WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.559 Thanks for watching! Welcome to Agent's Dossier, 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:26.600 a Delta Green actual play series brought to you 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.620 by 12 Sided Stories. And now your GM, Wes Otis. 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.079 And welcome to Agents .ca episode number 18. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.740 We have some wonderful players with us. Let's 00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:57.179 start with Michelle. Hey, I'm Michelle Otis, 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:01.520 and I am playing Perla Ayala, a forensic anthropologist 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.579 who's a little freaked out right now. Hi, y 'all. 00:01:04.579 --> 00:01:07.900 This is Jay playing Mars Paulson, an unattached 00:01:07.900 --> 00:01:10.620 drifter who's just hoping to make it through. 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:18.430 Hi, I'm Saint or Norman Morales. Also trying 00:01:18.430 --> 00:01:21.609 to make it through. Hi, I'm Pooja and I'm playing 00:01:21.609 --> 00:01:25.170 Robin Porter. And damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, 00:01:25.230 --> 00:01:29.530 not a spy. Hey, guys, I'm Mac. I'm going to be 00:01:29.530 --> 00:01:32.469 playing Desiree Kimball, who's a former cat burglar 00:01:32.469 --> 00:01:35.150 and working on her wedding plans if she survives. 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:41.609 OK, well, last week, a lot happened. Basically, 00:01:41.930 --> 00:01:46.290 I believe Perla and Robin were at the dig site. 00:01:46.909 --> 00:01:52.189 And they witnessed the cube power up, zap someone, 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:56.409 turn them into a human balloon full of water, 00:01:56.569 --> 00:02:01.329 probably a little jelly, and popped it. It was 00:02:01.329 --> 00:02:04.290 decided at that point that the cube needed to 00:02:04.290 --> 00:02:09.400 go. So they sent you to the tire factory. to 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.419 infiltrate it and figure out what the hell and 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:15.259 and if there was some kind of like power connection 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:20.800 between the cube and the tire factory you went 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:25.719 in were able to pop two of the human water balloons 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:31.280 that were posing as guards and norman he called 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.659 up the nsa and said hey i know you're following 00:02:33.659 --> 00:02:36.280 me why don't you send some people over to help 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:40.250 And so six agents showed up to help out. You 00:02:40.250 --> 00:02:43.930 all are in a lobby right now. There is a bay 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:46.849 of computers and there is an elevator. I believe 00:02:46.849 --> 00:02:49.949 the power was cut by Norman. He cut the power 00:02:49.949 --> 00:02:52.849 so you could all get in. Norman, I believe, I 00:02:52.849 --> 00:02:56.569 think actually everybody's in the building right 00:02:56.569 --> 00:03:00.169 now at this point, correct? Yes. Yeah, okay. 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:03.569 You have been told... that you've got about 20 00:03:03.569 --> 00:03:06.530 to 30 minutes before they pull the trigger on 00:03:06.530 --> 00:03:11.090 dropping a bomb on the cube to keep it from escalating 00:03:11.090 --> 00:03:16.689 and doing damage to people. And Norman filled 00:03:16.689 --> 00:03:19.650 out this thing and helped out with this fake 00:03:19.650 --> 00:03:22.729 crisis thing to try to get as many people out. 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.159 of the blast area as possible, so there's now 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.199 a mass evacuation, but of course they'd like 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.960 to avoid that. Finally, the other thing that 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.800 we didn't really point out was the people in 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.840 Edna Bay were merged together into these creatures, 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.120 while these people seem to be transformed into 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:49.229 these gelatinous humans with... Gelatinous humans. 00:03:49.590 --> 00:03:54.430 Gelatinous humans. That's a band name if I ever 00:03:54.430 --> 00:03:59.310 heard one. Human hot pocket. Water balloons. 00:04:00.849 --> 00:04:05.110 Spring fresh. So that's where we're starting. 00:04:05.210 --> 00:04:09.490 The clock is ticking. Literally, you have only 00:04:09.490 --> 00:04:13.590 so much time and you need to figure out if there's 00:04:13.590 --> 00:04:17.769 anything here that can help to. stop this situation. 00:04:18.050 --> 00:04:20.430 Like I said, the power's off. You do have the 00:04:20.430 --> 00:04:22.889 ability to turn the power back on. There are 00:04:22.889 --> 00:04:26.430 six extra agents here that you can kind of ask 00:04:26.430 --> 00:04:29.790 to do certain tasks if you want. Agent one, two, 00:04:29.829 --> 00:04:32.370 three, four, five, and six. So it's up to you. 00:04:32.449 --> 00:04:35.389 What do you all want to do? So the place is set 00:04:35.389 --> 00:04:37.689 up kind of like a laboratory, you said, now? 00:04:37.930 --> 00:04:39.889 I mean, it's obviously no longer a tire factory. 00:04:40.410 --> 00:04:44.170 Yeah, they're basically the top floor has been 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:47.149 retrofitted with like steel walls and everything. 00:04:47.310 --> 00:04:50.769 There's a bay of computers where the security 00:04:50.769 --> 00:04:54.290 guards were with a bunch of blank screens. So 00:04:54.290 --> 00:04:57.110 it's obviously a security station. The top floor 00:04:57.110 --> 00:05:01.449 doesn't seem to have much in it. But there is 00:05:01.449 --> 00:05:05.129 a large elevator. There's actually two. There's 00:05:05.129 --> 00:05:08.810 a main elevator by the guard post, and there 00:05:08.810 --> 00:05:12.410 is a large elevator back by where they load the 00:05:12.410 --> 00:05:15.529 chemicals and stuff into the building. So obviously 00:05:15.529 --> 00:05:19.009 there is some kind of subterranean thing, a lot 00:05:19.009 --> 00:05:22.389 like Edna Bay, which Edna Bay was a fishery that 00:05:22.389 --> 00:05:25.889 had a huge complex underneath it. Yes, it did. 00:05:26.750 --> 00:05:29.189 Are there any of the barrels of the chemicals 00:05:29.189 --> 00:05:33.170 around here? Yes. Well, I think I'd like to go 00:05:33.170 --> 00:05:35.550 check those out. Okay. And just sort of get a 00:05:35.550 --> 00:05:37.910 sense of what they've been shipping in here and 00:05:37.910 --> 00:05:42.629 or out. So when you go over to the barrels, there 00:05:42.629 --> 00:05:46.170 are these bright orange barrels with red stripes 00:05:46.170 --> 00:05:50.149 around them. They just say toxic. And then they 00:05:50.149 --> 00:05:54.800 have this code on the top of them. Basically, 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:57.740 all these warnings saying don't open. And there's 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:02.560 a little window into the top where you can actually 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:09.740 see the goo kind of moving around. And inside 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:14.420 you see chunks of what you think is human parts 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:18.480 melding together, coming apart, very unstable, 00:06:18.620 --> 00:06:26.829 just kind of flesh soup going on. So, yeah. Is 00:06:26.829 --> 00:06:30.550 there like a manifest? Is there like a bill of 00:06:30.550 --> 00:06:32.990 lading on there that says where it came from, 00:06:33.089 --> 00:06:37.509 where it's going? You do find just, you know 00:06:37.509 --> 00:06:40.829 how in will calls or whatever, there'll be a 00:06:40.829 --> 00:06:44.709 nail with a clipboard against the wall. This 00:06:44.709 --> 00:06:49.730 stuff is all coming from Greenland. It says it 00:06:49.730 --> 00:06:52.250 has an address for Greenland. It doesn't have 00:06:52.250 --> 00:06:54.490 any street name or anything else. It just says 00:06:54.490 --> 00:06:59.329 Northern Greenland Station 35 Majestic. Okay. 00:06:59.430 --> 00:07:01.370 Well, I'm definitely going to grab those papers. 00:07:01.790 --> 00:07:05.810 Okay. And I think, is it worth it? Yeah. I'm 00:07:05.810 --> 00:07:09.069 going to tell two of the agents to very carefully 00:07:09.069 --> 00:07:12.089 move one of these barrels. Do they have a truck 00:07:12.089 --> 00:07:18.350 or a car or a van? Yes. Yes. So we should confiscate. 00:07:18.730 --> 00:07:21.750 at least one of these barrels and this paperwork. 00:07:22.009 --> 00:07:26.769 Okay, so I'm going to give, because, you know, 00:07:26.790 --> 00:07:29.350 if this is a cinematic situation, there has to 00:07:29.350 --> 00:07:31.689 be a chance for the barrel to break. Of course. 00:07:31.870 --> 00:07:36.389 So I'm going to give a 75 % chance that the barrel 00:07:36.389 --> 00:07:40.230 will not break. So it's only a 25 % chance, but 00:07:40.230 --> 00:07:44.389 I'd like you to roll it, Jay. Oh, God. Yikes, 00:07:44.389 --> 00:07:47.920 yikes, yikes. So I have to roll above a 75? Under. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:54.060 Under. So under 75. Yep. Ooh, that's a 48. All 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:59.480 right. So they cart one of these barrels out, 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.160 and you have the paperwork tucked away nicely. 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:05.819 Is there anything else you want to do? No, that's 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:09.019 it for now. We'll see what else is doing. Are 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:11.579 there any stairs that go down, or is it just 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:14.699 the elevators? There is a fireman's pole. Huh. 00:08:16.889 --> 00:08:20.750 What the hell kind of place is this? I'm kidding. 00:08:20.889 --> 00:08:24.470 There's stairs. There's stairs. Does OSHA know? 00:08:24.889 --> 00:08:28.810 No, there are stairs. There are emergency stairs 00:08:28.810 --> 00:08:32.450 that go down. The door itself needs power, though. 00:08:32.690 --> 00:08:36.049 It can be pushed open from the inside. If you 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:39.409 come up, you can push out, but you can't open 00:08:39.409 --> 00:08:42.210 it and go down. Okay, so we're going to need 00:08:42.210 --> 00:08:46.399 the power restored, basically. Yeah, or someone, 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:52.279 something opens it, interestingly. So are we 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:56.179 definitely alone? No more creatures are nearby 00:08:56.179 --> 00:08:59.250 or coming towards us at this moment? Why would 00:08:59.250 --> 00:09:03.250 I ever tell you that? I guess I mean, can we 00:09:03.250 --> 00:09:07.169 sense and can we hear things? Can I see? I'm 00:09:07.169 --> 00:09:09.490 looking at my skills again. Okay. Norman, what 00:09:09.490 --> 00:09:14.610 do your, what do your NSI eyes see? Unfortunately, 00:09:14.610 --> 00:09:18.529 the force has failed you while you've been in 00:09:18.529 --> 00:09:20.889 the lobby and you can't feel any disturbances. 00:09:20.929 --> 00:09:24.149 So there's nobody around that you can see besides 00:09:24.149 --> 00:09:29.190 the crew. Right now, everybody is there. is an 00:09:29.190 --> 00:09:35.070 ally. I'll say that. Got it. And there's no immediate 00:09:35.070 --> 00:09:38.669 danger that we've been ignoring. Great. Okay. 00:09:38.850 --> 00:09:41.730 I wanted to, because I know that I told them 00:09:41.730 --> 00:09:45.850 about Majestic, but I know that I didn't know 00:09:45.850 --> 00:09:50.649 that much. Can I do a signet roll on Greenland 00:09:50.649 --> 00:09:55.529 and Majestic? Perhaps I picked up some kernels 00:09:55.529 --> 00:09:58.490 of knowledge. You can try to find out you're 00:09:58.490 --> 00:10:00.450 going to do this from like your personal laptop 00:10:00.450 --> 00:10:05.190 with your own hotspot and VPN kind of thing, 00:10:05.250 --> 00:10:08.129 correct? Right. Well, it's got its own setup 00:10:08.129 --> 00:10:10.690 that I was able to connect and disconnect the 00:10:10.690 --> 00:10:12.970 power. So I assumed that was still. Yeah. You 00:10:12.970 --> 00:10:15.610 have battery life and all that stuff. Yes. So 00:10:15.610 --> 00:10:18.470 like a 60 % left. Well, no, let's roll to see 00:10:18.470 --> 00:10:20.830 how many percentage you have left on your battery. 00:10:20.909 --> 00:10:24.509 That sounds like. Ah, yes. Okay. Okay. Let's 00:10:24.509 --> 00:10:29.590 do it. Roll high. Okay. All right, I set it up. 00:10:29.690 --> 00:10:35.549 Oh, no. Okay, well, I have 26 % battery, apparently. 00:10:35.789 --> 00:10:39.710 Uh -oh. So that could disappear in a wink. You 00:10:39.710 --> 00:10:42.210 don't have much time. So why don't you make your 00:10:42.210 --> 00:10:44.210 signet roll, and I'll tell you what you're able 00:10:44.210 --> 00:10:50.990 to find. 13. All right. Yay. So what you can 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:56.539 glean from just a security, standpoint really 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:59.100 quick for the time remember you guys this is 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:05.620 all fast right majestic is a defunct agency that 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:10.440 was working according to rumors with some alien 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:17.059 entity and basically went rogue trying to take 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:21.600 over parts of the government and they were destroyed 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:25.659 by some Other agency that's not spoken of, which 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:29.120 you're guessing, is probably Delta Green. And 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.919 the fact that they're back up and running, they 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.220 used to be known as Majestic 12. They're now 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:37.899 just calling themselves Majestic, and they don't 00:11:37.899 --> 00:11:39.899 seem to be attached to the federal government 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:46.399 at all. Crap. And do I know why Greenland? It's 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.379 remote. Okay. I'll tell them, hey, we're dealing 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:55.750 with aliens? No, no. Majestic isn't aliens. The 00:11:55.750 --> 00:11:59.129 rumor is, is they were dealing with some alien 00:11:59.129 --> 00:12:03.169 force and it all connects back into like Area 00:12:03.169 --> 00:12:07.590 51 and that whole thing. They were created after 00:12:07.590 --> 00:12:12.490 Area 51 as a way to explain alien life forms 00:12:12.490 --> 00:12:15.409 and all of that. So over the years, they became 00:12:15.409 --> 00:12:17.750 very powerful within the government and then 00:12:17.750 --> 00:12:21.210 they went rogue and had to be taken out. How 00:12:21.210 --> 00:12:24.230 are they associated with Delta Green? The original 00:12:24.230 --> 00:12:26.830 Delta Green took out Majestic the first time. 00:12:27.029 --> 00:12:30.090 Ah, okay. Right. The ones that the government 00:12:30.090 --> 00:12:33.330 now calls the cowboys and illegal and everything 00:12:33.330 --> 00:12:36.990 else, that branch are the ones that took out 00:12:36.990 --> 00:12:42.909 Majestic and is still operating. Yeah. I mean, 00:12:42.909 --> 00:12:47.549 there's more to Delta Green than Russ and his 00:12:47.549 --> 00:12:51.580 ilk would have you believe. Those were the people 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:55.059 who brought me in on this. The original? The 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:57.600 original set. They've broken off. It's a splinter 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:00.179 group now. And if we survive this, I will tell 00:13:00.179 --> 00:13:07.279 you all about it. Survival is key. I think in 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.639 the meantime, we need to get the power back on 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:15.299 so that our friends at the NSA can search the 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:18.110 computers and mine what they need to mine. And 00:13:18.110 --> 00:13:20.009 we can figure out what's downstairs and if there's 00:13:20.009 --> 00:13:23.370 anything to stop the cube from imploding. Right. 00:13:23.409 --> 00:13:27.990 Yeah. All right. I will make that happen. All 00:13:27.990 --> 00:13:30.850 right. So you turn back on the power. Mac, what 00:13:30.850 --> 00:13:33.570 is Desiree doing? I mean, I was probably going 00:13:33.570 --> 00:13:35.889 to be looking through files and things like that, 00:13:35.970 --> 00:13:38.169 especially if there's anything that might be 00:13:38.169 --> 00:13:41.500 in like a locked cabinet. Okay. You easily can 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:44.580 get past a lot cabinet situation. There's a small 00:13:44.580 --> 00:13:47.279 filing cabinet behind the desk and you pop it 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.620 open. Most of the stuff that you find is a manifest 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:55.340 for when the different chemicals are coming in 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:57.539 for the past month and when they'll be coming 00:13:57.539 --> 00:14:01.039 in for the next month. One of them says contact 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:05.779 number seven as the person who will be coming 00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:10.480 by to. handle those this last time it was contact 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:14.200 number eight so there are different people seeming 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:18.840 to come in during each month to handle the deliveries 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:24.100 okay you double check the addresses against the 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:27.899 address that mars tells you about and all of 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:31.649 the addresses are coming from I'm going to say 00:14:31.649 --> 00:14:33.570 Norman would probably check this out, too, because 00:14:33.570 --> 00:14:36.070 it makes sense. It looks like there was an old 00:14:36.070 --> 00:14:39.809 Air Force base out in Greenland that has been 00:14:39.809 --> 00:14:42.669 decommissioned that it looks like Majestic has 00:14:42.669 --> 00:14:46.169 set up there. Got it. They fly things in and 00:14:46.169 --> 00:14:51.330 out through Canada into America. Okay. Well, 00:14:51.970 --> 00:14:53.830 I can't hop a flight to Greenland right now, 00:14:53.889 --> 00:14:57.149 so I'm a little more concerned about the cube. 00:14:57.350 --> 00:15:01.870 Yeah. And the bomb. Yeah. So the front door is 00:15:01.870 --> 00:15:04.970 open because you had turned off the power after 00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:08.830 it opened up. You notice outside that it has 00:15:08.830 --> 00:15:12.309 started to rain and lightning has started to 00:15:12.309 --> 00:15:15.769 come around like these big, but not natural. 00:15:15.970 --> 00:15:18.730 They look like spider webs that are just kind 00:15:18.730 --> 00:15:22.350 of go out and the thunder never stops. It's just 00:15:22.350 --> 00:15:25.899 this rumble. And then another one will hit and 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:29.840 the same exact spider web will kind of peel out. 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:34.100 And you know that people are trying to get out 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:37.820 of the city right now as this storm starts to 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:41.460 build. The computers start to boot up. The screens 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:46.500 flicker on. You see several forms, people walking 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:49.139 around doing different tests, different things 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:55.759 on these large computers. Huge vats of this green 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:59.620 gelatinous stuff that was in the barrel that 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:02.919 Mars took a look at. And they seemed to be frantically 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:06.720 working on something. As if someone had crashed 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.039 their party and their timetable had been moved 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:14.159 up. Hmm. Almost like that's exactly what happened. 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:19.850 Yes. Yes, exactly that. Maybe possibly. But the 00:16:19.850 --> 00:16:22.370 elevators now work too, right? Yeah, the elevators 00:16:22.370 --> 00:16:25.210 work. And if you use one of the key cards, you 00:16:25.210 --> 00:16:28.370 can open the stairs as well. All right. And I 00:16:28.370 --> 00:16:31.210 am armed? You are armed. Everyone's armed at 00:16:31.210 --> 00:16:34.190 this point. Excellent. Perfect. I mean, I guess, 00:16:34.210 --> 00:16:37.909 you know, since I'm Mr. Fighty Fight, I'll rally 00:16:37.909 --> 00:16:40.250 the NSA guys and say, let's go down the stairs 00:16:40.250 --> 00:16:44.009 and try to apprehend some guys and stop whatever 00:16:44.009 --> 00:16:46.009 they're doing because it's probably not cool. 00:16:46.769 --> 00:16:50.970 Right. So you all run into the elevators. Who's 00:16:50.970 --> 00:16:53.370 staying upstairs? Who's going down? I think I 00:16:53.370 --> 00:16:56.330 should stay upstairs near this control panel 00:16:56.330 --> 00:17:00.970 to see if I can, if they need me to like do something 00:17:00.970 --> 00:17:04.089 technical. I can see open doors or something. 00:17:05.029 --> 00:17:07.309 Figures that we can see on the security panel 00:17:07.309 --> 00:17:10.009 are like working with computers and stuff down 00:17:10.009 --> 00:17:12.210 there. Is there any way you can remotely shut 00:17:12.210 --> 00:17:17.849 them down? NSA friend Norman. I'd love to do 00:17:17.849 --> 00:17:22.150 that. Let's see. Does the code allow for such 00:17:22.150 --> 00:17:26.089 a remote access Game Master? You know what? I'm 00:17:26.089 --> 00:17:30.509 going to say no. And here's why. I need to be 00:17:30.509 --> 00:17:34.150 in danger. That and the fact that they're not 00:17:34.150 --> 00:17:39.000 going to hook up the security guard desk. to 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.319 the main function downstairs. Actually, you know 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:44.660 what? I guess they might as a failsafe just in 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:47.700 case they have to shut something down. Let's 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:50.180 see. Let's make it a luck roll. Saint that you 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:53.940 can roll. Okay. Okay. So it's 50 -50, right? 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:58.980 That's 50 -50. And I want under 50. Well, I got 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:05.670 63. So no. The balloon people. from Majestic 00:18:05.670 --> 00:18:08.990 are not concerned about safety. And so they did 00:18:08.990 --> 00:18:11.930 not make a hookup. You can see everything that's 00:18:11.930 --> 00:18:14.410 going on and you have control over the doors, 00:18:14.490 --> 00:18:17.609 but that's about it from this location. Fair. 00:18:17.950 --> 00:18:21.450 Well, it was worth a shot. It was. I don't like 00:18:21.450 --> 00:18:24.410 saying no outright. I try to give like, you know, 00:18:24.410 --> 00:18:27.500 a chance that something's, you know. That's fair. 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.440 Before we head downstairs, can I roll a search, 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:33.160 just in case? Search for, what are you searching? 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.180 Anything in particular? Just anything to let 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:39.839 us know how to shut this cube down. Go ahead. 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:49.299 21 under my 40. You find an emergency, like a 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:55.099 worker handbook thing, and it says, in cases 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:59.759 of emergency, You're supposed to go down to the 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:06.359 basement and try to turn off the bioreactor manually. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:11.319 Failing that, you need to be at least a mile 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.259 away from the premises before the reactor goes. 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:21.140 So, that's not encouraging in the slightest. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.980 Okay, guys, I think I know what we need to do. 00:19:26.309 --> 00:19:28.390 I have a feeling we're not going to like it, 00:19:28.410 --> 00:19:33.170 huh? Probably not. Okay. But there's a bioreactor 00:19:33.170 --> 00:19:38.569 downstairs, whatever that means. We have to shut 00:19:38.569 --> 00:19:42.009 it off manually. Okay. What does it look like? 00:19:42.130 --> 00:19:44.990 Is there a diagram in the handbook? There's a 00:19:44.990 --> 00:19:47.930 diagram and then there's a black and white picture 00:19:47.930 --> 00:19:51.230 that's like, it looks like it's from 1972 or 00:19:51.230 --> 00:19:54.400 something like the typical. Not the greatest 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:58.539 handbook, but you get a general sense. There's 00:19:58.539 --> 00:20:02.579 probably something with a big lever. It's got 00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:06.819 a big lever. Something to fit the 90s action 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:10.299 aesthetic that we're going for. Is it closer 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:13.000 to the emergency stairs or the elevator? You 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:16.279 go down, you come out of the stairs or the elevator 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.960 because they're both right next to each other. 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:21.579 And it's across the room with all these vats 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:25.920 around it that are hooked into it. Great. We 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:30.359 got to go pop some goo babies. If Mars takes 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:33.960 the government types down and creates a distraction, 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:36.940 maybe a couple of us who aren't so good at the 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:38.660 shooting and might accidentally shoot our friends 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:40.640 in the back, if we actually handled a weapon, 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.759 could focus on getting to the reactor shutdown. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.900 That seems like a plan. Yeah, that sounds like 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:50.019 a good idea. You guys can do that. I'm going 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:53.940 to go with Mars. Okay. Okay. You all go downstairs 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:56.319 with really long needles. They're like, run! 00:20:57.319 --> 00:21:01.000 What? I have come to kick ass and chew bubble 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:04.420 gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum. That's the 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:07.940 attitude. I like it. I just don't want to, like, 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:10.700 critically fail and accidentally hit one of these 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:14.420 tanks and, you know. Good call. Very good call. 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:20.269 Yeah. Yeah. You all head down and the doors open 00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:25.990 and most of the people here are scientists. They're 00:21:25.990 --> 00:21:29.829 running around doing things on computers. You 00:21:29.829 --> 00:21:34.130 hear an alarm going on in the background. You 00:21:34.130 --> 00:21:38.569 see big screens over the vats of the cube shooting 00:21:38.569 --> 00:21:43.970 out these energy beams trying to feel. for people. 00:21:44.150 --> 00:21:47.009 And you also see people streaming out of the 00:21:47.009 --> 00:21:50.930 city. They obviously have a lot of cameras and 00:21:50.930 --> 00:21:52.769 stuff around the entire city. They've been watching 00:21:52.769 --> 00:21:56.509 everybody. So this was probably a planned test 00:21:56.509 --> 00:21:58.890 to see if they could do what they were going 00:21:58.890 --> 00:22:01.710 to do. In the center of the room at the other 00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:06.630 side is a large machine. So there are 12 huge 00:22:06.630 --> 00:22:10.410 canisters of this stuff. Inside each one of those 00:22:10.410 --> 00:22:14.369 canisters is the chemical and these different 00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:17.650 bits of humans and whatever coming together. 00:22:17.809 --> 00:22:20.309 It's almost like limbo, if you were to imagine 00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:23.390 what limbo would be like. Pieces of earth coming 00:22:23.390 --> 00:22:25.430 together and then turning to water and whatever. 00:22:25.690 --> 00:22:29.150 But in this case, it's flesh. And there are these 00:22:29.150 --> 00:22:33.549 huge tubes that go along the side going into 00:22:33.549 --> 00:22:37.339 the main reactor. That reactor is spun up. On 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:42.359 top of it, there seems to be some kind of creature 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:46.420 in there. I want to say altogether the height 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:53.039 of the basement is about 20 feet of space. This 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:56.019 machine takes up that entire space, and the glass 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:59.099 part on the top that has this creature in it 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:03.500 is probably half of that, like 10 feet. And it's 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:06.329 got all of these different... body parts and 00:23:06.329 --> 00:23:09.569 stuff, but it kind of looks like a cube as well, 00:23:09.730 --> 00:23:16.089 but the flesh is on it. Okay. It's all of this 00:23:16.089 --> 00:23:20.170 flesh, like, in this cube. Flesh cube. Flesh 00:23:20.170 --> 00:23:23.549 cube. And then outside of it, you can see it, 00:23:23.589 --> 00:23:26.690 there is some kind of connection going from the 00:23:26.690 --> 00:23:30.829 main reactor out into the city. So it's very 00:23:30.829 --> 00:23:33.490 possible that it's connected to the bone cube. 00:23:33.750 --> 00:23:37.859 Got it. So that's what's going on. I need resolve 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:42.660 checks from everyone. Yeah, I think so. Can't 00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:45.579 even be mad about flesh cube and bone cube connections. 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:51.839 Nope. Yucky. I made it. Oh my god, I rolled a 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:58.460 12. Wow. Yeah, I didn't make it either. 73 under 00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:02.279 my 50. All right. I totally forgot what I was 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:04.599 doing. It's under your sanity, right? Right. 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:07.359 It's under your resolve points, whatever they 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.619 are now. I got a seven, so I'm okay. Okay, so 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:14.140 who did not make it? I know Jay didn't and Mac. 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:19.839 Usual suspects. All right. All right, Mac, this 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.519 might hurt. I'm just letting you guys know because 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:28.079 this is a big deal. You are so lucky. I rolled 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:35.390 a one. On a 20 -sider. She's got a ring to go 00:24:35.390 --> 00:24:38.210 to. All right, Jay, it's your turn. Yeah, she 00:24:38.210 --> 00:24:41.630 has shit to get done. Ooh, Jay, you take 13. 00:24:42.549 --> 00:24:46.230 13. Yikes. So let's see what that says here. 00:24:47.170 --> 00:24:50.609 13 drops me below my breaking point. Which we're 00:24:50.609 --> 00:24:52.730 not doing because we're doing resolve. Oh, we're 00:24:52.730 --> 00:24:55.450 doing resolve, right. Yeah, we're not doing anything 00:24:55.450 --> 00:24:59.039 like that. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Like I said, 00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:03.299 I enjoy this system a lot better. Not just because 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:07.740 I wrote it. Let's see. So I get to take over 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:10.640 for a moment and tell you what happens with Mars. 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:16.220 All right. Don't shoot any of my friends. I want 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:21.539 Mars to make three gun rolls, like three firearm 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:27.200 rolls, and let me know what you got. Okay. So 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:32.859 my first one is a 64 over my 40. Okay. My second 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:38.400 one is a 25 under my 40. Okay. And the third 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:47.900 is a 40. So, at your 40. You screw as you get 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:53.579 really amped up on adrenaline and just fear. 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:57.480 And you start shooting at the creature across 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:02.380 the way. And the very first shot, you hit the 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:07.839 glass enclosure. It doesn't break it, though, 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:12.420 because it's bulletproof pretty much. If you 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:15.119 had hit it the other two times, it would have 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:18.539 broken. But the other two shots, because you 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:22.170 wildly kind of did this. hit two of the people 00:26:22.170 --> 00:26:25.809 just randomly, and they pop. So if this thing 00:26:25.809 --> 00:26:31.069 gets hit anymore, the liquid of the flesh cube 00:26:31.069 --> 00:26:35.230 will start to fill up the room. Just to add another 00:26:35.230 --> 00:26:38.549 layer of, let's make sure that doesn't happen. 00:26:38.690 --> 00:26:42.130 Let's not do that. Good lord. So you fight, you 00:26:42.130 --> 00:26:45.710 calm down, and that's the end of the bad stuff 00:26:45.710 --> 00:26:47.710 that happens. Now everybody knows you're there. 00:26:49.289 --> 00:26:51.430 The ones that can scramble for guns are scrambling 00:26:51.430 --> 00:26:55.950 for guns. What is everyone's dex? Let's start. 00:26:56.089 --> 00:26:59.269 Michelle, you're the slowest, aren't you? Yes. 00:27:00.009 --> 00:27:03.970 So Perla's the slowest. I'm 55, which is still 00:27:03.970 --> 00:27:08.009 slightly above average. Thank you. All right. 00:27:08.089 --> 00:27:13.029 And I believe Mac is the fastest. Mac? I've got 00:27:13.029 --> 00:27:16.950 85. Pooja, where are you at? 70. So Robin's at 00:27:16.950 --> 00:27:23.049 70. Jay, where are you at? My dex is a 60. Okay. 00:27:23.670 --> 00:27:29.210 And Saint? Is 70. Okay, cool. So, Mac, Desiree 00:27:29.210 --> 00:27:33.430 is going first. Okay. You had a bit of a shock, 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.430 but you throw it off really easily, and then 00:27:36.430 --> 00:27:38.170 a gunshot next to you, and you're like, great, 00:27:38.230 --> 00:27:40.269 everyone knows we're here. What do you want to 00:27:40.269 --> 00:27:45.410 do? It's my turn to start shooting. Okay. So 00:27:45.410 --> 00:27:47.650 you just try to take out a couple of these people? 00:27:48.250 --> 00:27:51.410 Yes. Shooting these things would be like, you 00:27:51.410 --> 00:27:55.690 know, like shooting into ballistics gel. They're 00:27:55.690 --> 00:27:58.049 a little bit more watery, but yeah. I was thinking 00:27:58.049 --> 00:28:02.990 more like carnival games. I got a 45 under my 00:28:02.990 --> 00:28:07.460 60. So the first one you hit, it pops. Basically, 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.900 what you're seeing is that these things like 00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:12.839 if you just hit it, it's it's going to pop. They 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:15.000 don't have like a ton of hit points or whatever. 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:19.059 They're just that's it. Actually, Mac, you're 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:23.140 shooting an automatic pistol, I believe. So you 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:26.000 can unload three shots. You just have to roll 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.720 three times at each time. There's a penalty of 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:32.940 five percent. So it's like five for the second 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:36.210 and then ten for the third. Okay, so I roll again, 00:28:36.349 --> 00:28:39.069 and it's 5 % less than my usual skill check. 00:28:39.269 --> 00:28:42.650 Right. Okay. And I think I'm remembering that 00:28:42.650 --> 00:28:44.529 correctly, and that's what we're going with right 00:28:44.529 --> 00:28:49.329 now. Then I got a 37 under my 55. So that second 00:28:49.329 --> 00:28:52.670 one, you cap another one. Let's see, and then 00:28:52.670 --> 00:28:56.670 this one I'm going to be rolling at 50. I got 00:28:56.670 --> 00:29:00.690 a 42 under my 50. Okay, so you are able to get 00:29:00.690 --> 00:29:03.630 rid of three of these. Let me see how many we 00:29:03.630 --> 00:29:06.930 have in here. That was it. I got them all. Well, 00:29:06.970 --> 00:29:10.029 between... You've taken out five of them between 00:29:10.029 --> 00:29:12.549 the two of you. Yeah, you've done really well. 00:29:12.690 --> 00:29:18.529 So there are seven left. Okay. Bastards. The 00:29:18.529 --> 00:29:21.390 next... And they go after everyone else because 00:29:21.390 --> 00:29:24.990 they're balloon people, so they're not very dexterous. 00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:29.849 The next would be between Saint and Robin. So 00:29:29.849 --> 00:29:32.410 whoever wants to go first. How close are they 00:29:32.410 --> 00:29:35.410 to us? I'm going to say that the nearest ones 00:29:35.410 --> 00:29:38.970 were the ones that Desiree shot. So the other 00:29:38.970 --> 00:29:43.009 seven are manning the other... Like, they're 00:29:43.009 --> 00:29:46.089 separated right now. They're doing stuff on their 00:29:46.089 --> 00:29:49.309 consoles. So the first three consoles have nobody 00:29:49.309 --> 00:29:52.349 on them. And then down a little ways, there's 00:29:52.349 --> 00:29:56.450 a few more on both sides. I'm nervous about shooting, 00:29:56.670 --> 00:29:58.940 so I'm... If you don't want to shoot, if you 00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:01.980 want to hold your action, you can. Or you can 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.880 start running towards the lever at the other 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:06.900 end of the room. Yeah, I was thinking, well, 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:09.680 I guess, question of clarification. So I have 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:15.220 a heavy machine skill, but it says drive heavy 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:18.710 machine. Is that specifically for a tractor? 00:30:19.049 --> 00:30:22.369 Right, that's for a tractor and stuff like that. 00:30:22.430 --> 00:30:25.069 Now, you are an engineer, I believe, an electrician. 00:30:25.089 --> 00:30:27.829 That stuff can help. Yeah, I was thinking I might 00:30:27.829 --> 00:30:30.630 be best suited to be the first one over there 00:30:30.630 --> 00:30:34.109 to try to turn this all off. Well, I guess I'd 00:30:34.109 --> 00:30:37.509 like to move over toward the machine. Okay. Hoping 00:30:37.509 --> 00:30:39.609 I don't get shot. All right, so you run towards 00:30:39.609 --> 00:30:42.609 the machine. Robin, what are you doing? So we've 00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:45.329 cleared off some of the consoles closest to us. 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:48.519 Right. And I'm going to go to those consoles 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.460 and see if there's anything science -y I can 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:54.160 do to maybe stop what they're doing. All right. 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:57.680 You run up to one of the first consoles. You 00:30:57.680 --> 00:31:00.220 see what looks to be some kind of countdown. 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:04.819 There seems to be about a minute left. the countdown 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:07.940 runs out. And if you glance over at the next 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.619 console, just a few feet away for the next thing, 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:14.480 it actually has about the same amount of time, 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:17.839 maybe a little bit more. So each console is just 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:20.579 a few moments behind the other one. Do you have 00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:23.480 a computer role that you can give me? No crap. 00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:27.819 Okay. I have that. Well, let's, let's play it 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:30.259 out. See how it goes. Is there what, is there 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.299 anything you want to do at all? You notice that 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.880 there are, Like I said, you notice that there 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:38.119 are tubes of electronics that run from the consoles 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:43.140 along the walls where the flesh cube is. But 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.880 if you want to detach those, that would be a 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:48.940 strength check. Because they're encased in a 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:51.779 tube, so you have to pull the tube off the wall, 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:54.619 which would be very difficult without some help. 00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:57.680 Oh, okay. Because it's like industrial stuff. 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.619 And there's not like a handy -dandy fire axe 00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:04.829 or anything nearby? No. People made of balloon 00:32:04.829 --> 00:32:09.029 don't usually like sharp objects. Okay. Everything 00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:14.630 is toddler -proof here. You're running out of 00:32:14.630 --> 00:32:18.190 time. Also, I am out of ideas. Unfortunately, 00:32:18.230 --> 00:32:21.390 I'm sorry. Do you want to let the next person 00:32:21.390 --> 00:32:26.210 go? Yes. Okay. All right. So just so you know, 00:32:26.269 --> 00:32:29.609 Saint, as you're running, the cube turns a little 00:32:29.609 --> 00:32:32.950 bit. And when it turns around, you see that the 00:32:32.950 --> 00:32:36.230 center part is clear. There's an eye in there 00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:40.230 with multiple irises in it, kind of looking around. 00:32:40.450 --> 00:32:45.289 And it moves towards the glass. And all of these 00:32:45.289 --> 00:32:49.190 little hands come up and put its hands on the 00:32:49.190 --> 00:32:52.150 glass as it's coming towards you. Oh, my God. 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:57.619 Yeah, it's no good at all. Can I get a resolve 00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:00.480 roll? Because it's obviously trying to intimidate 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:05.420 you with its alien -ness. It's horror vision. 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:12.160 Okay. Yes. And... Yeah. Take that. It's a 24. 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:15.539 So you ignore it as you run towards the big lever. 00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:20.000 And I believe that brings us to Michelle. Right? 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:23.160 Everybody else got a chance to go? Yeah. Wait. 00:33:23.750 --> 00:33:27.289 Mars didn't go. You freaked out and shot a few 00:33:27.289 --> 00:33:29.150 people, but that wasn't your turn. So what do 00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:32.730 you want to do? I mean, I want to, whoever's 00:33:32.730 --> 00:33:34.769 running for the lever, I'm covering them. So 00:33:34.769 --> 00:33:39.509 I guess shooting more of these people, I was 00:33:39.509 --> 00:33:41.309 going to try to arrest them, but it seems like 00:33:41.309 --> 00:33:45.019 arresting them is foolish. I'm going to try to 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:47.720 shoot another one of these. So you get three 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:50.759 rolls. The first one's at your normal rate. The 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:53.980 second one's 5 % down. The third one's 10 % down. 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:58.519 All right, so rolling with my 40. I missed the 00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.980 first one. Okay, just let me know if you critically 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.960 fail. That's the only thing. It's a 68. Is that 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:06.359 a critical fail? No, no. A critical fail is like 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:09.559 95 to 100. Got it. So I'll roll with my 40. So 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:13.880 I missed one. The second one. It's a five, so... 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:18.760 Nice. Nice. Good. So one of them pops. And the 00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:22.480 last one is also a miss, so it's a 76. Okay. 00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:25.500 Perla, what you doing? Okay, since Norman is 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:29.079 running down, I'm guessing, like, one row to 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.000 get to the lever. Right. And Norman's going high, 00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:35.019 I'm gonna go low, and I am actually going to 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:40.239 use the goo to try to slide. Ooh! Towards the 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:46.840 lever? Yes. Okay. I give you points for that. 00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:49.820 That's pretty. I thought it would be very cinematic, 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:53.900 like slide in the goo. That's very grindhouse 00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:57.599 of you. Okay. Let's make a dex check to see how 00:34:57.599 --> 00:35:00.960 well you do. Well, I have, well, yeah, my dex 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.599 is a little higher. You want to do athletics 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:04.480 or? Well, my dex is a little higher, so I'll 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:08.170 take the dex. Not many athletes have to slide 00:35:08.170 --> 00:35:15.610 in goo. I got a nine. Excellent. So you start 00:35:15.610 --> 00:35:18.489 sliding towards this. Towards the lever. The 00:35:18.489 --> 00:35:21.829 lever. So that makes it the balloon people's 00:35:21.829 --> 00:35:24.750 turn. There's six of them left and three of them 00:35:24.750 --> 00:35:27.610 are going to try to grab Norman and three of 00:35:27.610 --> 00:35:30.199 them are going to try to grab. Perla, as she 00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:33.360 tries to slide into home plate. So let's start 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:36.500 with Norman. They're literally trying to jump 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:39.780 on you to wrestle you to the floor. The first 00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:44.019 one attacks you. It misses. Second one attacks. 00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:48.300 Misses. Wow. These are shit dice. Let's move 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.079 to some other dice that I've loaded beforehand. 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:55.619 Let's see. Here we go. Nope. All three miss. 00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:03.130 All right. Your turn. Perla, first one. Uh -oh. 00:36:04.150 --> 00:36:11.429 I rolled a three. Oh. Second one. Oh, the second 00:36:11.429 --> 00:36:13.949 one missed completely. Third one missed. So that 00:36:13.949 --> 00:36:16.510 first one just lands straight as you're sliding 00:36:16.510 --> 00:36:20.280 in. It lands straight on top of you. And it's 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:22.500 like, like I said, it's like a huge water bed 00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:25.880 just landing on you. And it just stops you before 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:28.500 you can keep going. It's trying to hold your 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:32.099 arms down. We're back up at the top of the round, 00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:36.039 unless Robin has decided what she wants to do 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:38.960 before we start the next round. I'm going to 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.539 try to use my rifle as a bludgeoning weapon. 00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:44.659 And just knock it open. To knock the conduits 00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:47.250 and stuff open. You roll an odd one and you hit 00:36:47.250 --> 00:36:55.289 the trigger. Oh, no. Like duck season. I did 00:36:55.289 --> 00:36:59.329 not make it. It was a Z3 over my 30. You're hitting 00:36:59.329 --> 00:37:04.090 the tubes. Gank. Ineffectively. So let's go back 00:37:04.090 --> 00:37:07.070 up to the top. Desiree, you see all the melee. 00:37:07.130 --> 00:37:10.780 You see that Perla's got. One of these things 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:14.400 on top of her trying to keep her from the lever. 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:17.739 The rest of them are now focused on Norman, who 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:21.920 is literally a couple feet away. You can now 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:26.659 hear a countdown of 20 seconds. What do you want 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:30.639 to do? Yeah, I'm going to go for the lever, I 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.800 guess. Okay. Since it seems like efforts have 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:37.639 been semi -thwarted? Semi, yeah. That leaves 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:41.199 us with Norman and Robin. Let's do Norman really 00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:45.820 quick to find out. As it counts down, 19, 18, 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:51.639 you grab onto this thing. You see the creature 00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:55.199 up against the glass and it's pushing at the 00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:58.699 glass with its hands. You can see that it's trying 00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:01.360 to break the glass before you pull the lever. 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:05.380 We're going to put a luck roll on this. Oh, man. 00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:09.920 It's a 50 -50 whether the glass breaks first 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:14.539 or whether you pull the lever in time. It's going 00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:16.679 to be so anticlimactic because I'm using the 00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:32.860 emulator. I got a 48. Wow. You pull the lever 00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:36.900 and you hear this. large flushing sound as all 00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:42.119 of this goo gets evacuated from all of the tubes 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:45.019 and the big reactor in front of you the cube 00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:49.039 falls down and hits and it's just sitting there 00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:52.659 and for for a moment you see inside that there 00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:56.360 are like different lungs in it and then after 00:38:56.360 --> 00:39:00.440 a few moments it stops breathing And it just 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:04.119 sits there. So its eye is no longer moving or 00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:07.719 anything like this. And you get word from Agent 00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:12.480 Roos that the cube has become inert again. So 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:16.920 this creature was controlling the cube, reaching 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:21.199 out to pull more biomass to it. And whatever 00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:26.719 that chemical was, was keeping it alive. and 00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:29.440 basically making an environment that it could 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:32.820 live. And obviously these cubes were some kind 00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:38.199 of control mechanism for it. Wow. We're going 00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:41.320 to say that you save the city. They don't have 00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:44.980 to drop the bomb. They're able to now remove 00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:49.099 the cube safely without it doing any damage to 00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:51.119 Charlottesville. They aren't going to tell you 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:52.960 everything because that's not how Delta Green 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:56.789 works. They don't want... people to know too 00:39:56.789 --> 00:39:59.570 much because it's too much on their psyche and 00:39:59.570 --> 00:40:04.409 it's better if you don't but the consensus is 00:40:04.409 --> 00:40:09.090 this was some kind of alien god from someplace 00:40:09.090 --> 00:40:14.909 that this cult was trying to bring back to they 00:40:14.909 --> 00:40:17.769 were fanatical about worshiping it and having 00:40:17.769 --> 00:40:23.449 it control parts of the U S and beyond. And this 00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:26.530 was their attempt to finally bring it. This cult's 00:40:26.530 --> 00:40:28.829 been around for a long time. What happened to 00:40:28.829 --> 00:40:36.550 the goo person on top of me? Well, yeah, well, 00:40:36.769 --> 00:40:41.090 uh, I will leave that all up to you. Do you apprehend 00:40:41.090 --> 00:40:44.989 them and, or do you pop them all? Because once 00:40:44.989 --> 00:40:48.679 you pull that lever, You know, when someone loses 00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:52.039 their god, they become despondent and shocked. 00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:54.980 You can easily take them out or arrest them. 00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:58.440 It's up to you. Let's arrest them. Yeah, get 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.619 as much info from them as possible. And how are 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:05.260 they walking around as balloon people? Basically, 00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:09.500 the balloon people are propped up by the same 00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:13.360 chemical. It's water, but a little bit more. 00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:19.039 It was considered a great honor to become one 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:22.159 of these. These are the high priests of this 00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:26.059 religion. One thing that you can tell, they were 00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:30.340 trying very hard to find a way to put more of 00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:35.219 the flesh on the cube to make it more of a living 00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:38.980 God. It was looking to be able to breathe and 00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:42.829 be part of humanity. It was basically pulling 00:41:42.829 --> 00:41:47.809 biomass to it like a biomagnet. And the Edna 00:41:47.809 --> 00:41:51.670 Bay experiments were how to pull people together 00:41:51.670 --> 00:41:55.230 to form the cube. And that's why people were 00:41:55.230 --> 00:41:59.250 melding together there and why people here are 00:41:59.250 --> 00:42:01.809 the hierarchy and the balloon, because they gave 00:42:01.809 --> 00:42:04.590 up their bones and everything else to become 00:42:04.590 --> 00:42:12.530 part of this cube. Wow. So anyway. So that actually 00:42:12.530 --> 00:42:16.210 ends our game, unless anybody has any more questions. 00:42:16.269 --> 00:42:20.349 Does Robin let everybody know about, like, you're 00:42:20.349 --> 00:42:23.530 in a cafe, it's a couple days later, you're drinking 00:42:23.530 --> 00:42:27.989 sodas instead of water. Do you tell them about 00:42:27.989 --> 00:42:31.150 being recruited by, now that you're nowhere near 00:42:31.150 --> 00:42:34.550 Roos and the rest of them? Yeah. Yeah, now that 00:42:34.550 --> 00:42:37.539 we're, like... past that initial thing, and especially 00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:40.719 because we're coming up against Majestic, and 00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:45.760 we know that Roos and his team are, like, kind 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:48.139 of completely willing to disregard the safety 00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:50.739 of the general populace. They would argue that 00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:53.500 they're doing what they have to. Yeah, they always 00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:58.860 do. But seeing as they were the ones who were 00:42:58.860 --> 00:43:01.380 messing with this thing to begin with, they're 00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:03.420 obviously playing into the hands of Majestic 00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:08.610 as it is. There's no reason why, in any case, 00:43:08.630 --> 00:43:13.050 I believe that the official Delta Green has been 00:43:13.050 --> 00:43:18.389 compromised again. And the people who told me 00:43:18.389 --> 00:43:21.349 to come here after what happened in Edna Bay, 00:43:21.550 --> 00:43:25.650 I saw it. I saw the after effects of that. And 00:43:25.650 --> 00:43:28.690 I never want that to happen to anyone else. And 00:43:28.690 --> 00:43:31.670 I don't think that this Delta Green cares. They 00:43:31.670 --> 00:43:35.159 definitely don't care about the fallout. And 00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:38.119 they need to be taken down. So I need to ask 00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:42.019 one question. Would any of these characters decide 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:45.780 to duck out? Just so Patreon knows, we're going 00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:47.900 to a new format where we're going to be doing 00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:52.139 investigations with this group of people that 00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:54.619 is going to be smaller. So it's going to be. 00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:59.099 Two or three episodes will encompass one investigation 00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:04.880 into a phenomenon. And then after that, we will 00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:08.679 do another one. And so it'll be more of a kind 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:11.940 of monster of the week thing as opposed to really 00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:15.360 long, drawn out investigations. This is an opportunity 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:18.960 for the players if they want it. Like Desiree 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:21.380 getting, you know, your wedding's coming up. 00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:23.659 Are you going to stick it out with this group 00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:28.320 of misfits and go in with the cowboy Delta Green 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:30.800 and take down the main Delta Green? Or are you 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:33.880 going to peace out now that you've done your 00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:38.079 bit and ride off into the sunset with your new 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:41.539 wife? Well, first of all, I would hand out invitations 00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:46.599 to everybody. They burned a place. They burned 00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:50.820 a place, yeah. Desiree probably... Duck out as 00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:52.760 soon as she was actually able to, because she 00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:54.900 was kind of strong -armed into doing this in 00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:57.920 the first place. Right, absolutely. Anybody else? 00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:00.880 This is your opportunity to start a new character 00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:04.239 for the next game. Right. I think Perla would 00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:08.280 duck out. Yeah, I see that too. Yeah, she's married. 00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:12.480 She has this life here. She's not ready to upend 00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:15.639 that completely. That makes sense. Anybody else, 00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:17.360 or are we sticking with the three that we got? 00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:20.989 Mars is in. Okay, cool. Mars is in with Robin. 00:45:21.289 --> 00:45:23.429 Let's take them all down. Let's expose all of 00:45:23.429 --> 00:45:26.570 them and let's kill all these monsters. Norman, 00:45:26.949 --> 00:45:29.730 thoughts? Yeah, I don't think Norman would appreciate 00:45:29.730 --> 00:45:33.690 being a pawn more than he already thought he 00:45:33.690 --> 00:45:37.489 was. So I think he'd like to take some stuff 00:45:37.489 --> 00:45:40.630 down. So what we'll do is between now and I think 00:45:40.630 --> 00:45:43.349 we're not recording it until like November, we'll 00:45:43.349 --> 00:45:46.639 make new characters for Mac and Michelle. And 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:48.980 we're going to make it super easy instead of 00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:52.519 doing like an introduction episode like we did 00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:54.440 with this. They're just going to be part of the 00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:57.679 team and we'll do really small intros for them 00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:00.500 so we can get to the good stuff. I want to say 00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:03.420 thank you to the Patreon and to our players. 00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:06.239 It's been a lot of fun and I look forward to 00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:08.699 seeing what we do. And I'm really surprised everyone's 00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:13.159 still alive. That's kind of amazing. That 48 00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:18.320 roll was key. That was key. Very clutch. I mean, 00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:20.139 it was just so funny. I was like, I don't know 00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:24.360 what to do, but I know that if I shoot at things, 00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:29.380 everyone will die. Exactly. Learned that one. 00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:32.760 You did well. You all did well. So let's find 00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:35.739 out where everyone is. Let's start with Mac. 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:38.239 Hey, guys. I have been and will continue to be 00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:41.380 Mac Beauvais. 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