Calmly and sincerely explain that we have no memory of the events in those recordings, and offer to surrender all our weapons to Tom.

Hug Tom

http://vekter.dfellowes.com/ruby

Keep this open as a quick notes guide throughout the thread.

RUBY: "Tom? Okay, look at me. Look at me. Now...this is my SCALPEL...here, I'm putting it down over here...and now I'm walking away from it, over here. I'm unarmed now...so...please...put the caneshovel down...and...lets just talk about this, okay?"

Drop the scalpel, explain that they need to talk it out.

Remember the longer it takes you guys to guess the right answer, the longer it will take me to select and post the pre-drawn next panel.

Not traditional, not a game, doesn't fucking belong here.

>>3429238
>>3429239
>>3429243
>Say that to show your good will, that you will be placing the scalpel on the ground and stepping away from it (do so). After this ask Tom what he wants.
Ruby places the SCALPEL on the ground as a show of good faith. She nervously continues to try to explain, but her voice is shaking.

Try to mention that neither of you actually remember what happened. Also say that you've placed your trusts upon each other.

>>3429256

wait for Tom's reaction

>>3429256
Back away from scalpel, sit against the wall, rock back and forth and try to make sense of all this.

Wait for response?

>>3429238
>>3429239
>>3429243
>>3429248
>>3429249
>>3429250
>>3429252
>>3429253
[OKAY, I GET IT]
Ruby backs away slowly. Tom seems somewhat placated, but he is still in a panic. He orders Ruby to leave the room.
Ruby offers that if anything should happen, she will still have her walkie-talkie.

>>3429273
Break dance.

>>3429273

Leave room

Ruby exits the room, leaving Tom alone for the time being. Perhaps some space will help calm things down.
She doesn't know what to do next.

Ruby is shaking. These recent events have unnerved her greatly.
She has a pounding headache.

tell tom that if you wanted to see him dead, you wouldn't have sent him the antidote.

>>3429273
Find someplace to mull all this over, and give Tom time to do so as well.

>>3429273
Go to cafeteria, drown sorrows with water from the water cooler.

>>3429285
>interactive fiction
>not a game
uh oh, better go toss out Dungeons and Dragons!

>>3429276
Of course, Ruby should just moonwalk away.

>>3429284

Ponder craftsmanship on the now fixed Z-Hatch.

Timidly ask Tom for the champagne he found earlier. Ruby needs to drown her sorrows in booze.

>>3429298
That would certainly be advisable, yes.

>>3429291
>Go to cafeteria, drown sorrows with water from the water cooler.
Not knowing where else to go, Ruby heads to the cafeteria.

enter z-hatch

Did we ever check that hole properly?

>>3429312
Looks around in a manly manner.

Something is right next to the water cooler!

>>3429312

Drink some water, maybe that'll help

>>3429312
Don't drink the water, try to spill it on the surface of the table to create a reflecting surface. If it works, check your face out.

Stitches Sez:
"DON'T REPLY TO SAGES OR IMAGE SPAMMERS, OR YOU WILL BECOME THE ZOMBIES."

Check thing on the floor next to water cooler

Hey Weaver, can we get an inventory check?

>>3429325
>Looks around in a manly manner.
Ruby tries to collect herself and surmises her situation in the most manly manner she can muster.

>>3429346

The eye is coming! And Tom isn't here to clarify! Oh the woe!

Best panel in RubyQuest yet? Maybe.

>>3429349
As soon as we get a janitor/mod up here in this motherfucker.

>>3429346
Think about that video, how it fits into other events and dates.

>>3429345
>inventory check
Ruby is carrying a BALL OF TWINE, an OXYGEN TANK WITH MASK, and HEAVY RUBBER GLOVES.

>>3429346
Sit down, and try to calm down and think. Review inventory.

>>3429363

Get high on Oxygen.

Take a seat and calm down

Ruby: go back through Z-Hatch and look around

Go grab the STATUETTE.

>>3429363
Puts on oxygen tank to disguse self.

>>3429363
Open your third eye.

TOM: DESTROY VIDEO VEIWER

The eye appears whenever Ruby is in great emotional distress! And probably caused by Tom! This is important.

Sacrifice some water from the cooler to the Janitor Gods.

Try to find a way to look at your face. As was suggested before, see if you can't use the water as a reflecting pool.

go look at the lockers/cells again.

>>3429364
>>3429372
>Sit down, and try to calm down and think.
Ruby tries to gather her thoughts and calm down. It won't do to go running around willy-nilly.
Where should she go next? She still has to do something. She can't just give up!

Go get the STATUETTE, now.

>>3429389

Check the remaining cells in the room upstairs.

attempt to open third eye

ABANDON SANITY.
WEAR GOAT HEAD AS HAT.

>>3429389

We DON'T want to grab the statuette yet, Tom has the access card and the trap may be reset.

Check the closet in the z-hatch room.

Go upstairs. Thats a start.

Ask Tom how if he is still okay over the walky-talky. Ask him to turn the eye-dial to the symbol we haven't tried yet.

Dude he's just waiting until you say the right thing to post the next one. It's like a super slow copy pasta

>>3429403
No. Leave Tom alone unless he contacts us.

>>3429392
>>3429381
>open third eye
There's no hiding it anymore. Ruby can feel the third eye throbbing in her head, eager to make itself known.

Call tom and beg for forgiviness

Interact with third eye.

>>3429389
See if we can find some of that barbed wire that was covering the shutter earlier. Tap into Ruby's latent MacGuyver abilities if there is, and equip the GLOVES, then wrap the wire around one of the GLOVES to make a PRICKLY FIST

>>3429410
See through time.

>>3429410

Look around, does the third eye see anything unusual?

Let's explore, go upstairs, to the room with TV and the cabinet. I think there was a door we didn't open yet.

>>3429410
Try to open other eyes.

if its not too much for Ruby at the moment, can we check the top shelf where the goat head is located? I thought I saw something among the blood we missed out on.

Does anything look different from extra eye?

>>3429410
YAY SOMEONE GUESSED THE RIGHT ANSWER

NOW, ON TO ATTEMPTING TO GUESS THE NEXT RIGHT ANSWER.

Maybe go back to the room Ruby supposedly attacked Tom and try to look around with her third eye.

>>3429410
Ponder what three eyed glasses would look like on her.

>>3429436
High five man!

>>3429410

Check and see if we still have a hymen.

>>3429415
If Ruby's on her own, she's going to need some defense.

Ruby wraps the incredibly thick gloves with barbed wire to create the PRICKLY FIST.

Need d20 stats stat

It's time to go trough all rooms to see what's changed. Start upstairs and stop if you find anything. Also, did we ever push the button? Push it if nothing comes along.

>>3429444
Cunt punch.

>>3429444

Make a Fist of the North Star reference. Then go investigate to the room Tom was murdered in.

>>3429444

Good. now return to the locker room.

>>3429444
Had to feed you guys the right answer, that's hilarious

Awesome, now continue waiting for Tom.

As said before, head upstairs. Downstairs is Toms territory now...

Look for the hidden camera in the medical room.

>>3429444
Go investigate the z-hatch

>>3429460
The truth shall set you free.

Free to get a low bandwidth site, open source imageboard software and the hell out of here.

head upstairs and get the statue

>>3429444
Admire your handiwork, then rummage around a bit in the debris in the doorway for anything of value. If not, continue up to the room with the CREEPY STATUE

>>3429476
Because it's a troll. Stop replying to it.

>>3429423
>I thought I saw something among the blood we missed out on.
It was just a severed vertebrae.

>>3429459
Ruby heads upstairs. There may still be things to examine downstairs, but this is a good point, Tom does probably want his space.

>>3429476
To quote something I saw once, this isn't a game and it would be cool of you cool cats to cool your way somewhere that's about storytelling and not here, which is about games and playing games.

>>3429475

once again, the trap on the podium may be reset. It's best to not get the statue until we have the access card again.

>>3429487
Examine room with your THIRD EYE. Then check to see if the trap on the STATUE PEDESTAL is fully disabled.

>>3429487

take statue.

Climb the ladder.

Sure is reported trolling in here.

Give us a quick rundown regarding the room

Whats the website for IRC? (i cant run that >.<)

>>3429487
Look at the writing on the wall with our third eye, can it decipher it?

sing into the handset. something sweet and full of lament.

>>3429521

She is, according to all the evidence. The only time she used her right hand was when she allegedly attacked Red.

>>3429495
>Examine room with your THIRD EYE. Then check to see if the trap on the STATUE PEDESTAL is fully disabled.
Ruby can't tell if there are any traps remaining on the pedestal.

Ruby opens her THIRD EYE and closes her others, surveying the room...

He didn't start a new thread yet, did he?

Traditional Games Discussion:

One of my personal favorites, Call of Cthulhu has many of the qualities you seem to enjoy about this Story that is being told on /tg/. It has horror, and a gritty feel. It is also interactive, unlike this story that is being told now. Rather than being tied down by the author, a Call of Cthulhu game can last hours and doesn't require the usage of a forum devoted to gaming to enjoy.

I'd rate Call of Cthulhu like so:

Likeness to RQ: 4/10. Unfortunately, no roleplaying game is going to require as little effort as being told a story. The horror elements are definitely present, however.

Playability: 10/10 anyone who can read and enjoys horror can and should play Call of Cthulhu. There is even a d20 modern offshoot for those of you who don't want to learn the (superior) Chaosium system.

Enjoyability: 10/10. Call of Cthulhu has everything needed to create the ultimate horror game in your own livingroom.

>>3429526
It was her mirror twin!

>>3429533
Examine the 'painting' that has "RUBY" scrawled on it in more detail.

Inspect "Ruby"??

>>3429533
Check medical room with third eye.

check everywhere with third eye.

>>3429539
>Examine the 'painting' that has "RUBY" scrawled on it in more detail.
This must be what she saw.
There's some strange, archaic-looking text on the painting, but Ruby can't decipher it.

radio tom and say she found something that might help them. her third eye can see funky stuff. keep him updated on what you find.

>>3429549

Third Eye-Examine MEDICAL ROOM

>>3429549

Well, leave that until later.

Examine the locker room next.

>>3429549

Use THIRD EYE on TEXT

>>3429549
See if the THIRD EYE can decipher anything else from it. If not, progress to the LOCKER ROOM and use the THIRD EYE to view it.

Could Ruby decipher the archaic writing in the dummy-room? It'd probably have to be later, when Tom's cooled down.

NAw g, move the painting.

>>3429558
>Use THIRD EYE on TEXT
The text is still incomprehensible.
But Ruby sees that there's something out of place behind it. Something tied to her.

Look behind panel/writing?

>>3429571

remove painting/plaque

>>3429571

I'd suggest to look at it, but you're going to anyway.

After that inspect either the locker room or the medical room with the third eye.

>>3429571
Use PRICKLY FIST to scrape away at the fabric/paper of the plaque. If it's not paper or fabric, then make a mental note of what we saw and head into the LOCKER ROOM.

Everything inverts in THIRD EYE VISION. We should examine the mysterious pit in the brig. Screw tom and his space.

>>3429569
>move the painting.
There's nothing behind the painting... but Ruby's sure something's here.

>>3429596
Break it over your knee like a pro wrestler.

Unknown Armies is a pretty cool traditional game.

>>3429596
Break it open if you can. Check behind the image, or in the frame, etc.

Use THIRD EYE on CREEPY EYE PAINTING from the Z-Hatch room.

>>3429596
Flip the painting over, and look at the back. Use THIRD EYE if necessary.

>>3429596
why don't you just post the next frame instead of giving us the answer, then waiting for us to say it before posting?

>>3429596

Look at the other side of the painting.

>>3429596
Look at wall with third eye.

>>3429575
>>3429576
>>3429578
>>3429579
>>3429583
>>3429584

make sure tom doesn't see the PRICKLY FIST. we don't want him to know we are armed again. politely radio him and ask that he leave the dummy room so we can check it out with our newfound power. or let her in, either one.

>>3429618
I suggest we leave Tom the hell alone for a while.

>>3429433
Your butt.
It sounds hurt.

Can we still switch to Tom at this point? (I don't remember being told we couldn't, but I figure we probably can't in the situation).

Radio Tom
"I know we probably aren't really on the best terms right now BUUUuuuut I just found something really important."

>>3429618
>>3429633
No offense, but we should wait to Radio Tom when we actually find something out about the painting, or is Ace pops his head around the corner.

As Chris Crocker would have said it, "Leave Tom alone!!"

>>3429583
>Use PRICKLY FIST to scrape away at the fabric/paper of the plaque.
Ruby tears back the parchment on the front of the frame.
There appears to be a large group portrait hidden under it.

THIRD EYE is the new HUG

>>3429648
Take portrait and move on to Locker room.

>>3429648
Suddenly, memory flashback?

>>3429648

Keep this safe, might be important.

Radio Tom.

Hug the picture!

>>3429648
do we recognise anyone?
i guess thats ruby, tom and stiches, but do you know the names of the others?

>>3429633

We didn't find shit. Leave Tom to plotdevices. Break painting, use 3rd eye on wall. Explore rest of upstairs. Push butan near the coffins.

Is hound wearing a dress?

>>3429648
Anyone else notice that the fist was suspiciously suggested out of fucking NOWHERE and now it suddenly needed to be used to progress?

Why doesn't Weaver just post all the panels of the comic together with the story in text? I'm sure we'd like it more because a. we wouldn't be spending so much time/clogging the thread posting suggestions for no reason and b. if we could just read the story all in one go, people wouldn't be so angry about it.

Tom, Ruby, dead guy in the cafeteria(?), Stitches, ???, ACE???

>>3429667
we like it when people get angry, its like one giant collaborative troll.

>>3429648
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>>3429667
>now it suddenly needed to be used to progress?
The fist was not needed to tear the parchment. Ruby is not THAT weak.

>>3429655
>Take portrait and move on to Locker room.
Ruby rolls up the GROUP PORTRAIT and moves on to the next room.

>>3429667
Right, because there's no other possible way to tear a piece of paper.

>>3429674
It's that sorta childish? It detracts from our ability to read the thread easily.

>>3429680

Check WHEEL SYMBOL with THIRD EYE

>>3429683
Not one that wasn't forced upon us using stuff that wasn't in the room we were in.

Check the room with...the third eye.

Quick-inspect the room

>>3429680
View room with MINDVISION.

Check lumpy growth with third eye, maye it's Tom's extracted eye and will react?

Can we get a closer look at the pattern on locker 3?

Oh, fffffff.... didn't remember we had already pushed to button. Hmm, check rest of the coffins? If not let's take the ladder upstairs.

>>3429701
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure

>gamebook

>>3429685
>Check WHEEL SYMBOL with THIRD EYE
it hurts it hurts it hurts
something from
the back wall

it hurts

What in the hell is that to her left?

Use THIRD EYE on WHEEL SYMBOL in painting from the room where Tom was killed.

>>3429708

I think those Chzo references are a bit forced, and you should probably stop doing them.

Check the lockers first.

>>3429708
Steel yourself, pain is weakness leaving the body. Try to discern as much information from that wheel thing that you can, then inspect the HIDEOUS GROWTH with MINDVISION.

How much does it hurt?
If it is unbearable, snap out of it.

>>3429701
The sound of your butt hurting? Music to my ears.

>>3429714
>Use THIRD EYE on WHEEL SYMBOL in painting from the room where Tom was killed.
Ruby's third eye hurts very badly. Her head is throbbing.

Perhaps overusing it is a bad idea.

Then, just check all the lockers with your normal eye. Tom's included, even though he said there'd be nothing.

>>3429708
If its to bright, squint
If it sears her mind or whatever, close her third eye and back out of the room for a moment.

>>3429715
This whole single player story + yelling is way forced

>>3429725
Ruby's subconscious apologizes for pushing her this far. Radio TOM, ask him if he's up to talking yet.

>>3429725

Try to relax, then check locker #1

It looks like a compass and the "north" points down?

>>3429725
Tell Tom over walkie talkie that in the other video she was killed on october 29th and the new video took place in november, therefore something fishy is going on

Contact Tom and update him on what you've discovered.

>>3429725
Get out of here. Check medical room with third eye.

Check locker #2

Radio Tom, things are serious now.

>>3429737
Tom has seen more dates than she has, its probably a little more difficult to get over seeing your friend stab you to death.

>>3429746
Atleast it is something. We need all the help we can get here

>>3429729
>>3429732
>Radio TOM, ask him if he's up to talking yet.
Ruby radios Tom.
Tom says he's okay. He's exploring. He'll keep in touch. Ruby assures him she is fine too.
Tom makes it clear he is still not in a very talkative mood.

At least he was polite.

Gee, give her some breathing room!

>>3429754
Go down to the dummy room and activate the console by turning the dial.

>>3429754
hes exploring? ffffff in b4 he runs into ace

nobody has said to invesitgate that object with imense power? check that bitch out it must be important.

f5, post cleared for launch, post away.

>>3429754
Wipe blood off forehead.

If Ruby is checking lockers she hasn't checked before she should be prepared to PRICKLY FIST anything hostile she might find. Brace for hostiles with each open door.

Additionally, Tom is exploring. We can probably still switch to him (Yes. I'm the same guy.)

>>3429754
Head back down to the room you and TOM were in before he kicked you out.

Just check those lockers already.

>>3429749
>>3429742
>>3429733
Ruby checks the various lockers.
Most of them are jammed shut, and locker #5 is wedged on its hinges. It looks like it was shut too tightly -- Ruby can't pull it open with her GIRLISH FIGURE.

There is fresh blood on locker 2, however, and the locking mechanism seems to be open.
Ruby considers whether to investigate.

>>3429754
Risk angering TOM by asking where he is exploring. He might be in danger. He might be in the dummy room... alone with that evil dummy.

STICK FACE THROUGH HOLE. BE CEILING RUBY.
WAIT FOR TOM TO CLIMB UP THE LADDER. SURPRISE HIM.

>>3429754

examine and if possible take thing in jar.

Can she, in any way, climb up to reach that symbol? Stand on the handle, grab some wires, etc? If not, call Tom and ask him to give her a boost. If he's done throwing a hissy fit, that is

Stand to the side and open it, weapon at the ready.

>>3429777
Punch the locker.

>>3429777
BRACE FOR STITCHES

Knock on locker #2 to see if anything is live in there...

>>3429777
We don't have any weapons, do we? Don't open it.

>>3429777
Equip the PRICKLEY FIST. Then cautiously open the locker, FIST at the ready.

>>3429792
We have prickly fist.

>>3429777

Knock on it politely before opening.

Equip Barbed fist and open locker

>>3429777
tom, if i don't radio back in one minute i'm in trouble. i'm in the locker room.

READY SPIKY FIST, OPEN LOCKER

I dont think we're going to win that many fights with a glove wrapped in barbed wire..

>>3429786
>>3429785
>>3429784
Ruby punches the locker to show it who's boss. Then she stands to one side and opens it...

...but it's empty, save for a small padlock key taped to the back wall. It looks very purposeful.

Why is he not banned yet?

Also, assholes, WE SAID THAT ALREADY.

A BILLION TIMES.

>>3429807
>I dont think we're going to win that many fights with a cargo hook.

>>3429809

take key.

Return to Red's Office

>>3429809
We seem to have a mysterious benefactor!

Take the KEY, see if it works on any of the doors in the previous room.

>>3429809
Take it.

Use padlock key on the skull cabinet in the room you had to climb through a pipe to get. You know the one.

The only person who's been bleeding recently is ace.

>>3429810
who? Also what?

Take the key, climb the ladder in the statue room and open the cabinet.

>>3429780
>STICK FACE THROUGH HOLE. BE CEILING RUBY.
Ruby peers down into the room below, where she first woke up.

Tom's bloodied CROWBAR is there -- she must have missed it on her way to the cafeteria, because it's lying in the pit in the center of the room. Obviously, it's no longer stuck in Ace's leg.

OH god this is so a trap..

>>3429825
Only one WHO WE KNOW OF.

Head up the ladder, open closet with padlock key!!!

>>3429831
Radio TOM and tell him you found his crowbar. TTYL kbai.

Any blood tracks from the crowbar?

>>3429792
We have PRICKLY FIST

go get crowbar, try and use it to open locker 5

>>3429841
>Radio TOM and tell him you found his crowbar. TTYL kbai.
Ruby contemplates keeping the crowbar should she need it, but instead radios Tom and lets him know where to find his crowbar.
Ruby heads back towards the upstairs room she emerged from the pipe in.

Try the key on padlocked cabinet first.

Radio Tom and tell him both where you are and where you can see his Crowbar.

Then go up to the current 'highest' room and use this Key on the cabinet there.

>>3429859

Greet shadowy figure.

I had to.

>>3429859

Who's that in the corner/

>>3429859
Turn around to face the figure behind you. Say "...Red?"

>>3429859

BEHIND YOU

Turn around, equip barbed fist of fisting.

Whats that black thing behind her??

>>3429859
Greet shadowy figure in the corner calmly, but be ready with Fisto! The spiky glove.

... Thing in the corner looks lupine.

Is it HOUND or RED?

>>3429873
We are, shut the fuck up.

REFRESH BEFORE YOU POST

>>3429875
Its falco.

>>3429866
i'm gonna masturbate to this picture with thoughts of her voyeurism strong in my mind.

>>3429863
>Oh hell LOOK TO THE CORNER!
Soft sobbing sounds are coming from the dark corner of the room.
Crying.

>>3429875

It's tiny, chuckles. It's the mouse.

greet shadowy figure WITH fisto...............to the face
ask questions afterward
.
.
.
.
this is a joke don't get ruby killed.

>>3429878
Why did I think of this too.

Also, DONT TALK TO IT. ITS PROBABLY A ZOMBIE. RUN TO TOM.

IT's that bird guy!

>>3429883

Ask figure if they are okay

>>3429883

...Stitches? Is that you?

Approach cautiourly.

>>3429883
WIIIIIIITCH

DO NOT APPROACH

Say hello from a safe distance.

>>3429883

Approach with caution; say hello.

Also thread is autosaging.

>>3429883
Startle it

>>3429858
If you don't like, hide thread.
Stop ruining other peoples' fun by your hateful comments, goddammit!


Roll for initiative, prepare to fight. Just in case.

Let's not go near it. Not EVERYTHING has to be messed with. Some things are best left alone.

FUCK IT'S A WITCH

TURN OFF YOUR FLASHLIGHT

Don't come any closer, don't run, just say hello. Wave.

Just say "Hello". DON'T APPROACH, DON'T ATTACK.

>>3429888
>Ask figure if they are okay
The figure continues to cry softly in the corner.

>>3429904

lol

stupid ruby go upstairs or something. leave it alone.

>>3429907
Back a safe distance away, and use MINDVISION on the figure, as they're clearly unresponsive.

Give it a gentle hug.

>>3429907

Leave the room, but don't take your eye off it until you're gone.

Best not to antagonise it if it's not tryingto kill you right now. Makes a pleasant change from everyone else.

I can't help but think it's Ace in the fetal position

>>3429907
Back away slowly and use your third eye

Touch his/her shoulder... Very slowly.

>>3429907
Approach and try asking it again in a nice voice. Remember to stay far enough away in case it turns out badly.

>>3429907

If it isn't too much for us, mindvision the figure, otherwise let's leave cautiously because we've had a GREAT track record with unresponsive figures.

>>3429907
"Uh, hey, hello? My name's Ruby...does that ring any bells?"

Dont force yourself upon him. The last thing we need is to upset yet another character.
I wonder if he even knows you are there.

It would be best to find Tom before encountering any more strangers in this dangerous place, regardless of whether he's happy to see you or not.

Examine figure from at least an arms length away to remove the SHROUD OF DARKNESS SILHOUETTE FORM form it.

>>3429910
>>3429914
>>3429918
>Leave the room
Ruby gets the distinct feeling that there is something terribly wrong here, and carefully, quietly, leaves the figure be.

No honestly, just use the key on the padlock.

Who has time for Emo crap? Do you want to hear about how hard high school is, how it can't get dates, what type of music it likes?

No, you want the shotgun in the cabinet.

>>3429934

Nice... Naw, let's go up that ladder and open the cabinet with the key we just found.

>>3429934

Warn Tom of new candidate for DANGER

>>3429934
Warn Tom about this figure, tell him it hasn't shown signs of hostility but we have a bad feeling about it.

Climb ladder, open cabinet with key. Leave horribly sad monster alone.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1HVlcXBmA Loller.

>>3429934
Tell the sobbing figure that if he or she needs help with anything, try to find her.

I love how this faggot isn't spamming the two mmo threads on the front page with his useless shit.

Thread is avtosaging, need new one.

>>3429939

AND ACTIVATE THE SQUASHING CEILING? NO THANK YOU.

>>3429948
>>3429947
>>3429946
No, don't harass Tom more.
Continue about your business, quietly offer help to the figure should it need it, and leave.

>>3429954
Just use noko in the e-mail field.

god damn it people, leave tom alone, he needs his personal space.

>>3429954
KEEP POSTING! RIDE THIS BITCH TILL IT DIES!

Can we switch to Tom's perspective to see what he's doing?

Ruby's no clingy bitch, give Tom his space!

Ruby continues upstairs and opens the TALL LOCKER with the PADLOCK KEY.

...it would appear the back of the locker has been removed, in a clever disguise of a hidden door located behind it.
The door appears unlocked...

>>3429976

Explore further

Hey, if it is absolutely necessary to radio Tom, atleast ask HIM for some info. I mean, you tell him important things, so why cant he?

>>3429976
Knock "Shave and a Haircut" on the door. See if anyone replies with "Two Bits."

>>3429976
Prepare PRICKLY FIST, open door.

>>3429984
>>3429986

Both at once.

>>3429972
That's the spirit!

Use THIRD EYE to read those strange symbols.

Can we tell anything about where the wiring for that monitor might be going? (up, down, back into that room we opened, etc?)

>>3429976
Inspect arcane writings to the SOUTH (?), tearing parchment if able.

Ruby enters the hidden room.
This room is divided into two main sections by a partition wall with no door, leaving both sections separated but accessible.
It appears to be similar to the examination room downstairs, in some ways.

An ACCESS HATCH leading up is sealed with a rather large mechanism, which is linked to a wall panel.

On the west portion of the room, there is a MEDICINE CABINET.

check cabinet

>>3430001

She's going to have to call Tom sooner or later. This is new and useful information.

>>3430001
Examine room with third eye.

>>3430001
Loot Medicine Cabinet, inspect webbed locker, look at RED IMAGE with MINDVISION.

Let no poster or scrap of paper go unchecked. Tear down the eye exam sheet.

That eyechart in dark mode is going to have some fucking nightmare fuel on it.

>>3430019
yeah

>>3430011
I think she's probably a bit sore still, let it rest. Did the eye even stop bleeding yet?

>CJOPAZEFHTAGNB
Oh Weaver, you card.

>>3430017
lets not tear things until we can look at them with out third eye. and she shouldn't do that until she rests it

Examine the BOX COVERED IN FLESHY GROWTH

>>3430011
>Examine room with third eye.
Ruby's third eye is still in pain.

>>3430012
>Return and SCAN strange symbols.
Are you perhaps referring to the BROKEN LAB EQUIPMENT in the room to the south?

>>3430007
>check cabinet
Ruby tries to open the cabinet, but it refuses to budge. The tiny lock on the side must be holding it closed.

Wait.

Go up ladder.

Close cabinet.

Close door.

Relax.

Use the key you just found on the cabinet.

Take the eye exam for giggles

Jump back before that arm coming around the corner gets you!

Close the fucking doors!

>>3430035
I'm not saying destroy it. I'm saying take it with us, or at least off the wall just in case something is behind it. I say tear because the corners would be damaged.

ARM reaching around!!!
Jump away!!!

commence preparations to begin to make ready to FREAK OUT.

>>3430047
FUUUUUUUUUU-

>>3430039
OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

>>3430039
Notice the hand around the side of the wall. Equip the PRICKLEY FIST and prepare for battle.

>>3429990
YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

> use key on cabinet
> inventory
> prickly fist
> use prickly fist on creepy hand
> open eye chart

I FUCKING KNEW IT.

>>3430047
>Jump back before that arm coming around the corner gets you!
Someone's
here.

Ruby: Turn towards the meatlocker. Bend over and examine it, ensuring to wiggle your hips while doing so. Nothing bad could come of this.

Oh, hey, Stitches.

We can take him.

Hide if possible.

>>3430062

WHo's there?!

Back off. Ask the figure to identify itself.

>>3430062
Equip PRICKLEY FIST. Say "Alright, I know you're there...might as well come out if you don't want a face-full of barbed wire..."

>>3430062

Page TOM, greet FIGURE.

Try to comunicate.

Keep distance, ask it to explain itself.

Use PRICKLY FIST on NEWCOMERS head before it has the chance to realize Ruby's there.

Repeat until head resembles misshapen pile of meat.

Greet TOM

I think you are all overestimating Rubys ability to fight, but thats just me.

Don't attack. Don't give in to your demons.

> inventory
> prickly fist
> use prickly fist on new person
> use key on cabinet
> open cabinet
> open eye chart

>>3430062
Jump back and then greet.

>>3430070
>>3430074
Aggressiveness is not a survival trait here. Talk before punch.

PUNCH DIAGRAM
PUNCH NOTE
PUNCH TOM
PUNCH NEWCOMER
PUNCH SELF
PUNCH METAL GLEN

The haggard-looking man comes around the corner.

Ruby keeps her weapon at the ready.
The man holds his hands up in a gesture of surrender.
He looks oddly relieved, and sighs deeply.

"Ruby?... Oh, thank God!"

Proceed, interrogation go!

>>3430089
"HEY, HEY! STAY BACK! I've seen enough crazy shit in this place to know that looks can be deceiving! Now who the hell are you, and how the hell do you know my name?!"

>>3430088

We don't need to wait to see how Stitches is holding himself up this time.

Remember; That fucking bear has a teeth-filled mouth where his BRAIN should be. Punch it.

>>3430096

Who are you? What's going on?

(lol hi F)

>>3430096

FALCON PAWNCH!!!!

>>3430096
Thank god with him.

>>3430096
ask him if he is f

...Stitches had 2 hands..

>>3430096
"uhm, where's your hand?

>>3430096
Lol so that's whose hand it was!

>>3430096
Ask : "Who are you again?"

Ask him why he doesnt have a RIGHT HAND!!

>>3430096

Note: He's missing a hand; Cautiously ask him who he is, and how he knows your name.

>>3430096
Ask him what happened to his hand.

>>3430108

We found F's hand, remember?

This guys is missing a hand... was it his hand we sent up the chute all that time ago?

However, he seems talkative. So ask him who he is, what's going on here, how he knows who we are, and any other burning question that leaps into Ruby's mind.

Say hello to F.

You don't want to give away the fact that you know less than the strange man in front of you. Stay quiet and let him do the talking.

> use prickly fist on newcomer
> open newcomer
> use key on cabinet
> open cabinet
> open eye chart

Ask him to take us upstairs.

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