[>>erïcsson<<] - wow Vinal wtf

[Cybertails1998]

Check for traps.

>None.

Make sure EMPB is loaded, and fine a suitable place to hide until they pass.

>You JUST loaded the thing...

>The footsteps come to a halt, and you can hear the two talking. They're speaking in machine code, but you can understand them very well.

[???1]: Well. The furtherst door is mangled. The one that had ECAS-01 contained inside.
[???2]: You don't say, Rick. I can see well enough from here, my visual systems aren't broken, thanks.
[Rick?]: Remember when you failed to contain ETAS-05? Guess you're good when it comes to falling over in a seizure.
[???2]: Touché.
[Rick?]: Ohh, damn, apparently he SOMEHOW activated and found a bunch of throwaway items.
[???2]: And... the welder...
[Rick?]: Yeah, you NAGGED me to put it here. "No, the rest are too risky", you said. "He'll never find the room in his cell", you said!
[???2]: I ALSO SAID IT WOULDN'T BE MY FAULT, DAMN IT! HOW ABOUT YOU CHECK THE OTHER GOD-DAMN DOORS!

>The last line instantly fills you with dread. Wasn't the door locked?

+One guard is named Rick, most likely.
-You have several moments before they find out the door's lock is busted.

Inventory:
}Scrappy metal-cutter
}EMPB (???/???, 1 mag left)
]Light gray shirt
]Dark gray pants
]Middle gray shoes
)EMPB owner's manual

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[BobSevenSevens]

Get ready to surprise whoever opens the door with an EMPB round to the body. Shoot the other guy if needed.

[Cybertails1998]

[Rick?]: Oh look, the lock is broken. He must be hiding inside.
[???2]: SEE? NOW LET ME PEEK THROU-

>You unload approx 1/3 of the EMPB into the first bit of his face visible. He collapses to the floor with a loud thud, letting out sparks.

[Rick?]: OH MY loving GOD WHAT

>He comes crashing through the door, peppering everywhere except you with a pistol. You zap him too.

>On them you find:
}Basic guard pistol
}Basic guard zamadar blade
]Shoddy armor
]Guard Beret
]Guard Uniform

>What will you take (and optionally equip)?

Inventory:
}Scrappy metal-cutter
}EMPB (9/15, 1 mag left)
]Light gray shirt
]Dark gray pants
]Middle gray shoes
)EMPB owner's manual

[BobSevenSevens]

Check both guys for guard pistol ammo and examine guard pistol.

Take and equip shoddy armor.

Take zamadar blade and see if you can't go all Metal Gear Solid and equip the zamadar blade and pistol at same time.

Tale guard uniform + beret and equip it just in case there are other guards around.

Hide dead bodies in room. Make sure they're dead first and not just incapacitated.

[Cybertails1998]

>You carefully rid one unconscious guy of his beloved waepons and examine them up close.
>The pistol is a chrome rounded square with a wooden handle and a glass hole in its side, revealing glowy blue substances you'd rather not touch. The zamadar is a cobalt half-circle handle with a half-moon blade attached to the other end.
>You wield the zamadar in your left hand and the pistol in your right hand.

>While at it, you take the same guy's uniform and armoring. You also examine them.
>The beret is a dirty green, with a blue upside-down star on the front side. You identify the star to be made of normal sapphire. The uniform is a dirty-green buttoned trenchcoat with a jagged collar and black buttons, two in each of the 4 rows. The pants of the uniform are also dirty-green, with a black belt with a chrome buckle. The uniform also comes with shoes somehow attached to the pants, and they're a shiny jet-black. The armor is chrome and is composed of shoulder plates, torso plates, elbow plates and knee plates. The plates are scratched and one of the knee plates has an elegant round melt-gunhole in it. You assume the shot that caused this vandalism is destructive energy condensed into a laser.
>You equip everything described above, throwing away your old clothes.

>You also remember that they're not dead, and press the pistol againt the looted man's head.



>Bang.

>Bang bang bang.

>You repeat the process with the other guy, and stash them in the other hidden door with a stash, almost tripping over the deactivated robot.

+Innocence lost!
+Weapons get!
+Swag get!
±There's still a deactivated someone in the middle of the room.

Inventory:
}Basic guard pistol (18/25, 3 mags left)
}Basic guard zamadar
}EMPB (9/15, 1 mag left)
}Scrappy metal-cutter
]Guard beret
]Guard uniform
]Shoddy armor
)EMPB owner's manual

[BobSevenSevens]

Examine the unconscious someone and see if you can wake him up somehow.

[Megaguy2]

Eat entire inventory

[Cybertails1998]

Eat entire inventory

>Haha.

>The manual does look kind of tasty though.

Examine the unconscious someone and see if you can wake him up somehow.

You attempt to rouse him, and "accidentally" sink your hands under his shirt. You continue to rouse him anyway, only to apparently push something metallic under his shirt with a faint "click". You quickly dart your hands away from him and lean against the wall to see what happens.

>The guy sits up and looks around, noticing you. He quickly gets up and backpedals against the other wall, looking at you in a mix of shock and dismay.

+Activated robot
-Said robot is scared of you

Inventory:
}Basic guard pistol (18/25, 3 mags left)
}Basic guard zamadar
}EMPB (9/15, 1 mag left)
}Scrappy metal-cutter
]Guard beret
]Guard uniform
]Shoddy armor
)EMPB owner's manual
warning: early morning update, may contain logical fallacies.

[BobSevenSevens]

Attempt to convince him you're here to help him out. Give him metal-cutter to prove you're trustworthy if needed.

Also, is the alarm off?

[Cybertails1998]

>The alarm has calmed down already.

[You]: No, I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to actually help you the hell out of here.
[???]: I don't trust you, you're one of those people--
[You]: Oh, I'm a prisoner just like you. The actual guards are in your room's stash.
[???]: I still don't trust you!
[You]: Have my door-cutter then. The one I used to get out of my room.
[???]: You're giving me something that cuts doors? It looks like a metal cutter.

>You knock on the metallic hallway door.

[???]: Oh. Guess you're not a guard then.

>He walks over to the stash door, cuts into it, and after a surprised shriek and rummaging sounds, he comes back fully dressed as a guard, except the stone glaive and hookshot in his hands.


>You both come out of the room, and you peek at the door, that reads "Vinal Wolfe". You point at it, and the other robot looks at it.

[You]: See, that's your name. Mine's Landon Fletcher. Nice to meet you.

>You shake hands. You start nearing the door, and after passing Cynthia's door, the alarm goes off again, catching you by surprise and making you dart headfirst into a wall with a loud thud out of surprise and dismay.

+Vinal is now your ally!
-An alarm made you hit your head!

Inventory:
}Basic guard pistol (18/25, 3 mags left)
}Basic guard zamadar
}EMPB (9/15, 1 mag left)
]Guard beret
]Guard uniform
]Shoddy armor
)EMPB owner's manual

[74%] Landon Fletcher: arm wound, hit head
[75%] Vinal Wolfe: shoulder wound

[BobSevenSevens]

Try to get into a position where you can see any guards approaching, kill guards if needed, find alarm panel you git earlier to see if you can turn it off.

[Cybertails1998]

>You look behind yourself and see Vinal dive into the third door, melting the lock beforehand. The button looks pressed. You yourself decide to just hide in the second room again.

[Alarm]: WARNING. WARNING. AN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HALL ECAS SERIES 1. ONE BASIC GUARD AND ONE ADVANCED GUARD HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO FIX THE ISSUE.
[Vinal] (faint): Advanced guard? Dibs on his hat!

>You hear footsteps again. They then stop, and machine code/binary ensues again.

[???]: Okay, there doesn't seem to be anything in the hall, except the busted door at the end, and the goddamn corpse nobody will probably dispose of.
[??2]: Look, you have better armor and a dual-shooting plasma pistol, YOU check what's inside.
[???]: Nothing.
[??2]: The third door from that is either locked or welded. The fourth one is well locked.

>That last line fills you with dread again. Vinal welded himself in, has your metal cutter AND has a deactivated ally on his side. That leaves you alone, with one less weapon, versus two people, one of them seeming harder to end.

+Vinal welds himself in
-Vinal has your cutter
-There's two guards outside your door
-Vinal is probably trying to jackass on you

Inventory:
}Basic guard pistol (18/25, 3 mags left)
}Basic guard zamadar
}EMPB (9/15, 1 mag left)
}Scrappy metal-cutter
]Guard beret
]Guard uniform
]Shoddy armor
)EMPB owner's manual

[74%] Landon Fletcher: arm wound, hit head
[75%][LTYC] Vinal Wolfe: shoulder wound

(heads up, LTYC means Last Time You Checked)

[Megaguy2]

Put on your wizard robe and hat

[carolcat]

wouldnt it be possible to act deactivated?

[BobSevenSevens]

Use the element of suprise and shoot the advanced guard at a weak-looking point while stabbing the other one with the blade.