Prey Species

artifacts galore panic in the guts solace, answers, and questions 28a - 5:00 i found a small metal room with a corpse in the center. its abdomen was torn open. i saw something reflect from the flashlight. i reached in and pulled out 6 dark marbles, covered in gore. i ran. 25b - 5:10 fancy bathroom with smashed porcelain. some writing scrawled on a mirror about the minotaur? screws were loose so i pried it open. found a custom rigging gun with a note “ishmael sends his regards”. barbed harpoon, and a battery pack that looks like it’ll send off a mean shock. also found a small plastic canister. 25a - 5:20 an empty lounge. leather recliners and an empty bar. elevator and a fancy electronically locked door. took the lift up. 22c - 5:50 long ass squeaky elevator ride. pretty unnerving. 22b - 6:00 i found a reception area. a corpse swings from an electrical cord, dripping. i think i found the exit. 22a - 6:10 i took a long winding staircase up, until the gravity dropped out. pushing myself f...

first panic fail gearing up diver encounters 34b - 2:20 blown out computer terminals, burst open with cables like entrails. they’re arranged in some sort of latticework at the center. i edged around. i managed to find a live wire, and i jury rigged a charger for the drone. 2 more hours of battery. 34c - 2:30 a gaping void, stinking of burning plastic. i saw a few bouts of electricity passing through the air in the distance. nope. 34d - 3:00 ran into someone. her name is neal. nearly put a harpoon straight through her. long steel cylindrical hall, carved in the walls in every single language was “Born to Suffer”. Freaked me the fuck out, tried to fly through as fast as possible, ended up running into neal. pissed her off pretty bad. told me i could head back to that one maintenance hatch and it would lead me off the station, but she wouldn’t tell me much else. wouldn’t come with me. wouldn’t let me follow. 27a - 3:20 finally got some g’s back. crawled through the vents forever, finally ...

wanted to play a little, but i don't want to run it rn and don't know anyone nearby who's gonna run it soon. trying out the gradient descent megadungeon. been thinking a lot about nihei's manga. rolled up Lesli Sartin, they/them, teamster, sharp cheekbones. vacsuit, rigging gun, salvage droid w/ 2 hours of charge. patched overalls. backpatch reading [DO YOU SIGN MY PAYCHECKS?]. they woke up frozen in a cryopod at the center of the megastructure Gradient Descent 33c - 0:10 i woke up in an improvised cryochamber. the pods are jury rigged, there are 9 others besides mine. my name is Lesli Sartin, i don’t know how i got here. my muscles know how to work my rigging gun and close up my vacsuit, and i know these words, so i must have a history. i had a few things on me when i woke up. my vacsuit, a rigging gun and 100m thread, a folding shove, and a salvage drone in a carrying case. i’ve got cryosickness, hopefully i can find a stimpak soon. the other cryopods are occupied. ev...