Work at Rupture Farms (v.9) -

MarsMudoken · #**271** 09-17-2009, 04:03 PM

...SKLEROS? DRIPIK? ANYONE?

you don't like me when im ignored.

Psychocath · #**272** 09-18-2009, 03:07 AM

OOC: My character is currently busy interacting with Splat's character, it's rude to interrupt. And I'm pretty sure Dripik is busy, he'll post when he finds time to.
Be a bit more patient please.

AlexFili · #**273** 09-18-2009, 03:17 AM

OOC: Psychocath is right. It can take a while before you get recruited. It'll be worth the wait though.

MarsMudoken · #**274** 09-19-2009, 02:32 PM

...i am not paitient...but i am sorry

Splat · #**275** 09-23-2009, 06:11 AM

ooc: Sorry about delays.

:

he saw Anni pounce onto Jim with a large grin (or whatever paramites have)

I guess you mean 'Lexi'?

IC:
"Yes, we should," Jim said pointedly as he slowly picked himself off of the ground, brushing himself down a little feebly. "Anni, you want to come over here and help me with the machines? It's more interesting than just cleaning..."
He knew how short Anni's attention span could be. He was also aware of the fact that a short while ago, one of the machines in this very room had been on fire, and he'd almost suffocated as a result; the machine in question was currently off and they were using a different one that bypassed it, but still, he would like to have a second pair of eyes just in case.
Anni grumbled, "Fine... Let's get on with it." A moment later she added under her breath, "You're so boring sometimes, Jim."
Jim overheard, but rolled his eyes and said nothing, though he smiled very slightly. They were there for a reason after all.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Grace grunted at the comment, "Not in this life. Gluks run the place; we can't expect any different.Trust me, sligs don't make great leaders off of the battle field. Easy work makes 'em soft. And vykkers are crazy; never trust a vykker with anything."
He glanced towards the door to the boss's office, which was just about as closed as any door could be, "Look, I've been told to patrol around and the impression I got of the boss is that he doesn't like being disturbed. You'll be waiting 'til the sky falls trying to get a word with him; if you want, we can look around together and I'll vouch for you if anything comes up."

He wanted to keep an eye on the kid, and it would be good to have the company of anyone who at least seemed willing to haul their weight; as a rule, he tended to hate any sligs conscripted from factories, and it was a hard mentality to break.

Jimmy-le-sniper · #**276** 09-29-2009, 11:14 AM

-----OOC-----

Useful fact : An inactive Snoozer is a useless Snoozer. Save one today, make the Mudokon chase continue.

Message brought to you by The Vikkers Conglomerate.

Splat · #**277** 09-29-2009, 12:49 PM

ooc: While your post was somewhat pointless, it's at least good to know that i haven't accidentally locked the thread or something.

Where is everybody?!

AlexFili · #**278** 09-29-2009, 02:39 PM

OOC: I guess everyone is waiting on Dripik.

Jimmy-le-sniper · #**279** 09-29-2009, 03:01 PM

My "pointless post" was another way to say what AlexFili just said...But in my way, Dripik is not mad at me for bothering him like I usually do

Splat · #**280** 09-29-2009, 03:31 PM

ooc: EVERYONE PM DRIPIK!!!

(Odd, I hate that smiley...)

MarsMudoken · #**281** 09-29-2009, 11:22 PM

finnaly someones talking to drippy

Like I did and then got yelled at...

MeechMunchie · #**282** 09-30-2009, 12:43 AM

OOC: I'm waiting on Gretin...

Gretin · #**283** 09-30-2009, 02:44 PM

OOC: I was waiting for Dripik, but I guess I don't actually have to.

IC:

Watching the commotion below as SU-01 seemingly went berserk, Hembar rolled her eyes. That was one of the oldest tricks in the book, there was no way she was falling for that. But suddenly she sensed something, another creature on the pipes with her.

Reacting almost before it actually happened, she hopped backwards as a meech (Crunchy) landed where she had been crouched down a moment before. Another one? They were supposed to be extinct because of Rupture Farms and yet she'd seen two in this very location!

Unfortunately, the jump away from her previous position had thrown her off balance, and although she tried to regain it and stay upright, standing on circular pipes isn't the easiest thing ever and she found herself slipping off the side. Desperately reaching out, she tried to grab onto another pipe to pull herself up, but her hands missed and she was sent plummeting head-first towards the ground.

Luckily, however, she managed to hook her foot on another pipe before she fell too far, but this was not good at all - not only would all this have attracted attention from the robots (who she was pretty sure were just faking their malfunctions), but she was now in a vulnerable position too!

Jimmy-le-sniper · #**284** 10-01-2009, 12:38 AM

-----IC-----

SU-01 didn't expected the things to move that fast. He stopped the "mal-fake-tion program" and turned around only to find the poor Mudokon female hanging upside-down from the ceiling. She must have tripped or something.

Like any heavy armored security robot would do, he pointed his guns at Hembar's face, with the regular, pre-recorded slig shout : "Freeze !".

Odd, theses scripted arrest procedures are stupid ! he thoughts. Like she can even move in that position.

He came closer to where Hembar was and started to extend one of its arm to grab her by her legs. He stopped in the middle of his action. Suddenly, he was unsure of what to do. His robotic brain was ordering him to capture that fugitive. That way, he may have the opportunity to have a private discussion with the boss, and complete his primary objective. But for some reason, a yet unknown part of him was telling him to let her escape with equal intensity.

MeechMunchie · #**285** 10-01-2009, 07:15 AM

IC:
Crunchy's small brain was whirring. He produced a sting of clicks and chirrups as he arrived at the conclusion 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'. He had darted to avoid security as he had scrambled around the factory, and this Mudukon (Hembar) was obviously in danger from the same robots (SU-01). He stumbled forward as he sought to pull her to safety, but his feet were somehow unresponsive. He slid on the grimy metal as his legs caught on each other, his small claws vainly grabbing on air as he tumbled down. A loud clang emitted as he struck the metallic hull of the robot.

dripik · #**286** 10-04-2009, 02:05 AM

OOC: I think I caught a glimpse of a spotlight spelling 'dripik' on the clouds the other day... To the Dripmobile!

In other news, W@RF became seven years old today. Celebrate now!

Mars, what do you expect: How would Arnie react when he saw a Native Mudokon walking up to him with the appearance and especially the tools you mentioned in the profile? You could edit that last post, adding how Mars arrived to RF, hiding his native gear and donning some industrial clothing before approaching Arnie. And maybe how he found his way to the Boss' office. Finding Arnie is never that easy...

--------------------------------

"So, where are my humble quarters, Chief?" said Rick to #7 Slig, waiting for him to carry out the orders of Arnie. #7 Slig was again wondering if Rick was joking or simply being snide. However strange he found the idea of locking up the Mudokon for being late from the meeting, it was an order from the Boss. It had to be done.

He led Rick to the Lab storage, where he found the cages in which detained workers usually stayed.

"Oh, not many people on holiday these days..." said Rick, looking at the empty cages. #7 Slig looked at him. The Mudokon was usually making attempts at humour, but hearing these kind of remarks was unusual to #7 Slig.

"Do I get to choose? I'd prefer one which is close to the beach and has a Café nearby..." said Rick with a weird grin. #7 Slig began to feel nervous about this.

"Alright, enough fooling around. Get into one and stay quiet." said #7 Slig, nudging Rick a bit.

Rick made his way to one of the cages and sat down inside - the cage was not high enough for someone to stand in it. "Nice. Makes me wish I was late from things more often. Hope you find others to join me here." he said to #7 Slig. The Slig didn't reply but left the storage.

--------------------------------

RG didn't even have time to react to SU's fake malfunction, when a succession of things happened suddenly: the Mudokon (Hembar) in hiding moved from its previous position, SU-01 tried to take hold of it, and a creature fell down on top of the Snoozer with a clank.

RG took a few steps backwards, readying his rifle with tranquilizers, watching the proceedings.

AlexFili · #**287** 10-04-2009, 03:09 AM

OOC: I wouldn't think that Glukkons would care what a Mudokon wears, especially when it's after a job. Finding the boss's office isn't that hard. If you look at AO, AE or MO, a Glukkon's office is virtually always in a small room right at the end of whatever facility they happen to be in (as far away from the entrance as possible).

Regardless of this, Mars' character and my own are still waiting for employment. I hope you post with Arnie soon

dripik · #**288** 10-04-2009, 03:54 AM

OOC:

:

OOC: I wouldn't think that Glukkons would care what a Mudokon wears, especially when it's after a job. Finding the boss's office isn't that hard. If you look at AO, AE or MO, a Glukkon's office is virtually always in a small room right at the end of whatever facility they happen to be in (as far away from the entrance as possible).

Regardless of this, Mars' character and my own are still waiting for employment. I hope you post with Arnie soon

a) If you played MO, you'd remember how Industrials react to Scrubs (that is, Mudokons being in Industrial employment and being dressed accordingly), and how Industrials react to Natives who are either carrying tomahawks or SpooceBows and wearing native clothing (that is, Mudokons who usually pose a threat to Industrial facilities). Imagine yourself as the Boss of a factory (real life or OW, doesn't matter), seeing a guy carrying a gun and a backpack full of explosives coming up to you and saying "Hi, I'm here for a job.". Not likely that you'd lead the guy in your office and ask for a CV.

b) Surely you've noticed that the current interpretation of Rupture Farms (that is, the one we're roleplaying in now) is a tad different from the factories you've seen in the OW games (I usually give a link to the W@RF map at the start of each thread, useful to know). It's not a linear sequence of different rooms and areas, but a number of levels with circular corridor layouts and rooms opening from them. New players usually ask around for the location of the Boss or his office. It's just a minor thing that Arnie told Otto to take care of newcomers looking for a job, but your character(s) are not supposed to know that, since they weren't there at the time.

Finally, you (and all new W@RFers, generally) should trust senior RPers a bit more when it comes to roleplaying here. I have now, what... seven years of experience in W@RF, I (and others like Splat, MM, Gretin and more) have seen some bad, bad things here (check the previous threads), we know what's what in W@RF.

AlexFili · #**289** 10-04-2009, 04:27 AM

OOC: I played MO, but didn't particularly notice any difference in behavior regarding Scrubs running around or Tomahawkers running around. If you notice in AO/AE, workers get shot regardless of uniform or clothing. It was the fact that they were working (or pretending to work) which kept them safe from harm, not uniforms.

The W@RF map is a bit confusing and I do appreciate that it may take newbies a while to get acquainted with the surroundings... however I still think that the boss's office would be signposted somewhere and quite easily found in most cases.

I want to make myself clear at this point. I do not wish to argue or contradict you in the previous paragraphs and in terms of experience, you are far ahead and always will be in W@RF. However, it seems that you are not giving me, Mars or any other newbie a chance to gain experience by making the recruitment process so convoluted. If the W@RF members encourage people to join the RPs, why is it so difficult to start roleplaying with other people?

I am not a troublemaker and I do not wish to challenge your authority, I only wish to be recruited into the RP so that I can begin accumulating experience.

Gretin · #**290** 10-07-2009, 05:30 PM

IC:

Hembar hung helplessly as the robot (SU-01) extended an arm upwards to grab her. Next time I see a mudokon in a cage, maybe I should just leave it there, she thought wryly.

Then it suddenly stopped for some reason, and at that instant, the meech (Crunchy) came tumbling down from the pipes and landed right on the robot.

Well, the stealth approach had been ruined, she was now in plain sight so hiding again was pointless, but this small distraction would at least let her make herself less vulnerable. Letting her foot fall off the pipe, she started falling towards the ground, landing near the feet of the snoozer, but as she touched the ground she nimbly curled herself into a ball and rolled backwards, away from the two robots, then jumped to her feet facing them with her hands in a defensive position.

"Alright, I'm here - what are you going to do now?" she defiantly addressed the two robots.

She wasn't actually sure what she was going to do next, but there was no way she was going to show any sign of that and she was ready to react to the slightest movement they might make. It was a pity they sent robots instead of a slig, a slig's mind was so easy to manipulate, make him see something that wasn't there or not see something that was there, but she had no idea where to even start with manipulating a robot.
So it looked like she was going to have to do this the hard way.

<•-•-•-•-•>

OOC: Ralph is alive!!!

IC:

Looking down from the packaging area to the production area, Ralph could see that there was still hardly anthing happening.

Screw this, he thought, I don't care if this was my allocated job or not, I need to do SOMETHING.

Leaving the room and taking the lifts back down to the floor below, he entered the production lines where the two mudokons (Jim and Anni) and the big creature (Skullik) were, along with a paramite. The slig (Gewehr) seemed to have disappeared off somewhere.

"Hey!" he called out from the doorway, "you guys need any help in here?"

Splat · #**291** 10-08-2009, 03:53 AM

ooc: Gretin, your natives are always so epic

Makes me miss Sefon. (also, your new banner/avatar is cool)

*Sigh* I've been waiting for Chronicler and Psychocath for two weeks! (not to mention Munches Master.) I guess I'm getting a taste of my own medicine...

Psychocath · #**292** 10-08-2009, 04:23 AM

OOC: I'm so sorry for lack of posting on my part >< I'll get one done later on today.

MeechPacker · #**293** 10-08-2009, 07:24 AM

hey im new, mind if i join in?

MeechMunchie · #**294** 10-08-2009, 09:38 AM

Your new, we'll forgive you. In future, you can use that little 'Edit' button to add to your posts. If you've read all the rules, just follow the instructions in the first post.

Jimmy-le-sniper · #**295** 10-08-2009, 10:56 AM

-----IC-----

Yet again, things were moving quickly. In a few seconds, a Meech fell on his head (that darn thing is gonna scratch my shiny armor, dammit !) and the Mudokon he was about to capture has cornered herself against a wall. She was quite trapped now. A few shots of tazer bullets would have her knocked down in no time. His robotic part was ready to execute the standard arrest procedure. Still, there was this strange voice in his "head" again, telling him not to shoot, and to go the easy way.

"Hold your fire RG." he said while moving one of his arm so its large mounted gun was protecting Hembar from RG's eventual shots. "This hide and seek game is over now. We only want you to come with us so you can be asked a few questions about what happened at the labs. If you cooperate, we will not use any of our weapons. Plus, it wouln't be reasonable to try to fight two battle robots on your own. Now, put your hands on your head and don't move."

Splat · #**296** 10-08-2009, 11:03 AM

Meechpacker, I merged your posts together into one.
Yes, you can join but if you want to change a post you've made already, either because you accidentally double-posted or you want to add more information, you can change your post by clicking on the little button labelled 'edit' in the bottom right corner of your post.

Gretin · #**297** 10-08-2009, 01:24 PM

OOC: @Splat - Ha, they're also quite hard to RP sometimes - it's tricky because even though they have "mystic powers" I don't want to make them too powerful because otherwise I'll end up doing the whole godmoding/powerplaying thingy. So it's good to know Hembar's still in the clear

I also kinda miss Sefon, but I can't bring him back for two reasons: 1) I have no idea how I'd fit it in to the storyline and 2) He has a bit of backstory with Ralph that would cause problems

(EDIT: But if I ever get motivated to re-do my story you can bet you'll be seeing plenty of him though! ) And thanks, I figured the Green Useful In Toxic Areas Robot deserved more than the three pictures he featured previously in.

IC:
"Or what?" Hembar replied to SU-01's order. It obviously had no idea what she was capable of, which was good for her - it gave her the element of surprise to a certain extent. So she'd let it go on believing that she was as vulnerable as any other mudokon, she could use all the time she could get to plan her escape.

All this time she was sensing out the areas on this floor. Just outside the door was another door which lead to an area seemingly "infested" with scrabs and paramites in abundance, so if she could get out there she could probably lose her pursuers easily, and from there she could make her way out of the facility. She still had unfinished business here, though, so she'd have to get back in to the building undetected too.

All in a day's work!

AlexFili · #**298** 10-08-2009, 02:43 PM

OOC: I'm glad the RP is picking up the pace now. Just to let everyone know, I'm going on a short holiday so I probably won't reply within the next two weeks. Have fun with the RP!

MarsMudoken · #**299** 10-09-2009, 02:43 PM

OOC: Okay, say what you will, but this is Oddworld. And after playing Munch's Oddysee, I wouldn't trust anyone carrying a weapon. Heck, even the ones that don't. Plus, I'm pretty young for a mudoken. And there are a lot more dangerous things than me. So can I just be hired and get this over with? I'VE BEEN WAITING MONTHS HERE!!!

Ah what the heck. Maybe I should rethink my look.

And as for how I found the office, I never told you how long it took me now did I? In fact I didn't even say how many days

. And by the way maybe we could just forget I was talking to Skeleros? Seriously, I'm having an argument with Dripik.

Chronicler · #**300** 10-09-2009, 10:55 PM

OOC: Yeah, I'm very late. But, that's the past.

IC: Skullik stood in a still stance like a hulking gargoyle. The behemoth looked dowward at Anni and Jim. He didn't know much about these two muds, obviously since he's just met them, but they seem quite different from eachother, yet still close. He could tell that just from this situation alone. A smirk appeared on the Outlaw's scaly face. He wondered what entertainment these two fine chums would make. "So. What we gonna .... g-gonna do here?" Skullik asked both Anni and Jim in a much more confident voice than he had before. Lexi stood where she was at. She panted in a way that sounded like laughing. Laughing at Jim ....
------------------------------------------
(OOC: i'm throwing this in just for the purpose of Uggs)
IC: Uggs crawled down the hallway. He sort of loudly squeeked at the sound of metallic whirring and loud clangs (Situation between the robots, hember, and crunchy). The larval slig angrily looked at the direction and yelped "What the hell d'ya want?!!"