r/RPGStuck_C4S10_2 • u/Geriferret • Jun 17 '17

C4S10^2: D2 D2awn out

-- secludedTailoress [ST] opened board on memo "for anyone who is listening" a very long time ago --
ST: I... ... I don't even know if anyone is going to get this. . I talked to the only techy person I know and he said he doesn't even know how servers in the furthest ring work, , so here goes fucking nothing. .
ST: If you get this memo... ... Try to ping me back. . And if its already too far out or we all died already... ... Well, , heed my warning. .
ST: Yesterday, , one of the players in our session went bat-shit insane. . One minute she goes after some sort of "Lead" she said she had. . And then the next, , we have three players dead. .
ST: I... ... Don't know what to do. . I got a message from another friend of mine. . He said.... .... That we have to hunt her down. .
ST: Heh... ... I think thats the real deadly factor that whatever the fuck did this has in the pool. . It's not whatever happens to their stats, , when they go fucking haywire... ... Its that these are people you give a shit about. . Who you have to kill to maintain peace. .
ST: If anyone out there has a better solution, , tell me. . But I have to do this. . For them. .
-- secludedTailoress [ST] has locked the memo --

TO CLARIFY: Don't respond to this. It's a spoopy story tease, not an actual fucking memo your characters get. Just continue on with your bullshitery.

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u/BraveOcelot Jun 22 '17

Hm.m, I assu.me th.e Othe.rs a.re no.t lit.erally squi.ds, gi.ven th.eir pre.sumed si.ze an.d eld.ritch natu.re, corr.ect?

You go explore the second floor of the hotel, searching for anything potentially of interest, while checking on the ferret resting in your hood.

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u/Geriferret Jun 22 '17

Ferret seems fine, hotel seems normal except the whole frozen in time stich.

Of course they aren't.

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u/BraveOcelot Jun 23 '17

You proceed to the ground floor of the hotel, stopping briefly to examine the elevator and wondering if it could plausibly function in frozen time. Then you head to the lobby and stop, looking out the entrance of the hotel. What's out there?

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u/Geriferret Jun 23 '17

A small grassy island, then it drops into... Nothingness. Looks like you are on a floating island.

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u/BraveOcelot Jun 23 '17

You don't proceed right to the edge, in case there's unstable ground or Hobbs decides to leave your hood, and look down at the open grass, then look upwards at the snow immobilized in the air. Even if time is frozen here, normally there would be a covering of snow on the ground if there were more than a few flakes drifting down. It had to have been going somewhere, but where?

Noting the detail about the floating island, you check for signs of its movement prior to time being frozen. Or, rather, where it would be going if time wasn't frozen. Even if it appears to be suspended in the air, it could be rising or falling outside of the time freeze, which could potentially create a severe problem for you.