Paranoia: My Name is Troubleshooter

Spam · October 02, 2007, 09:05:34 AM

"I'm sorry, but I thought the song would help improve everyone's moral! I don't know why I would be terminated for sloveliness, due to me just trying to help! I'm coming, I just need to find my way there... where are you guys?"

[spoiler]I try not to show it, but I'm starting to get really worried about the door, and if it might malfunction while I help try to open it... I also am really worried about the whole room being nothing but dark. I mean, dark is scary![/spoiler]

BlueBard · October 02, 2007, 09:08:18 AM

Quote from: Spam on October 02, 2007, 09:05:34 AM
"I'm sorry, but I thought the song would help improve everyone's moral! I don't know why I would be terminated for sloveliness, due to me just trying to help! I'm coming, I just need to find my way there... where are you guys?"

Just to save some time let's assume you're already at the door, having followed the unmistakable sound of Shoot-O's voice. The corridor really isn't all that large...

Panther_Gunn · October 02, 2007, 01:17:03 PM

Quote from: gdaybloke on October 02, 2007, 07:33:36 AM"Citizen Spam-R, get yer skinny butt over here before I have you terminated for slovenliness!"

"Excuse me, Citizen, but that's *my* job."

Quote from: Spam on October 02, 2007, 09:05:34 AM
"I'm sorry, but I thought the song would help improve everyone's moral!"

"And that's *his* job! Perhaps if you two Citizens would concentrate more on doing your own jobs instead of someone else's, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with. Citizen Shoot-O, I would like to report Citizens Spam-R and Spyd-R for treasonous activities and dereliction of duty! Only a Commie Traitor would behave in such a manner, at least so the Computer tells us so."

*helps with the door as an afterthought*

BlueBard · October 02, 2007, 02:00:18 PM

"Yeah, feel free to file a report," Shoot-O grunts. "If you can find a working Terminal and if we ever get out of this blasted corridor. Meanwhile...

SHUT UP AND GET THE DOOR OPEN!!!" he shouts at full volume.

"Anybody got anything to pry with?" he grumbles with frustration.

BlueBard · October 04, 2007, 07:17:27 AM

{sigh} Moving things along... again...

"I can't get a grip on the door and I can't get my fingers in the crack," Shoot-O complains. "Figures," he grumbles, "we need tools and the Equipment Guy is on the other side of the door. All we need is something small, hard, and flat with a bit of an edge and we can probably pry it open."

gdaybloke · October 04, 2007, 08:23:06 AM

"Shoot-O, sir, might I ask, in your experience, whether you think we might have a better chance searching elsewhere in the corridor? Regardless, I'm afraid I don't have any bladed implements to help out here... where did you leave that infrared? He might have something on his person?"

BlueBard · October 04, 2007, 11:06:04 AM

"I didn't do anything with the Infrared," Shoot-O says. "I assume he knocked himself out running in the dark. Can't have gone far though, every direction was sealed off. Spyd-R, you find him and search him."

gdaybloke · October 04, 2007, 11:10:57 AM

"Sir! Yes Sir!"

Spyd begins scuffling around on the floor in the dark, in an effort to fund the downed infrared

The Phantom Eyebrow · October 09, 2007, 10:17:36 AM

"Come on folks, put your backs into it! We can't aid the Computer trapped in this darned corridor!"

(pm sent)

Spam · October 10, 2007, 11:01:04 AM

Already at the door, I wipe any sweat that might be on my brow, and put my back into lifting that door...

[spoiler]Still worried about pretty much everything... I'mma 'bout to snap... again. =p[/spoiler]

BlueBard · October 11, 2007, 09:54:59 AM

You all hear a muffled voice coming from the other side of the door. It says, "Putting my back into it, SIR!"

gdaybloke · October 11, 2007, 03:28:21 PM

"Still scuffling, sir!"

BlueBard · October 12, 2007, 06:18:24 AM

There is a scraping sound coming from the other side of the door. A glimmer of light shines through a crack.

With an exultant shout of relief, Shoot-O jams his fingers into the crack and heaves, opening the door a little wider and admitting more light.

Viking · October 12, 2007, 06:49:59 AM

ArrMatee peers through the crack from the other side, while still using the screwdriver to help lever open the door.

"Arr! Thank the Computer ye're all okay!" he exclaims between grunts of effort. "Any luck in gettin' water fer the exo-suit?"

BlueBard · October 12, 2007, 08:14:09 AM

The door is now fully open. ArrMatee-R is standing there holding a screwdriver and a hottorch.

gdaybloke · October 12, 2007, 08:59:44 AM

Spyd starts to hum...
"By the light.... of the silvery blowtorch..."

Spam · October 12, 2007, 09:58:22 AM

Since we were in the dark for our share of minutes, our eyes were obviously adjusted to the darkness. The sudden brightness of light hurts Spam's eyes. He puts his hands over his eyes, thinking that'll help stop the painful light that sshines through the doorway, but unfortunately, it doesn't really help all that much...

"The light... It... BUUUUUURNS!" Spam says. He then jumps up and down screaming in agony at the pain from the light on his eyes... After screaming for a bit, he then starts to run towards the door with his arms extended as if he were going to clothesline somebody...

"HUUUUURT!" Spam screams while running.

[spoiler]The light officially freaked Spam out now... so he'll run rampant for awhile until somebody zaps him, or something.[/spoiler]

Viking · October 12, 2007, 11:34:02 AM

Thinking quickly, ArrMatee turns off the hottorch.

[spoiler]He then steps to the side of the door, so as to be out of the path of anyone that happens to charge through.[/spoiler]

BlueBard · October 12, 2007, 12:25:35 PM

The lights go out as Spam-R charges the door.

"HUUURR-AIIIEEE!" he screams. There is a dull 'thud-thud-bump-thud-CRASH-bump-thud-thud' as he falls down the stairs.

Spam-R:
[spoiler]It really hurts. Then you pass out. Or worse.[/spoiler]

gdaybloke · October 12, 2007, 12:49:48 PM

Spyd: "Oh great, now it's dark again. Where IS that infrared??"

Viking · October 12, 2007, 02:41:18 PM

ArrMatee turns the hottorch back on again, and steps back into view.

"We should probably try to find water on this level," he suggests. "I've managed to keep the exo-suit stable for the moment, but it's hard to say how long that will last."

The Phantom Eyebrow · October 13, 2007, 03:08:41 AM

"Oh marvellous. Out of the frying pan and into the... Er, no that's not quite right. Out of the darkness then...! Out of the darkness and into the... er... room with an... unstable, nuclear powered exo-suit..."

...

"But while you may be the harbringer of ill and scary tidings, you are also right ArrMatee; me must continue searching for some means of suppressing the impending runaway reaction. And we should not simply take inspiration from the suit and run away ourselves. Although, sometimes to beat something, you have to think like it first. And conundrum indeed..."

Viking · October 13, 2007, 06:16:36 AM

ArrMatee looks slightly puzzled for a moment.

"You mean you didn't just find the communal hygiene station on this floor of this sector? From this door it's just a left turn, left again past the Terminal, then straight for a while, and then right. You'd know that you've gone too far if you pass a dorm."

ArrMatee looks to Shoot-O-LOT.

"Permission requested to start looking for the Hygiene Station, Team Leader? If I come across any further sealed doors, I can start prying them open, though I'll probably need some help in forcing them open all the way."

BlueBard · October 13, 2007, 07:18:20 AM

Quote from: Viking on October 13, 2007, 06:16:36 AM
ArrMatee looks slightly puzzled for a moment.

"You mean you didn't just find the communal hygiene station on this floor of this sector? From this door it's just a left turn, left again past the Terminal, then straight for a while, and then right. You'd know that you've gone too far if you pass a dorm."

ArrMatee looks to Shoot-O-LOT.

"Permission requested to start looking for the Hygiene Station, Team Leader? If I come across any further sealed doors, I can start prying them open, though I'll probably need some help in forcing them open all the way."

"Recruit," Shoot-O growls, "I got a real good look at those heavily armored containment doors as they sealed off the corridor. If you can pry those open with a screwdriver, you're a no-good, stinking mutant." He glances at Blo-R. "No offense, Recruit."

Viking · October 13, 2007, 08:25:13 PM

ArrMatee nods affirmatively. "Understood, Team Leader Shoot-O-LOT! What are your orders?"

Panther_Gunn · October 13, 2007, 10:15:06 PM

Quote from: BlueBard on October 13, 2007, 07:18:20 AM"Recruit," Shoot-O growls, "I got a real good look at those heavily armored containment doors as they sealed off the corridor. If you can pry those open with a screwdriver, you're a no-good, stinking mutant." He glances at Blo-R. "No offense, Recruit."

"None taken, Citizen Shoot-O. I agree completely. I'm only registered as a mutant because it was mandatory. It's not really a mutation, just an unfortunate lab accident. I fully expect the effects to wear off, given enough......" *looks around at the staring faces, looks at Shoot-O* "Shutting up now, sir!"

Spam · October 14, 2007, 10:24:05 AM

Spam, just laying there in pain and unconsciousness, would probably be wondering why nobody is coming to help...

BlueBard · October 14, 2007, 09:23:56 PM

"Let's try the level below," Shoot-O says. "There might be water down there somewhere. Then we can proceed with our mission objectives."

Viking · October 15, 2007, 07:05:36 AM

"Reconnaissance report, Team Leader!" adds ArrMatee in a dutiful manner.

"After the lights went out, I heard a disturbance at the bottom of the stairs. I went to observe from a safe distance, and saw a Citizen engaged in suspicious activity! Said Citizen was shooting flames from his hands at one of the walls, Team Leader, and said Citizen did not have a Yellow band to mark himself as a Registered Mutant! I yelled really loudly at what I presumed to be a no-good, stinking Mutant (no offense, Citizen Blo), which apparently surprised him. He ran towards the stairs to come after me but, due to his surprise, stumbled horribly and hit his head, after which he stopped moving. I then immediately proceeded to the top of the stairs to locate my Team, Team Leader!"

BlueBard · October 16, 2007, 06:55:21 AM

"Let's go," growls Shoot-O. "You first, Equipment Guy. We've got to get out of this dead end."

You all carefully make your way down the stairs to the landing, where Spam-R is sprawled all over the Steam-Powered Exoskeleton. He's not moving.

"Morale Officer! We have a team member down! What are you gonna do about it?"