The statue Biohazard attempts to grab dodges swiftly out of the way.
Round 2
Statues : Joker!
Paradigm : 8S
Enkidu : 8H
Biohazard : 6D
Statue #1 attacks Paradigm :
But doesn't get thru his armor.
Statue #2 attacks Biohazard :
Statue #3 attacks Enkidu :
But does not get thru his armor.
Everyone is up!
Biohazard tries again to bearhug a statue.
Each round of contact destroys 10 pounds of matter. Living beings must make a Vigor roll or suffer a wound.
Paradigm continues blasting away at the statues. He would have to study their activation method after the battle.
Enkidu's attacks miss.
= 11
Part of the statue Biohazard grabs melts away. It's at -1 to rolls.
Paradigm's blast destroys another statue.
Round 3
Paradigm : AS
Biohazard : KS
Statues : 9H
Enkidu : 4D
Paradigm and Biohazard are up!
Relishing in the destruction, Paradigm pours on the power, but it seems it is starting to wane.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Each round of contact destroys 10 pounds of matter. Living beings must make a Vigor roll or suffer a wound.
Paradigm's blast hits the knight's armor and while it doesn't pierce it, the statue seems to hesitate (Shaken), and Biohazard's grab misses his knight completely.
Statue #1 attacks Biohazard :
Statue #2 attacks Enkidu :
Statue #3 attacks Paradigm :
Doing
Paradigm is Shaken!
Enkidu is up!
Long story short, Biohazard missed and the statues did no damage.
Enkidu and Paradigm are up! Paradigm is Shaken.
Paradigm works to get back into the fight, still reeling from the hit he took on his shields.
His anger grating inside of him, he takes a breath and calmly settles on annihilating the one that hit him.
Paradigm's blast destroys another armor as it shatters into pieces.
Enkidu's first attack Shakens the armor, but his second attack misses.
Round 4
Statues : JH
Biohazard : JD
Enkidu : 8C
Paradigm : 5H
Statue #1 attacks Biohazard :
Statue #2 attacks Enkidu :
= recovered
Doing
Does no damage
Everyone else is up!
Biohazard swings for the fences at the statue nearest him.
Each round of contact destroys 10 pounds of matter. Living beings must make a Vigor roll or suffer a wound.
Attempting to end the fight, Paradigm splits his weapon into two particles and sends them both flying at each statue remaining, but his divided attention costs him and instead he annihilates a different piece of work.
Biohazard's attack misses the statue as it dodges out of the way.
Paradigm blasts another statue into pieces.
One of Enkidu's attacks leaves the remaining statue reeling (Shaken).
Round 5
Statues : KH
Biohazard : 7S
Enkidu : 3H
Paradigm : 2H
The statue tries to recover :
Attacks Paradigm :
And having 3 opponents to choose from...
And misses.
Everybody's up!
Biohazard grabs the statue again and bear hugs it.
Each round of contact destroys 10 pounds of matter. Living beings must make a Vigor roll or suffer a wound.
Seeing that Enkidu had things well in hand with this last statue, Paradigm focused on making sure that they were not going to get any other surprises. He sent his nanobots in all directions, scanning for more traps or hidden warriors meant to stop them from getting the crown they were seeking.
Unfortunately, the strange radiation here interfered with his machines and he was only able to take a furtive glance.
Enkidu takes out the last of the statues, shattering it into bits.
Everyone make a Notice roll at -2.
You're in a reception-like room, with double doors leading farther into the building.
What do you do?
Paradigm glances around, part of his mind trying to compensate for the interference.
Enkidu shifts his form, taking on an appearance of something like a weretiger, to have access to both hands and a voice. Standing semi-erect, he sniffs at the air, and looks around with feline eyes.
Biohazard glances about, looking for new foes.
Both Paradigm and Biohazard notice that the bits and pieces of the statues appear to be made of metal, and the joints are actually articulated. But the statues are basically hollow inside.
What do you want to do next?
Paradigm looks at the statues more closely, scanning them with his sensors as well as his natural senses. He brings up a memory storage program to record the findings. These Atlantan machines are different from what he is used to, so he will have to do more research later.
Looking to the others, he says, ”So, if you were a crown, where would you hide yourself?”
Enkidu shifts down into a bloodhound, and starts sniffing around the room, looking for any out of place odors, or stray drafts that might indicate any secret passages or compartments.
"Right in plain sight?" Biohazard answers in an unusual flash of insight.
Enkidu detects nothing unusual. There is a set of double-doors leading from this room further into the building.
Paradigm gives Bio the raised hairless eyebrow look. ”Perhaps, but if it were that simple, we would not be on this mission. Let us go further in and see if it truly is on display. “
With that, he heads towards the double doors to open them.
You open the doors, and see another. smaller room, this time completely empty. But there are two open doorways in one wall, that as you approach them appear to be shafts going upwards into the building. On the wall above one doorway is a "v", and above the other is a "^".
What do you do?
Paradigm thinks for a moment, trying to determine just how far up the shafts go, based on what he saw on the outside of the building. "Anyone else find it odd that one of the shafts that go up have a symbol that points down?"
"Huh?"
This is up to you guys - I've described the situation, you need to talk ideas over amongst yourselves, or just try things.
Paradigm, remembering that he is not in a room among peers, says matter-of-factly, "Look. There are two shafts, both go up from what I can see. Yet one has an arrow pointing down. It is the opposite of what it appears to be." Sighing, he summons a gravitic pull on two pieces of rubble, one to send to each shaft. "Let's see what happens."
The rock that goes in the "^" shaft starts to slowly rise up, while the rock that goes in the "v" shaft drops to the ground, but slower than you would expect.
What do you do?
"Seems safe enough. We go up." Paradigm, his shield fully charged, walks into the up elevator.
(Assuming everyone follows...)
You drift up at a leisurely pace. You reach an open doorway leading into a hall, but the shaft continues on. You can "step" thru the door by pushing off the back of the shaft.
Do you get off here, or continue on up?
Pondering for a moment, Paradigm scratches his chin. "If I were hiding something important, I'd put it at the very top. Let's start there and work our way down." As he says this, he activates his sensors to make sure they aren't riding into another trap, but something is interfering with them.
You reach the top of the shaft, and stop moving upwards. With a push, you go thru the door and gravity returns to normal.
You find yourselves in a circular room, 4" in diameter. There are doors in front of you, to the left, and to the right.
What do you do?
Paradigm looks around for any indications of where each of the doors lead. Maybe a signpost or some symbol or anything really. He didn’t feel like having to go through each room. That’s when he remembered he could go through each room, all at once, if he focused enough. Steadying himself, he reached into his mind and brought forth an image, not unlike a computer monitor and as he does so, several small orbs start orbiting his body.
"Da direct approach is always best," Biohazard says, indicating the door directly ahead.
Biohazard walks up to the door straight in front of him. There's no knob, but a rectangular plate at about shoulder level in the wall beside it.
What do you do?
Cursing the machinery inside him, Paradigm follows Bio, at a safe distance. ”Make sure you have your gloves on before you push that. We might need to get back out in a hurry.”
Biohazard shrugs (at least, you think it is a shrug) and puts on his gloves before placing a hand against the plate.
The door opens up, revealing an 8" long hallway with another door at the end.
What do you do?
Enkidu will shift back into his beast man shape and take a look in the hall.
"Why does this remind me of a D&D campaign?"
He looks carefully at the floor, looking for any weight detecting plates, or to see if it is made of a conductive material. Then he sniffs the air carefully, smelling for that telltale scent of ozone commonly produced by lasers that most people associate with photocopiers.
Paradigm smirks. ”Perhaps the good Doctor has played a campaign or two in his life and thought a dungeon crawl would do us good. Except, we are in a tower and I am finding it oddly empty of much in the way of decorum. Simply bare hallways and rooms, other than that mess downstairs, of course.”