by mega raptor » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:33 pm
You decide it would be best you get out of the warzone as soon as possible and you decide to head for the research lab. Ignoring the sounds of battle and the whooping of the helicopters, you start searching the buildings.
You approach a nearby warehouse first, and quietly open the side door. You crouch behind a row of crates as a strange, alien call makes you start, and you caution a glance over the crates to see a group of perhaps half a dozen strange, insectoid creatures, all standing upright and with numerous limbs. You see them arranged around something you can't see. They wield crossbow-like weaponry, and seem to be communicating with each other-though you're not sure. You move slightly, carefully, and you see them standing over a corpse of one of their own- mourning a fallen comrade. Around them are the corpses of more soldiers.
Knowing that this is certainly not your intended goal, you shuffle back and try to leave-but you knock over a crate and suddenly all of their red, fly-like eyes are turned on you. You put up a barrier quickly, almost counciously, and your hand moves purposefully again-this time, you fire a bolt of white-hot energy that makes a sound like thunder and blasts one of the creatures back. The others back up, back train their weapons on you-they're afraid, but willing to let you go peacefully.
It occurs to you that, with more practice, you could be using the energy bolts just as counciously as you use your shield-you would only need practice, and here are several targets. But the research lab can't be far-there can't be many buildings left to search. And the creatures seem intelligent, perhaps you could indicate your peaceful intent...
A) Let the creatures go and continue your search.
B) Attack the creatures to learn to counciously use your energy bolts.
C) Attempt to make peace with the creatures.
It's you and me against the world. We attack at dawn.
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper. - T.S. Eliot