Unfortunately for a coworker, they do not. They carry a strange looking sword and attacks Shu. Their eyes are dilated. They don't seem to be able to listen to reason. They look absolutely crazed.
"If I chop off my arm, can I hear that song again...? I want to hear it. Please. More. More. Come with me and let the machine sing!!"
Shu has a red sword like Yuri's! No gun, but he can try stealing one from the clerks. ]
[ well, he has enough experience with hand to hand to keep himself from losing an arm immediately. he WILL try and steal a gun from one of the clerks, yes. but first--
he's gonna swing for the coworker's kneecap, no mercy. ]
[ Well! Shu gets an entire sword pierced through his torso. Bleeding out the mouth. All the fun stuff. The possessed coworker laughs. It's fine they still have one leg. They try to go over to Shu to drag him.
[ The coworker is toppling every now and then. They're not very good at balancing on one leg, so they eventually give up and crawls while dragging Shu. The way they press their open leg to the ground must hurt, but they don't care. They just keep laughing in absolute euphoria.
[ The coworker screams again. The arm sure is sliced off! Cool! But they're at the door where the Singing Machine is. They still have one arm, so they attempt to try and grab Shu by the foot to shove him into the grinder.
Roll a 5 or higher to escape. This person only has two limbs now and is living on adrenaline. ]
[ i like how apart from getting stabbed through the chest, dicemaiden liked me today and rolled me an 11. shu will stab them back through the chest, if he has to. ]
[ The coworker laughs and laughs even after being stabbed in the chest.
"I want to hear it... one last time..."
And they shove their sliced limbs into the Singing Machine first before going in, leg first. They get shredded inside the meat grinder, procuring some sort of "music" that can only be played when it grinds humans. It seems to enjoy that. Three energy boxes for you.
And thus ends the little lobcorp side quest and Shu will find himself in the void with Yuri. Thankfully, he has no injuries as if none of that ever happened. ]
he might be out of the lobcorp void-- yay, three energy boxes for me -- but he does lift a hand to press at where he was skewered through the chest, holding it there for a moment before removing it to check for any blood.
[ he's definitely not stabbed anymore, at least. which is the main thing. after a moment he just lets out a slow sigh and flops backwards to lie back on the ground. ]
[ Yuri sits down next to Shu, wiping his forehead with a handkerchief regardless whether there's sweat there or not. Time to brush his hair a little away from the face to reveal that Shu actually has two eyes (/s). ]
... Yes. While the form it took was of an industrial meat grinder, it often possessed coworkers to have them shove others into the machine to create "music" of the human flesh being shredded, hence "The Singing Machine".
Yuri is quietly throughout the entire memory. The void spits them out (throws dart ig) in front of the trams when it's over and she looks over at him, not sure what to say for the longest time.
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Unfortunately for a coworker, they do not. They carry a strange looking sword and attacks Shu. Their eyes are dilated. They don't seem to be able to listen to reason. They look absolutely crazed.
"If I chop off my arm, can I hear that song again...? I want to hear it. Please. More. More. Come with me and let the machine sing!!"
Shu has a red sword like Yuri's! No gun, but he can try stealing one from the clerks. ]
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he's gonna swing for the coworker's kneecap, no mercy. ]
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"No! No... I want to hear it again... Please... If my leg is useless now, then..."
They promptly cut their leg off right above the knee that Shu injured.
"There, now please... feed it... Feed it!! To the Singing Machine!! I'll do anything to hear it again!!"
If Shu looks like he'll reject that notion, they'll throw the sword in an attempt to stab Shu's torso. I hope he can roll 13 or higher. ]
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"Time to feed you to the Singing Machine~"
They say deliriously, giggling and laughing. ]
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well, he might be bleeding out the mouth and in a hell of a lot of agonising pain but--
but
the coworker has to lean down to try and drag him, right? ]
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HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!! ]
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he swings the sword up and over, into the arm holding him. ]
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Roll a 5 or higher to escape. This person only has two limbs now and is living on adrenaline. ]
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"I want to hear it... one last time..."
And they shove their sliced limbs into the Singing Machine first before going in, leg first. They get shredded inside the meat grinder, procuring some sort of "music" that can only be played when it grinds humans. It seems to enjoy that. Three energy boxes for you.
And thus ends the little lobcorp side quest and Shu will find himself in the void with Yuri. Thankfully, he has no injuries as if none of that ever happened. ]
Shu! Are you alright?!
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he might be out of the lobcorp void-- yay, three energy boxes for me -- but he does lift a hand to press at where he was skewered through the chest, holding it there for a moment before removing it to check for any blood.
huh. ]
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... It wasn't real. The Singing Machine can't hurt you.
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The Singing Machine?
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... Yes. While the form it took was of an industrial meat grinder, it often possessed coworkers to have them shove others into the machine to create "music" of the human flesh being shredded, hence "The Singing Machine".
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Shredding bodies as music. [ jesus. ] Was that— somewhere in your City?
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[ There's a lopsided smile from Yuri. ]
So I wasn't privy to its details after that moment.
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he sits up. ]
Possessed-- you worked with these things? Like I was doing? [ GIRL WHAT? ]
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[ (yay) ]
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So, you got mind controlled by an industrial meat grinder, and people had to knock you out so you didn't go around possessed by it's... singing.
[ is that? what happened to her? ]
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[ 🧍♂️
WHAT ELSE IS SHE SUPPOSED TO SAY? NO?? ]
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No wonder you don't want to go back there.
[ jesus. ]
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[ Haha...................
Anyway. ]
... I'm not sure when this void will let us back out.
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[ HR would have a field day, if LobCorp did HR. ]
... If it's like any of the others, it's probably just waiting for--
[ yeah ]
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Yuri is quietly throughout the entire memory. The void spits them out (throws dart ig) in front of the trams when it's over and she looks over at him, not sure what to say for the longest time.
...
But then she gives him a light hug. ]
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