Re: Ares VII "Get your zombeh slayin' face on!"

by **Ryobin** Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:32 pm

Nikolia was taken aback by the carnage and seeming disregard for human life before he heard the last remaining "thing" let out a growl that slowly became a snarl and then a scream as it lurched towards him and was met with a mighty backhand swing of hamster, connecting with the bottom jaw and dislocating it entirely leaving it hanging by a few meagre tendons on the left cheek before Nikolia's second swing connected perfectly and the top of the creatures head caved in and it slumped lifeless to the floor. it was at that moment that it sunk in to Nikolia that despite their appearance they were no longer humans.

by Itchigotchi Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:45 pm

((AFTER he killed it he realized it wasnt human? EEEP!))
Lilian looked at the 3 caracasses, and tipped the one at her feet over with her toe.
"Ew. This is what I mean by hostile. Though I may have been mistaken about 'human' ." She explained to the rest of the crew, squinting at the mauled and dribbling bloody face of the old crew member.
She gave Nikolia a grin- he was proving to be a handy member of this team, and then gave Ethan a nod of respect for his reliability in protecting the other passengers. She began to leave the room, then turned back suddenly and grabbed a pack, stuffing some cans of sustenance into it.
"Just in case other food stores have been compromised." She told them in explanation, then set off to the right, away from the area where she had popped out with Ethan before- as she knew 2 infected were still waiting there.
She looked over her shoulder, making sure everyone was following her. "Nikolia, keep up the rear, Ethan, up here with me. We need to go through the mess hall to get to the elevator, and get to the shuttle deck. They were having trouble with invaders before the radio went out, so it coudl get nasty."

by HappyRotter Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:07 pm

Ethan walked to the front of the group, keeping his knife firmly held in his right hand. He also grabbed a chunk of rubble with his other hand, in the hope that he could do damage with that.
"What do we do if the elevators are out?" he said quietly to Lilian as they turned a corner, finding a corridor with no creatures in it.

by Uber-Gam3r Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:48 pm

"Of course the only place they're vulnerable is the head or neck! Don't you realize what this is? Oh God... never thought it'd be me, never thought it'd be me..." Arclight continued whining in the back, never bothering to mention what this was. Normally he'd be right on top of educating everyone, but he was scared out of his mind right now, and was slowly adjusting.

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Arclight stayed firmly in the center of the group. "If? Assuming this place even has power still, there's no way we'd be lucky enough to have working elevators... only options are going to be climbing the burning shaft or finding a swarming staircase. Either way, results won't be pretty."

He was getting back into the groove of doling out information when needed, but he still stared off into space as he gave it, seemingly not able to focus on the situation at hand.

by Itchigotchi Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:54 am

Lilian shot a look back over to Arclight. This guy seemed like he was going to have a mental breakdown one minute, then could think ahead 3 steps in a cynical way in the next minute. If she was that terrified then she would not be able to plan. It made her believe Arclight should've been on security.
"We definately have power. If we didn't have power we wouldnt be able to breathe, or see. Its probably backup power though. The ship may not have thrusters and unnecessary for survival things online, but thats another matter entirely. When we cross the mess hall after the next turn, we will be able to tell what to do next. Elevator is preferred, but of course maintenance ducts do run between floors." She explained quietly to him, wondering why the engineer with the big weapon he liked to call Hamster wouldnt explain that. Then she thought again. He had been gifted with strength.... and obviously not wit or a will for much conversation.
"...Dont assume the worst, it brings down morale...and whats a staircase?" She asked, having been a spaceship child her whole life and not being interested in the holographic simulations of typical earth 2000 life, she had no idea what it was.
She got to a doorway on the right side of the hallway and signaled to Ethan to stop. It was jarred half open by a body. They would have to check it, get past and hope that no-one would rush them from behind from now on.

by Uber-Gam3r Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:29 am

Arclight actually stopped his ranting and stared at the woman. "What's a... did you seriously just ask what a staircase was? It's a collection of slanting steps, kinda looks like this..." He said, miming the general shape with his hands. "I'm sure this ship has them, if only on the maintenance levels. No way a ship this large would rely entirely on elevators and powered transportation." He was a mechanic, but he'd mostly worked on everyday functions like routine maintenance, water systems, and piping. He'd done a bit of welding in and out of the ship, but there was still a lot he didn't know about how it functioned.

As they approached the body wedged in the door, Arclight readied his 'thrower. He'd been torching the bodies they'd actually managed to kill up to this point nonchalantly after everyone else had begun moving on. "You want me to get this one too, just in case? No way anything alive would have survived being wedged like that for long, and anything else needs to die... quickly... in a fire."

by Itchigotchi Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:38 am

Lilian nodded at Arclight, motioned him towards the body, and moved further forwards down the hallway to cover him just in case.
"Do it." She told him, considering if anywhere on the ship had those things he mentioned. She didnt think so- it had ladders for maintenance and chutes and elevators, but a 'staircase' sounded just too bulky and awkward to put on a ship.
There was a growl from beyond the door with the man wedged in it.

by **Ryobin** Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:58 pm

Nikolia walked over and examined the wedged carcass but as he got closer the growl from the other side became a shriek and a battered arm reached through the gap in an attempt to get at him, seemingly by reflex Nikolia had a hold of his assailant and with a mighty reef and an audible pop he removed the offending arm from its owner. He examined it dumbstruck at what he had just done before dropping it and taking a few steps back to compose himself, clearing his throat.

by Uber-Gam3r Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:16 pm

Shocked into action, Arclight moved in. With a maniacal laugh seeming to egg them on, flames washed over the door and through the small space. He let it go for about a minute... just in case.

"MWAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! HAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHA!! BWOOHAHAHA!"

by **Sylverstalker** Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:04 am

Dimitri, who had remained silent was not suprised when the spray of fire triggered the auto lock on the sector, making it virtually impossible to continue on thier current course. The doors were nigh impossible. "Fool" Dimitri cried in a thick russian accent "you all fools, you kill crew members. No thinking of thier lives, now we have no way to the bridge, we have no way to initiate the thrusters. We die on this ship" Dimitri showed little anger outwardly as he pulled a cigar from his back pocket lighting it on the flame of a smoldering crate that had been ignited by the flamethrower.

by Itchigotchi Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:26 pm

Lilian glared at Arclight, as if it was all his fault.
"A bit overboard there buddy." She hissed at him, then turned to Dimitri.
"We will not die." She told him, fire of determination in her eye. She was a born leader, obviously promoted so quickly to regular security even though she was young because of those skills.
"Fires shut off doors, and air ducts, but there are still maintenance shafts we could get into, to leave this area. They are naturally sealed, so the fire alarm doesnt lock them- so we can unseal them and get past." She explained. As a child she had gotten into a lot of trouble when she was found crawling in a maintenance shaft by an engineer and a mechanic doing repairs, so she knew they were big enough for two people, and Nikolia would be able to fit.
"The nearest one is...." She spun around, remembering how there was one in nearly every room, but no entrances to them in the hallways. "Its in that room we just torched, but that rooms shut tight now the body moved out of the way...."
She pursed her lips, put one hand on her hips, and one on the top of the baton.
"Does anyone know of a room that is open, or has an alternate entrance without a door? Or should we split up and look?" She asked the tiny motley crew.

by Uber-Gam3r Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:26 pm

Recovering from his fire-fueled rage, Arclight stared open-mouthed between Lilian and Dimitri. "Fire locks everything down... for GOOD? WHO THE HELL DESIGNED THIS DEATH-TRAP?!?"

by Itchigotchi Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:20 am

Lilian pursed her lips, not understanding if it was a rhetorical question. So she answered it anyway.
"Mark Shalzingeir, a fire safety expert designed it.It doesnt lock down for good, there is a safety release switch for when the fire is under control." She told him "Fire on a ship with limited air and limited space is a very dangerous thing. Even if we have to eject the area in which the fire is, into the vaccuum of space, that is better than losing the whole ship." She explained, and kicked the door.
"This is annoying. Maybe you could find another weapon in future- but keep it for now, cos this floor cant get any MORE locked down." She laughed cynically.
"Maybe we should look around for some better weapons before going anywhere else." She looked at her electric baton. "If I could find another power pack for this baby it could really pack a punch."

by **Ryobin** Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:24 am

"vell this door is not, how you say, vully locked down" Nikolia said pointing at the charred bones keeping the door just open(if the door doesn't fully close then the deadbolts dont get to activate. "that means vat hamster and i can still undo viss one", without waiting any longer he began to undo the enormous bolts before kicking the door over away from them, having it land on the now one armed zombie pinning it from the waist down, Nikolia took a step forward kicking the pinned zombie in the teeth (killed it btw) before opening the hatch to the mainteninance shaft. "who vill be the first?"

by Itchigotchi Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:58 am

Lilian beamed at the big lug- she hadn't noticed the door wasn't open, and was surprised that his wrench using skills actually came in handy yet again. And he had also disposed of another monster without any fuss. It made her wonder what he had done before working on this space ship, he didn't look like someone born on a station, and he seemed to be able to kill so easily he mightve been through some kind of war.
"I'll go first." She told them, and peered around the room before she was going to go into the hatch. There were a few things lying around, it was a pretty general room, a bit of storage, no beds or anything, as it was so close to the mess hall. Her eye caught on a panel in the wall. It held extra comm's and info boards. She grabbed the comms and handed them around.
"We can set up our own local comm link for if we get split up. Shut the maintenance hatch when we all get in." She told him, stating the obvious and taking command yet again, as she lowered herself down into the tube.
It was about 2 of her shoulder widths wide, and tall enough she wouldn't hit her head while going on all fours. The network of tunnels went underneath all the rooms on this level, horizontally, and near each hatch was a panel with room controls, fuses and other electrical things. The wires ran along the tunnels connecting all of these, and the tunnels were dimly lit. They only went down to the lower levels alongside the elevators, at the edges of the ship and near the entre, with the tubes turning into ladders at that point. Lilian crawled towards the nearest elevator shaft.

by Uber-Gam3r Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:32 pm

Arclight took the radio gladly, but as the woman in charge lowered herself into the maintenance tunnels, he gulped. "Listen... I'm not brave or anything, but I volunteer for going last. At least if these things try to sneak up behind us, I'll be able to bathe the area behind us in flames."

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