>>6024372Marie says it’s not a good idea to try the elevator even if it is working. Apparently, you’re not supposed to use them in an emergency. Why? It would surely be faster than walking this many Goddess’ forsaken steps. Has the top even gotten any closers? You can’t tell. You really hope it has.
“I can tell you’re ignoring me,” Wow, he’s certainly a smart barbarian, only took him forever, “I would have offered you a final chance of surrender, even after butchering Iona. But so be it, I’ll grant you the deaths you so clearly desire. Then next all use your attack on my sovereign territory as a cause for war to take over this entire country.”
Oh, thank the Goddess, the screens finally turn back to a reflective black as his face disappears from them. Sure the stairs were perfectly manageable but his continued presence was getting rather grating. Even for you and you’re one of the most patient people you know. A complete foil to the man who couldn’t even deal with being annoyed for what? It's not a very long time at all. He’s so impatient and annoyed at your refusal to dialog with him that you’re now benign shot at by skeletons both above and below you. If this is all it takes to set him off then he does not have the makings of a monarch. If your father was like him Lindan wouldn’t have lasted a year into his reign.
Silver lining however is the fact that you and Marie get to retreat onto the nearest floor, destroy the weak constructs there, and stop climbing the stairs. Bad news is that a lot of combatants are now filing into the floor you're on. Marie says this place is called an “office space,” made up of a grid of cube spaces that are not very private. Least a room off to the side labeled “Manager” makes a good hiding spot for the seconds you need to plan. The chair behind the desk is rather comfortable as well. The room only has one window at the back which doesn’t show the nearest explosion you can feel so all you can do is hope that those aren’t going to end up compromising you.
Wait- that’s not important. Marie seems to be currently looking at you for guidance between nervous glances at the door. Ever since your disgrace at the Academy and subsequent seclusion you almost forgot what it feels like to be a leader. It’s rather nice, even if the circumstances here are a bit more pressing than the school politics back then.
>The answer is rather simple, fight your way to the top. It’s not like these things can stop you.>Perhaps you can try and fool these constructs? You could save a lot of energy if you don’t need to fight.>They can’t get to you in the elevator. Can you take that instead of the stairs now? Please?>[Write-in]>Your current weapons are Sturmfahrerin [Kriegmesser], Cinder [Flintlock Pistol], Bedelia [Mace], a half-mag [Assault-Rifle], And an unnamed dagger [Stiletto] 