melodiesofeternity | Player Plot: A (skele)ton of Work

Who: [AU] Papyrus and everyone else attending the expedition
When: January 7th
Where: The I.B. Magitek Tower
What: The I.B. Magitek Tower may rest on top of the ruins of Asura's temple. Thus, it's up to our heroes to investigate the tower in hopes of finding the great Eidolon within.
Warnings/Notes: Let's just say it's gonna get... topsy turvy. ;)

Everything is pre-arranged. The flight to the tower. The appropriate waivers. Naturally, everyone who accompanies Papyrus will have to sign to gain access- the Triumvirate was rather adamant about preserving the more confidential secrets within the tower, after all.

But once the appropriate paperwork gets signed away, the tower staff escorts the group toward the elevator. Though with the sheer turnout, it may take a few trips to get everyone down below.

[ooc: Info and sign ups are here!

As a quick clarifying note, here's the gist of how the temple and tower relate.

- Characters can access terminals on specific floors, which will open up stairways to an upside down and photo negative version of the I.B. tower without any people in it. Characters enter on the ceiling, which is now the floor, but must proceed to doorways that are on the floor (now the ceiling).

- The elevator does not function on these flipped floors, but it does function on the regular floors, which is what will allow them to skip around to key areas.

- For the trials, there are only terminals within three floors of the destination (as outlined in the comments).]

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Okay. I'm going to keep messing with the armor here then. Tell us what you find out.

He had only affected a bit - he was concerned how many were complete, but he'd keep on dismantling armor so there would be a dent and more managed.

Until his input was needed, he would focus on this task.

While Papyrus fiddled with the controls, Tressa thought it would be a good idea to report to the rest of the group about their findings. It wasn't a whole lot, but it was better then being radio silent.

Floor 42 has these crystal things being inserted into each set of armor. I think they're being sent to... Floor 90, was it? Yeah.

There's also this set of armor in the center of the room, it says it's "unstable". Whatever that could mean. Should we ignore it for the time being?

After delivering her report, she turned her attention to Papyrus once more.

"I've been wondering that myself, why are there so many? Is someone planning on selling them all or something?"

As Madhuri drops the armor into the center of the circle, something curious happens. The armor begins to glow. Some of the nearby armors do as well. Were Madhuri to add any more armors to the circle, she'd find that the armors, regardless of completion, would all start to glow even brighter. Their parts would click and disconnect and whirl in circles within the field before vanishing in a flash.

Perhaps it's best that they tampered with this operation, otherwise they may have ended up with a great deal of magitek armors not only being transported to the other side, but the components of a select few sent... elsewhere. To contribute to the coming challenge at the temple's end.

Of course, there's still a chance that this could happen. It all depends on what Madhuri chooses to do.

The more Adrien tampers with the machine, the bigger dent he'll be able to create. The progress is already halted thanks to his and Madhuri's combined efforts, the once intimidating armors look no better than puny endo-skeletons.

Up on Floor 42, Papyrus turns to Tressa and rubs his chin.

"IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE! BUT GIVEN THE, ERM, NATURE OF THIS TEMPLE, WE SHOULD KEEP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE FROM REACHING THEIR DESTINATION. OR WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BIG CONUNDRUM AT THE END OF IT ALL."

Well, for now, he'll set the conveyors to reverse and close the shutter that lets them progress to the lift. This will in turn send more armors back to Adrien to dismantle if he so desires, though the ones already on Floor 90 will remain, unless Madhuri decides to muck with them herself.

Though the tower staff might not approve.

Either way, he'll send another text. I THINK THIS UNSTABLE ARMOR MIGHT BE A THREAT ONCE WE ENTER THE TEMPLE PROPER. DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I'M WARY OF BREAKING IT TOP SIDE WHEN THE TRIUMVIRATE WAS SO GENEROUS TO LET US ENTER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I THINK WE NEED TO FINALIZE OUR PLAN SO WE CAN PROCEED THROUGH THE INVERTED FLOORS AND GET THE KEY AS SEAMLESSLY AS POSSIBLE.

Perhaps dismantling it rather than simply destroying it would be considered a good compromise. As for a plan, I'm good for whatever everyone else wishes to do.

Found a teleporter, I think. It mends the armor, too. I'm going to do something about it.

She dug through her bag and examined everything she owned. Hmm... how about her special, right here? A simple silk bag of glitter. Discount. With her finger, she traced a Glyph of Warding, and filled in the blank runic circle with the symbol for lightning.

Whistling, she took the silk bag by the cord and gave it a whirl over her head before chucking it at the circle. With the impact, it would become the glitziest electric bomb.

Dismantling the armor seemed like a good idea, though where would they even start? She doubted taking apart a set of armor would be an easy task to undertake, even with an extra set of hands.

"Well, I guess we just take it apart, then? Do we need some kind of tool, or..."

She scratched the back of her head, unsure of what to do.

Papyrus gestures to the control panel. "WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THE MACHINERY HERE, IF WE CAN JUST REDIRECT THE VARIOUS APPENDAGES TO ITS BODY."

He steps away, looking down at the lifeless machine.

"BUT WE MAY HAVE TO GET IT CLOSER FIRST... DO YOU HAVE ANY SKILLS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR MOVING LARGE OBJECTS? IF NOT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET CREATIVE."

He does have his bone magic, though, so that's at least a start.

Fortunately for Maddie, the magic will indeed drop down one heck of a glitzy bomb to the beast on the Inverted Floor 90, dealing a good chunk of damage before the battle even begins!

While they futz about, Pap sends another message.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DISASSEMBLE THE UNSTABLE ARMOR, BUT IT MAY TAKE A BIT TO GET IT INTO POSITION. I'M THINKING WE CAN USE THE EQUIPMENT TO TAKE IT APART.

AFTER THAT, SHALL WE PROCEED THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S LEFT TO DO!

Sounds good! I'll meet you guys there.

She'll take a minute to see if she can't examine these parts here, maybe salvage a core. Wouldn't hurt to get her hands on a little surprise present for a hard-working scientist, right?

"Umm..."

Tressa took a moment, counting what skills she had on her fingers, before shaking her head. It didn't seem like she did, unfortunately, which would make moving this hunk of metal a lot harder then she would have liked.

"I don't, sorry. What about you, got anything up those sleeves of yours?"

Madhuri should be able to nick a few bits and pieces. Power cores, perhaps some elemental crystals or enhancements. The small stuff would probably be more manageable than big ol' mechanical arms, at any rate.

Back on Floor 42, Papyrus circles around the machine. Ah, what to do. What to do...

"WAIT! I'VE GOT AN IDEA."

He reaches out for the machine, breathing deep despite the lack of lungs, annnnnd... boom! Magic bones pop up beneath the armor, nudging it closer to the conveyor.

"IF YOU DON'T MIND WORKING THE CONTROLS WHILE I GET THIS SUIT CLOSER, I THINK WE MAY HAVE THIS IN THE BAG! NYEH HEH HEH!!!"

Player Plot: A (skele)ton of Work

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