private Escape from Deep Science

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

There was a sickening sound from the floor of the elevator as a puddle of the black goo he had seen earlier began to form practically beneath him. A bald equine head, coated with the same black goo with small glowing eyes slowly emerged from the ground, fixed on him. It seemed he wasn't going to be going back through this elevator. The statue remained still as it was being watched.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle,

Shadow jumped away from the second creature and landed on a disk made of shadow so he didn't fall into the cage and said,

"hi, didn't see ya there.  ya have a name, or should I call ya goo?"

Then he noticed his sword was next to the creature that just came in. He shrugged his shoulder and looked at the goo creature

Edited March 24, 2016 by reader8363

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

The corroded equine said nothing, but had a predatory smile to him as he fully emerged from the ground. He began to walk towards Shadow, the corrosion effect spreading wherever he walked. It was in no hurry.

 

@@DwhitetheGamer, 

 

Copper found himself on a walkway as he passed through the door, a large metal heating unit in front of him and some pipes to the near and far left corner of the room emitting a black gas. The walkway was quite sturdy and extended to both a door on his left and one on the far side of the industrial heating unit.

 

@@Flinp,  

 

She heard a faint beep coming from her radio, the sound was distorted as if it were low on power.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle, 

Shadow layed down and said as he stared at the ceiling and opened a portal on the other side of the cage,

"I see you can't talk, but by that smile, I think you want some sort of revenge. If you want we can be friend, if you somehow tell me who brought us here in the first place and I take you two to him or her."

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

In what was quite a disgusting action the corroded pony licked its lips, the goo moving like mucus across his form. The corrosion spread as the cage began to sink into the ground, into a quickly growing puddle of corrosive goo. It spread up the walls, begining to displace the shadows that Shadow was using as the creature drew ever closer to him. It extended a hoof out towards Shadow, the smile growing ever so slightly wider. 

[Drago Ryder 641]

Gale noticed that the gate had been inactive for some time and while she was sad that she would have to leave TRavelture to who knows what, she quickly moved forwards. "Hopefully this doesn't come back to haunt me." She thought to herself. The dragoness was honestly getting tired of all of this and wondered where the others that had been brought into the facility were.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle,

Shadow jumped into the portal and said as he came out next to the far wall and sat down,

"I guess you do not want to talk. I'm basically trying to understand you guys a little more. So I can help ya."
He used the goo creature's shadow as a portal underneath it.

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

The goo creature knew pocket dimensions well, he had had centuries to master them, the produced portal gave him the access he needed. Corrosion poured off the creature into the shadow portal, spreading and multiplying against its contents, in only a few moments Shadow's little portal dimension would belong to the creature. The cage was moved through the floor and emerged empty from the ceiling above Shadow, goo dripping down from above him. the concrete statue was nowhere to be seen and could now be anywhere in the facility. The creature ignored the shadow portal as he continued onward, corroding and corrupting what he came in contact with. Delayed were his plans for the blue pony, this one would make a much more interesting hunt.

 

@@Drago Ryder,

 

She entered a large room with four exits, up above she could see the vents she had been crawling through earlier, through the door on the left would then be the source of whatever light she had seen earlier. 

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle,

Shadow jump out from under the cage and tried to dodge the goo as it fell. He looked up at the cage to see it was empty and said, as he turned to the creature,

"I was getting close to some answers, now I have to find it and ask it a few questions "

He charged at it and swung his back hoof, hoping the scales would protect him from the goo

[hollow-shades 129]

@@Illiad Easle

 

As she heard someponies talking, she decided to enter the far door, which was already opened. She stared at the goo for a bit, before levitating and un-making the paper pal ball and seeing it

 

" Wait a minute...red and brown substance? Is this connected to the thing?..." she then turned into a paper ball and glued to her mane again.

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

The creature caught his strike, the metal corroding away at the touch, Shadow was quickly dragged in to the creature's pocket dimension. Attacking it was a costly mistake.

 

When shadow awoke he found himself in a octagonal room, the floors and walls a corroded sort of rock anything not natural to himself has been corroded to the point of uselessness and his right hind leg was broken as well making it very difficult for him to walk quickly. Despite it being dark here there was no shadow to speak of, nor really light. He was somehow simply aware of what was near him. There were eight hallways around him perhaps one of them would allow him to escape the creature's pocket dimension.

 

@@Flinp, 

 

Looking closer at the goo it was closer to a black than a red/brown, not likely to be of the specimen mentioned on the document, but it was likely a good idea to avoid it nonetheless. Her radio beeped again, perhaps she should check it?

[hollow-shades 129]

@@Illiad Easle

 

" What- how- do I even have one of those?" Heart asks himself as she levitate her radio and started to slap it, accidentally pressing a random, yet suspicious button" Could you stop screaming or whatever? It's hard to survive with you doing your weird radio thingy!"

Edited March 25, 2016 by Flinp

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle, 

Shadow got up and looked around, he opened his wing to see if there was a shadow in there. Sadly there wasn't. He closed his wing and looked at the halls, seeing if there was any hint which one is the one that will get him out of here. He choose the one behind him and started limping that way, trying not to put a lot of pressure on it.

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@Flinp,

 

(In case you forgot, you got the radio in the bug's room)

 

"Oh good, you're still alive. 079 may be listening to the radio so I'll keep this short. First, go to J19 for L3 keycard, then P30 for L4 and AG34 for L5, then R27 to turn something off for me. Do you need more information? I can..." The radio then cut out, it was clearly low on power. She remembered she had found a battery with the gas mask, perhaps that could help her here?

 

@@reader8363,

 

(By quite the coincidence the game has decided you will follow the same path as copper so far.)

 

After walking for a bit down the hallway his view suddenly shifted. He found himself in a sort of security hallway similar to the one he walked through soon after he had left his cell. At either end was a closed door.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle, 

Shadow sat down and started breathing heavy. Then he said as he got up and went to the door in front of him

"I really wonder where the food is kept and the medical. Hopefully, they have a medical."

He stopped at the door, took a deep breath and  pressed the button

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

It was weird, the door opened and he was pulled in, he could tell a terrible fate awaited him on the other side, but something changed. When he came to he found himself in a place he had been searching for, the Cafeteria. It was a large white room, with no trace of food anywhere but a lone coffee machine with a note strapped to it. A raised walkway accessible by some nearby stairs led to a door on either side of the room. A small red ball of yarn with far too many eyes rolled down the stairs and towards him. "Eric?" it said in an oddly deep voice.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle, 

Shadow looked around to see that there was no food. He muttered mostly to himself, 
"This better to be a joke."

He limped over to the note and grabbed it. Then he heard a voice. He spun around, then wished he hadn't. He said through clenched teeth,

"No, sorry. I'm not Eric. May I ask who or what are you?"

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

He felt it likely that the document would have some important information, perhaps he should read it before he dismissed the value of the room. The ball rolled away as the strange creature was not Eric. Maybe Eric would come again one day, until then he would wait. "Eric?" it called out again. A sizeble number of coins fell to the floor when the document was removed, each bore a 25 on one side and a relief of the moon on the other, the mare in the moon visible from certain angles. 

 

The document:

 

Item SCP-294 appears to be a standard coffee vending machine, the only noticeable difference being an entry touchpad with buttons corresponding to an English QWERTY keyboard. Upon depositing fifty cents Trojan currency into the coin slot, the user is prompted to enter the name of any liquid using the touchpad. Upon doing so, a standard 12-ounce paper drinking cup is placed and the liquid indicated is poured. Ninety-seven initial test runs were performed (including requests for water, coffee, beer, and soda, non-consumable liquids such as sulfuric acid, wiper fluid, and motor oil, as well as substances that do not usually exist in liquid state, such as nitrogen, iron and glass) and each one returned a success. Test runs with solid materials such as diamond have failed, however, as it appears that SCP-294 can only deliver substances that can exist in liquid state.

It is of note that after approximately fifty uses, the machine would not respond to further requests. After a period of approximately 90 minutes, the machine seemed to have restocked itself. It is also interesting to note that many caustic liquids that would have eaten through a normal paper cup seemed to have no effect on the cups dispensed by the machine.

Testing is ongoing. As suggested, SCP-294 was moved to the 2nd floor personnel break room as a money-saving venture. Following incident 294-01, guards were stationed at the item and a security clearance became necessary to interact with it.

 

Edited March 25, 2016 by Illiad Easle

[Goodleg00p 30]

@@Drago Ryder,

Pink looked around in all the hallways, lastly stopping on the one that had light.

"I vote the light. Y'know how they always say 'Don't go into the light'? Maybe 'they' are really the same 'they' running this place, and the saying was just a sick cultural joke they inserted into our worlds to make it seem like whatever is making this light is a bad thing, but it's just stupid reverse psychology."  

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

@@Illiad Easle, 

 

Copper closed his eyes, allowing him to disperse the electricity in a small arc.  The electricity disappeared a few inches in front of him, so now he could look at his surroundings.  He frowned as he found himself in an industrial area.  He walked, finding a door to his left.  He shrugged, and opened the door.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle, 

Shadow read the note and smiled and said, 

"you're coming with me. I might have use for ya"
He opened a portal and a tentacle came out, grabbed the scp, and pulled it in. He said as he pulled out a throwing knife, 
"Once again, I'm not Eric and Eric isn't here. Who or what are ya. If ya don't answer, I'll throw this at ya."

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@reader8363,

 

When he opened the shadow portal some of the wandering corrosive goo that had recently come to inhabit the area spilled out. Also, he hadn't seen any outlets like the one this was plugged into. Perhaps it would be a good idea to just use it here rather than trying to move it and hoping a usable outlet showed up.

 

 

All the eyes of the yarn ball swiveled to look at Shadow as a small crack in the ground formed beneath it. "Eric?" Seemed to be all it could say.

 

@@DwhitetheGamer, 

 

The door opened to reveal a walkway with an open left side, gas was pouring from pipes on the right side obstructing his view of the path though he could faintly see a door on the far side. It would perhaps be a good idea to not go this way until he had found some sort of gas mask.

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

@@Illiad Easle, 

 

Copper coughed a little bit and closed the door, waving a hoof in front of him.  It would be a bad idea to go through that room without a gas mask.  He shook his head, deciding not to go that way for the time being, for he knew he might puke.  He went the full way through the room and found another door.  He nodded, opening the door.

[reader8363 1,281]

@@Illiad Easle,

Shadow opened a different portal and let the goo drip out of that one. Then plugged it in and ask for acid and a dragon drink. It gave him both. He placed it into the portal and said as he limped towards the ball,

"Since you can't talk very well, Why don't ya show me to food or the medical."

[Illiad Easle 3,176]

@@DwhitetheGamer,

 

The door opened to reveal a square hallway with a card scanner door on the right side. There was also a button door on the other side of the hallway.

 

@@reader8363,

 

 The corrosive goo did not move out of the portal very rapidly and it seemed to be producing more within it all the time. It was safe to say whatever had been in there had long been corroded past usefulness. If he could, it might be a good idea to sever his connection to that pocket dimension and get a new one as that dimension was not being cleaned of the goo very quickly. The goo that did fall out began to corrode the floor nearby.

 

The dragon drink it dispensed seemed slightly weird.

 

(You can live off drinks you know, you just have to be creative as to what you ask for, if it can exist as a liquid the machine can dispense it.)

 

@@Drago Ryder, 

 

Gale felt suddenly sick and in pain as approximately 12 oz of various bodily fluids were suddenly removed from her. (A collection of 12 oz evenly distributed among all the liquids that can be found in a dragon.)

Edited March 25, 2016 by Illiad Easle