Originally Posted by
Velocity
Alright, time for me to do some digging!
It's a shame that a place with tech like this has fallen into disrepair... hopefully there's something useful inside.
Search (52) Waypoint Manufacturing Plant (Abandoned).
From the outside, the Waypoint Manufacturing Plant has already started to crumble due to neglect. The smaller gray manufacturing plant has definitely seen better days. Just about every window is broken, every piece of metal has at least some trace of rust, and every wall had been stained and cracked.
You start by searching the exterior. Weeds, graffiti, and piles of rubble with pieces of broken concrete, broken glass, and rusty chunks of metal are very common around here. You don't really find anything suspicious out here besides the remnants of a factory that used to belong to a company that just had very bad luck and couldn't adapt to a very rapidly changing industry.
You head inside and begin your search around. The factory floor here has been totally destroyed by the elements while the walls have been falling apart with the paint peeling, creating a very creepy and unsetting appearance. The ceiling, covered with pipes, tubes, and wires, has become a twisted maze of rusty pipes and hanging wires.
Meanwhile, the factory floor has quite a few mass-production machines that have completely fallen apart. Many of the robotic assembly machines have rusted over, have been stripped of electronic components, or have been vandalized. Many of the factory line computers are broken or have also been vandalized. Whatever couldn't be taken after the company closed its doors for good was left behind to be a part of this ghastly mess.
The factory offices seem to be the same story. Many desks and offices were stripped bare, but a few leftover piles of junk were left behind. As you search around, you find something unusual in the shaded darkness. Disturbances in the dust and rubble seem to imply someone else was here recently. You take a look close and you identify a glowing presence of strange, yellow and black. You reach out to take it and as you use your white wings to take hold of it, it r̵͎͌͒̕a̧̭͉̬̙͚ͤv̶̢̠͍̭ͥ͐â̤͓͠ğ͍͛̔ͧ̑͐ͦ̐͟ȩ̪̠̩̓́͟sͮͩ̏ ̡̡̩͙̼̙̝͙̽̋̌ͦͅ ̨̳͇̫͖͚̲̙͓̓ͧ̇̒̔ͦ̿y̴̢̛̯͎͈̭̟̞̠̖̙̿͗ͫ̔̈́̚o͕̅ͨ̿̑ͮ̕͞u̎ͧ̾ͣ̆ ̺͐r̫̱̄͐̅ͮ̌̔̀͝ ̨̐̉̂ͮ̈́ͣ͏̧̥̤̫m̸ͮͭ̀ͪͤ͘͏̰̪͍̙̭̮̯̗ͅi̧̞͕̮̦̍̌͌̉̃̈͗͠͠n̵̠̦͋ ͕̦̥̝d̘̟͉̠̠̼͕̝͍̓͂̋ͪͮ̂͢͢ ̲̘̦̤͉̰͐ͣ͗̇w̫͚̞͇͕ͦͦ͗̍̈́̆̋̚̕͟i̶̗̜͉̖ͩͫtͩ̔̈́͏̨̞̗̲̙ḣ̀͌ͯ͌ ̴̭̺͚̜͘ ̛͚̘̃̌̀̋͑̅̎͛͠ͅM̶̛͕͓̟̜̜͚̖̍̍ͨ̐͒̇I̔ͭͥ̏ͩͩ͏̺̬̝̞̺͙͈̫͜Sͮͮ̍ ̰̭͕͍̬ͤ͛̅́ͫ̀E̖͊̔̋̈́̽͒̈̀R͚͈̚̚ͅŸ́̇͜҉̸̥̲̫̥̖̪̖.̸ͮ̏͠͞ ͅ
Velo has suffered 1 point of damage to Sanity.
Nothing but pure sadness, depression, and thoughts of s̢͕̣̻̬̞̬͎̱͋̽̍u̼̮͙͕̬͊̇ͥ̔̓̇ͮ̾́̀͝ỉ͍̮̫̣̲͚͚͜c͊ͮ͑̈̂͒̽́ͅ i̢̡͉̝͖͛͑d̶̡̘͑̽̓̇ͫ̇ͧ̉ͦe͓͙̘̟͈͍̲͇ͥ̈ͮ́̕͢ suddenly flush into your mind. It instantly leaves you crippled, and you barely even take note that you suddenly hear a snapping sound.
Suddenly, an explosion of fire erupts from under your feet and you can't even bring yourself to scream before the flames flush over you...
Velo has suffered 1 point of damage to Health.
Velo has become BURNED.
As the flames bite at you, the most you can do is tumble away to put them out before you realize this wasn't any accident. Someone intentionally booby-trapped this miserable gem. As the flames quickly begin to consume the desk and papers where you found the gem, you turn to find out what was responsible for this. You then realized someone set up a tripwire that when broken, ignited a hidden gasoline flask that dropped from the ceiling.
And you even find a note about it, tucked right above the trip wire base on the wall...
Hurt and even a bit angered at this, you recover the gem again and look at it. When you put it down, you feel fine, but when you hold it in your wings, it fills you with dread and depression. It's definitely an ill effect of the gem, but you know there's some kind of purpose behind this terrible thing.
You take it with you, honestly hoping you don't have to deal with it again. You weren't ready for this kind of physical and mental agony...
Item [Gem of Misery] #Dark Presence: Dark# (Deals 1 point of damage to Sanity, 25% chance to cause Confusion, 25% chance to cause Infatuation) has been added to the Team Inventory.
You then head out of the crumbling factory and back to base...
Velo the Togekiss (M: Fairy/Flying)
Health: 4/5 BURNED
Sanity: 3/4
Perk: Science | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect, Exorcism
Failed Assassinations: 0/2
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