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Previously...
ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER OPENING
(Jake, Lid, and Nichol approach the electric tower.)
Jake: The electric tower is used for all the empire's communications. If we're going to infiltrate their weapons factory, we've got to start by destroying this thing.
Lid: How come? Seems like a lot of trouble to go to.
Jake: The factory has heavy security. If we get detected by their systems, it'll trigger an alarm and they'll be upon us before you can say, "They'll soon be upon us!"
Nichol: Ah. And you fear that would bring a premature end to your plans?
Jake: Well, if we're discovered, of course we can resort to brute force. However...Were that to happen, although we might succeed in our mission, there's no guarantee we'd all get out again alive.
Lid(🎵): Well what do you know. You're actually more reliable than you look, huh?
Jake: Quite so. I'm very much the dependable type. A warm-hearted family man, really. Someday I'll make some lucky woman a fine househusband. So what do you say, Lid? Want to be my sugar mama?
Lid: Tempting as the offer is, go to hell and die.
Nichol: Can we focus on the topic at hand? I thought we were here to destroy these communications systems in this electric tower.
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ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER 1
(Jake is at the controls of a computer. Two guards lay unconscious on the floor.)
Jake: All right. Now we should be able to get into the weapons factory without getting caught.
Nichol: Still... It is a surprise to learn that Zoldaad's army has grown so much.
Jake: Something changed in Zoldaad after the researchers learned how to use crystals as an energy source. But if Zoldaad starts a war with Grandshelt, the entire world will be thrown into an age of chaos. As the fires of war spread, it's always the women, the children, and the elderly who suffer most. I can't stand seeing the vulnerable suffer.
Lid: Jake... You know, maybe you ain't the absolute worst sleazebag in the history of the world.
Jake: I'm so glad you're being honest with your feelings at last, lovely Lid. Ah, but I knew it was only a matter of time before my charms won you over.
Lid: What? Won me over!? In your dreams, Grungelord McStubble!
Jake: There's no need to be flustered, my dear. Unless you mean to tell me that you already love another?
Lid: L-love!? Of course not! Though.. I guess there is... Someone I care about...
Lasswell: Hey. Why are you looking in Rain's direction?
Nichol: Can we put aside the adolescent drama for the moment? I believe we have a weapons factory to infiltrate.
Rain: That we do.. Let's not waste any more time. We don't know what the Veritas are up to right now, either.
(They leave. A soldier gets up from where he was feigning unconsciousness.)
Imperial Soldier: those rebel bastards... So they're the targets...
(He presses a button on the computer.)
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ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER 2
(The party leaves the electric tower. As they are leaving, a giant machine drops down behind them!)
Jake: Well, this is new. I had no idea they'd hidden away this kind of secret weapon... Probably because it's a secret.
Lid: Hmmm. This is one interesting piece of machinery. Anyone mind if I take it apart to see what makes it go?
Rain: Yes! I mind! We don't know what it does, and we don't all want to get blown up, please.
(Lid has approached the machine. It fires up and electrical currents run over its body.)
Rain: What did I just say, Lid!?
Lid: Hey, it wasn't me! I didn't do a thing!
Nichol: It appears to have some sort of auto-recovery capabilities built into it.
Lasswell: We don't have time to waste fighting a thing like this. Everyone, we're running!
(They start to run, but the machine gets ahead of them. After a battle with it, they run again, but the machine self-revives and stops them again.)
Jake: Damn! This thing is persistent!
Rain: We'll never be able to shake the blasted thing at this rate. Lid, any ideas on how we can send this thing to the scrap heap?
Lid: After fighting it a few times, I think I've figured out where its recovery system is located. We can put it out of action this time, for sure!
Rain: Right! I was getting tired of playing tag anyway! Let's end this!
(They battle it one more time.)
Rain: It's... not getting up again, right?
Lid: It shouldn't. We finally destroyed its recovery system.
(The party gets a ! over their heads as the thing gets up. It implodes!)
Rain: Phew.... That thing was pretty tough.
Jake: It certainly chewed up enough of our time. We need to hurry if we want to get where we're going.
Next entry...
ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER OPENING
(Jake, Lid, and Nichol approach the electric tower.)
Jake: The electric tower is used for all the empire's communications. If we're going to infiltrate their weapons factory, we've got to start by destroying this thing.
Lid: How come? Seems like a lot of trouble to go to.
Jake: The factory has heavy security. If we get detected by their systems, it'll trigger an alarm and they'll be upon us before you can say, "They'll soon be upon us!"
Nichol: Ah. And you fear that would bring a premature end to your plans?
Jake: Well, if we're discovered, of course we can resort to brute force. However...Were that to happen, although we might succeed in our mission, there's no guarantee we'd all get out again alive.
Lid(🎵): Well what do you know. You're actually more reliable than you look, huh?
Jake: Quite so. I'm very much the dependable type. A warm-hearted family man, really. Someday I'll make some lucky woman a fine househusband. So what do you say, Lid? Want to be my sugar mama?
Lid: Tempting as the offer is, go to hell and die.
Nichol: Can we focus on the topic at hand? I thought we were here to destroy these communications systems in this electric tower.
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ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER 1
(Jake is at the controls of a computer. Two guards lay unconscious on the floor.)
Jake: All right. Now we should be able to get into the weapons factory without getting caught.
Nichol: Still... It is a surprise to learn that Zoldaad's army has grown so much.
Jake: Something changed in Zoldaad after the researchers learned how to use crystals as an energy source. But if Zoldaad starts a war with Grandshelt, the entire world will be thrown into an age of chaos. As the fires of war spread, it's always the women, the children, and the elderly who suffer most. I can't stand seeing the vulnerable suffer.
Lid: Jake... You know, maybe you ain't the absolute worst sleazebag in the history of the world.
Jake: I'm so glad you're being honest with your feelings at last, lovely Lid. Ah, but I knew it was only a matter of time before my charms won you over.
Lid: What? Won me over!? In your dreams, Grungelord McStubble!
Jake: There's no need to be flustered, my dear. Unless you mean to tell me that you already love another?
Lid: L-love!? Of course not! Though.. I guess there is... Someone I care about...
Lasswell: Hey. Why are you looking in Rain's direction?
Nichol: Can we put aside the adolescent drama for the moment? I believe we have a weapons factory to infiltrate.
Rain: That we do.. Let's not waste any more time. We don't know what the Veritas are up to right now, either.
(They leave. A soldier gets up from where he was feigning unconsciousness.)
Imperial Soldier: those rebel bastards... So they're the targets...
(He presses a button on the computer.)
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ZOLDAAD EMPIRE - SOBBING ON THE BATTLEFIELD - ELECTRIC TOWER 2
(The party leaves the electric tower. As they are leaving, a giant machine drops down behind them!)
Jake: Well, this is new. I had no idea they'd hidden away this kind of secret weapon... Probably because it's a secret.
Lid: Hmmm. This is one interesting piece of machinery. Anyone mind if I take it apart to see what makes it go?
Rain: Yes! I mind! We don't know what it does, and we don't all want to get blown up, please.
(Lid has approached the machine. It fires up and electrical currents run over its body.)
Rain: What did I just say, Lid!?
Lid: Hey, it wasn't me! I didn't do a thing!
Nichol: It appears to have some sort of auto-recovery capabilities built into it.
Lasswell: We don't have time to waste fighting a thing like this. Everyone, we're running!
(They start to run, but the machine gets ahead of them. After a battle with it, they run again, but the machine self-revives and stops them again.)
Jake: Damn! This thing is persistent!
Rain: We'll never be able to shake the blasted thing at this rate. Lid, any ideas on how we can send this thing to the scrap heap?
Lid: After fighting it a few times, I think I've figured out where its recovery system is located. We can put it out of action this time, for sure!
Rain: Right! I was getting tired of playing tag anyway! Let's end this!
(They battle it one more time.)
Rain: It's... not getting up again, right?
Lid: It shouldn't. We finally destroyed its recovery system.
(The party gets a ! over their heads as the thing gets up. It implodes!)
Rain: Phew.... That thing was pretty tough.
Jake: It certainly chewed up enough of our time. We need to hurry if we want to get where we're going.
Next entry...