Your first instinct is to ask this thing something. To establish ANY kind of dialogue.
"Where did Star go after he left you here?"
The puppet twitches for a moment, clearly recognizing your words. Its mouth opens but there's nothing inside. Just a pitch black void.
"HE IS STILL HERE. HE KNOWS YOU'RE HERE, CLOVER." The puppet rattles out with way too much glee in its voice. It sounds like the man you saw on the camera. "B4. MEET HIM THERE. IF YOU SURVIVE."
Clover grits his teeth but he holds his tongue. He knows that talking to the puppet would only hurt him.
>CLOVER blocks 3 RESTRAINT damage! (2 blocked by ASH, 1 by your PEPTALK earlier.)The puppet doesn't move. For now.
"Okay." Wendy keeps her gaze locked on the doll. "This anomalous aberration - It was triggered by something."
"What do you mean?" You ask.
[HUNTER OF THE CITY] "It did not move even when your focus was elsewhere. I know YOU triggered this thing somehow. Fix it." The venom in her voice is forced. She's not really angry at you, more annoyed than anything.
"Okay. Frank? I need your help here." You keep your eyes locked on the puppet. "Can you figure something out?"
[EVERYTHING'S A NAIL] Frank sneers at you. "Oh, great, uh huh. I'll be your loyal butler as always, NICOLE." Cunt.
"You- Hey! We're in the same boat here!" Clover bites back at Frank for being, well, himself. "We hired ya for a reason!"
"Yeah, yeah. Give me a second to think." Frank wipes away the sweat forming on his brow. His mind is racing a mile, feebly trying to think of a way to deal with this thing.
No one moves. Everyone is focused on staring at the puppet. You feel your already watering eyes beginning to strain under the pressure.
You blink.
The puppet immediately snaps over to Dasha, wildly swinging its arms at her. She isn't able to duck away in time and, in the process, her left shoulder gets pounded by the puppet. You can hear the sickening POP of a limb dislocating.
>DASHA is now at 4/7 FLESH! She now has a DISLOCATED LEFT ARM (-1 VIOLENCE and TALENT, her attack rolls are now d7s. Due to adrenaline, this won't kick in for this check.)"I saw something!" Frank yells out. He points towards the ceiling but, of course, no one looks. "Someone's up there! VINCENT!"
"ON IT!" Vincent raises his harpoon gun up and blindfires it at the ceiling. A wet, bloody sound echoes through the abandoned lab. The puppet's posture falters for a brief moment.
"DASHA!" You cry out. "GET IT!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc - DASHA
"Уpa!!!" Dasha charges at the puppet to get payback for what it did to her. Her arms lock around the puppet's neck with a vice grip. The puppet tries to struggle out but she pulls the puppet down to the ground with her. Her legs lock around the puppet's waist to keep it pinned in place. "Myдaк! Иди к чёpтy!"
"YOU BETTER GET YOUR COWBOY ASS MOVING!" Frank barks at Clover, who's still a bit stunned at Dasha grappling a facsimile of his father.
