>>5275697Wiping the snot and proto-tears off on Sybil’s sweater, you swiftly regain your composure as you watch an unlucky skeleton get torn apart by Syb’s magic! You uh… you knew that. It was a TEST.
“Mhm.” Sybil replies in a mother’s tone. “Hate to rush things, but how much longer?”
“5%...” Kelly drones, earning groans from you, Ly, and Syb! What is this, DIAL UP?!
“6%....” The virtual intelligence responds, clearly not caring. “7%....... 89%..... INITIALIZING.”
Bracing yourself, you and Syb lock hands as the toppled soldiers are replaced by new ones at the top of the slope! Ruins quaking around you and harpoons sailing past like very angry fish, one lucky sharpshooter sends a harpoon spinning directly towards your face…
… and vanishes. In place of crumbling ruins and jets of steam you find yourself standing amidst a familiar waterlogged building in front of an even MORE familiar monolith!
“TELEPORT SUCCESSFUL.” Kelly reports, materializing on the screen like a swarm of geometric bees. “WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE A QUICK SURVEY BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE?”
Yea, uh, you respond, just give us a minute, yea? Stumbling to your knees, you dry heave a few times while Syb keels over next to you and follows suit! Happy to not be dead, Lil’ Stanley ventures forth from your pocket to bat at the buckles on Syb’s boots. Small comforts, huh?
“Don’t get too comfortable, ladies…” Ly remarks as his ASTRAL FORM hovers near the building’s seaweed-riddled entrance, “We ain’t outta’ da’ woods yet…”
Stumbling to your shaky feet, you take a few steadying breaths before making your way over to Ly’s spectral form. So help you GOD, if there’s more Mermaids, Commie Skeletons, or TALBOT giving you shit-
The correct answer is D-None of the Above. Following your skeleton’s ghostly finger towards where the sub was, you’re treated to a series of explosions that rock the reefs all around you! Uh oh…
“The monolith!” Croaks Sybil as she stumbles over to your side, “It must have been stabilizing the sub’s reactor!”
Okay, you mutter, wincing as Lil’ Stanley’s claws dig into your leg, so what happens now?
“Well it’d be extremely unlikely,” Sybil explains in a shaky tone, “But there’s still a very miniscule, TINY chance that the submarine will overheat and, well…. Explode.”
You blink as the sub continues to do just that. And uh, you stammer, what happens next?
“Well,” Sybil continues, nervously tugging at her choker, “If there WAS indeed nuclear armaments onboard-”
Before she can finish, the sea lights up with an impossibly bright light–one that stings your eyes even when they’re closed! Feeling jets of hot water rush by your face, you do your best to brace yourself as the ocean is filled with a rumbling that shakes you to the bone!
>CONTD. 