You find yourself in E1M1

[Shadowswift]

>escape and come back with tin foil hats

You would really like to escape right now, but even movement impulses are mixed up. Instead of taking steps with your feet and legs, your right arm wobbles and flails about while your left leg kicks back and forth. If Vol-Balgruth has done anything good for you, he taught you a pretty cool dance.

The other powerful presence is right on top of you, it would seem...and the closer it gets, the more it seems to overwhelm the current situation. It's more powerful than anything you've ever felt...it even eclipses Vol-Balgruth's presence. You try to look around, but your head-turning impulses are garbled. You squirm and contort yourself in random non-sequential patterns until you finally find yourself looking behind you. A single ranger stands behind you with a hood over his head. Is it....is it Ray? Oh great, that's just fucking great! REAL fucking great, just what you need! Wait...wait, that presence...that face...that's not The Captain. That's...that's that one guy you met earlier. What's his....Protos? Yeah, that's him. What's he doing here?
Look like you could use some help, soldier! If that isn't the understatement of the millenium. Let me handle this thing. Protos draws his rifle, a make completely unfamiliar to you. He fires at the Elder God. A huge black lightning-laser beam pierces the Elder God, causing it to swirl and contort. You feel your balance restored. The auras controlling you lift. The pain subsides and you feel your motor functions return. You get out your Lightspark Rifle and lay down additional fire. Your companions charge in and join the assault. Now, soldier! Use the crystal! You reach back to your satchel and pull out the sack containing the crystals. You pull out the last remaining empty crystal, run up to the swirling mass of flesh and raw power and jam the crystal into it. The crystal soaks up the creature. You continue firing, making sure the thing is dead as dead can be. When all is said and done, all that you find left of the thing is a full black crystal, a greasy black smeer on the stone floor, and...something else. The hell is that?

You got the Rune of Wind Magic!

[[Continued when I get home from work]]

[Shadowswift]

You shake your head and try to fully recover your senses. Everything is a lot clearer now that the Elder Gods are finally dead. You turn to Protos and ask him what's up.
Like I told you before, I'm here to help you! From here on out, I am at your side.

Protos has joined your party!

You're not exactly sure who this guy is, but he's pretty powerful with that rifle. He'll definitely come in handy in the fight against The Captain that is sure to come. You gather your team together and head for the exit. When you arrive there, you find the exit blocked off by a silver door. Shit. Stand back. I got this. Protos takes out his rifle and fires at the silver lock, melting it like butter. The door yields to your advance. Shall we? ...You and Velen look at each other.
"He is mighty, my lord...no doubt about that...but I don't know about him. Something about him seems...off." You agree, but don't oppose to his aid at the moment. You and your entourage proceed through the exit.

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You arrive at E4M5, and take in the surroundings. Velen points at the way in front of you.
"We shouldn't have to spend much time here, sire. The way to the exit is pretty straight forward."
Correct. We will, however, have to find a silver key to open the secret portal to the Nameless City. You ask him why he cannot simply blast the way open with his rifle. Well, the passageway to the secret portal is not blocked off by a simple locked door, rather a large stone wall. It'd take hours for my laser to melt through it. Finding the key will be easier.
"...and I suppose you know where to find it, human?" Velen asks snidely.
As a matter of fact, I do, monster. It is carried by a Shadow Lord called The Serpent. It makes its home here. Of course, we'll have to kill it first...the creature will not give it to us willingly. Be wary, though...it is among the strongest of all the Shadows in existance. It'll surely make all of your past fights seem easy, even with my help...though I'm sure it's nothing that a soldier of your caliber can't handle. So whatdya say? Wanna go pick a fight? A fight? With a super-powerful Shadow Lord? Sounds fun...

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[foq]

>Well, there's only one way out of this mess, and that's through all the crap. On you go.

[Shadowswift]

>Well, there's only one way out of this mess, and that's through all the crap. On you go.

So let's go. You ask Protos where this Serpent resides.
He's right out there. He points in the direction the hallway leads off to. You nod and begin to follow the hallway, trying to keep your cool. Oh, by the way...do you still have those Shadow Crystals? You reach into your inventory and pull out the burlap sack. Good. Keep them handy. We may need them. You puzzle the request for a moment, but push it aside for the moment. You swallow hard, steel your nerves, and round the corner.

What you find in the slime pools is without a doubt the largest creature you have ever seen. The largest Shamblers, the Elder Gods, even the massive Beast are dwarfed by this thing. It takes up the entire area and stretches high into the black sky. You estimate that it is at least five hundred yards long and at least 2 yards thick. Several sets of long bony arms reach out from the body of The Serpent, grabbing at anything that gets close.
"Dear gods..." For the first time, Velen actually shows real fear. "My lord...what should we do?"
Keep in mind, this thing can fire Shadow Plasma from any of it's arms. The plasma it fires is among the most pure, undiluted Shadow Energy in existance. It'll eat through your Void Armor quite easily, and if it hits you, you can pretty much kiss your soul goodbye. It is also protected by an energy field that acts like a suit of armor. The energy is strong enough to deflect even a Thunderbolt. You'll have to punch through it in order to hurt it, but even without it's energy field, it is considerably tough. Awesomesauce...
"My lord, what is your plan of attack?" Well...

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[foq]

>fuck this, try to get a small tactical nuke from HQ or something

[MadGypsy]

>fuck this, try to get a small tactical nuke from HQ or something

LMAO!

[[@Death Knight - I didn't stop playing your game. I am completely lost as to what to impulse. Your last Elder God was like - you're F'd and this one seems like it's going to be the same.]]

Here's my shot

>Somewhere in this thread there was a way to turn dark light to white light (Im not reading this all over again, it took days. I seem to remember the shadow pulse rifle being converted to the light spark...). Whatever that way was, convert the dark crystals to white crystals and absorb them. Become a God, destroy the serpent and Protos. Then, go find Ray and kill him too.

[Shadowswift]

>fuck this, try to get a small tactical nuke from HQ or something

By now, you're pretty much assured that HQ is not going to be any help, except for maybe advice.

>Somewhere in this thread there was a way to turn dark light to white light (Im not reading this all over again, it took days. I seem to remember the shadow pulse rifle being converted to the light spark...). Whatever that way was, convert the dark crystals to white crystals and absorb them. Become a God, destroy the serpent and Protos. Then, go find Ray and kill him too.

It's an...interesting idea, except you have no clue how to turn the crystals to light. The Reverse Polarity Magnifiers only seem to work with Shadow Plasma. Besides, why Kill Protos? He pretty much saved your asses, and he said he was spec ops. Those guys are practically assassins! He'd probably wipe the floor with you if you tried.


>

[MadGypsy]

> inventory
> get advice from HQ on how to turn crystals to plasma

[Shadowswift]

> inventory
> get advice from HQ on how to turn crystals to plasma

-Fenmore “Phoenix” Stockton-
You have 80 Health
You have 100 Soul Armor
You are equipped with the Lightspark Rifle
Your Communicator is ON
Your Console is ON

-Phoenix's Inventory-
-Ammo-
(98 ) Shells
(10) 30-06 Rounds
(81) Shadow Plasma Cells
Charge = 100/100
-Weapons-
Grappling Hook
Maglite
Badly-Bloodied Hand Axe
Fireman’s Axe
Plasma Pistol
REALLY Super Shotgun
Enforcer's Blaster Rifle
Lightspark Rifle
Thunderbolt
-Consumables-
Biosuit
(2) Stimpak
(4) Dream Water Stims
-Miscellanious-
Brass Key
USB Flashdrive
Fully-Stocked Toolbox
Complex Networking for Dummies Manual
Rune of Fire Magic
Rune of Wind Magic


-The Death Knight Commander-
Companion
The DKC has 375 health
The DKC has 200 Black Armor and 100 Soul Armor
The DKC is equipped with the Commander’s Sword
The DKC’s Headset is ON
The DKC’s Console is ON

-The DKC's Inventory-
-Ammo-
empty
-Weapons-
Grappling Hook
Commander’s Sword
Lightspark Rifle
-Consumables-
Empty
-Miscellanious-
(2) Bunch of Slipgate Parts
Slipgate Fuse


-Darkscythe-
Pet
Darkscythe has 300 health
Darkscythe has 100 Soul Armor

-Strogg Flyer X-
Pet
SFX has 50 health
SFX’s Universal Communicator is ON
SFX’s Computer is ON

-SFX’s Inventory-
empty


-Protos-
Companion
Protos has 100 health
Protos has 50 Soul Armor
Protos is equipped with the Shadowpulse Plasmabolt Rifle

-Protos's Inventory-
-Ammo-
(100) Shadow Plasma Cells
-Weapons-
Swordstaff
Shadowpulse Plasmabolt Rifle

You call HQ.
"Now what kind of a stupid question is that, Stockton?" Nice to hear from you, too, Hastings. "Only way to turn something from solid state to plasma state is through molecular restructuring, you know that! You're an apprentice scribe!" Well....


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[Shadowswift]

((Bump?))

[ImperiusDamian]

> this might be dumb, but don't slipgates work by molecular restructuring or something? DKC does have the parts...

[Shadowswift]

> this might be dumb, but don't slipgates work by molecular restructuring or something? DKC does have the parts...

He has a few base components, not enough to build an entire slipgate. Aside from that, a slipgate's primary function is to demolecularlize matter and store it as raw data, then transmit that data across a network to be remolecularized on a connecting slipgate. There isn't any restructuring involved. It's a thought, but there's a lot more involved in such a plot than you have at your disposal...including know-how.

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[Shadowswift]

[[ded?]]

[metchsteekle]

>uuuuuuuuuuh, win somehow and go back to exploring cool stuff

[foq]

I'd say we would be ded if we tried to attack that thing. It's pretty much invulnerable, right?