Waterworks

>You've still got that radio, right? José might only be one short call away - and getting to him might be even easier than having him come to you!
>Just make it quick, waiting around right now is asking for trouble.

>Since jose is downwards, you could reach him if you managed to drill down or got rid of the feeder.

> Could you maybe find the funds and/or fancy tech to hire Tubs again for a different mission?

Funds? What funds? And what type of mission? The whole water shtick is all you've got. What are you supposed to do? Tell Tubs that, despite spending several days subjugating all these workers and siphoning off their water supply, it's okay, we don't need to bother any more? Maybe we could instead take the porthole and begin filling it with something else! Like what? Just what exactly does a normal person put in their pocket dimension around here?!

> Whatever you all are going to agree to, better do it fast. The goo sample is reacting to Connie's presence.

Sample? What samplOH THAT SAMPLE




The heavy maintenance worker has somehow managed to level up to a new tier of being tired of your bullshit.

>You've still got that radio, right? José might only be one short call away - and getting to him might be even easier than having him come to you!

Maybe it would be for the best to break off from the workers and get some water from José instead. You could even use your puddle transport to leave the Waterworks entirely and get Connie some proper medical assistance...

You pull out your radio and attempt to contact José. He picks up, saying that they lost track of the heavy maintenance worker... Most likely the one you're talking to right now.

> Slick: José is right below you! Ask him to water the platform the container just landed on and jump down. Don't forget to ask the girls to get to the offices and tell everyone about the new danger.

(I can only hope he heard the vat falling sound through the radio...)

>Slick: Ask José if someone just happened to toss him a bucket of fried crab.

>Goo creature: Snip snip snip.
>Hey José could you maybe just spray some water up the hole that jsut oppened above ?
>Slick tell the heavy maintenance worker (/aside the radio) that the boy in blue are right a level under and want to get up, so he may want to get away unless he's got another forklift mecha...
>Honneslty you'd better all be moving soon. Your ladyfriend still disolving into goo as you stand yapping.

> Slick: José is right below you! Ask him to water the platform the container just landed on and jump down. Don't forget to ask the girls to get to the offices and tell everyone about the new danger.

Flush: Might as well make this a COMPLETE clusterfuck. Activate the cyclone cistern!

That's a good idea!

> Flush: Spin this thing's claw out of it's socket.
> Tubs: Only you are allowed to use Flush as a melee weapon! Ring the bell of this thing.
> Jose: Spray the water on the elevator... and the thing... hell, spray it everywhere!
> Slick: Is it humid enough here for you to teleport? Or, maybe, there's a sample container with water right below the transport crane?



Love the design of this crab thing

Flush: Somehow be okay with this.

It's not the first time this sort of thing has happened to Flush.

Eh. It's a living.

Flush: Might as well make this a COMPLETE clusterfuck. Activate the cyclone cistern!

However, it is the first time this has happened to Flush with the cyclone cistern!

Wait, no. This is the second time, technically. It's the second time this has happened to Flush with the cyclone cistern.




Either way, thanks to its help, Flush is able to wrench himself away from grip of the crab thing! He'll stop bouncing eventually.

Tubs: Wield the severed crab claw. Unlock a PINCERTECH.

> Flush: break the glass container with water while bouncing

>Tubs: Attack its weak point for massive damage.

>Slick: Tell them that the goo monsters are weak to water.
>Flush: You've played this game before.

> Flush: break the glass container with water while bouncing

Flush collides with the large glass container at breakneck speeds, but does not manage to break anything. Not even his neck.




The two of you should probably try something else.

>Tubs: Attack its weak point for massive damage.

Tubs doesn't need to be told twice! He smacks the container with enough force to cause it to explode into a mass of tentacles!

Tubs: Reconsider not taking Slick seriously about the whole "the black goo will kill absolutely everyone" thing.

>José: Press the advantage; start spraying water everywhere.

>Slick: Can you get that floor hatch to stay open?
A better view on the distant battle below might be useful.

>Philia: Suggest that you should keep moving while you can.
The crab thing seems to be keeping the boys in blue busy for the moment, and you've got no reason to stick around.

>Tubs: Start breaking some tentacles around with your pillar.

Tubs: Reconsider not taking Slick seriously about the whole "the black goo will kill absolutely everyone" thing.

(Honeslty at this point I would concur. Tubs is a psychopath with a weird twisted sense of professional ethics but he's not stupid)

>Say Tubs, is this what you thought you'd be doing today?
>Hive mind: Say, do you think Tubs would make a better host than Connie?

José: Blast it with your Compression Cistern.

That's probably the only thing you're able to do right now.




Whatever this thing has turned into, it's grabbed the others and is swinging them around.




You pull out the hose and let 'er rip!









Er, wait, you're not sure that's what's supposed to be happening here-

Slick: Ask the Heavy Maintenance Worker if, by chance, the Waterworks has (had) a fusion reactor?

> Blue guys: be alive

>Ooookay, take a tentative peek through the hole ?
>Hey is that a small puddle ?

>Slick: Radio: What the hell was that?

>Whatever it was, it's good for you. Probably, maybe.

And with that, the heavy maintenance worker drives the forklift back off into the machine bay. You wonder if he's going to run into the feeder and whatever else it happened to throw up while you were out here.

Either way, you've got some options. You need to get Connie to someone, but you should be able to get through the offices and hand her over to the workers. There's still the option of taking a puddle to somewhere safer, but you'll have to find one, first. And then figure out where you'll have to go after that...

> Blue guys: be alive