>>403012

Move to the EAST.

Manewis 2012/04/29(Sun)19:44 No. 405792 ID: 049dfa
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>>402913
>Also can you do anything with the SPIRIT ENERGY left over from enemies?
As an android, I am incapable of utilizing or even detecting levels of SPIRIT ENERGY. That is an ability only useable by skilled mortals or yokai.

>>403015
>>403053
>>403059
>Did you recover some power too?
It would seem my HUD was displaying a graphical error. My system has been switched to NORMAL MODE.

The VERTICAL LIFT disappears into a small compartment in the ceiling. I do not believe I would fit through. I depart and advance to the EAST. The path is long and leads me on a winding upward path until I eventually exit through a door onto what appears to be the roof.

That looks like a SCREEN on the machine up ahead. Hopefully we can read the language it is in.

Can your COMPONENT ASSIMILATION ability be used to control larger machines, if they are sufficiently complicated and vulnerable?

Say if your AI was transplanted and fully integrated into an organic brain and its body of a mortal/yokai, could you, in theory, use and manipulate SPIRIT ENERGY?
Just a stupidly hypothetical situation, but still, I can almost believe it's possible.

Careful of flying things! I can't tell if that's a ring of floating rocks, a far off galaxy, or perhaps some camouflaged creature to your 2 o'clock.

Manewis 2012/04/29(Sun)20:57 No. 405813 ID: 049dfa
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>>405799
Were my AI somehow transplanted into the mind of an organic mortal or yokai, were I given the training or knowledge of what to sense, then yes. It is feasible.

>>405795
It is a command console for the device it is attached to. It appears to be in the language of the Mainland. It would seem that this device is... What? That's impossible! A SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER? And it's equipped with a KUSANAGI-TSURUGI MULTI-WARHEAD? How on earth did the demons get a hold of this!? It is one of the military's most closely guarded secret weapons! The console displays several targets for the warhead across the mainland.

So are you just ignoring that douchebag up top there, he just completely blends in with the scenery, or is he part of the STANDARD MISSLE LAUNCHER CONSTRUCTION and this is just total common knowledge?

I mean, seriously, everyone knows a missile launcher needs a caged buckhead... thing on top of it!

it must be destroyed. or shut down. whatever . just make it unable to fire.
aslo yeah dude up there.

>>405813
Uh, Manewis, it was a closely guarded secret weapon a century ago. It would have since been put into more common production. So it's not as impossible for them to capture one, once you think about it. Still bad news for those targets on the mainland, though. Start looking around for the best place to stick that HEAT OAR to disable the launcher.

Look up and greet the bot on top of the launcher. Isn't he the one from the bottom of the trash compactor? Ask him how he got out of there.

...You know, this warhead might be a viable way of destroying (or at least dealing major damage to) the island. All you would need to do is sabotage its ability to leave the launcher (perhaps with some strategic HEAT-OAR welding or fuel siphoning) then 'launch' them, preferably from a distance or with some means of escape.

Still, in the short term you could damage its utility as a weapon without effecting our purposes by damaging that fin on the missile (if that is part of the missile rather than the launcher, it is a bit hard to tell from here).

Bucket-head over there is fond of announcing himself before attacking, so he won't be a direct threat until that point.

Manewis 2012/04/30(Mon)11:39 No. 406014 ID: 049dfa
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>>405816
I assure you, that android was not there during my approach, and that is not standard equipment for a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER!

>>405829
>it was a closely guarded secret weapon a century ago
Ah yes, I did not account for the peculiar time flow of this island... He is indeed the masked robot from the WASTE DISPOSAL.

"Stay thine weapon intruder. Thou are not for whom I wait. Nay shall I allow thee to bring sabotage to this device while I rest upon it. Lower Musashi's weapon, and we may have a civilized exchange."

Who do you wait for

and so to skip a frame ahead, here's my response
"You wait for a Ninja to do an honorable duel with you? What are you a naive fool, the Ninja profession doesn't have honor, that's the point of being a Ninja, they're sent for missions that the honorable people won't touch or cannot succeed with honorable methods. The real important stuff for when failure isn't an option, in absolute terms. He is not going to show."

Hey, I have to ask, how does your AI handle paradoxes?

You aren't looking for a fight, so lower your weapon, introduce yourself, and ask for his name. Once the introductions are out of the way, ask who he's waiting for, and maybe how the demons got their hands on a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER.

Check your tracker again for Kunoichi's distress beacon. It's not emanating from this masked 'droid, is it?

Lets put away our weapon and try to get more answers about him and Musashi working for the demons, even tough they are legendary prototypes.

Ask him how he can expect reasonable discourse when his allegiance rests with evil demons who lay ruin to the world.

If that doesn't go anywhere, insult his hat.

Lower your weapon

"Would you mind resting somewhere else then, please? This thing is targeted at a load of people."

Manewis 2012/04/30(Mon)17:18 No. 406177 ID: 049dfa
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>>406019
>>406109
>>406110
>>406117
"I am not looking for a fight. Especially if you are who I believe you are. My designation is Manewis, a Mark 4 Ninjitsu Operations Bionic Infiltrator. What is your designation?"

"Mine designation is Sentient Armored Melee Utility Robotic Artificial Intelligence unit, Kojiro."

It is as I thought. The android who observed my battle with Musashi was none other than the legendary Kojiro.

"Who do you wait for?"

"One of thine fellow intruders. A young human male with a penchant for ridiculous japery. We hath scheduled a duel atop this roof."

"You are waiting for a duel with a ninja? Do you believe he will take such a matter honorably and come to face you when you are expecting it?"

"Thou were honorable in your duel with Musashi, were you not?"

"Hmm... yes. How did the demons come into possession of a SUSANOO MISSILE LAUNCHER?"

"I doth not know of what thou speaks. If thou art referring to this apparatus beneath me, I am afraid I cannot help you, for I doth not possess such knowledge."

"Why is that you and Musashi, two legendary heroes, have aligned yourselves with the demons you were sent to slay?"

"Mine motivations are not the business of intruding ninja. Should we do battle, I shall tell thee my tale. For t'would only be right for thee to know why thou hast been slain by mine blade. Musashi, I cannot say. Contact with mine sister unit had been lost for several decades upon this island."

"How can you expect the mainland to not send infiltrators to attempt thwarting the island when you have allied yourself with demons who bring ruin to the world!?"

"Retaliation tis only the final throws of a dying animal. Of course the mainland t'would send an attempt to thwart the island's goals. Without intruders, such as thee, mine purpose t'would be naught."

Kunoichi's beacon is not coming from Kojiro. It is coming from below, and to the east still.

without your scarf i very much doubt your ability to take him out yourself.

Ask him what, exactly, the island's goals are. I doubt they're as simple as "kill all the mainlanders" - there's too much weird bureaucracy here for that to be all.

Ask him how he fits 'honor' and 'nuking unsuspecting villages from the upper atmosphere' in the same belief system.

>>406306
Yes, what are the island's goals? Why are they fighting the Mainland in the first place?

Make a record of the targeted locations. If you come across a long-range transmitter in the future, you can warn the Mainland of this particular threat.

>>406322
his answer to this would help us understand how he thinks.

>>406322
this

leave the area. we aren't going to get more info. and it seems he thinks a demon really is his master.

Manewis 2012/06/01(Fri)20:20 No. 418153 ID: 049dfa
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"And what are the goals of this island? It was my unit's understanding that the demons seek the eradication of all those of the mainland."

"The goals of the Island of Ogres remains a mystery to thee? Thou art nay far from the truth. But tis not quite as simple as that. What dost ogres and yokai feed upon?"

"The flesh and souls of humans."

"Where dost humans thrive in the most abundance?"

"On the mainland..."

"The Island of Onigashima seekest to corner the "human market" as it t'were within the realm of demons. Thou art witnessing a hostile take over, as it t'were, of this realm. The mainland shant be all that is consumed either."

"Well, how does one who speaks of honor justify such actions, including the bombardment of unsuspecting civilian cities the safety of your fortress?"

"Tis it nay the duty of a samurai to follow the orders of his Daimyo? I think it nay be the place of a filthy, intruding ninja, even one who acknowledges the honor of a duel, to calleth mine sense of honor into question. Now I bid thee on thine way. Hast thee not a compatriot awaiting thee as is?"

leave the area. we aren't going to get more info. and it seems he thinks a demon really is his master.

Ask what his earliest memory on the island is, and how long ago that was.

Ask who his Daimyo is.

Are androids marked or stamped with their place of manufacture? Would he be marked as such? Perhaps you can part by saying that he should check such a thing, since he's obviously not of demon manufacture.

Manewis 2012/06/02(Sat)17:05 No. 418309 ID: 049dfa
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>>418160
"Out of curiosity, what is the earliest memory you have regarding this island?"

"Sigh. Mine earliest memory of the island tis the day I arrived. Of course."

"When was that?"

"Centuries. I remember not the exact date. T'was s long ago."

"Who is your Daimyo?"

"The lord of the castle, or course."

>>418166
All Mainland mass production androids, such as myself, are stamped with a manufacturer's seal on our power cores, located within our chests. They can be ejected for easy access during maintenance. It is possible that the legendary prototypes could have similar seals, but uncertain.

"I shall take my leave S.A.M.U.R.A.I. Perhaps you may want to inspect your Power Core at some point. I feel it may be enlightening."

I head to the other end of the roof. There is a door with a ramp leading down. I traverse several chambers, ignoring off shoots, following the path I suspect will be the most direct route to Kunoichi's distress beacon. Odd. I don't recall ever coming to this wing of the island before... Why would Kunoichi be here?

Hold up. Check the window for hostiles before continuing down the hall. Do you have low-light or infrared optics? If not, just shine a light in there.

"R&D?" Research and Development. It's likely that what Kunoichi was carrying when he died was brought here for analysis, including the distress beacon.

Do you have an auxiliary coolant port? Maybe there is something in the R&D labs that can be jerry-rigged as a substitute for your lost cooling banner. A cryogenic gas canister, perhaps?

The shadow in the window looks suspiciously like a huge head with horns on it.

Break the glass like you did when you met the tanuki girl and see what is on the other side.

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)12:20 No. 418751 ID: 049dfa
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>>418313
>>418327
>>418719
The glass blocks my infrared, and the light in this room is interfering with my night vision. I smash the tinted glass using my SUPERIOR STRENGTH to get a better look in the room. There appears to be various machinery piled about, or hanging from the ceiling. The largest object in the room rests on the far wall. It seems to have some manner of tarp draped over it. There are several wires running from the ceiling to what ever it is.

I am uncertain of Kunoichi's death. The beacon was not active when we were forced to separate. It was only activated within the last few years.

>>418751

Remove tarp. Inspect the thing.

grapple hook it?

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)14:19 No. 418773 ID: 049dfa
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>>418758
The tarp is out of reach. The object is on the far wall.

>>418761
My grapple attaches to the object. It is apparently metal, but the tarp has nothing on it for the MAGNETIC HEAD to grip.

drat. if you find a hook head somewhere hold on to it. anyway go to the next door.

>>418773

Jump into room and remove tarp.

>>418776
>robot with PUALDRONS
>fit through slit window

Manewis 2012/06/04(Mon)16:49 No. 418797 ID: 049dfa
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>>418776
The window is much to small for me to fit through."

>>418774
If I can locate an alternate head for the GRAPPLE, I can swap the heads out freely. I approach the door. Nothing appears to happen. There does not seem to be a scanner or mechanism on this side to operate it.

>>418797

Slice that door open.

knock.

>>418800
Actually, how sturdy is the door against the HEAT OAR compared to the wall around the window? If it's sturdier than the wall, cut the wall open. They'll be less likely to expect someone to come in via that way. Otherwise, cut a view slot in the door at eye level to look inside before proceeding cutting the rest of the door.

If we had a throwing star or something similarly small and metallic we could have attached it to the head of the grapple and tried to hook the fabric?

Manewis 2012/10/16(Tue)10:54 No. 463523 ID: 0093c2
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>>418802
I knock. There is no answer.

>>418800
>>418818
The wall is much thicker than the door. I stab the HEAT OAR through the door. The metal melts around the super heated end creating an opening through which I can peer through.

>>463523

Run the head oar through the edges of the door, and kick it open.

Well let's go in, be careful of a trap above the door.

Bust that door and enter the boss arena looking room.

Any way to know how close are you to the beacon now?

Manewis 2012/10/16(Tue)11:38 No. 463548 ID: 0093c2
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>>463531
*BAM*

>>463539
There do not appear to be any traps that I can detect around the door.

>>463540
The DISTRESS BEACON is coming from a chamber somewhere below this room.

>>463548

See if you can access the door across the room.

Can you pull down the ceiling grate with your MAGNETIC GRAPPLE?

the room looks strangely empty, check for traps

DIVE DRAMATICALLY INTO THE ROOM.

This room is oddly empty for the entrance to R&D. It could be a trap, baited with the DISTRESS BEACON. Start checking it by pulling down the grate in the ceiling, to see if anyone is hiding there to ambush you.

DYNAMIC ENTRY!~

That thing directly above the door looks like some kind of tube. Can you grapple up there and cut a hole in it?

Manewis 2012/10/17(Wed)17:44 No. 464141 ID: 0093c2
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>>463550
>>463559
The grate is firmly attached to the ceiling. I find myself being pulled up from the floor before it shows any sign of coming loose. I would need some manner of anchoring to remove it.

>>463553
An initial scan shows no signs of traps.

>>463748
It appears to be a manner of VENTILATION SHAFT. I do not fit particularly well in VENTILATION SHAFTS, they tend to lend themselves for more petite ninja.

>>463549
The door is shut firmly. It does not seem to open from this side.

use HEAT OAR to cut through this door too.

>>464141

Show that doors cannot stop you! Use the Heat Oar to melt the sides off and kick this one down too.

The large grate looks at about as thin as the doors before all the holes in it, so if you grappled to the ceiling next to it you could probably just cut your way in.
Doors are for schmucks! (Especially around what is very likely a trap of some sort.)

Manewis 2012/10/17(Wed)19:28 No. 464169 ID: 0093c2
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>>464145
>>464148

Manewis 2012/10/17(Wed)19:29 No. 464172 ID: 0093c2
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"IIYOOOOOO! *TONK* *TONK* *TONK*"

>>464172

Oh great. A tengu robot.


Kick his ass, Manewis!

prepare to dodge projectiles, when it comes in close wack it with the HEAT OAR

>>464172
Rip and tear. He is huge, that means he has huge conduits!

>>464179
This.

Now that I think about it, the Tengu robot probably has a Heat Sword too, since it just sliced open that wall.

Parry and riposte with the Heat Oar!

Manewis 2013/04/12(Fri)17:28 No. 505458 ID: 5d5ee0
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"IIYOOOOOO! *TONK TONK*"

"Uwah!"

[i]Its "projectiles" appear to be wind. I am uncertain I will be able to parry them...

Wall jump and strike at it's head!

>>505458
Gotta jump over it and hit him in the dick.

Damn he knocked your heat oar away. It also looks like it cut the lock. Do you think it would be a good idea to funnel him down a hallway so he can't dodge or do you think his wind attack would just tear you apart if you did that, cause if you think it would be a good idea use the oar to force the door open a book it and if that is a stupid plan your probably going to want that back anyway

Get your heat oar, then try to go for its wings. It presumably needs those to fly, and they extended past its reach with the fan.

Manewis 2013/04/14(Sun)18:39 No. 505788 ID: 5d5ee0
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It occurs to me that it has been quite some time since I updated this quest and perhaps a slight recap is in order. Manewis is on his way to the R&D wing in search of his partner K.U.N.O.-01. Manewis' inventory consists of; KUNAI LAUNCHER, SHURIKEN-LAUNCHER, MOMOTARU-SENSEI'S KATANA, CLAYMORE MINE, TRIP WIRE, GRAPPLE LAUNCHER WITH MAGNETIC HEAD.
>>505460
Manewis is incapable of performing the Wall Jump maneuver. He is, instead, capable of performing 3 rapid, short range teleports, but this maneuver drains a portion of his POWERCELL. When is POWERCELL is depleted, he will shut down again.

>>505470
It is more that he knocked me away from the HEAT OAR. It remains lodged in the door I was attempting to cut through. The door remains closed.

>>505461
"IIYOOOOOOOOO! *TONK TONK*"

"Grah!"

The Mecha Tengu seems to control the air around him, I do not believe closing the distance will be as simple as merely jumping at it.

>>505535
I will retrieve the HEAT OAR, but I will need to develop a strategy to close in with the Tengu.

teleport past him and grapple onto his back, and then stab up his wing joints with your sword

use your MAGNETIC GRAPPLE LAUNCHER to try and grab his arm with the fan as it seems he needs that in order to control the air around him. Once you got his arm yank on the cord with all of you strength to throw him off balance then teleport behind him and try and cut off his head if you think you can and if not then just go for his wings as I'm sure if we can get rid of this guys flight the fight will be much more even.

Teleport into the doorway you came in and blast the Mecha Tengu with your shuriken- and kunai-launchers.

Its wind projectiles seem to be mostly vertical columns that it launches forwards. It might be productive to dodge or teleport to the side of them.

teleport into melee and immediately apply magnet so it can't shake you off.
proceed to tear it apart.

Manewis 2013/04/15(Mon)17:14 No. 505957 ID: 5d5ee0
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"IYO! IYO! IYO!"

>>505793
>>505805

Operation underway!

Manewis 2013/04/15(Mon)17:15 No. 505958 ID: 5d5ee0
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"IYOOOOOO!"

Manewis 2013/04/15(Mon)17:15 No. 505959 ID: 5d5ee0
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Contact made!

Manewis 2013/04/15(Mon)17:17 No. 505960 ID: 5d5ee0
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The tengu is much stronger than I. I am forced to disengage the MAGNETIC GRAPPLE and retract it or risk the cable snapping as it grabs me! This could be a problem...

Mangna grapple back onto the island! it's a long way down!

Try to miss the ground.

use your Magnet Grapple Launcher to grab the side of the wall and use the momentum of being thrown to fling yourself back onto the island.

If you've lost your grip on your HEAT OAR, use the MAGNETIC GRAPPLE to recover it. Then fire the MAGNETIC GRAPPLE at the metal exterior of the building to the right/east (from our perspective) such that your outward momentum carries you in an arc to the right/east and down. If you cna, reel the MAGNETIC GRAPPLE in while doing that so you don't end up too far down.

Once you got your footing against the wall, you can jam your HEAT OAR in horizontally to give yourself a place to stand while disengaging and firing the MAGNETIC GRAPPLE to a new position, then pull the HEAT OAR out when you swing forward.

Of worry is that the Mecha Tengu didn't crash to the ground when it lost one of its wings. It may still be flight capable, just at a reduced level. And even if it can't fly anymore, it can still lean out of that hole in the wall and fling whirlwinds at you.

Manewis 2013/05/24(Fri)19:07 No. 512372 ID: dcfc4c
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>>505964
It is indeed a long way down. A strong ocean breeze blows, making it difficult to keep my footing against the wall. I still have a grip on the HEAT OAR.

Manewis 2013/05/24(Fri)19:08 No. 512373 ID: dcfc4c
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"IYOOOOOOOOOO!"

*FWOOOSH*
*P-SHUNK*

Damn we can't fight him out here and our battery is getting to low for my liking. See if you can teleport to that door just under him to get back inside, but if you still need to wait for your teleport ability to recharge then see if you can't just slip under him. The last thing you want to do is fight a flying opponent in the fucking sky

Hrm... He controls the air through that fan of his... But I wonder at his ability to multitask?
Here's my idea. Don't just teleport at him, but keep him busy Deflecting your shuriken and Kunai shots to hit you, if his wind works that way.

>>512373
I swear, you better rip out whereever that woodblock sound is coming from that chicken-nosed bastard.

Manewis 2013/05/27(Mon)11:40 No. 512914 ID: dcfc4c
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>>512375
The tengu appears to have rooted itself to the wall. I do not believe it is still capable of flight.

>>512382
My teleporter is still recharging from the last time I used it. I cannot teleport again for several minutes.

"IYOOOOOOO! *TONK* *TONK* *TONK*"

Uwah! It is attempting to blow me off of the wall. The MAGNA-GRAPPLE holds strong though keeping me tethered to the island's metal hull, but my progress will be halted unless I can neutralize the tengu, I believe.

How long is the Magnet Grapple Launchers tether? Can you lower yourself behind that doorway below you so you are out of the air attack. And then possibly melt through the door with your heat oar.

Getting through the lower door is looking like a good bet. That way it will need to pursue us into less open terrain.

well it looks like that door just below you is sticking out a bit, you could try and use the exposed wall as cover from his next attack.

Shuriken Launchers. Fire them into Tengu face after the next time he throws his wind!

Manewis 2013/11/05(Tue)18:48 No. 546779 ID: 8ab426
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>>512925
>>512926
I lower myself down behind the outcropping and swing around to the door. The Tengu cannot draw a line to me from its current location. Now I just need to cut through the door quickly before-

Manewis 2013/11/05(Tue)18:49 No. 546780 ID: 8ab426
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>>546779
==>
*SHOONK*

AND THEN THEY FUCKED

>>546780

"Oh hi there."

>>546780

"Pizza delivery." "But I don't have any money to pay you with.." "That's okay, I don't actually have any pizza."