IRC Log: 10 Jan 2007
[23:10] * [dead]Li is here. He and Soma just got off work?
[23:11] [dead]Li *and changed into non-ho clothes?*
[23:11] * Soma had used a bit of magic to changed into his regular clothes, jeans, turtle neck, long white coat that seems imprevious to damage.
[23:13] Soma Ready?
[23:13] [dead]Li Mm-hm! *nod*
[23:13] * [dead]Li changed via ghosty shapeshifting. >_>
[23:14] *Presuming the correct forms had been filled out in advance, they are given access to a subtly hidden door. Nothing particular different than the other doors around, aside from the 'DO NOT PROCEED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION' sign.*
[23:14] * Soma had indeed signed the forms, and started to push open the door. "Let's go then."
[23:14] [dead]Li *let's assume they totally filled out the correct forms, because signing waivers is boring*
[23:14] * [dead]Li nods and follows.
[23:15] [dead]Li ((ees it daaaaaark~?))
[23:16] *beyond is... a hallway. A boring one. A hallway without the decoration given to the cafe, lit dimly by half-power flourescents embedded in the ceiling.*
[23:16] [dead]Li Hmm... *proceeds, looking around*
[23:16] *it goes for about sixty feet or so, and then stops at another door.*
[23:17] [dead]Li Looks like one of those employees-only back passageways that you find in malls and things.
[23:17] * [dead]Li will open the door, assuming that Soma is following.
[23:17] Soma It does, only it's a little bit more complete. *is indeed following*
[23:17] *and beyond...*
[23:17] *a stairwell. a stairwell that goes up thirty stories... and down, at least a hundred.*
[23:18] [dead]Li Oeee~!
[23:18] *it is barely lit; there are only red emergency lights, here and there.*
[23:18] [dead]Li Up or down?
[23:18] *it winds in a roughly spiral pattern around a central gap; were you to fall, you would -keep- falling the entire way.*
[23:18] Soma ...Ow - we'll be definitively be getting our excerise... let's go down.
[23:18] *of course, it's not the fall that's the problem. it's the sudden stop at the end.*
[23:19] *at every floor, on opposite sides of the stairwell, there are doors.*
[23:19] [dead]Li Alright. *proceeds carefully down the stairs, hugging the handrail as though he has forgotten that he is dead.*
[23:19] *most are unmarked.*
[23:19] *some are broken, or missing.*
[23:19] * [dead]Li will be trying the doors to see if they are unlocked.
[23:20] *such as the one at the next floor down, that leads into an utterly black hallway.*
[23:20] * Soma headed downwards. "Should we check every floor we come to, or...? Honestly it may take years if they're not lying about the number of stories."
[23:20] *all so far are unlocked.*
[23:20] [dead]Li Hmm.
[23:20] Soma ...Creepy black hallway, looks familiar.
[23:20] [dead]Li Well, we might try the most interesting-looking ones first.
[23:20] * [dead]Li looks into the inky-blackness.
[23:21] *from somewhere down this direction comes the sound of a gunshot, then metal screeching. then nothing.*
[23:21] [dead]Li !
[23:21] [dead]Li Okay, that's interesting. *is totally going in*
[23:21] *the floor creaks unpleasantly.*
[23:21] Soma ! *he summons a sword in his good hand and follows after Li*
[23:21] *the hallway leads to a dead end.*
[23:22] * [dead]Li ... dissipates a little bit and glows to try to light the way.
[23:22] [dead]Li Oee.
[23:22] [dead]Li *were there any doors on the way?
[23:22] *no.*
[23:22] [dead]Li *
[23:22] * [dead]Li is going to try to go through the wall.
[23:22] Soma ... Gunshot, and dead end. *unsummons a sword, and creates a ball of fire in his hand*
[23:22] Soma *to give out more light*
[23:23] *simply sixty or so feet of hallway, then a wall. when Li goes through, he finds himself in another stairwell.*
[23:23] * [dead]Li sticks his head back through to where Soma is. "There's another stairwell over here!"
[23:23] *it looks identical to the first one.*
[23:23] *in fact.*
[23:24] * [dead]Li assumes that it probably goes to the same places, more or less.
[23:24] *Li can see the same doorway they just went through, on the opposite side of the stairwell.*
[23:24] * [dead]Li looks at it. "Hold on a second, Soma."
[23:24] * [dead]Li is going to go through this door.
[23:24] *he finds himself next to Soma again momentarily.*
[23:25] [dead]Li Whoa.
[23:25] Soma Okay - now that's a bit odd.
[23:25] [dead]Li That... was weird.
[23:25] Soma ...Great, the place's jinxed.
[23:26] *this sort of thing WAS mentioned on the liability waivers.*
[23:26] [dead]Li No, no, I think this has a perfectly rational pseudo-scientific explanation.
[23:26] Soma Let's go back out and try another floor.
[23:26] [dead]Li Okay.
[23:26] [dead]Li I'm willing to bet that this building is its own pocket universe...
[23:26] Soma Always possible.
[23:26] [dead]Li And you can't walk off of the universe, right?
[23:27] * Soma leads the way to the next floor. "In most universes you can't, but you never know.
[23:27] [dead]Li So, if you go off the edge you wind up back at the opposite end.
[23:27] *the door the next floor down is apparently jammed.*
[23:27] *a good tug might help.*
[23:27] * [dead]Li gives a good tug!
[23:27] * Soma goes to tug on the door as well.
[23:28] *the door bursts open, a pirate proceeding out through it and directly onto Li and Soma.
[23:28] *
[23:28] Guybrush OOOF.
[23:28] * [dead]Li squeaks!
[23:28] Soma Hey! *yelps*
[23:28] *on the other side is a janatorial closet with a firm supply of mops.*
[23:28] * Soma immediately goes to summon his weapon in instinct. "Who are you-?!"
[23:28] Guybrush Phew. FINALLY got that door open -- whoa, don't hurt me!
[23:29] * Guybrush is dressed, oddly enough, in his Monkey Island 2 garb. Guess he finally found that coat.
[23:29] [dead]Li Hey, it's that Mancomb Steephood guy.
[23:29] *somewhere a number of levels below, a few floors worth of lights go out with a 'pop'.*
[23:29] Guybrush THREEPWOOD. Guybrush THREEPWOOD.
[23:29] * [dead]Li squeaks both at Guybrush and at the lights.
[23:29] [dead]Li Did you hear that?
[23:29] * EBB|Hugnapped is now known as EBB
[23:29] *they turn back on, with a hummmmm.*
[23:30] [dead]Li [Hm.]
[23:30] Guybrush Pfft. They really need to work on the wiring in this place.
[23:30] [dead]Li [Maybe that's normal.]
[23:30] * Guybrush takes one of the mops and puts the whole thing in his trousers, where it seemingly disappears seamlessly.
[23:30] [dead]Li :O
[23:30] [dead]Li How do you /do/ that?
[23:31] Soma ...Do I even want to ask.
[23:31] *carefully, of course.*
[23:31] Guybrush Clearly you are not schooled in the ways of "inventory-fu."
[23:31] [dead]Li No. No, I am not. But dead people don't NEED inventory. I am my own mop.
[23:31] Guybrush Ewwwww.
[23:31] Soma Well, guess what I do can be called that.
[23:31] Soma ...Li, ew.
[23:31] [dead]Li Hush. >_>
[23:32] [dead]Li IT'S NOT GROSS LIKE THAT!
[23:32] [dead]Li ... Okay, maybe it is. But have you seen my skin lately? Hello, rotting flesh?
[23:32] *the same lights go out with a 'pop' again.*
[23:32] Soma Yes I noticed.
[23:32] Soma ...We should see what's the deal with the lights.
[23:33] *and start back up with a hummmm.*
[23:33] Guybrush *snif sniff* Nah, you've still got a fairly fresh odor. Now LECHUCK on the other hand...
[23:33] *the noise is less this time, though.*
[23:33] Soma Upchuck?
[23:33] * Soma obviously misheard.
[23:33] Guybrush Well yes, he does inspire that too.
[23:33] *something like a massive robotic spider spools down the center of the stairwell, ignorant of the human travelers on the stairs.*
[23:33] Soma ...! *jumps towards the wall*
[23:33] *its movements are almost completely silent. it might be easy to miss if you're not looking directly at it.*
[23:33] Guybrush Nyah! Spider!
[23:33] [dead]Li ((Guys, I have to brb, okay?))
[23:34] ((kay!))
[23:34] * Guybrush cowers for a second, then pauses. "Oh, uh, *ahem* Not that I'm afraid of things like that, of course."
[23:34] Soma Let's just get going.
[23:34] * Soma heads downstairs, still has his sword in hand.
[23:34] *the stairs creak slightly.*
[23:35] * Soma pauses. "Guys... we may have to be careful - I don't like the sound of that noise."
[23:35] Guybrush Aw come on, it's just an old place. How bad could a little creaking be?
[23:35] * Guybrush steps down a few stairs as if to demonstrate.
[23:36] Soma It could mean the stairs aren't all that supportive, Guy.
[23:36] *beside them, in the center of the stairwell, the cord the spider went down on suddenly cracks like a very large, high-tension steel whip, shredding through the stairs on the opposite side before rapidly withdrawing into the unseen upper flights.*
[23:36] Soma ! *utterly something loud, and very rude in Japanese*
[23:36] Guybrush ...orrrrrrrr not.
[23:37] *stair-debris falls down, loosely ricocheting off lower levels before finally falling smoothly into the abyss.*
[23:37] *there is no sound of impact.*
[23:37] Guybrush ...Well. Uh....
[23:38] Guybrush ...you guys should be careful around places like this. Never know what will happen. Yep.
[23:38] *they can't exactly easily go up, at least.*
[23:38] Soma ... so says he who said it was just an old building.
[23:39] Guybrush I was, uh, demonstrating! To show how carelessness can be dangerous. Yeah.
[23:39] Soma Uh-huh.
[23:39] *the lights, about ten levels down, 'pop' and go out again.*
[23:39] *and don't come back on.*
[23:39] * Guybrush continues downwards -- clearly much more careful.
[23:39] * Soma is very cautious as well, keeping near the walls.
[23:40] Soma Wonder what's going on with those lights.
[23:42] *the doors of the next few levels are either irreparably jammed, or locked.*
[23:42] Soma ... you wouldn't happen to have a skeleton key on you right now?
[23:43] Guybrush Hmm, lemme see...
[23:44] * Guybrush digs through his inventory. "Lessee, fish... cheese grater... astronaut underwear... pink hemp rope... bandaids... mop... Nope, no luck there."
[23:44] Soma ...Astronaut what?
[23:44] Guybrush Never mind. Eh, I bet those doors are boring anyway.
[23:45] Soma ... actually - I think I can try something. Stand away.
[23:45] * Guybrush does so.
[23:45] * [dead]Li has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
[23:46] * Soma cracks his knuckles, and calls up a soul - there's a flickering image of a humanoid jaguar superimposed over Soma briefly, before he rushed, and slammed the door with considerable force - perhaps that's enough?*
[23:47] *the door splinters, and suddenly Soma is into a hallway that leads some four hundred feet to a door.*
[23:47] *it is lit, if not particularly well, and this is evident.*
[23:47] * Soma falls over into the hallway.
[23:47] Soma Ow!
[23:48] *there is, oddly enough, a light scattering of sand in this hallway, like someone tracked it in from beyond that door.*
[23:48] Guybrush Whoooa. But can you hold your breath for ten minutes? Because, you know, I can hold my breath for ten minutes. Yeah.
[23:48] Soma I can walk on water. *he stated dryly as he got up, and put his knuckles in his mouth - because, they sting!
[23:49] Guybrush ...that's not so neat. *sulks; lying? Nah.*
[23:50] *the walls of this hallway are of a battered, age-scoured metal.*
[23:51] Soma Sand...
[23:51] *there is a THUMP on the door, like something heavy slamming against it.*
[23:51] Guybrush Yikes!
[23:51] * Soma calls his weapon from where he set it down into his hands, and held it up.
[23:51] *then silence.*
[23:52] Soma ...Okay - let's see what's behind door number one.
[23:53] *it will take a bit of a walk to get to the door.*
[23:53] Guybrush Can't we just pick the Box instead?
[23:55] Soma There is no box.
[23:55] Guybrush Darn.
[23:55] *Soma opens the door?*
[23:55] * Soma does indeed open the door, and immeditately press himself against the wall.
[23:56] *and he immediately encounters a FLOOD OF SAND THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE HALLWAY.
[23:56] *
[23:56] *at a considerable pressure.*
[23:57] Guybrush ACK PFFT
[23:58] *Soma now has 400 feet at 32 feet-per-second-squared to formulate a plan before he's swept out into the stairwell.*
[23:58] Soma !
[23:58] * Soma is unfortunately a bit panicky to come up with a plan.
[23:58] Soma Gah - pft!
[23:58] *same with Guybrush.*
[23:59] * Guybrush looks for something to secure a rope to!
[23:59] *well, there -is- the stairway handrail, but that'll be cutting it kinda close...*
[23:59] *and, heeey, it looks like there's someone else coming along for the ride.*
Session Close: Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 2007
Session Start: Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 2007
Session Ident: #abovetheclouds
[00:00] * Soma would probably instinctively turn into a bat if something doesn't happen, but bats can't lift other people.
[00:01] Guybrush ((How sturdy IS that handrail?))
[00:02] * Faust was just minding her own business on top of that sand dune when it suddenly made a good impression of a draining bathtub and sucked her down with it, and now - whoop! HALLWAY.
[00:02] ((Sturdier than it sounds.))
[00:02] * Guybrush snags it and begins tying one end of the pink hemp rope to it, and the other to his waist. Just in case, ya know.
[00:03] *Guybrush will shortly be joined by Soma and Faust, it seems. -very- shortly.*
[00:04] * Faust flails out for something to grab. That something might be Guybrush's leg.
[00:04] Guybrush Whoop!
[00:04] *lots of sand drains over and around them.*
[00:05] * Soma falls over the edge, and instantly changed into something very small and white - which may be clinging to Faust*
[00:05] *it is only a few moments later that most of the sand-falling slackens. there's still a little pouring out, but it looks like whereever it's coming from is out of the source supply.*
[00:06] *the railing creaks ominously, bending.*
[00:06] Guybrush Pfft!
[00:06] *there is sand -everywhere- among those involved.*
[00:06] Soma *squeaks in alarm - between spitting out grains of sand*
[00:06] Guybrush Oh for -- look, whoever's got my leg just climb up me, will ya?
[00:06] *yes, even there.*
[00:07] Faust Phti!
[00:07] Guybrush Man, I think I've got sand in my inventory.
[00:08] * Faust clambers up Guybrush onto the stairway. Is wearing sturdy boots!
[00:08] * Soma is a white bat still clinging to Faust for now.
[00:08] *the handrail creaks even more ominously, and is starting to bend past forty-five degrees.*
[00:09] * Faust blinkblinks at the handrail.
[00:09] Faust Uh.
[00:09] * Guybrush climbs up the rope himself after Faust is on the stairwell.
[00:09] *there is a sudden sort of 'splortch' noise of sand impacting far below, continuing for several seconds.*
[00:10] *then it abruptly stops.*
[00:10] * Soma shoves off of Faust, and changed back - still covered in sand.
[00:10] * Guybrush gets a hand on the stairwell itself and begins pulling himself up.
[00:10] Soma ...Remind me to never pick door number one again.
[00:11] *the hallway is now blocked by sand.*
[00:11] * Guybrush begins untying the rope from the handrail.
[00:11] * Faust looks around.
[00:12] Faust Cheery decor! Love what you've done with the place. WHERE THE FUCK AM I.
[00:12] *at her shout, a sudden clump of sand detaches and lands in her hair.8
[00:12] *
[00:13] Guybrush Don't ask me. I was just looking for the mess hall on the ship and found myself here.
[00:13] Soma a two million story building.
[00:13] Soma With a cafe on the top floor.
[00:13] Guybrush Classy touch.
[00:14] Faust Pffft!
[00:14] * Soma shakes sand out of his pockets.
[00:14] Faust . . . two million stories.
[00:14] Guybrush Hey, as long as they've got the fire escapes for it.
[00:15] * Faust shakes more sand out of her hair and off her face, then peers over the edge, eyes wide.
[00:15] ((more like two hundred, but. XP))
[00:16] Faust So what are *you* guys doing going *down* when there's a cafe up *there* and ominous darkness down *here*?
[00:17] *a loose fragment of stairwell from farther up falls, nearly hitting Faust.*
[00:17] Soma I'm exploring the area - the Cafe is accessible by portals, so people don't remember what's down here.
[00:17] * Faust yipes and flattens herself against the wall.
[00:17] Guybrush I just heard there was going to be punch and pie.
[00:18] * Faust shrugs.
[00:18] *there is a scream from...somewhere.*
[00:18] Soma !
[00:18] Faust . . .
[00:19] Soma ...So who is it now? Elvis?
[00:19] Faust Sounded kinda high-pitched if it was Elvis.
[00:19] Guybrush Out of tune for Elvis too. Yuck.
[00:19] Soma Let's see who it is... or what.
[00:20] *it is unclear where it came from.*
[00:20] Guybrush Man, this place gives me the heebities.
[00:21] * Faust pumps the air with her fist, grinning. "Alright, then - Downward, for great justice!"
[00:21] * Faust is perhaps a little bit crazy.
[00:21] Soma Right. And this place... has it's atmosphere.
[00:22] *the stairs from here down have been liberally sprayed with sand, as is to be expected.*
[00:22] * Faust eyes the steps warily. "This is going to be a little slippery. Even *with* boots on."
[00:23] * Soma treads lightly.
[00:23] * Guybrush pulls the mop out of his inventory and begins sweeping away some of the sand in front.
[00:24] *the next few floors lack doors.*
[00:24] *and then they're into the mostly-unlit section, maybe five floors worth.*
[00:26] Faust Boy, for a cafe basement, this place seems like it should've been in a horror movie or something.
[00:26] Guybrush Hey, this cafe a theme cafe? That'd be neat.
[00:27] *lights may be adviseable.*
[00:27] *particularly with the sand.*
[00:27] Soma Uhm,
[00:27] Soma *won't mention the uniform*
[00:27] * Soma he makes a fireball in his hand - he wished he brought a torch, because this gets draining quick.
[00:27] Soma It's not really themed.
[00:27] Soma ...I uhm, work there.
[00:28] Guybrush Ooh. How's the pay and benefits?
[00:28] *the next door is unlocked. and open.*
[00:28] *beyond is a bathroom.*
[00:29] * Faust picks up some sand in her hand and frowns at it. And then she has a small LED flashlight in her hand. She grins!
[00:29] Guybrush Phew! I needed one of these. Uh, you guys go on ahead, okay?
[00:29] Guybrush ((Mun needs to go do dishes.))
[00:30] * Faust turns the flashlight on and shines it down towards the stairway immediately ahead.
[00:30] *and on the stairway is a spider-like machine easily the size of a man, staring up at her.*
[00:30] Faust EEEEEK.
[00:31] * Guybrush goes into the bathroom, making sure there isn't any... *shudder* PORCELAIN first.
[00:31] Soma It's decent pay, if you don't mi-!!
[00:31] *stares at her, with nineteen symmetrically-oriented eyes.*
[00:31] *is silent, and unmoving.*
[00:31] * Soma turns flames off, and has weapon up.
[00:31] * Faust jumps back several steps, nearly colliding with Soma.
[00:32] Faust WHAT.
[00:32] *unmoving.*
[00:32] * Soma jolt back. "It's that thing from earlier..."
[00:32] * Guybrush uses the bathroom. Back in a while, guys.
[00:33] *advances a step.*
[00:33] * Faust begins taking a few hesitant steps towards the machine, keeping her flashlight trained on the thing in case it moves.
[00:33] Faust meep.
[00:33] *clicks.*
[00:33] * Faust pauses, looking down (up?) at the machine.
[00:34] *up, probably. even though it's on a lower step.*
[00:34] *reaches a leg/arm/all-purpose manipulator towards her, suddenly*
[00:34] Faust !!!!! O_O
[00:35] * Faust holds her arm up to protect herself before realizing that's probably not going to help her much, if at ALL.
[00:35] *picks her up, if there is nothing else done to protest. surpisingly gently, though.*
[00:35] Soma Hey - let go!
[00:35] * Soma goes to help Faust get away from it.
[00:36] *stares at her.*
[00:36] *grindingly.* YOU-ARE-NOT-PROPERLY-AUTHORIZED-TO-BE-HERE.
[00:36] Faust . . . well, at least it's a gentlemen about invading a woman's privacy. *grins nervously*
[00:37] Faust . . . well, *duh*.
[00:37] *sounds like someone speaking through a mouthful of gravel into a sack full of cats.*
[00:38] * Faust gets an earful. "Owwwwwww." >:/
[00:38] YOU-ARE-REQUIRED-TO-REMAIN-UNDER-IMMEDIATE-SUPERVISION.
[00:38] *turns, still carrying her, to proceed down the stairs.*
[00:38] Soma Get off - ! *wonders if the thing can be electrocuted*
[00:38] * Soma runs after them
[00:39] *is slow, fortunately.*
[00:39] * Soma tries to leap on top of the machine.
[00:40] * Faust grabs at the manipulating arm, tugging against its grip.
[00:40] *has a solid grip*
[00:40] Faust . . . dammit, that did nothing.
[00:40] *Soma can easily leap atop it. it keeps moving, apparently unaffected by the weight.*
[00:40] Faust Oi! Giant spider-thingy! If we're not authorized to be down here, what makes *you* authorized?
[00:41] I-AM-AUTHORIZED-BY-THE-PROPRIETORS-OF-THE-ESTABLISHMENT.
[00:41] * Soma looks over the machine once he gets on top of it. "Who are the owners, tinbug?"
[00:42] *there are no obvious access points into its internals.*
[00:42] AUGUST-WAYNE-AND-ELIZABETH-MARLE.
[00:43] * Soma wonders how thick the shell is.
[00:43] * Faust looks at Soma to silently ask "Are they really the owners?"
[00:44] 8
[00:44] * Soma shrugs in a 'I don't know' manner.
[00:44] *not particularly thick, but it's made of a very durable polycarbonate.*
[00:44] *is still proceeding downwards.*
[00:44] Faust So how exactly do you *know* they really own this place, spiderbot?
[00:44] Soma Or that they're still around.
[00:45] Faust And how do you know *we're* not the new owners?
[00:45] THERE-IS-A-STATUS-UPDATE-EVERY-SIX-HOURS.
[00:46] Faust So how long's it been since you last had one of these status updates?
[00:47] TWENTY-SEVEN-MINUTES.
[00:47] Guybrush *there's a tapping sound from above. Apparently, Guybrush is finished.*
[00:48] *if one of them doesn't have a light on, then they're steadily proceeding through the unlit levels. apparently the machine can see in the infrared.*
[00:48] Soma What do you do to the unauthorized?
[00:49] * Faust turns her flashlight back on and takes a look around to see where the hell this robot is *taking* them.
[00:49] DIRECTLY-SUPERVISE-THEM-UNTIL-THE-NEXT-STATUS-UPDATE.
[00:50] *there doesn't seem to be anything special about these floors... except for the extra-wide doors they're coming down to.*
[00:50] Faust And what do you do *then*, oh mighty spiderbot?
[00:50] THE-UNAUTHORIZED-ARE-THEN-DELIVERED-TO-THE-PROPRIETORS.
[00:50] Soma What happens if there is no status updates?
[00:51] Faust . . . that's no *fun*.
[00:51] Guybrush *whup! Thump, thump thump thump THUMP*
[00:51] Soma !!
[00:51] * Guybrush suddenly comes rolling down, smacking hard into the robot.
[00:51] *totters*
[00:51] *teeters*
[00:51] * Soma barely avoids getting landed on! "...Abandon Ship!"
[00:52] *falls, abruptly bilocating Faust in the process. in the unpleasant, old-fashioned way. fortunately, both halves of her are still on the stairwell.*
[00:52] *falls. falls. falls. falls. falls.*
[00:52] * Faust makes a barely-audible curse and then starts banging on the arm that's holding her.
[00:52] Guybrush *weakly* I fell on my keys...
[00:53] *crash*
[00:53] * Faust then stops doing the banging as she gets unexpectedly cut in half.
[00:53] *there is no arm holding her now, at least? :D*
[00:53] Faust *this is a good thing!*
[00:54] Soma ...!
[00:54] * Soma ran after the falling object.
[00:54] ((Um?))
[00:54] * Faust coughs up blood, grits her teeth, and pulls her top half over to her bottom half, trailing blood all over the sandy steps.
[00:54] * Guybrush gets up, after a length, and sees Faust. "Whoa, and I thought I had it bad. Ow."
[00:54] ((Faust isn't falling, the robot is.))
[00:54] Soma ((erm, I mean where it crashed before falling off, sorry))
[00:54] Guybrush Oh man, I'm really sorry about that.
[00:55] ((ahh.))
[00:55] Faust *cough* *hack* owie . . .
[00:55] Soma ...How...
[00:55] THUDcrack.
[00:55] * Chibi has joined #abovetheclouds
[00:56] * Faust finally gets her two halves close enough for her to use her arms to yank her groin back into sync with her torso.
[00:56] * Soma flinches, ew.
[00:56] Faust Oh, crap. *hurrkk* I think i got sand in my spleen.
[00:56] Faust :/
[00:57] Guybrush Might wanna flush that out with water.
[00:57] Soma ...Okay as he said.
[00:57] * Chibi is now known as [dead]Li
[00:58] Faust Eh, it'll shove itself out after a few hours.
[00:58] Guybrush Man, you are DURABLE.
[00:58] * Faust wiggles a bit.
[00:58] * Faust experiments with moving her big toe. Succeeds. Promptly yells "OW!" and hisses.
[00:59] Faust Nerve endings! Yay. Now I really get to know how much being cut in half HURTS.
[00:59] * [dead]Li appears as subtly as he disappeared.
[01:00] Soma Let's hope it's not a repeat performance... *winces*
[01:00] [dead]Li *nooooobody notices, okay?*
[01:00] Faust . . . gimme a bit more time, here.
[01:01] * Faust lays back, and for a second, there's a visible gap between her chest and her waist where yu can see the organs knitting themselves back together, and then the muscle and skin stretches to cover it, and she gulps.
[01:01] * Guybrush rubs the back of his head. "You gonna be okay? I kinda slipped on some sand up there. ...Ew."
[01:01] Soma Li?
[01:01] * [dead]Li peers at Faust. "That's amazing."
[01:02] [dead]Li Hm? *looks at Soma*
[01:02] *one last bit of stairway debris falls from above and impacts Faust, cutting her in half again.*
>>>LOG CONTINUED IN COMMENTS
[23:11] [dead]Li *and changed into non-ho clothes?*
[23:11] * Soma had used a bit of magic to changed into his regular clothes, jeans, turtle neck, long white coat that seems imprevious to damage.
[23:13] Soma Ready?
[23:13] [dead]Li Mm-hm! *nod*
[23:13] * [dead]Li changed via ghosty shapeshifting. >_>
[23:14] *Presuming the correct forms had been filled out in advance, they are given access to a subtly hidden door. Nothing particular different than the other doors around, aside from the 'DO NOT PROCEED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION' sign.*
[23:14] * Soma had indeed signed the forms, and started to push open the door. "Let's go then."
[23:14] [dead]Li *let's assume they totally filled out the correct forms, because signing waivers is boring*
[23:14] * [dead]Li nods and follows.
[23:15] [dead]Li ((ees it daaaaaark~?))
[23:16] *beyond is... a hallway. A boring one. A hallway without the decoration given to the cafe, lit dimly by half-power flourescents embedded in the ceiling.*
[23:16] [dead]Li Hmm... *proceeds, looking around*
[23:16] *it goes for about sixty feet or so, and then stops at another door.*
[23:17] [dead]Li Looks like one of those employees-only back passageways that you find in malls and things.
[23:17] * [dead]Li will open the door, assuming that Soma is following.
[23:17] Soma It does, only it's a little bit more complete. *is indeed following*
[23:17] *and beyond...*
[23:17] *a stairwell. a stairwell that goes up thirty stories... and down, at least a hundred.*
[23:18] [dead]Li Oeee~!
[23:18] *it is barely lit; there are only red emergency lights, here and there.*
[23:18] [dead]Li Up or down?
[23:18] *it winds in a roughly spiral pattern around a central gap; were you to fall, you would -keep- falling the entire way.*
[23:18] Soma ...Ow - we'll be definitively be getting our excerise... let's go down.
[23:18] *of course, it's not the fall that's the problem. it's the sudden stop at the end.*
[23:19] *at every floor, on opposite sides of the stairwell, there are doors.*
[23:19] [dead]Li Alright. *proceeds carefully down the stairs, hugging the handrail as though he has forgotten that he is dead.*
[23:19] *most are unmarked.*
[23:19] *some are broken, or missing.*
[23:19] * [dead]Li will be trying the doors to see if they are unlocked.
[23:20] *such as the one at the next floor down, that leads into an utterly black hallway.*
[23:20] * Soma headed downwards. "Should we check every floor we come to, or...? Honestly it may take years if they're not lying about the number of stories."
[23:20] *all so far are unlocked.*
[23:20] [dead]Li Hmm.
[23:20] Soma ...Creepy black hallway, looks familiar.
[23:20] [dead]Li Well, we might try the most interesting-looking ones first.
[23:20] * [dead]Li looks into the inky-blackness.
[23:21] *from somewhere down this direction comes the sound of a gunshot, then metal screeching. then nothing.*
[23:21] [dead]Li !
[23:21] [dead]Li Okay, that's interesting. *is totally going in*
[23:21] *the floor creaks unpleasantly.*
[23:21] Soma ! *he summons a sword in his good hand and follows after Li*
[23:21] *the hallway leads to a dead end.*
[23:22] * [dead]Li ... dissipates a little bit and glows to try to light the way.
[23:22] [dead]Li Oee.
[23:22] [dead]Li *were there any doors on the way?
[23:22] *no.*
[23:22] [dead]Li *
[23:22] * [dead]Li is going to try to go through the wall.
[23:22] Soma ... Gunshot, and dead end. *unsummons a sword, and creates a ball of fire in his hand*
[23:22] Soma *to give out more light*
[23:23] *simply sixty or so feet of hallway, then a wall. when Li goes through, he finds himself in another stairwell.*
[23:23] * [dead]Li sticks his head back through to where Soma is. "There's another stairwell over here!"
[23:23] *it looks identical to the first one.*
[23:23] *in fact.*
[23:24] * [dead]Li assumes that it probably goes to the same places, more or less.
[23:24] *Li can see the same doorway they just went through, on the opposite side of the stairwell.*
[23:24] * [dead]Li looks at it. "Hold on a second, Soma."
[23:24] * [dead]Li is going to go through this door.
[23:24] *he finds himself next to Soma again momentarily.*
[23:25] [dead]Li Whoa.
[23:25] Soma Okay - now that's a bit odd.
[23:25] [dead]Li That... was weird.
[23:25] Soma ...Great, the place's jinxed.
[23:26] *this sort of thing WAS mentioned on the liability waivers.*
[23:26] [dead]Li No, no, I think this has a perfectly rational pseudo-scientific explanation.
[23:26] Soma Let's go back out and try another floor.
[23:26] [dead]Li Okay.
[23:26] [dead]Li I'm willing to bet that this building is its own pocket universe...
[23:26] Soma Always possible.
[23:26] [dead]Li And you can't walk off of the universe, right?
[23:27] * Soma leads the way to the next floor. "In most universes you can't, but you never know.
[23:27] [dead]Li So, if you go off the edge you wind up back at the opposite end.
[23:27] *the door the next floor down is apparently jammed.*
[23:27] *a good tug might help.*
[23:27] * [dead]Li gives a good tug!
[23:27] * Soma goes to tug on the door as well.
[23:28] *the door bursts open, a pirate proceeding out through it and directly onto Li and Soma.
[23:28] *
[23:28] Guybrush OOOF.
[23:28] * [dead]Li squeaks!
[23:28] Soma Hey! *yelps*
[23:28] *on the other side is a janatorial closet with a firm supply of mops.*
[23:28] * Soma immediately goes to summon his weapon in instinct. "Who are you-?!"
[23:28] Guybrush Phew. FINALLY got that door open -- whoa, don't hurt me!
[23:29] * Guybrush is dressed, oddly enough, in his Monkey Island 2 garb. Guess he finally found that coat.
[23:29] [dead]Li Hey, it's that Mancomb Steephood guy.
[23:29] *somewhere a number of levels below, a few floors worth of lights go out with a 'pop'.*
[23:29] Guybrush THREEPWOOD. Guybrush THREEPWOOD.
[23:29] * [dead]Li squeaks both at Guybrush and at the lights.
[23:29] [dead]Li Did you hear that?
[23:29] * EBB|Hugnapped is now known as EBB
[23:29] *they turn back on, with a hummmmm.*
[23:30] [dead]Li [Hm.]
[23:30] Guybrush Pfft. They really need to work on the wiring in this place.
[23:30] [dead]Li [Maybe that's normal.]
[23:30] * Guybrush takes one of the mops and puts the whole thing in his trousers, where it seemingly disappears seamlessly.
[23:30] [dead]Li :O
[23:30] [dead]Li How do you /do/ that?
[23:31] Soma ...Do I even want to ask.
[23:31] *carefully, of course.*
[23:31] Guybrush Clearly you are not schooled in the ways of "inventory-fu."
[23:31] [dead]Li No. No, I am not. But dead people don't NEED inventory. I am my own mop.
[23:31] Guybrush Ewwwww.
[23:31] Soma Well, guess what I do can be called that.
[23:31] Soma ...Li, ew.
[23:31] [dead]Li Hush. >_>
[23:32] [dead]Li IT'S NOT GROSS LIKE THAT!
[23:32] [dead]Li ... Okay, maybe it is. But have you seen my skin lately? Hello, rotting flesh?
[23:32] *the same lights go out with a 'pop' again.*
[23:32] Soma Yes I noticed.
[23:32] Soma ...We should see what's the deal with the lights.
[23:33] *and start back up with a hummmm.*
[23:33] Guybrush *snif sniff* Nah, you've still got a fairly fresh odor. Now LECHUCK on the other hand...
[23:33] *the noise is less this time, though.*
[23:33] Soma Upchuck?
[23:33] * Soma obviously misheard.
[23:33] Guybrush Well yes, he does inspire that too.
[23:33] *something like a massive robotic spider spools down the center of the stairwell, ignorant of the human travelers on the stairs.*
[23:33] Soma ...! *jumps towards the wall*
[23:33] *its movements are almost completely silent. it might be easy to miss if you're not looking directly at it.*
[23:33] Guybrush Nyah! Spider!
[23:33] [dead]Li ((Guys, I have to brb, okay?))
[23:34] ((kay!))
[23:34] * Guybrush cowers for a second, then pauses. "Oh, uh, *ahem* Not that I'm afraid of things like that, of course."
[23:34] Soma Let's just get going.
[23:34] * Soma heads downstairs, still has his sword in hand.
[23:34] *the stairs creak slightly.*
[23:35] * Soma pauses. "Guys... we may have to be careful - I don't like the sound of that noise."
[23:35] Guybrush Aw come on, it's just an old place. How bad could a little creaking be?
[23:35] * Guybrush steps down a few stairs as if to demonstrate.
[23:36] Soma It could mean the stairs aren't all that supportive, Guy.
[23:36] *beside them, in the center of the stairwell, the cord the spider went down on suddenly cracks like a very large, high-tension steel whip, shredding through the stairs on the opposite side before rapidly withdrawing into the unseen upper flights.*
[23:36] Soma ! *utterly something loud, and very rude in Japanese*
[23:36] Guybrush ...orrrrrrrr not.
[23:37] *stair-debris falls down, loosely ricocheting off lower levels before finally falling smoothly into the abyss.*
[23:37] *there is no sound of impact.*
[23:37] Guybrush ...Well. Uh....
[23:38] Guybrush ...you guys should be careful around places like this. Never know what will happen. Yep.
[23:38] *they can't exactly easily go up, at least.*
[23:38] Soma ... so says he who said it was just an old building.
[23:39] Guybrush I was, uh, demonstrating! To show how carelessness can be dangerous. Yeah.
[23:39] Soma Uh-huh.
[23:39] *the lights, about ten levels down, 'pop' and go out again.*
[23:39] *and don't come back on.*
[23:39] * Guybrush continues downwards -- clearly much more careful.
[23:39] * Soma is very cautious as well, keeping near the walls.
[23:40] Soma Wonder what's going on with those lights.
[23:42] *the doors of the next few levels are either irreparably jammed, or locked.*
[23:42] Soma ... you wouldn't happen to have a skeleton key on you right now?
[23:43] Guybrush Hmm, lemme see...
[23:44] * Guybrush digs through his inventory. "Lessee, fish... cheese grater... astronaut underwear... pink hemp rope... bandaids... mop... Nope, no luck there."
[23:44] Soma ...Astronaut what?
[23:44] Guybrush Never mind. Eh, I bet those doors are boring anyway.
[23:45] Soma ... actually - I think I can try something. Stand away.
[23:45] * Guybrush does so.
[23:45] * [dead]Li has quit IRC (Ping timeout )
[23:46] * Soma cracks his knuckles, and calls up a soul - there's a flickering image of a humanoid jaguar superimposed over Soma briefly, before he rushed, and slammed the door with considerable force - perhaps that's enough?*
[23:47] *the door splinters, and suddenly Soma is into a hallway that leads some four hundred feet to a door.*
[23:47] *it is lit, if not particularly well, and this is evident.*
[23:47] * Soma falls over into the hallway.
[23:47] Soma Ow!
[23:48] *there is, oddly enough, a light scattering of sand in this hallway, like someone tracked it in from beyond that door.*
[23:48] Guybrush Whoooa. But can you hold your breath for ten minutes? Because, you know, I can hold my breath for ten minutes. Yeah.
[23:48] Soma I can walk on water. *he stated dryly as he got up, and put his knuckles in his mouth - because, they sting!
[23:49] Guybrush ...that's not so neat. *sulks; lying? Nah.*
[23:50] *the walls of this hallway are of a battered, age-scoured metal.*
[23:51] Soma Sand...
[23:51] *there is a THUMP on the door, like something heavy slamming against it.*
[23:51] Guybrush Yikes!
[23:51] * Soma calls his weapon from where he set it down into his hands, and held it up.
[23:51] *then silence.*
[23:52] Soma ...Okay - let's see what's behind door number one.
[23:53] *it will take a bit of a walk to get to the door.*
[23:53] Guybrush Can't we just pick the Box instead?
[23:55] Soma There is no box.
[23:55] Guybrush Darn.
[23:55] *Soma opens the door?*
[23:55] * Soma does indeed open the door, and immeditately press himself against the wall.
[23:56] *and he immediately encounters a FLOOD OF SAND THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE HALLWAY.
[23:56] *
[23:56] *at a considerable pressure.*
[23:57] Guybrush ACK PFFT
[23:58] *Soma now has 400 feet at 32 feet-per-second-squared to formulate a plan before he's swept out into the stairwell.*
[23:58] Soma !
[23:58] * Soma is unfortunately a bit panicky to come up with a plan.
[23:58] Soma Gah - pft!
[23:58] *same with Guybrush.*
[23:59] * Guybrush looks for something to secure a rope to!
[23:59] *well, there -is- the stairway handrail, but that'll be cutting it kinda close...*
[23:59] *and, heeey, it looks like there's someone else coming along for the ride.*
Session Close: Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 2007
Session Start: Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 2007
Session Ident: #abovetheclouds
[00:00] * Soma would probably instinctively turn into a bat if something doesn't happen, but bats can't lift other people.
[00:01] Guybrush ((How sturdy IS that handrail?))
[00:02] * Faust was just minding her own business on top of that sand dune when it suddenly made a good impression of a draining bathtub and sucked her down with it, and now - whoop! HALLWAY.
[00:02] ((Sturdier than it sounds.))
[00:02] * Guybrush snags it and begins tying one end of the pink hemp rope to it, and the other to his waist. Just in case, ya know.
[00:03] *Guybrush will shortly be joined by Soma and Faust, it seems. -very- shortly.*
[00:04] * Faust flails out for something to grab. That something might be Guybrush's leg.
[00:04] Guybrush Whoop!
[00:04] *lots of sand drains over and around them.*
[00:05] * Soma falls over the edge, and instantly changed into something very small and white - which may be clinging to Faust*
[00:05] *it is only a few moments later that most of the sand-falling slackens. there's still a little pouring out, but it looks like whereever it's coming from is out of the source supply.*
[00:06] *the railing creaks ominously, bending.*
[00:06] Guybrush Pfft!
[00:06] *there is sand -everywhere- among those involved.*
[00:06] Soma *squeaks in alarm - between spitting out grains of sand*
[00:06] Guybrush Oh for -- look, whoever's got my leg just climb up me, will ya?
[00:06] *yes, even there.*
[00:07] Faust Phti!
[00:07] Guybrush Man, I think I've got sand in my inventory.
[00:08] * Faust clambers up Guybrush onto the stairway. Is wearing sturdy boots!
[00:08] * Soma is a white bat still clinging to Faust for now.
[00:08] *the handrail creaks even more ominously, and is starting to bend past forty-five degrees.*
[00:09] * Faust blinkblinks at the handrail.
[00:09] Faust Uh.
[00:09] * Guybrush climbs up the rope himself after Faust is on the stairwell.
[00:09] *there is a sudden sort of 'splortch' noise of sand impacting far below, continuing for several seconds.*
[00:10] *then it abruptly stops.*
[00:10] * Soma shoves off of Faust, and changed back - still covered in sand.
[00:10] * Guybrush gets a hand on the stairwell itself and begins pulling himself up.
[00:10] Soma ...Remind me to never pick door number one again.
[00:11] *the hallway is now blocked by sand.*
[00:11] * Guybrush begins untying the rope from the handrail.
[00:11] * Faust looks around.
[00:12] Faust Cheery decor! Love what you've done with the place. WHERE THE FUCK AM I.
[00:12] *at her shout, a sudden clump of sand detaches and lands in her hair.8
[00:12] *
[00:13] Guybrush Don't ask me. I was just looking for the mess hall on the ship and found myself here.
[00:13] Soma a two million story building.
[00:13] Soma With a cafe on the top floor.
[00:13] Guybrush Classy touch.
[00:14] Faust Pffft!
[00:14] * Soma shakes sand out of his pockets.
[00:14] Faust . . . two million stories.
[00:14] Guybrush Hey, as long as they've got the fire escapes for it.
[00:15] * Faust shakes more sand out of her hair and off her face, then peers over the edge, eyes wide.
[00:15] ((more like two hundred, but. XP))
[00:16] Faust So what are *you* guys doing going *down* when there's a cafe up *there* and ominous darkness down *here*?
[00:17] *a loose fragment of stairwell from farther up falls, nearly hitting Faust.*
[00:17] Soma I'm exploring the area - the Cafe is accessible by portals, so people don't remember what's down here.
[00:17] * Faust yipes and flattens herself against the wall.
[00:17] Guybrush I just heard there was going to be punch and pie.
[00:18] * Faust shrugs.
[00:18] *there is a scream from...somewhere.*
[00:18] Soma !
[00:18] Faust . . .
[00:19] Soma ...So who is it now? Elvis?
[00:19] Faust Sounded kinda high-pitched if it was Elvis.
[00:19] Guybrush Out of tune for Elvis too. Yuck.
[00:19] Soma Let's see who it is... or what.
[00:20] *it is unclear where it came from.*
[00:20] Guybrush Man, this place gives me the heebities.
[00:21] * Faust pumps the air with her fist, grinning. "Alright, then - Downward, for great justice!"
[00:21] * Faust is perhaps a little bit crazy.
[00:21] Soma Right. And this place... has it's atmosphere.
[00:22] *the stairs from here down have been liberally sprayed with sand, as is to be expected.*
[00:22] * Faust eyes the steps warily. "This is going to be a little slippery. Even *with* boots on."
[00:23] * Soma treads lightly.
[00:23] * Guybrush pulls the mop out of his inventory and begins sweeping away some of the sand in front.
[00:24] *the next few floors lack doors.*
[00:24] *and then they're into the mostly-unlit section, maybe five floors worth.*
[00:26] Faust Boy, for a cafe basement, this place seems like it should've been in a horror movie or something.
[00:26] Guybrush Hey, this cafe a theme cafe? That'd be neat.
[00:27] *lights may be adviseable.*
[00:27] *particularly with the sand.*
[00:27] Soma Uhm,
[00:27] Soma *won't mention the uniform*
[00:27] * Soma he makes a fireball in his hand - he wished he brought a torch, because this gets draining quick.
[00:27] Soma It's not really themed.
[00:27] Soma ...I uhm, work there.
[00:28] Guybrush Ooh. How's the pay and benefits?
[00:28] *the next door is unlocked. and open.*
[00:28] *beyond is a bathroom.*
[00:29] * Faust picks up some sand in her hand and frowns at it. And then she has a small LED flashlight in her hand. She grins!
[00:29] Guybrush Phew! I needed one of these. Uh, you guys go on ahead, okay?
[00:29] Guybrush ((Mun needs to go do dishes.))
[00:30] * Faust turns the flashlight on and shines it down towards the stairway immediately ahead.
[00:30] *and on the stairway is a spider-like machine easily the size of a man, staring up at her.*
[00:30] Faust EEEEEK.
[00:31] * Guybrush goes into the bathroom, making sure there isn't any... *shudder* PORCELAIN first.
[00:31] Soma It's decent pay, if you don't mi-!!
[00:31] *stares at her, with nineteen symmetrically-oriented eyes.*
[00:31] *is silent, and unmoving.*
[00:31] * Soma turns flames off, and has weapon up.
[00:31] * Faust jumps back several steps, nearly colliding with Soma.
[00:32] Faust WHAT.
[00:32] *unmoving.*
[00:32] * Soma jolt back. "It's that thing from earlier..."
[00:32] * Guybrush uses the bathroom. Back in a while, guys.
[00:33] *advances a step.*
[00:33] * Faust begins taking a few hesitant steps towards the machine, keeping her flashlight trained on the thing in case it moves.
[00:33] Faust meep.
[00:33] *clicks.*
[00:33] * Faust pauses, looking down (up?) at the machine.
[00:34] *up, probably. even though it's on a lower step.*
[00:34] *reaches a leg/arm/all-purpose manipulator towards her, suddenly*
[00:34] Faust !!!!! O_O
[00:35] * Faust holds her arm up to protect herself before realizing that's probably not going to help her much, if at ALL.
[00:35] *picks her up, if there is nothing else done to protest. surpisingly gently, though.*
[00:35] Soma Hey - let go!
[00:35] * Soma goes to help Faust get away from it.
[00:36] *stares at her.*
[00:36] *grindingly.* YOU-ARE-NOT-PROPERLY-AUTHORIZED-TO-BE-HERE.
[00:36] Faust . . . well, at least it's a gentlemen about invading a woman's privacy. *grins nervously*
[00:37] Faust . . . well, *duh*.
[00:37] *sounds like someone speaking through a mouthful of gravel into a sack full of cats.*
[00:38] * Faust gets an earful. "Owwwwwww." >:/
[00:38] YOU-ARE-REQUIRED-TO-REMAIN-UNDER-IMMEDIATE-SUPERVISION.
[00:38] *turns, still carrying her, to proceed down the stairs.*
[00:38] Soma Get off - ! *wonders if the thing can be electrocuted*
[00:38] * Soma runs after them
[00:39] *is slow, fortunately.*
[00:39] * Soma tries to leap on top of the machine.
[00:40] * Faust grabs at the manipulating arm, tugging against its grip.
[00:40] *has a solid grip*
[00:40] Faust . . . dammit, that did nothing.
[00:40] *Soma can easily leap atop it. it keeps moving, apparently unaffected by the weight.*
[00:40] Faust Oi! Giant spider-thingy! If we're not authorized to be down here, what makes *you* authorized?
[00:41] I-AM-AUTHORIZED-BY-THE-PROPRIETORS-OF-THE-ESTABLISHMENT.
[00:41] * Soma looks over the machine once he gets on top of it. "Who are the owners, tinbug?"
[00:42] *there are no obvious access points into its internals.*
[00:42] AUGUST-WAYNE-AND-ELIZABETH-MARLE.
[00:43] * Soma wonders how thick the shell is.
[00:43] * Faust looks at Soma to silently ask "Are they really the owners?"
[00:44] 8
[00:44] * Soma shrugs in a 'I don't know' manner.
[00:44] *not particularly thick, but it's made of a very durable polycarbonate.*
[00:44] *is still proceeding downwards.*
[00:44] Faust So how exactly do you *know* they really own this place, spiderbot?
[00:44] Soma Or that they're still around.
[00:45] Faust And how do you know *we're* not the new owners?
[00:45] THERE-IS-A-STATUS-UPDATE-EVERY-SIX-HOURS.
[00:46] Faust So how long's it been since you last had one of these status updates?
[00:47] TWENTY-SEVEN-MINUTES.
[00:47] Guybrush *there's a tapping sound from above. Apparently, Guybrush is finished.*
[00:48] *if one of them doesn't have a light on, then they're steadily proceeding through the unlit levels. apparently the machine can see in the infrared.*
[00:48] Soma What do you do to the unauthorized?
[00:49] * Faust turns her flashlight back on and takes a look around to see where the hell this robot is *taking* them.
[00:49] DIRECTLY-SUPERVISE-THEM-UNTIL-THE-NEXT-STATUS-UPDATE.
[00:50] *there doesn't seem to be anything special about these floors... except for the extra-wide doors they're coming down to.*
[00:50] Faust And what do you do *then*, oh mighty spiderbot?
[00:50] THE-UNAUTHORIZED-ARE-THEN-DELIVERED-TO-THE-PROPRIETORS.
[00:50] Soma What happens if there is no status updates?
[00:51] Faust . . . that's no *fun*.
[00:51] Guybrush *whup! Thump, thump thump thump THUMP*
[00:51] Soma !!
[00:51] * Guybrush suddenly comes rolling down, smacking hard into the robot.
[00:51] *totters*
[00:51] *teeters*
[00:51] * Soma barely avoids getting landed on! "...Abandon Ship!"
[00:52] *falls, abruptly bilocating Faust in the process. in the unpleasant, old-fashioned way. fortunately, both halves of her are still on the stairwell.*
[00:52] *falls. falls. falls. falls. falls.*
[00:52] * Faust makes a barely-audible curse and then starts banging on the arm that's holding her.
[00:52] Guybrush *weakly* I fell on my keys...
[00:53] *crash*
[00:53] * Faust then stops doing the banging as she gets unexpectedly cut in half.
[00:53] *there is no arm holding her now, at least? :D*
[00:53] Faust *this is a good thing!*
[00:54] Soma ...!
[00:54] * Soma ran after the falling object.
[00:54] ((Um?))
[00:54] * Faust coughs up blood, grits her teeth, and pulls her top half over to her bottom half, trailing blood all over the sandy steps.
[00:54] * Guybrush gets up, after a length, and sees Faust. "Whoa, and I thought I had it bad. Ow."
[00:54] ((Faust isn't falling, the robot is.))
[00:54] Soma ((erm, I mean where it crashed before falling off, sorry))
[00:54] Guybrush Oh man, I'm really sorry about that.
[00:55] ((ahh.))
[00:55] Faust *cough* *hack* owie . . .
[00:55] Soma ...How...
[00:55] THUDcrack.
[00:55] * Chibi has joined #abovetheclouds
[00:56] * Faust finally gets her two halves close enough for her to use her arms to yank her groin back into sync with her torso.
[00:56] * Soma flinches, ew.
[00:56] Faust Oh, crap. *hurrkk* I think i got sand in my spleen.
[00:56] Faust :/
[00:57] Guybrush Might wanna flush that out with water.
[00:57] Soma ...Okay as he said.
[00:57] * Chibi is now known as [dead]Li
[00:58] Faust Eh, it'll shove itself out after a few hours.
[00:58] Guybrush Man, you are DURABLE.
[00:58] * Faust wiggles a bit.
[00:58] * Faust experiments with moving her big toe. Succeeds. Promptly yells "OW!" and hisses.
[00:59] Faust Nerve endings! Yay. Now I really get to know how much being cut in half HURTS.
[00:59] * [dead]Li appears as subtly as he disappeared.
[01:00] Soma Let's hope it's not a repeat performance... *winces*
[01:00] [dead]Li *nooooobody notices, okay?*
[01:00] Faust . . . gimme a bit more time, here.
[01:01] * Faust lays back, and for a second, there's a visible gap between her chest and her waist where yu can see the organs knitting themselves back together, and then the muscle and skin stretches to cover it, and she gulps.
[01:01] * Guybrush rubs the back of his head. "You gonna be okay? I kinda slipped on some sand up there. ...Ew."
[01:01] Soma Li?
[01:01] * [dead]Li peers at Faust. "That's amazing."
[01:02] [dead]Li Hm? *looks at Soma*
[01:02] *one last bit of stairway debris falls from above and impacts Faust, cutting her in half again.*
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