223213 I want to feed the purple stuff to Tom.
> Fuck if it kills him, I just want to know which one of the two faggots is right.

> 3223216 >>3223205
> >Looks like we need to restore main power, any ideas?
> We need to find the missing circuitboard circuit.
> I can't think of any places we could potentially access except for:
> 1. The cabinet in the blood room. It's locked.
> 2. The door in the console room. It's padlocked.
> 3. The locker in the console room. It's glued shut with industrial glue.

> 3223218 >>3223191
> - FIX WIRES
> - RECEEV CURE

> 3223219 >>3223212
> wikipedia

> 3223220 >>3223212
> actually we know shit all. but every fa/tg/uy knows how to make knowledge: google and knowledge :wikipedia checks.

> 3223223 >>3223212
> It's called "Wikipedia," mang.
> Alternately just plain Google.

> 3223225 >>3223216
> >industrial glue
> >purple acid
> >industrial glue
> >purple acid
> >industrial glue
> >purple acid
> >industrial glue
> >purple acid
> >delicious alcohol

> 3223226 well two options we got that i can think of are go back up to the offline control room an manhandle stuff , or go examine the safe in the blood room witch i think we still dont have the combination to.

> 3223229 >>3223225
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK
> OH MY GOD
> +10 POINTS

> 3223230 >>3223226
> It's locked with a keyhole, not a combination lock.

> 3223231 >>3223225
> Beat me to it. Use the purple acid to eat away the glue.

> 3223233 >>3223212
> As soon as the post hit they all went to Wikipedia

> 3223234 >>3223225
> Fill condom with purple fluid.
> Bring purple fluid upstairs.
> Use fluid on glue.

> 3223238 >>3223225
> This.

3223246 >>3223234
>Fill condom with purple fluid.
>Bring purple fluid upstairs.
Ruby fills the condom with purple fluid, ties it off for safety, and heads back out.
Tom's looking unhealthy.

> 3223248 >>3223246
> Tell Tom that he has arsenic poisoning and tell him that you're fixing a cure for him.

> 3223250 Someone out there is really quite the sadist.
> I mean all this elaborate setup just for these two people... er... animals... whatever.
> Sadistic and dedicated.

> 3223251 >>3223250
> That's why we keep coming back. :3

> 3223252 >>3223246
> Ask Tom how he is feeling and to describe it in great detail.
> No matter what he says, give him a loving pat on the head and say everything will be alright.

> 3223253 >>3223212
> I don't know about others but Toxicology is my speciality.
> I study chemistry. Arsenic is a textbook example of poisoning. Gives some time to counteract before killing.
> The problem is that WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT, SO HURRY

> 3223254 Yeah use the purple fluid

> 3223257 >>3223246
> Remove pants.
> Put condom on.
> Fuck Tom.

3223261 >>3223234
>Use fluid on glue.
Ruby fumbles with the condom, rather unfamiliar with these things, and finally tears it open a bit harder than she intended to.
Thankfully she avoids contact with the purple stuff and it spills all over the glue. It doesn't damage the box, but the glue dissolves rapidly.

> 3223263 >>3223257
> The arsenic coated condom?
> Niiice.

> 3223265 >>3223261
> Open box.

> 3223266 >>3223261
> Gloves on, OPENITOPENITOPENIT

> 3223268 >>3223261
> Open box.

> 3223269 >>3223261
> is that a switch on the side of the upsidown cross thing?

> 3223271 >>3223257
> >Fuck Tom.
> Even if the condom WASN'T compromised by poison and acid, she already said why she wouldn't do that:
> >Ruby is far too shy to do something like that with a stranger, especially in this situation, especially with the fact there could be hidden cameras watching. It's not the kind of thing she'd want to have someone get on tape.
> >Besides, there are more pressing matters right now!

3223278 Inside the box, Ruby finds a small electronic chip and a Longshoreman’s hook. She takes both.

> 3223281 >>3223278
> Time to go fishing?

> 3223282 >>3223278
> Use chip in circuit board.

> 3223283 >>3223278
> Put the chip in the circuit board so we can restore power... hopefully. Also, fuck year pirate hand! Do a pirate impression to lighten to mood!

> 3223285 >>3223278
> USE CHIP ON WIRE PANEL

3223289 Ruby heads downstairs on her way to the circuitboard. She explains to Tom that he has arsenic poisoning and she's going to get a cure for him.
>>3223283
Also, to lighten the mood, Ruby does her best pirate impersonation, complete with the voice.
Tom smiles weakly.

> 3223293 >>3223289
> Fucking awesome.

> 3223294 >>3223261
> >>Ruby fumbles with the condom, rather unfamiliar with these thing
> DELICIOUS VIRGIN?

3223297 Ruby plugs the chip into the circuitboard, and the frame glows a bright green as the air around her hums warmly.
Power must be back on.

> 3223299 >>3223294
> Shut the fuck up you fucking furry.

> 3223300 >>3223294
> >DELICIOUS VIRGIN?
> That or she likes it raw.

> 3223302 >>3223297
> Put another fish to hopefully receive medication, then take medication to Tom and tell him to take it.

> 3223303 >>3223299
> quit caring so much about furry

> 3223308 >>3223303
> This adventure game is awesome, you however make me sick and should hang yourself for even saying something so stupid.

> 3223309 >>3223299
> Stop disrupting the thread faggot.
> >>3223297
> Look at analyzer

> 3223310 >>3223297
> check the led readout for sighns of progress

3223311 Something mechanical in the walls moves and a filled vial suddenly pops up with a pneumatic whoosh from the analyzer.

> 3223314 >>3223308
> >should hang yourself for even saying something so stupid
> "Stop caring so much about furry"?
> Nobody else here does.

> 3223317 >>3223311
> Sprinting at top speed, her ears flat against her head from the wind give it to Tom and feed it to him for him.

> 3223319 >>3223311
> GIVE VIAL TO TOM, UNLESS HE'S ALREADY DEAD

> 3223322 >>3223311
> yes! go save toms sorry ass!

> 3223325 >>3223311
> Check the colour of the liquid in the vial and check the smell. If it's clear and have an unpleasant acidic organic smell... jackpot, Tom lives.

> 3223327 >>3223311
> Hand the vial to Tom and say you're not sure it might help him, but that it is probably his best bet to live. Leave him to decide to drink it or not.

> 3223328 >>3223317
> May I recommend we place a tiny portion of the vial's contents in the sampler first? We did just send a bloody hand off through the same tube. I know it's sealed, but we ought to be certain of its contents. Tom will survive the extra 30 seconds it'd take to do this.

> 3223329 What was that that moved on the analyzer itself just now?

> 3223337 >>3223329
> Oh wait, herpaderp, that looked like the tube in the pipe. Disregard this post, I suck cocks.

> 3223338 >>3223328
> >We did just send a bloody hand off through the same tube.
> No, different tube. Evidently the analyzer is hooked up to a pneumatic system that directly "requests" chemicals on delivery from some other source.

3223339 Unfortunately, returning the power grid to full functionality seems to have triggered another effect as well.
The room is bathed in red light.

> 3223341 >>3223339
> Grab the cure and GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT

> 3223344 >>3223339
> Ignore it, get the vial to Tom, quickly.

> 3223345 >>3223339
> Remove the chip, we'll return it once Tom is cured. I noticed that the door is shut btw.

> 3223346 >>3223341
> Scratch that. The hatch is sealed.

> 3223350 Shatter the magic mirror/not mirror to get into the next room.

> 3223351 >>3223346
> Remove the chip.

> 3223362 rolled 7 = 7>>3223350
> I make a str check.

> 3223363 I'm wondering how Tom is gonna react when he finds out the fish we fed him was poisonous

> 3223364 Just got on. There was another thread of this, I presume? Could I get a link, or summary if the last thread is no longer around?

3223366 A loud hissing sound comes from above the circuitboard as the blinds on the duct open and start venting something into the room.

> 3223367 Remove the chip, hopefully the door will open or the power is switches off the locking mechanism.

> 3223371 Going to have to say remove the chip.

> 3223375 >>3223366
> O SHI- BREAK THE GLASS WITH THE CAN OPENER (if we still have it)

> 3223376 Pull the chip out of the circuit board.

> 3223377 >>3223364
> First four threads from the other night are here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=19ryypjy
> Thread 5 still live here: >>3221863
> Thread 6 still live here: >>3222564
> You really should read it the whole way through.

> 3223378 >>3223366
> TAKE OUT THE FUKKEN CHIIIIP

> 3223381 Hold breath! Take chip out!

> 3223382 >>3223375
> Seconding this. We'll still have gas in the room and removing the chip might just lock us in here. and the gas is already seeping in, just removing the chip won't help.

> 3223383 BREAK THE MIRROR!!!

> 3223384 >>3223377
> Thanks, I will. Looks pretty interesting.

> 3223385 Pull out chip AND break mirror

> 3223386 >>3223366
> OH GOD WE'VE KILLED HER

> 3223389 Hold breath and remove the chip.

> 3223391 Open the tube thing, turn on tube thing to suck that gas out.

> 3223392 1) Remove chip to stop the gas coming in, and hopefully open the hatch again.
> 2) Break glass to let the gas that already came in get out.

> 3223393 >>3223391
> >>3223382
> Break the glass, if not this then open the pneumatic tube.

> 3223396 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

3223400 >remove the chip
The circuitboard is protected by the green field -- even with the rubber gloves on, it's too painful for Ruby to touch!

> 3223401 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

> 3223403 >>3223400
> TURN ON THE MOTHERFUCKING TUBE THEN BREAK THE GLASS AND RUN LIKE HELL.

> 3223407 >>3223400
> Try to smash the glass. If all else fails, pray for Tom Ex Machina.

> 3223410 BREAK MIRROR WITH CAN OPENER

> 3223411 use the thing we put the hand in

> 3223415 >>3223400
> Open the pneumatic tube, turn it on and hit the deck.

> 3223416 Gentlemen, remember we that have the acid at our disposal.

> 3223418 >>3223416
> The acid that apparently only affects organic material? I'm not sure how that will help.

> 3223422 >>3223403
> THISSS!!!!

> 3223424 >>3223416
> THROW ACID AT MIRROR

> 3223426 >>3223416
> I'm sure acid is really going to come in handy fighting a cloud of toxic gas.

> 3223430 >>3223416
> You're right.
> MELT THE HATCH OPENING

3223431 >turn on pneumatic tube
The pneumatic tube only works when it's closed!

> 3223432 >>3223424
> Unless it's HF, it's useless.
> Use the hook on the door. Or use the hook to break the window.

> 3223433 >>3223400
> Before we settle on a course of action, I would like to request an inventory recap right now, to see how we can combat the poison gas.

> 3223436 >>3223431
> Fuck we're running out of options!
> >>3223418
> I GOT IT!
> DRINK PURPLE STUFF, BECOME IMMUNE TO GAS?

> 3223437 >>3223431
> BREAK THE TUBE

> 3223439 >>3223431
> I guess were stuck with breaking the glass then...

> 3223440 >>3223431
> Let us break the fucking glass already, before she dies!

> 3223442 >>3223433
> Look here: >>3223278
> coins, string, gloves, canopener, diagram, hook

> 3223443 >>3223431
> BREAK THE MIRROR!

> 3223448 >>3223437
> Don't break the tube, what if we need it later?

> 3223450 >>3223448
> We can't need it if we're dead (though we don't know if the gas is deadly)

> 3223456 rolled 9 = 9Rolling Int check against the puzzle

> 3223458 >>3223437
> You clearly don't understand the physics behind pressure.

> 3223459 >>3223456
> You fail, LOLOLOLOLOL

> 3223460 >>3223431
> SMASH THE MIRROR ALREADY

> 3223465 I must have missed a thread, the last one I read was the one where they barely escaped the zombie.

> 3223467 Use the hook to break the pneumatic tube.

> 3223468 >>3223431
> Activate the tube then break it.

> 3223469 >>3223465
> You missed a lot of threads.

3223478 >>3223437
>BREAK THE TUBE
Summoning all her strength, Ruby bashes open the pneumatic tube with the door still closed!
An impressive vaccuum force begins drawing in the noxious smoke... but it's a temporary solution. The gas is still pouring in, and the room is still sealed!

> 3223480 >>3223469
> Yeah, so where do I find them?

> 3223481 >>3223465
> Look here to catch up on everything you missed: >>3223377

> 3223485 RUBY SMASH MIRROR!

> 3223491 >>3223478
> She broke it with her hand? Pretty impressive.
> BUT PLEASE, BREAK THE FUCKING MIRROR ALREADY

> 3223494 anyone archived the other threads? I went to bed early because I stayed up till 8am yesterday incase weaver came about >_<

> 3223497 >>3223478
> Should've used the hook to smash it. Well, other than some wacky hijinks involving the sampling machine and the acid dispenser, I think our only option left is to smash the mirror.

> 3223503 I agree, use the hook to try and smash the mirror.

> 3223504 >>3223485
> Agreed, Ruby can crush puny mirror with her strength.

> 3223507 >>3223491
> >She broke it with her hand?
> Elbow. Still impressive. That'll hurt like hell when the adrenaline wears off.

> 3223508 >>3223494
> >>3223377

> 3223509 gotta remember that the "mirror" was transparent a while ago, and that something was staring at ruby, that something is likely to still be behind the mirror, so, once you break it with the hook, make sure to keep it in hand if something hostile is there, we'll hook it.

> 3223513 >>3223481
> thank you.

> 3223515 >>3223509
> >we'll hook it
> Or just release it.

> 3223517 Check inside the shelf on the wall again.

> 3223519 I've got a bad feeling the glass won't be easily broken if it's designed to keep something as violent as a zombie behind it.
> Then again, little else in this tiny slice of hell makes sense, so who knows.

3223522 The pressure from the tube quickly dies out, and the gas is still coming.
Ruby considers whether or not breaking the mirror would lift the lockdown. Remember, she couldn't fit through the hole even when the mirror wasn't there.

> 3223523 >>3223509
> If it's hostile, hook it and then throw acid at it until it dies.
> But we don't know if it's hostile.

> 3223526 >>3223522
> Why have you not taken the cure yet? Whatever you do, at least grab the cure and put it in your inventory first, lest we forget it.

> 3223527 >>3223519
> There's the spirit!

> 3223529 BREAK MIRROR

> 3223530 Don't drink the purple stuff it's clearly a solvent that isolated the poison from the fish, so if we drink it we'll melt. On the plus side, if we could analyse our remains we would know if we're infected with zombie-disease or not.
> If we can go back to the room later, I suggest:
> 1. mix zombie blood with solvent, analyse
> 2. mix our blood with solvent, analyse
> 3. mix Tom's blood with solvent, analyse
> 4. mix hand's blood with solvent, analyse
> Of course we have a more pressing matter now...

> 3223531 >>3223522
> Alternatively put on the gloves and use the hook to pry out the chip for behind the energy field.

> 3223533 >>3223522
> Grab cure
> Smash mirror (gas outlet)

> 3223534 >>3223522
> I still think it's the best chance we've got.

> 3223537 >>3223531
> And then what? We need to put in the chip later, that is just a temporary fix.

> 3223540 Just smash the chip using the hook.

> 3223541 >>3223530
> >Don't drink the purple stuff it's clearly a solvent that isolated the poison from the fish
> No, it MELTED one of the two fish.
> We put the OTHER fish in the analyzer.

> 3223543 >>3223522
> Can we somehow cover up the hole the gas is coming from? Maybe with the diagram?

> 3223547 Why do I have to leave at such a time... Why do you do this to me /tg/!

> 3223548 Take arsenic cure out of analyser.
> try to scoop some gas into heavy glove.
> upend glove over analyser. wait for analysis and cure.
> take gas cure.

> 3223550 >>3223547
> I had to leave 50 minutes ago, but my finger is glued to the F5 button. ;_;

> 3223552 >>3223548
> That's not a bad idea. Not sure if it'll work but it's sure as hell imaginative.

> 3223553 Is the gas heavier than air or lighter? Does it sink to the floor or does it fill the room from the ceiling down?

> 3223557 >>3223548
> I'd like to try this as well.

3223558 >>3223529
>BREAK MIRROR
Ruby decides she has no other choice -- the mirror has to go! Maybe, just maybe, it'll provoke a good reaction!

> 3223560 >>3223553
> Seems lighter than the air since it doesn't falls from the vent

> 3223561 >>3223553
> Judging by the pictures it is heavier.

> 3223564 >>3223543
> Good line of thought, but how will we affix the diagram to the vent and seal it tightly?
> >>3223548
> Um... I don't exactly think you can "pour" gas into the sampler machine like that.

> 3223565 Maybe something can be done with pipe with the blue stripe on it?

> 3223567 It kinda made me thinking, how did the arsenic-poisoned fish survive?

> 3223568 >>3223558
> :O

> 3223574 >>3223558
> Prepare for the worst.

> 3223577 Try not to breathe, and examine whatever the hell that thing below the vent is.

> 3223578 >>3223567
> Mutant fish?
> Maybe they were dying, and we just could tell the difference between sick fish and healthy fish?
> I dunno. It doesn't really matter any more than the question why there was an aquarium full of poisoned fish in the first place.

> 3223579 >>3223567
> We seem to all be assuming that it is poisonous.

> 3223581 >>3223558
> NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
> >>3223564
> squeeze the glove to force gas into analyser funnel?

> 3223582 >>3223579
> It is. The display said it had arsenic in it when we stuffed it down the analyser.

> 3223589 >>3223579
> regardless of what type of gas it is. its safe to assume the worst.
> if its a sleeping gas or CS gas then Ruby is in for a bad time. if its poison. we have a cure delivery system right there.

> 3223590 >>3223567
> See the thing is - fish can accumulate arsenic, mercury etc. and trap it in themselves. The problem starts when someone who can METABOLIZE arsenic eats it (Human). Then you're fucked because it's now raw arsenic that kills you, it's what it's metabolized to. Mercury is another problem. Fish metabolize it to methylomercury and store it safely in their fat layer. Problem is that humans are very very very sensitive to methylomercury and what didn't kill the fish, might kill the one that ate it.
> If you want Google "Mercury" and "Japan" to read something interesting.

> 3223594 >>3223582
> Ah sorry, I thought you meant the gas.

> 3223595 SMASH CHIP WITH HOOK

> 3223596 I think this is a subtle hint, since it's taking so long and been so rejected, that breaking the mirror is the wrong thing to do, but eh. It's a good chance, and, uh, if you're in a panic, it does sound like a good idea.

> 3223597 inspect hatch cover.
> is it a sealed door or just shutters?
> can we break the hatch cover?
> tho i like the analyse the gas plan.

> 3223598 >>3223581
> That's not how gas analysis works. You can't analyze gas in a liquid/solid analyzer because it's hard to keep it from flowing out of the container.

3223599 Ruby rears back, then smashes at the barrier before her, and the mirror shatters with an echoing cacaphony of breaking glass!

> 3223601 >>3223597
> Pry the door open with hook?

> 3223602 >>3223582
> He may be talking about the gas, but with a wrong post linked

> 3223607 >>3223523
> >But we don't know if it's hostile.
> Well, it didn't attempt to communicate at all. But it hid, unlike the freaky bear... thing.
> What does Ruby have in her inventory? A hook, coins, electrical gloves, can opener, string? And the cure, supposedly.
> We can't use the pneumatic thing with a string and hook to fish anymore I gather, but that was a longshot anyway.
> Shout for Tom to press the hatch button on the console in is original room, see if it does anything? I'm not too hot on the skull/water buttons though...
> Aaah, the mirror is smashed. Well, here we go...

> 3223609 >>3223599
> zawa zawa zawa

> 3223615 >>3223599
> YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

> 3223616 >>3223598
> is worth a shot.

> 3223617 >>3223607
> >Well, it didn't attempt to communicate at all. But it hid, unlike the freaky bear... thing.
> Exactly. If it hid, it could mean it's scared. Which would mean it's not a monster/zombie.
> Of course, it could just be hiding in order to ambush us or something. Or just concluded that since we were on the other side of the glass we were not a viable target.

> 3223624 noooooooooo
> work becons me.
> >.> i will be back

> 3223627 Can Tom hear her if she yells? If so, he could go back upstairs if he's strong enough and check the room with the large computer setup and see if the ship returned power to it. Maybe he can do something from there (like find a way to use that access card) to free Ruby.

> 3223628 >>3223607
> You think it hid? I think it was another test subject who saw ruby and tried to call for help, but was mauleb by a zombie crawling after him and his hand is (was) the only thing left. He might have also be a scientist or something, well let's just say that I think he was killed by a zombie and his had randomly fell into that drawer thingie.

> 3223643 >>3223627
> I like this idea.

> 3223658 >>3223599
> ...if there turns out to be only a solid wall behind it, I will shit bri/x/.

> 3223662 Gloves and hook might have been a great idea on that chip =(

> 3223664 >>3223627
> >>3223643
> I'm fairly sure that Tom is too weak and incapacitated, seeing how he's, you know, dying.

> 3223690 >>3223662
> Ruby was wearing gloves when she tried to remove the chip. The field... shocked her? I'm not sure. It hurt too much, though, and she abandoned the effort.

3223692 Continued:
>>3223688

> 3223696 I like the fact that, because we pissed off tom, we've now killed him.
> I wonder if he resents that the strange bunnygirl who poisoned him and released a zombie is running around free after using him to pull a lever

> 3223850 >>3223627
> Are you kidding me? He's suffering from Arsenic poisoning.

> 3225734 Anyone have thread 5 archived? It went down already.

## Thread 8

3223688 Ruby has broken the mirror.

> 3223693 Greet the unhappy critter staring you down.

> 3223697 Oh God.

> 3223698 With no time for black geometry Ruby lept across the abyss.

> 3223700 >>3223688
> Tentative wave.

> 3223701 I like the fact that, because we pissed off tom, we've now killed him with fish
> I wonder if he resents that the strange bunnygirl who poisoned him and released a zombie is running around free after using him to pull a lever

> 3223704 "Hello there! Would you mind shutting off that gas? =3"

> 3223707 To hell with introductions, ask if it knows how to stop the gas.

> 3223708 Yell at him to help, and get the hook ready incase we need it!

> 3223713 >>3223688
> Hello, why the long face :3

> 3223715 That is seven years bad luck Ruby.

> 3223716 FUCK, I MISSED THREAD 5. WHERE IS IT?

> 3223719 Jump through the window using this new found stranger to cushion your fall. Sure it's far from polite but you're in a hurry and have no time for pleasantries.

> 3223723 >>3223716
> ITS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE, IT HASNT DIED YET

3223728 >>3223693

> 3223731 >>3223728
> HOOK, USE THE HOOK OH FUCK USE THE HOOK GODDAMN

> 3223732 >>3223701
> ...oh fuck, I missed that. Let's just hope he doesn't know poison chemistry and assumes it's because of the bear-thing's blood.

> 3223733 >>3223728
> >>3223708
> Hook that fucker

> 3223735 >>3223728
> FUCK ME HOOK IT IN THE TEETH

> 3223736 >>3223719
> Ruby can't fit through it, and even if she could, that would be immensely painful, what with the broken glass and all.
> >>3223728
> OKAY, BREAKING THAT MIRROR WAS DEFINITELY A WRONG MOVE. FUCK THIS SADISTIC BIORESEARCH FACILITY.

> 3223737 >>3223728
> FUCK ANOTHER MONSTER, KILL IT WITH HOOK

> 3223739 >>3223728
> Awww, it wants a kiss :3

> 3223741 >>3223728
> SPLASH PURPLE STUFF ON IT, IT'S AN ORGANIC ACID

> 3223743 >>3223716
> you missed 5 6 and 7, this is 8

> 3223745 >>3223741
> THAT PLAN IS FAR TOO LOGICAL APPLY THE HOOK

> 3223746 TOM NO!

> 3223747 >>3223741
> OH FUCK THE MONSTER'S ACID TOO?! WE ARE FUCKED

> 3223748 >>3223728
> Scream like a little girl.

> 3223749 >>3223728
> If Ruby can't get through the hole, chances are neither can the zombie.
> Retreat, get some more acid, and throw it in the critter's face.

> 3223752 >>3223741
> HOW CAN SHE CARRY IT IF IT DISSOLVES THE GLOVES.
> Goddamn, we're screwed.

> 3223753 >>3223741
> I SECOND THIS OH GOOOOD

> 3223754 >>3223728
> Channel all your energy into picking up the water cooler and ramming it down the monsters throat.

> 3223755 >>3223741
> We've got nothing to splash it with, for now, we HOOK IT; retreating to the acid makes sense once it starts chasing us when we FAIL

> 3223759 RUN TO THE ACID THING, SMASH IT WITH THE HOOK WHEN THE ALIEN THING GETS NEAR!
> LISTEN TO ME AS I USE CAPS

> 3223760 >>3223741
> I second this course of action. We can take our time (barring the poison gas) to get the acid, since it can't fit through the window... right?

> 3223763 THROW CURE IN ITS THROAT

> 3223768 >>3223728
> JESUS CHRIST KILL IT

> 3223769 >>3223752
> Gloves aren't organic.
> If it couldn't curn through the condom, no way it's gonna burn through the gloves.

> 3223771 >>3223743
> Oh, god damn it all. Please tell me they were saved somewhere that I can reasonably expect to get to.

> 3223774 >>3223769
> >curn
> burn*

> 3223775 GUYS, remember we broke the mirror so the gas could have an outlet.
> Now, if Ruby just uses her skirt or something to cover her mouth/nose, the gas will hopefully exit out the mirror and voila! Monster thing probably dies.
> By the way, what animal is this? Looks like a dog

3223776

> 3223781 >>3223771
> they're all still live.

> 3223782 I HOPE WE SAVED BEFORE WE ENTERED THE ROOM

> 3223783 >>3223776
> okay, not a dog.

> 3223786 >>3223776
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK
> HHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

> 3223787 >>3223776
> DRR... DRR... DRR...
> ACID ACID THROW ACID AT THE MOTHERFUCKER DO IT NOW QUICK BEFORE IT EATS YOUR FUCKING FACE GO GO BUNNY

> 3223788 >>3223776
> JUMP BACK BEFORE THE THING ATTACKS

> 3223790 >>3223776
> Is it... did it just... shrivel?

> 3223793 >>3223776
> Now it looks like a plant. Is this not Tom?

> 3223794 >>3223776
> Weaver: What's happening in that pic?

> 3223801 >>3223776
> FFFFFFUUUUCCCKKK
> It looks pretty thin, hopefully not enough to crawl through the window.
> Besides, anyone else thinks it looks like a fish skeleton? SILENT HILL: THE ANTROMORPHIC VERSION

> 3223803 Take off skirt and use it to cover mouth as gas fills both rooms.

> 3223806 >>3223793
> No, that's not Tom. That was never Tom. lrn2Tom

> 3223812 Lay on ground, let gas leave

> 3223814 requesting confirmation of what that last picture represents before suggesting new action.

> 3223816 >>3223776
> Hold on a minute. We've been in this room with poison gas for, what, a minute or two now? And we haven't gotten ill yet? Yet this thing withers and shrivels up in just a few seconds? Maybe the poison gas was designed to specifically target only the zombie-like monsters in the facility, making the poison gas actually safe for us to breathe.

> 3223818 >>3223814
> I think the meaning is pretty clear.

> 3223819 >>3223816
> I DON'T THINK IT'S DYING

> 3223823 Take off any clothing, piss on it, use it as a gas mask?
> God damn it works for mustard gas, who knows if it'll work here, depending of course IF THE ZOMBIE CAN GET HER OR NOT OH FUCK

> 3223829 >>3223776
> WTF IS THAT THING?!

> 3223833 >>3223771
> If you hurry, they might still be here on tg.
> Anyway, throw the purple stuff at the crazy thing is what I vote Ruby does.

> 3223836 RUBY IS FUCKED, GAS ON ONE SIDE; FUCKING ZOMBIE ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE SUPPOSED TO DO?

3223837

> 3223838 >>3223816
> I don't think it's dead. The last zombie was reduced to just it's head and a spine/tail-kinda thing as well before it started attacking. Looks like it might be the same thing here.

> 3223839 >>3223816
> IT'S CHANGING. IT'S SLOWLY COMING THIS WAY...

> 3223840 we've not see the body of the creature, we don't know that it's withered. We need the next picture, or an explanation from the GM

> 3223842 >>3223823
> I think Ruby knows what you're trying to do thar.

> 3223843 >>3223837
> KILL IT WITH THE HOOK!

> 3223844 >>3223771
> suptg has 5 and 6.

> 3223845 >>3223837
> HOOK AND PURPLE LIQUID, ASAP

> 3223846 BAD END

> 3223847 That is it! I have HAD it with these mothafuckin' monsters in this mothafuckin' lab!

> 3223848 1. Go to water cooler.
> 2. Turn glove inside out.
> 3. Fill it up with acid.
> 4. ??????
> 5. Survive!

> 3223849 >>3223837
> FUCK THE FUCKING GAS DIDN'T EVEN COME DOWN AT ALL! FUCKING OVER-REACTING FUCKERS!

> 3223855 >>3223837
> OH SHIT AND IT'S BLOCKING THE WAY TO THE ACID OH SHIT OH FUCK BAD END BAD END
> HOOK THE FUCKER, RUBY! HOOK THE FUCKER RIGHT IN THE EYES!

> 3223856 >>3223837
> ohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohshitohsh
> itohshitohshitohshitohshit

> 3223860 Try to push it up into the gas!

> 3223861 Tom is next to the buttons. Lets scream for him to press one =3

> 3223862 >>3223836
> TOO LATE, GAS ON ONE SIDE, ZOMBIE ON THE SAME SIDE.
> ONE ON ONE FAGGOT, THROW HIM INTO THE PURPLE LIQUID DISPENSER

> 3223865 Push it into the acid jug? Hopefully, with enough force, it will shatter and sizzle?

> 3223867 I'd hug it. It looks sad, and hugs always cheer me up.

> 3223871 Use the hook to push it back into the electrical shield.

> 3223872 >>3223819
> >>3223838
> I see. Well, then I stand by my statement:
> >OKAY, BREAKING THAT MIRROR WAS DEFINITELY A WRONG MOVE. FUCK THIS SADISTIC BIORESEARCH FACILITY.
> The pic in >>3223837 seems to indicate the proverbial Game Over, unless Ruby happens to be an unparalleled master at hook fighting against serpentine aberrations.

> 3223873 >>3223816
> That is a very, very dangerous line of thought. By my evaluation, the whole facility's purpose is to torture it's inhabitants. Vague possibility of some "zombie cure research with us being still-healthy test subjects" exists, but for that, the place is laid out very oddly. Concerning the gas, I believe there's a correct answer to the problem within the room and our inventory. Perhaps hooking the small pipes seemingly possibly leading to the vent could have helped.

> 3223880 >>3223861
> THE HATCH CLOSED, MOST LIKELY THE HATCH IN THE OTHER ROOM CLOSED AS WELL. CHANCES ARE IF SHE SCREAMED, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT WHAT HE SAID, IF HE'S EVEN CONSCIOUS.

> 3223881 >>3223872
> How hard is it to swing a hook at something's head really really hard?

> 3223882 Got no other choice, it seems.
> Only thing left is to try and ue the hook and hope for the best.

> 3223884 HOOK, CAN OPENER, FUCKING KILL THAT THING

> 3223889 >>3223871
> Try matador-dodging it. Perhaps if we were lucky enough, it'd ram the hatch enough to break it. Otherwise the circuit board could be it. Acid would be a good option too, if we just weren't on the wrong side of the thing.

> 3223892 What do we have in our inventories?

> 3223893 >>3223881
> Yes. Concerning hook has no sharp edges. Only point.

> 3223898 Why did we resort to breaking the window when there is a pipe above our head and buttons unpressed and we could have covered our mouth and we could have used the hook and gloves to get the chip out of the circuit?

> 3223901 Could try to push it into the green forcefield thing. It has no gloves, so it should get fried.

> 3223905 >How hard is it to swing a hook at something's head really really hard?
> >Yes.
> Wut.

> 3223908 The first zombie died (?) when it's head was destroyed.
> Hook the thing through the head, and hope that kills it. If it doesn't, try to smash it into the acid-dispenser.

3223910

> 3223911 Lets lie and the floor and not move =D

> 3223912 >>3223837
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!
> OH GOD!

> 3223915 >>3223898
> Because we were scared, and rather desperate. We need better ideas now.

> 3223917 >>3223889
> >Try matador-dodging it.
> That might work, we could use the button diagram we're carrying instead of a red cape.

> 3223918 >>3223908
> The head wasn't destroyed, it was detached from it's body. That's why they're freaking out that the head is gone.

> 3223920 Hey guys. Ruby hasn't hooked it yet. That means ruby doesn't think it's viable. We need another option.

> 3223922 >>3223873
> The prisoners escaping might be an experiment. How do animals fare in a zombie-infested environment, how can they interact between species, what's their logic, instincts or brains, etc.

> 3223924 >>3223901
> Ooh, I change my statement to this. Smashing it into the forcefield is probably better than smashing it into the acid... letting the acid splash around might not be the safest thing.

> 3223929 What was inventory?!

> 3223933 Ruby is a rabbit, she should be good at jumping and evading. Matador the thing into the forcefield!

> 3223939 Breaking the mirror makes sense. Ruby has been stuck in this torture chamber for a while now, she obviously panicked as lights started to flash and gas started pouring into the room. She had to make a split second decision and she decided to try and break the mirror.

> 3223942 Pour purple liquid on hydralisk zombie thing.

> 3223944 Shank it with mirror pieces

> 3223946 In
> Ven
> Tor
> Y

> 3223952 >>3223924
> You have to consider that trying to bull rush it in any way will have a high chance of failure due to it lashing out with its sharp maw.

> 3223957 IT'S ACTION GIRL TIME
> USE THAT ADRENALINE STRENGTH TO KICK IT INTO THE GREEN FIELD

> 3223960 We can't beat it in a fight. We have to get past that and think up a way to get out of this room and fast.

> 3223961 >>3223920
> Maybe Weaver is drawing a sequence, let's say like a cinematic in vidya, something's gonna happen in the next pic or 2 I think.

> 3223962 Ruby could try making a dive for it and turning on the pneumatic tube. It might have just enough suction to pull part of the monsters body against the jagged glass.

> 3223966 >>3223952
> Yeah, so i think doding him and making him crash into the thing might be a better idea.

> 3223968 >>3223957
> FUCK YEAR EXALTED!

> 3223972 Things are not looking good here for us.
> I'm hoping for a Tom ex machina with his MANLY PHYSIQUE KILLS THE MONSTER WITH HIS LAST OUNCE OF STRENGTH, RUBY GIVES HIM THE CURE

> 3223975 Make peace with God.

3223977 >HOOK

> 3223980 BASH IT WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT YOUR FEET.

> 3223981 You realise he's just drawing the GAME OVER sequence.

> 3223982 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

> 3223983 >>3223977
> OH SHI-

> 3223985 >>3223977
> ROCK

> 3223987 >>3223977
> MORTAL KOMBAT!!

> 3223990 >>3223980
> Protip: Thats not a fire extinguisher

> 3223992 >>3223977
> KILL IT!

> 3223993 >>3223961
> Or it could be a timing-dependant event, as in that the window of opportunity to take an action isn't there yet.
> On an other note, heavy brick-shitting going on. For extra creepy, winamp rolled on to Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King" which fits the atmosphere like a button.

> 3223998 I'm scared to look! Did we win?!

> 3224000 124 posts and the plot has hardly moved.

> 3224009 >>3224000
> I'm pretty sure it's moved as far as it's gunna.

> 3224012 >>3224000
> whine more, it'll get the ball rolling again.

> 3224013 RESTART FROM LAST SAVE POINT?
> Y / N

3224016

> 3224024 >>3224016
> RUBY-CHAN ;_;

> 3224031 >>3224016
> HOLY SHIT, ARE WE WINNING?

> 3224032 >>3224000
> >124 posts and the plot has hardly moved.
> He's been running this for almost NINE HOURS now, and it's an action-heavy sequence he has to draw on the fly. Give him a fucking break.

> 3224033 >>3224016
> Well shit. It turns out that Ruby really IS an unparalleled master at hook fighting against serpentine aberrations.

> 3224034 >>3224016
> Oh shit, go Ruby, go!

> 3224035 >>3224016
> FATALITY!
> FUCK YEAH!

> 3224037 This is so intense my F5 is breaking

> 3224038 >>3224016
> ...
> ... ...
> ... ... ...
> Whether she winds up dead or alive, she'll still count as one badass bunny.

> 3224039 Ruby: 1, Abomination Against God And All That Is Holy: 0

> 3224040 >>3224016
> That's a crit if i've seen one!

> 3224047 PRAISE KHORNE! IT'LL GIVE YOU A BOOST IN STRENGTH!

> 3224049 Nice of Weaver to throw us a bone when we fucked up.

> 3224050 F-FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE

> 3224053 >>3224039
> >Ruby: 2
> >Abominations Against God And All That Is Holy: 0

> 3224065 >>3224053
> The first one was Tom's well-timed button-pressing action, though.

> 3224072 >>3224049
> Or was it just as planned? We might never know.

> 3224073 Use acid.

> 3224077 >>3224053
> Remember this is a separate abomination to the one Tom killed.

> 3224079 Okay, Ruby and Tom 2, Unholy abominations 0.

> 3224080 Wish weaver drew quicker =<

3224088

> 3224098 >>3224079
> That's better.

> 3224100 If Tom dies because you drew too slowly, I will never forgive you!

> 3224103 >>3224088
> Not the face!

> 3224105 >>3224088
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I TOLD YOU TO DODGE LIKE A MATADOR!

> 3224106 >>3224088
> SWIRLEYS!

> 3224107 >>3224088
> Oh fuck, motherfucker did not just stick us did he?

> 3224108 >>3224088
> Tch, that's our first injury so far. Poor Ruby, now she gets a scar for all her trouble. Or possibly a lack of life if the claw digs deeper.

> 3224109 >>3224088
> Oh my god!
> The Virus!
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

> 3224110 INFECTED!

> 3224113 >>3224109
> Oh dear. Poor Ruby, her torment never ends. ;___;

> 3224114 >>3224088
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

3224118

> 3224124 >>3224114
> On the plus side, it looks like Ruby's bodyslamming the bastard into the acid dispenser. Or that's how I perceived the thing in the bottom-right corner.

> 3224127 Goddamn. If I weren't busy with something else I'd draw Ruby battling that.

> 3224128 >>3224118
> "NO CURE" MY ASS, FUCK YOU ZOMBIE

> 3224129 >>3224118
> HOLY FUCK TAKE HIM OUT.

> 3224130 >>3224118
> BOOM! HEADSHOT!

> 3224134 >>3224118
> RUBY!!!!

> 3224136 >>3224118
> Oh yes, you pissed off the bunny. Haven't you watched Monty Python? You don't want to piss off the bunny.

> 3224137 WHY IS THIS SO EXCITING, WHY
> FUCK YOU ALL IF RUBY DIES

> 3224143 /r/ link to previous thread!
> I missed it...

> 3224144 >>3224127
> Busy with something else? bullshit, get to the important stuff, RUBY

> 3224146 >>3224118
> Fingers crossed she knocks him back into the energy shield.

> 3224147 >>3224118
> RUBY CONFIRMED FOR GAR (wait, that doesn't work)

> 3224150 >>3224144
> There is something I have to finish before Christmas Eve.

3224154

> 3224158 >>3224150
> something which can't be done in two days time, compared to a quick bunnu piccu?

> 3224164 >>3224154
> GO RUBY YOU SURPRISINGLY STRONG BUNNY GIRL GO!!!

> 3224165 >>3224154
> NINJAKICK

> 3224166 >>3224154
> DON'T LOOK SO TOUGH NOW; ZOMBIE FAGGOT?

> 3224171 >>3224158
> The Ruby cover took me 3 hours. If I finish the project today, you people will get something under the tree

> 3224172 >>3224154
> the hell is happening here?

> 3224178 >>3224154
> MOTHERFUCKING SPARTA KICK. NOW.

> 3224179 >>3224154
> KICK HIM IN THE FACE, RUBY! YOU CAN DO EET!

> 3224180 >>3224172
> the creature has ignited it's previous life's interest in soldering.

> 3224182 THIS
> IS
> RUBY QUEST!

3224185

> 3224187 >>3224180
> Soldering in hell!

> 3224194 >>3224185
> FRY YOU FUCKER, FRY

> 3224199 >>3224185
> Kinda overkill, but that ZOMBIE FAGGOT DESERVED IT.

> 3224200 Now she can go cry about the fact she IS going to die now =3

> 3224202 >>3224185
> FUCK YEAH SEE YOU IN HELL

> 3224203 >>3224185
> YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

> 3224204 >>3224199
> not overkill, necessary to disable the smoke/locked door.

> 3224205 >>3224185
> OH SHIT.
> We're going to get fried too, aren't we?

> 3224210 >>3224185
> ... I say. That was unconventional for adventure games, or puzzle games in general. I can't remember an occasion when just plainly "kill it dead" was an extremely effective solution to a complex problem.

> 3224215 >>3224185
> EAT IT BITCH! FUCK YEAR!

> 3224218 >>3224185
> Job well done Ruby. Now strike your victory pose!

> 3224220 >>3224210
> that's the beauty of real-time game design :D

3224222

> 3224224 >>3224210
> It had to happen eventually.

> 3224226 Shit, now how are we going to cure the infection?

> 3224241 >>3224185
> Fuck. YA!
> Ruby takes 2 points of Slashing Damage! 13/15Hp left!
> SMMMMMAAAASSSSHHHHHH!!!
> Plant Zombie takes 10 points of Piercing Damage from critical hit!
> Ruby uses Throw!
> Plant Zombie takes 10 points of Acid Damage!
> Plant Zombie takes 30 points of Electricity Damage!
> Plant Zombie has ??/?? HP left!

> 3224243 >>3224226
> How are we certain these zombies work that way?

> 3224246 >>3224226
> The acid wasn't a cure to anything, it was plainly a puzzle component.

> 3224247 >>3224210
> I wouldn't call it "extremely effective". Ruby's received a (possibly grievous) wound for her troubles. We've also lost the acid dispenser and potentially blacked out the station again. We'll have to find another route to Tom before he dies.
> I'd say we survived, but only by the good graces of Weaver. There was likely a much safer way to kill/usurp the creature that didn't result in as much collateral damage.

> 3224252 >>3224222
> Can Ruby examime what's in the far back in that mirror room? Are those buttons?

> 3224258 >>3224222
> Plant Zombie was defeated!
> Ruby lives... for now.

3224260

3224265 ...the alarm seems to have stopped.

> 3224266 >>3224246
> The meaning was that we would probably have to find a way to cure the infection (if the zombies work that way), but it'd probably involve taking samples from the zombie's body. Since we fried it, we'll have to use the blood from the hook if it comes down to making a cure.

> 3224271 Plant Zombie apparently just got flash-vaped.
> That can't be healthy.

> 3224276 yeah, what the hell just happened to that thing?

> 3224277 >>3224260
> OH FUCK WHAT

> 3224279 Did we lose an eye?

> 3224284 >>3224265
> Adrenaline effects wear off.
> Ruby is tired.
> Ruby takes 1 points of Bashing Damage. 12/15 HP left!
> Ruby has hurt her left arm.

> 3224285 >>3224265
> Get a good look out the window and see if you can fit through

> 3224293 [x] Attempt to open the grate. Just to check.

> 3224296 RUN TO TOM
> CHECK ON TOM
> PLEASE

> 3224297 >>3224288
> RUN LIKE HELL

> 3224298 >>3224288
> Get out quickly and give Tom his cure.

> 3224302 >>3224288
> Hurry, let's get out of there.

> 3224303 >>3224288
> 1 vote for "Cure Tom"!

> 3224309 1. What's our current status ?
> 2. get the arsenic antidote to tom.
> 3. is it possible to go through the mirror-hole without being cut by shit ?
> 4. check the various rooms for changes, maybe console is fixed ?

3224310 >>3224307
Continued (last time for the night, I promise)

> 3224317 GRATE CLOSED. WE CAN'T GET TO TOM.

> 3224342 >>3224310
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.
> Thank you.

> 3224914 I NEED A LINK TO PREVIOUS THREAD, GODDAMN

## Thread 9

3224307 The hatch door is open again.

> 3224314 Rush to Tom. STAT

> 3224318 cool picture, why is it not in the other thread you made?

> 3224319 >>3224307
> 1. What's our current status ?
> 2. get the arsenic antidote to tom.
> 3. is it possible to go through the mirror-hole without being cut by shit ?
> 4. check the various rooms for changes, maybe console is fixed ?

> 3224320 Now to rescue poor Tom from the clutches of the poison.

> 3224323 RUN TO TOM
> NOW
> JUST GO TO HIM
> HE NEEDS YOU

> 3224326 We can't get to Tom. And last thread autosaged.
> STATUS ON OUR WOUNDS.

> 3224329 GOTO: Tom

3224333

> 3224337 >>3224326
> we can, the hatch opened after the alarm switched off due to throwing zombie into circuitboard.

> 3224339 >>3224318
> Because they filled up with about 300+ posts.

> 3224341 >>3224333
> Are you gaining weight Ruby?

> 3224343 >>3224333
> WHAT?

> 3224344 >>3224319
> 1. 12/15 HP (I'm making that up.), Possible infection, arm hurt from bashing open pipe (Possibly)
> 2. I vote for that
> 3. No, Entrance too small
> 4. in due time

> 3224346 Also, don't forget, open wounds, zombie blood, BAD.

> 3224347 >>3224333
> Let's hope the next scene doesn't end in tears...

> 3224351 >>3224344
> I thought we took damage to our eye too.

> 3224357 >>3224346
> Depends if it's an infection or a parasite

3224371 Ruby feels like she is about to black out.

> 3224373 Muster strength. Get cure to Tom. THEN pass out.

> 3224375 >>3224371
> Ohgodnodon'tletthathappenbeforeshereachestom.

> 3224376 >>3224371
> NOOOO RUN TO TOM! SLIDE THROUGH HOLE! SLIIIIIIIIDE OR YELL FOR TOM!

> 3224377 this is going to end in tears.

> 3224379 >>3224371
> Sith on couch, call Tom.

> 3224381 >>3224371
> Option 1: CRAWL!
> Option 2: Call for Tom!

> 3224382 CURE TO TOM
> YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO PASS OUT LATER

> 3224384 >>3224377
> I think it's going to end in cliffhanger.

> 3224394 Let's take Option 3: Crawl and call for Tom.

> 3224395 GET THE CURE TO TOM, RUBY
> GET THE CURE TO TOM

3224401 The world is closing in around Ruby.

> 3224403 >>3224371
> Open wound, passing out in a room full of contaminated blood, already possibly infected with some sort of poison which knocks the victim out as one of its effects. This isn't going to end well.

> 3224404 >>3224395
> THIS
> TOM NEEDS YOU

> 3224412 God I hope this isn't a game over.

> 3224413 1. Spend Action Point to remain conscious
> 2. Spring/Slide through open door
> 3. ?????
> 4. Profit!

> 3224414 WHY IS THIS SO AWESOME!?!
> I'm siting her going "NNNNHOHOHOOOO! Please make it!"
> Weaver, you are the King of /tg/ now.

> 3224416 Roll cure through hole and yell to Tom that's what he needs?

> 3224417 ... does Ruby need the cure for herself?

> 3224420 ALIEN RUBY FTW

> 3224421 >>3224401
> NNNNOOOOOOOO
> Use your last strength to crawl to Tom and give him the cure.

> 3224423 >>3224401
> Holy shit, Ruby's in shock. She just committed an act of extreme violence without proper mental preparation and was injured whilst she was at it. She might be out of it for a while, but she should be fine.
> Unless she passes out in the blood, in which case she might get some kind of horrible blood-borne disease, like ZOMBIEISM

> 3224424 >>3224401
> Propably not for Ruby, but Tom is a goner if she doesn't make it to him.

> 3224426 OH GOD FUCK, WHAT?!
> OHGODOHGOD!
> Also, Tom is only sick because you fuckers fed him one of the fish. I just want you to know that.
> CALL FOR TOM! SHOUT FOR HIM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LITTLE BUNNY LUNGS!

> 3224428 >>3224417
> Ruby isn't poisoned, just wounded by the monster.

> 3224431 Please tell me someone archived all of these!

> 3224433 Ruby, use the cure on yourself! NOW!

> 3224434 HOLDING THE SEAT OF MY PANTS

> 3224436 >>3224426
> We only fed him the fish to get him to like us again, because some jackass decided to insult him!

> 3224438 >>3224428
> We don't know that. Zombie wounds are generally pretty serious business (also, given that Weaver devoted a whole picture to the moment it was received, I think it's safe to assume it's significant).

> 3224442 Weaver's turning this into an art form. He's seriously playing us like a fiddle. This is a truly climatic scene right here, whether it ends well or not. I know I'm frozen to the chair.

> 3224444 >>3224428
> We don't know anything about the monster. Chances are, even if it doesn't spread whatever disease makes people into those things by contact, it still could still give her some kind of infection from having a gash on her forehead.

> 3224454 RUBY, NOOOO!!!

3224457

> 3224462 >>3224433
> read the earlier threads, this isn't a "zombification cure", it's an antidote for arsenic poisoning, the thing that Tom has due to gobbling up a poisoned fishy.

> 3224463 >>3224457
> Tom? TOM? TOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> CALLING MAJOR TOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> 3224464 >>3224457
> OH GOD WHAT, HOW, WHY ?
> WHERE'S TOM ?

> 3224465 >>3224457
> This is going poorly.

> 3224467 >>3224457
> So... Much... Blood...
> Poor Tom.

> 3224470 >>3224457
> The bear thingy... that... that... that... TRIPLE NIGGER!

> 3224473 >>3224457
> Wait, what?
> Where the hell is Tom? Call out to Tom! We've got to find him! If we don't find him, he'll die, and if we don't find him, Ruby will pass out and likely die without someone to watch over her!
> If Tom can't be found... maybe the best solution is to get up to the upper room and crawl inside the box she started in? It may not be the best solution, but she'll be safe there if she passes out.

> 3224474 >>3224457
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> 3224475 >>3224457
> WHAT?!

> 3224476 >>3224457
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKK
> KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3224482

> 3224486 >>3224457
> TOM JUST FUCKING EXPLODED.
> FUCK. FUCK THIS SHIT.
> JUST CRASH ALREADY. WE'LL FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT WHEN WE WAKE UP. IT'S A BIT TOO MUCH TO HANDLE AWAKE.

3224488

3224490 Everything goes
black

> 3224491 >>3224473
> OH FUCK, how did I just realize that there's a GIANT Tom sized splash of blood on the wall?
> OHSHITOHSHIT
> GET TO THE COFFIN AND HIDE! DO IT!

> 3224493 >>3224482
> NNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!! RUBY, WAKE UP! RUBY!!!!

> 3224497 >>3224457
> TOM IS GONE NOW, JUST LIKE THE BEAR ZOMBIE HEAD. That wasn't just arsenic poisoning. SOON, WE WILL BE GONE AS WELL ;_;

> 3224500 >>3224473
> I don't think she'll make it without passing out mid-ladder. :(
> Maybe she can press the cage button and be secure there? Or as secure as possible.

> 3224509 >>3224488
> >>3224490
> Oh God... Why do you do this, Weaver?
> ;_;

> 3224510 >>3224457
> Tom can't be dead, I don't habeeb it!
> Then Ruby will be all alone ;_;

> 3224511 BAD END!
> Fuck you, I feel sad now. ;_;

> 3224513 /tg/ fails at adventure games

> 3224515 >>3224497
> She tried so hard. ;__;

> 3224516 >>3224500
> Neeeeeeeeeevermind

> 3224518 FFUUUUCK RUBY YOU'RE JUST SEEING THINGS, TOM CAN'T BE DEAD. ;_;

> 3224522 Ruby....
> ;_;

> 3224524 >>3224488
> She had the vial ;~;

> 3224528 Faggots.

> 3224531 Tom being dead FUCKING SUCKS

> 3224532 >>3224490
> Once again, you surprised me.
> Bravo.

> 3224533 >>3224511
> >>3224510
> >>3224509
> Someone said Weaver is the king of /tg/ when these threads are on. And you know the only things crueler than kings are gods. <.<

> 3224539 >>3224490
> GAME OVER?

> 3224540 >>3224488
> lol at the circle of THIS

> 3224547 Well, shit got epic.
> And I should have been in bed 5 hours ago. I need to get up for work in an hour.
> I might take a personal day. A close, personal friend died. His name was Tom. ;_;

> 3224550 >>3224533
> And I don't mean to put him down with that, this is a display of an excellent sense of drama.

> 3224553 >>3224488
> Was Ruby supposed to take the cure?
> But that doesn't make sense... it was cure for arsenic poisoning, not for zombie-inflicted headwounds.

> 3224554 >>3224515
> And got so faaar
> but in the end, it doesn't even maaatter
> Also inb4 Ruby is seeing things, I want to believe ;_;

3224555 Thanks for bearing with me, folks. It's been a fun TEN STRAIGHT HOURS I've been doing this (+2 hours prep beforehand for room design/drawing).
I'm sure you've already noticed I'm not particularly artistic, nor a particularly quick-draw. Today's portion of the adventure was fun, I learned some things about my limits (e.g. avoid action scenes like the monster fight, that took up a whole goddamn thread, even though most of it was the 40+ responses per image), and we made some progress.
I've been trying to give people more freedom with their actions since a lot of people were accusing me of railroading early on, so I hope that was a bit more fun as well.
Don't worry, Ruby's story isn't over yet. There's still more to come, soon enough.
Thanks for your support, /tg/.

> 3224559 The last thing she told him was that she was going to cure him... in a pirate voice. ;_;

> 3224561 >>3224490
> *Eyes start to water.*
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
> UUUUUUUCCCCCKKK!
> *Twin waterfalls of sorrow*
> VERY NOOOOOOO~!

> 3224563 >>3224555
> We should thank you, Weaver.

> 3224564 >>3224555
> Tomorrow?
> Tomorrow, right?
> Please?
> ;_;

> 3224565 >>3224555
> can you give us an idea of when you are back? I am GMT +0 timezone so I was up till 6am waiting one night ;3

> 3224566 >>3224555
> An amazing show so far, Weaver. These threads are certainly the greatest highlights of /tg/ nowadays. One thing I must ask: how do we, /tg/, fare compared to /r9k/ for these threads?

> 3224567 >>3224555
> Once this is over you should do a series of "WHAT IFS" that explore alternate options.

> 3224568 Is there an archive of this?

> 3224573 >>3224555
> TELL ME TOM'S ALIVE YOU BASTARD

> 3224575 If you all you drawhores out there don't get to work cranking out fanart and 34 of Ruby I will be SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED

> 3224576 >>3224555
> Thanks for the thread. You're artistic enough, and most certainly dramatic. You're good for /tg/.

> 3224579 >>3224555
> You, sir, are a god among men.

> 3224585 Sombody put this in a format with only the storyline panels and text without everyone elses posts.

> 3224586 >>3224565
> It's now 6PM at GMT, right?
> He said he's been at it for 10 hours.
> So, he started around 8AM.

> 3224597 >>3224575
> Please don't shit up these threads with your furry desires.

> 3224604 >>3224585
> Everyone else's posts are half the fun, even though I barely got to be involved with them.
> It's like we're all watching a movie, and telling the protagonist what to do.
> /tg/ even refers to Ruby's actions as what 'we' need to do.

> 3224608 >>3224597
> Shut the hell up already, we know you're the same fucking guy.

> 3224610 You know, we got destroyed by the mods on /jp/ for doing something like this.

> 3224611 I'm so glad I checked in on /tg/ today guys ;_;
> I'll be sure to check every day for more Ruby ;_;

> 3224614 >>3224586
> I actually meant 8; the first time he appeared around 6 then posted things from 9.
> But it was staurday night I stayed about for it; which didn't happen of course; it's nice to have an idea of when it will occur as I only joined this one once she was trapped; and then nothing really happened from then on =(

> 3224616 >>3224555
> I'll probably do a piece of art or two. I really like these threads.
> You should make something in AGS one day.

> 3224621 >>3224608
> Same fucking guy as what?

> 3224626 >>3224604
> This is exactly what I don't want to see, hence why I want just the trimmed down version. I don't want the peanut gallery.

> 3224640 >>3224602
> Too bad they never got a while for themselves.
> Poor critters

> 3224642 >>3224626
> Then edit it down yourself.

> 3224643 >>3224625
> Holy shit, rule 34 already?
> This MUST be win.

> 3224644 /tg/ - furry porn

> 3224648

> 3224649 >>3224644
> This is why Ruby threads are done early in the morn

> 3224654 Two angels afload from the heavenly sky, in an instant they're gone, in a blink of an eye, if you listen close you'll hear, cherubs cry
> Ooooh, look away.
> My head is heavy, their bodies bruised, our spirits shattered when we heard the news, well the chorus is singing it's final tune
> Ooooooh, look away.
> *Harmonica solo*

> 3224655 >>3224602
> >>3224625
> Looking kinda Renamon there RUby

> 3224658 >>3224625
> >>3224602
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3224659 >>3224555
> Damn your need to keep us in suspense. I want moar.
> Also, anytime you continue a thread it would be helpful to link the old one in the first post. I always come in at the middle and have to dig through the pages to find what I've missed.

> 3224660 >>3224648
> I'll just trim it down to this one picture so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of our more whiny constituents.
> That's a knee-jerk reaction if I ever saw one.

> 3224662 Awesome thread has been hijacked by furries.
> Commence purge routine.

> 3224668 >>3224662
> >Commence purge routine.
> lol anonymous is legion xD
> down with furfags

> 3224669 >>3224662
> We got through 1400 posts without anyone starting this shit

> 3224671 >>3224568
> But yeah, so, has someone been saving all these pages/images for a mediafire download?
> Or, better yet, has someone compiled all the images/text into a convenient comic-ish format?

> 3224672 >>3224662
> SPOILER: EVERY OTHER THREAD SINCE THE FUCKING START HAS HAD DEMANDS FOR RUBY/TOM RULE 34 AND NO ONE BITCHED ABOUT FURRIES THEN. YOU'RE BEING AN UNFORGIVABLE FAGGOT ABOUT IT

> 3224673 >>3224648
> For fucks sake, no one cares about Tom.
> It is Ruby we care about, so why bring him into the pic as well?

> 3224674 Two angels are plucked from the heavenly sky
> In an instant they're gone
> In the blink of an eye
> If you listen close you'll here cherubs cry
> Ohhh..look away
> My head is heavy
> Their bodies bruised
> Our spirits shattered when we heard the news
> The chorus is singin its final tune
> Ooooh...look away
> We ran to the mountains
> We shouted on high
> We pled to the gods and an answer replied
> What was once is now lost yet could never die
> Ooooh...look away
> Look away
> Whoa oh oh look away
> Look awayeyay

> 3224677 >>3224644
> >>3224662
> Easy solution: Instead of a rabbit, say that Ruby is simply a rabbit-like monster.
> Then just call her a monstergirl.
> Then the sagefags would welcome her with open arms.

> 3224680 >>3224648
> what lever is that supposed to be?

> 3224682 >>3224673
> It's cute.

> 3224683 >>3224660
> Knee-jerk reaction it may be, but you're a faggot nonetheless. We may not have mods to enforce it, but contrary what you underage retards seem to think /tg/ is not for furry porn.

> 3224687 >>3224671
> Why?
> She didn't survive, anyway.

> 3224688 >>3224677
> Sure, because /tg/ is just /d/-lite, amirite?
> I really hate that /tg/ is filled with horny teenagers who can't enjoy something unless sexualised.

> 3224699 [facepalm]
> Well, at least everyone waits until the thread ends to do this shit.

> 3224701 REPOSTAN

> 3224702 Amateur drawfag, here. Pleez to be accepting my meager skills with the Photoshops.
> Ahh, who am I kidding. It sucks. But goddamn if this wasn't an inspiring thread for dramatic endings.

> 3224706 >>3224701

> 3224708 Oh, sagefags, your constant inability to recognize the fact that you're the problem never fails to amuse me.

> 3224709 >>3224687
> Because I want to find out why the rooms are filled with blood.

> 3224713 >>3224683
> >>3224688
> GUYS STOP I MEAN IT GUYS JEEZ YOU'RE ALL FAGGOTS EVERYONE HERE IS PATHETIC BUT NOT ME
> STIRRING UP SHIT AFTER A GOOD THREAD IS HOW I MAKE THE BOARD BETTER
> FUCK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR NOT PLAYING BY MY RULES
> WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME

> 3224716 >>3224683
> again. retards shooting holes in their own ship.
> B> i killed the rat
> S> you blew a hole in our ship
> B> i got the rat though
> S> now we are sinking and we are all going to die
> B> i still got the rat.
> S> dumbass
> well now i know how to kill a thread without even trying.

> 3224724 >>3224687
> >She didn't survive, anyway.
> RUBY IS NOT DEAD.
> AND MAYBE TOM ISN'T EITHER.
> BUT RUBY IS DEFINITELY ALIVE

> 3224731 RUBY: ALIVE, HOPEFULLY NOT INFECTED.
> TOM: PROBABLY DEAD. BUT MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED.
> ZOMBIES ("MONSTERS"?) 1 AND 2: DEAD

> 3224740 >>3224682
> RUBY is cute.
> The other one I barely gave a fuck about one way or the other.
> Only thing he was ever good for was making things SLIGHTLY easier for us in this, before we somehow fucked up.

> 3224748 I don't see why we give two shits about tom, all he was good for was moving stuff for us.

> 3224751 >>3224731
> Actually, this is a good point.
> What ARE those things? Were they human once? Or are they merely taking human form?
> And don't nitpick me you know what I mean when I say human.
> "Zombies" doesn't really seem an accurate term anymore.
> Monsters? Radioactive mutants? Genetic aberrations? Aliens, even? Demons? What?
> What are they? Where did they come from? Why are they trying to kill everything?

> 3224752 >>3224701
> Tom is a cat?

> 3224753 Well there was that whole hesavedRuby'slife thing.

> 3224754 >>3224752
> Yes, this was established in the 2nd thread.

> 3224758 Did anyone else note how the last abomination against God sort of looked like a Bellsprout?

> 3224761 >>3224724
> Then mind explaining what the hell hapened?
> Things went black, didn't it?

> 3224762 >>3224753
> Ruby could have climbed the ladder and told the console to close the bars.

> 3224763 >>3224740
> >RUBY is cute.
> Her skirt's up. If there's no one there to look up it, what's the point?

> 3224765 >>3224731
> There's this nagging little thing about monster 1 - Arsenic poisoning doesn't make people explode, and monster 1's corpse disappeared a while before the monster 2 episode. So while we're unconscious here, there's the possibility of the other bastard floating around freely.

> 3224767 >>3224748
> >I don't see why we give two shits about tom
> Because he's a human being (cat, you know what I mean). Because Ruby isn't a heartless monster like you, she's actually right there with him.
> And because he saved her goddamn LIFE.

> 3224772 >>3224731
> Not sure about #1. We saw that 2 dissolved upon death, but that was more or less immediate. Seems more likely to me that the head wandered off to try and regrow its spine/tail.

> 3224773 >>3224765
> >Arsenic poisoning doesn't make people explode
> I believe it's pretty obvious Tom didn't just succumb to arsenic poisoning.

> 3224783 >>3224767
> Bull, she could have saved herself with the console upstairs. It's not heartless to focus on saving yourself, what the fuck has she acheived by trying to save his life? Now they're both dead.

> 3224785 >>3224775
> Here's an actual map prior to tonight's threads, so just the first 3 rooms.

> 3224788 >>3224775
> That's only the bottom floor. There's a floor above that with at least 3 rooms, 1 of which is behind a locked door.

> 3224797 >>3224783
> >Bull, she could have saved herself with the console upstairs.
> No she couldn't have, that monster was right on her heels. It was practically on top of her. If Tom hadn't been there to shut the shutters, she'd be dead.
> >>3224761
> >Things went black, didn't it?
> She BLACKED OUT.
> AMAZINGLY IT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS WITHOUT DYING.

> 3224798 >>3224767
> He saved her life, so we could continue the game, for a while.
> That was all he was good for, and he did passably well there.
> Don't see why I should care about the guy beyond that, though.

> 3224801 >>3224762
> That thing was DIRECTLY behind her, literally about to bite down as the door shut.

> 3224802 >>3224751
> >>3224765
> Wonder if the bear monster will lay eggs into Ruby while she's unconscious. That'd be evil, and Weaver seems to be in the business of evil things.

> 3224806 What the hell did the pullswitch in the cell do? I mean I know it made the upstairs door lead somewhere else, but I mean, HOW? What the hell did it DO to make that happen?

> 3224810 So NO ONE has been saving these threads?

> 3224811 >>3224785
> Anybody else remember the buttons that were in Ruby's locker? There were a couple of them, but we only pressed two of them. The first turned on the lights, and the second opened up the locker.
> SOMEONE REMEMBER TO PRESS THE OTHER BUTTONS

> 3224812 >>3224802
> It'd also be creepy, and weaver does not seem in the business of being creepy.

> 3224815 >>3224798
> >Don't see why I should care about the guy beyond that, though.
> You don't have to, but Ruby does.

> 3224820 >>3224706
> SHOULD NOT WANT.

> 3224823 >>3224802
> >Wonder if the bear monster will lay eggs into Ruby while she's unconscious
> These monsters seem less the ALIENS "lay eggs" kind and more the Silent Hill "RAPE RAPE RAPE" kind.
> If Ruby gets anything done to her in her sleep, it won't be egg-laying.

> 3224827 >>3224797
> Oh?
> And now what?
> The gas is coming out, she is unconscious and can't be saved. she is fucked, either if she died from having something attack her head or from whatever will happen now.

> 3224828 >>3224702
> >RUUUBYYY.png
> lol

> 3224829 >>3224806
> Propably just drained the hallway. We more or less agreed on the idea that there was no proof of the glass window actually leading into an ocean.

> 3224835 >>3224810
> Several people probably have, plus 4chan's archive system and sup/tg/, now that it's back up. Someone even said they were going to manually submit the threads that died while it was down.
> >>3224812
> And sexual. Same deal.

> 3224836 >>3224827
> Do we have any proof that the gas is dangerous yet?

> 3224846 >>3224827
> >The gas is coming out
> Nope, it stopped venting when the alarm stopped going off. The short stopped it.

> 3224848 >>3224840
> Why don't you have a name?

> 3224851 >>3224810
> SUPTG
> Alright?
> Go there.

> 3224858 >>3224810
> SUPTG
> Alright?
> Go there, there is even a link with previous stuff, if you happened to miss it, which got gathered into a megaupload link, I believe.

> 3224860 >>3224810
> not this time. Hardly worth it though.

> 3224869 >>3224862
> I have a feeling you drew these pictures during this session to cause the shitstorm now

> 3224872 >>3224862
> Reminds me of Fuuka. And that doujin.

> 3224873 >>3224840
> Saved at the speed of light.

> 3224878 >>3224869
> Nothing about this is shitstorm-worthy.

> 3224883 >>3224878
> Agreed. They're cute and teasing.

> 3224887 LEGION does not know difference between furfaggotry and 34
> Cut the shit

> 3224893 >>3224878
> lol wut? Furry stuff always causes trouble.

> 3224894 I can't fap to any of these because now I have an emotional attachment to the characters.
> The fact that it's technically furry notwithstanding, of course.

> 3224904 Now you see it, now you don't.

> 3224906 Really.
> Stop throwing the furry word around. Each time a good thread pops up some retard comes in and starts this retarded discussions.

> 3224908 just post these on paheal
> www.paheal.net
> it's a rule /34/ archive.

> 3224909 >>3224904
> OHGODOHGODOHGOD

> 3224917 >>3224908
> I really hope most of the Anon know this
> Not realizing it's existence is just sad.

> 3224923 GODFUCKINGDAMMIT WEAVER! YOU FUCKER! YOU START RUBY JUST AFTER I GO TO WORK EVERY FUCKING TIME! AND IT ALWAYS ENDS RIGHT BEFORE I GET HOME! WHY? WRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
> *sobs quietly in a corner*

> 3224928 >>3224906
> Nothing about the actual Ruby, as done by Weaver, is furry.
> The sexualized, and much more detailed, versions that came up in this thread is furry.
> amidoinitrite?

> 3224931 Lets discuss speculations /tg/!
> Floating bear head zombie attacked Tom, but thanks to his MANLY PHYSIQUE he managed to kill/repel it, though he got hurt badly.
> With his last ounce of strength he pressed the skull button, which didn't do what we thought it would......

> 3224937 Link to previous threads?
> Archives?
> Something?
> Anything?

> 3224939 not a single image on paheal?!?
> shame on you. i don't want to log in so i'm not posting those. i do have them saved though. hmm....
> going to fchan now to spread the joy.

> 3224950 >>3224939
> I'll upload them

> 3224960 >>3224928
> Go back to hell that spawned you.

> 3224974 >>3224960
> I love you, too, man.

> 3224976 >>3224928
> >amidoinitrite?
> No. Stop caring about furry.
> It doesn't matter if a piece of art is or isn't furry. Drawing a cartoon rabbit like Ruby in a slightly more detailed style should not suddenly make it atrocious.
> The bottom line is that furry porn is not what's bad about furries. There are worse fetishes out there. There are stupider fetishes out there. But none of them try to build a whole LIFESTYLE around their fetish.
> The furry 'subculture' and people who follow the furry 'lifestyle' are the laughable, idiotic aspect of furries. PEOPLE who call themselves furries are what should be recognized as the dregs of humanity.
> I could give two shits about the porn. Whatever floats your boat.

> 3224981 In before Ruby waking up seeing no blood and Tom perfectly fine. She's happy, but then she notices something - the vial with antidote is laying on the floor.... still full. DUM DUM DUM!!!!!!!

> 3224993 I have voted up the Ruby threads.
> Do your patriotic duty, men. Vote for Ruby threads on sup/tg/ today.

> 3225001 ... I wasn't here for the recent updates. Anyone have a link to thread 5?

> 3225060 >>3225001
> /tg/ - a herbivorous bunny girl
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

> 3225066 The first monster was a mass of blood, strips of sinew , rotted bones, and tangled nerves all wound together into a big bloody snake. Its skull split in half down the center to make a giant mouth.
> What the hell was the second one?
> It's EYEBALL opened up into a massive leech-like mouth, it had one huge, gigantic scythe-like arm, one withered, atrophied arm, teeth growing out of its throat, its own spine breaking through its body and poising in the air like a serpent, and its entire body was distended, stretched, and half-melted.
> What the FUCK.

> 3225102 >>3225066
> That reminds me of the Plagas from RE4.

> 3225157 None of you faggots noticed the vent behind the sofa?
> For shame.

> 3225165 >>3225001
> This should be all of them from today.
> >>3221863
> >>3222564
> >>3223168
> >>3223688

> 3225182 >>3225157
> You mean this one?>>3224401
> Thats where she came out of

> 3225231 i was just reading the archive on sup/tg/. i literaly got up and walked away from the computer from mindfuck syndrome after i read "it's just a mirror".
> jesus fucking christ. i'll never be the same.

> 3225370 >>3225001
> SUPTG
> For fucks sake, IT IS IN SUPTG!

> 3225412 ...are 8 and 9 not up on suptg yet?
> Should they be?

> 3225482 >>3225412
> I was wondering the same. I just finished Episode 7 and I'm like what... ;_;

> 3225537 Read them all before the first thread 404ed.
> Amazing!

> 3225581 This appears to be some sort of medical facility. However, if this were all caused by a disease, there'd be common elements. Instead, out of 4 subjects we've seen...
> - Two are (apparently) normal, but have amnesia? (Ruby and Tom)
> - One "died" and came back to life as a living gore monster.
> - One was "alive" but somehow withered itself into a stretchy monster.
> So my guess is that these are all subjects of different experiments, or variations on the same experiment. Thus, the mutations are induced rather than infections. Perhaps some sort of supersoldier or improved-race program? In any case, chances that Ruby is going to die from infection are low. She probably passed out from a) psychological trauma, b) Adrenaline crash and c) Traces of whatever gas that was.
> Hmm... It's sort of hard to tell, but I think Ruby's the only female subject we've seen so far.

> 3225639 Alright, I managed to get all but the first of today's Ruby before they 404ed.
> You can get full sized pics of the quest with my saves.. but the first one of tonight is going to be mini pics. The rest are saved FULL SIZE.

> 3225714 >>3225581
> >subjects of different experiments
> Are you saying that it's possible that Ruby is also a subject of some radical new experiment, and might soon be capable of smelling purple, tasting sound, and hearing the passage of time?

> 3225838 http://rapidshare.com/files/175884331/RUBY_5_to_9.zip.html

> 3226415 http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3224307/

## Thread 10

3251532 Ruby wakes up.

> 3251541 How ironic, I'm not getting to sleep tonight.

> 3251542 yESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

> 3251544 oh shi

> 3251546 Where are we? Is it a soft surface? Do we still have all our limbs and organs?

> 3251558 Get out of bed. Look around.

> 3251559 [X] Inventory.

3251560 >>3251546
>Where are we? Is it a soft surface? Do we still have all our limbs and organs?
Ruby appears to be in a bed.
She feels mostly unhurt, but disoriented. She appears to be in one piece.

> 3251562 RUBY! YESSSSSSSSS!
> Look around!

> 3251567 Try to find some sorta light source, on our person or otherwise

> 3251568 Get out of bed and look out the window/pull the curtain.

> 3251569 Oh fuck no, not a Dallas.

> 3251570 >>3251560
> Is that.. a curtain?

> 3251578 Try to think back BEFORE we woke up in the coffin - do we have amnesia?

3251581 >>3251559
>Inventory
Ruby is wearing pajamas.
She is not carrying any items.

> 3251583 Open the curtain.

> 3251585 Look aruond and see if Tom is in the room.

> 3251590 Cute pajamas. :D

> 3251592 Look out window.

> 3251593 >>3251581
> [X] Inspect pajamas

> 3251596 Survey our surroundings.

> 3251597 Out of Bed, Sleepyhead!

> 3251598 This must be a new room. We've never seen curtains before. Much less blue ones.

> 3251604 >>3251581
> Ruby fully takes in her surroundings.

> 3251607 IT WAS ALL A DREAMMMMMMMMMMM

> 3251610 COULD IT HAVE ALL BEEN A DREAM?

3251611 >>3251583
>Open the curtain.
The curtain is already open.
>>3251592
>Look out window.
Morning sunlight streams in through the window. It's too bright to see much with her eyes adjusted to the darkness.
>>3251578
>Try to think back BEFORE we woke up in the coffin
Ruby can't remember a coffin.
Ruby knows something:
This is her bedroom.

> 3251616 Open Drawer

> 3251621 >>3251611
> >Ruby knows something:
> This is her bedroom.
> wat

> 3251624 >>3251611
> FOOTIE PAJAMAS!

> 3251625 Turn on Lamp, Search Drawer

> 3251626 >>3251611
> Open the cabinet in the nightstand?

> 3251627 Pinch self.

> 3251631 >>3251625
> This.

> 3251632 >>3251611
> Does Ruby know someone named "Tom"?

> 3251634 >>3251611
> >Ruby can't remember a coffin.
> Okay, that thing we woke up in at the beginning - or is that what she's forgetting?
> >This is her bedroom.
> Explore her house?

> 3251636 It could have been a dream. Trapped in nightmare land.
> OR THIS COULD BE THE HAPPY DELUSION WE HAVE SUNK IN TO BECAUSE WE ARE NOW INSANE.

> 3251637 I can't stop smiling. I honestly don't think I've ever been this excited about anything on 4chan. Weaver, you rock.

> 3251638 >>3251625
> This. It seems a little dark, or our vision just hasn't cleared yet.

3251643 [I'd just like to make one request: these are much easier to manage when threads are kept to only what's needed, so to avoid having to make 8+ threads per adventure, try to keep comments relevant. If you have something to speculate, post it along with your suggestion of action, or otherwise try to keep from overposting. 30 posts per action is a bit much, especially when not many options are available.
Basically, all I'm asking is that everyone tries to avoid flooding these threads unnecessarily.]
>>3251616
>Open Drawer
There's a COPPER KEY inside.
Ruby pockets the COPPER KEY.

> 3251644 >>3251624
> >>3251611
> My drawfaggotry gears are already turning...

> 3251654 Take a deep breath, and try and focus.
> Draw the curtains partway to make it easier to get used to the light.

> 3251657 Take the key.

> 3251658 >>3251643
> Explore the rest of our room - look for a way out.

> 3251663 >>3251653
> This. Try and see who the other person in the room is.

> 3251665 Oh my, it looks like my sleep just got delayed.
> >>3251643
> Open the window, stick out head, see what's outside. If window won't open, just look out the window.

> 3251670 >>3251643
> Look under bed

> 3251671 prepare for the day, get clothed, brush teeth etc. etc

> 3251673 Oh fuck you Weaver, I was just about to go to bed.

3251682 [All I'm saying is that with so many replies it can be a bit difficult to keep up, let alone keep things orderly.
Just try to avoid useless comments that consist only of reactions (e.g. OH SHIT, or WAT.), or things like just seconding a suggestion that's already been made (e.g. "This.")
In the long run, it'll make things easier on me. I'm not asking you to shut up, just don't post for the sake of posting and try to keep the thread trimmed as best you can. Thanks!]
>>3251653
>Is Ruby able to see someone else, and if so, does she recognize them?
TOM is here.

> 3251684 This could be a flashback.
> Try to get a better look at the person in the room. His/her back seems to be toward us.

> 3251685 >>3251682
> HES A ZOMBIE
> Back away slowly.

> 3251687 >>3251682
> Yay! But why does he look hunched over?
> Say hello or otherwise try to initiate communication.

> 3251688 >>3251682
> TOM!
> Say hi!

> 3251689 >>3251682
> Take a step back (because he might show his face only to reveal some face-eating monstrosity) and call his name.

> 3251691 >>3251682
> Tom looks a bit... off. Try speaking to him, but don't get too close...

> 3251693 Try to talk to Tom.

> 3251696 >>3251682
> Confirm that it it Tom- Ask him if he's feeling alright but keep a wary distance

> 3251698 >>3251690
> Shit, forgot to post what I was originally going to.
> Cautiously call out Tom's name.

> 3251699 If he was willing to harm us, he would have done so while we slept.
> Talk to him, ask him about "last night"

> 3251700 Grab the lamp and prepare to bludgeon. Just in case.

> 3251702 >>3251698
> >>3251694
> But does she even remember his name?

> 3251704 >>3251702
> Ruby called him Tom, so I would think so.
> And yeah, say Hi to Tom and ask if he's feeling ok.

> 3251706 search for traps?

> 3251709 >>3251688
> >>3251687
> >>3251689
> >>3251691
> >>3251693
> >>3251694
> >>3251696
> All say the same action.
> >>3251690
> >>3251685
> >>3251684
> Are exactly the type of reaction posts Weaver JUST asked us not to make. READ PEOPLE - I LIKE RUBY TOO, so please don't make it need 10 threads tonight.

> 3251710 >>3251698
> >Shit, forgot to post what I was originally going to.
> It's all right, all you ended up posting anyway was something that's already been said by a dozen other people.
> In b4 200 replies, 8 image replies.
> SERIOUSLY STOP FUCKING REPEATING YOURSELVES
> "TALK TO TOM", WE GET IT. NOW SHUT UP AND WAIT FOR THE STORY TO CONTINUE GODDAMMIT

3251713 >>3251687
>Say hello or otherwise try to initiate communication.
Ruby says hi to Tom. She wonders why Tom is in her bedroom.
Tom does not respond.

> 3251715 >>3251713
> Try to get around him and look at his face.

> 3251716 >>3251713
> check his face

> 3251720 >>3251713
> Ohgod...
> Tap Tom on the shoulder and get ready to run.

> 3251725 >>3251713
> -carefully- tap Tom on the shoulder. Expecting a zombie.

> 3251726 >>3251713
> Open the door before she attempts any further communication with Tom.
> >>3251709
> We're trying to avoid it, but look at the timestamps - we're posting at the same time. When I posted my response, no one had suggested it yet. There's bound to be SOME overlap with so many people playing.

3251728 >>3251716
>check his face
Ruby gently turns Tom around to look at his face.

> 3251732 >>3251713
> Ask him how they got out of the complex?

> 3251734 >>3251709
> cry more faggot.
> >>3251713
> Tap him on the shoulder or walk around him slowly to get a look at him. Be cautious; get ready to go for the door.

> 3251737 >>3251726
> May I draw everyone's attention to the delete button. Delete button, bottom corner of the page? Click the box next to your post, if you made it it goes away? May I draw everyone's attention to the delete button.

> 3251743 Be wary. Grab the lamp and pull on Tom's shoulder to reveal his face if possible.

3251744

> 3251746 >>3251744
> USE LAMP ON TOM'S HEAD

> 3251747

> 3251748 >>3251744
> drop tom, run out the door.

> 3251749 >>3251744
> A dummy? Test for texture.

> 3251751 >>3251744
> ROLL FOR INITIATIVE

> 3251759 Confirm it's a doll and not the real Tom.

> 3251761 >>3251744
> A life-sized Tom doll? You should sell those!
> Put Tom doll down, go look through window now that eyes are adjusted to the light.

> 3251762 >>3251744
> Oh. Shit. Back away from Tom and get to the door.
> >>3251737
> May I draw your attention to shut the fuck up. This'll get boring quick if we have to spend half our time deleting our posts.

> 3251766 Inspect Tom/Doll

> 3251767 >>3251744
> Leave the room, wondering why you thought your doll was alive.

> 3251771 >>3251744
> Drop him and look under the bead for a suitable weapon before approaching.
> His mouth is sewed shut so uh... keep an eye on him

> 3251772 >>3251744
> Back away slowly. Have lamp ready to bludgeon Tom if needed. Attempt to communicate and await response.

3251773

> 3251781 >>3251773
> That's better. Check door.

> 3251783 >>3251773
> Guess it was a delusion.
> Calm self. Then attempt to recollect her memories. Also inspect inventory.

> 3251784 OH SHI-
> NEVERMIND.
> Look at the other room.

> 3251785 >>3251773
> .........
> Check inventory.

> 3251786 >>3251773
> ...Well now, that was something.
> Lets check our inventory again.

> 3251788 >>3251773
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
> MIND=BLOWN
> Does this mean she snapped out of it? If so, inspect the circle thing on the wall.

> 3251790 >>3251773
> Wait.. we are inside the zombie room isn't it? Broken tube outside...

> 3251791 >>3251773
> Use our big bunny ears to LISTEN to the box labeled "DO NOT OPEN". Without, of course, opening it.

> 3251793 open the 'do not open' crate

> 3251794 >>3251790
> Correct sah.
> I'd like to change my vote, check inventory is a good idea.

> 3251795 >>3251773
> Shit, we're on the other side of the room with the metal drawer and the pneumatic tube. Check the inventory, and then check the metal drawer that used to contain the hand.

3251796 That isn't Tom and this isn't Ruby's room.
>>3251781
>Check door.
The odd door is set into the wall, flush with its edges. It is also locked.
>>3251783
>Also inspect inventory.
Some of Ruby's items are missing.
She is also holding a COPPER KEY.

> 3251797 Derp.

> 3251800 >>3251773
> [shit weaver thats just mean]
> inspect room 2nd monster was in figure out if climbing back thu broken window is safe method of leaving to return to tom's lastknown location

> 3251805 >>3251796
> Inspect metal drawer. Also attempt to listen for any noises from the box with "DO NOT OPEN"

> 3251806 >>3251796
> Is that a broken window behind her?
> Look through the window.

> 3251808 Check sink.
> Check wastebin thingy next to the dummy.
> Check door if key will open it.
> check faded circle marking on the wall.

> 3251809 >>3251796
> Is that rope around the doll's neck?
> Take the rope or whatever it is as long as its not attached.

> 3251810 >>3251796
> So we're in the monster-room.
> Anyways, fiddle with the knobs on the faucet.

> 3251813 Inspect that slot beside the door.

> 3251814 >>3251796
> Break away the sink pipe to make a pipe club before leaving through the window.

> 3251815 RUBY!

> 3251818 >>3251806
> Beyond the window is where we fought the vine monster, according to every detail about it.

> 3251819 check to see if she is still hurt

> 3251822 >>3251637
> Me too. I'm beaming with excitement
> >>3251796
> Do we remember Tom's arsenic poisoning? I trust this is the room with the window, adjacent to the room with the SAMPLE TEST thing and the power grid.
> Inspect room for examinable items. Check Blue Banner. If nothing is of interest, go upstairs to the room with the elaborate computer console.

> 3251827 >123 posts and 14 image replies omitted. Click Reply to view.
> And after Weaver asked so nicely...

> 3251828 lol furfags!

3251829 [I'm REALLY having trouble keeping up at this point. Could you guys try to trim it down the pointless comments just a bit? I wouldn't really ask but it's just harder to manage this.]
>>3251788
>inspect the circle thing on the wall.
There's a strange circular thing on the wall opposite the broken window/mirror, which looks almost like a clock. There are no hands, but there is a circular peg in the center.
There are no numbers, only four odd symbols.
>>3251791
>Use our big bunny ears to LISTEN to the box labeled "DO NOT OPEN".
There's no sound coming from inside that Ruby can make out.
>>3251792
>See if the door is unlocked
The door has a small copper lock.
>>3251800
>figure out if climbing back thu broken window is safe method of leaving
The window is still too small for Ruby to fit through, and even if she could, it's lined with sharp broken plate glass.

> 3251838 >>3251829
> Use copper key on copper lock.

> 3251839 >>3251829
> Are we not hurt? Ruby's head seems to have no marks on it.

> 3251842 >>3251829
> Put the copper key into the copper lock.

> 3251844 >>3251829
> ...That blue banner on the wall.
> WE MUST TAKE IT DOWN. THERE IS SOMETHING BEHIND THAT. I NKOW IT.

> 3251845 >>3251839
> Its a simplistic character; she is likely still injured, but no longer bleeding.

> 3251846 >>3251829
> Pull on banner.

> 3251848 >>3251829
> Inspect the drawer thing next to the scarecrow
> Try to RIP N TEAR scarecrow to see if there are items inside. Sounds strange, but so is a random scarecrow in a room. The whole strange-test hypothesis supports the fact that a useful item may be in such an innocuous location.
> Tap DO NOT OPEN box. Speak to box to ask if anything is inside.

> 3251852 open the 'do not open box' and hope for a CPU with internet, so she can look for the new ruby thread

3251857 >>3251808
>>Check wastebin thingy next to the dummy.
It looks almost like a filing cabinet. There's only one drawer, but it won't open. It seems jammed, rather than locked, since there's no keyhole.
>Check sink.
There's a small depression on the surface, just beside the sink's basin. Otherwise the sink is unremarkable, if a bit bare.
>>3251810
>Anyways, fiddle with the knobs on the faucet.
Ruby turns the knobs, but no water comes out. Maybe it's broken.
>>3251822
>Check Blue Banner.
A large tarpaulin is stretched tightly over the wall above the window.

> 3251858 Inspect black window? and the little diagram next to it (besides the door)

> 3251861 peek under banner

> 3251863 Remove or look behind the blue tarp.

> 3251871 >>3251857
> Something doesn't fit. Ruby "OPENED the DRAWER to obtain the copper key" when she was having the delusion. Can we safely assume the filing cabinet was indeed the drawer and we took the key out?
> THat said, remove the blue banner.

> 3251875 Investigate the symbol and black square next to the door.

> 3251878 >>3251857
> We're keeping the miscellanea down quite a bit compared to the other threads, but your reputation seems to have preceded you.
> Also, open the box.

> 3251880 >>3251871
> Filing cabinet was the Hinge-Drop-Box-Thing you see in the center of the room.

> 3251886 >>3251857
> Try and tilt the filing cabinet on its side and give it a little shake to unjam it.

3251896 [This is getting out of hand. We're going to end up with 50 threads tonight at this rate.
Try refreshing before you post, to make sure the exact same thing hasn't been posted. Try to stay on subject. Maybe don't bother repeating a suggestion already posted 10 times. Delete your post if it's just a repeat. Anything. This flood of responses is too much to deal with and maintain any semblance of pacing, and as a result I have to cram as much action as possible into every panel and sacrifice detail and illustration of these actions just to keep up.
PLEASE trim things down.
Stop flooding the thread or I won't be able to continue.]
>>3251848
>Tap DO NOT OPEN box. Speak to box to ask if anything is inside.
The box does not respond to Ruby's provocation.
>>3251852
>open the 'do not open box'
The crate is closed tightly. Ruby will never be able to open it with her bare hands.
>Try to RIP N TEAR scarecrow
The post dummy is too sturdy to tear apart bare-handed.

> 3251908 >>3251896
> With all due respect, this thread is tame compared to the CYOA on /jp/. There are simply a lot of people who want to do things.
> Also, the posting failures aren't helping.

3251910 >Look under/remove banner.
The blue tarpaulin is firmly nailed to the wall, too tightly to just pull down even if Ruby COULD reach it at a comfortable angle. It's also too tight to peek under.
>>3251858
>Inspect black window? and the little diagram next to it (besides the door)
It's some sort of digital screen, but it's blank.
Immediately underneath it is what appears to be a high-tech palm scanner.

> 3251911 >>3251896
> I suppose use copper key on copper lock. If we can't interact with anything now, then perhaps we can with the help of tools acquired elsewhere.
> Also, Weaver, please don't give up. We love this even if people are spamming.

> 3251918 >>3251910
> Place hand on the palm scanner thing.

> 3251922 Idea: Delete all of the posts you have previously made after Weaver posts a frame.

3251925 >>3251911
>use copper key on copper lock
The door unlocks and the key becomes predictably stuck.
The door can be opened now.

> 3251929 >>3251908
> Also, if you have a backlog of posts to process, and don't want people posting until you're done just write something like:
> [PROCESSING POSTS]
> At the end to let us know to cool it down until you're done.

> 3251931 >>3251910
> FUCK! We sent the hand up that chute.
> Try using Ruby's hand on the palm scanner.
> Also, I'd like to try picking up the clock, or rotating it in some manner.

> 3251934 Carefully take a piece of glass from the window (or broken lying around) and slice open and cut the dummy apart. From the pieces see if we can fashion any tools maybe?

> 3251936 >>3251925
> Interact with scanner.
> If no reaction, exit out door, survey surroundings.
> If scanner reacts, continue on with the scanner's display/provocations.

> 3251941 >>3251934
> This should be a valid idea. We shattered the glass into this room, so there should be glass lying around.
> Also, try using the same glass to cut the cords for the banner-thingy.

> 3251942 Checked and it hasn't been done yet.
> Look outside the broken window and see if anything is outside.
> Question: Could Ruby attempt to remove the nails holding the tarp by standing on the "Do Not Open" box and remove the nails with the coins?

> 3251948 uhh, i'm not real sure if this is an ass-hole move or not, if so please forgive, but i know a chatroom you can use, there is NEVER anyone there because it isn't on any websites, you don't have to sign in, or get an account or anything, the only problem is, that you, weaver, would have to put your pics on imagedump, then post the link, but there is no limits, and no mod either, so... http://wootspamhouse.chatango.com/ again, if this is an ass-hole thing to say, just ignore me and my retardedness...

3251957 >>3251922
>Idea: Delete all of the posts you have previously made after Weaver posts a frame.
[You don't need to go THAT far, it's just that everyone reading seems to want to post the next action, even when it's something obvious like "go through door" that everyone else is bound to post, so we get 20 at the same time saying the same thing.
I guess it's just that everyone thinks if they don't say it, no one will. That's fine for obscure actions or clever uses, but for things like "use key on lock", it's been said like 20+ times already.]
>>3251931
>Try using Ruby's hand on the palm scanner.
Ruby's palm doesn't work. The machine beeps once with a very incorrect-sounding beep, and a tiny red light blinks a few times.
>>3251934
>Carefully take a piece of glass from the window (or broken lying around) and slice open and cut the dummy apart.
Ouch!
The glass is too dangerously sharp to use as a tool, and the dummy's exterior is thick and padded. Ruby's skin gives way before the dummy's and she accidentally cuts her palm with the glass.

> 3251976 >>3251957
> Pray to the gods for assistance?

> 3251982 >>3251957
> is that a hangmans noose around the dummy's neck or how its being held to the stand? also is the stand bolted to the ground or not? if it isnt how havy is it? can we lift it as an impropt waggling stick to knock the tarp down?

> 3251984 >>3251957
> Inspect the blood trail leading from the hatch - does it seem to be going in any particular direction or suggest what action caused it?

> 3251989 >>3251957
> Weaver:
> Is it within Ruby's current means to take down the tarp? It seems we've tried several ideas, but for the sake of preventing "stand on your head, hold a coin between ruby's toes and scrape off the nails" posts, let us know if we can do it or not.
> Similarly, is it within Ruby's current capacity to open the box?
> If no to these questions, have Ruby exit the room. We can always come back with the assistance of tools at a later time. Finding Tom should also be a matter of principle, and most likely we'd have to leave the room for that.

3251992 >>3251948
[RUBY DISCUSSION:
I've actually already made a room to discuss Ruby, but I guess no one saw it.
Fire up an IRC client and hop onto irc.rizon.net , then /join #RubyQuest .
It should be easy enough. You can keep a running discussion of the game there, plus speculate, react, and whatever else, while keeping the actions (and relevant, reasonably-sized discussion of them as suggested) in this thread.
Should provide a better medium for discussion while simultaneously freeing up this thread for space.]
>>3251942
>attempt to remove the nails holding the tarp by standing on the "Do Not Open" box and remove the nails with the coins
The nails aren't in all the way, so they can't be pried with the coins, but despite her strongest efforts, they still refuse to be pulled out of the wall with Ruby's bare hands.

> 3251993 Open the tray/drawer that had the hand in it.

> 3251994 >>3251957
> In frustration, after cutting her palm, Ruby should start screaming at the scarecrow, crying and balling her fists and pounding it on its "chest" over and over again to allow her a chance to work out her stress and remain calm and collected for the rest of the session.

> 3252006 Just move on to the next room. GO THROUGH DOOR.
> We'll have to back track.

3252011 >>3251982
>is that a hangmans noose around the dummy's neck
It appears to be. Ruby fusses with it but can't get it untied.
>also is the stand bolted to the ground?
Yes.
>>3251986
>Will the key work on the door?
Ruby ALREADY unlocked the door with the key.
>>3251993
>Open the tray/drawer that had the hand in it.
It's bloody, but empty.

> 3252014 >>3251992
> What is on the other wall where that trail of blood leads to?
> Or more simply: where does that trail of blood (center of room) lead.

> 3252017 >>3251992
> Also: general discussion thread available at >>3251840.

3252036 >>3252012
>look outside the broken window please
It's the maintenance room that Ruby was trapped in, fought something in, and was nearly poisoned with a flood of gas in. It looks the same as before.
>>3252006
>GO THROUGH DOOR
Ruby opens the door...

3252067 ...this place looks familiar.
The door seems to have been set into the wall in such a way as to appear hidden when closed.

> 3252074 >>3252067
> Go up ladder

> 3252076 >>3252067
> Keep the door open by moving the barrel to wedge.

> 3252078 >>3252067
> Go back up the latter.
> Visiting that room we found upstairs earlier might be good now. Also just to check what is different with all the rooms. Might as well start at the top and go down.

3252079 >>3252071
>Go upstairs
Ruby is back in the room with the lockers.

> 3252082 >>3252079
> Search all containers. Search under them.
> If there are no items.
> Wait a second, the under-sea glass window is back again! The hell...
> Lack of blood trails mean Tom probably wasn't here.

> 3252086 Call for Tom.

> 3252087 enjoy this crudely-drawn map

> 3252088 >>3252079
> I forgot what we did to get the secret room entrance open. But that's what we need to do.

> 3252090 >>3252079
> Look at the terminal to see if there's any information on it. Also - was there a button in the locker that we didn't push?

> 3252092 >>3252079
> Crap.
> That sea wall thing is back down. We gotta go back down to the buttons and get it back up.
> Anyone remember how we did that?

> 3252096 >>3252067
> Hey! The anti-poisoning vial is gone! Tom might've consumed it!

> 3252098 FUCKING MYSQIURLELBDF M

> 3252106 >>3252096
> Least of our worries if he is zombified.
> >>3252092
> Remember we click the button down to see the inside.
> Inspect the buttons again?

> 3252107 >>3252098
> HOHOOHOOOH?! NOW YOU LET ME POST, YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!?! WHAT ABBOUT THE 9000000000000000000000000000000000 PREVIOUS TRIES, NOT GOOD ENOUGH! FUCK YOU MYSQURGISFGVDAS, WHAT THE FUCK EVER!
> I'm over, whatever.
> FUCK YOU!

> 3252108 >>3252079
> Inspect the buttons on the locker Ruby was originally trapped in.

> 3252109 >>3252088
> >>3252092
> We pulled a lever thing, but it retracted into the ceiling (and we needed Tom's help anyway)

> 3252112 Okay, since we can't go anywhere here, go back down to the room that originally had the bear zombie thing in it.

> 3252113 >>3252079
> Hold it, were the numbers behind the glass originally 17 or has it changed?

> 3252117 >>3252087
> Very crude, friendo.

> 3252118 Head down into the chamber where we last saw Tom. Search around the place where he was, see if we can find what could've happened to him (like, markings on the ground / in the blood that could show he'd been dragged somewhere, footprints, etc).

3252121 >>3252090
>Look at the terminal to see if there's any information on it
Nothing new has appeared on the console.
>>3252108
>Inspect the buttons on the locker Ruby was originally trapped in.
The buttons are all unlit and gray now. Pressing them yields no result.
However, there's a familiar-looking vial inside the locker labeled "Succimer".
Ruby pockets the ARSENIC ANTIDOTE.

> 3252127 >>3252098
> Go back down the ladder and through the Z-Hatch.

> 3252128 Cause the fish great pain by banging on the glass.
> That will teach them a lesson. How dare they be fish.

> 3252132 >>3252121
> Check other locker then go back down the ladder.

> 3252143 Go back to the HOOKZOMBIE room and drop some blood from your cut into the analyzer. Can't be too sure.

3252148 >>3252132
>>3252137
>Check other locker
Ruby finds her BALL OF STRING, and pockets it.

> 3252154 >>3252140
> Technically, /b/ is everything. Just... everything with all the fun sucked out of it.
> The board you're looking for is /v/ and this is technically a cross; it's based on video games that were sort of "choose-your-own-adventures" only, since someone is manually doing the pictures and writing out the instructions to each command, this is like a statless puzzle-solving roleplaying game with Anon as the players and Weaver as the GM.

> 3252162 Call for Tom. Use those girly vocal cords!

> 3252167 >>3252148
> That is the most we can do..
> Back down the ladder!
> Also, should we inspect Z HATCH first or try to pull on the ceiling lever?

3252171 Ruby returns to the lower room, and notices that the lever on the ceiling has descended again.

> 3252180 Go back to the room with the tom-mannequin, and inspect it closely. For instance, to see if someone skinned tom and turned him into a mannequin.

> 3252184 >>3252171
> I'll leave this up to popular vote.
> Do we go into Z HATCH first to inspect that? We might need something in there. Or do we pull the lever again and go back upstairs to the secret room?

> 3252185 >>3252179
> >Hey, what's that thing on the back-right hand side of the room?
> Try reading the first 9 threads before asking about objects we've already thoroughly interacted with.

> 3252187 >>3252171
> See if Ruby can make a crude lasso out of the string and throw it around the leaver.

> 3252193 >>3252171
> >>3252184
> I say inspect the Z-Hatch first. The other rooms had new items, so its possible it will too.

> 3252194 >>3252187
> Do what he say. Use the key and string to make a lasso.

> 3252199 >>3252171
> Find a tampon.

> 3252205 >>3252185
> I had. I had forgotten about the hole, though, and it honestly looked like a sign to me. Sorry about that.

3252207 >>3252194
>Use the key and string to make a lasso.
Ruby doesn't have the key, it got stuck in the lock.
It showed up in her inventory because SOMEONE was too careless to delete it from the display after it got used up.
She certainly can't reach it like this, even standing on the heavy barrel.

> 3252211 >>3252193
> >>3252193
> Yeah..
> Z HATCH IS GO.

> 3252213 To the z-hatch room. Upon arrival, barring something important (moving) inspect the tube.

> 3252218 Can she jump? If not, let's check the z-hatch room.

> 3252219 First, use the barrel to blockade the left secret door (that we used to enter here) in case it wants to close upon us.

> 3252220 >>3252207
> Go through the Z hatch and see whats new on the other side then. Nothing could be done now.

> 3252224 >>3252219
> barrel is to heavy for ruby to move

> 3252227 >>3252207
> Wrap string around coin, throw coin-string through level, pull
> Worth a shot, I guess.

> 3252230 Can we check the blood for anything before we go through the Z hatch, possibly something's covered in the blood.

3252233 >>3252231
New thread

## Thread 11

3252231 Ruby enters the back room through the Z-Hatch.

> 3252235 Say hello!

> 3252236 haha, oh wow. Guess whoever said the inspiration for the game was the poem is right.

> 3252238 Say hallo.

> 3252240 >>3252231
> rape him

3252241 >>3252235
>Say hello!
Ruby cautiously says hello and introduces herself.
The man greets Ruby and introduces himself as "Red".

> 3252244 Ask how they were brought here.
> Ask if they saw any one looking like Tom.
> (Cool, my first post on a Ruby thread. ;D)

> 3252246 >>3252241
> Ask him where we are.

> 3252247 lol furfags!

> 3252250 >>3252241
> ask him if knows where tom is.

> 3252251 - Examine the man.
> - Ask him how he got here, and if he's seen anyone else (like Tom).

> 3252252 Greet "it", but keep some safety distance

> 3252255 "Nice to meet you red. Have you seen a comrade of mine, a cat named Tom, he's frightfully sick and I need to give him this"

> 3252260 God dam things took a turn for the worse from when i last saw this.

> 3252265 >>3252241
> I get it. "Red" as in he likes blood.
> STAB HIM THROUGH THE HEART. HE'S A VAMPIRE.

3252267 Ruby asks Red a number of questions. He responds very calmly and briefly to each one.
He doesn't know how he got here.
He doesn't know how long he's been here.
He doesn't know what this place is.
He hasn't seen anyone by Tom's description.

> 3252270 Ask Red if he remembers ANYTHING before he arrived here.

> 3252273 >>3252267
> Ask to borrow his cane for the lever in the other room.
> Wait for him to deny.

> 3252274 >>3252267
> Is that a cane? Ask Red just how old he is.

> 3252275 Ask Red what he has been doing since he got here.

> 3252276 Ask him what room he came from, and when he woke up to this place.

> 3252277 >>3252267
> What DOES he know?

> 3252278 >>3252267
> Ask if Red is disturbed by this horrendous sight of blood?

> 3252279 >>3252267
> Ask to borrow his conveniently long and hooked cane.

> 3252281 >>3252267
> ask him for help pulling the lever as it may be the answers to each of their questions

> 3252283 >>3252267
> Ask him if he encountered any unholy abominations

> 3252285 Look back and forth, carefully, a little nervous, and a bit put-off by how relaxed Redd seems, then ask him if he'd like to come with Ruby and escape?

> 3252287 "oh, I'm sorry. I'm Ruby, and I don't know how I got here either... Tom's my friend, I'm looking for him."

3252288 >>3252272
>Ask Him if he'd like to escape with her.
Red shakes his head.
Red tells Ruby there's nothing to escape from.
He's not trapped anywhere.

> 3252292 ask him about the cane

> 3252296 >>3252288
> Ask him what he means by that.

> 3252297 Ask him if he'd come help her out with searching the area. There may be levers and such that they'd have to work together to operate!

> 3252300 >>3252288
> Show him the coins and ask to rent his cane in exchange for a small monetary sum.

> 3252302 >>3252296
> Seconding this.
> Feeling bad for posting something useless.

3252304 Red is very uninterested in all of Ruby's questions.
>>3252281
>ask him for help pulling the lever
Ruby asks Red to help pull the lever.
Red smiles and agrees to go with Ruby.

> 3252306 "Do you know how to open this safe on the wall here?"
> "Why are you so calm? You do realise we're ankle-deep in blood, right?"

> 3252307 >>3252297
> That is boring.
> Ask him if he wants to go on an ADVENTURE!

> 3252310 >>3252304
> That "smile" is very unnerving.
> And I still don't know how old this guy is. If he's like grandpa status, I think I'd be more unnerved by him than if he was just a younger guy with a limp.

> 3252312 >>3252304
> Bad feeling. Very bad feeling indeed. Something about this makes me very suspicious of that fox.

> 3252313 >>3252304
> Politely ask him never to smile again, as we are a herbivorous bunny girl and the sight of glistening fangs is slightly perturbing.

> 3252319 >>3252304
> Stare in amazement at what is quite possibly the most disturbing smile of all time, then lead the way to the lever.
> Also inquire as to whether or not he likes all of this blood.

> 3252324 >>3252304
> >Red smiles
> Bunny senses tingling...

3252328 Red obligingly follows Ruby to the other room, and offers to pull the lever himself.
He stands on his toes on the barrel and uses his cane to latch the lever.

> 3252333 >>3252328
> Now the water should be gone. Head back upstairs to check?
> We need to do something about Red though.

> 3252335 >>3252328
> Stare at his ass.

> 3252339 >>3252328
> Ask Red what he meant by not being trapped..

> 3252340 >Red smiles
> oh crud

> 3252342 >>3252328
> Suggest he finds help for his eating disorder

> 3252346 Ask him if he knows of any secret doors.
> Ask him if he remembers anything.
> Ask him if we're annoying him with these constant questions.

> 3252347 >>3252288
> Weaver really is taking his inspiration from that poem.
> "The fox denied he had been caught,"

> 3252348 >>3252328
> Go to the room where Tom was last.
> >>3252335
> This is why we can't have nice things.

> 3252350 Ask him about the hidden cameras.

> 3252351 >>3252347
> Maybe Weaver WROTE the poem, considering there are references to it anywhere on the internet.

3252354 Red smiles, his action successful.
The lever again snaps back into the ceiling and a loud shifting sound comes from upstairs.

> 3252359 >>3252348
> We're IN the room Tom was last. He was back in his cell when he started vomiting blood and we left him here to go get a cure.

> 3252360 >>3252354
> Thank Red for his services and haul ass back upstairs.

> 3252361 >>3252354
> Goddamn I know he was really photogenic in his younger years but he does not need to show those fucking pearly whites every five minutes.

> 3252363 >>3252359
> oh, I thought he was in that room behind where Red was sitting.
> Umm, go there?

> 3252370 >>3252354
> God, Ruby is badass. Stuck in a blood-stained room in nowhereland, her only companion suspected dead and the possibility of yet more evil shapeshifting zombies at any moment, and now she's getting that grin in the face every ten seconds and she doesn't even flinch.
> Note: we are missing the little eye disk thingy. Look around for it?

3252373 >>3252370
>we are missing the little eye disk thingy
Ruby never picked that up.
>>3252346
>ask Red...
Red says he is getting very tired of Ruby's questions.
Red tells Ruby that if she doesn't stop asking questions he might have to bite her throat out.

> 3252376 HIS SMILE IS GETTING BIGGER.
> DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON THE FOX.

> 3252378 >>3252363
> That's the technicians' room thingy with the cure dispenser/analyser machine, the PURPLE DRANK dispenser, the circuit board and the tube. It's where we killed the second thingy. Do we really need to go back there?
> On second thought, yes we do.

> 3252380 >>3252370
> We should ask Red if he's seen the eye disk or another distinctive item we formerly had.

> 3252382 >>3252373
> Grab his cane and whack him senseless with it?

> 3252383 >>3252373
> Apologize and offer him some fish from around here.

> 3252384 >>3252380
> YOU ARE GOING TO GET US KILLED.

> 3252386 >>3252373
> Apologize and suggest the two continue on up to see what the lever had done

> 3252389 >>3252373
> Ask no more questions, thank Red, and go upstairs. Red's demeanor is way way too off kilter for him to be around.

3252393 Red smiles at Ruby's reaction.
He says he is
just kidding.

> 3252402 >>3252373
> Go upstairs, get away from fox

> 3252404 >>3252386
> Actually, might be better if we ask Red to stay where he is, or was, or wherever he feels like staying, and carry on without him. He's...spooky.

> 3252409 >>3252393
> Panic and hit the middle of the 5 buttons to neutralize Red.

> 3252411 >>3252409
> It shocks the person who presses the button, I thought?

> 3252412 >>3252393
> Ask Red is he was really joking. Ask him twice just to be sure.

> 3252413 >>3252409
> middle button is electric shock to user

> 3252415 >>3252373
> >Red tells Ruby that if she doesn't stop asking questions he might have to bite her throat out.
> Oooh, scary, scary. Well, in any case, give him some FISH as a gift of our appreciation.

> 3252416 >>3252354
> ask Red to push button #2 on the wall behind him

> 3252417 >>3252378
> So I did good?
> And ask Red if he can find any useful tools around on the ground. Away from you.

> 3252421 >>3252412
> QUIET YOU.

> 3252424 >>3252415
> >>3252383
> Oh, I see what you did there. Clever rabbit.

3252432 >give him some FISH as a gift of our appreciation.
There are no more fish, Ruby used the last ones to test the sample. All that remains is the painted fish on the back wall of the aquarium tank.
>>3252417
>ask Red
Ruby decides maybe it's best not to ask Red anything more right now.
>>3252389
>thank Red, and go upstairs.
Ruby returns upstairs.

> 3252440 Enter computer room.

3252449 Ruby enters the other room.
The screens have changed. Perhaps restoring power brought this system back online.
The eye-marked disc is on the floor where Ruby knocked it after opening the chest earlier.

> 3252453 >>3252449
> Pick up monocol, examine screens closer.

> 3252456 >>3252449
> Well, grab the disc and see if there's anything noteworthy on any of the screens

> 3252457 >>3252449
> Use the computer to track the path of the mail slot in which we earlier placed the disembodied hand.

> 3252458 >>3252449
> Interact with console

> 3252461 >>3252449
> Take the <s>Satori</s> eye disc and add it to our inventory. Examine the console and try to shake it off from screen saver mode.

> 3252462 >>3252449
> examine cardslot, has the access card that tom put in it returned?

> 3252468 Examine the panel with the five dots, arranged in a similar manner to Tom's five buttons.

> 3252469 check screens, delete folder system32

3252470 >>3252453
>Pick up monocol
There is no "monocol" here!
>examine screens closer.
There's text on the monitors.

> 3252471 DOES NOBODY ELSE NOTICE RED HIDING THERE?

> 3252474 >>3252470
> Press C first, so we can see what's going on with that before proceeding.

> 3252476 >>3252471
> Where?

> 3252480 >>3252474
> I second this motion. Cycle displays first.

> 3252483 >>3252470
> Press C

> 3252484 >>3252470
> check out the swirly sword thing and see if it can be used as a weapon

> 3252489 >>3252484
> That is a odd thing on the wall. its not a weapon. look at the previous threads. also, can someone link the megaupload or rapidshare of all the threads so far?

> 3252491 vote for cycle displays first.
> Also, why have we left Red unattended?

> 3252492 http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3252493 >>3252484
> we've already looked at that.
> after messing with screens look at those five buttons in the lower right. I don't think we checked those out before

> 3252498 >>3252484
> sup/tg/ has all the previous threads - please read them before playing
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3252500 >>3252491
> Because the only person we have to attend to him is Ruby. The entire point of getting away from Red was to be far away from him and his throat ripping "jokes".

> 3252502 >>3252489
> >>3252489
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

> 3252503 >>3252491
> Red might rip poor Ruby's throat out if we annoy him too much.
> Or because hes DAMN crazy.

3252504 Ruby pockets the wooden disc with the eye on it and the triangle on one end.
Several small, difficult to see images appear on the secondary monitors.
Ruby presses Y.
A larger, clearer image appears on the main monitor.

> 3252507 keep cycling.

> 3252511 Press C and cycle through the screens. Try to locate Tom and Red

> 3252512 >>3252504
> [C]ycle/Spy on Red/Look for Tom

> 3252513 >>3252504
> Press C again..?

> 3252518 >>3252504
> Ruby was right, there WERE hidden cameras! Fiddle around with the console to see if it can switch to the cameras of other rooms. If possible, go to the one of Tom's room. I suspect that the panel on the bottom right should be able to activate the button in Tom's room from this safe control room.

> 3252520 >>3252504
> Can we cycle again? See what Red is up to, see if there are any unexplored rooms that are shown on the display, see if we can spot Tom?

> 3252521 >>3252504
> Go back to first room. Using this picture as reference, locate hidden camera. Tell anonymous "I TOLD YOU SO."

3252522 Ruby presses "C". A new image comes up.

> 3252527 Ruby's got to be starving. We need to see if we can locate some food for her with those monitors.

> 3252529 >>3252522
> Keep pressing C.

> 3252530 >>3252504
> Keep on cycling until we see Tom's room or Red.

3252537 Tom.

> 3252546 >>3252537
> Holy shit, it's Tom. Rush down to his current location, assuming that camera is in the sampler room.

> 3252548 >>3252537
> Is that the same vacuum tube we shot that hand up?
> Ask the console to identify that location?

> 3252552 >>3252537
> He's in the room to our right, and he has the hand (and is still poisoned)! I think we had better get to him and get that hand. Could we shout up the vacuum tube?

> 3252554 >>3252537
> Examine the bottom of the door, is it rusted?

> 3252558 WAIT. Lets keep cycling through ALL available cameras so we can get as much info as possible.

> 3252559 >>3252537
> >>3252546
> Its the OTHER end of the vacuum tube. We have no idea where that is.

> 3252560 Go back to science experiments room, where we fought off inevitable hooky death, and try to send the antidote up the tube. That we broke.
> Test with a coin first, see if it sends.

> 3252562 >>3252546
> I don't think it is. The vacuum tube is in a different location.
> >>3252552
> How did you figure that out? That room could be anywhere.

> 3252564 >>3252537
> Keep cycling.

> 3252565 >>3252537
> OH GOD, TOM.

> 3252566 Continue cycling? Or is that all the rooms we can see?

> 3252569 >>3252560
> The tube is broken. We smashed it open and it doesn't work now.
> Nice job breaking it, hero.

> 3252574 >>3252562
> The tube went into the ceiling, so it's clearly present in the room above (if there is one). This tube is that one because the hand is inside. While it's possible that it follows a more complex path from there to Tom, I'm assuming that the "fill in the cube" level design is continuing.

> 3252576 Go to pneumatic tube room (where we fought the monster).
> We're gonna need to make some fast repairs. I hope the hook is still there.

3252580 The system doesn't seem to show any more cameras.

> 3252586 Can we get Red to help us in removing the Tarp? Tom might indeed be just up on the second floor.
> Though the blood around the window kinda makes me wary...

> 3252592 >>3252576
> You really can't repair that.

3252593 Ruby heads to the maintenance room.
Red isn't in the cell room anymore.

> 3252595 >>3252593
> Oh oh.
> Turn all our bunny senses up to 11, close the Z-hatch and then very cautiously proceed into the room where we woke up.

> 3252599 SHE KEEPS FINDING ZOMBIES AND ABOMINATIONS AGAINST NATURE, WHY DOESN'T SHE HAVE A DAMN WEAPON?
> GET A BROKEN PIECE OF GLASS

> 3252600 >>3252569
> Yes, but we can tell by the break that Tom is now in that same room.
> Run down and give him the cure, avoiding Red if possible.

> 3252602 >>3252592
> Considering the suction comes from above, all we need is to get the item to be sent into the intact portion of the tube. Sticking it in the hole and pushing it up should do it. Likewise, receiving should be no problem.
> Any differences between real-world pneumatic tubes and Ruby tubes are not my fault.

> 3252605 >>3252599
> Cuts her hand
> We need the hook. Get to the cure/acid room.

> 3252609 Ignore >>3252595 and go into the Z-Hatch. Proceed with caution in case Red went back to the couch. Also check the closet in the Z-Hatch.

> 3252610 >>3252599
> SHE CUT HERSELF WITH THAT! KEEP UP WITH THE DAMN STORY DAMNIT!
> Also, check rooms to see if Red is still around.

> 3252611 >>3252599
> Glass shard does not a good weapon make. Besides, Ruby has shown to be quite adept at improvising. Weapons are for cowards.
> Now press the button that closes the Z-hatch 211 and then go into the dummy room.

> 3252614 >>3252600
> No, he is not in the same room. He is in the end with the severed hand in it.

3252622 Ruby returns to the maintenance room.

> 3252626 >>3252622
> Yell "Tom" into the tube?

> 3252629 >>3252622
> fuuuuck that thing was not facing us before
> >>GTFO

> 3252630 >>3252622
> Place blood (from cut hand) into analyzer

> 3252632 >>3252629
> I think maybe we turned it back when we were in there.

> 3252635 >>3252622
> Put the vial in the tube and block the hole with the tarp.

> 3252638 >>3252626
> If that doesn't work, try tapping an SOS on the tube and hope the bugger resonates.

> 3252639 >>3252622
> Didn't the dummy have a weapon in it when we first entered the room waaaaay back when? O.o
> Yell Tom into the Tube, then ask him if the tube looks blocked in any way shape or form.

3252642 >>3252626
>Yell "Tom" into the tube?
There's no answer. The tube must not work that way.

> 3252643 >>3252642
> Use the wooden eye thing on the engraving in the hookmonster cell room.

> 3252644 Inspect the starting room through the window for changes since we left it.

> 3252647 Tie the button diagram around the tube with the string to see if we can restore some suction.

> 3252649 Place vial in pneumatic tube.
> Use button diagram to seal tube.
> Push button and pray it works.

> 3252650 Inspect the window in the north wall.

> 3252653 >>3252647
> >>3252643
> These are both very good ideas. Not sure if the diagram would be sturdy enough, though.
> Anything else we should do before we go fetch the eye? Maybe FIND OUT WHERE THE FUCK RED WENT?

> 3252655 >>3252653
> I have a feeling that a few moments after finding Red we will have more pressing, teeth related concerns.
> So no.

> 3252657 >>3252653
> we took the eye with us

> 3252658 >>3252653
> IDEA! The eye goes in the little depression in the sink, in the room with the dummy?

> 3252660 >>3252658
> I think that's for soap.

3252662 >>3252647
>Tie the button diagram around the tube with the string to see if we can restore some suction.
The thick paper of the diagram curves around the pipe and suddenly gets stuck over the hole as the suction is restored. The hole is sealed with the makeshift patch, but it might not last very long.
Ruby ties it in place with string just to be safe.

> 3252663 >>3252647
> Tie those motherfuckers together and see if we can't restore suction. Also, go to the window in the abck and take a good look at the room to see if anything;s changed -- namely the freaking DOLL WITH ITS STARE OF NOT BEING POINTED IN THE DIRECTION WE LEFT IT IN.

> 3252665 >>3252657
> Did we? If so then >>3252658 go try that?

> 3252668 >>3252662
> Place vial in the tube

> 3252669 >>3252662
> Fuck yes send antidote NOW.

> 3252672 Get hand back if possible.

> 3252675 Send the vial up to Tom then. Also peek through and look at why the Dummy moved.
> Also if we have time, find where Red went.

> 3252676 >>3252669
> >>3252668
> Are we sure that's a good idea? What indication do we have that 1) it will get to Tom, 2) that Tom still needs the andidote or 3) that Tom is even still alive?

3252680 >>3252668
>>3252669
Ruby puts the ARSENIC ANTIDOTE in the pneumatic tube, and on closing the door, it shoots up and out of sight.

> 3252683 If we just send the vial up, Tom may not realize what it's for. We need some way of sending him a note.

> 3252685 >>3252680
> Godspeed little vial, may you cure Tom of his ills. Go back to the video/computer room and observe Tom.

> 3252686 >>3252676
> 1) The hand we sent is in the other end, 2) We don't know, but we don't need it, and 3) We don't know, but we don't need it.

> 3252688 >>3252680
> Get back to the camera room and see what he does with it.
> If he doesn't take it, we'll need to throw something identifying up the tube.

> 3252690 >>3252680
> Check back on Tom.

> 3252691 How will Tom knows its from us and is the antidote? We need to send something that will tell him its from Ruby.
> Piece of her clothing?

> 3252693 >>3252680
> Rush back to see where it went on the cameras!

> 3252695 Return to control room, and see if anythings changed? Although, that'd be hard without the cameras.. hmmm..

> 3252704 >>3252691
> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!
> I'm pretty sure when we found it in her 'coffin' it had a note on it.

> 3252714 Reported for not /tg/ related

> 3252724 >>3252714
> Reported for being a spambot.
> Also reported for reporting.

> 3252726 >>3252714

> 3252727 >>3252714
> Reported for faggotry.

3252732 Ruby returns to the room with the monitors.

> 3252735 >>3252732
> See if you can find Red by cycling again.

> 3252736 >>3252732
> Ruby has an emotional scene with Tom's image on the monitor trying to persuade him to drink it.

> 3252737 >>3252732
> Watch eagerly in anticipation.

> 3252738 >>3252732
> Search the panel for any kind of intercom. If there is one, see if we can tell Tom to DRINK ANTIDOTE.

> 3252740 >>3252735
> This
> Cycle quickly.

> 3252743 >>3252732
> "Do it, Tom!"
> Yell at the TV.

> 3252745 >>3252732
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_0UXRY_rY

> 3252746 >>3252736
> This. With the power of love, we will compel him to down the antidote!

> 3252747 Check the door. I don't care if we did it before, Tom isn't in any of the rooms we can get to and therefore probably went through that door in some way.

> 3252749 come on Tom, please drink it!
> have we examined the door in the control room?

3252750 Tom drinks the ARSENIC ANTIDOTE.

> 3252753 >>3252750
> FUCK YESSSSSS

> 3252755 TEARS OF JOY

> 3252758 >>3252750
> Woo Hoo!
> no to examine everything everywhere, and see what else we can unlock, lets start with the room we are in, examine the door, the bottom of the door, the symbol on the wall for any changes, and the thingy on the wall near the toolbox.

> 3252760 /tg/: point and click adventures by people who (for whatever reason) don't code them for people who (for whatever reason) don't download them.
> I love it.

> 3252761 LITTLE DID TOM KNOW THAT IT WAS REALLY SUPER POISON.

> 3252767 >>3252761
> With arsenic on his system he was screwed anyway.
> Cheer for Tom!

> 3252770 >>3252760
> Eh, it's more fun with all the different people anyways.

3252776 >>3252758
The bottom of the door is warped and rusted, as if from water damage.
Neither the symbol on the wall nor its inset cross-shaped socket have changed.
The panel in the lower-right features five familiarly-labeled buttons.

> 3252780 >>3252761
> I figure he assumed it was. Poisoning himself was to be part of his next work, entitled "The Room Bores Me to Death".

> 3252789 >>3252776
> Press the 'gate' button?

> 3252791 >>3252789
> NO

> 3252794 Can we cycle through the rooms and see if red is around anywhere or anyplace changed?

> 3252797 Go back to the dummy room where it mysteriously rotated on us.

> 3252798 Tom now needs to pee to rid his system of the chelated arsenic.
> he also pisses out a lot of iron and calcium so he'll want some red meat and some milk sometime today.
> Ruby jumps for joy.

> 3252802 >>3252776
> Is the far left button marked by a water droplet?
> Can we trust any of these? I'm thinking water would be nice.

> 3252806 >>3252776
> Hold it, aren't those symbols in the opposite order of the buttons downstairs?

> 3252809 >>3252802
> You can get a glass of water. Or you could have all the rooms flooded. Or maybe even flood the room that Tom is in.
> Need to know where the blue coloured line tube ends up before we do this.

3252817 >>3252815
New thread

## Thread 12

3252815 Red appears in the doorway.

> 3252819 Ask him how he's doing. Look for method of self-defense. Just in case.

> 3252821 Say hello to Red, ask him what he wants.

> 3252824 Ask red where he went. Did he moved the dummy?
> Also ask Red if he will help us to get the tarp off the second floor window.

> 3252829 Ask red where has he been. Keep him away from the control panel

> 3252830 >>3252819
> >>3252821
> >>3252824
> We shouldn't ask too many questions; he'll get angry.

3252833 >>3252819
>>3252821
>>3252824
>>3252829
Red reminds Ruby that he doesn't want her to keep asking questions.
Red smiles.

> 3252834 Warn Red about horrific zombies

> 3252835 Say "Oh, uh, h-hello again."

> 3252837 >>3252830
> Well we can't just sit around and stare at each other. Unless Red wants to do something.

> 3252838 >>3252833
> Tell him to leave.

> 3252839 >>3252833
> Say alright and that you'll be leaving the room now to explore.

> 3252841 >>3252833
> Gesture to him that we would like to have his cane. Await response?

> 3252843 >>3252833
> Say "I need to go into the room you just came from."

> 3252844 Tell him that Tom is okay and that we have found buttons.

> 3252845 >>3252833
> "Well, fancy meeting you here Red. I-I'll be on my way now..."

> 3252847 >>3252833
> Ask him if you can hold his cane for a moment.

> 3252850 >>3252833
> What is that weird squiggly sword-like thing on the wall?

3252851 >>3252838
>>3252839
>Say alright and that you'll be leaving the room now to explore.
Red says he doesn't think so.

> 3252852 >>3252850
> Read prior threads.

> 3252855 Push the down arrow button.
> I'm hoping it somehow destroys this insane fox.

> 3252856 >>3252851
> Ask him what he wants.

> 3252857 >>3252851
> Say "Why not?"

> 3252858 Grab Red's cane.

> 3252860 >>3252851
> Do not ask why. Simply stare and if we moves towards us, attempt to run.

> 3252861 >>3252851
> what

> 3252865 >>3252851
> Say "But Tom needs me."

> 3252867 >>3252850
> catch up on the old threads, this question has already been answered.

> 3252868 >>3252851
> Worst-case scenario preparation: female bunny-kick to Red's groin; flee.
> Suggestions as to 'where' to flee are welcomed.

3252871 Red smiles.
Red says he is JUST KIDDING again.
Red moves aside for Ruby and says ladies first.

> 3252872 Use coins as impromptu knuckleduster, and deck red. Knock out those malevolent teeth, Ruby!

> 3252874 >>3252868
> >female bunny-kick
> Hell yeah, those big bunny thighs should do some damage.

> 3252875 >>3252851
> Shout "look behind you" and then kick his legs out from under him.

> 3252878 Feign meekness, close the locker lid and sit down on it.
> As close to the buttons as possible.

> 3252879 >>3252871
> Thank Red

> 3252880 >>3252871
> Oh that wacky man.
> now get the fuck out of there.

> 3252882 >>3252871
> He really needs to stop that.
> go in search for tom.
> [What was the poem that someone was talking about in the earlier thread?]

> 3252885 DON'T LEAVE HIM IN THERE WITH THE BUTTONS ARE YOU CRAZY

> 3252886 To the dummy room! And fast.

> 3252887 >>3252882
> The Metal Glen, by William Murdoch. Seems to be more a source for the beginning and some characters, no real solutions to be found in it. But it is a good read.

> 3252892 lol furfags!

> 3252894 >>3252885
> I wanted to take the card but it wasn't possible.

3252897 Red follows Ruby downstairs.

> 3252898 >>3252887
> It also doesn't appear to be in his single book of poetry. My money is on fake until someone provides a definite source.

> 3252899 Red is scary.

> 3252900 >>3252897
> Say that you are heading to the room with the dummy.

> 3252901 >>3252898
> Source was another anon, who transcribed it. I saved it to notepad. Would anon like me to post it in the discussion thread?

> 3252902 >>3252897
> Keep all senses turned up to 11, but continue on to the room with the dummy. There's not much else we CAN do.

> 3252903 >>3252901
> Yes

> 3252904 >>3252901
> Please.

> 3252905 >>3252898
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3246973/
> Its somewhere early in this thread. My money is its real, because of how quickly this was posted.
> The alternative is, this was Weaver pulling one over on us. Either way, I am okay with it.

> 3252906 I don`t like the way this fox is grinning all the time.

> 3252907 >>3252901
> It's not the poem itself, it's definitely real, I was just saying there's no evidence of that particular poem written by that author.

> 3252918 Posted to discussion thread.

3252922 Red asks Ruby if he can have the coins she's carrying.

> 3252927 >>3252897
> Go through the Z hatch, if Red follows us crawl back out and close the hatch.

> 3252935 >>3252922
> Request his cane in exchange

> 3252936 >>3252922
> Tell him that if he keeps asking questions you'll rip out his throat.

> 3252937 >>3252872
> I'm going back to this option.

> 3252938 >>3252922
> Ponder over how Red knew we HAD the coins, but give them to him to be on his good side. We're more or less at his mercy.

> 3252939 >>3252922
> Give him the coins and say you'll be proceeding to the dummy room

> 3252940 >>3252922
> how did he know we had them? did we share inventory some time that i missed?
> >>offer him one, explaining that you might need one in a pinch

> 3252943 >>3252922
> Tell Red Ruby don't like people asking her questions.

> 3252944 >>3252922
> Give him the coins.

> 3252945 >>3252922
> Hmm... I'd be inclined to ask why, but y'know.. Red and questions. And he did open that door for us.
> Further input required. /tg/?

> 3252946 >>3252922
> How does he know we have coins? How are we carrying them? Do they jangle when we talk?

> 3252947 >>3252922
> "What do you need them for?"

> 3252948 >>3252922
> Wait, how does he know we have coins? Anyway, "Why not?", and fancily pull out the two coins and perform a little trick with them as you hand them over.

> 3252949 Although Red is a creepy motherfucker, he's been helpful so far with our requests (rather than questions) so, uh, sure, give him the coins. Maybe he's got an idea.

> 3252952 I don't see why not, we might be able to borrow his cane if we do let him have them.
> Also, have this /tg/.

> 3252956 >>3252947
> THIS.

> 3252957 >>3252922
> Say: "YOU'LL TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED THEM FOR BEFOREHAND."
> and.
> "I'LL TRADE YOU THEM FOR YOUR CANE."
> In that exact order. STOP ASKING THIS MAN QUESTIONS, GUYS

> 3252958 >>3252935
> I'm going to second this to give it some weight. Tell him we'll give the coins in exchange for the cane.

> 3252960 shit. Red said hes not trapped in anything
> 10 bux says hes one of the people running this shit

> 3252962 Is red a old fox or is he just one classy motherfucker who is just classy enough for a cane but not quite classy enough for a monocle?

> 3252964 >>3252922
> Ask why.
> Also WHY THE FUCK ARE THE FISH BACK?

> 3252967 >>3252940
> this. if he gets bitchy, give them to him

> 3252968 >>3252964
> It's a painting on the back of the tank.

> 3252969 >>3252964
> STOP ASKING HIM QUESTIONS GDAMMIT.

> 3252973 Give it to him in exchange for taking down the tarp in the Dummy room.

> 3252974 examine coins closer.
> give him one.

> 3252975 >>3252962
> He's clearly not a wizard.
> It might be like in saw where the guy running the shit puts himself inside it for fun and plot devices.
> Wait and see what he does next.

> 3252979 >>3252969
> He wants something from us. So we can apply our own rules here.

> 3252981 >>3252979
> Not when you're dealing with obviously homicidal, PREDATORY creatures/people you can't.
> Tell his ass to tell you what he wants the coins for.

3252992 [You guys REALLY need to trim it back again. There have been like 50 replies, most of which have been near-identical copies of GIVE HIM THE COINS since the last story panel.]
Ruby hands Red her two coins.

> 3252995 >>3252992
> Fuck Crazy Red! He's going to rip you off! Nooooooo! Tear out his throat with your bunny-hands!

> 3252997 ...Well. TO THE DUMMY ROOM.
> On the way, we can tell Redd he is a scary, scary fox.

> 3252998 Just post in the fucking discussion thread if you want to discuss, you faggots.

> 3253000 >>3252992
> 4chan being a dick can contribute to that. For instance, it froze up in the other thread and it resulted in about twenty PRESS C replies.

> 3253001 >>3252992
> "Don't spend it all in one place."
> And carry on to the Dummy room.

> 3253008 Oh I understand ... this is somehow like the Erlkönig right?

3253009 Ruby enters the Dummy room.
Red follows Ruby in.

> 3253010 Please try using #RubyQuest on irc.rizon.net or the discussion thread floating around /tg/.

> 3253015 >>3253009
> Inspect the dummy, see if there is a reason it is rotating.

> 3253016 >>3253009
> Carefully examine the dummy to figure out how it keeps rotating. Be very obvious about it in case Red wants to remark on it.

> 3253018 ask red if he could "please help remove the tarp"

> 3253019 Throw dummy at Red and run.

3253020 >>3253015
>Inspect the dummy, see if there is a reason it is rotating.
The dummy's bolted base appears to be on a swivel, so if pushed, it can rotate.

> 3253021 Request Red's help at opening the DO NOT OPEN crate.

> 3253022 >>3253009
> ask red to open "DO NOT OPEN" box
> ask red to pull down tarp

> 3253025 >>3253020
> Ask him politely to help take down the tarp.
> You're not asking him a question, but you're not making a demand.

3253027 >>3253018
>ask red if he could "please help remove the tarp"
Ruby requests Red's help taking the tarp down.
Red smiles and decides to oblige.

> 3253028 >>3253020
> Ask for Red's help opening the filing cabinet.

> 3253034 Could you open the inventory again?
> Also, I think I just found a new favourite poet.

3253035 Red snags the tarp with his cane and prepares to hop to the ground in order to tear the whole thing down.

> 3253037 >>3253034
> Don't get into to much of a rush, we're having problems actually determining it was Murdoch. Or who it was at all. The internet fails us. Whoever it was, though, is awesome.
> I suggest that Ruby moves out of the way of tarp and Redd

3253038 Red jumps, tearing the nails from the walls and ripping the fabric into useless pieces.
The tarp comes down.
Red begins to laugh.

3253046

> 3253050 >>3253046
> OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE RUBY

> 3253051 >>3253046
> I guess this is where we roll SAN now. After that, examine the inscriptions on the wall.

> 3253052 >>3253037
> Well, for now, the believe to be author is now my favourite poet. :P
> still would like to see that invo.

> 3253054 >>3253046
> Examine Corpse

> 3253055 >>3253046
> Yell "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT" and pretend to faint.

> 3253057 >>3253046
> Request Red to poke at it with his cane.

> 3253060 Try to make out the writing.
> Figure out exactly what it was before it was pinned up there.
> OR
> Go insane. Pray to Khorne. Kill Red. Take skull.

> 3253061 >>3253035
> punch him in the guy whilst he does it, as he falls grab some glass and smash it into his stomach.

> 3253062 I guess we have to get the body down. :(D

> 3253063 I still maintain
> >>3253021
> preceded by a "That's fucked up, man."

> 3253065 >>3253038

> 3253068 >>3253046
> ask red to put his hand on the scanner

> 3253071 >>3253068
> Brilliant.

> 3253072 Remark on the degree to which the current sight is disturbing, ask Red if he has any ideas on how to open the Do Not Open crate

> 3253073 Examine Body

> 3253075 Red is laughing. I seriosly doubt his sanity and his good intentions.

> 3253076 >>3253068
> red was safe, he probably runs the installation ;D

> 3253077 Examine the corpse to see if it has both of it's hands. If one of them is missing...

> 3253079 >>3253071
> thanks <3

> 3253083 >>3253075
> I laughed.
> Mostly because I have the outside-third person point of view, and imagining Ruby's reaction is a vaguely sadistic form of amusement for me.
> Yes, I do run games of Call of Cthulhu.
> I propose we read the inscriptions. Screw SAN loss, it's a dump stat anyways.

3253085 Ruby stares at the horrible sight before her.
Red's laughter echoes through the small room.

> 3253086 >>3253038
> How many pieces did the tarp break into? I can't see it breaking into more than four quadrants, one per rope.
> And are the ropes salvageable?

> 3253089 >>3253085
> Try and calm our nerves, and inspect that thing in the corpse's right hand.

> 3253090 >>3253085
> OMFG, HIS FUCKING FACE!

> 3253092 >>3253085
> RUB

> 3253094 >>3253046
> THATS A FUCKING HUMAN

> 3253095 >>3253085
> That face... I've seen it some where...

> 3253096 >>3253085
> We may have beaten the other two monsters, but we have lost this fight. For this one has a cane, and will beat us to death with it.

> 3253097 >>3253085
> Bad end?

> 3253101 >>3253085
> Laugh with Red, he's a swell guy. We want to be on his good side. Make it a good laugh.

> 3253102 >>3253085
> OH FUCK WHERE IS THE HOOK

> 3253104 >>3253085
> Tom: Come to Ruby's rescue.

> 3253105 Shake head, Shake head and snap out of it!! Start thinking about safety and sanity! Tell Red to get the body down so we can use the hand on the scanner.

> 3253108 Are there any bitemarks on the body? Also, can the tarp be used to restrain and eventually subdue red?

> 3253112 >>3253085
> Laugh along, all the while looking for a quick ass escape

> 3253117 Tell Red he has a terrifying sense of humor.

> 3253119 >>3253085
> Use SINK on Red's FACE.

> 3253124 Try to recover from shock.

> 3253125 Mention the words Marinus and Posidonnis, say that they are written clearly near the body.

3253126

> 3253127 Grab the thing that the corpse is holding.

> 3253135 That's a mighty big mouth you've got there Red.

3253136 Red stopped laughing.

> 3253137 Jump up grab spike from the corpse's arm and jam it into Red's face!!

> 3253140 >>3253126
> Now I remember where I saw that mouth! The monsters that have been attempting to kill her!
> and now she is stuck. ina room. with no weapon. and no coins. wonderful.

> 3253145 Definitely going to go with "Tell Red he has a terrifying sense of humor."

> 3253146 >>3253136
> Inspect the bloody blueprint on the wall.

> 3253148 >>3253140
> Oh shit! You're right!
> Ask Red to grab something you "forgot" in the z-hatch room....
> CHOP THAT BITCH IN HALF.
> Then hug Tom.

> 3253150 >>3253136
> GET the object in the corpse's right hand.

> 3253152 Ruby bites off her tongue

> 3253154 Examine the corpses face.
> It looks as if it has a mask sewn on around it.
> Take off mask?

3253157 >>3253148
>CHOP THAT BITCH IN HALF.
Ruby's not going to attack another innocent survivor! Besides, Red's been helpful so far.

> 3253161 >>3253157
> Is that a fish on the wall?
> Is that a MASK on the head?
> oh god dont make it be tom why would you do such a thing
> take off mask if its a mask

> 3253162 >>3253157
> Oh god.
> She didn't see it.
> She doesn't know what he really is.

> 3253164 >>3253157
> Ask Red to help get the body down to examine it and the wall more clearly. Perhaps use the hand on the scanner.

> 3253165 >>3253157
> Examine and retrieve that cross-shaped object the corpse is wearing before anything else. I think it can be inserted into the cross-shaped slot in the control/surveillance room.

> 3253166 >>3253157
> Examine and retrieve that cross-shaped object the corpse is wearing before anything else. I think it can be inserted into the cross-shaped slot in the control/surveillance room.

> 3253168 Red's a fox, a trickster. I don't think he'd do something directly harmful, because where's the fun in that?
> Remark on his terrifying sense of humour. Then fiddle with the hand scanner, maybe ask Red to give it a try.

> 3253171 For what it's worth, if Red is indeed a horrible zombie, he's a different class of them than the previous ones, he can communicate and hasn't immediately attacked us. Hopefully he'll bide his time too long and we'll be able to turn the tables.
> Anyways, we should examine the writing and so-forth around the corpse, also determine what's up with the stitches on its face. Then ask Red if he has any idea how we could open the box.

3253174 >>3253161
>Is that a fish on the wall?
A drawing of one, yes.
>Is that a MASK on the head?
No. There are grisly surgical scars all across the corpse's face and exposed flesh.
He seems to be holding something.

> 3253176 Examine Body

> 3253178 >>3253174
> Examine what the corpse is holding.

> 3253179 open the box with a " do not open " on it

> 3253180 >>3253174
> Climb on the box, and try to retrieve the item. It looks like it would fit in the cross slot on the computer room!

> 3253182 Retrieve item held by the corpse.
> Apply eye pendant thing to wall circle if possible.
> Try to get Red to try the hand scanner.
> Try to open Box with Red's help.

3253188 Red says he is bored.
Red leaves the room.

> 3253190 EXAMINE WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD ON THE WALL JESUS FUCK

> 3253191 >>3253166
> stop muddling up the thread with picture posts. let Weaver have them.

> 3253195 Get the cross thingy from the corpse.

> 3253196 >>3253188
> Well. that was odd. anyway.
> >>3253182

> 3253198 >>3253188
> Get corpse down.
> Look at item.
> Possinly try to take off stitches to see if something is in side. (Doubt Ruby, or really any one here, would do that though)

> 3253201 >>3253198
> The stitches may be holding its head/mouth shut.
> Other than that, GET THE CROSS THING

> 3253203 Well, now that Red has decided to eerily leave like the creepy bastard he is, that leaves three courses of action we can cover in this room at the moment:
> Retrieve item held by the corpse.
> Apply eye pendant thing to wall circle if possible.
> Examine writing around corpse.
> (Also would not be surprised if corpse animates now that Red left)

3253207 Ruby can't make out any of the scrawled red writing by the body, or any of the strange diagrams marked around it.
>>3253195
>Get the cross thingy from the corpse.
Ruby grabs the CROSS PEG.

3253213 >>3253207
>Ruby grabs the CROSS PEG.
The body on the wall grabs Ruby's arm.

> 3253216 >>3253207
> Read the writing around the body, then proclaim "I HAVE SEEN THE WRITING ON THE WALL."

> 3253217 Well, only one thing left, then:
> Apply eye pendant thing to wall circle (the one with the symbols, near the box) if possible.

> 3253218 >>3253213
> determine if it's dead/zombie

> 3253221 Ask the corpse to let go. Offer the cross peg back if necessary.

> 3253222 >>3253213
> Ask it to unhand her.

> 3253223 >>3253213
> We bash it to hell with our fists! Call for help!
> RREEED!!

> 3253224 >>3253213
> FFFFFFFF, I KNEW IT!
> Can we break free of its grip?

> 3253225 >>3253213
> FFFFF- Pull our arm away as hard as our bunny physique will let us!

> 3253226 This is where I freak.
> It's kinda like playing Silent Hill somehow.
> Ruby should scream.

> 3253227 Can we rip or cut the hand off the corpse to try it on the scanner?

> 3253230 >>3253216
> >>3253213
> Don't give in
> without a fight.

> 3253237 Assuming Ruby isn't failing san checks by now say "Oh my God you're alive! Who did this to you?! Can you speak?!"
> Pulling away first works too, but people have already mentioned that by now I figure.
> Yeah I know, he's likely a brain sucking monster, but on the off chance he isn't and mutters out '....fox..' I'm willing to risk it. Ruby must learn Red can't be trusted!

> 3253238 call red for help

> 3253246 Weaver, problems incoming, spammer is active.

3253253 "Ruby."

> 3253258 >>3253253
> FFFFFFF
> RECOIL IN HORROR

> 3253259 >>3253253
> "Yes, what do you wish? Can I help you in some way?"

> 3253260 >>3253253
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
> well, we know its alive. and we know it knows our name. talk to it. say hello, who did this to you? what is around you? etc.

> 3253261 >>3253253
> T...Tom?

> 3253262 >>3253253
> Try to maintain our composure, and respond with, "Y-yes?"

> 3253263 >>3253259
> There is no damn way she can be calm at this moment in time.

> 3253264 WWwwhoo who are you? (please don't sing it)

> 3253265 >>3253253
> OH GOD
> DON'T BE TOM

> 3253266 >>3253261
> That's what I fear as well.
> Weaver, is it in Tom's voice?

> 3253268 Patiently await further enlightenment. *cough*forKhorne*cough*

> 3253273 >>3253266
> >>3253265
> >>3253261
> How could it be tom? we saw him on the camera.

> 3253274 >>3253253
> Oh hey, it talks and knows our name? Probably worth hearing it out then, this apparently isn't the standard OH GOD IT'S GOING TO EAT ME zombie.

3253275

> 3253277 >>3253273
> RED IS A CRAFTY MOFO.

> 3253278 >>3253273
> I'm inclined to agree with this anon, though there's always the Cthulhu factor going on in here. In other words.. MAGIC!

> 3253283 In the back of my mind, I think this is going to end up as a bel air.
> Weaver, you're not an agent of /b/, right?

3253284

> 3253287 Oh hey, a creepy cutscene! I love creepy cutscenes.

3253288

> 3253290 >>3253275
> SHIT JUST GOT DOUBLE LOVECRAFTIAN

> 3253294 >>3253284
> Flashback?

> 3253295 wh/y didn't we get red to put his hand on the scanner for us?

> 3253297 >>3253275
> IM TRIPPING BALLS

> 3253303 fuck this shitty "max in animal crossing" garbage

> 3253305 >>3253288
> Oh goody
> and now she wakes up?

> 3253309 >>3253303
> >I hate things that are popular.

3253312 New thread
>>3253307

## Thread 13

3253307 Ruby is
somewhere

> 3253314 >>3253307
> Ruby gets up, looks around, tries to find any walls.

> 3253315 >>3253307
> check inventory?

> 3253316 Say "Hello?" into the whiteness.

> 3253317 Blink.
> Contemplate the nature of reality.
> Feel almost safe.
> Wake up?

> 3253318 lol furfags!

> 3253319 for fucks sake!

> 3253323 >>3253320
> Yes do this

> 3253327 Call out Tom's name, and listen for a reply.

> 3253328 It's full of stars.

> 3253329 Scream out Metallica lyrics until something happens.

> 3253331 It's one thing to whore out your own idea, it's another thing entirely to reply to your own idea on three different threads

> 3253334 >>3253331
> >>3253319
> samefag

3253335 TOM is here

> 3253336 cocks

> 3253338 >>3253331
> IRC is full of people following the threads. stop trying to sage this, theres plenty of people who enjoy it

> 3253340 LEVEL 2 BEGIN
> Open inventory. Examine surroundings. Stand up!

> 3253341 >>3253331
> >I'm jealous because nobody likes my shitty ideas but someone is paying attention to Weaver.

> 3253342 >>3253335
> Ask Tom if we're dead.

> 3253343 >>3253335
> Say hello

> 3253346 >>3253319
> >>3253331
> >it's another thing entirely to reply to your own idea on three different threads
> Hi, I see you're new to 4chan.
> Last threads filled up, autosaged, and died.
> Thus, new threads as continuations.

> 3253347 >>3253335
> Stand up and hug tom so hard!

> 3253348 >>3253335
> Greetings are in order.

> 3253351 >>3253331
> lol dude srsly? you think the op is fucking bumping his story that has been going on for like a week? what? not enough /wh40k/ or /DnD/ for you?
> also, /tg/ could be anything traditional. hell this could be fucking GRUPS shit w/o the dice rolling. or choose your own adventure w/o the page turning.

> 3253352 >>3253348
> Greetings with kisses.

> 3253354 >>3253335
> Tell TOM about METALLICA.
> Inquire about LOCATION after.

> 3253355 Give Tom oral sex.

> 3253356 Gratuitous makeout scene!

> 3253357 >>3253351
> >>3253346
> Y'all niggas replyin' to a troll post.

3253364 >>3253343
>Say hello
Ruby says hello.
Tom says hello back.
Tom says his eye hurts.

> 3253368 Ask Tom if he still feels full of poison!

> 3253369 >>3253364
> Ask Tom if he knows where they are, what's going on etc.

> 3253370 >>3253364
> Spit in his eyes.

> 3253374 Ask Tom if he is alright.

> 3253375 the answer will probably be "I don't know either", but...
> ...ask "Are we dead?"

> 3253376 >>3253364
> in b4 eye gets torn open. has monster. wakes up in room with corpse on the wall after passing out.

> 3253377 Ask Tom if he recalls where he was before this, the antidote up the tube, etc.

> 3253378 >>3253364
> Ask if he know where they are.

> 3253380 >>3253369
> This

> 3253383 Say you'll look at it, Examine his eye, obviously.

> 3253384 Sam and Max play Animal Crossing with a Shitty DM for Attention

> 3253386

3253387 RED is here.

> 3253388 >>3253364
> EYE TOKEN PENDANT THING

> 3253389 >>3253368
> My hovertom is full of poison.

> 3253390

> 3253391 Ask Tom if he is alright. Try to have a look at his eye, see if there's anything stuck in it or whatever. Try to help him.

3253393 Red is holding a wooden disc.

> 3253396 >>3253387
> Introductions are in order.

> 3253397 >>3253387
> Tell RED about Metallica.

> 3253401 Ask red to help with examining tom.

> 3253403 Fucking stupid is holding a fucking stupid

> 3253404 >>3253393
> Red is GOD.

> 3253405

> 3253410

> 3253411 CHECK INVENTORY!

> 3253412 If red says he wants to play a game I'm going to shit bricks.

> 3253413

> 3253418

> 3253426 >>3253418
> Hey. Cut it out.
> >>3253393
> Ask Red if you can have the wooden disc, since you gave him your only two coins.

> 3253430 Ask Red about the disk.

3253431 >>3253401
>Ask red to help with examining tom.
Red says he is very, very tired of you asking.
Red cuts ??? with the WOODEN DISC

> 3253433 >>3253404
> ...voiced by morgan freeman.

> 3253436

> 3253437 >>3253431
> RUN!

> 3253438 >>3253403
> Give us a reason why it's stupid apart from "HURR THEY'RE CUTESY ANIMALS HRUR ITS NOT TG RELATED DESPITE BEING A FUCKING ROLEPLAYING ADVENTURE ONGKR KGNRKGRNG"

> 3253442 >>3253431
> He's gigyas! You cannot even comprehend what his attack did!
> Uh, uh, throw random item from inventory at Red.

> 3253448 >>3253431
> See what ??? is.

> 3253449 >>3253438
> I'm glad you agree that these threads are a waste of time being bumped repeatedly by the same OP.

> 3253450 >>3253431
> They are inside Ruby's mind. Red is destroying her memories of Tom.

> 3253453 Ears down :L...umm

> 3253456 >>3253449
> >>3253438
> 0/10

> 3253458

> 3253459 >>3253438
> mspaint flash gamin

> 3253460 >>3253449
> YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, LOL
> p.s. run the fuck away, Red is not to be trusted at all

> 3253462 Er, did I miss something? Who's Red?

> 3253464 >>3253449
> Or you could hide thread and pass it, letting people who enjoy it read it.
> Ruby'sQuest: AGE FOR THE AGE GOD, BUMP FOR THE BUMP THRONE!

3253466 Red is TWO COINS fishtank
Gas is seeping into the room
Vial ??? TOM
Ruby tries RUBBER GLOVES access ??? doorway button

> 3253474 >>3253466
> FUCKING RUUUUUUN

> 3253475 >>3253464
> Shit for the newgrounds

> 3253476 >>3253431
> Oh good, we made him angry.
> Try to get the disc away from him? Anyone?

> 3253478

> 3253480

> 3253482 sage is sage sage sage

> 3253483 >>3253431
> Yell at red to stop! She'll just do things on her own from now on, just leave Tom alone!

> 3253484 >>3253475
> I think you missed /b/, little fella

> 3253486 Weaver, tards are invading, seriously, the thread is getting cut apart, perhaps continue another time, or call for mods.

> 3253487 >>3253449
> I'm glad to see that you're the most retarded troll that i've ever seen. Someone comes to /tg/ with something fun and original and you decide to sage for not40k.
> Merry Christmas, enjoy being a pox on society with that fucking horrible attitude of yours.

> 3253491

> 3253492

> 3253494 >>3253487
> stop feeding the troll.

> 3253497 I fear Red is actually Nyarlathothep in disguise. We shouldn't have angered him.
> ...is there anything we can do?
> >hug Tom.

> 3253499 >>3253466
> ...did he just break reality?
> Can we even do anything? Red appears to have vanished. Is Tom Ok?

> 3253500 >>3253307
> sagefags, stop fucking around, you do not define what belongs on /tg/, image-poster, GET THE FUCK OUT, this is an interactive story, not a "lol, dicks" thread.

> 3253501

> 3253502 There are only two people in this thread. The OP and the sage troll. Try to figure out which one I am.

> 3253503 >>3253431
> TOM NOOOOO
> >>FUCK IT ALL, LEAP AT RED! AIM FOR HIS FUCKING EYES

> 3253505 >>3253497
> THIS

> 3253507

> 3253508 >>3253466
> I know it's probably just coincidental, but seeing this among the trolls, image spam and script kiddies is... fitting. Excellent timing.

> 3253510 >>3253502
> The fucking nutter?
> :3

> 3253511

> 3253512 >>3253466
> I'll wager this isn't a "Dream Sequence" so much as an "Inner Mind" shot of what the thing on the wall is telepathically projecting into Ruby's mind.
> There's obviously a message of Red being dangerous and traitorous, but what worries me is how the entity knew about Tom. Did he reach into Ruby's mind to get that image, or is that a horribly mutilated Tom on the wall, desperately trying to warn Ruby about the one who did that to him: Red?

> 3253514 >>3253449
> Do you not get the concept of a story being told by a single poster, notably , OP, while other people tell him how to proceed ?
> Is this too complicated ?

> 3253517

> 3253520

> 3253522 >>3253514
> >>3253510
> Stop. Feeding. The. Troll.
> now hug tom, damnit!

> 3253523 >>3253512
> In any case, now Ruby knows that Red is both powerful and dangerous.
> If she'll survive long enough to use this information.

> 3253527 >>3253514
> I get the concept of a shitty drawfag throwing up scribbles and then a bunch of people sucking his cock.

> 3253529

> 3253530 There are plenty of people here. You know that, sage troll, but you troll anyways because you think for some god forsaken reason that it makes you amusing. You're as bad as the script-kiddie who started off this damn spam.

> 3253534 >>3253527
> >people having fun? Not on my /tg/!

> 3253535 >>3253527
> you must be new to niggertits!
> This happens to all drawfags. from CCC to EFG. people love live people. because you know. talking about the same fucking shit day after day gets boring.

> 3253539

> 3253542 >>3253466
> WAKE UP!!!!

> 3253544

> 3253545 OH NOEX ORIGINAL CONTENT! SPAM IT!

> 3253547

> 3253550

> 3253553

3253556 >>3253542
>WAKE UP!!!!
This isn't real.

> 3253559 It's clear to me now. The trolls are the script spammers. They're using the scripts combined with their sagetrolling all in an effort to destroy our precious ruby.

> 3253560 /tg/ should be locked down until the .js clone stops and trolls like the one in here are b&. Y/N?

3253561 Ruby is in the dummy room.

> 3253562 >>3253556
> WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP

> 3253563 >>3253556
> Look around! Is it still alive? Gripping us? Can it talk still?

> 3253566 This story arc sucks.
> I miss doing puzzles. What happened to puzzles? If I wanted this, I'd just read a book.

> 3253570 >>3253561
> THE ENTITY IS GONE! OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK!

> 3253573

3253577 Ruby's inventory feels lighter.

> 3253578 >>3253566
> so why dont you?

> 3253579

> 3253583 Use eye disk on wall circle.

> 3253584 Ruby is suffering from hallucinations. Poisoning?

> 3253586

> 3253587 >>3253561
> Open the crate.

> 3253589

> 3253592

> 3253595

> 3253596 >>3253577
> Get to the monitor room, check on Tom!

> 3253598 I have to admit I'm surprised at /tg/ acting like /b/.
> Ruby Quest has been going on for ages, there are archives of threads and this is the first time ever we've had trolling. I never thought I;d ever wish we had moderator action in here. I can't log into IRC on this computer either =( hopefully weaver wont chose this as a time to pack up

> 3253599 >>3253577
> >>3253583
> Oh, drat... well then, I guess we exit the room.

> 3253603 Look, sagefag, I realise you're an attention-starved /b/tard that wants everyone else as unimaginative and unskilled so that they'll like you, but go do that somewhere else.

> 3253604

> 3253606

> 3253609 >>3253577
> Take a few momments to collect Rubys thoughts. This is a serious mindfuck.

> 3253613

3253615 >>3253583
>Use eye disk on wall circle.
Ruby doesn't have the eye disc.
Ruby picks up the CROSS PEG from where she was just standing.

> 3253617 Guys, did I miss a thread? Last I remember Ruby had fallen unconscious after fighting that thing.

> 3253618

> 3253620 >>3253603
> Who me? Im not saging. No sirree no saging here.

> 3253622 >>3253598
> Oh man. That's a shame. The IRC room is GOING OFF. It's a god damn party here. We have cake.

> 3253624

> 3253627 >>3253615
> Punch the dummy. Vent frustration.

> 3253628 >>3253617
> I think you missed about 3 threads.

> 3253631 >>3253617
> Yeah, this is the 4th thread tonight. Check the others out on suptg.

> 3253633 What's the IRC?

> 3253637 >>3253617
> >>3251532
> >>3252231
> >>3252815
> Plus this thread are what's happened today.

> 3253639

> 3253640 Go back to control room with monitors, use peg with cross-shaped indentation.
> Be on the lookout for Red. Never turn back on him.

> 3253646 >>3253633
> /join #RubyQuest
> on
> irc.rizon.net

> 3253650 >>3253620
> >Who me? Im not saging. No sirree no saging here.
> I suppose it would be asking too much to just politely ask you to please stop spamming images and just leave the thread alone?
> I can understand and appreciate that you don't enjoy this thread, but a lot of other people do.
> So I'll just ask, from one decen/tg/entleman to another, if you could please stop.

> 3253652 >>3253617
> google suptg
> go to archives
> read thread 10
> go to the still live thread 11
> come to here

> 3253653

> 3253655

> 3253656 Go into control room with the computer. check on tom

> 3253658 >>3253652
> suptg doesn't want to work for me right now.

> 3253660

> 3253661

> 3253662

> 3253663 >>3253656
> Use the peg immediately!

> 3253664

> 3253665

3253666 Ruby exits the dummy room.
TOM is here.

> 3253669

> 3253671 >>3253666
> Say Hi to Tom, say that you're glad that he's alive.

> 3253674 >>3253666
> Hug and kiss him already!

> 3253675 >>3253666
> Yay!
> Hug, hug now!
> also maybe ask how he got here, how he is, etc etc.
> ...but mainly hug

> 3253677

> 3253678

> 3253679 Hug followed by "OMG 'what happened to your eye @_@!?"

> 3253683

> 3253684

3253688 And that's it for tonight, folks.
I know this session was shorter than the others, and lighter on puzzles, but next time there will be more than enough to make up for the recent lack.
It's almost 8 AM and I'm exhausted, thanks for bearing with me and I hope you've enjoyed the ride so far.
Until next time.

> 3253692

> 3253696 >>3253688
> Great stuff, Weaver.

> 3253697 Ask Tom what's up with his eye and how he got to this room from the room where the tube led to.

> 3253698 >>3253688
> WE LOVE YOU WEAVER

> 3253701 >>3253688

> 3253702 >>3253666
> Ask about eye and the blood leading to/from z-hatch.

> 3253703 >>3253688
> Thank you, Weaver. And sorry for all the image spammer dipshits who did their damnedest to ruin an otherwise fun experience.

> 3253705 Thanks, Weaver.

> 3253706 >>3253688
> Good idea anyways, what with the spam and trolls.

> 3253714 >>3253688
> I appreciate the work you put into this

> 3253717 Now that's Weaver's gone, I will cease the irritating image spam - it's not much more than a minor annoyance but hey, not like there's anything better to do in /tg/ at the moment.
> Anyway. Can we please not have any discussion threads and can we please just wait until Weaver comes back?

> 3253722 >>3253717
> Why are you so angry with this? This is the exact same as a session of DnD, just drawn up as we go. Its no different than discussing a gaming session here on /tg/, and god knows we do that often enough.

> 3253732 >>3253717
> So.
> This is >>3253650 here.
> So you're saying it IS too much to expect a response from politely asking you to stop shitting on a thread other people are trying to enjoy, like a civil human being?
> I expected as much, but it was worth a shot.

> 3253734 >>3253717
> A huge part of me wishes to start another discussion thread, even if I have to samefag every single post because everyone else is on IRC / doesn't want to see the next good thread ruined, for no reason other than to piss you off.
> After all, it's not like there's anything else to do on /tg/ at the moment...

> 3253735 >>3253717
> Why do you do this?

> 3253745 >>3253734
> >for no reason other than to piss you off.
> Don't be a dick. I don't agree with what he's doing or the method he's doing it, but if everyone just decides to willfully act like a dick to respond to things they don't like we'll just turn into /v/.

> 3253747 >>3253688
> You're a goddamn hero for persevering through the unbelievable shit this got today, Weaver.

> 3253748 >>3253735
> Because sagefags are dickheads.

> 3253750 >>3253735
> Trolls have different motivations than normal people. They're born that way - manipulative, sadistic and emotionless with a massive sense of entitlement. They see themselves as superior beings playing amusing games with the cattle. No point trying to reason with it. One day we'll wake up and wipe the fuckers out, but until then, the only thing to do is work around them.

> 3253753 >>3253745
> oh, I'm not going to do it. Trying to troll a troll might leave you with a feeling of technical superiority because you've "won", but it's still trolling and consequently it still shits over the board and doesn't change anything.
> but I just wanted to say that I was srsly tempted.

> 3253755 >>3253745
> You make a valid point. On the other hand, that guy is a dick.

> 3253760 >>3253755
> >>3253753
> >>3253750
> >>3253748
> >>3253747
> Oh look! Circlejerking! It's almost like being on suptg!

> 3253763 >>3253760
> Excuse me, but we're trying to have a conversation here.

> 3253764 >>3253717
> I can't believe you just calmly sat here and spammed the shit out of these threads. Seriously, it's actually amazing. You weren't even rageing, but you actually went out of your way and spent time trying to annoy people enjoying something you didn't like rather than simply ignoring it (which is, believe it or not, amazingly easy).
> You are a very special shade of pathetic.

> 3253771 >>3253764
> Yes, the point of the troll's behavior is to annoy people. Like i said, their brains are Just Different. There's really no point telling it that its behavior seems pathetic to us - it almost certainly knows that already, and it might even get an extra buzz from being told.

> 3253772 >>3253750
> Oh for Christ's sake, don't start that shit.
> He doesn't like Ruby, and that's perfectly fine. He just decided to express that distaste in a very spiteful way.
> Don't pull this LOLOL HE HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS bullshit. Don't circlejerk, don't go "Oh, but we're so above these TROLLS", don't pull any of that other crap. That's not helping anyone.
> If you have issue with it, take it up with him, but avoid this goddamn ad hominem.
> Nothing is gained by you acting like assholes, no matter how much you feel the other people already are.

> 3253776 >>3253772
> Protip: there is no way to win. If you give up and leave, the troll feels justified. If you argue, the troll feels justified. If you do ANYTHING, the troll feels justified.

> 3253793 >>3253776
> Or you ignore them and keep reading the thread as if they weren't there. It really isn't so hard. People feeding the trolls just adds to the noise.

> 3253794 perhaps we could schedule this for another time? I know it depends on weaver, but the amount of crap on the board does tend to vary with the time.

> 3253817 >>3253776
> if we murder him will he feel justified?

> 3253982 you guys dont think that dead human could be Player One, right? considering all the animals in this are just parodies of animal crossing. it would kind of explain the total mind fuck when we found his body

> 3254120 I hereby swear to spam all ruby images and flames about the dullness of all GM products into all 40K threads on /tg/ again and again after Rubyquest is over.
> To disrupt and annoy, troll and derail!

> 3254142 >>3253793
> In which case, they just shit up the thread anyway and make it almost impossible to know what the fuck is going on, and generally get in the damn way.

> 3254155 >>3254120
> Why? I enjoy those threads as well as these. It's not like every single person who participates in 40K threads hates Ruby threads.

> 3254544 I fucking love Ruby threads.
> Also, who the fuck spams on /tg/?
> Seriously, cut that shit out.

> 3254667 I fucking love Ruby threads.
> Also, who the fuck spams on /tg/?
> Seriously, cut that shit out.

## Thread 14

3282166 Ruby re-emerges into the room with the cell.
TOM is here.
[For those just joining the story, the archives are here: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby
It is highly recommended you read the old threads to know what's going on.
Further, I've picked up a trip change due to potential leak.]

> 3282170 OH FUCK YES! YOU'RE BACK.
> Greet tom, ask him if he has seen red, ask him how his eye/stomach are feeling.

> 3282171 >>3282170
> This, is #RubyQuest up so we don't flood the thread with suggestions?

> 3282175 Map.

> 3282176 Greet Tom!
> Ask how he's been, and if the kids are doing okay in school.
> Rape Tom.
> Stick it in!

> 3282177 Ask him why he is squinting. Cautiously.

> 3282178 >>3282171
> Yes, it is up. On:
> irc.rizon.net
> #RubyQuest

> 3282181 >>3282177
> Not squinting. His eye hurts.

> 3282184 HUG.
> Then ask if he's feeling better, not puking blood.
> Then ask what's wrong with his eye.

> 3282185 >>3282178
> irc:irc.rizon.net#RubyQuest
> For people using ChatZilla on Firefox.

3282192 >>3282170
>Greet tom, ask him if he has seen red, ask him how his eye/stomach are feeling.
Tom says his stomach is feeling much better, but his eye is in severe pain.
He doesn't know who "Red" is... but he does say that if you mean that person who keeps smiling, yes, he saw him.
Red let Tom out of the room he was trapped in, just a few minutes ago. Tom came out to look for Ruby.
Tom is glad to see Ruby. He says he thought she might be dead.

> 3282199 Ask to look at Tom's eye!

> 3282204 Ask to check his eye. We want him to definitely be okay.
> If possible, cast Cure Light Wounds on his eye. And by that, I mean kiss it better.

> 3282209 >>3282192
> Tell him we're happy he's better, and ask to examine his eye.

3282213 >>3282199
>Ask to look at Tom's eye!
Tom hesitantly agrees to let Ruby take a look at his eye.

> 3282225 Ask him if he got the antidote.

3282228

> 3282238 >>3282228
> We need water. His eye looks badly messed up.

> 3282240 Do I just copy irc.rizon.net#RubyQuest into the address bar?
> Call Red into the room to introduce him to Tom, and have a look at the eye.
> Also, hug Tom.

3282243

> 3282246 >>3282228
> Examine it closer, what is wrong with it?

> 3282248 Tie a piece of string to his arm, and another piece to our arm. Explain to Tom that it is for identification, because strange shit has been going down.

> 3282249 >>3282228
> ...oh, FUCK.
> Ask him if he remembers anything since the last time he saw Ruby.

> 3282250 >>3282240
> I think we're avoiding red right now- I say have Tom lead us to where he was

> 3282253 >>3282243
> FUCKFUCKFUCK
> RUN

> 3282256 >>3282243
> SQUAD MOTHERFUCKING BROKEN
> RUN LIKE HELL

3282258

> 3282259 >>3282243
> Yell "Calm down, please! control yourself!"

> 3282262 >>3282258
> Ask Tom to let go.

> 3282263 >>3282258
> RUN

> 3282264 Hug Tom back! :D

> 3282266 >>3282240
> You will need to install the ChatZilla app for FireFox.
> It's
> irc:irc.rizon.net#RubyQuest
> The whole thing. That's the syntax to get it to work.
> Okay have good day!

3282269 Tom shakes Ruby gently by the shoulder.
He asks if she is okay -- she just sort of blanked on him for a moment there.

> 3282271 >>3282258
> Time to rabbit. Literally. Scoot!

> 3282275 >>3282248
> Re suggest this.

> 3282276 >>3282269
> These simple tasks may be supplemented with insurmountable obstacles...
> THIS IS NOT GOOD. Ruby is hallucinating.

> 3282278 >>3282269
> ...ask Tom to walk to the other side of the room, she thinks she sees something.

> 3282279 >>3282269
> Tell tom you've been seeing strange things, and want to make sure there's a gaping hole behind him

> 3282286 Just a reminder, we need to go upstairs and put that cross-thing in the socket.

3282287 >>3282278
>...ask Tom to walk to the other side of the room, she thinks she sees something.
Tom tells Ruby there's no way he's walking across the room, as he doesn't want to fall into the gap.
Tom tells Ruby she must not have noticed it. He says it's understandable, since she obviously hasn't been here for a while.

> 3282291 >>3282287
> Ask Tom what has happened in the time she has been gone.
> Also hug Tom.

> 3282292 Ask Tom what happened?

> 3282293 >>3282287
> Ask him to recap EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED.

> 3282295 Ask Tom to narrate everything that's happened to him since she saw him last.

> 3282303 Inquire of how much time has passed since last meeting. Tell Tom of the monsters encountered recently. Mention Red is suspicious. Go over a common inventory recap with Tom, to see what items the two of them have at hand.

> 3282305 Use toms body as bridge

> 3282306 Ask him what has happened to him since you two were parted

3282307 [Again, try to keep discussion, comments on suggestions, and repeats to a minimum. The IRC channel can be used for running discussion. Doing good so far!]
>>3282291
>Ask Tom what has happened in the time she has been gone.
Tom explains he's not sick anymore. He took an antidote three days ago.
He hasn't seen much, since he's been locked in a room, but he says that he's been hearing loud creaking and cracking noises echoing from other rooms.

> 3282310 Three days?
> How is he measuring time?

> 3282311 Tell Tom to show you where he was locked up.

> 3282316 >>3282310
> Sleep cycles.
> Ask him what happened since they lost each other.

> 3282319 >>3282307
> Does Tom know where Ruby has been? Or what she has been doing?
> Ask ask ask.

> 3282320 Look for Red.

> 3282322 Is that the hook on the floor by Ruby's foot? If so, pick that up.

3282323 >>3282311
>Tell Tom to show you where he was locked up.
Tom agrees, and leads Ruby up the access hatch.

> 3282327 >>3282307
> There's some seriously freaky shit going on around here.
> Examine the thing by Ruby's feet, and carefully try to see how far the gap goes in each direction.

3282337 ...that's funny.
Tom says this doorway was just open.

> 3282338 >>3282323
> Peep on Tom's ass while he is climbing.

> 3282340 Examine room.

> 3282344 Examine the bin, the place where her locker used to be, close the z-hatch with the computer. look down the shaft where we pushed the barrel through. look at that blobby thing.

> 3282355 >>3282343
> I'll take Shoggoths for $500, Alex.
> Examine the computer thingy.

3282360 >>3282343
>>3282344
There's a utilitarian metal hamper here. Something is inside. Ruby decides to get it. One moment.
There's a pit in the center of the room, spattered with dried blood. Sitting in the center is a scrap of paper. Ruby will pick that up in just a second, too.
The hatch in the southeast corner has a ladder, and looking down, it appears to lead into the cell room below. Something about that fact seems odd.
The corner has some sort of strange, smooth organic growth latched onto two walls and the floor.
It looks almost like skin.

> 3282368 >>3282360
> Tell Tom to keep an eye on the bottom right latter hatch thing, as well as the skin thing.

> 3282373 >>3282360
> Ask how Tom's eye is doing now. Also stay away from the organic growth.

> 3282384 >>3282323
> >>3282337
> DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT! ALSO< RAPE TOM!

3282386 Ruby picks up a SCRAP OF PAPER from the shallow pit.
Ruby finds a FOOTY SOCK PAJAMA FOOT in the hamper, evidently torn from a full set of pajama bottoms and tied off at about the ankle. It's slightly heavy.

> 3282390 >>3282386
> Untie the footie pajama, dump out possible contents with care.

3282397 >>3282390
>Untie the footie pajama, dump out possible contents with care.
Inside the FOOTY SOCK PAJAMA FOOT, there is a BLACK AND WHITE key.
Ruby throws away the FOOTY SOCK PAJAMA FOOT. Her genre instinct tells her she won't need it.

> 3282401 >>3282386
> Examine the growth more closely, too. Is it full or hollow? Fleshi or what?

> 3282403 Crawl down the southeastern hatch, if it looks like we can do it without falling.

> 3282404 >>3282397
> Search room for key holes. If there are none, ask Tom to follow you down the bottom right hatch.

> 3282405 >>3282397
> Examine KEY.
> Examine SCRAP OF PAPER.

3282411 >>3282401
>Examine the growth more closely, too. Is it full or hollow? Fleshi or what?
It's smooth and fleshy. It's like skin.
>>3282403
>Crawl down the southeastern hatch, if it looks like we can do it without falling.
The second hatch now has a ladder leading down. That wasn't there before.

> 3282414 >>3282337
> nobody asked what he saw when it was opened?

> 3282419 >>3282411
> Ask Tom to come with you.

3282421 Ruby descends the access hatch and enters the room below.

> 3282423 We should tie a piece of string to Tom, and another piece to Ruby, for identification purposes in case shit hits the fan again. It may be paranoid, but it is a safe idea.
> Not tying them together, mind, just making them even more identifiable.

> 3282427 >>3282421
> Pull lever, go back up to Tom.

> 3282430 >>3282421
> Call for Tom

> 3282431 >>3282421
> Oh no, space warping madness.

> 3282434 >>3282421
> Mind = blown.
> Examine the latch, and other thing, pull latch, call to tom to see if anything changes

> 3282456 ... Wake up.

3282462 >>3282427
>>3282428
>>3282429
>>3282432
>>3282434
[Okay, we're really getting a bit too many responses again]
Ruby tries to pull the lever, but something's locking it from moving. It looks like part of the mechanism is missing, like a thin metal rod. About the size of a toothpick.

> 3282464 >>3282462
> Tie the string around the lever and exit the room.

3282472 Ruby ties a small bit of string to the lever, then climbs back up to the room where she first awoke. Tom is still here, looking the door over in confusion.

> 3282477 >>3282472
> Ask how Tom is doing. Ask him how his eye is feeling.

> 3282481 >>3282476
> By that, he means "head down the ladder where we most recently awakened and get the dingus that was behind us."
> But we can do that after we check on Tom.

> 3282482 >Ask how Tom is doing.
> Also ask what was outside the door before it was closed!

> 3282483 >>3282472
> Poke the growth in the corner with the black and white key, if there is no response from it, attempt to tear it open with the key.

3282487 >>3282477
Tom says his eye still hurts.
Or rather, it hurts where it's supposed to be.

> 3282489 >>3282487
> Hug Tom, tell him you're going to make it feel better.

> 3282491 >>3282487
> Snap out of it!

> 3282492 >>3282487
> Hugtom. hugtomhugtomhugtomhugtom and tell him we're sorry about that arsenic thing.

> 3282493 >>3282487
> Oh fuck!

> 3282494 WAKE UP

> 3282497 >>3282487
> SNAP OUT OF IT RUBY, DON'T LET IT TAKE HOLD.

> 3282499 >>3282492
> Shut up, he doesn't know about that.
> Examine the buttons (?) by the door.

> 3282500 >>skullfuck tom

3282503 Tom explains that he lost his eye while he was being dragged off to the room he spent the last few days in. The thing that brought him there did it.
Ruby must just not have noticed, between her flashes and distractions.

> 3282506 >>3282503
> >Remove panties, put on Tom as eye patch.

> 3282507 >>3282503
> Weaver I thought there was supposed to be less mindfucking for awhile. Also hug tom and examine scrap of paper

> 3282509 >>3282503
> What flashes and distractions are he referring to in this case?

> 3282511 >>3282503
> Ask Tom to describe the "thing" that brought him there, if he remembers.

> 3282515 Examine the buttons by the door, see if we can find some sort of egress from the area and something to patch up toms eye.

> 3282518 >>3282248
> New take on this.
> Tie piece of string to Tom, tie different piece of string to Ruby. Tell him "We may be apart, but the power of friendship will keep us together."

> 3282523 Explore remaining areas of the building, namely Z-hatch room. Also re-check the exam room.

3282524 >>3282507
>Weaver I thought there was supposed to be less mindfucking for awhile
I said more puzzles.
>>3282511
>Ask Tom to describe the "thing" that brought him there, if he remembers.
Unfortunately, Tom says he didn't get a good look at whatever dragged him away. He was already sick.
He says most of the pain of his eye has gone away by now.
Poor Tom's lost his eye. Ruby hugs him for comfort.

> 3282532 >>3282524
> Examine paper

> 3282533 Hug Tom
> Sob Gently
> Tell him you've been blacking out/losing time/hallucinating
> Tell him how when you left him to get the cure you where attacked by a monster, blacked out. Woke up in your room, only it wasn't your room. Found red, found cure again, pneumatic tubed cure to red. Then you found a dead body a it grabbed your hand and you blacked out again and then you found Tom.
> Sob more
> Hug tom harder

> 3282535 >>3282533
> Except for the crying, do this

> 3282539 >>3282535
> Basically tell Tom what happened to you.

> 3282540 Go down Northeast chute. Bring Tom.

> 3282542 >>3282540
> And pull hook-lever on the ground.

3282545 Tom looks like he feels better.
Ruby tells Tom what's happened. Tom explains he's been weak and despondent lately, and unfortunately can't help her with many details, except that the western door in the room with the big console (the one that the fishtank-door leads to) is the way into the room he was trapped in.
They both agree that the only thing to do now is go forward.

> 3282548 >>3282545
> Warn Tom about Red. Although Ruby hasn't actually seen him being malicious, she knows enough to tell Tom to keep his guard up.
> Then, go forward.

> 3282552 Explore what was once the z hatch

> 3282553 >>3282545
> Head back down to the Brig via the left ladder. Bring Tom.

> 3282555 >>3282545
> Explore remaing rooms we had visted before. And pick up the hook.

> 3282556 >>3282545
> Use string to attach Ruby and Tom together so they do not get separated

3282562 >>3282552
>Explore what was once the z hatch
Tom and Ruby both go back down the access hatch to check the z-hatch.
Also, there is a hook on the ground here -- but it is not sharp, and it is riveted firmly to the ground. It's essentially just a heavy-duty eyehook.

> 3282568 >>3282562
> Examine the symbol now above the z-hatch.

> 3282569 >>3282562
> Tie string to eyehook

> 3282570 Is it just me, or are thread links not working all the sudden? I'm just getting green text.

3282576 >>3282568
>Examine the symbol now above the z-hatch.
Ruby has a feeling she's seen this before somewhere.

> 3282577 >>3282570
> Not just you. Same is happening here

3282586 >>3282575
>Examine the black panel thingy. Then go through the hatch if the panel isn't intresting.
It's some sort of movable wall panel, but it won't budge. It must be remotely-controlled.
Ruby and Tom both head through the Z-Hatch.

> 3282588 >>3282576
> Shit it is the same symbol from the clock http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3251532/images/1230369553167.gif
> Crap this might be bad, but we must go in to advance the plot! Onwards!

> 3282592 >>3282588
> Might be bad? Ruby isn't going to die. She has plot armor.

> 3282596 >>3282592
> Don't tempt Weaver.

> 3282597 >>3282592
> She could always roll a 1.

3282599 Ruby and Tom emerge in the back room.
In the small closet to the east, on a shelf, there is a large metal safe. Instead of a combination lock, it has a spherical indentation about as big as Ruby's fist, like a socket.
The room is also quite clean.

> 3282605 >>3282599
> Examine the lock, ask Tom to stand guard.

> 3282606 >>3282599
> Eye is active =<

> 3282607 See what is around the safe/shelves. Examine the bulb. Examine the lock more closely.

> 3282608 >>3282599
> ..Use key on safe?

> 3282620 >>3282599
> Looks like a private room. Sex Tom to comfort him.

> 3282622 >>3282617
> With Tom of course

> 3282623 >>3282599
> >The room is quite clean
> Yeah, now that's just plain freaky.

3282624 >>3282607
>See what is around the safe/shelves. Examine the bulb. Examine the lock more closely.
The shelves are bare. The lightbulb is on, looking unremarkable and harsh. The lock is simply a spherical indentation -- there's nothing more significant about the socket to speak of. That's all there is to it.
>>3282608
>..Use key on safe?
Ruby uses the BLACK AND WHITE KEY on the WALL CABINET.

> 3282628 >>3282624
> uh oh here we go......

> 3282630 >>3282624
> Tell Tom to stop standing there passively and try to help out a bit more.

3282633 Inside the wall cabinet, Ruby finds another PAPER SCRAP.
She also recovers an old-fashioned, black leather MEDICINE BAG.

> 3282636 Inspect medicine bag.

> 3282640 >>3282633
> Open ze magic murder bag

> 3282645 put 7 above 6 and see if it has anything interesting on the back

> 3282646 Go east. Bring Tom.

3282647 >>3282636
Ruby can't open the MEDICINE BAG.
There's a TINY PADLOCK of surprising strength keeping it closed.

> 3282650 >>3282647
> Ask Tom about his take on the recent events and go into the next room

> 3282652 >>3282647
> Inspect eye painting.

> 3282659 >>3282647
> Throw bag at the bulb

3282662 >>3282646
>Go east. Bring Tom.
Ruby heads WEST (remember, the view was reversed on entering the back room) and -- now that the hatch is much larger -- she is able to take Tom with her into the side room behind the couch.

> 3282666 >>3282662
> Mysteriously repaired vacuum tube is mysteriously repaired.

> 3282668 >>3282666
> Yet oddly not cleaned. Ew.

> 3282671 >>3282662
> FFFF that dummy is looking at us again. Anyway examine the panel below the mirror

> 3282672 >>3282662
> Inspect room, noting all differences.

> 3282675 >>3282662
> ask tom to put his hand in the water tank, press the button on it.

> 3282676 Ask Tom if he still has any inventory.

> 3282677 >>3282662
> Inspect socket where antidote machine used to be.
> Also inspect floor there; are there drag-marks (eg from the machine being dragged out)?

> 3282681 >>3282662
> Tap what used to be a broken mirror

> 3282682 Open question: Is the position of the dummy corresponding to the icons on the wall in the dummy room and the random rooms? Is he currently pointing the same direction as the wall chart displaying the hook, thus this is why the Z hatch is open? Considering the dummy can rotate?

3282685 >>3282675
>ask tom to put his hand in the water tank, press the button on it.
Considering it's a GIANT BLENDER, Ruby decides not to ask Tom to put his hand inside.
The window between the rooms is now sealed with a heavy plastic, perhaps to avoid breaking.
The electrical panel has been covered up by a protective plate and marked with the symbol for electricity.
There is an electrical outlet visible here.

> 3282687 Climb on Tom, Examine the vent on the upper right.

> 3282688 >>3282685
> I guessed right about the blender =D yaaay!
> I couldn't think of anything else to put in ;3

> 3282689 >>3282685
> Look through the plastic to the hidden room we woke up in.

> 3282691 >>3282685
> Uhh... Is that a hatch under the window? A little hatch maybe? Can it be opened?

> 3282693 >>3282685
> Check floor for scuff marks, footprints, etc.

> 3282696 >>3282691
> We got a hand out of it and shot it up the tube, hence why the tube is covered in blood.
> WHY did we shoot the hand up the tube?

> 3282697 >>3282685
> Open hatch between rooms

> 3282698 >>3282696
> because people are stupid.

3282699 >>3282691
>Uhh... Is that a hatch under the window? A little hatch maybe? Can it be opened?
The mail-slot style drawer between the rooms, which Ruby has used before, is now empty. It's also clean.
>>3282693
>Check floor for scuff marks, footprints, etc.
Ruby heard you the first time, but there's nothing it yielded worth noting.
So, no. Nothing.

> 3282706 >>3282699
> Examine the 3 thingy. If it gives nothing of importance head back to dummy room with Tom

> 3282707 Inspect panel numbered '3'

> 3282710 >>3282699
> See if you can check the grating standing atop of Tom's shoulders. If he wants to that is.

> 3282712 >>3282699
> Inspect vent in upper left, attempt to remove.

> 3282715 >>3282712
> erm, upper right, rather.

3282718 >>3282706
>Examine the 3 thingy.
The symbol looks familiar. Ruby remembers seeing that one, too.
>If it gives nothing of importance head back to dummy room with Tom
Ruby and Tom head back to the now-bisected room, and then the Dummy room.

> 3282720 Check that doodad just above the electrical panel.

> 3282722 >>3282718
> Ask Tom how his eye is feeling now, the socket has become more noticable.

> 3282725 >>3282718
> Ask Tom if he is mentally alright and then ask him if you look fine(ish)

> 3282727 >>3282725
> Tom being anything but melancholy?

> 3282730 >>3282727
> well as normal as he can be.

3282731 As soon as Ruby re-enters the bisected room, the Z-Hatch inexplicably slams shut. Tom is sealed on the opposite side of the wall from Ruby.

> 3282734 >>3282731
> Again? This is getting kinda old. Go to console upstairs and enter open zhatch 211

> 3282737 >>3282731
> Yell for Tom. Is he alright? Tell him you'll be back soon if you can't get the hatch open again.

> 3282738 >>3282734
> Yeah no. How about we wait for our good friend to arrive.

> 3282739 >>3282731
> Call out to the creature on the opposite side of the room.

> 3282740 >>3282731
> Bang on it, calling to Tom, ask if he is alright. Tell him to go back to the room with the Vacuum tube and look through the window, you'll be there.

> 3282742 >>3282731
> the hell is coming out of the hatch across the gap.
> god. dammit.

> 3282743 >>3282739
> Oh shit there is someone there! Go upstairs quickly to apprehend them

> 3282746 >>3282743
> BAD idea
> Upstairs is probably where he is coming from.

> 3282747 >>3282742
> It's the GOD. Also known as Red.

> 3282748 >>3282731
> Is that Red's cane?

> 3282749 >>3282748
> Why yes. Yes it is

3282750 >>3282734
>Again? This is getting kinda old. Go to console upstairs and enter open zhatch 211
Ruby returns upstairs...

> 3282755 >>3282750
> Cast magic missile at the darkness.

> 3282756 >>3282750
> FFFFFFF Say hello to red

> 3282758 >>3282750
> "You trapped Tom"

> 3282759 >>3282750
> Quickly back away from the smile

> 3282762 Kindly demand Red stops smiling. For ever.

> 3282763 Greet Red warmly. Ask him to stop smiling or you will bite his throat out.

> 3282764 >>3282750
> ask for our two coins back

3282765 The person behind the door tosses a small, thin metal rod onto the floor.
The door closes suddenly.
Ruby recovers the THIN METAL ROD.

> 3282771 >>3282765
> Go to the lever, and use the THIN METAL ROD.

> 3282773 >>3282765
> Well that was ru-*CLANG*
> What the fuck was that?

> 3282774 >>3282765
> whelp, go back to the lever/handle thing, put the rod back in place and give the fucker a tug

> 3282775 >>3282765
> Check on Tom.

> 3282776 >>3282765
> Equip THIN METAL ROD as a weapon. who knows what might happen next.

> 3282779 Retrieve TOm then use thin metal rod on levber

3282783 >>3282775
>Check on Tom.
Ruby can't check on Tom! He's sealed behind the Z-Hatch... and the terminal isn't working! It won't even light up!
>>3282774
>whelp, go back to the lever/handle thing, put the rod back in place and give the fucker a tug
Ruby climbs down...
...and replaces the metal rod into the lever.

> 3282788 >>3282783
> Pull the lever, leave the string.

3282795 Ruby pulls the lever up...
...only to find it has far more slack than she realized!
Something in the room moves in response to the pulling of the lever, but Ruby can't really see it from here.

> 3282797 On the way up the ladder, press the 2nd button from the top.

> 3282803 >>3282795
> See if it opened the door it used to.
> Check on what used to be the black panel.

> 3282807 >>3282795
> Examine the lever... thing... is it an extension cord?
> Enter Dummy Room.

3282809 >>3282797
Ruby releases the lever, and it snaps back up (down?) into place. Something in the room moves, again.

> 3282814 >>3282809
> Pull it tight and tie it to one of the rungs of the ladder with the string!

> 3282816 >>3282809
> Tie ball of string to lever then tie it to the eye hook! Go ruby, go!

> 3282817 >>3282809
> use your bunny ears to try to determine it's location

> 3282819 >>3282809
> Use STRING on LEVER. Then try to hurl it beyond the chasm and use STRING on HOOK. Then tighten.

3282823 >>3282814
>Pull it tight and tie it to one of the rungs of the ladder with the string!
The thick cord easily snaps the flimsy string.

> 3282826 >>3282809
> Pull the string and remove the metal rod

> 3282827 >>3282823
> bring lever up the ladder with you. If there is still slack head back down to side of room with the eye hook and attach lever to eye hook

> 3282828 Find out how much slack the lever has. Climb the ladder while pulling it.
> Also, push the 2nd button from the top.

> 3282831 Also, a new thread? This one autosaged.

3282834 Ruby attempts to press the second button from the top...
but it's been mashed in and broken! It looks like someone struck it hard with something. Or else they don't know their finger strength.
>>3282827
>>3282828
>bring lever up the ladder with you. If there is still slack head back down to side of room with the eye hook and attach lever to eye hook
Ruby heads upstairs...
There sure is a lot of slack here.

> 3282841 >>3282828
> Yeah I was gonna ask about those buttons

3282847 Ruby hooks the lever's handle onto the eyehook.

> 3282848 Bring lever through Northwest chute. Hook it to the hook on the ground.

> 3282851 >>3282847
> Examine the what used to be the black panel.

> 3282854 >>3282847
> Go into door to the left of you

3282881 >>3282869
New thread

## Thread 15

3282869 Ruby retrieves the CROWBAR.
[previous thread here: >>3282166 ]

> 3282873 Go to room to the left

> 3282876 Pry open z hatch to try and save TOm.

> 3282877 FUCK YEAH

> 3282884 Go to the dummy room, see which way it is facing, turn it to match the hook symbol on the z hatch.

> 3282885 I doubt it will pry the hatch open, but it looks like it could work on those boards covering the hole in the other half of the room...

> 3282886 >>3282869
> Smash open the little metal lock with the crowbar.

> 3282888 Use crowbar on the boarded up hole. Delicious plank pulling action.

> 3282891 That's dumb, we'd need a countermance anvil, and the lock will be sturdier. We can't pry it either because it's too small. Lets try the dummy.

> 3282894 >>3282891
> You're dumb.
> Use the waste basket for a fulcrum.

> 3282895 fuck those planks, that's a new room. Dummy first, it's right beside us

> 3282899 >>3282894
> Yeah but then you have divide the fulcrum by 100 and apply it as a modifier to the square of the length X the weight of the weapon in question just to see if she can weild it!

3282900 >>3282876
>Pry open z hatch to try and save TOm.
The thick metal shutters on the Z-Hatch are WAY too strong for Ruby to pry open!
>>3282886
>Smash open the little metal lock with the crowbar.
The lock is surprisingly resilient, but Ruby knew this already. Maybe it's not so surprising.
>>3282888
>Use crowbar on the boarded up hole. Delicious plank pulling action.
Ruby RAPIDLY returns to the boarded-up hole, but she's not strong enough to pry the boards free! Her GIRLISH FIGURE is just not up to the task. She very rapidly returns to the other side -- how considerate of her!
>>3282873
>Go to room to the left
Ruby heads west!

> 3282904 >>3282900
> FAST BUNNY IS FAST!

> 3282907 Okay, now go into room. Open that box if at all possible.

3282914 Ruby enters the Dummy room.

> 3282918 >>3282914
> Open the box that tells us to not open it for to otherwise do

> 3282919 >>3282914
> Inspect new plaque under the TRAUMA part of the wall.

> 3282922 >>3282914
> inspect that sign under the... writing where that body was

> 3282923 >>3282914
> Examine room

> 3282926 >>3282914
> Can she pry open the Do Not Open box? Failing that, turn the dummy to match the hook symbol on the clock thing.

> 3282927 >>3282914
> try to remove rope from dummy.

> 3282928 before we open the DO NOT OPEN, can we try turning the dummy?

> 3282930 Look, the dummy is facing south instead of north now, and the z hatch is closed. Turn the dummy first.

> 3282931 >>3282928
> Actually, yeah, that's a better idea.
> And try knocking on the glass to get Tom to come into the room where you can see him.

> 3282932 >>3282914
> Inspect plaque beneath arcane scribblings.
> Inspect new slot near the old one.
> See if we can spot Tom through the window.

> 3282934 To cut down on needless posts, wait a minute or two by refreshing the page to see if anyone has posted what you would have.

> 3282936 Rip open the dummy with the crowbar. For funsies. Rip open it's head especially.

> 3282938 >>3282914
> Check if the taps on the sink work now, never know when water might be useful.

3282942 >>3282927
>try to remove rope from dummy.
Ruby tried before. She just can't manage it.
>>3282919
>>3282922
>Inspect new plaque under the TRAUMA part of the wall.
There is some sort of large black-and-white painting on the wall.
Beneath it, there is a plaque in a language Ruby cannot understand.

> 3282944 >>3282942
> Check the thing under the mail slot.

> 3282947 Inspect the hand scanner. Try to guess which animal the scanner seems to be made for.

> 3282950 Use crowbar on jammed filing cabinet.

3282960 [Yikes, slow down with all the commands! You're flooding it!]
>>3282944
>Check the thing under the mail slot.
It appears to be a BUTTON DIAGRAM, similar to the one that was upstairs in the control room.
It seems to have a different layout... perhaps it coincides with the one in the other room somehow?

> 3282962 >>3282942
> can someone tell me what those words say? I can't make them all out. I got priscus= carcer, claustrum
> plus it's in Latin

> 3282967 >>3282962
> http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Latin&to=English says "Prayer ancient never ending deep sleep" for whatever that's worth.

> 3282970 >>3282967
> thanks.

> 3282972 >>3282962
> >Votum Priscus
> >Perpes Sopor
> Roughly translated:
> "Ancient Prayer
> Never-Ending Deep Sleep"

> 3282976 >>3282960
> Check the 'clock' on the wall

3282981 >>3282950
>Use crowbar on jammed filing cabinet.
Luckily, the cabinet is not jammed very hard, and the crowbar makes short work of it!
Inside, Ruby finds a TINY KEY!

> 3282983 >>3282981
> key on medical bag

> 3282985 >>3282981
> Tiny key on TINY PADLOCK. Go

> 3282988 >>3282976
> clock is the diagrams. Have we tried swivviling the dummy yet?

> 3282989 >>3282988
> The diagrams may have changed.

3282994 >>3282983
>>3282985
>>3282987
The MEDICINE BAG doesn't have anything that would help Tom inside anyway...
Ruby unlocks it with the TINY KEY and recovers a PAPER SCRAP and a VERY SHARP SCALPEL.

> 3282995 >>3282994
> Take scalpel. Cut open dummy.

> 3282996 try checking the deposit box again?

> 3282998 >>3282994
> Go use SHARP SCALPEL on ORGANIC GROWTH.

> 3283000 >>3282994
> open do not open box

> 3283005 >>3282972
> This is all a dream. isn't it?

3283006 >>3282996
>try checking the deposit box again
The deposit box is still empty.
>>3282976
>Check the 'clock' on the wall
Nothing has changed.

> 3283007 >>3282994
> Try the sink

> 3283009 >>3282995
> this, try to cut along the seem on the middle of his head

> 3283011 Use Scalpel on dummy.

3283012 >>3283007
>Try the sink
The faucet still doesn't work. There's no water at all.

> 3283013 Knock on window to get toms attention.
> Put scalpel into mail box.
> Tell him to put in eye on wall.

> 3283018 >>3283013
> No
> Use scalpel on BIOLOGICAL GROWTH in the locker room. There will probably be a way to turn on power to the console and open the Z-hatch.

3283023 >>3283018
>Use scalpel on BIOLOGICAL GROWTH in the locker room
Ruby returns to the locker room.

> 3283024 >>3282972
> Ancient Prayer....?
> Have we tried just praying? Ruby pray!

3283032 Ruby does her best to carve away at the fleshy growth, and uncovers the cubbyhole behind it.

> 3283036 >>3283023
> pray to something that whatever next thing you do will yield good things. then cut organic growth.

> 3283037 >>3283032
> Put eye in transfer hatch to give to tom so he can put it in safe

> 3283040 Examine the eye.
> If it doesn't look dangerous, poke it.

> 3283042 >>3283032
> Examine eye, don't poke it.

> 3283043 >>3283032
> Is the eye the same colour as Tom's? It is, isn't it?

> 3283047 >>3283032
> Put 4 dots in advanced eye surgery so we can help Tom later.

3283048 The eyeball, though strangely oversized, is not nearly as big as Ruby's fist. It won't fit in the spherical safe-lock.
Uncomfortably, Ruby picks up the eye and stores it away.

> 3283049 >>3283048
> give eye to Tom

3283050 Ruby cleverly CONDENSES HER INVENTORY.

> 3283051 >>3283048
> Return to the dummy room, see if we can grab Toms attention by knocking on the glass.

> 3283052 Examine the panel on the wall next to the closed doorway.

> 3283053 >>3283048
> Inspect unplugged panel.

> 3283054 >>3283048
> Eat eye.

3283061 >>3283052
>Examine the panel on the wall next to the closed doorway.
It's a 4-digit password panel. Above it is a diagram of a happy fish.
It appears to be powered down at the moment.
Attached to it is an EXTENDABLE POWER CORD.

> 3283062 >>3283061
> Get pulling and let's see how far this sucker goes

> 3283063 Enter code 1337

> 3283065 >>3283061
> Go to the Dummy room, get Tom's attention. He needs to plug the cord into the socket in the Maintenance Room.
> Unless its not long enough, then we need ruby to hold it far enough back so that there is no slack.

> 3283068 use the scalpel on the wires on the floor

3283072 >>3283062
>Get pulling and let's see how far this sucker goes
Ruby pulls the cord to the furthest location she can walk to.
Looks like there's plenty of slack.

> 3283074 >>3283072
> Knock on the window, see if Tom can hear us.

> 3283076 >>3283068
> no

> 3283077 >>3283072
> Call for Tom on the Plexi Glass.

3283080 TOM arrives on the other side of the thick window.

> 3283081 >>3283080
> Try to pass the cable through the MAIL SLOT and explain he needs to find somewhere to plug it in.

> 3283083 >>3283080
> Double check to see if the cord can make it through the mail slot unharmed.
> Creatively bend at will with crowbar if not.

> 3283084 >>3283080
> Put EXTENSION CORD and EYEBALL into the mail slot and send them over to TOM. Motion toward the OUTLET so that he can see.

> 3283086 >>3283081
> There's a plug on the same room. With a power sign on it.

3283091 >>3283081
>Try to pass the cable through the MAIL SLOT
That would never work! The mail slot is specifically designed to only open to one side of the wall at a time!

> 3283094 >>3283091
> Send the eye to Tom and try to ask if its his for no real reason.

> 3283096 >>3283091
> Give tom the eye, then wave him to move away.
> SMASH WINDOW WITH CROWBAR

> 3283098 >>3283091
> give him eye

3283104 >>3283094
>Send the eye to Tom and try to ask if its his for no real reason.
That's terrible! Even if the eye was his, it's past the point where it could be reattached even if there WERE proper medical facilities available.
Ruby is not so cruel as to do that to Tom for no reason.
>>3283096
>SMASH WINDOW WITH CROWBAR
The thick window is made of some sort of very resilient plexiglass. It refuses to give.

> 3283111 >>3283104
> Search for an outlet on this side, then. Are we strong enough to move the DO NOT OPEN box?

> 3283114 >>3283111
> >Are we strong enough to move the DO NOT OPEN box?
> Nope, already tried before.

> 3283120 >>3283114
> Hm. How about prying the sink off the wall and pushing the cable through the pipes? Would that even work?

> 3283121 Examine the glass. How thick is it?

> 3283122 >>3283120
> >Hm. How about prying the sink off the wall and pushing the cable through the pipes? Would that even work?
> We probably need that sink.

> 3283126 >>3283104
> try the hand scanner again, if nothing happens examine the stitching on the dummy's head

> 3283128 ask tom to put the faucet in the box to switch it to us

> 3283129 >>3283122
> And we'll probably need the hand scanner too, so there's no point breaking that open and trying to use its power supply. I've got no more ideas apart from opening up the dummy and/or box and having a look inside.

> 3283131 ASK TOM IF HE HAS ANYTHING IN HIS POCKETS

> 3283135 Can someone link Tom's room? maybe we can motion for him to do something we didn't do in there. We can still give the scalple if it comes to that. Otherwise, we need to find one last scrap of paper to use the key thing upstairs

> 3283137 >>3283131
> Specifically, if he has or can get that hand we sent up the tube for the lulz.

> 3283139 >>3283104
> Send Tom the crowbar and see if he and his MANLY PHYSIQUE can open the grate to the Z-hatch.
> If that doesn't work, try dancing.

3283140 This box is sealed tight!
Ruby's GIRLISH FIGURE isn't enough to force the DO NOT OPEN box open.

> 3283148 Cut the dummy loose from the stand it's attached to.

> 3283149 >>3283050 this is starting to remind me more and more of eternal darkness. yes, mixing things in your inventory reminds me of eternal darkness more than crazy space warping shit and insanity attacks.

> 3283150 Flash Tom, he'll be through the glass before you can say pancakes.

> 3283152 >>3283140
> She's using the wrong end of the crowbar, maybe that's the problem. Otherwise, try cutting up the dummy and searching its innards.

> 3283153 Spin the dummy around to face Tom, and tell him to keep a close eye on it.
> Go back to the room with the pit.
> We might have missed something there.

> 3283159 >>3283153
> Fuck, how did we forget that? Do this, then Tom's MAN MUSCLES can come over and help out.

3283164 >>3283131
>ASK TOM IF HE HAS ANYTHING IN HIS POCKETS
Sadly, this time Tom is carrying nothing. No tap, no canopener, no condoms.
>>3283139
>Send Tom the crowbar and see if he and his MANLY PHYSIQUE can open the grate to the Z-hatch.
Ruby sends the CROWBAR to Tom through the drop slot.

> 3283166 >>3283159
> Maybe we should also try to see if the plate over the Z hatch can come off.

> 3283167 RIP AND TEAR the dummy.

> 3283170 use rotating dummy to coil the lever cord.

> 3283174 >>3283150
> As far as suggestions involving Ruby taking her clothes off, I believe this is the most useful one so far.

> 3283177 >>3283174
> Useful as it may be, Weaver's still not gonna draw it.

3283178 Tom receives the CROWBAR!
With this weapon of potential destruction, Tom feels his MANLINESS surging back! His MANLY PHYSIQUE is at its peak! He poses triumphantly to celebrate.
Tom feels like he could do some serious bashing here, at least, to most things that aren't SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO STAND UP TO BASHING.

> 3283179 >>3283170
> by this i mean spin the dummy to pull the cord out further.

> 3283180 >>3283174
> Show's what you know. That was tried on the first day and won't work (she is "flat as a board").
> We haven't even looked at the eye in the Z-room. Tell Tom to inspect it closely.

> 3283184 >>3283178
> Let Tom examine the eye on the wall in the other room, see if it follows him around like it did with Ruby.

> 3283186 >>3283178
> Well, then, have Tom do some SERIOUS BASHING to the Z-HATCH.
> Just checking, he does still have both arms and you just didn't draw his other one, right?

3283188 >>3283180
>We haven't even looked at the eye in the Z-room. Tell Tom to inspect it closely.
It's just a painting. Tom doesn't see anything particularly destroyable about it.

> 3283190 >>3283174
> I too support this idea.

> 3283191 >>3283180
> and then pry it out of the wall.

> 3283193 >>3283188
> >It's just a painting.
> Does it come off of the wall? Can it be pried off? Anything behind it?

> 3283195 Pry off the lightning-bolt panel.
> Destroy the bank-teller shelf.
> Relish in destructive manliness.

> 3283196 >>3283188
> why is the hatch open? accident on weavers part?

> 3283197 >>3283188
> Z-hatch appears open.
> Oversight, anti-climax or mindfuckery?

> 3283202 >>3283188
> something needs to be smashed dammit! take out them shelves in the closet mind the light

3283204 >>3283195
>Pry off the lightning-bolt panel.
Tom would rather not be electrocuted by prying off the panel on the HIGH VOLTAGE panel in the other room!
>Destroy the bank-teller shelf.
It's the only thing that allows Tom and Ruby to pass items! They may need it!
>>3283197
>Z-hatch appears open.
What are you talking about? It's obviously closed. Stop getting Tom's hopes up.

> 3283207 >>3283204
> Try to carefully remove the eye 'painting', with the crowbar if necessary.

> 3283208 >>3283204
> What it that painting looking at?

> 3283209 >>3283204
> >Stop getting Tom's hopes up.
> Sorry, Tom.
> Let's search the couch instead. Rip it open if necessary.

> 3283210 >>3283204
> Try prying the bank teller shelf out.

> 3283211 rip the couch open. see if there's anything inside.

3283212 >>3283202
>something needs to be smashed dammit! take out them shelves in the closet mind the light
Fuck yeah!
Tom goes to work smashing up the shelves for no good reason, and carefully avoids breaking the lightbulb.
Then he decides what the heck and smashes the lightbulb anyway. It's very satisfying.

> 3283213 >>3283204
> is there anything made of rubber around that Tom could insulate the crowbar with to protect himself from shock?

> 3283217 Smash sofa.

> 3283218 >>3283212
> have Tom investigate the remains for anything of value

> 3283219 >>3283213
> yeah, his pants.

> 3283221 I think we're overlooking the buttons.
> >>3282960
> At least three of these buttons look useful, though one is broken. I think the pattern here is their height, it's the one thing that's linear, and the hatch button is the second one up, so we can assume they're all arranged vertically.
> I think the safest buttons to press then would be the water or pipe buttons.

> 3283222 Tear open the couch.

3283225 >>3283217
>Smash sofa.
Tom's anti-inanimate-object bloodlust has subsided.
Besides, the couch is so utilitarian nothing about smashing it would probably be any fun.

> 3283227 >>3283225
> USE COUCH ON PIPE

> 3283229 >>3283225
> Back to the task at hand, then. Pry open Z-HATCH?

3283236 >>3283229
>Pry open Z-HATCH?
The Z-HATCH is so strong it severed that monster in half earlier. Tom's efforts would be wasted against its thick steel shutters.

> 3283238 >>3283219
> well how bout using those rubber pants to protect him from shock while prying open the lightning bolt panel

> 3283239 Check behind the painting for another safe and the last digit of the code!

> 3283240 >>3283236
> But... But... manly physique!
> Alright, then. Pry shit off the walls, starting with that painting. See if there's anything interesting hidden.

> 3283241 >>3283236
> we could try bashing that air vent open?

> 3283242 Can Tom pry open the vent?

> 3283243 thirding the air vent idea.

> 3283246 SIT ON COUCH FOR MAXIMUM COMFORT

> 3283247 Give up, engage in sexual activities until further notice or termination of vital functions.

3283248 >>3283240
>Pry shit off the walls, starting with that painting
You guys are really reaching!
The painting won't come off. It's inset INTO the wall.

> 3283254 >>3283248
> dig into the walls around the painting, we must have that frame!

> 3283255 Is it possible the lever does something to the other side of the wall when it is not being pulled?

> 3283256 >>3283248
> check remains of busted stuff for stuff

> 3283257 >>3283248
> Smash it! See what happens.

> 3283259 Go to ladder. Push topmost button.

> 3283261 GO FOR THE AIR VENT.
> THEN HAVE RUBY SPIN THE DUMMY. UNTIL ALL THE SLACK LEAVES THE CORD THAT IS ATTACHED TO IT.

3283263 >>3283241
>>3283242
>>3283243
>>3283249
NO
AND YOU DON'T NEED TO THIRD AN IDEA, YOU ARE ONLY FLOODING THE THREAD WITH POINTLESS COMMENTS
I'M SURE TOM HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME
GOSH YOU GUYS
I MEAN GEEZE

> 3283266 >>3283263
> Have Tom hug Weaver.

> 3283267 >>3283263
> MAXIMUM COMFORT! FUCK YEA!

> 3283270 can ruby tie her cord around the dummy for now and head back upstairs?

> 3283273 >>3283263
> have tom go back and look at ruby for a bit, maybe she's found something.

> 3283278 >>3283270
> First, have Ruby spin the dummy a bit. Does it affect anything Tom can see?

> 3283281 Tom, try to pray. Maybe it will do something.

> 3283283 Switch back to Ruby, go back to the set of buttons alongside the ladder near the lever.

> 3283284 Move couch away some more, close door to smashed shelves and lightbulb.

3283285 >>3283254
>dig into the walls around the painting, we must have that frame!
This is stupid.
>>3283256
>check remains of busted stuff for stuff
Your comment was already passed up, which means it was not used for a reason!
>>3283257
>Smash it! See what happens.
THIS IS ALSO STUPID
>>3283261
>GO FOR THE AIR VENT.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY NO
>>3283277
WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT WASTING POSTS TO POINTLESSLY SECOND THAT WAS ALREADY INTENTIONALLY PASSED OVER
IT'S NOT LIKE I DIDN'T SEE IT THE FIRST TIME
>>3283278
>First, have Ruby spin the dummy a bit.
I ALREADY SAID LIKE TEN TIMES THAT-
i give up

> 3283290 put the code 7265 into the keypad

> 3283293 commit heresy and summon exterminatus

> 3283295 >>3283285
> Well, running around in circles trying everything two-dozen times is an important part of a point and click adventure game after all...

> 3283298 Weaver, I think you need a rest for the night. /tg/ seems to have gotten on your nerves.
> :(

> 3283299 >>3283290
> >put the code 7265 into the keypad
> THE POWER IS OFF
> ARE YOU BLIND
> HOW MANY TIMES

> 3283301 >>3283285
> Just tell us the next step then, this is only hilarious to one of us.
> I think I had this GM once.

> 3283302 >>3283285
> Maybe try lifting up the couch using the crowbar to see if there's anything beneath it?

> 3283303 >>3283285
> And thus we come to the one frustrating part about adventure games. Looking for one one solution to the puzzle that the designer thinks should be obvious, but no one ever gets and has to go look at a faq or something.

> 3283304 HAVE RUBY PRESS THE MIDDLE BUTTON

> 3283307 Okay, maybe we should leave Tom alone for a bit. Let's see how Ruby's doing.

> 3283308 >>3283285
> Get Ruby to give the Scalpel to Tom

3283311 >>3283283
>Switch back to Ruby, go back to the set of buttons alongside the ladder near the lever.
RUBY DECIDES TO GET OFF HER FLUFFY WHITE BUTT AND GOES TO THE BUTTONS AGAIN

> 3283313 Have Tom look up the next step on GameFAQs.

> 3283314 Well lets pause for a moment, first of, everyone remember that once an idea has been suggested, that's it. Done. It will be used or not.
> We have the peg, string, eye, scalpel and paper. Have we tried using the peg as a faucet?

> 3283315 >>3283285
> well, we're all stumped, then.

> 3283316 >>3283311
> try spinning the triangle thingy

> 3283319 >>3283311
> which buttons are not depressed.
> or even sad.

> 3283323 Can Ruby see anything in the gaping hole?

3283325 Which button should Ruby press?
Think carefully -- pressing random buttons may not be wise.
Ruby is pretty sure she remembers seeing a DIAGRAM earlier.

> 3283326 >>3283314
> The eye obviously has some purpose. Prayer has been mentioned... evil religious ritual? Offer the eye as tribute to some nefarious god?

> 3283330 >>3283311
> Hey, the floor hatch is boarded up. How come we didn't try to pry it open with the crowbar yet? Or do we need Tom's MANLY PHYSIQUE for that?
> Also, the gap in the room that used to be the cell. Can we see beyond it? Like, say, around the wall the Z-hatch goes through?

> 3283332 >>3283325
> Top one.

> 3283333 >>3283330
> >How come we didn't try to pry it open with the crowbar yet?
> YOU DID, PAY ATTENTION

> 3283334 Fourth from the top.

> 3283336 >>3283325
> Press button 4. The diagram is upside down so 4 is the blue stripey tube things

> 3283337 >>3283330
> why is the room upside down :/

> 3283338 >>3283325
> The top button may be linked to the skull diagram we saw earlier. Better not press it. Try the second to last button, it seems fairly safe.

> 3283339 >>3283325
> Press the middle one.

> 3283340 >>3283325
> We'd like to press the middle one - the one that most likely corresponds to the electricity symbol.

3283341 >>3283332
>Top one.
Are you SURE?
Okay... but don't say you weren't warned.
Ruby presses the TOP BUTTON.

> 3283343 >>3283332
> NO THAT ONE WILL KILL US!

> 3283344 >>3283330
> See:
> >>3282888
> >>3282900

> 3283346 push them all while humming "funky town"

> 3283352 >>3283338
> We know the second button from the top corresponds to the hatch. With that in mind, top is probably water.

3283355 >>3283341
Ruby hears soft, distant sounds of running water.
Nothing else seems to happen.

> 3283359 >>3283355
> Press button 4

> 3283360 >>3283355
> Check pit room
> If no water, check on tom.

> 3283361 Well, the middle button was requested first, so try that first. Ruby had best hope her body is mildly shock resistant.

> 3283362 >>3283355
> have ruby make the room rightside up again

> 3283364 >>3283341
> Oh God... does Tom or Ruby see anything happening?

> 3283366 Run to check on Tom!

> 3283369 I was supposed to get ready for new year... But ruby is so much more EPIC!

> 3283370 off chance idea... put the eye.. in the wall safe in the closet with the socket... maybe its a retnal scanner or something
> give tom the eye and instruct him on what to do

3283371 >>3283359
>Press button 4
Ruby taps button 4. There's a loud rumbling sound from somewhere in another room, but otherwise, no visible change.

> 3283374 >>3283325
> Top one.

> 3283378 >>3283355
> Press the second one then. If that opens the Z-hatch, get the cord (we tied it around the dummy, correct?), get it through the crawlway in the Z-hatch room and plug it into the outlet there.
> If Tom is still moping on the couch, comfort as Ruby sees fit.

> 3283382 lol furfags!

> 3283385 >>3283378
> Its broken

> 3283386 >>3283371
> I hope we didn't fill the room that Tom is in and killed him.

> 3283392 check on Tom

3283394 Ruby decides to return to check on Tom.
He's okay, but there's a weird clanking sound nearby, like something moving around in metal.

> 3283398 >>3283394
> something is in the airducts, switch to Tom?

> 3283399 Turn on faucet

> 3283400 >>3283394
> check deposit box?
> i must be the deposit box man or some shit, ITS ALL I EVER VOTE FOR

> 3283404 Get Tom to check up on the Z-hatch.

> 3283413 Shrug shoulders at Tom signalling you have NO FUCKING IDEA what to do.

> 3283417 >>3283400
> there is no voting.
> Also: we've got a scalpel, he's got a crowbar, we can handle a few things at the moment. Lets go upstairs and see if anything changed in there

> 3283422 SHIT BUTTONS UNDER THE DEPOSIT BOX. PUSH THEM.

3283427 >>3283419
new thread

> 3283429 >>3283400
> there is no voting.
> Also: we've got a scalpel, he's got a crowbar, we can handle a few things at the moment. Lets go upstairs and see if anything changed in there
> >>3283422
> You know, I kept looking at those, and forgot we had a diagram corresponding to it...

## Thread 16

3283419 Ruby tells Tom she's pressed some buttons.
Tom says a minute or two ago, something started making noises from the pipe overhead. Every 30 seconds or so, a clanking, clattering sound echoes in the pipes, like something's passing through there.

> 3283433 >>3283419
> try to tap the pipes with the crowbar. something living might be in there.

> 3283434 You're gonna hate me for this, but try breaking open the pipe and seeing what it is.

> 3283435 UNCLEAN! PURGE THEM WITH FIRE!

> 3283439 >>3283435
> Looks like the kids just woke up.

> 3283441 try batting the iron box with the crowbar, see what happens?

3283442 >>3283434
>try breaking open the pipe and seeing what it is.
The pipes here are all shielded with thick metal plates.
Tom wisely moves to the back room, where the pipe is exposed.

3283448 Tom lets fly with the crowbar and assaults the old pipe!

> 3283450 >>3283448
> Oh god this is going to be bad.

> 3283452 did we press button 2 to open the z-hatch at all?

> 3283454 >>3283448
> Agh I cant believe we didn't think of this earlier when Tom was in a rage.

> 3283457 >>3283448
> RUN AWAY TOM! RUN AWAY!

> 3283458 >>3283452
> You mean the one that's fucking broken? No. I don't think we did.

> 3283459 >>3283448
> BRACE FOR RAPE

> 3283461 >>3283454
> For the last time, RED BROKE BUTTON NUMBER 2

> 3283462 >>3283452
> Pay attention.
> Weaver, have Tom stand back and cautiously await for a few seconds.

3283467 For better or for worse, the pipe is smashed wide open.
Just in time... the rumbling sound is coming this way again.

> 3283474 PREPARE TO USE COUCH AS EMERGENCY FLOATATION DEVICE, IF YOU WIND UP ON MIDAS RIVER JUMP ON BARRELS AND GRAB AS MANY COINS AS YOU CAN.

3283475 A perfect glass sphere comes tumbling down the shaft and lands softly, unharmed, on the soft yet utilitarian couch.

> 3283476 >>3283467
> have Tom prepare the crowbar as a weapon.

> 3283477 >>3283467
> don't stand under it Tom, it could kill you!

> 3283478 >>3283467
> Prepare to hit anything that comes out with the crowbar.

> 3283479 >>3283475
> Take the sphere.

> 3283480 >>3283475
> Use it on the safe.

> 3283485 >>3283475
> Sphere into socket

> 3283487 >>3283475
> Poke the glass sphere with the crowbar, if it doesn't result in death or other unpleasantness, take it.

> 3283489 >>3283475
> Pick up glass sphere and observe it. Anything interesting?

3283492 >>3283479
>>3283480
>>3283483
>>3283484
>>3283485
>>3283486
>>3283487
Tom doesn't know quite what you're trying to say. Do you want him to UNLOCK THE SAFE WITH THE GLASS SPHERE?
Well gee, why didn't you just come out and say that?
Tom unlocks the safe using the GLASS SPHERE and the SAFE LOCK SOCKET.

> 3283499 try to figure out how to get the Z-hatch open.

> 3283500 >>3283492
> Open safe cautiously, crowbar at the ready.

3283501 Inside the safe, Tom finds... some sort of peculiar wooden disc.

> 3283502 >>3283492
> Open the safe, take anything within of interest, but be careful because it might be full of snakes or something.

> 3283507 take the now less than untilitarian couch and place it in your inventory, or at least move it out from in front of that hole its in front of.

> 3283509 >>3283501
> put it in bank/teller hatch. Tell ruby to use it on the clock. If red shows up ignore him and put it in clock

> 3283510 >>3283501
> Go back into the tech room, put the disc into the mail slot and send it to Ruby.

> 3283513 Get disk from Tom. Use disk on clock-shaped symbols on wall in Ruby's room.

> 3283515 >>3283501
> Take disk, pass it to ruby.

> 3283521 >>3283515
> >>3283513
> Those weren't neccesary. Refresh before you submit

> 3283528 Take disc, eat it.

> 3283530 >>3283501
> Red's going to show up soon, isn't he?

3283531 >>3283510
>Go back into the tech room, put the disc into the mail slot and send it to Ruby.
Tom passes the strange disc to Ruby, who looks a bit startled to see it.

> 3283532 >>3283528
> DONT TAKE ANY WOODEN NICKLES

> 3283534 >>3283509
> >>3283515
> >>3283510
> >>3283513
> this.

> 3283537 please press refresh just before you submit; then you can see if something you are saying has already been suggested.
> Does the markings on the disc match up to anything on the wall?

> 3283540 >>3283534
> For fuck's sake.

> 3283542 DISC IN THE CENTRE OF THE CIRCULAR DIAGRAM!

3283552 Ruby sets the wooden disc onto the peg in the clock-like device.
It fits perfectly.
To which symbol should Ruby point the disc?

> 3283555 People if something has already been suggested don't repeat it. Don't fill the thread with useless posts while waiting. It takes time for weaver to make each frame. Just get something to eat or mash F5 like the rest of us.

> 3283559 top one

> 3283560 >>3283552
> The hook. It will open the z-hatch

> 3283562 Top Symbol

> 3283563 >>3283552
> Point it.... down.

3283579 >>3283559
>top one
Ruby points the dial disc to the top symbol. The sound of sliding metal comes from nearby.

> 3283584 >>3283579
> Crawl through z-hatch. Hug Tom

> 3283588 >>3283584
> No, CHECK Z-hatch first. check every assessable room for any changes.

> 3283595 could someone quickly recap what icons have been seen where? and if the Z hatch is okay, lets drag the cable down and plug it in

3283601 Just as Ruby had hoped, the symbol must have opened the Z-Hatch!
TOM enters the room, looking pleased to see Ruby.
He carries the EXTENDABLE POWER CORD Ruby forgot in the other room.

> 3283604 >>3283595
> Top one at z hatch. 3 at tom's room. and the 6 thingy on the right at the tunnel thing on the top flooor

> 3283607 >>3283579
> That wooden disk looks like a cyclopean awesome face with a party hat.

> 3283608 >>3283601
> Hug Tom.

> 3283611 >>3283601
> Hug tom then plug cord into socket in pneumatic room

> 3283615 Turn knob to the bottom symbol. Do we see anything through the window happen?

> 3283616 >>3283601
> ask Tom if he can understand the weird writing.

> 3283618 Guys, we're going to have to plug the cord in, and also turn the wooden disk. It might close the z-hatch again.
> Spin disk off of the z hatch symbol to test this.

3283622 >>3283608
>Hug Tom.
Ruby hugs Tom.
Tom goes a step further.

> 3283625 >>3283622
> OHO

> 3283631 >>3283622
> oh shi-

> 3283633 >>3283622
> :3 Kiss him back. He's earned it

> 3283634 We don't yet know if turning the dial away from the top symbol will close the z-hatch. If it does as the cable's running through it it will be snapped and we will be screwed.
> Get Tom to go back to the room he just came from (if he doesn't mind), and turn it to the "3" looking symbol, and see what happens there first.

> 3283635 >>3283622
> HOORAY!

> 3283639 >>3283607
> A Cyclopean Buckley face.

> 3283640 >>3283622
> Kiss back!

3283643 >>3283622
...Ruby returns to the clock.
She turns the dial away from the top symbol, and she can hear the Z-Hatch slam down again.

> 3283646 >>3283643
> Okay, NOW kiss back.

> 3283649 >>3283643
> rejection? D:
> flick the dial to the right

> 3283650 >>3283643
> Try turning it on the top setting and pulling it off and placing it on another setting

> 3283652 >>3283643
> Alright, explain to Tom that you're just a shy bunny and when you both get out of this, then you'll have time for that and more.
> But for now, ask him to go back into the room with the vacuum tube. When he does, turn it to the 6 spot.

3283656 Ruby turns the dial to the bottom symbol. A faint sound of sliding metal can be heard through the plexiglass.

> 3283658 >>3283656
> Oh god. Look at Tom. Comfort him!

> 3283659 >>3283656
> Go and investigate with Tom

> 3283661 >>3283649
> Nah make sure Red can't get in

> 3283664 Turn dial to the top. Go to the other side, leave Tom behind. Ask Tom to turn the dial to the bottom again.

> 3283666 >>3283656
> >It was at this point that Ruby realised that Tom is the one, and she threw herself at him, kissing passionately

> 3283674 >>3283643
> >>3283656
> WHY THE SAD FACES?!

3283676 >>3283666
>>It was at this point that Ruby realised that Tom is the one, and she threw herself at him, kissing passionately
>666
Nice try, SATAN.
>>3283664
>Turn dial to the top. Go to the other side, leave Tom behind. Ask Tom to turn the dial to the bottom again.
Ruby uses the dial to open the Z-Hatch and heads towards the room on the other side of the glass.

> 3283677 >>3283674
> He's suffering from a broken cat heart you fucking CALOUS BASTARD.

> 3283678 Perhaps we should give them a bit of "private time"?

> 3283679 >>3283676
> OH GOD LOOK AT HIM
> YOU'VE TORN OUT HIS HEAAAAART

3283684

> 3283685 >>3283676
> inb4Tom dies ;(

> 3283690 >>3283676
> As Ruby leaves have her tell Tom that she loves him! Do it!

> 3283692 >>3283676
> Weaver, did I mention I love you?
> Also, just give Tom a hug and an explanation as to why Ruby can not be thinking of such things in this place. It will cheer him up, and allow him to function better in the enviroment.

> 3283695 Tear a strip from Ruby's skirt, she can stand losing an inch or so. Bandage that eye already.

> 3283697 >>3283684
> Her scar has returned mysteriously.

> 3283698 >>3283679
> Along with his eye.

> 3283699 >Nice try, SATAN
> Damnit Weaver, you've ruined New Years Day!

> 3283700 >>3283695
> I think Tom has gotten far too much of the wrong idea already without clothing rippage getting involved.

3283701

> 3283705 >>3283701
> Noooooooo! also her scar looks like :/ but its also going to burst open

> 3283706 >>3283701
> She looks like she's not feeling too good. Maybe she should call for Tom, and sit down. That plain couch looks pretty good right about now.

> 3283710 >>3283701
> Call out to Tom, desperately, say that you're about to feint.

> 3283712 >>3283710
> >about to feint

3283715

> 3283719 O shi... Red Eye! Better photoshop that!

> 3283720 >>3283715
> THE EYE OH GOD

> 3283721 >>3283715
> >The eye
> Oh this can't be good.

> 3283722 woa red light.. red light!

> 3283726 Throw the eye away! It's cursed!

> 3283727 Call Tom, right now.
> (Also, for the eye zombie... That's the same eye as tom... and it looked an awfully lot like tom... Do you think it was Tom.... from the future?)

> 3283729 >>3283715
> Go back Ruby! Go back!

> 3283730 >>3283715
> PREY PREY FOR NO ETERNAL SLEEP

3283731 Ruby's head
is killing her.

> 3283733 Tom is a zombie?!

> 3283734 Oh Shi-

> 3283738 >>3283733
> COULD RUBY BE THE ZOMBIE???

> 3283739 inb4 cliffhanger

> 3283740 >>3283733
> >>3283738
> No Red, you are the demons.

> 3283743 >>3283731
> Shout for Tom.

> 3283745 >>3283738
> No, I think I understand it now. Eternal sleep. this is a sleep lab. and Ruby is a nonestop dream.

> 3283747 >>3283739
> second that!
> Hurry and kiss Tom goodbye before its too late!

3283750

> 3283752 >>3283745
> Mind blown! FFFFFFFF

> 3283753 >>3283750
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

> 3283754 >>3283750
> Oh no...

> 3283757 >>3283750
> Oh shit.

> 3283758 >>3283750
> in during Satori

> 3283760 THIS ISN'T REAL, RUBY
> WAKE UP
> AGAIN

> 3283761 >>3283745
> So Tom kissed her because she wanted that? And the zombies attacked because she's a psycho?
> Makes sense... On /b/ perhaps.

> 3283762 >>3283750

> 3283763 FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
> UUUU

> 3283769 >>3283761
> good things can happen in a nightmare.

> 3283775 >>3283750
> DON'T GO INSANE!

3283776

> 3283779 >>3283776
> SHIT JUST GOT TRIPLE LOVECRAFTIAN

> 3283780 HOLY SHIT

> 3283782 >>3283776
> Get out of the room, the eye on the wall is doing something

> 3283783 scalple needs to go in eye T_T

> 3283786 >>3283776
> Well, sweet mother of fuck...

3283791 Ruby wipes the blood off her forehead.

> 3283795 >>3283791
> Stab self in forehead with scalpel.

> 3283799 >>3283776
> Punch the eye.

> 3283800 >>3283791
> WAIT SHIT WHAT THE FUCK

> 3283801 point at tom, point at the dial, twirl finger around in a circle, go back to eye when he has done that and RAM THE SCALPLE IN

> 3283802 >>3283791
> Knock on plexiglass if tom is dead I swear to god Weaver POW ZOOM STRAIGHT TO THE MOON

> 3283803 Tom, please turn the dial to the bottom symbol.

3283808 Tom didn't see.

> 3283815 >>3283808
> GOUGE THE FUCKER OUT.

> 3283816 >>3283791
> Can Ruby "feel" the eye like the rest of the body or is it "alien-like"?
> Is it just a simple eye or seeing things "different"?
> Can Ruby think straight right now or she in shock/pain/other?

> 3283820 put the top of ruby's head in the blender so we get the eye!
> say.. do we still have that eye in our inventory?

> 3283822 >>3283808
> Experiment. Close your normal eyes and try to 'open' the third one.. do things look different?

3283824 >>3283812
>Knock on the glass, press your hand against the glass, show that you are not well.
no
tom
can't know

> 3283826 >>3283808
> Knock on the glass and shout out to him.

> 3283829 >>3283826
> late late is late

> 3283830 >>3283824
> Peek in on Tom. It seems kind of strange that he didn't look when you crawled into the room.. it was sure to have made some kind of noise.

> 3283833 >>3283824
> At least try to communicate with Tom, check if he's okay.

3283834 Ruby gets Tom's attention, then gets him to switch the dial to the bottom long enough for her to open the small slot in the wall and retrieve the fourth PAPER SCRAP. She signals Tom, and he switches it back again, opening the Z-Hatch.

> 3283837 Weaver, can you include an estimated time to end of today's game in your next post please?
> Also can we see what the slot in the wall, with the icon, is now?

> 3283839 Tom isn't in the room anyway. It's just the doll thing, right?
> Wait... Tom is gone?!

> 3283842 Woot! plug in the thing from upstairs! we have all four parts of TEH CODE

> 3283846 >>3283834
> Paper with 6 is acutally a nine, meant for the upper-right.

> 3283855 >>3283846
> Yeah well done on noticing that, I was like "shit, is there two sets of four or something?"

3283862 Ruby returns to the Dummy room.
Tom begins to apologize for his earlier rash action. Ruby quickly dismisses it.
It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

> 3283865 Ask tom to return dial to north symbol.
> Get out.
> Have Tom plug in keypad.

> 3283869 >>3283862
> Ask Tom what happened to his eye.

> 3283879 >>3283862
> Ask him to crowbar that crate open

> 3283880 >>3283872
> I've been thinking that too. Ever since the disc thingie was used.

3283888 [artistic error in the previous panel, Tom didn't magically regrow his eye, I'm just tired and hurrying]
>>3283865
Ruby re-opens the Z-Hatch. Tom returns through it to the other side and plugs in the EXTENDABLE POWER CORD from the digital lock upstairs.

> 3283897 >>3283888
> Plug 7935 into the fish control panel in Ruby's starting room.

> 3283902 what's the url for sup/tg/ archive again?

> 3283906 >>3283902
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3283908 >>3283888
> Go get Tom and go to the code entry device.

> 3283911 >>3283902
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

3283913 Ruby and Tom return to the top level and enter the code into the powered-up terminal.
This is IT!

> 3283921 We never found out where the water sounds came from when the button was pressed earlier.

3283925 ...not quite as planned.

> 3283928 >>3283925
> Unplug the chord, turn dial towards that symbol.

> 3283929 >>3283921
> Problem.
> >>3283925
> Solved!

> 3283930 >>3283925
> Go press the water button again. you know. by the ladder.

> 3283933 >>3283929
> >>3283930
> Looks like SOMEONE didn't read the first threads!

> 3283934 Get Tom to turn the dial so we can see how the porthole turns into a tunnel.

> 3283935 >>3283925
> Say to Tom he should stay there, remove the extendible powercord. Go back to the dummy room and turn the clock thing to the left symbol.

> 3283939 or how the complex turns into a electrified aquarium

3283941 Tom and Ruby make a boring excursion back downstairs, through the Z-Hatch, unplug the cord, pull it back to the proper side, change the dial to the symbol in the water, then climb back upstairs.
But it's very boring so let's just skip all that and get to the good part. It's what Ruby would want. She doesn't mess around.

> 3283943 >>3283925
> touch it

> 3283946 >>3283941
> Prepare to swing crowbar.
> Walk into the doorway.

> 3283951 >>3283941
> shove Tom through it
> Or throw something else in it

> 3283962 >>3283941
> Enter together and be prepared to face red, mentally and physically.

> 3283964 I do believe the "walk into the darkness" has occured before... Remember how that went?

> 3283972 >>3283964
> Nothing bad happened. Walk into the darkness.

3283974 >>3283946
Tom and Ruby prepare themselves...
but there's no one on the other side.
The monitor system appears to have been destroyed.

> 3283984 >>3283974
> Nothing to do now but USE CROSS PEG ON CROSS-SHAPED SLOT.

> 3283985 >>3283974
> Crowbar to the locked door?

> 3283987 >>3283974
> Examine room

3283991 >>3283984
Ruby finally inserts the CROSS PEG into the cross-shaped recess in the wall.

> 3283996 >>3283974
> Crosspeg on slot and break the air duct tube thing

> 3284000 Some of those monitors have static, which means its still working on some level: poke at the interface.

> 3284001 >>3283991
> is the door to Tom's cell open?

3284002 The panel on the wall transforms before Ruby's eyes, folding open and revealing a small ladder of broad pegs, leading up to a newly-opened hatch in the ceiling.

> 3284010 Go up.

> 3284011 >>3284002
> See if you can go up, ask Tom to follow.

> 3284012 >>3284002
> Onward to this new frontier

> 3284023 ... Ask Tom if he found a hand in that room he was trapped in.

> 3284028 >>3284002
> Inspect the room where Tom was held in Goddamn

> 3284039 >>3284002
> Did we have top open the DO NOT OPEN box yet with his MANLY CROWBAR of MANLYNESS?

> 3284049 >>3284039
> This~

3284052 New thread:
>>3284047

## Thread 17

3284047 Ruby and Tom climb the ladder up the new hatch in the ceiling.
It is no mystery whose home this is.

> 3284055 Analyze object under the tent thing, then the bloody hole in the wall.

> 3284056 What do the walls say?

> 3284057 Is that Red? KILL HIM

> 3284062 >>3284047
> What is that thing under the 'tent?

> 3284063 is that brighter stuff fresh blood? with the darker red being old and dried blood?

> 3284064 >>3284047
> examine the nintendo wii looking object

> 3284068 Limit your posts, people. Let's not thread flood.

> 3284072 Well, there goes my theory about Red being the BBEG.
> Well technically he could still be, but he's certainly not in charge here.
> He's as much a prisoner as they are.
> But it's creepy as fuck to think he's been living up there this entire time. How many times has he been up there while we were out exploring, trying to open the passage, or even standing in this very room?
> He probably spied on both Tom and Ruby with the monitors, too.

> 3284084 Examine ecksbawks looking device.

3284085 >>3284055
>Analyze object under the tent thing, then the bloody hole in the wall.
There's a CEREAL BOX under Red's tent.
On the wall, among endless scrawls of illegible, fevered writings, there's some sort of crude, arcane circular diagram, and in the center, a relatively-fresh bloodstain, probably from some time in the last few days.
Looks like someone hit their head here. Very hard.

> 3284088 >>3284072
> He probably saw them kiss then broke the monitor in a rage

> 3284093 >>3284085
> Open the box

> 3284096 My bet is red is spiked to the ceiling under that tarp like the other guy.

> 3284097 >>3284085
> open CEREAL BOX

> 3284100 >>3284088
> >He probably saw them kiss then broke the monitor in a rage
> That is UNSETTLINGLY possible, considering the time between when the monitors were fine and when they were broken.

> 3284103 >>3284085
> Tom is looking bad, ask him if he is okay.

> 3284105 Open CEREAL BAWKS

3284109 >>3284097
>open CEREAL BOX
There is a very sugary cereal inside, but there's very little left. Something rattles inside the box, which promises a PRIZE INSIDE.

> 3284110 >>3284085
> What's in the Box?!

> 3284115 >>3284109
> I hope it's a samophlange!

> 3284119 >>3284103
> BRACE FOR EYEBALL

> 3284121 >>3284109
> Check the prize. Could be a key!

> 3284124 >>3284109
> get PRIZE

> 3284128 >>3284085
> Have Tom help Ruby tear down the tent.

> 3284129 Find PRIZE INSIDE. Check on Tom, ask if he is feeling well.

> 3284130 >>3284119
> That makes a terrible special surprise inside!
> I'd much rather have a decoder ring.

> 3284131 Offer some of it to tom, god knows how long it's been since either of you last ate.
> And claim prize.

> 3284138 >>3284119
> I am currently imagining poor Tom's cat-eye, with fruity sugar-cereal dust clinging to it to the point that it is not immediately recognizable as such.

> 3284139 >>3284131
> Scratch that idea, I just remembered the LAST time we tried to feed tom.

> 3284154 I don't trust tom, I think he's a monster thing and that's why he's so violent and the eye went missing and shizzle. He tried to take advantage of us just a moment ago, he's just toying with us T_T

> 3284159 >>3284154
> 4/10 you almost had me

> 3284162 >>3284154
> ITT: "I was almost raped, I swear!"

3284172 Something falls to the floor, amid Red's fevered writings, from the CEREAL BOX.

> 3284179 are those writings in blood?

> 3284180 >>3284172
> Examine teeth

> 3284181 >>3284172
> Teeth?

> 3284183 FFFFFFFFFFFFF...
> Are those TEETH?!

> 3284187 >>3284172
> Teeth.
> Guys, I don't think he can really tear our throats out anymore.
> ... It's paddlin' time.

> 3284188 Examine teethlike objects. Also see if Red's frantic scribblings have any important information about them.

> 3284193 >>3284172
> Take teeth and go down the ladder

> 3284196 >>3284172
> Those look like teeth. look closer, but don't touch.

> 3284198 >>3284172
> Well. They dont look like wolf teeth. although, Its not like red has HUNDREDS of teeth or anything. he could just be wearing teeth from the other people.
> Take teeth and put them in the analyzer in the room with the window looking into dummy room (sorry I cant remember what the room was called)

3284200 >>3284184
>Are those...teeth? Examine them to determine their true nature.

> 3284201 >>3284159
> I do actually feel that, I really expect Tom to turn on us, or be a monster inhabiting Tom knowing that we're all nice and naive and shit.

3284203 They're teeth, all right.
Ruby pockets the HANDFUL OF TEETH.

> 3284207 >>3284203
> Go down ladder

> 3284208 >>3284201
> No Ruby, you are the monsters.

> 3284209 >>3284203
> Check up on Tom, see if he is doing alright. Head back to the computer room and ask Tom to show you where he came from.

> 3284211 >>3284203
> Observe CRUDE ARCANE DIAGRAM

> 3284212 >>3284201
> You're likely correct but I don't want it to be true =(

> 3284215 >>3284203
> They're THOMPSON'S TEETH! THE ONLY TEETH STRONG ENOUGH TO EAT OTHER TEETH!

> 3284217 Examine the scribbled writings.

> 3284223 >>3284212
> Maybe they both turn out to be monsters.
> And turn on each other simultaneously..
> Then see the other is just like them.
> Much blushing and shy apologies follow.

3284225 Tom explains he was trapped behind this door.
Red let him out, so Red must be in there now.
The door is locked, but Red is on the other side.
He might let them in, Tom suggests.
After all, he let Tom out.

> 3284231 >>3284225
> Knock on the door

> 3284232 >>3284225
> Well that's a trap.

> 3284234 >>3284225
> Ask Red if they can come in.

> 3284235 >>3284225
> Keep Crowbar at the ready.

> 3284241 >>3284225
> My friend here would like a word with you, tom.

> 3284242 Ask Tom if he knows how Red unlucked the door.

> 3284247 How long is this going to keep going for? The sun just came up outside.

> 3284252 >>3284242
> Take a moment and talk to Tom about Red and what he thinks of the stranger. Whether they should trust him and how to handle an encounter with him.

3284253 Tom knocks.
RED'S voice comes from the other side, raspy and strangely excited.
"HOLD ON NOW, FRIENDS.
RED CAN'T LET JUST ANYONE THROUGH THIS DOOR.
YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU'RE FAMILY.
PART OF
RED'S
SPECIAL FAMILY."

> 3284258 >>3284253
> Show teeth to Red through the keyhole.

> 3284260 >>3284253
> Say "Ask the questions, Doorkeeper. I'm not afraid"

> 3284261 >>3284252
> why shouldn't they trust him? He's just an innocent.

> 3284263 Read out the writings.

> 3284266 >>3284261

> 3284270 >>3284253
> Call back saying "How do we do that?"

> 3284272 Okay, red is a fruitloop.
> say "as us anything, we know we are your family"

> 3284275 >>3284270
> >?
> DONT DO THAT

3284276 "IF YOU WANT TO PROVE YOU'RE PART OF RED'S VERY
SPECIAL
FAMILY
YOU'LL HAVE TO SOLVE THIS RIDDLE FOR ME:
'I WATCH, I TEAR
I DEVOUR, AND BLEED
ALL THESE FALL,
AS LIQUID, TO FEED.'
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU GO BRING GOOD OLD RED THE ANSWER?
AND PROVE YOU'RE PART OF RED'S SPECIAL FAMILY."

> 3284277 >>3284270
> Questions + Red = Bad.
> Let's not do that.
> Have Ruby state it's Tom and her, and allow him to ask questions.

> 3284281 >>3284253
> Tell him that if he asks any questions we'll tear his throat out. Too bad he can't see us smile.

> 3284289 >>3284276
> I have this terrible feeling that the blender's going to be involved somehow.

> 3284290 >>3284276
> Door has a handle/doorknob or a pad lock. Break it with Crow bar and tell Red to stop fucking around or you'll twist his neck for him.

> 3284295 >>3284276
> We can come back to this. In the meanwhile, Tom has some violence to perpetrate against the boarded-up hatch and the DO NOT OPEN box.

> 3284297 The answer is: an eye
> DUN DUN DUNNNN!!

> 3284298 >>3284276
> What's in Ruby's inventory? I feel this may have to deal with the blender, and using the teeth and eye...
> Also, have we successfully used all of the images on the clock?

> 3284299 >>3284276
> Psh, easy...teeth!

> 3284300 >>3284289
> i'm gonna have to go with the Blender on this one, it makes sense.

> 3284305 An eye with teeth?

> 3284308 The answer to the riddle is "Eye".

> 3284309 inventory:
> an Eye : I watch
> Scalpel: I tear
> Teeth: I Devour
> ??? : bleed.

> 3284310 >>3284276
> he's talking about teeth

3284312 >>3284297
>>3284307
"WRONG!
NOW SCRAM!"

> 3284313 We have to bring him the answer.. which means it's an object, i think.
> I think you're going to need a bowl. Time for eye/teeth puree

> 3284314 >>3284309
> There is a wall up there that seems to be bleeding.

> 3284315 >>3284309
> Red's blood is up there.

> 3284318 >>3284276
> Not the blender. Tear as in crying would lend evidence to it being an eye.

> 3284320 Ask Tom is he was asked this riddle.

> 3284323 >>3284309
> You can't BLEND a scalpel.
> I WATCH: Eyeball
> I TEAR: Claws?
> I DEVOUR: Teeth
> I BLEED: I would assume BLOOD.

> 3284328 We don't have the hand any more, do we?

> 3284333 >>3284328
> Not since some chucklefuck decided to stick it up the tube.

> 3284334 Well, nothing to do now but open up the DO NOT OPEN box.

> 3284337 >>3284333
> Darn, and Tom was holding it in the room he was trapped in.

> 3284339 >>3284323
> >>3284328
> WHO THE FUCK SHOT THE HAND OFF
> NOW WE CAN'T FINISH AND I'LL NEVER GET TO SLEEP

> 3284341 Ask for a hint

> 3284342 t air or t ear?

> 3284343 Tell Red you'll get back to him on that.
> Have Tom pry open the boards in the funky gravity room.

> 3284345 I WATCH,=Eye Teeth
> I TEAR =Fangs
> I DEVOUR=Duh..
> AND BLEED=when they come out, blood does too
> ALL THESE FALL=In due time..
> AS LIQUID, TO FEED=Mashes food up to a liquidy pulp.

> 3284346 >>3284323
> It will blend! You can blend ANYTHING!

> 3284347 >>3284334
> It probably says do not open for a reason, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, so get tom to open it.

> 3284350 >>3284312
> Look at reds writing for clues

> 3284352 >>3284309
> >>3284323
> I don't think it is a combination of items. I think it is just one thing that fits all the descriptions red gave us.

> 3284353 I WATCH: Eyeball
> I TEAR: Crowbar or scalpel
> I DEVOUR: Teeth
> I BLEED: BLOOD, possibly from the hidden eye on Ruby's forehead.

> 3284359 Go back to the blender room

> 3284362 Think one object, not multiple objects...

> 3284364 >>3284345
> So we have to put all that stuff in the blender and bring it to Tom?

> 3284365 Obviously we don't have the claws, but thats ok, we got toms str now that gives us 2 new options. The DO NOT OPEN box and the hatch that boarded up near the buttons.
> My vote is to open the box.

> 3284366 Things I believe are easily possible at this point:
> Cutting open the stitching in the dummy in the room with the sink.
> Having Tom pry open the boards in the fissure chamber
> Last Resort, getting Tom to open up the 'Do Not Open' box.

3284368 >>3284334
>Well, nothing to do now but open up the DO NOT OPEN box.
Tom decides it's time to get down to business. Warning labels are for chumps.
Stand aside, ladies. It's time for MANLY PHYSIQUE to prove its worth, and damn the consequences!

> 3284370 >>3284312
> Poor Tom, his eye seems to be leaking, is there anything we could use to make him a bandage or eye patch? If so, do that first.

> 3284371 >>3284312
> Shove the teeth under the door.

> 3284372 >>3284368
> Pandora's Box...engage!

> 3284375 >>3284368
> SPOILER: EVERYONE DIES

> 3284376 >>3284375
> Every Game Has an Ending.

> 3284380 Curiosity kills the cat.

> 3284381 >>3284370
> >>EYE
> >>LEAKING
> GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE TEAR.

> 3284383 >>3284375
> I'm sure it'll just be a box full of canned food and can openers or something equally harmless.

> 3284388 >>3284368
> "I have a hammer! I can put things together! I can knock things apart! I can alter my environment at will and make an incredible din all the while! Ah, it's great to be male!"
> Ask him if his eye is okay; it seems to be bleeding.

> 3284395 See if you can't fashion an eyepatch out of the dummy's leather for Tom.

> 3284396 >>3284383
> IF IT'S A BOX OF CANS THE CANS WILL BE FULL OF SENTIENT SELF-ANIMATORY PRIONS. THE CAN OPENERS WILL WORK BY THEMSELVES.

3284397

> 3284400 >>3284397
> Oh please be full of delicious food and blankets.

> 3284403 >>3284397
> Prediction. Stairs down.

> 3284404 >>3284397
> BRACE FOR IMPACT

> 3284406 >>3284400
> At least they aren't recoiling in horror, right? Right?

> 3284407 >>3284397
> Inspect box... cautiously.

> 3284410 >>3284397
> Take whatever the hell is inside their!....All of it!...even if it is stairs!

> 3284412 >>3284406
> Not yet anyways.

> 3284419 Inspect bawks.

3284429 There is a dessicated corpse inside the box. Its skin has become paper-thin and yellowed, half-transparent, clinging to its thin skeleton.
It looks...
strangely familiar.

> 3284434 >>3284429
> OH
> MY
> GOD!

> 3284435 >>3284429
> Examine corpse
> Examine bowl

> 3284436 >>3284429
> If that's...
> ... Then who...

> 3284438 >>3284429
> Oh hai Ruby~ What's in the dish next to it?

> 3284439 oh fuck

> 3284440 >>3284429
> Bring the dogthing to Red, and pocket whatever the item is.

> 3284441 >>3284429
> EAT THE CORPSE

> 3284443 >>3284429
> Inspect the object next to it.

> 3284444 >>3284429
> Ruby has found her own corpse. Paradox occurs.

> 3284445 >>3284429
> My god, they killed a cutebold!
> Inspect its third eye and the circular object near it.

> 3284447 >>3284436
> NO, RUBY. YOU ARE THE REDS.
> AND THEN RED REMOVED THE RUBY SUIT.

> 3284448 >>3284429
> Ear corpse.

> 3284449 >>3284429
> examine the thing next to it.

> 3284450 >>3284429
> Poke it with the crowbar.

> 3284457 >>3284429
> Take out the corpse and go bury it or something or at least dissect it to see if something is inside it.

> 3284458 holy shit....it's ruby's corpse

> 3284459 Does Ruby have any birthmarks/scars she might recognize on this body if it's 'her' ?

> 3284463 >>3284429
> LONG EARS.
> LONG FEET.
> THREE EYES.
> MOTHER OF GOD.
> IT'S RUBY.

> 3284473 K WE GET IT ITS RUBY STOP FLOODING THE THREAD

> 3284474 If ruby has three eyes why doesn't ruby give an eye to tom?

> 3284476 >>3284463
> I'm betting on a Ruby clone of some sort. Perhaps Ruby IS the clone.

> 3284478 >>3284463
> The corpse looks like it's grinning, though, a toothy grin at that.

> 3284484 Alright, since I seem to have been mistaken, and it's not a dog-thing, it's possibly Ruby, talk to her/it and see if it's alive and healthy. If it is, take it to Red, try and get him to open up. If it's not, examine it to make sure that it's you.
> I'm assuming this is either from the future, or a clone. Or the real one, and this is all a dream, which would explain physics no longer holding sway.

3284485 Tom finds something in the box.
Tom retrieves the BOWL OF CLAWED FINGERS.

> 3284486 Well, uh, bodies do bleed. Perhaps Red would take this, along with the other items, as an answer to his riddle.

> 3284488 >>3284485
> Tom should comfort Ruby. She's bound to be freaked out.

> 3284490 TURN ON THE SINK.

> 3284492 Now go break open that other hatch that was boarded up.

> 3284493 >>3284484
> >dessicated corpse
> Read.

> 3284495 Now neither of us will be virgins!

> 3284496 so i guess when ruby blacked out she died and then zombie ruby took her place. but just as red is a zombie that seems to be in control so is ruby. hell at this point tom could be a zombie too!
> whatever, grab the circle thing and inspect it.

> 3284497 Er, frankly, that thing doesn't have Ruby's fluffy ROUND ears , the thing on the right is more likely a black nose.
> In short, I think it's a dog.

> 3284498 >>3284488
> >>Tom should comfort Ruby. With the crowbar. She's bound to be A HORRIFIC MONSTER.

> 3284499 >>3284493
> I did just wake up...
> >>3284485
> There is no corpse, or Tom would have reacted. Ask him what's in the box.

> 3284501 >>3284493
> And in this fucked-up happyland corpses can't be alive because...

3284507 >>3284490
>TURN ON THE SINK.
The faucet pours red liquid.
Actually, Tom's not that surprised.

> 3284508 >>3284485
> Use scalpel on Dummy.

> 3284509 >>3284497
> Word of God says the "nose" is an eye.

> 3284510 Red's corpse? Red is a zombie? but meh.

> 3284512 What is with this place and EYEBALLS?!?

> 3284513 >>3284507
> Tom sure is one cool motherfucker.

> 3284515 >>3284507
> Too bad we don't have anything to hold it in.

> 3284519 >>3284507
> Since Tom obviously didn't see the corpse but Ruby did, he asks why she's gone all rigid and stary.

> 3284522 >>3284507
> Have Tom close the box, it is scaring Ruby.

> 3284523 I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.
> Tom, cover the thing back up when you're done. Be respectful to the dead.

3284524 Tom retrieves the BOWL OF BLOOD.
>>3284499
>There is no corpse, or Tom would have reacted. Ask him what's in the box.
Tom says a bowl of severed fingers is certainly disgusting, but no worse than some other things they've both seen.

> 3284525 >>3284507
> Use scalpel on the corpse.

> 3284529 How about Tom mans up and checks on Ruby. She's not doing too hot.

> 3284530 >>3284507
> Ruby does not seem okay. Tell Ruby that whatever the thing is is dead, and it's okay.

> 3284533 >>3284524
> Take the bowl and collect some blood from the sink.

> 3284534 >>3284524
> Have Ruby tell Tom that she might hallucinating.

> 3284536 >>3284524
> Ruby's going to have to pick herself up, if she wants to know it's real. Other than that, close the box if she refuses to. I can see why she would.

> 3284540 >>3284524
> Let's try an experiment to see just how "real" Ruby's apparent hallucinations are. Ask tom to touch the area where the body is.

> 3284541 >>3284524
> Ruby should take a look inside the box one more time.

> 3284543 Fill the bowl with blood form the sink so the fingers float around like teeny weenies in BBQ sauce. Eat em up~

> 3284544 Hug Ruby.

> 3284545 >>3284497
> >Er, frankly, that thing doesn't have Ruby's fluffy ROUND ears , the thing on the right is more likely a black nose.
> Ears are dessicated, which is why they're shriveled up.
> You're looking at it sideways.

> 3284546 >>3284524
> Also have tom take the scalpel, use it on the dummy to get some cloth and BANDAGE HIMSELF UP! DAMN!

> 3284549 >>3284524
> Also, tell him that she sees her own dead body in the crate. Don't mention the third eye, though.
> Might make him jealous, what with him only having one of them.

> 3284552 So, if we're still going with the "blend it up" plan, take the BLOOD, EYE, TEETH and FINGERS, stick them in the BLENDER and get the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE.

> 3284553 >>3284546
> MEDICINE IS FOR BABIES

> 3284554 >>3284530
> That's a horror movie line used to incite monster attacks.

> 3284556 Tom is either ONE OF THEM or poor Ruby is going off the deep end, either way, we don't want Tom to think Ruby is either vulnerable or crazy, we should go see if the stuff we have now fulfills Red's riddle.

> 3284558 got the watching eye, the tearing claws, the devouring teeth and the bleeding...blood? all of these can fall and all eventually liquify due to decomposition. TO THE BLENDER

> 3284559 >>3284552
> Don't blend it.
> Try to recover from finding your corpse in a crate, and ask to fix up Tom's eye.

3284571 >>3284552
>take the BLOOD, EYE, TEETH and FINGERS, stick them in the BLENDER and get the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE.
Tom and Ruby head to the maintenance area and after a gruesome blending, they whip up the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE.

> 3284576 >>3284558
> Teeth don't liquify.

> 3284579 >>3284571
> Take it to Red and offer it as the solution to the riddle.

> 3284580 >>3284571
> Ask tom about the body in the box

> 3284582 >>3284576
> its the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE with DELICIOUS CHUNKY BITS then.

> 3284583 Now, let's head back to Red's door.

> 3284587 you do realize to get the items to red you have to send them through the vacuum tube?
> tom said he was trapped in that room and that's how we got him the antidote. so go up and see if these items are the answer, if they are vacuum tube them to him.
> Alternatively, you can just shove these things in the tube and see if its open on arrival

> 3284592 >>3284587
> It's pretty liquefied, we can pour it under the door.

> 3284594 >>3284587
> It is now a liquid. Do you want to send a liquid through the vacuum tube?

> 3284600 >>3284592
> does the door even have a gap?
> i say send it through the tube. cant hurt can it?

> 3284602 >>3284594
> lol send that nasty shit to red thru the tube

> 3284603 Tell red to open the door and then we will give him the answer to the riddle. He can trust us because we are part of his special family.

3284604 >>3284578
>Take it to Red
The door is already open.
Perhaps he knew Ruby and Tom were coming.

> 3284607 >>3284604
> Ask tom about the body in the box, and help him to bandage his eye.

> 3284618 >>3284604
> Step in and present it to Red.

> 3284619 >>3284604
> >Perhaps he knew Ruby and Tom were coming.
> ...give the bowl o' gore to Ruby, and have Tom pull out his crowbar.

> 3284621 >>3284604
> You know what to do. Step forth into the abyss.
> Have Tom go first...

> 3284625 >>3284604
> well vacuum tube problem solved

> 3284626 >>3284604
> Enter cautiously. Have Ruby tell Red about what she saw in the box. Don't phrase it as a question.

> 3284639 At this point in time Tom and Red double team Ruby.

> 3284646 >>3284639
> And shove her in the box.

> 3284649 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

> 3284651 Ruby should arm herself with that scalpel before they go in.

> 3284654 >>3284651
> Screw the scalpel, use the crowbar and go Gordon Freeman on his ass.

> 3284655 Does the third eye have future vision or something?

> 3284659 >>3284655
> The third eye is a blessing do not abuse it.

> 3284662 >>3284654
> Tom has the crowbar, since his MANLY PHYSIQUE is perfect for it, and he's kind of holding the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE with DELICIOUS CHUNKS.

> 3284663 >>3284654
> shit why not both? ruby with blood bowl in one hand, scalpel in the other and tom with crowbar

3284674

> 3284678 >>3284674
> You totally ignored my responce dude. First time I got the first responce. :(

> 3284680 >>3284674
> Well that's just great. Nice exits.

3284681 ~To be continued~
Thanks again for your patience, everyone.
I'll see you all again for the next installment.

> 3284682 >>3284674
> Tom calls upon his latent powers of crowbar-fu, and bashes Red's head in.

> 3284684 >>3284674
> Put down the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE with DELICIOUS CHUNKS, doubleteam that fucker with crowbar and scalpel.

> 3284686 No RED!
> You're too fly to die!

> 3284687 >>3284678
> LOL SECONDS TIME I GOT THE FIRST RESPONCE. Tell/ask tom about the body in the box bandage help bandage his eye and inspect body in room.

> 3284689 >>3284674
> I'd find a way to destroy that body. fast. maybe toss it into the fissure.

> 3284694 >>3284681
> Thanks so much for this Weaver, it really made my newyear.

> 3284695 >>3284681
> Er any idea when next time will be?

> 3284696 >>3284681
> Good show my good man. It was a pleasure to participate in today's events.

> 3284699 >>3284674
> Question. Is the blood actually black, or did you just not colour?

> 3284700 >>3284674
> But where's the hat? WHERE DID THE HAT GO?

> 3284701 >>3284674
> we've taken out two others with piratically no weapons, we can take red.
> hell even though he's one of "them" he seemed in control, who know' if he's hostile even in this state.
> slide the bowl over to him. say "it's good to be part of the family" and reveal third eye

> 3284702 >>3284689
> Bad idea; no body means he's still alive.
> I propose that we start the next session by making good use of that LARGE BLENDER in the other room.

3284712 >>3284699
>Question. Is the blood actually black, or did you just not colour?
Black intentionally, more for stylistic purposes.
>>3284682
>Tom calls upon his latent powers of crowbar-fu, and bashes Red's head in.
He's got two long, sharp wooden poles going through his head.
I don't think he needs the help.

> 3284723 Thank you again Weaver. It's been a blast.
> Can't wait for the continuation.

> 3284724 I think he killed himself because you got the riddle wrong at first, well done fucknuts.

> 3284725 >>3284712
> Weaver, master of the mindfuck. I LOVE waking up and having these threads to read in the morning. I'd love staying up for them more, but sadly, that isn't possible.

> 3284740

> 3284744 >>3284724
> >I think he killed himself because you got the riddle wrong at first
> Doesn't really fit his self-written epitaph.
> Also, insight from the creator:
> <TG_Weaver> You know, from Red's point of view, he won.
> <TG_Weaver> He never got caught
> <TG_Weaver> He never got beaten.
> <TG_Weaver> He never gave up.
> <TG_Weaver> And he exited on his own terms.
> <TG_Weaver> And most of all, he died with a smile on his face.

> 3284752 Well, since there's so much to talk about (and hopefully, some good fan material coming soon), anyone want to start up a new discussion thread?
> Talk about what it all means? Where it's going?
> Maybe get some good drawfags to contribute some stuff?

> 3284757 >>3284740
> /tg/ just got redrolled

> 3284785 >>3284740

> 3285180 >>3284757
> Redrolled must become a meme.

## Thread 18

3326334 [Sorry about that, folks. Let's try this again. Maybe if I post faster there will be fewer comments in between.
Again, I'd like to ask everyone to keep their posts to a minimum, self-moderate as possible, avoid repeats, and don't spam for other people to trim their posts (since that only adds MORE posts), and that sort of thing. Please, just do your best, it's all I can ask.]
Ruby and Tom enter the room Tom was trapped in earlier.
The walls are covered with graffiti. There are numerous items here, including a SHOVEL HEAD, EMPTY RED SPRAYCAN, Red's CANE, and the remnants of another implement broken to create one of the two stakes. There is a METAL BOX here.
The pneumatic tube here is empty.
There are doors to the north and to the south.
RED is here.

> 3326337 >>3326334
> Pre-emptively hold weapon and stand by door.
> Just kidding.
> Open box, collect useful items.

> 3326342 Open the METAL BOX!

> 3326358 >>3326337
> >>3326338
> fucking beautifull

> 3326359 Anything on the SCREEN?

3326363 Red face is grotesquely deformed, with an impossibly huge grin.
Red is impaled through the back of his neck and through the right side of his skull by large stakes. Red is covered in blood and not moving.
Red's dead, baby.
Ruby doesn't particularly want to disturb Red's body, let alone pull out thick wooden stakes jammed through his gray matter.
TOM examines the METAL BOX Red left. It appears unlocked, so he opens it.

> 3326366 >>3326363
> Look at screen/window

> 3326367 Let's make the rest of it quick.
> Open box, examine contents, pick up EVERYTHING you little adventure game bunny.
> Also, "PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THIS ROOM" sounds a lot like Dharma's "QUARANTINE" on the inside of the hatch.

> 3326369 >>3326334
> Have Ruby stand by the door as Tom goes to the GIFT for an inspection.

> 3326372 >>3326363
> Attempt to operate INTERCOM

> 3326376 Take the Walking stick.

> 3326378 He is reposting. Wait until all images are up again before posting more.
> That is all.

3326379 >>3326366
>Look at screen/window
The screen is just static.
Ruby examines the items. There is a METAL TOOL HEAD that looks like it broke off one of the two stakes, but it does not appear useful in its current broken state.

3326384 Tom opens the BOX. There is a NOTE.
Tom also notices a COIN in the pile of stuff under the note.

> 3326385 I take it you won't be accepting responses using foreknowledge?
> Examine CARD READER. That's our ticket to continuation, best to know about it early rather than late.

3326390 Ruby takes the CANE and SHOVEL HEAD, but leaves the EMPTY SPRAYCAN and the METAL TOOL HEAD, as both appear unhelpful in their current state.

> 3326392 >>3326384
> Sorry to say this, but...
> Read NOTE.

> 3326393 Collect items
> double check red
> I'm not clear on what the wall behind the pneumatic tube says. If its important, can we get ruby to read it?
> And Weaver, a humble suggestion...
> Perhaps next time you plan one of these, /tg/'s new favorite threads, give moot the almighty a 24-48 hour heads up and a personal invite.
> He's already expressed a fondness for us, and perhaps his presence could leave us all a little... better behaved.
> Or maybe i just want to see how moot plays ruby. who knows.

3326396 The door to the north opens.
A very large figure appears in the doorway.
Ruby gets the very distinct impression that this individual is not friendly.

> 3326398 >>3326393
> Moot playing Ruby Quest with us? Fuck yes.

> 3326399 >>3326379
> We should take the METAL TOOL HEAD anyway, in case we find a way to make it useful again. If it truly proves useless, we can chuck it then.

3326403 Tom is distracted by the NOTE.
He reads it...

> 3326405 Place SHOVEL HEAD in OPEN DOORWAY, just in case it might happen to slide shut.

> 3326407 Ruby does a barrel roll.

> 3326410 >>3326396
> Tom should wield the CROWBAR
> Ruby should wield the CANE
> Wait for it to do something, while attempting to speak to it.

3326411 Tom discards the NOTE as he finishes reading.
There is something under the NOTE.

> 3326416 >>3326413
> irc.rizon.net
> #RubyQuest

> 3326418 Have Ruby try to drag TOM out of the room.

> 3326419 >>3326396
> Timidly wave. We've made it a habit for our rabbit to greet her aggressors.

> 3326420 >>3326411
> Leave room, shurt door, thank RED.

> 3326422 >>3326411
> Throw bomb at birdman and run like hell. Preferably closing the door on the way out.

> 3326428 >>3326419
> Thats good and all under normal condititions BUT THERE IS A FUCKING BOMB MAN!

> 3326430 >>3326411
> Have Tom take the COINS from the bomb like substance.

3326433 Suddenly, a flash of memory returns to Ruby.
The figure does not seem friendly.
She remembers the figure...
The figure is the one who put her in the locker.

> 3326434 >>3326433
> PLAGUE DOCTOR.
> Leave room, shut door.

> 3326435 >>3326396
> Tom picks up/grabs Ruby, and Bolts out the door with her. Since she has not seen the bomb its up to Tom to react.

> 3326436 >>3326433
> Locker? what locker?

> 3326437 >>3326428
> Ruby doesn't seem to notice that.

> 3326438 >>3326433
> Let's regift him something, then.

> 3326439 >>3326433
> Wait for the man so that he can answer the many questions Ruby has for him.

3326442 >>3326432
>Call TOM, RUN out of ROOM at HIGH SPEED.
Ruby doesn't see the BOMB.
Tom reacts quickly and runs from the room. He grabs Ruby and quickly carries her along.

> 3326446 Send the BOMB up the mail tube, it's somebody else's problem now.

3326457 Tom runs as fast as his tired legs will carry him.
[CUTSCENE!]

> 3326460 When out of the room, wait for an explosion, or other reaction, then re enter.

> 3326465 >>3326457 what a stud.

> 3326478 >>3326465
> Fuck you furry.

3326489 [cutscene! don't submit any actions for the time being.]
Tom leaps from the room just as a huge, poorly-rendered explosion erupts from behind them.

> 3326496 >>3326489
> Ruby Just looks like a pole
> "Oh hay I'm bean carried, oh hay wat was dat noise"

> 3326501 Updated delete tutorial.
> Sorry for the off topic post.

3326527 The explosion blasts through the air above them, filling the room with heat.

> 3326538 That room is going to look just fantastic after this. Gird loins check.

> 3326553 SAGE FOR FURFAGGOTRY. THIS WAY LIES HERESY. I AM ASHAMED OF YOU, /TG/.

> 3326557 >>3326538
> That depends on what sort of explosive was used. High explosives and their massive impulse power tend to make people burst squishily. Low explosives tend to have less bursting, and becuase of the more sustained heat, more neat cauterisation.

3326561 [cutscene over]
Ruby and Tom appear unharmed. The building around them still shudders from the explosion, but it appears the imminent danger is gone.
The room to the north appears to have been filled with debris. It is now inaccessible.

> 3326570 >>3326561
> Move the DO NOT OPEN box to see if there is an entrance behind it

> 3326574 >>3326561
> thank tom. i say kiss but i know ruby wont

> 3326580 Check the room, and check each others status.

> 3326590 CLOSE THE MOTHERFUCKING Z HATCH.
> RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
> HURRY.

> 3326593 Let's consider the strength of the bomb. Has this perhaps altered our other surroundings? We may want to check some other rooms to see if they've been affected, mainly the bottom half of the tube.

> 3326597 >>3326570
> ...unless the roof collapsed.

3326621 >>3326593
>Let's consider the strength of the bomb. Has this perhaps altered our other surroundings?
The explosions seems quite localized -- the door to the north is inaccessible, and most likely, the room the explosion took place in is all but obliterated, but it seems most of the other rooms are unaffected. The area as a whole does not seem to have had a particularly strong reaction.

> 3326640 Check to see if the body in the crate is still there.

> 3326662 >>3326621
> Go to the room with the non-Euclidean gap. Have Tom use the CROWBAR on the boarded-up hole.

3326667 >>3326605
>thank the guy, too! SAY something!
Ruby thanks Tom for saving her life again.
Tom blushes slightly. He says it's what anyone would have done in that situation.
>>3326639
>Would have been nice to have the coin back, since we've lost our spare one. I wonder why Red needed it, anyway...
It would appear Red used the TWO COINS as some kind of makeshift contacts for his homemade bomb.
>>3326621
>The area as a whole does not seem to have had a particularly strong reaction.
Scratch that.
The lights in the room suddenly go out.

> 3326673 >>3326667
> Weapons out, and listen.

> 3326676 >>3326667
> Look at the tiny light outline.

> 3326678 >>3326642
> Because we have a great track record with fish.

> 3326682 We should ask Tom if he recognized the Birdman. See if he has any experience with him. And see if Ruby can remember anything more herself.

> 3326685 Wuh oh!
> Find the door, brandish Crowbar!

> 3326690 >>3326654
> Slow down. First the "do not open" and vicinity.

> 3326699 Figure out where the light is coming from.
> Ask Tom if he remembers the writings on the walls from when he was captive in the pneumatic tube room.

> 3326725 >>3326694
> agreed, grab his hand.
> afterall 10 feet monster pigeons are running around here.

> 3326728 >>3326714
> We don't want to break the cane. It's useful for reaching things, as Red has shown us.

> 3326731 Should be okay, bunnies and cats have good dark vision in an environment with any light sourc... oh.

3326733 >>3326676
>Look at the tiny light outline.
There seems to be a doorway hidden in the wall. A light comes through a crack from the other side. Perhaps the door was jarred loose in the explosion.
>>3326673
>Weapons out, and listen.
The air is deathly silent after the near-deafening explosion.
Ruby and Tom draw their SCALPEL and CROWBAR, respectively.

> 3326739 Crowbar is the only dependable weapon we have. Luckily bunnies have powerful legs, so we might get some kicks out of our protagonist...

> 3326759 With the explosion in Tom/Red's room, its safe to say the floor is gone. This gives whatever was behind the door the bird came out of access to the Z hatch back room.
> WE NEED TO SHUT THE Z HATCH SO THEY DON'T CREEP UP ON US.

3326761 >>3326682
>We should ask Tom if he recognized the Birdman. See if he has any experience with him. And see if Ruby can remember anything more herself.
Ruby is drawing a blank, beyond the image of being put into the metal cell by the figure.
Tom says he recognizes them. It is the same figure that dragged him away to that room when he was suffering from arsenic poisoning.

> 3326763 >>3326759
> Can't do it, no power.

> 3326792 >>3326763
> Besides, it seemed way too big to fit through the Z-hatch.
> Does any light come from the shafts?
> Wait a moment to adjust eyes to darkness.

> 3326795 Is the darkness moonlight night dark or Malaysian jungle at night dark?
> If it isn't bright enough to see all the way across the room, use the string to tie Ruby and Tom together somehow. At leats that way whatever happens they won't be split up without considerable effort.

> 3326797 can we peek through said light crack?

3326807 >>3326773
>it would be good to see how the othe rooms changed from the blast too
A preliminary examination of the room below suggests there has been no extraneous damage, but the lights seem to be off in most of the rooms.

> 3326813 >>3326807
> Go to the boarded up hatch and ask Tom to break it open with his crowbar

> 3326814 >>3326807
> Go to dummy room.

> 3326817 >>3326807
> Ask Tom if he can see the lever on the other side.
> Ask if there's anything wrong with it....like the fact that it is going DOWN and coming from ABOVE.

> 3326818 >>3326806
> he only has one eye
> you're going to ask the one eyed guy to see for you
> you dick

> 3326823 You know, this would be a really BAD TIME for something HORRIBLE to happen. You know, in the rooms where all the BAD THINGS HAPPEN. Like where we're going RIGHT NOW.
> March those guys backl up to the coffin room and open that damn door now.

> 3326826 Climbing without light is dangerous. Better check the room with the lightsource for a backup power-system.

3326827 >>3326814
>Go to dummy room.
There doesn't appear to be any damage here either.

> 3326829 Door indeed!

> 3326830 >>3326827
> FFFFFFUCKMOTHEROFGODDESTROY THEDUMMY

> 3326835 See if you can see anything through the tiny light hole.

> 3326838 >>3326827
> Cut dummy open with the SCALPEL. Have Tom stand at the ready with his CROWBAR in case something happens.

> 3326843 >>3326827
> Let us open the hidden room already.

> 3326847 >>3326827
> The two red lights are...?
> Also, move the crate, check for things hidden behind it.

> 3326853 If we remember the last time we saw red eye's like that.....
> OH SHI-

> 3326854 inb4 "cut open dummy"

> 3326864 Have ruby get brave and look inside the do not open box.

3326865 >>3326830
>>3326831
>>3326832
>>3326833
>>3326836
>>3326837
>>3326838
>>3326840
[okay, okay, I heard you the first time, you don't all need to say it]
Tom examines the glowing eyes on the dummy. He can't tell what's causing the light.
Ruby gets scared and backs away from the dummy.

> 3326880 Look out for what's in the box.

> 3326881 >>3326865
> Have tom Inspect further, asking ruby to borrow her Scalpel to assist in revealing whats causing the glow.

> 3326887 Watch out for the box Ruby. Don't want you falling in there.
> Try poking the red eyes with the scalpel.

> 3326893 Don't do anything to the dummy unless it starts mutating. It hasn't done anything yet, but there could be something inside it.

> 3326906 Anyone remember the thing, where the doctor went to do an autopsy...and then when the scalpel touched the body....

3326908 >>3326882
>RUBY get a GRIP and stay the fuck away from that BOX.
Ruby can't resist... she looks in the box.
The box is empty.
>>3326887
>Try poking the red eyes with the scalpel.
Tom uses the sharp end of the crowbar instead, and jabs one of the eyes.
It makes a squishy sound.

> 3326915 >>3326827
> Tell Tom to stop faking about his eye, he's clearly switched which one it is

> 3326920 Ruby Screams for no reason and Tom jams the crowbar in hard due to being startled.

> 3326926 Not Game related but: Are people extra stupid? They keep submitting this thread to /suptg/ before its even finished.

> 3326927 >>3326915
> Weavers doing his best to get these scenes out fast, after deciding what to do. cut him some slack.

> 3326934 >>3326908
> Smash until it stops making squishy noises.

> 3326939 >>3326926
> delete your post after you read this: suptg automatically updates archived threads for up to a week

3326942 >>3326919
>GET OUT NOW
Tom and Ruby decide to quickly vacate the room.
They head back upstairs.

> 3326946 >>3326942
> OPEN DOOR

> 3326947 Although the dummy is probably stitches,
> Tell tom to jab it's other eye, if it does anything then it will be blind.

> 3326953 >>3326944
> ((Takes up valuable screen space.

> 3326958 A pair of red LEDs would've been so handy.
> The next course of action is clear.

> 3326971 Peak through the light, maybe you might see somthing.

> 3326975 >>3326962
> The console has a symbol above it that was on the disc-dial. We'll need to go back to the dummy room and turn it to the right, in the event that the ever-absent wooden disc has stayed where we left it for once.

> 3326978 Thinking about it, I should have given all my sprites a 1 pixil bredth of white so they can stand out better against the black.. bugger.

3326981 >>3326946
>OPEN DOOR
Tom grabs his CROWBAR and sets to work opening the door. It's stuck fast, but nothing a little MANLY PHYSIQUE can't handle...

> 3326988 >>3326981
> MANLY TOM

> 3326989 Show Tom the eye you found while he is prying open the door.

> 3326993 >>3326988
> Someone needs to do a dangermouse picture of tom

> 3326996 Keep that scalpel handy. Always!

> 3327001 >>3326989
> The eye is gone, moron! It did blend.

> 3327006 >>3326999
> What is it with the string and you people?

> 3327007 >>3326993

3327010 The door unceremoniously falls off its hinges and reveals a bright room beyond.

> 3327016 >>3327010
> Enter cautiously.

> 3327018 >>3327012
> Weaver already comfirmed Red was dead and that explosion probably cemented it.

> 3327019 >>3327010
> Look through doorway before entering.

> 3327022 I was thinking... maybe should use that scalpel to cut and rip her dress shorter incase someone needs to be RUNNIN FAST. Plus having the extra cloth could always be useful

> 3327024 >>3327016
> This is just like the uneventful enter the darkness moments, but with light.

> 3327031 hey idiots, he said the door fell off it's hinges. It's not there anymore.

> 3327033 >>3327022
> we tried this already waaaaay back in thread one. Ruby knows what your planning!

> 3327035 >>3327027
> #RubyQuest on the Rizon server. Welcome!
> Preppin' mah delete button for case of other IRCers.

3327058 Ruby and Tom check the room for obvious dangers, take a moment to let their eyes adjust, and then enter...
There is a door to the west. The door to the north seems to lead to the room where Red's body was just found. It is inaccessible due to debris.

> 3327064 Drink from the bottle.

> 3327075 examine the room.
> Tom grab the booze on the table to regain strength.

> 3327077 >>3327058
> TOM: Surprise Ruby by setting up impromptu romantic dinner.

> 3327097 Maybe check if the broken door can be used to build a makeshift barricade against the killer puppet.
> Then carefully approach the door to the west.

3327106 >>3327069
>>3327070
>>3327071
>>3327072
>>3327073
[C-C-C-C-C-COMBO
Okay, calm down, post a little slower, you know I'm getting to it.]
Tom and Ruby inspect the room.
There is a bottle of CHAMPAGNE on the table. Tom takes it.
There is a NOTE on the other table. Ruby will inspect that in just a moment.
On the north wall is the doorway to the room the bomb went off in. The heavy door has been blown to pieces but seemed to protect this room rather well from the blast. The doorway is marked "Holding" by a sign above it.
There is a WATER COOLER here.
Beside the cooler, there is a set of METAL SHUTTERS, which are wrapped shut at the base with barbed wire.

> 3327115 Examine the hole below the vents for treasure! Arr!

> 3327127 >>3327106
> Use CROWBAR top get ride of the barbed wire. Or pull them off with CANE.
> Hell, have the two work together.

> 3327131 >>3327115
> for a bunt of cash, you know it
> Also TOM takes a CHAIR and makes it into a IMPROMPTU WEAPON
> Chair>Crowbar

> 3327134 Assuming the shutters are how they served food to the captives in the next room, there might be some non deadly food nearby.
> ...or super deadly food.

> 3327140 Determine whether or not we feel hungry or thirsty.

> 3327145 this is a room that doesn't look like it should be accessed by the people being held, its assumable the food and drink here is safe

> 3327147 Remember, after a period of starvation you need to limit your intake of food, eating too much will kill you.

> 3327152 Interesting. Might we be able to conjecture when the place was last in use?

> 3327158 Use the cane on the hole under the vent to see if you can drag anything out with the handle, best not to risk your hands!

> 3327159 >>3327143
> Maybe not a good idea, considering what happened last time Tom ate something from this facility.
> So, i propose not eating, nor drinking, unless weaver tell us about Ruby and Tom having hungry/thirst.

3327165 >>3327114
>Drink the water.
Strangely, neither Tom nor Ruby is very thirsty.
>>3327115
>Examine the hole below the vents for treasure! Arr!
There appears to be something in the back of the hole, but it's wedged in there good! Ruby can't get it out with her bare hands, she'd need some kind of precise implement to grab it.

> 3327167 >>3327106
> Time for some R&R! have Tom lay down his slick man moves on Ruby with Chamagne for two <3

> 3327174 >There appears to be something in the back of the hole, but it's wedged in there good! Ruby can't get it out with her bare hands, she'd need some kind of precise implement to grab it.
> Does the CANE fit the description?

> 3327176 >>3327165
> Use Red's cane.

> 3327177 >>3327165
> Use the bent part of the crowbar to pull out the item.

3327181 Ruby examines the NOTE. It appears to be some kind of official document. Much of the text has been blotted out with a marker.
[cutscene!]

> 3327188 The examination didn't mention the bulletin board(?) on the back wall. Is it unimportant or was it just skipped?

> 3327200 Ruby: Ask Tom to make a makeshift hook from the barbed wire to pull that thing. (extract some barbed wire using the crowbar)

3327231 This note...
...it's about Ruby!

> 3327240 >>3327231
> I like how you blotted out her age.

> 3327241 >>3327231
> Ruby's PSYCHOSIS makes her an ideal subject?

> 3327246 OTHER injuries?

> 3327247 >>3327231
> Woah, woah.
> Willingly signed onto program?!
> Boy, the speculation threads after this one are gonna be FUN.

> 3327258 >>3327247
> Indeed, especially the "Affected condition since: Birth" part.

> 3327260 >>3327231
> Does this ring any bells for RUBY?

> 3327269 >>3327251
> The third eye may not even be real.

> 3327279 Ruby is already hiding the eye from Tom, I think she should hide this as well. Until she knows more to avoid having Tom get suspicious, we can't afford to have him lose trust in Ruby. And Ruby doesn't know enough to explain anything...
> does she?

> 3327282 Huh. So Ruby isn't her real name.
> Interesting.
> Also, I know the cutscene isn't over, but I've got to leave.
> Don't show the note to Tom.
> Affected condition could be a number of things, but with paranoia abounding, he'd probably assume it was something like being a xenomorph.
> Chances are, he is one, too.

3327283 The note is mostly illegible.
Something has been attached to the main note, however.

> 3327289 Ruby woke up in a COFFIN. She is currently a zombie.

> 3327292 >>3327283
> OH SHI-
> Hide note from Tom, carefully test water cooler

> 3327293 >>3327283
> But Ruby is still alive...

> 3327295 Void bowels, sanity check.

> 3327297 >>3327283
> There is no image macro for what I am feeling.

> 3327298 Ok Adding to the list!
> The stuff with the third eye?
> Schizophrenia?
> Some kind of Superpower?
> Being a rabbit?
> Undeath? (unlikely since undeath since birth makes little sense)

> 3327300 >>3327293
> STILL ALIVE

> 3327302 Maybe it would be BETTER for Tom to doubt her. He has a RIGHT to know!

> 3327304 >>3327283
> Wasn't reds bomb targeted to club?

3327306 >>3327278
>No, Tom mustn't know.
Tom can't see this.
Ruby hides the note in her pocket.

> 3327312 >>3327282
> >Ruby isn't her real name
> If she's 'affected since birth' and has 'no family', then it might as well be.

> 3327314 TOM MUST KNOW.
> It's dangerous. It could kill Tom. Or it could get Tom to kill Ruby. Or leave Ruby.
> Only truth. All truth, whole truth. Otherwise they are both doomed.
> Tell Tom.

> 3327316 >>3327283
> >Avoid Injury during treatment
> Presumably to avoid manifestation of Zombie-like monsterism symptoms, such as unusual growth of eyes in injured areas.

> 3327319 Signed -F ...
> ...Fox?

> 3327320 >>3327306
> Ask Tom how he's doing; he looks terrible.

> 3327321 >No, Tom mustn't know.
> Oh come ON now!
> Stop endangering poor Tom!
> And now get that object using either the CROWBAR or the CANE!

> 3327332 >>3327306
> You could probably trust Tom enough to show him this, after all he did save Ruby's life.

> 3327333 Tom is still '3 I wonder what is up with him.
> Talk to tom.

> 3327334 >>3327306
> Alright, so I wasn't leaving as soon as I thought.
> Go sit with Tom. He looks... lonely. rawr.
> Also, after that, have him MANLY away the stuff up in the top of the room and go through there.
> BUT FIRST TALK TO HIM. LOOK AT HIM. HE NEEEEEDS HER.

> 3327338 also, how nicely to be listed as deceased.

3327351 >>3327321
>get that object using either the CROWBAR or the CANE!
It won't work, the hole narrows at the end, and whatever's in there is wedged. It would need to be pulled out, and neither the cane nor the crowbar can GRAB.
Tom offers to open the bottle of CHAMPAGNE with Ruby.

> 3327359 >>3327351
> Tell him that he can open it after they escape.

> 3327360 No! You need a clear head now, Tom!
> Have the two talk. No BS this time!

> 3327361 BRACE FOR DATE RAPE.

> 3327372 >>3327351
> Good sir, I believe it's time to shut the door, sit down, and have a bit of fine drink, yes? Calm the nerves a bit, what with the whole "I'm dead," thing.

> 3327373 >>3327351
> Please accept. :C

> 3327375 Offer him some fine spring water from the cooler instead.

> 3327379 Ruby needs to clean up Tom's eye, that hole is oozing again D=

> 3327381 >>3327376
> Why? They think she's dead!

> 3327383 Having a drink will make them boulder and even so more up for a fight, but doesnt do good for their motor skills and awareness.

> 3327384 Really! I mean it! Barricade that opening with debris, lest KILLERPUPPET will slaughter you guys!

> 3327394 I'd like to see some character development, even some dialogue between the two more than "This is what we need" or "I don't remember."
> Accept to share the champagne.

> 3327396 >>3327351
> Drinking fountain is not amused by toms shenanigans. this place is srs business.

3327398 >>3327359
>Tell him that he can open it after they escape.
Tom agrees. He was just trying to be upbeat.
The champagne will taste all the better when they're out of here.
Ruby inspects the objects on the wall. She finds, on the shelf, two WALKIE-TALKIES. Both Tom and Ruby take one.
YOU CAN NOW DIRECTLY CONTROL TOM.
FROM NOW ON, SPECIFY WHICH CHARACTER YOU ARE DIRECTING YOUR ACTION TO. YOU CAN STILL HAVE ONE CHARACTER TELL THE OTHER TO DO SOMETHING, OR YOU CAN SIMPLY COMMAND THAT CHARACTER DIRECTLY.

> 3327402 Drink with him.
> Don't get drunk, don't drink the whole bottle at once. Just a nice drink and some serious talk.

> 3327403 Damnit Weaver, I have to go to work.
> Keep up the awesome but ARGH

> 3327404 >>3327396
> I think you mean Soda Fountain.
> lrn2bravefencermusashi

> 3327407 >>3327398
> RUBY checks the bulletin board on the wall.

> 3327409 Thread is auto-sagin'. Time for a new one

> 3327410 Go around, weapons drawn and inspect RED's carcass.

> 3327420 Examine water cooler

> 3327421 >>3327398
> EXAMINE the HOLDING door. EXAMINE uh... barbed wire?

> 3327423 >TOM
> Rip off one sleeve and clean your gaping eye-socket.

> 3327425 Ok, so Truth-time is off the hook?
> Pity...
> Then go and open the boarded hole in euclid's nightmare!
> Keep an eye out for KILLERPUPPET and better stay together for now!

> 3327430 >>3327409
> Link?

> 3327436 Lets split up and look for clues!

> 3327437 Now: TRUTH.
> Also, expect Tom to have secrets. Promise to stay calm.

> 3327445 Thread autosaging, but going to say this anyways. Seriously, you idiots, DO NOT FUCKING POST THE SAME THING FIFTEEN TIMES.

3327449 The metal shutters are bound tight with the coiled barbed wire. No amount of force from the crowbar will rip them free, and they can't be untied or unwound -- not with bare hands, at least.
The door to the north, leading to the bombed-out room, is completely blocked with debris. Even Tom's manly physique wouldn't be able to clear a path.
The stained wooden door to the west is locked. It appears to have a lock which is linked to the adjacent card reader.

> 3327454 >>3327449
> While we now have the WALKIE-TALKIES, say to Tom that we shouldn't split up until we have to. Head to the boarded up hatch in the brig, together.

> 3327457 >>3327449
> Check the west entrance to the bombed out room.

> 3327458 >>3327449
> Go to non-Euclidean room. Smash open hole.

> 3327459 >>3327449
> Have Tom move the Water cooler.

> 3327463 >>3327449
> >WOODEN DOOR
> >CROWBAR
> >MANLY PHYSIQUE

> 3327464 use THIRD EYE PSYCHIC POWER: ELECTRONIC AVATAR on CARD READER

> 3327477 Exit to the right, then go north.

3327482 New thread: >>3327479

> 3327491 I say, have we attempted to manipulate the barbed wire at all? And what of that control panel in the last room, it appeared to be electrically powered, mayhap we can restore electricity there, as I believe a kind anon has suggested.
> Ah, but I've been redundant. Last post here fellows, and an excellent day to you all. Good luck.

> 3327494 Remove barbed wire with crowbar?

> 3328679 Wipe off the blood as good as you can, Tom!

## Thread 19

3327479 >Smash it down, fuck the card key.
The card-key-locked wooden door is no match for Tom and his crowbar!
Take THAT, logical progression of puzzles!
The door turns to splinters.

> 3327484 Have Ruby scold Tom for such harsh actions.

> 3327495 Look into room before going in!

> 3327496 Have Tommy check the hole under the shutters see if he can reach it, if not have him reach it using the crowbar

> 3327500

> 3327504 Check the bulletin board before going through.

> 3327513 RUBY: Check underside of TABLES while TOM continues MANLINESS RAMPAGE.

3327517 >>3327504
>Check the bulletin board before going through.
There is no bulletin board here. Perhaps you are retarded.
>>3327495
>Look into room before going in!
A spiral staircase leads upwards.
>>3327484
>Have Ruby scold Tom for such harsh actions.
Actually, she's pretty impressed.
Ruby compliments Tom for his harsh actions.
Tom seems pleased.

> 3327518 Tonight has made me facepalm.
> Check the walkie talkies and make sure they're powered.

> 3327521 Go up Staircase, Tom first, weapons ready.

> 3327525 >>3327517
> YELL up the STAIRS

> 3327531 Eitther the staircase or the boarded up hole in Euclid's nightmare... Better pick the staircase. Is there light in the staircase-room-thingie?

> 3327536 Head up stairs.

> 3327537 Check the other entrance to the bombed out room.

> 3327538 What's behind the door?

> 3327544 >>3327538
> Text, read it.

> 3327546 Maybe set a new frequency for walkie talkies..You technically aren't s'posed to be back there.

3327547 >>3327525
>>3327526
There's light coming from upstairs, but after Ruby calls, there's no response.
Tom shivers warmly, as an after-effect of his RUSH OF MANLINESS.

> 3327553 Tell Tom to Wait there while Ruby ghoes upstairs.

> 3327554 :3
> Get a drink of water for Tom to celebrate then head on in.

> 3327555 Let's have Tom go to the non-Euclidean room and carry on with his MANLY DESTRUCTIVE HABITS. After all, there's a bunch of planks nailed to the floor on the side that's opposite from the Z-Hatch, right? The crowbar should make short work of that.

> 3327559 >>3327547
> TOM: Ruby has Three eyes. She has yours. You should reclaim it.

> 3327565 >>3327547
> ITT tom is horny

> 3327568 >>3327564
> Indeed, and prepare for MINDFUCKERY

3327572 >>3327537
>Check the other entrance to the bombed out room.
What other entrance?
>>3327545
>Draw better or go to hell.
Pay attention! Ruby and Tom just now picked up the WALKIE TALKIES from the shelf. You could have read that.
>>3327546
>Maybe set a new frequency for walkie talkies
A clever idea! Tom and Ruby set a new frequency together to avoid being listened in on.

> 3327574 >>3327518
> I love you.

> 3327575 >>3327555
> lets do that after we check upstairs.

> 3327577 >>3327500
> I love you

> 3327594 >>3327575
> No, other thing first. We don't go anywhere new while there is still unfinished business.

> 3327595 Stairs are a lot like Dark Rooms(or lit rooms if you're in the dark), march boldly into it without further hesitation, weapons in hand!

> 3327612 Go poke out the dummies other eye.

3327618 >>3327588
>Wasn't there an entrance next to RED's hideout?
The room with Red's hideout and the monitors is blocked by a collapse of debris! Both that room and the room with the bomb are inaccessible, at least for now!
The consensus seems to be either to go upstairs or go to the boarded-up hole in the other room.
Who should go where? Remember, now that they have walkie-talkies they can split up and work faster while staying in touch!
WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

> 3327620 They shouldn't fucking split up, I know that much.

> 3327621 Is it possible to smash in the wall a little to make that hole a bit bigger and retrieve the item?

> 3327626 >>3327618
> climb upstairs

> 3327634 >>3327618
> They both go to wreck that hole. No splitting up.

> 3327636 >>3327620
> This.

> 3327642 Have Tom go upstairs while Ruby goes to the boards, only to realize she can't break them.

> 3327644 >>3327621
> It's obviously the keycard for the door Tom just smashed. Being OCD slows the whole thing down.

> 3327649 Lets split up and look for clues!

> 3327652 In movies, we know that people splitting up means they die.
> In roleplaying games, you always get punished for splitting up.
> SO DON'T FUCKING SPLIT UP

3327653 >>3327622
>>3327624
>TOM: Crowbar to the boards.
>RUBY: Take the stairs.
With their WALKIE TALKIES in hand, the two split up. While Tom goes off to pry up the boards, Ruby heads upstairs.
Because the staircase curved around, this new room is directly above the room Ruby and Tom were just in.

> 3327663 Look at the FETUS THING.

> 3327666 >>3327653
> RUBY: Go back down the stairs and meet up with TOM.

> 3327667 Have Ruby look at the thing in the box like it's adorable.

> 3327671 >>3327653
> Read plaque on wall and fetus jar.

> 3327673 Examine buttons on the hatch plus the fetus.

> 3327678 I have an idea! Remember there was a sock in the coffin room?Bbut ruby discarded it, Go get that sock and drop it in that gaping big hole of a room to test the gravity in the room then use the crowbar on the planks.

> 3327685 >>3327653
> Read sign, ignore the YOUR OWN CORPSE fetus in a jar

> 3327688 Something made a hole in the door...lets not go in that room..

> 3327699 Make an agreement to call in every minute to prevent the other from just disappearing!

> 3327713 >>3327620
> >>3327634
> >>3327652
> don't split up.
> >>3327651
> split up.
> Your choice: split up.
> Fuck, Weaver, you're railroading it.

3327719 >>3327663
>Look at the FETUS THING.
There is a fancy glass display case here. Inside is a strange STATUE of polished, smooth green stone. It resembles some kind of almost fetal creature. It is very unsettling.
Inside the glass display case, there is also what appears to be a SEVERED FINGER.
>>3327691
>Tell Tom what you see, and have him report back to you once he opens the boarded up hole.
Ruby reports her findings to Tom, who acknowledges them with concern. He tells Ruby to be careful.
Ruby promises.

> 3327722 >>3327714
> or the door with no handle will swing open..

> 3327725 >>3327653
> Describe what's at the far end of the room, please. A door? A dispenser of sorts?

> 3327730 >>3327714
> She's fine with the cane.

> 3327731 >>3327719
> DO NOT REACH INTO CASE
> Inspect plaque.

> 3327737 >>3327719
> Examine labels on Statue Stand
> Examine Sign on Wall

> 3327739 >>3327713
> It's because of shits like you that we never can have nice things. Finally, Weaver will get tired of all the shit he gets for simply doing this for the benefit for all of us, and stop it.
> So shut the fuck up faggot.

> 3327742 >>3327719
> KNOCK the glass to see if the CTHULHU STATUE does anything.

> 3327744 Have Tom report of his progress with the boards. If it's nothing important he should meet up with Ruby in case she hallucinates because of the fetus or the framed writing.

> 3327745 >>3327740
> IT DOES NOT MATTER.

> 3327750 I may delete this soon

> 3327751 >>3327742
> OR HOW ABOUT YOU JUST STICK THE SCALPEL INTO YOUR BRAINSTEM AND SAVE TIME.

> 3327752 >>3327719
> Look and read STRANGE BOARD to the right, also note the large ! under the FETUS STATUE and read the writing under it.

> 3327753 >>3327720
> Good thinking, Anon!

> 3327755 >>3327737
> I second this.

> 3327756 Look through the missing doorknob on the first-aid room

> 3327761 >>3327756
> Yeah, then Ruby and Tom will match!

> 3327763 Someone tried to steal the statue and got his finger chopped off. He then ran into the infirmary to patch himself up whilst bleeding violently!
> Examine the buttons, Bunny-Girl!

3327768 >>3327713
>Fuck, Weaver, you're railroading it.
At the time I made the decision, split up had two votes, stay together had one.
You're welcome to say fuck it and stop reading at any time if you're not 100% satisfied, but I really am doing the best I can especially under pressure and with such time limits.
>>3327725
>Describe what's at the far end of the room, please. A door? A dispenser of sorts?
Ruby examines the room:
There is a ladder leading up, with a sealed metal hatch at the top and on visible means of opening it.
There are two doors to the north, both with a symbol above them.
There is a FRAMED PICTURE on the wall, with some sort of illegible, archaic writing on it.
To the east, there is a heavily-reinforced metal door with an inset card reader.
There are two PLAQUES on the display case.
The top one is illegible due to blood and rust. The second appears to be a request and/or warning label.
A key card slot is set just underneath this second plaque.

> 3327771 Weaver, why you gotta do this at 5:30 am? I'm so tired, and have school in an hour and a half... :(
> Bye everyone, and as a last action: Look at whatever that is over the door(?) on the right.

> 3327775 >>3327768
> radio tom to keep an eye out for any card keys.
> er..don't say "keep an eye out" though...

> 3327777 May we see what TOM is doing?
> Also, you're fucking awesome Weaver, and you should feel fucking awesome.

> 3327778 >>3327763
> Open the door without the blood and the feeling of screamingly imminent doom.

> 3327784 Poke cane into door hole.

> 3327790 >>3327768
> Don't worry Weaver everybody is loving Ruby Quest, it's the best thing to happen in /tg/ in a very long time. Thanks so much for doing this and keep up the great work.
> Open it anyways the place is abandoned so nobody will come to answer it.

> 3327792 >>3327778
> That is, the northeast door.

> 3327793 >>3327768
> Cut over to what TOM is doing with his MANLY PHYSIQUE.

3327801 >>3327778
>Open the door without the blood and the feeling of screamingly imminent doom.
The door on the right is unlocked. It opens into a small closet. On the north wall is a large glass-front installment, like a vending machine, filled with all manner of pills and medicinal vials.
There are two shelves here. On one shelf is a HIGH-TECH FIRST AID KIT. On the shelf above it is a PRESSURIZED OXYGEN TANK with an oxygen mask attached.

> 3327803 >>3327768
> Radio Tom, go to + room to the north and on the right. It may have first aid supplies. Tell tom where we are going and have him tell us what he is doing at the time.

> 3327804 There is something above the warning sign, wipe the blood off of it and read it.
> If you don't want to touch the blood, use water from downstairs.

> 3327805 >>3327790
> that bird came out pretty calmly for the facility to be abandoned.

> 3327812 >>3327801
> Take some oxygen. It'll make you feel better. Then examine the stuff in the shelves, obviously.

> 3327817 Take the PRESSURIZED OXYGEN TANK

> 3327818 There being a first-aid-kit, means that they're gonna need it.
> Take it, have tom break open the boards already!

> 3327819 >>3327801
> High tech first aid kit? Oh god why did we put his eye in the GODAWFUL SMOOTHIE?

> 3327823 >>3327801
> Take the goods, go back outside, and examine the imminent doom door.

3327825 >>3327777
>May we see what TOM is doing?
Tom is making his way to the boards.
This room is very strange.

> 3327828 Oh yeah... Also open the cupboard and retrive the key inside!

> 3327836 >>3327825
> Experiment time!
> Rip off a plank and throw it to the middle of the room.
> Rip off another and throw it to the other side.

> 3327842 >>3327834
> Genresavvyness is a curse, isn't it?

> 3327845 Have TOM pry off a plank and toss it into the gap to test the gravity.

> 3327849 Is there a key in the vending machine?

3327851 >>3327817
>>3327818
Ruby takes both items and adds them to her growing inventory.
The first aid kit has a FINGERPRINT LOCK on it! How high-tech!

> 3327856 >>3327851
> RUBY: Use spade on vending machine to break glass, examine content.

> 3327858 >>3327851
> Break glass with cane, take key and any meds that she recognizes.

> 3327859 >>3327851
> Go to TOM

> 3327863 >>3327855
> Not hand. The FINGER in the box-o-fetus-of-evil

> 3327864 >>3327851
> Inform Tom of your progress, try out your own finger on the lock.

> 3327867 Ruby: examine the side of the closet wall. There seems to be a source of light there.

3327870 >>3327836
>Experiment time!
Tom begins breaking off the planks. He tosses one into the pit.
It doesn't come back.

> 3327877 >>3327871
> It's part of the fun.

> 3327879 >>3327863
> I figures that out, but we need a keycard before we can get it, setting off the alarm is a BAD idea.

> 3327881 >>3327867
> Thats not a source of light,,,, THAT'S A FUCKING EYE!
> Act calm and leave immediately.

> 3327885 >>3327871
> She's got threepwood pockets, though i guess this means we dont have to leave the oxygen tank in the most accessable place.

> 3327892 >>3327870
> TOM: Untie Cable, then proceed to tie it around your waist. Jump into the pit.

> 3327894 Just get the hole open already.

3327901 >>3327856
>>3327858
The glass on the vending-machine device is too sturdy to be broken like that! Apparently whoever designed it expected that to happen.
>>3327876
>Is that a hole in the wall I spy?
There IS a small hole in the wall of the closet.

> 3327903 >>3327901
> Look through the hole.

> 3327906 >>3327901
> Attempt to bump the vending machine.

> 3327907 Jam the scalpel into the small hole.

> 3327908 >>3327901
> Poke cane into hole.

> 3327913 >>3327894
> I gotta go with this, figuring out how the pit works is just one big headache, and I don't see any benefit. Just pry the wood away and check it out.

> 3327914 >>3327901
> Peek through hole.

> 3327917 >>3327900
> You're right. With that he could probe how far the whole reaches.

3327918 Tom finishes opening the hole down.
There is a distant light from the other end.

> 3327922 That hole seems to lead into the horrifying unknown death room..calling attention to it seems like a bad idea..

> 3327924 tie string securely around scalpel, poke it through the hole and reel it back.

> 3327926 >>3327918
> Go through the hole.

> 3327927 Peek into hole, if it's safe, go down.

> 3327930 Maybe Tom should check up on KILLERPUPPET?
> Just in case.. I mean, that puppet really has me shitting bricks!

3327931 >>3327906
>Attempt to bump the vending machine.
Have you really never used a vending machine before? That won't work!
>>3327908
>Poke cane into hole.
Great.
It's stuck.

> 3327936 >>3327931
> Refrain from agitating the cane unless you want to get slammed into the wall really hard.

> 3327939 >>3327931
> Call tom to get it out.

> 3327941 >>3327931
> Well great. Take this opportunity to concentrate on Tom for a while.

> 3327943 >>3327931
> Stuck in WHAT? Was there a squishy noise?

> 3327944 >>3327931
> Oh fuck. D:

> 3327947 >>3327931
> Leave closet, proceed into room with the RED CROSS above the door, and push CANE back into the closet, freeing it.

3327952 >>3327926
>Go through the hole.
Tom arrives at the other end of the hatch.
Tom feels strangely turned around.

> 3327955 >>3327939
> "Hi tom, i, uh, just accidentally my cane into a wall, i need your help"

> 3327959 >>3327952
> Eyes. EYES. Also, examine fucking everything.

> 3327960 >>3327952
> Radio Ruby about this development posthaste.

> 3327967 >>3327952
> Note cane sticking out of wall, radio Ruby about it.

> 3327968 >>3327952
> open the door from the inside

> 3327972 >>3327952
> Investigate the items on the bed.

> 3327973 WOW is that the Red Cross room? Weaver managed to both unite Ruby and Tom in the same general location AND break the fucking boards. Expert storytelling right thar!

> 3327975 Shove cane back, Tom!
> First call Ruby though..
> He DOES remember the cane, doesn't he?

> 3327976 >>3327952
> Room is connected to Ruby's closet.

> 3327978 >>3327952
> Oh, poor tom.
> Replace Lost Eye with GLASS EYE,.

> 3327983 >>3327952
> Tom is an amputee...

> 3327986 TOM: Check the object in the upper left corner of the room.
> RUBY: Check third eye...see if it feels like it is still there.

3327992 >>3327960
>Radio Ruby about this development posthaste.
Tom radios Ruby.
Ruby hears his transmission, but there's some sort of strange echo.
...perhaps he's nearby.
>>3327959
>examine fucking everything.
There is a MEDICAL DIAGRAM on the wall above a stained MEDICAL EXAMINATION TABLE. On a small surface next to it is an ANATOMICAL EYE MODEL.
Some sort of diagram is on the west wall. To the south, there is a locked door.
There are some papers on the EXAM TABLE.
There is also a SET OF MEDICAL TOOLS lying on the table.

> 3327996 >>3327992
> Use fake eye as real eye.

> 3327997 TOM: aggitate the cane and make RAR noises, then call Ruby to say only joking

> 3327999 >>3327992
> look at medical diagram, take tools, read papers on table

> 3328003 >To the south, there is a locked door.
> So now there's a lock in it?
> examine diagram!

> 3328004 >>3327992
> Violently shove the pole sticking out of the wall. Hilarity ensues!

3328005 >>3327986
>TOM: Check the object in the upper left corner of the room.
It appears to be a camera.
>RUBY: Check third eye...see if it feels like it is still there.
It hurts.

> 3328006 >>3327996
> THIS.

> 3328007 >>3327992
> Read the PAPERS

> 3328008 >>3327997
> Scare the bunny!

> 3328009 >>3327992
> Tell Ruby he thinks he's next door and can see her cane.
> Poke Cane to show this.

> 3328012 >>3327997
> >TOM: aggitate the cane and make RAR noises, then call Ruby to say JUST KIDDING

> 3328017 >>3328012
> seconded
> Also tell her about the camera!

> 3328019 >>3327992
> inb4 ruined glory hole moment.
> Tom:
> Examine the poster, eyeball.
> Tell Ruby he hears her nearby, prepare to smash the wall near the can protrusion!

> 3328022 >>3327992
> >TOM: Check the object in the upper left corner of the room.
> And if it's a camera, smash it.
> Examine the diagram on the west wall.
> See if the eye model can be opened and if there's anything inside.

> 3328024 >>3328012
> This can lead only to nut shot to balls due to the can position.

> 3328025 >>At the time I made the decision, split up had two votes, stay together had one.
> In this case, I profusely apologize.
> (but I still think splitting up was a bad idea)

> 3328033 >>3328005
> Smash the camera with the crowbar.

> 3328036 >>3328025
> Yeah, now Ruby will ahve to listen to Tom's dying screams, unable to help him.
> Make camera explode, examine diagram and EYE closer.

> 3328037 Remove cane, insert penis, commence glory hole.

3328039 >>3327997
>>3328012
>>3328008
>>3328017
>>3328006
PLEASE stop posting "SECOND!"-style posts. I saw it the first time. This takes longer than you might think and I'm already rushing.
Ruby and Tom, realizing they're somehow on opposite sides of the same wall, work together to free the cane.

> 3328049 >>3328039
> Tell Ruby to get back, smash down the wall with Crowbar if possible.

> 3328050 >>3328039
> I think most of that was just people thinking my suggestion was funny and voicing support, rather than anything serious.

> 3328059 >>3328037
> The cane got badly stuck. What do you think will happen to the penis?

> 3328061 Smash RED CROSS DOOR with the CROWBAR and Tom's MANLY PHYSIQUE

3328066 Tom inspects the ANATOMICAL EYE MODEL, it's just a plastic standee model of an eyeball, like the kind they have in medical schools.
HOWEVER! When Tom picks it up, he finds a single COIN underneath the base, which he then pockets.
The DIAGRAM in the back is that of an eye with some sort of strange script annotating it. It seems very archaic.
Tom picks up the PAPERS on the exam table...
[CUTSCENE moment, give me a minute to draw the papers and such]

> 3328087 I've figured it out!
> The KILLERPUPPET is really Scarecrow and all this is just a hallucination induced by his Fear-Gas!
> Batman to the rescue!!!

> 3328092 >>3328087
> FUCK YEAH

3328111 ...Tom is not sure what to make of this letter.

> 3328112 Ruby: Trail of blood. Where does it lead?

> 3328117 Told ya'll she was dead.

> 3328118 God this is going to end in either CLONES or TIMETRAVEL. I just know it.

> 3328119 TOM : Breakdown and cry

> 3328124 >>3328111
> Ask Ruby if she knows about anything in the letter, e.g. the Spade symbol.
> (Yes I'm being a cruel bastard having him tell her she's dead)

> 3328125 TOM: Tell Ruby "I think you might want to see this"

> 3328128 >>3328126
> Prepare for the Silent Hill bad ending.

> 3328132 Ruby, check for hidden door, where the trail of blood ends.

> 3328133 >>3328111
> Ruby can never know!

> 3328139 This is probably a public hospital.... OOPS WRONG PATIENT!

3328143 There's an attached photograph at the end of the letter.

> 3328145 no, ruby must not know.

> 3328146 >>3328143
> Oh fu-

> 3328148 >>3328143
> OH SHI-
> THE PLOT THICKENS.

> 3328149 See? It looks more like Red than Ruby.

> 3328150 can the coin fit through the hole in the wall?

> 3328154 Give coin to ruby. Use coin on vending machine. Get the damn key already.

> 3328159 >>3328143
> Is it just me or does it look like the injury that killed her is where the third eye is now?

> 3328161 >>3328159
> No, this is (presumably) a different person/subject named "Stitches."

> 3328162 I applaud you, Weaver!

> 3328163 >>3328159
> nah... the injury is at the top of the skull, ruby's eye was more on her forehead, although yeah her injury and blindness are probably connected to her third eye

> 3328164 >>3328161
> No, that's Ruby. Read the whole letter.

> 3328166 Give the letter to Ruby, see if it triggers any memories.

3328169 >>3328154
>Give coin to ruby. Use coin on vending machine. Get the damn key already.
This is too much to take in right now. Tom hastily pockets the letter and the photo.
There will be time to sort this out later.
Tom shakily passes the coin to Ruby through the wall, thankful she can't see him like this.

> 3328171 >>3328159
> occipital bone is the bottom back of the skull, right above where the neck joins. Wherre the eye is isn't where Ruby got killed

> 3328172 The occipital bone, at the back of the head...that's at the part of the brain that controles sight!
> >TOM: Hide note, decide to watch ruby for a while to figure out what's going on

> 3328178 >>3328161
> Stiches could possibly be the first zombie mutant thing we saw

> 3328180 I thought the eye was where that second encounter got Ruby wounded.

> 3328184 >>3328177
> How do we know that?
> The real enemy is this place. The 'plague doctor' wannabe. The one that drove Red nuts and may be planting these notes. Spade.

> 3328185 >>3328178
> Uh... Isn't stitches that motherfucker hung behind the tarp?

3328189 Ruby uses the vending machine and the coin to retrieve the GOLD KEY someone stashed there.
Ruby noticed the door from the room outside to the medical room Tom's in now was locked -- perhaps this is that key.

> 3328190 >>3328178
> stitches was the one on the wall at the end of part 1

> 3328194 Leave Closet
> Unlock Medical Room

> 3328196 TOM: Hold the door shut from Ruby.

> 3328201 >>3328189
> Tell Tom we'll be right there, go unlock the door for him, take in medical room.

> 3328202 >>3328184
> >Spade
> It's Ace, damn you. Pay attention.

> 3328205 Wait till we meet Red again!
> Since nothing seems to stay dead in here, we might as well lock Ruby away somewhere to make sure Tom doesn't get mauled.

> 3328208 >>3328202
> Spade, Ace, whatever. We can't let Ruby and Tom think they aren't on the same side.

> 3328215 >>3328208
> Spade, Ace, whatever. We can't let Ruby and Tom *know* they aren't on the same side.
> fix'd

> 3328216 >>3328208
> It's obviously AoS.

> 3328217 >>3328189
> Tom should Radio Ruby to steady his nerves.

> 3328224 Ruby, read the plaque next to the ladder while you're at it. Tom, read the chart on the left and the letter on table if they're important.

> 3328226 Could we make sure Ruby and Tom at least tell each other to be wary - they cannot be sure they will be themselves in every situation, and that they would rather have the other be ready to flee should they transform or become rabid.
> Pleeeeeaasee?

> 3328229 Ruby: Use key to get into medical room
> Tom: Examine last object on table

> 3328230 >>3328143
> letter reads
> >it should be noted that this accident comes so soon after the death of Subject #1 Stitches....
> hmmm. so ruby's dead? if that's the case tom's dead too prolly. they must've gotten whatever disease stitches had and they were being contained in the facility. they could be experiencing some sort of revival but before the effects of becoming an abomination kicking in.

3328232 new thread:
>>3328222

> 3328233 >>3328189
> Use key to open the locked door.

> 3328241 >>3328226
> Not gonna happen, I'm afraid... They're too frightened to wake suspicion in the other... They proved it by all that hiding integral evidence!

> 3328247 >>3328230
> The 'Coffins' that Ruby was in revive people.
> This is why Red blew himself up. He knew they would try again. So he gave them nothing to work with.

> 3328251 new thread:
> >>3328222

## Thread 20

3328222 >Leave Closet
>Unlock Medical Room
Ruby can't open the door from here, even if this IS the correct key.
The doorknob and lock on this side are stuffed and tightly wrapped with what appears to be...
hair.

> 3328231 Ruby, re-enter closet, give key to TOM to unlock. Tom is manly enough to beat hair.

> 3328234 >>3328222
> Can we use the scalpel to remove the hair on this side, and then pass it in to Tom?

> 3328236 Check inventory?

> 3328238 Attempt to fit key through wall.

> 3328242 Radio Tom to go around the long way.

> 3328249 Look out for the woolly monster.

> 3328254 Ruby: use the scalpel and try and cut through hair.

> 3328255 Use the SCALPEL on the HAIR

3328258 >>3328231
>Ruby, re-enter closet, give key to TOM to unlock. Tom is manly enough to beat hair.
Ruby slips the key through the hole in the wall.
It promptly falls down the shaft.

> 3328259 CROWBAR and MANLY PHYSIQUE the door away!

> 3328260 That boy needs therapy.
> First readie, then openie the lockie!

> 3328261 >>3328257
> Yes.

> 3328262 Is the hair part of something alive? Try pulling it a bit.

3328264 Ruby hears footsteps coming from outside the closet.

> 3328265 >>3328258
> TOM
> YOU MUST RETRIEVE THE KEY

> 3328266 >>3328258
> *curses violently*
> Tom's out cold. Have Ruby ask if he's ok!

> 3328268 >>3328258
> Radio tom concerning key and shaft

> 3328269 >>3328258
> oh for the love of ...
> send tom after it

> 3328270 Fuck, the key will just fall back through the floor into the air in front of TOM. He has to catch it.

> 3328279 Ruby: Flatten self against the wall that the opening door would cover, scalpel at the ready

> 3328282 >>3328272
> Tom's in that state that many people in horror flicks DIE in. Or do something stupid in. Have Ruby talk to him! Have them discuss matters. Have them look out for the KILLERPUPPET or dummy or whatever...

> 3328283 >>3328222
> Tom: Go get the damn key!
> Ruby: Flatten self against wall, scalpel at ready, and tell Tom someone's outside the closet!

> 3328285 >>3328264
> Quietly radio Tom about footsteps, tell him to talk quietly. Hope that it isn't another abomination against nature and all that is holy and sane. Like yourself.

> 3328287 Ruby, ask Tom to come quickly. Run, Tom, run.

3328288 >>3328265
>TOM. YOU MUST RETRIEVE THE KEY.
Tom goes down the shaft to fetch the key.
The footsteps are still coming from just outside the closet.

> 3328290 Ask Tom for help quietly and prepare yourself to stab Red through the eyeball!

> 3328292 >>3328279
> No, CANE. More powerful.

> 3328295 >>3328283
> DON'T tell Tom, if Ruby speaks whoever it is outside will probably hear too!

> 3328297 >>3328288
> Have Ruby ready weapons.

> 3328298 >>3328283
> >tell Tom someone's outside the closet!
> NO! They will know your there! Just get the scalpel ready and see who comes through.

> 3328299 >>3328288
> RUBY
> YOU MUST WIELD THE O2 TANK AS A WEAPON
> IT IS THE ONLY WAY

> 3328305 Also, can ruby spy through keyhole?

> 3328318 Have Ruby pull on the door! Try to keep it closed!

> 3328319 >>3328311
> Fear has a tendency to let people access powers they didn't know they had. Especially in the strength-department!

> 3328327 >>3328319
> >unlock powers they didn't know they had.
> USE PSYCHIC POWAH

> 3328332 It's no use hiding. Have Ruby prepare the scalpel and confront that someone outside. That way she may at least get a surprise round or something.

> 3328338 >>3328332
> Ruby should wait for Tom, when he comes back he'll open the door, that will be her chance to open her door as well so they can attack together, Ruby has to time this, and be brave/quiet.

> 3328339 >>3328288
> Try lifting the tank. If it's OK steady yourself to bash the base of the tank into into any face that shows up. Ready the cane if the tank is to heavy.

3328342 A figure appears in the doorway.

> 3328343 Ruby comes out of the closet (hahahaha)

> 3328344 Ruby you need to wield your JUNKOTRON MISSILE LAUNCHER NAO!!!

> 3328346 >>3328342
> Don't attack yet, might not be evil

> 3328347 Oh fuck...its tom nook.

> 3328350 >>3328339
> this.

> 3328351 >>3328348
> NO, DON'T ATTACK IT

> 3328352 >>3328342
> Stab it in the neck! NOW!

> 3328354 >>3328342
> Stab his ass. If it was good it would have given a warning before it opened the door.

> 3328359 >>3328342
> Wave timidly?

> 3328362 >>3328342
> STAB IT
> IF YOU WAIT YOU WILL DIE

> 3328363 Carefully ask if it's friend or foe!
> Upon incorrect answer stab the frag outta it!

> 3328365 Don't attack immediately.

> 3328366 >>3328342
> Don't stab, but try to push away and get out of the confined space.

> 3328371 >>3328342
> Don't pre-emptively strike.
> Wave, say hi, interact.
> Aim for the neck if there is any sign of aggression.

> 3328372 Do what ever is required to stall for time, your waiting for Tom to show up.

> 3328373 Ask in a shaky voice who he is.

> 3328374 is that the fuck bear?

3328376 >>3328346
>>3328348
>>3328351
>>3328352
>>3328357
>>3328359
>>3328361
>>3328362
RUBY IS SO CONFUSED.

> 3328381 >>3328376
> READY THE SCALPEL. SAY HELLO.

> 3328382 take one step back

> 3328385 >>3328376
> It could be tom, dont attack.

> 3328386 >>3328376
> RUBY YELLS INTO WALKIE TALKIE FOR TOM.

> 3328387 Big rabbit feet, jumbo-sized nut-kick.

> 3328388 >>3328376
> MAKE IT CLEAR HE IS NOT TO COME ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU

> 3328390 >>3328376
> WAIT FOR IT TO DO SOMETHING, ASLDKJHFLIWJEHRLQEW

> 3328392 >>3328376
> This is one of those few times when a deluge of posts kinda reflects what's going on in her head.

> 3328395 >>3328376
> Stab it, good people knock or give a warning

> 3328397 >>3328376
> Clutch head and scream for the voices to stop.

> 3328399 >>3328376
> You'll die or worse if you don't strike first.

> 3328403 Ok, just for once...Weaver decides what we do...

> 3328405 >>3328376
> >>3328388
> >>3328388
> >>3328388

> 3328406 Yell for Tom and stab it's neck!

> 3328408 asl;dhqwe[pioy. Take a step back, ready scalpel, and instruct being of TERROR and MASONRY to not take a step forward.

> 3328409 Ruby is patient #7, meaning there is at least 7 people in here other than SPADE.
> #1: Stitches
> #2-6: Tom, the 2 zombies, the dummy perhaps? and this bear like figure.
> #7:Ruby
> Perhaps the bear is just another survivor.

> 3328416 >>3328376
> /tg/ the voices in rubys head..
> KEEP IT UP RUBY! STALL FOR TIME!

3328421 Ruby demands to know who the figure is. Her voice is shaking, but she tries to sound confident.
She recognizes that face.
She's seen it twice before.
She just didn't realize it was the same one, until now.

> 3328426 >>3328342
> Looks like that tall bear who was gonna sue the sun for assault.

> 3328428 >>3328421
> BEAR HAS THE SAME HEAD INJURY AS RUBY

> 3328429 >>3328421
> Is that the zombie bear thing from the first thread?
> Its head coming open to bite?

> 3328432 >>3328409
> Or that could have been done to psyche her out and make her think she's patient #7. Or it could be her model number. She could be the seventh Ruby clone. It means nothing.

> 3328433 >>3328421
> This is why we said to stab. Now you're finished.

> 3328434 >>3328421
> Stitches!
> Give him a hug. Tell him Red is dead.

> 3328435 >>3328421
> Stay back, Ruby's not fit enough to fight those claws with a scalpel.

> 3328438 Don' stab it! Cut it's head off!

> 3328439 >>3328421
> VERY. CAREFULLY. TRY TO TALK TO HIM. ASK HIM WHAT HIS NAME IS.

> 3328440 >>3328343
> That was terrible and you should feel terrible.

> 3328442 Say hello to Stitches, her old friend and acquaintance!

> 3328444 Okay, so it's the bear. STAB STAB STAB STAB

> 3328445 >>3328421
> As soon as it shows signs of aggressiveness, go for it's stitches.

> 3328447 >>3328445
> Oh god no, no dont go for the stitches. Thats whats keeping the gaping maw closed.

> 3328448 "Stitches?"

> 3328449 >>3328444
> >>3328438
> >>3328433
> Are you guys /retarded/? LOOK AT THOSE MOTHERFUCKING CLAWS. It'll tear Ruby apart before she can even touch it!
> Try to talk. Calmly. Get a grip and talk.

> 3328451 >>3328421
> Those don't look like huggin' claws

> 3328452 PUSH IT AWAY AND RUN LIKE HELL!

> 3328455 faint!

> 3328458 >>3328450
> Bear and Stitches are the same person?

> 3328459 Just wait for his response to asking who he is you bunch of retarded monkeys.

> 3328467 >>3328461
> In the window was the hound zombie what got purple drinked and clawed.
> And stitches pinned on the wall didn't have ears

> 3328468 >>3328461
> She never saw him in the window..

> 3328470 >>3328467
> That was behind the mirror.
> Read ALL of the topics.

> 3328474 >>3328458
> nah, first bear didn't have a stitch across his face. he just went zombie. this is stitches, though less bloody than we saw him last.

3328477 >>3328439
>VERY. CAREFULLY. TRY TO TALK TO HIM. ASK HIM WHAT HIS NAME IS.
"S--STITCHES"
Stitches recoils slightly. His sewn-up headwound head begins to bleed.
He staggers uneasily backwards, glancing at Ruby, confused.
"H-h-h-how do I kn-kn-know you?!" he shrieks in a hoarse, rattling pitch.

> 3328478 Possibly uninteresting question: can Ruby control her third eye or is it opening a random occurence? :p

> 3328482 >>3328477
> OH MY JESUS CHRIST

> 3328486 >>3328477
> Tell him Red is dead.

> 3328487 >>3328477
> Calmly point out that his head is coming apart and that he should get it fixed.

> 3328489 >>3328477
> "We're failed experiments in arms bro, so yeah, wanna hang out? Tom's one of them 'normal' guys so it's pretty lonely in here"
> Ruby: Hug Stitches and try to fix him up.

> 3328490 >>3328477
> TOM, having arrived into the hallway and seeing this sight, immediately uses CROWBAR on STITCHES.

> 3328492 >>3328477
> Tell him your name. He should know it.

> 3328495 >>3328477
> 'I was a subject here'

> 3328496 >>3328477
> Ruby: Open third eye. "It's what they did to us, it's this place...we're the same Stitches."

> 3328497 >>3328477
> tell him that we were both patients in the same medical facility, long before all of 'this' started to happen

> 3328500 Click the "broadcast"-button on the walkie behind your back twice quickly. It'll give two sharp static cracks on Tom's. And hope he gets the idea.

> 3328501 >>3328477
> >>3328477
> Try to calm him down; very carefully explain to him that you don't know where you are, and you don't know how you know him, only that we're all in this together.
> Take another step back.
> Try and get Tom on the line while you're talking, too. Make sure you say that you've FOUND someone else, not that you're in TROUBLE.

> 3328502 SCREAM out for TOM

> 3328506 People, Stitches was mentioned in the paper Tom read, not the one Ruby read.

> 3328508 Ruby, this is what you get for not stabbing. Back up in the corner and start crying.
> Tom, you are so late!

3328512 >>3328498
>Ruby: "That's your name! It says so in the papers!"
Ruby's papers don't mention Stitches at all. She's never heard the name "Stitches" before this creature shrieked it at her.
>>3328500
>Click the "broadcast"-button on the walkie behind your back twice quickly. It'll give two sharp static cracks on Tom's. And hope he gets the idea.
Tom receives two bursts of static as he picks up the key.
...something very strange is happening in this room.

> 3328514 "You are who you choose to be! You are not a gun!"

> 3328516 OPEN YOUR THIRD EYE see through the overground
> I'm bout to hit you with a scream from Underground
> ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH

> 3328517 >>3328512
> Hurry Back! Ruby is in trouble!

> 3328518 >>3328512
> TOM: QUICKLY TIE CABLE AROUND YOURSELF.

> 3328520 >>3328512
> take KEY and look at where the piece of string is flying off to, see if we can see the other part of the building floating in space somewhere

> 3328521 >>3328512
> He probably thinks the room made the static bursts, also, dimension rip and tear.
> Tom's gonna go back no matter what we say so let's have Ruby continue calm, civilised discussion with this Stitches fellow.

> 3328522 >>3328512
> Have Tom FLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. FLEE LIKE THE WIIIIND
> Then raise Ruby on your awesome, handy-dandy walkie-talkie, and have RUBY, again, tell him she's found someone.

> 3328523 >>3328512
> CLIMB ROPE.

> 3328526 >>3328512
> Ask stitches nervously if his head hurts.

> 3328527 >>3328512
> take key on the floow, hurry on back up, unlock door and so on

> 3328533 Also, TAKE KEY if possible.

> 3328537 TOM: BACK TO RED CROSS ROOM
> RUBY: Just keeeeeep talkin

> 3328538 Hold Stitches' head together.
> Tell Stitches ♠ is dead.

> 3328542 Tom should dive into the hole he opened.
> Ruby should say something fittingly greeting and comforting.

3328543 Stitches pauses momentarily. His expression changes and his eyes widen as he stares at his own hand.

> 3328547 Ruby should tell her name. She heard Stitches speak it before. Tom should grab the key and run back to Ruby. Trying to see where the cable goes will result only in sanity loss.

> 3328548 >>3328543
> Oh this is going to be messy..

> 3328550 Are you okay, stitches?

> 3328551 Think for a moment. Stitches is freaking out because he knew who Ruby was. Wanna bet the same thing will happen if we mention Red or ♠?

> 3328554 >>3328543
> Distract him, if he realizes that he's a monster, he may well lose it, make him understand that he is 'normal'.

> 3328555 >>3328543
> Calmly wait a few seconds before asking him what's wrong, after all the other stuff you're invariably drawing is finished with.

> 3328557 >>3328553
> Look at him freaking out about his hand. that is exactly what NOT to do.

> 3328558 Ruby: Tell stitches she is not an enemy, but that he needs to be calm and listen to her.
> Tom: What's that on the floor in front of him? Where does the cable go? Apart from the increasing size of the rupture, what has changed?

3328563 >>3328547
>Ruby should tell her name.
Ruby tells Stitches her name.
Stitches freezes. Again, he stutters.
"H-HOW DO I KNOW Y--Y-Y-YOU?"
He appears to prepare an attack, then suddenly turns and flees from the closet, wailing a rattling moan.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME," he shrieks. "I--I-I'LL ONLY HURT YOU!"
With that, Stitches is gone.

> 3328564 >>3328563
> "STITCHES WAIT! I CAN HELP YOU!"

> 3328565 >>3328563
> BACKSTAB ATTACK

> 3328566 >>3328563
> OKay, now that that's over with, RADIO TOM AND SEE WTF IS GOING ON. They need to communicate if Tom survives his EUCLIDEAN NIGHTMARE.

> 3328571 >>3328563
> Threat over, have Ruby catch her breath and wait for Tom or leave the room and wait for Tom.

> 3328572 Stitches is like ruby. Hes just further along with his 'mutation/transformation'

> 3328581 Ruby, it's okay to cry now.

> 3328582 Tell Stitches she too has shown a mutation and that she wants more information from Stitches before he runs away.
> Tom: See if there is anything new apart from the widening oblivion (caused by the 'splosion?)

3328583 Tom hears the screaming and rushes back, key in hand.

> 3328584 >>3328563
> holy shit. i just thought of something. is stitches asking ruby how does he know who she is but how ruby recognizes stitches?
> cause maybe stitches knows more about what's going on here. maybe he wants her to remember something.

> 3328594 >>3328584
> You're reading too much into things.
> >>3328583
> Tell Tom what happened, then ask him if he's okay.

> 3328602 Tom: open the door quickly.
> Ruby: tell Tom they must follow the person she met, without details. Then they both go after Stitches.

> 3328603 >>3328583
> Ruby: Tell Tom to find a use for the key, tell him she has to follow a fellow prisoner and that she will keep in contact so he shouldn't worry, follow stitches and tell him she wants info before he flees.
> Tom: Do what Ruby says, tell her to be careful and run back and use the walkie-talkie the instant she feels things take a bad turn.

> 3328606 >>3328602
> I think if you dont tell Tom, stitches will be getting a crowbar upside the head..

> 3328607 Tell Tom you met a person named Stitches, leaving out the HORRIBLE MONSTROSITY THAT YOU KILLED EARLIER part

> 3328608 I think that from hereon most answers will be found within the heads of Tom and Ruby, and less importantly Stitches. Ruby and Tom need to have a good conversation, and go over the uneasy possibility that Ruby or both are actually deceased, and possibly mutated. Perhaps it could be done through the hole too, if Tom's more comfortable with staying away from her.
> But that's just me. Conversation has been attempted without success before.

3328611 >>3328602
>>3328603
>go after Stitches
Ruby nearly had a heart attack. She's not sure she could go after Stitches right now even if she wanted to. And she's not sure she wants to.
Tom unlocks the door.

> 3328621 >>3328611
> Attack Monster outside.

> 3328623 >>3328611
> Wait! Read the diagram on the wall, first.

> 3328626 Tom should ask Ruby if shes alright, then enter the room when she has been calmed down.

> 3328630 >>3328608
> >>3328611
> They most definately need to have a chit chat about the state of this place, sometime soon. Have TOM, after unlocking the door, ask Ruby if she's all right.

> 3328636 >>3328623
> Hmm, your right...and that thing on the table too. We should check it out.

> 3328640 >>3328611
> Ruby: Remain in place, tell Tom that if he sees a bear with a big stitch he should try to see if Stitches is willing to communicate. Stitches could be dangerous but should not be killed without attempts to communicate.
> Tom: Tell Ruby he is unlocking the door, and will tell her what happens...

> 3328646 SERIOUS SHIT GUYS:
> I don't think anyone in the last thread noticed on the letter that Tom has: it mentions Ruby being BLIND. This could be the condition she's had from birth, or something she got at the facility before dying. Possibly something she was cured of while here. With all the symbolism of eyes, it's got to be important.

> 3328647 Maybe Ruby should take a few hits from that delicious oxygen canister.

> 3328653 >>3328646
> We noticed. Discussion is in the IRC so as not to clutter the topic.

> 3328656 Have a long, serious talk. Pause with running around smashing things, unlocking doors and fighting monsters. Exchange information. Think.

> 3328657 >>3328647
> How do we know that canister isn't (intentionally?) MISLABELLED?!

> 3328659 When Ruby's collected herself she should go and meet tom and help him inspect the room.

> 3328664 >>3328657
> Since we're not in the horrifying puzzle rooms anymore.

3328665 >>3328623
>Wait! Read the diagram on the wall, first.
Tom examines the diagram on the wall.

> 3328669 Righto!
> TALK, dammit!

> 3328670 >>3328665
> Clean up that blood.

> 3328672 >>3328646
> The staff calls the first subject "Stitches" which may suggest he had some accident or condition before becoming a sucject in this place. I wonder if there was something wrong with Tom too before he came here.

> 3328673 >>3328665
> Who's this "W. Murdoch" fellow?

> 3328675 Why color all of a sudden?
> Also, now we know that you posted that poem, Weaver.

> 3328681 >>3328673
> An obscure poet who apparently wrote "The Metal Glen". However, there's no mention of this on the internet so we theorise that Weaver wrote it.

> 3328682 Use water or find cleaning liquid to get rid of that damn blood.

> 3328683 >>3328665
> "The Metal Glen"
> Aww

> 3328693 they're underwater. they're gonna need some oxygen.

3328704 >>3328670
>Clean up that blood.
Unfortunately, it's soaked into the old print, rather than simply hanging around on the outside of it.
Tom unlocks the door. Tom and Ruby meet up again in the hall.
Tom makes sure Ruby is okay. He reassures her things will be all right.
Ruby and Tom speak briefly. Tom explains the growing rift in the lower level. Ruby tells Tom about Stitches.
Tom reacts strangely to the name.
When pressed, he explains he read it in a medical document.
"Stitches" was officially recorded as dead.

> 3328714 Now that you're at it TALK without BS, already!

> 3328717 Ask if we can see the document as well.

> 3328721 Tom: get rid of the hair on that doorknob.

> 3328723 Inb4 something like this

> 3328726 >>3328704
> Hug Ruby, break down in tears. This way, we'll find out if he still has tear ducts in his left eye socket.

> 3328728 >>3328704
> Both go inside the door that they are next to.

> 3328731 >>3328704
> Ok, Ironic statement time!
> RUBY: Show your shock at this news. "But...it can't have said that! The dead don't just walk around like they were still alive do they?"

> 3328732 Go sit down at a table. Talk. Comfort each other. Explain all you know. Confess to Tom about the eye. Tell him you're scared.

> 3328734 >>3328726
> >left
> I meant right. Inb4 hundreds of posts correcting me

> 3328736 >>3328704
> Talking. About. The Things. That. Have. Happened to you. Jesus Christ, Toms should at least show Ruby the document he found.

> 3328743 Ruby: Tell Tom about the eye.
> Show Tom the note.
> Tom: show Ruby the note.

> 3328744 Whew, inventory please.
> Also, read the plaque next to ladder and study the hatch.

3328745 >>3328728
>Both go inside the door that they are next to.
The reinforced door is locked with a magnetic keycard strip.
...something is beeping inside the FIRST AID KIT.
The closer Ruby gets to the keycard slot, the louder it gets.

> 3328748 >>3328704
> They tell everything that happened to them. No lying.

> 3328750 >>3328745
> Climb ladder.

> 3328751 Ruby's pronounced death was probably an administration error.

> 3328752 >>3328745
> Have we tried reading that picture/diploma on the wall?

> 3328753 check FIRST AID KIT, use what's inside.

> 3328755 >>3328736
> Ruby will simply pass out from shock.

> 3328756 >>3328745
> Some kind of anti-abomination device which is detecting Ruby, perhaps?

> 3328757 >>3328745
> Can the indecipherable plaque be removed from the wall?

> 3328758 Examine the buttons up on the hatch.

> 3328759 Do we dare to smash the glass for the finger? Inventory, mayby the hole has the keycard.

> 3328760 They two are in this boat together for good. Not a good time to start having secrets from each other.

> 3328762 >>3328745
> Both of you need to relax. You're in no emotional state to proceed right now. The room with the tables and chairs seems less creepy, since it doesn't have blood, bodyparts or anything creepy and staring in it. It also has water with which to wash off any bloodstains.

> 3328763 >>3328759
> Alarm? Good heavens. I'd rather not.

> 3328765 Well, can the blood be cleaned off of the statue?

> 3328767 The FIRST AID KIT needs a fingerprint.
> There is a SEVERED FINGER in the glass-box thing
> The two beep with increased frequency the closer they are to one another.
> It can't be that hard to put two and two together...

> 3328771 Thread is auto-saging.

> 3328772 >>3328745
> Examine the glass case with the thumb inside of it, and see if there's any way you can move it SLIGHTLY. Like, by MILIMETERS

> 3328773 >>3328760
> I'm not sure it quite works like that, we, the viewers have both sides of the story so we can make better judgements.
> For all Tom knows, telling Ruby the truth would break her and she would be useless to him, maybe even attack him.

> 3328774 Use the MEDICAL TOOLS from inside the office to retrieve the small stuck thing from the hole in the CAFETERIA.

3328776 >>3328743
>>3328736
>>3328732
>>3328714
>>3328748
>Now that you're at it TALK without BS, already!
This is it. After that encounter with Stitches, Ruby knows she and Tom have to be 100% on the level. She can't keep it a secret anymore.
She and Tom sit down by the door and she tells him everything.
The documents about her own involvement in the study, labeling her "deceased", the visions of her own corpse, the injury she sustained from the abomination in the maintenance room, her encounters with Red...
Even her third eye.
She spills it all.
She tells him everything.

> 3328779 Start new thread!

> 3328782 How's this /tg/ related?
> I'm not saying it's not, I just want to know.
> Saging because I don't contribute anything to this thread.

> 3328785 >>3328776
> Good God man, what have you done!?

> 3328787 >>3328782
> Nice try sagefag. This thread it autosaging.
> It's /tg/ related because it's a PROBLEM SOLVING GAME THAT IS NOT VIDYA.

> 3328788 >>3328776
> While being level and all, SHOW HIM YOUR EYE, and make sure to mention you're at least as creeped out as he is by it.
> DO IT
> DOO EEEEEEET.

> 3328789 >>3328776
> Err... Everything? Did she told him that little thing about the fish and the poison? :3

> 3328790 >>3328782
> this a kind of roleplaying session, epic in the way all true neckbeards strive for

> 3328791 >>3328782
> It's a freeform groop RP hosted right here on /tg/

> 3328792 >>3328782
> Don't let this guy turn this into a shitfest. Ignore him.

> 3328794 >>3328782
> >>3328782
> Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure. Plus, it was started here.

> 3328796 >>3328782
> It's a choose-your-own-adenture game, which is more suited to non-vidya media. Weaver is the GM, we are the PCs, it just so happens that it's being played over the internet rather than with pen and paper.
> Happy?

> 3328799 NO!
> TOM MUST NEVER KNOW!
> WHAT HAVE YOU IDIOTS DONE?

> 3328800 >>3328799
> Goddamnit, I thought we'd gotten rid of you

> 3328806 >>3328787
> >>3328790
> >>3328791
> >>3328794
> >>3328796
> OK, I understand. Not very /tg/ related, but since we accept not very /tg/ related but good things there (Dorf Motherfucking Fortress) it's OK.
> >>3328792
> I knew someone is going to rage...

> 3328807 >>3328785
> Better now that they're halfway calm than later when emotions are up.

> 3328808 >>3328788
> this

3328816 New thread:
>>3328813

> 3328823 >>3328807
> Well I doubt Tom's going to go haywire, or Ruby now so I guess you're right. Still, it was a leap of faith.
> New thread up somewhere since this one is on auto-sage?

> 3328825 >>3328800
> Since a new thread has started.. I can post again freely.
> Please, be an adult. Do not pick fights in these threads. Do you really think that is mature an appropriate? It just gets in the way of the game.

> 3328828 Bet the eye isn't even there, and it's a hallucination, too..

> 3328829 Just as planned.
> -♠

> 3328830 >>3328785
> Uh-huh. And when it gets worse should it ever let him be completely unprepared and stab us in the back.
> WAY TO FUCKING GO.

> 3328849 New thread:
> >>3328813

## Thread 21

3328813 Tom says as long as they're sharing secrets, there's something Ruby should know about, too.

> 3328815 Good lord.

> 3328817 JESUS FUCKING HELL ON A CRACKER!

> 3328818 Jesus christ we're about to die.

> 3328820 >>3328813
> Ruby: Tell Tom now isn't the time, there might be cameras around.

> 3328821 Holy shit.

> 3328824 He can use them to masturbate while keeping his main hands free!
> RUBY: Open your third eye if possible and show him

> 3328826 I was spy all along.

> 3328831 >>3328813
> NECROMORPH, SHOOT OFF ITS LEGS!

> 3328832 tom is pregnant.
> i hope its a girl

> 3328833 So many jokes to make... but now's not the time!
> Reconcile your differences and concentrate on your escape. Ruby, open the beeping medical kit with the severed finger. Tom, remove the hair from the doorknob.

> 3328834 JESUSCHRIST THAT'S NOT A NORMAL MANLY PHYSIQUE.

> 3328836 And she didn't notice when hugging him?
> Not only is she blind, she's also touch insensitive!

> 3328837 Ask him about dual wielding.

> 3328838 Fuck. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuckfuckfuckfuckfufufufufufuffffffffffffffFUCK. Ok. At least you're both being honest now. Ask how and when Tom got them.

> 3328840 Nice Opposable pair of nipples.

> 3328841 ...
> Ask Tom about DISFIGUREMENT.
> Perhaps it's the source of his Manly physique.

> 3328842 >>3328822
> that's a good idea, her eye hurt a lot too. Who's to say this isn't the same...

> 3328843 >>3328813
> KUATO!

> 3328845 >>3328813
> Let's not be too shocked with this, being as we have a third eye and all.
> Tell Tom it's okay.

> 3328847 4-arm hug

> 3328848 >>3328836
> Extra arms, for extra hugs :3

> 3328852 Hey tom? Can you give me a hand with this?

> 3328853 SHOW HIM YOUR EYE RUBY
> DOO EEEEEEET

> 3328857 JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HE'S A GENESTEALER KILL HIM!!

> 3328860 Hey guys I think we need more ruby threads xD

> 3328861 Ask him if he can control them.

> 3328862 TOM: Tell Ruby about the notes you found.

> 3328863 >>3328813
> can he control those things?

> 3328867 Let's calm down a bit, let's not get back to the 1 pic =25 posts.

3328870 As unsettling as it is to realize each other's bizarre mutations, Ruby and Tom find a strange comfort in knowing they're both in this together now. If nothing else, they no longer have to fear each other, or hide secrets.
>>3328833
>Ruby, open the beeping medical kit with the severed finger.
The FIRST AID KIT beeps louder whenever Ruby gets closer to the keycard-slot for the fitted on the big reinforced door.
But the FIRST AID KIT is locked with a fingerprint scanner!

> 3328874 Well, at least we know the end result.
> Keep discussing the mutations, they might find something useful in them.

> 3328878 >>3328854
> You're not Spade. Stop trying to be Spade.

> 3328881 >>3328870
> Have TOM press his wierd fingers into the print scanner.

> 3328883 >>3328870
> Have Tom and Ruby try their own fingers (all of them) on the kit scanner. Failing that, smash the case open, and get ready for shit to go down.

> 3328888 What all medical tools were there? Was there anything that could pull the object out of the hole in the mess hall?

> 3328889 >>3328870
> Has tom told ruby about the documents and photo? If not, do so.

> 3328894 Dang. OK, tell him that they'll get through this and that it is time to progress. We need to get that finger. Tell Tom to be ready with a crowbar while she tries to get the glass case open without breaking it. After that, try to smash it open.

> 3328895 >>3328881
> try all of their fingers, if they haven't already

> 3328898 >>3328870
> Ruby and Tom: hug time.
> After that examine the framed writing and the hatch (or whetever that is) above the ladder.

> 3328899 Or how about we DON'T trigger the fucking alarm. The last time someone tried they got their finger cut off.

> 3328901 Show Inventory!
> Let's go fish out that something (keycard to glass box?) from the hole below. Also read the plaque near ladder and study the hatch buttons.

> 3328902 Use the MEDICAL TOOLS from inside the office to retrieve the small stuck thing from the hole in the CAFETERIA. Hope that it's a KEY CARD for the display case.

> 3328906 I think Ruby should high five Tom's little arms.

3328914 [Guys, slow it down a little. If you're just going to post FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUCK or whatever, you can do it on the IRC room. Please try to keep posts relevant, we're at a ratio of one picture : 25 replies here. PLEASE trim it down, it's getting out of hand again.]
>>3328883
>Have Tom and Ruby try their own fingers (all of them) on the kit scanner.
None of their 28 combined fingers and thumbs work.
>>3328884
>Have we examined the ladder going up? If not, do so now. Does the hatch open?
It is capped with a sealed metal hatch and no visible means of opening.
It is covered in bolts (not buttons).
>>3328885
>But in the meantime, is that plaque part of the wall, or can it be looked behind?
It's a framed painting mounted on the wall.

> 3328925 Can the painting be removed?

> 3328926 >>3328914
> Remove Painting

> 3328930 >>3328914
> Was there anything in the vending machine that might help? Tom's little arms might be able to reach inside.

> 3328938 No. Do not smash the fucking case until we have no other options. We do NOT want to trigger the alarm.

> 3328945 As far as we know the security system is just a gas.
> So, have tom use the gas mask, and break open the fetus chamber with the crowbar. Use the finger on the med box. Hopefully there is a keycard in there that he can use to open the door. And escape the gas.

> 3328947 >>3328935
> NO! DON'T FUCKING SMASH THE CASE! WE DON'T WANT AN ALARM.
> ALSO THERE IS A BEAR FROM ANIMAL CROSSING CALLED STICHES. LOOK AT HIM. AND A BIRD CALLED ACE

3328950 Tom and Ruby return downstairs and compare inventories.

> 3328953 LOOK AT PAINTING
> REMOVE PAINTING

> 3328956 >>3328950
> FFFFFFF
> Go and get those MEDICAL TOOLS now! There will be something grabby.

> 3328957 >>3328950
> Use MEDICAL TOOLS on HOLE

> 3328962 >>3328950
> Alternatively, pull barbed wire off wall, try and thread it through hole and hook object with the barbs.

> 3328972 >>3328962
> err..with the crowbar of course..pulling it off with your hands would be silly.

> 3328973 >>3328950
> Can Ruby use her dormant MacGyver powers to combine the spade and the cane into a more deadly weapon?

> 3328982 >>3328962
> We already tried this.

3328983 >>3328942
>This. This plan is perfect. Do it.
I said stop doing these stupid "SECOND!" posts.
I saw it the first time. You don't need to quote it.
Thread is getting incredibly cluttered.
>>3328953
>>3328944
>>3328926
>>3328925
I FUCKING HEARD YOU. STOP SAYING IT.
>>3328957
>Use MEDICAL TOOLS on HOLE
Tom uses some forceps to reach deep into the hole in the wall, and retrieves yet another ACCESS CARD!

> 3328987 QUIT SPAMMING THE THREAD WITH STUPID/REACTION REPLIES
> That said, try fiddling with the cane a bit, see if it has any compartments or a concealed weapon or something.

> 3328992 >>3328983
> Use ACCESS CARD on FREAKY STATUE CASE

> 3329001 There appears to be something sticking partway out from behind mister Water Cooler. Tom is about eye-level to it so he should look, as Ruby's busy starting at his rear.

> 3329009 Ruby slips in key card and retrieves finger, Tom stands ready with crowbar in case Cthulhu baby misbehaves.

> 3329011 Tom is lacking an oxygen tank for himself. Let's remember to grab one after we are done with the case.

3329018 >>3328973
>Can Ruby use her dormant MacGyver powers to combine the spade and the cane into a more deadly weapon?
Ruby wedges the cane into the shovel head to create a BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL!

> 3329025 >>3329018
> FUCK YEAR

> 3329026 >>3329018
> Weaver you wasted a whole post on this. WHY?

> 3329037 >>3329026
> because it's fucking AWESOME, that's why

> 3329039 Right. Let's go try out that keycard.

> 3329047 >>3329018
> Make Tom jealous.

> 3329050 >>3329018
> >BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL!
> Somebody stat this!

> 3329053 Could someone link to the IRC room for those of us who don't know where to go?

> 3329056 >>3329026
> because now we HAVE A SHOVEL YOU FUCKTARD

3329059 >>3329001
>There appears to be something sticking partway out from behind mister Water Cooler. Tom is about eye-level to it so he should look, as Ruby's busy starting at his rear.
Tom sees something behind the water cooler.

3329061 Tom retrieves RED'S HAND.
It must have been blown here after the explosion.

> 3329062 >>3329050
> Bludgeony Caneshovel: Medium Simple Weapon, 1d10 Bludgeoning damage, Critical Range 19-20. Versatile.

> 3329068 >>3329048
> And your posts are what?
> The order in witch weaver should do things or "Be careful?" Real useful.

> 3329075 >>3329061
> inb4 9001 posts about fingers

> 3329077 >>3329061
> Activate the scanner in the dummy room

> 3329078 >>3329061
> Use Red's hand on fingerprint machine thingy1

> 3329090 >>3329069
> or, he had that picture for ages waiting for someone to suggest it; logical way of fixing the shovel

> 3329101 If we're feeling brave; split up. Ruby takes Red's hand down to the hand-scanner, while Tom takes the medkit upstairs to try the keycard on the display case, then use the severed finger on the case.

> 3329104 Does Red's hand have something clutched in it or maybe a ring on it?

> 3329107 >>3329091
> >see if Red's hand works on the thumb-print thing
> THAT WAS ALREADY SUGGESTED STOP CLUTTERING THE THREAD!

> 3329113 >>3329061
> Looks like Red's still a HELPING HAND

> 3329114 >>3329108
> Stitches is probably that dummy thing.

> 3329118 Remember to delete unnecesary posts, please.
> (Deleting in one min)

3329120 So which will it be?
Do they go together to the handscanner downstairs with Red's hand? Or do they go together to the display case upstairs?
Or do they split up and do both at the same time?

> 3329122 >>3329120
> First we should confirm that the walkie talkies still work, what with the whole static incident earlier.

> 3329123 >>3329120
> STAY TOGETHER
> FUCK

> 3329126 >>3329120
> Examine cane for compartments

> 3329141 >>3329120
> Together. We don't want anything to jump out and go OM NOM NOM on only one of our brave heroes.

> 3329145 >>3329120
> To the handscanner! Separating is just asking for bad news.

> 3329146 Split, ruby works on the baby case, tom works on reds hand.

> 3329147 Is there a way to tell about how long this 'Red's hand' might actually been dead for?
> If there's a second (dead) Ruby, perhaps there's more then one of some other people as well...

> 3329148 >>3329120
> Display case, stick together.

> 3329151 >>3329122
> That being done, split up.
> hey, maybe this is like Silent Hill, and static comes when weird stuff is going on...

> 3329159 Do not worry, they are both wearing plot armour!
> Nothing bad can happen to them at all.

> 3329163 If tom's a cat, why does he only have two nipples?

> 3329171 I wonder if tom has had issues with RED GLOWING EYES

3329175 Consensus is on the handscanner. [feel free to delete some of the MASSIVE INFLUX OF VOTES to shore the thread size down a bit].
Ruby and Tom descend to the lower levels, to find that power and lighting have returned.
Tom gives Ruby RED'S HAND, and she presses it to the scanner.
It beeps lightly, and a small light turns green.
[CUTSCENE!]

> 3329218 Wow. It got quiet. We wait with baited breath for the cutscene, apparently.

3329221 The machine boots up slowly, and provides a short prompt.

> 3329224 >>3329221
> Play video.

3329226 Some kind of video feed begins playing.

3329235

> 3329239 >>3329235
> Red killed Ruby!

> 3329241 >>3329239
> No, I think he just knocked her out during the God-Zombie scene. Ruby imagined the zombie grabbing her and the bedroom scene while she was unconcious.

3329249

> 3329261 >>3329241
> My bad, I didn't notice the date. the 29th of October is when she died.

> 3329263 Ruby's accident. Resulting in blindness and death.
> Considering everyone seems to be coming back to life, its possibly the same ruby.

> 3329264 >>3329249
> The picture in the background is different as well. This might be taking place before Ruby even got out of the coffin at the beginning.

3329268

3329277

> 3329288 >>3329277
> So Red always carries handy "Do not open" stickers with him

> 3329291 >>3329277
> Hide the body in a box then slap a do not open sticker on it........ GENIUS!

> 3329293 >>3329277
> Goddamn. We spit on your grave Red! If you had one...

> 3329296 The picture in the BG seems to be the same as the one on the medical level

> 3329297 The dead Ruby from the crate.
> Who the current Ruby is... *shrug*.
> Check behind crate.
> Cut the fucking dummy already. There's someone inside.

> 3329298 >>3329293
> ahah! but we DO have his cane...

3329302

> 3329303 cut open dummy damnit!

> 3329310 Everyone, just delete all of your suggestions from before. Highlight all of them and hit delete. This way we get a better RubyQuest/Posts ratio.

> 3329316 >>3329263
> No, I'm fairly certain Ruby was ALREADY BLIND. The accident didn't cause her blindness. They thought her blindness may have lead to it. Consider this. Ruby was brought there because she was blind. They wanted to cure her. Also, when she had the dream of her room? Her dream was sparse because she was blind. She only knew what she touched.
> Idea: Her actual eyes still might not work. Her third eye operating physically since she got out of the locker(thus it didn't need to be uncovered to work.. psychic). She had it the whole time.. mutation from the treatment.

> 3329317 >>3329302
> dun dun DUN.

> 3329328 We don't want this to happen, now do we? So kill the dummy already!

> 3329329 >>3329316
> well she IS looking at the box.

> 3329338 If Ruby's third eye gives her psychic powers, is it safe to assume Tom is getting some kind of unknown benefit from his free hands?

3329346

> 3329356 >>3329338
> superhuman (superfeline) strength.

3329362

> 3329369 >>3329343
> Do not assume everything you read is true.
> I have my doubts about her "volunteering".

> 3329377 I thought Red exploded. What just happened?

3329381 The video ends.

> 3329385 Did she get out and run off, or is he checking to make sure no one is looking? Or is he calling out for help?

> 3329386 It's okay to cry, Ruby

> 3329390 >>3329381
> Both: Glance over your shoulders carefully, then look at each other.

> 3329398 RUBY: Start to cry.
> TOM: Comfort.

> 3329399 Red (a "patient" like the rest) had an access to this.
> Scan in Tom's and Ruby's hands as well.

> 3329400 Make Tom comfort Ruby. That video must have freaked her out.

> 3329401 Cut up the dummy doll with anything. Failing that, just trash it with a crowbar.

> 3329403 >>3329385
> >is he checking to make sure no one is looking?
> That's my bet. Evidently Red didn't want anyone (or perhaps, Ace specifically) to find her. He did, something happened.
> Everyone's jumping on the SHE'S DEAD theories, but think about it:
> We just saw video proof she survived Red's attack.
> Who found her? Ace.
> Who declared her dead? Ace.
> Earlier it was theorized Ace declared her dead to cover his own tracks so he can experiment on her. This only lends credibility to that theory.
> SHE WAS ALIVE.

> 3329427 >>3329403
> >We just saw video proof she survived Red's attack.
> Her survival is mentioned in her accident report. Part of the circumstances regarding the failure to save her is blacked out.

> 3329429 >>3329403
> So whose corpse did she find in the crate?

> 3329447 >>3329403
> It was Ace, RED was trying to evade capture from....
> This is probably why, if this really IS a medical facility then Ace might be your ticket out of here.

> 3329453 Since we're on the topic, did anyone else bother to note Ace was bending down to Red when Ruby and Tom ran off? What are the possibilities that he retrieved Red's corpse and made his escape? Will we see Red stitched up and back to his old ways?

> 3329460 You all forget Ace was blown to kingdom come....probably.

> 3329461 >>3329399
> >Red (a "patient" like the rest)
> Not necessarily. He could have been an employee, but then was imprisoned and trapped there after he attacked Ruby.
> Note that Red is the only character so far, other than Ace, who doesn't have any mutations.

3329467 >>3329386
>It's okay to cry, Ruby
Tears will have to wait.

> 3329469 >>3329453
> If we do, then it gives us a chance for REVENGE.

> 3329472 >>3329403
> >>3329422
> >>3329427
> >>3329429
> >>3329443
> >>3329447
> >>3329453
> >>3329460
> >>3329461
> IRC FUCKING USE IT

> 3329477 >>3329443
> Whose nails were these?

> 3329478 >>3329467
> Ask him to identify himself.

> 3329479 >>3329467
> Prepare for hostile encounter.
> Command: Begin negotiation, ready weapons.

> 3329484 >>3329461
> You fucking retard. Please leave this thread.

> 3329486 >>3329467
> Use BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL on SPADE

> 3329489 >>3329467
> Weapons out. Be prepared to defend yourselves.

> 3329491 >>3329467
> RUBY - SHOVELCANE - ACE'S KNEE
> Then, run.

> 3329496 >>3329461
> Red certainly had some creepy mutations, his mouth gaping largest than Ruby was tall and bristling with thousands of teeth.
> >>3329467
> TALK, use DIPLOMACY, no VIOLENCE

> 3329497 >>3329467
> Ask BIRD about SNUFF FILM

3329499 ~End of part 5~
More to come.
Thanks as always for sticking with me.
Hope you enjoyed it.
See you next time, my dear Patients.

> 3329503 *applause*

> 3329504 >>3329499
> DAMN IT

> 3329505 >>3329486
> heh, more like canespade on ace.

> 3329507 WOOOO WEAVER!
> Robast here, good fucking work!
> Can't wait till the next thread!

> 3329510 >>3329484
> >HURR DURR I CAN'T THINK OF MY OWN OPINION

> 3329513 >>3329505
> Can't we just call him Motorhead?

> 3329514 Bonus Material

> 3329515 Why does nobody in this facility *stay* dead!?

> 3329516 Weaver, your brilliant man! I had to call in sick at work today, just to follow your story!

> 3329518 >>3329499
> Thanks a lot again, Weaver. I'm starting to get on to you and your scheme. I'm expecting that you pull a grand twist to throw me off again.

> 3329519 >>3329499
> Your awesome, don't let anyone else ever tell you otherwise.

> 3329521 >>3329499
> Thank you so much.

> 3329522 Hmm, this is the first Ruby thread I've actually been around to contribute to, quite enjoyable.

> 3329524 The wait was worth it!
> Awesome session, this is the best thing on 4chan, even better than drawfag comics/flashes.

> 3329526 >>3329467
> Oh.....right......I retract >>3329460
> >>3329461
> Did you forget his GIGANTIC FUCKING MOUTH ?

> 3329527 Next time, put the IRC address in the email field or something in the first post. Or hell, in EVERY post. Seriously, spam needs to stay on the IRC channel.

> 3329528 >>3329499
> Thank you Weaver, loved it.
> Good luck with the job hunt.

> 3329529 Goddamnit, lotsa work in SketchUp for me.

> 3329532 >>3329515
> I think that's the point of the facility.

> 3329535 Alright lads, now that Ruby and Tom's adventure is over for this time, we can go back to watching That other Ruby and Tom's adventure thing.... Without the Ruby and Tom!

> 3329536 >>3329499
> *Stands up and slowly begins to applause*

> 3329538 YOU ARE THE BEST WEAVER EVER

> 3329544 >>3329526
> aka Portal To The Plane Of Teeth.

> 3329553 >>3329499
> lol dam just finished reading the back story and was ready to hop onboard, guess i'll have to wait
> Bravo on making chars you feel empathy towards mixed with mind fucking good sir.
> Makes me want to play animal crossing again

> 3329554 >>3329535
> Hey, that's a pretty good comparison. The two of them seem equally incapable of getting down to the sexings.

> 3329557 Maybe Ace is just an enforcer? He figured Red is responsible and wanted to imprison him but the fox pulled his NEVER CATCH ME NEVER NEVER NEVER.

> 3329559 weaver is awesome, good work!

3329561 Just one thing I wanted to add.
I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying the keycard from the hole in the wall does indeed work on the display case, as you all expected.
For the record, however:
Smashing open the case would have sprung a lethal security system.
Yes, it would have killed Tom.
Luckily a few smarter posters got the tool idea in first, but if they hadn't, I was ready to have him die.

> 3329565 for the sake of FUTURE GENERATIONS that can only read this on suptg. Other theories in IRC.
> Everyone there was there to cure something. They are testing regenerative technology or something. Ruby was blind. Her mutation? Extra eye. Some say TOM might have been a double amputee. Red might have had something wrong with his mouth.
> Stiches? Oh god I don't even know. Same with BEAR AND HOUND zombies. They could have just been early on EPIC FAILURES.

> 3329570 >>3329554
> That is exactly what I thought :P and she is always like "HOLY SHIT THERE'S SOMETHING OVER THARR!" While he is flexing his masculinety.

> 3329572 I am fucking tired of these threads. Goddammit.

> 3329573 Goddamn I hate my timezone.
> I finally read through all the Ruby stuff yesterday and got hooked and then the next game turns out to be all when I'm sleeping.
> Fuck shit cocks.
> Oh well, it's still highly entertaining even without being able to participate.

> 3329574 NOES!

> 3329575 >>3329561
> Oh dear. I thought our main characters had character shields. q_q

> 3329576 >>3329561

> 3329577 >>3329561
> And in a parallel universe a hundred fatguys bawwww'd.

> 3329584 >>3329561
> We'll be smart next time, Weaver. Don't kill Tom!

> 3329587 >>3329572
> Hey. Here's an idea. You can hide the threads and not be a jerk.

> 3329588 >>3329570
> >>3329554
> Mulder and Scully eventually DID have sex, though.
> It just took a long time.

> 3329595 >>3329561
> >>BTW guys Tom can die if you make poor choices
> =(

> 3329597 >>3329561
> This is good. I hope the characters are under the same mortal risk in the next part.

> 3329599 >>3329588
> That is how I anticipate Ruby and Tom will go.

> 3329600 >>3329561

> 3329607 >>3329575
> This is a survival horror game. We will be punished and harshly for poor decisions.
> If no one dies they will be disfigured at the least.

> 3329621 Dammit, only caught the very end of this one... maybe next time!

> 3329624 >>3329561
> It's like when you die and have to restart the adventure ALL OVER AGAIN because you forgot to save.
> Can you post to Tom's death pics as extra bonus content?

> 3329629 >>3329565
> >Stiches... same with BEAR AND HOUND zombies
> STITCHES WAS THE BEAR ZOMBIE YOU FUCKING IDIOT
> STRUNG UP TARP ZOMBIE = BEAR ZOMBIE = STITCHES
> WE'VE SEEN HIM THREE TIMES NOW
> WHEN HE WAS BEHIND THE TARP HE HAD HIS EARS CUT OFF, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHOWN SEWN BACK ON LATER

> 3329645 >>3329629
> Lies. Bear and Hound zombie look different. And Bear and Hound are mentioned separately in the poem.

> 3329658 >>3329649
> Considering what?

> 3329660 >>3329629
> It shows that the facility has the power to ressurect things several times.

> 3329663 >>3329629
> Amen. Fuck!

> 3329669 >>3329629
> God damn.
> Calm the fuck down. This is going to be immortalized on suptg. Show some decency, man.

> 3329670 >>3329658
> Sorry, was reffering to this guy. I asked him about it.
> >>3329624

> 3329681 >>3329645
> Can you read? He never said bear and hound where the same.

> 3329686 >>3329645
> >Bear and Hound zombie look different
> I NEVER SAID THEY WEREN'T YOU IDIOT LEARN TO READ
> I'M TALKING ABOUT STITCHES/GOD ZOMBIE/BEAR ZOMBIE
> NOT THE HOUND ZOMBIE

> 3329687 >>3329624
> If we do fuck up and get them killed, Weaver should just stop then and there. Leave us to speculate about what could have happened until the next original game he begins.

> 3329697 >>3329687
> You know how heart-breaking that would be for everyone?

> 3329705 >>3329686
> He's just fucking with you. No one who has any interest in RubyQuest can be that retarded.

> 3329711 Scuse me but...is that made with Paint ? if yes, can you explain how do you make this AWESOME blood spills ?

> 3329720 >>3329697
> Yep, but it's still better than Weaver railroading them into the safe part if we fuck up. No risk = no emotional attachment = character might as well be dead.

> 3329724 >>3329697
> Agreed. Some of us might throw fits at him, but if it's a game, everyone in /tg/ has had TPK's before.

> 3329726 >>3329669
> He could calm the fuck down, but frankly, I think it's pretty fucking hilarious that you're flipping a shit over the fact that an anonymous person on an image board thinks you're a fucking retard.

> 3329730 >>3329697
> This. Jesus, that would suck. Let's not be stupid in future, people.

> 3329732 >>3329720
> What about Monkey Island?

> 3329736 >>3329660
> >It shows that the facility has the power to ressurect things several times.
> Or they were never dead in the first place.
> Ruby never necessarily "DIED", Ace could have just filed her as dead to make her a subject of his cruel experiments, and just because the bear zombie appears half-melted doesn't mean it's not still alive.
> The only ones that seemed to COMPLETELY die are Red and the Hound zombie, and both of them haven't come back yet.
> My theory: Ace is the BBEG here. Whether he was in charge or just another one of the doctors here, he began filing people as 'dead' and stashing them away in his private lab to do horrible experiments on them.
> It would explain Red's whole NEVER CATCH ME NEVER NEVER NEVER thing: he'd rather die than be caught by Ace and taken back to the experimenting table.
> Combination experiments, drugs, and head trauma would explain Ruby's hallucinations AND amnesia, as well. Her "visions" could be MEMORIES, like when she saw herself dead in the crate, it was a flashback to her near-death experience inside that very crate, where Red stashed her for whatever reason (perhaps Red was acting kindly after all, and he was trying to spare her the cruelty of Ace's dissection table)!

> 3329743 Scuse me but...is that made with Paint ? if yes, can you explain how do you make this AWESOME blood spills ?

> 3329744 >>3329732
> Well, Guybrush did die in The Curse of Monkey Island...

> 3329747 >>3329726
> Eh?
> Hardly flipping.
> I find it curious that, anywhere on the net, if you reply to a negative comment then you are automatically FLIPPING A SHIT.
> Do you guys hear yelling in your heads or something? I honestly don't get it.

> 3329750 >>3329711
> I was wondering the same thing -- In photoshop, you can achieve a similar effect by manipulating hues and such, but idk how to pull it off in paint.

> 3329760 >>3329747
> Capital letters give me hearing damage.

> 3329761 >>3329743
> If I understood right in the past, Weaver draws the characters as layers over the room. So unless paint got more fancy the last time I checked, he's using something else

> 3329766 >>3329750
> The rims around the characters suggest it's Ps.

> 3329767 you're awesome Weaver, I just want you to know that. Thanks to you I haven't done any work in the whole morning

> 3329769 >>3329761
> >>3329750
> >>3329743
> <@TG_Weaver> photoshop

> 3329781 >>3329744
> wut

> 3329786 >>3329316
> Wait, if Ruby is realy blind and only realy see the world by her 3rd eye pyschicaly ( and things not visable to normal eyes like pyschic finger prints?)
> Dose that mean Tom is a freaking Diclonius? hope those are your ears tom and not horms, nyu nyu.

> 3329793 >>3329760
> DOES IT REALLY? FASCINATING.
> Take 1d4 sonic damage.

> 3329829 >>3329786
> Yeah, that is what I think it is going on. Though I think it is a silly theory. The eye is most likely incidental, but the idea of PSY RUBY is too fun to just toss away.
> It would explain some things though. Ruby is privy to information others aren't. Then again, it could be less psychic and just her remembering things(since she lost her memory). Like the corpse in the crate? Probably just her memory kicking in telling her she was thumped by Red. Her room? Just honestly remembering her room.

3329857 ♠

> 3329867 >>3329587
> THIS SHIT DOES NOT BELONG HERE THOUGH

> 3329878 >>3329857
> ohhhh, two unknown chars, the plot it dose thicken

> 3329881 >>3329867
> it is a group RPG done in the style of an old computer game.
> Do you think it would fit better in /hr/, or would /s/ be the superior venue?

> 3329897 >>3329867
> lol i;m new and don't know what 200 post count and autosage are but here is my opion on what belongs in traditional games anyway derp derpty derp derooh

> 3329905 Hmm, I was wondering about the Bird. Sometimes he has the spade on his chest, sometimes he doesn't; I wondered if it was two seperate birds, or just one.
> I take it we're getting closer to the end? And finally, let me mention again that the poem is one of the neatest things I've seen done for a game in a long, long time. I'm glad you're making this for us, but seriously, this is a waste of your talents. try going pro, son.

> 3329916 >>3329857
> Guessing one of those censored is the Hound.
> After all, if Stitches can recover from being a abomination twice the fuck over the Hound might be able too. Even if he was vaporized and all.

> 3329921

> 3329946 >>3329921
> Well played.

> 3329956 >>3329916
> I'm kinda speculating that the hound zombie was Tom since Ruby shoved the hook through the zombie's right eye and then the next time she sees Tom in person his eye is missing. That's probably going out on a limb, but that's the only thing I can come up with.

> 3329997

> 3330055 >>3329997
> Needs Red playing the violin.

> 3330058 >>3330055
> I thought the devil played a fiddle?

> 3330074 Speculation...

> 3330081 >>3329997
> Needs Ace as Gaston the waiter.

> 3330438 Smashie!

## Thread 22

3379271 The large figure stands in the doorway, blocking Tom and Ruby's exit.
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> 3379273 sage

> 3379275 Downturn city for /tg/

> 3379277 Explain that Tom has escaped and throw yourself at his feet and ask for help

> 3379279 ATTACK

> 3379283 Let Ace make the first move.

> 3379285 Ruby: Ride Ace like a mechanical bull!

> 3379287 Try to talk, but keep your guard up

> 3379291 hide behind the dummy

> 3379292 Ace can't enter. He's too big.
> Talk with him.

> 3379308 TOM: Shove dummy on wheels into Ace

3379315 [whoa that's a lot of posts]
>>3379272
>Attempt to talk with Ace, ask what he wants
The figure enters the room, squeezing through the doorway. Ruby attempts to greet the figure, asking about its intentions, its identity.
The figure does not speak.

> 3379320 Tom: Brofist the figure!

> 3379325 hide in box

> 3379331 Is this one Ace? 'Birds', not 'Bird' were part of the poem and whoever this fellow is, I see don't see the 'Single Spade' marking that identifies Ace.
> Either way; back up toward the far side of the room away from the door. Have Ruby wave nervously; even if this guy can't speak he might respond to hand gestures.

> 3379335 Offer RED'S HAND

> 3379339 >>3379315
> Shit, I don't like the looks of that pose...
> Attempt to create a distraction, and dive under his legs to the door.

> 3379340 >>3379315
> TOM+RUBY: Back away from Ace, getting into Box if need be.

> 3379346 Push tom into his path to slow him down and escape.

> 3379360 Reposting. Not deleting this post.

> 3379365 Unleash third Eye powers to mesmerize him.

> 3379366 RUBY: Spin dummy at Ace, looks about stomach level?
> TOM: Get behind and push him into the box with MANLY PHYSIQUE

3379367 [Seriously, trim down the posts, people. This is way, way too many. Have some patience.]
>>3379308
>TOM: Shove dummy on wheels into Ace
The dummy is bolted down on a pivot.
>>3379322
>Give ace Red's hand.
Ruby offers the dismembered hand. The figure doesn't seem to want it.
The figure approaches and reaches for Ruby.

> 3379371 Submit, DO NOT FIGHT.

> 3379373 Goddamnit Weaver, I need to run a game in 3 1/2 hours.

> 3379375 >>3379367
> TOM: Pull Ruby back. Enter Defensive Stance.

> 3379377 Attempt to dodge it, brandish scalpel.

> 3379378 >>3379315
> Swing the Dummy around in an attempt to make one of its stick-arms nail the figure in the groin, then make a run for it.

> 3379383 >>3379367
> Have Tom scream like a little girl.

> 3379386 Try to escape, betheen his legs!

> 3379387 >>3379367
> CAN YOU AFFORD TO BOARD
> THE CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO?

> 3379389 Ruby: Reach toward the figure as well.

> 3379395 This shit is absolutely terrible. Please, please for fucks sake take this somewhere private!

> 3379400 >>3379367
> Just attack him already!

> 3379409 TOM: pull ruby aside.
> RUBY: Dive through his legs if it comes down to it.

3379417 [Jesus Christ please cut down on posts, this is ridiculous.]
>>3379375
>>3379377
>TOM: Pull Ruby back. Enter Defensive Stance.
>Attempt to dodge it, brandish scalpel.
Ruby and Tom are not going without a fight.

> 3379418 Ruby: Back up, stand in front of the OPEN BOX then evade when he lunges.
> Tom: Get behind the bird whilst he concentrates on Ruby; then use MANLY PHYSIQUE to shove him into the OPEN BOX.

> 3379423 Evade as much as possible, go for the legs and get the hell out ASAP.

> 3379426 >>3379417
> Reconsider, Ace is far to big to fight

> 3379445 Try to crowbar his knees!

> 3379450 Ruby and Tom should work together to throw the box at Ace.

3379469 >>3379418
>>3379423
>Evade as much as possible, go for the legs and get the hell out ASAP.
The figure lunges at Ruby, who ducks out of the way of its massive arms.
Tom dodges around.

> 3379478 >>3379469
> Shove it up where his asshole should be.
> I don't care who the fuck you are, that's a vulnerable spot that will hurt like shit.

> 3379482 >>3379469
> TOM: Crowbar to back of head
> RUBY: Scalpel to back of leg. Try to sever a tendon to slow him if he attempts to pursue.

> 3379485 >>3379469
> Try communicating with Ace, holding a hand out to motion him to stop.

> 3379490 Use manly physique to vice-grip Aces genitals.

> 3379491 Run for the Z-hatch!

> 3379494 Crobar knees, then push him inside the box!

> 3379495 >>3379469
> Run!

> 3379497 TOM: Get out of there, fuck the mutant bunny.

3379530 [Last time I'm going to say this: STOP POSTING SO DAMN MUCH. This thread is rapidly flooding out of control and I can barely keep up as it is. We've got about 10 posts just saying RUN, for example.]
>>3379445
>>3379494
>>3379484
>>3379477
>Try to crowbar his knees!
Ruby bolts from the room while Tom drives the sharp end of the crowbar into the figure's leg.

> 3379531 Get out of there now, Tom!

> 3379546 When they leave, shut the door behind them.

> 3379553 ditch the crow bar and run at the very least it will make movement dificult for him.

> 3379558 c'mon people, Weaver is giving us fair warning. Don't make him bomb the thread.
> Again.

> 3379574 >>3379558
> Weaver should probably quit being a bitch and leanr to ignore the repeats.

3379575 >>3379531
>>3379535
Tom runs. The giant figure seems unphased.

> 3379579 Flee through the Z-Hatch

> 3379580 Tom: Aim at the general area of kidneys in the creatures body, hoping that there are, infact, kidneys there.
> Ruby: Try and find something else to fight with in the room. Boards with nails works too.

> 3379581 >>3379574
> More posts means everything goes slower, since Weaver has to go over every post (and consider or reference many of them, less people scream and cry RAILROAD) and the session will require more unnecessary threads to finish.
> Unnecessary posts are unnecessary. Don't defend them.

> 3379593 Attempt to trip ace into the pit in the other room.

> 3379597 >>3379593
> retarded, he's too big and heavy.

3379599 >>3379579
>Flee through the Z-Hatch
Tom follows Ruby to the Z-Hatch.
The figure is right behind him.

> 3379610 Y'know, it might not have been the best of ideas going through the Z-hatch. It's a dead-end, and has nothing to use against the creature: If it ever gets through, it could be over.

> 3379615 >>3379599
> Unhook the cable, sail gracefully out through the exit, pulled by the lever mechanism.

> 3379622 >>3379599
> You wont get out in time! Grab the rope, cut it, and let it pull you to safety of the room above with your CATLIKE REFLEXES!

3379624 Ruby helps Tom as he dives through the hatch.

> 3379639 >>3379622
> this is dumb. the pull strength of the cable is weak enough that we dragged it into place several threads ago.
> read archive. post intelligently(ish) stop shitting up the game with OMGSECOND posts of ideas that were bad to start with.

> 3379642 climb into the broken pipe!

> 3379643 First the couch, then through to the tube room. Then have a quick, comforting hug to calm the nerves. It's not like the thing's going to come through in the very first second.

> 3379664 >>3379624
> Climb into the pipes

3379670 >>3379643
>It's not like the thing's going to come through in the very first second.
There is a horrible sound of wrenching metal.
Large white hands are tearing the Z-Hatch open.

> 3379677 >>3379670
> Attack the hands.

> 3379678 Use SOFA to climb into PIPE, then crawl along PIPE?

> 3379681 >>3379670
> through passage, pull couch back in front of it

> 3379682 >>3379670
> Surrender

> 3379683 Holy jesus fuck run!

> 3379687 let's stop posting the same shit guys.

> 3379695 Climb pipe, if that's not possible, STAB ACE'S HANDS with the SCALPEL

> 3379696 READ THE NOTE

> 3379700 TOM: see if they can climb through the pipe.
> RUBY: check painting of an eye, stab Scalpel into it

> 3379709 I now understand why Red blew himself up.
> That didn't work, though.
> Fucker's like Pyramid Head.

3379717 >>3379695
>Climb pipe
Ruby easily clambers up the pipe with her GIRLISH FIGURE.
Tom follows behind her.

> 3379738 If Tom can't go up the pipe have him split away from ruby.

> 3379742 By that I mean go sideways through the pipe.

> 3379745 >>3379717
> I hope Ruby doesn't get clobbered by balls :-O

> 3379746 TOM: If he can't fit through the pipe, hide in the closet.

3379759 TOM and RUBY ascend the narrow pipe, desperately clinging to the rusty walls.
[Take a pause break here and stop suggesting actions for a few minutes, I have to draw up a new area -- I wasn't expecting people to go this route and it'll take me a couple to finish the new place]

> 3379770 >>3379759
> Given weavers words here....I don't want to hear any whining about railroading!

> 3379774 Ruby and Tom should head upwards in the pipe if possible. Using hands and feet to push against the inside of the pipe for traction.
> They should also look for any exit points in the pipes or breakable sections that Tom's manly physique could crack open from the inside.

> 3379779 Hey guys, while Weaver is breaking to draw the new area, let's all show our MAGICAL APPRECIATION by deleting all our old action posts. :3
> I'll delete this one in a second, too. Don't yell.

> 3379794 What makes Tom a Manly cat? He's a Cat Scottish Cyclops!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxps--huGKY
> It's his

> 3379815 >>3379759
> Very much fixed

> 3379855 >>3379831
> Besides, it's not like the view's changed from last time, right?
> Right?
> ...It may be for the best to check. Just to make sure.

3379918 [thanks for the patience]
TOM and RUBY emerge from the pipe after a long and winding climb. They feel very turned around.
They emerge in a new place they have never seen before.

> 3379924 >>3379918
> OH FUCK WHAT IS THAT FACE

> 3379925 Look at the monitor, only to see static.
> Then examine everything else.

> 3379933 >>3379918
> Shut hatch. Use debris on floor to barricade it shut.

> 3379935 >>3379918
> Explore the room

> 3379936 >>3379918
> Thorough examination of room, no touchy, just looky.

> 3379939 >>3379918
> TOM: Break padlock on wardorbe/cupboard/closet using MANLY PHYSIQUE.
> RUBY: Swoon.

> 3379950 >>3379933
> I don't think such a big and heavy monster could get through the pipe.

> 3379953 Shovel on the lock, meantime is that wood on the floor, or a wrench. Can we quickly look in the vent on the side too?

> 3379957 >>3379950
> There's more than just Ace to worry about.

> 3379965 Examine room.

> 3379970 >>3379957
> Like, for example, where all that blood in the ventilation shaft came from.

3379972 >>3379925
>Look at the monitor
A large, shadowy face stares back.

> 3379980 >>3379972
> Say hello to Tortimer.

> 3379983 >>3379972
> Ask the face to identify itself.

> 3379986 >>3379972
> 'Who's there?'

> 3379992 Any cameras that idicate that it can see us?

> 3379996 >>3379972
> greet face tentatively. take stock of items in room at some point.

> 3380002 >>3379972
> Say "This is Major Tom calling ground control! Come in ground control!"

> 3380026 Wave in a way that expresses all of your anger, confusion and outrage.
> An "Enough of this bullshit, let us out of here" wave.

> 3380030 >>3380013
> >>3379996
> >>3379997
> >>3379989
> stop doing this.

> 3380035 >>3380026
> They normally call those punches.

3380046 >>3379983
>Ask the face to identify itself.
Ruby asks the face who it is.
The screen goes to static.
Ruby and Tom move on to explore the room.
This room is full of broken science equipment, including shattered beakers and tubes, a broken table in the southeast corner, and lots of spilled liquid. The room spells of chemical vapors.
Tom can see something vaguely through the steel vent, but it's too sturdy to bash down by brute force.
There are scraps and tatters of cloth at Tom's feet. They look like the remnants of a labcoat.
By a very LARGE CABINET (which is locked with a chain and padlock), Ruby finds a SEVERED FOOT on the ground, with minimal blood.
The door has no visible lock, but is wired to the MONITOR.
Ruby pockets the HEAVY GLOVES she finds on the floor.
Also of obvious note in this room is the ACCESS HATCH leading down, which is secured in place with some sort of STAFF.

> 3380059 >>3380046
> H-hug time now..?

> 3380061 >>3380046
> Take STAFF
> Quickly peek down hatch to see what lies beyond.

> 3380066 What's that on top of the cabinet? If need be, have Tom give Ruby a boost up to see.

> 3380068 >>3380046
> I'm assuming the inventory's old, since it has the Bludgeony Caneshovel in three parts instead of one.
> Also, Check the Odd Picture in the corner of the room, look at object on top of Locked Cabinet, using Teamwork if need be.

> 3380069 Tom: Examine LAB COAT REMAINS and see if anything is in the pockets.

> 3380071 Tom: use the shovel to prise open the vent and see wahts in there, ruby hippty hop and get the syringe looking thing from ontop of the wardrobe.

> 3380073 >>3380046
> Examine SEVERED FOOT

> 3380074 >>3380057
> A syringe maybe?
> Take syringe from rop of cabin, additional to other actions.

> 3380078 >>3380061
> In event of danger, replace with Red's cane so we can examine staff properly.

> 3380081 >>3380046
> PIPE IS NOT AMUSED

> 3380085 >>3380046
> Man, check out that vent with those fucking pieces of wood on it! Tom, go apeshit on that mother fucker with your crowba-
> >>3379575
> :(
> Well, what about that electrical panel? The one all those wires lead to? Is that secured? It looks like the panel's separate from the wall.

> 3380093 DONT remove the wood blocking the hatch.

> 3380096 Close the lid on the pipe and see what the damn it is. There's a chart behind there too.

> 3380099 Don't take the staff until is neccesary, Ace is still out there.

> 3380102 >>3380099
> And he can't come through the door that the monitor is hooked to?
> He'd have an easier time with the door with how big he is.

> 3380110 Ask Tom if he snuck a peek while climbing the pipe.
> Remove staff

3380118 >>3380061
>Take STAFF
Ruby takes the ODD STAFF. It's made of some kind of green-stained wood.
>>3380066
>What's that on top of the cabinet?
Tom climbs up and takes the EMPTY SYRINGE.
>>3380077
>Attempt to pick cabinet lock with scalpel.
Don't be silly! Neither Tom nor Ruby is CRAFTY enough to know how to pick locks!

> 3380129 Are you confirming that it's wood, or just suggesting?
> Is it possible that it's the same material as the fetus-statue?
> Also, we need some hugs, goddamn.

> 3380130 Check poster behind the pipe.

> 3380133 >>3380118
> TOM: Fill syringe with chemical on floor.
> RUBY: Peek into hatch?

> 3380134 >>3380118
> I bet red is CRAFTY enough

> 3380138 >>3380118
> Use scraps of fabric to finally make Tom an eyepatch!

> 3380140 >>3380129
> >>3380090
> >>3380059
> Do we REALLY need to hug every 2 rooms, people?

> 3380146 >>3380133
> Inject chemical into neck

> 3380149 >>3380118
> Take a look down the hatch. Close it and shove the staff back in place if it's something scary/threatening.

> 3380151 Looks like there are some writings on the... table? Try to read them. Also take the foot.

> 3380162 >>3380140
> If you went through the same stuff these two, you'd want hugs just as bad. You can't expect them to take everything like stoic emotionless machines. We're just trying to roleplay a bit - or I am, at least.

> 3380174 Maybe the severed foot is an indication of another trap or something dangerous in the very large cabinet. Are we sure we want to mess with the padlock?
> TOM should try to peek into the steel vent, maybe use caneshovel to poke whatever is there.
> RUBY should open the hatch to see how it looks.

3380175 Tom removes the MEDICAL POSTER on the wall and discovers a small recess with a SHEAF OF PAPERS inside. He takes the papers and prepares to read them [automatic action upcoming].
Ruby examines the vent. There are tiny warnings that indicate it is used to channel gaseous chemicals and that gas masks should be used when operating the chemical pump, which is nowhere to be found.

3380183 While Tom prepares to read the note, Ruby looks through the hatch to the familiar lower level.

> 3380190 >>3380183
> Gaaaaaaaaaaaarbage. There are places you can do this that arn't here.

> 3380192 Break case open with Shovel

> 3380199 Check Tom's Inventory for access card.

> 3380201 >>3380192
> THIS WILL KILL WHOEVER DOES IT

> 3380212 >>3380188
> I'd say: RUBY: use the keycard on the glass case, get the finger, climb up the ladder, block the hatch with some garbage, then use the finger. In and out quickly in case Ace wanders by.

> 3380215 Spray syringe liquid on ball of hair.

> 3380220 sage

3380224 Tom begins to read the sheaf of papers.
[cutscene]

> 3380237 >>3380229
> We need the finger in order the hight-tech medkit. People, read the archives.

> 3380243 Private board for private interests, gentlemen

> 3380244 Ok, so Red was tricked by Ace huh?

3380249 Tom continues reading, sharing his findings with Ruby.
[cutscene]

> 3380250 sage for fail

> 3380257 Hmm.
> Ruby was blind: They gave her a third eye: Probably the "Recommended Treatment". Then her normal eyes started to work too. Tom got crippled, so they gave him extra arms. Then his original ones cured too.
> This is interesting.

> 3380285 >>3380268
> >>3380243
> >>3380220
> >>3380190
> same bitter fag

3380286 Tom is almost out of pages.
[cutscene]

3380292 Tom reaches the last page in the pile of loose papers.

> 3380299 don't smash the case

> 3380301 >>3380287
> I like how every special interest group claims that people "don't understand" them when those people state quite clearly that they understand, yet disagree with whatever it is the special interest group is touting.

> 3380303 I understand now.
> "Stitches" is the original Ruby. The new one is a clone or something.

> 3380307

> 3380310 >>3380303
> Stitches is a fucking bear.
> Go down hatch, use ACCESS CARD on CASE

> 3380321 (note: shouldn't the shovel head and cane be a blugeony caneshovel? Or was that a joke?)

> 3380324 >>3380310
> Good advice, but have Tom stand ready with a weapon in case the fetus does anything wierd. The BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL should do....

> 3380325 >>3380303
> Stitches is 1, he was reassembled and ressurrected!

> 3380327 Can we use anything to pull out whatever is behind the vent? If not, we should quickly use the keycard on the case, take the finger, open medkit, and examine contents.

> 3380330 >>3380292
> There's, uh, nothing on the back of any of these, right? No hideous markings or "JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING"? Sane Red seems a bit off color, although I suppose this gives us a bit more insight.

> 3380334 A man decides, a slave obeys

3380336 Ruby grabs a piece of TATTERED CLOTH.
>>3380310
>Go down hatch, use ACCESS CARD on CASE
Tom and Ruby uneasily put away the notes, unsure quite what to make of them, especially the last two entries.
They head down the hatch into the hallway below.
Tom prepares to use the ACCESS CARD he got from the hole in the wall below.

3380345 As Tom feeds the access card into the slot, the glass cover on the display stand descends, revealing the STATUETTE and the SEVERED FINGER.

> 3380352 >>3380334
> A man chooses. Chooses.

> 3380354 If the cover descended then what the fuck happened to its lid?
> Take finger. DO NOT touch statue.

> 3380358 >>3380345
> Use FINGER on MEDICAL BOX THING

> 3380360 >>3380336
> Take STATUETTE and the SEVERED FINGER

> 3380372 Statues mean death. Ninja Gaiden taught us this much.

> 3380374 >>3380345
> Move the finger away from the statuette using the cane or something.
> The finger had to get off of the hand somehow.

> 3380375 k

> 3380376 Poke statue with Cane, if nothing happens, take finger and use on medkit, examine contents. And then take the statue too, who knows, it *could* be useful...

> 3380380 >>3380376
> If you consider a teamwipe useful, then sure.

> 3380393 >>3380383
> At least then we'll get rid of the guy.

> 3380404 >>3380345
> Tom, eat the statue.

3380408 Ruby gives Tom the FIRST AID KIT, which Tom unlocks with the SEVERED FINGER.
He empties it for its contents, which turn out to be:
A pair of WIRE CUTTERS
A ROLL OF GAUZE
And a STRANGE DISC of green-dyed wood. It looks like it was broken off of something.

> 3380415 Combine the disc with the staff.

> 3380426 We've got some gauze, let's get poor Tom a bandage.

> 3380427 >>3380408
> Ruby- attach the wood bit you just found to the staff that blocked the hatch!
> Tom- Swipe the card on the case again to close it and shut away the fetus statue!

> 3380429 Some random observations.
> The 'statuette' seems t have wings.
> By "what must be done", Red is probably referring to the creepy cult-sacrifice-ohgod resurrection of Stitches.
> Maybe that's why he went insane in the first place, and Ace tried to stop him?
> Ace could have been against his "alternative treatments".

> 3380433 Wrap up Tom's eye with the GAUZE. If he's willing.

> 3380444 DISK is clearly the key to the door. But first, can we cut the BARBED WIRE downstairs with the WIRE CUTTERS?

> 3380452 RUBY: Use gauze on Tom.
> TOM: Try the green disc on the card reader.
> RUBY: Go upstairs, wear heavy gloves, use wire cutters on wires going to the door.

> 3380456 >The wire cutters can be used on the barbed wire, but do we think ace will pound us if we go down?
> Why wouldn't he just come up?
> Ace is NOT trapped on the ground floor.

> 3380462 Ruby: insert Stone Fetus into Womb

3380467 >>3380415
>>3380419
Ruby fits the two pieces of greenish wood together into an ODD STAFF.
>Tom- Swipe the card on the case again to close it and shut away the fetus statue!
Tom re-seals the display case.

> 3380470 >>3380429
> He was referring to bashing Ruby's head in with his cane. Pay attention to dates.

> 3380474 >>3380467
> Now can poor Tom get an eyepatch? He's been soldiering on without for long enough.

> 3380478 Tom doesn't have the crowbar anymore. And what's that third item, again? After the champagne?

> 3380481 >>3380470
> But in that case, what does it have (directly) to do with the death of patient one, who is most likely Stitches?

3380498 >>3380433
>>3380441
Ruby uses the GAUZE and TATTERED CLOTH to bandage Tom's eye.

> 3380502 >>3380481
> We don't know that yet.
> But we do know that he knew what he had to do, he bashed Ruby, and then he said 'the deed is done.' They happened on the same day.
> This is not rocket science. You're too caught up in the idea of things being cryptic, to the point that you are ignoring the obvious. If you're not even going to try to make sense of something, you'll never reach a proper conclusion.
> Also, patient 1 IS stitches. Go back and read the notes from earlier.

> 3380508 Pull out PLUNGER on SYRINGE such that an AIR BUBBLE can be injected into the neck of any AGGRESSORS.

> 3380512 >>3380502
> The notes are on the wiki for convenience!

> 3380516 >>3380498
> TOM: Arr!

> 3380520 Yeah like I said, Ace pushed him to do it.

> 3380521 TOM's turn for Pirate Impression!

> 3380528 Anyone got any idea whose body parts we keep finding?

> 3380533 >>3380528
> Red's, presumably.

> 3380534 >>3380528
> Whatever wasn't used in Stitches I assume.

> 3380542 >>3380528
> Foot was probably Red's.

> 3380543 >>3380539
> -AND WATCH OUT FOR THE BIG GUY WHILE DOING IT

> 3380548 >>3380528
> I'm guessing it's Dracula.
> Ruby: Kneel with blue crystal

> 3380549 KISS EYE. MAKE IT BETTER. :3

3380551 >>3380444
>cut the BARBED WIRE downstairs with the WIRE CUTTERS
Tom and Ruby go back downstairs, wary of any potential aggressors.
Tom uses the WIRE CUTTERS on the BARBED WIRE which is tangled so tightly around the SHUTTERS.

> 3380553 >>3380528
> Random staff members, killed by whathever happened to the facility.

> 3380556 >>3380528
> Eventually we'll have enough stuff to patch the poor fellow back to shape. Then we'll see.

> 3380558 >>3380551
> Heads up Weaver, we're on autosage

> 3380575 >>3380565
> "JUST KIDDING!"

> 3380578 Pick up the barbed wire: It can be used for a tripwire or something.

> 3380587 >>3380578
> wrap around ODD STAFF for +1 damage

> 3380593 I think Tom needs a weapon. See if you can find a sticklike piece of rubble, and wrap any long remaining bits of the barbed wire around one end to make a spiky club for him.

> 3380595 I'm out. Remember to post suggestions the result in Tom's early demise to piss off the IRC group.

> 3380601 >>3380587
> Brilliant!
> Have tom keep it to replace the crowbar.

> 3380624 Thread is close to the autosage cap...

> 3380628 >>3380601
> >>3380587
> Not really all that good idea: The staff is clearly not only fragile but also important to keep intact. It'dn't be very smart to use it as a weapon.

> 3380637 Open shutters.. how?
> Also, have Ruby ask the water cooler why it thinks it's ok to stare at her ass like that.

3380639 Behind the metal shutters is some kind of cabinet shelf for cafeteria food.
What's inside is not food.

> 3380640 >>3380628
> That why I think a piece of clublike rubble should be picked up. Certainly expendable enough.

> 3380648 >>3380639
> BAAAAA!

> 3380655 >>3380639
> Ruby - gasp in horror and ready BLUGEONY CANESHOVEL.
> Tom - Take keycard

> 3380657 >>3380639
> Use wire cutters to take the card from her maw.

> 3380658 >>3380639
> YAAAAY!
> NEW CHARACTER

> 3380660 Careful take card with TOOLS

> 3380673 >>3380639
> what's that on the top shelf?

> 3380677 >>3380673
> Gibs, I guess.

> 3380682 >>3380677
> the white thing what looks to be made of blocks, smartypants.

> 3380685 Goat skull?
> Now we know how they brought Stitches back.

> 3380693 >>3380682
> BONE

3380698 >>3380657
>Use wire cutters to take the card from her maw.
Tom carefully removes the card from the jaws of the severed head.
Tom pockets the HIGH-CLEARANCE ACCESS CARD.

> 3380706 >>3380698
> CLOSE the SHUTTER.
> Just in case.

> 3380707 >>3380698
> High clearance?
> What about those super-confidential video recordings?

> 3380708 Examine thing on upper shelf. If it seems at least marginally useful, pocket it.

> 3380710 >>3380698
> Close shutters, go upstairs use card on reader.

> 3380713 >>3380698
> Tom shouldn't have the crowbar, it was left in Ace's leg. Wasn't it?

> 3380715 >>3380703
> that's the cane

> 3380718 >>3380713
> FFFF. Not Ace.

> 3380722 after finishing with this room, run upstairs and open the keycard-locked reinforced door.
> Remember Ace is on the loose. Be prepared to hide up the ladder, then potentially escape down the pipe again.

> 3380729 >>3380639
> Oh god...Sven...is that Sven?

> 3380733 >>3380731
> Oh, kinky.

> 3380749 >>3380740
> It's just that Sven was in my Animal Crossing village D:.

> 3380756 >>3380749
> NOT ANYMORE

> 3380760 >>3380749
> Why are we talking about animal crossing now?

> 3380771 >>3380760
> because this thread's autosaged and Weaver already made a new one

> 3380772 >>3380760
> All the characters are named after Animal Crossing characters.

> 3380773 >>3380760
> All the characters are based off of Animal Crossing characters, so why not?

## Thread 23

3380754 The large figure appears in the doorway again.
He appears armed.

> 3380757 God fucking damnit

> 3380763 >>3380754
> Flee upstairs, use the Keycard on the door. Throw champagne bottle at case as you leave room.

> 3380766 >>3380757
> You're a cockbag. I don't take part in the Ruby threads, but this is a better use of the board than 90% of the posts here. Stop crying. /tg/ was never pure.

> 3380767 >>3380763
> Champagne bottle is for later; throw something less necessary. Otherwise, good idea.

> 3380774 >>3380767
> trying to think of better thrown object. Cane is too useful, shovel head is wedged onto cane.

> 3380783 >>3380766
> Stop replying to sagefags. This is what they look for, your complaints are what they aim to get.
> Fucking 4chan 101.

> 3380785 Run upstairs! Use the card on reader at the high-security door!

> 3380787 >>3380774 That takes too much time. Just run for now. If we have too we can go back to the room upstairs and go back down the pipe. Ace can't follow us there so at least we can avoid him for a short period of time if we have too. for now back upstairs.
> I want to say open the case upstairs and throw the fetus statue at Ace... but I have no idea badly that would end..

3380789 >>3380759
Ruby and Tom run upstairs. The large figure follows in hot pursuit.
Tom runs to use the HIGH CLEARANCE ACCESS CARD on the door.
Ruby and Tom take this opportunity to mentally review their respective inventories.

> 3380792 >>3380789
> The first aid kit! We emptied it! Toss it at the cast as we leave!

> 3380798 If the door don't give up, kick the case then run upstairs and close hatch. Hopefuly it will kill Ace.

> 3380804 >>3380792
> Yeah, extra weight is last thing we need

> 3380805 >>3380798
> Don't kick it. We don't want to be near it. We want ACE near it.

> 3380807 TURN the VALVE on the OXYGEN TANK.
> SET the TANK near the CASE
> IGNITE RELEASED OXYGEN

> 3380808 We still have EMPTY MEDKIT BOX. We can throw that to break the case and activate whatever nasty security business is waiting on Ace. We must be sure we're on the other side of the door when we do so, However, and then we must retreat like hell.

> 3380809 >>3380792
> NO! It's a container we can seal. that's too handy.
> >>3380793
> Considering he took a crowbar to the knee and wasn't phased. knocking him upside the head won't help.
> Hes in hot pursuit, so we don't have time for anything fancy

> 3380810 >>3380807
> ignite with what? we don't have matches or a lighter

> 3380815 >>3380797
> It's not ace.

3380816 The large figure appears in the doorway. Tom is still opening the door.

> 3380818 >>3380814
> It's high clearance: Chances are it'll open everything.
> >>3380815
> We heard. Let them call it whatever they want.

> 3380819 >>3380810
> plus likely if it has a mask, it's a breathable mix, not pure oxygen.

> 3380820 Wait. Wait.
> Okay, there was something about poisonous gas with the monitor room.
> You have oxygen.
> Does Ace breathe?

> 3380821 DON'T BREAK THE CASE

> 3380826 >>3380809
> It's the least useful object we have, and I bet whatever security measure is in place will at least slow Ace down (I hardly expect it to kill him, he's nigh-invincible as far as I can tell). We'll want to wait till Ace is next to the case though to throw.

> 3380827 Enter Room, close door behind us, locking if possible

> 3380829 >>3380820
> Are you suggesting what I think you are?
> But how can we get the aceless Ace to break the fetus case?
> (that rhymed!)

> 3380830 >>3380797
> That picture came before this thread... but thats the same weapon as he's holding now. wtf

> 3380832 Give Ace a hug.

> 3380833 >>3380826
> or the security will kill everyone in the room
> Don't throw the first aid

> 3380837 >>3380820
> If it were Spade, wouldn't there be a ♠ on his chest?

> 3380838 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3380840 If we somehow get into the room Tom's opening, QUICKLY examine everything.

> 3380843 >>3380830
> Its just a nod to the fanart.

> 3380846 >>3380816
> We have to throw, and Hope Tom gets the door open in Time. WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TOM.

3380848 >>3380792
>The first aid kit! We emptied it! Toss it at the cast as we leave!
Ruby hurls the empty case as Tom finally gets the door open and rushes through.

> 3380850 Stab Ace with air-filled syringe if the chance comes up. If we're lucky he'll die of an embolism.

> 3380853 >>3380848
> GET OUT OF THERE RUBY!

> 3380857 >>3380841
> That's not a crossbow.
> That's a reference.

> 3380859 >>3380829
> Well, assuming that the poison gas is going to be a negotiable hazard in the future, using the air tank to survive is a no brainer. If the gas can be used to dispose of Pyramid Head, go for it.

> 3380860 throw the medical box at the case as we go through the door

3380870 The empty first aid kit smashes the glass on the security-protected display case.

> 3380871 ok, ok. It's not crossbow. Deleting my "it's a crossbow", you delete your "it's not crossbow".

> 3380873 Uh-oh.
> Better close that door FAST and brace for impact!

> 3380874 I think these animals are fucked.

> 3380881 >>3380870
> As a precautionary method in case of gas, ready the OXYGEN TANK to breathe from if necessary.

> 3380883 >>3380870
> BEWARE, I LIVE

> 3380884 >>3380881
> getting the hell out of the room should be sufficient

> 3380889 >>3380870
> Ruby and Tom - FLEE!
> Audience- prepare for show, ready popcorn.

> 3380890 Here's hoping it explodes, and doesn't just make a poison gas.

> 3380892 Y'know, I'm extremely worried about that fetus. It might be a chibi-sized cosmic horror or something.
> Even if we get the Spadeless (a nice name, ain't it?) out with it, it might just open a new, bigger can of worms for us.

3380909 Ruby rushes through the door after Tom as a lethal trap springs from the mechanical guts of the display case.

> 3380918 >>3380909
> In b4 "TOM : TAKE HOOK THING

> 3380928 >>3380909
> How long do we reckon we have before Ace is after us again? given people REFUSE TO STAY DEAD in this place.

> 3380935 Look around NEW ROOM.
> Tom return to fetus room and bludgeon Ace-like bird with BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL
> retrieve SPIKEY GRAPNEL OF DOOM

> 3380937 Tom: Give Ruby a well-deserved pat on the back for her very well-aimed throw.
> Then examine the room.

> 3380938 >>3380909
> Close the door behind you. He may be bleed.
> But that doesn't mean he didn't die.

> 3380939 >>3380909
> Grab his weapon, and KILL HIM MORE

> 3380945 Huzzah (In before it only inconvenienced him).
> EXAMINE new room while Tom closes door if possible. If not, observe Ace carefully for any signs of continued life and movement.

> 3380946 Keep an eye on Ace to make sure that he doesn't get back up. It'll be kinda inconvenient if he suddenly appears while Ruby and Tom are exploring.

> 3380948 >>3380930
> Surely it's disarmed now? Any lethal protective trap like that is intended to kill the thief and then allow the actual owners to get at it to put it back together. Oh well, to be safe stand well clear of the case and only handle stuff on it with the BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL.

> 3380950 if we're even going to try grabbing the hook, tie something to a string and hook it,then reel it back.

> 3380957 No way are we stopping, lets just try and find out what's going on and get out of here, no sitting around examining something whilst silent alarms are going off and more are on the way.

> 3380958 Cast sheet.
> Ace does not necessarily require the spade mark.

> 3380964 Don't bludgeon. Dismember. Cut his fucking head off with the shovel.

3380968 [slow down a little, folks, you're going a mile a minute]
Ruby and Tom quickly shut the door behind them and observe the new room.

> 3380971 >>3380958
> This sheet is from Wednesday or so.

> 3380972 Just a reminder. Doing great so far.

> 3380976 >>3380968
> MULTIVAX

> 3380979 Try the staff on the second door from the right. (Or is it the third?)

> 3380983 Oh shi-
> Prepare weapons. Doom 3 scene.

> 3380986 >>3380968
> Examine clipboard on wall

> 3380987 >>3380968
> is that a clock at the top

> 3380988 sagesagesagesage

> 3380990 >>3380968
> Examine JAR.
> Examine NOTE ON THE WALL

> 3380992 >>3380968
> SYMBOL matches STAFF.

> 3381007 Tom and Ruby take a moment to get your breath back and examine room
> Ruby: Compare/use STAFF on the door with the symbol that looks like the staff on it

3381011 Tom steps over a CHASM in the floor to approach the CLIPBOARD hanging on the wall.
Ruby inspects the JAR. Inside, some sort of very strange, fleshy growth is suspended in some kind of solution. It is covered in what looks like veins and knotted muscle.

> 3381014 That was a shaft?
> Look down what lies below. As soon as you're finished with what you're doing now.

> 3381016 >>3381011
> Stare into the Chasm

> 3381022 >>3381011
> Use syringe on meatlump. Inject meatlump material into Ace-corpse. Wait for a while, then fire up yakety sax.

> 3381025 >>3381022
> We need to open jar somehow first.
> And make sure LARGE FIGURE is dead and area is safe.

> 3381026 Number 7 is missing.
> ...Which number was ruby, and what did she wake up in at the start again?
> - Therefore: Have Tom open the handle on the fifth one, the one with the handle?

> 3381032 >>3381026
> Ruby was No. 7.
> ITS ALL IN THE WIKI AND THE ARCHIVES, GUYS.

> 3381033 >>3381026
> Tom is patient 5, ruby is 7.. counting from the left... Brix

> 3381036 Let me guess. Looking into chasm you see remains of Red's "camp".
> >>3381022
> I LOLd

> 3381037 >>3381011
> Oh god! I was scared a moment. That was read as "Tom fell into a chasm"!
> Glad he didn't.
> Ruby, examine the upright cubbys along the wall. Are they like the coffin you woke in only on end?

> 3381038 Examine the contraption in the background.

3381040 >>3381014
>Look down what lies below
...it would appear to be the room Ruby started in, when she first climbed out of her locker.

> 3381044 Don't open anything before examining the wires and the thing on the pipe. Looks way too bomb-like.

> 3381047 Ay-up. Ruby's coffin fell because of something, straight through the floor to the room down below, where she woke up.

> 3381053 THEORY: THERE WILL BE AN EXTRA TOM IN LOCKER 5

> 3381055 Do these locker-like thing look like they could contain the kind of "coffin" Ruby was locked in?

> 3381057 LOOK UP

> 3381066 If this is a room full of coffins maybe we should leave before something gets woken up.

> 3381069 >>3381066
> Most, if not all, of them are up already. Ruby and Tom included.

> 3381074 >>3381053
> We'll need an extra tom when Ace wakes up.

3381081 Tom grabs the CLIPBOARD and reads for yet another expository cutscene.

> 3381085 >>3381081
> ?
> F

> 3381094 >>3381081
> We bombed the entrance to that lab

> 3381104 >>3381094
> when?

3381106 There are only two pages.
Tom gets the feeling there was some inter-departmental feuding going on here.

> 3381108 >>3381104
> Red did it, the bomb...

> 3381109 Locker 5 has the handy handle. Check it, find mutant grown from stolen eye!

> 3381121 >>3381106
> Arial

> 3381122 Tom was Number 5, true? Maybe he could find himself a new eye from his locker...?
> Or maybe not. Still worth checking.

> 3381134 Open Locker 6

3381137 Tom tries Locker #5, but the lock, while busted, is jammed. It'll take a bit of force to rip open.
Ruby, meanwhile, examines the clipboard after Tom.

> 3381138 >>3381121
> UTF8 E2 99 A0 ♠

> 3381145 >>3381137
> Combine Tom's manly physique & locker

> 3381146 >>3381137
> Knock on the doors. If one sounds different, there might be something inside.

> 3381147 :3

> 3381148 >>3381137
> Is that a button?

> 3381151 You need force to open the locker?
> Someone send for the Bludgeony Caneshovel!

> 3381152 Is the jarflesh apparently similar to the skin that covered the cubbyhole in the coffin room?
> Can we get more detail of the spokey looking circular design at the top?

> 3381154 >>3381145
> but before that check the wiring

> 3381159 >>3381137
> Check BUTTON that was hidden underneath a CLIPBOARD

> 3381160 Ruby asks if there is anyone in here

> 3381161 >>3381154
> Yeah, and I'm sure Tom has knowledge of an electrician or bomb squad person.... What makes you think he'd be able to find a wire trap, let alone undo it?

3381162 >>3381141
>FIRST CHECK THE GODDAMNED WIRING.
Tom and Ruby consult each other on the wiring, but given the construction of the massive piece of machinery, they assume the wires and tubes are for normal operation. It does not APPEAR booby-trapped, as far as they can tell.
>>3381151
>Someone send for the Bludgeony Caneshovel!
Ruby lends Tom her BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL.
Tom promises to give it right back.

> 3381164 Hmm. We already have have the weird shape that matches locker 6...
> Would a combination of Red's Cane/Ace's Multipart Weapon open up locker 3?
> Anyway, would it be possible to get a better look at that circular dial above the middle cells? We might have seen something like that elsewhere...

> 3381168 Ruby, step away from that chasm.
> Something's gonna grab your ankles.

> 3381173 >>3381163
> Look closer, it's not a hook.
> It's on different height.

> 3381175 Lets not break the cane shovel.. its still a wooden walking stick with a shovel forced on it. I say Tom should grab the hook weapon ace was using. or at least take a look and see if hes still dead.

3381178 >>3381168
Ruby retreats a safe distance from the hole.

> 3381181 >>3381162
> Um.....why is the door to the fetus trap room open? Wasn't it closed behind?
> Ruby - Look nervously at the doorway into the other room if it opened mysteriously. (as opposed to this being a weaver glitch)

> 3381182 examine gauge on top pipe

> 3381186 That's a button or the clipboard needn't be moved from it's resting place.

> 3381187 apply green staff thing to locker/coffin with similar pattern.

> 3381188 >>3381181
> Either a lazy artist or an OHSHI-. Hope it's the former.

> 3381193 Ruby: check mark on top pipe

> 3381194 Is that a dial above those lockers?
> Maybe we should take a look at that first, check it out. And if Ruby can examine it from where she is, do that.

3381196 Tom springs the door open with a loud metallic rattle.
Locker #5 is empty.
However, something is scrawled onto the door.
In Tom's handwriting.

> 3381197 Tom: Force lock open

> 3381202 >>3381196
> TOM: ignore writing.

> 3381203 >>3381196
> Tom shut that locker and don't read it's lies

> 3381205 >>3381196
> Tom quietly shits his pants.

> 3381210 >>3381196
> ruby: laugh awkwardly. press wallbutton as distraction.

> 3381212 TOM: That bitch is out to get you. Elect to keep the BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL, she would just use it to hurt you, TOM.

> 3381213 >>3381196
> Close the Locker door, And act like nothing was there, Don't ignore it how ever. This is something we need to keep in the back of Toms mind. He can't ignore something that might lead to his own death.

> 3381214 I think that's a symbol for.....well......someone.

> 3381215 Fuck anonaive, Tom, be on your guard, you don't know this girl, she got you out of the cage and it's all been downhill since then; the zombie came out of nowhere after she left, she poisoned you, that guy was after her. Sure, you might be able to nail her, but just =be careful=.
> You don't know that text was planted

> 3381218 >>3381212
> Tom, ignore that voice. She promised you a date, remember?

> 3381219 That was from pre-amnesia. It's possible that Ruby has done something to hurt Tom before, but she wouldn't do anything to him anymore.
> They're pals now.

> 3381223 >>3381217
> 7, the one on the end. the one that's ripped out, and was one floor below at the very start (with ruby in it)

> 3381224 >>3381196
> Oh you. Tom and Ruby decided not to hold any secrets anymore. Tom should show the writing to Ruby. He should say that he trusts her now.

> 3381225 TOM : show Ruby handwriting, after all, you've already seen each other's secrets, why would you not keep it that way ?

> 3381227 >>3381219
> You don't know that her memory isn't just surpressed; we already know she is transforming.

3381229 Tom closes the locker quickly.
Ruby asks if Tom found anything useful inside.
She also wants to try opening locker #6 with the cane device.

> 3381230 >>3381219
> You know who else were pals?
> Judas and Jesus.
> Horus and the Emperor.
> Julius and Brutus.
> They were all PALS.

> 3381232 >>3381196
> What is this, Planescape: Torment?

> 3381234 >>3381229
> Use ANCIENT STAFF with LOCKER 6

> 3381241 Tell Ruby about the writing. Discuss about it openly, throw around some theories, then move on to locker 6.

> 3381242 TOM: "It was...empty. Just an empty cell."
> RUBY: Nod, and use staff on door 6

> 3381243 REMEMBER THE POISONED FISH!

> 3381245 >>3381232
> you know what the nameless one did after he found out? he confronted morte, that's what he did.
> tell ruby.

> 3381246 >>3381230
> SUPERMAN and JIMMY OLSEN
> MY GOD RUN AWAY

> 3381248 1129: This is awesome and you were asleep.

> 3381252 >>3381229
> Tom step back and let Ruby open Red's box

> 3381254 >>3381245
> Ruby, read me again what it says on my back.

> 3381255 Tom: Just openly ask Ruby about it.
> Ruby: Shrug and say "I don't trust myself either."

> 3381257 is that a hook the clipboard was on, or a buttan?

> 3381259 >>3381257
> Check their height.
> It's not a hook.

> 3381261 Tom should mention the warning.
> Ruby should tell Tom that she truly and genuinely cares for him and has nothing more to hide. But she should also tell him that if a third eye can remain hidden inside of her there is no telling if she won't suddenly lose control of herself, and that she understands if he would want to be on his guard, as will she.
> NO SECRETS!

3381263 Ruby opens Cell #6 by setting the ODD STAFF into the carved recess on the front of it.
Inside there is a large electrical switch labeled "2".

> 3381264 Look, so far, Ruby and Tom have saved each other several times, compare this to random reports and writings on the wall which are at most, unreliable.

> 3381267 >>3381263
> flip switch

> 3381271 >>3381263
> Uh-oh. Don't listen to it, Tom! She's trustworthy. And you love her.

> 3381273 >>3381263
> I DO NOT LIKE THAT LOOK TOM IS GIVING RUBY
> Don't pull the switch!

> 3381274 I'm hoping this 7 is just a 1 on the side.
> Also flip the switch

> 3381275 >>3381263
> Ruby: Don't pull the switch till you've checked all the other locker/coffins
> Tom: Cheer up fella

> 3381276 >>3381263
> Use ANCIENT STAFF on CELL 3

> 3381278 >>3381263
> That's right Tom, remember the fish. Remember what depth perception was like? That eye sure smarts dont it?

> 3381281 Pull switch.
> AND PREPARE TO RUN IF NAMELESS HORRORS APPEAR.

> 3381287 TOM: Stop that crazy bitch from pulling the switch! we don't know what it does yet!

3381288 >>3381267
>flip switch
Ruby flips the switch, but nothing seems to happen.
Meanwhile, Tom examines the BUTTON on the wall.
SHOULD TOM PUSH THE SHINY BUTTON?
I WONDER WHAT THE PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO SAY

> 3381289 >>3381278
> And exactly who put a bandage on it, huh ?

> 3381291 Tom.. quickly check the other lockers. See if any of them can be opened (never know what you might find.) while keeping an eye on the rabbit.
> Ruby:Pull Ze switch perhaps?

> 3381292 Let Ruby step away from giant metal with flowing electricity BEFORE hitting shiny button.

> 3381295 >>3381288
> No! Wait for Ruby to get away from the lockers!
> Don't risk her now Tom, she helped you run from Ace!

> 3381296 FFFFFFFFFFFFASGEYTYF yeah I think we should press it but run like hell if something bad happens.

> 3381298 Button + Switch? Bad, I say. Especially how Weaver is clearly trying to warn us.
> Pull the switch, but don't press the button.
> And tell Ruby about the writing. NO SECRETS! YOU PROMISED!

> 3381300 >>3381288
> Ok, minor railroading here, but what the hell.
> TOM: push button

> 3381301 "The flock that could not work together
> Are sure still trapped in Hell."

> 3381304 >>3381288
> well, there's nothing else to do. push the switch. but stay away from the goddamn lockers, some unknown horror might appear from one of the lockers.

> 3381305 >>3381288
> fondle button, until ruby notices

> 3381306 Stop, we're wasting time; we should see if we can get out through upstairs again, instead of messing with buttons. That could be an ALARM

> 3381309 >>3381306
> I agree with this: was there another way out of the room with the eye poster?

> 3381311 Those inciting mistrust just want to get Tom killed.

> 3381312 >>3381288
> Tom should wear heavy gloves before pushing any buttons.

> 3381313 NO SECRETS.
> Also, a breather. Check the rooms. Retrieve crowbar. Search Ace's body. Try to crowbar the locker up the ladder unlocked. Don't go pressing buttons you have no clue about.

> 3381316 Definitely be open about the writing. Division and mistrust is bad, bad stuff in a place like this. They need to be on the same page.

> 3381318 >>3381308
> This is pure speculation based on the fact everyone wants "HAPPY RUBY TOM YAY LUFF!" You've put no baring on the fact that, for all intents and purposes he's just sticking with the first person out of blind trust, and it has gotten him into all kinds of shit, remember the blood?

> 3381319 Ruby: Get away from the lockers, stand by door.
> Tom: Press switch, and get all set to run if needed. Across the gap to the door if possible, or down the hole in the floor if that isn't possible afterwards.

> 3381321 Tom, didn't that kiss mean anything? Are you going to dismiss it just because of some writings on the wall?

3381322 >>3381300
Tom waits for Ruby to step away from the cells before pressing the BUTTON.
A panel opens up in the wall, revealing a PNEUMATIC TUBE.
A SEVERED HAND falls out of the pneumatic tube.

> 3381325 Split up time, Tom gose up the ladder in the next room while Ruby plays with switches and buttons

> 3381327 It's the one Ruby posted in the beginning! Oh joy!

> 3381328 >>3381322
> we sure do have a lot of hands..

> 3381329 >>3381306
> Seconded. And ALARM here means DEADLY NEUROTOXIN.

> 3381330 >>3381311
> This is not true of me; I am inciting mistrust becauseI beleive Tom, as a person, would more than understandably feel it, he doesn't -KNOW- Ruby, he only felt a kinship, now he has finally had a moment to stop and go "why?".
> I want Tom to live. I am Pro Tom, and I am Pro Tom being a person, not just your hug accessory to fall in love with without any consideration of character.

> 3381331 >>3381322
> "What the..."
> "I can explain that, really."
> "Well?"
> "....I got nothing."

> 3381333 use hand to pat tom on the back for a job well done.

> 3381334 >>3381322
> Take hand back down to scanner.
> Bypass the hallway through the hole in the floor if they can find a way down and back up.

> 3381335 Assuming that there's another switch behind the other panel, pulling both of them at once probably does something.
> As for the button, there's no telling what it'll do, and considering the sheer amount of blood in the room it's safe to assume the room is dangerous.
> LISTEN for ACE WANNABE. Knock on the door to see if you can get his attention. While unlikely, the weapon he's holding might actually be the key to the other panel.

> 3381336 Tom: Lift Ruby up to examine the dial that's above the lockers.

> 3381338 Grab hand, go to palm reader downstairs to use it.
> Search Ace's body (if any) on the way.

> 3381341 I don't think they should have pulled either =P but considering the clipboard with info on the critters was ON the button, it seems like an official button.
> Of course, it's probably necessary ;D
> time is of the essence guys.

> 3381342 >>3381335
> It's Ace. He's listed as ace on the character sheet. He stopped going by 'spade' on official documents.

> 3381345 >>3381322
> Take hand and go up ladder keeping away from Ace's body if it's still there

3381349 >>3381334
>Take hand back down to scanner.
Tom grabs the SEVERED HAND.
Might as well get going.

> 3381356 >>3381349
> Careful when going by Ace's body... if it's still there. dun dun dun

> 3381361 Give Ruby a high 25

> 3381363 >>3381356
> If it's still there, laying on its own pool of blood, everything's fine. If it's NOT... Dun dun dun.
> Also tell her about the writing already.

> 3381365 Yeah let's go back to the man who took a crowbar to the leg and may have survived Red's bomb. I'm sure sharp needles took care of him.

> 3381367 TOM GRAB A GODDAMN AIR TANK BEFORE CONTINUING!!! I DOUBT YOU CAN SHARE IN EVENT OF GAS.

> 3381370 >>3381349
> Ruby needs to look in #5 once Tom has left.

> 3381371 >>3381363
> His corpse still may have a tendence to swing that weapon of his around.

> 3381373 >>3381348
> A) you've not been in that situation, you've not known anyone who has, you've got no place to judge it for fictional characters and neither do I.
> B) you're a tripfag, stop being even more of an attention whore and take this discussion elsewhere because we're moving on with the game (delete yours, I'll delete mine)
> C) He's been fixating, but now he's had a break and has gotten a note from himself to be wary. It's time to accept that as a person, he has just been given the wake up call. You can't change that just because of how you want the story to go, you're not roleplaying ruby and tom, we're telling them what to do, and they are interpreting it as weaver sees fit. It's not mine or yours to discuss, it's weavers call.

> 3381375 >>3381330
> Tom as a person is only alive because Ruby and Tom have helped each other, if she wanted him dead, she would've left him to rot with no antidote, certainly, she gave him the fish in the first place, but it's kind of hard to claim she had any foreknowledge.
> She could've also sent him a vial of fucking ACID instead of the antidote.
> Tom is not a hug-toy, he's one of the halves of a great team.

> 3381376 over 200 post, AUTOSAGING

3381378 ...this could be bad.

> 3381379 I told you? Dun dun dun.

> 3381380 Ruby: Grab statue

> 3381382 >>3381373
> >He's been fixating, but now he's had a break and has gotten a note from himself to be wary. It's time to accept that as a person, he has just been given the wake up call.
> As someone who supports the idea of Tom keeping the message to himself, this is a bit bogus. Tom already knows that there's more to Ruby than either of them know about, and he knows that there's more to himself than he knows about. He's seen how frightened she is of what she might be, and had her confide in him about some of the freaky things going on with her without needing to push her into it.
> Of course, with the way she handled the 'deceased' thing, it's probably not in -her- best interest for Tom to tell her that he told himself not to trust her.

> 3381384 >>3381375
> The treatment *was* acid.

> 3381390 Ruby : Ask for the shovelcane, poke the statue with it from the side

> 3381392 >>3381384
> yes, but a minor acid that actually cures poisoning, not the purple turbo death acid that some batch of 'tards kept banging on about being "TEH CURE, IT MUST BE BECUASE IT IS THERE."

> 3381393 I can't tell, did he go to the med closet or downstairs?

> 3381396 >>3381382
> if its the Tom support convention here then I agree with the other guy that Tom should be thinking about who gave the fish and all the horrible things that only turned up after ruby appeared

> 3381398 >>3381378
> Use the pipe route instead.

> 3381402 >>3381400
> except I said we should delete our posts douche

3381403 So far so good.

> 3381409 Is everyone forgetting about the kiss? I think Tom now holds such feelings towards her that can't be broken by something he scribbled on the wall and can't remember anymore.
> He should tell her.

3381415 Tom and Ruby return to the room with the handscanner.

> 3381416 There is a mousehole under the shutters.
> CAREFULLY look through it.

> 3381420 >>3381409
> He got shot down. Kiss don't equal love, you saw Tom's reaction to being asked about the condom? He's Jay from Dogma, he wants to get a bit of poontang,

> 3381424 ...Go up the ladder. It's the only direction with no bloodstains

> 3381425 >>3381415
> Bugger. What happened to our leathery friend?

> 3381426 >>3381396
> >all the horrible things that only turned up after ruby appeared.
> If not for Ruby, Tom would be now rotting in his cell, or dead after pushing the wrong buttons.
> BTW, this is RUBY Quest, we control Ruby, we can give commands to Tom because Ruby ask Tom to do those things and he trusts her. We can't make Tom to do things by his own.

> 3381427 Maybe Ace is going to some specific place to regenerate? Possibly back down on the lower level?

> 3381428 >>3381416
> It had the case card in it. Read the earlier threads.

> 3381433 >>3381415
> Scan that Hand.

> 3381436 >>3381416
> You are forgetting previous threads. Refresh your memory.
> >>3381415
> Carefully LISTEN TO YOUR SURROUNDING!
> Footsteps, water dripping, anything!

> 3381438 >>3381426
> 2/10
> >>3381288
> You would have got me if it wasn't for that post.

> 3381440 >>3381415
> Use HAND, watch CUTSCENE

> 3381443 >>3381409
> he might not be following what he wrote, but he knows that saying it was written may damage what relationship he already has, I think Tom is keeping quiet out of fear of losing Ruby, Hes alone, probably afraid like she is, and knows he'll need her support to get out of here.
> TL;DR Tom is trying to avoid upsetting Ruby.

> 3381446 >>3381426
> That was the case originally. At some point Tom became a PARTY MEMBER or something to that effect; we can control him directly now.

> 3381449 >>3381446 walkie talkies

> 3381451 >>3381446
> because of the radio. it's only for convenience.

> 3381454 >>3381443
> That would be true, but they've also promised that there'd be no more secrets, not to mention trading secrets far more horrible than this one. Ruby won't leave Tom just because of some note, especially when they need each other.

> 3381457 Why is no one except >>3381425
> worried by the missing dummy?

> 3381458 Where did Ace's blood stains go to?

> 3381459 >>3381457
> IRC is freaking out

3381461 >>3381440
>Use HAND, watch CUTSCENE
TOM scans the SEVERED HAND and begins the CUTSCENE as video playback initializes.

> 3381462 >>3381457
> IRC is going fucking insane

> 3381465 Ooh, F. That's like, Red's superior? Who chopped him up and around?

> 3381471 >>3381465
> Me.

> 3381473 >>3381461
> Oct. 27, two days before Ruby's "accident". The Day that Red said 'everything changed'

> 3381479 >>3381462
> That's the best way.

3381489 [cutscene]

> 3381493 That's Ruby and Tom on the picture! And Stitches!
> Wow, they sure were happy back then, it'd seem.

> 3381500 >>3381493
> Figure on far right has a birdlike-head, and figure to the right of Ruby has hound-like ears. Can't tell where the figure second from the right begins or ends, though...

3381503 [cutscene.]

> 3381506 The one directly right from Ruby, the doggy-ears, is clearly the zombie that attacked her when Tom was sick!

> 3381507 >>3381503
> inB4 mindfuck

> 3381508 Aw crap. My "they're all a family" theory might be coming true. =(

> 3381512 >>3381508
> Brace for incest.

> 3381523 >>3381508
> likelyhood of them being as close as a family is higher than them actually being one.

> 3381525 My theory: they built some sort of research facility and then turned on each other due to zombie outbreak, then the ones that stayed normal found a cure, and then got killed by tom and ruby because of their obvious memory loss.

3381526 [cutscene]

> 3381532 >>3381526
> why so serious red?

> 3381534 >>3381526
> And then ruby was the zombies.

> 3381536 Who else but Ruby...?

> 3381538 >>3381526
> ..I did not see that one coming..

> 3381539 >>3381532
> JUST KIDDING!

> 3381540 ...Oh dear.
> This is going to create some friction in their teamwork.
> Also no wonder Spadeless wants Ruby dead.

> 3381543 >>3381526
> Ruby just tore off his motherfucking ear.

> 3381544 Everyone except Red seems to be in the photo. Red probably arrived late to the project and got socially rejected by some subjects (most probably Ruby). This made him go insane and he made his own "special family" that consisted only of him. He then started to sow conflict between the participants of the project which finally ended in him killing Ruby.

> 3381547 >>3381526
> Tom, that pussy better be worth it.

> 3381548 And Then Ace was one of the good guys and we were the villains.

> 3381549 >>3381544
> There are 7 subjects and 6 people in the photo.
> Red WAS NOT a subject.

> 3381550 >>3381544
> YOU'RE RATIONALIZING, TOM

> 3381552 People, keep in mind this happened AFTER the "treatment"

> 3381558 >>3381554
> Hence the "why so serious?"
> Man this is great.

3381560 [cutscene.]

> 3381562 Okay, both Ruby and Tom need to look at this rationally. Being openly hostile helps nothing. And what they did before losing their memories is currently less relevant than what they've done post-amnesia, as well as their own survival.
> Perhaps Ruby had, in that video, gone insane from the treatment, and by now she's been cured. She's no longer a danger: Just a kind bunny girl.

> 3381565 Holyshit I didn't see what was so great about these until I started following this one.

> 3381566 >>3381558
> sorry, I miss quoted
> >>3381543
> see
> >>3381532
> Looks more like slicing cheeks, it's why Red has such a wide mouth full of teeth when in monster mode

> 3381571 so, Ruby messed up Red's mouth, who later took revenge by killing Ruby?

> 3381573 >>3381560
> MAKE EM SMILE FROM EAR
> TO EAR

> 3381574 >>3381571
> Read the journal. There's more to it than that.

> 3381577 and now Tom must complete the cycle and kill Ruby.
> THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

> 3381580 hm. the ace on the shirt only shows up in video recordings.

> 3381581 >>3381571
> It wasn't revenge, read the journals.
> PS: Ruby tore Red's face with the Hook, FUCK YEAH!

> 3381582 and she does it with a hook no less, that would explain why she's so handy with said weapon

3381585 [cutscene]

> 3381586 >>3381574
> >>3381581
> ah, sorry. just got up, braindead.
> pretty awesome plot twist nonetheless.

3381588 [cutscene.]

> 3381592 >>3381585
> Holy shit, he looks concerned, not angry.
> This is an awesome plot tweest.

> 3381596 >>3381525
> I want to draw your attention to one keyword.
> The room called "Brig" was EXCAVATED.

> 3381597 >>3381592
> surely you would be concerned if a friend just tore your head open.

> 3381601 Tom ... maybe ... you should go. I don't want to hurt you ...

> 3381603 HUG TOM, that's traumatizing stuff man

> 3381605 >>3381603
> I think HUG TOM would lead to a BAD END right now...

3381606 It appears there is more than one video queued up.
[cutscene.]

> 3381607 resist urge to hug tom

> 3381608 Aw man, I feel so fucking sorry for Red now, look at this expression.
> Prior to when shit went down, they were all good people.
> Then, well, treatments to help/do something with the patients, and they all go bonkers.

> 3381609 And whenever Ruby fought plant-zombie stitches she used the hook in a similar manner. Very clever, I like it!

> 3381610 I hoe Tom's not going to abandon Ruby now, not when she needs a shoulder to cry and a comforting friend more than ever.

> 3381612 >>3381603
> Also cry, use your girlish figure and psychological blackmail to appeal to his manly physique and sentimentality by playing up the victim. You're lost and cute and you have a fluffy but and you is scared and sad and need many arm hugs.

> 3381614 >>3381603
> 'Hey look! I brutally disfigured Red. Let's hug!'
> Good plan, Batman.

> 3381617 maybe homicidal behaviour is a secondary effect of the "Treatment". Just like Stitches and the Hound.

> 3381619 >>3381614
> But she doesn't remember it. For such a sweet person, uncovering that kind of horrible stuff from her past is seriously traumatizing. Tom can't abandon her now.

3381621 [cutscene.]

> 3381622 >>3381614
> It was just a Cap'n hook impersonation gone tragically wrong. The hook's label advised against giving it to blind people, but sadly, they couldn't read it to know.
> Nobody there won that day.

> 3381624 Tom, hug Ruby with shovelcane. It's time to start TomQuet.

> 3381627 >>3381621
> Hug tom. In the crotch. With your face.

> 3381629 Aww shit, no. This is getting seriously bad and depressing.

> 3381630 "how tom lost his eye..."

> 3381631 >>3381621
> i don't like where this is going.

> 3381633 >>3381606
> *before last video*
> RUBY: Munch popcorn
> TOM: Pull the good ol' arm stretch maneuver
> *after last video*
> RUBY: Quietly put popcorn down.
> TOM: Withdraw arm. Take one full step towards the door.

3381635 [cutscene]

> 3381637 >>3381635
> I like where this is going.

> 3381638 This is going to end HORRIBLY

> 3381639 >>3381635
> unwarranted erection

> 3381640 Or maybe it is going better. Those smiles I like.
> Please don't make it worse Weaver... Please...

> 3381643 >>3381635
> goes where?

> 3381647 >>3381637
> No. You are not going no like it.

> 3381648 >>3381640
> >>Weaver
> >>Not make it worse
> Oh dear.

3381652 [cutscene.]

> 3381656 >>3381652
> OH YEAH

> 3381657 Yes!

> 3381659 >>3381652
> FUCK! she's a zombie! she's going to eat him!

> 3381661 >>3381652
> Tom is smaller than Ruby?

> 3381662 "how ruby lost her virginity... and tom lost an eye"

> 3381663 >>3381635
> RUBY: Use Shovelcane on monitor, "nothing to see here"

> 3381665 >>3381656
> >>3381657
> /tg/'s furry majority

> 3381666 >>3381652
> SHE'S SUCKING OUT HIS EYE JESUS CHRIST

> 3381667 >>3381652
> And then she bites Tom's tongue off.

> 3381670 >>3381665
> >tg
> >furry minority
> what is this I don't even

> 3381671 >>3381667
> Bunny got your tongue harharhar.

> 3381675 Baum-chika-chika-chika-un-tiz-Poh-kachaou!

> 3381678 >>3381670
> majority

> 3381679 Oh Fuck! Noko all the way

> 3381683 ...Why did F record hot Ruby Tom pr0n?

> 3381684 You fools, Tom lost an eye when he got taken away by the spadeless Ace or something like that, not prior to that.

> 3381685 >>3381683
> F stands for furry.

> 3381686 >>3381683
> Because he's a lecherous voyeur.

> 3381689 >>3381635
> Oh fuck, Weaver don't do it..
> >>3381652
> Proceed

> 3381693 CHOO CHOO! ALL ABOARD THE WEAVER TRAIN!

> 3381697 continuation : >>3381692

> 3381731 The symbol at the top of the eye poster is the same as on the pipe above the lockers.

> 3381734 Tom doesn't seem to mind Ruby being flat as a plank :)

> 3381763 Scientists are testing out an experimental method to cure disabilities/disfiguements (down syndrome, muscle dystrophy, blindness, etc). However, they need "test" subjects and aren't evil/insane enough to kidnap people, so they start searching for volunteers instead. They find a 3 person family that is willing to submit themselves to the testing. While the man of the house (Tom) is a normal person, his wife (Ruby) is blind: not to mention that their child was born horribly disfigured. Ruby and Tom happily submit themselves and their child (no idea yet) as test subjects in hope that they are healed and can live a normal life. At the facility is also another patient (stitches) in for treatment (dunno exactly what his disfigurement could of been).
> Things go according to plan for awhile, until harmful side effects start manifesting in the test subjects (aggression, paranoia, schizophrenia, etc). These side effects eventually develop into full blown mutations. The mutations vary depending on the intensity of the treatment the patient was subjected to.
> Tom gets dinosaur hands after his original hands were healed when he got them cut off by getting them stuck in the Z hatch.
> Ruby has third eye after getting her blindness cured.
> Red has huge gaping tooth filled maw after getting the slash in his cheek healed, etc.

## Thread 24

3381692 The video playback continues on the monitor.

> 3381700 TOM: Use MANLY PHYSIQUE on Ruby
> Ruby: Use convincing, but wholly unsatisfying lies on Tom

> 3381701 Is that the tray of surgical instruments she's reaching for?

> 3381702 in before horrible shock moment

> 3381704 >>3381692
> Oh shit.

> 3381706 >>3381692
> O_O

> 3381709 >>The fucking garbage continues on /tg/

> 3381710 >>3381705
> Good point Ceaser, now lets go have dinner with good old Brutus.

> 3381711 >>3381705
> THIS WILL END BADLY. THEY SHOULD NOT WATCH.
> I don't even want to watch I'm afraid of bad things happening!

3381712 [cutscene]

> 3381713 BA ZING!

> 3381714 Yeah, she'd've stabbed him by now.
> Well done you two!

> 3381716 >>3381692
> it gets to here before she shanks him

3381717 [cutscene.]

> 3381718 >>3381712
> That's right Tom! Fight for breath! knee her in the ribs! escape her deadly mandibles!

> 3381723 >>3381717
> FFFFFFFFFFF

> 3381724 >>3381712
> Better don't be an ice pick

> 3381725 Ruby, Hold Tom's hand

> 3381726 eh heh... heh. heeeeeeooooooboy.

> 3381735 >>3381712
> There's a scalpel in her hand.
> That is the only reason there would be another panel of them making out... that one tiny detail.
> Shit.

> 3381736 >>3381732
> Missing out of fappan?

> 3381737 Ruby: "If I don't remember stabbing you, and you don't remember being stabbed, who can truly say it ever happened?"

> 3381738 NOW is the time to tell Ruby about the message inside the locker.

> 3381740 Talk about railroadan games, this fucker just draws shit up before hand and then waits for you to say the "right answer" then posts the next page.
> What a shallow, meaningless experience. Is "Weaver" a 4e writer?

> 3381741 >>3381737
> I know Weaver doesn't like this, but... Seconded.
> They can trust each other right now. That's what matters.

> 3381742 >>3381717
> Ruby: Give Tom the scalpel, handle first

> 3381743 TOM: Tell Ruby about "don't trust".
> RUBY: Tell Tom that you don't know why you did it and you don't want to do it again. But you might.

> 3381748 It's time for DRAMA.

> 3381749 yaff lol

> 3381750 SUDDENLY ACE INTERRUPTS THEM!
> CLIFFHANGER
> THREAD ENDS!

3381751

> 3381754 It's... It's split-up time. They have the walkie-talkies, and they should definitely still have escaping together as a goal.
> But Ruby wouldn't want to endanger poor Tom anymore; even though she cares for him right now she can't trust herself.
> Ruby gives Tom a good-bye kiss and then they split up.

> 3381755 >>3381750
> that would be so lame

> 3381760 FUCK!
> NO NO NO NO NO!

> 3381762 >>3381751
> That's some hymen.

3381764 The video finally ends.

> 3381765 >>3381751
> That day tom learned no means no..

> 3381766 OH FUCK

> 3381767 >>3381751
> =D

> 3381769 >>3381751
> Love is dead

> 3381773 This is a video I made, I call it "my bloody valentine".

> 3381774 >>3381751
> GOOOOOOOOOOOD
> DAMNIT.

> 3381775 LOVE IS OVER

> 3381776 Can I get a link to previous threads?

> 3381778 >>3381764
> tom ... I ... maybe you should go ... I don't want to hurt you ...

> 3381780 >>3381740
> Yes, like how we went up the blue pipe instead of the fucking stairs and all the other random shit /tg/ pulls. Just kill yourself now.

> 3381781 Tell tom you're better now

> 3381782 Oh shit

> 3381784 >>3381740
> railroaded or not, I don't care; the suspense has go me hooked

> 3381785 >>3381751
> RUBY: DISARM SELF. CRY.

> 3381786 Ruby: Kiss Tom.

> 3381787 >>3381751
> Oh-Shi

> 3381788 Don't abandon her now, Tom. Don't.

> 3381791 >>3381740
> You've never played a point and click or text adventure game, have you?
> The only difference here is the apparent absence of grues.

> 3381793 >>3381791
> Spoiler - Red was a grue

3381802 Tom backs away, clutching the caneshovel he forgot to return.
He seems angry.
He also seems very scared.

> 3381804 TOM! NO!
> RAILROADING! This is the first time I say so... RAILROADING!
> Tom can't abandon her! She needs him!

> 3381805 Slide tom the scapel across the floor, talk him down, do not approach him.

> 3381806 Ruby: Cry, apologize, and leave Tom alone.

> 3381807 >>3381802
> ruby: hug tom and say you're sorry

> 3381808 >>3381802
> I'm guessing we can no longer control Tom directly then?

> 3381809 >>3381802
> Just say you're sorry and walk away, Ruby.
> It's probably better for both of you now.

3381812 That's the end for tonight, folks. Sorry it was something of a short session.
I wasn't working as fast as I usually do, and I apologize for that. You guys kind of threw me for a loop with some of your actions, but all in all I'm interested with where they went.
Hope you enjoyed it.
More to come, as always.

> 3381813 >>3381802
> Ruby: say "Tom.. I.." then break down and cry in the courner

> 3381815 >>3381802
> Pfft, 'forgot'.
> Ask Ruby to hand over her weapons, and if she does keep going.

> 3381816 >>3381807
> NO HUGGING. APPROACHING ARMED TOM BAD.

> 3381817 Ruby: Try to calm down Tom, drop the scalpel.

> 3381818 >>3381802
> ...........Where's the dummy?

> 3381819 >>3381804
> HE JUST SAW HER STAB HIM WITH A FUCKING SCALPEL.
> AFTER RIPPING OPEN HALF OF RED'S FACE.
> SHUT UP
> LET HIM BE CONFUSED, ANGRY AND UPSET.

> 3381821 Links? Previous threads? I'm so damn confused T.T

> 3381822 >>3381802
> Ruby should tell Tom that she understands perfectly that he is horrified, and that even though she cares for him and wants all violent tendencies out of her, she doesn't trust herself either, and doesn't want to endanger him.
> Split up, continue using walkie-talkies.

> 3381823 Tom: Rape

> 3381825 >>3381808
> Unless Ruby can talk her out of that.
> >>3381805
> Ruby should give away everything and try not to be hostile.

> 3381826 Amazing session, Weaver, despite the short length... and the TOTAL MINDFUCKING.

> 3381827 >>3381807
> BECAUSE THAT HUG ENDED WELL FOR TOM IN THE VIDEO.

> 3381828 >>3381812
> Thanks.
> You're awesome.

> 3381829 >>3381812
> I really think you should consider moving this to some free hosting or something so that we don't constantly get assholes

> 3381830 >>3381812
> love you~

> 3381832 I'm not sorry about the short session: More about the really nasty cliffhanger.
> You better make it better Weaver.

> 3381834 >>3381812
> Thanks for an awesome thread Weaver.

> 3381835 >>3381821
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby
> The archive of the entire RubyQuest series.
> Read on.

> 3381836 >>3381821
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3381837 >>3381812
> Thanks, Weaver, a great show, as always.

> 3381839 >>3381812
> Cheers Weaver

> 3381843 Oh god. I can't pry myself away.

> 3381852 Ruby: *Hands up* "I'm going to take my scalpel now. I'm putting it on the floor and kicking it to you."
> *Do as you said*
> Ruby: "I'm unarmed now. I'm going to give away to my feelings and start crying."
> *Break down crying*
> Remember this for the next thread, folks.

> 3381854 ... MOTHER FUCK.
> Mad props, Weaver. Mad props.

> 3381858

> 3381861 >>3381804
> yes, let's cry railroading because weaver won't give in to our demands and turn this into some kind of bizare love story

> 3381862 I CAN'T HANDLE THIS SUSPENSE ANY MORE.
> RUBY QUEST SUICIDE CULT, WHO'S WITH ME?
> *TURNS ON THE GAS OVEN AND SAYS FUCK YOU ALL*

> 3381866 I guess Tom runs away and we're left all alone again.

> 3381867 >>3381861
> No, let's cry railroading because everyone else yelled exactly to the contrary of what Tom did.

> 3381868 >>3381852
> With you. Crying is important now. Also big bunny eyes.

> 3381872 Doesn't a single one of you lackluster motherfuckers have a private site to host this garbage heap on?

> 3381879 RUBY: APPLY SCALPEL TO RUBY ALONG VEINS
> RUBY: DROP TO KNEES
> RUBY: DIE IN POOL OF OWN BLOOD

> 3381880 >>3381872
> Even though you're a complete ass, I sorta agree that both your problem with us and our problem with you would be solved if this got moved to a site. Who wants to donate to Weaver?
> Weaver, post your paypal!

> 3381882 >>3381872
> you sure are persistent, you've been hounding these threads all night.
> poor kid, you must be bushed.

> 3381884 Nice job, weaver, i'm really enjoying this.
> Also, to all the people responding to the railroad troll (assuming it's not just responding to itself), can i just say: FFS! You should know how trolls work by now. "Railroad" is just another button that it's learned to press.

> 3381885 >>3381852
> Also after that:
> Ruby: *Step aside* "If you want to leave me, then go ahead. I'm not going to stop you. But if you do, leave the scalpel so that I can cut myself and die."

> 3381886 this is more /tg/ than 40k and d0rf fortress.

> 3381887 Jesus Christ, you stupid fucks. It's a PAC adventure, minus the pointing and clicking. There absolutely is a finite number of possible outcomes here, that's how this kind of game works. If this were Hugo's House of Horrors you'd be bitching up a storm because you got mauled by a dog and weren't able to attack it with a candlestick. If this were Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, you would've ragequit after realizing the puzzles only have one possible solution each.
> If we were actually roleplaying, it'd be a different story. If we were playing as Tom, Ruby, and the rest of the cast Weaver would be railroading the fuck out of this show. Guess what we're not doing.

> 3381892 >>3381887
> There's nothing /tg/ about point and click adventure games.
> Fuck you and fuck this garbage.

> 3381893 >>3381879
> I like how you sage this shit even though it really does belong in TG.
> This is a style of story telling, and role playing. It is certainly considered a traditional game, only the means of performing the story, and roleplaying is modern. It's a traditional style of game, turned modern.
> So stop saging shit that belongs already. dumbfuck.

> 3381895 >>3381880
> screw that, he just spent 7 hours trolling, clearly we're doing something right hosting it here.

> 3381901 >>3381892
> NO YOU'RE GARBAGE

> 3381908 >>3381893
> I'm saging you.

> 3381911 >>3381895
> I for one don't really want to be associated with this lowbrow tug of war. The only thing this site has done for this experience is overfill it with low quality participation and flaming.

> 3381912 >>3381887
> You cant say Traditional Games without Games

> 3381918 >>3381908
> ITT our troll is trying too hard.

> 3381919 >>3381908
> i report yu
> HUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEH
> UAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUAHUEHUA

> 3381920 Read the note

> 3381921 >>3381887
> I agree, basically this is more of an interactive story than a role play. Enjoy the story for what it is and stop complaning that it's not happening like you want. I mean, come on, do you people shout at the TV when a show doens't unfold how you'd want it to?

> 3381924 Ruby: "I just wish you hadn't kissed me back then... Maybe then this wouldn't be so hard."

> 3381925 /tg/-related, fuck your shit, we're having fun playing a communal game with Weaver as GM
> Just because it doesn't involve miniatures or alignment charts doesn't mean it's not /tg/.

> 3381929 >we're having fun
> That's the fucking keyphrase right here, sagefag.

> 3381932 >>3381921
> well, sometimes.
> but it doesn't change anything.

> 3381933 Toms Guro fetish kicks in, and seeing himself get slaughtered makes him hot for action.
> Tom rapes Ruby.
> Ruby cries and takes it as her just punishment.
> Ace enters room, rapes tom.
> Tom Enjoys it because hes good like that.
> Ruby commits suicide by leaving the room, and jumping into the pit in the split room, the gravity ripping her apart.
> Tom faps to more guro, Ace leaves in disgust at Toms feitsh.

> 3381934 What makes it not /tg/ is probably a better question to ask.

> 3381937 >>3381925
> >>3381929
> Good job encouraging him. If you really have that much trouble ignoring an obvious troll use http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8265 but stop shitting up the thread.

> 3381946 >>3381933
> requesting fan art of this.

> 3381947 "It's okay, Tom! The voices in my head are in control now!"

> 3381948 >>3381934
> It's neither traditional, nor is it a game by the common definition of the word. It can be construed as a "play" activity, but that is the absolute outer limit of it's likeness to a game of any kind.
> Not to weigh in on a pre-existing argument with logic or anything.

> 3381950 >>3381937
> The threads over...

> 3381955 >>3381933
> >>3381946
> please don't.

> 3381960 >>3381950
> It and every thread preceding it was fucked up by these dumbshits because they're too thick in the head to recognize a troll. Sagefags can do shit all to destroy a thread without people replying to them.

> 3381968 >>3381960
> That's exactly why I was saying that we should get Weaver to set up a paypal. I'd donate a couple bucks towards a private site that hosts an image board where we can avoid the bullshit

> 3381971 At least we know how Red got his crazy-ass laugh jaws. It seems likely that the regeneration coffins or whatever they are cause insanity, but maybe they've fixed that since then. Stitches is marked as extremely dangerous and is clearly unwillingly homicidal, Red PUMMELS RUBY INTO THE GROUND and shoves her into a DO NOT OPEN box after having his jaw fixed up, the Hound is possibly more nutso than Stitches (guess we'll never know) and Ace appears to be some sort of all-purpose android, successful experiment or whatever the fuck.
> It's worth pointing out that at this point Ace has done nothing 'wrong'. He could easily have been operating on prior orders, possibly including "Ruby is dangerous, protect Red from Ruby". The second he discovers Red's corpse, he ignores everything else and goes straight for it. Presumably he's trying to help him but doesn't understand that stakes jammed through brain = not getting back up. Then, later on (i.e. once the bomb incinerates Red's corpse), he appears and tries to grab Ruby. Note that we don't know that he was trying to kill her; he could simply be on orders to find and secure Ruby inside her cubicle to make sure that she doesn't hurt anyone else.
> Why is Red afraid of Ace? We don't know. He might not be; chances are he's afraid of the guy giving ORDERS to Ace.
> Goddamn Weaver why is this so interesting god damn

> 3381976 >>3381934
> According to the stated rules for the board, since it's not relevant to a non-electronic game it technically shouldn't be here.
> That doesn't change the fact that (especially over the past year) we've seen a growing amount of flexibility here regarding what is and isn't relevant, and digital equivalents of 'analog' games or electronic games from franchises that have produced predominantly 'analog' entertainment were the first additions to the board's scope of relevancy. Now we have Dungeon Crawl (which, as a roguelike, is essentially a simulation of a tabletop game), Dwarf Fortress (an extremely complex simulation with no 'analog' equivalent other than simply playing pretend with an imaginary village), Dawn of War (which is a real-time strategy game and thus not an approximation of any tabletop game due to it being real-time), and now this. If any of those were a problem to the mods, we would have heard about it by now.
> Simply put, the face of the board is changing. Some people don't like it. Most of those people also think that this is /40k/ or /GW/, but that's really beside the point. If we were really strict about topic, about half the threads that start here on a given day would result in bans.

> 3381979

> 3381980 The symbol at the top of the eye poster is the same as on the pipe above the lockers.

> 3381986 ..What were those coffins in stargate that healed people but also turned them evil?

> 3381987 >>3381968
> And the audience? Everything else about 4chan might be shit, but it has the userbase.

> 3381990 Someone should drawfag Red as Joker explaining to Tom how he got his smile.
> Y SO SRS?

> 3381991 That's it, I'm adding Ruby Quest to the Keen list. Ruby Quest is adequately /tg/ for it to hang around here so long as there aren't 5 threads about it up at the same time.
> If you disagree, you disagree with Commander Keen, and that automatically makes you a furfag.

> 3381992 >>3381987
> The lost playerbase will be filled with furries who are already accustomed to picking up their ball and going elsewhere.

> 3381993 >>3381987
> I think that if Weaver just posted the new site address hidden inside something so that only the people who actually READ the thread see it, everyone would be there.

> 3381994 >>3381948
> Hm, let's see... an interactive CYOA phenomenon that took the board by storm, with regularly scheduled 200+ post threads nearly every day, but was soon railed against due to not actually being all that related to the board. You know what this sounds like? /jp/'s incident with the You Wake Up in Gensokyo CYOA for the Touhou sector over there. They solved it by setting up their own board for Touhou CYOAs (www.touhouproject.com/th) so they could have interactive adventures in peace.
> I don't see why that shouldn't work for things like RubyQuest and DorfQuest.

> 3381997 >>3381991
> Uh, Commander Keen had several furry friends whom he was later reported to have had a very close relationship with.

> 3381999 >>3381994
> It would work absolutely dandily.
> Every party is equally pleased

> 3382000 >>3381994
> Actually, DorfQuest IS completely /tg/ related. It doesn't even have the point and click connotations Ruby Quest does - it is cimpletely free form DM'ing.
> But that is neither here nor there.

> 3382001 >>3381994
> Wait. What's DorfQuest?

> 3382002 >>3381997
> Those were aliens... and or monsters

> 3382005 You can use the looming threat of furries to change /tg/'s opinion about anything

> 3382007 >>3382000
> Lets just remove Rubyquest, Dorfquest, Spacequest, Spaceghost, Spadeghost and everything else with ghost and spade or Ruby in it from /tg/

> 3382010 >>3382005
> But the world refused to change...

> 3382015 >>3382010
> SKREEEEEEROOOOROOOOOROOOOORAAAAAAAWOOOOOO

> 3382016 >>3382001
> Part 1:
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3301577/
> Part 2:
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3343335/
> Part 3:
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3345091/
> Part 4:
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3345934/

> 3382022 >>3381994
> because this is actually /tg/ related.
> if Ruby and Tom were.. Lil'E and Lofn, you fags would be all over it.

> 3382025 >>3381994
> We should talk to the guy running TouhouProject.com (Holy) and get him to make a board for Ruby, where we can take ironic refuge in: www.touhouproject.com/ruby/

> 3382026 >>3382014
> Or one person claimed to be 5 people with the same fear.
> Also we got any bets on who the BBEG is?

> 3382030 >>3382026
> I'm betting Subject #6.

> 3382031 >>3381994
> The difference is that King Faggot said he likes RQ. He and his coterie stopped YWIG themselves.

> 3382032 >>3382007
> Hmmmm,...
> No

> 3382033 >>3382026
> Well that wouldnt make sense unless it was an elaborate troll.
> oh..

> 3382038 ITT /tg/ is all furries in denial.

> 3382042 Furry witchhunts

> 3382044 >>3382000
> And the CYoA's on /jp/ were related, but the mods didn't care. banned it anyways, so it got shunted away. To a better place where it could thrive, yes, but still, it was related to /jp/ material. I belive the excuse the mods used was "Fanfiction does not belong on the boards period."

> 3382047 >>3382026
> My guess is subject #6, ?, or an Unholy fusion thereof.

> 3382048 >>3382042
> Kill it with fire?

> 3382050 There's also the issue of trolls deliberately making stupid decisions. Wouldn't that lead to banning for things like you know..legitimately making stupid decisions (We put the hand in the goddamn tube D:)

> 3382051 >>3382044
> Actually, roleplaying in general is not allowed on any of the boards outside of /b/, /r9k/, and, you guessed it, /tg/.

> 3382056 >>3382047
> ? and Ace are the same person; read the fine print on the very last note we got.

> 3382057 >>3382050
> Since Weaver assumes the role of command parser, if a stupid decision is actually possible to make within the parameters of the game, it should be parsed accordingly.

> 3382058 I'm thinking subject 6 might be the Dummy.

> 3382067 >>3381971
> >Red PUMMELS RUBY INTO THE GROUND and shoves her into a DO NOT OPEN box after having his jaw fixed up
> We only saw the left side of Red's face in the video where he assaults Ruby. His mouth could still be fucked up.
> It only happened 2 days before the beatdown. Remember Red's notes:
> "And things were going so well.
> What happened today [Ruby attacking Red] changes everything. Everything that happened since the new treatment started. I had hoped the death of patient #1 could be overlooked. That is no longer an option.
> I know what must be done. I do not welcome it."
> Red killed (or attempted to kill) her because he felt he HAD to, not out of revenge. Her homicidal tendencies were indicative of... something MORE.

> 3382071 >>3382051
> Still pisses me off that the mods listened to a very vocal minority in that case. I mean, ever since then, the board has been shit boring. it's like they neutered the board and stunted its growth.

> 3382078 >>3382071
> well you know what they say about /tg/
> its the one board mods stopped trying to moderate..

> 3382079 Our drawfags are awesome.

> 3382081 >>3382071
> Yeah, I really am sorry to hear that. I don't go to /jp/, but I can sympathize.

> 3382082 >>3382078
> I thought that was /v/.
> At least the Jim Profit fiasco proved that if you E-mail the mods (moot in particular) about problem users enough times you're bound to get some kind of response.

> 3382090 This is my candidate for BBEG.
> Who is he? A surviving staff member? The overseeing officer? The director of the facility turned mad scientist by his devotion to see his project succeed at any cost?
> Or is Subject 6 the BBEG?
> Or perhaps this IS Subject 6, holed up in Lab B with broadcasting/monitoring equipment, keeping tabs on the entire facility from his holding area.
> That'd actually be pretty poignant... controlling everything, watching everyone, pulling the strings... but in the end, he's even more of a prisoner than anyone else.
> EITHER WAY, WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?
> HE'S FUCKING CREEPY.

> 3382093 Now I'm going to be in a horrible depression for a few days, until Weaver continues this.
> I'll just have to hope it won't go even worse.

> 3382095 >>3382067
> Ruby must have killed stitches too.

> 3382101 >>3382078
> well that, and its part of this boards identity. You guys can do things like Ruby here because its what /tg/ does. Each board has an identity that it grows into with time and its user base. /tg/ has games. /co/ is love. /v/ is rage. /a/ has Anime. Creativity floods these boards sometimes.
> Basically what happened in /jp/ was that the users took the VN fandom to the next level by running one on the board, the mods decided they didn't like it and basically crushed the boards identity. now what do you have in /jp/? When was the last time you saw anything creative there? /jp/ has no drawfags, no writefags. its very... blah.

> 3382103 >>3381971
> >Note that we don't know that he was trying to kill her
> The second time he appears, he's carrying a weapon. Seems a little threatening to me.
> Also, we don't know about Ace motivations. Maybe he's trying to kill everyone who had any relation with the experiments,to cover it all up, a la Half-Life. We don't know.

> 3382105 >>3382090
> I think he's Tortimer.

> 3382106 >>3382090
> That reminds me of the Dummy for some reason...

> 3382108 >>3382090

> 3382110 >>3382103
> Well, we DID stab him the first time.

> 3382111 You know..using a dm screen with sliding panels,story outline and a keen drawing hand. You could probably do a ruby-quest style adventure game tabletop style.

> 3382112 >>3382108
> http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/Tortimer.gif

> 3382116 >>3382067
> Hypothesis: Stitches regenerated fairly well but not entirely (hence the, uh.. stitches.) and then went absolutely batshit. They changed the method of treatment, and all was going well until Ruby began to show similarly psychotic behaviour and so Red attempted to murder her (OR possibly just lock her up out of the way, but murder seems more likely) to prevent her a) harming anyone else in the facility or b) causing 'the board' to pull the plug on his research.
> A lot depends on whether Red had undergone treatment himself at this point (which he could have done), as if he was starting to go nuts at this point himself it could well be that he only intended to knock Ruby unconscious and then lock her up in the trunk, but found himself pummeling her to death instead.

> 3382125 >>3382111
> Depending on how freeform you wanted it to be, you could prepare most of your stuff beforehand and just use a collection of backdrops and paper dolls for the rest.

> 3382126 >>3382110
> well he tried to grab us. shit's spooky.

> 3382133 Ace is probably trying to finish the experiments,and has probably gone a little crazy himself. Which would explain why everyone keeps coming back to life and wandering around. (He keeps putting them in the regeneration coffins, which apparently have buttons to let you out)

> 3382135 >>3382125
> fff... now i have to do it D:

> 3382140 We need a fucking timeline here.
> What are the important dates?

> 3382163 >>3382133
> From what we've seen, it seems likely that Ace is a construct. He seems to be impervious to pain and they refer to changing his name in the same offhand manner as they refer to changing a font. he is clearly intelligent or trained up to a point as he can write and uses words such as 'deceased' rather than 'dead', although he has yet to speak. He also seems to act as general 'muscle' for the facility; in the security feed we see him repairing the pipe while Red sits around reading, and then we see him apprehending and leading Ruby away a few seconds later. Successful experiment pressed into service as all-purpose maintenance and security, perhaps.
> Also: Dummy is F? Hand was found in the same room, essentially, and we know that the Dummy contains something 'alive'. Possibly a new version of the regeneration cubicles for severe cases; regenerating from a pile of guts in a cubicle would probably not end well, seeing as Stitches had most of his body left and had to be nailed to the damn wall.

> 3382168 >>3382135
> I'd suggest using thin cardboard and the smallest brads you can find to make the dolls and moving props. (With brads, the parts can rotate. You might remember doing something like this in oh, first grade or kindergarten.) You can use generic dolls and just let people draw their characters on them in marker, and then mark on them or add/remove parts to reflect changes to the character.

> 3382186 >>3382163
> Maybe the flesh in the jar has something to do with him.
> Also, hypothesis: The statuette is a 'stone baby'. (Look it up, they're creepy as hell and real.)

> 3382188 Wait...
> Ruby attacked Tom AFTER Red attacked Ruby!
> This is getting weirder and weirder

> 3382191 we never saw ruby stabbing tom, it is very likely but not certian.
> poor nan. or is it sven?
> god damn this is more fucked than i ever could have imagined.

> 3382198 >>3382140
> ~late may: (blank)testing procedures begin
> October 2: Tom's Hands Damaged
> October 3: Red recommends alternative
> treatments as traditional treatments fail (implied for multiple subjets, not just Tom)
> October 7: Red hears whispered voices 'a second time,' alternative treatments approved and put into action.
> before october 27: Official Death of Stitches
> October 27: Ruby seriouses Red and is detained, 'Everything Changes.' Potential source of blood behind poster?
> October 29: Red Clubs Ruby, Ruby declared dead. May god forgive Red.
> November 1: Red takes actions leading to his detainment in cell 6. Subject 6 already in brig. 'spade' becomes '?'
> November 8: Ruby attacks Tom in the medical room. This blood is never cleaned.
> November 23: Subject #6 Isolated in upper Lab B. Only ? authorized to allow contact.

> 3382203 >>3382140
> it was said to be a statue. i think green stone was mentioned.

> 3382214 >>3382198
> Putting this in the wiki.

> 3382218 >>3382203
> Wrong post.
> But seriously they look like statues, and are basically calcified fetuses.
> Scary. Shit.

> 3382219 >>3382203
> shit just got quad lovecraftian.

> 3382222 It is worth noting that the game can not have begun before Nov 23, as Subject 6 was kept in the brig until that date, and Tom was there when Ruby got out of her cell.

> 3382223 TIMELINE:
> October 3 : Traditional treatments aren't working and one of the patients has been injured. Red tries to convince F to implement his own "experimental" treatment.
> October 7 : Experimental treatments, assumedly developed by Red, begin. Of importance is that Red is already hallucinating -- BEFORE treatments begin.
> [Oct 8 - Oct 26 : (Conjecture.) Patient 1, "Stitches", suffers a fatal accident and dies. Otherwise, treatments appear to be working (?) as evidenced by Red's "and things were going so well".]
> October 27 : Ruby attacks Red, slicing open the right half of his mouth with a longshoreman's hook. Red realizes what this means, assumedly that the treatment that HE recommended is having irreversibly terrible side effects. Perhaps it was this guilt which motivated him to duty, and he makes a plan.
> October 29 : Red "kills" Ruby. She wasn't dead when Ace found her body stashed in the packing crate. However, whether she actually died after Ace discovered her, or whether her pronouncement of death was a means to something else* is unknown. (*Lulling Red into a false sense of security? Perhaps they knew what he did and wanted him to think he succeeded?)

> 3382227 >>3382168
> -writes that down, files it under "totally sweet projects"- :D

> 3382228 TIMELINE CONTINUED:
> November 1 : An unknown "incident". Red is relocated to the now-vacant Cell #6 to replace Subject 6, who was (at some point?) moved to the brig. It is unknown what the incident is, however apparently it was serious enough for Red to shift from being a staff member to being a patient.
> November 8 : Ruby, who appears to be ALIVE only 10 days after being declared dead, attacks Tom with a scalpel. Their actions prior to the attack (making out) suggest they were already familiar with each other, perhaps even romantically entangled. (This date also lends credibility to the theory that Ruby's declaration of death was staged to fool Red, and once he became a patient, Ruby was once again publicly declared "alive", which is why Tom isn't surprised when she enters.)
> November 23 : Subject 6 becomes too hostile and dangerous to be kept in the brig, and is quarantined in Lab B. Who or what Subject 6 is, and exactly how dangerous they are, is still unknown.

> 3382232 You should probably be more worried about the missing dummy thing.

> 3382233 >>3382232
> IRC has been PANICKING over it.

> 3382250 Subject 6 = Dummy

> 3382270 >>3382250
> Subject 6 is contained, in solitary confinement, in Lab B because he's phenomenally dangerous. Dummy is neither in Lab B or dangerous. If they could make him safe to be around by wrapping him up in a dummy skin they wouldn't have had to confine him in the first place.
> In b4 horrible cthulthulian abomination that attacks using tentacles spread throughout the entirety of Lab B, while Tom and Ruby make their perilous way towards the center and the heart of the monster.

> 3382284 >>3382270
> You know, with all the horrible, fucked-up zombies roaming around, the gigantic eight-foot-tall behemoth-bird with a harpoon, the psychotic visions, and the ominous shadows, the idea that there's something that, EVEN RELATIVE TO THESE THINGS, can be considered "PHENOMENALLY DANGEROUS" makes me shit a fucking HOUSE.
> Subject 6 scares the ever-loving shit out of me and I don't know one fucking significant thing about him.

> 3382287 >>3382270
> Also: My vote goes for Ace removing the dummy to protect it from Ruby, who is known to be insane and has attempted murder twice. It doesn't necessarily follow that the dummy has gone all BEWARE I LIVE on us.

> 3382290 Ruby is crazy and should give her self up to the local authorities.

> 3382307 Red's notes officially identify two rooms. The "newly-excavated" Brig, which I assume is where we first met Tom.
> The other room is the "Patient Break Room".
> Anyone else willing to bet this is the break room?

> 3382313 >>3382307
> A break room where you have to crawl to get in to it?
> I am guessing the break room is the cafeteria

> 3382328 >>3382313
> wouldn't that be the staff break room? i'd say anything behind a hidden door is for the staff and not the paitients.

> 3382363 >>3382313
> Maybe there's some other entrance. We've seen Ace there and I doubt he would fit through the Z-hatch.

> 3382369 ACE OF SPADES IS THE SYMBOL FOR DEATH. ACE USED TO WEAR THIS SYMBOL ON HIS SUIT. ONCE THE EXPERIMENTS WERE FULLY UNDERWAY (ASSUMEDLY RESURRECTION?), HE LOST THIS SYMBOL. IT'S A MESSAGE. DEATH HAS NO POWER HERE ANYMORE.
> HOLY
> SHIT

> 3382418 >>3382290
> Not really an option.
> What she will do is, after seeing that the only person whom she trusts and can protect her is now afraid and angry with her, and he's not wrong to do so, is to start crying and run as far away from Tom as possible.
> She might try to find stitches, to find out more, and to commiserate over their mutual "o noes im a monster" dilemma; alternately, she may try to find Ace, asking him to lock her away again.
> Either way, we lose control of Ruby, and play as just Tom for a while.

> 3382437 >>3382369
> Maybe he just likes Motorhead...

> 3382560 Ace just wanted to save Tom from Ruby.

> 3382612 One thing I've been wondering...
> Why don't Ruby and Tom ever share every single theory and speculation we've done here? That might explain a lot of things, clean up the mess a little, and perhaps reinforce their trust a wee bit as well.

> 3382623 Also take a look at Ruby's blank face when she's doing crazy shit. No angry face, no maniacial laughter, nothing. Clearly she isn't herself in those moments.

> 3382675 i think ruby is pretty cool guy. seh stab people and doesn't remember of anything

> 3382916 >>3382675
> >this entire sentance

> 3382960 >>3382612
> because everyone in an strange science facility full of murderous creatures is a great forum of discussion for numerous theories contrived by dozens of people.
> Because it's a stupid idea is the answer you're looking for, and they don't HAVE every thought we have had, or meta knowledge that Weaver tells us, and certainly not the poem.

> 3383819 http://pastebin.com/m459be8af

## Thread 25

3429234 Tom is scared and angry.
Ruby fumbles for an explanation, an apology -- anything. She assures Tom she would never hurt him. There's nothing wrong with her, and if there was, she's better now.
She doesn't want to hurt him.
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> 3429239 Calmly and sincerely explain that we have no memory of the events in those recordings, and offer to surrender all our weapons to Tom.

> 3429242 Hug Tom

> 3429246 http://vekter.dfellowes.com/ruby
> Keep this open as a quick notes guide throughout the thread.

> 3429252 RUBY: "Tom? Okay, look at me. Look at me. Now...this is my SCALPEL...here, I'm putting it down over here...and now I'm walking away from it, over here. I'm unarmed now...so...please...put the caneshovel down...and...lets just talk about this, okay?"

> 3429253 Drop the scalpel, explain that they need to talk it out.

> 3429254 Remember the longer it takes you guys to guess the right answer, the longer it will take me to select and post the pre-drawn next panel.
> Not traditional, not a game, doesn't fucking belong here.

> 3429255

3429256 >>3429238
>>3429239
>>3429243
>Say that to show your good will, that you will be placing the scalpel on the ground and stepping away from it (do so). After this ask Tom what he wants.
Ruby places the SCALPEL on the ground as a show of good faith. She nervously continues to try to explain, but her voice is shaking.

> 3429261 Try to mention that neither of you actually remember what happened. Also say that you've placed your trusts upon each other.

> 3429262 >>3429256
> wait for Tom's reaction

> 3429265 >>3429256
> Back away from scalpel, sit against the wall, rock back and forth and try to make sense of all this.

> 3429268 Wait for response?

3429273 >>3429238
>>3429239
>>3429243
>>3429248
>>3429249
>>3429250
>>3429252
>>3429253
[OKAY, I GET IT]
Ruby backs away slowly. Tom seems somewhat placated, but he is still in a panic. He orders Ruby to leave the room.
Ruby offers that if anything should happen, she will still have her walkie-talkie.

> 3429276 >>3429273
> Break dance.

> 3429282 >>3429273
> Leave room

3429284 Ruby exits the room, leaving Tom alone for the time being. Perhaps some space will help calm things down.
She doesn't know what to do next.
Ruby is shaking. These recent events have unnerved her greatly.
She has a pounding headache.

> 3429287 tell tom that if you wanted to see him dead, you wouldn't have sent him the antidote.

> 3429288 >>3429273
> Find someplace to mull all this over, and give Tom time to do so as well.

> 3429291 >>3429273
> Go to cafeteria, drown sorrows with water from the water cooler.

> 3429298 >>3429285
> >interactive fiction
> >not a game
> uh oh, better go toss out Dungeons and Dragons!

> 3429301 >>3429276
> Of course, Ruby should just moonwalk away.

> 3429302 >>3429284
> Ponder craftsmanship on the now fixed Z-Hatch.

> 3429304 Timidly ask Tom for the champagne he found earlier. Ruby needs to drown her sorrows in booze.

> 3429310 >>3429298
> That would certainly be advisable, yes.

3429312 >>3429291
>Go to cafeteria, drown sorrows with water from the water cooler.
Not knowing where else to go, Ruby heads to the cafeteria.

> 3429314 enter z-hatch

> 3429324 Did we ever check that hole properly?

> 3429325 >>3429312
> Looks around in a manly manner.

> 3429328 Something is right next to the water cooler!

> 3429329 >>3429312
> Drink some water, maybe that'll help

> 3429331 >>3429312
> Don't drink the water, try to spill it on the surface of the table to create a reflecting surface. If it works, check your face out.

> 3429339 Stitches Sez:
> "DON'T REPLY TO SAGES OR IMAGE SPAMMERS, OR YOU WILL BECOME THE ZOMBIES."

> 3429344 Check thing on the floor next to water cooler

> 3429345 Hey Weaver, can we get an inventory check?

3429346 >>3429325
>Looks around in a manly manner.
Ruby tries to collect herself and surmises her situation in the most manly manner she can muster.

> 3429351 >>3429346
> The eye is coming! And Tom isn't here to clarify! Oh the woe!

> 3429354 Best panel in RubyQuest yet? Maybe.

> 3429358 >>3429349
> As soon as we get a janitor/mod up here in this motherfucker.

> 3429362 >>3429346
> Think about that video, how it fits into other events and dates.

3429363 >>3429345
>inventory check
Ruby is carrying a BALL OF TWINE, an OXYGEN TANK WITH MASK, and HEAVY RUBBER GLOVES.

> 3429364 >>3429346
> Sit down, and try to calm down and think. Review inventory.

> 3429371 >>3429363
> Get high on Oxygen.

> 3429372 Take a seat and calm down

> 3429373 Ruby: go back through Z-Hatch and look around

> 3429375 Go grab the STATUETTE.

> 3429377 >>3429363
> Puts on oxygen tank to disguse self.

> 3429381 >>3429363
> Open your third eye.

> 3429382 TOM: DESTROY VIDEO VEIWER

> 3429383 The eye appears whenever Ruby is in great emotional distress! And probably caused by Tom! This is important.

> 3429384 Sacrifice some water from the cooler to the Janitor Gods.

> 3429385 Try to find a way to look at your face. As was suggested before, see if you can't use the water as a reflecting pool.

> 3429388 go look at the lockers/cells again.

3429389 >>3429364
>>3429372
>Sit down, and try to calm down and think.
Ruby tries to gather her thoughts and calm down. It won't do to go running around willy-nilly.
Where should she go next? She still has to do something. She can't just give up!

> 3429390 Go get the STATUETTE, now.

> 3429391 >>3429389
> Check the remaining cells in the room upstairs.

> 3429392 attempt to open third eye

> 3429395 ABANDON SANITY.
> WEAR GOAT HEAD AS HAT.

> 3429397 >>3429389
> We DON'T want to grab the statuette yet, Tom has the access card and the trap may be reset.
> Check the closet in the z-hatch room.

> 3429401 Go upstairs. Thats a start.

> 3429403 Ask Tom how if he is still okay over the walky-talky. Ask him to turn the eye-dial to the symbol we haven't tried yet.

> 3429408 Dude he's just waiting until you say the right thing to post the next one. It's like a super slow copy pasta

> 3429409 >>3429403
> No. Leave Tom alone unless he contacts us.

3429410 >>3429392
>>3429381
>open third eye
There's no hiding it anymore. Ruby can feel the third eye throbbing in her head, eager to make itself known.

> 3429412 Call tom and beg for forgiviness

> 3429413 Interact with third eye.

> 3429415 >>3429389
> See if we can find some of that barbed wire that was covering the shutter earlier. Tap into Ruby's latent MacGuyver abilities if there is, and equip the GLOVES, then wrap the wire around one of the GLOVES to make a PRICKLY FIST

> 3429416 >>3429410
> See through time.

> 3429417 >>3429410
> Look around, does the third eye see anything unusual?

> 3429418 Let's explore, go upstairs, to the room with TV and the cabinet. I think there was a door we didn't open yet.

> 3429421 >>3429410
> Try to open other eyes.

> 3429423 if its not too much for Ruby at the moment, can we check the top shelf where the goat head is located? I thought I saw something among the blood we missed out on.

> 3429427 Does anything look different from extra eye?

> 3429428 >>3429410
> YAY SOMEONE GUESSED THE RIGHT ANSWER
> NOW, ON TO ATTEMPTING TO GUESS THE NEXT RIGHT ANSWER.

> 3429431 Maybe go back to the room Ruby supposedly attacked Tom and try to look around with her third eye.

> 3429436 >>3429410
> Ponder what three eyed glasses would look like on her.

> 3429439 >>3429436
> High five man!

> 3429442 >>3429410
> Check and see if we still have a hymen.

3429444 >>3429415
If Ruby's on her own, she's going to need some defense.
Ruby wraps the incredibly thick gloves with barbed wire to create the PRICKLY FIST.

> 3429447 Need d20 stats stat

> 3429449 It's time to go trough all rooms to see what's changed. Start upstairs and stop if you find anything. Also, did we ever push the button? Push it if nothing comes along.

> 3429451 >>3429444
> Cunt punch.

> 3429453 >>3429444
> Make a Fist of the North Star reference. Then go investigate to the room Tom was murdered in.

> 3429454 >>3429444
> Good. now return to the locker room.

> 3429456 >>3429444
> Had to feed you guys the right answer, that's hilarious

> 3429458 Awesome, now continue waiting for Tom.

> 3429459 As said before, head upstairs. Downstairs is Toms territory now...

> 3429462 Look for the hidden camera in the medical room.

> 3429464 >>3429444
> Go investigate the z-hatch

> 3429471 >>3429460
> The truth shall set you free.
> Free to get a low bandwidth site, open source imageboard software and the hell out of here.

> 3429473 head upstairs and get the statue

> 3429475 >>3429444
> Admire your handiwork, then rummage around a bit in the debris in the doorway for anything of value. If not, continue up to the room with the CREEPY STATUE

> 3429483 >>3429476
> Because it's a troll. Stop replying to it.

3429487 >>3429423
>I thought I saw something among the blood we missed out on.
It was just a severed vertebrae.
>>3429459
Ruby heads upstairs. There may still be things to examine downstairs, but this is a good point, Tom does probably want his space.

> 3429489 >>3429476
> To quote something I saw once, this isn't a game and it would be cool of you cool cats to cool your way somewhere that's about storytelling and not here, which is about games and playing games.

> 3429490 >>3429475
> once again, the trap on the podium may be reset. It's best to not get the statue until we have the access card again.

> 3429495 >>3429487
> Examine room with your THIRD EYE. Then check to see if the trap on the STATUE PEDESTAL is fully disabled.

> 3429498 >>3429487
> take statue.

> 3429500 Climb the ladder.

> 3429505 Sure is reported trolling in here.

> 3429508 Give us a quick rundown regarding the room

> 3429519 Whats the website for IRC? (i cant run that >.<)

> 3429520 >>3429487
> Look at the writing on the wall with our third eye, can it decipher it?

> 3429524 sing into the handset. something sweet and full of lament.

> 3429526 >>3429521
> She is, according to all the evidence. The only time she used her right hand was when she allegedly attacked Red.

3429533 >>3429495
>Examine room with your THIRD EYE. Then check to see if the trap on the STATUE PEDESTAL is fully disabled.
Ruby can't tell if there are any traps remaining on the pedestal.
Ruby opens her THIRD EYE and closes her others, surveying the room...

> 3429534 He didn't start a new thread yet, did he?

> 3429535 Traditional Games Discussion:
> One of my personal favorites, Call of Cthulhu has many of the qualities you seem to enjoy about this Story that is being told on /tg/. It has horror, and a gritty feel. It is also interactive, unlike this story that is being told now. Rather than being tied down by the author, a Call of Cthulhu game can last hours and doesn't require the usage of a forum devoted to gaming to enjoy.
> I'd rate Call of Cthulhu like so:
> Likeness to RQ: 4/10. Unfortunately, no roleplaying game is going to require as little effort as being told a story. The horror elements are definitely present, however.
> Playability: 10/10 anyone who can read and enjoys horror can and should play Call of Cthulhu. There is even a d20 modern offshoot for those of you who don't want to learn the (superior) Chaosium system.
> Enjoyability: 10/10. Call of Cthulhu has everything needed to create the ultimate horror game in your own livingroom.

> 3429538 >>3429526
> It was her mirror twin!

> 3429539 >>3429533
> Examine the 'painting' that has "RUBY" scrawled on it in more detail.

> 3429543 Inspect "Ruby"??

> 3429544 >>3429533
> Check medical room with third eye.

> 3429548 check everywhere with third eye.

3429549 >>3429539
>Examine the 'painting' that has "RUBY" scrawled on it in more detail.
This must be what she saw.
There's some strange, archaic-looking text on the painting, but Ruby can't decipher it.

> 3429553 radio tom and say she found something that might help them. her third eye can see funky stuff. keep him updated on what you find.

> 3429554 >>3429549
> Third Eye-Examine MEDICAL ROOM

> 3429556 >>3429549
> Well, leave that until later.
> Examine the locker room next.

> 3429558 >>3429549
> Use THIRD EYE on TEXT

> 3429562 >>3429549
> See if the THIRD EYE can decipher anything else from it. If not, progress to the LOCKER ROOM and use the THIRD EYE to view it.

> 3429566 Could Ruby decipher the archaic writing in the dummy-room? It'd probably have to be later, when Tom's cooled down.

> 3429569 NAw g, move the painting.

3429571 >>3429558
>Use THIRD EYE on TEXT
The text is still incomprehensible.
But Ruby sees that there's something out of place behind it. Something tied to her.

> 3429575 Look behind panel/writing?

> 3429579 >>3429571
> remove painting/plaque

> 3429582 >>3429571
> I'd suggest to look at it, but you're going to anyway.
> After that inspect either the locker room or the medical room with the third eye.

> 3429583 >>3429571
> Use PRICKLY FIST to scrape away at the fabric/paper of the plaque. If it's not paper or fabric, then make a mental note of what we saw and head into the LOCKER ROOM.

> 3429593 Everything inverts in THIRD EYE VISION. We should examine the mysterious pit in the brig. Screw tom and his space.

3429596 >>3429569
>move the painting.
There's nothing behind the painting... but Ruby's sure something's here.

> 3429597 >>3429596
> Break it over your knee like a pro wrestler.

> 3429598 Unknown Armies is a pretty cool traditional game.

> 3429600 >>3429596
> Break it open if you can. Check behind the image, or in the frame, etc.

> 3429603 Use THIRD EYE on CREEPY EYE PAINTING from the Z-Hatch room.

> 3429605 >>3429596
> Flip the painting over, and look at the back. Use THIRD EYE if necessary.

> 3429609 >>3429596
> why don't you just post the next frame instead of giving us the answer, then waiting for us to say it before posting?

> 3429610 >>3429596
> Look at the other side of the painting.

> 3429614 >>3429596
> Look at wall with third eye.

> 3429618 >>3429575
> >>3429576
> >>3429578
> >>3429579
> >>3429583
> >>3429584
> make sure tom doesn't see the PRICKLY FIST. we don't want him to know we are armed again. politely radio him and ask that he leave the dummy room so we can check it out with our newfound power. or let her in, either one.

> 3429628 >>3429618
> I suggest we leave Tom the hell alone for a while.

> 3429629 >>3429433
> Your butt.
> It sounds hurt.

> 3429632 Can we still switch to Tom at this point? (I don't remember being told we couldn't, but I figure we probably can't in the situation).

> 3429633 Radio Tom
> "I know we probably aren't really on the best terms right now BUUUuuuut I just found something really important."

> 3429636 >>3429618
> >>3429633
> No offense, but we should wait to Radio Tom when we actually find something out about the painting, or is Ace pops his head around the corner.

> 3429644 As Chris Crocker would have said it, "Leave Tom alone!!"

3429648 >>3429583
>Use PRICKLY FIST to scrape away at the fabric/paper of the plaque.
Ruby tears back the parchment on the front of the frame.
There appears to be a large group portrait hidden under it.

> 3429650 THIRD EYE is the new HUG

> 3429655 >>3429648
> Take portrait and move on to Locker room.

> 3429656 >>3429648
> Suddenly, memory flashback?

> 3429658 >>3429648
> Keep this safe, might be important.
> Radio Tom.

> 3429659 Hug the picture!

> 3429660 >>3429648
> do we recognise anyone?
> i guess thats ruby, tom and stiches, but do you know the names of the others?

> 3429661 >>3429633
> We didn't find shit. Leave Tom to plotdevices. Break painting, use 3rd eye on wall. Explore rest of upstairs. Push butan near the coffins.

> 3429664 Is hound wearing a dress?

> 3429667 >>3429648
> Anyone else notice that the fist was suspiciously suggested out of fucking NOWHERE and now it suddenly needed to be used to progress?
> Why doesn't Weaver just post all the panels of the comic together with the story in text? I'm sure we'd like it more because a. we wouldn't be spending so much time/clogging the thread posting suggestions for no reason and b. if we could just read the story all in one go, people wouldn't be so angry about it.

> 3429671 Tom, Ruby, dead guy in the cafeteria(?), Stitches, ???, ACE???

> 3429674 >>3429667
> we like it when people get angry, its like one giant collaborative troll.

> 3429678 >>3429648
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

3429680 >>3429667
>now it suddenly needed to be used to progress?
The fist was not needed to tear the parchment. Ruby is not THAT weak.
>>3429655
>Take portrait and move on to Locker room.
Ruby rolls up the GROUP PORTRAIT and moves on to the next room.

> 3429683 >>3429667
> Right, because there's no other possible way to tear a piece of paper.

> 3429684 >>3429674
> It's that sorta childish? It detracts from our ability to read the thread easily.

> 3429685 >>3429680
> Check WHEEL SYMBOL with THIRD EYE

> 3429689 >>3429683
> Not one that wasn't forced upon us using stuff that wasn't in the room we were in.

> 3429690 Check the room with...the third eye.

> 3429692 Quick-inspect the room

> 3429693 >>3429680
> View room with MINDVISION.

> 3429698 Check lumpy growth with third eye, maye it's Tom's extracted eye and will react?

> 3429700 Can we get a closer look at the pattern on locker 3?

> 3429704 Oh, fffffff.... didn't remember we had already pushed to button. Hmm, check rest of the coffins? If not let's take the ladder upstairs.

> 3429705 >>3429701
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure
> >gamebook

3429708 >>3429685
>Check WHEEL SYMBOL with THIRD EYE
it hurts it hurts it hurts
something from
the back wall
it hurts

> 3429713 What in the hell is that to her left?

> 3429714 Use THIRD EYE on WHEEL SYMBOL in painting from the room where Tom was killed.

> 3429715 >>3429708
> I think those Chzo references are a bit forced, and you should probably stop doing them.
> Check the lockers first.

> 3429718 >>3429708
> Steel yourself, pain is weakness leaving the body. Try to discern as much information from that wheel thing that you can, then inspect the HIDEOUS GROWTH with MINDVISION.

> 3429719 How much does it hurt?
> If it is unbearable, snap out of it.

> 3429723 >>3429701
> The sound of your butt hurting? Music to my ears.

3429725 >>3429714
>Use THIRD EYE on WHEEL SYMBOL in painting from the room where Tom was killed.
Ruby's third eye hurts very badly. Her head is throbbing.
Perhaps overusing it is a bad idea.

> 3429728 Then, just check all the lockers with your normal eye. Tom's included, even though he said there'd be nothing.

> 3429730 >>3429708
> If its to bright, squint
> If it sears her mind or whatever, close her third eye and back out of the room for a moment.

> 3429731 >>3429715
> This whole single player story + yelling is way forced

> 3429732 >>3429725
> Ruby's subconscious apologizes for pushing her this far. Radio TOM, ask him if he's up to talking yet.

> 3429733 >>3429725
> Try to relax, then check locker #1

> 3429734 It looks like a compass and the "north" points down?

> 3429737 >>3429725
> Tell Tom over walkie talkie that in the other video she was killed on october 29th and the new video took place in november, therefore something fishy is going on

> 3429740 Contact Tom and update him on what you've discovered.

> 3429741 >>3429725
> Get out of here. Check medical room with third eye.

> 3429742 Check locker #2

> 3429743 Radio Tom, things are serious now.

> 3429746 >>3429737
> Tom has seen more dates than she has, its probably a little more difficult to get over seeing your friend stab you to death.

> 3429751 >>3429746
> Atleast it is something. We need all the help we can get here

3429754 >>3429729
>>3429732
>Radio TOM, ask him if he's up to talking yet.
Ruby radios Tom.
Tom says he's okay. He's exploring. He'll keep in touch. Ruby assures him she is fine too.
Tom makes it clear he is still not in a very talkative mood.
At least he was polite.

> 3429755 Gee, give her some breathing room!

> 3429759 >>3429754
> Go down to the dummy room and activate the console by turning the dial.

> 3429762 >>3429754
> hes exploring? ffffff in b4 he runs into ace

> 3429764 nobody has said to invesitgate that object with imense power? check that bitch out it must be important.
> f5, post cleared for launch, post away.

> 3429765 >>3429754
> Wipe blood off forehead.

> 3429769 If Ruby is checking lockers she hasn't checked before she should be prepared to PRICKLY FIST anything hostile she might find. Brace for hostiles with each open door.
> Additionally, Tom is exploring. We can probably still switch to him (Yes. I'm the same guy.)

> 3429770 >>3429754
> Head back down to the room you and TOM were in before he kicked you out.

> 3429773 Just check those lockers already.

3429777 >>3429749
>>3429742
>>3429733
Ruby checks the various lockers.
Most of them are jammed shut, and locker #5 is wedged on its hinges. It looks like it was shut too tightly -- Ruby can't pull it open with her GIRLISH FIGURE.
There is fresh blood on locker 2, however, and the locking mechanism seems to be open.
Ruby considers whether to investigate.

> 3429778 >>3429754
> Risk angering TOM by asking where he is exploring. He might be in danger. He might be in the dummy room... alone with that evil dummy.

> 3429780 STICK FACE THROUGH HOLE. BE CEILING RUBY.
> WAIT FOR TOM TO CLIMB UP THE LADDER. SURPRISE HIM.

> 3429782 >>3429754
> examine and if possible take thing in jar.

> 3429783 Can she, in any way, climb up to reach that symbol? Stand on the handle, grab some wires, etc? If not, call Tom and ask him to give her a boost. If he's done throwing a hissy fit, that is

> 3429784 Stand to the side and open it, weapon at the ready.

> 3429785 >>3429777
> Punch the locker.

> 3429788 >>3429777
> BRACE FOR STITCHES

> 3429790 Knock on locker #2 to see if anything is live in there...

> 3429792 >>3429777
> We don't have any weapons, do we? Don't open it.

> 3429795 >>3429777
> Equip the PRICKLEY FIST. Then cautiously open the locker, FIST at the ready.

> 3429797 >>3429792
> We have prickly fist.

> 3429798 >>3429777
> Knock on it politely before opening.

> 3429802 Equip Barbed fist and open locker

> 3429803 >>3429777
> tom, if i don't radio back in one minute i'm in trouble. i'm in the locker room.
> READY SPIKY FIST, OPEN LOCKER

> 3429807 I dont think we're going to win that many fights with a glove wrapped in barbed wire..

3429809 >>3429786
>>3429785
>>3429784
Ruby punches the locker to show it who's boss. Then she stands to one side and opens it...
...but it's empty, save for a small padlock key taped to the back wall. It looks very purposeful.

> 3429810 Why is he not banned yet?
> Also, assholes, WE SAID THAT ALREADY.
> A BILLION TIMES.

> 3429812 >>3429807
> >I dont think we're going to win that many fights with a cargo hook.

> 3429814 >>3429809
> take key.
> Return to Red's Office

> 3429817 >>3429809
> We seem to have a mysterious benefactor!
> Take the KEY, see if it works on any of the doors in the previous room.

> 3429819 >>3429809
> Take it.

> 3429822 Use padlock key on the skull cabinet in the room you had to climb through a pipe to get. You know the one.

> 3429825 The only person who's been bleeding recently is ace.

> 3429826 >>3429810
> who? Also what?

> 3429829 Take the key, climb the ladder in the statue room and open the cabinet.

3429831 >>3429780
>STICK FACE THROUGH HOLE. BE CEILING RUBY.
Ruby peers down into the room below, where she first woke up.
Tom's bloodied CROWBAR is there -- she must have missed it on her way to the cafeteria, because it's lying in the pit in the center of the room. Obviously, it's no longer stuck in Ace's leg.

> 3429835 OH god this is so a trap..

> 3429836 >>3429825
> Only one WHO WE KNOW OF.

> 3429838 Head up the ladder, open closet with padlock key!!!

> 3429841 >>3429831
> Radio TOM and tell him you found his crowbar. TTYL kbai.

> 3429842 Any blood tracks from the crowbar?

> 3429847 >>3429792
> We have PRICKLY FIST

> 3429852 go get crowbar, try and use it to open locker 5

3429859 >>3429841
>Radio TOM and tell him you found his crowbar. TTYL kbai.
Ruby contemplates keeping the crowbar should she need it, but instead radios Tom and lets him know where to find his crowbar.
Ruby heads back towards the upstairs room she emerged from the pipe in.

> 3429861 Try the key on padlocked cabinet first.

> 3429862 Radio Tom and tell him both where you are and where you can see his Crowbar.
> Then go up to the current 'highest' room and use this Key on the cabinet there.

> 3429864 >>3429859
> Greet shadowy figure.

> 3429866 I had to.

> 3429867 >>3429859
> Who's that in the corner/

> 3429869 >>3429859
> Turn around to face the figure behind you. Say "...Red?"

> 3429870 >>3429859
> BEHIND YOU

> 3429872 Turn around, equip barbed fist of fisting.

> 3429873 Whats that black thing behind her??

> 3429874 >>3429859
> Greet shadowy figure in the corner calmly, but be ready with Fisto! The spiky glove.

> 3429875 ... Thing in the corner looks lupine.
> Is it HOUND or RED?

> 3429877 >>3429873
> We are, shut the fuck up.
> REFRESH BEFORE YOU POST

> 3429878 >>3429875
> Its falco.

> 3429880 >>3429866
> i'm gonna masturbate to this picture with thoughts of her voyeurism strong in my mind.

3429883 >>3429863
>Oh hell LOOK TO THE CORNER!
Soft sobbing sounds are coming from the dark corner of the room.
Crying.

> 3429884 >>3429875
> It's tiny, chuckles. It's the mouse.

> 3429885 greet shadowy figure WITH fisto...............to the face
> ask questions afterward
> .
> .
> .
> .
> this is a joke don't get ruby killed.

> 3429886 >>3429878
> Why did I think of this too.
> Also, DONT TALK TO IT. ITS PROBABLY A ZOMBIE. RUN TO TOM.

> 3429887 IT's that bird guy!

> 3429888 >>3429883
> Ask figure if they are okay

> 3429890 >>3429883
> ...Stitches? Is that you?
> Approach cautiourly.

> 3429893 >>3429883
> WIIIIIIITCH

> 3429894 DO NOT APPROACH
> Say hello from a safe distance.

> 3429898 >>3429883
> Approach with caution; say hello.
> Also thread is autosaging.

> 3429899 >>3429883
> Startle it

> 3429902 >>3429858
> If you don't like, hide thread.
> Stop ruining other peoples' fun by your hateful comments, goddammit!
> Roll for initiative, prepare to fight. Just in case.

> 3429903 Let's not go near it. Not EVERYTHING has to be messed with. Some things are best left alone.

> 3429904 FUCK IT'S A WITCH
> TURN OFF YOUR FLASHLIGHT

> 3429905 Don't come any closer, don't run, just say hello. Wave.

> 3429906 Just say "Hello". DON'T APPROACH, DON'T ATTACK.

3429907 >>3429888
>Ask figure if they are okay
The figure continues to cry softly in the corner.

> 3429908 >>3429904
> lol

> 3429910 stupid ruby go upstairs or something. leave it alone.

> 3429911 >>3429907
> Back a safe distance away, and use MINDVISION on the figure, as they're clearly unresponsive.

> 3429912 Give it a gentle hug.

> 3429914 >>3429907
> Leave the room, but don't take your eye off it until you're gone.
> Best not to antagonise it if it's not tryingto kill you right now. Makes a pleasant change from everyone else.

> 3429915 I can't help but think it's Ace in the fetal position

> 3429918 >>3429907
> Back away slowly and use your third eye

> 3429919 Touch his/her shoulder... Very slowly.

> 3429922 >>3429907
> Approach and try asking it again in a nice voice. Remember to stay far enough away in case it turns out badly.

> 3429923 >>3429907
> If it isn't too much for us, mindvision the figure, otherwise let's leave cautiously because we've had a GREAT track record with unresponsive figures.

> 3429925 >>3429907
> "Uh, hey, hello? My name's Ruby...does that ring any bells?"

> 3429926 Dont force yourself upon him. The last thing we need is to upset yet another character.
> I wonder if he even knows you are there.

> 3429930 It would be best to find Tom before encountering any more strangers in this dangerous place, regardless of whether he's happy to see you or not.

> 3429931 Examine figure from at least an arms length away to remove the SHROUD OF DARKNESS SILHOUETTE FORM form it.

3429934 >>3429910
>>3429914
>>3429918
>Leave the room
Ruby gets the distinct feeling that there is something terribly wrong here, and carefully, quietly, leaves the figure be.

> 3429939 No honestly, just use the key on the padlock.
> Who has time for Emo crap? Do you want to hear about how hard high school is, how it can't get dates, what type of music it likes?
> No, you want the shotgun in the cabinet.

> 3429942 >>3429934
> Nice... Naw, let's go up that ladder and open the cabinet with the key we just found.

> 3429946 >>3429934
> Warn Tom of new candidate for DANGER

> 3429947 >>3429934
> Warn Tom about this figure, tell him it hasn't shown signs of hostility but we have a bad feeling about it.

> 3429949 Climb ladder, open cabinet with key. Leave horribly sad monster alone.

> 3429951 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1HVlcXBmA Loller.

> 3429952 >>3429934
> Tell the sobbing figure that if he or she needs help with anything, try to find her.

> 3429953 I love how this faggot isn't spamming the two mmo threads on the front page with his useless shit.

> 3429954 Thread is avtosaging, need new one.

> 3429957 >>3429939
> AND ACTIVATE THE SQUASHING CEILING? NO THANK YOU.

> 3429963 >>3429948
> >>3429947
> >>3429946
> No, don't harass Tom more.
> Continue about your business, quietly offer help to the figure should it need it, and leave.

> 3429964 >>3429954
> Just use noko in the e-mail field.

> 3429967 god damn it people, leave tom alone, he needs his personal space.

> 3429972 >>3429954
> KEEP POSTING! RIDE THIS BITCH TILL IT DIES!

> 3429974 Can we switch to Tom's perspective to see what he's doing?

> 3429975 Ruby's no clingy bitch, give Tom his space!

3429976 Ruby continues upstairs and opens the TALL LOCKER with the PADLOCK KEY.
...it would appear the back of the locker has been removed, in a clever disguise of a hidden door located behind it.
The door appears unlocked...

> 3429980 >>3429976
> Explore further

> 3429982 Hey, if it is absolutely necessary to radio Tom, atleast ask HIM for some info. I mean, you tell him important things, so why cant he?

> 3429984 >>3429976
> Knock "Shave and a Haircut" on the door. See if anyone replies with "Two Bits."

> 3429986 >>3429976
> Prepare PRICKLY FIST, open door.

> 3429988 >>3429984
> >>3429986
> Both at once.

> 3429990 >>3429972
> That's the spirit!

> 3429991 Use THIRD EYE to read those strange symbols.

> 3429993 Can we tell anything about where the wiring for that monitor might be going? (up, down, back into that room we opened, etc?)

> 3429994 >>3429976
> Inspect arcane writings to the SOUTH (?), tearing parchment if able.

3430001 Ruby enters the hidden room.
This room is divided into two main sections by a partition wall with no door, leaving both sections separated but accessible.
It appears to be similar to the examination room downstairs, in some ways.
An ACCESS HATCH leading up is sealed with a rather large mechanism, which is linked to a wall panel.
On the west portion of the room, there is a MEDICINE CABINET.

> 3430007 check cabinet

> 3430009 >>3430001
> She's going to have to call Tom sooner or later. This is new and useful information.

> 3430011 >>3430001
> Examine room with third eye.

> 3430016 >>3430001
> Loot Medicine Cabinet, inspect webbed locker, look at RED IMAGE with MINDVISION.

> 3430017 Let no poster or scrap of paper go unchecked. Tear down the eye exam sheet.

> 3430019 That eyechart in dark mode is going to have some fucking nightmare fuel on it.

> 3430025 >>3430019
> yeah

> 3430029 >>3430011
> I think she's probably a bit sore still, let it rest. Did the eye even stop bleeding yet?

> 3430033 >CJOPAZEFHTAGNB
> Oh Weaver, you card.

> 3430035 >>3430017
> lets not tear things until we can look at them with out third eye. and she shouldn't do that until she rests it

> 3430037 Examine the BOX COVERED IN FLESHY GROWTH

3430039 >>3430011
>Examine room with third eye.
Ruby's third eye is still in pain.
>>3430012
>Return and SCAN strange symbols.
Are you perhaps referring to the BROKEN LAB EQUIPMENT in the room to the south?
>>3430007
>check cabinet
Ruby tries to open the cabinet, but it refuses to budge. The tiny lock on the side must be holding it closed.

> 3430040 Wait.
> Go up ladder.
> Close cabinet.
> Close door.
> Relax.

> 3430042 Use the key you just found on the cabinet.

> 3430045 Take the eye exam for giggles

> 3430047 Jump back before that arm coming around the corner gets you!

> 3430049 Close the fucking doors!

> 3430051 >>3430035
> I'm not saying destroy it. I'm saying take it with us, or at least off the wall just in case something is behind it. I say tear because the corners would be damaged.

> 3430052 ARM reaching around!!!
> Jump away!!!

> 3430053 commence preparations to begin to make ready to FREAK OUT.

> 3430054 >>3430047
> FUUUUUUUUUU-

> 3430055 >>3430039
> OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

> 3430056 >>3430039
> Notice the hand around the side of the wall. Equip the PRICKLEY FIST and prepare for battle.

> 3430059 >>3429990
> YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

> 3430060 > use key on cabinet
> > inventory
> > prickly fist
> > use prickly fist on creepy hand
> > open eye chart

> 3430061 I FUCKING KNEW IT.

3430062 >>3430047
>Jump back before that arm coming around the corner gets you!
Someone's
here.

> 3430063 Ruby: Turn towards the meatlocker. Bend over and examine it, ensuring to wiggle your hips while doing so. Nothing bad could come of this.

> 3430065 Oh, hey, Stitches.
> We can take him.

> 3430067 Hide if possible.

> 3430068 >>3430062
> WHo's there?!

> 3430069 Back off. Ask the figure to identify itself.

> 3430070 >>3430062
> Equip PRICKLEY FIST. Say "Alright, I know you're there...might as well come out if you don't want a face-full of barbed wire..."

> 3430071 >>3430062
> Page TOM, greet FIGURE.

> 3430072 Try to comunicate.

> 3430073 Keep distance, ask it to explain itself.

> 3430074 Use PRICKLY FIST on NEWCOMERS head before it has the chance to realize Ruby's there.
> Repeat until head resembles misshapen pile of meat.

> 3430080 Greet TOM

> 3430081 I think you are all overestimating Rubys ability to fight, but thats just me.

> 3430083 Don't attack. Don't give in to your demons.

> 3430085 > inventory
> > prickly fist
> > use prickly fist on new person
> > use key on cabinet
> > open cabinet
> > open eye chart

> 3430087 >>3430062
> Jump back and then greet.

> 3430088 >>3430070
> >>3430074
> Aggressiveness is not a survival trait here. Talk before punch.

> 3430091 PUNCH DIAGRAM
> PUNCH NOTE
> PUNCH TOM
> PUNCH NEWCOMER
> PUNCH SELF
> PUNCH METAL GLEN

3430096 The haggard-looking man comes around the corner.
Ruby keeps her weapon at the ready.
The man holds his hands up in a gesture of surrender.
He looks oddly relieved, and sighs deeply.
"Ruby?... Oh, thank God!"

> 3430097 Proceed, interrogation go!

> 3430099 >>3430089
> "HEY, HEY! STAY BACK! I've seen enough crazy shit in this place to know that looks can be deceiving! Now who the hell are you, and how the hell do you know my name?!"

> 3430100 >>3430088
> We don't need to wait to see how Stitches is holding himself up this time.
> Remember; That fucking bear has a teeth-filled mouth where his BRAIN should be. Punch it.

> 3430101 >>3430096
> Who are you? What's going on?
> (lol hi F)

> 3430102 >>3430096
> FALCON PAWNCH!!!!

> 3430104 >>3430096
> Thank god with him.

> 3430106 >>3430096
> ask him if he is f

> 3430107 ...Stitches had 2 hands..

> 3430108 >>3430096
> "uhm, where's your hand?

> 3430109 >>3430096
> Lol so that's whose hand it was!

> 3430110 >>3430096
> Ask : "Who are you again?"

> 3430111 Ask him why he doesnt have a RIGHT HAND!!

> 3430112 >>3430096
> Note: He's missing a hand; Cautiously ask him who he is, and how he knows your name.

> 3430113 >>3430096
> Ask him what happened to his hand.

> 3430115 >>3430108
> We found F's hand, remember?

> 3430117 This guys is missing a hand... was it his hand we sent up the chute all that time ago?
> However, he seems talkative. So ask him who he is, what's going on here, how he knows who we are, and any other burning question that leaps into Ruby's mind.

> 3430119 Say hello to F.

> 3430120 You don't want to give away the fact that you know less than the strange man in front of you. Stay quiet and let him do the talking.

> 3430121 > use prickly fist on newcomer
> > open newcomer
> > use key on cabinet
> > open cabinet
> > open eye chart

> 3430125 Ask him to take us upstairs.

3430126 continued: >>3430122

## Thread 26

3430122 The one-handed man introduces himself as Filbert.

> 3430128 >>3430122
> Ask him how much he knows about this facility.

> 3430129 Ask what he's doing here.

> 3430132 >>3430122
> Punch Filbert.

> 3430136 Ask him what's going on.

> 3430137 >>3430122
> Show him the hand.

> 3430139 Respond in the same manner.

> 3430140 Immediately inform Filbert to shut up, and recruit him as QUIRKY THIRD CHARACTER.

> 3430141 *squint accusingly*
> You... you're F right? I have alot of questions to ask you...

> 3430143 Filbert as in F!
> Ask him about everything.

> 3430145 >>3430122
> "Ahhh...so you're F. Good...I've got A LOT of questions for you."
> *open your THIRD EYE and show Filbert it* "LIKE, OH I DON'T KNOW, -THIS- FOR INSTANCE!?"

> 3430146 >>3430122
> Punch him in the snout to show superiority.

> 3430148 >>3430134
> I think its obvious why any rational person would be hiding in this hellhole.

> 3430149 Ask him how he knows Ruby

> 3430150 ask him where his hand went (not to be rude...)

> 3430154 >>3430146
> If you're serious about showing superiority, you need to urinate on him.

> 3430155 Ask him who he is, and what he knows of The Metal Glen.

> 3430156 It's obvious where his SEVERED HAND went, considering that hand had security clearance.

> 3430161 USE THIRD EYE ON FILBERT

> 3430164 >>3430158
> No, because a) it didn't look like him and b) he couldn't've made it here before Ruby.

> 3430165 Question him on what has happened here, what this place is and why you can't remember this stuff. We know most of this stuff but let's see what HE knows.

> 3430166 >>3430154
> I agree
> > use prickly fist on F
> > use urethra on F
> ... > open eye chart

> 3430172 god damn yelling at the guy posting animal crossing fanfic isn't making him draw you a special unique picture

> 3430175 Ask him if he knows access code for the hatch.

> 3430177 i fixed it...............can't think of anything important to say. now that it's know that rubyquest threads are in progress i don't see the problem of letting these get to the 5th or 8th page before starting a new one. this image will be relevant in a few dozen minutes anyway.

> 3430181 Show him the picture you found earlier and ask him to identify them.

3430182 [Okay, WHOA. You guys really have to slow down, what with repeating actions a dozen or so times.
Have some patience here, don't just post again if the next image doesn't show up fast enough.
You're going to flood the thread out of existence if you keep this up.]
Ruby quickly gets over her initial surprise and makes the connection between Filbert's name and the "-F" signed on numerous reports, as well as the severed hand she found earlier. She assaults Filbert with questions.
Filbert begins to explain what he can. He says he is the chief doctor here.
>>3430149
>Ask him how he knows Ruby
Ruby was a patient of his.
>>3430150
>ask him where his hand went
Filbert calmly explains he severed his hand by slamming it shut in the security transfer chute down in Level 3. He had to, in order to stop the spread of infection.

> 3430186 >>3430177
> Here's to the glorious future

> 3430190 >>3430182
> Show him the severed hand.

> 3430191 >>3430182
> What was Ruby a patient for?
> What was happening in the security videos?

> 3430192 Ask him to explain infection

> 3430197 >>3430182
> WHAT infection?

> 3430198 >>3430182
> WOAH it's not at all like you're having to do anything more than sort through the suggestions to find the "correct answer" and post your next picture. How's it feel to be the engineer of your very own shitty railroad?

> 3430200 >>3430182
> Tell him about your third eye. If he's a doctor he should know something about it.

> 3430202 >>3430182
> Ask him:
> 1) Why can't I remember anything before (the first RQ thread)
> 2) Why are abominations against God walking around?
> 3) Just what the HELL were you researching here?!

> 3430203 >>3430182
> Make sure he doesn't get too close AND make sure that NO ONE is getting near him and Ruby.
> We don't want him or Ruby to be killed in the middle of "SUDDELY! THE TRUTH!"-episode.
> Like, close the door. Or keep your eyes on exit.
> Whatever, just don't let our guard down.

> 3430204 >>3430182
> Mention you have amnesia. Ask what happened.

> 3430205 Just ignore us all and go into a long cutscene where he will tell BLOODY EVERYTHING.
> Finally some answers! We've been waiting for this.

> 3430209 >>3430198
> Why are you still here? Nothing we can say will make you change your mind it's all pre-drawn. You might as well hide the thread like a sane person would. Oh wait, that's right. You're a troll.

> 3430214 >>3430182
> So the infection can be cut out like a cancer.
> Tell him of your issues, he seems kind enough. Ask about ACE and STITCHES

> 3430216 >>3430198
> Do you have hemorrhoids? Because you sound incredibly butthurt.

3430221 >>3430193
>>3430192
>>3430197
Filbert nods. He explains that he was attacked, and his hand was injured. He says he believes the infection is like any other localized spread -- in order to stop it from contaminating his entire body, he had to perform an emergency amputation.
>>3430165
>Question him on what has happened here, what this place is and why you can't remember this stuff.
"Why you can't remember anything? Isn't it obvious?" Filbert asks.
"You're dead."

> 3430224 The more you ask people not to flood, the more the trolls will flood. I think the only thing to do is try to ignore it, as there's nothing we can really do about it.

> 3430227 >>3430221
> Cry. Break down. ;_;
> Fuck.

> 3430228 >>3430221
> Then tell me about the other subjects. What happened to them.

> 3430229 Ask him how she can be dead when she is obviously alive.

> 3430231 >>3430221
> Well, fuck.
> Ask how the hell is that possible?

> 3430233 >>3430221
> Scream to startle him.

> 3430234 >>3430221
> WELL NO SHIT FILBERT, TRY TELLING US WHY

> 3430235 Gee thanks filbert.

> 3430237 "How come I'm dead? Can I come back to life?"
> "What does the infection do?"
> "Did I kill Tom?"
> [Cutscene where everything's told, hopefully.]

> 3430238 >>3430221
> Make a snarky remark akin to "Oh, wonderful, now I don't need to find a costume for Halloween." Then inquire as to how exactly you're 'alive'.

> 3430240 >>3430221
> Then how am I MOVING?

> 3430242 Ask him if Tom is dead too. Say his patient number if he doesn't know who Tom is.

> 3430244 >>3430243
> You first.

> 3430245 >>3430242
> I agree!

> 3430248 >>3430243
> 'Sup shitty troll. Trying to improve to troll among the big boys? Don't worry. You'll get there.
> Also Ruby should ask F how she died.

> 3430249 >>3430243
> Fuck off already.

> 3430250 >>3430221
> >"You're dead."
> That hasn't stopped me before.

3430253 >>3430211
>"Did I kill Tom?"
Filbert says he's afraid you did. He bled out after the attack you must have seen on the video.
>>3430240
>Then how am I MOVING?
"You're infected. Most everyone here has succumbed to the infection.
Except for me."

> 3430254 Ruby: Then why did you stumble over to me and say THANK GOD?

> 3430256 >>3430221
> "No, i'm not"

> 3430258 >>3430248
> polite request.jpg

> 3430259 >>3430253
> How did I get infected?

> 3430260 >>3430253
> Infect F.

> 3430261 Way to be a dick about it filbert.

> 3430262 >>3430253
> What infection?
> And who is subject 6?

> 3430263 >>3430253
> Alright, explain the infection. This is gonna be interesting.

> 3430264 >>3430253
> "Why I am not attacking, like other infected?"

> 3430265 Ask F: "If I killed Tom, why were you happy to see me?"

> 3430266 Ruby, remember the basics of CQC...

> 3430268 >>3430253
> Ask him if he knows anything about Ace, or if he knows that Red killed himself.

> 3430269 >>3430253
> Ask him for a more basic and concise explanation of the events that have led up to now

> 3430271 >>3430253
> I forsee the only end will be BAD END. We will have to stop the infection somehow and it will rid our body of it, thus making return to the world of the dead

> 3430274 >>3430253
> Despite being uninfected and her being dead... Ruby looks a lot better than ol' Fil there.

> 3430275 >>3430253
> Is there a cure?/ Was there a cure in development?

> 3430276 Ask if the infection is part of a reanimation process, but more importantly, if there are any side effects.

> 3430277 Once we're done with our questions she should hand the radio to filbert so he can talk to Tom. He's got to have more.
> Assuming the guy isn't horror movie spoiler protected.

> 3430279 >>3430253
> Ask who Ace is.

> 3430283 Not all the questions got answers.
> I believe it will lead either to CUTSCENE or to SUDDENLY! A MONSTER ATTACK AND KILL F!
> Make sure second don't happen.

> 3430284 >>3430253
> - "Do you even know what I...we're all infected with?"
> - "Why...why was I here, originally? I'm sure it wasn't to die and be a reanimated corpse."

> 3430286 >>3430253
> we're never getting out, are we? this place is most likely quaritined...............damn. i'm going to cry now.
> [i'm actually close to tears myself]

> 3430289 fixed!

> 3430290 Would it be possible, Weaver, to tell every single fact F knows in a single post, so that we wouldn't have to wait for many painful minutes for our salvation?
> Also: "Would it be possible for me and Tom to come back to life? I really wouldn't like to be dead."

> 3430291 >>3430274
> Because she's dead and doesn't need sleep/food/etc. F quite clearly does.

> 3430292 >>3430253
> "Was I sane? I trust Tom, I don't see why I'd hurt him."

> 3430293 >>3430286
> Pussy.

> 3430301 /co/ - Comics

> 3430304 >>3430301
> That means D&D goes there?

3430306 >>3430254
>Ruby: Then why did you stumble over to me and say THANK GOD?
"It's not important now."
>>3430268
>Ask him if he knows anything about Ace, or if he knows that Red killed himself.
Filbert explains that Ace is tasked with duties as an orderly and a security guard. Filbert was his commanding superior.
Filbert says he knows of Red's death.
"He finally did it," Filbert nods.

> 3430308 Everyone who posted or enjoyed the raunchy fan art is now a necrophile. :D

> 3430309 Go stand in the corner. Wait until he is midway through his next sentence, then latch on to him with your tongue. Drag him into the corner for an easy frag.

> 3430317 >>3430289
> Nah, you still need to improve your troll-fu. I mean the redundant part of it with "A comic with pictures" was nice being as it's so stupid it might cause a little irritation, but it's not going to do much.

> 3430318 >>3430308
> Oh no, I drew necrophilia!

> 3430319 Tom needs to know. Open the walkie-talkie and have F tell him all this too.

> 3430320 >>3430309
> SMOKER!!!

> 3430322 >>3430306
> Pull out the portrait from earlier. Ask him to identify everyone, pointing out that you had to vaporize "Hound", and met Stitches on more than one occasion.

> 3430323 >>3430306
> Ask what is going to happen now and if you can radio Tom explaining the situation.

> 3430324 >>3430304
> I think that you and I both know that there's quite a big difference between a story with people saying suggestions and a role playing game. Nobody is playing Ruby any more than yelling at the television during a terrible movie that happens to be about animal crossing is playing that character when you happen to yell what they do next.

> 3430325 I guess Ace is just trying to do his job without actually knowing why..

> 3430326 Y'know.. Why not just ask if he can let you out?

> 3430329 tell tom to come here and have f explain whats going on, if tom is hessitant have f explain over the walkie talkie

> 3430330 We still havent got a clear answer to what the infection actually does. Make him explain that.

> 3430332 Ask about the other subjects. Are they dead?

> 3430333 Walkie talkie button down while talking to F. See if you can get him to mention why you killed Tom as part of the infection gig.

> 3430337 more info on stiches!

> 3430342 >>3430324
> Again we know you won't change you mind that it's pre-drawn. So why even bother staying? Sage once, report if you think it's irrelevant and then hide the thread you stupid fucker.

> 3430343 >>3430337
> >>3430333
> >>3430332
> >>3430330
> >>3430329
> >>3430326
> >>3430323
> Less questions. More JESUS CHRIST IT'S ACE.

> 3430344 I'm waiting for another really awesome railroad where we teleport to another room to do something "someone" guessed that has nothing at all to do with the current situation.

> 3430346 Ask Why you killed Tom, and who Tom is/where you knew him from beforehand.

> 3430349 >>3430343
> I second that motion!

> 3430350 C'mon, people, self moderate a little. Delete copied posts and posts that Weaver didn't pick.

3430351 >>3430292
>"Was I sane?"
"Oh, I doubt it."
>>3430275
>Is there a cure?
"My dear, you ARE the cure."
Filbert asks if you've found a PASSCODE yet. He needs to get to the TOP LEVEL.
The only option now is ESCAPE. He plans to escape the entire facility. He wants to get out.

> 3430352 >>3430343
> Thats just a devise to show us what there talking about.

> 3430353 >>3430347
> Sorry, Tom died in a railroading accident

> 3430356 "What passcode? How can I help? Tell me EVERYTHING!"

> 3430357 >>3430351
> >My dear, you ARE the cure.
> What do you mean by that?

> 3430359 >>3430342
> If you're a real poster, then no offense but please don't feed the troll. If you're just the troll talking to itself, then, er, please die or something?

> 3430360 >>3430351
> You're the director....why can't you get out yourself?

> 3430361 >>3430351
> Ask Filbert what he thinks is outside the facility.

> 3430362 >>3430351
> Ask about Tom, since he seems just like her.

> 3430364 >>3430351
> facepalmomega.jpg
> What a lame goddamn "twist"

> 3430366 >>3430351
> Tell him you're not going anywhere. Not until TOM is back with you, and hears all this too.

> 3430367 >>3430343
> I thought that was just illustrating that they were talking about him? Like a thought-bubble thing?

> 3430370 Get out I have to stop the infections!
> No Ruby, you are the infections
> and then Ruby was a zombie

> 3430371 Filbert is about to lose it.

> 3430375 >>3430357
> "No!" Said Ruby, "I I must find the cures!"
> Then Filbert said "No, Ruby. You are the cures."
> And then Ruby was a penicillin.

> 3430377 I guess were beyond getting definite answers from Filbert.

> 3430378 >>3430344
> >>3430324
> >>3430301
> >>3430289
> >>3430172
> Same troll. Nobody's so stupid as to not just hide or report it if they think it's irrelevant and then hide it.

> 3430382 >>3430375
> And then RQ was a giant cliche

> 3430384 >>3430364
> Are you're masochist or just trolling outside of /b/?

> 3430385 >>3430351
> I think now would be a good time for a quick third eye-scan, seeing as we're not losing our delicious bloods through it anymore.

> 3430386 Something about F isn't right..
> Force yourself through the pain and use the 3rd eye on him.

> 3430389 >>3430351
> Bluff about the passcode. Tell him you'll give it to him if he gives you more information on the situation.

> 3430390 >>3430351
> Is he referring to the fact that we have an actual cure to the infection or that the "cure" is for us to kill EVERYONE.

> 3430393 >>3430384
> You really don't think that "you're the cure" is just below m. night on the sad, sad plot line scale?
> In before "j/k not really the cure" with a hurriedly drawn frame

> 3430394 >>3430385
> >>3430386
> Oh right 'cause that won't make him flip out. I mean he only thinks you're the cure, and you have no mutations. Better 'cure' him of that right away, eh?

> 3430399 Hold off eyeing him till you have an exit behind you..

3430400 >>3430357
>What do you mean by that?
Filbert turns, suddenly angry, and lays it all out.
Ruby already HAS the cure. So does everyone else in this facility.
It brought her SIGHT. It made her WELL. She didn't even need to EAT or DRINK.
But when she died, she fucked it up.
The cure was strong. It brought her BACK. And when she came back
she brought something with her.
Filbert is the only one left untouched. He has to escape. He demands the PASSCODE.

> 3430401 >>3430394
> He isn't even looking at Ruby now.
> A glimpse is all we need, just to be sure.

> 3430404 >>3430394
> >and have no mutations
> Wait, wat?

> 3430405 >>3430400
> Not very angry looking there.

> 3430408 >>3430400
> Yell that you don't know it.

> 3430410 >>3430400
> Ruby cries because he started yelling at her and she just doesn't understand what is going on.

> 3430411 >>3430400
> Sorry Subject 6, this isn't happening.

> 3430412 >>3430400
> "What did I bring with me?"

> 3430413 >>3430400
> exactly like that "troll" from the other day posting the irc log about how ruby did something early in her quest that makes it a bad end.
> Well, see you guys around.

> 3430415 Ask him to cut the bullshit. Every answer he gives requires a new question back!

> 3430416 >>3430400
> Ruby doesn't take that shit from a guy with only one hand. Punch him in the face.

> 3430421 >>3430400
> Looks like he plans to murder us if we don't give him the pass code, tell him anything, he's clearly not telling the whole truth and only wants to save his own skin, ready Fisto.

> 3430422 >>3430400
> "I've got your passcode right here!"
> Then proceed to BITE FILBERT.

> 3430424 >>3430400
> I don't have the passcode.

> 3430426 >>3430393
> It's not much of a twist, it's a medical facility and it was obvious that they were doing weird experiments, for diseases and such. It's not like it's totally random, it was always an option if you used your brain.

> 3430428 >>3430400
> Go on the offensive. You're pissed. He's blaming you for dying? No, fuck that. That was Red. Fuck his science, fuck his goddamn medical jargon. Punch him squarely in the jaw, and go into ANGRY RUBY mode.

> 3430429 >>It brought her SIGHT. It made her WELL. She didn't even need to EAT or DRINK.
> >>But when she died, she fucked it up. The cure was strong. It brought her BACK. And when she came back she brought something with her.
> Where we're going, you won't need eyes to see.

> 3430430 >>3430400
> Eat a dick Filbert, what were we experimenting on?

> 3430431 Get ready for fisticuffs

> 3430432 Filbert is getting hostile, show him who's in charge here.
> Use FIST on Filbert's face.

> 3430434 >>3430400
> Ask him about the FUCK THE PHYSICS gap.

> 3430436 >>3430400
> "Calm down. I don't know of any passcode!"

> 3430437 Tell filbert that you're pretty sure you can take a one armed unarmed scientist with no mutations.

> 3430441 >>3430421
> Jesus Christ I stole "Fisto!" from Fallout 3 (which probably stole it from somewhere else) when talking in IRC
> I mean, just for the record.

> 3430445 >>3430438
> >us
> Wat?

> 3430447 Ask him about Number 6

> 3430450 >>3430445
> WeE aRE the MaAnY

> 3430452 accuse him of being #6

> 3430453 Bite Filbert.

3430459 >>3430408
>Yell that you don't know it.
Ruby is all but in shambles. She denies the accusations and tells Filbert she has no idea what the code to the surface is.
Filbert says Ruby has to stay here now.
She can't go to the surface. She can't ESCAPE. She is INFECTED. She is BAD.
Filbert says to stay here while he gets his TOOLS from the medicine cabinet.
He says he is going to cut Ruby's badness OUT.

> 3430461 YOU ARE NUMBER 6
> I AM NOT A NUMBER I AM A FREE MAN
> HAHAHAHAHAHA

> 3430466 >>3430426
> Which is exactly why it's an overweight freight car speeding down the Cliche Line to story told around a campfire with a yelling audienceville

> 3430467 >>3430459
> when he opens the cabinet grab his head, slam it in the door and repeatedly shut it on him,
> or
> PUNCH HIM IN THE DICK WITH FISTO

> 3430468 >>3430459
> I think it's fisto time

> 3430470 >>3430459
> Slam him with the PRICKLY FIST

> 3430471 >>3430459
> RUN! Find Tom.

> 3430472 >>3430459
> Scared and confused, run like hell.

> 3430474 Call Tom.

> 3430476 You have no choice now. End Filbert!

> 3430479 Call Tom, tell him shit just got real. Ask for help.

> 3430480 >>3430459
> KILL HIM NOW.
> OPEN EYE AND KILL. KILL. KILL. KILL.

> 3430481 What code? there is no code yet.
> There is only one thing we can do to stave off his attack now!

> 3430482 Let's let him cut the badness out. We're already dead, what's it matter?

> 3430483 >>3430459
> Fight him with PRICKLY GLOVE. Mother fucker isn't to be trusted.

> 3430484 So then I took all the games I got recently, namely animal crossing, l4d and fallout 3 and a drew a comic about them in mspaint.

> 3430487 TOOLS?!
> >>3430437 HURR UNARMED. Unintended pun?
> RADIO TOM, then PUMMEL herr doctor with PRICKLY FIST.

> 3430488 I AM DA CHEESE

> 3430489 >>3430459
> When did we say to holster the spike fist? It should be out.
> That way Ruby would have some way to cow F while we escape. Maybe fight back.

> 3430490 >>3430459
> Come on, Ruby, I know we said you should have a mental breakdown before, but now we want to see you get ANGRY.
> Kill Filbert. He's weak. He's old. He's missing a hand. Kill him...EMBRACE YOUR GIFT.

> 3430494 Push him against the wall. Demand answers.

> 3430495 We probably dont have to KILL him.

> 3430496 I'm not bad. you're not taking anything out. I LIKE it.
> SCAN DAT MOFO WIF DA EVIL EYE

> 3430499 I hate to repeat myself, but BITE HIM.

> 3430500 >>3430489
> We didn't, we've been doing shit automatically all night, it's sorta pissing me off.

> 3430505 Ask about the procedure he's going to do.

> 3430508 >>3430466
> What? Going into a medical facility to be cured and it all goes too well and causes them to be abominations? It's been done a few times before but it's not what I'd count as a cliche. It's not like Night's TWEESTS, and it's not that big a cliche.

> 3430515 >>3430508
> Shut up, both of you. This is going to autosage real fast if you keep this on.

> 3430517 This guy's obviously nutfucked. Get outta there while you still can and go to Tom. He's going to kill you again.

> 3430521 >>3430484
> So I saw people have fun and decided to troll them.

> 3430522 >>3430508
> Rose tinted glasses man. Just because it didn't hit you personally like a wet fish doesn't mean that a collective letdown sigh didn't go up like Alderaan was just destroyed

3430524 >>3430462
>>3430468
>>3430470
>>3430471
>>3430472
>>3430469
>>3430476
>>3430480
>>3430483
>>3430485
>>3430487
>>3430489
>>3430490
>>3430494
[OKAY I GET IT JESUS CHRIST SHUT THE FUCK UP]
Ruby slams Filbert in the face with her SPINY FIST, sending him staggering backwards!
Ruby takes this opportunity to make her escape!

> 3430527 Call Tom while you're running. Tell him everything.

> 3430528 >>3430524
> Run, holler for STITCHES. He may be our only source of help right now.

> 3430529 >>3430522
> But... why? It was hinted a lot, was always considered an option, so it's not a TWEEST. It's not a huge cliche, been done a few times before but not to death. And there's still a lot of the story we don't know. Like the weird satanic stuff.

> 3430530 Good work /tg/, we just punched a cripple.

> 3430531 Is Weaver the legorobot guy? The whole "die and come back a little mutated" seems a whole lot like http://www.legorobotcomics.com/?id=71

> 3430532 >>3430530
> Fuck you, he was going to turn us into another Stitches.

> 3430533 I really enjoy Dungeons and Dragons personally. It's my favorite traditional game, combining two very classic features of traditional games: INTERACTIVITY and RANDOM CHANCE. Unlike Movies, Television Shows, Comic books, Novels, or any other form of storytelling, a Traditional Game poses some type of challenge that the player can affect the outcome thereof. Dungeons and Dragons seeks to exemplify this by creating a set of rules that plays to these strengths of the traditional game and doesn't avoid them altogether like so many forms of "trash media" these days.

> 3430534 Maybe you can still get help from the crying person in the other room. Be sure to let Tom know there's someone trying to KILL THEM BOTH currently.

> 3430535 >>3430488
> OH I GET IT NOW.

> 3430536 >>3430529
> And don't forget that Filbert could have been lying to try to get us to drop our guard. Probably wasn't, but still.
> >>3430530
> And it was awesome.

> 3430539 >>3430524
> And really really pissed off the conductor of the railroad.
> Perhaps the story will be better for it in the end

> 3430540 >>3430524
> Yell at Filbert to stay the fuck down. Intimidate more answers out of him.

> 3430542 >>3430533
> You can't prove it's random. You can't prove it ISN'T random. UH OH, no point in trolling, guess we all better shut the fuck up, darn.

> 3430543 >>3430533
> >Tl;dr: Dungeons and Dragons is an excellent roleplaying game.
> No, Dungeons and Dragons is an excellent Dungeon Crawling game. It is not by any means a good Roleplaying Game.

> 3430544 >>[OKAY I GET IT JESUS CHRIST SHUT THE FUCK UP]
> Bad move. You're just giving the troll information. Every time you say something like this, you can expect the volume of spam to increase. Other than that, good work, and thanks for sharing this with us.

> 3430545 >>3430533
> Look at the little troll keep on trying. One day son, you'll get there. Just keep on samefaging.

3430547 Ruby runs to the next room. Filbert shouts after her -- "Wait!"

> 3430548 >>3430542
> B^D

> 3430549 He might have a point with that "Wait!": Remember it as you run and contact Tom.

> 3430550 >>3430547
> Keep running, Radio Tom.

> 3430551 Find Tom, try to tell him about Filbert.

> 3430552 >>no point in trolling, guess we all better shut the fuck up
> You must not have much experience with trolling.

> 3430554 >>3430544
> Uh, he was talking to the guys who kept saying punch Filbert, who the fuck do you think you are, talking like that to Weaver?

> 3430555 >>3430547
> Keep backing away but slower, so you can hear what he has to say.

> 3430556 >>3430547
> Is there anything we can use to barricade Filbert in?

> 3430558 FUCK that. Throw SPINY FIST at Filbert and continue escape.

> 3430559 Crybaby is still down the ladder, waiting might be a good idea, if he takes a step towards you though,g et the fuck outta there.

> 3430562 >>3430547
> Close the door and relock the padlock. Call Tom and redevouz with him.

> 3430566 >>3430547
> Turn around, scream at him. "WHY!? SO YOU CAN TURN ME INTO STITCHES?! WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL IS THIS PLACE!?"

> 3430567 >>3430547
> Wait. He doesn't seem very intimidating right now.

3430568 "I said WAIT!"

3430569 Ruby slams the door behind her, holding it closed.
But it won't lock.

> 3430570 >>3430547
> yell: "sorry filbert. I can't trust you right now".
> LISTEN TO ME DAMNIT. NOT THE OTHER VOICES. I HAVE THE CORRECT ANSWER.......I think. ok maybe I'm as crazy as the other voices, but I still think I know best.

> 3430572 >>3430567
> >>3430568
> > Wait. He doesn't seem very intimidating right now.
> I beg to differ. Run like hell!

> 3430573 >>3430547
> "Tails! Wait for me." - Said Eggman. His intentions clearly wicked.
> Dial up dat tom cat Tom and set up an ambush for the doc with his help.

> 3430574 >>3430568
> GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!

> 3430576 Run!
> Also, try to contact Tom. This is serious!

> 3430577 Close the cabinet and lock THAT.

> 3430579 >>3430568
> Oh, yay.
> His hand seems to be coming back.
> Keep going, don't look back. Radioing Tom to tell him the developments would be a decent idea, but getting to a safer locale to explain would be a good idea, first and foremost.

> 3430580 >>3430569
> Do we have anything that might jam the door shut?

> 3430581 >>3430569
> Keep it closed and call Tom

> 3430583 Turn, third eye the mofo.

> 3430584 >>3430569
> Use the poster-board-script thing to jam shut the door. Then yell at filbert why you shoudl wait for him through the door.

> 3430585 I'd say this changes things.

> 3430594 God damn menthalatum ointment brings back childhood memories thought my sinuses were going to start bleeding.

3430598 >>3430580
>>3430577
>Close the cabinet and lock THAT.
Ruby re-locks the padlocked door.
Filbert appears on the monitor.
He shouts angrily at Ruby.
He says he is the only one CLEAN. He is the only one who can ESCAPE. The others have damned themselves.
He says ACE will get her. Ace won't listen to his orders anymore -- he won't even listen to HER. But he is still obedient. Filbert doesn't know who, but he knows he is still listening to SOMEONE.
He says Ace will GET Ruby.

> 3430600 >>3430568
> "Most everyone here has succumbed to the infection.
> Except for me.".
> Yeah, sure, good try Filbert.

> 3430601 Flip off at him. Contact Tom.

> 3430604 >>3430598
> Scowl angrily at him, then sadistically inform him of the brand new mutation growing on his face. Congratulations Filbert, you're one of us infect now >:D

> 3430605 >>3430598
> Flip Filbert off.

> 3430606 Call Tom and explain everything

> 3430607 >>3430598
> Stick out your tongue and say "NEVER CATCH ME"

> 3430608 >>3430598
> Point out that his arm obviously shows him to be infected.

> 3430611 >>3430598
> Ruby: "You don't seem CLEAN"
> Report to TOM, go get the CROWBAR

> 3430613 >>3430598
> "Look at yourself. You are mutating right now. You aren't clean, either."
> Also, who has Red's hand, and Filbert's amputated hand?

> 3430617 well there's one door we can never open again.
> ..oh fuck the exit is in there.

3430623 >>3430601
Ruby shoots the monitor the bird and it goes back to static.
She radios Tom, and tells him everything that just happened.
Filbert, the "infection" on which even Filbert's account contradicts itself, Ace's obedience, and whoever SHE is.
Tom tells Ruby to go on ahead. There's something he needs to check first, but he'll meet up with her again shortly.
It sounds as though Tom is ready to try working together again.

> 3430624 >>3430613
> tom has both hands....god damn tom is hoarding all the hands.

> 3430627 >>3430624
> And Ruby all the eyes.
> Arrange a meeting point with Tom.

> 3430633 >>3430623
> Hmm. Not much else we can do at the moment but check back in the other room to see if the sobbing stranger's still about.

3430635 A different figure appears on the monitor.

> 3430636 >>3430623
> We should probably go check out the dial in the dummy room, turn it to that symbol we never tried, and check if the console with that symbol above it is now functioning.

> 3430637 >>3430635
> Talk to him. Demand answers.

> 3430639 >>3430635
> Use THIRD EYE on MONITOR!

> 3430641 Wait for a response

> 3430642 >>3430635
> Glare.

> 3430643 >>3430635
> Wave half-heartedly.

> 3430644 Flash moniter.

> 3430645 >>3430635
> "Do YOU want something?"

> 3430647 >>3430635
> Flip him too. You're fucking sick of ominous faces on screens.

> 3430648 >>3430624
> EYES and HANDS seem to be a key theme.

> 3430649 >>3430635
> point at monitor, tell him to stop that and make frowny faces.

> 3430652 Tom should give Ruby a high 30 when they meet.

3430654 The face on the monitor nods, and the east door, which is wired to the monitor, suddenly unlocks and swings open.

> 3430657 Tell him to call off Ace.

> 3430658 Walk cautiously. Keep the radio open at all times, in case you have to tell Tom something quickly.

> 3430660 >>3430654
> Is ACE there? Oh god, it's ACE, isn't it.

> 3430663 >>3430654
> Enter with PRICKLY GLOVE at the ready

> 3430667 ENTER THE OMINOUS DOORWAY!

> 3430668 THROW CONSEQUENCES TO THE WIND, CHARGE IN SCREAMING YOUR RAGE PENT UP FROM BEING STUCK IN THIS HORRIBLE PLACE.

> 3430669 >>3430654
> Tell the face on the monitor to guide TOM to you.

> 3430674 Brace for RAPE and prepare the PRICKLY FIST to RAPE back.

3430676 >>3430657
>>3430650
>>3430649
>>3430645
>>3430647
The figure stares blankly.
>Tell him to call off Ace.
The figure shudders once, as if involuntarily, then, unexpectedly, begins to speak in a rattling, hoarse voice, its pitch fluctuating unsteadily.
"I can't," it says.
"I'm sorry."

> 3430681 >>3430676
> "Why?"

> 3430682 >>3430676
> Sigh, give a shrug. "Figures. Just, make sure Tom gets here, I guess..." then go through the doorway.

3430683 The feed cuts out again.

> 3430690 Walk through door.

> 3430691 >>3430676
> Since the person can obviously hear us, ask it what the hell is going on here, same general stuff we asked Filbert. See if this person gives different answers.

3430696 >>3430682
>>3430667
Ruby enters the newly-opened door, into a new room.
STITCHES is here.

> 3430698 >>3430676
> Oh god... that means we haven't met the person who controls Ace. The BBEG is still unknown. However we may have gained an ally.

> 3430706 >>3430696
> Wave at Stitches. Remark about his lack of stitching. Ask what kind of facial cream he used.

> 3430719 If it hasn't already been placed on the table... when this is all finished, someone should make a flash movie retelling the events of RubyQuest. That would be so cash.

> 3430721 Say Hi to number #6

> 3430723 radio. tom, get up here. we've got a room to explore. ace is still loose. i met f. we are all infected. yes i killed you, yes i died, no i don't know about either. i punched f in the face when he said he was going to cut the "bad" out of me. i think that covers everything.

> 3430725 Greet Stitches, but remember to stay wary of him.

> 3430726 Obvious course of action: shove Stitches into the fans.
> Covertly.

> 3430729 Ask Stitches about the blood on the fan.

> 3430732 "Sup stitches, you're looking better, whats your secret?"

> 3430733 >>3430696
> Greet him, don't get too close.

> 3430734 >>3430726
> Looks like someone already went into the fans. Or came up the fans when they were off.

> 3430736 don't call him stiches. call him sutures. the name stiches seems to agrivate him.

> 3430737 >>3430696
> Check what Stitches is looking down at.

3430739 >>3430706
>Wave at Stitches. Remark about his lack of stitching. Ask what kind of facial cream he used.
Ruby makes polite conversation, pleased to see Stitches looking so well. He smiles at Ruby and waves back, glad to see she's okay.

> 3430743 >>3430739
> Ask him if he remembers anything from the prior...unpleasantness...from before. Y'know. The whole...gapingmawofteethwithinthemiddleofhishead...kinda thing.

> 3430746 Ask him what he has been up to.

> 3430747 >>3430739
> He's a cute guy!
> Stitches is more enjoyable with spike hands and crazy mouth-head.

> 3430748 >>3430739
> Ask if he remembers meeting her before and how he got there.

> 3430749 ....fans..directly above lockers..with pipes leading down..oh my god.

> 3430751 .>>3430739
> Ask how he looks so much better.

> 3430757 those arent fans..

> 3430759 >>3430734
> Well that will give him someone to talk to down there then. Possibly a bit shredded but hey at least they would have something in common!

> 3430765 Look at the blood on that fan thing. Stitches is playing Will It Blend with peoples.

3430782 >>3430746
>Ask him what he has been up to.
Ruby shoves Stitches over the railing.

> 3430787 Seriously, guys, if you want to discuss things takie it to IRC.
> Go to www.irc.rizon.net
> Pick a name.
> Type /join #rubyquest
> Keep the threads for suggestions and it means less having to swap around.

> 3430791 >>3430782
> THAT'S NOT HOW YOU ASK QUESTIONS

> 3430794 .>>3430782
> Of Fuck Bad Ruby has come back.

> 3430795 >>3430782
> This is the only correct answer.
> So, what's behind the painting?

> 3430797 ...EXCUSE ME WTF R U DOIN?

> 3430798 >>3430782
> Snap out of it!

> 3430800 >>3430782
> ..................................ruby you dick. why? you concsious hates you now.

> 3430802 CATCH HIM, QUICK. GOD DAMN NO MORE DEAD THINGS.

> 3430803 >>3430782
> We said "ask him how he's been", not "ride the railroad"

3430804 Stitches falls into the giant fans.

> 3430808 ...Okay, fuck. Way to make it all worse again.
> Try to snap out of it and find what's-
> Wait this is the past! This is how Stitches got his scars. Soon you'll go and kill Tom too. You're flashbacking!

> 3430809 Grab his leg!

> 3430811 >>3430804
> Wait...this is a memory sequence.

> 3430813 Snap out of it, Ruby!

> 3430817 >>3430804
> BAD BUNNY, BAD

> 3430818 >>3430804
> Wake up!

> 3430819 >>3430782
> ... I think you misunderstood what I had in mind...
> O_O

> 3430822 >>3430804
> GOD WHAT

> 3430823 On second thought maybe we should've just let tom hit her in the head with the shovelcain.

> 3430824 You might as well go fast-forward with what happens next: "Ruby meets Tom, they make out, she stabs him, she wakes up from her flashback."

> 3430826 >>3430809
> Do you really want to go all the way downstairs just for that?

> 3430827 I'm sure it's a flashback. This is how Subject #1 (Stitches) died. Remember Red's journal.

3430828 ...what...
what just happened?
That isn't what Ruby meant to do!
That isn't what Ruby meant to do at all!

> 3430829 scream "get out of my head six!"

> 3430833 oh gods, that was priceless
> "SAY WHAT AGAIN, MOTHAFUCKA. SAY. WHAT. AGAIN."

> 3430835 Hang on...Filbert = The hound zombie. It was us who messed up his eye.

> 3430836 >>3430828
> Freak.
> The fuck.
> Out.

> 3430837 >>3430804
> This is a flashback isn't it? That's why stitches looked so good!
> >>3430803
> It's okay man I thought that too before I realized what happened.

> 3430838 Take a shower.

> 3430840 You're a monster. Leap into fans and just end it all; Is it really worth surviving if you're prone to just MURDERING a bear the very first time you've seen him happy?

> 3430844 >>3430828
> RUBY FLIPS THE FUCK OUT!

> 3430845 >>3430827
> This would explain the whole "no stitches" thing.
> Also, what is that piece of paper back there? On the wall by the door?

> 3430846 >>3430840
> All bears deserve to be murdered.

> 3430849 Check the plant.

> 3430850 >>3430828
> Bang head against railing. Repeat.

3430852 >>3430837
>This is a flashback isn't it?
Ruby remembers now.
It was horrible.
She...
...she didn't mean to.

> 3430856 Make blood angels on the wall.

> 3430859 >>3430852
> Oh okay. NOW read the paper next to the door.

> 3430860 Hope against hope that you don't have to live through Tom's death too.
> Walk through the big door.

> 3430862 >>3430852
> Cry. Scream. Punch on the walls. What the hell is wrong with you?

> 3430865 >>3430854
> Motherfucker just got tossed into giant fucking fans. I don't care what he lived through before, he's not coming out of this in one solid piece.

> 3430867 >>3430852
> Cry. You are a murdering monster Ruby. Cry.

3430868 >>3430859
>Oh okay. NOW read the paper next to the door.
Ruby's hands are shaking. She picks up the dog-eared NOTE from the PAPER FOLDER on the left side of the door and reads it.

> 3430870 Take paper and wipe sweat of forehead?

> 3430872 >>3430865
> This IS what he lived through before. Apparently Stitches has better regeneration than Zombie Deadpool.

> 3430874 >>3430868
> >dog-eared
> The Hound!

> 3430875 >>3430868
> Thank you. You may break down in tears now.

> 3430877 Red was a hero all along, at least he put a temporary stop to the ruby menace!

> 3430878 Check the clipboard

> 3430881 >>3430876
> The question is WHY she would before, and why she won't now. What's different?

> 3430882 >>3430868
> Red loves Ruby and will protect her despite being a murdering monster.

> 3430883 >>3430868
> Take a deep breath, reflect upon and compose yourself before moving on.

> 3430884 >>3430868
> Giant fans underneath a catwalk in a facility for blind people?

> 3430885 >>3430868
> Autopsy?
> ON WHAT?
> "The smear located by locker #4 apears to be the left frontal lobe. The discoloration indicates high levels of precortisol, indicating he was, in fact, on high alert at the the time of the incident".

> 3430888 >>3430809
> 6 has or.. had before this post possibly some mechanism of mind control connected with whatever the treatment (that never was specified) did to Ruby.
> Some kind of crazy Voodoo stuff. Should just leave really.

> 3430889 >>3430881
> Now she has a bunch of fa/tg/uys for a conscience.

> 3430891 >>3430884
> Not just blind people. But it has an electronic lock so it would probably be locked most of the time.

3430897 Ruby reads the CLIPBOARD by the door, as well.

> 3430901

> 3430904 >>3430901
> I hate you

> 3430905 Okay.
> Enter the lab.

> 3430906 Red did it. Red invented a cure for blindness. A cure for everything.
> EVERYTHING.

> 3430907 That's Doctor Shrunk confirmed, anyway.
> Have ruby investigate the plant, the alcove around it and the pot, including lifting it up to check if anything lurks beneath.

> 3430908 >>3430901
> I would have went with
> STICHES
> All his fans...love him to pieces

> 3430909 >>3430897
> Radio Tom, it is taking to long.

> 3430910 >>3430906
> Did he invent a cure for birth?

> 3430911 >>3430901
> Don't breath this!

> 3430913 look behind the plant

> 3430917 >>3430906
> Too bad it has secondary effects. Like, MADNESS, HOMICIDAL BEHAVIOR and probably STARTLE THE ANCIENTS GODS.

> 3430919 third eye time. just blink it to avoid overexposure.

> 3430920 >>3430917
> HERETIC!

> 3430922 I say you break the pot open to see if there's anything hidden inside.

> 3430927 >>3430917
> No, see, you don't get it. It cures everything.
> Even DEATH.
> Nobody's supposed to do that. That's bad shit. In big block capital letters fifty feet high.

> 3430930 >>3430917
> Ancient gods must not take kindly to scientists discovering immortality. It just makes them SO ANGRY.
> Also: *IF the eye does not hurt too much* maybe take a look at that tree above the door.

3430931 >>3430913
>look behind the plant
Ruby goes to examine the plant.
TOM enters the room and greets Ruby.

> 3430933 >>3430919
> What if using the third eye causes these horrible flashbacks?

> 3430934 Ask Tom about what he found.

> 3430935 inb4 hug tom

> 3430936 >>3430931
> Ruby calmly wave to Tom, not startling him. Ask if he has found anything.

> 3430937 Try your best not to hurt Tom. Tell him everything that's happened so far.
> Be careful, too: His silence lately can't be good.

> 3430939 Honestly though, playing Monkey Island 2 has taught me this much:
> Reanimations and mind control = VooDoo city baby, population: you.
> Also i'm selling these fine leather coats..

> 3430942 >>3430931
> Smile weakly, wave hello, let him know how glad you are to see him.

> 3430943 >>3430933
> We get more information. And sanity loss.

> 3430947 Dont touch tom, you may go berserk and push him in the blender.

> 3430949 >>3430931
> "Hi Tom, I just remembered I killed more people. So, nothing personal, I guess."

> 3430950 >>3430931
> tell tom EVERYTHING. even that filbert said that ruby did kill tom. and that ruby did die. ruby also remembers killing stitches but doesn't understand why.

> 3430952 >>3430931
> Lets keep a good distance away from Tom if we can't trust ourselves to not try to murder him.

> 3430953 >>3430941
> Don't be silly, Tom won't let Ruby close enough.

> 3430954 Greet Tom, tell him about the last events. And try not to blend him during the process.

> 3430958 Tell TOM everything. Cry a bit while doing so.

> 3430960 >>3430939
> >Also i'm selling these fine leather jackets.
> fixed

> 3430962 Ask him what he has been up to.

> 3430964 Don't blender Tom, cry in corner, ask Tom to go away somewhere safer.

> 3430969 >>3430931
> Ask him a question. In the swahili language comprised entirely of pushing she speaks so eloquently.

> 3430970 For goodness' sake, we're not going to kill Tom here. He died by scalpel, not by being shoved into a blender. He still has his gaping eye wound. If he were whole and Ruby was making out with him, then there would be cause for concern.

> 3430973 >>3430962
> Clever...

> 3430975 >>3430970
> It's not a reason not to bee too careful. You'll never know.

> 3430978 >>3430970
> she is going to actually blender him. as in now/present for real.

> 3430979 Click TOM's radio, to make sure this is the real TOM.

> 3430980 >>3430960
> Clearly i've been up too late. adios

> 3430981 >>3430974
> This; After the earlier events you can't be too sure.

3430982 Ruby explains the situation to Tom. She even tells him about her flashbacks.
Tom doesn't seem as fazed as she'd thought.

> 3430985 Back away slowly. Contact Tom with radio.

> 3430987 Click radio for security!
> If he doesn't have the other radio PUSH INTO BLENDER!

> 3430991 >>3430982
> Punch him in the testes and run.

> 3430993 TOM :
> Push Ruby into the fans.

> 3430995 step away from the fucking fans and USE YOUR DAMN RADIO

> 3430996 >>3430982
> Back the fuck away from the rails. I think Tom's getting something, it may be dangerous.

> 3430997 Tom is cornering you Ruby. Keep him 5 feet away at all times for both of your sakes! Duck around him away from the wall.

> 3430998 Let Tom talk a little, se what he has to say.

> 3431002 'Accidently' turn radio on while talking, listen for his radio, if you don't hear it, 'notice' that you turned yours on and ask him where his went.

> 3431005 >>3430999
> God dammit and I just deleted to fix.
> But srsly; Chuckle nervously and call Tom on the radio.

> 3431007 >>3430982
> yell doppleganger and hit tom over the head with the oxygen tank.
> bonus points for finding the reference. please don't take this seriously.

> 3431010 We're getting a bit paranoid, aren't we?
> Ask Tom what is he been up to, and what he thinks about the current situation.

> 3431011 Keep the Radio on whilst you speak to Tom, just in case.
> And ask Tom to lift his shirt so you can see his MANLY PHYSIQUE. Need to check on those stump arms!

> 3431012 >>3431004
> CYCLOPEAN AWESOME

> 3431016 Oh, god! He went back to get his crowbar! It's behind his back.

> 3431017 Beep your walkie talkie to see if this is really TOM

> 3431019 He might also, y'know, be mind controlled. If that's the case, nothing we've mentioned will help much.

> 3431023 FOR FUCK'S SAKE PEOPLE DELETE ALL THE DITTO POSTS

3431025 Tom explains he found this note while digging through the rubble near Red's room.

> 3431026 >>3431023
> THIS

> 3431027 >>3431007
> You're not fooling anyone, Queen Dopplepopoluous.

> 3431033 >>3431025
> So you're both dead. Now would be a good time to hug Tom tightly.
> Then head through the door.

> 3431035 >>3431025
> Read note

> 3431044 So, we're immortal amnesiacs?

> 3431049 >>3431035
> You. I am going to start hurting you now.

> 3431050 Ask if Tom is prepared to travel with us again.

> 3431055 >>3431044
> Didn't you catch the DON'T TRUST THE SKULL reference in the last part?

> 3431056 Spread legs for Tom, ask if he wants 'to get infected'

> 3431057 Collect yourself then move to Lab B's doors.
> Enter.

> 3431060 FUCK
> ruby killed tom to prevent him from becoming infected and resurrecting as a monster

> 3431063 >>3431056
> But he's already infected, I don't see how....oh.

> 3431066 >>3431060
> clearly didn't take

3431069 Ruby discreetly presses the button on her walkie-talkie.
Tom's radio crackers.

> 3431075 ASK TOM to help open the locker in locker room that ruby couldn't open.

> 3431078 >>3431066
> because she was too late

> 3431079 >>3431069
> Ask him how he can stay calm about this.

> 3431080 Tom: 'Ruby, I have an idea'
> Kill her.

> 3431082 Continue to the lab

> 3431083 And then ruby was a zombie... Oh wait

> 3431084 >>3431069
> Quick push him in.

> 3431087 >>3431069
> "heh, just kidding"
> "Come on, we should try and explore the lab."

> 3431088 Red fooled everyone, right now his plan to make the infected kill each other permanently is starting to work.
> He couldn't get to 6 in the upper lab so he makes it look like 6 is the mastermind behind the insanity while he hides and lets Tom & Ruby work towards breaching the labs isolation.
> Once the lab is open he'll kill 6 and try to escape the metal glen.
> Red is not dead at all, he's the clump growing in the vat, waiting for rebirth.

> 3431090 Now, to Upper Lab B!

> 3431091 >>3431078
> Much too late for now, anyway.

> 3431094 >>3431069
> Tell him the truth, we're being truthful now it seems.

> 3431095 >>3431079
> Why should he care anymore? They're already dead, anyway.

> 3431099 Wait until he turns his back to Ruby and press the button again.

3431101 >>3431057
>Collect yourself then move to Lab B's doors.
The door is locked with a massive, very distinctive padlock.

> 3431107 So it's 6 who was at the screen, who's back there!
> Go find Ace. Get some answers out of him or something.
> Also you could try your eye on the FUCK PHYSICS room at some point.

> 3431110 Unless they have the key I dont think they will get through that door.
> Head out.

> 3431112 >>3431101
> scream for ace to get his scrawny ass over here and open the damn door. be dominant and make him cry like a little bitch.

> 3431113 >>3431101
> Try to see if you can see anything through the windows on the door. Also try knocking/yelling and wait for a response.

> 3431115 >>3431101
> So, I say again, break the potted plant and search for it. If it's not there, try asking Tom to open the Locker Ruby couldn't.

> 3431116 >>3431101
> Welp, lets go try that dial option in the dummy room to see if we can use that terminal with the same icon then.

> 3431117 Check the plant since we were interrupted by Tom earlier.

> 3431118 Time to go hunting for Aces. Arm thyselves, and try to lure Ace back to this room when you find him.

> 3431126 >>3431069
> >Tom's radio crackers

> 3431127 I think we need to make a trap for Ace.
> Inventory check please, for both of them.

> 3431131 Ruby never got around to examining the plant, did she? Tom walked in and took her attention away.
> Have them do so now.

> 3431135 >>3431101
> Crowbar the door open

3431137 >>3431113
>Try to see if you can see anything through the windows on the door.
>>3431115
There's nothing behind the plant, and nothing in the pot but the plant and some soil.
It seems to just be... an ordinary plant.

> 3431138 >>3431115
> tom did that on his own last thread.
> it said "don't trust 7."

> 3431140 >>3431137
> Take it.

> 3431143 >>3431137
> Ask Tom to smash the plant against to ground and search the soil.

> 3431151 >>3431137
> Eat the plant.

> 3431154 Those windows are shatterproof right? Whack em with the crowbar to see if this is the case.

3431156 Tom doesn't see anything through the glass.
It's too dark in there.

> 3431161 Ruby: Look through window with third eye for a short moment. Just long enough to see inside.

> 3431167 >>3431148
> We already looked at the clipboard: (The note is just above it)
> >>3430897
> Also: have we done any checking with Tom about what he was doing before he met Ruby?

> 3431168 >>3431156
> Ask Tom how he feels about the recent revelations.

> 3431175 >>3431161
> |,,,/ ^_^ \,,,|

> 3431178 >>3431156
> Look at the Metal Glen sign with Ruby's third eye.

3431180 >>3431161
>Ruby: Look through window with third eye for a short moment. Just long enough to see inside.

> 3431182 try to peel the tree poster odd the wall.

> 3431183 My Bad. I just didn't know Ruby could tell there was nothing in the pot buried in the soil just by looking at it.
> In either case, I wonder what Tom said he was going to do before meeting Ruby.

> 3431186 >>3431183
> Hide the real tom's body no doubt.

3431197 Ruby looks into Lab B.

> 3431199 >>3431197
> >>Lab B looks at Ruby

> 3431200 Knock the window. See if the horrible face reacts.

> 3431202 >>3431197
> Tell Tom what we see, then get the hell out of this room before it decides it can break down doors and eat us.

> 3431205 Locked for a reason. For now. The locker we wanted to open should be our next move.

> 3431206 "lets try to avoid that room FOREVER"

> 3431223 >>3431197
> If you stare into the void long enough, the void starts staring into you, eh?

> 3431226 >>3431197
> Test the third eye on Tom, for SCIENCE!

> 3431228 >>3431223
> So sayeth the wise Alaundo

> 3431229 At least its mouth is too small to be Reds ghost...

3431240 Ruby staggers backwards.
Whatever is in there seems very distinctly unfriendly.

> 3431245 >>3431240
> VOID BOWELS, LEAVE ROOM.

> 3431248 Talk to Red.

> 3431249 Say hi to the guy in the corner...

> 3431250 >>3431240
> Look to the shadow, warn Tom to stand back.

> 3431252 >>3431240
> Oh jeezus!
> FLASHLIGHTS OFF! DON'T STARTLE THE WITCH!

> 3431253 >>3431240
> Crap. Say hi to Falco.

> 3431254 >>3431240
> Hi there, Red

> 3431256 "Tom, do you see that guy in the corner?"

> 3431258 >>3431240
> Look up

> 3431266 HUG BIRD

> 3431267 Attempt to communicate with shadow-covered figure

3431273 continued:
>>3431265

> 3431809 671 posts here we come

## Thread 27

3431265 The figure in the corner sobs quietly, weeping.

> 3431270 Attempt to talk to it

> 3431271 Inspect

> 3431274 Cautiously approach. 'Is everything all right?'

> 3431278 >>3431265
> Greet it, if unresponsive, leave.

> 3431281 Ask tom if he can see it? Irrespectively though, try to talk to it

> 3431282 >>3431265
> Why are you crying?

3431283 >>3431270
>Attempt to talk to it
Ruby's attempts at conversation go unheeded.
The figure does not respond.

> 3431284 Have TOM talk to it. If it attacks he has a better chance of surviving.

> 3431287 Kill for EXP

> 3431289 Tom: Smash fist directly into the back of the figure's head.

> 3431291 Approach very cautiously, and shake him. Turn his face towards you.

> 3431292 >>3431283
> Wait, ask Tom if he sees anyone in the corner sobbing.

> 3431293 Look the figure with the THIRD EYE

> 3431294 I bet its deaf.
> (almost)

3431299 >>3431282
>Why are you crying?
"It's dark."

> 3431302 Ask Tom if HE SEES THE DAMN FIGURE AT ALL

> 3431303 Check briefly with Shadow-vision

> 3431307 It's RED!

> 3431309 >>3431299
> Disagree with him, tell him there is a light on, reassure him that he must be just seeing things, or imagining it (try to sound as non-condescending as possible)

> 3431311 Yall niggas postin in a shit thread

> 3431315 Maybe its a manifestion of Ruby and Stitches blindness?

> 3431316 >>3431299
> Do we have a torch or a light source? If so shine it on the shadowy figure.

> 3431318 The only nigga in here is crying his eyes out D:

> 3431319 >>3431307
> I disagree. I think it's the bird we seen in the photo.

> 3431323 Alllll aboard the linear railroad! Next stop, Clicheville.

> 3431328 >>3431316
> That is a very very very bad idea.

> 3431330 LOOK AT WITH YOUR THIRD EYE, BLEH

> 3431340 >>3431323
> Aw it's Mister Troll! How've you been? Still trying the same old stuff, eh? Maybe it'll work some day.

> 3431342 attempt to suck its cock

> 3431343 Continued in /co/...

> 3431344 Pull figure back, leading up to a generic horror scene where the person's face is completely torn off or something of the likes.

> 3431345 >>3431338
> That's a good game, by the way.

> 3431354 Clean all the oil off of the figure.

> 3431356 Ask the shadowy figure if it's written any terrible plotlines recently

> 3431360 >>3431343
> Fuck you

> 3431370 what with all the trolls
> I've been away from /tg/ for awhile
> Does this place hate RQ now ?

> 3431371 Ask shadowy figure how long it has been dark.

> 3431372 You could run a lemonade stand less linearly than this one frame every ten years movie.

> 3431374 ask him his name

> 3431376 >>3431370
> Nope just one guy with a lot of butthurt.

> 3431379 >>3431370
> It's just the same guy being butthurt. Ignore it.

> 3431380 >>3431356
> this isn't /b/, your not contributing anything traditional games related. A chose your own adventure is a traditional game thus is appropriate here. Just knock it off or make your own

> 3431382 >>3431370
> The story took a huge downturn today is all, a lot of people are pretty let down. There was just rampant railroading and bullshit where ruby was teleporting around to make the next frame work.

> 3431387 >>3431379
> >Ignore it.
> Even better: Report it.

> 3431388 >>3431380
> Choose your own adventure NOVELS are not a game.

> 3431389 ...wait, Tom's supposed to be missing his RIGHT eye. Artistic slip, or major OH SHI- moment?

> 3431391 >>3431380
> >hope.
> HAHAHAHhahahahah... eheheh.. hehehheh. ahh. whoo.

> 3431395 >>3431389
> Tom's the cure to the infection.
> The cliche infection

> 3431396 Prep third-eye mikuru beam.
> Ruby should just laser beam everyone at first sight.

3431397 >>3431292
>>3431302
Ruby asks Tom for confirmation. He confirms that he sees the same figure.
It shudders in the corner, making a pained sound.

> 3431403 Request that Tom beat this figure to a bloody pulp.

> 3431405 >>3431299
> weaver could you please clarify if that eyepatch is a mistake or is it intentionaly switched.

> 3431412 >>3431405
> Since it's back to where it should be again, it's likely a slip up.

> 3431415 THIRD EYE the shadowy figure
> HUG the shadowy figure
> READ the shadowy figure

3431418 The figure turns suddenly, and the room is engulfed in blackness.
"IT'S SO DARK!"

> 3431420 >>3431405
> I think we should ask Tom instead.

> 3431422 >>3431405
> Three days ago when this was drawn it might have been the right eye.

> 3431425 GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE

> 3431426 VOID BOWELS, LEAVE ROOM.

> 3431427 >>3431418
> tell it to stop. If it continues hightail it out of there

> 3431432 >>3431418
> Jesus christ, facepalm

> 3431433 oh.. I guess he went superblind instead of getting better.

> 3431437 >>3431418
> It's the bird from the photograph his mutation seems to be less organic/necrotic and more preternatural.

> 3431440 Enough with the third eye, people, it hurts! don't abuse a good thing. use it when there's no other option of there is generally a belief that it can reveal something when nothing else can.
> That said, I opt for Tom to nudge the figure. If it responds to external stimuli other than voice, try to comfort it.

> 3431441 >>3431432
> >facepalm
> What?

3431442 That's it for tonight folks. As always, thank you for bearing with me.
Sort of a short session today.
More to come.
>>3431405
>weaver could you please clarify if that eyepatch is a mistake or is it intentionaly switched.
Mistake. Horizontal mirroring, saved time, didn't work out so good I guess. Hurr.

> 3431446 >>3431418
> Mutation or MAGIC? We haven't seen much magic despite the satanic stuff.

> 3431451 >>3431418
> offer to help find a flashlight. don't be scared. fear leads to irrational decisions. it has not acted hostile yet.

> 3431453 I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I think we need to tell the bird to have a more positive attitude. But seriously, though, I get the impression that the bird's melancholy is causing the darkness rather than vice versa.

> 3431455 Well, at least this session didn't end in something awfully depressing.
> Hopefully the short length of this and earlier sessions means that the next one will come faster.

> 3431457 Free Form Powerrangers RPG (An actual Traditional Game)
> GO
> I'm having a relaxing day, enjoying some sun outside Angel Grove High

> 3431459 afterthread party GO!

> 3431462 >>3431441
> It's the same troll-masochist that cannot use "hide thread" function.
> Just ignore him.

> 3431463 Filbert explains to Ruby where babies come from.

> 3431465 >>3431442
> Thanks for the session, Weaver.

> 3431469 Suddenly, Putty Patrols are sent to Earth by Lord Zed!
> Whatever will our heroes do?

> 3431470 >>3431441
> He's trolling. Report all of his samefaggotry, and maybe we can clean this thread up before suptg finishes archiving it.

> 3431471 >>3431469
> FUCK
> EACH OTHER
> FAST

> 3431473

> 3431474 >>3431442
> Good timing, I was about to head to bed, since the sun's coming up.
> WHICH IS SO CLICHE, THE SUN RISING, YEAH THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
> RAILROAD ANYBODY? I THINK SO!

> 3431476 The "take it another thread" image macro person/people were being banned and having their posts deleted.

> 3431477 >>3431442
> Thanks, Weaver, awesome as always.

> 3431480 >>3431442
> Advice: When you've got nothing, don't grind out trash instead of stopping.
> There was some real, real M.Night shit going on tonight captain.

> 3431481 >>3431265
> IT'S A WITCH! FLASHLIGHTS OFF!

> 3431482

> 3431484 >>3431469
> FIRE NIGGERBEAM

> 3431486 Thanks weaver.
> iTunes happened to shuffle to Adagio for Strings immediately before Ruby pushed Stitches into the fans.
> ;_;

> 3431487 >>3431476
> Most likely only a janitor was around, meaning post deletion, but no banning.
> So this is probably that same guy trying less obviously-targettable means.

> 3431488 >>3431480
> What hasn't been done?

> 3431494 >>3431470
> agreed, maybe we can get mootikin (since he loves us so much) to throw his ass off tg he obviously doesn't belong here. I mean seriously this is the only thing I get excited about all week.

> 3431495 >>3431484
> AFTER 10,000 YEARS OF NIGGABEAM, I'M FREE! ITS TIME TO CONQUER EARTH!

> 3431496 Continued:
> >>3429104

> 3431497 >>3431395
> It's not a fucking cliche. Something being done before is not a cliche, it has to be done to death. It's not a TWEEST as it's always been considered and heavily hinted, it's not a cliche and you are being goddamn stupid.

> 3431498

> 3431503

> 3431507 Great Thread, Weaver. Thanks for sticking it out for those of us who still adore Ruby and Tom. We just wanna see them together, whatever happens.

> 3431511 I won't spoil this for myself...
> But Weaver.
> I love you.
> Make merchindise.

> 3431512 >>3431480
> You know it's not a tweest or a cliche. Stop trolling.

> 3431514

> 3431517 Wait a second, what if the shadowy figure is number 6?

> 3431518 >>3431480
> >There was some real, real M.Night shit going on tonight captain.
> Despite the obvious troll, I'll bite:
> What happened today logically fit in with a lot of what happened before, and this was in fact one of the stronger theories being passed around. Stitches's death had been hinted at as Ruby's fault already, Filbert was an established presence... I'm trying to figure out what's so Shyamalan-ish about any of this.
> None of this is completely unfounded nor tastelessly absurd. So though there was dawning realization, it's hardly a WHAT A TWEEST moment. And if the idea of a universal cure with monstrously bad side effects has been done before, I haven't read that particular story.

> 3431520 >>3431497
> Give me a break.

> 3431521

> 3431525

> 3431527 DAMMIT! Every night all this week after I missed the first one I've been staying up to six AM just to make sure no Ruby happens, and the one night I have to go to bed 'cuz of fucking work he posts.
> I will be an influence on your decisions someday, tiny white rabbit! YOU AND I WILL SEE HOW FAR YOUR HOLE GOES.

> 3431528 last one from me

> 3431532 >>3431518
> >>story
> Exactly the point. And now back to traditional games.

> 3431533

> 3431534 >>3431518
> I guess he's referring to the fact that NO YOU ARE THE INFECTED YOU ARE THE BAD GUYS
> Honestly, I don't mind that.

> 3431537 Pylls here
> - The management
> PS: They totally wont turn you into immortal hellspawn vying for flesh.

> 3431539 >>3431528
> We've come so far together.

> 3431540 >>3431520
> I am hating you through the internet.. I hope it kills you or at least sterlizes you

> 3431542 >>3431534
> Enjoying a cliche and it not being a giant cliche are two definitely different things

> 3431544

> 3431548 >>3431540
> THE LITTLE GIRL MUST HAVE KNOWN ALIENS ARE WEAK AGAINST WATER BECAUSE HER LEAVING THE GLASSES OF WATER AROUND THE HOUSE WAS GODS PLAN TO RESTORE MEL'S FAITH

> 3431549 >>3431532
> Why are you so butthurt, Mr Sametroll?

> 3431550 Awesomeface.jpg eye?

> 3431552 >>3431532
> what is traditional games
> dorf fortress?
> Heroquest?
> maybe we should just sit around and discuss chess all day long.

> 3431553 >>3431518
> Well, I'll be the devil's advocate and mention that I Am Legend, started off with a cure for Cancer.

> 3431554 >>3431532
> Traditional games don't have stories. We just fight every monster in the monster manual alphabetically. Nobody ever gets past the aboleth.

> 3431560 The weak point of the internet: No cure for jerks, idiots, trolls, and other people like that.
> I mean, in the real life you could at least cure them by punching them in the face a couple of times.

> 3431562 >>3431542
> >Enjoying a cliche and it not being a giant cliche are two definitely different things
> We've known Ruby was infected since like the third session, assumed it since the hound zombie slashed her in session 2, and suspected it from the moment Stitches showed up in session 1.
> This "you're infected" thing isn't exactly new.
> Or are you just trying to say that being infected in a setting that focuses on infection is cliché?
> Wouldn't it be MORE cliché if she was the only one who was somehow immune?
> OR MAYBE THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF DISEASE AT ALL IS CLICHE.

> 3431566 I believe it's time for the story to end.
> It began as a good idea and a different experience from what /tg/ was having at the moment, but it's starting to get stale. The interaction part of this threads is getting lost by both the constant spamming and the railroading (as interesting or needed as it be).
> Weaver gave us an interesting concept and a very good time, but it's time for it to end before it becomes a bag of crap.

> 3431567

> 3431568 >>3431552
> /tg/ is /40k/. Not enough big guns, big armor and big, succulent hard minifig cocks.

> 3431570 >>3431553
> Umbrella corporation did that shit in the new animated resident evil movie...

> 3431572 >>3431554
> wow, your life must really be sad
> I'm going to shed 2d4 tears for you

> 3431578 >>3431562
> Shitty plagues are the newest hot ticket to shitville on the railroad.

> 3431581 >>3431548
> Well let's have a see...
> We've known that this place is a hospital for some time now. We known that Ruby and Tom were here to be cured. We've known it had worked. We've known that some patients can come back to life. We've known that all patients are abominations. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the cure probably has something to do with the mutating. It's not our fault if you are a bit slow.

> 3431582 >>3431566
> Seems like we're getting close to the end already. Let's just ban that one obnoxious motherfucker and keep playing.

> 3431583 >>3431562
> Ahem... Diseases have been done an awful lot lately.

> 3431584 >>3431527
> >YOU AND I WILL SEE HOW FAR YOUR HOLE GOES.

> 3431586 >>3431582
> Lets just ban that guy who keeps talking in the movie theater and keep playing our movie.

> 3431587 >>3431582
> You can't ban all of Anonymous, silly britches. We're all obnoxious motherfuckers.

> 3431588 >>3431582
> I'd say we're about halfway there, we still haven't gotten to the top levels

> 3431589 >>3431562
> Psshh, duh. Disease is like, so overused. It's been around for millenia before the Pointy Stick!

> 3431592 >>3431587
> Please cut out the HURFDURF LEEJUN shit.

> 3431594 >>3431587
> so you admit it, your just here to troll. I really hope that Mootikins puts the banhammer down on you hard

> 3431595 >>3431549
> It's not butthurt. Trolls are happy and carefree people, playing their amusing games with the cattle and loving every minute of it.

> 3431598 I'm not sure where Weaver's taking this, to be honest. It seems like a cross between the Resident Evil films and Silent Hill.
> I will also admit that it's getting a little worse and worse each time. Like all things, /tg/ will eventually roll its eye at Rubyquest and would prefer to pretend it never existed while newfags will check the archives and try to be the new Weaver by trying to imitate his story-telling style - only to fail miserable and stop on the first thread.

> 3431602 >>3431581
> No no, you're right. This is good shit. Sam and Max with Animal Crossing characters in the L4D setting.

> 3431604 >>3431594
> No, actually, I'm a different guy than the one you referenced earlier. I was merely pointing out that if you cut down one obnoxious bitch, ten more will rise in his place. Thus is the nature of Anon. Lurk moar.

> 3431605 >>3431553
> >Well, I'll be the devil's advocate and mention that I Am Legend, started off with a cure for Cancer.
> True, but this cure still works. It's healing the crap out of them.
> Personally I'd say that the traces of hell/eldergods/mindfuck help throw off any potential cliché from "science experiment gone wrong" which can roughly explain about 80% of horror plots.
> "Cure gone wrong" may have been done before, but I gotta say I'm enjoying "cure that brings back horrible shit from the afterlife".

> 3431607 >>3431588
> But do we wan't to get out of Metal Glen when we're infected? Exposing the rest of the planet is a BAD END.

> 3431608 >>3431604
> And suddenly the obnoxious motherfucker was you.

> 3431610 >>3431604
> Ten we shall ban them too.

> 3431611 >>3431604
> >>Murk loar
> >>Murk
> >>I eat shit for breakfast and crap dreams

> 3431615 >>3431608
> Psh. I was an obnoxious motherfucker the whole time. That's like saying OH SHIT, RUBY HAS WHITE FUUUUURRRRRR!!!

> 3431617 >>3431604
> this isn't /b/. And I don't beleve your falsehoods. Your probably from some stupid thread where someone got butthurt over weavers talent. Why else would you be posting /b/ memes in a /tg/ forum. Your like reavers in firefly to us.

> 3431618 >>3431602
> >Sam and Max with Animal Crossing characters in the L4D setting.
> That doesn't sound cliché to me.

> 3431620 >>3431605
> I'm glad you're enjoying the web comic that's being posted on /tg/.
> Couldn't you enjoy it equally if not more on a site dedicated to live posted webcomics?

> 3431625 >>3431533
> Fucking loved that game.
> Also, I find it amusing that the GG1 is more reliable than and comparably powerful to the most advanced train in Railroad Tycoon 2. Fucking love those trains.

> 3431626 >>3431618
> It's not any more cliche than jetsons meet the flintstones or batman vs aliens vs spawn or any of the other terrible bullshit that's always in COMICS.

> 3431631 >>3431620
> seriously you have been trolling this since the second session. You made the same argument there. /tg/ threads disappear anyways, if you want to mod ask moot alright. Other than that quit bitching, some of us are enjoying it.

> 3431632 >>3431617
> It's an Anonymous meme you tool, not a /b/ meme. Catch up.
> And quite honestly, I LOVE RubyQuest. I'm the guy who was butthurt over just missing it up there.
> Anyway, I'm going to work now, but it's been lovely arguing with you guys. You're all super-awesome. *thumbs up*

> 3431634 >>3431602
> But Mr Troll all of those things are awesome.

> 3431635 I was looking forward to Tom finally using his extra arms for something.
> Oh, well, at least we had THIRD EYE action.

> 3431640 >>3431631
> I hate to break it to you, but from the side of the fence you refer to as that one troll, I've posted two things while watching and they were both me going "aww wtf" when something stupid happened.

> 3431641 >>3431620
> leave this board and never come back

> 3431646 >>3431634
> And that explains succinctly why you are willing to sit around and wait for a webcomic to be uploaded to 4chan one panel at a time with idiots screaming the whole time.

> 3431650 >>3431578
> >plagues
> >new in horror

> 3431651 >>3431641
> I just want to talk about traditional games man

> 3431654 >>3431626
> Wait, I haven't played Left4Dead but how does the plot, besides infection, have anything to do with this? Sam and Max are an awesome duo, any character similarities merely makes the characters better. And the Animal Crossing thins is really more of a sort of "OH that's a reference to so and so" I don't see any personality similarities. But anyway have a nice time trolling.

> 3431655 >>3431646
> Honestly, just go to your other threads. Why the hell are you so perterbed that you have to constanly dog this thread?

> 3431657 So. The characters are kinda dead. When we get to the end and they're cured, what do you think will happen?
> a) The "cure-cure" works. Ruby and Tom are free from their curse, and die happily at each other's arms.
> b) It works even better. Ruby and Tom become living again, get out, and live happily ever after.

> 3431658 >>3431651
> >I just want to talk about traditional games man
> If this isn't a traditional game to you, then go enjoy something that does fit your standards and stop posting in this fucking thread.

> 3431660 >>3431651
> Nobody is forcing you to post in this thread.

> 3431663 >>3431651
> you just want people to talk about what you want to talk about and are jellous of the attention weaver is getting? I mean this is like interactive call of the cutullu man. It really is

> 3431665 Listen, people, there's NO POINT trying to persuade the troll to stop. The more you argue, the more you express disapproval, the more of a buzz it gets. Trolls "believe" whatever is useful for them to believe at any given moment. They all have fast-talk skill maxed out. It'll always be able to come up with a "reason" for what it's saying. Language, reasoning, negotiation Just Doesn't Work on these fuckers. For them, language isn't a tool for communication, it's a tool for manipulation. Every word spoken to a troll is a word wasted. Worse, every word spoken to a troll is a source of information for it to improve its technique. Better to speak to a houseplant.

> 3431668 >>3431665
> sorry I failed my sanity check, I'll stop talking to him

> 3431670 >>3431665
> This. Honestly, this. Don't talk to a troll at all.

> 3431671 >>3431651
> I don't see you talking about chess.

> 3431672 >>3431663
> >>just like interactive call of cthulhu
> Are you implying that this is interactive and that playing call of cthulhu is not?
> What the fuck?

> 3431675 >>3431640
> If you're the guy who said it was a "TWEEST" and you're not a troll, you are really stupid. For one thing I'd criticize it for being too OBVIOUS if anything.
> >>3431620
> Yeah, yeah you believe it's all pre-made. Hint: If you truly did believe that you'd report it and then hide the thread. But you are a troll so you don't.

> 3431676 >>3431665
> This.
> Also, there's a "report post" button for a reason.

> 3431685 >>3431665
> I have to step in here at this point and suggest that not everyone who isn't into the same "interactive" story comic deal that was removed from /a/ and /co/ is the same guy. I personally would rather this stuff be somewhere else too.

> 3431687 >>3431566
> I'm pretty sure things are coming to a head now anyway. At most I see maybe four or five more sessions of this before the end.
> If we cover as much ground as we did today, I'd say closer to two. I mean, we know where the exit is, we've met the emo bird Weaver mentioned in the poem, all that's left is finding out what the Turtle is about, who's ordering Ace and some sort of confrontation with Subject 6 (who is locked in lab B, where we are just now.)
> There's not much more to do before we can escape.

> 3431697 >>3431685
> Perhaps /tg/ wouldn't be the best place for this, but where then? Seriously, these interactive game thingies are fun and awesome, but now that you mention it, they really are a bit hard to classify.

> 3431699

> 3431701 >>3431687
> I think that Weaver will take the noble road out and leave it with a cliffhanger after he kinda got shot down on some of the major unveiled plot points today.

> 3431702 >>3431685
> >"interactive"
> >comic
> >/co/
> >exact same wording as before
> >I'm not the same guy I swear you guys I swear
> >you guys
> >honest

> 3431704 Just finished reading the all the archives and so on. Weaver, congrats on having created something this good.
> Regarding the complaining and trolling of these threads and so on (man, this is gonna be a major oldfag moment): There's a precedent for this sort of thing, and to be honest it's not too good. Bloom Writer's work is the main example- a funny, clever and moving story that slowly turned into something else entirely in the consciousness of /tg/ as newcomers tried to figure out what it was and only got answers from sagefags backlashing against the large audience that enjoyed it. Most of this backlash centered on some imaginary egotistical version of Bloom Writer who had created the whole LCB concept (People had been begging for a full story to go with Miko's comics for weeks when he volunteered, and rather than being arrogant he was critical of his work to a fault).
> I think we'll be seeing something similar here- but to a less severe degree, and only after the game's conclusion. Several reasons for this:
> -LCB had a greater draw for sagefags because at the time there was already one or two spamming in every thread because they didn't like that type of game/specific game, 40k being about the biggest target.
> -The fanbase for Ruby Quest has generally proven more even-tempered and troll-savvy. In the olden days sagefags were more frustrating because sensible people just didn't know what to make of them.
> -Weaver speaks more frequently, which keeps a damper on rampant speculation. (This one might not have any notable benefit, since it also means more chances for people to assume that Weaver's actions are motivated by deranged drama-queen thought processes.)

> 3431708 >>3431704
> In the end this is all tangential and superficial. Ruby Quest is and will remain an extraordinary piece of original content, the sort of thing /tg/ had in large supply back before a large base of memes had been developed and people became less ambitious and more worried about the potential for backlash. Weaver, thanks again for this breath of fresh air.

> 3431709 >>3431697
> C+A+D has it's own site and is doing something exactly like this right now.

> 3431710 >>3431676
> report is broken. even if they get permabanned it's so easy to get back in here. the only way to stop that would be to remove anymninity sdlkhslkgsldkjg. that would be fine by me.

> 3431711 >>3431685
> not everyone is into dwarf fortress, or warhammer 40k or dawn of war. Or dealing with dungeon crawl. Deal with it

> 3431720 >>3431685
> May I ask how this could possibly annoy you when you can hide it with ease?

> 3431726 >>3431709
> 4chan is the melting pot of the Internets. EVERYTHING should have a place in 4chan.
> Except for furries.

> 3431731 >>3431726
> There are plenty of furries on 4chan.

> 3431734 >>3431720
> The same reason it's annoying when people post porn, video games and other non-tg shit in here. Remember when we used to talk about D&D and not about everyone in the universe drawing shit with mspaint?

> 3431739 >>3431720
> BECAUSE BAWWWWWWWWWWWW

> 3431741 >>3431726
> Look who doesn't want themselves here

> 3431744 >>3431731
> Well yeah, but not a /fu/ board for them, where they could post all the yiffing they want.
> There was one here once, wasn't there? Everyone who posted there got banned.

> 3431746 >>3431734
> Remember last summer when no one could talk about anything BUT D&D?
> Yeah, I prefer this. We sometimes get off topic shit, but the board is better for having a bit of open endedness to it.

> 3431747 I said earlier that if we'd all just donate a few bucks to Weaver's paypal we could get the whole RQ thing really going instead of having it wither and die on 4chan. :(

> 3431748 I don't read these threads, but why the hell not keep it here? It's pretty self contained, there's only a thread or two up at any time, and interactive fiction seems pretty close to roleplaying to me. The only downside is that there's a bunch of dumb fucks taking things to far and jerking off over cartoon animals. Again.

> 3431750 >>3431734
> Except that doesn't annoy me either. You report then hide. What are you a retard? Oh I see. You ARE a troll. Nobody could be that stupid.

> 3431752 >>3431734
> >Remember when we used to talk about D&D
> oh god, don't remind me...

> 3431754 >>3431741
> Ahh, I don't really have a problem with RQ being where it is. I was just thinking out loud.
> Please disregard me: I only troll when provoked. So don't provoke me. (Hulk reference)

> 3431758 BAD END

> 3431759 >>3431687
> I agree, story's almost over, and while I don't think it's been a steady downhill descent in terms of quality (I'd say session 6 was weak, 5 was the best one so far, and this one was good overall), it does fluctuate, and one can't deny that something like this is impossible to keep up forever.
> So hopefully it'll end soon, before it just inevitably peters out I'd say two more sessions sounds like a good sweet spot for it.
> >>3431701
> I dunno, the only real negative reaction I saw to any of the reveals disappeared when the threads went past the front page, just like all the trolling did.
> It's kind of telling, I think.
> Anyway, none of the reveals were particularly improbable or terrible, and considering a lot of the theories until now involved clones, time travel, or aliens, I'd say Weaver pulled that off pretty damn well.

> 3431760 >>3431685
> Even if you want to be strict about definitions, there's a strong precedent for Ruby Quest being /tg/-appropriate. It's a game with an interactive story, it's just that the game mechanic is old-school adventure puzzle solving rather that die-rolling combat.

> 3431767 >>3431747
> Great Idea!
> What is it?

> 3431770 >>3431760
> Ah, but here comes the point of RAILROADING. Trolls like to claim that we really don't have any power over the story at all. Were they right, and we can't prove that they'ren't, RQ wouldn't belong here.

> 3431779 >>3431760
> MORE PRECEDENTS:
> Knight Quest and Drew the Lich [the first one] are essentially the same thing as Ruby Quest, and they were totally /tg/ related. Just because Ruby Quest is less fantasy more sci fi doesn't mean its not /tg/ related.

> 3431789 Y'know what the sad thing is? We can prove RQ belongs here as much as we want, it's all going to be said all over again next thread because of the trolls.

> 3431796 >>3431789
> Stop feeding them.

> 3431803 >>3431760
> Don't bother, dude. Anyone who argues against something like this is going to be one of the anti-tripfag ANONYMUS R LEEGUN dicks who won't realize you actually contributed a lot to this board.

> 3431804 >>3431770
> What? Plot railroading is as traditional as it gets!

> 3431806 Slightly off topic, but whatever. Not like this thread is being useful.
> Monday night at midnight, Central time, new Dorf Quest thread. For anyone interested.

> 3431812 >>3431770
> The very nature of the adventure makes railroading impossible to prove or disprove. Only one thing ever happens, how can we prove it wasn't what was planned to happen all along? Of course, people have been screaming "THIS IS ALL PRE-DRAWN NOTHING WE SAY MATTERS" since the early ages of drawhores back on /b/.
> Most evidence is logic-based or anecdotal, rather than hard proof. Personally I'm convinced beyond all doubt this is done on the fly for a number of reasons:
> 1. If it's all pre-drawn, why space it out over SIX TO TEN HOURS, AT MIDNIGHT? He could post much, much faster and have to waste less time, and apologists could still just argue he draws fast.
> 2. Frames that have small changes are posted faster, frames with big changes take longer. Remembering how long each took to draw and then planning an appropriate pause for each one strikes me as more effort than it's worth.
> 3. I've actually had one of my suggestions used, and I was the only one to suggest it. This could be argued as "I'm the only one who got it 'right'", but then again it's an issue of causality: only one thing happened, and it matched a comment. Did the comment cause the action, or was the action merely waiting for the comment?
> It's impossible, by definition, to come up with concrete evidence here, short of Weaver opening some sort of live stream so we can watch him draw while the thread's going.

> 3431819 >>3431789
> Wish you can do this, eh?

> 3431821 >>3431804
> TROLLING is a traditional game, too, when you think about it.
> Also, as predicted, people complaining cliché/railroad/not-traditional-games almost all disappeared at once, indicating samefaggotry off the charts or ANONYMOUS REALLY IS LEGION XD

> 3431824 >>3431760
> >>adventure gaming
> You mean adventure VIDEO gaming. As much as I love Sam and Max, I won't pretend they're a traditional game, nor will I pretend this, or CAD's vote the next panel thing are /tg/ content.

> 3431825 >>3431803
> I'd say the guy I responded to was being perfectly reasonable.

> 3431830 >>3431806
> Fuck yes, finally.

> 3431838 >>3431824
> It's a collaborative, collective RPG in which a group leads a single character. Just because it doesn't have dice rolls for ST and so on doesn't mean it's suddenly something foreign and terrible.
> And anyway, why complain about this? Right now there are a couple dozen threads on /tg/ whose only connection to traditional gaming is that their pornography features elves. Saying RQ isn't /tg/-related would hold more water if it weren't for the shitfloods of even worse threads that successfully run for hours on end without a single sage.
> There are much worse things on /tg/ right now, and much less fitting things. Why single this out?

> 3431852 >>3431825
> I agree. There's a huge difference between disliking something (or even just finding fault with it) and trolling it. Though generally if you engage in the latter, you also fit the former.

> 3431863 >>3431838
> Because its successful?

> 3431873 >>3431852
> I've never got people who stick around in threads they hate. You hide it and move on. If you think it doesn't fit, you report it and then hide it and then move on. Unless you're a masochist.

> 3431902 >>3431863
> So they do it... because people enjoy it.

> 3431907 One side believes Ruby Quest is a collaborative RPG that focuses on cinematic behavior and foregoes dice-rolling.
> The other side holds Ruby Quest is little more than a comic in which people vote on the next panel.

> 3431913 >>3431902
> someone has to shit on people's parades.

> 3431935 >>3431907
> Both answers are right, and both answers are /tg/ related, although the second is a stretch.
> NO ONE IS WRONG, EVERYONE IS RIGHT.

> 3431939 My favorite part was when someone was like "Talk to stitches" and she goes "okay, SHOVE"
> and everyone's like WHAT THE FUCK
> I thought it was a rather clever way to comment on all the claims of RAILROOOOAAAAAAAD while still being acceptable within the diegesis. made a point without fucking up the narrative.
> bonus points: someone actually DID suggest "shove stitches over the edge", but I bet if he'd quoted that they'd only assume he was posting suggestions for himself

> 3431976 >>3431939
> Conclusion? When we really are railroaded, it's a good way to see that it's either a flashback of mind control.

> 3431985

> 3432005 >>3431976
> Yeah, I'm glad that the one time we're completely and irrevocably veered off of what we actually want to do, it doesn't actually fuck us over.

> 3432081 Ruby'd be able to use her THIRD EYE more frequently if we could just find the EYEDROPS.

> 3432135 'And the birds all cried'
> So this crying bird/shade figure is the last of the characters actually mentioned in the poem, right?

> 3432148 Ruby should elevate her KUNDALINI from her AJNA to her SAHASRARA and thereby achieve union with GOD.
> Or perhaps that would be a bad thing in this setting?

## Thread 28

3493055 The light fades from the room and darkness envelops Ruby and Tom. It is a familiar and horrible kind of darkness.
The unrelenting sound of moving water deafens their ears.
You can suggest actions for both Ruby and Tom, though neither is sure exactly where the other is.
[As always, please try to self-moderate and avoid flooding the thread with repeat comments. The faster you fill up a thread, the sooner a new one will have to be started, so please be considerate of others.
For running discussion, visit the IRC room at irc.rizon.net and /join #rubyquest .]

> 3493058

> 3493062 Feel around. Try to fing the other.

> 3493063 Looks like I won't be going to bed early after all.
> Yell a lot. Try to see if anyone responds.

> 3493065 Inspect with the THIRD EYE

> 3493069 Yell for Tom.

> 3493071 >>3493062
> *find. Gosh.
> When you find Tom, don't let go of him no matter what.

> 3493072 anus

> 3493078 Put on Ruby's robe and wizard hat.

3493080 >>3493062
>Feel around. Try to fing the other.
Ruby and Tom grope blindly in the choking blackness to try and find each other. The sound of water is all about them, drowning out their cries.

> 3493082 try using third eye to navigate/pierce darkness

> 3493085 Do they actually FEEL any water? They can still breathe fine and stuff, right?

> 3493089 Stand still and wait.

> 3493094 >>3493082
> No. The bird is attracted by the eye. Don't use it.
> >>3493085
> I'm guessing it's coming from the lower levels: The base is flooding with water.
> >>3493090
> Useless: They can't hear their radio any better than their cries.

> 3493096 Ruby: does it feel wet?

> 3493098 Inventory please

> 3493100 Have both Tom and Ruby try and find the rail, and follow it until they reach eachother.

3493105 >>3493065
>>3493067
Ruby opens her third eye, and a guiding vision appears.
Through the sounds of water, she hears a faint voice whispering, calling her onward.
>>3493085
>Do they actually FEEL any water? They can still breathe fine and stuff, right?
The area is dry. They don't FEEL any water.

> 3493110 start walking

> 3493111 >>3493105
> Find Tom first, then follow together.

> 3493114 Get out the PRICKLY FIST and move towards the voice.

> 3493117 follow direction cautiously

> 3493119 >>3493105
> Follow the arrow.
> What kind of voice is it?

> 3493124 close third eye before you blow your mind out

3493129 >>3493100
>Have both Tom and Ruby try and find the rail
>>3493110
>start walking
Ruby begins to follow the arrow. Tom continues searching for Ruby, and finds the rail, following it.

> 3493132 Dear god we're going to walk into a wall or fall off the rails aren't we.
> Try using the radio to get an idea of Tom's location by sound.

> 3493138 OH GOD TURN AROUND AND SEE WHAT THAT THING IS

3493147 Ruby feels a set of stairs in the direction the arrow was pointing.

> 3493149 RUBY: Have your PRICKLY FIST ready, just make sure not to hit Tom.

> 3493151 Climb up the stairs.

> 3493154 Tom: while following the rail, swing your manly fist through the darkness.

> 3493157 Try to contact each other with the radios.

> 3493158 sneak up stairs like a ninja. No one can see you right now! you are a ninja!

3493159 >>3493154
>Tom: while following the rail, swing your manly fist through the darkness.
Tom swings his fist.
Ruby feels something hit her foot.

> 3493161 >>3493159
> Ruby: Stop! You're on the rail!

> 3493168 Have Ruby and Tom hold hands in order to keep their bearings, basically the buddy system.

> 3493169 Stomp your foot, Ruby, if it's Tom, then he can take it.

> 3493170 RUBY: Reach out and touch whatever it was that hit her.

3493176 >>3493157
>Try to contact each other with the radios.
The sound of water is too loud to use the radios!
>>3493161
>Ruby: Stop! You're on the rail!
Ruby freezes.
The sound of water begins to subside.

> 3493181 Get back down off the "stairs"

> 3493183 >>3493176
> Is it coming in a particular direction?

> 3493184 Can you determine from the crackle where Tom is? Also, get away from whatever is trying to grab Ruby's foot!

> 3493185 now that the sound is gone, try calling for Tom again.

> 3493186 Ruby: Close your third eye before it starts to hurt again.

> 3493188 Stairs don't really equal a railing, unless it's just one very high step.
> Have Tom try to feel what he's touching.

> 3493191 inb4 Ruby wakes up to find herself perched at the edge of a very dangerous hazard.

3493192 The light suddenly returns in a crackling flash.

> 3493198 Are the fans turning?

> 3493199 Ruby: Get down from there! You'll hurt yourself!

> 3493200 Tom: Save Ruby!

> 3493201 See what is below the fans.

> 3493202 >>3493192
> Close third eye, get down from railing.
> The safe way.

> 3493208 Hug Tom.
> If the danger's gone, now would be a good time to investigate Red's room again: Judging from how Ace can move around, the debris there should've been cleaned and allow movement for Ruby and Tom as well.

3493216 >>3493200
>>3493199
Tom helps Ruby down from the railing quickly. The darkness seems to have past, and the distant voice is gone.

> 3493217 I see blood on one of the fan blades, inspect it.

> 3493220 Close third eye. Check the double-doors again.

> 3493221 Ruby: Close your eye before it starts hurting and you faint

> 3493225 Ruby: Discuss what just happened with Tom.

> 3493235 We need a way to take down Ace to get his boss key so we can confront the final boss of the dungeon and collect the missing Triforce piece.
> Let's try to retrace Ace's steps from where we last saw him. He should be leaving a trail of blood.

3493236 >>3493220
>>3493221
Ruby closes her third eye and again the two of them consider the door to Lab B.
Ruby has a very strong feeling that before all this is over, she'll have to go in there.

> 3493242 Inspect the blood on the fan, please.

> 3493243 >>3493236
> Investigate the blood on the fan in the meantime.

> 3493245 Check the plant again.
> Emobird might have left something.

> 3493246 >>3493242
> its from stitches when he fell into the fan

> 3493248 >>3493236
> >Ruby has a very strong feeling that before all this is over, she'll have to go in there.
> All the more reason to find Ace.
> Go to Red's room and beyond the door where he first came from.
> Also discuss about things. Ask Tom if he trusts you now.

> 3493252 >>3493236
> CROWBAR + LOCK

> 3493254 >>3493246
> that was a long time ago and it had been cleaned up since then, take a quick look at it

> 3493257 ask tom for ideas/gut feelings

> 3493259 No, don't go looking for Ace (yet).
> Now that Tom's with you to provide backup, goback through the closet and introduce him to Doctor Filbert. Hopefully, confronted by the two of them he might be a bit easier to 'Persuade' if things go wrong again.

> 3493263 ask tom what he found out when he was away from you.

> 3493269 >>3493259
> We don't know if Filbert's still there, but I suppose if he's not we could still check out the area.

3493273 >>3493208
>>3493222
>>3493228
Tom politely explains he doesn't feel like hugging Ruby right now, given the footage they watched together a short while ago. That hug didn't end particularly well.
Maybe they just need some time to trust each other again.
>>3493242
>>3493243
>>3493217
The blood on the fan is most likely a spot the cleaners missed after the "accident" Ruby made Stitches have in the fan.
>>3493252
>CROWBAR + LOCK
The lock is massive and sturdy. No way even Tom's MANLY PHYSIQUE could tear it down!
>>3493245
>Check the plant again.
Ruby checks the plant, but it doesn't appear to be anything but a plant and some soil.

> 3493275 Go turn the dial in the dummy room to the symbol we haven't tried yet, and then interact with the currently-unpowered console it is linked to.

> 3493276 plus we have Manly physique as back up vs Flibert now.

> 3493277 >>3493236
> Ruby: Thank Tom, try and both reach the sign above lab dor to see if anything is behind it

> 3493279 >>3493273
> Go back to the previous room. It doesn't look like there's anything more to see here.

> 3493282 Check on Filbert together. Bully some answers out of him.

> 3493285 Bang on the door to see if you can provoke a reaction.

> 3493287 Ask Tom to get out any weapons that he has, and check out the room where Filbert was.

> 3493288 Go into the room where Tom was murdered

> 3493289 >>3493275
> Double check to see if the paper on the wall is any different first.
> Never know.

> 3493294 >>3493273
> I somehow get the feeling this isn't the safest place to be, and the seems to be less details than usual...
> Nevertheless, my suggestions are:
> >Examine the Metal Glen logo
> >Get out of there and look for more things around the facility.

> 3493300 >>3493273
> Drop plant into fans, to see if they jam or if the plant smashes find out where the fans go in a later room

3493306 >>3493269
>>3493259
>>3493279
>>3493282
Ruby and Tom return to the previous room.
However, something seems to have changed.

> 3493307 >>3493300
> I'm fairly sure those fans siphon into the lockers..

> 3493310 Go inside. Check out everything.
> Be careful for Mutant-Filbert from now on: He might be around every corner in any place.

> 3493311 Equip weapons, enter the room with Filbert again.

> 3493312 Open the pipe, cautiously.

> 3493316 weapons out, srs faces on, and get ready to rock.

> 3493318 >>3493306
> Go threw door, have weapons ready

> 3493324 Ace must have gone in for Filbert.
> Get ready to fight or flee.

3493334 >>3493309
>Examine that thing that they're standing on.
It's that same severed foot from before. And Tom is gross for stepping on it.
>>3493310
>Go inside. Check out everything.
Tom brings out the BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL and the two of them enter the room.
...but it appears empty.

> 3493343 >>3493334
> Oh well. Open those lockers.
> After that, go check Red's room and beyond. About time for that.

> 3493346 >>3493334
> Examine fleshy growth.
> Then try cutting it.

> 3493347 >>3493325
> The Room she killed him in was the Medical room... a room which Ruby is yet to go to in the course of the Adventure. When Tom went there, he was by himself.

> 3493348 ... is that another door? if it is, go through there.

> 3493349 >>3493334
> Is it possible to tell the species of the animal based on the foot?
> Otherwise, it seems Ace was here, and he GOT Filbert. This probably makes it the safest place right now.

> 3493352 TOM: Bust open the cabinet with the caneshovel.
> RUBY: Inspect fleshy growths on the locker/box.

> 3493354 >>3493334
> raid the medicine locker, and might as well cut free the box in back and loot it and the other box

> 3493356 Have tom cut the fleshy growth with his tiny arms while keeping the shovel ready.

> 3493357 By the way Weaver, why did you delete your new character sheet about ten seconds after posting it, updated with Filbert, a while back?
> Don't think I didn't see ya.

> 3493361 >>3493334
> Examine the panel connected to the hatch at the top.

> 3493365 >>3493334
> Ruby: Open box on far left
> Tom: use BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL on Box with stuff growing over it to clear it, then open it.

> 3493367 >>3493055
> I don't recall; did we Third Eye this room yet?
> If not, then do so.

3493373 >>3493343
>>3493346
>Oh well. Open those lockers.
There is a patient's stool in the southwest corner. It doesn't open.
Against the north wall in what appears to be the examination portion of the room, there is some sort of metal footlocker overgrown with fleshy protuberances.
It resists Tom's attempts to open it, and two long, fleshy growths seem to converge where the lock would normally be, reaching towards each other with a gap in between.
The entire thing seems like an amalgamation of skin, muscle, and vein.

> 3493375 >>3493367
> I don't think we should use the third eye very much. It reeks of dark magic and may cause a BAD END in itself, if overused.

> 3493378 Quit overusing that fucking eye! It nearly got her killed!

> 3493379 check behind the poster on the wall

> 3493386 Can we get a look at our inventories?

> 3493387 Ruby: Check that first aid kit on the wall. Take it with you if possible.
> Tom: Help Ruby get the first aid kit if she has trouble.

> 3493391 >>3493373
> remove clothes. its the only way

> 3493392 >>3493373
> Take Filbert's Tools from the medical cabinet

> 3493393 >>3493373
> Did Tom take Ruby's scalpel?
> If so, try to cut the "skin" of the footlocker with it. Or with the caneshovel.

> 3493394 >>3493373
> Go back to coffin/locker room pick up fleshy growth with BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL, bring it back here and put it in the gap

> 3493395 >>3493378
> That was the bird and darkness.
> It seems to cause strain but we have no evidence the eye's usage itself will kill or harm her.

> 3493396 We haven't checked our inventories in awhile, have we?
> Let's do that.

> 3493398 poke the flesh, check for reaction

> 3493404 >>3493395
> We have no evidence that it won't.
> It's pervarsions of the warp! It must be purged!

> 3493406 >>3493395
> Aside from the fact that it starts bleeding from overuse and nearly got her killed just now.

3493417 >>3493379
>check behind the poster on the wall
The EYE EXAM chart is bolted to the wall. It appears to be a permanent fixture.
>>3493386
Ruby and Tom check their respective inventories.

> 3493421 >>3493417
> Inspect the hatch thoroughly.

> 3493422 Check to see if the door is locked or not.

> 3493423 Kiss Tom.

> 3493426 Break open the cabinet with the BLUDGEONY CANE SHOVEL.

> 3493430 insert syringe into flesh and attempt to extract something

> 3493432 >>3493417
> RUBY: Examine hatch/ladder/locking mechanisum
> TOM: Crowbar that med cabinet open

> 3493435 >>3493423
> Sure, because the last time ended so well.
> Look at Tom, though. Examine your feelings for him: Trust, friendhip, physical attraction, possible romantic feelings, things like that.

> 3493441 >>3493373
> Make a cautious hack at the fleshy bits with caneshovel, if it doesn't seem to be a threat cut the rest of it away.

> 3493446 Is that a note by the door?

> 3493449 >>3493417
> Cheak out the hatch is it locked?

> 3493451 go to Locker room and bring fleshy thing back here and see if its some kinda lovecraftian key for the fleshy gap

> 3493452 What is exactly in Tom's inventory? It looks like he picked up a few new things. Namely the syringe, the pliers and what looks to be a lockpick set.
> Also, show TOM the GROUP PICTURE.

> 3493453 Peek at Tom with third eye.

3493466 >>3493421
The keypad linked to the access hatch in the ceiling is a strange one.
It has a digit-lock AND a swipe-card slot, and it appears to be lacking power.
Strangely, it is connected to the hatch with both an electric and apparently-organic cord. The fleshy cord reaches from one terminal to the hatch, as does an electrical wire. Crossing the electrical wire is a thing flap of burnt flesh and ash, which appears to be leading to the a set of contacts on the access card reader.
It seems rather complex. Whatever the case, the burnt flesh appears to be evidence that the two cords have trouble working well together.

> 3493469 >>3493417
> Ruby: Ask Tom where the scalpel she left him with went. It could be used to cut the fleshy overgrowth.

> 3493470 >>3493466
> Crowbar that med cabinet open

> 3493473 >>3493466
> Show Tom the group photo and ask if it means anything to him

> 3493479 Cut line with wire cutter

> 3493481 swipe pedestal card through scanner

> 3493483 >>3493469
> Better not to mention the scalpel in front of Tom. he could frak out again.
> Try to open the MED CABINET with the CROWBAR.
> Or cut the FLESHY FOOTLOCKER with the shovel.

> 3493488 >>3493479
> lets not do that, eh?

> 3493492 >>3493483
> Noted.
> Ruby: Ask Tom to go crowbar-happy on the fleshy overgrowth.

> 3493493 >>3493483
> If Tom knows where it is, he can go get it himself and scurry back.

> 3493495 head back up to the ladder.

3493503 >>3493469
Tom explains that he has added the SCALPEL to his leather pouch of MEDICAL IMPLEMENTS.
>>3493426
>Break open the cabinet with the BLUDGEONY CANE SHOVEL.
One of the doctors probably had a TINY KEY to go with this lock.
Tom's no doctor, but he's got the prescription for this medicine cabinet!
After bashing the cabinet open, Tom finds a large jar of TRANQUILIZER inside.

> 3493505 TRANQUILIZER should go well for Ace.

> 3493506 >>3493503
> Tom: Fill syringe with tranquilizer. Then use scalpel on fleshy overgrowth.

> 3493507 Extract tranquilizer with syringe
> Prepare oneself

> 3493508 Using the syringe, inject the TRANQUILIZER into the fleshy growth to see what happens.

> 3493509 I also like how happy Tom can be when bashing things, no matter how grim the situation is, and no matter he's just seen a video where he got murdered by his friend.

> 3493510 fill syringe with tranqulizer

> 3493511 >>3493503
> TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FILL NEEDLE WITH TRANQUILIZER

> 3493513 Traquilizer+champagne=date rape

> 3493515 Cutting away the fleshy cord from the panel might restore power to it, but there's probably little point as we don't have a code or card for it anyway. So maybe leave it alone for now.
> We cut away at the fleshy growths before and got an access card for our troubles if I recall, so let's try cutting away at this one and opening the other box.

> 3493527 noting previous injection suggestions, inject tranqulizer into bot fleshly growths, locker and scanner

> 3493528 TOM: Fill SYRINGE with TRANQUILIZER
> use SYRINGE on FLESY GROWTH

3493531 >>3493506
>Tom: Fill syringe with tranquilizer.
Tom fills his SYRINGE with LIQUID TRANQUILIZER. He's got several doses worth in there now!
Still, he considers how much good it would do against a behemoth like Ace, should he show up again.
There appear to be three schools of thought on the fleshy locker. Should Tom:
Cut the growths sealing the locker with the scalpel?
Retrieve the fleshy growth from the jar downstairs and use it with the locker?
Inject the growths with tranquilizer?

> 3493536 Inject the growths with the TRANQUILIZER.

> 3493544 inject, then cut - should make it inactive (hopefully)

> 3493546 >>3493531
> >>Inject the growths with tranquilizer

> 3493548 Hey guys lets keep in mind that the fleshy growth shows up as an infant to third-eye-vision and it might be a bad idea to fuck with it before we know what it's for.

> 3493550 >>3493531
> SYRINGE IT
> THEN SCALPEL IT
> give it a painless death.

> 3493551 Option 2. It's worth a shot and if it doesn't work, what's the worst that could happen? [/famous last words]

> 3493556 Retrieve the fleshy growth from the jar downstairs and use it with the locker?

> 3493562 Please use tranq then cut. :C

> 3493564 >>3493557
> Isn't this one of those voting parts he does from time to time? That was my impression
> Option 2 all the way, if it is. My post will delete when we get a new image.

> 3493568 >>3493557
> Protip: delete your posts once Weaver replies.

> 3493571 inject then cut each, but doing the job on the reader/scanner, wear gloves for protection against possible shock

3493575 >>3493534
>>3493535
>>3493536
>>3493537
>>3493538
Going by the first 5 responses, the majority is in favor of using the JAR GROWTH on the LOCKER GROWTHS.
Tom and Ruby warily head back downstairs.

> 3493578 >>3493575
> This is not going to be good. Why use suspicious and evil growth when scalpel works just a well?

> 3493581 Yeah, great idea, get the Cthulhu baby. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING PEOPLE?

> 3493584 >>3493575
> NOOOO
> YOU FOOLS
> DAMMIT.
> NO.

> 3493587 >>3493575
> Use STRING on JAR. Tie the string around it with enough slack to pull it off the pedestal from a safe distance but not enough for it to hit the ground.

3493591 Ruby removes the BARBED WIRE from her RUBBER GLOVES and carefully removes the growth from the jar.

> 3493594 It's almost as if we WANT to be raped by another zombie.

> 3493596 >>3493575
> >>Use baby as lock
> FFFFFFFFFFFFffffffffffffff
> Also everone who voted delete posts please

> 3493597 >>3493591
> Quick-save.

> 3493601 >Use growth on lock
> >Die
> >Quick-Load
> >Use scalpel on lock, don't touch the fleshy thing

> 3493606 Chew on the fleshy growth. Your sense of taste will never steer you wrong.

> 3493607 >>3493591
> Tom: Say "Hey Ruby let's rethink this for a min"

> 3493611 >>3493607
> Tom is not Al Gore. He does not believe in recounts.

3493615 Tom and Ruby return to the hall.
STITCHES is here.

> 3493621 >>3493615
> Say hello.

> 3493622 >>3493615
> Ready your weapons!

> 3493624 OH LAWDY
> RUN AWAY

> 3493627 PREPARE SYRINGE, GREET.

> 3493630 He doesn't look very happy...
> Try and say hi to him.

> 3493633 EVEN MONSTERS NEED HUGS, STITCHES.

> 3493635 I am wary of this, but I need something explained first. Weaver said that the organic growths near the terminal had been burnt off, but are these growths just holding the terminal to the wall, or do they conduct electricity as well? We should test the growths to see if they're used to power the terminal somehow, hope someone has a better idea on how to do this cuz I'm stumped. If the flesh conducts power, we could use a sample of the flesh from the locker to complete the circuit. Also, Fan art.

> 3493637 wait just long enough to see what STITCHES' intentions are - if hostile, lead back to the fans and give him a flashback

3493638 >>3493621
>>3493622
Ruby's hands are full, and she has nowhere to put the large fleshy growth. She says hi.
Stitches groans hoarsely and growls in response.

> 3493639 >>3493615
> Hug Stitches,
> wait no
> Ruby: Explain that you have lost your memory but you know what you did and are sorry, and that you mean Stitches no harm.

> 3493641 Lure STITCHES into TRAP.
> Alternatively, use LOADED SYRINGE on STITCHES

> 3493642 >>3493635
> I'm Coocoo for GRIMDARK

> 3493643 >>3493638
> >...nowhere to put the large fleshy growth.
> You could throw it at Stitches if he goes hostile.

> 3493646 Just wait, see what he'll do and be ready to run.

> 3493647 TO THE FANS!

> 3493649 Tranq him

> 3493651 >>3493638
> Tom: Ready your goddamn weapons! Crowbar in one hand! Caneshovel in the other! GO!

> 3493653 >>3493638
> Apologize to Stitches profusely.

> 3493656 OH FUCK IT'S THE BRAIN MOUTH.
> TO THE FANS.

> 3493657 recreate prickly fist, use mean left hook

> 3493661 It may not be cool, and it may be cowardly...
> but i think this is a better time than any...
> to GTFO like a MUTHA' FFFFFFFFFFF!

> 3493665 Back off to the lockers room, we can go down to the first room from the hole there.

> 3493669 I think you guys are forgetting we don't really have anywhere to run TO.
> Unless you want to jump in the hole in the locker room.

> 3493672 >>3493651
> DUAL WIELD LIKE THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR.

> 3493673 >>3493665
> Better yet, we use the string to trip him up so that HE falls into the hole below.

> 3493676 run back into the lockers room tom and ruby on either side of door use string to trip him into hole in floor

> 3493683 >>3493676
> Combo move, run into next room, bait with ruby, trip with tom, syringe while he's down

> 3493684 I get the feeling that Stitches isn't in control of his faculties. Return to the last room and lock the door.

3493685 Stitches lunges forward. His intentions are clearly hostile.
He lets loose a pained moan as he staggers at Ruby, claws held high.
ＵＨＡＡＡＨＨ
ＫＩＬＬＬＬＬ ＭＥ

> 3493687 run back into lockers room. if the ceiling wasn't too high jump down through the hole.

> 3493689 Inject fetus full of tranq and feed the bear a midnight snack.

> 3493693 >>3493685
> >ＫＩＬＬＬＬＬ ＭＥ
> Comply. Use bludgeony caneshovel, crowbar, and syringe.

> 3493694 >>3493685
> Don't have support for the text there.
> Show Stitches Group Photo while backing away?

> 3493695 >>3493685
> Tom: Grant his wish. Crowbar in one hand. Caneshovel in the other. GO!

> 3493696 open third eye in front of stitches

> 3493698

> 3493701 tranq him.

> 3493707 >>3493685
> RUN BITCH RUN!

> 3493709 i gree with third eye. we should get to know what these things look like with the third eye.

> 3493710 >>3493685
> Ruby: tumble tumble duck weave, yes do that barrel roll if it will keep you safe
> Tom: While Stitches is busy with Ruby, sneak up behind and use TRANQUILIZER + SYRINGE on him

> 3493712 >>3493685
> Show him the picture.
> We cannot grant him eternal peace, he'll just regenerate again. We have to try and save him, we can't just ignore him or give up on him!

> 3493713 Escape the room. There's no sense getting involved in a fight with something like this.

> 3493717 Show him the group picture we picked up, tell him to fight it!

> 3493720 Show him group photo or use third eye

> 3493722 Fools! What are you thinking? STITCHES IS NOW IMMUNE TO FANS! O.o

> 3493723 Try syringe+tranquilizer first, maybe he'll calm down enough to talk to him.

> 3493724 Tom: HITS STITCHES WITH CANESHUVEL
> IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE

3493726 >>3493683
>Combo move, run into next room, bait with ruby, trip with tom, syringe while he's down
Tom and Ruby prepare for an elaborate maneuver!

> 3493730 Notice how Ruby holds that fleshy growth? Like a mother cradling her child? That's bad.

> 3493734 >>3493726
> Wait for it...wait for it...
> NOW!

> 3493737 Lol! I guess Tom modified his shirt so he can put those freaky mutant baby arms to better use! Smack Him! Getim!

> 3493738 >>3493726
> I didn't realize Tom was a 3.5 Edition Trip monkey.

3493741 Ruby trips Stitches with her UNATTRACTIVELY LONG FOOT. As soon as he falls, Tom pins him down using the strength of his MANLY PHYSIQUE and injects a healthy dose of LIQUID TRANQUILIZER into his neck.
Tom keeps Stitches pinned until, after a very nerve-wracking minute or so, he finally goes unconscious.

> 3493745 third eye now!

> 3493746 >>3493741
> Tie Stitches up with STRING.

> 3493747 Loot Stitches.
> *shrugs* You never know.

> 3493750 >>3493746
> Yeah, like that'll work. IT'S TWINE.

> 3493754 Well fine. Put him in one of the lockers and close it then. If we're going to be hostile towards poor Stitches the least we can do is keep him from wandering around the facility.

> 3493755 Find a way to tie Stitches up, or lock him away. Then get back to that fleshy container.

> 3493756 Tie stiches up with barbed wire. Pin him down with a locker.

> 3493758 >>3493750
> Probably a better idea to use a chair from the cafeteria and lock him in the closet we found him in since we could probably talk to him through the small eyehatch.

> 3493759 >>3493741
> Tom: Use eye and all hands to inspect Stitches for ANYTHING.
> Ruby: Use all three eyes in every possible combination to inspect Stitches for ANYTHING.
> Both: Use caution or play house, whichever suits your tastes.

> 3493761 >>3493741
> Give stitches the group picture before leaving to investigate the growth.

> 3493767 >>3493761
> We should probably keep that with us since it's 'tied to' Ruby.

> 3493768 HIGH FIVE eachother for sweet teamwork.
> Tie stitches arms and legs behind his back.
> continue on to locker.

> 3493769 Stitch his head back together using Medical tolls and string.

> 3493771 Third eye Stitches!

> 3493772 Stop asking to use the Third Eye! We are in the room we the strange symbol, remember? The one thah gave Ruby the headache-

> 3493774 Don't suppose there's a sewing needle in that MEDICAL IMPLEMENTS... maybe use it with the string to sew up his ever-splitting head... Might keep him sane for a while.

> 3493777 Tie Stitches with Barbed wire.

3493779 >>3493747
>Loot Stitches.
Stitches is carrying a TINY KEY labelled "medicine cabinet" in tiny letters.
...Tom decides to leave it with him.
>>3493754
Tom shoves Stitches into Locker #5 and slams the door close hard enough to jam it on the hinges. It's not much, but it'll do for now. It should keep him safe, and he should be out for a while with all the tranq Tom used.

> 3493782 Not much we can do for Stitches now... do we still have the lock that goes to these lockers? Maybe we can stuff him innna one like he is a scrub what doesn't pay us our dues come lunch hour.
> This image is not a repost, it's a newer version in case anyone cares. Got some great feedback from people about it already and I'd love to get some more that's help.

> 3493783 >>3493779
> >- Go and cut that locker with the scalpel. Put the fleshy growth back to its glass: It clearly attracts monsters.
> >- Go check out Red's room.
> >- Try to talk with Tom about things, and recover the connection of trust you used to held.

> 3493785 Wasn't one of the lockers in here jammed before? Now that we have Tom and MANLY PHYSIQUE we should try to open it

> 3493787 >>3493772
> Drag him out of the room, THEN use eye. Don't look at freaky statue. Or look at statue. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.

> 3493788 >>3493779
> Careful Tom, Ruby is trying to trip you!
> Okay, I guess we should go back to make an offering to the fleshy fetus god or whatever so that maybe the box will open.

> 3493791 Cast NEW THREAD on /tg/.

> 3493792 >>3493779
> Check remaining amount of tranquilizer.

> 3493797 >>3493779
> Baxk to growth room, use ruby's eye on the growth she is carrying once there

> 3493798 Bump limit reached.

> 3493800 >>3493785
> We opened it forever ago. We just shoved Stitches into it.

> 3493805 I REALLY think we should put the growth back to where it was, and not use the third eye that much. They're both evil.

> 3493808 Besides, clearly the appear of Stitches was a subtle hint from Weaver to NOT cause a Total Party Kill by using that flesh thing.

> 3493811 >>3493779
> Yes leave the baby growth in the jar till we know what it is for

3493814 >>3493761
Ruby slips the GROUP PORTRAIT into a paper-thin gap in the locker's edge, at the top. Stitches may appreciate it, perhaps?
>>3493785
>Wasn't one of the lockers in here jammed before? Now that we have Tom and MANLY PHYSIQUE we should try to open it
That would be the locker Tom just re-jammed to seal Stitches in.
There was nothing inside when Tom checked.
Tom and Ruby resume their original course of action and head back to the upstairs room.

> 3493818 I'd say it's pretty clear the eye is evil as it literally tried to send us into the fans, but there's no proof the lump attracted Stitches. Weaver was probably just spicing up an otherwise slow night.

> 3493819 leave growth alone, return and inject tranqulizer into both fleshly growth then cut

> 3493822 Can we once again try to open other, previously unexplored lockers in this room? Maybe they will yield to Tom's four armed strenght.

> 3493823 >>3493814
> Note absence of fetus statue.

> 3493824 >>3493814
> fuck alien is missing
> also put the growth back in the jar

> 3493825 Stop going upstairs, examine where the fuck statue went.

3493832 Ruby places the fleshy growth from the jar into the gap between the other fleshy growths.

> 3493833 >>3493818
> I think it's more likely the shadowy figure was using its own abilities to try to manipulate Ruby.
> As for actions, let's get that blasted fleshy container open before we get interrupted by any more Thing-infected friends.

> 3493837 >>3493814
> Ruby: relise you can't climb a ladder while holding the GROWTH and put it back in it's jar

> 3493842 >>3493832
> loot box

> 3493848 >>3493832
> open box, cheak for taps

> 3493850 and ffs, if nothing happens just cut the fucker open

> 3493857 Dude! The fetus statue-shit! That was there when Stitches was! Now, it's not! omgomgomgFINDIT!!

3493859 Before Ruby's eyes, the fleshy growths grow together and coil into one another.
The large fleshy mass Ruby placed onto the chest, now connected, begins to beat rhythmically, expanding and contracting with a soft, wet sound.
A moment later, the lid of the locker opens up -- not from the edge, but from the center, peeling itself open.
From inside, Ruby retrieves a FLESHY PROTOTUBE, a bizarre organic item that somehow features an electrical contact panel on one end.

> 3493860 >>3493859
> Ruby: Lick it.
> Tom: Post a new thread.

> 3493863 USE PROTOTUBE ON SCANNER FLESH!

> 3493864 >>3493859
> Wat.

> 3493866 Use it on the panel that's keeping the hatch closed.

> 3493869 Fix the keycard slot, attaching power and other connections Carefully.

> 3493870 >>3493859
> afix FLESHY PROTOTUBE to the hatch's lock

> 3493871 >>3493859
> Does the FLESHY PROTOTUBE plug into the keypad connected to the hatch?

> 3493872 cut away charred scanner flesh whilst wearing gloves, replace with prototube

> 3493876 Fix that panel by the hatch
> swipe card tom has into reader
> enter 0645

3493881 >>3493860
>Ruby: Lick it.
IT TASTES BAD.

> 3493889 >>3493881
> Use PROTOTUBE on PANEL

> 3493890 >>3493881
> OMNOMNOM IT

> 3493891 >>3493881
> Tom should have his own thread

> 3493893 Check if Tom tastes bad

> 3493896 >>3493890
> Playtime is over. No more sticking strange things into your mouth.

> 3493899 >>3493896
> but tom just finally got his pants off 8(

3493901 >>3493866
>>3493869
>>3493870
>>3493871
Tom cuts away the burnt flesh and Ruby plugs the FLESHY PROTOTUBE into the keypad's contact panel.
It doesn't seem to do much by itself.

> 3493905 >>3493881
> Tom: Say "Eww"
> Ruby: Replace burnt growth on pannel lock with this one. Careful to use your gloves

> 3493906 >>3493901
> We need a keycard as well.
> NOW go and explore Red's room.

> 3493907 >>3493901
> Attach knobbly bits to the sockets on the organic cable?

> 3493908 >>3493901
> well connect the protrusions to the socket bits

> 3493912 >>3493881

> 3493915 >>3493901
> Head back down to the dummy room and point the clock dial at another symbol

> 3493920 Tom: Give Ruby a really odd look.

3493923 >>3493907
>>3493908
>>3493911
Connecting the FLESHY PROTOTUBE in that way would lay it over the charged electrical wire! That's probably how the last connection got burnt!

> 3493925 >>3493901
> Ask Tom to show you Reds room

> 3493926 >>3493923
> ...Do we need....flesh extension cords?
> What?

> 3493929 inject flesh with tranqulizer, then connect with gloves on.

> 3493930 Can you somehow use the gloves to insulate the wires and keep them from touching the flesh?

> 3493936 use wire from prickly gloves to connect the flesh plugs

> 3493940 >>3493881
> Erotic.

> 3493944 What we need here is some kind of insulator... maybe Ruby could lay her gloves over the charged wire and THEN plug the flesh-tubes in on top of it?

> 3493945 >>3493936
> TOUCHING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS IS BAD.

3493947 >>3493930
>>3493931
>>3493932
Genius!
Ruby wraps the cord in her RUBBER GLOVES and connects the FLESHY PROTOTUBE, leaving both cords intact and connected!
The key panel lights up, awaiting a 4-digit number.

> 3493948 >>3493947
> 0645

> 3493950 enter 0645

3493955 >>3493948
>>3493950
Ruby punches in the code 0645, and the access card reader lights up.

> 3493957 >>3493947
> Input Eight Zero Zero Eight

> 3493959 swipe card through

> 3493960 Are we gonna make it outside so soon?!

> 3493966 In b4 ACE UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER

> 3493968 Use the High clearance card

3493973 >>3493953
Tom swipes the HIGH-ACCESS card.
That seems to have done the trick. The HIGH SECURITY HATCH on the ceiling recedes.
The path upwards is open.

> 3493977 >>3493973
> Go up.

> 3493979 >>3493973
> Have the Red Shirt go up first to investigate and then, if safe, close the hatch behind you.

> 3493981 >>3493973
> Welp... nowhere to go but up. Ascend!

> 3493983 >>3493973
> go up... careful of traps

> 3493984 ?? how did we know to input 0645? when did that come up?

3493988 Ruby and Tom ascend to the floor above.

> 3493996 >>3493988
> Try to close the hatch. We don't want Filbert or some other mutant to get out.

> 3493997 >>3493984
> from the note outside of lab B, it was a significant date, when stiches' heart started again

> 3494001 Check the doors on the sides.

> 3494002 inspect the ace room

> 3494003 >>3493988
> Inspect Ace's room.

> 3494005 >>3493988
> Go in Ace's room and search it.
> Maybe he left his boss key in there.

> 3494006 >>3493988
> Use bunny ears, listen to see if Filbert's in his room.

> 3494012 >>3493988
> cheak ace's room as the door is open. Also check he's not in there first

> 3494013 Crack open the security station door and try and estimate how large the room is. Its going to be bad if we have to deal with 20 guards..or worse..20 mutated guards.

> 3494014 >>3494006
> He can't be in his room, nobody can't be. We just repaired the hatch.

> 3494015 Check security station
> Search for weapons

> 3494018 >>3493988
> >Ace
> >Filbert
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> Security Station exploring?

> 3494019 The walls look clean use the third eye

> 3494024 >>3494015
> >Search for weapons
> We're too paranoid for weapons. Ruby might go nuts and shoot Tom, Tom might think Ruby went nuts and shoot her.
> >>3494019
> NO THIRD EYE IT EVIL

3494025 >>3494013
Tom tries the security room door, but it is locked with a SECURITY KEYCARD READER. Even Tom's HIGH ACCESS CARD does no good here.
Ruby and Tom head to Ace's quarters. Tom politely goes first.

> 3494033 >>3494025
> Existence of a security keycard means ace could be in his office. ..ffffff

> 3494035 I think we should close the hatch: This level is clean and empty. Everyone's fled long ago. We don't want mutants (other than us) roaming here.

> 3494036 Split up, close the door and head to the staff wing.

3494039 Ace's quarters appear rather starkly furnished.

> 3494041 try filbert's room next

> 3494044 >>3494039
> Check ACE'S BED

> 3494053 >>3494043
> Even if it wasn't evil, I don't think it does much in these uninfected rooms. It detects evil, and there isn't evil here.
> Yet. Close the hatch.

> 3494054 >>3494039
> Poor Ace :(
> try the other doors to see if they are unlocked

> 3494056 Bust down the wall between Ace's and Filbert's quarters with MANLY SHOVEL action

> 3494057 Don't let her seduce you Tom!
> >Hug Ruby

> 3494061 >>3494039
> Check Filbert's room next, carful that no one is in it

> 3494062 >>3494029
> It's probably more about the fact that if someone ambushes them, Tom will bear the brunt of the attack

3494063 Something is very disorienting about this room. The bed appears much larger than Tom originally thought.
>>3494044
>Check ACE'S BED
Tom finds a SPADE KEY tucked safely under Ace's pillow.

> 3494065 >>3494056
> umm... have we TRIED the door yet??

> 3494066 >>3494063
> Guess where WE'RE going.

> 3494069 >>3494039
> RUBY STAND GUARD DON'T LET THEM BUTTRAPE YOU

> 3494072 >>3494066
> Filbert's Room.

> 3494073 >>3494063
> No guessing where THAT key goes.
> Close the hatch, check the staff quarters next.

> 3494076 Test the side doors in the main room.

> 3494077 >>3494066
> No, let's explore this floor first.
> Let's go to Filbert's room.

> 3494079 >>3494063
> Collect the key, but let's not open up the lab yet.
> Let's finish inspecting the staff wings first. Red's old room may have useful things.

> 3494080 >>3494063
> Check the other rooms before we release #6, starting with filbert's room.

> 3494081 >>3494063
> It's like the first room in the Chocolate Factory. Optical Illusion.

> 3494082 >>3494063
> Check under the mattress.
> Todd from accounting mentioned there'd be weed stashed there.

> 3494083 Hide and seek under the bed.

> 3494084 Remember that ace is tougher than whatever is in lab 6...

> 3494091 >>3494084
> We don't know that. We just know that Ace was the one given the key.
> And really, we should stay far fucking away from Lab B until we have an actual REASON to go there.

3494093 Ruby and Tom return to the hall. Filbert's room is securely locked, and the Security room needs a SECURITY CARD. Even Tom's HIGH ACCESS CARD doesn't work here.

> 3494095 >>3494084
> >Remember that Ace was tougher than whatever is in the lab at the time he put it there.

> 3494097 >>3494084
> ...or immune to #6's horrible and destructive abilities.

> 3494098 Well, let's explore the staff wings.

> 3494101 >>3494093
> Go to the Staff Wings

> 3494108 >>3494093
> In staff wings, check Red's room first.

3494111 >>3494101
>>3494102
Ruby opens the door to the other wings...

> 3494115 >>3494111
> Greet Mr. Door warmly.

> 3494118 >>3494111
> back the hell away from the door

> 3494119 OH GOD THE STAFF HAS BEEN EATEN
> Run back down the hatch. Check Red's room down there. The one we blew up.
> I also just love those round eyes they have when they're frightened/surprised.

> 3494122 TOM: Pull Ruby away from the door!

> 3494123 >>3494111
> Back away.
> Quickly.

> 3494125 >>3494111
> Promptly avoid a limb-ectomy.

3494126 Ruby closes the door.
Ruby decides not to go that way.

> 3494128 >>3494111
> Is it just a toothy door or is it really a giant mouth of some creature?

> 3494131 Go to Upper Lab B

> 3494132 >>3494126
> Red's room.

> 3494135 >>3494128
> its....its...an elemental plain of teeth!

> 3494136 >>3494126
> Use the crowbar on Filbert's office door.

> 3494138 >>3494126
> Make sure Tom saw what we saw.

> 3494139 >>3494126
> KNOCK ON FILBERT'S DOOR AND DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR THE ELEMENTAL PLANE OF TEETH THAT LIES BEYOND THE DOORS

> 3494140 >Mr. Door
> >MrDoor
> >Murdoor
> >Murder
> Mother of god....

> 3494141 HP Check, re-examine Tom's eye (lack thereof)

> 3494144 >>3494136
> Yay, sequence breaking!

> 3494145 Go into the security station and get some guns, this whole melee the monsters thing is not good for our characters long-term health, or their short term health for that matter.

> 3494146 Try to crowbar the Security and Filbert's door.
> If not possible, let's go down to the lower levels to see if something changed. I think there is still things to do down there before releasing the beast.

3494147 >>3494138
>Make sure Tom saw what we saw.
Tom says that if you saw a huge door lined with teeth leading into some sort of horrible abyss then yes, he saw the same thing.
>>3494139
>>3494136
Filbert's door is too sturdy to be bashed or pried open. Further, there is no answer from inside.

> 3494149 >>3494145
> see
> >>3494093

> 3494150 >>3494145
> Security station is locked. We need a different AXIS CARD

> 3494151 ask tom how his eye is doing, quick look if necessary

> 3494152 >>3494147
> Well then, I guess we have to go back down.
> Let's examine Red's room first, see if we can access it, or see if anything else downstairs has changed...if not, I suppose we can go to Lab B...

> 3494153 >>3494147
> Let's go down to the dummy room and try the button we didn't pressed in the clock.
> Or go to Z-hatch room and inspect the closet for secret doors. Anything but enter Upper Lab B. We are not ready yet.

> 3494154 Check behind the spade sign.

> 3494155 >>3494147
> back down to the dummy room

> 3494157 We should probably refill the syringe with tranqs now if we haven't yet.

3494159 >>3494141
>HP Check, re-examine Tom's eye (lack thereof)
Ruby peels back the bandage on Tom's eye for a moment...

> 3494162 BRACETH FOR IMPACT

3494164 Tom's wound seems to be doing well. It doesn't appear to be infected and the earlier bleeding has stopped.
He looks like he'll be fine.

> 3494166 >>3494164
> Ok, put the bandage back. Let's go to the lower levels.

> 3494167 Oh well. That's good.
> Now Red's room.

> 3494168 >>3494164
> Put RUBY'S HAND in TOM'S EYE and withdraw EXCALIBUR.

> 3494169 >>3494168
> I vote for Not This.

3494170 >>3494166
Ruby and Tom head down one level.

> 3494171 >>3494168
> YES.

> 3494175 >>3494170
> What about that upper red picture? Could it be taken off to see what's behind it?

> 3494178 >>3494165
> Okay, we should refill that syringe with tranqs and keep an eye out for that access card.

> 3494179 >>3494164
> Back down to dummy room, checking that Red's room is still just rubble

> 3494181 >>3494170
> Try closing the hatch now.

> 3494183 Let's go to the Dummy room, to the clock thingie.

> 3494189 Ask Tom when he first noticed his mutation.
> Has had it for as long as he can remember?

> 3494191 >>3494183
> The dummy waits for you.

> 3494196 >>3494164

3494197 >>3494177
>>3494178
Tom tops off the SYRINGE with LIQUID TRANQUILIZER.
>>3494179
Ruby and Tom decide to begin the long trek all the way back to the DUMMY ROOM.

> 3494199 >>3494170
> keep going, keep going

3494202 Ruby and Tom continue their trek.

3494205 Still going!
They head through the room Ruby woke up in.

> 3494207 How did Ace get through all that rubble? Investigate.

> 3494210 >>3494197
> Yey they look happy :D ;D

3494212 Now into the dissipating brig...

> 3494214 >>3494207
> Ace has access to other doors that we do not have access to. Like the 'medical personnel only' door that he ENTERED the bomb room through in the first place.

> 3494217 >>3494205
> careful of dark void below guys :D ;D

> 3494219 How sad. They've finally given in to madness.

> 3494220 >>3494212
> Quick, cancel our retarded trek and go open Lab B.

> 3494223 >>3494220
> god, please.

3494224 Ruby and Tom finally arrive in the DUMMY ROOM, though the DUMMY is still absent.

> 3494225 >>You reach the room the Dummy was in.
> >>WHAT A FUCKING SURPRISE, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

> 3494226 >>3494224
> Check that wall painting with your third eye, Ruby. It might be important.

> 3494228 Well, while you're here, might as well try that final dial we didn't try yet.
> Then Lab B, need we go there or not. Not much else to do here, now is there.

> 3494229 >>3494224
> Third eye on painting.

> 3494230 >>3494224
> God, we're retards, have Ruby and Tom slap each other for being SO FUCKING DUMB and go to Lab B and open it already.

> 3494232 >>3494224
> since we're here we might as well take a quick peek with the third eye

> 3494233 >>3494224
> Take the DO NOT OPEN sticker. Apply it to the door of Lab B.

> 3494234 Spind dial, high five fish. Head to Lab B

> 3494236 Normal eyes first: We'ven't examined that painting even without the third eye yet.

> 3494237 >>3494226

> 3494241 >>3494224
> Great, turn dial to match symbol on pannel in next room

> 3494253 >>3494228
> There is something that we KNOW we can try here, and Ruby has a chance to third-eye a symbol which is intentionally drawn on the wall. As well as the painting which matches the sigils Stitches was tacked to when regenerating. This is potentially useful and low-risk, and thus takes priority.

> 3494260 >>3494253
> >>USING EYE
> >>LOW RISK

3494262 >>3494226
>Check that wall painting with your third eye, Ruby. It might be important.
Ruby examines the room with her THIRD EYE.
Something painful emanates from the PAINTING. But it's hollow, distant. Like an echo of something, memories of before.

> 3494269 >>3494262
> Close eye, investigate that spot.

> 3494270 >>3494262
> close eye, turn dial

> 3494273 >>3494262
> ...Yeah. Better not go into that much.
> Now the Lab B.
> And seriously, the Third Eye is EVIL. Don't use it!

3494275 >>3494262
A second echo suddenly comes through, piercingly.
It's small, and it's just an echo, but it's still incredibly focused, overpoweringly potent.

> 3494278 Kind of guessed it the first time around, but I'm guessing those symbols are in rooms to keep Ruby from using her third eye in them, or they're meant to ward it off.
> The more elaborate symbols cause the eye the most pain, it seems.

> 3494281 >>3494275
> open regular eyes. See what's there.

> 3494283 >>3494275
> That's the dial. Try the last symbol on it.

> 3494286 >>3494275
> turn the dial to this spot

> 3494287 >>3494275
> >>3494283
> No the dial is evil go to lab B.

> 3494289 >>3494275
> On second thought, don't turn the dial.

3494290 It hurts so badly, and yet...
...and yet it feels strangely good.
It's like a feeling that deep down, Ruby wants to feel forever.

> 3494293 Ruby has multiple personality disorder.

> 3494295 >>3494290
> Snap out of it, Ruby!

> 3494296

> 3494303 >>3494290
> Okay, we need to NEVER USE THE EYE AGAIN and go to Lab B already.

> 3494304 >>3494290
> Okay that's it. NO MORE THIRD EYE PEOPLE
> Weaver, this is a primary order, going past everything else: No matter what anyone says, ever, NEVER MAKE RUBY USE THIRD EYE AGAIN.
> Okay?

> 3494307 I think we should stop using the eye so much guys

> 3494313 We probably already f'ed up concerning the eye.

3494314 Ruby recovers a little and wipes the blood from her third eye.
Tom examines the CLOCKLIKE DEVICE.
...it would appear the EYE DIAL is missing.

> 3494319 Alright, let's not use the eye anymore.
> Let's go back to Upper Lab B.
> With :D faces

> 3494321 >>3494314
> Take the DO NOT OPEN sticker before leaving.

> 3494323 Yeah it hurts, but it's starting to feel good. Evil things don't feel good. They feel evil. We're just getting used to this new appendage and the more we use it the better off we will be.

> 3494324 >>3494319
> Can we just go there and say we :D the way over.

> 3494326 >>3494319
> Seconded. :D faces are good.

> 3494327 >>3494314
> well fuck,
> lab 6 then

> 3494329 >>3494290
> Oh my, Ruby has lost third eye virginity!

> 3494333 >>3494296

> 3494334 >>3494323
> No, evil things corrupt. First they feel bad, they hurt - but when you're accustomed to them, you start to enjoy the feeling. And that will be a very bad thing.
> NO MORE EYE NEVER

> 3494335 >>3494314
> Was the echo on the wall or floating in space?

> 3494336 >>3494323
> Or she feels the Warp overtaking her. It is a good pain.

3494344 >>3494321
Tom grabs the DO NOT OPEN sticker for no apparent reason.
Ruby and Tom take a long trek back to the catwalk outside Lab B, but those frames were lost on their way overseas, so we'll just skip to their arrival.

> 3494346 .>>3494314
> HA HA
> I FUCKING SAID IT WAS GONE IN THE IRC ROOM AS A JOKE
> NO ONE LISTENED
> IT TURNS OUT TO BE RIGHT

> 3494351 >>3494331
> You talk as if feeling good is a bad thing. What can you know or understand? There's something there for us, if only we will let it reveal itself to us. All this talk of evil. You're merely afraid to admit you liked it.

> 3494354 >>3494344
> wear the DO NOT OPEN sticker on the chance that it may prevent someone from opening you

> 3494355 >>3494344
> >>but those frames were lost on their way overseas, so we'll just skip to their arrival
> D: D;
> use key on lock

> 3494356 >>3494344
> Unlock the door with Ace's key, ready weapons, be extra careful etc.

> 3494357 Put DO NOT OPEN sticker over third eye's eyelid

> 3494358 Tom: check Ruby's eye for damage or mutation or such.

> 3494359 Put the DO NOT OPEN sticker on TOM'S FLY.

> 3494361 >>3494358
> Yes. Stare directly into her eye, Tom. Maybe you'll feel good, too.

> 3494363 >>3494344
> Apply the DO NOT OPEN sticker to the door.
> Open the door.

3494364 >>3494354
>wear the DO NOT OPEN sticker on the chance that it may prevent someone from opening you
Done.

> 3494367 >>3494351
> I smell HERESY!

> 3494373 >>3494364

> 3494374 >>3494364
> Just don't feel too invulnerable, Tom.

> 3494375 Stab the 3rd eye with the scalpel Ruby. It's the only way to be sure it won't hurt you.

> 3494377 >>3494364
> Ruby: smile at Tom's joke
> Tom: examine Ruby's 3rd eye

> 3494379 >>3494367
> Do we go around, attempting to flay everyone we meet like certain other denizens of this place? Of course not. We do not because we are in perfect control of ourselves. The eye is serving US. It holds the key to our escape.

3494382 Continued here: >>3494380

> 3494383 Ok, open the door, weapons ready. Face death.

> 3494387 >>3494364
> Weaver's been in a rascally mood tonight, giving in to our silly demands. A personal thank you for being amusingly obliging.

> 3494401 >>3494364
> Dohohoh

## Thread 29

3494380 Ruby and Tom use the SPADE KEY on the lock to Lab B.
The double-doors slide open.
[Animated]

> 3494389 >>3494380
> Greet Penny cautiously, hope she doesn't steal our eyes.

> 3494390 >>3494380
> Don't die.

> 3494392 Observe corpse from distance.
> Throw the least useful object they have at it.

> 3494396 Greet warmly with third eye.

> 3494398 >>3494389
> Bella*

> 3494399 CLOSE THE DOORS AGAIN

> 3494400 Get ready to matador dodge

3494403 SUBJECT 6 rises from the pool of light.
[Animated]

> 3494406 wut

> 3494408 Tell Six: Come with us if you want to escape

> 3494410 >>3494403
> WHERE ARE HER EYES

> 3494411 HORROR. I missed the previous thread. some anon link me?

> 3494413 >>3494409
> Eheheh....we gave the picture to stitches.

> 3494414 I have the strong feeling that we've just triggered a TPK, /tg/. Hope I'm wrong.

> 3494415 >>3494409
> The picture is with Stitches in Tom's locker.

> 3494421 >>3494403
> Back off, back the hell off

> 3494423 Greet openly. I don't think this is the danger of Lab B.

> 3494425 She's still blind..dont make a sound

> 3494427 >>3494403
> Mind the fans behind you.

> 3494429 Expose genitals, receive mutant baby

> 3494430 don't look into those eyes, THOSE DEAD EYES FFFFFFFFFFFFF

3494431 SUBJECT 6's legs appear to have been amputated. His arms are long, thin, and end at bony points instead of hands.
He lies in the center of the room, staring with empty eye sockets towards the door. His ears twitch slightly, listening.
ＩＳ ＳＯＭＥＯＮＥ ＴＨＥＲＥ?

> 3494432 >>3494411
> Wont anyone help anon in trouble?

> 3494434 >>3494403
> Holy fuck, i didn't know that was a GIF and jumped out of my chair

> 3494437 Is 6's voice the same voice we heard over the video screen?

> 3494439 >>3494432
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3494440 >>3494432
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby
> >>3494431
> "Hello? This is Ruby. And Tom. You remember us, don't you? You wouldn't hurt us, wouldn't you?
> Who are you, and why are you here? What have you done?"
> (Be careful, though.)

> 3494444 Tom & Ruby: We're trying to escape. We just want to escape. Are you ssafe?

> 3494446 >>3494431
> DON'T MAKE A SOUND

> 3494452 >>3494431
> Say your name. Don't introduce Tom right now (maybe #6 won't know there are two persons with him). Ask his name.

> 3494454 >>3494431
> Greet Six, but don't move into room.
> If Tom can't be seen from where he is keep him hidden.

3494456 >>3494440
Ruby begins to speak, but the figure interrupts.
Ｉ ＣＡＮ'Ｔ ＨＥＡＲ ＹＯＵ, ＣＨＩＬＤ.
ＣＯＭＥ ＣＬＯＳＥＲ.

> 3494457 REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAW WITH THAT AWFUL EYE
> Whatever you do, whatever you say, don't cross the threshold. No matter what it says to us. Please keep that rule in mind.

> 3494459 >>3494456
> Don't.
> His body is crippled. Laws of storytelling say, that his mind must be VERY strong.

> 3494460 >>3494456
> don't

> 3494461 go closer, brace for impact

> 3494462 Take exactly one step closer.

> 3494464 >>3494456
> YELL THAT SHIT NIGGER

> 3494465 >>3494456
> Fuck him, speak louder.

> 3494467 >>3494456
> HAHA, FUCK NO, MR. WOLF.

> 3494468 >>3494456
> >come closer
> NO CAN DO, BUB.

> 3494470 >>3494456
> Try talking louder?

> 3494473 DON'T FUCKING GO IN.
> SPEAK LOUDER.

> 3494476 >>3494431
> Is this the sorce of Tom's extra hands and Ruby's eye?!?

> 3494477 >>3494456
> Try to sound like the Techpriests in Dawn Of War.
> And stay away from the thing.

> 3494479 >>3494456
> Hell no, we've read those reports. Keep your distance and speak louder. Ask him why he's here.

> 3494482 >>3494456
> WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
> FIND LIGHT SWITCH.

> 3494485 >>3494456
> Go running and kick it on it's mouth

> 3494491 >>3494484
> It says "I CAN'T HEAR YOU CHILD, COME CLOSER."

> 3494492 Throw something useless near her. Check reaction.

> 3494493 >>3494484

> 3494494 Be friendly, but super cautious. Go ahead try and comfort her to your presence. Remain twice the distance of arms length away!

> 3494497 >>3494489
> >>3494484
> First picture: IS SOMEONE THERE?
> Second picture: I CAN'T HEAR YOU CHILD. COME CLOSER.

> 3494505 EYE FOR GOD'S SAKE

3494506 >>3494452
>>3494464
Ruby speaks louder instead of entering the room. Subject 6 appears disappointed, a look of sadness crossing his face. He sits up, facing the door.
>Ask his name.
The look of sadness disappears for a moment. His brow uncreases and he smiles thinly.
ＤＯＮ'Ｔ ＹＯＵ ＲＥＣＯＧＮＩＺＥ ＭＥ?
ＩＴ'Ｓ ＭＥ, ＴＯＭ.
ＴＨＥ ＬＯＶＥ ＯＦ ＹＯＵＲ ＬＩＦＥ.

> 3494507 Find a fucking light switch, damn!

> 3494508 >>3494491
> Hey, other anons, delete your posts. This guy already explained it.

> 3494509 >>3494493
> >Opera

> 3494510 >>3494505
> NO. NEVER EYE. NEVER. EYE IS BAD AND CORRUPTS YOU. DIDN'T YOU GET IT ALREADY.

> 3494514 >>3494506
> Say's "DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME?
> IT'S ME, TOM.
> THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE."

> 3494515 I suggest we turn around to look at Tom for a moment.

> 3494518 >>3494506
> Check Tom.

> 3494522 >>3494506
> >ＤＯＮ'Ｔ ＹＯＵ ＲＥＣＯＧＮＩＺＥ ＭＥ?
> >ＩＴ'Ｓ ＭＥ, ＴＯＭ.
> >ＴＨＥ ＬＯＶＥ ＯＦ ＹＯＵＲ ＬＩＦＥ.
> Fuck.
> I'm thinking he might've received Tom's old memories or something. Hopefully.
> At least this pretty much proves Ruby and Tom used to be pretty close, which is nice.

> 3494523 Tom, keep quiet and get that weapon readied. Find a light switch while Ruby (probably whatever other people are saying) talks.

> 3494524 Third eye. I want to know if 6 is the grinning menace we saw earlier.

> 3494525 Getting your arms crushed does not sharpen them into goddamn ice picks.

> 3494528 >>3494506
> Get ready to move away from the entrance quickly in case Six pounces.

> 3494529 >>3494506
> YOU ARE NOT A CAT

> 3494531 >>3494517
> HEY, DON'T POST THIS SHIT.
> JUST LOOK OUT FOR A WORDFORWORD (WHICH BY THE WAY IS TWO POSTS UNDER THE WEAVER POST).
> YOU'LL GET 20 ANONS SAYING THE SAME THING.

> 3494535 >>3494515
> This

3494536 >>3494518
>>3494515
Tom appears as confused as Ruby.

> 3494540 >>3494514
> Thanks for translations btw

> 3494541 >>3494536
> Have Tom address #6?

> 3494542 have tom greet six and wait for reply

> 3494543 Have ruby look at tom with her regular eyes, and at six with her third eye. Close the door after that.

> 3494544 He's trying to trick us. Lure us into him. Don't trust him.
> The alternative, that he really is Tom, is just too painful to consider.

> 3494546 Throw the oxygen tank at it.

> 3494547 Take a five-feet step aside to take covered behind the door frame in case it leaps on us; then check on Tom.

> 3494549 >>3494536
> Ask #6 if he can prove he's Tom

> 3494550 I don't trust Tom Nook when I play the actual game, I don't trust his ass here, either. I say we ask him if he wants anything, or maybe just watch him and see if he tries to act up. Stay near the doors so we can close them and at least buy time to flee.

> 3494551 Have Tom take off shoes and use CAT SNEAKING SKILL to use the SYRINGE on the.... whatever.

> 3494556 >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542
> >>3494542

> 3494557 third eye

3494558 Subject 6 turns a bit, suddenly perking up his ears.
ＬＵＣＹ? ＬＵＣＹ ＩＳ ＴＨＡＴ ＹＯＵ?
Ｉ ＫＮＥＷ ＹＯＵ'Ｄ ＣＯＭＥ ＢＡＣＫ ＴＯ ＭＥ.

> 3494561 Dear lord he's channeling ricky ricardo

> 3494565 >>3494558
> THE WRITING SAYS, AND I QUOTE,
> "LUCY? LUCY IS
> THAT YOU?
> I KNEW YOU'D COME
> BACK TO ME."

> 3494566 >>3494558
> Seriously using the third eye sounds good right about now.
> And get that oxygen tank ready.

> 3494567 TOM NOOK
> FROM ANIMAL CROSSING
> Looks like him too, sans limbs
> There are two Toms in AC, the shop owner and the random village, the Cat tom is the villager.

> 3494568 He's insane.
> Have Tom feign that he's Lucy: "Yes, it's me. Lucy." Try to get information out of him by this.

> 3494570 Look at the whole room with the third eye. Let's see what's going on here.

> 3494571 >>3494558
> wat

> 3494572 I've been dreading Nook's arrival through this whole damn game. Ready a weapon and keep three of our four peepers peeled for some sort of Hell-Lucy to appear from the shadows.

> 3494574 ...Fumble for a light switch.

> 3494576 >>3494561
> It would seem that Ruby has got some splanin to do! Seriously though, third eye, use it.

> 3494577 Tom: club Ruby upside the head with the shovelcane and shove her in there, then run.
> I WAS SPY ALL ALONG

> 3494578 Interrogate using deception.

> 3494579 >>3494558
> tell him you are not lucy

> 3494581 >>3494551

> 3494583 ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!!!

> 3494585 Christ Almighty. Tom Nook is #6. I should have seen that from a mile away. Regardless, play up his confusion long enough to...well, what the Hell do we want here exactly? To kill him? Get information? This is probably our one chance to not fuck this part up.

> 3494586 *SNORT*

> 3494587 Let him... it... speak.

3494588 >>3494566
>Seriously using the third eye sounds good right about now.
Ruby's third eye is in too much pain to open right now!
>>3494568
>Have Tom feign that he's Lucy: "Yes, it's me. Lucy."
ＬＵＣＹ, Ｉ'Ｍ ＳＯ ＧＬＡＤ ＹＯＵ'ＲＥ ＨＥＲＥ.
Ｉ ＨＡＶＥ ＳＯＭＥＴＨＩＮＧ ＦＯＲ ＹＯＵ.

> 3494589 Tom: What?

> 3494591 >>3494588
> This is bad, I think we'd better get out of the doorway ASAP.

> 3494592 >>3494588
> "LUCY I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE
> I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU"

> 3494593 >>3494588
> Have Tom approach very carefully, touch him with his caneshovel, tell him it's his hand, and ask him to give that thing to him.

> 3494594 TELL HIM WE DON'T WANT IT

> 3494595 >>3494588
> Oh holy shit
> We be proper fucked now.

> 3494597 Say "That's very nice. What is it?"

> 3494598 Weapons at the ready. stand guard.

> 3494599 >>3494588
> Step slowly out of the doorway out of the room and stand beside the door. Continue shenanigans.

> 3494600 Sneak for Straight Jacket on Bed, Incapacitate, search, apply jacket to Tom (Mouse)

> 3494601 Get to side of doorway, lean in, tell him to come give it to you.

> 3494606 Tell him you're the new number 2.

> 3494608 I'm only posting this 'cuz I have no way of getting in the chat. The second Tom is a tanooki, or a raccoon if that's too weeaboo for you.
> Just... to clear up confusion.

> 3494610 >>3494601
> Tell a quadruple amputee cripple to come give you something. You being 5 to 6 feet away.

> 3494613 >>3494414
> This is RubyQuest, Weaver has everything pre-planned and the only deviations can be very minor.

> 3494614 Slam the door closed and barricade it with something, fast!

> 3494615 Roll the oxygen tank towards it.

> 3494616 >>3494600
> ITS TOM NOOK
> TOM NOOK IS A RACCOON
> Well Technically Tanuki, but if the "fan artists" look up legends about Tanuki, they'll have a field day

> 3494621 >>3494613
> Damnit, we managed a whole thread without railroadfags.

3494625 >>3494593
>>3494600
>>3494601
Approaching the door, Tom realizes the room smells INCREDIBLY FOUL. Ruby agrees -- it's SO noxious, he can't even breathe it.
>tell him to come give it to you
Ｉ ＣＡＮ'Ｔ ＭＯＶＥ, ＬＵＣＹ.
ＰＬＥＡＳＥ, ＣＯＭＥ ＴＯ ＭＥ.
Ｉ'Ｍ ＳＯ ＬＯＮＥＬＹ ＨＥＲＥ.

> 3494626 >>3494610
> Quadruple amputee with goddamn spike arms.

> 3494630 >>3494623
> Lucy is a pig. Catch up and learn to Google.
> http://www.animalxing.com/characters.php
> Also, self-moderation, guys. We haven't been doing a lot of it in this second thread. Let's get back to it before Weaver gets upset.

> 3494631 Pick up the key by reaching with a crowbar or some other long item.

> 3494634 Let's toss the ball of string near it to see if it reacts?

> 3494635 Also use the oxygen tank to breathe.

> 3494636 We need to use the oxygen mask to get the key.

> 3494637 Looks legit, reach out for the key with a gloved hand.

> 3494638 Use oxygen to approach, stay on CONSTANT guard. Prepare to go Gordon Freeman on his ass, if nessecary

> 3494640 >>3494625
> Quickly swipe the key and ask him what it opens.

> 3494641 >>3494625
> TOM: Equip oxygen tank, move in, take the key.

> 3494642 >>3494625
> "I CAN'T MOVE, LUCY.
> PLEASE, COME TO ME.
> I'M SO LONELY HERE."

> 3494646 >>3494625
> use caneshovel to retrieve key from a safe (hopefully) distance

> 3494654 Oxygen tank sounds good. I haven't showered recently, so don't mind the smell.

> 3494656 Ask him what the key's for

> 3494663 Have Tom get the key with the caneshovel, and then close the door and barricade it.

3494667 >>3494641
Tom starts to move in. Subject 6 does not react well.
ＮＯ!
Ｉ ＳＡＩＤ ＬＵＣＹ!

> 3494672 Ruby: Take the caneshovel from Tom, approach carefully, pick up the key with the caneshovel.

> 3494673 oh shit, how much have i missed. brb catching up.

> 3494675 >>3494667
> Ruby approach and get the key, with the oxygen mask and gloved hands equipped. Warn him that she might sound a little different since she has to have safety gear on.

> 3494676 >>3494667
> How the hell can he see us?
> And OPEN THE DAMN EYE ALREADY

> 3494677 have ruby move instead

> 3494678 probably better to do what it says. Ruby, approach, Tom, prepare defensive maneuvers.

> 3494682 >>3494667
> "NO!
> I SAID LUCY!"

> 3494690 >>3494676
> Weaver's already said that Ruby's eye is hurting too much to use, there's no need to keep asking for it.

3494691 >>3494675
Ruby slowly approaches, holding the oxygen mask to her mouth to breathe safely.
Subject 6 smiles again.
ＴＨＡＮＫ ＹＯＵ.

> 3494696 >>3494682
> cheers
> Ruby: go and just get the key using your remaining glove
> Tom: be ready to go in swinging if things go wrong

> 3494698 Back away and say "no, thank you, thank you, tom"

> 3494700 TOM: Feel around the entrance for a light switch

> 3494701 Back off. Quickly.
> Only then ask what the key is for.

> 3494702 Hold oxygen tank to protect your vital organs...hope to god he cant punch through it because that'll be catastrophic.

> 3494703 >>3494691
> "THANK YOU."

> 3494706 >>3494698
> after getting the key!

> 3494707 IN B4 BAD END
> IN B4 BAD END
> IN B4 BAD END
> IN B4 BAD END

> 3494709 >>3494691
> Examine table.

> 3494711 Have Tom prepare to hold his breath to charge in and quickly drag Ruby out, if the situation deteriorates.

3494713 Ruby approaches Subject 6, who stares up at her with empty eyes.
Ruby asks for the key.

> 3494716 >>3494713
> FFFFFUUUUUUUUUCK

> 3494718 FUck...

> 3494719 Run! Look at the eyes!
> It's a bait! Like velociraptors, he hunts in pairs! ("Clever girl.")

> 3494722 GTFO

> 3494723 >>3494713
> tom: Tell Ruby to get back NOW!!!

> 3494724 >>3494713
> OPEN YOUR THIRD EYE

> 3494725 >>3494713
> BUNNY HOP OUT OF THERE!

> 3494726 Tom: yell warning!
> Ruby: RUNNN

> 3494728 Uh-oh, what are those eyes in the bottom-right...
> Tom, brain it with your crowbar or caneshovel immediately. Ruby, snatch the key in teh moment of distraction and run out now.

> 3494729 I told you guys 6 wasn't the problem.

> 3494730 Tom grab Ruby and pull her back

> 3494731 WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU, RUBY!! Tom, save her!

> 3494732 Just kidding.

> 3494733 TOM: HOLD YOUR BREATH & SAVE THE FUCKING DAY AND PULL RUBY THE HELL OUT!

> 3494735 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3494736 >>3494729
> >I told you guys 6 wasn't the problem.
> But he is. That's the real 6, there in the corner. What Ruby and Tom are seeing is a decoy, a distraction.

> 3494737 Vain attempts at opening the third eye to cause "bad end" aside, I'm pretty sure Weaver's just trying to draw the panels and unravel the story with some amount of suspense, so cool it a little with the retarded suggestions and give him a chance. Besides, why would Ruby run? Her eyes are all on Nook and she wouldn't see the yellow eyes.
> Self-deleting upon the next pic...

> 3494739 Actually, wait. Please modify my request for Tom to call out "Who's there?" Maybe - just maybe - this new creature isn't hostile, and if it is the second's distraction will still give Ruby a chance to escape.

> 3494740 >>3494736
> Tom Nook =/= #6
> How we got in there is a mystery.

3494744 >>3494700
>TOM: Feel around the entrance for a light switch
Tom begins blindly groping just inside the door for a light switch, holding his breath.
Subject 6 holds up the GOLD KEY.
ＴＨＩＳ ＷＩＬＬ ＧＥＴ ＹＯＵ ＩＮＴＯ ＨＩＳ ＯＦＦＩＣＥ.
ＨＥ ＨＡＳ ＴＯＯＬＳ ＩＮ ＨＩＳ ＤＥＳＫ.

> 3494745 >>3494737
> >Besides, why would Ruby run? Her eyes are all on Nook and she wouldn't see the yellow eyes.
> But Tom sees it and warns/picks up Ruby.

> 3494746 >>3494737
> Personally, I'm of the opinion that the eye is NOT going to suddenly cause BAD END just because we used it.

> 3494747 We should bring 6 with us.

> 3494748 >>3494744
> Key obtained.
> RUN

> 3494749 GRAB KEY AND GTFO TO FILBERT'S OFFICE

> 3494750 Take key, thank him kindly, get the HELL out of there. Tom, prepare to support.

> 3494751 >>3494739
> Reiterating my last (although make sure that Tom is standing outside the threshold when he speaks, so that he doesn't inhale).

> 3494752 Even better: 6 IS THE DARKNESS. HE STRIKES FROM THE DARKNESS.
> He means Filbert, I suspect. Take the key, run, close door, go to Filbert's office.

> 3494753 >>3494744
> SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LEAVE

> 3494754 >>3494744
> "THIS WILL GET YOU INTO HIS OFFICE.
> HE HAS TOOLS IN HIS DESK."

> 3494755 >>3494744
> Ruby: take key and say thanks
> Tom: grab Ruby and pull her back

> 3494757 Tom: Lucy, it's really time to go now!

> 3494758 Take key
> void bowels
> leave room

> 3494761 Tom is already dead guys. 6 isn't likely what it seems to be.

> 3494764 >>3494746
> It won't suddenly cause a bad end. It will slowly, insidiously, murderously draw us down the path to the bad end, because we used it so many times to the point poor Ruby might become addicted to how it feels.
> PLUS MAYBE THE IMAGE ABOVE US SHOWS THAT EYES ARE A SYMBOL AND A LIVING SIGN FOR REALLY BAD SHIT HERE

> 3494765 PREPARE YOUR BLADDER FOR IMMINENT RELEASE!

> 3494770 I'm not sure that the creature in the darkness necessarily means violence - it could have killed Ruby already if it had wanted to.
> Unless it's limited to moving in the darkness, if which case we should be prepared for the door closing suddenly on us...

> 3494772 >>3494764
> Or maybe they're just weird-looking lamps and Weaver's fucking with us. Either way the eye is out of commission for the time being. It isn't a freaking flashlight for crap's sake...

3494774 Tom frantically searches for the light switch. Ruby is not responding to his calls -- it's like she can't hear him.
Tom places the GOLD KEY in Ruby's palm.
ＤＯ ＭＥ Ａ ＦＡＶＯＲ ＷＨＩＬＥ ＹＯＵ'ＲＥ ＴＨＥＲＥ.
ＣＡＮ ＹＯＵ ＢＲＩＮＧ ＭＥ ＢＡＣＫ
ＳＣＩＳＳＯＲＳ?
ＴＨＡＮＫ ＹＯＵ.

> 3494775 >>3494772
> Maybe if we kept it on all the time we wouldn't need to recharge it.

> 3494776 >>3494764
> 6 used the power. He became addicted. Eventually, the power took over him and took his sight.
> 6 is what Ruby will become unless we stop using the eye NOW and PERMANENTLY.

> 3494778 Tom, get out of the room again entirely
> Ruby, thank him and slowly back away out of the room, agree to bring scissors.

> 3494780 Tom: Forget about the switch. GRAB RUBY AND RUN.

> 3494781 >>3494774
> "DO ME A FAVOR WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
> CAN YOU BRING ME BACK SOME SCISSORS?
> THANK YOU."

> 3494782 TOM, Keep a look out on your side of the door as well. Keep caneshovel locked and loaded.

> 3494783 Can we have a translation of 6's speech, please?

> 3494785 >>3494776
> Wild, baseless speculation.

> 3494786 >>3494774
> Ruby: take the key and run out of that fucking room.
> Tom: Once ruby is out of the room, barricade that goddamn door.

> 3494788 >>3494776
> Cracking your fingers also hurts but feels good. I don't think anyone ever corrupted into oblivion from doing that.

3494790 Tom finds the light switch.

> 3494793 >>3494785
> It's a considerable risk. You don't start to use evil suspicious things before you've made sure there's no risk, do you?

> 3494795 >>3494788
> I did get arthritis from doing it though.

> 3494796 Just calmy take the key and walk out. Whatever is there it wouldn't be escaped by simply running.
> Just chill a bit.

> 3494797 >>3494790
> Oh hey there, Shoggoth.

> 3494799 >>3494783
> SEE
> >>3494781
> I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR MY OWN SHITS AND GIGGLES, YOU KNOW.

> 3494800 >>3494790
> See? I was right. Just silly lamps.
> Thank Nook for his time, go get the scissors, do nothing hasty like bar the doors and run screaming in terror as that will get us nowhere. Calmly go to Filbert's office and use the key on the door.

> 3494801 I believe now would be a wonderful time to leave and relock the place up.

> 3494802 >>3494790
> Oh, shit! The growth can see us!

> 3494806 >>3494790
> O_O Ruby, run out of that room right the fuck now.
> Tom, if she won't or can't get out on her own go in and grab her and get the fuck out of there.

> 3494808 inject tranquilizer into eye growth

> 3494810 Stab one of the eyes and see what happens

> 3494811 I hope he doesnt want those scissors to cut the thing loose.....wait how would he use scissors..

> 3494812 I think that we should explore the room. Whatever is here is presumably inert, so I think that we can manoeuvre around it without threat.
> Is it the same material as the fleshy membrane that we saw in the corner of the start room, possibly?

> 3494813

> 3494817 >>3494790
> Ruby: Remember your bad ass and walk out the room as if nothing had happened

> 3494819 >>3494810
> You are silly and this plan is silly.
> If theres going to be a way to fight the Infection, it's gonna be damn well labeled.

> 3494822 >>3494790
> Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

> 3494823 >>3494811
> Just give him the scissors. It could cut whatever with it's arms anyway and that thing behind that stuff needs accessing.

3494825 As Subject 6 begins to rise off the ground, Ruby beats a hasty retreat.

> 3494828 >>3494825
> and then 6 was a zombie

> 3494829 DON'T FORGET THE DOOR.

> 3494837 lock fucking door.

> 3494839 >>3494825
> MOTHER OF GOD.
> THAT WHOLE FUCKING THING IS SUBJECT 6.

> 3494841 >>3494825
> Close door, lock door, and barricade door. If you find scissors do not return, do not return for any reason.

> 3494842 >>3494823
> YEAH HOW ABOUT NO SCISSORS

> 3494843 >>3494825
> close and LOCK the doors behind you
> Then check Filbert's room

> 3494845 Wait - maybe that's why 6 wants the scissors - he wants to cut himself free from the... protuberances that he's attached to.

> 3494846 >>3494839
> NO SHIT SHERLOCK

> 3494847 >>3494842
> If we get scissors we can free him. We must all work together to leave this place. He was kind to us, we should be kind to him. Fuck his extra eyes.

> 3494850 >>3494845
> But if he cut himself loose he wouldn't be able to see again

> 3494851 >>3494847

> 3494854 >>3494850
> don't think he would bind, now lets GTFO and get up to Filberts room

> 3494856 >>3494847
> The whole "I have multiple personalities and they are all you thing" is not exactly healthy or something you want scuttling after you

3494857 Ruby exits the room, closes it, bars it, and locks it.
Tom tries to comfort Ruby.

> 3494859 >>3494845
> That assumes that said protuberances can be cut by said scissors.

> 3494862 >>3494857
> SCREW the stupid recording where she killed you. HUG HER. You're a gentleman and she's clearly distressed!

> 3494863 >>3494857
> HUGS

> 3494866 >>3494847
> Absolutely. As long as he's not a clear threat but only vaguely terrifying, we should help him where we can.

> 3494867 Hug Tom, read note, get up to Filbert's room. Blah, blah, blah.

> 3494870 >>3494857
> Tom: Hug ruby.
> Ruby: Try and stay calm
> Both: Never, ever, open that door again.

> 3494874 >>3494857
> Tom: Hug Ruby
> Ruby: calm down, remember your badass

3494875 >>3494862
>>3494863
Tom tries to hug Ruby, but she bolts in the opposite direction of the lab. She clearly wants to put some distance between herself and Subject 6.

> 3494878 >>3494859
> Someone call for me?

> 3494879 >>3494875
> Follow her. Calm her down any way you can. When she stops, hug her.

> 3494881 Follow her.

> 3494882 Retrieve scissors, obtain tools, give tom keycard.
> Deliver scissors
> ???
> Profit

> 3494884 >>3494875
> poor Tom it's never your day D:

> 3494885 WHAT IS THIS HUGFAGGOTRY.

> 3494888 >>3494885
> WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH TERRIBLE HORRORS FROM OUTSIDE YOUR WORLD YOU'LL WANT TO HUG TOO

> 3494889 Weaver isn't railroading this game. The collective, knee-jerk fanbase is. 6 helped us. 6 asked for a tool so he could help himself. Because he LOOKED intimidating, you have now run away screaming, locking him once more in his solitary prison.
> Oh look. He has too many eyes. That must mean he is EVIL. We all have extra body parts, get over it.

> 3494892 >>3494879
> >>3494884

3494894 Tom chases after Ruby, where he finds her unlocking the door to Filbert's office.

> 3494896 >>3494888
> It's excessive. Also creepy.

> 3494897 >>3494889
> He also has multiple personality disorder and was locked in lab 6 for a reason.

> 3494898 >>3494889
> Extra body parts: bad
> Several times your original mass in extra parts: worse

> 3494901 >>3494889
> You didn't notice his honest, friendly smile, and the way he floated us, and how everyone told him he was dangerous and shut him into a special lab where only an über-powerful giant can go, did you?

> 3494903 >>3494898
> Racism.

> 3494904 Tom: "What's in there?"
> Hopefully having Ruby explain it will make her analyse it, and clam down.

> 3494909 Yeah, let's just get 6 his scissors. :(

> 3494912 >>3494889
> That's right! I have 7 dicks.

> 3494914 We could use the scissors as a bargaining chip to get info out of Subject 6. What do you think?

3494916 Ruby opens the door and peers into Filbert's office.

> 3494921 So liek guyz are we going back after all this or not?
> I mean he wanted "Lucy" to go to him when he coulda just levitated the fuck over to her?
> Let's steer clear of 6

> 3494923 Ohh he's a Princess Leia fanboy!
> Check the lockers. Tear the poster down to see what's behind it.

> 3494924 READ NOTE.
> Take screwdriver. Inspect desk for drawers.
> Do not use eye.

> 3494928 Attempt to remove painting.

> 3494929 get the screwdriver!!! look for scissors after.

> 3494932 Move behind the desk - it can provide some cover if there's anything hostile in the darkness.

> 3494933 Take the screwdriver, check the desk, try to open the cabinet, read the sign.
> If the third eye is feeling better, try it here. Otherwise leave it closed.

> 3494942 >>3494842
> No, still give him the scissors. As far as Lovecraftian horrors go this one isn't too threatening.

> 3494944 >>3494921
> He was not levitating, he was tentacle-attached to the monstrosity.

> 3494947 >>3494916
> Grab screwdriver from desk, read the framed picture, search desk.

> 3494949 Examine the office, check the desk and desk drawers for any useful items.

3494953 >>3494924
Ruby picks up the FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER.
On the wall, Filbert has mounted a framed copy of the Hippocratic Oath.

> 3494955 >>3494953
> WELL YA FAILED THAT ONE DIDN'T YOU.

> 3494958 rummage through the drawers in the desk and filing cabinet.

> 3494962 Check the room with the third eye.

> 3494963 >>3494953
> Check the drawers and the poster too.
> Also examine the screwdriver closer: It may be SONIC.

> 3494965 >>3494944
> Right. At this point, we don't even know which one is in control of the other. Still, I say give 6 the scisors if you find them.

> 3494971 Yeah, if we find the scissors, go back and have Tom give them to 6 if we need to. He never actually made threatening movements against us, he was just really creepy.

> 3494978 HUG TOM

3494982 >>3494958
>rummage through the drawers in the desk and filing cabinet.
Ruby finds a few small scraps of paper in the drawer and decides to read them.
[cutscene]

> 3494985 >>3494953
> READ THE NOTE. Poster. Oath.

> 3494988 READ CUTSCENE

> 3494991 >>3494982
> Read the note. Hug Tom.

> 3494998 >>3494991
> Read Tom, hug note.

3495003 [cutscene]

> 3495006 >>3494998
> >>3494991
> Note tom, Read hug.

> 3495012 Hay guiz, cutscene mean don't post suggestions, hurr.

> 3495013 Give the note to 6, hug self.

> 3495015 Check the back of the note

> 3495021 >>3495012
> Oh no. There is always time for HUGS in Metal Glen.

> 3495022 >>3495003
> Tote nom, Head rug.

3495023 [cutscene.]

> 3495028

> 3495031 >>3495023
> BEFORE YOU FREAK OUT, Red knew!
> He ate the secret cereal!

> 3495032 >>3495023
> Ohh, so we WILL see Red later! Yes, we will! (Hopefully he won't have gone mad or anything.)

> 3495033 Well now we know they're both dicks.

> 3495037 >>3495032
> No, he ate his own food, remeber? In his little hideout, he had cereal?

> 3495042 >>3495037
> >>3495031
> Why'd they give such irrelevant information at this point? It's a foreshadowing, I'm sure.

> 3495045 >>3495023
> Um, are those SIX FUCKING FINGERS?

> 3495047 >>3495023

> 3495048 >>3495042
> Perhaps for storytelling. Maybe it'll be related to something else as well.

3495057 This is the last scrap of paper in the desk.
There don't appear to be any other tools here either.

> 3495060 >>3495045
> I think it's more of a ring binder notepad. Hand is the bottom right, the things at the top are rings.

> 3495063 >>3495057
> Is Maddie the Hound?
> *Google*
> SHE IS!

> 3495064 >>3495057
> Filbert is an evil dick.

> 3495066 Cabinet next.

> 3495067 God damn filbert god damn, keep the notes and the Hippocratic oath poster

> 3495068 Okay, we read the note, NOW hug tom.

> 3495071 search cabinet drawers

> 3495077 Break open oath's frame and see if anything other than the oath is inside.

> 3495080 Inspect the file cabinet

> 3495088 Read Oath

> 3495091 Turn cabinet around with manly prowess, unscrew the backing.

3495094 >>3495071
>search cabinet drawers
There are many bits of severed flesh in this drawer. It appears they have all been cut from something very cleanly, with great precision.

> 3495095 >>3495023
> Oh Filbert you fucker

> 3495099 >>3495094
> HE'S CUT THE BAD OUT OF HOUND
> Or someone anyway. Ick.
> Check under them.

> 3495101 OH MY GOD IS THAT A SEVERED SHARK DICK

> 3495105 Filed under G for gibs. Filbert you wacky man

> 3495106 Oh that's pleasant. Do they look like Filbert's tentacle arm to Ruby?

> 3495116 >>3495099
> more like cut the bad out his own hand, pity the thing keeps growing back.
> Check the painting for clues

> 3495121 >>3495099
> He probably cut the bad of himself. Sitting there in the dark, cutting the tentacles of his arm, while saying "I'm clean, I'm clean" over and over...

> 3495122 We haven't been to the tube room for a long time, have we? I propose we check there at some point.

> 3495124 >>3495101
> NOOOOOOO

> 3495126 Still need to check under the desk.. right?
> And behind everything. Even the oath on the wall.

> 3495130 Since you have a moment, take some deep breaths. Make sure you've calmed down and are thinking straight.
> You won't deny everything. You're not Filbert. You're not Red.
> Speaking of which. . .
> Mention to Tom that he doesn't seem scared of you any more.
> Tell him you think he still should be. You know you are.
> You don't know why you did those things. So that Ruby could still be a part of you.
> . . .You could still be a part of her.
> He should stay careful of you.

3495139 >>3495077
Tom totally wrecks the shit out of Filbert's stuff.
The bad news is it doesn't reveal any clues Tom can find.
The good news is he felt pretty good doing it.

> 3495140 >>3495130
> ... Shut the FUCK up. Now.

> 3495141 I really think Ruby and Tom should talk about everything that comes to their mind, now that they have time. They need to resolve everything.

> 3495144 pick up scraps of w/e. may come in handy....

> 3495150 ...The desk. Are there any carvings or writings on the desk, or anywhere else but that back wall?

> 3495151 I'm out of ideas, let's go outside the room.

> 3495155 >>3495139
> Scratch "No you're not" into the wall with the scalpel.

> 3495157 ...Am I the only one who feels concerned not only for Ruby, but for Tom as well? He seems to enjoy wrecking things a bit too much.
> He might be corrupted. Or it might be unresolved sexual tension. Beats me.

> 3495158 >>3495140
> Meant as a suggestion, not an extremely precise action. Call it venting.

> 3495163 Give 6 the screwdriver. Maybe in the same way that Ruby is Lucy, a screwdriver is scissors.

3495164 >>3495144
The scraps of paper and tiny splinters of wood are hardly worth carrying.
The room appears pretty thoroughly searched.
Tom and Ruby consider their next move.
[I'm thinking about wrapping up the thread but I know people have been complaining the threads lately haven't been long or exciting enough. How do you all feel about the length (and quality?) of this session?]

> 3495165 >>3495157
> I love to smash things up. It's fun and relieves stress. I don't thing anything wrong with that.

> 3495166 >>3495141
> This. Talk.

> 3495167 >>3495140
> someone's got anger issues

> 3495171 >>3495164
> Call it a night and let us mull things over.

> 3495173 If you want to end it now Weaver, feel free. I enjoyed my first session. :)

> 3495175 >>3495164
> >[I'm thinking about wrapping up the thread but I know people have been complaining the threads lately haven't been long or exciting enough. How do you all feel about the length (and quality?) of this session?]
> Is good. Hi-quality, very exciting.
> The more you can do without breaks, the better.
> The next move? I'm stumped. I just think Ruby and Tom need to talk about stuff, try to reinforce their trust.

> 3495179 >>3495164
> Best session yet. Give yourself a break if you're that tired. You deserve it.

> 3495180 Call it a night. Need time to think about what has to be done next. I think one encounter with Shoggoth Man is enough for one session; you did a great job with this one.

> 3495181 >>3495164
> You can't stop now. This is bat country!

> 3495182 >>3495164
> Probably better to end it just as we gain access to something new.
> It makes for a slow and uninteresting start if we have to sit down and figure things out, whereas right now we remember things.

> 3495183 >>3495164
> Five hours is plenty long. It would be disappointing to be left without a cliffhanger of some kind, though.

> 3495186 Leave filbert a note.

> 3495187 >>3495130
> >>3495141
> Fourthing the talk. It'd be a good note to end on.

> 3495192 >>3495164
> 2 threads? :(

> 3495193 I think it's a cliffhanger enough if Ruby and Tom trust into each other compeletely when this is over. Consider that.

> 3495194 Tom x Ruby, no clothes, no inhibitions, Ace's bed = Final Destination.

> 3495196 If you're going to do -short- threads like this, you probably shouldn't wait so long in between threads.
> It took nearly a week to get to this session from the last one, and, honestly, if you end it here this will be the shortest session of Ruby we've ever done.

3495199 [okay then, we'll continue to the next good stopping point]
Where to now?

> 3495200 Just keep going until you can end on a natural cliffhanger. Where we are at, it seems like a bad place to just stop the thread.

> 3495201 This was the first active thread I've been in, and I'm pretty tired from waiting for it to update and stuff. Promise to get the next one started soon and I'll let you go ^^

> 3495204 Thanks for clearing one thing up. I thought as Red wasn't taking the medication, it was something else making everyone mutated and bonkers. It turns out he was taking batshitcrazymol all along and didn't know it.

> 3495205 Go back to 6 and tell him you couldn't find any scissors.

> 3495207 I'd agree that after what they saw, and dealing with Stiches, it may be a good idea to sit down and just try to keep each other on base. Yes, Ruby murdered Tom once before, but now it's plainly fuckin' obvious there's something weird about this entire Helldream, and they may as well work on trusting one another as they met, not as what they were before.

> 3495208 >>3495199
> Try Filbert's key on security station. I'm sure he had an access there.

> 3495209 Unscrew the painting in MEDLAB.

> 3495214 could we try popping open some of the people-cabinets with the screwdriver?

> 3495217 Well, we've been pretty much everywhere... We haven't been trying to get into any places, but we have some keys and new information for later. I guess head back and check up on Stitches.

> 3495219 Try going back to the Z-hatch room?

> 3495227 go downstairs (ladder) and search the closet with the safe in it for a secret passage. Ace couldn't have gotten in through the two tiny entrance ways. He had to rip one while chasing us.

> 3495228 Let's go check on Stitchy-poo

> 3495229 >>3495214
> Because a screwdriver generates more leverage than a crowbar?

> 3495230 >>3495209
> Gasp...
> I like that.

> 3495231 I'd rather have a prematurely ended session than a burnt out host who stops having sessions altogether.

> 3495232 >>3495224
> BE A VANDAL
> UNSCREW EVERYTHING

3495235 >>3495196
>if you end it here this will be the shortest session of Ruby we've ever done.
Not even close.
>>3495208
>Try Filbert's key on security station. I'm sure he had an access there.
One is an actual key, one is a magnetic card reader.

> 3495237 Maybe a little peek into the MOUTH HALLWAY?

> 3495239 >>3495232
> BE A GOTH
> SACK ROME!

> 3495243 MEDLAB eye chart

> 3495245 Either unscrew medlab poster
> or
> Unscrew vent
> or
> Check on Stitches.

> 3495247 >>3495235
> Go look for the evil fetus.

> 3495248 >>3495235
> >One is an actual key, one is a magnetic card reader.
> Oh. Well, then I don't know. Talk about things, I say, as it's been said a while already.
> Speculate. Make theories. Try to figure out a way to continue. Move on to the trust between you two. Try to imagine what would've made Ruby kill Tom. Finally, Tom should ask about the awkward situation in the dummy room, and what Ruby thinks of him.

> 3495252 >>3495248
> Also KISS WOULD BE A COOL CLIFFHANGER
> (I used to hate all-caps, but this is actually pretty fun.)

> 3495257 >>3495199
> Unscrew the vent in the room with the monitor and the pipe ending.

> 3495258 >>3495235
> Maybe.. Go back to the Lockers Room and try to open the closed Lockers with the SCREWDRIVER?

> 3495262 >>3495258
> Because a screwdriver pries better than a crowbar.

> 3495264 Check to see if it's possible that the bg door mouth of doom is part of #6

> 3495268 >>3495235
> Would totally unscrew the security card reader and rewire the rj cable and jack bypassing the entire device. Screw driver would be enough to do it.

3495270 >>3495243
>>3495245
>MEDLAB eye chart
Ruby heads downstairs with Tom.
Ruby begins to unscrew the eye chart.

> 3495275 >>3495235
> Check the rooms behind the Z-hatch. Also, check the hatch itstelf. It appeared quite not ripped by Ace last time we saw it, while it shouldn't be.
> Also, this >>3495209

> 3495276 Careful about unscrewing the vent. Real careful. Maybe Ruby didn't see it, but looking at the upper right hand of the Hell Room, there was what might have been a vent that was overgrown with the flesh.
> It might be living in the air ducts.

3495286 ...boy, this facility is just FULL of secret cubbyholes.
Inside the hiding place, there is a SHARD OF GREEN WOOD.

> 3495287 >>3495285
> No. Stuttering faggot.

> 3495289 Allow me to say, Weaves, that this has been the first session of Ruby I've had the chance to actively participate in and it's been cracking fun. Thanks for leading us through the hard edges of Metal Glen. 8)

> 3495290 >>3495286
> To the locker room!

> 3495292 >>3495290
> *Batman theme*
> Try on locker, what was it, 4? Where there's that shard thingy?

> 3495294 >>3495286
> Examine the SHARD OF GREEN WOOD.

> 3495297

> 3495299 >>3495286
> Go to the locker room, unscrew the vent. Remember to keep the oxygen tank to ensure you won't receive SURPRISE GAS DEATH

3495303 >>3495290
Ruby thinks back to the recess on Locker #3.
...There's no way she has the complete key yet!

> 3495309 >>3495303
> time to start tearing the place apart

> 3495313 >>3495303
> Go find other places to screw.
> Talk on the way. You can't just remain silent and stoic while you're doing things. At least do some small-talk: Have them tell each other about their childhoods and things (assuming they remember).

> 3495315 Let's go outside, to find more things to unscrew.

> 3495318 >>3495303
> TO THE VENTBOX!
> nananananananana Rooobeeee!

> 3495320 >>3495299
> What gas?

> 3495327 >>3495313
> While screwing?

> 3495330 >>3495327
> While walking.

3495331 >>3495299
>unscrew the vent.
Ruby and Tom exit and walk to the adjacent room.
Ruby begins unscrewing the vent.

> 3495332 Knowing the shape of the key, would it be possible to take a portion of the smashed desk and cut it down to fit?

> 3495333 >>3495331
> DON'T DO THAT! Wasn't there poison in there?
> POISON!

> 3495339 >>3495331
> Wasn't that pipe thing open last time we left this room?
> Make Tom investigate.

3495345 >>3495333
>DON'T DO THAT! Wasn't there poison in there?
UH OH

> 3495346 >>3495339
> Incidentally, we've only followed the pipe in one direction - if we go back to the break room where we smashed open the pipe, maybe we can explore what's at the other end.

> 3495352 >>3495345
> OHSHI TOO LATE
> Wait till something happens. If it's poison: Use the oxygen tank. If it's the Hound: RUN

> 3495354 Get into pipe. A waterpipe ought to be fully sealed.

> 3495355 >>3495345
> OXYGEN TANK
> LEAVE THE FUCKING ROOM

> 3495357 GAS MASK NOW

> 3495358 Panic

> 3495366 >>3495345
> ffs I come back after 10 mins to this?
> Share O2 tank, or cliff hangger if Weaver wants to go to bed etc

> 3495369 STOP BREATHING!

> 3495373 GET OUT!

3495376 A now-familiar face shows up on the monitor.

> 3495379 QUICK, ACTION MOVIE AIR TANK AIR SHARING KISS THING!

> 3495384 Wave at it and ask to not be killed by poisonous gasses.
> Also ask where we can find Scissors for 6.

> 3495385 >>3495376
> He looks mad.
> Talk nonetheless. Try to make him reveal crucial information.

> 3495386 ... ASK FOR HELP, HE HAS DOOR CONTROLS

> 3495387 >>3495376
> Wave and smile faces :D ;D

3495388 ...and a moment later, the alarm suddenly clears.

> 3495389 >>3495376
> SUP, SHRUNK

> 3495396 get in vent crawlspace.

> 3495397 ..give thumbs up to blank screen, he's probably still watching.

> 3495399 >>3495388
> investergate vent

> 3495402 Tom: "Ah, I get it. You're going to say 'You're trapped!' or some trite little villain's commonplace, aren't you? No such luck. YOU'RE the one that's trapped. Trapped in your obsession, bound to your two little playthings, feeding and washing and slavishly cleaning up after what are 'supposed' to be pets. You don't run this game. There's no referee. It's the game of life, and in your conceited, pathetic, smallminded way, YOU. JUST. LOST."

> 3495403 INCOMING ACE TO CHECK THE ROOM

> 3495404 >>3495388
> whelp, now that we're done not dying, check out the grate we just unscrewed if we can do so safely, otherwise lets go unscrew other random objects because there's no possible way that could be bad for us!

> 3495409 >>3495402
> ...or so he would have said if I hadn't missed the moment 8(

> 3495410 Tom, get your John McCain grove on and get in that vent.

3495413 There's something inside the vent... Ruby grabs it.

> 3495420 >>3495413
> Oh that Ruby, so inpulsive

> 3495422 Use the scalpel to engrave a moustache and novelty glasses into the monitor screen so next time the blankface shows up he looks silly.

> 3495425 >>3495422
> This times ten thousand.

3495429 >>3495402
Tom says this anyway, to the blank monitor.
Ruby retrieves the SECURITY ACCESS CARD from the vent!

> 3495435 LET US GO BACK TO SECURITY WITH OUR AXIS CARD

> 3495437 Check on Stitches, then go to cardreader

> 3495439 >>3495429
> sweet, upstairs and use it on the lock

> 3495441 TO SECURITY ROOM! PLOT ADVANCE!

> 3495443 >>3495429
> ...I think I know what we'll be doing.
> I also know that if there'll be guns, THEN these two really have to talk and see if they trust each other enough to have guns, that could shoot the other from behind at any time.

> 3495471 Remember that the security room is ACE's domain. Equip the PRICKLY FIST and the CANESHOVEL before opening that door.

3495474 FILBERT arrives.
Filbert announces, in a rough and gravelly voice, that he is going to cut the bad out of both of you.
Until you are as clean as he is.

> 3495478 >>3495474
> OH LAWD
> RUN

> 3495480 >>3495471
> Pay attention. The gloved were used to insulate the bare wire.

> 3495483 >>3495474
> Try to lead him to the fans. Then either somehow drop him down there, or open the door to #6 and have the two über-mutants slug it out while you flee.

> 3495484 SECURITY ROOM NOW NOW NOW NOW
> LOCK HIM OUT
> oh god filbert on one side nook on another side stitches on another side ace on ANOTHER side
> SECURITY ROOM

> 3495486 Is that a saw? Holy fuck thats a saw. I THINK HE CAN TAKE US

> 3495490 >>3495474
> Ruby: "...but wouldn't you just love a nice, warm cup of fresh coacoa?"

3495492 That's it for tonight folks.
Thanks, as always, for sticking with me.
Not much further now. I can feel we're getting pretty close to our ultimate destination.
Good luck for next time!

> 3495493

> 3495495 >>3495474
> Headbutt Filbert. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

> 3495498 He looks suspiciously similar to this fanart. Has Weaver been taking notes?

> 3495500 LOOKS LIKE THIS RAILROAD WENT STRAIGHT OFF A CLIFF.

> 3495501 >>3495492
> LIKE HELL WE ARE!

> 3495503 >>3495498
> The same thing happened with Ace fan art and the weapon he got.

> 3495505 Lead Flibert to #6

> 3495507 >>3495492
> Nice one. Thanks and see ya later.

> 3495509 aw crap, too slow.

> 3495510 >>3495492
> Thanks, Weaver. Can't wait for next session.

> 3495511 FUCK YES FILBERT YOU ARE THE MOST REASONABLE ABOMINATION EVER!

> 3495515 >>3495492
> ...NEXT SESSION CONFIRMED FOR FINALE?

> 3495517 >>3495503
> Yes, I think it's a nice little nod to the fans, a show of appreciation.

> 3495524 >>3495515
> #Doubt it. There's too much to wrap up.

> 3495526 >>3495503
> ...I don't think I've seen that picture, does someone have it?
> Weaver, you rule. Thanks.

> 3495527 QUOTE FROM IRC
> <@TG_Weaver> Whether you know it or not, you did something today that will prove significant.

> 3495533 Just to make sure, someone has archived this, yes? I'd do it myself but I have to dash off now.

> 3495534 >>3495527
> My guess: We were friendly with #6.

> 3495538 >>3495527
> "TG_Weaver You guys did something today that will, regardless of how other things turn out, have a rather large impact on the ending, and where things go from here"
> We're FUCKED

> 3495546 >>3495534
> Or... We didn't kill Stitches.
> Or... We overused the Third Eye.

> 3495548 >>3495533
> Yes.

> 3495549 >>3495538
> Ah frigging eyeball.

> 3495556 >>3495546
> >Or... We overused the Third Eye.
> Nah, he'd've warned earlier if it had been really important. If we had still kept using the eye, then maybe, but right now I don't think so.

> 3495560 Possibilities:
> We sedated and caged Stitches.
> We were nonhostile to #6.
> We ran like a little girl from #6.
> We trashed Filbert's room, and his I'M CLEAN notes to himself.
> Third Eye of Horror.
> Activiated the alarm, possibly alerting Ace again.
> We activated something in the Dummy Room when we third eye'd it.
> We pissed off Monitor Guy, who could still hear us.
> We forgot about something.

> 3495561 >>3495556
> So could it be Stitches, drugged and locked in the regeneration machine?

> 3495565 >>3495556
> He did.

> 3495566 >>3495561
> That's a good one. My gut says "maybe".

> 3495568 I think we're safe for the third eye. We got our one warning that it was going to damn us, with the indication that Ruby might like the feeling of using it in excess. That's our one hint. I'm sure there may be one or two places we HAVE to use it, but we shouldn't even think of it as an option. It's sure to awaken whatever horror is festering inside of us just enough to end with Ruby or Tom's murder, or worse, their damnation.

> 3495569 >>3495565
> Yes, in the last possible moment. We're still pretty clean on the eye thing, methinks.

> 3495579 >>3495561
> We still don't know if it is regeneration machine or not. We never got to test it. And it's too late now. We could have used Red's hand and try to bring him back earlier.
> I think we should let Filbert know how Stitches felt. Time to Sparta.

> 3495590 >>3495569
> no, he warned us before after like the second or third time using the eye.

> 3495601 I wonder how Filbert managed to mutate himself that much in such short notice, while Tom's eye still hasn't shown any change?
> Maybe it was Ace: Maybe he's got some kind of an antidote, and used it on Tom's eye (and extra hands) so that he'dn't mutate anymore. Or something.

> 3495602 >>3495561
> Stitches finds GROUP PICTURE.
> Stitches...remembers. Ruby. Tom. All the others.
> Stitches couldn't blame Ruby. Stitches tried to kill Ruby too. Stitches knows that there's something bad inside.
> Stitches is in a HEALING DEVICE.
> Stitches has UNNATURAL STRENGTH.
> Stitches wants to make things up to Ruby.
> Stitches SAVES THE MOTHERFUCKING DAY.

> 3495605 >>3495579
> It's a dangerous plan. If we can't make it, we'll be trapped, nowhere to run except #6's cell. And I don't think that's the best place to hide.
> I think the best move is just try to run into the Security Station.

> 3495607 >>3495590
> That was Strike One. What we did today was Strike Two. If we ever keep going to Strike Three... That's when shit starts to happen.

> 3495611 >>3495607
> Or SHIT GETS REAL

> 3495616 >>3495602
> Holy shit. I completely forgot that we gave Stitches the photo. That could very well be what Weaver meant.

> 3495630 Right when things look hopeless, Stitches appears and goes all HEROIC SACRIFICE to save our lives.
> GOOD END

> 3495651 >>3495630
> AND THEY SAY THAT A HERO COULD SAVE US

> 3495662 I think giving the photo to Stitches is what it was. He's been the only one to show active remorse or cognizance so far. And it's always those strange little acts that make the biggest difference, later. Hopefully for the better.
> As for Filbert, consider this; as far as we can tell, dying means you 'bring something back' with you upon resurrection. This means dying MULTIPLE times might make you worse, and worse, until you're a seething mass of chaos and corruption. This is probably why we want Ruby and Tom to avoid death; we may be able to survive, but it would probably also close out any chance of redemption or escape, as we'd be too far corrupt, like Filbert.
> Just a guess. But the photo seems like the big action.

> 3495679 >>3495651
> Fuck, now I have that song in my head.

> 3495690 I'M A FUNNY GUY

> 3495693 >>3495568
> >the indication that Ruby might like the feeling of using it in excess
> Is that what was being indicated? Notice she didn't get the feeling of pleasure until the second blip showed up. The blip, of course, being the place where Red's cane made short work of her skull.
> I think she enjoyed being killed, personally.

> 3495697 >>3495630
> But you know, maybe sparing Stitches's life wasn't a good thing. He wanted to be killed. He wanted us to end his suffering. We denied him that.
> Maybe he already crossed the line, he can't be reasonable anymore. Maybe next time he'll just be a wild blood thirsty animal.

> 3495726 >>3495693
> >I think she enjoyed being killed, personally.
> Snuff porn is a lot less horrible when you can come back to life as many times as you want.

> 3495735 >>3495697
> >He wanted to be killed. He wanted us to end his suffering.
> Except we already know that death ISN'T the end. Killing him would just subject him to another iteration of resurrection, and all evidence suggests that with each cycle, things get worse.
> One more death is just one step further into the abyss.

> 3495738 Stitches was thrown into a goddamn blender and still came back. It took him a week, granted, but the fact of the matter is that there's nothing we can do with our current tools to kill him any more than he's already been killed.

> 3495740 500 posts, god damn nigga god damn.

> 3495754 >>3495740
> 500 posts of awesome adventuring, many epic plot twists, a cliffhanger, and NOT A SINGLE TROLL.
> I'd call this a veritable triumph.

> 3495768 >>3495754
> Holy fuck you're right..500 posts without a sage.

> 3496014 >>3495768
> o rly

> 3496100 >>3496014
> No point anymore, since this has been autosaging for a while now.
> EPIC FAIL TROLL

> 3496243 Good night, sweet thread

> 3496254 >>3495754
> The railroad troll tried a couple of times, but everyone just ignored the fuck out of that bitch. Good job, people.

> 3496501 Why is this thread....still alive?

> 3496697 >>3496501
> Because it was triumph.
> I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS

## Thread 30

3598716 Filbert emerges from the large tube, wielding a BONESAW. He demands that Ruby and Tom, being so clearly infected, must be operated on immediately. He says he will cut them until they are clean.
It would appear Filbert is rather adamant about this.
It would also appear he's gone completely off his head.
[As always, try to keep most running discussion to the IRC room at irc.rizon.net , /join #rubyquest , so as to avoid cluttering the threads too much. Just practice a little self-moderation and try not to flood things.]

> 3598725 run

> 3598726 Run upstairs. Close the hatch before he gets through.

> 3598727 Continuing the fine tradition...

> 3598732 I would advise fleeing

> 3598736 Oh COCKFUCK this shit.

> 3598739 Have Tom tackle Fil while Ruby attempts to use the tranq syringe while he is pinned.

> 3598746 Tell him OH GOD LOOK BEHIND YOU
> Then run away

> 3598748 DON'T DO ANYTHING. JUST LET THEM DIE SO THIS SHIT WILL BE OVER.

> 3598749 Tell Filbert that he's right - He's the only clean one here, and that the hatch is open for him. He should escape and leave you here.
> If he listens, follow him up then push him through into the plane of teeth when Mouthdoor opens.
> If he doesn't, back into the 'fan' room and lay a quick trap to push him over the railings into gorey splattitude.

> 3598774 HEY GUYS WHEN IS THE NEXT RUBY QUEST THREAD NOT GOING TO BE ON HERE

> 3598775 TOM: use MANLY PHYSIQUE to takle filbert.
> RUBY: use TRANQ SYRINGE to put him out

3598778 >>3598726
>Run upstairs. Close the hatch before he gets through.
Filbert is obviously fully-mobile and you have absolutely no head start. Climbing a ladder right next to him probably wouldn't result in a getaway.
If Ruby and Tom are determined to flee, they should find a better method.

> 3598780 Someone is going to die if they fight, and it won't be Filbert.

> 3598792 >>3598778
> Then attack him. Have Tom utilize all his arms and weapons to pin him down, while Ruby uses the tranquilizer.

> 3598794 gtfo

> 3598796 >>3598778
> MANLY PHYSIQUE to disable Filbert, followed by a healthy injection of tranquilizer. Let's end this nonlethally, if we can.

> 3598799 TOM: COMMIT SUICIDE!
> RUBY: FUCK CORPSE!

> 3598800 >>3598778
> Distract him with a question

> 3598802 >>3598778
> Have tom attack with shovelcane, crowbar, scalpel, and syringe all at once.

> 3598804 run into the number 6 room!

> 3598805 Can we have an overview of our inventories?

> 3598807 >>3598778
> they should have tried it anyway, and be killed horribly.
> ..what? back in my day you could actualy lose games! you kids are spoiled with your jrpgs and your xboxes and whatnot.

> 3598814 combo move filert like we did stiches

> 3598815 >>3598778
> Flee east to the Fan room.

> 3598818 MAN I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT NOT RUBY THREAD
> BETTER POST AS MUCH AS I CAN IN HERE BECAUSE THAT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT GO AWAY FASTER
> KINDA HOW POSTING ANGRILY AND DEMANDING TO KNOW WHERE THE FUCKING RUBY QUEST IS MAKES IT APPEAR FASTER

> 3598829 EAT YOUR OWN SHIT

> 3598834 >>3598778
> Recite the Hippocratic oath out loud.

> 3598836 >>3598834
> This!

> 3598839 >>3598836
> I doubt he'll listen. He's beyond listening perfect sense now.

> 3598845 Run to the fans :D ;D

> 3598863 Flee to the right.
> Open the door to Lab B.

> 3598864 Have Ruby KICK the panel she is standing on into Filbert's face
> Then Tom charges in with CANESHOVAL and beats Filbert in the head until he stops thinking conscious thoughts

> 3598877 >>3598850
> The locker room is only accessable through the floor, and if we try that Filbert takes us to peices. Ditto the upstairs and mouthdoor.
> If we can talk to him, then we could convince him to escape (through mouthdoor.. yum!). Otherwise, all we have left is the fan room.

> 3598878 Tell Filbert "OK, but this is not a good place for an operation."

3598879 Filbert rushes at the two of them with his bonesaw. It's clear he isn't in any mood for discussion!
>>3598789
>>3598792
>>3598796
>>3598802
Tom springs into action with his weapons at the ready. He will end this non-lethally, if he can.
Filbert may be mutating rapidly, but Tom's MANLY PHYSIQUE is still more impressive than that of the good doctor.

> 3598884 RUBY: PERFORM SEX ACTS ON FILBERT!
> TOM: PERFORM SEX ACTS ON FILBERT!

> 3598887 Oh god-damn it NOW? You're doing this NOW? Just as I have to go to work.
> *sigh*
> I guess I'll catch up on sup/tg/ later then...

> 3598894 >>3598879
> ROW ROW
> FIGHT DA POWAH

> 3598896 Do no harm, physician!
> Pull a Captain Kirk by pointing out that Fil's rather freaky-looking arm is obviously unclean, and that therefore, he must remove it.

> 3598904 >>3598879
> Ruby: Try to distract Filbert so that Tom can get in a good hit

> 3598907 Can we get a quick inventory check?

> 3598910 >>3598839
> But he is still thinking of his profession in some twisted, incredible sense. Even now, in his state, he means to try to help them (in his own definition of 'help') with their "infection."
> It's that he seems to be thinking within the limits of his own definitions that make me skeptical as to whether or not he'd listen.

> 3598912 >>3598904
> I feel like Ruby would distract Tom more and only get in his way now.

> 3598915 get rid of his weapon

> 3598917 >>3598879
> Ruby, lend a hand!
> Try to pull that Bonesaw from Filbert's SPINDLY FINGERS with your glove whilst he's concentrating on Tom.

> 3598921 >>3598879
> quad weilding, nice

> 3598928 Yiff yiff yiff

> 3598931 ruby sneakly sneaks behinde filbert and trips him from behinde while tom hits him with traqlizer

> 3598936 Guys, let's keep Ruby out of this for now. If Tom has to worry about protecting Ruby that's just more to distract him from the fight.

> 3598940 >>3598917
> Thats a good way to not get the hand you lent back.

> 3598960 >>3598928
> As much as I used to love Ruby threads, I have to agree, this is all making the actual furfags feel way too welcome here.

> 3598961 Rediscover your forgotten fighting skills, learned from spending several years among both Navy SEALs and the monks in Tibet.

3598966 >>3598910
>>3598896
Filbert is too focused on his murderous rage to listen to reason.
It's also apparent that unlike Tom, he has no intention of ending this non-lethally.
His mouth suddenly snaps open into a ferocious, gaping maw as he bellows out a shuddering roar.

> 3598973 >>3598966
> Uh-oh.
> On second thought, better scram. Run to the fan room, and try to either push him down to the fans or get him to fight subject 6.

> 3598975 >>3598966
> CROWBAR TO THE JAW, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

> 3598979 Jam the caneshovel down his gullet!

> 3598980 >>3598966
> do that classic "Wedge mouth open move" with the crowbar
> while distracted, hit him up side the head with caneshovel

> 3598982 ATTACK THE MOUTH ITS THE WEAK POINT

> 3598985 >>3598966
> I'm afraid Tom must hit him in the guts with the business end of the shovel.

> 3598990 >>3598960
> That sergal shit is a particularly noxious smell that won't go away.

> 3598991 use all four arms in a manly suplex to not him out

> 3598992 Tom: Throw the tranquilizer bottle into Filbert's mouth!

> 3598993 >>3598966
> Stick that caneshovel into his face-hole. Assuming it won't cause Tom to put his arm too close to the teeth.

> 3598994 >>3598966
> Strike his weak point for massive damage!

> 3598996 >>3598966
> Saw arm extended? SMASH THE SAW FROM HIS GRIP!

> 3598997 >>3598960
> Actual furfags...like Weaver.

> 3598999 Yeah maybe ending this not lethally is a bad idea, kick it up a notch and BAM him upside the skull, then stab away with the pointy end of the crowbar if he falls.

> 3599001 TOM: USE VOODOO POWERS!
> RUBY: PERFORM SEX ACTS ON FILBERT!

> 3599003 >>3598996
> RUBY could do that, whilst TOM gets on with it.

> 3599009 >>3598991
> >not him out
> >not him
> >knot him

> 3599010 HIT DILBERT WITH THE SHOVEL

> 3599012 >>3598997
> Who has brought something indescribably annoying here.
> Though it's too late now. He's brought his fanbase to fill /tg/, so he'll stick around forever being fed attention by them.

3599013 >>3598975
>>3598978
>>3598979
Tom attacks Filbert's GAPING MOUTH with the CROWBAR!

> 3599014 Break his damn elbow

> 3599015 >>3598966
> Tom: Hook neak with caneshovel, wack knee with other hands holding crowbar and pin Dr.F to the ground mouth first
> Ruby: Inject the Dr with the tranc/syringe

> 3599018 Geez, guys! The last session went so well without a single troll or fag. Why couldn't we pull off the same thing this time? Why?

> 3599022 Goddamnit, this fucking stupid /v/ drawchat is still around?
> Get your own website already for fucks sake

> 3599024 >>3599013
> TOM: Attack Filbert's anus for massive damage!

> 3599025 >>3599013
> Stop thinking, go to berserker rage, attack anything and everything, don't give him time to act.

> 3599026 >>3599013
> Follow through with some WAILING PUNCHES and HARDCORE HEADBUTTS.

> 3599027 >>3599013
> Pull your hands back before he bites down, Tom!

> 3599030 >>3599013
> Kick Filbert in the nuts.

3599032 Filbert bites the CROWBAR in half.

> 3599033 Punch him with your mini arms!

> 3599034 >>3599013
> Grab the saw with Tom's extra set of arms!

> 3599036 >>3599030
> Not a bad idea...

> 3599041 >>3599032
> Okay, NOW we run. I don't think we can take him after all.

> 3599043 >>3599032
> Suggest chewing metal is probably bad for his teeth, then RUN THE FUCK AWAY

> 3599044 >>3599032
> FUCKER THAT WAS TOM'S FAVORITE INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION
> FLY INTO BERSERKER RAGE, USE CANESHOVEL

> 3599049 RUUUUUN

> 3599050 >>3599032
> Throw the whole syringe of tranquilizer in his mouth.

> 3599051 >>3599032
> Have Ruby throw the oxygen tank into Fil's mouth.

> 3599052 >>3599032
> Time to run, our weapons won't do shit

> 3599053 use all four arms two to attack with the cane shovel and the other two to grab the saw

> 3599058 >>3599032
> Oh fu...
> Retreat through door to fan room. Double team him like we did Stitches, only... this time, we don't have a non-lethal option to hand.
> So he has to go into the Fans.

> 3599073 >>3599063
> Oops, forgot to mention: Weaver, ALL WHO SUGGEST THIRD EYE ARE EITHER JOKING OR TROLLS DON'T LISTEN TO THEM
> I assume you're the former.

> 3599086 Give him the O2 tank to chew on.

> 3599093 have ruby get into the fray to help tom, she can stab him in the back with her scaple

> 3599094 >>3599086
> Worked in JAWS, amirite?

> 3599095 >>3599032
> quickly check both Ruby and Tom's inventory? We need to see if there's anything in particular we can use.
> Also, damn it man, I have school tomorrow and it is already 2 am. you start these at the worst times.
> But I wuv you~

> 3599105 Have Ruby kill Filbert with her latent sexy psychic powers.

> 3599106 looks like this is it for Ruby Quest
> image spammers and post spammers....this is it
> RIP ruby quest
> i blame the discussers and whiners who spammed useless threads.

> 3599108 >>3599088
> DO THIS! YOU KNOW ABOUT CABLES! REMEMBER THE CONSOLE?

> 3599116 Ruby: Shout RED?! and point behind phil whilst looking surprised

> 3599117 >>3599083
> Fuck yeah, Lee Enfield + sword bayonet.

> 3599119 >>3599113
> He IS the troll.

> 3599120 and then Ruby WAS the trolls.

> 3599123 >>3599119
> actually no, i'm just being realistic

> 3599126 Ruby: Just use the tranquilizer already while Toms keeping Dr.F busy

3599131 [You guys are REALLY going to have to cut down on your posts, you're going to flood the thread out and the faster you do that, the more threads this is going to take up. Try to avoid making multiple duplicate suggestions or "this!" / "seconding this" posts and the like.
Remember that the more bloated the thread gets, the longer it takes me to catch up.]
>>3599025
>Stop thinking, go to berserker rage, attack anything and everything, don't give him time to act.
Filbert and Tom really get into it now. There will be no quarter given by either party.
Someone's going to die!

> 3599136 >>3599126
> Ruby doesn't HAVE the tranquilizer. But I'm beginning to think that may be what it takes to bring Filbert down.

> 3599137 sod it, try and lead filbert into patient six's room

> 3599139 D:

> 3599140 >>3599131
> Ruby: Help Tom! Try to keep out of his way, but you'll have to find some way to help too.
> Tom: Rely on MANLY PHYSIQUE YOU'RE NOT THINKING ANYMORE RAWR

> 3599142 use all four arms to hit him while grappling

> 3599143 >>3599131
> Ruby: Bash Filbert over the head with the O2 tank!

> 3599146 >>3599131
> Just chill while tom wins thanks to PLOT ARMOR.

> 3599151 >>3599131
> Ruby sneak attack Dr.F ankle and inject it with tranquilizer :D ;D

> 3599152 Whack his head with the oxygen tank if it's still available. Failing that, retreat and try to push him into the fans.

> 3599166 >>3599131
> Shit, no, Tom CAN'T die! Ruby needs to kick out his legs or something, or PRICKLY FIST him in the face again.

3599169

> 3599172 didn't we lose the PRICKLY FIST some time ago?

> 3599174 Manly Physique is failing..

> 3599176 >>3599169
> His teeth are getting too close! Retreat!
> Push him in the fans!

> 3599180 What's Ruby doing, just standing there and watching whilst Tom dies?
> Go for Filbert. His legs, or with the Tranquilisers, or take his saw using your glove, whatever. But DO SOMETHING, RUBY!

> 3599181 Ruby: stop screaming in the corner, like a james bond girl, and actually PICK UP THE FUCKING GUN HE DROPPED AND SHOT ODD JOB!

3599182

> 3599184 RUBY: DO SOMETHING. ANYTHING.

> 3599186 >>3599169
> Ruby use the tranquilizer already even if you have to fish it out of Tom's pockets

> 3599188 >>3599174
> MANLY PHYSIQUE never fails.

> 3599190 >>3599182
> Tom needs to have a rageier face

> 3599191 ;D

> 3599193 RUBY: attack with the oxygen tank

> 3599199 >>3599169
> Use O2 TANK on MUTATED FILBERT

> 3599201 >>3598778
> >>3598966
> CHOO CHOO
> >>3599182

> 3599211 >>3599182
> Then Dr.F looks down to see Ruby sucking him off?

3599220 Tom uses his MANLY PHYSIQUE to stave off Filbert's attacks and his TINY ARMS to slice him open with the SCALPEL.

> 3599221 >>3599212
> SNEAK ATTAX

> 3599222 SNEAK ATTAAAAAAAAAAAACK

> 3599225 GO TOM! :D

> 3599227 I suggest Ruby performs SNEAK ATTACK, quickly!

> 3599228 >>3599220
> who said this??

> 3599229 >>3599220
> yare yare daze

> 3599234 >>3599220
> Looks like someone...
> Put on Sunglasses
> Needs a doctor
> YYYYYEAAAAAAAHHH
> (wonder where sunglasses went)

> 3599235 >>3599182
> does he remember removing the eye now?
> Ruby: Jab him with the tranqs remaining. Or smash him over the head with the debris from the door.

> 3599237 >>3599220
> y r they in whole

> 3599244 put filbert into a locker and seal it tight

> 3599247 >>3599220
> Leap back, Tom! We don't know what might come out of his stomach!

> 3599248 RUBY: Sneak under from between bearfag's legs and start ripping his fucking guts out. TIA

> 3599254 >>3599220
> can it be tranquilizer time now?

> 3599255 /_¬ <bitches don't know about my scalpel

> 3599261 >>3599254
> sorry railroad doesn't stop there

> 3599263 >>3599220
> FUCK YEAH - Now reach in, eat his heart and gain his courage.

> 3599265 >>3599249
> Yes! Take his heart! Fill your Life guage, increase it by one, and obtain the Tambourine of Breezes!

> 3599270 Uh... His heart is contaminated. I don't think we should touch it.

> 3599286 Ruby: Pull Tom away if it looks like Fil is about to do a FINAL ATTACK and kill Tom on his way out.

> 3599288 Fuck, yeah, finally here for a ruby thread

> 3599289 >>3599261
> The posters in general made the decision to fight, and they have only limited control over Tom and Ruby's actions, since the characters do have their own motivations and instincts. Weaver is resolving the fight the way he thinks the characters would resolve the fight, taking various decent suggestions and attempting to satisfy as many of them as possible. You can stop being upset that you weren't listened to now.
> Try to push Filbert back into the tube if he isn't already done for and slam the door back down on him.

> 3599294 IRC GOERS
> GET A MOD TO SHOW UP.
> THEY'LL BE ON THE RIZON SERVER CHANNEL #4chan

3599298 Filbert is down.
>>3599254
Tom injects Filbert with a hefty does of the TRANQUILIZER in case he decides to get back up.

> 3599303 >>3599298
> I don't like the look of Tom's scar.

> 3599304 >>3599294
> When did /tg/ get so whiny? Running to mods and e-mailing moot over every little thing.

> 3599305 >>3599298
> chugga chugga chugga chugga
> CHOO CHOO

> 3599307 >>3599298
> Have Ruby use the eye on filbert.
> If nothing relevant is revealed, they should either try and restrain him, or kill him gooder.

> 3599308 Stop and talk for a while, now that you're not in an immediate danger.
> It's been like ten threads since you last talked about this stuff. Since then, the unbreakable trust between you has been shattered regardless, it turned out Ruby killed two people for some reason, her eye is trying to kill/corrupt her, Filbert confirmed you're both dead, Subject 6 is fucking freaky, Ace and Stitches are after you, Filbert just tried to kill you, and everything in general is getting from bad to worse.
> It's all taking a toll on your psyche and sanity. You can't let it chew on you, if you want to get out alive and sane. Let all that weighs on your heart get out. Leave nothing unresolved. Try to regain the trust you used to have. Take comfort in each other's presence, assure each other that you will both get through this.
> Trust me, you will feel much, much better afterwards.

> 3599312 Whew...we made it. With the tranq he should be out for a while...
> Take the saw. Loot Filbert for items.
> Then the security room.

> 3599317 >>3599307
> No. We fucking don't use the eye. WE DON'T USE THE FUCKING EYE. We stash him back into his tube and leave him there. AND WE GO AWAY.

> 3599320 >>3599298
> Drag him off to the Tube chambers. Better to keep these guys all contained where we know they are. Be mindful NOT to touch his mutations, some look bitey still.

> 3599322 Pat filbert down for useful Items, cautiously.
> Then lets head on up to the security room.

> 3599323 >>3599298
> Restrain the body as securely as possible. Even if he is dead for now, he may be back soon. Perhaps tie him to the vacant post in the Dummy Room?

> 3599329 search him first ya gitz

> 3599331 Drop him in the fan.
> We can't take that risk.

> 3599335 Give 6 the saw..and filbert.

> 3599336 >>3599305
> >>3599254

> 3599339 Take Filbert's bonesaw and search his body.

3599353 >>3599323
>Restrain the body as securely as possible
Neither Tom nor Ruby has any rope, and the only locker that would open is already jammed shut with Stitches inside.
>>3599312
>>3599322
Ruby and Tom loot the BONESAW, but that's all Filbert seems to be carrying. Tom tells Ruby she should carry it, since she's lacking in weapons.
They both check their inventories, then head back upstairs to the security room.

> 3599357 >>3599353
> Talk before opening the door:
> >>3599308
> Then open. Be careful.

> 3599359 >>3599353
> into the security room!

> 3599364 >>3599357
> Nobody's really rolling any san checks. We've topped out a while ago.
> go East

> 3599367 refill traqulizer in case of another fight

> 3599371 >>3599364
> You should talk anyway. It's not just SAN checks.

> 3599376 >>3599353
> quick question, what ever happened to that green staff with the odd device that plugged into the top of it? is that what the shovel is using as a pole now?

> 3599378 >>3599353
> Lick tom

3599380 >>3599365
>Hey, Tom fixed his crowbar!
WHOOPS
YOU JUST HAD TO RUIN IT FOR HIM DIDN'T YOU

> 3599383 >>3599367
> yes refill and give it to ruby this time

> 3599387 >>3599380
> JUST KIDDING

> 3599391 Throw Filbert into evil teeth door room.

3599401 >>3599367
>>3599383
Ruby and Tom run back downstairs first, to grab another syringeful of tranquilizer.
This is the last of it!

> 3599410 >>3599401
> And now you're going to spam us with three horrible abominations at the same time or something? Sadist.

> 3599413 >>3599401
> Pump into dilbert just to make sure.

> 3599414 >>3599412
> Let's not and go into the security station.
> THE SUSPENSE IT BURNS US

> 3599418 >>3599412
> Hmm lets just cheak the security station first

3599420 Tom and Ruby return to the upstairs hall and use the SECURITY KEYCARD to open the SECURITY ROOM DOOR.

> 3599433 >>3599391
> This is possibly a good idea... Assuming it consumes him, and he doesn't fuse with it and become a tooth covered horror.

3599444 Tom peers into the room ahead cautiously.
There is a HUGE CONSOLE on the north wall. There's also a door beside it, a maintenance hatch on the east wall beside which are scattered MANY NOTES. There is also a piece of strange GREEN WOOD lying against the HUGE CONSOLE.
Finally, there appears to be an INTERCOM inset in the array of security monitoring equipment.

> 3599448 >>3599444
> Pick up wood, read notes, operate console.

> 3599449 inside the security room: rape

> 3599451 read the notes

> 3599452 Ruby: take green wood
> Tom: Exam notes

> 3599454 >>3599444
> This is the room we first saw Ace come from.
> Standard explore everything action plan is go.

> 3599457 >>3599444
> Pick up wood. Read the notes. Mess around with the console. In that order.

> 3599458 >>3599444
> You know the drill.

> 3599459 >>3599444
> examine papers by hatch, being careful nothing grabs them from indide the hatch :D ;D

> 3599462 Take GREEN WOOD
> Read MANY NOTES

3599465 Ruby adds the piece of GREEN WOOD to the shard she is already carrying. Like the other staff, it resembles a pattern she's seen somewhere else, but it's still missing a piece.
Tom picks up the MANY NOTES and flips through a couple of them.

> 3599471 Before the obvious take/read notes, take staff, etc., cautiously open electrical maintenance hatch with BLUDGEONY SHOVELCANE -- The wooden end, just in case there's a current.

> 3599476 >>3599465
> >>3599465
> HAHA FUCK YES

> 3599482 >>3599444
> examine those little teeth-like things on the floor just in front of the console

> 3599483 I knew it! Evil gods!
> Also was I the only one who thought there'd be eight subjects? Eight lockers and all.

> 3599493 Also the Hound might be Daisy instead of Maddie. Oh the suspense!

> 3599495 >>3599465
> We're gettin' Call of Cthulu up in this.

> 3599508 Sure is mythos in here

> 3599509 >>3599465
> try the intercom by the door

> 3599522 >>3599465
> Try operating the CONSOLE.

3599524 >>3599469
>>3599482
>examine those little teeth-like things on the floor just in front of the console
They appear to be marks on where the operator should stand. They're right in front of an alphanumeric keypad, the only set of controls on the entire console Ruby would know how to use.
>>3599471
>cautiously open electrical maintenance hatch with BLUDGEONY SHOVELCANE -- The wooden end, just in case there's a current.
Tom tries the hatch, but it's stuck tight. A small LED readout below it reads "OVERRIDE ACTIVE, ACCESS DENIED"

> 3599532 >>3599524
> Read through the rest of the notes together, then the console.

> 3599535 >>3599524
> try using the intercom

3599541 >>3599509
>try the intercom by the door
The intercom is marked as an EMERGENCY SURFACE LINE. It should connect directly to the outside world.
Tom presses the button to make contact, but he's not holding his breath for a response.

> 3599542 >>3599524
> Tom: try the door to the lobby
> Ruby: Try the intercom looking thing

> 3599543 RUBY: type: "DISABLE OVERRIDE"

> 3599548 have ruby use third eye to serch the room for hidden clues

3599549 Suddenly the intercom radio crackles to life. Tom can hear someone on the other side.

> 3599551 >>3599548
> NO
> NONONONONONO
> NO THIRD EYE

> 3599553 >>3599524
> Look up "Daisy", "Lucy", "Ruby" and "Tom" on the console.

> 3599555 >>3599549
> Don't tell them where you are right away. Ask about who they are and the other standard stuff first.

> 3599556 RUBY: Turn the power on by the wall switch where the fleshy thing is, type winamp, play don't stop me now.mp3
> TOM: Trash the console to the music.

> 3599560 >>3599549
> Have Tom ask for permission to leave facility with Ruby (but do not use names, just ask for permission for 2 to leave to the surface)

> 3599562 >>3599541
> Order a Big mac and fries, no wait you don't eat anymore, try saying "hello is anyone there?"

> 3599563 >>3599549
> Tom: "Hello, ground control? This is Major Tom."

> 3599567 tell them everything except about us being dead and our mutations ask for help

> 3599570 >>3599549
> Just say "Hello"

> 3599573 Mind what you say, lest they order exterminatus.

3599574 Tom attempts to make contact with whoever's on the other end.
A strangely familiar voice fires off a string of incredibly foul (and very unprovoked) profanities directed at Tom.
Tom pauses momentarily, stunned by the response. Just as he attempts to explain his situation, a strange crunching sound -- like something being eaten -- comes from the other end, followed by static.
It would appear the line is now dead.

> 3599581 >>3599574
> JOHN QUEST LOL
> Okay, never mind. Read the rest of the notes. Then try inputting your names to the console.

> 3599583 Stitches so just ate filbert.

> 3599584 >>3599574
> YELL NOT TO MISS THAT LAST POINT THIS TIME

> 3599588 >>3598716
> oops blew someones cover/hidey hole with static noise. Oh well, how is Ruby doing with the control counsel?

> 3599590 >>3599583
> No, John just ate Opal

> 3599592 >>3599574
> Tom: Try to think who's voice it was
> Ruby try the lobby door

> 3599595 >>3599551
> Yes, The third eye hurts to use...
> B.. but also sooo good. Deep inside.. like we want to fall in to the darkness.. and feel that feeling.. forever.. and never wake up.. ever.
> >>3599553
> Good idea.
> >>3599574
> Does.. the door to the lobby.. open?
> Oh God.

> 3599596 Tell John to calm the fuck down.

> 3599597 See what you can do with the console.

> 3599599 have tom use counsol while ruby uses her third eye (we have it for a reason)

> 3599605 >>3599599
> From now on, everyone who uses Third Eye is a troll in my book.
> So STFU troll.

3599606 Ruby and Tom attempt to operate the console, but nothing seems to work. Someone's locked them out.

> 3599611 NO matter what NO THIRD EYE.
> Check that console, see what response you can get it to display.

> 3599613 >>3599606
> Read the rest of the notes, then.
> Then try the door. Maybe the security override or whatever is found there.

> 3599616 Is there a slot for the high access card we have?

> 3599618 >>3599606
> Hatch is stuck, computer's broke, intercom is, uh, occupied. Go through the door.

> 3599619 >>3599606
> Hack the IP mainframe through the subnet-multirouters!

> 3599635 time to combine the rest of the wood, head back downstairs and put it into locker?

> 3599637 >>3599635
> We're still missing a piece.

> 3599639 Proceed to the lobby

> 3599640 >>3599599
> NO
> THIRD
> EYE
> THAT THING IS EVIL

> 3599643 >>3599618
> NO! CHECK THE FLESH GROWTH FIRST
> and the door is a trap, everyone knows it. That's why no one suggests it.

> 3599644 >>3599606
> Try lobby door with caneshovel

3599647 >>3599595
>>3599613
>>3599618
The door to the lobby is already open.

> 3599648 >>3599647
> ...
> Proceed.

> 3599651 >>3599647
> Run
> RUN

> 3599653 >>3599647
> Well, have a look inside.

> 3599661 >>3599643
> If by flesh growth, you mean wood piece, then we already took it.

> 3599662 >>3599647
> inb4 "oh hai ♠"

> 3599666 >>3599647
> hmm don't trust that door it's open,
> Poke caneshovel into door way for traps,
> then try and peek into the lobby

> 3599667 >>3599647
> Crack it open slowly, and very carefully peer through.

> 3599710 Thread is autosaging after only an hour.
> Trolls and spammers make me ill. Time for a new thread. Also, my vote is for 'poke caneshovel into lobby, hope it doesn't get eaten.'

> 3599714 >>3599710
> The autosaging is *good*. It lets us be troll-free for hours.

> 3599715 >>3599710
> no, no new threads, keep this one alive as long as possible, last time we managed 500 posts

> 3599718 >>3599710
> as i've said before.
> KEEP POSTING! RIDE THIS BITCH TILL IT DIES!

> 3599724 http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3354728/#3355401
> Just gonna leave that here.
> >>3599715
> ..500? No kidding..?

> 3599725 >>3599710
> no, lets ride this sucker to hell
> or atlest a little longer

3599727 >>3599648
>>3599653
Tom peeks through the door...
[Animated!]

> 3599730 >>3599710
> >>3599714
> >>3599715
> NO NEW THREADS
> NO TROLLS
> FINAL DESTINATION

> 3599735 >>3599727
> GREET MONITORFACE WARMLY

> 3599742 >>3599727
> SHIT THAT FREAKED ME OUT
> Back off, call Ruby, try to talk with him/her. (S)He's proven to be rather benevolent in the past. Be careful anyway.

> 3599744 calmly talk to him while drawing weapons and slowly moving towards the escape to surface ladder

> 3599749 >>3599727
> Wave and meekly say "hi".

> 3599755 >>3599727
> Well that was ea- OH GOD

> 3599762 >>3599727
> Ruby and Tom: Oh, Hello Weaver!

3599764 Tom has entered the LOBBY a bit excitedly. Freedom seems so close.

> 3599775 >>3599764
> >Freedom
> Freedom? But you're still sick! You're going to be eternal deathless unholy abominations forever if you leave before getting rid of the disease!
> Talk to Monitorface. Try to get some answers.

> 3599777 >>3599764
> Politely ask just WHAT THE HELL THAT THING IS.

> 3599783 say hi and thank him for helping us.

> 3599787 >>3599764
> Communicate with the odd looking individual there

> 3599788 did we remember to close the door into the security room? have ruby do that now plox

> 3599789 >>3599764
> Calm down, ask it's name and what it remebers

> 3599792 ask if he will let us just leave peacefully and promise we will send help if not draw weapons and make a cool catch phrase

> 3599796 >>3599764
> ask him if the hatch is locked and/or booby trapped.

> 3599800 Clearly he is a techpreist, requisition a bolter.

3599803 >>3599773
>>3599766
>>3599775
>>3599777
The unhealthy-looking figure hooked up to the wall introduces herself as "Bella".
She says she is very sorry, but she can't let you leave.
She goes on to say she has top priority control of every security system in the facility and she has instituted a lockdown.

> 3599807 >>3599803
> Ask her how the situation can be resolved. Explain that we've kind of had it with this place and want to leave.

> 3599808 >>3599803
> "Why is there a lockdown? Can't you take it off?"
> Also call Ruby. This shit is important and she needs to see it too.

> 3599810 ask why we cant leave while drawing weapons and getting ready for a fight to the death

> 3599818 >>3599803
> Ah, that's why. Well, we still have tranquilizer... But we shouldn't waste the last dose. Ask Bella if there's any way to cancel the override. Do we need a permission or something?

> 3599819 >>3599803
> Ask to for her to take off the security override for the console and the hatch.

> 3599822 No honestly, WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. Not yet anyway.
> First we need to regain our memories and get rid of our disease of undeath. Ask Bella about these things.

> 3599826 i'll say this. don't kill her.

> 3599829 >>3599803
> Well... that sucks. Not really surprising though.
> Take the opportunity to ask her to explain a few things. Or even better, FUCKING EVERYTHING!

> 3599837 >>3599803
> Ask why can't we leave and what can we do so we can leave

> 3599844 ask bella if she has any knowledge of what is going on topside? is a quarantine in effect?

> 3599847 >>3599803
> Question the current situation of the facility: why can't they leave? What caused all this? Is there a cure to these mutations?

> 3599854 Try not to threat her. She has control of all the security systems, she sure has some around here.

3599861 >>3599807
Ruby joins Tom and attempts to convince Bella to let them out.
Bella explains that she is not in charge here. She is merely acting on orders her superiors issued before they abandoned the facility.
She simply cannot open the surface hatch for them. Those are her orders.
Tom menaces for a moment, and Bella responds that she will not fight him.

> 3599862 IMPORTANT. ask if she saw what happened to ace.

> 3599865 ask something that someone has already suggested

> 3599869 >>3599861
> Ask what happened to lead to the lockdown

> 3599873 >>3599861
> Ask about diseases and curing it, memories and how they're returned. If she can't answer, kindly ask her to direct you to her superior(s).

> 3599877 have ruby use third eye? if not we still need a piece of the staff and also we should go check go stiches

> 3599884 ask her what the fuck ace actually IS?

> 3599885 >>3599861
> Explain to her that if things continue as they are there isn't going to be a facility left to salvage even IF her superiors return.
> Perhaps it'd be best if she explained the situation from the beginning so they can get a better understanding of what's going on.

> 3599890 >>3599861
> It wouldn't matter if we beat her up, I don't think we could get the hatch open without her

> 3599891 >>3599877
> >have ruby use third eye?
> NEVER

> 3599894 Ask Bella what she's doing plugged up to the wall.

3599901 >>3599862
>IMPORTANT. ask if she saw what happened to ace.
Bella says she's been focused on watching you two, but if he isn't walking the halls looking for patients, he might be in COLD STORAGE. It's where he keeps the things he's been collecting.
>>3599869
>Ask what happened to lead to the lockdown
Her superiors ordered it after this facility was abandoned following an outbreak of violence by both patients and staff in the wake of the events on November 1st, namely the suicide of Chief Diagnostician Red.
>>3599884
>ask her what the fuck ace actually IS?
Ace is a very loyal orderly. But lately he seems to be ignoring her.
>>3599885
>Explain to her that if things continue as they are there isn't going to be a facility left to salvage even IF her superiors return.
She knows.
But these are her orders.

> 3599904 Ask Bella for information on Lucy, Ruby, Tom and Daisy.

> 3599912 Tom: Tell Bella Ruby never tells the truth.
> Ruby: Tell Bella you always lie.

> 3599917 >>3599901
> Ask directions for cold storage. Ace or not, I have the gut feeling we have head there soon.

> 3599919 Ask Bella why she has apparently been helping us if she's not allowed to let us out of the facility.

> 3599920 >>3599901
> Ask Bella if there are circumstances under which the lockdown can be lifted and the door to the surface opened.

> 3599924 Ask what day it is today, and how long it has been since Ruby came out of her cell.

> 3599929 ask bella why she was foused on us and where cold storage is head to cold storage with weapons at ready

> 3599930 >>3599901
> Ask about the nature of the treatment.

> 3599932 ask her if she knows why ace was after them and if he meant harm or not
> probably want to find out about cold storage from her and head down there to see if ace "collected" the last wood piece

> 3599933 >>3599901
> Ask if Bella knows what he has been collecting. I mean, there is no reason to disturb Ace unless we have to.

> 3599936 Go find Ace, apologise for being a dick to him, die horribly.
> (Okay, not really, but I'm imagining the last piece of the green wood that we need is in Cold Storage, and we'll need to get through Ace to get there.)

> 3599938 >>3599901
> would bella like a hug? *group hug*

> 3599939 >>3599901
> Ask where in the facility Cold Storage actually is.
> (Als, I'm guessing Cold storage is now home to the Dummy and the Dial?)

3599944 >>3599894
>Ask Bella what she's doing plugged up to the wall.
Bella is kept on life support. Those things don't attack her. Her mind must be intact for her to continue operating. She suspects they don't want to taint it with her running the facility's systems.
A very angry-sounding thumping noise shakes the ground in frustrated peals and an echoing, eerie voice comes from the lower levels.
ＬＵＣＹ! ＬＵＣＹ?!
ＬＵＣＩＬＬＥ!

> 3599950 the date! what is today's date?

> 3599954 >>3599944
> That's Subject 6 screaming. Ask her about Six and Lucy.
> Then ask about yourself - Ruby and Tom. Ask about their past, how they ended up here, what exactly happened to them.

> 3599960 >>3599944
> Ask about #6. What happened to him? Is he dangerous?

> 3599978 >>3599901
> As Bella why she was watching Tom and Ruby.

> 3599982 Ask Bella how many times this situation has played out before.
> Could be nothing, but...

> 3599983 >>3599978
> Ask her if she would've kept watching if for some reason they had started to make out. Is she a STALKER!

> 3599984 >>3599944
> (for those that can't those characters)
> LUCY! LUCY?!
> LUCILLE!

> 3599990 >>3599986
> Nah, it's coming from lower LEVELS. As in, he's not that far yet.
> Probably broke out of his own room, but I doubt he can get past the security door.

3599991 [okay, that's about 20 suggestions to ask for cold storage... how about a little self-moderation, folks? come on.]
Bella says Cold Storage is on Level 2.
>>3599919
>Ask Bella why she has apparently been helping us if she's not allowed to let us out of the facility.
She was ordered to stop you from leaving. She was never ordered to avoid keeping you alive.
>>3599920
>Ask Bella if there are circumstances under which the lockdown can be lifted and the door to the surface opened.
As long as she is holding manual lockdown in place, surface access cannot be obtained.
>>3599950
>the date! what is today's date?
Today is October 31st.

> 3599995 >>3599991
> LEts do the time warp agaaaaaiiiin

> 3599997 >>3599991
> >Today is October 31st.
> What? WHAT?!
> TIME RIFTS! PANIC!
> I suspect the cold storage is beyond Red's Room of Crazy. You should investigate.

> 3600002 >>3599991
> How long have you been maintaining lockdown?

> 3600003 >>3599991
> Ask her the year lock down started, and the current year it is now.

> 3600006 >>3599991
> Either we're in a time loop or we've been stuck in here for a FUCKING YEAR.
> Holy crap.

> 3600009 lets head to cold storage
> ask bella if she knows were some siccors are

> 3600014 thank bella.
> ask more questions or continue to cold storage.
> it would be easier to just lay out everything bella knows than have to ask for each bit of information.

> 3600015 >>3599982
> With this new information... this could be an idea.

> 3600016 Ask her about the facility in general.

> 3600020 >>3600014
> >it would be easier to just lay out everything bella knows than have to ask for each bit of information.
> This. Why doesn't Weaver ever do this? It'd save plenty of time for all of us.

3600023 >>3599982
>Ask Bella how many times this situation has played out before.
Dozens of times.
But she says you've only made it so far as to see her three times before.
She says that this is as far as you've ever gotten.
As long as she's alive, she will maintain the lockdown.

> 3600028 Could you ask her to give the names of each patient, and the numbers assigned to each one?

> 3600036 >>3600023
> Amnesia and shit. Cool.
> Ask her how they should continue. Surely she knows some way to help them?

> 3600037 >>3600023
> And will her death end it?

> 3600039 Ask what would happen if we killed her.
> Before we do anything stupid,that is.

3600045 >>3600019
>Ask for scissors or at least where they could find a pair.
Bella says that all scissors have been confiscated and hidden after the last time the patient in Lab B got hold of a pair.

> 3600055 >>3600045
> No scissors, then. Never scissors.
> I really think we should investigate the cold storage now. I doubt Bella can tell us anything new.

> 3600060 what did the patience do with the siccors

> 3600063 >>3600045
> Good reason not to give him scissors then.

> 3600067 Ask how many times did we kill stitches.

> 3600068 >>3600055
> I bet Ace has some scissors. If we want them is another question.

> 3600069 >>3600020
> because then it's railroading, if he can't hold our hands to play the game for us why would he give important information nobody thought to ask for?

> 3600085 >>3600023
> this explains alot, like how one rencarnation of ruby can be a tom murdering psycho and more
> good to know that even if we die we can try again

> 3600086 Ask if Red killed himself permanently.

3600087 >>3600037
>>3600040
>>3600039
>Is she trying to say that if she was killed, the lockdown would lift and they would be able to escape?
Bella wants to show you something.
A panel on the wall opens, revealing a glass window. Beyond the glass, there is water.
Orange light filters through the shimmering waters. It would appear this room is very near to the surface.

> 3600090 Ask what usually happens next, so that old mistakes may be avoided.

> 3600091 Ask Bella if she wants to be killed. She's on life-support and trapped in an abandoned facility full of horrible mutants, right? That can't be fun at all.

> 3600096 >>3600045
> Ask about the third eye.

> 3600100 >>3600085
> >good to know that even if we die we can try again
> I doubt that. The game would go into stagnation, when neither Ruby nor Tom would remember anything, and had to do the whole shit all over again.

> 3600106 can we contact her superiors? under what conditions would we be able to leave? is there any way to cure the desease?

> 3600108 Well, that doesnt explain much what would happen if she dies...?

> 3600109 >>3600087
> Orange? That means it's twilight. Or nuclear dawn.

> 3600111 >>3600090
> This is good. Ask it.
> Maybe this is some kind of a test? Something's putting Ruby and Tom through all this many times until they get through, for some reason?

> 3600112 >>3600087
> Ask to elaborate, for we are unsure what this means.

> 3600116 >>3600087
> What's with the orange light? It's sunset? OR FIRE?

> 3600117 You know guys, at this point we have an option of trying to break the glass and swim to the surface from there.

> 3600123 >>3600100
> true, but still
> be cool if for a round we play as the duo of stitches and hound while tring and escape the Horribly mutated ruby and tom

> 3600124 >>3600117
> But we'd still be sick and amnesiac.
> STOP TRYING TO GET OUT WHEN WE STILL HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAT WILL ONLY GET WORSE IF WE GET OUT BEFORE DOING THEM

3600131 Every day for over a year now, Bella has had to watch the sun rise and set, from just barely below the surface. Strapped to this wall, right next to the exit, able to watch the outside world, but never touch it.
Yes, she answers.
If you kill her, the lockdown will end.

> 3600135 >>3600131
> we got here 3 times before and never killed her...why?
> ask her why

> 3600137 >>3600131
> But we can't just kill her. She hasn't done anything wrong.

> 3600139 >>3600131
> >If you kill her, the lockdown will end.
> Ask her if she wishes to die.
> If she does: Tell her you're sorry. Then kill her, as quickly and painfully as possible.

> 3600149 don't kill her.........yet.

> 3600151 >>3600135
> because ruby and tom are nice people perhaps? she probably also told them this last time and they both declined to kill her and tried to find another way, only to die.

> 3600154 Getting out fixes nothing. We need to solve our problems here, especially considering Ruby's got a third eye that sees horrible things and Tom is Goro. Things need some answering here. Ask Bella why things repeat themselves like this and how we can stop it.

> 3600159 >>3600131
> i still would like to give bella a hug. *group hug*

> 3600161 We're heading for teh AMBIGUOUS END! :D ;D

> 3600165 >>3600131
> ...I think we should go to cold storage.

3600166 >>3600139
>Ask her if she wishes to die.
"Yes."

> 3600167 >>3600151
> we don't know that, could be they attacked her and were riped appart by automated systems
> Lets not tempt anything and ask her why

> 3600168 Dont kill her.
> We (or I) dont know if something else would happen if she dies.

> 3600170 >>3600166
> Tranquilizer?

> 3600174 >>3600166
> Did this happen any of the other times we were here?

> 3600176 We'd let loose all the horrors of the facility if we killed her now..

> 3600178 "But if we kill you... Wouldn't you get back to life again?"

> 3600179 >>3600166
> Ask if she has anything crucial to tell them. When she is done, end her life. Be quick and merciful. Cry if you feel like it.
> "We're sorry. We're so, so sorry."

> 3600180 ask bella if she can physically leave this station? or will disconnecting her from the station kill her?

> 3600184 >>3600168
> My theory: Lockdown ended. We get out.
> But everything else down here is free to get out as well.

> 3600185 she could be unable to commit suicide and knows that if she says killing her would not end the lockdown that we would never kill her. she could be lying so that we do kill her.

> 3600189 >>3600179
> If we just open the doors and leave, everything else gets out too. We need to fix the problem.

> 3600192 C-can we...?
> Should we...?
> I.. I can't bring myself to even think it. We just.. can't kill her can we? Even if it would be a mercy to her..
> How about we try to find that last bit of GREEN WOOD. Check out what is in the locker.. then come back? We might find.. something.

> 3600194 >>3600178
> Maybe that's the point.
> Maybe these weird mutations/regenerations only occur after the subject has expired.

> 3600204 >>3600166
> They still have things to do... ask if she has any advice on how to make this right? Keep the others from being a danger?

> 3600207 SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA
> SAVE BELLA

3600217 >>3600178
> "But if we kill you... Wouldn't you get back to life again?"
Bella is the only one who the infection has passed over, because to taint her mind would be to compromise the integrity of the facility, and thus everyone and everything inside it.
>>3600180
>will disconnecting her from the station kill her?
Yes.
>>3600189
>If we just open the doors and leave, everything else gets out too.
Bella offers that you could close it behind you.

> 3600219 We should try to find another way first.
> Maybe Ace has collected the last wooden puzzle piece for us. To cold storage!

> 3600220 Don't end her poor life yet, lets go down and check out cold storage if we can.

> 3600221 show her the green wood stuff, ask her what it is? and where the last bit of it could possibly be? im voting NO for killing her, it will only lead to a bad ending

> 3600222 Guys stop! dont kill her!
> Think about it, we've gotten to this point before? It seems like we SHOULD kill her.
> So why did we fail the last 3 times? WE PROBABLY DID KILL HER!

> 3600226 How did Ruby and Tom survive for a year with so little mutation? Both were clean before this thing started and all.

> 3600227 >>3600217
> If we can open the door, I'm pretty sure everyone else can too. I don't think "closing it behind us" will work.

> 3600234 I agree, ask her HOW MANY TIMES SHE'S TOLD US THIS AND WHY WE HAVEN'T KILLED HER.

> 3600236 >>3600221
> Yes, ask her about the green wood thing.

> 3600238 >>3600222
> This. I can only imagine they tried that before.

> 3600239 >>3600217
> Apologise. Then cut her off.
> We need to get the lockdown off, or we can never get past this point. But we can't leave yet, either:
> After she's gone, try the console. Try to find a way to rid yourself of this accursed disease and amnesia.

> 3600240 I love how this whole story has turned /tg/'s nominally ruthless crowd into one that gives intense consideration to the consequences of their actions.

> 3600243 Inb4 Ace catches us.
> INDECISION '09!

> 3600245 >>3600222
> Haven't you heard, she's not infected, if she dies, she dies for real.

> 3600247 I don't think we should leave just yet.
> We need time to think about this, and we need to find that one last piece of green wood. We might find something important in the last locker.
> If it comes to it.. we'll have no choice.

> 3600248 >>3600217
> Tell her we need to finish some business in the facility first, then once that's done, promise we'll take her out with us so she can at least be buried under the open sky.

> 3600250 we're not killing bella, she can come with us when we get out. ask if she knows what's in the wood key symbol locker so we know if it's even worth going after

> 3600251 Ask Bella if this facility can self-destruct and if that would eliminate the infection.

> 3600255 >>3600217
> Ask, If we escape will we still be contaminated. Could we even have a life if we just escaped without finding a cure first?

> 3600264 >>3600247
> We won't have to leave yet. Bella's death will also release the console, and electrical maintenance. I'm sure we can do some stuff with them.

> 3600266 >>3600217
> >compromise the integrity
> We have to destroy this place.

> 3600269 Ask Bella about our infection, wouldn't it spread to the rest of the world?

> 3600271 This is the only person we can really talk to, let's learn everything she knows before deciding what to do next.

> 3600276 After she's dead, we can't leave. But what we CAN do is to go out for a moment and watch the beautiful sunset together.

> 3600282 >>>3600222
> So why did we fail the last 3 times? WE PROBABLY DID KILL HER!
> And waht if the last 3 times we fail because we didn't have the guts to kill her?

> 3600283 She's lying. Whether she's been infected or not, this whole thing is a game to her. Check the notes. Killing her might work and it might not - maybe she never got any orders; maybe she simply likes to keep this place locked up tight to watch everyone squirm.
> However, I DO believe that she retains control of the security system. I also believe that killing her will keep everyone trapped forever.

> 3600285 Ask her if she wants to be infected, since it might mean being free of the machines.

3600286 >>3600251
> Ask Bella if this facility can self-destruct and if that would eliminate the infection.
Bella says there is no infection. The only disease here is the one the doctors made.
Bella sees Ruby's hesitation and tells her that she left herself something.
It's in the water cooler.

> 3600291 Ask Bella what we did wrongly before to cause the cycle to start over again.

> 3600295 >>3600217
> Ask if she knows anything about Ruby's third eye.

> 3600297 Ask her what she knows about the anomaly in the room where we originally met Tom.

> 3600298 to Mr.watercooler and then cold storage

> 3600303 >>3600286
> Head for the water cooler. Pick up whatever's there, bring it to Bella.

> 3600305 >>3600286
> TO THE WATER COOLER, THEN.

> 3600307 No. She's lying. In one way or the other, she is. Don't trust. DON'T TRUST. NO TRUST.

> 3600308 >>3600297
> This. Also, what the hell is up with the staff wings?

> 3600309 Ask what's the deal with #6.

> 3600312 >>3600298
> Seconded. Enough questions, let's go get that mystery item.

> 3600313 Ask bella what it is that brings us back, and can we give soem to her?

> 3600314 WATER COOLER. NOW. KNEW THAT BASTARD WAS HIDING SOMETHING.

> 3600315 >'Bella is the only one who the infection has passed over, because to taint her mind would be to compromise the integrity of the facility, and thus everyone and everything inside it.'
> ...Chasm room. I think the integrity might already be Tainted. Just like Filbert, she thinks she's clean. Just like Filbert... she probably isn't.

> 3600328 ask bella if she will end the security override for the console and hatch in the next room? tell her we will try to help her leave if we can. if we can't help her, find a way to get out but maintain the lockdown. we have to get rid of the desease before we leave.
> maybe (discussion first) give bella the scaple and say that we may be able to help you leave here so don't kill yourself yet.
> first priority is to find a way to maintain the lockdown if she dies.
> second priority is to help her leave.
> third is cure the desiese.
> fourth is get out.
> if we: can't maintain the lockdown, can't cure the deseise, leave without curing ourselves EVERYONE IS FUCKED

3600335 >>3600298
>>3600303
>>3600305
NO.
This isn't fair, Bella says. She helped you, now you have to help her.
This time you have to kill her, she says. You have to let her wake up from this bad dream.
This time you have to make the right choice.

> 3600340 >>3600335
> Do it, then. Kill her. End her pain.

> 3600346 >>3600335
> Tranq time for now, we'll come back soon.

> 3600349 >>3600335
> Do not worry Bella.
> We will be back to end your suffering.
> We will succeed this time.
> We will escape.

> 3600354 >>3600335
> ...Ask her why she told us about the water cooler item if she wants us to kill her before even going to fetch it.

> 3600356 >>3600335
> Ruby, try channelling a little of that cold-blooded killer and give the poor secretary what she wants. Borrow Tom's shovel.

> 3600358 >>3600335
> No. No. No. Go. Leave her, go to the watercooler. She's lying.

> 3600359 TOM: tranq her.

> 3600362 I say punch her, not kill her.

> 3600364 >>3600335
> i still say tranq her, watter cooler then kill
> tell her it's poison
> We get the gift, she feels no pain we escape
> GOOD END

> 3600366 KILL BELLA. RUN LIKE HELL.
> Pray this shit don't end up hurting us.

> 3600368 >>3600335
> ...Disconnect her from life support.
> Take her to the surface with us. She'll see one last sunset..

> 3600369 >>3600335
> Promise to kill her after we check the water cooler.

> 3600373 >>3600335
> >make the right choice
> ask what happened? why did we fail?

> 3600375 Check the stuff in the water cooler first, don't kill Bella.

> 3600377 >>3600335
> ask her if there is any other way out of this, can we share with her what has happened to us?

> 3600380 If you wanted to seal off a facility, it does seem odd to allow the lockdown to be lifted by killing the person charged with keeping it in place, who is immobile and directly next to the hatch.
> She wants to die, and offers information to give us justification for doing so. Kill her, the lockdown is removed, only then you open hatch to find they've filled the thing with concrete. Or there are others above charged with keeping the thing shut. With guns. But even so, she still gets her wish.
> If she's integral to the facility, then really it only makes things worse for us.

> 3600381 IF WE KILL HER THE ENTIRE PLANET IS FUCKED

> 3600384 Tell bella to take a chill pill. We havent killed anyone yet.
> ..well except for all those other times.

> 3600386 If we left ourselves something, it's probably important. If we knock Bella out, she at least won't hinder us while we see what it is.

> 3600388 >>3600335
> Tell, "Ok, we know what we must do and we are sorry"
> Then take out the tranquileser and the scalpue
> Ask "Is there anyone on the outside you'd like to leave a message for?"
> After her answer say "this is so you won't fell any pain" and go to inject her with the knifre ready to kill her once she is under
> Once she is asleep leave the room leaving her alive

> 3600391 >>3600335
> Don't kill her, whatever happens. That'll just repeat the cycle, EVERYONE is infected no matter if they think themselves clean or not. Not until the door is open and either Tom or Ruby has already climbed out into the sunshine.
> Anethatise her if you must do something.

> 3600392 DO NOT TRANQ HER UNECESSARILY, SHE CAN EASILY KILL US IN ANY ROOM WHEN SHE WAKES UP AND TRY FOR DEATH AGAIN.

> 3600399 >>3600392
> And even if she didn't actively try to kill us, the sudden turn of lockdown back on could be pretty bad thing.
> KILL HER

> 3600401 This is Earth after we escape.

> 3600407 >>3600381
> No, the infection isn't an infection the pills they all took turned them, only by taking a pill are you infected
> also we can barracade the hell out of the door after leaving

3600413 >>3600346
>>3600349
>>3600358
>>3600359
>>3600364
Tom injects the LIQUID TRANQUILIZER but Bella only becomes angry. She explains that the systems she's hooked up to have replaced most of her body functions and will easily keep her conscious against the tranquilizer.
She goes on to say that Tom and Ruby do not want the person in charge of security to be against them.
She has asked nicely, she has helped them come this far, but now she is putting her foot down. She will lock doors, activate traps, and seal rooms if they persist.
This time, she says, she's not going to give them a choice. They have to end her life now.
There is no other option.

> 3600414 tranq bella, leave for water cooler and try to find the last bit of wood for the locker to open it

> 3600415 >>3600407
> >red stuff growing all over the place
> >medical purposes
> >pills
> wat

> 3600417 The ENTIRE staff was put on the rations that contained Red's 'cure', which means Bella included. She's the same as Tom and Ruby, which means when she is killed, she'll come back healed, with mutations. Killing her would be a mistake.

> 3600418 >>3600407
> >also we can barracade the hell out of the door after leaving
> WE HAVE THE INFECTION TOO AND CAN NEVER DIE CAN'T YOU FUCKING READ YOU FUCKER *Rage*

> 3600421 Killing Bella will probably kill everyone.
> Ruby, Tom, Ace, Stitches, Patient 6, Filbert... the whole kaboodle.
> Ruby, say we will kill her if she wants... but only if she opens the hatch and lets out Tom first.

> 3600422 >>3600392
> See..

> 3600428 >>3600413
> Kill her.
> >>3600417
> She doesn't need pills or rations. She's on a life support.

> 3600429 >>3600413
> ...very well.

> 3600430 DISCONNECT BELLA.
> TAKE OUT TO HAVE ONE MORE SUNSET.

> 3600431 >>3600413
> Reluctantly agree, pull life support and take her outside for one last sunset.

> 3600435 When you've cut her off, carry her outside to watch the sunset. You three can have a final gentle moment before one of dies and the other two descend back to hell.

> 3600436 Talk it out, talk it out! offer some sort of insurance.

> 3600437 Break the glass she so conveniently revealed for you? I'll bet you could swim to the surface. The life support would probably keep her alive.

> 3600438 >>3600413
> Well, we don't really have much of a choice now, do we?
> For someone whose experienced these memories for more than a year I don't think our negotiation will work.

> 3600439 >>3600366
> DOO EET.

> 3600440 >>3600413
> No, don't kill her. Fucking moody bitch. Just leave, go search the watercooler.

3600442 >>3600427
>>3600428
>>3600429
>>3600432
...Tom and Ruby seem to have no choice.
Tom pulls the plunger back on the syringe and with great hesitation, injects the air into Bella's bloodstream.
Tom apologizes quietly for not being able to save her.

> 3600443 >>3600415
> Cave Story reference lulz

> 3600444 >>3600413
> take this empty syringe. we may be able to save you. see a sunrise from outside here. don't kill yourself until we are sure you can't be saved. if we die you can still kill yourself.

> 3600445 >>3600437
> >>3600440
> Fuck you two.

> 3600447 >>3600442
> Go watch the sunset together. Take Bella with you if you can.

> 3600449 >>3600413
> Say "Sorry it was only so would not feel any pain"
> Then get the knife out and ask if she is ready.
> Then kill her

> 3600452 Should've sent ruby to the cooler and left tom with bella as insurance..

> 3600453 >>3600442
> Well, there was no way out from that. Now, can we open the hatch?

> 3600454 >>3600442
> >>3600444
> alas i was too late. farewell bella.

> 3600458 >>3600442
> In pace requisiat.

> 3600459 BAIBAI BELLA :'(

> 3600461 Shit, what have you guys done?
> There was a reason why we've refused the few times we've made it this far. Shit, we're fucked now.

> 3600462 >>3600442
> Ruby: Hug Tom for real now he needs it

> 3600465 HUG TOM

> 3600467 Okay, stop spamming the thread with Bella eulogies.
> Obvious next step: either wait for the universe to collapse, or go to the water cooler.
> Stab Ace in the fucking eye if you see him.

> 3600471 >>3600461
> There was a reason: Cowardice.
> There was also an obvious consenquence: Not getting out.

> 3600473 She was such an hero, to give it all away...

> 3600474 the only person who's tried to help us.
> This will end well...

> 3600475 Well, open the hatch and flee... TO FREEDOM

3600481 >>3600437
>Break the glass she so conveniently revealed for you? I'll bet you could swim to the surface
Neither Tom nor Ruby knows how to swim.
Tom does his best to disconnect Bella from her life support. She passes into unconsciousness.
Moments later, Bella passes away.

> 3600483 >>3600475
> Just watch the sunset. Running away can wait.

> 3600484 Hug Tom. Wait for reality to break. Expect Ace to fuck some more shit up.

> 3600486 >>3600481
> Hug Tom
> Head to water cooler

> 3600487 >>3600483
> >>3600481
> Actually, I think we need to move quickly.
> If her mind really was linked to the facility, then bad things could happen now that she's gone.

> 3600488 >>3600481
> She gets back up and resumes her operations in an eternal trap

> 3600494 >>3600481
> Try to operate the console and open the hatch. You can both cry when you're safe up there.

> 3600495 Escape The Metal Glen, and to freedom.
> Try to live happily with each other.
> You made it.

> 3600497 Don't escape yet. Go to the Water Cooler first and retrieve the item. Maybe it has some significance for Ruby.

> 3600499 -Get item from Water Cooler
> -Get the Hell Out
> -Block exit
> -From then on, wing it.

> 3600501 Return to security console; Try to bring up camera feeds; search for personnel files.

3600503 >>3600453
>Now, can we open the hatch?
Ruby and Tom return to the security room.
It would seem Bella's death has also caused a minor systms/power shutdown. A blinking green light indicates the electrical maintenance hatch is open, however.

> 3600504 screw the gift, get the hell out before something comes and kills you
> barracade the door, bella said there is no infection just what the docters made, i'll assume that only by taking the medication are you infected, thus we wont wreck the world by leaving
> we can never die though, that's a cool plus

> 3600506 the truth? or freedom?
> will we save the others? or save ourselves?
> which will we choose?

> 3600508 >>3600481
> save Mr Water Cooler |= [

> 3600509 >>3600503
> Then head in boldly (but carefully). If you're quick, you may still catch that sunset.

> 3600510 >>3600508
> mr. watercooler will go out like the champion of neutrality he is.
> judging ever eternally from under the rubble.

> 3600511 >>3600503
> I meant the Hatch Of Getting The Fuck Out Of Here +15, but that's cool too. Lessee what we can do in the maintenance.

> 3600512 >>3600503
> Open the hatch, Remind yourself she said you've done the same thing several times, so the you that killed Tom had left something that makes you revert back to how you were.

> 3600514 >>3600503
> Let's got to the Water Cooler.

> 3600515 >>3600503
> Let's go see if we can find Stitches. And the water cooler.
> I think ending here would be lame anyway, even if it was a "good end."

> 3600520 >>3600503
> search maintenance hatch, find any obvious way of returning the power

> 3600524 Out of curiosity, is Tom still missing his eye?

3600528 >>3600511
>I meant the Hatch Of Getting The Fuck Out Of Here +15
It's still sealed. The lockdown was on the systems operated through the console, not the hatch itself. That still needs to be unlocked.
>Lessee what we can do in the maintenance
Ruby, with her GIRLISH FIGURE, is able to squeeze into the cramped maintenance tunnel.
A handy BLINKING GREEN BUTTON illuminates itself from within.

> 3600529 >>3600528
> Well let's see where it leads.

> 3600531 >>3600528
> Better not fumble blindly. Push the button. Prepare for some horror that you will see when lights come back up.

> 3600532 >>3600528
> push da battan

> 3600533 >>3600528
> Well... fuck.

> 3600535 >>3600531
> haha. Is that a pun of some kind?
> "Metal Glen: Medical Institute for the Blind"

> 3600536 its third eye time in the main room also push green button

> 3600541 >>3600528
> ...I get the feeling that that isn't a light.

> 3600548 >>3600528
> don't push a big trap looking button with ruby still in there, use the caneshovel from the outside :D ;D

> 3600555 Can't we just.. leave this god forsaken place once and for all?

> 3600558 >>3600555
> Don't you even read? I'm starting to get seriously bored and annoyed telling you the same thing all over again.

3600560 >>3600531
>>3600532
Ruby crawls a short way into the dark tunnel and presses the glowing green button.

> 3600562 >>3600555
> Yes, let's just leave, despite the horrific, immortal monsters running around (including both of us), the fact that we don't remember shit and could potentially black out and become amnesiac again at any point, and the fact that there is still stuff to explore and mutilate.

> 3600564 >>3600558
> ...This is the first time we have spoke, sir.

> 3600566 >>3600560
> It's someone's eye. It has to be.

3600568 Ruby presses the green button, and the power seems to come back on.
[Animated!]

> 3600571 >>3600564
> But the millionth time someone has said the same thing and I've said it can't be done.
> You should read everything thoroughly, before asking stuff. Especially if that stuff is so goddamn obvious.

> 3600574 >>3600566
> Watch this one actually be a button. And this post changing it to actually being an eye. Or an eyebutton.

> 3600575 >>3600560
> Surly nothing bad could happen here

> 3600576 >>3600568
> FUCK. JUST FUCK.
> BACK AWAY FUCK.

> 3600579 >>3600568
> SIX! RUN! RUNRUNRUNRUNRUN!

> 3600580 >>3600568
> Greet Nook uneasily while slowly scooting your girlish figure out of the duct.

> 3600581 >>3600568
> FUUUUUUUUCK

> 3600582 >>3600568
> Wahh!

> 3600583 >>3600568
> HELLO.
> "How are you...umm...Tom?"

> 3600585 >>3600568
> GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE RUBY, TELL TOM TO HAMMER DOWN ON WHATEVER COMES AFTER YOU!

> 3600588 Take it easy, it is obviously dead...
> ...

> 3600591 >>3600568
> I may have just shit my pants.

> 3600594 >>3600568
> Give Tom Nook a hug then back the hell out of there

> 3600595 >>3600588
> >it is obviously dead
> >the Metal Glen

> 3600599 TIME TO USE THAT MEDICAL SAW
> dont even hesitate, cut his fucking face open

> 3600600 evacuate bowels. run.

> 3600602 >>3600595
> Just kidding!

> 3600604 >>3600568
> "Hi."

3600605 ＳＯ ＷＨＥＲＥ ＡＲＥ ＴＨＯＳＥ ＳＣＩＳＳＯＲＳ?

> 3600606 Back up quickly, have tom help pull ruby out.

> 3600610 >>3600605
> "Th- they... They're in guarantine." *Back away*

> 3600612 >>3600605
> "We're headed to cold storage to look for them."

> 3600613 >>3600605
> To people who don't see this: "SO, WHERE ARE THOSE SCISSORS?"
> Still working on it, and you're in the way. So if you could kindly move...

> 3600614 >>3600605
> Inform him that there were none in Filbert's room and we've been unable to locate any others.

> 3600615 >>3600605
> get out of there while telling the truth "They were locked away after the last time we gave them to you...we dont even know where they are"
> motion for tom to start bashing as soon as his head pokes out

> 3600617 >>3600605
> Ruby: "In the staff rooms."

> 3600621 >>3600605
> "Hey, what´s that behind you?" then run!

> 3600625 >>3600621
> I tried suggesting this for Filbert and it didn't take

> 3600627 >>3600605
> "I'll go get them for you, just wait a minute."
> THEN RUN LIKE HELL!

> 3600628 Be honest. Tell 6 what Bella told you and that you tried looking in Filbert's desk but didn't find any. Would definitely be a bad spot to lie to Mr. Four-Stumps if he can appear outta nowhere.

> 3600633 >>3600605
> give him the scalple

3600635 Tom helps pull Ruby back out by her feet as she tries in vain to stutter out a frantic explanation.
Inside the hatch, they can hear something skittering closer.

> 3600636 Close the hatch?

> 3600639 >>3600635
> Run.
> Get towards the water cooler.
> There was a reason Nook got locked in the first place. Sticking around is definitely a BAD IDEA.

> 3600642 >>3600636
> can tom rack up TWO kills with an automated shutter!? LETS FIND OUT

> 3600644 Honesty is the best possibility here. Though mentioned as dangerous, 6 hasn't actually been agressive to us so far.
> Tell him we asked Bella but couldn't find any, and that we'll continue to look. Perhaps they're in cold Storage, if Ace has taken everything missing there?

> 3600646 >>3600635
> try and close the hatch
> cant? run like the god damned wind to storage, we'll get ace to fight him

> 3600647 >>3600635
> Tell 6 to relax, you're still looking for the scissors.

> 3600651 >>3600635
> I think, for now, after closing the hatch, we should probably vacate this area.
> Nook may have unnatural strength.
> Water cooler.

> 3600655 Close hatch, bar it shut with the caneshovel.

> 3600658 >>3600644
> >>3600647
> >>3600628
> Y'know, if we could safely remain around Nook, Weaver wouldn't've been so eager to invoke his oh-so-rarely-used railroading powers to get us out quickly.
> Water cooler.

> 3600668 >>3600662
> doh ho ho ho

> 3600675 .>>3600662
> i demand a first person view from toms POV

3600676 >>3600655
>>3600651
>>3600646
>>3600636
Tom jams the door closed with his BLUDGEONY CANESHOVEL. Something starts clawing against the other side, but surprisingly enough, the sturdy hatch seems to hold fast.

> 3600677 I think we need a new thread.

> 3600678 >>3600676
> Water cooler.
> >>3600677
> Ride it 'till the end!

> 3600679 Lets hope that that´s a "dead end hatch".

> 3600682 BEFORE we check the watercooler, use the console. Can we open the hatch now? Just so it's open in case we have to come running back.

> 3600685 >>3600677
> No, we don't need it.
> >>3600676
> Let's go to the cafeteria, to inspect the water cooler.

> 3600686 >>3600676
> If it seems to be holding, try to use the CONSOLE.
> More information is good.

> 3600688 >>3600682
> FUCK NO YOU RETARD! WE DO -NOT- WANT SIX ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE.

> 3600689 wheeee

> 3600691 open surface hatch, go to watercooler, search a bit for final piece of wood

> 3600693 >>3600688
> He meant the other one. Duh.

3600696 >>3600682
>BEFORE we check the watercooler, use the console. Can we open the hatch now?
The console responds favorably. It looks like Bella was telling the truth.

> 3600700 >>3600696
> Try to get information about other people. First Tom, then Ruby.

> 3600703 >>3600696
> Try "OPEN SURFACE ACCESS"

> 3600707 >>3600696
> computer Mr WATER COOLER room camera now please, engage

> 3600708 >>3600696
> subject data paitient #6

> 3600712 See if we can get access to security cameras!!!!!

> 3600713 Screw all your suggestions.
> Type "help" or "?". Bring up a list of commands and let's see what this bad boy can do.

> 3600716 SEAL MAINTENANCE HATCH
> VIEW CAMERA FEEDS
> PERSONNEL FILES
> HELPFILE: SELFDESTRUCT
> LIST COMMANDS

> 3600719 >>3600713
> /? you mean

3600720 The console is suddenly ruptured by a large fleshy growth bearing a gleaming yellow eye.
It appears to be impeded by the bulky console, but the system has been damaged. An error message flashes onto the screen.

> 3600721 >>3600696
> So many things to do.
> View Map should be first, so we know where everything is.

> 3600723 >>3600720
> Get the fuck out of there, and go to the water cooler.

> 3600724 fuck, they're both dead..

> 3600725 >>3600720
> oh fucking piss, sod it, to the water cooler, nowish

> 3600726 >>3600720
> Well, you really don't want us to open the hatch yet do you?
> Let us flee then. To the water cooler.

> 3600728 >>3600720
> I hear running is good for you

> 3600732 Down we go, but Mr Water Cooler first please

> 3600734 Well that sucks.
> Also, no BSoD. :P

> 3600735 Great effing timing -_O*

> 3600736 >>3600720
> I smell old b-horror movie special effects! althou, thats not a bad thing ^^
> also, SCREW THIS go to mr watercooler!

> 3600737 >>3600720
> Six is getting freaky! He's gonna absorb the entire computer or something!
> Run to the water cooler!
> Also where's the level 3? Isn't there the console Red broke?

> 3600740 >>3600720
> GO TO BACKUP STATION
> DON'T FORGET TO PRESS "Y" LIKE WE DID WHEN WE WERE HANGING AROUND WITH RED

> 3600741 >>3600720
> less console commandin' more WATERCOOLIN'

> 3600742 >>3600720
> out of here now, to cantina

> 3600745 Poke eye!

> 3600748 I think we should find Ace. He'll be more interested in getting Nook back contained than chasing us.

> 3600750 >>3600720
> GODDAMMIT SIX WE'RE TRYING TO FIND YOUR SCISSORS
> ...where's Ace when you need him?

> 3600753 >>3600740
> ffs we had to go past the WATER COOLER to even get here just cheak it already

> 3600755 >>3600740
> that place exploded

3600756 Tom and Ruby head down to the room with the water cooler.
On the way down, they pass by Filbert, who is still unconscious where they left him. He appears to be breathing, however.

> 3600758 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> GODDAMN 6 YOU FUCKING BASTARD> RIGHT WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING!
> 6 MUST DIE.
> After we get some more weapons. We should kill him with scissors.

> 3600762 >>3600756
> TO THE FAN WITH HIM!

> 3600763 >>3600753
> no time for water coolers there is a train to catch toot toot

> 3600765 Examine Filbert

> 3600767 >>3600756
> I expected him to mysteriously vanish by now.

> 3600769 >>3600756
> Ignore him, keep moving

> 3600770 >>3600763
> >>3600753
> fyi, that's not weaver

> 3600771 >>3600755
> Oh. Forgot about that.
> WE'RE FUCKED

> 3600773 >>3600756
> Kill him. He's dangerous, insane and evil. He was evil even when he was normal, for fuck's sake. This whole shit is his fault.

> 3600774 >>3600756
> aid his waking slightly then GTFO
> hopefully he stalls 6

> 3600776 >>3600756
> Throw Filbert at 6. They deserve each other's company.
> Also, check 6's room.

> 3600777 Ruby,Tom, Stitches,Ace Vs Filbert, 6 and 8
> HEAVEN OR HELL, LETS ROCK.

> 3600785 >>3600756
> Leave the Hippocratic oath by Filbert's face, then carry on.

> 3600787 >>3600756
> leave him or drag him to the fans if that's possible

3600789 Ruby and Tom descend to the cafeteria room, passing through the upstairs thoroughfare on the way.
Tom moves to take the top off the water cooler so they can look inside.

> 3600792 >>3600787
> Fuck that, don't touch him, drag the fans to him.

> 3600793 >>3600787
> >>3600762
> Stop saying fans, that's right out of 6's room and the doors are now unlocked

> 3600796 >>3600789
> 50 internets on it being Sven's/other goat's headless body

> 3600797 in before note that says "Dont kill bella"

> 3600798 >>3600789
> Water cooler is displeased of the horrible way Tom is molesting him.
> Tom, shame on you.

> 3600799 >>3600777
> PRELIMINARY MATCH UPS
> FILBERT VS STITCHES
> ACE VS HIMSELF
> 6 VS BELLA'S CORPSE
> ESCAPE HATCH VS MANLY PHYSIQUE

> 3600800 Damnit Weaver, the suspense is killing me!
> Also, stab RANDOM HEAD IN FREEZER with BROKEN CROWBAR SHARDS.
> That oughta fix it.

> 3600807 >>3600799
> HOUND vs RED

3600808 Stashed inside the cooler itself is an oddly-shaped shard of GREEN WOOD.
Ruby adds the last piece and assembles the second GREEN STAFF.
Should they head upstairs to the locker now, or should they check the nearby backup console first?

> 3600810 >>3600808
> Console first.

> 3600811 >>3600617
> >>3600808
> We must know.

> 3600812 >>3600808
> locker.

> 3600813 Console.

> 3600815 >>3600808
> Both.
> They have walkie talkies. They can split up.

> 3600817 >>3600808
> Locker first.

> 3600818 >>3600808
> Don't forget to apologize to the water cooler. We can't turn EVERYTHING against us here.

> 3600825 >>3600808
> Console, check console for DETAILED FACILITY MAP, CAMERAS, and DOCUMENTATION

> 3600826 >>3600808
> wasen't that room filled with debris? and before that someone had smashed the screen? I migth be mixing things up thou...

> 3600827 Locker

> 3600831 >>3600815
> No.
> Get the staff pieces and open up that last locker!

> 3600832 RUBY IS CONFUSED

> 3600834 >>3600808
> locker

> 3600837 >>3600826
> i too thought it FUCKING EXPLODED
> im verry confused

> 3600840 >>3600808
> Console. It's closer, we may be able to figure out how to lock #6 somewhere, maybe even check where Ace and others are and generally make our way easier. Or we'll fuck things up...

> 3600844 conocker first

> 3600845 >>3600832
> RUBY hurt herself in her confusion!
> Enemy FILBERT is fast asleep!
> >FIGHT
> >ITEM
> >PKMN
> >RUN
> Also, console

> 3600846 >>3600837
> This is metal glen fool
> everything that dies comes back to life...even rooms

> 3600851 >>3600825
> This motherfucker has the right idea. Getting a detailed map would be a goddamn bonus, we could check ahead to see if anything is in our way and we could try to find out more about what was going on if we use THE CONSOLE.

3600854 >>3600810
>>3600811
>>3600812
>>3600813
>>3600815
>>3600817
>>3600818
>>3600819
>>3600822
>>3600825
>>3600826
>>3600827
>>3600831
>>3600832
Just because the thread isn't bumping anymore doesn't mean you should spam it to hell. Good god, go easy.
Early consensus was on console.
It's a moot point anyway, since the console doesn't seem to have power. There's still a familiar symbol hanging above it.

> 3600856 >>3600851
> Even though it'll be out of date (LOL PHYSICS ROOM), it'll still be damn helpful

> 3600857 >>3600854
> >Just because the thread isn't bumping anymore doesn't mean you should spam it to hell. Good god, go easy.
> That was voting. It doesn't count.
> Ah well, locker then.

> 3600861 >>3600854
> well locker then as we don't have the clock pointer

> 3600864 >>3600854
> Strange symbol? I thought you said it was a picture of a happy fish?
> Does that correspond to the eye dial thing in any way?

> 3600871 >>3600854
> oh weaver
> We thought he ment the usefull console, but it turns out it really did explode. here's a useless old one that we all forgot about
> go locker

> 3600872 Why waste time with a bogus option?

> 3600874 >>3600854
> Inspect symbol.
> And don't forget the delete button, guys!

> 3600876 >>3600854
> Go downstairs, spin dial, check downstairs ro see if anything has changed.

> 3600877 >>3600854
> Take the symbol, then go to the locker!

> 3600885 >>3600872
> Because that's what we chose. And there is likely some way to restore power. Which we should do.
> Downstairs, remain armed, watch out for Dummy.

> 3600890 >>3600854
> oooh... THAT one...
> could we go have a check throu:
> DOLL ROOM
> THAT ROOM CUT IN HALF
> ROOM BEHIND Z-HATCH
> ROOM WHERE WE FOUGTH PLANT ZOMBIE
> I think I saw something with this symbol on way back

> 3600892 Hmmm, we need to find that dial for the clock in the dummie room...
> Well, let's go to the Lockers.

3600895 >>3600876
>Go downstairs, spin dial, check downstairs ro see if anything has changed.
The dial downstairs is missing its spinner, remember? It was gone last time they checked!
Tom and Ruby head back upstairs, making the trek to the room directly above them, since they have no means to climb the hole in the ceiling.
Ruby places the GREEN STAFF in the carved recesses on the locker's face.

> 3600898 >>3600890
> >I think I saw something with this symbol on way back
> It was the clock thing. If we still had the dial, we could-
> ACE HAS THE DIAL! WE MUST GO TO THE COLD STORAGE!

> 3600899 >>3600854
> Look at the symbol with your third eye.

> 3600902 >>3600895
> Check on Stitches first, tranq at the ready.

3600904 The locker's door swings open, revealing a switch to match the one in the other locker they'd opened with the first GREEN STAFF.
Ruby figures she might as well pull this switch, too.

> 3600905 >>3600895
> step back a bit and make sure that the locker with stitches in it is at least still sealed
> (yay, posting in my first ruby thread :3)

> 3600914 check on stiches. bang his locker and ask if he is ok. ask if he saw the group photo.

> 3600915 Oh god are we going to turn the machine on with stitches inside? What if it gives him superpowers!?

> 3600917 Pull it.

> 3600918 >>3600904
> Say "Hello, Stitches. You OK in there? We're sorry we had to do that. We really are."

> 3600919 >>3600915
> but what if it heals him!? WE'LL BE GODS! GODS I TELL YOU

> 3600922 >>3600915
> ether that or auto destuct time

> 3600925 >>3600915
> No.
> It will fix him properly. He will see the picture. HIS MEMORIES WILL RETURN AND HE WILL HELP RUBY AND TOM TO GET AWAY.

> 3600926 What's that on the right wall, next to the button? Is that a mirror? Has that been there the whole time? If so...I'd almost want to break it and see if there's stuff beyond it (like a hole/passage).

3600927 With both switches pulled, lockers 3 and 4 suddenly shift apart and pull aside to reveal a hidden door on the wall behind the giant machine.

> 3600928 >>3600919
> AND THEN WE CAN RESURRECT RED, TOO!
> WE CAN ALL BE FRIENDS AGAIN!

> 3600930 >>3600927
> Ready weapons, and go in.

> 3600931 >>3600927
> Ace will be elsewhere fixing Nook back. The room will be empty.
> Get inside. Pick up all the relevant items.

> 3600932 Enter Cold Storage.
> WITH CAUSION!

> 3600933 >>3600927
> Huh.
> Well check on Stitches through the vents quick first, then I guess we go in.

> 3600934 well thats it for me guys, have fun with Ace

> 3600935 >>3600899
> ignore this one

> 3600946 IT'S COLD IN THE COLD STORAGE
> HUG AND CUDDLE TO KEEP WARM

> 3600949 >>3600927
> don wooly hats and enter

3600959 >>3600930
Tom and Ruby pass through the door.
Into the mouth of madness.

> 3600960 Darn, I was gonna suggest "Carve pumpkin into staff shape, put in recess".

> 3600966 >>3600959
> SAN check.
> Then open the locker.
> Don't touch the fetus, don't touch the dummy. Leave the console for later.

> 3600967 >>3600959
> succumb to the madness

> 3600971 Check lockers, statue and ceiling dummy!

> 3600972 >>3600959
> don't you fucking dare open that third eye. runes everywhere.

> 3600973 >>3600959
> don't fucking use the eye... it'd probably make everyones' heads explode into jello

> 3600975 >>3600959
> THAT DOESN'T LOOK COLD AT ALL
> OPEN LOCKER

> 3600981 Take ACE'S MASK to see if there is anything on the inside, or a rebreather. It might be useful later.

> 3600987 >>3600959
> >>Do Not Touch
> Open water filtration unit

> 3600990 well, lets get on with it, open the lockers first

> 3600992 Maybe... Maybe Ruby is USING THE THIRD EYE ALL ALONG, UNCONSCIOUSLY!
> Ask Tom if he sees the same she does.

3600996 The locker on the left appears to be sealed. The one on the right is bent and partially melted in places, and appears to be simply jammed shut. Not even Tom can force it open, and its hinges appear to have been messed with as well.
Ruby rationalizes they must be the two missing lockers -- the ones from the room where she woke up.

> 3601006 I think ace might be working for the dark powers..just a hunch.

> 3601007 >>3600996
> Check Ace's mask. Investigate water filtration, but obey the warning and Do Not Touch.

> 3601008 >>3600981
> Oh holy fuck, Ace is under control by the EVIL FROM THE DEPTH.

> 3601009 So... the Evil Powers were controlling Ace all the time...
> Fuck the "Ace is just trying to do his job, he doesn't want to harm Ruby and Tom" theory.

> 3601013 >>3600996
> Oh Ruby you and your logic, this is no place for logic
> Open water filtration unit

> 3601015 What I'd like to know is, what water?

3601018 >>3600987
>Open water filtration unit
Tom and Ruby look inside the water filtration unit.
Something inside looks back at them.

> 3601028 >>3600996
> Tom: Try to pry open lock. Come on, use that MANLY PHYSIQUE.
> Ruby: Don't go insane.

> 3601030 After recovering from the shock, recover the panel. Use in the dummy room to get the console working again.

> 3601033 >>3601018
> Say hello.

> 3601036 Wear Ace's mask

> 3601040 >>3601018
> mother of god. try and talk to the poor thing, tell it we're going to help it get out of this dark room

> 3601041 This is the Emobird. The one crying about dark is his soul, the manifestation of his will.
> If he's still alive, you should put him out of his misery. He's clearly in pain - been like that for a while, it'd seem.

> 3601042 Check if he's a live..maybe help him out.

> 3601045 >>3601018
> Try to talk to him.

> 3601047 Try Ace's mask, there's got to be something about it for him to leave it around.. is he in one of the cells?

> 3601049 Collect ELF TEARS from WATER FILTRATION UNIT.
> Seems like the only logical thing to do.

> 3601050 >>3600959
> hello doll, so that's where you have been hiding

3601052 >>3601033
>Say hello.
"It'sss... so dark...
khh...iiill mmeee.."

> 3601055 >>3601018
> try and take one of the hooks and the dial... and ask the bird if it is alive.

> 3601057 >>3601018
> Greet EMOBIRD.

> 3601058 >>3601052
> Obey. Let Emobird go.

> 3601059 >>3601052
> RUBY: Ask if he wants us to put him in the regeneration cells instead!
> TOM: remove stuff
> Ruby: wear mask.

> 3601060 >>3601052
> Decline to kill him. Try to free him from the hooks.
> Collect the eye dial first, though.

> 3601064 >>3601052
> go ahead and kill it. not much else to do.

> 3601065 >>3601052
> I see a trend forming here.

> 3601066 >>3601052
> Do it, kill him.

> 3601067 >>3601052
> I really wish it wasn't so... but I think that emo bird and ace is the same person... damn, ace was so cool and now he has to go and be all emo about it...
> get dial from his chest

> 3601069 >>3601018
> Release Emobird from his pain!
> Then open the lockers.

> 3601071 >>3601052
> Tom: Scalpel EMOBIRD.

> 3601074 >>3601065
> I think Weaver is very subtly trying to tell us he wants to quit.

3601077 >>3601058
>>3601060
Tom grabs the EYE DIAL from the filtration unit. Ruby, already emotionally distraught after the incident with Bella, is confused. She doesn't know what to do with this individual who lies half-submerged in water.

> 3601082 >>3601077
> Free the Emobird, take him to the lockers.

> 3601084 Don't kill him, is useless, he's "infected" like the rest of us, remember?.
> Just take the disk ang get out.

> 3601085 I think we've killed enough people who reason with us..

> 3601086 take the hooks out of him and take him out of that room, maybe he'll have a change of heart if he's no longer in the room? if stitches has healed up fine we can put him in stitches old casket, if not we can .. mercy kill him ;_;

> 3601087 >>3601077
> Anything other than killing him - even getting him to regenerate - would be pure torture.

> 3601090 >>3601077
> Ask what happened to him.

> 3601093 irc voted nay on killing emobird

> 3601096 take a look at what doll is up to up there, tentacles comming out of his gut and all

> 3601097 >>3601093
> Then I suppose we should unhook him and put him into another locker.

> 3601099 >>3601087
> well we could have SEDATED him, but NOOOooo.

> 3601104 Where the hell is Ace when you need him?

3601106 >>3601082
>>3601084
>>3601085
>>3601086
Ruby pleads with Tom. This one can still be saved, she says.
Tom and Ruby carefully remove him from the three large hooks keeping him in the chamber. It's a rather painful process and his groans of pain only subside when Tom finally hauls him out of the cramped, flooded chamber.

> 3601108 It's official- this is now the longest thread in /tg/ history that has not been stickied.
> I also vote to heal the poor sucker.

> 3601121 >>3601077
> Use TRANQ on Emobird, UNHOOK him, get him into a LOCKER.

> 3601124 >>3601018
> Hi, Ace. Sorry about the whole crowbar/impalement thing.

> 3601125 >>3601106
> Check on Stitches after putting Emobird into a free closet. If he's fine and well (kinda doubt this), you can take the group photo and put it in Emobird's closet instead.

> 3601126 >>3601099
> D'oh.

> 3601128 Take Ace's mask on the way out

> 3601132 >>3601106
> Ask what happened to him.

> 3601133 Take Ace's mask
> Get the fuck out.

3601139 A loud creaking sound catches the attention of Tom and Ruby.
The locker in the back of the room has begun to open.

> 3601142 >>3601139
> Grab ACE'S MASK
> Look at his face.
> Lose 3d7 SAN

> 3601148 >>3601139
> Maybe he has an amnesia now too? He might be friendly.
> We should check. But be ready to run at any time.

> 3601149 >>3601139
> GET THAT MASK

> 3601150 Okay, let's skip the "take mask" part

> 3601152 >>3601139
> well, at least now we know that Emobird and Ace aren't the same person... and that we are almost certainly fucked. closing the entrance to the cold storage would be awesome right about now (with ruby and tom on the other side, of course)

> 3601153 Run. Open Stitches' locker on the way through. Hope Ace gets distracted.

> 3601154 >>3601139
> Quickly grab the mask before Ace can, then get out of the room!

> 3601156 >>3601139
> HOLY CRAP GET OUT NOW, DRAG EMOBIRD ALONG WITH YOU, MAYBE HE CAN DO HIS "IT'S SO DARK" THING TO THROW ACE OFF
> FUCK

> 3601157 >>3601139
> It's been said lots, but grab the damn mask quickly; because we've said it all along =/

> 3601159 You really should start a new thread. This one's getting near the end of the board.

3601163 >>3601142
>>3601147
>>3601128
>>3601133
Unfortunately, ACE has already taken his mask.

> 3601169 >>3601139
> YES WEAVER I LOVE YOU! I'm sorry for ever doubting Ace's awesomeness!
> also, run like FUCK!

> 3601170 > GET YE MASK!
> You can't get ye mask.

> 3601171 GRAB THAT FUCKING MASK

> 3601173 I would bet that his weak point is behind his mask.

> 3601176 >>3601163
> HOLY FUCKSHITS, GET THE FUCK OUTTA THERE!

> 3601177 >>3601163
> OH GOD
> IA IA ACEFACE FTAGHN

> 3601178 >>3601163
> So he IS an evil chaos creature.
> No talking after all. Just run. Dump Emobird into one of the lockers, close the secret door, head to the dummy room with your panel.

> 3601181 We have gazed upon the visage of the Ender of Worlds.
> I do not think we shall punch out Cthulhu any time soon.
> Let us abscond quickly.

> 3601184 >>3601177
> Aceface dreams?

> 3601186 run outside, knock open stitches closet, close the two doors behind us, drag stitches useless ass out, dump emo bird in flee for downstairs and the opening of the surface hatch

> 3601190 rolled 6, 4, 5 = 15>>3601163
> ROLLING FOR SAN LOSS

> 3601199 >>3601190
> INSTANT FAILURE.
> THERE IS NO SAVING ROLL.

3601204 Ruby and Tom get the hell out of dodge, carrying the other prisoner with them.

> 3601213 >>3601204
> Well that settles it
> Ace must die.

> 3601214 >>3601204
> Nice new evil symbol. Looking spazzy there, Ace.

> 3601217 >>3601163
> Run, and take Emobird with you. Then CLOSE the moving-locker-systementrance to Cold Storage behind you!

> 3601219 >>3601204
> Wait, why's his mask still on the table?

> 3601221 Just had a thought- it's not important at this point, but this explains why the sink was running blood.
> It's because this poor guy was hooked into and bleeding into the water filter.

> 3601223 Whoopsies Weaver!

> 3601232 >>3601217
> Won't help, it can obviously be opened from the inside.
> I move we free Stitches and take a stand. Kill that abomination.

> 3601233 Ask Emobird if he can use his powers of confusion on Ace.

> 3601234 >>3601221
> Yes, and it's also the reason because Tom and Ruby heard running water in the dark Emobird "summoned"

3601244 >>3601219
>Wait, why's his mask still on the table?
Artistic oversight.
Tom and Ruby escape from Ace's lair in cold storage. They seal the area behind them, but knowing Ace, it won't hold him for long. Whatever they're going to do, they had better do it FAST. Ace is clearly on a mission and this facility will not be safe for them for very much longer.
Tom's MANLY PHYSIQUE allows him to carry the prisoner with relative ease, but his move speed is still reduced. Perhaps things would move faster if he and Ruby split up.
Remember, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Go!

> 3601249 >>3601244
> Free Stitches and run to the Console!

> 3601250 >>3601244
> Get Stitches from his locker. We might need him later.

> 3601251 >>3601244
> Ruby: Move to the dummy room. Use the eye dial to activate the console, then use it to gain information.
> Tom: Uhh... Put Emobird into one of those lockers?

> 3601252 RESCUE THE SHIT OUT OF STITCHES.

> 3601253 Ruby, take the dial to the dummy room, turn it to the symbol that matches the backup security console.
> Tom, take the bird to the security console and wait for it to activate, then unlock the exit hatch.

> 3601261 >>3601253
> >Tom, take the bird to the security console and wait for it to activate, then unlock the exit hatch.
> Nook is still there, remember? It's not safe.
> I second (third, fourth, whatever) freeing Stitches. He may be better now.

> 3601263 >>3601252
> >>3601253
> BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED, I AM A CORRECT ANSWER!

> 3601264 >>3601244
> ruby goes downstairs to open surface hatch, tom deals with checking on stitches and putting emobird into a cabinet, as well as protecting him against attacks, hope to god ruby can get back in time before ace busts in

> 3601265 >>3601204
> Bugger, no scissors.
> Regardless; now we know Ace IS an ungodly eldritch abomination then if we do find a pair we take them right to 6.

3601266 >>3601249
>>3601250
It would appear that locker #5 is ALREADY OPEN.
>>3601251
>Put Emobird into one of those lockers?
It could take days for the locker to have any kind of effect on the prisoner! Is that really what you'd want anyway?

> 3601274 >>3601266
> >It could take days for the locker to have any kind of effect on the prisoner! Is that really what you'd want anyway?
> I can't see what else we could do with him.
> Give us a hint, Weaver! You're the DM!

> 3601277 >>3601266
> stitches has already GTFO'd so lets do the same:
> RUBY: Go to Dummy room
> TOM: Go to working console.

> 3601278 >>3601261
> No, the smaller backup console downstairs, not the one that got chestburstered by Nook.
> Shit. You're right. The main security room's the only way to get to the lobby and the escape hatch. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

> 3601279 >>3601266
> >It could take days for the locker to have any kind of effect on the prisoner!
> Clearly didn't take that long for Stitches. Or Ace.

> 3601281 fuck i dont know what to suggest then, tom would slow ruby down, i guess go up to the surface hatch and wait, Nook will probably be after ruby anyway

> 3601283 >>3601266
> Take the shortcut through the hole in the floor. If it's not too much of a jump.
> Ruby's the fastest, she needs to dash down to power the console.

> 3601284 >>3601266
> Tom: GTFO to WORKING CONSOLE, take EMOBIRD with you. We're gonna rescue the fuck outta that guy.

> 3601285 >>3601261
> Ace was holding 6 against his will, and still is.
> Right now, we could use all the allies against Ace we can get. Stitches is out and we've rescued Emobird; Maddie's probably a bit too gaseous and vaporised right now to help (or else she's regened as well and will play her part). So we need to set 6 free, and any other prisoners if we find them.
> THE FLOCK MUST WORK TOGTHER!

> 3601286 >>3601266
> Continue to carry Emobird with you, you can't leave someone who can be saved behind in this living hell.
> So do this >>3601253

> 3601290 SAVE EVERYONE YOU CAN! FORM THE X-MEN!

3601291 >>3601274
>Give us a hint, Weaver!
In the time it would take Tom to drag the weakened prisoner up to the exit, Ruby could probably reach both the dummy room and then the downstairs console.
At least, she could if she took a shortcut...

> 3601294 >>3601291
> >At least, she could if she took a shortcut...
> That's it then. Ruby: JUMP! Tom: Take Emobird to the exit.
> (Also please don't refer to him as "Prisoner", Weaver. He's free now.)

> 3601297 >>3601291
> Then let us execute Operation GTFO!

> 3601298 >>3601291
> guess we follow advice... Tom start takin emobird up to exit, Ruby get down to Dummy Room and TURN THAT DIAL!

> 3601301 Ruby: jump down the hole.
> Tom: Do as the next spam wave instructs

> 3601303 and if by any chance filbert is up and running, tell him we're unlocking the exit and he can join us, that should give him cause to stfu and actually help us, LETS GO FOR THE BEST ENDING GUYS

> 3601304 >>3601291
> Ruby! Down the hole in the floor, make for the dummy room!

> 3601306 >>3601291
> > SCI Interface
> Shit... we're fucked.

> 3601310 >>3601303
> Hell NOOOOOOOO!
> Filbert would escape AND SEAL THE HATCH AFTERWARDS! THEN IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE.

> 3601313 >>3601303
> Or we tell him the evil's in Ace, and to cut it out of him.
> Probably won't do Filbert much good, but it'll buy time for the prisoner escape.

> 3601315 JUMP DOWN THE TUBE! THE ONE THAT LEADS STRAIGHT TO THE COUCH

> 3601316 RAILROA- wait, no, we asked for it.
> So, Ruby: jump down the hole, aim for the non-Euclidean gap.
> Tom: shuffle as quickly as possible to the exit hatch, and stab Ace in the eye - well, the tentacle that looks most like an eye - if he gets too close.

> 3601318 >>3601291
> Take the pipe down.

> 3601332 >>3601318
> there's a hole in the room we're standing in.

> 3601334 New thread: >>3601326

3601335 >>3601326
Continued here

## Thread 31

3601326 Tom begins to carry their new acquaintance upstairs, making his way to the surface access hatch.
Ruby jumps down into the room below, trying to reach the symbol-laden clock downstairs as quickly as possible.
It's only a matter of time until Ace escapes again, and he'll be looking for them.

> 3601343 Alright, everyone keep sane. We're in crunch time here, post sensibly.

> 3601344 [Cutscene, don't flood with suggestions]

> 3601347 Ruby: DOWN THE HOLE YOU GO
> Tom: START DRAGGING EMOBIRD TOWARDS EXIT

> 3601348 RUBY: fall in a more hard-boiled way

> 3601349 oh shit I just got home now I need to find the old thread before it 404s

3601351 Ruby lands safely in the room below.
The backup console here is still not receiving power.
She quickly heads downstairs to the clock dial, now that she's recovered the wooden EYE PEG.

> 3601356 >>3601326
> Keep Constant Radio contact! Leave both on all the time so you both know exactly what's happening even if there's no time to say anything directly.

> 3601358 >>3601349
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3601359 >>3601349
> >>3598716

3601365 >>3601356
Good idea. Ruby and Tom both make sure their radios are on.
Ruby quickly climbs down into the brig, which is still as broken as ever, and darts into the side room.
There, she finally replaces the wooden EYE PEG and dials it to the symbol that corresponds to the console she used when she first woke up.

> 3601370 ASk tom how he is holding up!

> 3601371 you've made me a junkie, weaver

> 3601374 >>3601365
> Now of course go to said console to use.
> Move with caution.

3601380 Actually, the Brig seems worse than ever.

> 3601382 Whoah, this is interesting. I need to read the older threads too to catch up.

> 3601385 >>3601380
> They're invading.
> It's not just Ace we have to worry about. Gotta hurry.

> 3601386 >>3601380
> Oh christ...

> 3601388 >>3601365
> Got to head up to the console room, I guess...

3601398 The system returns to power and begins to slowly start up.

> 3601402 >>3601398
> "OPEN SURFACE HATCH", in case it's not obvious already.
> Then run after Tom.

> 3601403 Time to decide what command we should input...

> 3601405 >>3601398
> check on Tom.

> 3601409 Look up informations about #6

> 3601416 >>3601409
> kill yourself

> 3601417 >>3601409
> No time for that.

> 3601421 >>3601398
> OPEN SURFACE HATCH

> 3601423 >>3601409
> >Look up informations about #6
> ಠ_ಠ

> 3601426 There'll be plenty of time to postulate theories and pump Weaver for more information after we get out. If I know this type of game, it'll have a post-ending encyclopedia to peruse.
> For now, we must focus on the victory. We must dissent. We must survive.

3601430 >>3601405
>check on Tom.
While Ruby waits for the system to respond, Tom runs into FILBERT. Apparently he shook off a massive dose of tranquilizer rather quickly. He menaces with spikes of flesh at Tom. He seems even more ravenously determined than last time, eager to rip Tom to pieces.
This is the last thing he needed. He's got to get to the exit.
Tom doesn't fucking have TIME for this!

> 3601431 >>3601409
> Are you fucking kiddding me? You really think this is the time for researching shit?

> 3601434 >>3601426
> Except Weaver's said the exact opposite. Not that I advocate wasting time in a retarded way like that.

> 3601435 >>3601430
> "THE HATCH IS OPEN, FUCK OFF"

> 3601437 >>3601430
> Tell him that Ace has more bad than the rest of them put together. ACE IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE CUT IMMEDIATELY.

> 3601439 >>3601426
> Paraphrasing Weaver:
> "This is not going to be like Silent Hill with a little movie at the end telling you everything that happened and why."
> So nope. No encyclopedia for you.

> 3601442 Try to throw him into the pipe!

> 3601443 >>3601430
> get the hell out of my way fil. we got the exit open. if you want to come, follow me. i'm leaving this place with ruby.

> 3601446 >>3601430
> DROP BIRD.
> EQUIP SCALPEL.
> SHANK FILBERT.
> GET YE BIRDY.
> RUN.

> 3601449 >>3601430
> WE'RE OPENING THE SURFACE HATCH, LETS GO

> 3601450 >>3601430
> Ask EMOBIRD to use PSYCHIC POWERS to OBSCURE VISION OF FIL

> 3601452 >>3601430
> DAMN IT I TOLD YOU TO KILL HIM WHILE HE WAS DOWN.
> Say: "Hey, know who's REALLY unclean? ACE!"

> 3601453 See if emobird can blind him/lead him to 6 or the fans.

> 3601455 >>3601430
> Drop bird, shovelcane to the head

> 3601457 Tackle him into the next room (ace conveniently starts fighting Filbert)

> 3601458 >>3601430
> "Ace is horribly infected! #6 is loose! They need to be clean! Hurry, before they manage to get out!"

> 3601460 Hug Filbert!

3601461 >>3601435
>>3601437
Filbert clearly isn't listening. He's beyond reasoning with now.
Filbert lunges at Tom!

> 3601462 >>3601430
> Tell him to remember the Hipocratic oath. Tom has a patient here who needs help. And yes, tell him that ACE has LOADS more Badness.

> 3601463 Use MANLY PHYSIQUE to kill Filbert. Tom can took him out once, he can do it again.

> 3601466 Inventory check plz.

> 3601475 Yell for help!

> 3601476 >>3601439
> I must have missed that bit.
> Still, point stands. We want to win.

> 3601479 dump the last of the anaesthetic into him, go fetch stitches

> 3601481 >>3601461
> emobird. help me out!

> 3601482 Throw him into the pipes! Might worK!

> 3601484 Give him a mighty kick, send him reeling through the door.

> 3601485 >>3601461
> DODGE.
> DODGE THAT BASTARD.
> Try to get him to lunge into the air duct and fall down it.

> 3601486 >>3601461
> Scaple to the kidneys... preferably the side WITHOUT mouths...

> 3601487 >>3601461
> SAME AS BEFORE.
> DROP BIRD.
> EQUIP SCALPEL.
> SHANK FILBERT TILL HE DIES.
> GET YE BIRDY.
> RUN.

> 3601489 >>3601461
> Drop EMOBIRD
> Hold FILBERT off
> Ask EMOBIRD for some DARKNESS

> 3601500 he'll expect the scalple you idiots. Tom's best bet is throwing him in the hatch as he lunges

> 3601507 DON'T PULL AN SDF, WEAVER

> 3601509 I have a hunch that Weaver is railroading a bit, but only against death. He wants a good ending as much as the rest of us, which is why all our actions are either surprisingly effective or responded with "Are you stupid?" or something.
> I think this is a good thing.

> 3601510 You what we'd need right now? Some RED getting his righteous PLANE OF TEETH on.

> 3601513 >>3601461
> Dodge Filbert, shove him into the pipehatch, SLAM IT DOWN AND JAM IT SHUT.

> 3601516 CALL OUT TO STITCHES

> 3601518 >>3601516
> might as well call out to john, ace will hear either way.

> 3601521 >>3601515
> He can crush a fucking steel crowbar with his JAWS.

> 3601526 >>3601516
> OH NO U DONT KIRA

3601532 >>3601463
>Use MANLY PHYSIQUE to kill Filbert.
Tom has had enough of this shit.

> 3601536 >>3601532
> FUCK YES YOU ARE MY BEST POKEMON EVER!

> 3601539 >>3601532
> I actually just yelled "FUCK YEAH" :D

> 3601541 >>3601532
> BERSERK!
> Well done Tom. Kill him. Kill!

> 3601542 Tom wins.
> Fatality! o_O

> 3601543 >>3601532
> JESUS CHRIST

> 3601547 >>3601532
> ...
> ...
> ...
> FUCKING AWESOME!!

> 3601548 Did... did Tom just...
> Whoa.
> Kick Filbert into the preceding room and book it. Hope Ace catches Filbert.

> 3601551 >>3601461
> Rip FILBERT's head off and spike it like a FOOTBALL at the ground.
> Make sure that bastard can't come back.

> 3601552 Check on Emo, call down to Ruby.

> 3601559 >>3601536
> Tom uses Manly Physique!
> It's super effective!

> 3601561 FUCK YEAH

> 3601562 >>3601532
> Ok, continue to the exit.
> Let's check on Ruby.

> 3601563 >>3601532
> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome?from=Main.CrowningMomentOfAw
> esome

> 3601565 >>3601532
> ANGRY TOM! ALWAYS ANGRY, ALL THE TIME!

> 3601567 >>3601532
> Finish off Filbert
> End Beserk Rage
> Grab Bird and Run

3601580 No chances this time.

> 3601581 Alright, alright, let's get it sane, people.

> 3601583 >>3601580
> This is madness!

> 3601586 >>3601580
> >>3601581
> Well, this is more than slightly ironic.

> 3601588 >>3601580
> DAAAAAAAAAAYUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!

> 3601589 >>3601580 I consider this the good end.

> 3601590 >>3601583
> and it's delicious

> 3601591 >>3601580
> Pick up Emobird, and keep running. Try to think about where all that strength came from, too.

> 3601592 >>3601580
> Stuff his head in the nearest closet.

> 3601594 Is this the same guy who got killed by Ruby? Jesus christ his death hasn't been good to him.
> Check on Ruby and if the console is good to go, open the hatch.

> 3601595 TOM SNAPS EMOBIRD OUT OF IT
> ESCAPE
> MAKE LOVE

> 3601596 >>3601580
> SPIKE THAT FUCKER.
> THEN, TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATIONS!

> 3601597 >>3601580
> ok, enough barbarian psycho rage... grab emobird and make for the door!

> 3601600 Tom and Emo bird escale for hot sex, Ace kills Ruby.
> we all win

> 3601602 >>3601580
> PUNT THE HEAD ACROSS THE ROOM

> 3601604 Hey, hows Ruby doin' anyway? that console booted up yet?

3601606 Tom has no idea how that just happened.

> 3601607 >>3601580
> Ok Tom, calm down already. Pick up Emobird and go to the exit hatch.
> And let's check on Ruby.

> 3601608 Toss the head at the fans (don't bother going there, just throw it)

> 3601610 >>3601580
> Nip into the Fan room and quickly unlock 6's door, then run back, grab Emo again and continue upward.
> Got to give Six a chance of Escape/Coming out to stall Ace. Six may be horribly disabled and mutated, but he, like Emobird, is still a prisoner of Ace.
> And that makes him a good guy right now.

> 3601612 There is still Mutant Xeno on board, Turn around and PURGE

> 3601613 >>3601606
> No blood? Anywhere? That's funny.
> Or was that a flashback? OHSHIT!

> 3601615 Just get out of there already!!!!!!11

> 3601621 RUBY KICKS THE WALL HAVING TO WAIT SO LONG
> RUBY'S TOE HURTS

3601624 It was pretty cool though.

> 3601626 >>3601606
> Tom you're turning into a monster, just like the others. You shouldn't escape, look at what you're doing, look what you're going to bring to the world. Think about it, the extra arms, your super strength, your enormous penis... none of it is natural.
> The only thing to do is kill the bird now, and decide if you kill yourself stopping Ace and 6 getting ruby, or if you shutdown the escape now, and stop all this horror fro getting to the real world

> 3601627 Tom is EVIL.
> He killed Filbert, who was clearly THE HERO.
> It's all your fault /tg/. I hate you.

> 3601628 Tom mutates even more?

> 3601629 Yeah yeah GET OUT NOW!!!

> 3601631 >>3601606
> Adrenaline does strange things when stress levels are high.
> I've heard of grown men who were able to uproot trees when the rush hits them.
> Calm down, grab emobird, meet up with Ruby. It's time to get the fuck out of this hell hole.

> 3601634 >>3601580
> HOLY CRAP TOM HAS TURNED TO KHORNE

> 3601637 >>3601626
> Shut up.

> 3601639 Tom mutates
> grabs emobird
> and still tries to escape

> 3601643 I told you guys. Tom's aggression is not a good thing. It's like Ruby's eye, just more subtle.

3601645 Tom continues upstairs with the ex-prisoner.
Meanwhile, Ruby has finally accessed the console -- and the results are GOOD.

> 3601647 Yes cool.
> Plus Tom is gonna get so much tail from Ruby for doing it when they get outof there.
> Seriously.

> 3601649 GO FOR IT!

> 3601653 ESCAPE

> 3601657 >>3601645
> CHANGE THE PASSWORD, RELEASE THE GAS, RUN TO PIPE, CLIMB TO FREEDOM

> 3601659 >>3601645
> can she get to the pipe with the hole in it? That would lead her up to the room where Fil was mutilated, then she could catch up much quicker

> 3601660 >>3601645
> TIME TO GET THE FUCK OUT AND GET SOME PORKCHOP SANDWICHES

> 3601667 They get the hell out of dodge
> only to encounter more building

> 3601670 >>3601647
> A) Ruby is a lesbian
> B) Ruby doesn't like killing people
> C) Ruby doesn't like blood
> D) Ruby is a lesbian

> 3601671 >>3601624
> Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.

> 3601676 >>3601645
> RELEASE GAS
> GET THE FUCK OUT OF THAT PLACE

> 3601679 >>3601645
> But there's still the amnesia and that horrible disease to be dealt with. They can't just leave.
> Kill Ace. Maybe whatever's controlling him will die too, releasing Ruby and the others from their torment.

> 3601681 >>3601645
> Get the fuck outta here!

> 3601684 >>3601645
> Reprogram the facility's traps to react only to Ace and activate them!

> 3601685 >>3601645
> Well, Weaver, it's time, as you yourself put it, "To run to flee that hell."

> 3601687 >>3601680
> I prefer Manowar.

3601688 Ruby tears ass to get upstairs as fast as possible. As she climbs up the thoroughfare ladder, she hears the door to the cells being opened.
Ace won't be far behind, and from the loud noises of him slamming around, he seems ANGRY.

> 3601691 >>3601680
> good call.

> 3601693 Ruby runs likea bitch

> 3601701 This is all you should ever listen to when viewing these threads:
> http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=d14511Amd08

> 3601703 IGNORE; JUST KEEP RUNNING!

> 3601706 RUUUUUUUUUUUN

> 3601712 >>3601688
> Ruby? Unlock 6's door on the way. Tell him Ace has scissors.

> 3601718 >>3601679
> Dude, Ace is Cthulhu and the entire facility is being invaded by the forces beyond The Curtain...
> Fuck the amnesia and the disease, we're going home, damnit!

> 3601723 Close hatch with half of crowbar (same as it was closed with a staff earlier)

> 3601725 >>3601712
> fuck yes. do it!

> 3601726 >>3601679
> >They can't just leave.
> Yes they can. There's gotta be authorities who have the firepower (NUKE IT FROM ORBIT) to handle that problem. People will believe them, what with the extra body parts and all.

> 3601730 >>3601726
> Yeah, but what about the AMNESIA and the DISEASE?
> They'll never die. And they'll never remember any of their past life. They will live for billions of years, all the time wondering what they did during all that time.

> 3601732 JUST FUCKING RUN FOR IT
> ESCAPE
> ESCAPE
> ESCAPE
> ESCAPE
> ESCAPE

> 3601734 >>3601726
> I was suddenly reminded of Parasite Eve II.
> Weird.

> 3601737 I agree with unlocking the door ace vs 6

> 3601742 >>3601688
> HEY ACE. WAIT UNTIL YOU MEET TOM YOU PIGFUCKER

> 3601746 >>3601730
> I would think after billions of years you would begin to lose interest in what amounts to less than a thousandth of your total life.

> 3601747 Offer Ace a cupcake and a shoulder massage.

> 3601748 fuck you answers people
> RUN AWAY
> TO THE SURFACE

> 3601751 >>3601730
> That's why you keep a diary...on your back.

> 3601752 >>3601730
> At least they'll be OUTSIDE, instead of trapped inside the MADNESS of the Elder Gods.

> 3601758 >>3601740
> YES, WE REALLY FUCKING CAN LEAVE WITHOUT KNOWING.
> 6 CAN SHOW UP ANYWHERE ANYWAY, WE DON'T NEED TO HELP HIM.

> 3601760 >>3601746
> No I mean, they'll forget EVERYTHING. Even those billions of years.
> And don't you think existing that long would be pretty miserable anyway?

> 3601764 >>3601760
> eldrad would like a word with you

> 3601765 Ace vs 6 now!

> 3601770 >>3601764
> You just really want that bad end, don't you?

> 3601772 >>3601765
> Yes! I too would like to see Ace combat 6!

> 3601773 >>3601760
> Yeah, probably.
> But it might not be too shabby at first, yknow?

> 3601775 >>3601760
> At least they'll have each other...

> 3601776 Pst.
> Ace only went batshit AFTER we smashed the fetus-statue in his face.

> 3601779 STOP SPAMMING WITH BULLSHIT!

> 3601781 use ruby's insaine monster blood lust to kill ace!

> 3601782 >>3601772
> Everyone play Liberation of Gracemeria RIGHT NOW!

> 3601783 >>3601760
> I don't see the problem there. If they can't remember anything, every life would be a new life. Like hinduism. The problem would be remembering everything.

> 3601790 >>3601782
> GOD DAMN IT FITS

> 3601796 >>3601783
> the worlds longest diary

> 3601799 >>3601783
> Nah, I'd still rather have one nice hundred-year life which I remember entirely.
> Besides, they might still mutate even worse. In billion years, they'll end up pretty horrible, no?

3601801 Ruby finally reaches the upper level and bursts into the security room, only to find a monstrously gigantic, fleshy abomination covered in eyes, looking like a huge and horribly mutated version of Subject Six.
It appears to be cowering in the corner, and doesn't seem to notice Ruby.
ＨＥ'Ｓ ＣＯＭＩＮＧ
ＡＣＥ ＩＳ ＣＯＭＩＮＧ
ＨＥ'Ｓ ＧＯＩＮＧ ＴＯ ＬＯＣＫ ＭＥ ＵＰ
Ｉ'Ｍ ＳＣＡＲＥＤ, ＭＯＭＭＹ

> 3601806 >>3601801
> Tell Six you can help him.

> 3601807 >>3601801
> Tell him that Ace has scissors and resume running!

> 3601809 >>3601801
> "You know what six? I think you can take him!"

> 3601810 >>3601801
> RUN...
> runrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunrunr
> unrunrunrunrun

> 3601811 Ruby "Be Brave! Protect your mother"!

> 3601813 >>3601801
> HE'S COMING
> ACE IS COMING
> HE'S GOING TO LOCK ME UP
> I'M SCARED MOMMY

> 3601817 yell at 6 to follow us to safety! We've got to protect him, he's an innocent too

> 3601818 I vote Ruby books it RIGHT the fuck past him!
> GO!

> 3601819 >>3601801
> Give him scizzors!
> =*(

> 3601822 well the ace vs 6 thing is now officially a bad idea

> 3601823 >>3601801
> take advantage of it's fear and convince it to attack Ace

> 3601825 Ruby, you have the bonesaw! 6 just wants to escape, give 6 the bonesaw so it can cut itself free!

> 3601829 Our only chance now is tom and his manliness.....
> unless.....
> Subject 6 use flesh whip on ace!
> It's super effective!

> 3601834 >>3601801
> Even #6 is afraid of Ace?
> We're fucked, people. Fucked. Fucked. Fucked.

> 3601835 >>3601801
> Give Ace's key to the fleshy eye lump. Along with the scalpel: it won't be much use against Ace but it might serve as scissors so Six can free himself for a FINAL SHOWDOWN.

> 3601839 Give #6 the bonesaw: "This will make Ace go away"
> And run to the exit.

> 3601840 >>3601835
> Ruby has the bonesaw, we can give 6 the bonesaw and the key

> 3601841 >>3601825
> What makes you think 6 would have a better life out there? Who would accept him? We at least look humanoid. He's a monster.

> 3601845 >>3601801
> cut him free with BONESAW, then run like hell!

> 3601846 FIST OF THE MOTHERFUCKING NORTH STAR

> 3601847 Ruby gives 6 all her weapons!

> 3601848 >>3601825
> Seconded.
> "You can beat Ace. I don't have scisors, but take this bonesaw instead."

> 3601850 >>3601841
> Either we get cured and he'll look humanoid too. Or we won't, and eventually EVERYONE will look like a monster.

> 3601853 CRAP! We forgot Stitches!! Tell Tom to go and get the boy, it's not too late! We can have Stitches' help fending off Ace. Then, with the power of Stitches and Emobird combined, we will rule over a conquered and beaten world!

> 3601854 i might be crazy, but if the staff had to remove all the sissors after the last time 6 got hold of a pair, im guessing giving him a bone saw might be a bad idea. maby.

> 3601857 >>3601801
> Give 6 the bonesaw. 6 might be powerful and mutated, but he also seems innocent and doesn't like Ace.
> TRY to escape with him if possible. He's as much a prisoner as Emobird was.

> 3601863 >>3601853
> stitches is already out, the cell was open

> 3601866 >>3601850
> But there is no cure out there. The cure is in the facility.
> We haven't mutated yet, after all this time. What makes you think we will now?

> 3601868 >>3601854
> It won't be our problem by then. Only Ace's.

> 3601871 >>3601864
> you mean the locker that was open and empty?

> 3601872 >>3601864
> no, the locker was empty when we left ace

> 3601876 >>3601873
> Okay, we haven't gone LOL MUTATIONS like the others have.

> 3601878 >>3601866
> then good troops with guns good enough to take Ace out will come and retrieve the cure for us.

3601879 Out of pity, Ruby tries to call to Subject Six, but it's no good. He sits shivering in his grief, muttering to himself in fear of Ace.
Ruby enters the Lobby. The ex-prisoner seems to have regained some of his motor skills and is shakily climbing the now-open ladder upwards. Tom says his name is "Jay".
Tom is visibly shaken. If that giant monster is afraid of Ace, he doesn't stand a chance, even if he were to manage another burst of adrenaline.

> 3601881 Stitches busts out encounters ace ruby flees after helping 6 tom and emo bird help ruby and 6

> 3601883 There's gotta be a way to fix some of this. Don't just bail.

> 3601884 >>3601854
> We didn't forget Sttches. We opened the locker for him, he wasn't there.

> 3601886 >>3601868
> If #6 is as dangerous and insane as EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE indicates, it will be our problem too.

> 3601887 "You don't have to fear Ace. You can take him. You can beat him. Just believe in yourself. If you can't, then believe in me, who believes in you."
> Then give him a weapon and RUN

> 3601890 >>3601879
> GET OUTTA THERE

> 3601891 >>3601866
> >>3601873
> People, there's no infection, no cure, no mutations. Just FUCKING EVIL messing with everyone inside the facility. They have to GTFO.

> 3601892 >>3601879
> ESCAPE

> 3601893 Take mr. Magpie and get out of there!

> 3601896 >>3601879
> Follow up, don't let the little creep close the hatch!

> 3601897 >>3601879
> Get out of there.

> 3601903 Oh wow. Is RubyQuest finally going to end? I'm gonna miss it. :(

> 3601908 GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO

> 3601910 >>3601886
> minute to cut itself free. 30 seconds to climb the ladder and close the hatch. Ace, Stitches and 6 duke it out together, downstairs.

> 3601911 >>3601891
> Then that evil has to die.
> Hopefully people outside will believe us and nuke it.

> 3601912 ruby jay and tom bust out ace either encounters stitches or 6 or busts through the ground like a tyrant

> 3601914 What about the other guy?
> The one with no legs/hands/eyes.
> FFFF, thanks alot, Weaver.
> I actually cried because they're all so angsty and sad. :c

> 3601915 DO WE WAIT FOR STITCHES? Y/N

> 3601917 Alright, so what would make a blind patient grow extra limbs, mutate into horrible room beasts, grow extra mouths and experience amnesia.

> 3601918 >>3601911
> No nukes!
> Cthulhu would return 24 hours later, as RADIOACTIVE. This guy might be similar.
> Nukes are never good to anything anyway.

> 3601920 >>3601879
> Up the ladder after Jay!
> Let's see what puzzles/problems the surface access has in store for us...

> 3601921 >>3601915
> N

> 3601929 >>3601917
> I'm gonna say lupus.

> 3601931 >>3601917
> I think it might be lupus!

> 3601933 >>3601879
> inb4 JAY comes down again as a spray of blood.

> 3601934 Tom goes first. He's less nuts, and if it comes down to somebody having to stay behind for some reason, it shouldn't be him. Ruby, on the other hand, has killed multiple people THAT WE KNOW OF, and spontaneously

> 3601935 >>3601915
> Stitches has slightly too toothy head for my liking. Let him wait here until some help arrives.

> 3601936 >>3601915
> Leave hatch open, who gives a shit at this point, its fucking STITCHES bro he ain't going down fast

> 3601942 >>3601917
> i'm thinking nuclear waste injections.
> or lupus.

> 3601945 >>3601879
> GET OUTTA HERE! GET OUT!

> 3601947 everyone gets ready to rumble
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYhhLkiIBcg

> 3601951 >>3601879
> I fucking knew it was adrenaline.
> Right now, you're objective is to get the hell out of there.
> Make a note of the name of the Medical Institute on the wall, it seems fairly important.
> What the fuck is that being behind the desk? Automaton or some shit?

> 3601955 Tom goes first. If someone has to stay behind, it shouldn't be Tom, it should be Ruby. He's less BATSHIT NUTS, and as far as we know hasn't RANDOMLY SLAUGHTERED PEOPLE GRUESOMELY.

> 3601957 >>3601936
> nah. Stitches will survive Ace. But we don't want Ace or 6 following us. Close the hatch.

> 3601959 >>3601951
> Read the previous thread on /suptg/.

3601962 [I'd really wish you guys would take running discussion to the IRC room. 50+ posts between images that are nothing but reactions on top of another 50+ repeated "RUN" posts really take a while to slog through, sort of slows it down. Maybe ease up just a bit?]
Tom begins talking to Ruby as quickly as possible:
There is now a very serious problem. Ace will be here in a matter of seconds. There's no time for them to get to the surface and close the hatch.
Someone will have to stay behind and distract him so the other can get to safety.

> 3601963 Uh, guys...? The place was sealed up for a reason. I think escaping might be slightly bad idea for the survival of mankind in general.

> 3601965 >>3601951
> You missed alot.
> That's Bella.

> 3601967 PEOPLE, GET AHOLD OF YOURSELVES.
> We're driving this thread over a cliff here! Let's get SANE!

> 3601970 >>3601962
> Stitches.

> 3601971 >>3601962
> Tell Tom that we're sorry, but Ruby is the main character. He has to stay.

> 3601975 >>3601962
> Rock, paper, scissors?

> 3601977 >>3601962
> NO! We will runaway TOGETHER even if the whole world has to burn!

> 3601982 Drag Jay back down and tell that nigger to stay here. Promise to come back (No we won't come back)

> 3601985 >>3601962
> Screw you, Weaver. You weren't supposed to do this to us.
> I say Tom should get out, Ruby should be a distraction.

> 3601986 >>3601962
> 6.
> 6 will stay behind and distract him.
> Help free 6 if neccessary.

3601987 Tom tells Ruby to take the ladder NOW.
There is no way either of them would survive an encounter with Ace.
"Goodbye, Ruby."

> 3601989 Go Tom, GO!

> 3601990 >>3601962
> ruby volunteers. stitches bro will appear. sacrifice himself.
> /tg/ cries manly tears.

> 3601991 >>3601963
> fuck mankind. were playing a rabbit, a cat and apparently a bird.

> 3601992 how about we execute operation: fuck the world, and just dont bother closing the hatch behind us and just flee from Ace

> 3601993 >>3601987
> Stitches comes and saves her!

> 3601995 >>3601987
> Kiss Tom

> 3601996 >>3601962
> Ruby should stay, she killed Tom once, it's the least she can do.

> 3601998 >>3601987
> TOM GOES. HAVE BABIES. LIVE HAPPY.

> 3602000 >>3601965
> Partially the reason I'm deleting posts.
> I need to catch up on my Ruby questings.

> 3602001 Kiss of goodbye!

> 3602002 >>3601962
> Tom: Use MANLY SACRIFICE
> Ruby: Kiss him and depart

> 3602004 Are you insane? Tom has 4 arms and SUPER STRENGTH, JUST CARRY HER

> 3602006 >>3601962
> Fuck that shit, Ruby gets on Tom and forms Mecha Shiva and they climb the damn ladder as fast as fucking possible, with the amount of stress they are under you can't tell me there isn't enough adrenaline pumping to get above Ace's reach in time.

> 3602007 >>3601987
> KISS TOM NOW FOR GOD'S SAKE

> 3602009 Tell Tom you're not going, you've killed him before. If he wont survive neither will you. 6 likes Ruby, maybe they have a chance together. Get out Tom, you deserve it.

> 3602011 >>3601962
> Have Ruby tell Tom to go on. He's the only one strong enough to carry Jay, and Ace was after her.
> Tell Tom to be brave, and to remember her always.
> Then Ruby turns around, finally feeling clean and redeemed from that 'murder of Tom' she saw herself commit, and waits for Ace to arrive.

> 3602012 You go, Tom. Drink the champagne for me.

> 3602014 >>3601962
> TOM IS A SPARTAN
> SPARTANS DIE IN BATTLE

> 3602015 Good ending: both get out alive.
> Bad ending: Ruby gets out alive. Tom dies.
> Horrible ending: You know.
> Leaving on behind pretty much guarantees bad ending. If they both stay we can have either good ending or horrible ending. Lets make it interesting, people! Both stay and fight!

> 3602019 PLEASE say that person is Stitches. #6 Turned out to be a wimp so he's no help.
> F5ing like a mo-fo here

> 3602020 FIGHT HIM TOGETHER, YEAH!

> 3602021 There's still the "Significant twist" to be played.
> Stitches will arrive to the rescue!

> 3602022 >>3602015
> fuck you, there's always options. And Ruby can stay and Tom can survive.

> 3602023 RUBY stays with tom tehy both die for the sake of love

> 3602025 TOM MUST LIVE!!!!!

> 3602026 >>3601987
> KISS TOM OR YOU WILL LIVE IN SHAME FOREVER

> 3602028 ruby: i'd rather i stay and die, then live without you.

> 3602030 ruby, use third eye
> tom, get ready for the final epic conflict
> both: dual monologue

> 3602031 RUBY IS STAYING AND THAT'S FINAL
> GET UP THAT FUCKING LADDER CAT

> 3602033 >>3602015
> yeah fuck it, these two have been in this from basically the start, what's the point if just one gets away free? ALL OR NOTHING. HEAVEN OR HELL. LETS ROCK both of them can stay

> 3602034 A) Ruby refuses to leave, and Tom can't force her.
> or
> B) Tom and Ruby have sex because they won't be accepted in the real world anyway.

> 3602035 >>3601987
> Fuck no, Ruby isn't leaving him behind now, stay with him, meet your ends together, be happy in Valhalla.

> 3602036 START CLIMBING
> SMASH WINDOW
> FLOOD FACILITY

> 3602037 Refuse. Make Tom go. We killed him once before, nows the chance to make it better. We can also communicate better with Stitches and #6, and as far as we know Ruby could go BATSHIT NUTS again on the surface.

> 3602039 FOR FUCK'S SAKE PEOPLE, JUST LEAVE TOM. THERE'S NO WAY TO SAVE HIM AND NO WAY TO BEAT ACE. YOU FUCKS WASTED TIME MAKING DECISIONS BEFORE, TOM PROBABLY DIED FROM THAT.

> 3602041 tom rip out ruby's heart and eat it, then escape. then they can live forever... TOGETHER FOREVER

> 3602049 >>3602036
> ...AND SAY NO TO RAILROAD.

> 3602051 >>3602039
> You shut your whore mouth.

> 3602052 No, Tom, nooo. There has to be a way ;_;.
> Think harder /tg/ , damnit!

> 3602055 If Ruby goes up and Tom stays behind; Game over.
> If Tom goes up and Ruby stays behind; perhaps another session?
> Therefore; Tom Must go up.
> And Ruby must stay to stall Ace.

> 3602057 Oh fuck you Weaver. Fuck you right in your eye-sockets with barbed tentacles.
> Manly tears. Manly tears.
> Read note, drink champagne, hug Tom.

> 3602061 Both stay and fight it out, It's the only way to go after everything that has happened between them.

3602062 Ruby kisses tom goodbye.
[cutscene!]

> 3602063 break the window to stall ace with rushing water

> 3602066 >>3602036
> >>3602036
> >>3602036
> >>3602036
> >>3602036

> 3602067 Oh you bastard!

> 3602077 You fucker, after all this you railroad us? I mean, even if Stitches DOES save us, the huge majority didn't want to leave.

3602078 Ruby climbs the ladder as quickly as she can.
It's time to take a stand.

> 3602080 >>3602057
> dumbass, learn to tripcode

> 3602082 >>3602053
> >>3602071
> >>3602076
> It's an anonymous poster, not Weaver! Stop panicking!

> 3602084 >>3602062
> AWW YEAH!

> 3602085 NONINTERACTIVE ENDING CUTSCENE

> 3602093 >>3602086
> NO! GOD DAMN YOU WEAVER WE DIDN'T WANT RUBY TO LEAVE! FUCK YOU!

> 3602094 >>3602078
> Dude, stop whining, don't you realize this is the ending sequence?

> 3602098 >>3602078
> NO ITEMS
> TIME LIMIT
> FINAL DESTINATION!

3602099 [cutscene]

> 3602103 >>3602086
> CHOO CHOO

> 3602105 >>3602099
> Stitches! Now would be a good time!

> 3602106 >>3602099
> all I see are the tracks heading out for miles at this point.

> 3602107 OH THE HUMANITY!

> 3602108 alright. tom punch Ace in the balls with SMALL ARMS and pull a mortal kombat untill you knock ace off into the endless darkness.

> 3602109 >>3602099
> RIP OFF MASK
> BREAK WINDOW
> KILL THEM ALL

> 3602111 He wouldn't ignore all the people saying not to do this if there wasn't going to be Stitches or something coming along anyway. Calm the fuck down.

> 3602114 >>3602103
> seconded. The end was almost pure railroad.

3602116 [cutscene.]

> 3602118 except stitches is locked away right now...

> 3602119 >>3602116
> TOLD YA!
> TOM RUN!
> HAPPY END!

> 3602121 >>3602116
> YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

> 3602122 TOM GET THE FUCK UP THAT LADDER RIGHT NOW

> 3602123 >>3602116
> >>3602111
> he ignored it because he drew tom in this cutscene ahead of time.

> 3602125 YES!

> 3602126 >>3602116
> Yeah, who didn't see that coming :|

> 3602127 >>3602116
> STICHES!!!! YEEEESSSSS!!!!
> RUN TOM RUN!!!

> 3602128 >>3602116
> CLIIIIIIIMB TOM!!!!!!

> 3602129 Damn I thought you just ended the session!
> :-/

> 3602131 >>3602118
> LOCKER 5 IS OPEN!

> 3602132 >>3602116
> WEAVER I FORGIVE YOU NOW
> NOW GET THE FUCK OUTTA THERE AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

> 3602133 >>3602116
> Don't fail your climb check now Tom, run like ffffffffffffffffff

> 3602134 >>3602114
> It was almost certainly for the newest post to happen. Tom lives, GOOD END occurs.

> 3602136 >>3602116
> You'll be always remembered Stitches.
> NOW TOM; GET YER ASS OUT OF THERE.

> 3602137 X( is that stitches or the hound

3602138 Tom takes this opportunity to get the fuck out.

> 3602141 Yay for not bashing his head in when we had the chance! Also, RUN YOU ONE-EYED BUGGER!

> 3602142 >>3602116
> break window, CLIMB LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER!

> 3602143 UR HUR HUR.
> Tom will try to escape, but Ruby will have already shut the hatch.

> 3602144 FUUUUCK YEEEEAAAAAH!

> 3602146 THANK YOU ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE INVENTION THAT IS DEUS EX MACHINA!!

> 3602148 >>3602138
> climb you manly cat you
> CLIMB

> 3602159 >>3602146
> we were the ones who put stitches in the healing box. We didn't have to, but we chose to.

> 3602160 >>3602146
> I c wat u did thar.

> 3602162 red appears

> 3602163 >>3602138
> they climb out and are shot dead immedietly by executive decisions

> 3602168 >>3602146
> We did this. We didn't kill Stitches, instead we put him in the Enertron (but he's still hungry) and gave him the photo. Weaver said that what we did that day would be very significant, and that he didn't expect it.

> 3602171 >>3602143
> FFFFUUUUUU

> 3602174 >>3602159
> Really? Then I am converting to atheism RIGHT NOW!!

> 3602176 >>3602159
> In fact, we weren't suppose to have the tranq when we found Stitches (he had the key to the med cabinet). So, we could have killed him.

3602177 >>3602126
>Yeah, who didn't see that coming :|
Tom takes a moment to reflect on how tragic it is that sometimes actions have to have consequences, good or bad.
Ruby is relieved beyond words that Tom made it up. She's also glad she saw him coming up before she slammed the hatch shut.
Tom and Ruby close the door behind them.
Jay has been loaded onto the tram.

> 3602178 in b4 red greets ruby and tom at the surface.

> 3602183 >>3602177
> ROLL OUT ON THE RAILROAD!

> 3602188 Open Champagne, operate tram.

> 3602189 >>3602177
> That's a familiar looking train. From a fanart too, yes?
> Leave. Don't wait for Stitches: He's dead. His heroic sacrifice will be remembered forever.

> 3602190 >>3602177
> Examine the tiny text above the intercom-thing.

> 3602191 Examine the little cabinet in the wall.

> 3602192 0_0 its all so clear now. IT WAS A REALITY GAME SHOW!

> 3602195 resident evil happens now

> 3602200 >>3602177
> YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT JAY THERE
> I DONT TRUST THAT FUCKER

> 3602206 >>3602176 Very good point. We smashed the cabinet open, proving once again that mindless violence solves everything.

> 3602208 >>3602177
> Read the writing above the.. intercom?

> 3602211 >>3602177
> Quickly, before we get on board, what does that tiny writing above the tiny door say? It could be damn important, like I RIGGED THE TRAM WITH A BOMB or something. READ DOOR

> 3602212 >>3602177
> Look around. Read tiny text.

> 3602214 >>3602177
> Shout obscenities into Intercom
> Board tram
> DEPART POST HASTE

3602215 >>3602183
>ROLL OUT ON THE RAILROAD!
Ruby and Tom hop on the tram and survey the simple controls.
Ruby opens the STEEL DOOR. Beyond it lies fresh air, and a long track leading to the mainland, leading over the water.

> 3602219 >>3602215
> READ INTERCOM/DOLOR/SAFE FIRST!

> 3602220 >>3602215
> NO! STOP! READ THE TEXT/OPEN THE CABINET FIRST!

> 3602222 read the tiny text

> 3602225 what did it say over the intercom btw weaver?

> 3602227 >>3602215
> Well, hopefully all the amnesia and sickness and shit was just stuff in that place, and won't follow them.

> 3602228 >>3602215
> Have Tom go: "CHOO CHOO"

3602232 The tram begins to move, leading out towards the land beyond.
It's on an automated track, so it will continue on without Ruby or Tom needing to do anything.
CHOO CHOO!

> 3602235 >>3602188
> Nooo! Don't drink and trolly! Ruby knows better!
> Also, before they leave, Ruby should access the intercom just in case it goes to a receiving party (with guns and fruit baskets) at the end of this line. First though, is love time.

> 3602236 I participated in something beautiful... *sniff*
> Thank you Weaver. :D ;D

> 3602238 >>3602232
> NOW would be a good time to talk.

> 3602240 >>3602232
> YOU RAILROADING FAGGOT, LET US READ THE SHIT FIRST! MOTHERFUCKER!

> 3602241 >>3602215
> Do we still have Red's hand? We should, right? We never discarded it that I know of. Maybe we'll have a fourth survivor out of this. Just need to make sure he's nice and locked up while regenerating

> 3602242 >>3602232
> Champagne!
> Making out!
> Party!

> 3602243 >>3602220
> It is not important!
> GTFO OF THERE!

> 3602247 Tom twiddles all four of his thumbs

3602248 The tram pulls away, leaving the station behind.

> 3602250 RAILROAD to FREDOM!!!
> Oh, you Weaver.

> 3602251 >>3602232
> Uh-oh.

> 3602253 "Man tom, i am about to get SO familiar with the use of condoms"

> 3602256 >>3602232
> >It's on an automated track, so it will continue on without Ruby or Tom needing to do anything.
> HUG TOM

> 3602257 INCOMING CHASE SCENE!

> 3602258 Something bad is going to happen
> I CAN FEEL IT

> 3602259 BRACE FOR FINAL IMPACT.

> 3602262 >>3602251
> GET OUT OF HERE SDF, THIS IS NOT YOUR QUEST

> 3602267 >>3602251
> Fuck I lol'd hard

> 3602268 >>3602251
> NO JOHN, GET BACK TO JOAN FUCKINS.
> TOM AND RUBY HAVE HAD ENOUGH SHIT FOR ONE DAY.

> 3602269 >>3602251
> 0_0

> 3602274 >>3602251
> I loled

> 3602276 >>3602251
> JOHN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE EATING TRAMS.
> YOU'RE NOT A CERTIFIED TRAM DRIVER

> 3602278 >>3602251
> ohyou.jpg
> I chuckled

> 3602279 No two people are not on fire

> 3602280 F5'in like my life depends on it.
> DON'T BE FUCKING UP OUR SHIT WHEN WE'RE RAILROADING WEAVER D:

> 3602288 >>3602248
> Guys, I think this is the last one.

> 3602293 RUBY: so um... about that kiss...

> 3602294 >>3602288
> I... am suddenly overcome by sadness.

> 3602297 >>3602288
> last thread, yes.
> last post?
> FUCK NAW.

> 3602300 >>3602288
> If it is, that sucks.

> 3602302 Red appears on a jeep.
> Ruuuuuuuby!!
> It's not over yeeeet!!

> 3602303 >>3602288
> Sunset!
> >>3602293
> "I didn't mean it!" *Tsundere*

> 3602304 Closing paragraph is taking too long

> 3602309 >>3602299
> X> i lol'd

> 3602314 >>3602288
> What if they get to the mainland and it's COVERED IN ABOMINATION because the people in charge of the Glen released the Treatment to the public?

> 3602316 COME THE HELL ON WEAVER

> 3602319 Jay and Tom throw ruby off the tram and have man sex

> 3602321 Naw, we have to see them riding off into the sunset

> 3602322 >>3602302
> ....!? FOX-

> 3602327 >>3602316
> okay
> *fap fap fap*

> 3602328 Suddenly, when they get out, all their memories return!
> They remember everything!
> Turns out Ruby and Tom liked each other from the beginning!
> And that Ruby is pregnant!
> And that they're both Time Lords!

> 3602329 >>3602251
> win.

> 3602330 This is either going to be an epic last scene, or the bit where rocks fall and everyone dies. Either way, I think Weaver really wants to do this one justice :P

> 3602333 >>3602322
> -DIE!

> 3602341 >>3602314
> That's ruby quest 2

> 3602347 o_____o the tension

3602351 Ruby and Tom head towards land as the tram slowly crosses the land bridge.
Jay sleeps at the fore of the tram, recovering from his ordeal.
Tom tosses away all the NOTES he's been collecting. He is happy just to be alive.
He never wants to READ another NOTE as long as he lives.

> 3602356 This is just like an MGS ending...?

> 3602357 >>3602351
> Now! Sudden memory return!

> 3602361 >>3602351
> champagne tiem

> 3602362 >>3602351
> In before Ruby goes psycho again.

> 3602363 >>3602351
> That's some spazzy sunset there, Weaver. Good job.

> 3602364 Why am I half expecting an "IT'S SO DARK! *fwoomph*"?

> 3602366 weaver, if you turn this into a novel, ill buy ten copies preorder i swear

3602369 Tom breaks out the champagne.
He and Ruby decide now is a good time to celebrate.
They pour, they toast, they drink.
To freedom.

> 3602370 and then, Jay mutates into something even more horrible than anything they've seen yet. >:3

> 3602371 sex time

> 3602375 >>3602351
> CHAMPAGNE TIME!

> 3602376 This is the point where everyone will spam "HUG TOM"s

> 3602381 >>3602351
> And then, suddenly, Ruby and Tom have sex right there on the moving tram floor!
> Yeah. Is this the last post, Weaver? :c

> 3602382 >>3602351
> WHERE IS THE LAND, I SEE NO LAND!

> 3602384 I see 98.
> I presume this builds to a 100.

> 3602385 >>3602369
> Now! Seal it all with a kiss!

3602388

> 3602389 >>3602369
> IT'S POISON! D8

> 3602390 >>3602369
> Anyone else think Jay looks as cute as hell in the last two pics?

> 3602394 >>3602388
> *aplause*

> 3602396 >>3602388
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydrhzs-BmSs&feature=related

> 3602397 >>3602384
> he's gonna stop at 101 just to piss your ocd ass off.

> 3602401 >>3602388
> Aww. I'd've liked the kiss.
> Still, great job with an awesome adventure, Weaver! Congratulations everyone from good end! Champagne to everyone!

> 3602402 Bravo. BRAVO!

> 3602403 Not good end....LAME END

> 3602404 >>3602388
> Thankyou, Weaver, for putting up with all of Anons shit and continuing Ruby Quest.
> Kudos.

> 3602405 Wait a...
> FUCK YOU, WEAVER! HOW MUCH DID YOU NOT TELL US?

> 3602406 209/210 Points

> 3602407 >>3602388
> GOOD END.

> 3602409 >>3602388
> I DON'T WANT IT TO END!

> 3602410 Good show weaver, thanks.

> 3602412

> 3602415 >>3602388
> Damn it weaver, post the ears so I know it's over

> 3602417 *standing ovation*

> 3602418 >>3602406
> FUCK YOU MOTHER FUCKER
> 9001/210 POINTS

> 3602419 >>3602388
> Thank you Weaver! Really.

> 3602420 Magnificent, Weaver.

> 3602421 thanks weaver

> 3602422 But... but we didn't see Red any more!

> 3602423 Awesome. Just wonderful.
> Okay, now let's get to work on the flash game.

> 3602424 >>3602371
> goddamnit, poor shy Ruby, there's that guy they saved, no sex for now :(

> 3602428 Thank you for not doing some lame surprise plot twist at the end like Ruby killing Tom or Jay flipping out. HAPPY END!

> 3602431 Yay!
> This was fun. You should do more (as though you didn't go through enough hell the first time).

> 3602432 >>3602388
> God show Weaver. Thanks for the ride.

> 3602434 the last lines of that peom..., mean to me... moar.
> leaving people trapped in hell... not an ending.

> 3602435 Time for awesome fanart!
> Then time for an awesome computer game that will tell all the answers we missed!

> 3602438 There's no image macro for the amount of awesome this thread deserves.

> 3602439 T___T

> 3602441 1/200 points collected

> 3602444 Bravo, bravo! Thank you, Weaver, thank you. I believe there shan't be a phenomenon as remarkable as this again in the future of /tg/. Really, thank you.

> 3602447

> 3602448 Bravo, my good man. Bravo.

> 3602449 and they lived happily ever after with extra eyes and arm for the rest of their lives

> 3602452 Somebody needs to write up RubyQuest as a proper novel.
> Weaver, go talk to /x/.
> We have some wonderful writers/authors over there that could make this epic.

> 3602453 At the end we hear Red talking on the phone to someone.

> 3602455 There are still a lot of questions unanswered.

> 3602457 So what about #6? Killing Filbert with rage didn't mean anything? What use did saving Jay have?
> I dunno, but I feel like the ending is kinda boring compared to the amount of mindfuck and awesome this series started with (The dummy for example still gives me the chills)

> 3602462 >>3602453
> SNNNNAAAKKKKEEE!!!!

> 3602466 >>3602452
> Second. I bet they would just eat this shit up, too.

> 3602468

> 3602469 >>3602388
> I just discovered the Ruby quest archives three days ago and I've had a hell of a time reading them.
> today i had to call in sick to work since I've barley slept all nigth due to violent throwups. and in an attempt to cheer myself upp I went to /tg/ to partake in some rage and shit, and what did I stumble upon? I fucking love you Weaver! thanks for glorifying this otherwise puke-ridden day, I have really enjoyed rubys quest ^^

> 3602470 guys, it hasn't ended yet. we still don't know what happened after the last frame. they could have died in a giant explosion and the poem would still be true.

> 3602472 ruby and emo bird have 6 kids.
> Tom goes off to create myspace.
> Ace opens a bar and grill in a small town in ohio.
> Stitches gets a job in a korean sweatshop
> Hound lands a contract with an adult modeling studio.
> 6 dies.

> 3602473 >>3602457
> The dummy, if you'll recall, shows up in the Cold Storage, mounted at the top of the wall.
> As for the rest, we can only postulate. Weaver has said there will be no comprehensive encyclopedia.

> 3602474 I agree too much shit left unsaid... it's droll to have an ending like this

> 3602476 >>3602455
> >>3602457
> Second. I want to hear it all. I think Weaver should go for the Silent Hill ending and tell us, nonetheless.

> 3602477 Stitches didn't even get a big heroic fuckoff awesome IMMA SAVING THE DAY scene. He just appears, lunges, disappears.

> 3602479 Too bad we didn't see more of #6. He was awesome.

> 3602482 Still half-expecting red in a jeep now that someone said it.

> 3602483 Oh god, so many loose ends.

> 3602488 Red: Hello? Yes, its me. Yes, they got out.
> .........No, no they never found it. It all went as it should have..............No they thought it was the other one.
> In the end, No one realized that I was Ace. Talk to you soon...Mr President.

> 3602490 Weaver, please tell us! Tell us everything! Release us of this horrible pain!

> 3602492 I-i-i....I am s-so happy. *baaaaaaawwwww*

> 3602493 someone post the archive...
> i feel ive missed something :(

> 3602496 >>3602369
> A better ending, duh. :3
> I've played this game. You have to play through about sixteen thousand times to get all the endings.

> 3602499 >>3602493
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

> 3602502 >>3602493
> http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ruby

3602503

> 3602504 >>3602493
> biggest understatement of the new year, ammirite?

> 3602505 So are we getting some scissors and then coming back?

> 3602511 >>3602503
> THAT ONLY RAISES MORE QUESTIONS

> 3602513 >>3602503
> You bastard

> 3602514 if this doesnt become a novel im going to be pissed. DONT SCREW THIS UP WEAVER!

> 3602515 >>3602503

> 3602518 I expected more. Sequel, anyone?
> read the textbox.

> 3602520 >>3602503
> Well I just shat myself.

> 3602521 >>3602502
> >>3602499
> thanks guys. will get to work on this

> 3602522 >>3602503
> HOLY SHIT WHAT?

> 3602524 >>3602503
> I FUCKING KNEW IT. SOMETHING IS UP.

> 3602526 >>3602503
> OH SHI-

> 3602528 >>3602503
> [17:45:46] <TG_Weaver> it isn't over yet

> 3602529 >>3602503
> OH

> 3602530 >>3602503
> if your intent on continuingthis you have my full support... I knew this was a proper and and surely you did too.

> 3602533 >>3602503
> Ohhh shit.

> 3602538 Wait...
> I...
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

> 3602539 >>3602503
> Glorious! Weaver, you old bastard!

> 3602540 SADFKHRASHDASVDSA WEAVER YOU FUCKER

> 3602545 jay is subject 6!!!!

3602546 ~♠ＴＨＥ ＥＮＤ♠~
[animated]

> 3602547 I think it's important to point out that, on IRC, there are 79 people including weaver.
> You should have SEEN the reaction to that last scrap of paper ;D

> 3602549 >>3602503
> Who the fuck is the tom we know then?

> 3602554 >>3602546
> MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED

> 3602557 >>3602546
> It starts over for Maddie! Or #8 or whatever.

> 3602558 MADDIE QUEST! ... or is that Daisy?

> 3602559 >>3602546
> Hi, Maddie!

> 3602561 >>3602547
> The reaction to Ruby pushing Stitches over the railing was better.

> 3602563 >>3602546
> I'M TRIPPING BALLS

> 3602564 >>3602546
> haha, oh wow

> 3602565 More question endings jesus

> 3602569

> 3602570 >>3602546
> And so it comes full circle.
> Weaver, I hereby award you the Eldrad Official Symbol of Dickery, and the Cthulhu Citation of Mindfuckery.

> 3602571 >>3602546
> MADDIE QUEST!

> 3602572 >>3602546
> Oh damn.

> 3602574 Seriously start it all over you will be much more epic for it

> 3602576 What are they symbols?
> I'm assuming it says THE END but I can't see them.

> 3602582 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN I DONT EVEN

> 3602583 THAT'S RUBY
> SUBJECT 6 JUST ESCAPED WITH TOM AND JAY

> 3602584 So there's two Toms. Ours number six, the unpredictable maniac (he's over it by now, though). Nook's five.
> I still reckon this was pretty good ending.

> 3602585 >>3602546
> But.. why...
> Dammit Weaver, you magnificent bastard, I hate you so much I think I just died a little inside.

> 3602587 >>3602546

> 3602588 >>3602547
> Can you post some reactions? I love reading those :D

> 3602589 >>3602546
> Hey! It's Daisy!
> Daisy! HUG STITCHES

> 3602590 >>3602518

> 3602596 >>3602546
> Oh God.

> 3602599 >>3602546
> Oh god what?!

> 3602602 >>3602546

> 3602603 But that means "Subject 6" is 5....
> And Tom is 6....
> Oh dear.

> 3602604 WHAAAAAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUCK!?

> 3602606 Okay, during Daisy Quest, we'll have to work hard so that we'll find out those things about Ruby and Tom too.

> 3602607 reactionimage.jpg etc

> 3602610 >>3602603
> Nah, he's over it by now.

> 3602611 Thanks for your request.
> It has been added to our database and the thread will be archived as soon as enough request for that thread have been made.
> This thread has been requested 1 times now.

> 3602614 Long ears, skirt, Ruby.
> Our "Ruby" is subject 6. Dunno what the whole Tom thing means. A clone?

> 3602615 >>3602546
> What does it say >:[

> 3602616

> 3602617 Please tell me your done posting for today, Weaver.

> 3602624 THAT WASN'T A CONCLUSION! THAT DIDN'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING!
> IN FACT THAT WAS A NEGATIVE EXPLANATION! YOU TOOK AWAY OUR ANSWERS WEAVER!
> I demand satisfaction! Pistols at dawn, sah!

> 3602625 >>3602615
> The End

> 3602632 Wait. Do we know who 3 and 4 are? 1's Stitches, 2 is Maddie, 5 is Tom Nook, 7 is Ruby, 8 is Daisy, and we've got Jay, Tom, and Sven left to fil out the rest.
> It'd be hilarious if Sven was 6

> 3602636 >>3602588

> 3602638 For the record and the Sup/tg/ Archive, I'm laying down how, I believe, this is to go.
> Ruby is Subject 7. There are also two Toms (as there are in Animal Crossing)- Tom Nook, and Tom the Cat. Nook is Subject 5, who we BELIEVED was Subject 6. The photo reinforces this.
> Tom the Cat is the actual Subject 6, who we believed (and so did he) was Subject 5. Subject 6 is purportedly psychopathic etc.; Tom's utter destruction of Filbert reinforces this.
> However, he appears to have gotten better.
> Also, the person in the coffin at the end is most likely Subject 8. This follows the logical skip-progression that Red was using every third subject (2, 5, 8) in his whatchadoozit experiments, plus all three of them were female (which may not be important, but it's worth noting).

> 3602640 "Subject #6: unpredictable and violent behaviour"
> Tom ripping apart Filbert...

> 3602641 [17:54:38] <TG_Weaver> <Jik> WHAT WAS ABOVE THE INTERCOM/CABINET IN THE TRAM ROOOOM
> [17:54:57] <TG_Weaver> Basically it just said "please press intercom call button and wait for head security officer to grant admission"

> 3602647 >>3602614
> Could easily be Daisy or a regenerated Maddie.

> 3602648 WEAVER IT ISN'T OVER YET
> YOU HAVE NOT POSTED THE EARS
> I DEMAND THE EARS SO THIS WILL BE A PROPER ENDING

> 3602660 So Tom isn't really tom. And..
> Oh my god. Thanks for making me BAWW again, Weaver.
> Now I feel like shit because poor Tom was trapped.. and.. Ruby..
> But anyway, MaddieQuest should kick ass.
> She's much more lovable than Ruby.

> 3602661 >>3602641
> Well at least that's settled.

> 3602663 <TG_Weaver> I love how nobody caught on and everyone's just like BOY IT SURE IS A COINCIDENCE THERE ARE TWO PATIENTS NAMED TOM

> 3602668 >>3602660
> >Now I feel like shit because poor Tom was trapped.. and.. Ruby..
> Ruby was always together with this Tom, though. They kissed in that video and all.

> 3602681 Haaang on a second.
> Ruby was making out with Tom in the videos, right? Or at least, who we assume to be Ruby.
> But then Tom, the REAL Tom, mentioned that he was "Tom, the love of your life.".
> I'm so confused.

> 3602683 >>3602668
> They're both purportedly psychotic, even though they don't remember it.
> At the very worst, they'll do a Bonnie and Clyde, launching a campaign to tour the world and stomp everyone else under the jackboot heel of their love.

> 3602684 >>3602638
> >>Tom's utter destruction of Filbert reinforces this.
> Now that I think about it, doesn't this also explain Tom's seemingly random bouts of "Man it sure felt good to smash that stuff with my crowbar."

> 3602687 >>3602681
> >But then Tom, the REAL Tom, mentioned that he was "Tom, the love of your life.".
> He also thought Ruby was Lucy.

> 3602688 Wait, so if this has happened dozens of times in the past... It can happen again.
> Weaver, start over! We can change things this time! We know more! Red will not die! Jay will be healed, Ace will be defeated!
> BETTER ENDING. WE MUST GET IT.

> 3602693 >>3602684
> >Now that I think about it, doesn't this also explain Tom's seemingly random bouts of "Man it sure felt good to smash that stuff with my crowbar."
> I TOLD YOU THIS WAS RELEVANT BUT DID YOU LISTEN

> 3602694 >>3602617
> But Tom tried to kill Ruby in that video, now that we know he is psychotic as well. They make a great insane couple.

> 3602696 If i recall, didn't weaver say that during the cutscene where ruby kills tom we could see subject 6? We know ruby is subject 7, so......gah! why didn't I see it sooner!? I'm an idiot

> 3602704 >>3602694
> The madness was brought from the facility, and it will stay there. They'll be sane from now on.

> 3602706 >>3602687
> That is a good point.
> So who is the new chick?
> Maddie or Daisy?

3602707 Well, that's the true end, everyone.
I hope you had as much fun playing as I did running this little campaign for you.
It's been a long run but it's finally over. All stories have to come to an end sooner or later.
Thanks for your patience, your support, and your encouragement. It's been a blast.
Also: Some people have been asking to donate, and I'm a little hesitant to accept free money from strangers but if you honestly feel like just throwing money at me I am not too proud to accept it. If you weren't going to or think it's a ridiculous idea then please continue as you were.
For the few crazy people who think this was somehow worth money, I'm flattered, just drop me a PM on IRC.

> 3602709 BRING BACK RED.

> 3602710 Animal Crossing had two Tom. Weaver is fucking with your heads, and doing a damn good job of it.

> 3602717 >>3602707
> Will you tell us all the answers if we donate enough?

> 3602720 >>3602696
> fuck! YOUR RIGHT!!

> 3602724 Everyone BAAAWING over number 6 being our TOM.
> Look at it this way. Ruby was just as much a psychopath before now. We don't know what caused her insane behavior. This just means the guy we ran off with MATCHES. Though it seems TOM is better to the point where he won't use violence if he doesn't need to, and he has been protective of Ruby.
> They shall be a happy couple, and possibly go on a killing spree together. GOOD END.
> Tom Nook? Too far gone to ever ever help. And quite absolutely freaking insane.

> 3602727 GODDAMNIT, HOW DID WE MISS THIS. From 1d4chan, summary of the timeline:
> >November 1: Red takes actions leading to his detainment in cell 6 (probably a suicide attempt). Subject 6 already in brig. ♠ becomes '?' in at least one department's memoranda.
> >Subject 6 already in brig.
> >SUBJECT 6 IN BRIG

> 3602728 >>3602724
> No no, as I said, they're good now. No more mad shit. It was all from the Glen.

> 3602729 >>3602710
> Too bad. I come from /x/, and therefore everything is a conspiracy.
> Tom Nook was #5. And, if I remember correctly, the "don't trust Ruby" note was in his locker.
> So what reason did he have to not trust her?

> 3602733 >>3602707
> I'd pay price of admission to my local theater (about $8.50) at least once for each thread you started, as I have taken at least equivilent enjoyment from each RubyQuest thread as I would have from seeing any movie.
> Alas I am FUCKING BROKE.

> 3602737 >>3602707 Lame end

> 3602741 Stitches ;_;

> 3602748 Weaver, I think I'm going to track you down - yeah from the other side of the world - and squeeze all the answers out of you!

> 3602758 >>3602724
> If this is the case, I fear for Jay. Unless he's also a bloody psychopath instead of just EMOBIRD. Then, they all get to have a nice, murderous, abominationy romp throughout the world.

> 3602764 TG_Weaver> Okay to clear things up: Maddie died and was never reanimated. Her body was destroyed.
> <TG_Weaver> The "Hound" abomination was Subject #8, Daisy.

> 3602766 >>3602764
> This is what I thought.

> 3602769 >>3602728
> True.
> As I said. Ruby was just as dangerous. Just not physically powerful as Tom. She was much SNEAKIER though. She didn't get a note because Red kept it secret so the research could go on.
> And everyone else was JUST as psychotic and insane at some point or another. We could only escape by looking past this fact and living in the now. Right now they weren't insane monsters, and it would remain so as long as they didn't die again.

> 3602773 >>3602764
> Too bad. I still love Maddie. <3

> 3602776 >>3602707
> Check score table. Restart game.

> 3602783 There IS going to be a game about this, as you talked about, right? And Weaver is going to be involved, and tell all the answers, right?
> Better too.

> 3602794 ok, time for spoilers and extras, and secrets we missed.
> I'm pretty sure we rated like 120/200 or so. We missed a bunch of stuff. Manequin. Brig. Drawings. WTF happened to Ace. What did the blue pipe do. I'd hate to think I'll never know.

> 3602802 Did Weaver ever explain what the deal was with the disappearing room?

> 3602808 >>3602794
> Seconded. This thing will consume me for the rest of my life.
> Or a few weeks at least.

> 3602814 >>3602794
> I honestly believe that Ace was just a perfectly sane, is somewhat one-track-minded orderly until we smashed the fetus-statue in his face.
> Bella said that he hadn't been listening to her recently, and the statue is now in his little room.
> Plus the creepyshit blood patterns all over the room/himself.

> 3602815 I'm convinced there will eventually be RUBYQUEST 2.0

> 3602817 Why the fuck was Stitches actual name Stiches when we only called him Stitches because he was covered in actual stiches when we saw him

> 3602819 >>3602814
> We never smashed the statue at him.

> 3602825 >>3602727
> WE DIDN'T MISS IT I FUCKING TOLD EVERYONE IN IRC AND THEY LAUGHED AT ME
> also cruise control

> 3602826 >>3602817
> Stitches.

> 3602830 >>3602546
> Weaver, you are awesome.

> 3602832 >>3602802
> John broke the brig. HAPPY?

> 3602834 >>3602814
> >>3602819
> yep, we smashed the case, releasing the trap mechanism at him. The statue was never used.

> 3602838 >>3602819
> We still smashed the case.

> 3602849 YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS FOLKS
> save some caffeine for the next season of
> THE METAL GLEN doo doo doo doo doo dam dwooooooooOOOOOoooooo....

> 3602859 >>3602825
> It hardly matters.
> Without him we wouldn't have escaped. The flock that works together..
> Also, the notes can be misleading(just as we believed nook was 6 because we read to much into the notes). They call him DANGEROUS, but there were much more dangerous things than TOM hanging around. Tom only happened to get a special mention cause he is the one that got noticed before EVERYTHING WENT OUT OF CONTROL. Otherwise everyone would have been labeled and locked up.
> Really, the only purpose knowing 6 was dangerous served was to make us unnecessarily paranoid about getting Nook's help. It wasn't about OH HAI TOM KILLS YOU AFTER THE CREDITS. It was to freak us out.
> SO COOL IT.

> 3602866 That was awesome.
> HUG WEAVER

> 3602876 >>3602859
> >Really, the only purpose knowing 6 was dangerous served was to make us unnecessarily paranoid about getting Nook's help.
> I feel sorry for poor Nook now.

> 3602877 At any rate, measures must now be taken since the saga is complete.
> The 1d4chan page needs updating, and so does the TvTropes article.

> 3602878 Wait, what was the familiar voice that shouted curses at Tom through the intercom earlier?

> 3602881 >>3602707
> There better be a fucking sequel.
> Dear lord. This was amazing.

> 3602882 >>3602815
> I'd rather see something different. Something with guns and explosions. The blood levels seem to already be adequate.
> Some crazy revenge story without amnesia and confusion. With extreme car chases and high-octane anger.
> The hero could be called... Timozabeth.

> 3602898 >>3602881
> I'd be good with some answers.
> LET'S HEAR ABOUT THOSE ANSWERS WEAVER
> WHY WOULDN'T YOU LET US READ ALL THE NOTES WHEN I SUGGESTED IT

> 3602902 <TG_Weaver> That good end
> <TG_Weaver> I drew it
> <TG_Weaver> The marriage one I mean
> Hehehe.

> 3602909 >>3602902
> tom isn't in this one

> 3602910 >>3602902
> It means that's canon?
> Cool!
> More answers, please!

> 3602912 THANK YOU, WEAVER!
> YOU ROCK!

> 3602922 >>3602876
> Yes, Nook was crazed from his injuries and mutations, but he wasn't actually dangerous.
> We came in expecting him to kill us. So we saw what we wanted. Masterful on Weaver's part. Tom never posed a secret danger. It was about making us too scared to get the help we needed. If we got Nook's full support it all probably would have gone lots easier.
> Nook probably did just want to help.. and cuddles. That's all... that's all..

> 3602928 >>3602859
> I'm not saying it matters I'm just reacting violently after pointing it out and arguing for a couple hours and then some guy comes on here saying OH MY GOD HOW DID WE MISS THIS

> 3602936 >>3602922
> If we had taken his full support, we might've had the best ending. Too bad.

> 3602939 Bravo.
> Fucking bravo.

> 3602946 Too bad it was all in her mind...

> 3602948 Weaver, thank you for this insane and sometimes beautiful story. It is unforgettable.
> :teardrop:

> 3602952 Aw poo. We could have saved Nook too? We suck. However, remember there must have been a VERY good reason everyone hid the scissors from him.

> 3602954 I am inrigued to see how subject zero fares in the metal glen

> 3602960 >Posts: 633
> I'm proud of you, /tg/.

> 3602979 >>3602960
> The last thread had nearly 900

> 3602981 >>3602922
> But, when ruby looks into lab B with her third eye she gets the imprssion that the inhabitant "seems very distinctly unfriendly". Personally,I think Nook was almost certainly a danger, avoiding him was the best policy in the long run, even if he was okay in the beginning he was quite definatly insane at the end. I've also been wondering, how did Nook get inside the locked lab B?

> 3602985 >>3602952
> Fuck, I know why. To cut himself. To cut himself free of the growth. Damn it! We COULD have saved him.
> Bum clouds!

> 3602986 >>3602946
> "Gentlemen, our project was clearly a failure. A single mind cannot change the course of history. I'm afraid we have to pull the plug on this endeavour."
> AND THEN RUBY WAS NEMO

> 3602992 >>3602981
> ace put him there clearly

> 3602996 >>3602928
> It was staring us in the face all along.
> Subject Six was confined. The notes said it. That is where we found Tom. Something else mentioned a subject being confined to Lab B. We jumped to the wrong conclusion because we didn't want to believe our Tom was dangerous. We WANTED him to be good.
> Even worse, which Tom got their hands damaged in the z hatch? We assumed it was ours and the hands just grew back from the treatment. Obviously not. Nook was missing hands(and more), and we know from the most recent batch of notes that the REGENERATIVE POWERS HAVE LIMITS.
> It can't replace something that just isn't there, but it can fix problems. If you lose an arm you have to either sew it back on and let the voodoo work or you don't have an arm. It won't regrow the whole limb. Just reanimate against all odds.
> We stabbed tom.. where..? In the gut. Guess where his mutation is.

> 3603006 >>3602996
> Our Tom was always subject 6. He died after Ruby attacked him, remember? What if he lost his memories? Maybe he doesn't REMEMBER being subject 6?
> He IS Tom. He's just not the Tom we thought he was.

> 3603015 >>3602922
> There there,pillow butt. You'll get a chance to save him in Maddiequest, right?
> Assuming he's not in a filthy mood for being abandoned.

> 3603022 >>3602996
> Well, I'm quite confident that it was this Tom we were always romantically involved with, and that there will be no more psychotic attacks or sudden power surges and violent outbursts, because it was all in the Glen.
> They'll have a happy ending. I guess I could be content with that. If Weaver doesn't cough up what he knows.

> 3603027 >>3602992
> That would make sense, perhaps to contain his hideous fleshy eye mutations

> 3603028 >>3602996
> But he also lost an eye and that area didn't mutate further.

> 3603034 >>3602996
> I regret that I do not have any "response" type images with expressions serious enough for these posts.
> We fooled ourselves. We actively deluded ourself to keep up the idea that the Cat wasn't the evil one. My GOD. We found him in a cell THEY DUG UP AFTER THE COMPLEX WAS BUILT because they had to confine someone THAT BADLY. We found TOM in the place they went way our of their way to build. Yet we ignored this.
> Even I had the revelation at one point that all the evidence pointed toward our Tom being the one that was confined for being highly dangerous. The notes logically said that the cat was the dangerous Tom. Yet I quickly laughed it away. No way, I thought. He's our Tom. Our Tom can't be bad.
> Our conclusions were founded on emotion rather than logic..

> 3603035 >>3603022
> What if Tom became "dangerous" because Ruby went psycho on him and murdered him? That would explain a few things.
> - Ruby murders Tom
> - Tom goes batshit
> - Tom gets slapped in prison
> - ????
> - Tom forgets
> - Ruby forgets
> - Tom and Ruby escape, have a thousand three-eyed four-armed cabbit babies and annoy the fuck out of environmentalists.

> 3603045 >>3603028
> Because Ruby didn't do it. More pointing towards Ruby being the "carrier" for this mutation. Except I thought we'd disproven that already...

> 3603047 >>3603035
> Could be.
> But if Tom was locked up in Upper Lab B, how did he end up to the Brig? How did Nook end up in Lab B in his stead?
> Really, there still isn't any real evidence that Tom was #6. Though he probably was.

> 3603058 >>3603028
> Correction.
> Tom was dragged off by Filbert while he was half conscious and the eye removed. It WAS mutating at that point, and that is why Filbert removed it.
> HE CUT THE BAD OUT

> 3603068 >>3603047
> Pay attention. Tom was never Subject 5. He's Subject 6. The OTHER Tom was put in Lab B.

> 3603079 >>3603035
> This shit has been on repeat for the last year. Tom and Ruby constantly forgetting each time they try to escape. This time they succeeded.
> Shit started to go down in October, but those weren't the last dates we found in the notes. Yet we escaped in.. OCTOBER.
> We were there for at least a year. If not more. Endlessly repeating the process of trying to get out. Forgetting each and every time.

> 3603082 >>3603068
> That's right.
> He was said to be put in the Lab B. How did he do the switcharoo with Nook?

> 3603087 >>3602981
> >But, when ruby looks into lab B with her third eye she gets the imprssion that the inhabitant "seems very distinctly unfriendly"
> The eye could've been lying to Ruby. For all we know, the eye was evil.

> 3603097 RuBump

> 3603103 >>3603079
> But the notes and recordings and other shit stopped appearing after the last november. That's when things really went bad.
> I guess we'll never know what happened during that year. The Year That Never Was.

> 3603126 Here's a though- if Subject 6 was so dangerous that not only did they lock him in a lab with SUPER RESTRICTED ACCESS, but BUILT A BRIG JUST FOR HIM, why was he able to be in a private room with Ruby?

> 3603127 >>3603082
> The BRIG we found Tom in was dug out after the complex was already built. LONG after the tests were underway. It was done so that they could have a place to put Subject Six that was actually secure. Lab B was a temporary measure.
> They must have transfered him at some point.

> 3603133 >>3603087
> The eye tried to FUCKING KILL US.
> Of course it was bad.

> 3603137 >>3603082
> Ahhhh. I forgot that one. Well done.
> Good, fuck Nook then. Let him rot with the others.

> 3603138 So, how did those previous escape attempts end? Dead and reforumulated? Captured by Ace and imprisoned again? Why the memory loss?
> Oh, here's one for you: Were Ruby's hallucinations actually memories of weird shit that happened previous times?

> 3603148 >>3603127
> And they would have put up a note about it for everyone to see in the locker room, to replace the old one.

> 3603157 >>3603126
> November 8: Ruby attacks Tom in the medical room. Stabbed many times, bleeds out, and dies. Confirmed to have died by F.
> November 23: Subject #6 Isolated in upper Lab B. Only Ace authorized to allow contact.

> 3603170 >>3603148
> An entire year past.
> Notice how fucked up shit is?
> Notice how most of the notes are HALF MISSING?
> Of course we never found a notice. It was gone by then.

> 3603179 >>3603170
> And the old note mysteriously replaced the new one. Nah.
> I just think that during the Year That We Will Never Know Of, Tom somehow ended up in Brig, and Nook in Lab B. We can only guess what really happened during that time.

> 3603188 >>3603138
> On at least some of them they probably found notes saying TOM IS 6 or found out earlier that RUBY IS MURDERER, leading to them killing each other

> 3603205 >>3603179
> Not new, dipshit, just undamaged. Paper doesn't just disintegrate.
> Also, there WERE notes relating to the digging up of the brig to DETAIN a CERTAIN SOMEONE. We just ignored it.

> 3603217 >>3603188
> If either of our protagonists had died since the deaths we're aware of, wouldn't they have more mutations from the trauma?

> 3603226 Did Weaver stop questing with Ruby or can we look forward to Timozabeth's Revenge (or something entirely different)?

> 3603277 >>3603226
> We apparently get Thursday Quest on Thursday. Starring Thursday.

> 3603290 Here's some good music for the ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZiKuZikMI

> 3603315 Also calling all drawfags! I'm compeletely certain that our Tom's (Six) last name is Baker! I will now request you to draw him in a funny hat and suit and really long scarf!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Doctor

> 3603333 Sad to see it come to an end, but nice work, Weaver. Thank you for the hard work.

> 3603353 I present to you Dr.S
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcaHeSjS_I

> 3603405 >>3603353
> *Grabs Weaver by the throat before he gets away*
> ANSWERS DAMMIT! TELL US EVERYTHING!

> 3603424 >>3603353

> 3603425 >>3603405
> That's not Weaver dumbass.

> 3603443 >>3603405
> >>3603424
> Um... He just filled the namefield with Weaver's name and tripcode. Hence the Tripcode part being Boldfont

> 3603448 >>3603425
> Oh.
> *Punches him anyway for a few times, to vent off aggression*

> 3603475 If anyone's interested in a compilation of Ruby Quest threads, Weaver's posts only, all images saved locally, I've uploaded it at http://rapidshare.com/files/193468282/ruby_quest.zip .
> Made from threads saved to suptg, all 31 parts.
> If I fucked something up with rapidshare account and only 10 people can download then someone not as stupid as me please reupload.
> If there are any problems with the html file, especially with that funny font Weaver used, fix them yourselves (file made on Linux, utf-8, valid transitional).

> 3603491 all hail the Weaver!

> 3603498 Thank you...

> 3603517 Weaver needs to make a book or a comic out of this. Epic.

> 3603525 >>3603517
> A book or comic that will actually tell us all the answers.

> 3603537 >>3603353

> 3603587 >>3603277
> full IRC log of that:
> [17:18] <TG_Weaver> coming soon
> [17:18] * NoNoNo (~chatzilla@Rizon-77E23B07.rhhe1.2wcm.comporium.net) Quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.84 [Firefox 3.0.5/2008120121])
> [17:18] <Kitfox88> Cocks are pretty cool
> [17:18] * Makrond wanders out, his lust for speculation sated
> [17:18] <TG_Weaver> thursdayquest
> [17:18] <Xom> OH SHIT
> [17:18] <MrQ> weaver really is doing a lot of stuff
> [17:18] <TG_Weaver> starring thursday
> [17:18] <Xom> xD
> [17:18] * Makrond (~Makrond@Rizon-EE4881EC.kelvn1.qld.optusnet.com.au) Quit (Quit: "Many strangenesses of Internet Explorer have been attributed to excessive use of the word fuck")
> [17:18] <Octodummy> THOR
> [17:18] <Kitfox88> THORSDAY?
> [17:18] <Octodummy> THORQUEST
> [17:18] <Spiku> I'll pass
> [17:18] <MrQ> THURSDAY WAS HERE
> [17:18] <Underscore> THOR'S DAY.
> [17:18] <Spiku> I hear thursday is gay
> [17:18] <Xom> THOR'S HAMMER
> [17:18] <MrQ> THURSDAY'S A LOSER

> 3603669

> 3603683 Honestly Weaver, it'd be so damn sadistic of you to not tell us everything.

> 3603749 >>3603683
> Question and answer session on IRC tomorrow! What time? Who knows!
> God I hope someone screen captures it.

> 3603772 >>3603749
> Is this piece of information coming from Weaver himself? Why can't he do it in 4chan so the rest of us could see it, and he could show pictures too?

> 3603782 >>3603772
> A brilliant question indeed.

> 3603880 >>3603772
> he only has a handful of unused pictures we didn't get to see, most of it was on the fly so he didn't end up putting a lot of time into drawings that weren't even going to be used

> 3603915 >>3603880
> He could make some more art.

> 3603921 Dear lord.
> Just reread the entire thing.
> Jesus.
> Fucking.
> CHRIST.
> Weaver, I would nominate that you take this to a producer. This would make an amazing book/comic/graphic novel/animated noir film.

> 3603925 Also know something strange? I'm feeling almost worse that Ruby and Tom didn't learn this stuff, than that we didn't.
> Hopefylly they'll regain their memories. Life would have its hardships anyway for a while if they had no idea about their past.

> 3604174 Do we know that our Tom's name is actually Tom?

> 3604178 >>3604174
> It is. Looks exactly like one another Tom from Animal Crossing. Confirmed by Weaver, IIRC.