WEEK 1 EVENT

[shardmods]

The passage of time in this place is not easily tracked, not without a clock of some sort, anyway. The days may even begin to blend together, only occasionally interrupted by confrontations with the robot spiders or discussion with whoever is on the other end of that terminal.

It seems like things won't change any time soon. But something is off today, and some of you may notice it sooner than others.

The mind-numbing drone of the nearby builder going about its work has been with you from the very start. Located behind the terminal and far down below, it was the first sound you heard upon arriving here. It has been arranging walkways in increasingly complicated and baffling designs, extending them ever outwards into space. This much has not changed at all during your time here; the drone of the machinery moving and metal being slotted into place may even have become somewhat comforting background noise.

It is completely silent today.

The skittering of spider robots through the vents or patrolling the area is not heard either, and though the atmosphere remains as gloomy as ever, the lack of sound will undoubtedly be noticeable to some of you. Thankfully, you can still hear; it's simply that the machines have stopped their usual tasks, for whatever reason.

Investigate?

NAVIGATION

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ROUND 1

[shardmods]

[The arms of the builder suddenly move, elbows coming backward towards you.

Roll a 1d20 to avoid being caught between the builder and the wall. 1-10 means you'll be caught and unable to act and will take mild damage. 11-20 means you're free and can react as you'd like. You only need to roll if you were near or approaching the strange light.]

[ungratefuloz]

Everyone, it's moving, into posit--!!

[Yeah, Dorothy rolled a 5 so uh, guess who's caught between a rock and a hard place now!!]

[eudaimonikos]

Fork -

[Michael rolled a 9 - he was standing too close to Dorothy, probably, and now flings out his arms to try and shield her and whoever else is standing closest to him from some of the damage. Given the size of the builder this is, uh, probably totally ineffective.]

[ungratefuloz]

Michael--

[Okay. Okay, Dorothy's just gonna try and get herself together here. Give her a second.]

...Thank you. I'll return the favor.

[ised]

[Our position is to be trapped over here, seems like. Ed, with a roll of 7, is trapped as well, trying to reach for the brush behind his ear. It's really difficult to do, though, while being trapped like this]

...will give defense as soon as we are out of here.

[Because clearly we'll be needing that]

[sacrificialpawn]

[Oscar's got his pipe up to try to fend off whatever might happen--

-- he did not expect that arm (5) so RIP bozo I guess. At least he's durable, but he's now also stuck...]

[plushes]

[ He's inching towards the backlines because, hello, but ohhhh no. Ohhhhh he's fucked. Ohhhhh it's bad. He sure is trapped (6), fucking bye! ]

Tch-!

[morningstud]

Behind me!

[With an 18, he's perfectly safe. The two nearest low rollers will be getting a shield as they're protected bodily by Lucifer and the brilliant light from his ability.

He can't be one of the combatants, but it's better than someone getting crushed.]

[plushes]

[ Ah? Ah, there's some protection that mitigates some of the pain? He looks towards the source – ]

Thanks!

[polterguide]

[can't believe there's a strongerer necrohacker around here than bailey, what gives!!!]

Ah, shi—

[They shouldn't have tried to get closer to use their power, because with a 2 they are well and truly stuck.]

[is2g]

[ well wolfwood isn’t just going to watch them get smacked by the robot and will rush to their side to push the out of the way of any incoming attack...

but then i rolled a 4, so did this really help anyone here..? ]

[hexalding]

[With an 18, Viktor dodged with a wince as he came down a little too hard on his right leg, quickly ignoring that and looking over the builder with analytical intent. In mechanisms like this it was often the points of mobility that had most weakness, unable to be properly armored lest they be restricted.]

[The Hexclaw sparked in a flash of runic light, coalescing into a deep purple laser that shot straight for the elbow joint.]

[reallyfishy]

[Whatever you want to chalk it up to, Raven's reaction speed and evasive skills get him out of the way of the massive swing (14).]

Well this ain't good, is it?

[So now what? The fuck is a punch or a kick going to do to this thing? He's going to need some time to think.

In the meantime, he's going to try to help those hit by the attack back on their feet. You guys good???]

[eisei]

[ He just got done even speaking the word 'trap' and-- WHOA THERE. Shizuka is quick to get out of the way (16), aided by the fact that he wasn't in the very front of the vanguard anyway. ]

Mew Mew Metam--

[ Sorry, you did not just hear him start shouting this on pure instinct. It's fine. It does nothing anyway, because he can't transform here and currently he's pretty mad about that.

Well. He's still an athlete, so-- time to try and pry the builder arm to the side so people can slip out of their corner. On his own, he's probably insufficient for this, so someone please help-- ]

[darkgame]

[WHY DID HE MEOW THEY'RE IN DANGER ISN'T HE A DOLPHIN

SHOULDN'T HE MAKE DOLPHIN NOISES LIKE EEE EEE EEE]

[darkgame]

[@#$%! He's trapped near the wall (9). Not good!]

[divinevoid]

Hmph, how careless.

[ They are far away from the builder (16), and also raise a finger to emit a light beam towards the center of the builder (where people have not been grabbed), attacking it. ]

[crosswired]

[THIS IS A HORRIBLE TIME TO TEST THIS but with so many people that immediately go flying and Vakama still outside range, he's immediately extending a hand to try and use his telekenisis on one of those arms to pull it back and pin it midair, if only for a minute or so.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

From a ways back, Ashley shrieks. ]

Ohhh, no no no no- ah- uhh-

[ Ashley...does not know what to do. She's panicked already, can feel her heart racing, hands wringing together—

Actually. There's a warm feeling in her dominant hand. That's the only warning she gets before her eyes go wide, a wooden carving materializes in front of her, and with an astounding 18, she receives a to-be-determined vision. ]

[shardmods]

[You see the builder. You see your friends trapped. You see your allies fighting to free them.

...But you turn, because you know this isn't all that's here.

Two flashes of silver jump at you and the vision ends.]

[lavenfallen]

[ ... yeah no with that 6, Gyles finds out that he's not in a position where he's able to move out of the way in time. This is also a very hard lesson in how much more things hurt without a literal barrier of protection around you at all times. Oh oversouls, how he's missing you right now-- ]

Gh-!

[guffawsungraciously]

[jasper arrives late with metaphorical starbucks only to see... a lot of people getting owned immediately...

... alright tactical boy time he's going to look around to see who isn't owned--]

We need to focus on ranged attacks, because I highly doubt many of us have the physical prowess necessary here. Stay behind cover if you can.

[...grgrgrg he wishes he had magic.]

[divinevoid]

That should be easy enough for me~

[ Jury is out on the other people, considering... ]

[crosswired]

Working on it- [Trying that telekinesis so he can only focus his brain on so much here!!]

[ungratefuloz]

Under--

[Give her a second here, Michael thankfully took some of the heat off of her but still.]

Understood. If we can just get into a position to sever it's arms or something we should be able to overwhelm it...