RATS

[soulping]

You are in what looks to be a large operating room (actually cleaned and sterilized!). In the center is a standard operating table, and on either side are two... humanoid beings. Alchemical automatons, made out of metal, flesh, wire, a paper substance - all kinds of substances put together. Their cold, dead black eyes gaze at you. Staring. Empty.

Along the edges of the room are large tubes - containers filled with an odd fluid. Most are empty, except for two - in two are body parts.

Comments

RULES

[soulping]

The two automatons are here to help you BUILD A BODY!

Goals:
1. Build a body: Head, Torso, Arms, Legs, and a Heart.
2. The quality of the parts are Excellent, Normal, and Poor. You want the best quality body for your creation!

Each automaton can do one task per round. Delegate!
Part quality can be increased!

Tasks for the automatons:
- Steal part from another team: there is a 20% chance of failure, and organ quality upon successful theft is 40% Poor, 30% Normal, 10% Excellent.
- Collect parts: there is a 10% chance of failure, and organ quality upon successful collection is 40% Poor, 30% Normal, 20% Excellent.
- Improve quality: automatons can spend a turn making a selected part better! There is a 5% chance of failure. If the part is Poor quality, there is a 5% chance of it going directly to Excellent quality.
- Trade: Send an automaton to another team to trade organs! Tell it the message you want it to relay and which part to bring with it. THE OTHER TEAM DOES NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT, and the automaton will return with the part it had.

ROUND 1

[soulping]

In the containers: Poor Arms, Excellent Head

DISCUSS

[soulping]

[3g]

You have got to be kidding me.

[ WHY CAN'T HE KEEP THE BODY. ]

[justichthys]

[ So, hey. Aoko is CURRENTLY P. DAMN BLIND, and wearing crisp white bandages over her eyes. ]

Hey, uhm ...

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[3g]

[ automaton 1 is being told (very nicely) (not) to go look for more parts
automaton 2 is being told (still nicely) (maybe) to improve the quality of the arms ]

ROUND 2

[soulping]

Automatons do not respond to tone of voice - only the commands.

Automaton 1 has returned from their venture with Poor Legs!
Automaton 2 has successfully converted the poor arms into Good Arms! The flesh looks less... unpleasant.

DISCUSS

[soulping]

[soulping]

[ Sepsis' player is a dingus and forgot to describe that the Poor Legs look like they've been... in the ground for a while. ]

Re: DISCUSS

[justichthys]

How'd we do, Epsilon-san?

Also, please don't yell at those poor robots!

Re: DISCUSS

[3g]

Okay, uhh... we've got some nasty legs, but our arms are alright now. Not as awesome as the head, but George here doesn't seem to mind.

[ He's naming the body nbd ]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[justichthys]

[Automaton 1 is POLITELY BEING ASKED to look for more parts, while
Automaton 2 is politely asked to improve the quality of the legs. ]

ROUND 3

[soulping]

You could call the automatons all kinds of slurs and they would still do the task.

Automaton 1 returns from their venture with Excellent Arms! These are bloody, warm, and look like they were literally just taken from a living person!
Automaton 2 is successful in improving the legs! They look and smell way less disgusting.

Current parts: Good Legs, Good Arms, Excellent Head, Excellent Arms

DISCUSS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[3g]

[ OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NO.

UHHHHHHHHHHH.

WELL. ]

Okay, uh. We got some awesome arms now. As good as... our head awesome.

[ HE WILL NOT TELL HER THE DETAILS. ]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[3g]

[ he's gonna start this off with saying "hey next time you guys should consider another order. aka give me your body. it's a good order."

but then goes to (slightly nicer yell) automaton one, upgrade the legs!!
automaton two, if you can go to tiamat with the GOOD ARMS and ask this "Aoko would like to trade these arms for a heart or a torso, can you do it?" that would be super. ]

ROUND 4

[soulping]

Sepsis' giggle is heard floating through the air, malicious as always. Like she would ever allow a wisp to benefit from her experiments.

Automaton 1 successfully improved the legs! They look like they're fresh off a living body!

The second automaton returns with the Good Arms; "Sorry, Aoko- we've only got one of eacha those."

Current parts: Good Arms, Excellent Legs, Excellent Head, Excellent Arms

DISCUSS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[justichthys]

Awww … [ pouts. ]

What now? Should we try two searches, or one search and another go at trading?

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[justichthys]

[ Aoko's requesting that both Automaton 1 and 2 go look for spare parts! ]

END

[soulping]

Automaton 1 has returned from their venture with a Poor Torso! Boy, that STINKS. And is kind of mushy...
Automaton 2 has returned from their venture with an Excellent Heart! It's practically still beating!

Current parts: Poor Torso, Good Arms, Excellent Heart, Excellent Legs, Excellent Head, Excellent Arms


As Ratatotskr and Aoko have successfully assembled a complete body, the best parts are selected. The two automatons pull out each of the five parts and place them on the central operating table, both gathering around it to slowly tug and stitch and sew... and the body gives a low groan of pain and suffering before everyone is ejected from the room.