Forced RPG 2: Project Gsekai

[dinasemrys]

Vincent backs away from the scorpion slowly.

[Xenoe]

"Wow shit mon, that was a nice shot," Cory throws his truck keys at the scorpion to make sure its dead, and then walks over and hacks off the stinger with his license plate if it is.

"I heard somewhere that scorpions and lobsters are cousins, we should be able to eat this."

[SilkScarf]

Jose's eyes go wide at the sight of the dead scorpion. He sweats like a pig on a hot summer day and unbuttons his suit jacket, kneeling down beside it and taking a closer look.

He takes out his smartphone to take some pictures of the gory details.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

The scorpion's legs twitch a bit from getting hit by the keys, but it seems it was just a purely reflexive response. Cory hacks off the stinger with a little time and effort as the carapace has some toughness to it. Scorpion is kill
 
Jose gets some good shots of the two wounds where Tomoe's bullets penetrated the creature and a cross-section of the tail, adding on to the base entry Jamar created.

[Kaede]

" I call dibs on that thing by the way." Tomoe puts the gun away (Forgot to add a pic of it https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/guns/images/1/12/Mauser_C96.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070407202934) and heads over to the scorpion bashing it a few times with the wooden axe to make sure it's dead before looking around to find the camel that got spooked.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Tomoe walks over next to Cory and inflicts a few more wounds on the corpse, the axe makes a distinctly 'blocky' sound every time it hits for some reason.
By this time Samad has regained control over his animal. "Did...did you kill it?" he pants, looking over the scene. Relief floods his countenance as he confirms the scorpion is dead.
"Ah, Halash be praised! It seems that I owe you two my life."

Tomoe's camel has trotted off some distance although it's pace has slowed now that the danger has passed.

[The Lord Kelvin]

As Tomoe bashes away at the shit covered scorpion, a disgust riddled expression emerges from Jamar's face.
"That shit covered mess is all yours. Just don't ask me to touch it."

[Kaede]

"You know if you want to go home you will probably have to do dirtier things than touch this correct?" Tomoe whistles to get the camel closer "Halash, does this creature have a name?"

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Samad scratches his head. "Damned if I know, I think it started with an M? I know they like apples, let me see if I brought any..." He starts rummaging through his bags.

[Xenoe]

Cory tries to index himself.

[Kaede]

"Was talking about the one I killed just now."

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Cory's index entry is already complete, as Papa G vetted him thoroughly before selecting him for Project Gsekai.
Tomoe's camel stops and looks back at the whistle.
"Oh, that thing?" Samad looks at the scorpion. "I believe the locals call this a 'Konopros'. Although from what they say it's destroyed entire caravans before so I'm surprised you were able to defeat it so easily. Uh, not that I'm doubting your ability or anything."

[Xenoe]

"Hmm this critter doesn't look like its the only one of its kind though..." says Cory.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

"Oh I hope not. But as long as you guys keep your eyes peeled like you did just now, we should be alright. Now, are you going to do anything with this one? Its gotten too nasty for my purposes."

[Kaede]

"I'll dissect it when we stop for the night." Tomoe whistles again for the Camel to come back.

[Xenoe]

"We can eat it, only the outside has gotten dirty after all," says Cory in his most Jason-like voice.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

The camel makes its way surely but slowly back over, gazing expectantly at Tomoe.
"Alright then, if we've all regained our composure, let's set off!" Samad declares as he rides off.
[It will be a mostly uneventful 20 minute walk to the structure, you can strike up a conversation, do something on the go, or vote to skip the cutscene. Also someone has to actually pick up the scorpion if you want to take it with you. Auto-advance in 48 hours.]

[Kaede]

Tomoe ties the remains of the scorpion on the camel, then hops on it's back and follows the group.

[The Lord Kelvin]

ooc: voting to skip

[Xenoe]

Cory tries to index the celestial bodies in the sky and wonders if there is any method of retrieving the indexed information.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

As it's currently daytime there's only the sun, which is close to apex and unfortunately too bright to analyze without proper equipment. But wait... closer to the horizon there is a small half-moon shape. It has a different texture than Google Earth's moon, almost like...a human face? He'd need to see the full moon to know for sure.

All indexed information can be retrieved through the core search engine app, which is quite powerful and can be queried by text, voice, interpretive dance, or scanning a previously indexed item.

"Hm, it looks like you aren't dressed very well for this clime," Samad says as he looks over Jamar and Jose, "I might have some spare clothes that fit, interested?"

[The Lord Kelvin]

"Though I appreciate the sentiment, I'd like to first ask what issues you think I would encounter given my current attire?"

[Kaede]

"You mean besides the fact that you look like a JRPG threw up all over you? Your wearing leather in a desert. I don't think I have to say how bad that can be."

[The Lord Kelvin]

"Heyyy! wutchu got against JRPGs!? I can just roll up my pants and take off my coat to stay cool anyways."
Jamar does just that to prove the point, tying the coat around the waist.

[SilkScarf]

Jose brightens at the idea. "Of course, I would love to try out la moda local. Is there a clean bag I can put my suit in?"

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Samad nods. "A bag, yes, I have plenty of bags, but we'd need to empty one out to make space. Perhaps when we get- oh, we're here!"

The party has arrived at the structure, which was indeed a fort as Samad predicted. Piles of sand creep up to its ashen stone walls, which are still quite imposing despite being only about two stories tall. Three towers used to reinforce its corners, but only one still has its roof. A short cliff rings the fort's northern and eastern edges, and the remnants of an outer wall shield it from the west. You loop around to the south to find the main entrance, a tall empty archway whose doors likely crumbled to dust ages ago. A faint pathway stretches out from the doorway going farther south.

"Well, it looks like no one's home. Shall we proceed within?"

[The Lord Kelvin]

looking at the stone structure, Jamar puts on a worried face.
"I guess there's no AC here, huh. On second thought, I'll take you up on your offer for those clothes."

[Corenat Rovarnus]

"Alright then. Er, I'd like to satisfy my curiosity a little first if you don't mind."

Samad dismounts and takes the group into the fort, passing under the empty archway. You walk into an empty courtyard lined with ashen cobblestone, with what appear to have been stables on the right and the "main" building up ahead. "Hm, nothing really interesting yet. Let's stop for a bit here so you folks can get changed."

Samad ties the camels to one of the stable posts that's still relatively intact and takes down one of the saddlebags. He takes out some robes similar to the one he's wearing, a pale green set and a light blue set. He holds out the clothes and the bag, beckoning to Jamar and Jose. "Ah sorry, I can't empty any other bags yet, but this one should be big enough for both. You mind taking turns?"

[The Lord Kelvin]

Jamar takes the pale green set out of the bag and looks for somewhere private to get changed.
"I have my own bag, so go ahead and use that one for yourself"

[SilkScarf]

"Gracias," Jose says, accepting the bag and disrobing with a flourish.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Jamar sees a couple places to change, all of them somewhat iffy:

• Inside the main building, which is unknown.
  
• In the narrow space between the main building and the western wall.
  
• In one of the decayed stable stalls which is right next to the rest of the party.
  

Meanwhile, Jose just strips right where he stands.

[The Lord Kelvin]

"Ah, you're quite bold," Jamar says while eyeing Jose's disrobed figured.

"I do prefer my privacy, however."
Jamar relocates into one of the stable stalls and changes there.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

[5 minutes (1 day real time) until the two free peep shows end]

[Kaede]

Tomoe peeks inside the main building, Mauser at the ready incase there are enemies inside.

[Xenoe]

Cory starts taking nudes of Jose.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Jamar shuffles into one of the stalls and changes into the green robe somewhat nervously. The walls are low with several gaps, risking exposure if someone outside were to look at just the right angle. But why would they, when Jose is before them in all his glory? Cory certainly has his full attention on that brave soul, snapping pictures in pretty much every state of undress he goes through. Cory is informed that while he is providing valuable new data to the big G, Jose isn't originally from this world so it doesn't count towards his quota. Having nudes, of course, is its own reward.

Tomoe sees that the room immediately inside the entrance is deserted, and notifies everyone that it's clear.
After Jamar and Jose finish changing the rest of the party follows Tomoe into the fort proper.
The air feels noticeably cooler, and as your eyes adjust the interior can be seen to be a dark blue. This appears to be an antechamber, empty save for sand, dust and cobwebs. The ceiling is arched, with some kind of motif that's hard to make out from wear. The left wall opens up to a stairwell, curving upwards. The middle wall has a square door, which seems to have gone through a lot of use. The right wall has a similar door in better condition.

"Hmm, it seems we have a choice here," Samad remarks.

[The Lord Kelvin]

"From your experience as an explorer by trade, what do you think each choice here may lead to, Samad?"

[Corenat Rovarnus]

"Well, this one here," he points out the middle door, "is probably to the mess hall, or where the soldiers who manned this fort took their meals. Those stairs could lead up to the battlements, although I'm not sure why it would be so close to the entrance. This last one...hmm," he walks over and examines it, then brushes away some dust on the space above, revealing a strange curved scripture. "Aha! These are Dakavid style runes! Hold on, let me get my translation book out..."
Samad finds that the other two routes also possess faint labels, and gets to deciphering them:

• Right door - "Arsenal"
  
• Middle - "Dorms"
  
• Left Stairs - "Selection"
  

[Xenoe]

"Let's go to the arse-enal, most of us need some way to defend ourselves," says Cory.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Samad nods. "That's a good idea Jaysson, although I doubt we'll find anything better than that "mowzer" Tomorrow, I mean Tomoe has. Any objections?"

[Kaede]

Shrugs. "Your the boss, I gotta see if there is a knife in there so I can do an autopsy on this dead creature."

[The Lord Kelvin]

"On the topic of the gun, how much ammo do you carry around with you, anyways? I'd imagine we should use it sparingly if possible. I doubt there's any way to easily recreate the bullets here."

[Corenat Rovarnus]

"Alright then, to the arsenal we go." Samad walks over to the right door and pulls it open with a low creak. Small motes of dust waft out from the opening.

The arsenal is a wide multi-sectioned room with racks all about containing ancient military equipment. "Wow, what is that contraption?" In the center lies some kind of large wooden machine with broken parts and glass shards scattered about, you can't tell exactly what it is but it is clearly in heavy disrepair. Samad is instantly drawn to it, and starts poring over it.

Most of the weapons are rusted and battered to uselessness, but you can scrounge up serviceable instances of the following:

• Daggers
  
• Swords
  
• Spears
  
• Axes
  

Farther down the wall there are a few crates with more ambiguous contents. The first one is filled with many palm-sized, almond shaped stones. The second has a short pointed stick, possibly a wand. The third contains a plain face mask, with eye slits to see through.

There's also some armor in the form of "breast"plates which have a ridiculous musculature imprinted on them, but they look very moldy and uncomfortable.

[Kaede]

"I've got around 50 bullets with me, I figure I will only use it when were surprised, or against a group where going semi-auto would be beneficial...as for more ammo I can probably requisition some more." Tomoe takes one of the almond shaped stones and examines it, comparing it to one of the 9mm bullets for the gun.

[The Lord Kelvin]

"Is that an assumption? Or do you have an existing agreement in place with our 'employer' ?"

Jamar's face beams with excitement at the sight of the aged weaponry; but as Jamar's eyes look upon the flabby limbs that Jamar calls arms, the expression quickly turns to gloom.
Heaving a sigh, Jamar moves to grab a few (3) daggers, ignoring the awesome swords, spears, and axes. After doing so, Jamar proceeds to inspect some of the more ambiguous contents.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

[Daggers added to inventory]
Upon closer inspection Jamar and Tomoe see that the stones have more of a flattened football shape, with two points instead of one. Despite this they are quite blunt and can be easily held in one hand. They are a few times the size of Tomoe's 9mm cartridge.

Jamar looks at the wand, which has a smooth grip at the non-pointy end. It seems to have been carved from some type of bone. The mask is a featureless gray contour that covers a good portion of the face, and has an intact strap for wearing.

[SilkScarf]

Jose smiles kindly and takes up one of the breast plates. "Why, look at this. It's marvellous, and practically begging to be worn."

He procures a rag and whatever cleaning implements that Samad or co is willing to lend, or that he finds around the room, and goes about cleaning off the breast plate.

Before all this, he also takes the two daggers that are in the best condition after Jamar has had his pick.

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Jose can only find one really usable dagger left, the rest are either blunt or look like they'll break upon use.
"This contraption...it must be a weapon of some sort, but I can't figure out what kind. There's an empty clamp here in the middle which looks like it held something, perhaps a focus? Hmm, I'm afraid this is beyond my understanding."
Samad lends Jose some cloth, who starts wiping down the armor.
"Ah, no more daggers? I'll just take a sword then."
[(working) daggers are out of stock, and there is one sword left. What wouldst thou deau?]

[The Lord Kelvin]

Jamar takes one of the 'wands' and a couple of the stones, then proceeds to hand over a dagger to Jose.
"I see you eyeing the daggers over there. Here take this one; I'd recommend it over those crappy looking ones."

[SilkScarf]

Jose looks up from his breastplate polishing and grins at Jamar.

"Gracias." He wipes his hand on the cloth before accepting the dagger.

"How would you like to try on this armor after I'm done polishing it?" Jose compares the armor and Jamar's frame, seeing if there's a fit.