>>5766917
>2. Flashlight
>4. "Pocket-shotgun"

This tomb must be raided.

>>5766917
>1. Pocketknife
Never go innawoods without one. Cut, solder, digging, hole punching, the works.

>5. Lighter
This has more utility than it would seem on the surface. It could heat up the knife, melt rubber, and the construction foam implies the presence of wooden beams. Torches and makeshift glue from the melted rubber can be made.

If we find things to stack like boxes or beams, we could cut one of the cables with the heated knife to make into an artificial vine to climb back up and down as needed.

>>5766917
>1. Pocketknife
>2. Flashlight

>>5766917
>2. Flashlight
>3. Canteen
2 things that you would probably be carrying on you if you were digging a hole

>>5766917
>2. Flashlight
>3. Canteen

Versimilitude build. Let's go.

>>5766917
>Flashlight
>Pocketknife

>>5766922
+1

>>5766917
>Canteen
>Lighter

>>5766917
>1. Pocketknife
>5. Lighter
we love some thin stan

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To her relief, the old flashlight survived the fall just fine, she attaches it to the front of her belt.
Clutching her trusty pocket knife helps Hemya to calm her nerves, who knows if something is still alive down here?
She would much rather have her crossbow or hatched right now but that stuff is left on the surface, along with her supplies.
Hell, even her shovel would have been a better emergency weapon.

Speaking of which, where is her shovel, wasn't she using it just before she made her grand entrance?
Hemya can't find it anywhere in the room, not even her flashlight helps.
Eventually she looked up and saw the wooden handle poking over the edge of the hole above her, seemingly to taunt the girl.

As she gathered herself, she notices a faint yellow light illuminating the dark doorway ahead before slowly fading away.
Did a light-source just pass by? Is there anything alive down here or was it just some ancient automated system still running?

>1. investigate the passing light
>2. search this room for something useful
>3. [write in]

>>5767135
>>2. search this room for something useful

>>5767135
>>2. search this room for something useful

>>5767135
>1. investigate the passing light

>>5767135
>1. investigate the passing light

>>5767135
>>1. investigate the passing light

>>5767135
>1. investigate the passing light

>>5767135
>investigate the passing light

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Leaving the comfort of her crash-chamber, Hemya realizes that this "underground complex" that she found might be bigger than first imagined.
The entrance of her room leads her right onto an intersection of a rather spacious hallway.
Pipes and cables run along the upper walls and the ceiling and the floor plates show signs of vehicles passing trough.
There are a few lights along the walls but they barely emit any light, Hemya couldn't tell if they are electric lights running on very low voltage or chem-lights that are almost spent.

Back to the task at hand, Hemya managed to follow the yellow light to the south of the intersection and around the corner.
The sound of dripping water and smacking lips was audible even before the girl peeks into the room where the light shines from.

Hemya is familiar with those creatures, mutant subhumans that use abandoned human structures as their homes.
Since they can subsist on nothing but insects and puddles of mud, they are spread far and wide even in the most desolate places.
They make the lives of scavengers like Hemya hard because they occupy the very same structures that scavengers are interested in.
Those Wretches are small, deformed and barely stronger than a human child.
Killing just one shouldn't be too hard, even if her only weapon is a pocketknife, but a group of them are a serious threat.

>1. try to sneak up to it with the pocketknife
>2. charge into it and slam its head into the pipes in front of it
>3. ambush it when it leaves the room
>4. just return to the starting room and search it.
>5, [write in]

>>5767683
>1. try to sneak up to it with the pocketknife

>>5767683
> 2. charge into it and slam its head into the pipes in front of it

>>5767683
>1

>>5767683
>1

>>5767683
>3. ambush it when it leaves the room

>>5767683
>1. try to sneak up to it with the pocketknife

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The corroded and bend metal underneath Hemyas boots refused to cooperate with her.
The fat little mongrel turned its head before Hemya could cover more than half the way to it.
It jumped on its feet just before the girl could jab the small blade into its neck.
The mutant tried to dig its filthy nails into Hemya's hands but it couldn't penetrate her leather gloves.

Screeches and squeals turned into gargles and sputtering as the knife did its bidding.
The creature collapsed as its blood ran down the drain.

Some of its ugly friends might have heard its yapping.

>1. Fall back to the starting room
>2. Hold this room, ambush anything that enters
>3. [write in]

>>5768627
Shoulda blitzed it el retardos.

> (Write-in) There was a large vent on the wall of this room. Can you pry off the grating with your knife and crawl inside?

>>5768627
By the way OP, are the outcomes of these actions pre-determined or resolved through rolls?

>>5768650
A coin flip decided how it went this time.
Lost the first coin flip, won the second one, so the kill was a bit messy and loud.
I think i need a better way to decide the outcomes in the future.

>>5768662
If you wanna do a coinflip in the future you can just type 'dice+1d2' in the 'Options' section above--that'll roll a 2-sided dice. A lot of other quests use the best of 3 1d100 rolls, but it's largely up to how you wanna play it.

>>5768627
>>5768647
And +1 to this vote, by the way.

>>5768650
For the sake of making this a bit more transparent:
-if the "slam head into pipes" method would have been chosen, Hemya would have caused some noise by default but it would have taken a lot of lost coin flips for a truly loud fight.

-if the ambush would have been chosen, it would have been an easy kill but the mutant would have dropped the things that he was carrying, which would cause some moderate noise.
A lot of lost coinflips would have resulted in more mutants walking over while she waits for this one to leave, and many wins would have resulted in quiet kill.

-the sneak attack was the high risk, high reward option.

>>5768689
You want me to post a roll and then start drawing the picture of the result for the next 2-10 hours before posting it?
Wouldn't that just ruin the tension and excitement?

>>5768737
Usually players provide the rolls.

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>>5768737
> Wouldn't that ruin the tension and excitement.
Well...
You could give a vague challenge rating for each option, then have players roll [1d100, avg of 3] or [1d100, rand of 3].
This would preserve player anticipation and give you leeway to fudge things a little if the need arises.
At the end of the day, you're providing an interesting adventure with some pretty good accompanying art.
Only the most pedantic of powergamers would complain about the lack of absolute mechanical transparency.

>>5768740
>>5768749
Thats too big-brained for me, calculating all the rolls of the corresponding posts together sounds so painful.
It would also make thing more complicated for the posters.

For now i will just see how many heads or tails I will get in a row to determine the outcome of the option chosen by the most anons.

>transparency status: "trust me bro!"

>>5768774
That's okay.
Its your game man, we're just along for the ride.

>>5768627
>>5768647
Supporting

>>5768774
No worries, man, just thought I'd offer! Still enjoying it so far!

>>5768647
Supporting

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>>5768647
Unlike the other vents she has seen so far, this one is placed higher up the wall and offers very little head space.
The short mutants would struggle to climb inside and all who are remotely as fat as the one Hemya just killed would get stuck.
A perfect emergency exit if it wasn't for those four pesky screws holding the cover in place.

The "lantern" that our fat friend was carrying turned out to be a bundle of chem-light sticks, glued onto a metal base.
Their light might have dimmed over the years but its still bright enough for Hemya to work on the vent.

The girl managed to remove two of the screws before she heard the wet smacking of bare feet on metal.
She quickly tore of the hood from the dead mutant and covered the lantern to dim its light a little.

The flickering light of a torch approached from the left, accompanied by the toxic smell of burning plastic.
There is at least one of them, huffing from the exertion of waddling at a brisk pace towards the noise he heard.

>1. Strike right as it walks in
>2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone
>3. [write in]

>>5769709
>Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone

>>5769709
>2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone

>>5769709
>2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone

Let's gooo

>>5769709
>2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone

>>5769709
> 2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone
Time to hold your breath.

>>5769709
>1
the contrarian vote

>>5769709
>2. Let it enter the room to make sure that it is alone

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The torch-wielding mongrel waddled in without a care in the world.
It didn't even seem consider the possibility that the killer of his fellow mutant could still be around.
As t started poking the corpse with its foot while letting out a croaking laughter, Hemya wondered if that one might have come from a different tribe of mutants.

Slowly and quietly, a clubfooted female mutie entered the murder scene.
She is even smaller than her companion and carried some empty glass bottles attached to some cordage in one hand and a bone-shiv in the other.

Unlike the torch-carrier she did look over, made eye contact with the human and froze.

>1. Dispatch the female while the male is distracted.
>2. Grab the little cripple and trow her at her friend.
>3. [write in]

>>5770504
>2. Grab the little cripple and trow her at her friend.
Get two birds stoned at once

>>5770504
>1. Dispatch the female while the male is distracted.

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>>5770504
>>2. Grab the little cripple and trow her at her friend.

>>5770504
>2. Grab the little cripple and throw her at her friend.
Try to grab her by the shivving arm. The impromptu-flail is less dangerous in close quarters combat.

>>5770504
>1

>>5770504
>2. Grab the little cripple and trow her at her friend.

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Our fearless heroine managed to grab the mutant by the wrist to prevent her from stabbing anyone.

To Hemyas surprise, the skinny mongrel was smart enough to drop the bottles and catch the bone shiv with her left hand.

>1. throw her anyway
>2. start stabbing away.

[thats what flipping tails 3 times in a row looks like]
(tails=bad, heads=good)

Should I include the results of future coinflips in my post?

>>5771368
>Shove her and stab her friend while she's getting up

>>5771368
>1. throw her anyway

>Should I include the results of future coinflips in my post?
Yes

>>5771368
>Should I include the results of future coinflips in my post?
Yes
>>5771394
+1

>>5771394
+1

Rolled 70 (1d100)

Rolling for luck

>>5771368
>1. throw her anyway
Just fyi, you can roll d2s here, if you wanted to have the results of the coinflips in front of the table so to speak

>>5771853
>>5768737
> You want me to post a roll and then start drawing the picture of the result for the next 2-10 hours before posting it?
Wouldn't that just ruin the tension and excitement?
And
>>5768774
>transparency status: "trust me bro!"

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>>5771991
>>5771444
>>5771368

>>5771394
Support

>Should I include the results of future coinflips in my post?
Definitely

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>>5771394
Not wanting to get stabbed, Hemya simply shoved the crippled mutant aside and rushed at the torch-wielder.

Despite of the commotion happening right behind him, the potbellied mutt was still focused on stepping on the corpse in front of him.
Perhaps the distressed noises of his female companion and clattering glass bottles is something he is used to?

The pocketknife dug deep into his armpit and Hemya pulled it out with as slashing motion while pushing the mutant over.
Since he only had one foot on the floor, he fell over right away, but was still able to hold onto his torch.

A few thick drops of the black goo covering the torch flew off and kept burning on the floor as the mutie hit the ground, nasty stuff.
Despite the rapid blood-loss the mutant begins to rise while giving Hemya the stink-eye.

Meanwhile the cripple still struggled to get on her feet, the clubfoot to be more specific, while clutching her shiv.

[Coin: 1 head]

>1. Disarm the torch wielder
>2. Charge the cripple
>3. [write in]

>>5772272
>Charge the cripple
If the guy with the torch attacks us from behind, it will be easier to see than the guy with the knife.

Or just throw tha torch guy over the knife dude and stab away.

>>5772272
>2 charge the cripple
torch mutant got stabbed in the armpit, he's as good as dead, if he even manages to stand up he won't have any strength to do anything. bone shiv mutant is kinda sexy, sucks that she has to die.

>>5772272
>2. Charge the cripple

>>5772272
>2. Charge the cripple

>>5772272
>2. Charge the cripple

>>5772272
>2
yeah even if the wounded one does manage to get up and attack us a torch should do less damage than a shiv.

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To her credit, the mutant woman did not try to run away after seeing her partner getting stabbed.
She barely managed to get on her feet before Hemya grabbed the hand that was holding the shiv.
The difference in size and strength was to great for the mutant as the human effortlessly managed to stab her multiple times.

The torch mutant still tried to go after Hemya, either ignoring or being oblivious to the slashed artery in his armpit.
The dimwitted creature collapsed from blood loss before reaching the girl, probably confused as to why his body stopped working.

Now there are 3 dead muties in the room, not a sound aside from the dripping of the leaky pipe.
Nothing else seems to be approaching this place for now, Hemya has some time to think.

[coinflip: 3 heads]

(I will draw/write more details about her current situation tomorrow and prepare some possible actions)
>feel free to suggest anything that Hemya could focus on/worry about in the meantime

>>5772343
>bone shiv mutant is kinda sexy, sucks that she has to die.
You are kidding, right?

>>5773154
finish getting that grate open so we have a emergency exit/hidey hole

maybe explore the vent a bit so we know there aren't any nasty surprises in there.

>>5773154
Since we don't appear to require an emergency escape at the moment, perhaps we should hide the mutant corpses in the vent.
Removing indicators of our presence minimizes the risk of unpredictable behavior from the natives.

We may also want to search the disgusting little gremlins for objects of interest.
They almost certainly have nothing worthwhile, but it would be silly not to check.

>>5773154
>You are kidding, right?
nope
>>5773185
>We may also want to search the disgusting little gremlins for objects of interest.
backing this. also i would take the bone shiv and tie it to the torch wood as some sort of axe/pick for greater reach as a weapon, doesn't hurt to duel wield. not sure what the bottles could be used for

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Hemya quickly unscrewed the grate from the vent to secure another escape path in case she gets swarmed by mutants.
Even without the screws the grate can be re-attached without any issue, the stupid mongrels wont notice a thing.

After that was done, the scavenger-girl had to deal with the dead mutant situation.
The fat mutant with the lantern came from north of the junction near of Hemyas entrance room.
The other two came from the east , lets call them the torch mutants.
One came with a bucket, the others brought glass bottles.
This room with the leaky pipe must be the watering hole for (at least) those two tribes.


Considering how the torch wielder reacted to the fatty's corpse, those two groups might not like each other.
Both tribes will probably sent out some more mutts to find out why their water-carriers have not returned yet.

Hemya is coming up with a devilish idea, but first she has to deal with all of the possible loot.
The rope holding the female mutant's "dress" in place seemed pretty sturdy.
The fat guy carried a sack made of some kind of tough synthetic fibers, there were some roasted insect remains inside of it but the girl dumped those, she is not that desperate yet.
Torch wielder had nothing but a loin cloth and a necklace made of chewed-up electronic scrap, useless.
Aside from that there is the steel bucket that the fat guy brought, the water in the bucket looks clean and only has a slight iron smell to it.
His chem lantern can't be turned off but it offers some nice permanent light source.
The 3 glass bottles look pretty sturdy, plus they still have their caps attached.

Hemya used the moment of peace to scrape the cloth scraps covered in black, burning sludge from the torch-stick.
Using the rope from the mutant girls' dress, she fastened the bone shiv onto the stick to create a (quite fragile) war-pick.
The pile black sludge is still burning and stinking up the place, but its Hemyas only source of fire so she refrains from extinguishing it for now.

There are still no signs of mutants approaching, our heroine still got some time to plan her next actions

>1. Move the loot to the starting room
>2. check where the vent leads to in hopes of finding a saver location
>3. [write in]

>Hemya also wants to spend some time arranging the corpses to make it look like the to parties had a fight. should she do it?

>>5773892
arrange the corpses and climb into the vent, don't see why we can't put the loot in there too. wait inside the vent for the mutants that come looking for their fellow tribe members, maybe both tribes will show up and they will fight it out, getting rid of some more of them without lifting a finger. even if that doesn't happen, at least we can possibly get more information on the inhabitants, like how many come looking, and what stuff they are carrying. if either tribe is convinced that one of theirs got killed by the other, then it might start a hot war between them, as long as they aren't focusing on us, we'll benefit from it.

>>5773892
>2. check where the vent leads to in hopes of finding a saver location
Make it like they stabbed and tripped over each other

>>5773892
>2. check where the vent leads to in hopes of finding a saver location
>Hemya also wants to spend some time arranging the corpses to make it look like the to parties had a fight. should she do it?
Yes

>>5773892
>2
>yes
clan war go

>>5773892
Put the fat one over the female, let the mutants imagination fill the rest.
The water looks clean for naked human eyes, you don't know if there are parasites there. Boil it after.

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Since it would look suspicious if all three mutants would have been killed by efficient, lethal stab wounds, Hemya slashed them up a little more and moved the bodies closer together.
"The brave, unarmed, fatso was attacked by a group of rival mongrels but still managed to kill two of them before dying a warriors death!"
At least that is what the girl imagined, watching the scene she created.

After a little crawling, the vent became more spacious.
There seems to be a deep shaft going down, in the center of this vent system.
The thin metal grate covering this hole didn't look like it could handle a human putting their weight on it so Hemya turned back.

The grate on the western vent was larger than the one she entered trough.
After messing around with it for a while, Hemya found a mechanism to unlock the grate from the inside, it must have been some kind of maintenance entrance.

The L shaped room had two sealed doors and too much crap for the girl to worry about right now.
On first glance this must have been some sort of maintenance/janitorial room, shelves with various cleaning equipment and miscellaneous scrap lined the walls.
It would take some time to check if this room is actually save, but Hemyas time is limited.

>1. secure the room properly, check for any more entrance points
>2. just haul all the loot into this L-room
>3. explore the vent further
>4. [write in]

>>5774949
>1. secure the room properly, check for any more entrance points

>>5774949
>1. secure the room properly, check for any more entrance points

>>5774949
> 1. Secure the room properly, check for any more entrance points
> (Write-in) Cleaning supplies? Hm. Any bleach or ammonia laying around?

>>5774949
>1

>>5774949
>1
base acquired.

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There is no obvious way to open either of the two doors, no way the mutants could figure that stuff out.
The garbage chute next to the vent seems to be bottomless and it has a latch to lock it tight, neat.
The cleaning vehicle underneath the tarp has one of its four wheels firmly placed on top of a trapdoor.
Hemya could jam some plastic broomsticks into the opening mechanism of the vent to lock it.

Overall this room is far more save than her starting location.

>>5775069
Hemya couldn't decipher the symbols on any of the labels that cover the various bottles and jars on the shelves.
After opening some bottles and taking a whiff, she became a bit dizzy.
None of this stuff smelled like it could be used to purify drinking water.

Four identical bottles had a strong medical-alcohol smell, perhaps this stuff is flammable.
Perhaps Hemya could purify some water using some sort of alcohol stove.

She poured some of the liquid into a small tin can and stuffed a rag inside to serve as a small torch.
Now she just needs to ignite this miniature torch and she would have a reliable source of fire.
The burning sludge in the water room would do the trick, there are still no sounds of approaching mongrels.

>which items should Hemya prioritize moving into her new home first? (in case the mutants approach)

>also, write in what she should focus on once she is save in the L-room.

>>5775819
just get all the items in the vent and she can bring them all in as she pleases. she should see if she can move the vehicle and check what the trap door is, maybe there are more supplies down there.

>>5775819
Check out the boxes and shelves

>>5775819
>>5775886
Support, but maybe we can use the rest of the alcohol bottles as a fuel substitute? No particular reason, at least not yet, but it would be good to know if we can use the roomba car looking thing

>>5775819
> Water purification
Well, I was thinking more along the lines of improvising chloramine gas. A possible emergency solution for dispersing a large number of mutants.

> Which items to prioritize moving: I'll defer to judgement of other anons.
> What feature to inspect first: Pull the tarp off the floor-sweeper-machine. My first thought is that we can repurpose it as a crude bindle, but maybe it can have other uses too.

>>5775819
Make sure the doors and vents are closed properly first we won't see unwanted visitors again.

>>5775886
>>5776038
+1

>>5775819
backing >>5775886

>>5776056
how much chemistry knowledge do you expect this young girl looking character to have?

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After the pile of burning sludge ignited Hemyas can-torch, she quickly extinguished it to put an end to that burning plastic smell.
Stuffing everything in the vent saved her some time.
She even managed to fill the three glass bottles at the leaky pipe before she heard angry squealing in the distance.

Sliding into the vent and reattaching the grate, the girl began to quietly shove all of the stolen goods into her new home.
[Coinflip: 1 head]

>>5775886
With all of the loot secured, Hemya had time to inspect that sweeper thing a little closer.
Even with her limited mechanical knowledge, she could still tell that this 'vehicle' was not powered by a combustion engine.
Calling is a vehicle might be a stretch, it has no seat or steering wheel, it must be either remote controlled of autonomous.

The sweeper won't budge even a little as she pushes is, the wheels seem to be locked and the traction on the metal is too good.
At least she can use the tarp as a blanked later.

For now, there is plenty of time to kill as she waits for things to heat up between the mutts.

Hemyas current plans include:
-building an alcohol stove and boil some water
-checking the shelves and scrap box for more useful stuff
-disinfect some rags for bandages
-listen to the mutants arguing in the pipe room

>suggest anything else she could do while she is stuck here

Also, about granting Hemya one small luxury:

>she got four days worth of drinking water, could she use half of it to wash herself?

>>5776807
>suggest anything else she could do while she is stuck here
Use used washing water to wash her clothes

>she got four days worth of drinking water, could she use half of it to wash herself?
Yes

>>5776816
Supporting

>>5776807
Try to build a comfortable mattress and sleep

>she got four days worth of drinking water, could she use half of it to wash herself?
Yes but try to be frugal

>>5776807
backing >>5777182
but let's not get too comfy yet, still need food

>>5776807
>suggest anything else she could do while she is stuck here
We’ll make a makeshift bed, then look for any kind of food. Maybe we can boil some moss or something, not to eat now since we’re not too hungry, but just in case we can’t leave for a while. After that we can do a quick rummage through the boxes and go to bed. Tomorrow, we’ll leave in search of food and a way out.
>she got four days worth of drinking water, could she use half of it to wash herself?
Yes

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Searching trough the shelves, Hemya found some pliers, glue, screwdrivers and two canisters with an oil-like substance.
It looks like lubricant for machines but its also flammable.
The scrap box is filled with plastic cordage, small metal scrap pieces and cloth fragments of various sizes.

Hemya is happy, now that she can finally cleanse herself of all of the grime and odor sticking to her.
She could hear a loud argument between mutants trough the vent as she washed herself.
But that quarrel ended rather quickly, Hemya hopes that this wasn't all of it.

The girl utilizes one of the longer pieces of cord to dry her cleaned clothes.
At least as cleaned as they get after being dunked into the brown muck that was left in the bucket after Hemya was done scrubbing 4 days worth of sweat and dirt off of her skin.
Not to mention all the filth she encountered down here.

Trowing a bunch of cleaning rags on top of the pile of mats and covering it with a tarp makes for a decent bed.
She is not tired yet tho, still got some time to kill while waiting for the Mongrel battle to start.

>any other suggestion to kill more time?

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>>5778159
wrong pic

>>5778159
Make a molotov bomb maybe and an emergency torch

How long does it take for you draw each panel, anon, just curious.

>>5778159
Based on how the room is laid out, the door to the left must lead out into the hallway.
However, the door to the right must lead into a new room. There aren't many options for what that room could be given this place seems to be some kind of janitorial station - but maybe we can salvage some more useful items in there.
Its uncertain whether it is secure so prying open out saferoom to access it may not be wise - but perhaps after the mutants have gotten tired of shivving each other we can circle back through the hallways and verify that.

>>5778159
>make a makeshift bed
How old is Hemya supposed to be?

>>5778159
Build some traps with the junk. Write something in the walls. Make a map of where we've been.

>>5778187
Old enough to be legal.

>>5778159
Make firebomb and bed

>>5778159
woah lewd

backing >>5778183
we've got a lot of water, but if we're going to be trapped down here a while we'll need food too

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>>5778318
Picking only the nastiest pieces of scrap metal from the box of junk, Our resourceful scavenger quickly constructed some painful-looking caltrops.
She put them into the fat mutants snack-sack, she could pour them out to slow down any pursuers when she has to flee, or use the sack as a 'rock-in-a-sock'-type flail.

A while after getting comfortable on her improvised bed, she could hear a plethora of mutants approaching the watering hole.
At first it was just arguing that Hemya could hear trough the vent, but it did not take long for things to escalate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ77xBgIA9s
Their 'fearsome' battle cries rang throughout the complex as the two factions clashed.

This kept going for what felt to her like hours.
There is no way that this is a battle to the death, Mongrels lack the stamina and aren't that self destructive.
She imagined that most of the fighting consists of insults and shit-flinging, with the occasional stabbing and bludgeoning.

Be as it may, both groups will retreat sooner or later to lick their wounds and cannibalize their dead, as is tradition among these subhumans.
Hemya will have to use that time to explore the complex further, finding an exit or some food are her priorities.

>where should Hemya go next?

>>5778178
>How long does it take for you draw each panel, anon, just curious.
Depends on the complexity, one page takes 3-6 hours, more if ! do major mistakes

>>5778178
>>5778565
>make a firebomb
We only have 3 bottles filled with her drinking water, they are rather thick and hard to break.
Also, Hemya would have to carry her can-torch around to ignite them, she has no lighter or matches yet.

>>5778187
>How old is Hemya supposed to be?
Mid-teens, I struggle to keep her proportions consistent in my drawings, she is suppose to be petite but not to short.

>>5779398
>>where should Hemya go next?
Lets explore for a way up, while making a mental map of what we found.

>>5779398
Explore outside our fortress, find sources of food. The subhumans must have a regular source of food don't they.

>>5779398
> Try to use some of the rubber mats to span the dangerously flimsy grating over the vertical ventshaft.
> If that is successful, consider exploring the vent system connected to your safehouse a little further.

>>5779441
>>5779617
Supporting

>>5779398
>Start searching for food/a way up

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>>5779617
Shoving one of the thick, rigid rubber mats trough the vent was hard work.
Luckily the muties were to busy fighting to pay any attention to Hemya messing around in the vents.

She thought it would be enough to stabilize the fragile, corroded grate covering the pit in the central of the vent system.
The mat reached across the pit and would help displacing Hemyas weight over a larger area.
But the groaning of the old metal turned into cracking as the grate finally gave in, letting Hemyas lower body and the mat quickly sink into the hole.

Hemya kicked as hard as possible against what little remained of the grate to launch herself forward just a little bit further.
The rubber mat was sticking half way out of the vent hole, there are only jagged remains of the grates frame left there.
Somehow, in that short panicked moment, the girl managed to scrape her right leg pretty badly.

[Coinflip: 4 tails]

(not many choices right now, I had to draw the results of the bad coinflips. more to come tomorrow)

>>5780573
Oh god, do we have Tetanus now?
I can already feel lockjaw setting in.
> We need to apply continuous pressure on the wound until we can get back into the saferoom to treat it properly. Not sure if we have any scraps of fabric on us but if we don't we may need to tear a strip off of our shirt.
> It would be dangerous to try and go back the way we came. There's only one direction to go now.

>>5780623
Support

>>5780573
>[Coinflip: 4 tails]
It seems that our luck is either very good or very bad with no in between.

>>5780623
This

>>5780573
Close the wound AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>5780573
This accident made a noise, right?

>>5781415
I think we're safe, there's kinda a tribe war going on so if anyone heard they probably chalked it up to the chaos of battle.

>>5781492
You are underestimating the potential of these disgusting mutants to corrupt anything deemed pure. Never relax

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The wound is large but mostly superficial, she should still disinfect and bandage it later.
At least the mutants didn't notice the noise she was making, still busy fighting one another.
The vents to the east both seem to covered with those screwed on grates, similar to the water room.
With no way to remove the grate from the inside of the vent, Hemya checked the one on the opposite side.
It was the same type that lead to her room, she opened it and entered cautiously.

There was only one door, the one that leads to her room.
A bunch of metal drawers and shelves lined the wall opposite of the vent.
Some scary looking machinery hung from the ceiling, in the center of the room.
The most interesting part are those four chambers, lined up next to the girl.

Three were empty and dead, but the last one emitted some light and a soft humming noise.
The terminal next to them was also active, so this place still has some power left.
Hemya imagined that there must be some sort of system responsible for the distribution of the limited power down here.

>look for anything that could help her open the door
>check out the terminal and the chambers.
>[write in]

>>5782969
>check out the terminal and the chambers.
Could be good loot inside

>>5782969
>>check out the terminal and the chambers.

>>5782969
> (Other) That powered chamber seems to have a quaint little viewing window. Maybe if we stand on our tiptoes we can peek at what's inside?

>>5782969
>>check out the terminal and the chambers.
Maybe we'll find a map and figure out what this place is

>>5782969
>check out the terminal and the chambers.

>>5782969
>>check out the terminal and the chambers.

>>5782969
>check out the terminal and the chambers.
definitely peek in the glowing one before touching anything

She couldn't read any bottle labels, so I'm not hopeful for the terminal. Also, time to die from infected leg, truly a fear and hunger moment. Good shit, qm

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>>5783045
Shining her flashlight trough the ports of the first three chambers, Hemya could see nothing but a cramped spaces with cables and hoses dangling from the upper parts.
The last one in line was something else, the cables and hoses in there were attached to a human-looking figure wearing what looked like a hazmat gear.
At least that is what first came to the girls mind.
On closer inspection, the re-breather part of the mask looked far too tight, almost as if that thing is missing its lower jaw and upper teeth.
Even in the greenish light, its skin looks sickly pale and wrinkly, no eyebrows or eyelids whatsoever.
The suit looks like thick bulky rubber and had no visible seams.
That is all she can make out trough the viewing port, at least.

To her surprise, Hemya could actually read what was displayed on the screen.
Well, most of the letters, she still used some interpretation for a few of the letters and words.

>Vessel J1-N1 UNRESPONSIVE
>Vessel J2-N1 UNRESPONSIVE
>Vessel J3-N1 E892
>Vessel J4-N1 READY

This terminal must be responsible for those Vessel-things inside of the chambers.
Hemya tried to access different functions of the terminal for a while.
It would either lead her to different kinds of error messages or a screen full of those strange machine-language symbols, like those on the bottle labels.

The only real option she has on the terminal is:
>activate Vessel J4-N1
She has no idea if it would work, and if that 'Vessel' wouldn't become hostile.
All she brought for self-defense was the pocketknife hidden in her boot, and that thing in there is more than one head taller than her.

>start the activation process
>search the room
>[write in]

>>5785498
>start the activation process

>>5785498
>search the room and see if we can get back into the base camp first. we are injured and we should be more prepared before starting the activation process in case the occupant of the vessel is hostile.

>>5785498
>>search the room

>>5785498
>start the activation process
Activate fren protocol

>>5785498
>search the room
feel like activating that thing should be a last resort

>>5785498
>>search the room

>>search the room
secure exit and way to close exit before activation.

>>5785498
>search the room

>>5785498
>>search the room

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There is a lot of stuff here, aside from even more janitorial supplies and empty plastic cylinders, many of the drawers are filled with an assortment of materials to maintain electrical equipment.
Not that Hemya knows how to use any of that, but the scavenger in her already speculates what that stuff could be worth.
Her most important find was a suspiciously small pry bar with a pentagonal hole.

It was impossible to force the door open with such a small tool, it wouldn't even fit in the gap.
It was perfectly capable at opening the panel next to it tho.
Underneath the panel were some wires, switches and most importantly, a pentagonal socket.

Hemya used the pry bar as a lever on the socket and the door began to slowly open up as she kept spinning it.
She opened it up wide enough for her to slip trough.

>she made it back to her base, but what will be her next actions?

>>5785498
I forgot to mention that the coinflip for interacting with the terminal was two heads.

>>5786695
clean and bandage her wound. get better equipped before starting the activation process.

off-topic, but are these threads usually autosaged? this is the first time i have been on /qst/

>>5786716
They hit autosage after a few days/ posts.
>>5786695
Clean up the scrape on her leg.

>>5786695
repair own leg
check on mutie war status

>>5786716
This

>>5786695
>>5786716
+1

>>5786716
>>5786783
Support

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>>5786716
Turns out this alcohol-based liquid made for disinfecting surfaces is a bit more potent than the actual medical stuff she used in the past.
After washing out her wound, she poured just a little of it on her leg but it was enough to almost have her scream out in pain.
Hemya poured half a bottle of her water on it to stop the searing sensation.
Her leg is still throbbing with pain but at least its cleaned and bandaged now.

The mutant fight is dying down, they must be getting tired.
Maybe some left due to injuries or they got knocked out, or (if Hemya is lucky) even got killed.

As for the preparations before she starts up that machine-man in the neighboring room.
She left the pry bar attached to the panel on her side of the door to look that thing in there in case its aggressive.
Her flimsy war-pick probably won't do much to it, but its should buy her some time if things turn sour.

>anything else before she boots up our friend?

>>5789268
ugh
not sure what else we can prepare with what we have on hand
maybe grease trap the floor to buy more time with that machine lube we found earlier

>>5789268
start the activation process and be prepared to lock the thing in the room if it's possible, just in case things go bad.

>>5789268
Read a manual or guide if possible

>>5789372
+1
Pray to all the gods that that thing is friendly

>>5789268
Be ready to flee if that thing is hostile

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>>5789282
As an additional measure of safety, Hemya poured some of the lubricant she found in a empty can and placed it in front of the semi-open door.
She can kick it over when she retreats, at least that is the idea.

With nothing else to do, the girl starts the activation process and quickly retreats to the door.
The soft humming of the chamber turned into hissing and rumbling, she could hear the popping sounds of the hoses and cables disconnecting from the body.
Suddenly the greenish light of the chamber shuts off and all is quiet.
Hemya almost thought that it failed but then the chamber slowly opens and the tall, hunched figure stumbles out on unsteady legs.

It looked kind of confused as it turns its head, probably wondering why all the machines are silent and the lights are off.
After an awkward greeting from Hemya, it stared at the weird girl wearing a blanket as a dress but did not approach her.
Instead, it decided that the terminal, that now is the only thing in the room that still has power, could explain what is going on.
It appears that our awakened friend is able to read that machine language on the screen, as its switching between all the different pages that Hemya couldn't understand.

This is awkward, Hemya just stands there for some time, not knowing what to do.
It clearly isn't hostile, but what should she do now?

>Rummage trough some of the more interesting equipment in here and show it to the vessel-thing to break the ice
>try to talking to it
>wait till he is done with the terminal
>[write in]

>>5789268
I forgot to include the coin toss again, it was two tails.
(I did not just draw the girl in pain because Im a cruel bastard)

>>5790797
>wait until he is done with the terminal

>>5790797
>wait till he is done with the terminal

>>5790797
>>try to talking to it
Buddy what year is it?

>>5790797
>try to talking to it
buddy what year do you think it is

>>5790797
>>try to talking to it

>>5790797
>try to talking to it

>>5790797
> wait until he is done with the terminal

>>5790797
>wait till he is done with the terminal

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>>5791008
>>5791096
After running out of patience, the girl final approached the Janitor with a question.
It appeared like he understood her, as he looks at her before returning to the terminal.
He switched the screen to one of the [no connection] pages before looking at Hemya again.

At least now she knows that he can understand her somewhat.
Over the next few minutes Hemya manages to establish some rudimentary way of communicating with him.
He might be mute but he can still answer some questions by nodding or shaking his head.

>ask some yes-or-no questions [write them]

>Also, how much should Hemya reveal about their current situation?

>>5790797
oops, forgot the bandage on her leg

>>5793335
>Can you fight?

>>5793335
>Are you a man?

>>5793335
>can you show me to an exit?

>>5793335
>Also, how much should Hemya reveal about their current situation?
Tell him everything.

>>5793335
>Also, how much should Hemya reveal about their current situation?

Somehow missed this question. I'll back telling everything, I don't think there's any sensitive info we need to hide. Maybe leave out that we killed the mutants and kickstarted a mutie war.

>>5793335
>Can you heal my injuries?

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Hemya sat down on one of the drawers next to the terminal and began asking the janitor some questions.
"This place is overrun with ugly little mutants, can you fight them if we had to?"
"Are you a man or some kind of machine?"
"Do you have any kind of medical knowledge?"
He kept shaking his head at all of this questions while looking at the terminal.

As Hemya asked her final question, the janitor finally showed a real reaction as he turns around and looks at her with slightly widened eyes.
The girl told him everything about their current situation.
Despite the fact that she just admitted breaking into this place, the janitors disposition didn't seem to change in any way.

While mulling over all the events that happened in the past hours, Hemya became a bit drowsy.
It was late afternoon when the ground gave way and Hemya plummeted into this mess.
She does not know how much time passed since then, but it must be dark outside by now.

She secured a save place to sleep and her stomach isn't growling yet.
Hemya contemplates leaving her friend to his own devices for now to catch some sleep.

>Try to teach some additional sign language to the janny
>poke around the Jannys suit to find out what he actually is
>just go to bed for now
>[write in]

>>5797141
>poke around the Jannys suit to find out what he actually is
OP we need a new thread

>>5797148
I'm new to /qst/, I didnt know that threads would die in less than a month.
Suddenly i'm at the end of page 10 with 172 out of 600 posts.
Not a big fan of this auto sage, i'm sure there is a reason why it exists but I'm to new to understand that i guess.

Isn't there a more long term place out there that is not completely dead or filled with retards?
I like the community of /qst/, but getting my thread archived among long dead bait threads and shitposts is discouraging

>>5797278
just provide a link to this one in the next thread, it'll be fine. you can even repost all the images to catch people up if you want.

>>5797141
>poke around the Jannys suit to find out what he actually is
Clarify we didn't break in, we fell in when the ground collapsed under us
Wholly unintentional

>>5797278
Everywhere is filled with retards, even here. Especially here.
There's an external archive site called suptg that you can use to archive this thread, along with as >>5797337 says just linking this one.

Autosage exists so a giant/popular thread doesn't last forever

>>5797141
>just go to bed for now
>>5797278
There are a few other quest sites. You can just make a second thread?

>>5797278
This is just the way it is. You save the thread in the archives and start anew.

>>5797141
>poke around the Jannys suit to find out what he actually is

>>5797278
No, this is the best place that isn't dead or filled with coomers or tards.

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The janitor did not like that.
At lest now Hemya knows that he actually breathes.
She can't feel his pulse trough the thick suit tho.
There are no mechanical noises coming from his joints as he moves, only the soft humming of the device on his back.

>>5797360
I'm too smooth-brained to make that suptg site work

I will start drawing the OP picture for the next thread soon, i'm gonna call the thread "Buried Derelict 2".

Also,, I never did something like this, could I get some critique for the next thread?
(like writing, choices or visual clues in my drawings)

>>5798415
The link on the bottom of the left bar is used to add a thread, it takes you to a page where you put in the post number of the original/opening post, a title, description, and tags people can use to search for it. Usually for a quest like this you'd see tags like the name, Buried Derelict, along with the genre, Survival?, and other miscellaneous ones like Drawquest, Resource Scarce, etc. If it's still too troublesome I can do it for you, just let me know what you want for a title, description, and tags. You can check examples of each on the front page of the qst archive: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html

>>5798439
Oh. it would be great if you could add it there, you can use whatever tags you like, as long as I can find it somehow.
Thank you

>>5798747
aaand my ID changed again for some reason...

>>5798747

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5766917/

>>5798920
Thank you again!

>>5798996
No problem
I'll also recommend a name/tripcode if your ID keeps changing