After breakfast we set off again. We checked the sensors and there was nothing about. This area of this ship is looking remarkably tidy: nothing seems to be destroyed or on fire. There are no people around, but at least there are no zombies either. I got a bad vibe from this place so we checked the sensors again, but still nothing. I thought I'd better check with my inner daemon and see if the computer knows anything about what's going on but it couldn't actually reach the computer. That's pretty worrying. Nobody else other than Quold seemed bothered but this is pretty serious! Philosophically speaking it's similar, potentially, to being in deep space without relevant computer backup - no regenerating, communing etc. Tried to explain it to those jerks, but they were too dumb to understand the philosophical connotations. I eventually convinced them that something was very wrong and STD-01 agreed to do a full diagnostic of the sensors.
As we came around a corner we spotted a bar that was open and filled with people. Real, live people! Everyone else seemed to think it was a great idea to stop for a pint, though to me at least it was obviously a really stupid one with the bad vibes that place was giving off. Even Quold wanted to stop, and he seemed to have as bad a feeling as me just moments before. Everyone got a bit overexcited. They kept talking about all the things they expected to find there as if they had some idea what the place was like, even though none of us had ever been to the surface before, let alone to this bar.
Boomeron pulled the truck over and they were all intent on going inside. I thought about waiting in the LMG turret, but decided I'd better go with them and stop the idiots getting into too much trouble. Quold had been polishing his sewer suit and tied a piece of rope around the neck like a tie. He seems to think this is some kind bureaucratic bar. They kept having conversations that didn't make any sense. Quold would say he was really pleased everyone was happy not to drink in the bar, and Boomeron and STD-01 responded about how they were really looking forward to getting shitfaced. I really don't like this place one bit!
We went to talk to the doorman who seemed surprisingly normal. I made sure I brought plenty of weapons, especially one of the high-penetration laser rifles and that plasma rifle I've been using. I rather like that plasma rifle. STD-01 and Boomeron started squaring up to the bouncer and Quold said something about him having more pips than him. No idea what he was talking about, the guy was just a normal doorman dressed all in black. No insignia of any kind, not even a ship's badge. He seemed to talk a load of bureaucratic nonsense which confused the bouncer no end. STD-01 tried to run over his foot but thankfully he moved. I tried to convince him that these weren't the kind of guys he wanted in his bar, being from Waste Sector 1 and all, but he was having none of it. Odd, I don't usually have too much trouble getting kicked out of bars.
They all ordered drinks, which came pretty quickly and seemed reasonably normal. Boomeron ordered a hooker too. Weird that they had hookers there, even in Waste Sector 1 they keep the whores and drinking establishments separate. I guess up here on the surface they can afford to be more decadent. I abstained and checked the charge in the plasma and laser rifles. Everyone else got their drinks and STD-01 suddenly started acting differently. He didn't drink his own drink and he knocked Quold's on the floor. Boomeron offered Quold a shot of Space Turkey and some favours from his hooker to make up for the drink. Quold just said something about forms and looked confused. There's definitely something very odd going on here.
STD-01 started checking sensors again then he started going on about vines on the walls. I thought I could see them out of the corner of my eye, but when I tried to look directly at them they weren't there, which made me feel pretty weird. Then STD-01 got his stun-baton upgraded boots on sticks out and started hitting the wall. The charge caused some kind of explosion which was really bright and loud. It really made my eyes and ears hurt and I noticed everyone else was bleeding from them. STD-01 did some more scanning and told me to shoot the place he hit on the wall. I still couldn't see anything there but he was pretty insistent, so I shot it. I decided to use the high-penetration laser as the plasma rifle might have too much splash damage for such a small space. I took the shot and it made another big bang and hurt some more. Then, all of a sudden, we noticed the tentacles! Lots of tentacles everywhere, though there were still people drinking and having a good time as if they weren't there. The tentacles were touching us inappropriately, especially Boomeron since he thought a bunch of them were his hooker, and I got really angry! I think I might have flipped out like a ninja and furied, but then my inner daemon piped up and told me all of this must be destroyed. I charged my way through the tentacles to go get the alien laser from the truck. That's the only way to make sure this filth is wiped out completely!
We all made it to the door apart from Quold who got bogged down in tentacles. He looked pretty mad, thrashing around trying to get free. If he was less of a pussy he might even have furied. We all made it to the door apart from Quold. The doorman had turned into a writhing mass of tentacles, and I could see that they had started sucking on to our truck. Boomeron unloaded an SMG into the tentacles blocking the doorway. It cut through a few, but there were a lot of them. I hacked most of them off using my scraper and we finally got through the door, Quold having managed to free himself without furying.
As soon as we got outside STD-01 threw a grenade into the bar, but he's never used one before so he forgot to pull the pin out and it didn't explode. Really have to get Skrood to show us how to use those things properly one of these days. The truck was covered in tentacles, as were all the buildings nearby. Quold had finally came to his senses and calmed down a bit, as had I, so I handed him my pistol and shovel. He'd been too obsessed with the bar to even take any weapons with him and I think I should be alright with a laser rifle, plasma rifle and a sewer scraper! He'd better look after my shovel though, I've had that for years.
We had to fight our way through more tentacles to get to the truck. There were a fuck of a lot of them and we all ended up getting entangled. I slashed all the ones holding me off, as did STD-01, but both of the others were trapped and Boomeron was being strangled! I tried to help him but the tentacle resisted, seemed to be a lot tougher than the others I'd cut already for some reason. Quold struggled free and STD-01 shot the shit outta the tentacles that had been holding him. Boomeron also finally got free, gasping for air, and we made it to the truck. It would have been a great time for the guys in the truck to give us some covering fire with the LMG, but they didn't do anything at all for some reason. You'd think they'd at least help us out after the number of times we've saved their asses!
When we got into the truck Chaz and Gav were acting pretty weird. We tried to get Gav to shoot up the building with the alien laser, or even just the LMG, but he just mumbled something incoherent and ignored us. We figured they were probably being affected by the alien tentacles so we decided to get the hell outta there. Boomeron hit the gas and actually got enough speed to get the truck off the ground as we crashed through the tentacle curtain blocking the exit. That place was fucking weird! I hope we don't meet any more of those bloody tentacles, they really fuck with your head.
As we came around a corner we spotted a bar that was open and filled with people. Real, live people! Everyone else seemed to think it was a great idea to stop for a pint, though to me at least it was obviously a really stupid one with the bad vibes that place was giving off. Even Quold wanted to stop, and he seemed to have as bad a feeling as me just moments before. Everyone got a bit overexcited. They kept talking about all the things they expected to find there as if they had some idea what the place was like, even though none of us had ever been to the surface before, let alone to this bar.
Boomeron pulled the truck over and they were all intent on going inside. I thought about waiting in the LMG turret, but decided I'd better go with them and stop the idiots getting into too much trouble. Quold had been polishing his sewer suit and tied a piece of rope around the neck like a tie. He seems to think this is some kind bureaucratic bar. They kept having conversations that didn't make any sense. Quold would say he was really pleased everyone was happy not to drink in the bar, and Boomeron and STD-01 responded about how they were really looking forward to getting shitfaced. I really don't like this place one bit!
We went to talk to the doorman who seemed surprisingly normal. I made sure I brought plenty of weapons, especially one of the high-penetration laser rifles and that plasma rifle I've been using. I rather like that plasma rifle. STD-01 and Boomeron started squaring up to the bouncer and Quold said something about him having more pips than him. No idea what he was talking about, the guy was just a normal doorman dressed all in black. No insignia of any kind, not even a ship's badge. He seemed to talk a load of bureaucratic nonsense which confused the bouncer no end. STD-01 tried to run over his foot but thankfully he moved. I tried to convince him that these weren't the kind of guys he wanted in his bar, being from Waste Sector 1 and all, but he was having none of it. Odd, I don't usually have too much trouble getting kicked out of bars.
They all ordered drinks, which came pretty quickly and seemed reasonably normal. Boomeron ordered a hooker too. Weird that they had hookers there, even in Waste Sector 1 they keep the whores and drinking establishments separate. I guess up here on the surface they can afford to be more decadent. I abstained and checked the charge in the plasma and laser rifles. Everyone else got their drinks and STD-01 suddenly started acting differently. He didn't drink his own drink and he knocked Quold's on the floor. Boomeron offered Quold a shot of Space Turkey and some favours from his hooker to make up for the drink. Quold just said something about forms and looked confused. There's definitely something very odd going on here.
STD-01 started checking sensors again then he started going on about vines on the walls. I thought I could see them out of the corner of my eye, but when I tried to look directly at them they weren't there, which made me feel pretty weird. Then STD-01 got his stun-baton upgraded boots on sticks out and started hitting the wall. The charge caused some kind of explosion which was really bright and loud. It really made my eyes and ears hurt and I noticed everyone else was bleeding from them. STD-01 did some more scanning and told me to shoot the place he hit on the wall. I still couldn't see anything there but he was pretty insistent, so I shot it. I decided to use the high-penetration laser as the plasma rifle might have too much splash damage for such a small space. I took the shot and it made another big bang and hurt some more. Then, all of a sudden, we noticed the tentacles! Lots of tentacles everywhere, though there were still people drinking and having a good time as if they weren't there. The tentacles were touching us inappropriately, especially Boomeron since he thought a bunch of them were his hooker, and I got really angry! I think I might have flipped out like a ninja and furied, but then my inner daemon piped up and told me all of this must be destroyed. I charged my way through the tentacles to go get the alien laser from the truck. That's the only way to make sure this filth is wiped out completely!
We all made it to the door apart from Quold who got bogged down in tentacles. He looked pretty mad, thrashing around trying to get free. If he was less of a pussy he might even have furied. We all made it to the door apart from Quold. The doorman had turned into a writhing mass of tentacles, and I could see that they had started sucking on to our truck. Boomeron unloaded an SMG into the tentacles blocking the doorway. It cut through a few, but there were a lot of them. I hacked most of them off using my scraper and we finally got through the door, Quold having managed to free himself without furying.
As soon as we got outside STD-01 threw a grenade into the bar, but he's never used one before so he forgot to pull the pin out and it didn't explode. Really have to get Skrood to show us how to use those things properly one of these days. The truck was covered in tentacles, as were all the buildings nearby. Quold had finally came to his senses and calmed down a bit, as had I, so I handed him my pistol and shovel. He'd been too obsessed with the bar to even take any weapons with him and I think I should be alright with a laser rifle, plasma rifle and a sewer scraper! He'd better look after my shovel though, I've had that for years.
We had to fight our way through more tentacles to get to the truck. There were a fuck of a lot of them and we all ended up getting entangled. I slashed all the ones holding me off, as did STD-01, but both of the others were trapped and Boomeron was being strangled! I tried to help him but the tentacle resisted, seemed to be a lot tougher than the others I'd cut already for some reason. Quold struggled free and STD-01 shot the shit outta the tentacles that had been holding him. Boomeron also finally got free, gasping for air, and we made it to the truck. It would have been a great time for the guys in the truck to give us some covering fire with the LMG, but they didn't do anything at all for some reason. You'd think they'd at least help us out after the number of times we've saved their asses!
When we got into the truck Chaz and Gav were acting pretty weird. We tried to get Gav to shoot up the building with the alien laser, or even just the LMG, but he just mumbled something incoherent and ignored us. We figured they were probably being affected by the alien tentacles so we decided to get the hell outta there. Boomeron hit the gas and actually got enough speed to get the truck off the ground as we crashed through the tentacle curtain blocking the exit. That place was fucking weird! I hope we don't meet any more of those bloody tentacles, they really fuck with your head.
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