Escape On Thera

>Realize that, while the yell might have been necessary, it has certainly alerted anybody in the cave to your presence. Or at least to your conscious state.

You're sure you've probably just called a ton of monsters your way, but you can find a way out of that later. Right now, you need to bail!

>Is that an actual control panel, or a two-way monitor of some kind?

You don't know if it's either of those, but that thing's probably your ticket out of here.

>While it's stunned, grab and prepare a weapon! The lunch box or chamber pot will do.

You grab the lunchbox and prepare for action.

>That looks like a rattle at the end of your tail. Is it natural for your kind to have rattles? And what are they used for?

Most Yaren do. Others have those neck frills that pop up, and you think you've heard of some Yaren having venomous spit, but that one's pretty rare.

Wait, this probably isn't a good time to be thinking about this.

>Is the creature something you recognize or something vaguely similar to something you know?
>Perhaps it's programmed to recognize your voice. Quick... think of something to shout at it! Like "help," or "hello? Is somebody there?"
>If you could somehow dominate this creature and make it your minion, you could have it check the panel for you. This is a good idea.

You're not really sure what the heck that thing is. It kinda looks like some kind of Kuduu, the sort that burrows a lot and likes to eat grass roots. Though you don't think this is anywhere near what a Kuduu's supposed to be. Especially with that weird head... maybe you could do that thing where you do that clicking sound with your tongue. They usually like that sound.

*click click*

...

*click click*

...

Welp. Guess not.

>Are the crystals some kind of stone or mineral you recognize too?
>Don't touch the crystals with your bare hands! As they seem to be growing out of the disfigured creature, you might get infected yourself.

Those crystals on the not-Kuduu look like a bunch of raw aetherlite... and that's probably not a good thing. Crystals like that can set off a bunch of magic if you're not careful and can really mess you up if you don't wear proper protection for that. These things need to be processed before they're safe to touch.

>Fitan: Bush putton! I mean kick button! I mean run button!

You make a sprint for the panel!





Yikes, that stings! You should've known from the color alone those crystals were Fire Aetherlite. You've got to be more careful!

The Not-Kuduu started wailing. Did the flames hurt it too?

(Fitan loses 5 HP.)
(The Not-Kuduu loses ?? HP.)

> Use the acid to open the vent.

Are you seriously suggesting to make this worse than it is right now? Just dealing with this thing is bad enough!