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Wyrd takes a step forward into the room, this time making sure he has his knife in hand just in case he get's back-up in a position where he needs to use it. Gathering energy he get's ready for combat.
"So we're focusing on this one?" Wyrd asks as he aims an orb of energy at the same one the rest of the ranged attackers in the party are targeting
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Wyrd takes a step forward into the room, this time making sure he has his knife in hand just in case he get's back-up in a position where he needs to use it. Gathering energy he get's ready for combat.
"So we're focusing on this one?" Wyrd asks as he aims an orb of energy at the same one the rest of the ranged attackers in the party are targeting
The party enters the room with a barrage of fire! Everybody except Wyrd finds their target, but Puzzle and Kit's elementally-based attacks don't seem completely effective. Nomyra's punch hits, though her opponent remains in the fight.
The suli across from Nomyra pulls out a sword and swings at the lashunta.
The injured (green) suli dashes behind the table and, along with the other mercenary there pulls out an autofire rifle and fires at Puzzle.
R2
Nomyra
Vedrir
Puzzle
Kit
Wyrd
Suli Green -16 -1 atk
Suli Red -14
Suli Purple
Vedrir aims his microlab at one of the enemies and scans them
Then he raises his rifle and shots over Kit
"Keep your ears low Kit!"
Puzzle's body jerks as one of the sulis' shots hits the mark. Given the location of the wound, the android determines the injury to be minor and presses the attack.
Puzzle raises their rifle. "Keep your sights on the one that shot me!" the android calls to their companions before pulling the trigger on green once more.
"I'm dealing with this one, first!"
She tries to pummel Red.
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"The one that shot you...that's that one right?"
Wyrd extends his arm and a globe of energy launches from the palm of his hand to the one indicated by Puzzle
and - corrode is the same as burning but with acid damage
The globe hits the spot right between his target eyes and seems to hurt more then it normally would.
"I'm dealing with this one, first!"
"And we would not have it any other way," the android replies with a smirk, surprising themself with the display of levity.
Vedrir's scan reveals the following information:
Sulis have the following resistances: acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5. They have no weaknesses or immunities, but can can half of the damage dealt by a weapon they wield to be acid, cold, electricity, or fire for one round. Most sulis are the descendants of plane-hopping jann and mortal beings, like tieflings or aasimar for other extraplaner beings.
Nomyra's first punch misses, but the second one hits and knocks out her opponent. Vedrir fires at the already wounded (but still standing) suli, and hits! Puzzle's next shot finishes the opponent, leaving only one suli standing.
Despite his accuracy, Wyrd thinks his shot seems less effective than normal. The suli also doesn't seem bothered by the corroding acid left over, either.
R2
Kit
Suli purple -8
R3
Nomyra
Vedrir
Puzzle
Wyrd
"Nofun, aim good!" Kit waits for tracking data, then fires his rifle once more, hoping that the ice crystals it fires at least tear into the suli a bit, even if the cold isn't effective.
beep beep
"..yes, Wyrd. I am here. I was in power down mode while you weren't calling on me for my assistance. How can I help?"
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"Can you send out a low frequency static burst on an anti-magnetic wave length targeting that guy over there?"
*Static noise*
vs 20+CR
"...it seems my intention of having his belt buckle come loose and having his pants drop around his ankles at a distraction has failed. Ah, well now I just have to shoot him in the face some more"
Wyrd moves forward in the room while gathering more energy deep from within his soul - which unnervingly is still very cold - and tosses it at the last opponent
"You sure you wouldn't rather surrender to us before my friend here punches you in the face?" Wyrd calls out as the globe flies through the air
As the globe lands on the floor next to his target Wyrd continues
"Last warning, after this we're getting serious"
Kit blasts the suli with his subzero ice carbine! It's mostly effective.
Rather than surrender, the suli grabs a grenade and lobs it into the middle of the party!
Unfortunately for the suli, the grenade doesn't seem to have worked very well.
Wyrd's attack, although not totally effective then hits and drops the party's final opponent!
Vedrir takes a breather at the end of the combat.
"Everyone is ok?"
Then he takes a look at the belongings on the fallen enemies.
"I am fine, Vedrir," Puzzle says. "Nomyra?" they ask, directing ministrations in the lashunta's direction.
The android assists Vedrir search the bodies of their foes.
"We should finish this section of the building before moving on," Puzzle says, indicating the doors to the north.
Approaching the doors, they inspect the doors and listen carefully for any clues as to what lies beyond.
Nomyra rests as well.
"Let's do this!"
Vedrir inspects the sulis' equipment. They each have a second skin armor, an autotarget rifle with 20 longarm rounds minus the few rounds that were fired, a longsword, a medpatch, and a credstick containing a total of 250 credits for the party (over all of the credsticks).
Puzzle (and the rest of the party) doesn't hear anything at the north doors. The doors open.
A layer of dust lines the floor along the walls of this loading dock, but the central area has been walked enough to be less dusty. Containers have been stacked in the north corners. Labels indicate these hold provisions, including food, water, and intoxicating beverages. You estimate roughly 30 bulk of supplies is stacked here, which could feed a dozen humanoids for months. Most of the supplies are heavily spiced, flavored with sulfur, or otherwise suited to very unusual tastes. To the west, a very new looking exterior door seems to lead to the outside of the building.
Vedrir looks at the things and packs anything of value. Then he heads towards the doors and looks at the ground.
"Is it the other entrance? Wasn't it supposed to be rigged or something?" asks Kasatha looking to the small room.
After checking on the new door, Vedrir (and Kit especially) recognizes it as locked to the outside with a complicated locking mechanism and strong computer encryption. While it would be very challenging to open from the outside, you would be able to open it without any issues from the inside, if you chose.
Wyrd doesn't detect any magic outside of the party's items. Looking through everything, it seems everything here is foodstuffs or similarly mundane supplies.
Vedrir looks at the doors
"Seems like this is of no interest. I also don't think it really makes sense to open those doors. Shall we check other ones?"
Shelves line the walls of this hall and a small adjoining room. Tumbled containers of ruined sundries for running the club are still scattered here and there. The room has three exits, as well as a metallic hatch on the west wall still labeled “Elevator Maintenance” in bubbling paint. The exit door to the west (which you came through) is steel and newer than the others.
Kit, bored and fidgety, goes to the metal hatch and tries to pry it open.
Determining the probability of finding something of significance in the area is so close to zero to make little difference, Puzzle waits patiently as the others do their thang, ready to move on at the convenience of their companions.
Kit finds the magnetic lift machinery for the elevator is housed behind the access hatch. You could attempt to hotwire the elevator to work manually from this location, but that isn't necessary for you to reach the basement because you have the access codes.
Wyrd doesn't detect any additional magic in this room, either.
Behind the double doors to the south of the pool area, you find a non-descript hallway with doors to the west, east, and south. You've already been to the room to the south.
The party opens the next set of double doors to the south.
This clean room has banks of numbered lockers, some with damaged doors, and a long counter with several sinks. The floor has anchors that, perhaps, benches were once bolted to. A double door closes off an area to the east.
Puzzle slowly enters the locker room. Making their way across the room, the android inspects the contents of some nearby lockers.
Kit takes a moment to fiddle with the wires, then shuts the hatch and grins. When the elevator descends, it does so about 20% faster than you feel like it should, just enough to be a bit of a thrill without actually causing any damage. Kit grins at the surprise of his allies.
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"Hm. This good room. Blocked most heat when rest of place burn!"
Vedrir follows Puzzle and Kit into the room and begins to check the lockers.
"Might be something of value here."
His two hands attempt to open a locker when he hears what Kit was saying
"Fascinating, it could be a difference in construction. With thicker walls and a bit of protective material you could easily get such effect."
After a quick investigation, Puzzle and Vedrir find all of the lockers they open are empty. There are dozens of lockers and it would take more time to search through all of them, but it seems like this room has been picked through pretty thoroughly long before you arrived.
Turning to face their companions, Puzzle inclines their head toward the eastern doors, brows raised in query.
As soon as everyone is ready, the android carefully approaches the doors, giving them the once over.
If all seems clear, they will slowly open the doors, dart rifle at the ready.
Puzzle opens the doors to find the showers! Dispite the damage dealt to the rest of the facility, the showers still have running water and funcitonal sonic cleaning mechanisms.
Puzzle and co. open the last door on the upper level, revealing a clean and cool tiled room showing few signs of damage. A shallow pool of luminous blue fluid covers half the area. On the west wall is a metal hatch labeled “Maintenance” in fresh‑looking paint.
Wyrd recognizes this chamber is what some creatures from the Plane of Fire call a frigidarium. The fluid should be cold. It’s as refreshing to fiery patrons, such as ifrits, as a hot spring might be to humans.
Ever one to be enticed by somewhere he's not meant to be, Kit immediately moves to pry open the maintenance hatch .
Kit finds the pool's cooling and pump system behind the maintenance hatch. The system relies on four siccatite actuators which could be removed and sold for about 100 credits each. Doing so would require an engineering check to remove the siccatite and about five minutes of work each.
"Ooh, new parts! Time to upgrade AC on ship!" Unless otherwise stopped by his allies, Kit will work to remove the cooling actuators.
Puzzle breifly examines the blue fluid-filled pool before moving over to join Kit.
"It is not the optimal time for salvaging parts," Puzzle says to the goblin. "I know there will be no deterring you, so it will be more efficient if I help you."
Vedrir looks at Kit beginning to do his thing, so he takes out a snack and begin munching.
"I will keep an eye open. I don't think we are in the rush."
Nomyra can't do much to help with the parts, so she simply stands guard.
As Kit begins to work on the first actuator with Puzzle's help and the rest of the party stands guard, after about a minute in the room the party begins to feel a sense of unease. A split second later, the temperature drops simultaneously with a rise of agonized cries, accompanied by whispering voices filled with despair.
DC 15
You feel a flash of searing pain but manage to manage to resist a sudden compulsion to immerse yourself in the cold fluid for relief. The next instant the pain is gone and the voices are fading into the background.
Among the cacophony of screams, cries, and whispers, you manage to make out a voice saying "Guess we're dead. So much for our haul in 77."
You are hit with a blast of searing pain as if exposed to severe radiation. Barely able to maintain consciousness, your only thought is to get into the cold liquid for relief from the pain affecting your entire body. You stumble into the liquid.
Despite the searing pain overwhleming your senses, among the cacophony of screams, cries, and whispers you manage to make out a voice saying "Guess we're dead. So much for our haul in 77."
You recognize this location as a pool of supernatural agony caused by the deaths of the former inhabitants of the Eos Club that survived the initial firey blast only to come to the pool and die hours later of radiation poisoning. If you managed to succeed at your Will save, you're able to make a Mysticism check to temporarily suppress the energy here, which only extends as far out as the door of the room. The following spells will also either suppress or destroy the "haunt": remove affliction (with caster check), remove radioactivity (with caster check), lesser remove condition, remove condition, and greater remove condition. If you failed your initial Will save, you won't be able to concentrate enough to use Mysticism or cast any spells.
"I'm burning! I'm burning!" Nomyra runs for the frigid liquid.
"Wait, this is even worse!"
Puzzle screams and lurches toward the pool. The android rumbles over the edge, plummeting into the cooling liquid.
"Who is there? What is 77?" they ask.
"Ow! If you dead, why you so mad? What in 77?!"
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"Move over, I want in!"
-5 resist
"What are you guys talking about? 77 is a number, it's between 76 and 78. What's that got to do with anything? And what's with this sudden radiation?!"
"Ok, now that I've got a second to think about this inside this cool pool that's preventing the radiation from burning me. This feels like pool of supernatural agony caused by the deaths of the former inhabitants of the Eos Club that survived the initial firey blast only to come to the pool and die hours later of radiation poisoning...let me see if I can try to disrupt it a bit to give us all some breathing room...ah, no..this is too distracting, but I think it only fills this room..."
Everyone in the party (so far) suddenly feels searing pain, sending them all running into the super-cold pool! Some in the party seem to be regaining their senses, but others (Kit) remain compelled entering the next round.
Despite calling out to the voices, none seem to answer the party. It's like shouting at an echo.
Vedrir
Wyrd
Puzzle
Nomyra
Kit