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FINAL ALLY STAT TALLY
LEX
FLESH: 18
RESTRAINT: 15
VIOLENCE: 16
TALENT: 8
WILLPOWER: 6
CHARM: 6
CONNECTIONS: 3
COGNIZANCE: 3
ADAM
FLESH: 14
RESTRAINT: 13
VIOLENCE: 15
TALENT: 10
WILLPOWER: 7
CHARM: 6
CONNECTIONS: 6
COGNIZANCE: 6
MARUYAMA
FLESH: 32
RESTRAINT: 32
VIOLENCE: 8
TALENT: 13
WILLPOWER: 17
CHARM: 7
CONNECTIONS: 7
COGNIZANCE: 8
BENEDICT
FLESH: 22
RESTRAINT: 14
VIOLENCE: 21
TALENT: 11
WILLPOWER: 7
CHARM: 5
CONNECTIONS: 5 (restored when he became human)
COGNIZANCE: 5
ANDERSON
ALL STATS: 17
OTTO
FLESH: 15
RESTRAINT: 13
VIOLENCE: 13
TALENT: 14
WILLPOWER: 13
CHARM: 12
CONNECTIONS: 20
COGNIZANCE: 13
YOU
FLESH: 12
RESTRAINT: 16 (healed off via HALSA REGEN)
VIOLENCE: 13
TALENT: 12
WILLPOWER: 18
CHARM: 10
CONNECTIONS: 15
COGNIZANCE: 12
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You can FEEL the energy flooding through everyone's veins. Fuck, once Lex has to use his THICKER THAN WATER ability, everyone will probably get an even bigger boost. You need to make it to the bottom first, though.
Lex taps his fingers against the two GLOCK 38s that BENEDICT and MARUYAMA have.
>The two GLOCK 38s have been blessed! They now heal 1 FLESH/RESTRAINT on hit and on successful physical stat skill checks.
Time to jump overboard.
The seven of you leap over the edge of the top rung. What would normally result in a plummet to your immediate death is instead a gentle drift into the belly of the beast.
Your group huddles around in a circle to protect Maruyama while he continues to recycle the STATIS SHIELD GENERATOR.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A rhythmic mantra that keeps your group grounded.
Your group flows past the empty top rung. Every single enemy has their eyes locked onto your group. They all must think you're sitting ducks for their guns. The screeching you hear from your earpiece from your other allies can be best summed up as 'NICOLE YOU STUPID FUCKING FAGGOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING.'
[UNSTABLE RESOLVE] You trust Maruyama. He'll keep you safe.
An overwhelming wall of bullets, lasers, spears and explosives slams into your group from every possible angle. Even your strongest allies couldn't survive a torrential assault like this. Everyone closes their eyes in case this is their final moment on earth. You close your eyes, hoping to GOD that your plan works.
...
>NO DAMAGE TAKEN!
All of it just bounces off. The first wave washes over you like water off of a duck's back. The only thing you feel is the sheer force of everything slamming into you and your floating group promptly being smashed into a nearby rung.
But there's no scratches. No dents, no bumps, nothing. <span class="mu-b">This will be the first and only time the generator will fully block the damage you take.</span>
The engine room goes quiet. No one, enemy or ally, could even begin to process what just happened. The only hint that you were hit with anything at all is the ringing in your ears and the dust caking your clothes.
Lex silently tosses his spare DOUBLE BARRELED SHOTGUN to Anderson. It's time to kill some FUCKING SPOOKS.
