<span style='color:red'>"Well it looks like we're stuck here." *Bangs the radio on the table.* "I'm sure Valin can look after himself." *Slides the radio into a pocket inside her trench coat then walks around the messhall looking for a map of the space station.* "Is there any interspace communication system on the station? I want to get of this rock ASAP."</span>
<i>You remember that, while still on the Zypher ship, Dr. St. Clair said he was shutting down the communications systems because "they were interfering with experiments."
You do, however, locate a map on the wall. With dismay, you see that the communications relay station is located about a mile away, and the only way there is to walk across the barren, air-less surface of the moon. Looking at the map further, you see that, on the other side of the station on this floor, there is an area containing EVA suits.
In the vent above you, there is the scratching sound again.</i>
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<span style='color:purple'> *Figuring it wouldnt be a problem, he simply brushes the nest of larvae onto the floor with his hand. He then begins to mash them under his boot. While doing so, he calls out.* "Hey, as much fun as this is, what the plan for getting off this rock?" </span>
<i>A rather peculiur odor comes from the destroyed nest. You hear an animal scream above, and large dents start appearing in the vent above you. Soon, a powerful-looking leg covered in small plates punches through, and the metal begins to tear even more as the creature tries to push itself out.</i>
<span style='color:orange'>*Valin raises his gun again, and drops the corpse with a few more bullets, before running for the door leading to the canteen.* “Hi guys, sorry for being late. I got delayed by...some more pressing matters. Suffice to say our doctor and some of the people on this freak-hole have a bad case of the bugs. And speaking of bugs...what the hell is that?” *He empties the rest of his clip into the creature trying to tear into the canteen.*</span>
<i>The creature falls out of the vent, and you get a good look at it.
It has four legs, and is covered in tiny plates, which are, in turn, covered in slime. It's body structure resembles that of a salamander. Its hurt badly, and its blood (a clear fluid) covers the ground. Seeing Stuart's boot, it starts to limp towards him, opening and closing its toothy jaws.</i>
<span style='color:red'>*Calawen looks away from the map towards the direction of the sound. What she sees makes her recoil in fear.* "WHAT IS THAT... THAT THING!?!" *She backs away leaving the others to fight it.</span>
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<span style='color:purple'> *He sees it trying to slime it's way toward him. He begins backing away as fast as his bum leg will let him, simultaneously reloading his pistol and firing.* </span>
<i>The creature stops moving. Fluid drips out of it, but nothing else happens.</i>
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<span style='color:red'>*Calawen watches the thing until it stops moving.* "Just because your target falls silent or starts to smoke, don't assume you killed it; that's your signal to blast him all to hell." *Standing far away from the creature Calawen pulls out her sidearm. She lines up the pistol holding it in two hands and fires at it's head. One shot at a time she unloads the clip.* *When the pistol is out of ammo she ejects the magizine leaving the empty one on the floor and calls the others over.* "Look at this. The relay is over here." *Points to it on the map* "To get there we need HEV suits, which are here." *Gestures again. Then smashes the glass frame with the butt of her pistol and carefully takes the map out.* "We should activate the comm station and hail a ride out of here. I don't want to know what they were doing here. The sooner I'm out the better."</span>
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<span style='color:purple'> *Mutters under his breath.* "Goddamned waste of ammo." * He reloads then holsters his pistol. He then turns to Valin.* "Hey man listen. We got off on the wrong foot. Sometimes I got a loose lip. That was good work backing me up like that, I appreciate it. And its pretty **** obvious were in a survival situation now, we don't need any tension. Comrades?" *He extends his his hand to Valin.* </span>
<span style='color:orange'>*Valin takes Stuart’s in his and shakes it warmly.* “Of course, I don’t believe in making enemies when we have to work together in such dangerous situations. I think it will be a pleasure working with you.” *He looks up when Calawen begins explaining.* “Agreed. Let’s go then. Perhaps your droid, Finrod, would like to lead?”</span>
<b>Hey, it's either the droid or us <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> Droids are rebuildable...</b>
<span style='color:chartreuse'>"I can send it in front to scout ahead. But don't call my drone expendable, ever! As far as I can see, nothing's making you any less expendable. I know you like your tough self-perception, but you got to show a bit of respect from time to time, or you'll end up having no one to expend but yourself. At least I can trust the drone."</span>
OOC: very sorry, I was on spring break for a week and a half, and from last wed. to las night i was at a robotics competition in Atlanta. Assuming I have read everything correctly, I'll now make a crazy story to re-introduce myself. <span style='color:blue'> *Xon slowly becomes aware, feeling very tired* *Opening his eyes, he sees nothing but three tiny slits of light on his chest.* *Now startled, he tries to move but ends up falling face first out of a closet into the cantine* OOC: I was given drugged food and that evil doctor guy put me away to be eaten <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> "Whats going on?! Five seconds ago I was eating a warm meal after a long trip on a smelly boat and now you all have guns out and squishy stuff all over the floor! Can someone please fill me in on whats going on?" </span>
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<span style='color:red'>"I don't know the full story, and to be honest I don't want to. This place is crawling with bugs and I want to get out of here." *Looks back at the map and makes a gesture for the others to pay attension.* "The drone won't be a target for the slugs. You can't have an symbiotic relation with a racing car. He should lead the way." *Consults the map then folds it up and tucks it away into a pocket in her trench coat.* "To get to the Comm Station we need to get HEV suits. Follow me." *Walks to the canteen door and draws her pistol. Then checks the way is clear before walking out towards the direction of the HEV suits.*</span>
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<span style='color:purple'> *Takes up the rear with his weapon drawn. He calls out to the group.* "Watch the ceiling now, these things are sneaky. Dont't bunch up, spacing people." *Notices Xon.* "Hey man, have a nice nap? Situation is FUBAR, were gettin out of here." </span>
<span style='color:blue'> *Straightens himself out and moves to follow the group* "Wait, this seems stupid. We're gonna walk right down a bunch of narrow, poorly lit corridors to find HEV suits that might be missing or broken?" *Looks back at small dead alien* "Sure beats sitting here" *Holsters pistol and pulls out knife* </span>
<span style='color:orange'>*Valin looks approvingly at the knife, but still grips his pistol.* “I doubt you want those bugs to come near to you, so I’d suggest shooting them from afar. I don’t doubt you’ll find a use for that knife sooner or later, though. Let us be off then.”</span>
<span style='color:red'>*Calawen waits by the door. Checking that it's still clear every so often.* "Finrod lets get going please. I don't want to be standing around longer here then I have too. Lead the way."</span>
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<span style='color:blue'>*Xon looks from his sidearm to his knife and back* *Xon takes out and holds pistol in left hand with knife in right hand* "All we have to fight an entire alien species is a few pistol and knives. We should try to find an armory of some sort in case we run into any more of those big ones."</span>
<span style='color:red'>*Calwen walks behind Finrod. Her pistol at the ready. She pauses for a moment before pulling a pair of black raybands out of her pocket.* *As she unfolds them carefuly you see the inside of the arms are covered with tiny circuits, noless then a hairs' width. She presses her thumbs onto the circuit and the glasses let out a whine as something inside them activates.* *She raises the shades and peers through them, then slides them onto her face.* "Guys and guns, sheesh. Lets see what we have got." *Calawen then pulls out the map from one of the pockets inside her trench coat and [looks for an armoury].* "Heavy weapons would be useful. But I really just want to get out of here."</span>
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<span style='color:purple'> *Notices Finrod's video display.* "What the hell? Zombies? I say we just take em and move on." *He moves forward and presses his shoulder against the corner, gun at the ready, preparing to spin quickly around it.* </span>
<span style='color:blue'>*Xon turns to the group* "Ok people, we need to see if that group of sludge is hostile, and if so how do we take it out" "Next, we gotta get those HEV suits and maybe find some heavy weapons on the way" *Xon flips the safety off his pistol* "Any questions?"</span>
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*Bangs the radio on the table.*
"I'm sure Valin can look after himself."
*Slides the radio into a pocket inside her trench coat then walks around the messhall looking for a map of the space station.*
"Is there any interspace communication system on the station? I want to get of this rock ASAP."</span>
You do, however, locate a map on the wall. With dismay, you see that the communications relay station is located about a mile away, and the only way there is to walk across the barren, air-less surface of the moon. Looking at the map further, you see that, on the other side of the station on this floor, there is an area containing EVA suits.
In the vent above you, there is the scratching sound again.</i>
*Figuring it wouldnt be a problem, he simply brushes the nest of larvae onto the floor with his hand. He then begins to mash them under his boot. While doing so, he calls out.*
"Hey, as much fun as this is, what the plan for getting off this rock?"
</span>
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*Without wasting time to call out, he immeidiatly draws his pistol and begins firing rapidly at the creature.*
</span>
“Hi guys, sorry for being late. I got delayed by...some more pressing matters. Suffice to say our doctor and some of the people on this freak-hole have a bad case of the bugs. And speaking of bugs...what the hell is that?”
*He empties the rest of his clip into the creature trying to tear into the canteen.*</span>
It has four legs, and is covered in tiny plates, which are, in turn, covered in slime. It's body structure resembles that of a salamander. Its hurt badly, and its blood (a clear fluid) covers the ground. Seeing Stuart's boot, it starts to limp towards him, opening and closing its toothy jaws.</i>
"WHAT IS THAT... THAT THING!?!"
*She backs away leaving the others to fight it.</span>
*He sees it trying to slime it's way toward him. He begins backing away as fast as his bum leg will let him, simultaneously reloading his pistol and firing.*
</span>
*starts shooting at the thing.*
"We need to get out of here somewhere. Mind if I have a look at that map?"
*Tries to locate whereever communications would be handled, trying to figure out how to turn them back on.*</span>
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"Just because your target falls silent or starts to smoke, don't assume you killed it; that's your signal to blast him all to hell."
*Standing far away from the creature Calawen pulls out her sidearm. She lines up the pistol holding it in two hands and fires at it's head. One shot at a time she unloads the clip.*
*When the pistol is out of ammo she ejects the magizine leaving the empty one on the floor and calls the others over.*
"Look at this. The relay is over here."
*Points to it on the map*
"To get there we need HEV suits, which are here."
*Gestures again. Then smashes the glass frame with the butt of her pistol and carefully takes the map out.*
"We should activate the comm station and hail a ride out of here. I don't want to know what they were doing here. The sooner I'm out the better."</span>
*Mutters under his breath.*
"Goddamned waste of ammo."
* He reloads then holsters his pistol. He then turns to Valin.*
"Hey man listen. We got off on the wrong foot. Sometimes I got a loose lip. That was good work backing me up like that, I appreciate it. And its pretty **** obvious were in a survival situation now, we don't need any tension. Comrades?"
*He extends his his hand to Valin.*
</span>
“Of course, I don’t believe in making enemies when we have to work together in such dangerous situations. I think it will be a pleasure working with you.”
*He looks up when Calawen begins explaining.*
“Agreed. Let’s go then. Perhaps your droid, Finrod, would like to lead?”</span>
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Birthday tomorrow! W00T I'm 19, gonna be away for the weekend.
<span style='color:blue'>
*Xon slowly becomes aware, feeling very tired*
*Opening his eyes, he sees nothing but three tiny slits of light on his chest.*
*Now startled, he tries to move but ends up falling face first out of a closet into the cantine*
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"Whats going on?! Five seconds ago I was eating a warm meal after a long trip on a smelly boat and now you all have guns out and squishy stuff all over the floor! Can someone please fill me in on whats going on?"
</span>
<span style='color:red'>"I don't know the full story, and to be honest I don't want to. This place is crawling with bugs and I want to get out of here."
*Looks back at the map and makes a gesture for the others to pay attension.*
"The drone won't be a target for the slugs. You can't have an symbiotic relation with a racing car. He should lead the way."
*Consults the map then folds it up and tucks it away into a pocket in her trench coat.*
"To get to the Comm Station we need to get HEV suits. Follow me."
*Walks to the canteen door and draws her pistol. Then checks the way is clear before walking out towards the direction of the HEV suits.*</span>
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<i>Subtle vibrations in the floor let you know that some humanoid creatures are wandering around somewhere far ahead of you.</i>
*Takes up the rear with his weapon drawn. He calls out to the group.*
"Watch the ceiling now, these things are sneaky. Dont't bunch up, spacing people."
*Notices Xon.*
"Hey man, have a nice nap? Situation is FUBAR, were gettin out of here."
</span>
*Straightens himself out and moves to follow the group*
"Wait, this seems stupid. We're gonna walk right down a bunch of narrow, poorly lit corridors to find HEV suits that might be missing or broken?"
*Looks back at small dead alien*
"Sure beats sitting here"
*Holsters pistol and pulls out knife*
</span>
“I doubt you want those bugs to come near to you, so I’d suggest shooting them from afar. I don’t doubt you’ll find a use for that knife sooner or later, though. Let us be off then.”</span>
"Finrod lets get going please. I don't want to be standing around longer here then I have too. Lead the way."</span>
*Starts walking down the corridor, drone in front, scanning the corridor with the drone's camera.*
"Geez, there's something bigger down here, I can feel it."</span>
<span style='color:blue'>*Xon looks from his sidearm to his knife and back*
*Xon takes out and holds pistol in left hand with knife in right hand*
"All we have to fight an entire alien species is a few pistol and knives. We should try to find an armory of some sort in case we run into any more of those big ones."</span>
<i>You begin to move down the corridor. You hear slow, shuffling footsteps around the next corner, accompanied by loud, rattling breaths.</i>
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<i>Your drone rounds the corner. Looking at the viewscreen on the control pad, you see five, possibly six, shambling humanoid masses.</i>
*As she unfolds them carefuly you see the inside of the arms are covered with tiny circuits, noless then a hairs' width. She presses her thumbs onto the circuit and the glasses let out a whine as something inside them activates.*
*She raises the shades and peers through them, then slides them onto her face.*
"Guys and guns, sheesh. Lets see what we have got."
*Calawen then pulls out the map from one of the pockets inside her trench coat and [looks for an armoury].*
"Heavy weapons would be useful. But I really just want to get out of here."</span>
*Notices Finrod's video display.*
"What the hell? Zombies? I say we just take em and move on."
*He moves forward and presses his shoulder against the corner, gun at the ready, preparing to spin quickly around it.*
</span>
"Ok people, we need to see if that group of sludge is hostile, and if so how do we take it out"
"Next, we gotta get those HEV suits and maybe find some heavy weapons on the way"
*Xon flips the safety off his pistol*
"Any questions?"</span>