Murderworld 2012

[alisa_lebeau_v3]

The sound of spotlights coming on could be heard, and the darkness that had embraced the people within the room had disappeared. Instead, they were on what looked like an elaborate stage... something out of a reality TV show like the Bachelor. As if things could not get stranger, a large, 65" LED TV came to life, showing a young woman in a white jacket, green shirt, and a horrible yellow and orange polka dot tie.

"Ah! Our lovely contestants have woken up! Welcome, welcome one and all to Murderworld 2012!" The neuro-implants in the sides of her eyes began to glow a bright green in color, and her face had a large smile upon it. "These contestants were carefully selected to take part in the most fun, and dangerous version of Murderworld yet! Winners get to live, if we have any winners, that is. And the losers? Well, they get to die horribly painful and elaborate deaths!"

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Re: Cowboy World

[stormy_skrull]

Mary stared at the key for a moment, trying to decide if this was a trap or not. It probably was, but she was... extraordinarily adaptable, to say the least.

She enlarged, resuming her normal shape. "Okay," she said, pulling open the box. "Show me the money."

Re: Cowboy World

[alisa_lebeau_v3]

Inside of the box was another key, along with some medical papers for a woman named "LeBeau, A" , some medical bills paid for by Alistaire Shaw, and papers from "Tech-Sync Industries" on a set of neurological implants. There were notes written by a lead scientist with the group, warning against the sale and use of these implants to Alistaire Shaw. It goes on to say they were not "secure" enough for sale, and that there were other incidents in which people wearing them were "hacked" and met untimely ends.

Under that paper were newspaper clippings with sick smiley faces draw on them. One of the people who had these implants danced off the George Washington State Bridge, the other had slaughtered their entire family before ending their own life, and a third had jumped off the Empire State Building. Each article spoke of how none of these people showed signs of suicide or homicide before committing such acts. The only thing they had in common were that they were rich, had enemies, and wore the implants made by "Tech-Sync Industries".

Just as Mary was taking in all this information, the vault to the bank slammed shut. It locked automatically, and water began to rush into the vault.

"Awww... no cheating!" "Arcade's" voice came over a loudspeaker. "Looks like that pesky 5th player tipped you off to something! I cannot have that! Let's see you try and get out of this one!

There was a hysterical laughter for a bit, before it cut out, and Mary was left with that bank vault that started to flood at a swift pace.

Re: Cowboy World

[stormy_skrull]

Mary didn't have time to fully read or even comprehend the material, instead, she was forced to create a flesh "pocket" in her midsection and store the materials there. It would limit some of the shapes she could take for the moment, since she'd have to have enough mass to maintain that

When the water started pouring in, she reached down and scooped up a handful, tasting it. She was susceptible to poisons, to a certain extent, of course, but she needed to take the risk here...

Fresh water. Okay. So that told her what kinds of shapes she could take if she had to. For now, she settled for forming a set of gills, forming a membrane over her eyes, and webbing her hands.

Re: Cowboy World

[alisa_lebeau_v3]

Some of the bank boxes in the wall broke open as more water rushed into the vault. Soon, piranhas began to swim out of those open boxes and into the large pool in the vault. Some began to bite at Mary's legs, others went for her arms. Their teeth were sharp, much like razor blades. These were not robotic, they were REAL Piranhas!

But if Mary got a chance to see, the boxes the piranhas came out of revealed a structure on the other side of the vault, meaning the wall of boxes was actually a weak point in the structure of the vault!

Re: Cowboy World

[stormy_skrull]

"Oh, flarg me," Mary muttered, wincing at the bites. Her particular variety of shapeshifting meant she could lose portions of her mass without any overall cost... but that didn't mean it didn't hurt like hell. Especially when she couldn't concentrate to try and armor up against it.

Green blood filled the water, making it harder to see.

She winced again, forcing herself to concentrate past the pain. She pulled some of her mass from her arm, along with the bones and nerves, and let the piranha bite through it, biting her lip to keep from screaming. But it gave them all a big chunk of meat to eat.

While they were distracted, she squeezed herself through the open box, away from them.

Re: Cowboy World

[alisa_lebeau_v3]

The other room was sterile looking, and appeared to have no signs of any cameras or ways for Arcade to track Mary. Instead, there were some giant words written on the wall.

"Cowboy World" was written on the world behind her and "Space World" was written on the one in front of her. She appeared to be in a narrow hallway, outside of her Murder World part, and perhaps in the main system? Where-ever she was, she was safe... for now.

Re: Cowboy World

[stormy_skrull]

Mary slunk against the wall trying to catch her breath. More importantly, she was trying to regrow her arm and force the rest of her injuries to heal. Some of them she could fix more easily, but some she'd have to take some time to heal too.

"Well," she said quietly, "this has been a day full of surprises."