Mission 1.2: Sinister Trail

Matsuki aims for one of the heads that appeared. The target blew up in pieces, like a balloon. The rest of the heads began to look around, as if in a panic. Tariq turns the corner. His sanity is shaken as he sees the woman who looks like she shouldn't be alive and speaking, but is somehow is. However, perhaps it's that he is bracing himself for the horrors that is now coming, that instead of being weakened, he became more stoic, atleast for the moment.

The Faces now are on the move. They stretch out from the pillars, the black stuff still connecting them like really long necks that zigs zags the further they extend. One lowers down towards the undying woman, the other sees Matsuki, and began to approach her. Both are now Short Distance from their targets.
"Who is that? More cry babies? Haha..."
"Shooty... Shooty Girlie..."

The woman continues to walk towards the Spacers that are currently standing in fear and shock of her. But halfway through, she was showered by bullets from the gatling gun of Zakk. Chunks are blown off, as she flies and lands near to Tariq's feet.
"Arhh... Finally... No more... watching lights..." She manages to say. Her limbs are still twitching a bit as she remains sprawled.

Nikolai and Tariq, after recovering from the initial shock, now can notice the white structure. It is box-shaped and the size of a small hut, with a door that has a wheel valve at the centre facing their direction. Dirty claw marks can be seen on the lower half. They also notice that a name tag on the woman's uniform reads "Christina".

At this point, more faces emerge and grow out. One appears at the pillars above near the centre, and another appears at the Chin of The Face.

(Party's Turn!)

Nikolai skirts around the body as he runs to the construct. Over there, he spins the valve anti-clockwise, which interestingly spins easily despite the stains. The door the valve is attached to swings outwards, and inside is a dark chamber that Nikolai"s eyes haven't adjusted to see clearly yet. There is a stronger smell coming from inside that pours out, causing the one who opened it to cough a bit.

Matsuki shoots down the face that is coming to her. It ruptures, and the neck extension goes limp as it falls gently like a leaf. This ropelike thing is also being slowly retracted back to the point where it grew out from on the pillar.

(Tariq and Zakk turn left.)

(15 Jan update!
Sprinting uses up Movement and Action, and the effects are still the same.)

Tariq, being aware that the danger will escalate, have decided to escape from The Face from his immediate position. He turns to the side of the basin, and began to climb the rocky wall. But as he was nearly out, he slipped, and tumbled back down, suffering injuries to his legs and arms.

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Tariq turns around and run back the way the party have came from. As he approach the foot of the slope, he sees a black balloon face now growing from the crevice where the mold is. He evades it barely as he runs pass it before ascending up. As he was halfway through running up the gentler slope, he fumbled and slammed against the rock wall surface as he turns around to see if he is followed. His joints flared in pain from this.

Zakk fires his Gatling Gun at the Face at the "Chin" to the south. The one that Tariq ran past. Zakk is currently on a small hill on the western "cheek", keeping watch on the "nose" and "chin" areas.

The face that was shot didn't expect itself to be receive a hail of bullets, as even the rocks surrounding its growth spot flew apart, sending pieces of its neck flying.

Enemy Turn

The woman doesn't get up. She remains silent, and twitches less over time.

The face above the central area is aware that its kin is slain noisily by Zakk, and begins to float towards him, and is Short Distance away above.

Round End

The faces are spawned again. This time, one is at the "Nose", giving Nikolai a heart attack(1 Str damage). It emerge from between the rocks that lay above the top of the white entrance structure.

Another came from the pillars at the centre area, short distance from the ground, and is Short Distance from Nikolai and Zakk.
The third comes from the "Chin", taking over the position of the dead face that is now being retracted.


Party's turn

Nikolai can now see that the inside of the doorway is a small chamber, where the floor has an open hatch with ladders leading further down. The smell is still as strong. Cabinet-like objects line the walls.

Matsuki shoots at the face that is moving towards Zakk. It tears off a piece of it, but it still is alive, with its facial features still glowing.
"What? Something happened to me?" It says mirthfully as it flinched.