Who wants to ̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶O̶C̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ go on ✨fun adventures✨ between our story worlds? (new Tapas RP thread)

[KilljoyConstruct]

Tabitha nodded. "Let's go find whoever's running this place. We don't have to kill 'em just yet, we just have to keep them from getting in everyone else's way."

She glanced around at the workers before moving over to the side, casually sliding along the edge of the room as she kept a lookout for any room similar to Lambert's office from before.

@Pi-Eta

Melvin peered at the symbols Owl was drawing. "What is that?" he asked.

@Legendofgenii

"Let's start on this floor," Nash said to the rest of the tear gas group. "I doubt it'll be wherever those Titan things some of you were talking about are... or whatever kind of weapons of war they're building here. Either way, I don't think they'd keep a weapon everyone knows about right next to a weapon they're still trying to keep a secret."

[alliascompany]

@Aeroyeen
"Ah apologies m'lady. How rude of myself," said Williams. He nodded and followed Tabitha's lead.

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"So, maybe a warehouse? " said Waffle.

[Pi-Eta]

"Spells work a bit electrical circuits. It's a pipeline of different processes coming together for the end result. Each step you achieve with the appropriate syntax, and here we have Sumerian, arc-looping from Parabel's books, a little bit of Aeterna Symphonia bootstrapping, arranged in a way I can comfortably cast. Also accounting for circumstance of course. Reversing entropy isn't easy."

[Legendofgenii]

Lady Barrett smirked to herself and followed after Williams and the others.

Jack kept close to Tabitha, stopping occasionally if he saw anything of interest on the floor.

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“I hate this.” Callan thought aloud. He was paranoid on a good day, so sneaking around in a place they were likely to be killed if caught, wasn’t doing anything for his bad temper. “What are we supposed to do if we actually find something?”

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“What do they look like?” Shepherd asked.

[alliascompany]

"Me too," said Flor, sticking close to Callan. "Call the others and take apart the titians like last time I guess."

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"Well don't know about here, but back home they're usually big enough to hold and throw, " said Waffle.

[Legendofgenii]

“I really hope it’s that simple.” Muttered Callan. “We should find something to take the rivets out.”

[KilljoyConstruct]

@Legendofgenii

“Alright, so are we creating a distraction for this guy?" Holl asked as they followed Williams, Tabitha, and Barrett. "Do we lock him in his office? What's the plan for keeping him from getting involved?"

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"Look-“ Jericho said once the tear gas group had wound its way through a good part of the ground floor. “That looks like the entrance to a storage room.” He pointed to a set of metal doors in the far wall.

The group was alone, for the time being. The only problem was that the doors appeared to be locked, and none of them had a key.

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“Maybe there’ll be tools down there we can use,” Callahan said. “I don’t see why there wouldn’t be.”

The Titan group was closing in on a corridor that easily looked like it could have led to the basement of the factory. Callahan tapped the nearest person on the shoulder, nodding towards the hallway before checking to make sure they weren’t being watched and making his way towards it.

@Pi-Eta

“Uh… right,” Melvin said, Owl’s explanation going completely over his head. “How long do you think it’ll take?”

[alliascompany]

"I... hadn't really thought that far," Williams admitted.

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"Time for my trusty pen," said Waffle. He took out his pen and pressed the button, shooting a tiny laser on the lock.

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"Good point, " said Flor. She shuffled towards the hallway, keeping an eye out for anything.

[KilljoyConstruct]

“I vote we lock ‘im in his office,” Tabitha said.

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@Legendofgenii

Jericho blinked in surprise as Waffle’s pen disabled the lock. “If it works, it works,” he said to himself.

Nash went to pull open the heavy doors, gesturing for the others to go in before him.

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No one seemed to notice as the Titan group disappeared into the corridor. Eventually they were out of sight, soon finding themselves alone with a staircase not at all unlike the one Florence had taken them down when she was showing them the Titans back in London.

[Legendofgenii]

“Are you certain that’s a pen?” Shepherd said as he watched Waffle at work. “The only thing that a pen squirts out back home is ink.”

He held Connie’s hand and hurried through the doors after Nash opened them.

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Callan continued down the corridor with Callahan, Flor, and the others. He got quieter the further down they went, possibly worrying about how they were going to get out if things went wrong.

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“I say we kill ‘im.” Barrett said simply. “Else he’s gonna bang on the doors, or scream for his mother or somethin’. Best we nip it in the bud.”

[alliascompany]

@Legendofgenii
"I like the locking him in plan better, " said Williams.

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Flor held onto Callan's hand as they went down the staircase.

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"Technically it's a laser. It just looks like a pen," said Waffle with a shrug. He carefully looked inside the room.

[KilljoyConstruct]

@alliascompany

“Mm, that’s a good point actually,” Tabitha said. “Alright, how about this. We either gag him and tie him to a table led, or knock him out. If he still gives us trouble, then we’ll kill him.”

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When everyone was in the storage room, Nash softly closed the door behind them all, coming in to join them.

The storage room was huge, but not very unorganized. There were broken bits of robots stored in the section nearest to the group, whole robots that looked to be powered down further in the distance, and a variety of large tools and machines scattered around them all.

Closer to the back, they could see crates full of what appeared to be grenades, as well as larger canisters placed in groups nearby.

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The staircase ended in a dimly lit room with a large vault door at the end of it. Callahan paused when he saw it, furrowing his brow.

“…well, they’re definitely hiding something,” he said.

[Pi-Eta]

"I don't know. Once everybody here is cleared out I'll need you to draw this about five times as big on the factory floor. Oh, and I'll be needing extra storage units, and an entire spare robot head."

[alliascompany]

"I hope it doesn't come to that, but alright. Let's go find the office, " said Williams.

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Waffle went to investigate crates and canisters.
"Okay, I think we found it," he said.

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"Do you think it's locked?" Asked Flor.

[Legendofgenii]

“Whatever makes you ‘appy.” Barrett shrugged.

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Shep knocked on a decapitated robot head as he passed it, just to make sure it wasn’t alive. Connie was a step behind him, looking nervous and occasionally sniffing at the air.

“Oh good! … so what now?” Shepherd asked.

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“Only one way to find out.” Callan said, heading towards the ominous vault door.

[aqua03]

(Hey, think you guys could ping me when you start the next world so I can rejoin with Yvonne and AO Kuang please? Thanks.)

[Legendofgenii]

((@aqua03 Of course we can. ️️ ))

[aqua03]

(Cool, thanks. )

[KilljoyConstruct]

Melvin looked the tiniest bit squicked out as Owl mentioned needing a robot head, but he only nodded and went back to observing the workers.

@alliascompany @Legendofgenii

Tabitha glanced at the others before continuing to slink along the wall. Before long, they came across a staircase that would take them up to the next floor. She didn't hesitate in climbing it, her eyes darting back and forth for any sign that someone was watching them.

There was a hallway at the stop of the stairs, and further down the hallway was a door. It was closed, but there was no one standing near it.

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"We'll have to find gas masks," Nash said, looking around. "They're probably-"

He was cut off by a quiet, mechanical whirring sound that came from behind the group.

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The vault door loomed over the Titan group as they approached it. Callahan shifted his weight between his feet uncomfortably before saying, "I might have an idea."

Though his work uniform remained the same, as he held out his hand he was still able to summon his bone crook. As he wrapped his fingers around it, the group may have been able to notice that the end of it was changing shape; the curved part lengthened and straightened out, growing in width until what the boy was holding was no longer a shepherd's crook, but something akin to a sword.

When the transformation was complete, Callahan stepped up to the vault door, sizing it up before stabbing the sword through the metal. The door gave way easily under the sword, and before long he was able to cut a lopsided hole in it that was just big enough for each of the group members to make it through.

[Legendofgenii]

Barrett stepped closer to the door and tried its handle.

Jack peered out from behind Tabitha.

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Connie growled like a dog, whilst Shepherd froze and looked over to where the strange sound was coming from.

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Callan stepped back and watched what Callahan did with wide eyes.

“How did… you know what, I’ll ask later-“ Cal interrupted himself, stepping closer to the door. “Let’s get this over with.”