ANOTHER PLAYER PLOT

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NOT ACTUALLY THE FOOD STORAGE BOSS, BUT CLOSE

Hello Transports,

So, as per AI's post, there is something amiss in the old medical bay in the east wing that should probably be taken care of! What that thing is is a bit of a mystery, but one that can be solved. Anyone can tag into this post to explore the area, regardless of whether this thing shows up or not in their thread.

What you can do

• There is going to be a slightly different breed of zombie here to deal with -- more on that in a moment!
• There has been some freaky remodeling in the medical wing. It's a cleanup job, but it won't necessarily be a cakewalk.
• Taking down the Final Boss*
*The number of people who can get dibs on this part will be limited, just to keep things neat, and let me give the participants proper attention. How many people ultimately depends on how much interest there is, but it's looking like 4-6 randomly selected characters.

What's this about modded zombies?

No big, they just have stabby tentacles now, and spit a special, infectious goop. It dissolves inorganic matter on contact, but will simply absorb into skin. The point is to try and eat away at your defenses so that infection can get up close and personal with you. Very personal.

So, this Boss thing?

Like any decent final boss, this will be done in stages. There is a Heart of sorts to get to and destroy, but it won't be unguarded. In Stage 1, there are six sentry creatures that need to be taken down, but Stage 2 is the battle with the thing that's been causing a fuss, and it will become available after one or two are sentries killed. This way, Stage 2 can happen with one, or two people in a group thread, while the other Transports still have something to do with the sentry creatures.

Everyone involved in the Boss Fight will have a chance to take down a sentry, but of those, only one or two will get to take down the thing. They will be be indicated on the list, and, again, the selection will be random.

Boss List
1. Liam, for Stage 2
2. Joel
3. Walter, for Stage 2
4. Gamora
5. Mai
6. Helena

Sign ups will be open until November 8th, 11:59 EST, and I'll be choosing with a RNG and announcing results on November 9th, with the thread for the final confrontation going up shortly after.

Ultimately, the resolution of this fight will depend entirely on who will be there, and their choices. In the meantime, if you are willing to have your character drive-by attacked or infected by the special-probably-a-zombie, please specify to what to degree, and if you have any preferences for where, because, sure why not. As a warning, it is incredibly fast, but not invulnerable. If it feels like it cannot win a fight or infect someone right then and there, though, it's going to bounce.

If you have any questions about anything at all, please ask away in the the thread below!

EDIT: Sign ups are closed, and the results of the draw are posted! I just want to apologise for the delays. I've been pretty hideously sick these few days, and I'm still recovering, but I'm still 100% for those of you who still wants to do this.

EDIT 2: It was brought to my attention that I forgot to note Stage 2 participants, so there they now are! To anyone else who might have been confused about that, I apologise!

Comments

ATTACK SIGN-UPS

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This is for if you want to be rushed by the enemy!

Raiden

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Dissolves inorganic matter you say?

I'd like for Raiden to run into those. Since his arrival his inorganic body has been an asset to him, it would be interesting to explore it just messing him up.

In terms of degree of injury-I don't want him killed or permanently put down but that still leaves some room for flexibility. If too much of his body is damaged to maintain life support his brain can be removed and put aside by a skilled doctor while a cyberneticist fixes his frame. It can't survive indefinitely but it is laced with nanomachines that will let it survive a little while under the proper conditions. If the data chip in his left arm is saved people will be able to see his schematics, too, and work from that.

That's the maximum amount of damage I'm up for! Forced removal of his brain. This all requires someone with a strong understanding of cybernetics to piece him together, though (or someone with magic that can mend objects, typical healing will not work).

He won't get infected, because there is not enough of him that is organic to get infected. The only human parts of him are his upper skull and spine.

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Oh, but I do say. B)

That's cool! Sorry not sorry, Raiden Sounds like it'll be fun to stalk. But all of this is doable, and that's pretty interesting. Has his brain been removed more than once before?

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It has! You can see scars and screws where they opened his head.

The black chassis he has in game is the second body he's had as a cyborg so the last time his brain was removed it was to give people the time to set his head and spine into the new frame.

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Oh dang, well that sure makes things easier. Do they put him in some sort of statis while that happens, or can or is he awake for that!

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Pretty sure he has to be in stasis for its removal. However, once the brain is reattached he can be passing in and out of consciousness throughout his repairs. It's a pretty nasty experience! (Though it doesn't hurt him since his pain receptors are shut off right now)

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JEEZ what does hi brain even LOOK like, now? it sounds like a nasty experience, and yet altogether very tidy, too, if that makes sense? I"m just like, wow, Raiden, if you can do that in your shiny robot body, what's happening upstairs?

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It's not great! He got injured when he lost the data storage device that was in his arm and linked to his brain, so that stimulated hallucinations, flash backs, loss of motor control etc. This seems like it got worse when his brain then had to be removed and attached to a new frame.

The Make It Right videos were actually about this, if anyone is curious what Raiden was experiencing with that-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auklsK689fI

Although I should warn they contain (badly acted) live action versions of his memories going back to his childhood. So they're nasty.

Interestingly enough, going through that is what re-triggered some of Raiden's repressed psychosis which is why he got more unstable after his canon update.

edit: Oh, right, question- How do the attacks work, exactly? Will they be part of a log, or handwaved, or what's the mechanics here? So sorry if this has been addressed already, there's a lot happening!(I know there is a log for this event up but it seems empty. I could plop Raiden in there if that's still going?)

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Signing up Donny! In terms of injuries, anything short of losing a limb, death or being completely incurable is good. Flexible location-wise, since he is roaming, but he would probably investigate the old medical wing so maybe there, if that's possible?

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Investigating is totally possible! There will be threads up in the log with different things to note and grab. :3b

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Awww yiss. I am excite for this thing.

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thank you so much for your interest! your excitement excites me! :D

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splendid :3c if we have ideas for plotting attack stuff (for the purpose of figurin out consequences etc with close cr) would it be good to pm this account?

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That is absolutely totally fine! I welcome all the ideas, all of them. Please feel free to pm to your heart's content. I'll get back to everything!

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OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY i got eaten alive by work this week but I am still eager to do things with Donny and Helena was picked for things! Is it too late? :C I am so so sorry, this was totally my fault, I forgot to check in on things :c

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No, no you are not too late at all, I've been twenty kinds of sick, and I still am, but I will get the thread up today and get this thing going. So, no worries. Seriously. You're still good. I promise. :3b

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oh man that sucks, I hope you feel better soon! I have work and live in a silly timezone today so I will be mostly absent for the next 24 hours but I will try to keep an eye open and tag in with them both asap. And I will message you regarding Donny being attacked ohoho

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Don't worry about your timezone or for missing out! The reason why I wanted to keep this relatively small was so I could give everyone as much attention as they needed without overextending myself. You're aces.