[Fortuna]: Luck depends on no one....right? (4/3)

Is it too late to vote for Plan: Almond? Or any plan at all? But mostly Plan: Almond?

Aww man, i missed the InterMADNESSmission xD

Oh-well, Kieros as a gigne was adorable, and also this came to mind when a Gaignax Ending was mentioned ^^


Voting Almond's plan as-welll and also adding:

>Cobalt [Agility]: Without anyone noticing, quickly infect Cleo with your own version of the clockwork virus so-as to innoculate her from the more virulent strain and also to possibly save her from her deadly illness.

Also, the kidnapping thing...
Niko is pretty-much confirmed as being Hades right now... or Pluto.

Actually, scratch that, Pluto isn't a planet anymore xD

>Cobalt [Agility]: Without anyone noticing, quickly infect Cleo with your own version of the clockwork virus so-as to innoculate her from the more virulent strain and also to possibly save her from her deadly illness.

Could Cobalt actually do this and would we want her to? If it only applies to Cleo's body and she's okay with it this sounds like a great idea (although it may put further strain on our already limited supply of metal).

Could Cobalt actually do this and would we want her to? If it only applies to Cleo's body and she's okay with it this sounds like a great idea (although it may put further strain on our already limited supply of metal).

Cleo, the bug, bites on to the head of Cleo, the animal. As such it is impossible to just infect the host, as clockworks (Even ones that are not aggressive and don't carry the virus on their skin like cobalt) still have infectious bites, infectious blood, and fuse with anything they eat or attach to themselves. The 2nd one applies the most in this situation.

Clockworks like cobalt, labeled "Safeworks" are just as safe as long as they are mild tempered and also they don't get their blood on other people. Unlikely normal clockworks they don't have the normal compulsion to attack and assimilate like normal ones. As such if infected Cleo the bug would get infected which would likely just cause Cleo the animal to gain a slightly unsightly lump on their head.

Edit: Also as Almond said below, we cannot control cobalt, cobalt would not ever infect anyone for any reason, even if they asked. Willingly infecting people with clockwork, even the "safer" kind is considered a horrible act.

If you want to find a reason for Cleo to stab Cobalt and then drink her blood I mean......

Also voting stop! I'll update whenever I can.

We can't even command Cobalt, we can only command people on the crew.

They don't need to have babies to have a lovely relationship. Ship away.

I shipped.

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You might say that people in a relationship shouldn't eat each other but you just don't know what true love is.

They don't need to have babies to have a lovely relationship. Ship away.

I shipped.

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You might say that people in a relationship shouldn't eat each other but you just don't know what true love is.

neferiusNexus [Deviant]: How can you say you love her when you can't even swallow her whole!
^^

> Almond's plan

Final layout

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ROOM ONE
Nova

ROOM TWO
Nikki

ROOM THREE
Citrine, One-Punch

ROOM FOUR
Blu, Hasty

ROOM FIVE
Cobalt, Shetlock, Bob, Nicko, Cea, Cleo

ROOM SIX
Marble, Andrus, Oooo

ROOM SEVEN
Phlodur

Fortuna rolls a 20 sided dice. A 5 is rolled.

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So now that we picked what answer we're going with, I can tell you a little about the perfect set up. Now I didn't expect people to figure out the perfect set up because it's the first puzzle and all, but the set up that was picked is quite good!

The perfect set up would require as many of our direct crew in rooms where there are people, that way we can control them. As such, we have currently given Citren and One-Punch the only 2 guns, we cannot control either of them directly because they're not on our crew.


One thing I failed to mention is that Oooo will attempt to touch the cup if possible. Meaning that every set up with just Nova in room 1 should have triggered an "Oooo kicks Nova out of the room and touches the cup" aka an auto game over, but because I failed to say that I didn't bother having people redo their systems. So while I'm not going to say what the perfect set up is, I will show you the first 2 rooms of it.


Room 1, Cup room - Nikki
Room 2, Kitchen - Nova

Keeping Nikki in the cup room stops Oooo from going in to it as Nikki's rule stands above all else. Nikki's rule also nullifies Nova's rule, because yet again, Nikki's rule stands above all.

Keeping Nova in the kitchen stops Nova from killing anyone when the doors are closed because there are no doors in the kitchen. Also Nova is the person least at risk for Clockwork attacks because he is on/is fire, as such being out in the open is not an issue for him.


Anyway! Now characters do not need to listen to their rules and can move freely, but there are a few rules...

1. You can only command characters that are on your crew, this means you can't command One-Punch
2. Touching the cup might cause a total ship death.
3. At ALL times, someone must be driving the ship. If someone is not driving the ship the ship will take a nose dive and crash.
4. The door close button rules still apply.


All doors are currently open.

Assuming it came from one room, the scream either came from Room 6 or Room 4. 6 has Marble whom we would care about more so I vote we check there.

> First Things first: Did Citrine grab a gun beforehand? If she hasn't she will need to stop by room 3 before checking room 4.
> Try to get Cobalt to check 6, that thing at the end of her tail looks like a weapon, and even if it isn't, she's surely dangerous enough without a weapon. Right?
> If Cobalt won't let Nicko/Shetlock/Bob/Cea take the wheel, Cea will have to quickly check 6 while Citrene tells One-Punch to head to 6. If Empty, hopefully Cea can intercept One-Punch and send him to check room 4.

> Cea: Get Sonny to check it out.

>Cea: Check out Room 4, and have Sonny check out Room 6

>Cea: Check out Room 4, and have Sonny check out Room 6

Also, seconding that.

Okay, I believe room 2 and 6 should be our highest priorities since those have our crew in it. So let's have Cea check out room 6 first, seeing as it's closer. Since Marble could be asleep, we should take Citrine to drag her out if need be.

We could have Cea ask the others to look at the other rooms. I suggest Bob checks out room 7(Since that's the least risky and least important room, and bob may not be too fast.) and have Shetlock check room 4 and 2 (since you can walk through one to get to the other).

This leaves Nicko in the control room to take the wheel from Cobalt if she needs to deal with an intruding clockwork.

If we switch to Nikki and he hasn't gotten a warning, there is something amiss in room 4 and we can send him elsewhere.

>Cea: Delegate. Tell Bob to warn room 7, have Shetlock warn room 4 and 2 and go warn room 6 with Citrine.

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Everyone got a knife, right?

>Begin setting up a security-rounds schedule so that people can stay in touch and watch each other.

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>Juddy555: Continue to have next to nothing to contribute here

I don't think having an ordinary knife is going to cut it against a bunch of clockwork monstrosities, they need real weapons. Maybe tape two knives together to make a double knife?

I don't think having an ordinary knife is going to cut it against a bunch of clockwork monstrosities, they need real weapons. Maybe tape two knives together to make a double knife?

I'm just asking about the knives since the knives comment was said to go through, but I didn't see a mention of people getting knives.

And though most of the crew is not equiped to fight clockworks, we will need to find them to deal with them.

knives

cut it

I don't think having an ordinary knife is going to cut it against a bunch of clockwork monstrosities, they need real weapons. Maybe tape two knives together to make a double knife?

Simple blades seemed to work out pretty well against the False Prophet when Cobalt cut it's legs off.

Simple blades seemed to work out pretty well against the False Prophet when Cobalt cut it's legs off.

Well keep in mind that cobalt had a purple trait working in her favor when she tried to cut the poet. Compare it to what happened with Jayna, who had 40+ str and 8 agi when she attempted that. Since this is a violent strain of clockwork, you're bound to get stuck when trying melee. Sure it's good to have a knife between you and it but it won't be good for a lot of uses.

Simple blades seemed to work out pretty well against the False Prophet when Cobalt cut it's legs off.

Well keep in mind that cobalt had a purple trait working in her favor when she tried to cut the poet. Compare it to what happened with Jayna, who had 40+ str and 8 agi when she attempted that. Since this is a violent strain of clockwork, you're bound to get stuck when trying melee. Sure it's good to have a knife between you and it but it won't be good for a lot of uses.

Do all clockworks have regenerative powers? If so, based on what the False Poet was doing, it's a matter of hitting fast enough and hard enough in places we don't have to cut through much.

Do all clockworks have regenerative powers? If so, based on what the False Poet was doing, it's a matter of hitting fast enough and hard enough in places we don't have to cut through much.

Even if these clockworks don't regenerate, they should still be capable of absorbing metal. They could perhaps "eat" the knife if they were stabbed.

Edit: Plus, the knives themselves could get infected

A non-metal knife could work, then, couldn't it? I'm sure there's SOME sufficiently stabby material out there.

A non-metal knife could work, then, couldn't it? I'm sure there's SOME sufficiently stabby material out there.

Well, one thing about clockworks is that they also infect biological material. Presumably you'd run into the same problem with wooden stakes.

A non-metal knife could work, then, couldn't it? I'm sure there's SOME sufficiently stabby material out there.

Well, one thing about clockworks is that they also infect biological material. Presumably you'd run into the same problem with wooden stakes.

Can they infect non-living/non-robotic materials though? I mean I know they could absorb them, but have we ever seen a clockwork spawn out of something that wasn't already animate (I think robots would be considered as having some sort of "living" status for gameplay purposes)?