Mission 1.2: Sinister Trail

Zakk makes his way over to Matsuki, who is at the midpoint between the truck and the edge of the pit. He asks her what they should do now, sharing that he saw Tariq rushing past him back into the basin again before being struck down by the faces, and that he thinks Nikolai might have entered the white structure at the centre.Meanwhile, Nikolai has managed to pull out his vac suit by now.

Matsuki makes her way towards the edge, where the slope downwards is steep. The faces are now surrounding her.Enemy Turn

The 2 headed cluster now grows out another head. It commands the other faces to come to it.

1 of the heads next to Matuski slams itself against her. (1 dam taken)
The other 3 moves over to the cluster, where they merge themselves together with it. (Now 6 heads)

The 2 faces at the gentle slope moves over to the cluster, also merging together. (Now 8 heads)

The face at the Chin next to Tariq now gets over to him. The balloon goes onto Tariq's face, wrapping its deflating form over him. The body struggles trying to breath, jerking and twitching as Tariq's orificies are drenched in the black material. This sight does not sit well with matsuki. (received 1 Wil damage. Now 3/12.)

End turn

2 faces are spawned at Forehead, Medium distance from ground.

Party's turn

Zakk moves after Matsuki. As he gets near her, he unleashes his rounds at the face that attacked her, while also making some witty quips.
He manages to carefully avoid hitting his friend, though it ends up resulting in his target being merely injured, but still not being torn up fully.

Nikolai calmly wore his vac suit on, making sure not to damage it. He manages to wear the his claw gauntlets over the gloves of the suit too.

Matsuki takes her weapon, turns around and fires obliterating as many faces as possible.

Matsuki slides and tumbles down the short cliff, landing badly and injuring herself. This caused her to gain a scar on her chest. While she won't see it now, her sides are having internal bleeding from a broken rib. While picking herself up, she aims her rifle at the face cluster, causing a great number to pop.

The Cluster gave agonising screams as it deflates. 1 head remains struggling to be alive. "Raaaarh! It's... not the end! My will.. will remain!"

(The cluster actually doesn't take str save yet.)

Enemy Turn:

The 1 headed Cluster heals itself, while retracting the ruptured heads into itself.

The injured face that attacked Matsuki moves over to where the "cluster" is, where it merges with it, resulting in 2 heads.

There is still a sleeping face, very near Matsuki.

The 2 faces at medium above ground at forehead moves over to the cluster, where it merges, forming 4 heads now.

The face assaulting and assimilating with Tariq now fully enters his eyes, mouths, ears and nose. Tariq is now trembling violently, as if he is trying to get up.

End turn:

2 new faces spawn at ground level of East Cheek.

Party's turn!

Nikolai gets ready with his vacuit on. He quickly descends the flight of stairs, his torch light lighting up the dark spiral path. He enters into a similar chamber as above, but a little bigger. He sees that the stains have grown a little worse. As for the air, he is protected by his own suit, so he can't tell how bad it is. There are 6 doors here.

1 leads to another flight of stairs deeper below. Another is opened fully, leading to a room full of cables. The other is slightly opened, with black scrape marks along the opening. The remaining 3 are shut, without power to open. 1 of which, is blocked by a human-sized panel of sorts leaning against it.

Matsuki's shot destroys a head. It struggles to stay afloat, but it is still fine. Matsuki moves to the centre where the entrance to the underground is, and she realises that she is soon running out of bullets.

Zakk attempts to descend the cliff, following after Matsuki. He manages to land at the bottom without trouble. He then fires his gatling gun at one of the faces at the East Cheek. He manages to kill 1. (I'll say that the face's str save is first one)

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Enemy turn:

The cluster grows another face, with 4 again. It moves over to the centre, short distance from the ground. "You fools... If you kill us... to kill me... I will not be able to gain control of my kin. It's better for you to allow me to take over your bodies..."

The unconscious face is still unmoving, right next to Zakk.

The 1 face at East Cheek now moves over to the centre. They also gets absorbed into the cluster, resulting in 5 heads.

Tariq now fully gets up. He shambles his way around the "Mouth". He is now visible at the East Cheek, where blackness is bleeding from his eyes and mouth.

End of Turn:

You notice that no more faces are being spawned.

Party's turn!

Nikolai enters the room full of cables. From inside, everything feels more familiar. While all names and numbers are different, Nikolai have a sense of what they would mean. From what he can tell, this place is an electrical room for managing and supplying power to this underground building. No screens
are present, but buttons line some of the walls. It seems like the main power box is forcefully broken open, with a large switch flipped down and some cables being forced out. The connectors seem slightly damaged, but could still be usable.

Nikolai handles the wiring and switches with care. From his experience, certain surfaces may be unsafe to touch. With delicate handling and a final quick flip of the large switch, a loud hum can be heard as sparks danced around the control panel for a moment. Nikolai is safe from being hit by electricity. One by one, lights flicker on from the ceiling, and the buttons. He can hear a shifting motion, as the door mechanics are working again.

Looking at the wall of switches, he can see that he can toggle on and off the lights, doors, and other unknown devices in this complex. All of then are labeled by icons again. For some reason, words are not used to communicate in this abandoned place.