...Insertion of ERCC-1 graft complete
...Test subject shows increased signs of mutations in the frontal lobe and spinal cord through areas 2-7
...Synthesizing
...Done
The needles were pulled out of the mass of necrotic flesh in the protein vat and retracted back into the apparatus that held the machine in place. The man grinned in satisfaction. Soon, his patient would be ready to be set free and lead the glorious crusade for Mankind's ascension.
He gently put his hand on the glass, as if to reach out to his creation like God did to Adam. His child was truly magnificent. A born killer to rend the nonbelievers apart and destroy them. The man smiled wickedly. This was truly what God's work was about: uniting these petty, primitive primates and to make them whole, a part of a greater plan. No one, especially not these interlopers that had recently boarded, would stop the Convergence.
He brought up the recent security footage and gazed intently at the peculiar creature that had come onboard with the vessel's crew. The scientist inside had become madly excited at this discovery; the equine being would soon become his test subject to further advance the transformation while the worthless humans would be cast aside, consumed by the collective.
Everything would come together in time. All he needed was to be patient.
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There was nothing but silence as the Kellion's crew contemplated Twilight's decision. Anxiousness grew in everyone's heart as they awaited the unicorn's verdict. Finally, she steadied herself and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "You're all right. I can't fight these things. I apologize for letting you face them alone."
"You have nothing to apologize for, Twilight," Kendra reassured her.
Her encouraging words made Twilight smile a bit before she cleared her mind, putting on her helmet to clear out the unpleasant smells. She mentally prepared herself for the trip back. It was like reading a book; only concentrating on the most important things.
You're going home, girl, Twilight thought to herself. Focus.
A tiny pinprick of light formed at the tip of her horn. She poured every ounce of magical energy she had could into it until it grew larger and brighter, eventually forcing the awed humans to shield their eyes. She pushed harder. She could feel realities twist apart by now, tendrils of energy licking at Twilight from her homeworld.
Come on, she beckoned to herself.
A faint sound reached the mare's ears now and grew louder, like a trickle of water steadily but slowly forming a river.
The mare grew nervous, a creeping chill snaking across her body. The echoes were close now. Whispers in the dark called out her name, almost beckoning her to join them in the shadows that now clouded her view. Everything was but a thick red mist in front of her, strange and alien symbols flashing out of the darkness.
Twilight... Twilight...
In an instant, Twilight panicked and broke the spell. Her vision went back to normal and she took a huge gulp of air after realizing she had been holding her breath the entire time. She had never experienced anything like that; whatever had stopped her wasn't natural.
A worried Isaac approached her. "What happened?"
"I- I can't do it..."
"What?"
"I can't do it... I can't complete the spell...” Her eyes began darting around franticly so as to try and see what had gone wrong. “This isn't supposed to be happening!"
Hammond could be heard sighing audibly for the other side, while the engineer rubbed his face. "Shit."
"But why? It worked before! I should be home right now!" A frantic Twilight paced around. Isaac simply stopped her by putting a hand on her back.
"Twi, calm down. Maybe... it's the stress or something like that."
"But-"
"Miss Sparkle, I'm afraid any of us are unable to help," the Hammond told her. "If you tag along with Isaac, maybe you'll be able to try it later. But for now, we need to find out what happened to the Ishimura, and then get out of here."
There was no sense arguing for now. The mare gulped nervously. "I... I understand."
"Stay safe. Both of you."
The feed was cut.
Isaac made sure the plasma battery was properly inserted into the cutter before they proceeded through the door into the tunnels again. The sound of shuffling and growls reached their ears again, although Isaac proceeded with a bit more confidence since he had a weapon at hand. He brought up his map and beckoned Twilight to take a look.
"Alright," he spoke in low volume. "The tram is the closest to where we are right now, so we'll deal with that first, then we'll travel to the maintenance bay to find the data board. Keep close to me, okay?"
"Right," Twilight whispered anxiously.
The pair went down the tunnel to the right. More unintelligible whispers echoed through the walls in the dark. The lights were at low power, leaving the pathway in a dull illumination. Apart from the quiet sounds of mumbling and their own heavy footsteps, nothing broke the silence.
A loud clang echoed above them. They both jerked up, Isaac holding his cutter at ready. By the time they had reacted however, it was already gone. He felt a slight pat on his leg and looked down.
Twilight was trembling, pointing at a large pool of blood on the floor in front of them. The smears looked as though someone had been dragged along the ground before the trail continued up the wall and into the vent on the ceiling. The survivors tensed, the engineer holding up his weapon at the hole while they approached it. Nothing happened for several seconds, and they both exhaled in relief.
The walkway took a turn now. A door lead into the next area, Isaac fiddled with the controls before the door unlocked with a loud sound of depressurization and opened.
A body came crashing down before them. The pair jumped back in panic, muted gasps escaping their mouths before calming down. Isaac recognized the dead man as a miner by his suit, his body suffering great cuts all over the torso and blood splatters on the mask. He sighed in relief. Whatever had been in the vents was moving away from them now.
The continued down the stairs when they heard crashes in a continuous pace. A quick look made them understand why: the door leading to the tram rails had malfunctioned, raising up before slamming against the frame repeatedly. One of the monsters laid in pieces by it, obviously serving as a grim warning as to how powerful the force of the door closing was.
"No way are we going past that," Isaac muttered.
Something lying nearby made him smirk however. Close to the dead abomination was a Stasis module. He picked it up and wired it to his suit, giving his wrist a experimental swing before aiming at the door at firing it up. Nothing happened however, visibly irritating the human even more when he noticed the charge on the module was empty.
A purple glow suddenly engulfed the door. He noticed the unicorn's helmet lighting up similarly when the metallic door was, to Isaac's surprise, enveloped in ice, firmly stopping its rampage. Twilight panted before turning to the engineer.
"Voilà," she sang, to which Isaac chuckled.
The pair continued to the tram control room. It was a wide open space, relatively brightly lit. The broken tram was conveniently parked on the maintenance rails, ready to be changed at a moment's notice, along with a Stasis recharge station on the wall.
Fixing the tram itself was easy. The only snag they encountered was a malfunctioning claw, which was easily fixed by a burst of Stasis. However, something left Isaac troubled. So far, they had not encountered a single creature since their arrival in the tram control room. This meant that they either had not found the human and the pony, or they going after Hammond and Kendra, or... those damnable things were actually preparing an ambush.
A vent burst open on the wall nearby, accompanied by an unearthly scream and a gargling abomination that lunged towards them. Twilight backed away in terror while Isaac spun around, fumbling with the plasma cutter. The creature raised a blade and shrieked, ready to impale its bipedal prey before a loud bang and a bright flash echoed across the room. The cutter fired, surgically slicing off the arm that had intended to kill Isaac and leaving the monstrous predator temporarily stunned before it launched itself at the duo again. This time, however, Isaac was prepared. The weapon barked again and the other arm fell off, a cry of rage and pain escaping the creature's tortured larynx before it collapsed on the floor, dead.
Isaac held the still smoking weapon in his hands, both him and Twilight breathing heavily from their encounter. The adrenaline wore off, finally letting them realize what they had done. Isaac started laughing nervously while Twilight simply stared at their victim.
More gurgles could be heard, making them both tense. Two more of the undead monsters surged through the vent, bellowing gutturally before charging them.
The first one was quickly dispatched by Isaac, who tore apart it's legs with a shot before cutting off an arm. The other one was too fast though and rammed the engineer, sending him reeling onto the ground with a pained grunt. Before it could lunge at him, however, it was hit by a purple beam of energy, encasing its body in ice and rendering it immovable. Another plasma burst was fired into its center of mass, the entire creature exploding in thousands of frozen shards.
Twilight had barely believed what she had accomplished. Multiple emotions were conflicting in her head, fear, guilt and a just little bit of pride for saving the human. She looked worriedly at Isaac, who was already back on his feet.
"Not bad Twi," he panted. "Thanks for the save."
"I... what... I just acted impulsively! It was going to... kill... you..." she sputtered, unwilling to utter the word. "I just had to do something! Oh gosh, if Celestia ever finds out I did this... I just broke several unforgivable rules of Equestrian law! She's going to lock me up, or banish me, or lock me up in the place she banished me in! Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh..."
Isaac shook his head at the unicorn's incoherent ramblings.
"Twilight, you saved me, and I'm sure Celesty or what's her name would have done the same to protect someone she holds dear. Excuse my language, but right now it's pretty much ‘fuck the rules' on this ship. Do you understand?" He nodded towards the charred remains. "These things... They're not the crew anymore. Don't feel guilty, Twi. They would have done worse things to you."
He knelt down to her level. "Believe me, I'm scared shitless at this point, but we can't lose faith now, Twi. The others are depending on us. We're gonna link up with the others, we're gonna find Nicole, and then we are getting the hell off this ship. You with me?"
Despite his crude speech, Twilight took a deep breath and stuck her chest out in determination. "You're right. I wasn't thinking straight. Sorry. Let- let's go."
They decided to recompose themselves a little bit before continuing on. A relieved Kendra reappeared on their communication screens.
"Good work, both of you. That tram was blocking the entire system. Now you just have to find the data board and reinstall it and we can start moving around the ship again. Stay safe."
They reemerged into the hall with the frozen door again when more scratching emerged right under their feet. They both tensed, Isaac with the cutter at ready and Twilight reluctantly gathering up another freezing spell.
The iron grate in front of them smashed open. More creatures burst through, along with more mutated corpses crawling along the ground, their back legs fused together like a scorpion's dart. Isaac lined up the shots with a bit more confidence, the three thin cyan targeting lasers aiming for limbs and cutting them off precisely, cauterizing the stumps instantly on exit velocity. Twilight herself fired off several cold violet beams with precision, snap freezing targets for her compatriot to finish off. She cast aside her fearful thoughts for now, deciding to treat the combat in front of her without emotion like a game of chess, concentrating on analyzing the enemy's movements and countering accordingly. So far, it worked in alleviating her mind. Isaac was less disturbed and seemed to get used to it, his aim far less shaky now that the undead flesh was further away from them.
Seven dead abominations laid before them now. The engineer exchanged plasma cells again, noting he still had five whole clips on his person. Twilight was a bit winded from magical use; since there was little to no ambient magic onboard, she had to draw strength from within herself to fight. She sighed again from tiredness and nervousness.
"Using magic constantly is tiring," she panted.
"You could use some stimpacks if we find some," suggested Isaac before chuckling tiredly. "You know, we might actually make it." He gently punched Twilight in a playful manner. "We make quite the team."
"If we get off this ship Isaac, I would rather just go home and forget about all this."
"Right. Sorry."
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The lower areas of the maintenance bay were cast in partial darkness when they entered, with a single dimmed spotlight illuminating the décor. The stench of blood was so thick that they could taste it. Several rusting hooks were hanging ominously from the ceiling, one of them sporting a hanging body in the faded orange light, its traits indistinguishable in the darkness. Said chains were clattering slowly while more whispers echoed all around them with no clear source. It was probably just Twilight's imagination, but she swore they called out her name again. She shivered; even Nightmare Moon's temple didn't feel as scary... Or as promising of certain death.
The setting unnerved them again. Despite the gruesome encounter earlier, they had a clear idea of what they had fought and had gained a temporary, if short-lived, with the knowledge that their enemy could be defeated. The creeping darkness was something different, the shadows tricking their minds into imagining things that weren't there.
Or hide things that really are there, she gulped.
Twilight followed a tentative Isaac again, staying constantly vigilant for suspect gratings on the wall and taking care to stay away from the vents. According to Kendra, the data board was in the security office that they were currently trying to enter.
"The door's locked," he whispered. "Talk to me Kendra."
"There's an emergency override key on the second floor,” She spoke across the crackly channel, “Take the elevator up and advance to the end of the platform."
After a brief ride up in a way too loud service elevator, they found a single mutant staggering randomly around. The head was missing, making the monster simply stand in one location and spin around with its blades, not noticing the commotion barely a yard away from it. It was quickly dispatched by Isaac, who simply sliced its legs apart. After a short feeling of relief when nothing else was heard, they approached the body in macabre fascination.
"They’re still alive when you decapitate them," Twilight mused in a tiny voice, "meaning whatever reanimates the bodies obviously doesn't need the host's central nervous system to control them."
"That's a fancy way of saying not to aim for the head, Doctor Sparkle," Isaac grumbled.
She blushed. Despite their horrifying appearance and bloodthirst, Twilight had to admit these things were interesting creatures from a scientific point of view. Judging from body structure and looks, these were indeed reanimated, mutated corpses, transformed to kill for... whatever reason. She theorized that the culprit for the massacre onboard the ship would probably be a powerful organism capable of altering the genes, like some sort of radioactive virus or parasite.
She shook her head. Even if it would be a fantastic chance to study this ‘zombie virus’, it would not only be extremely dangerous and irresponsible, but she would probably burn any samples she fell across anyway.
They found the key on the body of a decapitated security officer. Again, memories of the deaths in the flight lounge hit them, but they quickly discarded the painful thoughts. Twilight glanced around while Isaac went through the macabre process of retrieving the key from the body. She caught a glimpse of the dead human hanging from the hook, his abdomen pierced through. An unpleasant image of a lifeless Isaac hanging there instead crept it's way through her mind but she quickly looked away.
Don't think like that.
"Damnit Twi! Do something!"
The sound of necrotic abominations bursting through the roof snapped her off the daydreaming. More ‘zombies’ were advancing now, intent on tearing through their soft flesh.
Isaac had already killed one of them, but two more were still coming.
She wouldn't have time to gather up enough energy to freeze them in time, before they pounced on her, so she did the next best thing: a single, high powered beam of magic. She aimed for one's legs and fired, the energy knocking it off its feet. Isaac finished them both off quickly before reloading and sprinting towards the elevator with Twilight in tow, their hearts beating against their ribcages when more shrieks tore through the bay.
Their eyes shifted around frantically when more shambling was heard above them. They prepared to dart away as soon as the elevator doors opened...
...Right into an awaiting creature. Without warning it shoved them back into the elevator and tried to grab Isaac, who desperately grappled with it for dear life. In her panic, Twilight spun around and delivered a solid buck to the monster, shoving it off balance and enabling Isaac to overpower it. He punched it square in its jaw to knock it down before angrily curb stomping its body to shreds, blood sticking itself to his boots.
While the engineer was occupied with terminating his opponent, Twilight had picked up Isaac's dropped plasma cutter with her telekinesis and frantically fired at the approaching flesh horde. She felt nausea rise up her throat when her shots dismembered one of them.
I can't believe it... I killed someone again... This time directly...
The remaining three were approaching too fast though, and they were stuck in the cramped elevator with no way of escaping.
Oh Celestia, we're going to die!
To her shock, however, a blue flash hit the charging undead and left them suspended in midair, their movements limited to slow motion. Twilight noticed Isaac had managed to use his Stasis module at the last moment and gave him back his cutter, leaving him to slice them apart calmly. The area was clear again.
She took a look behind her and immediately felt the urge to turn away; the monster Isaac had tangled with was now a huge pool of red on the elevator floor, trashed body parts splattered across the cramped space like macabre decorations. The lower parts of Isaac's suit were completely crimson, and even Twilight's suit was drenched, though she had never noticed while her attention was focused on the creatures. If someone had not noticed the sickly smell of blood by now, they certainly would.
Isaac exhaled in exhaustion and flexed his body, grunting in pain as he cracked his neck.
"Let's just find that board and get the fuck out of here," he wheezed.
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Finally.
As Isaac tore out wiring from the old data terminal to replace it, Twilight sat back, her helmet at her side, deeply engrossed in thought now that the threat of death was not immediately hanging above them. The last hour had been completely outlandish to the poor pony, ravaging her confidence and sanity.
I did it, she whimpered to herself. I survived. I fought off terrible zombie beings and somehow survived. Unless I died back there along with Isaac and this is some kind of dream.
A single tear felt down her cheek. I can't go home to my friends. They probably think I'm dead by now. Maybe I am. I miss everyone so much... The princess... my brother-
She was crying now. Ever since she had arrived in the human's world it had taken a huge physical and psychological toll on her. She raised her front hooves and stared at them, and the blood still caked onto the suit.
If I hadn't messed up back in the library, I wouldn't be in this situation. Now look at me. I... I killed these things by my own hooves. They used to be people and I killed them.
These things... they're not the crew anymore. Don't feel guilty, Twi. They would have done worse things to you, Isaac's words echoed through her mind. She gazed at the engineer again, deeply engrossed in his work. The mare wondered how he could hold on to the hope that Nicole would still be alive onboard the Ishimura. She chuckled quietly. Isaac was probably one of the most stubbornly loyal beings she had come across... Not too unlike a certain cyan pegasus. She sobbed again at the thought of Rainbow Dash.
Will I ever see them again?
A triumphant exclamation from her human compatriot interrupted her train of thought. He emerged from the tangle of cables again and replaced the metal grate before closing it, humming as he restarted the software to accommodate for the changes. He gave Hammond and Kendra a thumbs up from his side of the glass, his colleagues returning the gesture before boarding the train that had arrived on station. Twilight wiped away a few tears when the holoscreen popped up in front of them again.
"Alright, we're onboard and headed for the bridge." Hammond smiled. "Good work."
"Strange..." Kendra noted. "The quarantine just lifted..."
"Whatever was in the flight lounge must have left. Isaac, get back to the Kellion and prep it for launch. We'll find out what we can from the bridge and meet you there."
"If we live that long. You're out of your league here, Hammond, this is suicide!” She took a step closer to Hammond. “We're going to die out here!"
"Your lack of confidence is duly noted, Miss Daniels, but I have a mission to complete and that's exactly what I'm going to do, with or without you.” Hammond pointed at her. “Do we understand each other?"
"...Just get us out of here alive."
Isaac snorted in frustration at their antics when the feed cut before reaching Twilight her helmet.
"If these two could get along for once..."
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The way back to the flight deck passed in relative silence. The Kellion was still damaged, but Isaac predicted that it could be flyable again with a few minor repairs to the port booster... if they were lucky.
The hangar was deathly quiet, but offered at least some relief for the pair as they walked alongside the blood and corpse-free walkway to the Kellion's airlock. Twilight decided to stay outside while Isaac went onboard; she would just be in the way anyway.
A few sparks flew from a broken computer as the engineer brought up the ship's holoterminal. The damage was not as bad as he had initially feared, and was nothing an hour or two of dedication wouldn't fix.
Wait.
His eyes scrolled down to the bottom line and widened in horror.
Fuel containment failure?
That was extremely bad, considering the smaller fires and sparks running along the hull. If he didn't act fast, the tanks would explode if unattended.
A screech was heard. Isaac saw one of those scorpion-looking creatures crawl across the cockpit, slamming its claws at the glass to try and break in. He hurriedly decided to run out and deal with it when a huge explosion tore through the starboard hull, sending the monster burning and plummeting to its death and almost knocking Isaac off balance.
"Isaac!" Twilight cried out frantically.
He desperately staggered his way out of the burning ship before being tossed out of the airlock by a blast and landing in front of a horrified Twilight. He managed to turn around just in time to see the Kellion getting wrecked, the remains consuming themselves in a fireball before falling down to the cargo bay floor and finally exploding.
Twilight was in a catatonic state after seeing their very lifeline getting so brutally cut in front of her. Everything was lost. They couldn't escape anymore; trapped like rats in a cage.
This isn't possible...
Not even Isaac's warning of approaching hostiles could move her out of her trance.
This isn't possible...
heck ya another great chapter
well shit...
A interesting story. I can´t wait to see what will happen next. How the marker madness will slowly consume Twilight and Isaac
Hope Twi survives with Issac and they can go to - or return to - Equestria when it's all over... and that Twi gets to keep her RIG.
I really need to play this game. I just finished Dead Space 3, and I thought the whole experience was enjoyable. I keep hearing that the second one is better than the third, is that true?
2913222 ya DS 3 is enjoyable but dead space 1 and 2 are the better ones out of the series cause they have a better scare factor then 3 does
2913435 DS 3 had a scare factor?
2913552 it does if ur okay with them jumping out of the snow or watching them creep up on u during the sections when ur in the blizzard
thus begins the adventures of engineer twilight sparkle!
2913592 First: that was a joke ( though that would probably have been clearer if I'd used a 'lol' or something like that... ) Second: 'your' instead of 'ur' and 'you' instead of just 'u', this is not a chat-room (...sorry, I get a bit... anoyed when people don't use proper wording, this may be the internet, but we should always try to use proper language...*sigh* and now I sound like Rarity...)
2913703 ya it would have been clearer if you said something that made it seem like you were joking and its the internet and this is a website about a cartoon show we don't need to use proper language all the time we just need to restrict the use of putting bad language in our sentences.which it seems a lot of people do
Get your shit together, Twilight!
... I mean, look at Isaac! He's doing well!
... For now...
2913769 A joke is ruined the moment you have to explain it, making jokes over the internet is a hit or miss buisnes.
As for the whole 'proper language' thing... I'm (mentaly) a old bugger who reads very, very...very much, I've read so many stories that enthrall me, blogs that inspire me and comments that warm my heart... which makes my eyes hurt when someone 'butchers' a language even the tiniest bit, more so when I've seen said person use proper wording before...*sigh* ...I'm not berating you, its just... I have minor dyxlexia and I really like to write, but I have such a hard time to go by the mindset of 'just write and go back and check for errors later' meaning I hardly get past the first couple of pages on any story I write!... and then I see someone who can write properly just... chop it up like that or worse... it pains me as a cripled writer... going on a tangent... I think I've wasted enough of your time with this...
GET TWILIGHT A PLASMA CUTTER NOW
if you don't mind that is()
2913222I haven't finished DS3 yet, but I find it more enjoyable than DS2. But DS1 beats both of them. In DS2, you got custom soundtrack. Fighting off necromorphs loses the scare factor when you're tearing abominations apart while listening to nyan cat. But DS1. Oh, that one was good. Lighting/sound really screwed with your sense of where they're coming from. Also, the ammo/health drops were rare enough so that while you didn't need to conserve as much ammo as possible, you also couldn't just walk through the game with a shit ton of health/ammo packs. Unfortunately, DS3 screwed with that system. My current playthrough, literally 75% of my entire inventory is filled with medium health packs. Everything else is usually filled with ammo and 1-2 slots for additional pick ups such as upgrade chips or weapon parts.
Great work, but i do have a question. You are finishing up the story that Jar of Dirt started but Jar has written chapters up to Twilight and Issac getting the thermite in medical. Why is it taking so long to re-upload old chapters?
2915218 establishing the schedule (and giving me time to write) for when i start puttin up my own contributions.
...and some dramatic effect.
...and these need some serious proofreading.
2915276 oh, ok. I thought as much
Defiantly when you start making your own chapter consider splitting twilight and Issac up so twilight is not around to see Nicole though.
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I love the weapon crafting system. And yeah, the Medkits are far too numerous. My inventory's the same, except I sold all my Mediums for Gel and then turned it into Large Medkits. I waltzed through that game, especially because all four of my weapons have full damage rating. It's like it isn't even fair how easy it can be. I'm looking to try out one of the previous Dead Spaces to see if they're more enjoyable or realistic.
Good work Carv- I mean Twilight!
2915701four weapons? When the hell do you get four? Or are you talking about cumulative, not just the ones you carry around.
Ohh hell, I know where this is going...
F*CK YOU DR. MERCER, AND YOUR CELESTIA DAMMED SO CALLED CREATION!!!!...
There are
threefourfive necromorphs I hate the most, Leapers, leapers, stalkers, pukers, and the hunter...I treasure the moment in DS1 where you IMMOLATE THE ABOMINABLE BASTARD TO OBLIVION!!!!!
And the part where you finally snuff its "creator", or the necromorph version of him...
Anyways, great motherbucking story so far I am wuvin this!
Keep up the great work, and take this dimension compacted energy katana for those close encounters...
*gives Edmar Fecler energy katana*
GAH!! I'm twilight sparkle!
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Upper Tool and Lower Tool. All of them are max damage. On both weapons.
2921505Oh, nice. I actually just made a new weapon by putting random things together, and I am really loving it. Scoped sniper rifle with an under-barrel RPG.
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Close to mine. Upper Sniper Rifle and Lower Shotgun, modded with Ammo Support and Acid Bath. Of course, the Sniper Rifle is a Mk-V, so its clip is upgraded, and its golden.
2921582Is that something you get from NG+? 'Cause I still haven't beaten it. Considering it's my friend's older brother's game, I can't borrow it. So I can only play it whenever I hang out at his house. But so far my current loadout is a magnum with the blade as an under tool, with ammo sweeper and acid bath as attachments. I DID have the sniper/RPG, but it wasn't very useful unless I was dealing with humans so I swapped it out. Currently it's a pulse rifle with an under-barrel shotgun. Attachments as far as I know are scope and... that's about it.
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No, it's a dlc pack that I bought with in-game resources. Ration Seals from Scavenger Bots. And I have a weapon combo that might help you out. Upper Tool: Pulse Gun (the one that acts like a shotgun, but in 180 degrees in front of you and low damage) with no tip and the Stasis Coating attachment. Lower Tool: Hydraulic Engine (with the tip to allow it to be swung like a hammer/chainsaw) and the Stasis Support attachment.
With that gun you can blow back enemies close in front of you, then stasis them and bash them with the Hydraulic Engine. That lower tool is deadly when combined with Stasis.
2921628Sounds awesome, but by the time I play it again, I will have forgotten that.
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You always have a record of it here, though. Just combine weapons until you get something that works. If you don't like it, disassemble it and build another one. I went through a ton of weapons before I found my perfect combos. I even based my updated weapon off the one I told you about. Only now I changed the Upper Tool Tip to make it a focused blast of kinetic energy that requires a charge-up, and the Lower Tool is a Rocket Launcher. Got the attachments for Stasis Coating and Safety Guard. Works wonders.
2921676Trust me, I almost never use anything besides the magnum. I have literally twitch fired the thing and blew a badass necromorph (I consider the black ones badass ones since they take a lot more to kill) in half. and if this thing gets a headshot on any human, they're immediately dead.
will twilight get a weapon of her own or will she stick to magic?
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Bravo, complaining instead of constructive criticism.
Good chapter.
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If it looks, sounds, walks and talks like a complaint it's probably a complaint. Even if you had added a question mark to your sentance, it wouldn't have made sense. You weren't asking anything, just being snarky (it seemed to me). Sorry if that wasn't the case.
2925490 if i'd known it was a question i woulda' answered
but to specify your inquiry, these are the chapters previously written by the first author. my chapters will be coming up after the next few chapters.
Twilight... it's time to go be made ho
me whole].On a more serious note, it would be such a shame if Twilights horrifying adventure in the Dead Space universe ended after the first game. Just think of the possibilities of expanding the story into the second and third game. The Marker keeps her from going home, make her hallucinate and have it become worse and worse each time it happens. The EarthGov taking a huge interest in Twilight, not just for being a whole new specie but also for having a stored blueprint of the Marker in her mind.
But it's your decision what happens with the story and I will read it the way you want it to be.
2955852 Well, the events from the first, to the third game take place within 8 years. While your ideas are workable, you need to factor in the time frame. I highly doubt Celestia, or the Mane 6 for that matter would stand and hope that Twilight comes back. As to if the story will end with only the events in the first game is something I don't know, as it is not up to me. You'll just have to wait and see!
Didn't even relise this updated! xD
2955852>>2967395
And I can picture a sequel pretty easily! :D
One way of a sequel happening is, near the end of the events of the first game Twi leaves and after the hardships she goes through thinks of Isaac as a true friend, after saying good bye to him she returns home. Shes obviously plagued by nightmares for the first year but eventually they start to fade and some time passes, two years later however the nightmares come rushing back unexpectedly, through this she gets to thinking on how Isaac is coping and wonders if he has the same problems and if he does how does he cope?
Twi uses a spell that lets her find and see where Isaac is and is bewildered and confused to find him in a straight jacket and tied down in an asylum and is horrified to see people are being slaughtered around him by the necromorphs.
while he is completely at the mercy of the creatures around him twilight makes a quick decision should she leave again and go back and save a man who saved her countless times on that deathtrap called the Ishimura?
Upon making the decision She opens the spell and jumps through.
We switch through to Isaacs view and he feels a light tugging on his jacket he drowsily wakes up to find franko trying to free him obviously confused, he tries to speak but franko in a hushed voice tells isaac the Station is being over run with necromorphs people are dying everywhere and hes trying to free him.
Franko finally frees Isaac only for franko to have a stinger stuck through his forehead and is promptly killed
and with a strong head butt isaac frees himself from his now morphed savior and tries to run like everyone else who is being massacred, now twilight enters the scene, twi sees Isaac freed and currently running for his life she doesn't hesitate to kill any of the Necros persuing her friend Isaac trips and is about to be torn apart by a necro but sees a purple beam of light, confused as to why the monstrosity was killed and he wasn't he's shocked to see a purple unicorn running up to him frantically yelling at him to get up, and Isaac says something along the lines as he gets up and hauls ass.
"Who and what the hell are you, and how do you know me!?"
Because of the memory represents he was given he doesnt remember who twilight is or what the hell happened for the last three years, and of course twilight would be really confused.
and say something like
"Its twilight, you don't remember me?"
and Clark replies with something like
"I think I would remember a talking purple horse with a horn!"
this is how I would picture the start of the sequel. Its not hard once you figure out a few pieces ^^
and good lord I didn't mean to write my whole damn thought process! So I apologize it was suppose to be just an example. xD
2967973 I never said it WOULDN'T happen. Its just not likely any time soon considering the other things Fecler has planned at the moment. I'm sure he'll appreciate the feedback however, that was some really solid stuff!
2968902 Oh My bad! sorry Guess I didn't see that part of your conversations xP and I hope he does :D I would so love it!
And thanks ^^ It was an example but I DO want to start writing fics for the enjoyment of myself and others :) And hopefully I can Start soon I have quite a few Ideas rattling in my head ^^
2972236 Well, I have an answer to your question, but a vague one. According to him, it all depends on how well this one does. If all goes swimmingly he'll definitely consider a sequel.
And I wish you the best of luck on putting ideas to paper. I tend to keep away from writing for myself in general...
Anyhow, I should probably go before he finds out I'm here and proceeds to yell at me to get back to work, and to stop socializing with his readers. (If by some chance you see this Fecler, it wasn't me.)
2978024 it was totally him Fecler totally.
and cool Hope it happens then ^^
2978106 Shhhhhhh, with any hope, he won't be back to check this by tonight.
2978250 what about tomarrow? or the day after?
2978337 Oh he'll find another proofreader. As for me, my future is uncertain as of now...
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2978537 oh hello Fecler My your looking ravishing this late at night...LATER!~
2978766 I'm telling you. He's always watching; I can't post a comment without taking a glance behind me to make sure he's not already there...Even now, he's watching.
2980503 ah thats how he gets you :3 he wont post for another 30 minutes at least i bet you