Estylwen

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

Okaaaay, I played a little softball. I think it would be better to give everyone at least a chance to explore before all hell breaks loose (again). So you're more than welcome to explore, just keeping in mind that the robots patrol every few minutes in their rounds. If you want a description of a room, tell me in advance here and I'll give it to you so you have more to write. :)

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

The Real World, Quiet HiveMind Facility

_{@SporkoBug, @Days, @WhiteAngel25, @Lexisheeps}

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Indeed. Food was a priority. The armory on the map was also a priority. Cosy's heart lurched in her chest, but it had to be done. They had to face those awful contraptions of Director Galloes and find a way out of here, and to the others, like Stella…

Cosy watched anxiously as her step-dad quietly moved from their room. She peeked outside, seeing his figure disappear down the hall to the right, which was the left on the map. She had to quickly duck back in when a robot came down the hall once more, almost tailing Nick. It didn't pause to look into their room, causing her to sigh in relief, before she glanced back at Nova, Annalise, Jay, and Maw.

”The Employee room is just across the hall. I bet we can all make it, but we should uh, probably go one at a time? The robots don't seem to be too frequent, but I don't know what we'd do if we actually managed to uh,” she winced, ”Alert one of them.”

At that, she stared through the door's little window again, took a deep breath, and snuck out of the room. It was a mad dash in her bare feet to the Employee Room across the hall, who's door opened easily for her. She shut it gently behind her and felt along the wall for the light switch.

The lights blinked on, revealing a surprisingly well-kept Employee Room. There were sofas, a counter free of dust, cold coffee that had been boiled that morning, and a fridge stocked with yogurt, cheese, and other light snacks. There was also a row of lockers and a closet.

Clearly physical people came to this site. She wasn't sure how often or when, but it was often enough that they had food stocked, and nothing was expired. The thought of getting jumped by one of Director Galloes’ employees really set Cosy on edge, and she had to swallow the lump in her throat as she moved towards lockers. Most of them were empty, save for a few stray items, like a baseball cap, a lighter, and a water bottle. However, the closet was filled with staff uniforms. White business suits with matching flat shoes. All in various sizes. They even had white baseball caps to match them.

Cosy's eyes widened at the motherlode of treasure she had found, before anxiously staring back at the Employee door, waiting to see if anyone would come this way,or if they would choose to explore other parts of the facility.

Meanwhile, luck was just not on Nick's side. As his shoes squeaked on the floor, it alerted a nearby robot to the noise. Their parts shirred as they changed directions, moving towards the source of the noise. The little robots camera eye began peering into the room beside where Nick had hid himself, looking, staring. Before it moved to Nick's room, giving Nick only a fraction of a second to hide himself.

Or, if someone was brave enough, they could try and distract the robot, calling it's attention to something else…

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Little Bird Yes, go right ahead with those districts. I'll probably claim one of the other gold districts instead. And yep! Heavy Crossguard can definitely have weapon stores as a part of its treasure. You'll want to try and claim it quick, lol.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@The Savant Yess, sorry, I should have been more specific. Industrial districts are like little treasure chests. And it's more fun to venture out and get a treasure chest instead of landing on one from the start. ;>

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Herald Whoops, my apologies that you had to re-write a bit. ^^; Everything looks good here, except for the district. Would you be willing to change it to any other district besides Industrial? I didn't point it out specifically in the OOC, so it would have been easy to miss. ^^; Industrial districts can be attacked or expanded into later.

Besides that, Leon looks awesome and you'll be more than welcome to add them to the character tab after that small change.

@Little Bird This is excellent. I very much like the idea of being the military inside Nocturnia. There's only the small slight issue of the district. Are you okay to changing it to any other unclaimed district? Industrial districts can be claimed/attacked after the first IC post.

Besides that, they're good to go and you're welcome to post them in the character tab after that small edit. :)

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@LanaStorm Woops, yep, we got Emily on Gold Rim. Might have just missed her since she's not in the character tab just yet, but I know you're doing some final adds. ^^

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Qia Absolutely, if you have any questions at any time, don't be afraid to ask. :)

@ERode If you got the funds, you can attack as many districts as you want in a round. I have no restrictions on that. :)

Edit: The only thing I would add is that the districts you wanna attack should be touching your owned districts.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@ERode Yes, every post round. So every GM post I'll be awarding Wealth and Personnel, unless it's an intermittent post. And I'll always let you know when you've acquired more Wealth/Personnel.

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@Aeolian I'm actually not a table-top roleplayer. But I have tried to make the districts and wealth just a fun thing. I will be keeping track of the numbers for you in the 0th post. The only thing you would have to look at is if you would have enough money to attack a district.

Just like Savant said, we would all help you. :)

Nocturnal Memoirs: An Urban-Fantasy Mafia Epic

@SporkoBugThat sounds good, I will definitely keep this in mind. :>