Trusting the ratfolk will take care of the almost falling lobotomite, Jayla draws her rapier and stabs at the one south of her.
Val swings her greatsword on a foe next to her.
You managed to take down the remaining lobomites. The ratman you freed gets up.
"I thank you for your help. I hate to think what kind of experiments he had planned for me."
"But what is this place? What is it for?" Pharysene asked, looking around for the Hobgoblin in the lab coat that was talking earlier.
"It's a science station run by the salvager group "The smilers" they do all kinds of crazy experiments here. My name is Whiskifiss from Marrows Raiders and the hobgoblin you saw there is Tinker he is the leader of the smilers. If your not here to attack the smilers then why are you here?" He says
Xaikon keeps her longsword ready to strike anything that comes into the room. She also looks about to see for other possible threats.
"Um, aren't we here to rescue that Androffan girl?" Asked Pharysene.
Whiskifiss perks up and his whiskers move around quite a bit he seems excited. "Androffan girl? Surely you jest...There are no living Androffans left on this world..."
"And you are certain because of what reason?
Some people hide until they are forgotten."
"If it's true...Do you know what that could mean! An Androffan! If she's here! ARGH! We must not let Tinker dissect her!"
"Well yes obviously. But I don't see her here. Is there some place here we haven't explored yet?"
Seeing we got the day to wait. We can just as well see what else is in this place.
Yes you can press forward to the next room. I will describe the next room now.
This large chamber contains several metal tables adorned with tangles of strange devices sporting metallic, articulated arms, many of which end in blades, needles, saws, or other implements of surgery.
The whole area reeks of blood and old guts, and telltale rusty brown stains besmirch the floor and walls. Lighting is provided by several burning skulls sitting here and there throughout the room.
Upon closer inspection you realise that the creatures on the tables are mostly organic but fused together with machine parts (They kinda look like steampunk borg assembled by someone who was working with parts from a junkyard). Even the organic parts don't match as the arms and legs look like they were taken from different people.
There are four tables with a creature on each and they do not react to your presence as you enter.
"What the F*** was going on in here?"
"I don't see how copulation is related to these creatures."
Jayla inspects them.
"No..." Pharysene whispered, shocked at the horrific sight.
She reached out and touched one of the creatures on the first table, her hair gusted back and forth in sudden erratic breezes.
"Why would anyone DO this?" She asked, uncomprehending.
"Several things are possible,", Jayla replies as she inspects the subjects.
"Someone could be looking to augment troops, or themselves, and practices the craft on others before applying satisfactory results on himself or said troops.
Perhaps for combat enhancement, a means to replace lost bodyparts, enslaving people via mechanical means.."
Seeing the horrible sight of this room, and having to deal with the zombies of the previous room, she does not approach the tables keeping her sword up while looking around the room for any signs of threats.
I be careful of those bodies. Can be more zombies.
Jayla was already moving about with both rapier and dagger drawn.
"If your that worried about it, then cut their heads off before they get up.."
Jayla taps the forehead of the victims with the point of her dagger to see if thy respond at all, keeping her rapier near the ear to thrust if they make hostile moves.
As you jab the creature on the slab there is a bolt of electricity that falls from above striking each creature.
a monitor activates and the hobgoblin professors appears Lets see how you fare against these upgraded models!" he says
The four creatures on the slab begin to rise.
You get the first round go ahead and each post your attacks on the creatures and then they will go.
Pharysene lunged around the first table in a gust of swirling winds to get a flank on the first creature, then swung her sparking staff.
for a possible crush damage plus electricity.
Begin to rise....
Could Jayla CDG one while he starts talking, before they start moving?
If not, Jayla full attacks the one she is next to.
Xaikon strikes at the nearest zombie.
Val swings her greatsword on a zombie next to her
As pharysene strikes her target it seems to move faster. (electric damage gives it haste)
You land several strong blows on the creatures and while it does damage they show no reaction clearly they do not feel pain.
They rise and attack using circular saws attached to their arms.
Your ratman ally attacks one of them shooting his crossbow from the door were he had been hiding. He targets the most damaged one that was struck by Jayla and it goes down.
Three of them remain.
Your go.
Val swings her greatsword on what attacked her
With her lighting attacks not working, Pharysene assumed the total defense stance withdrew back 30 feet .
AC22
Jayla now switches attacks to the lobotomite west of her.
She smiles seeing one of the zombies go down. She strikes out at the most damaged foe with in reach to strike.
The ratman reload and shoots at the weakest trget.
None of them fall this round.
They attack going for the closest targets.
edit:
your go.
Pharysene drops Total Defense and whirls her sling around to attack the undead attacking Valeria.
for a possible bludgeoning damage.
Also making sure she does not energize her sling attack with lightning.
Jayla continues stabbing at the lobotomite west of her.
She cringes from the blow of the attack. Realizing she is in a bad state, she casts her final healing spell.
Val moves to C4 and uses her breath weapon to fry as many as possible without hurting allies.
Val can hit two of the creature with her breath.
A second creature goes down from the fire breath.
The ratman decides to drop his crossbow and lunges at one biting and clawing it killing another.
The final remaining cyborg attack Jayla not concerned with the fate of it's comrades and focused on it's mission.
It misses and then you finish it off. (gonna skip the round since it's highly unlikely it would survive to get another turn)
The monitors comes back on "Unexpected results, seems my experiments are a failure. I will need to try again with better stock. As for you I am curious as to your purpose in attacking this facility you did not come to save Whiskifiss (the ratman) it seems. Is your goal to kill me then?"
"By attacking us outright, mere explorers, you forfeit the privilege of inquiring.
Likewise by attacking us, you have made your hostility known."
Jayla spins her dagger between her fingers, before tossing it into one of the monitors.
To her companions;
"From my point of view, he's volunteered himself as a target to be eliminated. Self preservation is the current objective in this place."
.....
"From my point of view, he's volunteered himself as a target to be eliminated. Self preservation is the current objective in this place."
"Oh I agree with your statement."
The screen is destroyed by the knife and there was no other in the room.
So the room is silent and if the doctor hear your replied you cant be sure.
Even so searching the room you find a bench with a and injector gun and a large number of vials.
You find eight red vials, a dozen pink vials, one orange vial, two yellow vials, two blue vials and one purple vial.
The vials can apparently be placed in the gun and then injected into someone.
You find some notes on the vials and their effect.
Red: Causes subject to quickly regenerate minor wounds.
Pink: Causes subject to become stronger and faster but loses mental acuity.
Orange: This potent drug can revive a recently deceased victim. If administered to a corpse within 1 minute of death.
Yellow: floods the brain with neuroinhibitors that purge the mind of excess emotion. Injected creature will remain docile and unable to feel anything for an hour.
Blue: A powerful anesthetic. A creature under it's effect will loses consciousness and will not wake up for an hour even if harmed. Multiple doses is usually lethal.
Purple: A synthetic adrenaline shot that will greatly boosts perception and reaction time but comes with some nasty side effects. User will become unable to concentrate or focus and will have a hard time completing any complex tasks for several hours. Is usually followed by drowsiness and extreme fatigue after effects wear off.
These chemicals are likely worth around ten thousand gold.
Not trusting these zombies, Xaikon goes about removing their heads with her sword.
Pharysene examined the injector and drug vials closely.
"Should we take and use these drugs, or sell them for a LOT of money?" She asked aloud.
"We may need to use the red vials," says Kinna as she looks at Val and Xaikon. "The others I suggest we keep safe for later sale."
"Oh, you're injured!" Pharysene exclaimed just looking at Val.
She went over to Val and cast Cure Moderate Wounds and Cure Light Wounds, healing damage.
Then she went over to Xaikon and cast Cure Light Wounds twice, healing on her.
"This fight was almost as bad as some of the other fights I've been in...."