James waits for the others to storm in, and then shoots the one doing the talking, using an adamantine bullet.
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James wants to know more about the speakers, so he holds up his hand to stop the others from advancing. "Get ready - at least one robotic entity, and sounds like a leader of the problems." James mixes and drinks a few extracts, including Darkvision, See Invisibility, and Fly. When the others look prepared, he pulls out a pistol and a Bang grenade, and then flies up toward the ceiling to get a good look.
"Sure thing." James leads the way, wary of traps.
"Well, it does seem unlikely that there would much of value to us in these rooms, so maybe let's move on for now."
James scratches his head thoughtfully as he looks around.
"The strange contraption appears to be some sort of turbine that would generate a spherical cage of wind to contain and manipulate air and vapor within the sphere. To what end, I am not sure, but in any case the machine looks to have been broken long ago. Not sure what that strange bottle is, though." "What do you think 'quasi-gas' might be? Should we go find out? Could be dangerous, of course..."
James gets to work checking doors.
Start with the door I am in front of, and if not trapped, enter it and check the next.
"Yes, and while I would like to share some technical notes, I fear whoever it is may not have the same intentions we do. So let's continue to take care as we move forward. Of course, from what we have seen, it may be that there is no live mind still at work behind these - some of these constructs seem able to repair and build others like them."
Let me take a moment here to say one of the things I am thankful for is all of you essential workers, especially those on the front lines, those working the grueling hours, and those that have had to push far outside of their comfort zone for the sake of the rest of us. Some of us truly do appreciate it all!
"Thank you! Yah, curiosity sometimes gets me into trouble. I'll need to be more careful." James will mix a curative extract as well, to try and feel better.
At the next door, James holds up his hand. "Let's be careful again." He checks for traps and locks.
And James will take the tools and circuits to add to his collection.
James lowers himself to the ground, and then moves to quickly get out of reach!
Glad your negative - sucks about the lost time, but a lot of that going around these days. I just had a drunk neighbor standing in my door way laughing and shouting about how she tested positive. So here's hoping she was no longer contagious!
James struggles to get to one of his extracts and drinks it down, mking him suddenly much lighter. (Levitate)
"Well, my ego's a bit bruised. And I think it broke a couple of ribs." James struggles to escape.
"Now we're talking treasure, lad." Despite the likelihood that Augar is much older than the old man, James chuckles at calling him a lad. "Well, fear of the unknown ain't stopped us so far." James enters and starts examining the equipment.
"Shall we go in and see what's going on here?" James looks around for any traps before entering.
"These robots seem to have gone crazy, and unfortunately we have had to destroy all of them. So the parts may not longer be very useful... but I am very interested in your process and what you are making. Care to share?" James - ever the technology geek - would love to spend a few days learning how to make robots...
Since the Azer's aren't answering, James tries a different approach. "How much longer? Maybe they'll talk?" Then he flies over to the pit, thoroughly enjoying the new ability to fly, and then says in Androffan, "You there, robot. What is going on here? Can you give me an alternative to destroying you?" Meanwhile, he loads both pistols with adamantine slugs.
James looks at Augar and nods, but holds up a hand to as if to say give me a moment... Then he repeats his question to the Azer in Androffan, not knowing what other language these folks might speak.
"Hey there. What are you working on? You are free to go now, if you like."
James eases forward, above most of the fray, and shoots at the green robot.
"Fly? Never tried it, but that might be a big help in getting a clear shot. Sure!" James let's Vedia do her thing, as he changes to a regular pistol and loads an adamantine slug for good measure. Then he flies up over the area to get a clear shot at the other robot.
James switches to a stun gun, and hopes that might short circuit one of the robots (Blue).
If the robots are clearly attacking, then James waits for Xandar and Vedia to get things rolling, then he takes aim at one of the robots (blue) and starts firing.
James keeps his guns drawn, but pointed down, as he tries to get a little closer to see what they are doing.
"I don't see anything, but we can take a closer look once we escape this place."
Flipping through the spell book, James hums to himself. ”Now this is a find! Some of these I think I can translate into extracts, and certainly they seem to be unique. Once we have a little downtime....” After doing a thorough search of the room And packing up the valuables, he heads toward the last doo before considering the next level.
"Careful, friends. Let me see if I can disable this setup." Looking it over quizzically, the large man gets to work.
James continues to study the creature for weaknesses, and then fires again.
James steps back and shoots his pistols at the Aurumvorax.
James drops his pack, except for his pistols, and then squeezes through.
James sees no way to help, so double moves around the area looking for another entrance.
"Hard to say... but it is certainly possible." James quickly cleans and reloads both of his main pistols, in case the animals are angry about being researched.
I have some guns to share!
My work has been crazy this last few weeks, and is not going to let up for a few more. Unfortunately I am finding little time to spend here, but I will try to keep things moving as best I can. Thank you for your patience.
James steps off the stairs, and fires both pistols at Red.
James draws two pistols, and moves to get a better shot. Aiming one of the guns at one of the birds (red outline), he squeezes the trigger.
"OK, that was less than pleasant. Now, let's face it - "gaseous ooze research"? Does anyone think that's worth going into? I vote we leave it alone and head upstairs."
James moves in to help out.
"That should've done somethin'." James considers his options, and then just decides to try that fancy sword he picked up some time ago.
Yah, no worries. I get it - very crazy times, and the GM duties just take more time and energy to post. Been there myself a lot lately!
"Cold? What do you mean cold?" James tries tossing one of those bang grenades into the center of the misty thing, hoping it does something useful.
"Let's clear the level here before going up, shall we? Don't want to leave dangers behind us." "Let's see what fluid siphoning is all about."
James will pack up all of the items carefully to avoid smashing them, and then move on to the door next to the lab - the unmarked one. Same drill:
I already work from home, so little has changed for me... it was an adjustment, though, so I know what you all are going through.
"Absolutely... it is quite fascinating." While Xandar is playing with his new toy(s), James strolls over to the Alchemy lab door and checks for sounds, traps and whether it is locked. Assuming all is quiet, he works his magic and then opens the door.
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