You find yourself in E1M1

[MadGypsy]

>if the shadows are actually waiting for you to round the corner instead of just bombarding you right off, they must have something to fear or they are not very bright. Simply go some other way.

[Shadowswift]

>if the shadows are actually waiting for you to round the corner instead of just bombarding you right off, they must have something to fear or they are not very bright. Simply go some other way.

You think back about the way you've come. It's been pretty linear so far. The encroaching darkness that hangs thick on the walls prevents you from scything around. Hmm. You backtrack a ways and find a regular, non-automatic door tucked away in a dark corner . It's locked, but it doesn't look all that strong. One mighty swing of your scythe and the locked door yields to you. You look around inside. This room doesn't appear to be anything more than a maintenance closet. There's something on the wall. It looks like a gold keycard. Cool! You'll probably need this later when you can get the automatic doors powered up. There are some mops, brooms, and other cleaning supplies and chemicals arranged neatly on shelves. Above is a ventilation shaft. It looks like a tight squeeze, but it's the only other way to get around unnoticed in here.


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[MadGypsy]

Break off/untwist a broom handle and bring it into the shaft with you (ya just never know).

[Shadowswift]

Break off/untwist a broom handle and bring it into the shaft with you (ya just never know).

You select a mop with an easy unscrewable handle. You unscrew the mop head.

You got a mop head.
You got a wooden staff.

The staff is made of dense wood, likely of common quality. The tip, where it is meant to screw into a mop head, is made of aluminum. It is roughly 5 feet long, and about as thick as one of your 10ga shells. It won't make a very effective weapon, but may serve some interesting, unforseen purpose.

Did you want to grab anything else or examine anything else while you're here, or shall we climb up into the air duct?

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[[I forgot to mention it, but your two companions and Ted were all left at the Bailey. SFX is the only one with you at the moment. Velen and Ted lack subtlety and Phoenix can't see in the dark.]]

[foq]

>Attempt to combine chems/cleaning supplies to create V-Jolt.

[Shadowswift]

>Attempt to combine chems/cleaning supplies to create V-Jolt.

You sniff around the cleaning supplies, eyeballing their chemical makeup, trying to remember high school chemistry. You grab an empty spray bottle and start pouring things in it.*You close the bottle up and give it a good shake. When all is said and done, all you've managed to do is create a really good-smelling tile cleanser.

Attempt failed

You put the bottles back on the shelves. As you do so, you notice each one. Generic glass cleaner made from ammonia, floor wax, Tilex with bleach, ultra concentrated, hospital grade Lysol, a couple bottles of bowl cleaner, and one unusual old-looking bottle marked with a strange symbol in the back of the shelf.

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[ImperiusDamian]

> examine the unusual bottle

[MadGypsy]

>Take the generic glass cleaner down to the ferry and wash windows for spare change. Keep doing that til you have enough for a ninja suit then, buy one and sneak past the shadow snipers. If they see you, use your kung fu skills and the mop handle to kick their ass.

If for some reason (I can't think of any) you can't actually do any of that, practice Tai Chi so maybe you can do it later. Especially practice the 17 seconds of death. If you don't know what that is

>watch The Wrath of Vajra. Actually just watch the wrath of vajra no matter what.

[Shadowswift]

> examine the unusual bottle

It's an old, brown, glass bottle stopped up by a worn piece of cork. The paper label stuck to it is worn and faded. The symbol on it doesn't look like anything you've ever seen before. The stuff inside looks like powder, very very fine silky powder. You unstop the cork and look at the stuff inside. It's light purple, and almost appears to be...glowing. You're not sure if you should touch this stuff. Might be toxic. You replace the cork and put it back on the shelf.

>watch The Wrath of Vajra. Actually just watch the wrath of vajra no matter what.

You load the movie on your console and give it a watch. You feel like you've learned something from watching this...

Your skill in Unarmed has increased by 10.
Your Unarmed skill is now 210/525.
Your skill in Kaio-ken has increased by 2
Your skill in Kaio-ken is now 7/525

>Take the generic glass cleaner down to the ferry and wash windows for spare change. Keep doing that til you have enough for a ninja suit then, buy one and sneak past the shadow snipers. If they see you, use your kung fu skills and the mop handle to kick their ass.

If for some reason (I can't think of any) you can't actually do any of that, practice Tai Chi so maybe you can do it later. Especially practice the 17 seconds of death. If you don't know what that is

You're pretty sure there are no people left around here to give you their spare change. You and Protos pretty well emptied this city of its inhabitants when you were corrupted. They're all Shadows now. No matter. You already look like a ninja with your cloak, though you doubt that'll fool the snipers. Your unarmed skill isn't amazing, but it isn't terrible. You estimate that you'll take anywhere from 5 to 59 shots from the five snipers before you can get close enough to lay your hands (or the wooden staff) on them, and probably another 5 to 27 shots before you'd be able to finish all five of them off. Those numbers could be generous, or very very spiteful depending on how skilled those snipers are. You sure you wouldn't rather take your chances in the air duct?


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[ImperiusDamian]

> take the unusual bottle with you in case it'll be useful
> climb into the air duct
> sneak past the snipers

[MadGypsy]

@You sure you wouldn't rather take your chances in the air duct?

of course

[[...it's just that, I think I have watched every kung fu movie that has ever been made and I'm starving for some new kung fu material. I've even watched "kung fu" movies made in india, the phillipines, brasil and egypt. I've watched so much kung fu that at this point I probably really do know kung fu...although I'm sure I would need to actually practice, especially that walking on tree tops stuff.

note: You really should watch the The Wrath of Vajra. Yu Xing is a beast]]

[foq]

>this is bullshit, go get Phoenix and have him create V-Jolt

[MadGypsy]

[[Why can't both happen? If a V-Jolt can be acquired it can also be used with the element of surprise from the air duct. Not to mention that the air-duct should at least be explored.]]

[Shadowswift]

>this is bullshit, go get Phoenix and have him create V-Jolt

Phoenix is a technician and engineer, not a chemist...oh, whatever. You radio him.
"V-jolt? I've heard of that stuff. It's an herbicide, right? You need several Umbrella chems and varying colored liquids mixed together to make that stuff, but I dunno the exact recipe..." You look through the bottles again. There aren't any Umbrella chems in here.

> take the unusual bottle with you in case it'll be useful

You grab the bottle of glowing purple crud and stuff it into your satchel.

You got a Bottle of Unknown Powder

> climb into the air duct

> sneak past the snipers

You open up the duct and leap up into it. The duct splits off into 5 ways, far left, left, straight, right, and far right. You check your console's RADAR, but the rough map doesn't give you much of a good idea on where they lead. It looks like the Shadow snipers you encountered might be in the far right direction, but the duct leading in that direction might lead off somewhere else. Only way to know is to go.


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[[...it's just that, I think I have watched every kung fu movie that has ever been made and I'm starving for some new kung fu material. I've even watched "kung fu" movies made in india, the phillipines, brasil and egypt. I've watched so much kung fu that at this point I probably really do know kung fu...although I'm sure I would need to actually practice, especially that walking on tree tops stuff.

note: You really should watch the The Wrath of Vajra. Yu Xing is a beast]]

[[No worries. I have an epic fight scene in mind. I dunno if it'll be Kung Fu epic, but it might rival Goku vs Frieza in a scale of epicness. Just need to decide who Ray will be fighting.]]

[MadGypsy]

>Take the far left duct. Every time the duct splits, dip the tip of your finger in the purple stuff and draw an arrow on the wall in the direction you take

>be very specific about the turns the duct makes and a decent account of distance traveled within each straight portion