"Well that's a shame. The Black must have already got their brains..." Nyssa notes the pistol and armor with interest then continues the exploration of the ruins.
Or they are just dumb.
And the rooms. What are they like?
Tess shakes her head. "She has been tortured beyond saving. Perhaps it was for the best, but it is still a shame."
Workbenches and tools litter this large room, around an unusual looking forge. A variety of bladed weapons hangs on the walls. A shelf on the north end of the room holds polished humanoid skulls.
This room may have once been used as a storeroom, but its metal shelves are now haphazardly arranged and draped with thick cloth or metal plating. The result is a claustrophobic warren of passages throughout the room.
This room's shelves are relatively bare, with a few strange cylindrical objects with strange writing on the side lying in sparse piles on the shelves.
"These androids are defective. Their mental deformities fill me with anger and disgust and shame. I do not like them. Let us herd them into a room and shut and lock the door. They are too dumb to get themselves out." This is the most emotive that any of the group has ever seen Kharamell.
Strangely, Valt feels the same as Kharamell. He did not feel remorse for the people they killed on Scrapwall, nor the knuckles gang back in Torch.
But somehow, those deformed androids make him feel sad.
Decided to at least stop this nonsense, Valt examines the device to find a way to shut it down.
Suddenly, Iophiel speaks: יחידות פגומות יש להשמידוחלקיוממוחזרים . הם בזבוז של משאבים יקרי ערך .
Surprised, Valt answers to the angel: We are not going to do nothing, just shut down this machine.
That said, Valt continues his examination.
Valt examines the machines. They no longer seem to have any power left, regardless, he turns off physical switches to keep the machines un-powered.
Nyssa regards Kharamell speculatively. His outburst was unexpected. "Yeah it would be good to keep them out of the way." For now at least.
Speaking Androffan, the suli tries to coax the androids into the room with the least clutter.
"Come, sit in here. A quiet place for you to rest."
If the androids go in, Nyssa collects the cylinders from the room. She doesn't know what they may be for, but leaving them in the room for dimwit androids to play with seems unwise.
The defectives are Kharamell's secret shame and he hurries to get them out of sight and locked away. After that he goes to Valt. "What were you able to find out? Were you able to stop more of them from being created? Is there some way to fix them or should we just....." Kharamell does not finish that last sentence.
Nyssa manages to corral the androids into the room with no resistance. They stare at the floor, their hands, or their feet, and don't do or say anything else.
Currently I don't think we can do nothing for them, but who knows what we will find deeper.
Although it was already out of power, I set the machine at halt, just in case there is a way to power it.
Somehow, I feel atached to those creatures.
"Yes. If I recall correctly, we were looking for someone. Let us continue on." Kharamell goes deeper into the facility.
indeed
Alexis renews the light spell on her blade and holds it to provide light. (I am assuming it is dim)
"We'll come back for them. We have a larger goal right now." Tess agrees.
The collapsed stone here splits t h e immense manufacturing hall in half. The jagged rock fall does not quite reach the south wall, leaving a space ten feet wide that allows access into another large chamber beyond. The floor is littered with bloody clumps of flesh and broken machinery shaped like arms and legs.
The western half of the manufacturing hall contains immense cylinders, bins, and furnaces covered with thick layers of dust. Evidence of an ancient battle remains here and there on the walls in the form of scorch marks and broken machinery. In particular, the heaped remains of a strange insectoid automaton lie in a ruined heap to the west, partially buried under fallen rocks.
Tess walks in to the room with her keen eyes, suspiciously gazing around, in particular at the strange insectoid automaton.
Nyssa takes the point, her bow in its case and her shield slung. Her adamantium sword is in hand, ready for danger.
The suli's eyes take in the scene, while she listens for suspicious noises.
Alexis assists
but is in a bit of a daze
(From A11 since it is empty..push...) Alexis, Tessara and Nyssa hear mechanical noises coming from the rooms to the west and south.
(A11)
A line of runes is printed above the two doors on this room's western walls. Several tattered, strange suits of armor hang in shreds from hooks in a wide alcove between these doors.
Kharamell goes into the Nanotech Laboratory.
The walls of this large room are lined with dark panels of glass, tiny buttons, and other mechanical devices. A set of metal tanks sit to the west, while a chair mounted on a swivel on a short platform sits to the northeast. To the northwest, a section of flooring has been ripped away to expose a tangle of metallic plates and coils of brightly colored cables. Two round tables sit in the room's center.
Three gearsmen appear to be searching through the debris. They don't turn around to Kharamell's entrance.
Kharamell readies his EMP Pistol as he backs out of the room.
Alexis stands in the nanotech doorway, light in hand, and looks in.
oops!
Nyssa pulls her shield around, settling her arm into its straps. "Kraig would have wanted to befriend these. You want to try talking to them Valt?" Nyssa obviously expects a fight. Her sword and shield are held at the ready.
Sure he would... mmmh, do you want me to ask them about master Xoud?
"I was curious about what they are looking for, and for whom."
Encouraged with Nyssa's words, Valt decides to give those usually dim-headed robots a try.
"Greetings. My name is Valt, Valt Skyddade. In order to avoid any missunderstanding, the best curse of action is to declare both our intention. We are here to find the source of the strange fumes mutating wild fauna.
So, if you inform what are you searching for and for whom, we will be able to help each other."
After Valt speaks, the three robots turn in unison to the doorway. One of them speaks in Androffan. Then one of them begins to emit a loud blaring alarm.
Androffan: "Alert Lead Gearsman BBX12. Intruders are impeding our search."
"The gearsmen robots are not known for their willingness to compromise. I doubt this exchange will end amicably."
Well, nothing out of the usual, sadly. -Says Valt with resignation.
Then, shrughs his shoulders and prepares mentally for the incoming menace.
1. Nyssa
2. Enemies
3. Everyone
"Typical." Nyssa charges the nearest gearsman and slashes at it with her adamantium blade.
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Nyssa slashes through the gearsman's armor, shearing through metal and tubes.
The gearsman move towards Nyssa, armaments glowing with electrical arcs. Two of them stab spears at Nyssa.
The southern door opens revealing a stranger looking gearsman. It is holding a laser rifle in its hand. It chirps in Androffan. "Eliminate all intruders. We have not yet found Casandalee yet."
electricity
electricity
Valt shivers at hearing the voice of a gearman just at his back, but luckily for him, Iophiel is near enough so they change positions and starts casting a spell to enpower his companions.
Tess cries out and covers her ears for a moment at the blaring alarm, then drops to a knee and releases a barrage of arrows at the machine!
Kharamell goes back into the room and supports Nyssa. He takes a shot at one of the gearsman.
EMP Pistol: range touch, fire into melee
Iophiel's blade doesn't manage to even wound the gearsman in front of her, unable to penetrate its armor. From behind the angelic eidolon, Tessara's arrows zoom past plinking off the adamantine plate.
Kharamell's EMP pistol's electric shots cause the gearsman to shake for a second as electricity arcs around it.
"Hah!" Nyssa laughs at the weakness of the robot's lightning attack. She lets her own elemental power course through the adamantium of her blade, then attacks with an up-cut.
Then her blade slices down.
Nyssa finishes out her routine with a rising, angled slash.
Nyssa's blade is knocked aside twice by the gearsman, but she manages to slice down through its shoulder with her adamantine blade.
Two of the gearsman strike at Nyssa with electrified spears. The one in the back falls back, pulls out a pistol and tries to shoot Kharamell through the humanoid cover.
The augmented gearsman takes a step back, pulls out its rifle and fires three fiery orange-red blasts at Iophiel.
electricity
electricity
touch
fire
Iophiel will try to hold that one as much as possible while we take down those three. -Says the summoner while throwing a handful of dust, that swirls and grows until it covers the three gearmen in the room.
These things are tough. Tess thinks. She casts gravity bow on herself so she can get through their hardness.
well that came apart quick
Alexis's voice rises in song, a battle hymn of mendelev and the crusade against the world wound
+2 hit and damage to the party
Kharamell returns fire against the robot that shot at him.
EMP Pistol: range touch, bardsong
The first gearsman's spear misses by a hair, as Nyssa twists out of the way. The suli knocks the second attack aside with her shield, then launches into attack, her sword scribing blurring arcs through the air.
Forgot about Haste
EMP Pistol: range touch, bardsong, haste
EMP Pistol, confirm crit: range touch, bardsong, haste
Iophiel's greatsword bites into the adamantine shell of the boss-gearsman but is also dulled by the thickness of it.
Nyssa's electrically charged attacks cause sparks to fly as she disables the first robot, then strikes the second gearsman. Kharamell pierces the
gearsman that shot him. It shakes for a moment before stopping completely.
electricity
electricity
The gearsman and augmented gearsman are left to do melee attacks against Nyssa and Iophiel. The spear pierces Nyssa's shoulder, causing blood to leak down her arm.